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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

There is an old tradition In the
highlands Of Scotland to the efleet that
the owner Of Balmoral dies when TIN
snow Hes on particular spot q Loeb
naxar, which b rarely ccwesel sveo
in the ssvvrest winters. In fRsl ac-
cording to the local report. the snow
has lain there this winter for the azst
time during the reign Of her laes MAJ
3esty. It is not generally known, safbsr,
that the custom of stopping the clocks
at the moment when q Laird dlea
and keeping them 30 until after tho
funeral was practdced at Balymoral
castle. where the clock in the tower
was stopped at the hour OF Queen VIC
toria's death. just ~ the nag was at
once lowered to half mast
From the Portland Oresoaaan.--
The Chinese residents Of North Ia
kima have many sacks Of rice supposed
to have been poisoned by the oMcdals
and missionaries In China. One mer-
chant has twenty sacks put away. and
refuses to eat any or sell to the Chf-
nese. Those who claim to know say
that at least $500 Is invested In pois-
oned rice In that city. Tho rice Is
sold to Americans. but the Chinese
purchase their supplies from local
merchants. They say that six years
after eating the rice the victims die.
Tho object of the poison. It 10 said. II
to kill off all the Chinese in the United
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13
Moss for Purifying Syrup.

Besides the thousands of pounds of
Spanish moss sent annually from Flor
ida and other Southern states to
Northern upholsterers. the plant has
various other uses. One Of these. a
use that has recently been discovered,
is that of a strainer and purifier Of
cane syrup. It has been found that q
finer syrup can be made by straining
the cane juice through moss than
through any other material.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

The United States Government Is
now planning to distribute tea plants
free to all Southern colleges that will
agree to assist the Department of Agri-
culture In establishing tea gardens on
their land. Special scientific agents
are being sent out to give advice, and
after thorough investigation has
been made Of the possibilities Of the
Gulf States for tea culture, expert
nents will be conducted in Tennessee,
North Carolina, Arkansas, Indian Ter.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13
INDIANS DISSATISFIED.

Kiowas Protest Against Opening
Their Lands.
Washington. Lieutenant COL HAND
lett, Indian agent in charge OF the
Kiowa delegation which recently nled
o protest at the interior department.
against the opening of Oklahoma
lands, are arranging for q council OF
the tribe 10 consider the mattor.
Their attorney here, Former Repre-.
sentative Springer, has given notice
chat he will appeal 20 the president
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13
FOR STITCHING FLESH.
A Sewing Machine Made For Surgeons
Use In Operations.

Use In Operations.
DR.. Paul Michel recently showed ano
described to the Medical Congress at
Paris a little marvel of ingenuity
which is destined to replace the
ancient method of sewing the skin.
It is simply tiny sewing machine
by means of which wounds can be
stitched quickly. The inventor calls
his little machine revolving hook for
ceps. 1t has been eagerly taken up by
surgeons, and those who have used IL
are loud in it's praise. The Faculty OF
Medicine. of Paris. has shown its ap-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

Ia n long time. but Grab Orchard Water has
been in use for that longth Of time, and each
YEAR adds to il. reputation. 1t is no Artificial
comuound. 1t is prepared in Natures iaoor
aiory a. . certain remedy for Dyspepsia anu
Constipation.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use OF Or. Kine's Great
Nerve Ressorer $2triai bottle and treatise Tree
DR.. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

The first Lombardy poplar in America
was planted in 1873.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

The largest sponge ever found came
from the Mediterranean. 1t was over three
feet across and ten feet in circumference.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

New Workers will invest in 81 ,00O,00O
winter resort in the Island of Bermuda.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
,eething, soften tho gums, reduces infisnm ma
tion, allays pain, GURUS wind coiic zoe Dossie.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

The diamond is bit of charcoal cooked
carefully under Terrific heat and pressure.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

A caretaker in Yellowstone Park
reports the birth OF a new gsyser in
the Fountain geyser basin. For an
hour after It frst burst forth through
the earth 1t shot continuous stream
Of hot water hundreds Of feet into the
air. It now plays regularly every two
boNrl
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

Halls Catarrh Ours is liquid and is taken
internally, and acts directly on the blood ana
mucous surfaces Of the system. Write 1or YES
timonials, free. Manufactured by
F.J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

One of the peculiaritiss Of the Beers y
that nobody has ever been able to count
them
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

Thirty minutes is MI the time requirea 20
dive with PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. sou "
ali druggists
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
,;on has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN
F. BorEs, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10. 1900.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

In the Republic of Mexico there are
spoken the languages Of eleven INDIAN
tribes.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13
msIIions For Baseball.

