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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20

Green and pink layer are sometimes
used in soups and murlins and eaten
in Ireland. In Wales seaweed fried
in oil is common article of diet,
while in London it finds its way to
some tables boiled like green's. Dulse
is a species of ware which, even in its
raw state, is far from being unpalat-
able; the opinion is held in some High
land quarters that a dish of dulse,
boiled in milk, is fit to set before
king. Every Hebridean youth is a
connoisseur of the edible properties
of tangle; preference is usually shown
for the root of the plant. as being
sweeter than the stem. In China and
Japan seaweed is largely used for
food, and for special varieties very
large prices are Obtainable. Two OF
these edible seaweeds, green and pink
layer, both British species, are worth
in Yokohama no less than one dollar
per pound. 1t may be noted that, I'M
like the fungi, there are no poisonous
species of seaweed. The gelatinous
principle in certain kinds of ware is
of special value in making jelly. Irish
moss, which is exported from Ireland
to this country and Germany, belongs
to this species, and from another va
riety is obtained the substance known
as gelose or Japanese isinglass.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20
Life in Sarawak.

A village in Sarawak usually con-
sists of a single house of immense size,
which affords accommodation to all the
inhabitants. The house is built on
posts ten or fifteen feet high. 1t has
veranda along its entire length, lin
which is centred nearly all the social
life Of the community" and from this
veranda opens out the private rooms
devoted to each family. Cannibalism
does not exist in Borneo, but strips or
flesh are cut from the bodies of enc
.mies, stored in bamboos, and used as
an Offering to the hawks from which
the omens are taken. In certain cases
of illness the patient would be per-
suaded to eat a small portion of hui
man flesh as q curative agent, but this
can hardly be regarded as canibalism.
In Dutch Borneo the people did at one
time to a small extent eat human flesh,
but the practice was stopped. For eX-
ample, male child might be very
| ill, and as q last resource it would be
considered right to sacrifice less val
liable female life to save him. In
such q case, if the boy had a sister
she would be killed and a small piece
of her flesh given to the patient tc
eat, under the impression that his life
| would thereby be preserved.-Cham
| berS's Journal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20
IMPERIAL PALACE AT pEKN UPRISING IN CHINA

after a long residence a sufficient
knowledge of the language, decides
that his business is too much in the
hands of natives, and dismisses his
"compradore" He goes in person to
some native thong" and asks for SAM
bles and quotations. He is politely
shown through the establishment and
otherwise treated with consideration.
But when, with a view to buying, he
inquiries for prices he gets mo have
got" for answer. He goes to another
"hong" and another and another, but
always with the same result. No one
has anything to sell! All are behind
with their orders! Let the foreign
dealer return to his office and send his
"compradore" on the same errand,
and his orders will be promptly
filled. This is so in every department
of business where foreigners are con-
cerned. In all of the treaty ports the
financial affairs Of every foreign house
practically are in the hands Of the
natives. Foreign merchants cannot
hope to reach the market except
through a class Of middlemen. This
is the irrevocable custom of the coun.
try. Thus commerce has utterly
failed to break down the barriers be
tween these strange people and the
outside world.
at was at Chin-Kiang," writes the
American Consul in his notebook, that
the peculiar lantern custom of tn
Chinese was brought to my notice.
was to be the guest Of the American
Consul there. and had just landed
with him at the foreign merchants
wharf on the Yang-tse, some distance
from the foreign settlement. 1t wa!
about o p. m. Two Chinese coolies OF
my hosts household were on the banks
awaiting us. They carried each Ian
tern the size of a flour barrel. Con
gregated about the landing were sev
eral thousand Cinnamon Of all grade!
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20
His Object Lesson Failed to Teach

