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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Envy is a kind of praise.-Gay.

Envy is kind of praise.-Gay.
Everything yields to industry
Antiphanes.
1t is worse to apprehend than to
suffer.-Bruyere.
Better go to bed supperless than
rise in debt.-Franklin.
History is the essence of innumer-
able MISUNDERSTANDING.
To be proud of learning is the great
est ignorance.-Jeremy Taylor.
Never do thing concerning the
rectitude of which you are in doubt
Pliny.
OF all the evil spirits abroad in the
world insincerity is the most DANGER
ous.-Froude.
The gratitude of place expectants is
a lively sense of future favors.-Sir
Robert Walpole.
Our doubts are traitors, and make US
lose the good we oft might win by
fearing to attempt.-Shakespeare,
Some people are always grumbling
because roses have thorns. 1 am
thankful that thorns have roses
Karr.
Some thoughts always find us young,
and keep us so. Such a thought is a
love OF the universal and eternal
beauty.-Emerson.
We would often be ashamed Of our
noblest actions il the world were &C.
quainted with the motives that i'm
PEELED them.-La Rochefoucauld.
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THE KINGS JESTER.

Earth is the great Kings kitchen, wide
and vast,
Where each of us, laboring cook, doth
try
10 bake for him some dainty unsurpassed,
To win his regal favor each doth vie.
For tits to him who cooks the daintiest
fare
A boon, that he shall leave his humbls
place
And gladly mount the great Kings marble
stair,
To swagger in his halls in gold and lace.
Chance is jolly jester. and'ring through,
Who, bent on mischief, casts his eyes
around
10 find another scruvy trick or two
That to his far-famed foolship may re-
dound
He spies pasty baking merrily,
And quickly. ere the busy cook can
know,
With finger pokes it, swelling airily-
And loi-our daintiest cake is turned to
dough!
Joseph H. Gregory, in Life.
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A TaIe-Bearfng Marble.

Lord Kelvin once surprised his class
by the quick and amusing manner in
which he solved problem on Sound"
In the midst of an experiment Lord
Kelvin had ceased lecturing, and was
silently watching, along with most Of
the students. the progress of an exper-
iment. There was a dead silence,
which was suddenly and rudely bro
ken by the sound of marble, which
an inattentive pupil had purposely
dropped, and which continued to roll
and drop, drop, drop down all the tiers
of benches till 1t reached the ground
floor. Meanwhile Lord Kelvin had
quickly turned around and observed
where the marble emerged on the
floor. He counted back the number
of times he had heard it drop. and
then announced:
"Mr X Of the seventh tier, you
may report to me after the lecture"
The eminent scientist had correctly
spotted the culprit. - Mainly About
People.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13
Pretty Girl Clerks Wish.

1t was a great department stor,
where the crowds surge past the coun.
tiers ceaselessly from the hour, of open
ing even unto the hour of closing. ant
the questions the clerks answer art
many. And girl with pretty face ant
dark eyes, eyes that were SO large an;
deep that 1t seemed when you looket
into them that you were looking int
an everlasting depth Of soft color. ant
with dark hair that came over til,
white forehead with q graceful. old
fashioned and decidedly becomin,
manner, stood among the perfumes
and the brushes and answered tn,
questions and wrote down her sala
and called cash" in tired voice. Ant
a. the Disordered Brain walked pas
he noticed the tired eyes, albeit the.
were lost in the glimpse of the ricl
velvet hues, and he heard her say: :.
wish had a raise, or a fortune, or
husband. milwaukee, Journal.
The Sunday school furnishes the on.
indispensable element of a complet,
life, and this never leaves the men,
Rev. A. Bllkovsky, Universalist, Balti
more. Md.
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HuMoR OF THE DAY.