A million Of dollars are spent every year up
on the game Of baseball, but largo % TINS sum
hy n.onie in reerch of health. There Is sure
method Of obtaining strength, and it is not =
costly one. We urge those who have spent
much and lost hope to try Hostesters stomach
Ditters. II strengthens the stomach, maxos
digestion easy and natural, and cures oyspep-
sis. constipation, biliousness and weak Kidneys
It's the hard rubs of the world that
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

There are 5000 Smiths in the Kansas
City directory.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

A wonan's idea Of being nice to an
other woman is to kiss her and say,
'-Oh. how lovely that new hat Isl"
whom she knows she has had it year.
New York Press.
Two hundred and fifty thousand millions
of locusts were killed in Cyprus in two
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

the funeral ceremony is repeated The
Colonel has turned a deaf ear to num-
erous entreaties of his friends to give
up his solitary abode, as he has ex-
pressed the desire to spend the re-
mainder of his days ia this tombllke
structure.-New York Herald.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

rounds of the gardens, and this must
be done every ten days. or about
score of times during the season.
An expert can gather anywhere from
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

The entire Hebrew Bible was printed in
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

All the worlds a staircase on which
men 60 either up pr down,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

Italians call locusts "little horses, and
the German term for these pests il hay
horses"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13
ono mundrcd Years

It's the hard rubs of the world thai
make q man bright.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

An your Dealer for Aliens Foet-Eass'
A novder to shake into your shoes rests tbs
feet. Oures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, -Sore,
Hot. Callous, Aching. Sweating Feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makes new
or tisht shoes easy. At ali druggists and
shoe stores, as cts. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. i.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13
Z ca Growing Experiments
in the United States.
Prospects of the Industry.
By Weldon Fawcett.
.HE century which has re-

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13

~ h8ve besA uaeng CADCARExD
aud . . MID end eAeoetve lnxAstve they are
6mpN wea1erful ~ Ansghsee - were
bes6s1sA SeiGh dot StcazcA anl eur brsath
CAssoee6 ~ hsvo tupeevsA vondsefufly.
1Aay - . graf Eetp IN ~ te012v."
Wu8XL0fVA WA01Ls
M RistenAou1o s., oneznna1i. OAlA
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17
Consp:red to Defraud the M. w. A.

Doctor H. H. OKelly, A. T.
Smock and John Adams of Por-
tageville, New Madrid County,
are under arrest, charged with
having conspired to defraud the
Modern Woodmen out of 5000
hv the collection Of an insurance
policy taken ont on the life of one
Thomas Reid and made payable to
his alleged cousin. A. T. Smock.
They gave bonds for $500 each to
insure their appearance.
1t was announced that Thomas
Ried had died of small pox. and
he was buried at the exnense of
the order. Later the Woodmen
became suspicious, and when the
coffin was disinterred it was found
to I've filled with dirt and rags.
Smock, it is alleged. purchased
the coffin for Reid after his sup
posed death. and otherwise inter
ested himself in the matter.
Doctor O'KelIv is the leading
physician of Portageville. Smock
is Police Judge of the town and is
druggist. He is venerable con-
Snl Of the WotMmen, while Doctor
O'Kelly is clerk.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

1t is pity former Democratic Gov
ernors failed to see this point, or
rather, missed the campaign of ed
ucation through which Dockery
passed.
1t will be noticed that the swamp
lands are Il gift from the national
government. From the same
source came the most of the s4,-
800, 900 which the public schools
Of this state once possessed, but
which was spent for purposes not
connected with the schools. and is
now represented by certificates of
debt, not by Il single dollar of real
assets. Coy. Dockery errs i'll say
ing that the state constitution pro-
tects the school fund. 1t tried to
protect it. but the mandate has
been violated. The constitution
says the school fund shall be in
vested in state bonds or United
States bonds. No such investment
exists. The schools of Missouri do
not own a dollars worth of state
or government bonds. Thus far
the separate school fund belong
ing to the counties has been kept
in the shape of veritable assets, but
the present Legislature reached for
and would have got it but for the
Governor veto. Governor Dock
cry ought to see that the general
fund of 81, 100000 is restored to a
constitutional status at the next
meeting of the Legislature.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17
6 zzp 81.
" G live bv C11r blood and n,

We live by Cur blood, and on
it. We thrive Or starve, as
our blood is rich or poor.
There is nothing else to live
OF OF by.
When strength is full and
spirits high, we are being re.
freshed, bone muscle and brain,
in body and mind, with con.
tinual flow of rich blood.
This is health.
When weak, in low spirits.
no cheer, no spring, when rest
IS not rest and sleep is not
~!ecp, We are starved ; our blood
IS poor. there is little nutri-
nent in it.
Back of the blood. is food,
to keep the blood rich. When
i fails, take SCOTS Emulsion
o. Cod Liver Oil. 1t sets the
''-1oIe body going again-man
. oman and child.
! Tiavc not tried 7, send for free sample,
.-.G Gea5!e taste Will surprise YOU.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists
.-.5 Pearl Street, New York.
soc- and 500; al druggists
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17
BRYAN views the result of the St.

