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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27
Cutting Glover for Seed.

In answer to the question: as clover
straw any good as feed for stockT a
farmer who has been an extensive
clover grower for many years, said:
eff the clover from which seed is to
be threshed is properly handled the
straw is as good forage as the farm
produces, especially for horses. In
fact" continued the farmer, ''the only
reason that clover straw ever had q
bad reputation is because the crop
was not handled in a way to get the
best results from either hay or seed"
How do you manage the crop?" was
asked.
First, we do not wait until all the
heads are ripe. If this Is done the
best heads, containing the best seed,
will be too ripe, much seed will be lost,
and the stalks will have also become
too ripe to be good forage. When the
larger blossoms and those first to ma
ture are a nice brown, and this Is
while the stalks are yet green, the
clover Is cut We cut it in the morn
ing as soon as the dew is OF, and on
a good drying day, IL possible. In the
afternoon, or as soon as the horse
rake will handle the clover readily, it
is raked up and put into cocks to cure.
Cocks are we'll made and allowed to
stand until the hay Is thoroughly
cured. If a machine can be had in
time we thresh from the cocks; If not
we stack and thresh later. 1t will be
seen that we handle clover for seed
almost exactly as we do for hay; the
only difference is in it's stage when
cut. After threshing the straw is
green in color, and If it did get at all
dusty in curing it is all knocked and
blown out in threshing. Horses eat
our clover straw in preference to any
other forage we put before them. The
usual custom is to cut clover for seed
too late, or after it has got too ripe,
and then let it lay on the ground to
be rained on, bleached and otherwise
injured, as if it were q foregone con-
clusion that the seed Is the only thing
about 1t Of any possible value
Farm, Stock and Home.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27

great secret; only you mustn't De 1eal-
Gus, because 1 shall always love you
the best! Grandma has given me a
real brown pony and lovely, lovely
new saddle. am going to take you
down to see him. 1t was kept as .
splendid surprise and 1 found it wait
ing for me outside the dining room
window on the gravel path He was
very happy that morning and he rode
me down stairs, across the hall, out at
the garden door and round to the
stables, where 1 was introduced to
the pony. We did not get on well to-
gether, and Arthur soon took me back
again to the nursery. was handsome
in those days and 10000 times more
frisky than those high bred, arch
necked carriage horses in the stables!"
'The great event In my life" said
Ting-Tong, proudly, was when was
once taken out in the lovely white per-
ambulator for a drive. 1t was some
thing to remember all your life! ! sat
by Arthur, and he held me up to see
the people passing. enjoyed 1t very
much, and was just about to wave
my hand at an elegant doll in a shop
window when Arthur suddenly let go
and 1 fell with a crash on the pave
ment! 1 scarcely dared breathe at
first, I made SO sure was broken.
and Arthur thought so too, for he
burst out crying. Nurse picked me
up very carefully and examined me.
She said was only slightly Clipped,
but Arthur was so sorry about 1t he
made me lie down all the way nome,
and he played at hospitals for days
afterward, and wrapped me up in
splints. Those were very happy days.
"And this is what we are reduced to.
1t is a pity Arthur was faithless after
allr' said the Hobby Horse, with a
half sob IN his throat.
"You forget" cried Ting-Tong,
quickly. HE was going to school,
and since he could not take us with
him, he sent us here rather than allow
us to be thrown away"
The Hobby Horse nodded quite
humbly with the tears in his eyes.
II am growing cross and unkind in
my old age" he said, "for all these
things happened years ago. Little Ar.
thur that was must be a man now.
Hark! what is that?"
Somebody was fumbling at the at
tic door. 1t was unlocked, thrown
open, and a tall, dark gentleman en-
tered, leading little boy. Behind
them with a lighted candle in her
hand, stood nurse, grown old and
stout and gray haired, but undoubted-
ly nurse.
"Now, little one, you shall see the
toys papa loved when he was your
age. Hold the light nearer, nurse.
Yes, look! there is my dear old hobby
horse, and Ting-Tong with him." ex-
claimed the gentleman, and, stepping
forward he picked up the doll, took the
hobby horse and carried them down
to the nursery.
| They We're carefully busted
ut makes me feel like little boy
again." exclaimed the gentleman.
A few hours later the hobby horse
lay under the sofa, and Ting-Tong had
crept from the cupboard to talk to
| him.
"Well," said the Chinaman, 1--WE are
happy again, after all. Arthur's son is
his father over againv'
II am too happy even to Sleep" ex-
claimed the hobby horse. THE old
nursery days have come back again"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27
Thu Mvsterv of tha Horseshoe.


