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Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-20

The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will give a dinner and supper
at the Grant block on Saturday of this
week.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-20

For a nice tender steak or fresh veg
etables call on VIM. Goetting & Co.
POI West Gold avenue.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-20

Deming has an abundance of water
for irrigating vineyards, orchards, OF
gardens.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-20

We are sole agents for Wheeler &
Wilson sewing machines.-Albert Fa-
Der, 305 Railroad avenue.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-20
NEW

Gus Watkins, Needles. Cal; Paul
Meyer, Trinidad, Colo; Geo. w. Hess,
Erie, Pa.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-20

American full cream cheese 20 cents
pound. San Jose Market.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-20

Liquid air ton-ght. 800 degrees be-
low zero. Colombo hall at s o'clock.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-20
GRAND CENTRAL

C. Sigel. Jr., and wife, N. II. Gordon
Denver.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-20
Coney Island Restaurant
No. 118 Railroad Avenue

REGULAR MEALS, 25c.
SHORT ORDERS
Best restaurant in the city. Opens
at $50 a. m, closes in the evening at
1880 p. m. Everything new and first
class and all orders promptly filled.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03

The oldest pictures made by man
are probably those scratched on the
walls of the grotto of Combarelles,
near Eyzias, in Dordogne, France. One
of the drawings represents a hairy
mammoth, another reindeer-pretty
good proofs that man existed In
France in the Paleolithic or older Stone
age, fer the drawings are so accurate
as to show that whoever made them
was contemporaneous with the ami
mails he pictured.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
Why Hotel Clerks Are Popular

The hotel clerk stood behind the lit.
tie bar, and, one after another, the
guests arrived. Thus smiling affably
did the hotel clerk handle them: "Mr.
A, I'm glad to see you. Will you
have your old room, 304, again? Good
It's vacant, fortunately. How do you
do, Mr.. b? There are five letters
waiting for you. I rather expected
you tonight, so had fire built in the
open CRATE in 172. You are still fond
of open CRATES. suppose? Mr.. c.,
you are just in time. We engaged a
new pastry cook yesterday, and the
boss said he hoped you'd be along
soon to pass judgment on him. Would
you like 2S9 again? All right Front
280. Hullo, Mr.. D.! / didn't think
you'd visit us this winter. One of our
men told us about your typhoid fever
siege. | think you're looking mighty
well. all things considered" Very
wonderful was the night clerks mem
DRY, and very pleasant was the effect OF
it upon the faces of the guests Their
worn and hariicd look vanished; they
smiled; it delighted them to he well
coined so agreeably. And thus does
the typical hotel clerk of the big city
conduct himself always, doing more by
his tremendous memory and tremend-
GUS tact than any other employee to
help his boss get rich.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
English Books.

When the English rocks are building
their nests frequently a rookery is dis
turbed by big quarrels over the placing
of those huge bundles of sticks in the
treetops. The trouble occurs mostly
with young birds wishing to place their
nests too near an old nest. A council
of rocks is called, with the result that
the disputants' nests are soon scat
tered to the winds and the
claimant and the defendant both
have to begin new foundation. Some
times there is disturbance on more
limited scale when a pair of birds
do their very best to pull the sticks
from the nest of another pair, each of
the contending parties doing all they
can to prevent the other from building.
Rocks are curiously weather wise, and
they scent a storm and set to work
to repair and strengthening their nests
before that imminent gale has been
evident to the farmer. The rocks
powers of sight and hearing are re.
markabIe Chambers Journal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
Squirrels Dare the Cats.

