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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

foragers about the courtyard, whence
they proceed to the porches and sleep
ing rooms, shifting at tables, chairs
moyables and fixtures, not emitting
the bed on its occupant. The cats OF
ten leap to the bed. On warm night,
when the occupant Expresses himself
with the least possible clothing, be
gets a new sensation from this unex-
pected visit There is no use in Kissing
or shouting or adjuring the animals.
They have too serious work before
them to. heed ordinary "s'cat" meth
DDS. A missile is the only thing they
respect. That will send them scam
pering, the cats to the wall fences,
from which they keep up a madden
ing incarnation, and the dogs going
probably not much further away.
A peaceful sleeper waking a few
nights since found three dogs and two
cats sitting in semi-ciTcle near his
head, as if debating if he was far
enough gone to be worth finishing be-
fore ne had time to grow stale. The
following night he awoke with two
NANCY, undiscovered cats snuggled
asleep close up to him on his blankets.
The experience of taking the city
was certainly as nothing compared
with that since suffered from the
broken rest inflicted by these noisome
Chinese legaeies.-Boston Herald.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

Dixie Cakes-Poor q pint of boiling
water over one cupful Of cornmeal and
boil five minutes, stirring constantly.
Add one teaspoonful of melted butter.
two well-beaten eggs, one cupful of
water, one cupful Of milk and one
saltspoonful of salt. Bake in well.
creased griddle. They are delicious.
Cheese Pudding-One cupful Of
bread crumbs. one tablespoonful OF
butter. two eggs, one-quarter Of tea
spoonful of salt, dash of cayenne,
one-half teaspoonful dry mustard and
one saltspoonful Of soda. Sift the mus
tard over the cheese, add the bread
crumbs, salt and cayenne, and mix.
Turn into a creased dish. Dissolve the
soda In milk. add the beaten eggs, and
pour over the bread mixture. Bake
half an hour in a moderate oven. The
dish should be a shallow one SO as to
have as much Drowned surface as pos
sible.
Luncheon Cutlets-Take five small
neck outlets of lamb and stew until
thoroughly done in a pint Of stock
with two punches Of soup vegetables.
Take them out and weight them down
with a board until quite cold. Brusa
over with glaze and ornament on one
side with pretty coloped vegetables,
cut into thin strips and arranged to
form lattice pattern. Make salad
of the cold vegetables, with green peas
to predominant, and heap it into q
dish. Lay the outlets around the edge
with the ornamented side up and
garnish the top with chopped aspil
Jelly.
Tomato Butter-To ten pounds oil
red or yellow tomatoes weighed after
scalding anc skinning allow two
pounds of cored and pared tart ap
Piles, four pounds of sugar, one-quar
ter Of an ounce of ground ginger, anl
the juice of two lemons. Cut the to
matoes into thick slices, slice the ap
Piles, put together in an agate or por
celain-lined kettle, heat slowly AMI
simmer for one hour, stirring occa
sionally. Add the sugar, ginger ant
strained lemon juice. cook slowly an,
stir almost continuously, until reduces
| 10 a marmaiade. Turn into tumbler
and cover with paraffine or pape
when cold.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
"Stained-Glass" Pillows.

Take an ordinary long needleful OF
any shade of wool, begin at one corn
er Of a square of canvas, and work
either irregularly or otherwise. as long
as the wool allows, in ordinary cross
stitch; then fasten off the thread, and
edge the worked section with line
Of cross-stitch in black; take a thread
Of another shade Of wool and make
another section. edging 1t, like the
other, with black. Continue this meth
cd till the square is covered, varying
occasionally the length of the needle
ful. When the square is finished and
backed with silk or other material,
the edge seam may be covered with
. heavy cord of twisted black wool.
II one has the wish to do it, me-
iiaeval saint, copied from a Berlin
pattern, may be embroidered in the
centre of the square and the ground
covered with the colored sections de-
Icribed above. If, in this case, the
outlining is done with stone gray ill.,
stead of with black, in imitation of
the loaded setting, the stained-glass
window effect will be more realistic,
although the colors will be shown out
with less brilliancy than where black
Is chosen.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
EUROPE TO AMERICA.
Norwegian Making tho Trip In . thirty
Fost Boat.


