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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
Small Enemies.

Henry M. Stanley, in describing his
tourney through the forests Of Africa,
saws that the most formidable foes he
encountered, those that caused the
greatest loss of life to his caravan
and came nearest to defeating his ex-
pedition. were the Wambutti dwarfs.
These diminutive men had only lit
tie bows and arrows for weapons, so
small that they looked like children's
playthings; but upon the tip of each
tiny arrow was a drop Of poison that
would kill an elephant or a man as
surely and quickly as rifle. Their
defense was by means Of poison and
traps.
They would steal through the dense
forest, and waiting in ambush, let fly
their arrows before they could be dis
covered. They dug bitches and care
fully covered them over with sticks
and leaves. They fixed spikes in the
ground and tipped them with poison
Into these bitches and on these spikes
man and beast would fall or step tt
their death. One of the stranges
things about it was that their poison
was mixed with honey.
The account of these small people
| and their successful warfare infu
ences one to remember the small enc
mics we are apt to encounter II
habits, seemingly harmless, but dan
gerous 70 wsltars.aad happiaseA
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
THE BOY AND HIS CAP.

81 can't find my cap anywhere, is
n sentence more or less familiar In
the household, that being what the
boy says, looking for his cap, when
he wants to go out to play. Early IN
the search he enlists his mother, and
that may make serious business of
it, She has to drop her busting or
whatever household work she may be
engaged in, and the search may take
long time.
"Where did you put it when you
came in" is question sure to be
asked, sooner or later, but all the
boy can answer is:
81 don't know"
And then the search goes on.
Everywhere, over and under, in all
sorts of places, all at great loss OF
time, if not of temper. 1t is found at
last, as most things are, in time, and
in some simple easy place, which
makes the finding of it all the more
exasperating.
The boy takes it and goes out te
play and straightway forgets all about
it; but it may take quite little time
to restore the normal calm in the
house.
1t is mystery how the boy man
| ages to lose his cap as often as h
does, but it appears to be boys wa.
and common to almost all.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Il was three-0uartens Of century
after Du Fonts importation Of Euro
pAan chestnuts that Japanese chestnuts
began to attract attention in this
country. Probably the largest grove OF
japanese chestnuts In America u sit
uatsd near Cleminton. N. ]. Here .
tract Of land 800 acres in area Is given
over to the culture Of these trees. Tho
tract was originally q forest OF native
American chestnut trees. They were
oil cut down. and after the shoots had
grown two years they were grated
with the japanese chestnut. In from
two to three years the grated trees be-
gan to bear, and ct the end Of ten years
they were yielding bushsl Of chest
nuts to tree. The orchard. II such It
may be called. s erudely cultivated
with a rough harrow, and the fallen
leaves are permitted to rot and en-
rich the ground.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
ATEA ROLLING MACHINE.
Invention of a Japanese Genius That VIII
Do the Work of 100 Women.

The Japanese newspapers are reJolC-
ing over the invention by a native
genius of a machine for rolling tea.
The great cost of the production OF
tea lies in the labor Each individual
leaf must be plucked from the plant
and handled with the fingers several
times before it can be sent to market.
Therefore the industry of tea raising
is improbable without cheap labor.
and the deft fingers of women. At
Summerville, S. c., high quality OF
tea has been grown with great sue
cess. cultivated and harvested by col
ored girls at a small expense, judged
from an American standard, but the
women in China and Japan are paid
from four to eight cents a day for
twelve hours labor and board them
selves. If they should receive the
wages of women factory hands in this
country tea would cost four or five
times as much as it does now.
In Japan wages are rapidly advanc
ing with the development of civiliza
ton. In China and Ceylon they re-
main about the same, but the womer
of those countries will certainly follow
| the example of their sisters in Japat
as their intelligence is cultivated
| Therefore the invention of a tea ma
chine is as important to the great In
dustry of those countries as the inven
ton of the cotton gin was " the
south. Inventive genius has been en-
gagged upon the problem for many
| years without being able to contrlv'
any substitute for human fingers, bu
now it is claimed that the new. ma
chine is a success, and can manufac
/ ture nearly a ton OF tea IN tWent!
four hours, with the labor OF one ma
and boy OF girl. This is equiva
lent to the work of a hundred womer
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
Cur YOUNG FOLKS
soME r's AND o's.

