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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
The August Apple.
The apples that ripen in Aug
eficiousIv sOicv and very iuicy

The apples that ripen in Aug
deficiousIy spicy and very juicy,
lend themselves well to dainty ,esserts
and supper dishes. An English friend
taught me to appreciate this fruit as |
never had before. One of the dishes to
which she introduced me was apple trfle.
The ingredients are ten good-sized, juicy
apples, the rind of half lemon, six
ounces of fine graduated sugar, one half
pint iof milk, one half pint of cream,
two eggs and some whipped cream. Peel
and core the apples, cut them into slices,
and put them into saucepan with two
tablespoonfuls of water, the sugar and
the minced lemon-rind. Boil together
until quite tender, then rub through
sieve; if it should not be quite sweet
enough add more sugar and put at the
bottom of dish. Make a boiled Gus
tard of the eggs, cream and milk, and
when it has cooled little pour it over
the apples Whip one half cupfuI of
cream, having sweetened it and favored
it with lemon, heap it over the custard,
and the dish is ready for the table.
Sponge, angel or cup cake is very nice to
serve with it.-Sallie Joy White in the
Womaa's Home Companion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
A New Kind of Plant.

An entirely new kind of plant has been
produced this summer by man living in
the suburbs of Chicago by means of a
cross between the Scotch thistle and the
ordinary greenhouse carnation. The
flower is called the Centura, and is pur-
pie and white. The stalk is smooth, like
that of the carnation, although stronger,
and the leaf is similar to that of the this
tic but softer to the touch. The blossom,
too. resembles the thistle, but is larger
and more delicate and ornate. The plant
blooms profusely and can be grown out
of doors in all but the most severe
leather. The plants in this mans gar
ems have now attained height of two
It, and the only point in which they
inferior to either the parent plants is
lack of perfume, The fragrance is
eint, and slightly like that of the this
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
POULTRY IN THE GARDEN.

Late in the season all kinds of poultry
may be allowed the run of the garden,
except geese and ducks, which should
be turned out on a pasture. Fowls do
not injure gardens after the crops are
well under way, though hens with chicks
will scratch for seeds on newly-prepared
plots. The fowls will destroy many in
sects and also consume the seeds of
some weeds. They also eat the young
and tender weeds that are coming up.
Geese will consume that persistent and
annoying weed known as purslaine, or
pursley, while both ducks and geese will
thrive on green food entirely if allowed.
1t is waste of grain to give it to fowls
that have the run of grass and young
weeds, as they can select for themselves
all the food desired.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
A LATE FODDER CROP.

Listing corn is a quick way of grow
ing late crop for fodder. A lister is
a double plow, or right-and-left hand
plow set together at the landsides, so as
TO throw furrow both ways, thus max
ing ditch. At the back end of the
beam is a subsoiier, which stirs up the
bottom of the furrow. The one-horse
drill follows, which plants the seed,
though the lister and drill may be COM
bined if preferred. The seel is thus
planted deep and somewhat thick, no
checking being required, as the corn is
cultivated but one way. Even as late
as August corn may be planted with the
lister, and as the method is a quick one
the cost is not great. II too late to
mature the corn it may be cut at any
stage of growth and cured, but the
proper time is when the ears are in the
milky stage.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
TIME LOST IN SLEEP.
A Good Part OF Mans life Given Up to
loafing and Dreaming.