MANY adventurous sailors have
crossed the Atlantic from this country
to England In small boats. but never
unit. now has there been a man daring
enough to start from the other side
and try to reach America In a Skin.
A Norwegian Is trying this journey.
Captain Johansen has sailed from GID
raltar in q thirty foot boat with the
intention Of making the coast OF Flor
ida. He is a naturalized British sub
feet and his boat flies the Union JACK.
He did not try the northern passage,
1t will be observed, but intends to keep
well to the south Of the track OF tho
fall cyclones. The name Of his boat
Is the Lolita, and she is provisioneo
tor fifteen days. She has outside bal
last and was built under the captains
supervision at Yokohama. He brought
her to England and then took ner
down to Gibraltar, where he has taken
his point of departure" for the new
world. The eLotta Is sloop-risged.
with forestaysail and lib and gan
topsail. Captain Johansen has along
with him a spinnaker which he intenoa
to use when he gets into the trade
winds. which he expects to STRIKE be-
tween Madeira and the Canary ISLANDS
His first port on this side. If every.
thing goes we'll, will be some port IN
the West Indies, and from there h
will strike up along through the BAHIA
mas and so arrive on the Florida coast
With the captain is sailing his little
son, IL years old.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
The science of q Dirty Inkstaud.

When an ordinary British citizen
finds the fluid coagulating off his pen,
his first and most natural thought is
to clean out his inkpot and fill 1t
with a fresh supply. Not so clerk IN
a government office. To him the re-
fusal of his writing medium to flow
smoothly on to the paper is a gross
misdemeanor, to be gravely tried by
competent tribunal. He therefore
empties the residual dregs into a test
tube and carries them off to the gov
eminent analyst to be chemically dis
integrated and reported on in official
publications. That this is not trav-
esty of what really happens, let the
following extract from the report of
the principal chemist Of the govern
ment laboratory bear witness: "The
samples submitted by the stationery
Office chiefly consisted of typewriter
inks and carbon papers to be used
with the typewriter. The ordinary
writing ink was submitted on a COM
plant that it thickened excessively
and clogged the pen, and, in illustra-
ton, sample Of the contents of the
ink wells in use in the particular pub.
lie Office was forwarded, together with
a sample OF the ink as supplied. Il
was found that after the deposition O.
the separated solid matter of the ink
collected from the ink wells in use
the fluid was found to have a specifi,
gravity twice that of the ink Supplied
In other words. the ink had been al
lowed to become concentrated by evap
Grafton to practically double its origi
nal strength through the use of ex
cessively large ink wells and inatten
ton to the supply. Tele
graph.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
WRITING A TRADE.
GefisctisAs for tAs Bsnent Of Weald.Bc
ASthSrk

RefisctioAs for tAs Dsnent Of Weold.Bc
A6thSr&.
All the men and women that have
risen to distinction In the neld 6f let
.srs have served Apprenticeship in the
technics Of the art before they reached
the ear Of the public. The psets alone
seem to have a gift Of speech 1t the
outset and even tkey learn much in
The course Of years and practice. But
the young aspirant should net model
his line Of procedure on that followed
by the acknowledged geniuses. Only
genius can hope to initiate genius: For
ordinary talent there is NO royal road
to literary mastership. The art OF
writing must be studied diligently,
painfully, humbly. The use ana
abuse of words and phrases must be
considered, not for day, but for
many years. The formation OF sent
ences must be the thought OF ones
waking hours. The manufacture Of
style is the labor Of years. The old
saying that "style is the man" is per-
fectly true. but 1t has deluded many
a yeungster into the belief that all
he had to do was to express himself
according to the impulse of the mo-
ment, just as he would in talking, and
that thus he would be q writer. style
is the man." It is not the boy. 1t
is the reflex Of the mature mind. the
embodiment OF thought, which no
longer stumbles, but walks with sure
feet, and makes for itself broad and
beautiful path OF words. Let those
that are wondering why their illusions
do not burst into print at once stop
and consider whether they really have
anything particular to say. and then
whether they have any particular way
Of saying it. There are more persons
with something to say (perhaps not
something immortal, but still worth
saying) than there are with a genu-
Inc master of literary expression. The
latter does not come by nature: nor
does it come with experience. II
comes only by practice. and not an
easy practice at that. 1t was that
most literary of all recent writer's
Robert Louis Stevenson, who said that
the man not willing to spend whole
afternoon in search Of the right word
to express an idea Is unfit for the bust
ness OF literature.-New York Times.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