SOME L > AMI &c
Pray, fittle lads and lasses gay,
Oae lesson do not lose:
rs through the world you wend your
way,
Oh, mind your P's and Qsl
For while P stands for pears and
p.ums,
For pleasantness and plays.
For patience and for promptltude,
For peace, politeness, praise:
Yet, lackaday it leads in pert,
In pinches, pests, and pain,
Perrerse, and petulant, and pry,
And also is profane
O stands for Quaker quietness,
For ounces, quality,
For oui kness, and for queenliness,
For quaint, and quittance free.
Eut then, it heralds quake and quail,
And querulous-indeed,
Al bubbles, quarrels, quibs, and
quirks,
Aud quacks, it serves at need.
Then watch them, little maids and
men;
For folks will soon excuse
Full many a fault and foible. when
You mind your P's and Q's.
Elizabeth Carpenter.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
THE CARE OF ANIMALS.

The boy who is really fond of ami
mails never ill-treats his pets, or
abuses and makes slave of his dog.
On the contrary, his dog is his COM
panion and playmate.
The boy knows that dogs master
is god in the eyes of the poor brute,
and is worshipped with canine deyo-
ton, which again and again has been
proved faithful unto death. Such
knowledge makes the boy just and
kind. But dog is only q domesti-
Gated wolf, and the wolf is not the
only wild creature which can be do
mesticated; neither is the wolf the
only animal which can ppreciate
kindness.
The same care which transforms q
ed-mouthed wolf into faithful dog
San transform other undomesticated
beasts into useful creatures As soon
as an animal learns that you are con-
tributing to its comfort in place of
tormenting it, you may notice it will
greet you with milder expression.
As soon as you can make the widest
and fiercest beast understand that the
use of jaws, claws, or sting are I'M
necessary, it viii refrain from using
them. 1t is not always possible to
come to this understanding with the
larger beasts, but the lad who loves
his pets will bestow upon the little
creatures that affection which shows
itself in sympathy which can under.
stand their wants and necessities.
Such lad can perform wonders
birds viii come at his call, the small
beasts of the field will follow at hil
heels, and no child will fear him.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

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.
81 was growing worse all the time,
until took your medicine.
s'After taking three boxes OF LYDIA
e.. 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"
1t is hardly reasonable to suppose
that any one can doubt the efficiency
of Mrs. Pinkham's methods and medi-
cine in the face of thu tremendous vol
SSne of testimony.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
HERO OF AN EARTHQUAKE.

1t is beautiful story told by LAT
cadio Hearn of an old man whose
great deed belongs to Japanese his
tory. He was Hamaguchi, and his
farmhouse stood on the verge of a
small PLATEAU overlooking the bay.
The plateau, mostly devoted to rice
culture, was hemmed in on three
sides by thickly wooded SUBMITS;
and from the outer verge the land
sloped down to the sea Below were
ninety matched dwellings, and tenn
pie; these composed the village.
One autumn evening, Hamaguchi
Gohei was looking down from his
balcony on the preparations for some
neyrymHking in the hamlet below.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