In days gone by there was little
fishing village of the name of Mavi-
SCUM, near Nairn, where the natives
were thought to be foolish folk. One
day one of the inhabitants found an
old horseshoe on the shore, and, as
they had never seen such a thing be-
fore, no one knew what it was. Some
one suggested that it was the new
moon, but the oldest and wisest fisher
man declared that If that were so. it
would be in the sky. He had long
wondered, however, what became of
the old moons and he thought after
this discovery the mystery was solved
that after the old moons were done
with they fell to the earth and the
horseshoe was one of them
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27
NV lady's Toilet.

Don't habitunlly use ammonia for
the hair, for, though it makes it clean
and fluffy, it deprlves 1t Of too much
of its natural oil, and thus weakens
1t. Have you ever tried rubbing the
scalp with slightly diluted lemon
Juice? This cleanses the hair and has
no injurious effect.
SCOT and charcoal are both excel
lent for whitening the teeth. They
are, however, not good dentifrices, for
If by chance either should get between
the teeth and the gums 1t would show
through the latter in dark specks, very
much like the marks produced by tat
tooing.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27
State Government Of Louisiana.

Governor-W. w. FL ard,
Lieutenant Governor-Albert Esto-
pinal.
Secretary of Staie-John Michel.
Superintendent of Education-John
V. Calhoun.
Auditor-W. 8. FraZee.
Treasurer-Ledoux i. Smith.
u. S. SENATORS.
Don Cafferey and S. d. McEnery.
REPRESENTATIVES.
/ Disirict-R. G. Davey.
2 District-Adolph Meyer.
District-R. F. Broussard.
4 DISTRICT Brazeale.
8 District. f. Ransdell.
G Districts. NJ. Robinson.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27
Counting the Cost.

Many q fair one fails to take in the
whole situation when summer finery
is under consideration. Especially Is
this the case with the girl who lives
In n home sufficient size to boast
a laundry; this maiden in one case
went away with a dozen or SO new
wash dresses, but has already written
home that she must either have her
allowance tripled or return at once.
She was simply petrified when the
bill for the first weeks immense bas-
ketful Of deliciously clean things was
presented.
AS we all know, necessary linens,
outside finishes in addition to the long
list of underwear, mounts up by 1t
self. Add to this a lot Of elaborate
dresses and you can guess the result.
These points must all be considered
by the girl on limited pin money. She
must think twice when selecting wash
dresses, since laundresses must
charge according to time consumed.
Intricate braidings and many other
trimmings means just so much more
cost every week. Tuckings on the
bias, applied trimmings which are on
ly sewed down along one edge, all
swell the laundry bill, as do plaitings
or too many ruffles.
One girl has gotten round this by
having rather plain, but perfectly cut
muslin and chambray dresses. They
are "done up" at a moderate cost,
since she herself attends to the pretty
neck and wrist fixings, as well as the
dainty Jokes which, when elaborate,
are not made in with the dress.
Guimpes of lace, and Of elaborate
tucking and insertion are. usually
separate anyway, and the fine ones
go to the cleaner when soiled.
So, while the summer girl may not be
able to live up to never-put-on-any-
garment-a-second-ti time standard, she
may be decently clean at moderate
outlay if she expends gray matter as
well as cash.-Philadelphia Record.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27

the bud or graft are old enough. Do
not put manure in the hole before set
ting OF manure very heavily for
few years. A rank growth is not
thrifty growth. Two feet Of new wood
in year is too much excepting in
height.-American Cultivator.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27

The speed of a carrier pigeon, In
calm weather, is 1,200 yards minute.
With a brisk wind prevailing and
blowing I'm the direction of it's flight
a pigeon has been known to make
1000 yards minute.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27
NEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX
NOTES OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS
FEMININE TOPICS.
Woman Dentist in Manila-Women In the
TransyaaI - Those Little Rachings -
When Baby Has Earache-My lAdys
Toilet-Etc., Etc.
Woman Dentist in Manila.

