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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-19

doctors mechanical contrlVance, Du'
he told her that she must not do that
until the operation was over. Then
DR.. Forceps turned to get a little
sharp-pointed instrument which Is al.
ways associated In patients mino
with the pictures Of medieval tor
ture chambers. Unhappily. however
the particular instrument which the
doctor wanted was not at hand. Then
it was a strange thing to happen tc
the doctor-he remembered he had left
it on the table in the little reception
room downstairs. "Mrs. Nevins," he
said to the patient. ''hold your mouth
open till / come back. Under no cir
cumstances close it, or you will undo
all that have thus far done" Their
DR.. Forceps went downstairs.
The widow lay back in the operat.
ing chair and stoically kept her mouth
open. She heard voices from below.
Some one said: "All right, Billy. II
won't take me minute to get ready
had q sort Of an idea that this colo
snap would bring them along" Five
minutes afterward the widow heard
a door close. Then she began to won.
der at the doctors long absence. Eff
teen minutes passed and she was II
| torture with the awful strain on hel
distended jaws. Twenty minutes
twenty-five, thirty. Could she have
done so she would have screamed
No doctor hove in sight. Forty min
utes and the pain was like that of TIT
rack and boot. The widow could stant
| 1t no longer. She put her hand tt
her mouth to take out the instrumen
| of torture. She couldn't bulge 1t ;
hair. There was some concealed
spring that held the thing locked jus
within her teeth. A light chain raj
from the continuance to the theodolit'
looking thing alongside the chair. TIL,
widow was a captive In the tortur
| chamber.
She finally rose. lifted the concerl
to which she was fastened an,
crashed its pedestal against the door
The noise echoed through the house
In another instant there came flynn
up the stairs James Forceps. the doc
tors irreverent son. He said some
thing that sounded strong, but TIL
widows ears were stopped with pair
james is dental student. He in
serted his finger between the teeth o
the widow and the internal machia
fell out, but the mouth stu stage
open. 1t was ten minutes before gel
tie massage treatment brought tn
jaws into working order, and eve
they have been, according to th
widow. creaking and paining eve
since.
Madam, how did this awful thin
happenT said James.
You father told me to be sure 1
hold my mouth open." said the widow
tearfully and creakily, until he cam
back"
Until he came backT' echoed Jane
Good heavens, he's gone with Bill
Masters on three weeks huntin
trip."-Edward b. Clark, in Ii
Chicago Record Herald.
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:: MANY USES FOR PEANUTS.
A New Variety of Giant Sizc Grows i
Texas.