All the villagers were out, and he
would have gone with them, had he
not been feeling less strong than
usual.
Suddenly there came an earthquake
shcck, not a very strong one; but
Hamaguchi, who had felt many be-
fore this, thought there was some
thing odd in it's long, spongy motion.
As the quakmg ceased, he CHANGED TO
look toward the sea, and there he saw
the strangest possible sight; .itseemed
to be running away from the land. :.
Apparently the whole village had
noticed it, for the people stood still
in wonderment; only Hamaguchi drew
any conclusions from the phenomenon,
and guessed what the sea would do
next. He called his little grandson,
| a lad of ten, the only one OF the family
left with him, 80,
"Tada Quick Light me torch T.
The child kindled pine torch, ana
the old man hurried with it to the
fields. where hundreds of rice stacks
stood ready for transportation. One
by one he lighted them in haste, and
they caught like finder, sending sky
ward masses of smoke that met and
| mingled in one cloudy whirl. Tada,
astonished and terrified, ran after his
grandfather, weeping and calling:
"Why ? why +? why ?"
Hamaguchi did not answer; he
thought only of four hundred lives IN
peril. He watched for the people,
and in a moment only, they came
swarming up from the village like
ants.
And still the sea was fleeing toward
the horizon. The first party OF succor
arrived, a score of agile young pea
SAINTS, who wanted to attack the ire
at once; but Hamaguchi, stretching
out both his arms, stopped them.
'Let it burn, lads !' he command
ed. "Let it be. I want the whole
village here"
The whole village came, mothers
and children last of all, drawn by con
Germ and curiosity.
Grandfather is mad. I am afraid
of him." sobbed little Tada. "Ht
set fire to the rice on purpose. lsav
him do it,
Gas for. the rice" said Hamaguchi
'the child tells the truth. set tir'
{ to it. Are all the people here ?"
! ''All are here" was the answer
!, shut we cannot understand thl
, thing"
a s'See p' cried the old man, at tn
top of his voice, pointing to the open
D "Say if 1 be mad p
: It was the returning sea, towering
e like cliff, and coursing swifter thal
a the kite. There was a shock, heavle
than thunder, as the colossal swell
: smote the shore, with a foam-burs
a like blaze of sheet-lightning.
v Then a white horror of sea rave
over the village itself. 1t drew back
roaring and tearing out the land as
went. Twice, thrice, five times
struck and ebbed, each time wit
Is lesser surges, and then it returned
q its ancient bed, and stayed there, a
though still raging. OF all the home
"a about the bay, nothing remained br
h two straw roofs tossing madly IN tn
offing. All lips were dumb, unit
i-Hamaguchi observed gently:
d "That was why l set fire to tn
RI rice"
o He was now poor as the poorest
v all the village; but he had saved fol
hundred lives.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

In view Of the new interest In the
chestnut as an article Of food, and.
therefore, Of Industrial Importance. sci-
entific agriculturists are making .
careful study Of the tree and Its fruit.
The great enemy Of the nut is the un-
pleasantly familiar worm known as
the chestnut weevil. 1t, too. Is under
scientific investigation, and the best
method Of destroying 1t IL being made
a subject of special study. A blight
that Is destroying the chestnut leaves
is also attracting the attention Of sci
entific agriculturists. In the course OF
these Investigations American men OF
science have been In correspondence
with botanists not only in England,
Spain and Italy, but even In japan.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
TUMOR EXPELLED.
Unqualified Success Of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

Mrs. ELrzABETH WHEELoCK, Magno-
liza, Iowa, In the following letter de-
scribes her recovery from a very criti-
cal condition:
"DEAR MRS. PNKHAM:-I have been
taking your Vegetable Compound, and
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Railroad officials claim that 1t is very OK
pensive to run their lightning express trains,
and are talking about reducing the speed. II
is likewise expensive to the health to rush
and struggle q I'd compete in business affairs
as men do nowadays. The brain, the nerves,
the muscles the whole system gives out. For
restoring strength after business worries,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the proper
remedy. 1t is an ideal tonic for the tired, -
4un down and the weak,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Clean blood means clean skin. NC
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep it cleail by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm.
purities from the body. Begin TO-DAY 20
and that sickly bilious complexion by taklns
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, 2oc, ooc'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

worlds wine Production for 0as rsan
According to the Moniteur Vinicols,
the worlds wine production for 1895
was I'D, 100 $40 gallons; for 1897, e..
s4s, 47s,s2o gallons. The production In
the United States was in 1898 1885,
500 gallons; In 1891, 8o.S0S.740 gallons
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04


It's praises. 1t
has done won
ders for me in
relieving me
of q tumor.
} /" My health
has been poor
forthree years.
Change of life
was working
II upon me. ]
was very
" much bloated
II xunr q bur.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
MISTAKES.

Porto Rico is undoubtedly fine
country. But after experience with
the Klondike people will invariably be
somewhat deliberate in forming I'M
presgions of what can be achieved
there with small capital.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Don't Tobacco Spit snd saisse Tour KIN AwuSs
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
letic. full Of LIE, nerve and vigor. take NovT0
Bac, the wonder-worker. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure gusran'
.eed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New Yerk
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

| 1t is funny thing that woman can never
cry standing up.
Probably Jobs wife never thought she
| could play whistl
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup forchildren
tion .allays pain cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

In q square inch Of the human scalp
the hairs number about 1000.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