The ubiquitous American dentist"
held in the highest esteem the world
over for superior professional skill,
has already hung out her single in
Manila, and is finding abundant de-
mand for her services. DR.. Anna M.
Sawyer, of New York State, Is the
woman who has taken the initiative in
this instance.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS OF INTEREST ON AcRIcUL.
TURAL TOPICS,
Removing Loose Stones-A Perfect Win
ter Wheat Use of the Rollsr-Causs
and Remedy for Shiny MiIk-The Site
for An Orchard-Etc., Etc.
Removing Loose Stones.

1t is the common practice to cart off
loose stones from tillage and blowing
fields whenever there is a slack time
in the regular farm work. Burying
stone in the plow burrows affords on
ly temporary relief.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27

Education in Mexico Is almost en-
tirely under Government direction.
There are very few private education
al institutions. and these are Of minor
Importance.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27
A SilxAr Bedroom.

Ono of Newport's richest women has
a house which Is dream of beauty
and good taste, and her bedroom is the
loveliest thing ever saw. The whole
roor. has the effect Of white and sill
yer. The wood work ID white, the
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27

wall paper white and silver. Her bed
stead is white enamel, with bars and
posts and knobs Of silver. Her dress
ing table is white, with beautiful old
fashioned standing oval mirror on it,
in a carved silver frame. Instead of
q small pin cushion In the middle and
trays for pins and stick pins, she has
two good sized sensible triangular pin
cushions, covered with white satin en-
broidered in silver, and fitted into the
two upper corners Of her dressing ia
BILE; of course, her complete toilet set
is silver. Then on her writing desk
she has solid silver blotting book, a
pad of blotting paper, with a silver
back. as 1t were. Such an improve
ment on the pads with silver corners,
which are always coming off. And
she has small silver bowl filled with
sand, where her pens are stuck, to
keep them from rusting. Her silver
inkstand has a small tank attached,
which her maid fills every day, and
mucilage pot, sponge holder and paper
cutter, all in silver. In her dressing
room, off from her bedroom, she has
the loveliest toilet outfit imaginable,
a silver tooth powder bottle and q
most attractive silver rack, with a
place for tooth brush for every day
in the week. The tooth brushes are
Of ivory and numbered with tiny sill
yer figures. There are silver pegs over
the washstand, as well, to hang
sponges, etc, on, and silver stands for
toilet waters. The articles were all
made to order for the lady in Vienna,
but probably they can be duplicated
here with slight variation in form and
ornament, If one can afford the lux
ury-Edith Lawrence, in the Ledger
Monthly. 49,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27

Cigarettes are smoked almost ex-
clusively in Germany, Austria, Russia
and Greece, and generally through
Europe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27
Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Palace 6lespers
between New Orleans and Memphis,
Kansas City, st. Louis and Chicsgs
without change. making direct eonneo.
lions with frat-olass lines TO al pointA
The great steel bridge spanning the
Ohio river at Cairo completed, and all
trains freight and passenger now run.
ning regularly over il, Thus avoiding the
delays and annoyance inoident to trans
Ter By ferry boat
A. II. HANSON, Gen. I , Agt,
Chicago.
In. 4 6oos3. n. =. ~ Henphia
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-27

There are only twenty-one vessels
over 90 tons In all the Siamese navy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-07
rhn rrnmnn With &C Broom.

