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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-12-08
Feminina FinancierinE.

While the coachman was having his
vacation his employer made sudden
announcement to his family that he
must go at once to the upper PENN
sula on pressing business. Naturally
enough he omitted to state that he
was going in an improvised fishing
party. Here's some money, Man,"
and he stopped to produce it, though
he had to quit packing a valise that
he had been stuffing as though he
were baling hay. Hire a man to
take care of the barn till Peter comes
back and use the rest of 1t as you
want to-" When he was gone she,
having the usual Napoleonic financial
ability of her sex, promptly decided to
look after the barn herself and put the
money thus saved into a beautiful
That evening it rained and she tripped
to the stables in macintosh that
she tossed on the nearest part Of the
nearest horse. in lieu of convenient
peg, and was Immediately kicked q
dozen feet in a straight line. The
cook ran out and displayed her pres.
ence of mind by turning the hose or
her mistress and playing It on hel
until she had to revive in order moi
to drown. When 1t came to putting
hay down into the hangers the cool
fell headforemost into the funnel
shaped chute made for this purpose
and most of her blood had gravitatet
to her brain before the people in thu
block, two policemen. a contractor
and a veterinary surgeon had res
cued her. She is in bed under medi
cal care, the wife is being treated fol
a general confusion of the body, ant
the returned coachman is under extr.
pay to assure the husband that every
thing went off nicely.-Detroit Ere,
Press.
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A Mouse Catches the Flies.

A tiny mouse that seems to have its
own way in all it cares to do has taken
up quarters in a bulk window on
Chestnut street. TIL window con.
tains fine display of travelling bags
ana dressing cases, and under ordinary
circumstances the presence of the lit.
tie intruder would not be tolerated a
minute. But this is not an ordinary
mouse. Instead of creating havoc and
damage by gnawing holes in the val.
liable bags and grips this particular
mouse does valuable service to the
firm by spending it's time in catching
the flies that are unwise enough to
come with reach. Every evening after
the store has been closed and the
clerks have gone home a crowd gath
ers on the pavement outside and
watches the little fellow capture the
unwary flies. 1t is a wonderful per-
Torrance, and SO quick of movement
and keen of eye is the mouse that
fly rarely escapes that it springs for.
The houses mode is simple and eff
fectual. From crouching attitude it
waits until a fly comes close enough:
then it straightens up on it's hind legs,
the two front paws like tiny hands,
are thrust upward, and the unwary
fly is clutched and brought down. At
ter that the mouse eats the fly and
then gets ready to catch another.-
Philadelphia Record.
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StOwaway Brides.

Stowaway brides are not as rare al
the Barge Office as one would believe.
1t is quite easy for girl to slip aboard
an outgoing steamer and stow herself
in one of the hunks below decks. living
quietly there till well at sea. A case
happened little while ago, the girl
coming to NEE her fiance here. AS
both were poor, the former resorted
to this perilous expedient to accom-
plish the desired end One would
think that such heroic endeavor
would deserve a better reception, but
on arriving, having been worked very
hard on shipboard for passage, worn
and worried almost to distraction, the
maiden r-as so changed by her ordeal
of love that when her betrothed met
her he refused to marry her. A few
days later. while being taken back to
the ship for deportation, she leaped
into the bay. Rescued CALAMITY, she
fingered a prisoner in the charity hos.
pital, but died some weeks later. liter.
ally of a broken heart.-Ainslee's Mag.
azine.
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G THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON D. G.