"I loved you" he raved, "from thu
first night had your fathers rating il
Bradstreet's." -Philadelphia Nortl
American.
"What is the meaning Of the wore
natural" asked the teacher of small
pupil. "It's the way we act before we
learn manners" was the answer.
. He thought he would be shrewd,
And wed for money;
Well, now he is beshrewed-
Is that not funny?
Philadelphia Press.
Father-"My daughter tells me, sir
that you have been making love to
her." Clubberly-I don't know why
she should single me out among SO
many."-Detroit Free Press.
Wife Ito unhappy husband)-"l
wouldn't worry. John; it doesn't do
any good to borrow trouble" Hus-
band-"Borrow trouble? Great Caesar.
my dear, amt borrowing trouble; /
have 1t to lend" -Tit-Bits.
II see that Swiss engineer has in
vented a brake that will stop flying
e1press-train inside of eight yards"
Good. But how about the passen-
gers-are they expected to stop, too?'
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pearson-"I'd like to know who sent
me this abusive letter. I'll bet it was
that crank next door," Mrs. Pearson
81 don't think so, John. 1t must have
been some one who knows you much
better than he does."- Tit-Bits.
II wish I knew whether there is
anything in Mr.. Shadyside or not"
said Miss Bellefield to Miss Bloomfield.
"Have you thought of testing him
with the cathode ray?" asked the lat
ter.-Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The rabbit met the Belgian hare
And said with grand and lordly air:
when pledge of good luck man secures
My left hind legs as good as yours"
Chicago Record.
Towne-"That boy of Jones's is old
er than he looks, isn't he?" Browne
II don't think so. Why?' Towne--
Il saw him out skating to-day, and he
never once tried to see how near he
could 60 to the dan9er-sign without
falling in."-Philadelphia Press.
'He quotes great deal of poetry"
said the young woman. "Then l
shouldn't bother about him." said Miss
Cayenne, "He is probably not serious.
A man never quotes poetry except
when he is too lazy to think of some.
thing to say on his own account.
Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13
Mushroom Culture by Ants.

In the American Naturalist Profess
sor Wheeler describes a new genus of
insect living commercially with certain
ants. The general reader will, how
ever, be specially interested in
the so-called mushroom gardens"
formed by the ants in question. 1t
appears that they cut and transport
into their subterranean cellars large
pieces Of leaves. which are there d.
vided into smaller fragments, and I'll.
timately reduced to fine pulp. This
pulp is heaped up, and soon becomes
invaded by the mycelium of fungus.
The mycelium is kept aseptically
clean-i. e., free from all species of
fungi and even from bacteria-and in.
duced to grow in an abnormal way
by bringing forth minute swellings
which constitute the only food of the
ant colony. Moller likens these swell.
ings to the kohlrabi' of the German
kitchen gardens"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound.
Ii you are troubled with pains,
falnting spells, depression of spirits,
reluctance to go anywhere, headache,
oackache, and always tired, please re-
member that there is an absolute
remedy which will relieve you of your
suffering as it did Mrs. Rice. Proof
is monumental that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the
greatest medicine fer suffering women.
No other medicine has made the cures
that 1t has, and no other woman has
helped so many women by direct advice
as has Mrs. Pinkham; her experience
Is greater than that of any living per-
son. 1t you are sick, write and get
her advice; her address is Lynn, Mass.
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and life as they have of the most
suitable cuisine for the inhabitants Of
the planet Mars"
laugh that he had rightly guessed what
was In her heart Life was not life
so long as it did not make people open
their eyes.
Il know shall have to work hard"
she said; "but what signifies working
hard when 1t leads to appreciation?
What, indeed? Why, it becomes as
dream Of the night. And when do
you mean to leave u.s."
IL feel that the sooner / get into
harness the better it will be for all of
us. Time is flying. l have wasted too
many years of my life already. | shall
be an old woman before / have begun
to live"
81 think you are on the shady side of
20 already"
81 am g."
SIS it possible? All, yes, you'll have
to make haste If you want to do any,
thing before you are past work.
The girl smiled the confident smile
of % in the presence of so.
Il can go home now with a light
heart" she said. "Of course, poor
mother was opposed to my scheme"
"Oh, of course. Mothers sometimes
have queer ideas. shouldn't wonder
if she questioned the possibility of
your doing better for yourself than
marrying Dick"
That is exactly what she said"
cried the girl. Marriage is the best
career for GIRL poor mother said,
when l told her all that hoped to do"
"Ah! that is so like a mother-mar-
rage career! Well, WE'LL"
"And promised her to be guided by
what you would say, so now can 60
home with light heart
Mr.. Fenton gave her his hand.
She elapsed it in both her own quite
prettily while she thanked him again
and again. But when she got to the
door she turned as if she had some
thing more to say. For some reason or
other the words did not come at once.
She kept her eyes fixed on the handle
of the door, at which she worked. She
seemed greatly interested in the mech
anism. He waited patiently for her to
speak
"I-I-like Dick very much, Mr..
Fenton," she said at last. Il only feel
that-that-well. I'll be sorry to leave
Dick"
That's because you have a kind
heart, my DEAR" said he. But if !
were you l wouldn't think too much
about Dicks disappointment. l know
what these young chaps are; they fam
cy, for the time being, that it would
be impossible for them to think of any
other girl than the one on whom they
believe they have set their hearts, but,
bless your soul, my child, they are |
over head and ears with another girl |
before the one that has treated them |
las you suppose) unkindly has finished |
her afternoon tea. Don't worry your
self about Master Dick; he'll find am
pie consolation for your absence before
you are gone "a hours the young ras-
all"
There was another pause and some
more twitching of the handle of the
ioor before she said:
Il hope he may be happy."-Chicago
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HELP FOR WOMEN