AS the careless young woman start
ed to get off the car she dropped her
purse. Her brother, noticing it, picked
it up, and was about to hand it to her.
when he thought better of it and put
it in his pocket. He had scolded her
so often about her carelessness, and
he proposed now to enforce his words
by an object lesson. But his surrepti-
tious concealment of the purse had
not been unnoticed, and just as he
stepped from the car an elderly man
gripped him by the arm and whis
pered, eff you don't give that purse
to the young lady this instant I'll ex
pose YOU"
Eyes, certainly" gasped the aston
ished young man, then, with n grin
II beg your pardon, Elizabeth, yor
dropped your purse"
"Oh, thank you, jim"
81 hope you are satisfied" said Jim
turning to the elderly man. 1.-The
lady is my sister" But the accuses
had fied.-New York Press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20
Coal Ashes as q Fertilizer

Coal ashes are never used as fer-
tilizer. but they are often spread on
land to get rid of them as waste
product. They make excellent hard,
firm, dry paths around house or In
a garden, and when so used they have
been found to greatly encourage the
growth of grass andweeds. so that this
experience seems to have encouraged
the belief that they are useful. But
as the ashes Of soft coal are worth
only forty cents a ton. and those OF
hard coal sixteen cents, it is evidently
not a profitable business to gather
them from a distance. The homemade
ashes may be used, to get rid OF them.
and if spread on grass land they have
showed that they possess some value
beyond what their actual analysis
seems to indicate. Ashes certainly do
not create weeds for this word means
to make something of nothing. They
do not encourage them any more than
other plants. What will make weeds
grow will make useful plants grow
enually
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20
Poison In Potatoes.

potatoes contain a poison known
as solanin," says the Sanitary Home,
Fargo, N. D. New potatoes contain
comparatively little of this poison I'M
less they grow about the surface OF
the ground and have a green skin.
when they are generally known to be
poisonous. 1t is not, however, Gener-
ally known that old potatoes contain
much more of this poisonous principle
-solanin-and many cases Of serious
poisoning have occurred in late sum-
mer, when old potatoes are used. In
1892 and 1893, there was almost whole
sale poisoning among the troops OF
the German army. The symptoms
were frontal headache, collie, diarrhoea,
vomiting, weakness, and slight stupor.
and in some cases dilatation Of the
pupils. Meyer investigated the case
and found in old potatoes, kept In
a damp place, and beginning to sprout.
twenty -four times as much solanin as
in new potatoes. When using old po-
tatoes in June and July, 1t will be well
to keep this fact in mind"
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9cant nerson. whose wishes may be

nificant person, whose wishes may De
safely disregarded.
The pictures which accompany the
article are reproduced from the chi
cago Record. Chang Chih-Tung IS
Governor of the Province of Hupeh.
His costume is the type of that worn
by the mandarins.
The Temple of Heaven is the edl-
flee where the Chinese Dowager EN-
press worships her Josses and here
the young Emperor used to find a quiet
retreat before his step-mOther deposed
him and began her intrigues with the
Boxers.
The most sacred spot in all China
is the plain near Pekin, where repose
the bones of the Ming Dynasty. Ii
has been proposed that their tombs be
destroyed by the Allies as the most
terrible blow that could be struck at
Chinese pride.-New York Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20
MYsffaY 70 THE BLIND.
Persons Born Eighties Have No 40
curste Conception of Sight.