half are scientific men. There are
two large bureaus, twenty-five divis-
ions, offices, or surveys. OF these
seven are administrative, eight tech
nical, an seven are purely scientific.
To these must be added the offices of
the Weather Bureau, which include
154 observer stations, and fifty-two
stations along the coast and on the
Great Lakes. The Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry has 152 technical
stations engaged in meat inspection
and quarantine work, and three lab
Oratories where the diseases of ami
mails and their causes are investi-
gated.
This article would be uninteresting
and therefore worthless if l should
undertake to describe technically the
work dole by the department. l shall
try to give the reader general idea
of what these practical and scientific
men are doing for the country. be-
cause after visit to the bureau in
Washington I vas led to read a good
deal of its literature, and to look in
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to the subject, and it struck me that
the work is not only in every way
worthy, but that it's real value is not
widely understood, has been laughed.
or smiled into oblivion, perhaps on
account of the jokes about the seeds
and the farmers" who distribute and
receive them.
In the first place the department
provides an opportunity to make
farming as profitable as in the nature
of things it can possibly be. 1t does
this by ffording to the farmer who
will avail himself of it full knowledge
of the requirements of his art, of the
conditions of the soil and climate of
his neighborhood, and of the crops
which may be most profitably grown
on his farm. The department makes
the necessary experiments for the
farmer, saving him both time and
money, and putting him that far
ahead in the game which his father
distinguished economist told me not
long ago that it was hardly possible
to overestimate the good that the eX-
pertinent stations had torked in the
business of farming. 1t was this
statement that put me on my in
Quiry. These experiment stations, by
the-way, receive money from the
States-a little more than half as
much as they receive from the iSn-
eral Government AS is to be expA.t-
ed. the farmers at first entertained a
very contemptuous idea of the scien-
lists in charge of the stations. but
they are now coming to depend upon
them, and to go to them for advice.
Their confidence was first gained by
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whole department and of its value
for it's work is well dOne-may be OBJ
tanned by an enumeration of some of
the subjects which have been inves-
tigated and on which publications
have been issued. The division of
vegetable physiology and pathology
has studied the disease of
shade and ornamental trees,
and has instructed those who
plant and care for such trees in the
causes of and remedies for the dis
eases. 1t has taught fruit growers
how to care for and improve the or
ange, pineapple and other fruits. 1t
has discovered the secret of propagat
ing the fig. 1t has found remedies for
diseases of truck crops, cotton, wheat,
corn and other cereals. A good deal
of work is done in investigating the
character and conditions, including
the proper habitat, of plants that are
not usually grown here. 1t has thus
been found that jute can profitably be
raised in the South, and fax on Puget
Sound. The department furnishes
farmers with information as to the
character of weeds sent by them for
Identification, and it. issues warnings
to State experiment stations and to
local authorities of the presence of
dangerous weeds in their localities. 1t
also makes tests of seeds and pub
fishes the information gained by the
experiments. 1t spreads abroad in
formation as to grasses, grains, poiS
onous plants, roots and fruits. 1t
makes thorough examination of soils
for agricultural purposes, ascertains
their tex,Ire, and issues a bulletin
showing graphically the differences
in important types of land. The same
bulletin ''shows that most of our ag-
ricultural crops are adapted to soils
of certain texture, differing greatly
for the various crops" Bulletins are
also issued showing the moisture
maintained BIZ these crops, and the
differences between adjacent soils.
The department tells the farmer the
character of his land, the kind of crop
best adapted to it and to the climate,
is constantly experimenting to dis
cover new crops for him, furnishes
him with seeds, tells him the nature
of the enemies that will attack his
crops, warns him of their actual
presence, and instructs him as to the
5mcdies to be applied. 1t also separ-
ates his diseased cattle from his
healthy cattle; stamps the latter so
thal they bring higher price abroad
than competing cattle bring; informs
him of the character of the foreign
demand for farm products, and advises
him as to the best manner of packing
his fruit for shipment. The value of
the work of the forestry division can
not be overestimated. 1t has done
much to stimulate a widespread in
terest in the subject of forest preser-
vation. and has accomplished an adj
work in decreasing the num-
Der of forest fires. The department
also instructs the farmer in the art
Of making good roads, and excites
desire for them by spreading abroad
1 knowledge of their great economic
value to all who have heavy loads to
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sKWARD.e INDEPENDENCE.