81 do not feel very well, am 80
tired all the time. / do not know what
Is the matter with me-"
You hear these words every day; as
often as you meet your friends just so
often are these words repeated. More
than likely you speak the same signifi-
cant words yourself. and no doubt you
do feel far from well most of the time.
Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, Wis,
whose portrait we publish, writes that
she suffered for two years with bear
ing-down pains, headache, backache,
and had all kinds of miserable feelings,
all OF which was caused by falling and
Inflammation of the womb, and after
doctoring with physicians and numer-
Gus medicines she was entirely cured by
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13
Crecy.

The old church and an old market
cross in the square near it are both
worth inspection. The red bricks Of
the church walls were as mellow and
bright with lichen as the houses of
the town; and the chestnut trees by
its porch yield shade which the Crecy
gossips no doubt relish in the dogdays.
Inside, 1t has not very much to en-
gross; one expects such great things
from French churches that its defici-
encies seem more considerable than
they are. But on this bright Septem-
Der morning the interior was made
lustrous by the presence of a number
OF nuns in spotless white, solemnly
receiving the sacrament. A somewhat
profane common person in clean blue
smock took snuff as he contemplated
the scene, and remarked to me, THAT
makes a pretty picture. ma foi!" 1t
was even more than that.
OF the battlefield one sees without
difficulty everything that remains to
be seen. The old mill by which Ed
ward III staid with his reserves while
the Black Prince won the day and his
spurs has been removed only within
the last II years. 1t is a pity that it
had to go; but one may sympathize also
with the French proprietor of it; he
must have got rather weary of it, he
must have got weary at seeing exult-
ant Britons standing at its base and
looking at the wheat fields and acres
of beetroot below with pride in their
hearts. But the site, of course, is not
so readily removable; and any one
may from this capital vantage ground
understand with what precision the
English king could follow the details
OF the combat which ended in the
wreck OF the hopes of his brother of
France.-Chambers' Journal.
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The deepest coal pit in France is the
Arthur de Buyer Of the Ronchamp
group of collieries. in the Haute-Sa-
one. The shaft has only just been com
pleted. Its depth is 113o yards, diam
eter ID feet. and it has taken five years
to finish. The ventilation, which is eff
fected by several huge electric fans. is
said to be very satisfactory. The coal
has been struck exactly at the point
calculated by M. Pousigne, the min
ing engineer,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13
Millions Of People Use Cuticura SOAP

Ssana fI ~ Sus ssn &c, Ointment M @ skin
sSy s @ FOR I Sss 5 % n s:
n iens Wmsn CuU.A s
a especially soar d
ana the refreshing
and purifying ROT
children Nc other moad
and No
be compsrsd
toilet
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13
THE cHooTAw EXTENSION.