IL read the estimate prepared recently
by the British Government with refer
ence to longevity among men in the
army" said gentleman yesterday who
is fond of mathematics, "and do not
care how much men may figure on the
frightening of life's average; the fact
is, fellow doesn't live so long after
all. Life is indeed short when we come
to think of it. 1t is indeed ftful fever.
to borrow the smile of the poet, and
the distance between the cradle and the
tomb is as the span of ones hand. How
much of a mans life is devoted to the
actual work of accomplishing whatever
his highest aim may be? Dio you ever
think about figuring on this problem?
| have, because, | guess, / happen to
have a penchant for mathematics. But
il is interesting for other reasons. OF
course a fellow does nothing until
after his twenty first birthday. He must
attain his majority before he enters
upon the serious duties of life. Before
this time he is passing the preparatory
stages of life, and theoretically, is
equipping himself for the serious bat
ties. Fifty years is the life of the aver
age man, although life's general aver
age figures down to a point much be-
low this.
Give the average man thirty years
beyond the period when he becomes o.
age, suppos> the average man will
sleep at least SIX hours out of every
twenty-four. I guess it would be safe
to assume, even in the rushing age, that
the average man will spend one hour
and thirty minutes in eating, allowing
for the same time it takes him to go to
and from his meals, and in preparing
for the table. We might safely figure
that he spends an average OF one hour
and thirty minutes out OF every twenty
four in other minor ways, in exchanging
pleasantries with his friends and chat
ting on topics unrelated to his business,
in winding his watch, and in other IN
dulgences of an innocent and harmless
kind This would make a total of nine
hours out of every twenty-four that a
man spends in doing things that are
unrelated, in a strict sense, to his bust
ness. This amounts to three-eighths, or
nearly one-half of the life that is be-
fore him. 1t would leave him about
eleven hours out of every twen-
ty-four to devote to the chief aim
of his life. He has thirty years in
which to do the work. He would de-
vote eleven years and three months to
sleep and to other things, as indicated,
and would have nineteen years and nine
months in which to do his little do.
Twenty years looks like a good bit of
time, but when we come to this fearful
thing of living for a purpose, expecting
to endear ourselves to our countrymen
and to accumulate little money be-
sides, the time does not seem so long.
The time is really much shorter than
this when we allow for Sundays, and
social gatherings, and prayer meetings,
and things of that sort, but as these
functions do not figure in every mans
life l have left them out" -Ne10 Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26

How many know how to hang ham,
mock so that the head will be at a COM
Portable height and remain comparative
ly stationary while swinging? There is
a ''know-how" about hammock hanging
besides merely tying it so firmly that it
cannot break down. A hammock hung
according to rule should be six and a
quarter feet from the ground at the head
and three and three-quarters above the
ground at the foot end. The rope that
secures the head end should be less than
twelve inches and that at the foot should
measure four and half feet. Arranged
in this way the lower part viii swing
freely and the head be kept comfortable
by being nearly stationary.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
A Masterfut Figure in the Oil Trade

~ WdSteI'u FIsuEe IN tne VII traoe
James M. Guffey, principal owner
Of the great Lucas oil we'll in Texas.
is the hero'of an uncommon career,
which is set forth in detail in The
Worlds Work.
Hewas schoolboy just out OF his
teens when he made his first venture
at Pithole, a city which once had a
population Of thirty thousand, but
whose former site is now COW pasture.
He lost the money he had taken with
him to Pithole, nor did larger mea-
sure of success attend his operations
during the next few years; but after
each failure he took fresh courage.
and for decade or more roamed the
hills and valleys of western Pennsyi-
vania pushing the drill in out-of- the
way places with an energy that seemed
a great deal like lunacy to less per-
sistent men.
Guffey's opportunity came with the
discovery of the Cherry Grove district.
He was one ofthe first in that field,
and secured leases which yielded him
a comfortable fortune. He now owns
oil and gas wells in half dozen states,
and for several years past has been the
largest individual oil producer in the
world. One day last summer there
was a letter in his mail from man in
Texas in which the writer stated that
he had fifteen thousand acres of land
in Jefferson County, that State, under
oil leases. He would like Guffey to
join him in drilling a test well.
Guffey wrote the Texan to get leases
on thirty thousand acres when he
would help him The bargain was
made, and its first fruit was the Lucas
we'll which has already produced oil
worth $500. 900.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
SPRAYING AND CULTIVATING
ORCHARDS.