Interesting Incidents In Distinguished
xlAi's Earsy. o.rser. v
When Wf,iam II. Seward LETT home
to go to Un1en college. Nike many an
other country boy he felt ashamed OF
his rough homespun clothes, and the
thought OF them made him % uneasy
that he soon ran into debt with the
most fashionable tailor OF the place.
The senior year In college began, but
the tailor had not been paid. Doctor
Seward would not settle what he re-
garded as An unnecessary account, and
his son could not pay the debt while
remaining student on slender al
lowance. The incident became 80 dis
agreeable that young Seward determin-
ed to make himself financially indepen-
dent. On the first day Of 1919 he start
ed secretly for Georgia, hoping TO Sc
cure a position as teacher OF an acad-
envy. By the time he was within 90
or forty miles Of the end OF his journey
his purse was almost empty and no
was compelled to proceed a3oot. His
strength and resources were all but
exhausted when he came upon q log
cabin In the woods, which was FORUM
ately occupied by q family that had re-
Gently moved from Auburn, N. Y. The
young stranger received a hearty well
come, and was Informed that the
sought for academy was in settle
ment close BY; and that his rural host
was trustee. On the following day the
trustees met and examined the appli-
cant, who then withdrew while his
case was under discussion. His posi-
ton was q Serious one with only
eighteenpence in my pocket. thou
sand miles from home. my little ward
robe left thirty miles behind" said
Seward, in later life. where was l to
go? What could do?" Fortune was
with him. He was soon informed that
his application had been accepted, and
that his salary as head Of the academy
would be eight hundred dollars year.
Seward gladly accepted. Proud OF his
appointment, he sent his father q news
paper containing an announcement OF
it. DR.. Seward few into d passion,
wrote to the trustees, telling them that
his son had absconded from college
without cause, bringing disgrace and
sorrow upon his too indulgent parents.
and that all who harbored him would
be prosecuted to the full extent OF the
law. This frightened no one. and 1t
did not cause the very independent
principal elect to alter his plans; but
by the same mail came other letters
What q fathers anger could not dc
was quickly effected by the grief OF
a mother and sister. Young Seward
obtained permission to resign on con-
dition that he should stay until the
arrival of Suitable successor. So after
successfully opening the new academy
he started for home. 1t was not until
he had been for some time d practising
attorney that Seward was able to lay
by a sum sufficient to pay for his
youthful vanity in clothes.-Youths
Companion.
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in Thousand APP
without experiencing
annoying, sometimes painful symptoms
blood surgng to the
sometimes with chis
only few OF the symptoms
Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable Compound was
prepared this trying period OF her me-
still prove medicine Lydia E. Pinkams Vegetable
~''"p'""1 " " ~ Mari H.,
sick for long time was taken
the womb all the
the womb The doctor the womb covered
fifty passing offe Please advise me
possible
CHARLOTTE JOHNSON, Moncova Ohio =. ,aoo
think helped great
had
house aching has left The most the
troubles still there
shall continue incidence
"MRs CHARLOTTE JOHNSON MonoVaoh
ava April 10,
send you this letter
months
ito
Life suffered
kidney
and dizziness well and strong and feel IKE new
Pnhams Compound would not do without
remedies they CHARLOTTE
Moncova Ohio
derived
advice and medicine almost beyond belief yet is all
As of positive Pinkhm file thousands OF
unusual
hams medicine to accomplish
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Of the materials for our export trade
and as if to emphasize the fact thai
the expenditure of the S3,0O0,000 ii
partly in aid of commerce, the
Weather Bureau, whose warnings OF
the approach of coast storms have
saved millions of dollars worth OF
property and thousands of lives, is
attached to the Department of Agri-
culture. There is no doubt that the
American farmer is the most intelli
gent farmer in the world. Statistics
of farm mortgages and farm holdings
show that he is the most prosperous,
and his Government does, more than
any other Government to help it's az.
riculturist to s'-illful, wise, and prof.
liable cultivation, and to point out to
him the most advantageous methods
of distribution.
For all the work which this depart
ment has done the government has
thus far extended less than $50, 000.-
600. The first appropriation for the
agricultural department was of $1,000.
and was made in 1889. Three years
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-12-08
A New Orleans man, who wanted tc