Little Rock, Ark.-Information was
received from Washington that the
secretary of the interior had APP
proved the plans for the extension of
the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf
railroad from Hartshorn. /. T., to
Ardmore, on the Santa Fe. The con-
tract was let month ago to Corrigan
and Co., and work will begin at once.
The distance is III miles and the ex-
tension will give the Choctaw a di-
rect outlet for Its coal.
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Denmark is a small country. but 1t
has the great distinction among en-
lightened nations of exporting the best
butter in the world. A report Of Frank
H. Hitchcock. chief of the division of
foreign markets in the agricultural
department at Washington, says that,
while butter is the most valuable ex-
port of the Danes, "they import a good
deal of butter of the cheaper sort from
the United States"
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MrtRDEREp HIS PARENTS.

Guthrie, o. T.-Albert Johnson,
aged "a, shot and killed his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William johnson last
week at his home east Of Orlan do in
this county. A 38-calibre Winchester
rifle was the weapon used by young
johnson in committing his dastardly
crime. johnson was strapped down
so he could not get away and was
turned over to the sheriff at once,
who stayed but ten minutes, owing
to the crowd that was rapidly gath
erinQ and for fear of mob violence.
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LIES pIsAP9oINTMsNTs,

x4kancing spring hath wintry days,
Ascending paths have downward ways,
And quickest flights have sore delays.
Tides oft seem ebbing while they flow,
Spring flowers are frost-nipt ere they
blow,
Returning health i'll days can show.
Henry Housman.
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No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARKrs help
nature, cure you without a-gripe or pain.
produce easy natural movements, cost you
just 10 cents to start getting your health
back. CAsoAsErs Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab
let has Goo. stamped on it. Beware CT
limitations.
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WONDERFUL CURE OF PSORIASIS,

suffsef tor thirty from the worst form of Psor
asi, finally cured by Cutcura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment wish to tell you my experience, that Others
may benefit by It, srievousy afflicted that the
matter that exudcd from after the scales had peed
body After remaining In position, sitting or lying
down. tor an hour two, the flesh elbows and knees
woud thick and hard woud the crsty scales become
The humiliation experienced, to say nothing Of physical
something fghtfu The detached scales wouj
fairly rain from coat sleeves Ihave read none Of your
that appear to represent bad as mine
cura Soap suds night and morning, applied the Cucura
Ointment, and then wrapped myself in sheet. In two
weeks my skin was almost blood red in color, bot smooth
and without scales Patches of natural coored skin began
to appear and In less than month was cured am now
passed Of age and have skin as soft and smooth
as baby Hoping that others may benefit by my expert
cne and regrettng that scnstvcness orbds me from dis
closing my name, am yours gratefully,
i'll. NJ, Boston, Mass Sept. 80, 1900.
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There is more Catarrh in this ssct,on ~ th.
sonntry than all other diseases put together.
ma until the last few years was supposed to be
mcurabie. For a great many years doctors
local remedies, and by constantly fai!inc 10
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in.
surabie. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh C,ure
manutacturcd by +. J. Cheney q CO.. Toledo
Onio, IS the only constitutional cure on the
10 drops to q teaspoonful It acts directly On
Inc me blood and mucous surfaces of the sy stem
!, Iney ofrer one hundred dollars for any case
moniale. Address FIJI CHENEY& Co Toledo. q
Sold by Druggists, 75c -
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13