Bryan views the result Of the St.
Louis municipal election as ques-
tion of national importance to the
Democratic party, for, as the
Cleveland, gold-bug crowd was
successful in that election, he be-
ieves that this faction will attempt
to control the Democratic organi-
zation in the future, and as Mis-
souri, took the lead in the free sill
yer issue, any step by this state
away from that doctrine would
have its influence in shaping the
course of the party's national pol
icy. Mr.. Bryan, however, broad
ly intimates that he will oppose
any attempt at reorganizing the
Democracy on gold-bug lines. So
it appears that there is little hope
of healing the breach between the
free silver and gold-bug factions
of the party as long as Mr.. Bryan
is a potent factor in the councils
of the former element.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

Quite number of our Demo-
cratic exchanges, which hitherto
have cuckood faithfully after Mr..
Bryan, since the Well-Francis-
Cleveland faction of the party
has shown them how to 60 after
the Offices successfully, are now
intimating that he should have
kept his mouth out of the St. Louis
city election. These papers still
admit that Mr.. Bryan is a peerless
leader along the lines Of principle,
but there is an undercurrent of
complaint running through them
against leadership that leads to
nothing. There is no principle
of Democracy that is strong enough
to Withstand the party's hunger for
Office. The St. Louis gold bug
faction having pointed the way to
the offices, bids fair to put Mr..
Bryan out of the running hereafter.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17
hark enlng After the School Fund,

Gov. Dockery has vetoed the
swamp land bill passed at the recent
session of the Legislature and in
tended to divert certain money ac-
oumulated for county school funds
to land reclamation. The Govern
or says the language of the bill
embraces any money in the county
treasury arising from the sale of
swamp and overflowed lands, and
that the billie sufficiently compre-
hensive 10 permit all such money
to be withdrawn from the treasury
and used in constructing drains and
levees, rather than for educational
purposes" He remarks that the
state constitution protects the
, ~chool fund against diversion to
" other use, and that II cannot
2 . my consent to take money
aver, a sacred fund, set apart for
vlducation of our children, and
W its use fol any other pur-
ST.. matters not how worthy"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

George Armon, probably sixty years
of age, was arraigned before the L. s.
Commissioner. here, last Thursday
charged with impersonating a United
States officer, and obtaining money
under false pretenses. Armon's scene
OF operations was near Bonne Terre
He represented himself to be an en-
ploye of the Z. S. Land office. On the
payment OF twenty-five cents to him he
agreed to file Il claim which would en-
title the holder to land warrant for
16O acres of government land in a strip
between Kansas and the Indian Terri
tory. And in case the holder of the
land warrand did not want the land
Armon assured them the government
would redeem same for $500. That
was good thing. You got $500 for
twenty-five cents. The suckers came
by the undreds-notwithst
person of ordinary intelligence should
have known the scheme was fraud.
pure aud simple. After a while,
though, some Of the "investors'' grew
suspicious. made an investigation and
had Armon arrested. He was sent to
st. LOWS to await the action Of the
Federal grand jury in May.-Ironton
Register.
A new bank has been incorporated
at Centerville. which will be known
rs the Reynolds County Bank.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

aminations; also date and place OF
holding institute in June, July Or
August.
Teachers must dismiss the idea
that there can not be good insti-
tntcs without compnlsion. Jasper,
jackson, Green, Pettis and other
connties having supervision have
had for years institutes equal to
the best. Teachers in such coun-
ties have never been compelled to
90 to Institutes for certificates.
In counties employing one hun
dred teachers about sixty will APP
plv for certificates each year. The
commissioner will oct $50 for con
d1ciing examinations and attend
ing meetings, and $3s for work in
the institute. Each appointed
member of the County Board will
get s21 for conducting eXamina-
tion> and performing other duties.
In such county there would he
S114 to pay instructors, S54 paid
Nv teachers examined for certii-
Gates and $50 from the forty teach
ers of the county who were not ex-
amined that year. All moneys
now in the treasury should be used
for that purpose.
The work of the institute being
pedagogical and free from cram
ming for examination. there will
be more discussion and free eX-
preston of opinion. Not nearly
so much teaching will he necessary
Larger Institutes can be handled
with fewer instructors. County
Boards of Education imbued with
a desire to improve conditions will
he less hampered in arranging for
Institutes under the new law, than
under the old.
Pamphlets containing recent en-
actments with comment thereon
will be sent the county cowmlsslon-
er-elect as soon as their addresses
are known. The May number of
the Missouri School journal will
contain a full discussion of the var
ious applications of the law.
w. T. Darlington,
State Supt. Public Schools.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17
Recent School LEGISLATION.