A New Orleans man, who wanted to
be a policeman apd made preparation
for the civil service examination, found
that he had studied along the wrong
lines. He determined to make use Of
his newly acquired knowledge, how.
ever, when he came to a question that
struck him as absurd. The question
was: IF bullet Is dropped in well
and it takes five seconds for it to strike
the water. how far is it from the top of
the well to the surface Of tie water?'
mythology says that when Jupiter
kicked Vulcan out of heaven it took
him forty-seven days and nights to fall
If so, how far Is heaven from Koscius.
ko. MissT
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afterwards there was another appro-
priation of a like amount. Two years
after that Congress appropriated
$1,000. By 1857 the annual expendi-
ture had reached $4,000, but it fell
again and then rose, but it did not
exceed 100000 until 1885, and the
occasion of the increase for that year
was the establishment of the Bureau
of Animal Industry. In 1888 the ap-
preparation exceeded $1,0O0,00O. but
in that year the Weather Bureau was
transferred from the Signal Corps to
the department. The Government
is now spending about $751;.
100000 year on its farm
ers, but included in this sum is
about 100000 for the Weather
Bureau, the Bureau of Animal In
dustry, and the experiment stations.
These last perform as valuable SER
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-12-08

After reading the testimony of ex-
perts on each side of the Luetgert MUIR
der case, the question of continuing the
present practice of employing experts
Is no longer open to debate. When one
expert in anatomy swears that bone
belonged to human body and another
that 1t was a hog bone, expert testi-
hony is reduced to an absurdity. Tes-
llmony Of the kind that has been given
In this celebrated Chicago case tends to
make criminal trials burlesques Of JUS
lice.
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'Tt begins to look as though Jones
were on the verge of financial en-
barrassment." "Why, he and his wife
appear more and more prosperous
every day." Exactly; that's always
the first sign"
"Say," remarked the pug, "that bull
dogs awful savage. amt he?' You
bet" replied the comical fox terrier;
"why he chased tramp yesterday and
be got so mad because he couldn't
catch him that he bit piece out OF his
own pants"
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The ordinary legal document, wha

The ordinary legal document, what
ever it may be, is usually mass OF
verbiage which is not only useless fol
any practical effect, but is simply ridic-
nlous. And still the courts and the law
yers go on yielding obedience to the
Grabbed and senseless forms of GEN.
turtles now dead, in an age of brevity,
of strict economy and of Incompatible
haste, simply because some clerk with
his quin pen and his ink horn invented
the duplication of these phrases few
hundred years ago to fl his scanty
uyyrgQ-
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, The governments
; Great Work For
J the Farmers.
By Henry I.oomis Nelson.

1t is not many years since the De-
partment of Agriculture was a very
small concern, but now it is in fact
rs in name a great and perhaps the
most useful department of the gov
eminent, while at its head is a men,
Der of the cabinet.
What does this department do for
the farmer? Working in an unfre-
quented cart of Washington, or out in
the country in Maryland, or at the
various experiment. stations which
are usually connected with agricul-
tural colleges, are about 5000 people.
OF the 1000 In Washington about cne-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-12-08