Sometimes historians tell us that II
was only Dutchmen and not English.
men, who bought the red mans land
instead of stealing it. Such state.
ments have been made in New York
but If we pass Oil to Philadelphia VIC
hear that it was only Quakers who
were thus scrupulous, and when We
arrive in Baltimore we learn that i
was only Roman Catholics. In poini
of fact, 1t was the invariable custom
of European settlers on this Atlanti,
coast to purchase the lands on which
they settled and the transaction wa:
usually recorded in a deed to which
the Sagamores affixed their marks
Nor was the affair such a mocker!
as it may at first thought seem to us
says writer in the Atlantic Monthly
The red man got what he sorely Gov
eted, steel hatchets and grindstones
glass beads and rum, perhaps musketi
and ammunition, while he was apt t.
game and fish. A struggle was in
evitable when the white mans agricul
ture encroached upon and exhausted
the Indians hunting ground bu
other circumstances usually brought i
on long before that point was reached
The age of iron superseded the stont
age in America by the same law OF
progress that from time immemoria |
has been bearing humanity onward
from brutal savagery to higher ant
more perfect life. In the course Of II
our forefathers certainly ousted and
the red men, but they die |
not do it in a spirit of robbery. J
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13

II the United States and England should
form an alliance, the combined strength
would be so great that there would be little
chance for enemies to overcome US. In
like manner, when men and women keep
up their bodily strength with Hostetters
stomach Btters, there is little chan of
attacks from disease. The old time remedy
enriches the blood, steadies the nerves, and
increases the appetite. Try it for dyspepsia
and indiraytion
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13

Nfrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething soften the gums, reduces infamDa-
;on. allays pain, cures wind collie. &c bottle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13
INVESTIGATIONS recenfIy mana ~

Investigations recently made by
medical committee in Edinburgh SHOW
that the poor of that city are quite a,
we'll fed as those in the large towns o
Great Britain or America. The com
mittee regrets that the old diet
porridge and milk of the laboring
classes has been given up for tea ant
bread. 1t also points out that whit,
bread as an energy producer, is bette
than brown
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13

If you want "good digestion to wait upon
your appetite" you should always chew ba:
OF Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti,
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more than doubled during the last twenty
years. 1t is now estimated at 100000 and l20.-
00O ~
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The United States supplies the greatest
number of visitor from abroad to Carlyle's
birthplace in Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-13
WanfAd-Af 0ncas

There are in the United States 80 Berlins.
81 Hamburgs % towns bearing the name of
Paris and ID that of Londou.
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John Wanamaker has been re-ele tod pres
ident or the Pennsylvania State Sabbath
Soho, Association.
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Dyspepsia

At street fair in Wichita this fall one o
the chief features was an arch forty feet
high, constructed entirely of apples.
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Piss 3 ure for Consumption is an infalli-
BILE medicine for oughs aud colds,- N w,
SAMUEL. Ocean Grove N. j., Feb, II, 1900.
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The Sultan's creditors will learn with
pleasure that he has install telephone in
his palace.-Pittsburg News
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Dyein0 is rs simple as washing when you
use PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. Sold by all
druggists
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IN che boroughs of Manhattan and Broux
OF New York city, alone there are l45 miles
of as phalt pavement.
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Travelling statesmen with or without experience
Soooo and expenses For parttcula write
Pocahontas Tobacco Works, Bedford CITY Va
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The great public schools of the large citis
use carriers Ink exclusively. 1t is the be.
and costs no more than the poorest. Get it.
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In fits most aggravated form has been ofYectually
cured with smau doses Of Grab Orchard Water
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Beet For the BoweIs.

lnkedar's Tents" by Henry Seton Merri-
les; there were no polit clans.
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The Chinchona tree, from which we &c
quinine. only grows at an elevation Of ZOO
to 10000 feet in the Andes,