A New Variety of Giant Size Grows in
Texas.
There are reports of wonderful
new kind of peanut, called the Japan
csc white mammoth, grown In Mata-
gorda County. Texas. 1t is of giant
size. and is said to yield eighty-seven
barrels to the acre. One reason for
being interested In this news is the
fact that the peanut crop Of the old
time peanut growing region of the
South has been diminishing alarm
ingly of late years, large areas that
formerly produced from fifty to 100
bushels an acre now yielding not more
than twenty bushels. The cause Of
the trouble Is careless farming
neglect to fertilize the soil, and lack
of rotation of crops. Virginia, how
ever, still has an annual output of
something like 100000 bushels; Ten
nessee and North Carolina come next.
The finest peanuts In the world
come from Virginia, and in that State
is the greatest peanut market, at Nor
folk, where number of large "fac-
tories" in which the newly gathered
'gobers" as they come In from the
rural districts, are winnowed and
screened to clean them. and sorted
and shipped to jobbers in other cities.
1t is now believed that the peanut was
originally a native of Brazil, and that
it should properly make a fifth in the
list of plants of great commercial i'm
portance credited to America, the
others being the potato. tobacco
maize and cotton. AS far back as the
seventeenth century it was extensive
ly cultivated in the old world, and had
become such an important article OF
food in Africa that the slave dealers
loaded their vessels with it, using it as
provender for their cargoes of cap
| tives.
African peanuts, which are small
| and nearly round, and contain 8
single kernel. used to be imported
largely into this country. but they
have been driven out by our superior
variety. However, the African nuts
contain greater percentage Of oil
for the sake Of which immense guam
titles of them, mostly raised in Sene
gambia and along the east coast, ar,
shipped to Marseilles for conversion
into pure 'olive OIL" The poore
peanuts are employed for soap; tn,
residue, after pressing, is known a
cake" and brings $50 ton as cattl
fodder, and the shells are utilized a
material for paper. Recent expert
ments by dietic experts have shown
that one pound of peanut meal con
tains nearly as much nutriment q
three pounds of lean beef. The meal
which is obtained by grinding tn
cake" costs four cents a pound Il
bulk, and the Germans have prepares
from it several agreeable articles O
diet-such as peanut grits" and ''pea
nut -four" this latter being ground an
bolted like ordinary -four. Palatabl
crackers have also been made fro
this crude byproduct of the oil MILL
Philadelphia Post.
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broken in the journey from the Ice
field to the house. II the crop Is a
large one the broken cakes are re-
jected. Connected with the chPin Is
another into which the broken pieces
are thrown, to be conveyed to the re-
fuse heap. perhaps 300 or 500 Feet from
the building. So rapidly do the piles
of waste ice accumulate that In sea-
sou thousands of tons will be piled
up, forming a glittcring mountain.
which does not melt until the summer
is well advanced.
The methods employed on the Hud-
son River are the same as those FOL
lowed on the Kennebec and the other
great ice fields. Ice is almost as tickle
as the weather which makes it, and the
percentage of waste Is very large.
Sometimes twenty per cent. of the
cakes are broken In harvesting and
storing, especially IL the weather be-
comes soft during the operation. In
spite Of the most careful packing the
waste from melting in the storage
uOuSs IduScc AkOAh tWShts ~ 1890
per cent, while from quarter to
third CT the product melts In being
transferred to cars and wagons and
| in the delivery to customers. In fact,
| it is safe to say that nearly fifty pei
| cent. of the quantity Of natural Ice
| originally stored Is cost before II
reaches the consumer. The companies
also have to calculate against shor
crops, for az already stated, an opeI
winter may cut down the tonnage full,
one-half or two-thirds. For this reason
the store houses are built to hole
enough to supply the demand for tw'
or three years. and are filed to tn
top when the ice is sufficiently thick t
harvest
Besides the army employed on tn
Hudson River it Is estimated tina
fully $4,000 more secure employment
in New England. Their wages rang
from $3.50 to 81 day, the foreme
or bosses getting from $3.50 to s;
Consequently the payroll Of this winte
industry during the height of the sea
son aggregates nearly 81 .OO0,O 900 weel
ly.-New York Commercial Advertise
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Bread is made of vastly different
materials In different countries. In
Lapland, oats with the inner bark Of
the pine are used. The two together,
well ground and mixed, are made into
large fat cakes and cooked In q pan
over the fire. In Kamchatka, in Ash
attic Russia. pine or birch bark by IT.
self. well macerated. pounded and
baked. frequently constitutes the whole
of the native bread food. The Ice.
lander scrapes the Iceland moss ofI
the rocks and grinds 1t into fine -four,
which serves both for bread and pud.
dings In parts Of Italy chestnuts are
cooked, ground into meal, and used fol
making bread. Durra. q variety OF
millet, is much used in India, Egypt
Arabia and Asia Minor for making
bread.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-19
Rosds That Bring Comfort.

Before all things the United States
IL an agricultural country. 1t Is the
possibility of large returns
in this direction which Ike lie
price Of labor In our manufactures
and In all our Industries. and thus
brings comfort and ease within the
reach Of all. Good roads. by lessen
ing the cost Of agricultural products,
form the most effectual means of
maintaining the condition of comfort
and even luxury Of which America is
so proud.-H. w. Conn, Department
Of Biology, Wesleyan University, Mid
dletown, Conn.
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Sir Harry Johnston, whose discovery
of new species of animal in the Ugan-
da Protectorate has excited much In
terest among naturalists, brought back
a specimen of a gigantic species OF
earthworm which, when alive. was
about three feet long and as thick as
two fingers. Even larger species OF
earthworms than this exist. Ceylon
has some giants of blue color. that
attain as great size. In Cape Colony
and Natal there is species. parti-
colored, green above and yeiiowish
beneath, which. 1t is averred. some
times attains length of six feet. Giant
earthworms are also found in Australia
and South America.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-19
A Prediction,

When in the years to come our pub
lie roads cease to be reproach to our
beloved land. farmers will wonder
how they were ever content to strug-
gle through beds Of mud or over roads
frozen into succession of miniature
hills and valleys. The bicycle will
then be such frequent visitor in
rural districts that HAL. Columbian y
win have double meaning to the
American peoples. Jennie Smith
Syosset Queens County. Long Island
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-19

An unsophisticated old woman asked
a druggist the other day If he had any
soap. "Yes, ma'am," he replied. "Dt
you want 1t scented or unscentedY
WELL" she replied, "bein' it's so small
l guess III take it along with me-
New York Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-19
THE ARTIST.