In order to get the most from the
orchards there is nothing like thorough
spraying every season, and liberal fer
tilizing with ashes AID commercial and
barnyard manures No surer protection
against blights, droughts and other in
juries can be conceived. The force of
this is not always appreciated. Some
times it is necessary to have lesson
brought straight home. Well, if one
wishes to learn by experience, take two
orchards or two parts of the same or
chard, and spray and fertilize one and
neglect the other. Keep at it for two
or three seasons, in order to make sure
of the results. If this does not convince
one of the value of spraying and fertil-
ling then you are justified in giving up
both practices. Sometimes exceptional
ly good seasons will not make the diff
ference between care and neglect of an
orchard very apparent. When the
blights and insects are not around in
the orchards much, and the season is
we'll adapted to produce good crops of
fruits, even the neglected orchards will
show a fair yield; but, then, every or
chard in the country is full, and it is
no sign of good farming that one has
raised good crop.
1t is the off season that tells. When
all other fruit trees are injured by the
blight, insects or dry weather, then is
the time that your trees will pay the
most in full. 1t is in the off season
that the experienced horticulturist
makes his greatest profits. He has fruit
to sell when nobody else has, and the
high prices he receives for it make his
profits large and satisfactory. 1t costs
to fertilize and spray the trees every
season; but the work will pay if done
and economically. The
spraying should be so thorough on every
tree and on every side and part of the
tree that no insect is missed. Only in
this way will the tree be absolutely
guarded against attack. The fertiliz-
ing with ashes and nanures should be
conducted in the same thorough and
economical way. Not load of either
should be wasted. Only so much as
the trees and vines need should be used.
and some years the soil may get so full
that nothing but little stirring and
blowing will be needed We do not
wish to overfeed the soil lest it should
get sour. Trees growing on rich soil,
supplied with ashes, potash and phos-
phoric acid, will grow so thriftily that
they will not be very susceptible to the
attacks of insects and blights. They
form their own protection in the strong,
vigorous growth of root, trunk and
leaves.-A. B. Barrett, in American
Caltivator.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26

spreads from flower to flower indicate
a normal and very effective method OF
distribution. The germs were found
growing freely in the nectar OF the dos
SONS.
Bees were seen repeatedly visiting the
infected flowers, and some were caught
taking infected nectar, and by means OF
plate cultures the Pear blight germs were
isolated from their mouth parts. BY
covering parts of the trees with sacks
of various kinds of material, including
MOSQUITO netting, and then artifcially
injecting certain flowers on the tree,
the blight was observed to spread very
freely over the unaffected and uncov-
cred blossoms, but was entirely absent
in the blossoms covered by mosquito
netting
Blossoms were infected and at once
covered with sacks and the blight in
such cases was retained in the infected
blossoms. Pear blight germs died very
soon after being dried up, and lived for
only brief period on exposure to wea-
Their conditions out of doors, hence they
cannot live in dust and be blown around
to any great extent by the wind. Pear
blight virus. particularly that which oc-
ours on the blossoms, is very sticky
substance, and is readily carried by in
sects, birds or other animals, but cannot
be blown by the wind.
1t may also be we'll to state that as a
result of this serious charge against bees
was led to carry on an extensive series
Of experiments in the pollination of po-
maceous fruits, and as result of these
found that bees are indispensable to the
pollination and setting of most of our
pomaceous fruits, hence they should not
De destroyed, as some California grow
ers think. They simply carry the pear
blight incidentally while performing an
important and necessary function.-Pro-
lessor NJ. B. Waite, in american Agri-
cnltnrist
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
Stoyes Of Ivory in Africa.