rrhis was written by Edwin w. sanborn,
after seeing farmers wife clean house.
and was published In the New York Sun
a" a taKe-oR on Markham's 1.-THE Man
with the Hoe.'D
bowed by the cares Of cleaning house, she
Upon lg ier broom and gaaes through the
A wilderness IHst; OF wrinkles on her face.
Who made her slave to sweeping ana to
A thing 0sp that smiles not and that never
stand ESI5n, in stall, sister to the COW?
Who TS' ioosSned and made ShFIll this angled
who Covered this narrow chest for blow.
Of sl ins 81 rnon-fOlks and their morning
Is th!. ne g,. th!RE you have made a bride
10 hS awe dominion 9oTEHS over hearth and home,
10 scoSr Inc stairs and search the bin
To bear 6Sr the the burden of maternity
Is this the wife they wove who framed our
And . Pillpred a bright land on smiling
Down aG al the stretch of street to tho last
rhers @o i no shape moro angular than
More tongucd with gable of her neigh
'bOrs' deeds,
More fraSsht with menace of tho frying
pan.
o Lords and Masters In our happy land,
How with this woman Will you make &C.
How answer her shrill question In that
when WSIrlwindS Of such women shake the
Needless Of every precedent nnd creed,
Straight in hyStorlc haste to right all
Wrongs2
How will Il be with emit OF politics.
with king of trade and legislative boss,
with cobWObB Of hypocrisy and greed,
When she shall take tho ballot for her
And sweep away tho dust Of cCnturics7
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-07
PASSING P1FAsANTRIEs.

candor.--Here the Candid Lady drew
near to the Floor Walker have
kleptomanla," she said. what would
YOU advise me to take for it?"-Puck.
Innocent-"what do you know about
this AFFAIR."" asked the court. "Nuth-
in, sir, yer Amer replied Mike. I'm
the pollsman on the beat. "-Philadel-
phia North American.
He was watching his neighbours trou-
blesome boy climb tree, and he had a
look OF painful anxiety on his counte.
nance. "Are you afraid the lad will
fail?n he was asked. NO" he replied:
'I'm afraid he won't."-Tit-Bits.
Two. Views.-Mrs. Bllfterg docking up
from the paperl-of all things! A cou-
Die who have lived together for sixty
years have applied for divorce. Mr..
Bliffers-Niy, my! Sixty yearsl don't
wonder.-Eew York Weekly.
TOO Modest.-"Who is the most re-
markable man mentioned In modern
hIstory?" asked the Querlst. mo" said
the man who had Just made some
speeches. "You can't interview me. I'm
too modest to talk about myself
Washington Star.
Covered the Ground.-Upson-I al
WAYS wear Il large shoe in winter be-
cause It affords a better circulation.
NY feet are more apt to get cold in
tightly fitting shoes, AtOm--Yes, and
then large shoe fits your foot BETTER
Chicago Tribune.
In COurt.-Lnwyer-S witness, your
name IL Samson7 Wltness-Yes, sir
Lawyer-Now, remember you are on
your oath. Do you seriously think you
could break your nameBake's record /?
WitnGss-I don't know, sir; but I'd like
to try when you have finished with tho
jawbone.- Brooklyn Life.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-07
pnrNrEn PARAaRAPHs.

The best household Jewel is a good
cook,
written words are the pictures Of
thought.
A physician says that love is measles
Of the heart.
Unrequited love must be a species Of
heart failure.
A heart that has been often rendered
becomes tough.
Cheap notoriety is The most expensive
luxury one can indulge in.
The man you consider fool probably
has similar opinion of you.
But few men are proof against the
hattery Of pretty woman.
The skeleton in woman's closet is
usually some other female
The wife OF a policeman should not
expect him to give up his club.
All Is not gold that glitters In the
prospectus OF a mining syndicate
Unless woman is pretty In her tears
she should do her crying In secret.
writer's cramp is more likely to be
found in the stomach than in the wrist
Many an heiress has lost her fortune
IN an uuLVEluuosS 'itts
ton.
A ladies' tailor has a hard row to
hoe. He has to reform so many Oh MS
customers.
After a man reaches the hlgh-water
mark he has to hustle to keep his head
above 1t.
The straight and narrow path is en-
tirely too wide TO sui some narrow
minded people.
OF the varions school exercises the
small boy prefers the kind he gets dur
ing recess
saws an 1rishman: TITS great COM
fort 10 be alone-especial when your
sweetheart Is with you"
Some men are so busy trying to avoid
work that they have no time to earn
bread for their families.
Until a man has passed through the
furnace he never knows now much
dross is in his composition.
The best servants of his satanical
majesty are those who attend cnurch
for the purpose Of making show
MANY women think they can do moth.
ing without a husband, only to ma
when they get one they can DO nothlns
with him
A good resolution is about the only
thing that is stronger ut It's birth than
ut any subsequent period Of Its exist
ence.
SAYS a physician: "All the cosmetics
IN the world will not beautify the face
II the mind is disturbed" This ex-
plains why the dude Is a thing OF
beauty--he has no mind to disturb
Chicago Daily News.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-07
THURspAY, MARCH 8, 1900.
p. 2. HUGHEs. secretary
DiRerence and Distinction.