Persons Born Eighties Have No 40
cursts Conception Of sight.
"What a profound mystery invests
all the operations of our senses!" SAID
a college professor Of this city. i
WAC talking, the other day, with very
intelligent blind man. He had been
blind from birth, but had received an
excellent education, and was fully as
well informed as the average person
one meets III cultured circles. lie
spoke freely Of his infirmity, and final
ly asked him whether he had ever
succeeded in forming clear mental
conception of the sense OF sight, ne
replied frankly that he had not, anu
then he asked me several very curious
questions. The idea Of color, ne sald'
was a great puzzle to him, and ne mad
never been able to obtain the slightest
clew to what was meant when one
said, for instance, that one thing was
red and another thing was blue. Your
color impressions are absolutely sta
tionary, are they. not?' he asked. Inc
question startled me, 1t was so strange
Now, what could possibly have been
in his mind? One would infer that
he associated color with some sort oil
movement; yet, when / asked him to
explain he couldn't do 1t. He soon lost
| himself in words, sighed, and gave II
up. He understood, as nearly as
could gather, that the sense Of sight
somehow furnished us with informa-
ton as to the size, shape and general
character Of surrounding objects, but
I am satisfied, from his questions, thai
he had formed no idea whatever OF the
picture that is presented to the brain
He was unable to understand how
whole scene could be taken in at once
He could distinguish B fiat on a VIC
lin, he said. but suppose the who'll
surrounding country was full OF VIC
Inns, all playing different airs? Tha
seemed to him good apology for tn
various things in landscape. l 500
realized that explanation on either sid
was hopeless. There was barrier o
the inexpressible between us. / wen
away with an immensely increased re
spect for the teachers at Institutes TO
the blind and deaf and dumb. 1t
a marvellous thing that they ever sue
coed in breaking into these scale
brains and bringing children so tel
ribly handicapped into touch wit
their fellow-beings." New Orlean
Times-Democrat.
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or agents, who are always natives.
They are called "compradores."

or agents, VINO are always udlASScs
They are called "compradores."
II foreign merchant wishes to buy
tea, silk, porcelain or other articles OF
native product he must do SO through
his "compradore." If he wishes to
sell any article of foreign product to
q native house he must again call In
the "compradore." The "compradore"
employs all the servants Of the for
eigner's establishment, fixes their sal
aries and is responsible for their hon.
esty. He keeps the foreign traders
bank account Strengthened out with
the native bankers and makes out
shipping lists and invoices. Practlc-
ally, though nominally a mere upper
servant, he is the real head of the
house. and his word is law. He is
usually a shrewd fellow, and watches
closely his employers interests, not
forgetting his own. He has certain
legitimate commissions, or "squeezes,"
as they are called, on all OF his trans
actions. His income is considerable.
A foreign merchant. having acquired
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20
LEFT BOOK IN THE CAR.
It Was the Nature of the Volume Made
the People Smile.

It Was the Nature of the Volume Made
the People Smile.
He was very stout and dignified. His
Elistening broadcloth frock coat, mar
row white tie and high hat were all
immaculate. He boarded Clark
street cable car at the limits and sat
down near the door. After adjusting
q heavy pair of gold spectacles he took
paper book from his capacious
pocket and quickly became absorbed
in it. Soon an almost audible smile
passed across the faces of the other
passengers, but the old gentleman
neither saw nor heard. Never once
from the car barns to Monroe street
were the gold spectacles raised from
the pages before them. People enter
ed and left the car, grinning broadly,
but not a smile flickered across the
readers face. Evidently the matter
before him was worthy of his most
serious consideration. When the ca
BILE car jerked around the corner of
Dearborn street he started up in sud
den excitement. stop, STOP" he call
ed to the conductor. Where am IT.
He got his bearings in a minute and.
catching sight of a clock in a drug
store window, he said, half aloud:
Tut, tut, IL o'clock and I should have
been at the conference at that hour =
He got off and started toward the
Auditorium, forgetting his book, in a
brilliant green and yellow cover, on
which in large black letters was print
ed: BLACK Jack Duncan; or. Round
Up in the Rockies. "-Chicago Chron.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20

At an auction sale of old wines be-
longing to the estate of Eugene Ke-
teltas, yesterday, thirty-two bottles OF
Ferdinand sherry, said to be the last
of a celebrated Montillo wine; brought
S. a bottle. Eleven bottles OF Madeira
Of the vintage of 1928 went for IS a
bottle. More than 100 bottles OF
"South Side Wedding Wine" were sold
at from $3.50 to S. bottle. The live
Hest bidding was done for eleven bot
ties of old blue seal "Rain-Water" Ma
deira. This wine was described as
"of the old style of the last century,
having been made probably In 1740 or
1850" It was sold for $3.50 bottle
New York Post
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Sir George White, who has been