One Of the most ingenious devices
at the Paris fair Is to be seen in the
Swiss watch factory exhibit and con-
sists of a ball-5earing pocket time
piece. The principle has already been
applied to the driving wheel OF the
clockmaker's throw and also for the
winding arbor Of clocks. Its appliSa-
ton to a watch. however. with salts
factory results requires exceedingly
6ne mechanism and minute balls. The
watch was made by Leon Gruet. a
foreman of a Partisan watch concern.
In Il the arbors roll on steel balls OF
two sizes. It Is spoken Of by COM
petent authorities as one of the most
Interesting neurological exhibits.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
Fight
YourLiver

If you want to. But look out,
or it will get the start of you.
fit does, you will have dys-
pepsia, indigestion, biliousness,
sick headache, poor blood, con-
stipation.
Perhaps you have these al
ready. Then take one of
Ayers Pills at bedtime. These
pills gently and surely master
the liver; they are an easy and
safe laxative for the whole
family; they give prompt re-
lief and make a permanent
cure. Always keep a box of
them in the house.
Is cents a box.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

An untold amount Of real humilia-
ton and suffering is inflicted upon
men and women striving to serve God
in the church, by a lack Of apprecia-
ton of their point Of view. Put your
self In their places. Would not you
resent being an object Of disapproval.
or. when the case Is bettered. an OBJ
feet of charity? Would you enjoy feel
ing that your hat, your coat, your
dress and your children's clothes were
matters Of comment, and that the par
ish felt that the money paid your hus-
band must be- spent to please 1t and not
vo1rseIf7-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
a CRY FOR HELP.
Result of a Prompt Reply. Two
Letters from Mrs. Watson, Pub
lished by Special Permission
For Women's Eyes Only.
March Is, 1899.

To MRS. PINKHAM LYNN Mass: -.
/" DEAR MApAM:-I suffering from Inflammation .. Inc
ovaes and womb been for eighteen months nav
Continual pain and soreness my back and side am only Tree
from pain when lying down, sitting in easy char n
stand / suffer with pain in side and BACK 20
ve my caused by work and hitting some years
is drag and sometimes feel IKE giving up eve
being become careless and unconcerhso
everything bed have had several oocoi' ou 0'
did me but little good.
Lydia Pinkharas Vegetable Compound has Deen 10
to by friend and have made up nay nina 70 give
fair trial
write this hope Of hearing from you IN regard
TO my Mrs. g. ]. WArsoN Hampton, va
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
pEACEMAKER KILLED.

Leesburg, Ala.-At Collinsville,
near this place, bloody murder &C.
,urred. Wright Harder and Wallace
Read. brothers in law, were fighting
over some matters, and Harber was
beating Read up pretty badly. Nick
Petty. an onlooker, interferred and
;old Harder that he ought not to do
hat. Harder turned on Petty and
asked him what business it was OF
his and pulled his pistol and shot
Petty, killing him instantly. No ar
ests have been made.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
FIRE NEAR YAZOO CITY,

Yazoo City.-Saturday morning at
3 O'Clock fire destroyed the store
house occupied by j. P. Rose, in
Benton, nine miles east of here, to-
gether with the contents of vacant
store house. Mr.. Rose carried about
So, 600 worth of general merchandise,
which was insured for $1,000. Both
buildings belonged to Mrs. s. j.
Bunch, and were valued at $1,000
with no insurance. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
800 Reward. 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased t.
learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis,
ease that science has been able to cure IN al
lie stages, and that is Catarrh HAIR Casarr u
Cure il the only positive cIre now known TO
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con;
stitutional disease, requires consSitu Ionai
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken inter-
nsIiy. ACTING directly upon the blood and mu-
oous surfaoes of the system, thereby destroy
inc the Foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building mp the con.
stitution and assisting nature IN ooing "
work. The proprietors have 30 much faith IN
its curative bowers that they offer One Hun
bred Dollars for any case that it rails 20 cure
Send for list of testimonials. ADDRESS
T. J. CHENEY &c Co., Toledo. "
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
H.II,. Te unjiv pills are the best,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