he tried through years to satisfy
The craving that was in his heart; =,
bis brothers. came and passed him by,
And left him toiling still for art
he modelled from his plant clay
Fair forms that others praised, but they
Saw not the blemishes he found,
And ever as his work was done
He sadly smashed it to the ground,
And newer efforts were begun.
Men came to buy; he shook his head
And modelled and destroyed, and then
The craving to his bosom fed
BY deity building up again,
And, at the last, in sorrow cried
To those who gathered at his side,
Imploring them to batter down
The splendid thing that he had made
brown
Turf where his wasted form was laid.
S. E. Kiser.
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State Government Of Louisiana

Governor-w. W. Heard,
Lieutenant Governor--Albert Esto
pipal.
Secretary of State---John Michel.
Superintendent of Education--Johs
v. Calhoun.
Axditor-W. s. Frazee.
Recommendations e. Smith.
u. S. SENATORS.
Don Cafferey and S. ID. McEuery.
REPRESENTATIVES,.
/ District-R. G. Davey.
Q District-Adolph Meyer.
q District-R. +. Broussard.
4 District-P Draxeale.
District. Il. Ransdell.
& Distrjct-S. NJ. Robinson.
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|,,E!EHES,1
E:,7 C y nI! Ka

Ice one and one-half inches thick
will support man, eighteen inches
thick railway train.
1t takes about seventeen and one
half years for dollar to double itself
Mt four per cent. interest compounded
semi-annually.
An Ohio man proposes that, to pre-
vent the frightening of horses, the
life-size figure of an equine be attached
to the front Of every automobile.
In a bog near Tuam an ancient
Irish corrack. or canoe boat, has been
found several feet below the sur
face, we'll preserved. 1t measures
fifty-two feet In length and will be
placed among the Kettle remains in
the Dublin Museum.
Plants breathe. Not perhaps exact
ly as man breathes. but none the less
they breathe In carbonic acid gas, as
simulate the carbon, and exhale oxy-
gen. Thus vegetables help animals
to live and vice versa, and each Is the
true life partner of the other. Neither
could do q living business without
| the other.
| Buried forests found In Alaska in
localities where no trees exist now
have revived a discussion Of the
theory that the arctic region once pos.
sessed tropical or semi-tropical
climate. A few years ago a New
England professor wrote book based
on the idea that as the earth first
cooled at the poles they were the
original scene Of vegetation and hui
man life, and that mankind gradually
moved southwark during the prehis
toric period.
The dragon-fy is the natural enemy
of the mosquito. The Department Of
Agriculture has discovered that the
English sparrow, among its other of
fensive traits, is fond Of youni
dragon-fies, called ''nymphs." Wher
these emerge from the water ant
come out with wings. the sparrow
catch them by the thousand and de
stroy them. This, 1t is believed, re
suits In a greater prevalence of mos
quitoes, which carry malaria and q
inf1ict great injury.
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the recorded lawsuits which
he could find that had features about
them odd enough to invest them with
interest both for laymen and law
yers. He found a mass of rich ma
terial. There was the story of the suit
for damages because q neighbours
gander had killed the plaintiffs cat.
There was another suit which one
man brought against another because
the latters hens were supposed to
have eaten some gold beads belong
ing to the complainant. and which the
Plymouth Rocks took to be new
brand of yellow corn. There were
scores of other queer yarns In this at
torney's book.
No matter, however, into what field
you stray looking for queer things,
and no matter how many queer things
you find, another field may be counted
upon at another time to disclose some
thing a little more curious than any
thing that before has been found. The
reading of the premises In Chicago
suit which may be looked at by the
curious will disclose what Is probably
the strangest foundation for suit at
law that has ever been used to sup
port a claim. When 1t is known that
the plaintiff is a woman it Is not at
all unlikely that the reader OF the
statement of the reasons for the suit
may find in it something of humor.
Epitomized the recital of the case
runs somewhat like this:
"a suit by Mary Nevins, widow, to
recover $4,000 for damages from DR..
Giles Forceps, dentist, for lasting pain
and injury to the plaintiffs jaw be-
cause of having imposed upon it for
a long period Of time an inhibition to
exercise"
There is little doubt that In his de-
tense DR.. Forceps will urge that the
bill does not truly set forth the facts
say, the Widow Nevins during the
period of so-called silence had her
mouth constantly open. There Is BIZ
of shrewdness in the doctors defense
plan. for surely lie argues no jury
can conceive Of woman with hel
mouth open who is not INDUCING
freely in jaw exercise.
Well, the whole thing came out OF
DR.. Forceps' well-known absent-mind
edness. He has been noted for years
as the most forgetful man in the city
of Chicago. Unless he has subjec
well under hand and eye his wits arr
always woolgathering. People hav,
heard often of men forgetting theil
own names, but 1t Is a pretty safe
wager that DIR. Forceps' case is TIL
only one of forgetfulness of name
that can be backed up by afldayits
The doctor has grown son who doe
not stand particularly In awe of Iii
father, and who. through long AM
wearying trials, has become annoye,
) to the pass Of irritability at hi
fathers memory shortcomings. 1t !
one of II. K. Donnelley Sons director,
name gatherers who win make affida
Wit to the doctors forgetting his owl
name. The dentists operating-roor
is In his residence upstairs. The d
rectory man called and was shown u
to the place where the doctor wa
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Good roads and broad highways for
good citizens: alleys. slumways and
cowpaths for the vicious, the depraved
and the lawless. Charles N. Day, New
haven, Conn.
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD,
THE GREAT TRUNK LINE
Between the
Moth and South.
only Airsst route 70
NtaDlE. 81. tsulA cAlugs. Kansas clh
aad al points
NORTH, EAST AND WEST.
Only direct reuts -
heksoa, vIclskSfg. nm ehsls
And Ill psints n Tsxas and che South.