Have you ever seen squirrel dare
cat? 1t is the most amusing exhibit
tiol of mischieyous audacity. A
large colony of fat, entarprising squir-
rels live In the big elm trees of Wal
nut street, Brookllne, the descendants
of a pair OF tame squirrels that were
owned by q family occupying enc OF
the lovely old estates of early Brook
line in that vicinity, and which were
finally liberated to establish. them
selves and their progeny as permanent
residents of the street. They are the
tantalizing despair of numerous cats
that haunt the place in search of tooth
some morsels. The little creatures
are wonderfully tame and very quickly
respond to friendly overtures in the
shape of nuts, which they soon learn
to take from ones hand. They
scamper up and down the big trees,
whisking their bushy gray tails in
saucy defiance of their feline pursuers.
who, with eager eyes and watering
mouths. follow the tantaLzing motions
OF the squirrels as they frisk about
alluring JUST out Of reach of the cruel
claws. Sometimes the game is car.
ried on so daringly that it seems only
by hairs breadth that {. squirrel trag-
edy is aver.ed and yet very few occur
and their number and freedom seem
Observation-Disclosures Transcript
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
THE DECORATIVE PLATE SHELF.

An attractive addition to dining
room or den is plate shelf. eight or
ten inches in width. In the dining
room it may extend all round, If desir-
ed, to hold ornamental china, stems,
pitchers or other objects of which the
housekeeper has collection.
The height should conform to the
wall decoration, and the shelf may be
as high as the door casing with adj
vantage.
In a den or sitting room, where 1t
is intended for bric-a-brac. photographs
and such trifies it is better not to put
the shelving entirely around the room
but in sections, and even at irregular
heights.
There is room for the display OF
good deal of taste in the placing of the
plate rack. The articles that are to
stand upon it, the furniture of the
room, the arrangement of doors and
windows, all have to be taken into
consideration. The finish of the
shelf, too, is of Importance. 1t is bet
ter to match woodwork of the room,
if possible. = New York Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
Shakespeare a Common Name.

II may come as a surprise to some
folk to find how common name that
of Shakespeare not only is, but was
long before the birth of the poet. At
least three thirteenth century Shake
speares are known, and there are no
tees of bearers of the name at Pen
rith and Nottingham, where a Jonn
Shakespeare was plaintiff in 1857
against Richard de Cotgrave, spicer,
for deceit in the sale Of dyewood, and
recovered damages; in Warwickshire
-"Thos. Shakespeare, felon, who had
left his goods and flei''-at Youghal,
Colchester, Pontefract and elsewhere.
Fifteenth Gentry occurrences of the
name are also fairly numerous, and
when we come to the succeeding age,
Immediately preceding and partly in
clud:ng the poets own era, Mis-. Slopes
shows plainly that there were Shakes
peares all over the country. The fire.
quent occurrence of the name is. of
course. a warning of the yaluelessness
of the attempts which have been not
infrequently made to connect the poet
with this or that fsmil7 en- the grounds
of similarity of name or age-The An
tiQuarian.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
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.cro>,c1y,Nc nExTrRITY.

ASTONISHING DEXTERITY.
When she found that this adroit chauf'
feur
Had good right arm to spare LOT her'
This maid was very much amazed,
(And possibly trifie phased)
Protesting, timidly: "Oh, sir"
New York Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
PREPARED FOR SPRING CLEAN
ING

The good word for housekeeping is
make haste slowly. Better one clean
ed room a day and comfort Herewith
with an epidemic of brooms. buckets,
scrubbing- brushes, step-ladders and
everybody's temper on edge. But
never begin before the beginning, and
always take plenty OF time. Dirt
has DISCUSSES as many and as insidious
are the evil one, and must be vari-
ously fought and overcome.
A woman needs a distinctive cos
tune for house cleaning even more
than for presentation at court. Wear
union undergarments, with a short
flannel petticoat, sewed to a loose, low
necked waist, with straps across the
shoulders, and over that sweater and
overalls. Thus garmented one can
do a third r,ore housekeeping work
than in skirts, without feeling half so
tagged out.
A house can be cleaned with nothing
more than soap, water and good will.
But the cleaning will be easier if these
are supplemented with borax, washing
soda, ammonia, securing soap, scour.
ing sand, powdered whiting, powdered
pumice stone, alcohol, turpentine, ben
zine and kerosene. There should like
wise be dust brushes, whisk broom.
two big brooms Zone stiff, one soft)
self-wringing mop, wash cloths, wash
feathers, swabs, rubbing fiannels, a
rubbing pad and two light fiber pals.
Washington Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
RECIPES.