Those newspapers In this country
which have always opposed the pay
ment Of pensions to the defenders Of
the Union are now taking particular
delight in pointing out the alleged ex-
travagance of this government COM
pared with Germany England and
France. the three great warning Euro
pean nations. They cite that while the
United States pension list amounts to
$4,000. 900, the three European nations
combined only pay S54, ASS, OOO but there
are many things they do not take into
account while exploiting the large total
paid out TO the fast aging and inca
pacitated veterans of this country.
The washington Post hits 1t strongly
when 1t says: occupations of our
pension payments with those Of Euro
pean countries are not new. Figures
similar to these have been floating
about ever since our annual outlay for
pensions began to assume formidable
proportions. AS year after year the
disparity between the llberalIty Of our
government and the comparative parsi-
nony Of Germany, France and England
in this matter has augmented, the tab
ulated contrast had made its rounds
with increasing frequency. One effect
Of its appearance has been to increase
the pride of the American people. In
stead Of regarding It as a reproach, a
thing to be ashamed of, an extrava-
gance that dIsgraces the government,
they are apt to look upon 1t as a superb
exhibition of the nations gratitude to
its defenders. They contrast the small
military pension account of Germany
and England with the civil pension lists
OF those countries, including the. mil
lions handed over to branches. sprigs
and twigs of royalty, and point to our
reverse system with proud satisfaction.
Therefore the attempt to render our
enormous pension payment unpopular
by pointing to the fact that It is S145,-
100000. against S54,OOO,OOO for Germany.
France and England, results In failure"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-07
A Humiliating Agreement.

The agreement arrived at by the
Democratic and Republican representa-
lives gives all the advantage whore it
should never have been bestowed. but
we suppose, owing to the present dis
tracted state of affairs in Kentucky,
brought about solely by the triumph Of
the Infamous conspiracy Of GOebGl and
his trucculent legislature. the Repubh-
cans deemed It the part OF wisdom to
defer to the critical condition. thereby
avoiding virtual state OF civil war.
1t was a shameful thing to be COM
PEELED to do, and must forever cloud the
fair fame and honor of Kentucky.
whose citizens have boosted 80 much
OF these game attributes, but whose
conduct has smlrched the escatcheOn OF
the commonwealth for all time.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-07

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
+. ]. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known r
j. Cheney for the lnst fifteen years. nnd
believe him perfectly honorable In Mi
business transactions. and financiaiIv
by their hrm,
WEST & TRUAX,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. q.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catnrrh Cure is taken inter
nHlly, acting directly upon the blood and
mueuous surface OF the system. Price
100 per bottle. Sold by all drugglsts'
Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-07
Banks and the People.

Senator Beveridge. who distinguished
himself some weeks ago in the United
States senate In his speech on the PresI-
dents policy in the Philippines, added
somewhat to the lustre of his fame by
his address before the Bankers Asso-
citation of the city and state OF New
York last night. His theme was the
brotherhood Of Business" and he han
died 1t in a mastery manner. He was
signally happy In brushing away the
demagogic cobwebs that have been
spun over the question of the relations
of.capltal to enterprise. and showed the
inter-dependence between the banker
and the workingmcn and their COM
munIty of interests.
He claimed that the banks arc not
the creators of wealth, but that It
rested with the people, the soil, the air.
the mines and the looms. The bnnks do
not even own the wealth they hold.
They do not own themselves. The
stockholders own them partly, but the
depoalturs own them under the accu-
mulating decisions more 'Irgely even
than the stockholders, So the dema-
gogues' statement that the banks own
the country 10 merely statement that
the country owns itself. Tho farmer,
laborer, merchant, manufacturer, and
business man aro the real bankers Of
the republic.
In showing that the banker is merely
the servant Of businets ana merely an
agent Of the people, no arGHed that It
WaS Impossible that he should want to