Under recent legislation county
teachers certificates are of the same
grades containing same subjects as
under the law of 1899. First grades
must average 80. 1t does not auth
orize the endorsement of certificates
from other counties.
All certificates previously issued
are good until they expire by linn
ita,ion. The new law in nowise
affects either state or county certi
ficates in force at the time of the
passage of the law. 1t does not
authorize their renewal.
Examinations for certificates
will be held on the fourth Sainr
day and preceding Friday of
March, June and August. The
members, of the County Board
will grade the papers and sign the
certificates. There will he little
excuse for especial certificates" and
no inducements are offerered since
a three dollar fee must he paid for
that examination and all questions
and papers for specials must be
fled in the office of County Re-
corder. The entire examination
need not be taken ut one time.
The law does not excuse teachers
holding state or county certifi-
Gates extending beyond the in>ti-
tute, from attending the institute
or from paying an institute fee. BY
indirection that fee is fixed at one
dollar and fifty cents.
The County Board of Education
determines the place of holding ex-
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17
Millions are being given ava

Millions are being given away
by wealthy men of this country to
endow high class colleges. We
believe they could have put this
money to a better purpose had they
left it in the shape Of better wages
for those who were the actual pro-
dncers of these millions. The child
rem of the masses do not get their
education in high class colleges,
but in the public schools, and the
better the masses are paid the bet
ter they will be educated.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

Doctor O'keliy, in statement,
said that he had treated Reid for a
gunshot wound. but had not seen
him for several days before his re-
ported death. He did not believe
that Reid had died, but thought
be had concocted the story, and
permitted it to be circulated in
order to avoid arrest by Arkansas
officials Oh an alleged offence.
Reid, belonging to the Masonic
order. as he did. he decided to let
several days elapsc before inyesti-
eating.
Our first thought was to pro-
tect our order, and | told Snock
to 90 to the graveyard and ascer-
tain if a body was in the coffin.
He did so and convinced himself
that the coffin was empty" said
Doctor O'Kelly.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

: Iuckf SDencer shot and danpnrp,

Luck Spencer shot and dangerous
ly wounded Kirby Massengale at
Ronne Terre last Saturday night.
Spencer was boarding at the house
where the difficulty occurred and, it is
said, that Massengale and several
other young men entered the place
and forcibiy elected Spencer there
from. when lie drew his revolver and
began firing. Three shots were fired
and Massengale received bullets in
the side, the back and the wrist. and is
probably fatally injured. Spencer was
arrested and, not being able to give
bond, was lodged in the Pennington
Jail Sunday atternoon.-B Bonne Terre
Register.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

The Democratic majority in the
Thirteenth Congressional district
under the new reapportionment
has been reduced to 1883. This
gives the Republicans better
show than they under the old
arrangement, when the party ma
jority against them was usually
in the neighborhood of 5000.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

St. Louis now has Democratic
''reform'' mayor, but the ''push''
from the ''bad lands," under the
the leadership of saloonkeeper Jim
Cronin, will see to it that the city
does not become too virtuous all at
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

There is every indication that the
careful. policy of McKinley's adj
ministration will shortly have the
Imperialism issue rocked to sleep
80 sound that no blast from Mr..
Bryan's "Commoner" will wake ii
from its slumbcrs.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17
500 Per Annum.

Hguinaldo, it is reported, lives
in dread of the friends of Gen.
Luna, who was assassinated by his
order. Luna's friends are looking
for an opportunity to get even
with Aggie.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

James Lowden. a noted bad char
acter Of Pemiscott County. who had
been 'boot-legging" whiskey aud de
flying the authorities for several years
was finally landed in Jail at Poplar
Bluff the other day by Deputy L. S
Marshall w. II. Osmar.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

wam in iand
aRorlof ofAmels and be II nin les V
@ Secretary
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1901-04-17

Notice shney that te County Board of "z' Washington Conn
follows. ou
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