Only small portion of the ivory an
aually exported from the Congo is taken
iirectly from newly killed animals. Thus,
turing 1899, of the zo,e85 tusks sold on
he Antwerp market, $3.50 alone came
from freshly killed animals, the remain
ing 2I,446 tusks being what the natives
,erm dead ivory" For centuries the
aborigines have been collecting elephant
iusks, which they considered as having
little intrinsic value, but useful as arti-
lies of exchange. The Khartoum mer-
chants were the first to discover these
hidden reserves of ivory. Later on the
Zanzibar traders rushed on to Katanga
and thence to the very heart of the Con-
go, with the result that the ivory trade
soon became the principal industry of
the country-Ne7v York Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
THE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM OF
THE BODY.

No doubt Our little friends have learn
ed pretty thoroughly the use of the teIe-
graph, and some OF them may even have
sent messages by this magic link that
binds the countries of the world so close
ly together. At any rate, you all know
what wonderful invention it is, and OF
what great service it is to all kinds OF
people for business and pleasure. But,
wonderful as it is, you have better and
more complete telegraph system in your
own body, that is in constant use. This
is the great network of nerves that ex-
tends over every part of your body, mis-
sing not one little particle of space. II
you stick pin in any portion of your
flesh you will Immediately feel pain. II
you had not touched some portion of this
nerve network you would have felt moth
ing. So you can easily understand that
the telegraph wires in your body form a
greater and more perfect system than
those in all the rest of the world put to-
gether that are made by man.
The central station of the nerve tele-
graph system is in the brain and spinal
cord. These are just like the telegraph
instruments that receive the little dots
and dashes from the wires and tell the
operator what is being said to him. They
receive and classify all the impressions
that come in over the telegraph wires of
the nerves.
All through the body are little Jumps
of nerve, called nerve cells. There are
millions of them, and they are so very
small that they have to be magnifed
hundreds of times TO become large
enough to examine. These nerve cells
are connected by mesh of nerve threads
so small that it would take dozens of
them to equal the thickness of spider
web. The nerve threads cover every
single bit of the body, and are the real
telegraph wires of the system. The
nerve cells are like the little stations
along the railroad on the way to the GEN.
trail office. Each one of those nerve cells
is battery all by itself. When mes
sage of some sensation is flashed along
the nerve threads it passes through hun
dreds of nerve cells, or little stations, on
its way to the central offices, the brain
and spinal cord. As the message passes
through a nerve cell it receives a shock
from the battery of that nerve cell and is
sent on faster than before. = reaches
another nerve cell, and receives another
boost along its way, until finally it
reaches the spinal cord and brain.
The brain Classics each message it re-
ceives and knows what to do with it. 1t
sends the message back to the end of the
nerve thread that started it, and labels
the message pain, pain-pleasurs. annoy
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
A LONG-SUFFERING DOG.

My brother once finding little chicken
about two weeks old with broken leg
undertook to perform surgical opera
ton. He split quill toothpick in two,
used it as splint for the damaged mem
Der, and then kept the sufferer in his
room, to see how his experiment would
work. In day or two the little creature
was running all over the house, and its
emily care was to find at bedtime better
substitute for the down shelter to which
it was accustomed than the cotton-lined
box we provided. 1t soon noticed our
cocker spaniel, stretched out in front of
the parlor fire, and cautiously approach
ing, cuddled up to him.
The onlookers recommended the rest
less dog to keep quiet, and soon the in
FAINT, pursuing its Investigations, slipped
under one of the long silken ears, which
were the pride of the famiIy-and of the
cocker. This was too much and "Coaly"
jumped up with growl, but after some
coaxing lay down again; and the chicken
Immediately snuggled back in that tempt
ing refuge. "Coaly," with one eye on US
and an Indignantly contemptuous ex-
preston, lay still, while the spoiled
darling kept up its exasperating "cheep!
cheept merging into the three-toned
twitter which means 81 want to go to
sleep" right in his very ear.
He occasionally manifested his injured
feelings by an upturned corner of the lip,
with CLEAN of white teeth, but actually
endured this outrage of his self-respect
for several weeks, until the invalid, COM
pletely restored, was returned to the
bosom of its original family.-Los Am-
gefes Times.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
BUILD CIsTERNs FOR CATTLE.