Sir George White, who has been
made a G. C. v. O., has now no fewer
than five knighthoods. He is Sir
George White, G. C. B., X. c. B., G. 3.
S. l., G. C. l. E., G. c. v. o. Only two
other British subjects, not OF the blood
royal. have five knighthoods. They are
the marquis of Dufferin and Lord Rob-
erts. and they have but four each,
without their X. P.s. Among COM
moners, who cannot be K. P.s. Sir
George White stands alone. Indeed,
no Is the nnlv cOmmOnar
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20
"a Woman

A w0nsaRs whose expo
rIence ii, treating female
ills Is greater than that
of any Nvxng person, male
or female.
She has fifty thousand
such testimonial letters
as we are constantly pub
fishing showing that Zydla
e. PInkssasf,'s Vegetable
COMPOUND is daSIy re-
Neving hundreds of sUf-
fes,ing women
Every woman knows
some woman Nsrs. Pink
ran, has restored to
health.
Mrs. PEskkaaEss makes
no statements she cannot
urove. Her advice Is
Lydia E. Pinkham
tTGGS Med. Co. Lynn. Mass.
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At the American Consulate he was
housekeeper, chambermaid and butler.
Ho did the marketing, and should any
complaint arise in regard to the cook
ing, this head servant considered 1t his
duty to whip the cook, another Chi
naman. He wears a clean white cot
ton gown-that is, of course, in sum-
mer-May to September-when the
temperature ranges between eighty
five and ninety degrees. His black
house slippers have noiseless paper
soles. He speaks the jargon of the
treaty ports, known as "Pidgin En-
glish." When dinner is ready he pre-
sents himself, with hands carefully
concealed in the loose, flowing sleeves
Of his dress-a sign Of respect-and
says. with a deep bow:
Master comes catchee chow"
Should he be little out of temper
snd wish to show the slightest degree
of disrespect, he will allow a small
portion of one hand to be seen, and
say:
"Chow have got"
MASTER" in order that the domestic
machinery may run smoothly, mus
adapt himself to the language of his
man servant. Should he be asked tt
ego upstairs and fetch my slippers,
he would stare in bewilderment.
John, makee so top side and catche'
slippers"
This is perfectly Ineligible to John
the name by which all foreign resi-
dents call the servant.
The average Chinaman possesses
remarkable memory. He will lear
to make himself understood in almos
any foreign language in less than hal
the time it requires an intelliger
Englishman or American to make hin
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In the big foreign hotels which
abound In all the treaty ports-Hong-
Kong. Shanghai, etc-as waiter he is
perfect. He wears loose white robe,
Immediately clean; milk white stock
sngs, with black satin slippers; a shiny
black pigtail divides his back from
neck to heels. He moves about as 81
Rntly as a cat. His duties once hav-
Ing been explained to him, he never
forgets. He is reliable.
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and conditions. Every third man
among them carried lantern. none
of which, however, were quite as large
as those of my hosts coolies.
"'Those are my official lanterns
said the Consul. In this country size
represents rank. Big man, big Ian
tern; little man, little lantern. None
but the higher officials can have large
sized lanterns
"'And who are those grave-looking
gentlemen in white nightgowns. each
attended by Il lamp coolie?
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20
From Across the Continent.

IT received the Tetterine couple OF
days ago. The few applications I've
made convince me that have at last
found in this fine remedy a cure for
Eczema. 1 can sell few boxes to my
friends. What discount on one dozenf
Let me know at once. r. G. Bingley,
.707 Market street, San Francisco,
CAL" At druggists or by mail for 5O
cents by J. T. Shuptrine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20

At the close Of the last fiscal year
there were 2.617 railway mail routes
in this country. of total length of
17e,726.95 miles. over which the mail
cars travelled that year 2S7 .591. 269. 81
miles. The government paid for the
railway postofiice cars, $4,175.724.S6,
and for the transportation OF the
mails, $31, s42, 1903; or total to the
railroads OF $36.117,S75.7 which was
an average of 121a cents per mile for
Transportation and postal cars COM
bined. or ~ cents mills for the cars
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20