Tho Rswsff1l Tee Breaker "bsikAr Car
fass three Trains.
Tho great English firm Of Sir Will
lam Armstfong, Whitworth b Co.. has
built u1ol Lake Baikal ono of the
most remarkable steamships In the
world 10 ferry the Siberian trains
across the lake; and in winter to break
the Ice 1t the same time. This was
brought out Id pieces from Newcastle
oa-Tyne, and put together by English
engineers, who have been living in this
remots and lonely spot for over two
years. The "Batkal;" as the steamer is
called; IL 1 magnificent vessel Of 1000
tons, With twin engines amidships Of
1880 horsepower each. and similar
engine forward, to drive the screw in
the bow; for the principle Of the new
type Of ice-breaker ID to draw out the
water from under the ice ahead by the
suction Of = bow screw. when the ice
collapsss BY its own weight and d pas
sage 10 forced through the broken mass
by the impact Of the vessel. AS will
be seem frem my illustrations. the first
that have been published, the "Baikal'
has extensive upper works. and these
contain luxurious saloons and cabins.
Upon her deck she will carry three
trains-a passenger train in the mid
die and 1 freight train on each side
Her speed Ii thirteen knots. aad on
her trial trips she has shown herself
capable OF breaking through solid Ice
| thirty-eight inches thick, with five
inches Of hard snow on the top-sucf
| snow is much more difficult to pierce
than tce-and has forced her wal
| through two uckneses of Ice frozen to-
gether, aggregating from fifty-six tt
sixty-five inches. In summer her bow
propeller should be removed, ant
large propellers substituted for he
smaller winter ones: but so far thu
railway authorities have taken NJ
steps to build Q dock upon the lake
without which neither of these i'm
portant changes can be effected, no
the steamer herself repaired II an.
mishap should damage her hull. LAX
Baikal Is frozen from the middle o
December to the end Of April and Their
Is also talk Of laying railway acros
upon the ice, as is done each year from
St. Petersburg to Kronstadt; but prob
ably all depends upon the success Q
the ice breaker next wtnter.-Fror
Prussia of Today"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
The Comfortable Bed.

A capacious, airy bedroom is one, OF
the essential luxuries of life, and its
central article Of furniture. q perfect.
" equipped bed, Is certainly the great
est comfort that monty can buy.
There are many instances IA the list
Of household appointment where, IL
the article Is not as good as it looks,
there are apologies to be made for 1t,
and the useful becomes subservient to
the ornamental. Not so with bed.
Be 1t ever SO ornamental, the bed
must still be better than It looks. The
bedstead may be ever so handsome.
and the Counterpart may consist Of
dainty fabric, but neither one takes
the place of the bed itself. For, truth
to tell, never since the old-time feath-
er bed was In vogue, when the four
poster stood forth in oil it's unruffied
patchwork covers, has the bed been
such n substantial article of furniture
as now.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
rho NICARAGUA Canal,

When built, will prove the link between
prosperity and many people. 1t will prove
a blessing to humanity In general, fmprov-
ing the condition Of the nation. as Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters does that OF the 1ndl-
vidusl. Nothing to equal this remedy has
ever been discovered for all ailments OF the
stomach, liver, bowels and kidneys. 1t will
quickly cleanse the blood and sharpen the
appetite. See that our Private Revenue
stamp covers the neck Of the bottle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help ma
ture, cure you without grippe or pain, pro-
duce easy natural movements. cost you Just
10 cents 10 start getting your health lack.
CAscARErs Candy Cathartic. the genuine,
pu upi metal boxes, eve-y tablet has G. q.
CT stamped on 1t. Beware Of limitations.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
Since 1875 the sailing ship tonnage
of the world has gone down from a..
1S5, 900 tons to 5000 900. and yet ocean
tonnage has been constantly increased.
The seas are not sailed. BIZ. navigated

1t is now claimed that the Chinese
discovered America 1000 years before
Columbus. Inasmuch as there was a
very poor opening for the laundry
business over here at that time they
passed IL by,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
Grease Marks on Photographs.