You can make SO per 100 collecting names for us;
Splendid opportunity. Send l0c for blank book and
instructions. Manufacturers Union New Orleans La
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Love never begins to come home to a man
till he begins to come home to love.
When it comes to rheumatism and neural.
gia man has no choice.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Educate yogr 80 .seis with Cascarota.
Canly Cathar,ir. cure constipation forever
iOc 25c If c. C. {, fail. druggists refund money
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Either girl is in love or else man look
funny when he proposes.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

To Cure "a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets. An
Druggists refund money ii 1t fails to cure. &c.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

1t is the little that a man wants here below
that is always the hardest to get
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness a fter first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. So trial bottle and treatise Tree
DIR. r. II. KLINE, Ltd. 03l Arch St, Phlia, IA
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

We have not been without Piso's cure TOT
CONSUMPTION for rs years.-LIzzIE FEHHhi.
Camp ST., Harrisburg. Pa, May 4. lSSL
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

When fool opens his mouth his head is
soon emptie ed
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to De
incurable. For great many years docgors
pronounced it a local disease and prescribed
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional trea tnent. Halls Catarrn cure,
Ohio. is the only constitutional cure on the
market 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to q teaspoonful. 1t acts directiy on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circulars and test
monials Address FL. CHENEY& Co, Toledo. "
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
hnf q mans bali
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Nature works wonders and men endeavol
to get them patented.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

The lazier man is the more he is going to
accomplish tomorrow.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Some women are jealous of an echo be-
cause it always gets the last word.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Men need higher moral courage more tina
they do higher foreheads.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

The name is too often but a shadow larger
than the man behindit.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weaA
men strong, blood pure. Soc. ST.. All druggists
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

A good many heroes are made OF WOOD
pulp and printers ink.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

10 Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic lOc or 80.
lie. G. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
R.,Iroad Trains. to Run Slower.

The ducks yen kill. but can't find, don't
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
1 SAFE SPECULATION

Hicks-"You know Stakem, the
cashier of the Fleeing Bank ? Well,
he made 100000 in corn-broom
deal in less than six weeks. That's
what a man gets by having courage. 1"
Wicks-"Its all very well, seeing
that he was successful; but suppose
there had been sudden drop in the
market and wiped out Stalk ems mar
gins p
Hicks-"Hew wouldn't have lost any
thing. He used the banks money in
his speculations. !"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
AN ACHIEVEMENT.

"Did you try that composition of
mine ?" asked the young man who
composes alleged classical music.
eyes," replied the young woman.
"Did you like it ?"
ever so much. It's the first time
I could get father to take any interest
in our music.
"What did he say?"
ssHe said he guessed we girls were
right after all in saying that old PIANO
of ours had outlived its usefulness
and that we might get new one next
week.
MISTAKES.
"Don't you think p said the pen
sive girl, ''that people make mis-
takes by acting on generous impul
ses ?"
Eyes" answered the smooth shaven
man. 81 acted on generous impulses
for nearly two months, once. Now.
if 1 don't get paid on salary day
don't act"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

Riches may fly away, but a mans bald
head always sees him through.
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INTERESTING SUBJECTS.

sThose two fellows over in the
corner seem to have very interesting
subject. They've been talking at
each other as hard as possible for an
hour and half.
Eyes; one of them has little boy
who has just learned to walk, and the
others baby cut its first tooth day be-
fore yesterday"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04
cHEsrNurs oRowNINAMERIc

Hoods pills cure all Liver Ills. 70 cents.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-10-13
Another Theatncal Attraeuon.

A new musical farce comedy, entitled
"A Breach Of Promise" has been added
90 this seasons Theatrical attractions,
and will receive its initial local presenta.
tion at the opera house.
From advance reports, the production
has scored genuine success from both
an artistic and financial standpoint and
will no doubt be well received here. It
possesses many novel and pleasing feat.
ures, with bright sparkling comedy and
catchy music reigning supreme. The
greatest attention has been given to even
the smallest details in respect TO an
elaborate staging Of the play, which is
founded ON remarkably iunny plot.
The various roles are numerous specali-
ties are rendered by an excellent com
pany, prominent among whom are Jo-
seph Harrington, Burt IIaverly, Fred
Seville, Nellie Sennett, Rosa Crouch and
many other favorites. Seats now sell.
ing,