Cows in order to do their best and
give us the greatest amount of profit
must have ready access to pure drinking
water at least three times day in sum-
mer. Farmers who have no wells or
springs on their land should dig few
large cisterns around their buildings and
see to it that the supply of water is con-
stantly replenished by each rain. Cis-
terms will be one of the best investments
they can make, for they are not only
useful in summer but in winter as well.
During the cold days water freshly
drawn will be drunk in pals full, where
as few swallows would suffice if suck
ed through hole in the ice.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26

There Is more Catarrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing TO
cure with local treatment, pronounced il In
Durable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney j Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to teaspoonful. II acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
1t fails to cure. Send for circulars and test
nnonials. Address F. j CHENEY d Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
KEEP ONLY PRODUCTIVE COWS,

A cow that gives sixteen quarts OF
milk per day is worth two that give
eight quarts each, for the reason that
she will occupy but one stall, while the
others require two. One COW will incur
less expense to the owner for shelter
and also for labor and care, consequent
ly she gives more profit not only by
reason OF greater product but also be-
cause she is less expensive than the un'
profitable cows.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
THE QUAGGA'S HEELS.

An amusing story is told by Cleveland
Moffett in his paper on "The Wild Beast
Tanner" in st. Nicholas.
Well, it was here that I heard the
story. Bonavita, it appears, was stand
ing on the bridge one morning when
there arose fearful racket in the run
way, and looking in he saw the quagga
tearing along toward him. He conclud-
ed that some one had unfastened the
door, and was just preparing to check
the animal, when around the curve came
Rajah in full pursuit. Bonavita stepped
back, drew his revolver, and, as the tiger
rushed past, fired a blank cartridge,
thinking thus to divert him from the
quagga. But Rajah paid not the slight
est heed, and in long bounds came out
into the arena hard after the terrified
quadruped, which was galloping now
with the speed of despair. A keeper who
was sweeping clambered up the iron
sides and anxiously watched the race
from the top. Bonavita, powerless to in
terfere, watched from the bridge.
Of all races ever run in circus this
was the most remarkable. 1t was a race
for life, as the quagga knew and the tiger
intended. Five times they circled the
arena, Rajah gaining always, but never
enough for a spring. In the sixth turn,
however, he judged the distance right,
and straightway a black-and-yellow body
shot through the air in true aim at the
prey. Whereupon the quagga did the
only thing quagga could do-let out
both hind legs in one straight tremen-
dous kick; and they do say that quagga
can kick the eyes out of a fly. AT any
rate, in this case pair of nervous little
heels caught the descending tiger square
ly under the lower jaw, and put him to
sleep like nice little lullaby. And that
was the end of it. The quagga trotted
back to its cage, Bonavita put up his re-
volver, the frightened sweeper climbed
down from the bars. and Rajah was
hauled back ANONYMOUSLY to his den.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26

Tho Supreme Courts have decided that The
dfe OF the average man ID worth lust what he
u able to earn. A mans earnings depend to
q great extent upon his physical health. The
stomach II the measure Of health and strength.
Every man may b bright and active II his
digestion is normal. II it il not, Hostetter's
Stonach Bitters viii make 1t 20. Try II for
dyspsPsis, indigestion, constipa ton, bilious
ness, natuiency, liver or kidney troubles.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-26
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HOW DID SHE TELL?

HOW DID SHE TELL?;
In little Daisy's dimpled hand -.
Two bright new pennies shown;
One was for Bob-at school just then
The other Daisy's own.
While waiting Rob's return she rolled
Both pennies round the floor;
When suddenly they disappeared, I
And one was seen no more.
poor Daisy! Is your penny LOST"
Was asked in accents kind.
why, no, mines here!" she quickly said
cts Rob's I cannot fndp