Photographs are being continually
damaged through being handled with
greasy fingers Especially by children,
drops from oil lamps and many other
causes. 1t might be worth some
photographers while to make it
known that these can be removed in
his studio; as there are many who
would not object to pay a small fee to
have 1t done-particularly in the case
of dead or absent friends, or pictures
of which it is impossible to get anoth.
er copy. When the stains are fresh
they can usually be removed with ben.
zole; the difficulty is with stains of
long duration. bet Leiten Fabricant
proposes the following mixture for
their removal from delicate textile
fabrics; it is very probable that it
could be successfully used with photo
graphs; at all events, 1t is worthy a
careful trial: Anime and soap, one
part each, dissolved In nineteen
parts Of water.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
wxsrmINsrr. CONFESSION.


. ~ B0kw91o k0o Sa~@S
It's History.
In the year 1e43 the Long Parlia-
ment appointed the celebrated convo-
cation known a. the Westminster A.
ssmoly, or Assembly Of Divines. for
the purpose Of settling the doctrine.
liturgy, and government Of the church
Of England. It consisted OF LII clergy
men and 80 laymsn-l0 Of whom were
lords and 20 csmmonsrs-together
with four clerical and two lay commits
sieners from the Church Of Scotland
Tnirty-five OF those whose names were
contained In the ordinance calling the
Assembly, which was dated juno Il
ile43, never appeared at the discussion,
one or two Of them having died about
the time of the first meeting, and the
others fearing tho displeasure of tbs
king. To supply the place OF these abb
eentees, some additional members
called the superaddsd divines. were
summoaed to attend. This notable
assembly held its first meeting on July
II, is4s, and continued TO sit till Feb.
xuary ~, 1919. during which time II
met 1,1es times. It's most important
work was concluded long before. The
;Prssbytsrians formed large majority,
and exercised q corresponding inau-
'enoe. In doctrine the members were
almost unanimous; but on the subjsd
Of church government opinions ex-
,tremsly opposite were maintained with
,kcsnnsss, especially on the question
touching the sphere and limits Of thu
civil power in matters ecclesiastical
TAe principal fruits of its deliberations
were the Directory of Public Worship,
the Confession of Faith. the Shorter
CAtsohisn,. and the Larger Catechism.
These several formularies, which con-
tain q clear and rigid embodiment OF
Calvtnistic Theology and Presbyterian
church government. constitute to this
day the authorized Presbyterian stand
ards. The Confession of Faith consists
OF thirty-three chapters, so you can
very readily understand that 1t would
be inaAvisable to publish 1t here In
full. Beginning with the canon OF
Scripture. It surveys the entire field
Of theology, deals also with the rela-
items Of the state to the church, the
constitution OF the church itself, and
concludes with the topics OF death, the
resurrection, and the last Judgment
Its precise logic, Its clear, digniAed and
powerful diction, and its constant ref
erence to Scripture in proof of its
statements. tended greatly to besei
that inauence to which 1t attained.
John Sherman came Of tall and long
lived race. His grandmother was six fec
tall one Of tho ts1lest women In Ohio, ant
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

These are of best rubber and are in
shape just like the regular-sized ones.
They hold only about a teacup; hence
they do not lie heavily on the little
sufferer who requires one. And to
make them baby-lik they have hand
erocheted covers of light-colored silk.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

Judge Steven J. Osborn has returned from
England, where he went to inve' tigate the
Raw. James legacy. Judge Osborn states
that that there is nothing there at present TO
show that there Is a fortune in store for the
Oakley minister. Other heirs had posses
sion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

Arkansas City's smallpox expenses amount.
ed to S26O0. Winfield paid out just half that
sum. The towns have asked the county COM
thus ex pended.