While the influence of the bicycle is
noticeable In many of the most i'm.
pertant practical affairs of life, 1t may
also be charged with effecting more or
loss OF revolution in the domain OF
sentiment. Before the wheel came into
use for all sexes, ages and conditions,
the boundaries In which young affec.
tied. Once or twice a week he, under
the old system, in all the perfection of
hong iooking-glass preparation, boiled
shirt and general starchiness, came to
visit her. She, In an even more elab-
urace arrangement of comfort-dispell.
Ing toilet, with possibly some suspi.
cions OF powder and rouge, entertained
him. And under these conditions, with
occasional dress parades in the moon
light, the social party, ball or theater,
fcourtship ran its course till they cana
to the minister's or the parting of their
ways. This, however, has been great.
ly changed by the bicycle, and possibly
FOR the better. Now the two who are
the light Of each others lives, bring Out
their wheels, either singly or in tan.
dem, and swapping their fingers al
broadoleth suits and French gowns put
on comfortable, health-helping gar
ments and so spinning Off not only or
two stated evenings but possibly every
aight in the week. Instead of looking
at themselves like dressed-up refiec
tons Of fashion plates, both get an idea
Of what they really are. The red or
the girls cheeks Is a color complexion
box never knew, while for him, suppos
Ing it's a tandem, though courtshir
makes him take back seat, he's glad
and proud to occupy 1t. No doubt there
are numbers who may not see any par
ticular advantage in this change. but
then the oily fogy always was and al
ways will be with us. At the same
time, as in the ancient debate, whether
parlor-sparking was sweeter than hang
ing over the front gate, here is cas-,
where great deal can be said on botf
sides.
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Nature reports that two specimens
of the egg OF the great aux were sold
at auction at Stevens rooms last week
spectively. The more important of the
two is an unrecorded specimen from q
French collection. 1t is described as
the finest known Of special type OF
markings. The price obtained estab-
fishes a record, 300 guineas having pre-
vious to this sale been the highest
amount ever received. About rs eggs
of the great aux are known to be in
existence.
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81 suppose" said the poets friend
"you seek the plaudits of posterity?''
NO." replied the practical poet; "Fm
simply after contemporary cash."
Judge-"How old are you:" Fair
Nitness-"Well-er, Timer I'm"
Judge-'Better hurry, madam. Every
minutes delay makes it worse"
did you knock when you came tonight
asked she,
With blush, the sly little thing.
II did; lut why do you ask 2" said he,
ooh, 1 thought you came with a ring"
Pick Me Up.
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The love that prompts two trusting
hearts to leave all else and to count the
whole world well lost If only they can
have each other and live in the light Of
their own devotion and the sunshine
Of their own smiles is beyond all price.
Many a home has been founded with
nothing but love for its basis; and those
who know whereof they speak will
certainly not hazard the opinion that
they could have chosen any better ma
terial of which to compose these tenn
poral and spiritual dwellings,.
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Prince Sheng, the director Of tele-
graphs of the Chinese empire, has
played somewhat conspicuous part
in the communications by cable De-
tween Pekin and the powers. He is
said to be one of the most capable
intelligent and broadminded men OF
China. He has had charge not only OF
the telegraphs, but of the railways
also. He is the head Of the Imperial
bank, a position akin to the secretary
shin of the traasj1ry
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peatI, Rate From Intemperance.

In England and Wales the death rate
from intemperance has increased during
the last thirty years more than 100 per
cent, and among women since lS75-the
first year for which the statistics for the
sexes were given scparately-it has in
ased lsn rner cent
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A Pittsburg woman has sued for d.
sorce on the ground Of extreme cruelty
and alleges that her husband has been
accustomed to throw silver dollars at
her. A moro frequent cause for d.
vorce Is the failure of the husband to
throw enough dollars about the house.
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The immense advantages presented by
automobiles have had great fascination
for progressive military men all over the
world. Large sums have been offered ior
the best military automobile. In war. as ID
The best shield with which to protect the
stomach Is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters: 1t
ia certain cure for constipation, indiges-
ton, dyspepsia and biliousness, and pre-
rents malaria, fever and ague
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An Alabama man has sued for $1O,-
600 damages for libel, basing his claim
on the wording of a tombstone inscrip-
ton. This is carrying grave subject
too far; majority of tombstone cpl
taphs are libelous. and everyone
knows II.