Nutmeg Cookies-One cup sugar,
one cup butter, one-half cup sour
cream, one teaspoon soda in boiling
water, one egg, one-half nutmeg, graf
ed, and flour to roll. These are
delicious. Bake in brisk oven.
Stewed Dried Apricots and Prunes-
Wash a cup of prunes and the same Of
apricots; soak them in water enough
to cover until soft. Cook until ten
der separately, add a cup of sugar
to the apricots and quarter as much
in the prunes, then cook together until
a good sauce, the acid of the one COM
bines with sweetness of the other,
improving both.
Potato Pancake-Peel and wash
four potatoes, dry well on towel;
beat the yolk of one egg, then beat
the white; CRATE the potato over the
white of the egg; add half teaspoon
of salt and one tablespoon of bread
crumbs; add the yolk of the egg; fry
in medium sized cakes in the frying
pan.
Rice Crumplets-Beat three eggs
until light; add one and one-half cups
of milk, one tablespoon of melted but
ter, one cup of cold flour; half a cup
of wheat flour, half teaspoonful of
salt and two tablespeonfuls of baking
powder; heat well; bake in large
crumpet rings on the griddle, or bake
in creased pans in the oven twenty
minutes
Spanish Mince of Beef Cut thin
slices of cold, UNDERGONE beef into
strips, then into dice; place these in a
saucepan and brown in oil. Add a
few finely chopped shallots, one onion
and a green pepper cut into stripes.
After browning well for about five min
ntes put in a pint of Spanish sauce.
salt and pepper to taste. Cook gent
ly for fifteen minutes. Serve with
croutons and chopped parsley.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03

If the recommendation of the board
of engineers intrusted with the duty
of devising means for the protection
of Galveston, Texas, from inundatlon
by Gulf hurricanes like that which
caused SO much damage on September
8, 1900, is carried out, a concrete
breakwater will be built three miles
long resting on protected piles and
standing seventeen feet above low wa
ter, or one-third of foot higher than
the highest mark reached by the sea
there in 1900.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
FRENCH ART NOT APPRECIATED
He Was Not Allowed to Draw on the
TabIecIoth

A story is going the rounds of New
York studios just now which deals
with the experience of French artist
who is not unknown to fame in his
own country and who recently visited
New York. He has since returned to
Paris, and the story can be told,
though the artist must remain name
less.
He dined alone one evening in the
Holland House, and he was well
pleased with his dinner. While ling
ering over a cordial he decided to
show his approval of the meal and SER
vice by drawing an elaborate sketch
on the immaculate linen cloth which
covered the table. A waiter discov-
cred him and protested mildly. The
Frenchman waved him to one side and
continued to draw. 1t was a Paris
cafe scene which he was doing, and he
was interested. The waiter went to
the head waiter and complained that
the artist was spelling the tablecloth.
"You must not mark up the linen,' -
said the lord of the dining room. at
is against the rules"
II make you a very fine sketch, to
which l attach presently my own
name" replied the artist, continuing
to make lines.
Il tell you to stop spelling the
tablecloth," repeated the head waiter.
In vain the Frenchman explained
that the hotel was welcome to cut out
the sketch and have it framed. He
said any cafe in Paris would prize such
a tribute from his pen and would have
it framed and hanging on the wall of
the dining room. AS he explained he
kept on drawing until the head waiter
could stand it no longer, and had him
deposited on the sidewalk.
The Frenchman was sadly offended.
Indeed, if the whole truth was told, he
was angry, as angry as he had ever
been in his life. He crossed Fifth
Avenue at the risk of being run down
by the stream of cabs. When he was
safe on the opposite curb he turned
and faced the hotel. His rage hardly
permitted him to speak, but at last
he succeeded.
"Pigs!" he cried, and he spat at the
hotel through his teeth New York
Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03