II Is said that Rus ia is about to adopt Lew
calendar. Each year contai.s Is months OF
twenty-tight days each, and begins on Mon
day and ends on Saturday. The main feat
IRE Of this calendar is its apparent stability,
and in this it resembles the sovereign rem
edy. Hostetter's stomach Bitters, which has
held an unmovable position for half a CEN
fury. Try it for indigestion, dyspepsia,
constipation, nervousness or insomnia, but
be sure you get the genuine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward Tor
my case of Catarrh that cannot be cured Dy
falls Catarrh Cure.
We the undersigned, have known +. =. Che-
lev for the last 10 years, and believe him per.
ectly honorable in all business transacSons
don made by their firm.
VEST q TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists Toledo
Ohio. xx,,
WALDfNG, KINNAN 81 MARVIN, Wnoiesaio
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act"
ny directly upon the blood and mucous SUR
aces of the system. Testimonials sent Tree
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by ell Druggists
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
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"yes" grunted the great chief.
,bov have come to set up their laws
nver our land and to take possession
~ the hills and the valleys and tho
sertile plains that have been ours. But
thew have paid price that will stag
Ger humanity" Then taking the
ing for the contents of which he had
traded off the lands Of his tribe. he
fitted the bottom toward the planet
Mars and was satisfied.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20

They said my host, are mer-
chants. clerks, 'compradoes" and trad
ers. You see their lamps are little
under the medium size. The common
coolies not attending as servants carry
the very smallest sized lamps. All arc
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20

We put certain chemicals
together, chemicals which have
a known result. We make no
immoderate claims for them,
and we confidently expect them
to do what we say they will do.
Ayers Hair Vigor will make
hair grow.
Miss Moore, who is the post
master at Welchburg, KY, put
this letter in her mail the other
day:
aLast summer my hair was thin and
short and was falling out profusely. ! then
began using Ayers Hair Vigor, and two
bottles of it gave me beautiful and glossy
hair. My hair is now over yard long,
and my friends all wonder what has made
it so thick and heavy"
Now that the secrets out
we suppose her friends will
stop wondering.
]. c. AVER COMPANY,
pr,et;ol Chemists, Lowell, Mass.
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required to carry them; 1t is the local
municipal regulation
at seemed to me an absurd custom

for the American Consul to have to
spend his evenings out with a couple
of lanterns the size of barrels in con-
slant attendance, and announced my
intention Of having one only, large
enough for practical purposes.
"'In that case.' said my host, you
will be set down as a small and insig-
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to his fancy for cat and dog diet;
they are overcome by the odors which
emanate from his habitations. In
truth, the Chinese coolie is not a
dainty creature; but he is good serv-
ant; he is quick; he is honest; he is
faithful; he is as regular in the per-
Torrance of his duties as clockwork
and he can be forced to some degree
of cleanliness.
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Magistrate-"Yo are charged with talking
back to an officer, sir. have you anything TO
olive sed too much al teady."-Ohio State
Journal,
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self understood 10 any one of the
many Chinese ,liaiceis. This disparity
has led to soii:s curious anomalies in
the trade of liz. country. Thus 1T all
the open ports tratie with foreigners
IL carried on by means Of middlemen.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-20

A Colorado millionaire, who is get
ting up an art gallery, went to Whist
ler's studio. In the Rue du Bac. He
glanced casually at the pictures on
the walls-"symphonies" in rose and
gold. in blue and gray. in brown and
green. How much for the LOTT" he
asked. with the confidence OF one who
owns gold mines. -Four millions"
said Whistler. Whats" MY post
humous prices" And the painter
added, Good morning. Paris Letter
in Saturday Evening Post.
Heat what age do you think girl
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c.,,1 Of PoIisher necessary

consider a human soul without edu-
cation like marble in the quarry, which
shows none OF its inherent beauties un-
#, the skill OF the polisher fetches Out
the colors and makes the sariac'
shine Addison.
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Papa--"Are you sure that you ano
mamma thought Of me while you
were away" Grace-"Yes; we heard
a man kicking up great row about
bis breakfast at the hotel, and mamm'
said: That's just like papa