The possible danger of electric trac-
ton in tunnels was seen in Paris re-
Gently when an. electric train on the
underground railway caught fire
through some defect in the motor. No
one was hurt, but the passengers were
obliged to leave the train and make
their way out of the tunnel as best
they could. Only month before
in a tunnel near Liverpool, England,
six persons were killed by fire on
an electric train. Nearly all such
accidents have been traced to defects
in the motive machinery and appars'
tus.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
Americans Beef Eaters,

The Los Angeles Herald remarks
that the Yankee eats more than six
times as much beef as the Indian and
the Spaniard, nearly three times as
much as the German, and about one
third more than the Englishman.
We have often wondered why the
Englishman and American were such
robust folk, but it is easily explained
on the basis of an appetite for rare
roast beef. The more beef the more
robust, and therefore the American
like Abou-ben-Adhem, leads all the
rest. New York Herald.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03

Germany Is going to adopt the Amer
lean style of using a large stamp for
cancelling letters and postal cards, says
the Chicago Daily News. The size OF
the present instrument is just sufficient
to cover one stamp. SO that several Inn
presssons have to be made when more
than one postage stamp is used to pre-
nav a letter Besides this drawback
fbe time and date of the mailing OF
The letter were never to be clearly seen.
IN the new stamp the place, time and
date of delivery will not be In the
middle of the stamp. but on the two
margins
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03

Rome delivered her fighting men at
points required on the hoof, so to
speak, and thus saved money. The
cost of carriage in modern military
service is the principal item in the
business, our bill for the Philippines
last year being s9,000,000. What
England has paid out since the South
African war began can only be con-
iectured till the accounts are all in and
balanced, but it is prodigious sum.
and enough to make her cast favor
able eye on arbitration when another
occasion arises.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03

The British Women's Emigration
Society is about to open a hotel in
London for the use of women emf.
grants who are in that city temporarily
and for those who are looking for EN-
ploynrent of either a domestic or
clerical character. Decent lodgings
for women, at a reasonable rate, are
it is said, difficult to find in London,
the English landlaGy preferring men
dodgers. A reason for this is said to
be that women want their afternoon
tea and are more particular about the
general tidiness of the house.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
Whom kiplins Called the Greatest.

In, his capital biography of Cecil
Rhodes, Mr.. Hensman says that when
kipling was interview in 1898 as to
his opinion of Cecil Rhodes, he de-
scribed the Prime Minister as "the
greatest of living men," While every
one may not agree with this enthusiast
tic statement. it yet remains that those
who know Mr.. Rhodes best are those
who estimate him most highly. though
they admit not being able entirely to
understand him. Despite his vast
wealth and powerful influence. he is
the most democratic Of men, brusque,
unconventional. his clothes designed
for comfort rather than smartness. He
is an omnivorons reader. devouring
history. biography, and fiction with
gusto. his fayorite novel being Vanity
Fair His mansion at Croot Schuur
is flled with aat.era furniture and
rare china and nainiings.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
sQUAWs AS SERVANTS
They Are Even More Unreliable Than
Others

Il
Carson, the capital of Nevada, is
j.! probably the only city in the country
where the hired girl is a squaw.
| The Eastern tourist is apt to think
that the Western Indian is a myth.
At Denver he will see him only at the
annual festival. In New Mexico
and Arizona he will find him truly but
| he is the Pueblo Indian living in his
own ancient village. The Indian OF
the plains. the hero OF the frontier ro-
nance, is secluded on the reservation.
But at Carson he is an all pergading
element of the landscape. In the
mountains round about Carson live the
remnants of three tribes. the Piutes,
the Washoes and the Shoshones. They
are absolutely free, left in possession
of these sterile uplands which the
white man does not want. Each day
companies of them come down into
Carson, and swatched in bright blank
cts, sit playing Pluto poker upon every
vacant lot. You will see the squaws
sewing there also, making garments OF
turkey red and other gorgeous cottons.
The pappooses play about, the brilliant
sun throws out the flaming scarlet of
the blankets, and the rich coppery
hues of their skin. 1t is all pictures
que.
Now it is this picturesque parsonage,
male and female, who helps to solve
the servant girl problem in Carson.
Other help is scarce and high, and ia
spite of the fact that neither buck nor
squaw can ever be pinned to regular
labor, their occasional services are
welcome. To the Carson housewife
every buck is Jim" and every squaw
is sally" Sally opens the kitchen
| door without the formality of a knock
and says "Mahaylie (woman), you
want work done?" Or, simply, me
heap hogadi," which signifies that she
| is very hungry and desires to work for
meal. If you are an Eastern wo-
man this is apt to frighten you the first
| time; and it is likewise terrifying to
look up and find bucks swarthy face
plastered against the outside of your
window pane. 1t takes little while
for you to thoroughly learn that there
is nothing to be feared. But after a
bit you welcome Sally gladly, and set
her to scrubbing the floor or washing
dishes or clothes. Very rarely there
| Is Sally who will come regularly for
a weekly wash day. But generally she
will work only when driven by hunger.
Sometimes Sally comes shivering to
the door in winter with baby under
her blanket. She is q heap cold''
wants to toast herself and the queer,
silent little morsal of humanity at her
back at the kitchen fire. They are
often ragged and insufficiently protect
ed from the cold. Sometimes Sally
will bring an armful of baskets to sell
at your door, and then the Eastern wo-
man welcomes her with joy, for she
knows she can pick up for few cents
baskets for which she must pay dollars
in the shops of Carson. The house
wife likes to get Piute Sally to work
for her If she can, for she is cleaner
and more industrious and adaptable
than her sisters of the Shoshones and
| WashoeS. When Jim is heap ho-
gadP' he will cut wood, NOW the lawn
and do other odd jobs. Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
10 Prevent n,ch from spone,ng

With view to preventing people OF
means taking advantage Of the free
dispensaries, meant only for the poor
of the country. the physicians and
druggists Of Philadelphia will petition
the next legislature to enact law
requiring that register. to be open
for inspection. shall be kept, giving
the names Of all persons obtaining
medicines.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
A FREoUENT MISTAKE.

Many women in trying to metamor-
phrose a commonplace and unattrac-
tive room into an artistic one make
the mistake of just keeping one or two
old pieces for old associations sake.
When they fall below the artistic stan
dard set for the room few comprom
ises like this may destroy the whole
effect, and the wise thing to do is to
discard them absolutely.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03


Carbuncles, Pimples, Etc.
Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. is . GER
tain and sure cure for Eczema, Itching Skin,
Humors, Scabs, Scales, watery Blisters,
Pimples, Aching Bones or Joints, Boils,
Carbuncles, Prickling Pain in the Skin,
Old Eating Sores, Ulcers, Scrofula, Superat-
ing Swellings, Blood Poison, Cancer and all
Blood Diseases. Botanic Blood Balm cures
the worst and most deep-seated cases by
enriching, purifying and vitalizing the blood,
thereby giving healthy blood supply to
the skin; heals every sore and gives the
rich glow of health to the skin. Druggists
81 per large bottle. To prove it cures
Blood Balm sent free by writing Blood Balm
Co., II Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga. Describe
trouble and free medical advice also sent IN
sealed letter. B. B. B. sent at once prepaid.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
TO RE-ENAMEL A BATHTUB.

To re-enamel bath tub buy proper
enamel. Wash the tub thoroughly
with hot soap water first, and rub all
over with sandpaper to make the sur
face smooth before using the enamel
Heat the enamel slightly by standing
the tin in a bowl of hot water before
using. This thins it and it is easier
to apply it evenly. 1t will need two
or three coats, and each must be al
lowed to thoroughly dry before the
next is applied.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
For the Housewife.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE MATTER OF DRAPERIEs

The ideal window drapery for bed
room windows is simple, filIjy muslin
or Swiss, ruffied If preferred. and then
single straight curtain at each side,
surmounted by valance of chintz or
to match the chintz design paper on
The walls. This carrying of the wall up
holstery fabric into folds to frame the
windows is effective in the extreme.