Through Pullman Palace 6leepers
Between New Orleans and Memphis.
Kansas City. st. Louis and Chicago
Without change. making direct eonnsc
Mons With Arst-elass Mnss to Ill points
The great Steel bridge spanning ths
oAio river u Cairo completed, and eli
txains freight ~ passenger now RIM.
sing segulasly evss II. thus avoiding the
0slays md anAeyaAss Incident 70 Trans.
~ n fsssy bssA
4 81. HANSON. Goa Z Agt.
Chicago
II. 4 ossaa- n =. n. Menshls
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use a bit of harness that have here
to help me in the operation"
Then the doctor got some sort OF
rubber arrangement. put it inside the
fair patients mouth, brought over
from the corner Of the office O ma
chine that looked like a theodolite and
put a skeletonlike steel apparatus
into the widows yawning mouth. 1t
was possible for her to close her
mouth by the simple lifting out Of the
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-19

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The industrious burglar is generally
doing something. even il it's only
time.-Philadelphia Record.
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The Russians. who are supposed to
be great tea-drinkers, do not use as
much tea per head Of the population
O. do the people OF the United States.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-19

Farmers and the Road Question.
= vAyING been appointed a del
egate to this congress by the
Department of Agriculture
u u of the Province of Ontario,
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An Ohio man proposes that. to pre-
vent the frightening of horses, the
life-size figure Of an equine be attached
to the front of every automobile.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-19

Il yeaRs renowned ae . lead.
Ct. Ne false promises MADE
no CharlatAnism practlced.
Ovsr 100 Gold and silver Med.
Al, Diplomas etc., aware1Q
vs By American and European
EXP Cd tionA Commercial
Coureo includes Expert Acs
counting and Auditing, ana
g Guaranteed Higher ana
euperior to any other In the
south. We own our coiiege
building and have uneQuaued
facilities and IN unexceileo
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1t takes about seventeen and one
half years for dollar to double itself
Mt four per cent. interest compounded
semi-annually.
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Il
each cake. but they are usually de-
tached in lengths of eight or ten for
convenience. One of these foes win
hold two or three men, who guide them
through the channel to the receiving
platform where they are broken up In
to single cakes.
The old method of storing ice was to
hoist it by horse power. with block
and tackle, to the entrance of the Ice
house; then remove it into its place
by hand. This work is now done by
an endless chain, built on a huge scale,
each link of which Is large enough to
hold block. Operated by steam power,
the chain extending from the platform
of the storage house to the edge of
the pond or river is set in motion.
AS fast as a link reaches the end Of the
ice channel block is pushed into II
and started on it's way to the place
of storage. 1t is deposited on the plat.
form, where the storage gang seize II
with their tools, shove It into the build.
!. ing. and add it to the long tiers to be
covered with sawdust until wanted for
, use.
II So rapidly does the conveying ma
chinery operate that the blocks car
be taken from the water. carried 3Ot
t feet to the icehouse, and stored away
: lat Re rate Of nearly one block pei
: minute The chain Is adjustable, 81
/ that 1t can be moved from one section
: to another of the building. and serve
three or four entrances, thus savin,
l time II removing the cakes from thu
Links. Frequently the blocks becom,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-29

To Whom it may Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the board
of County commissioners of Caddo
county, Oklahoma Territory, did on
the 10Th day of September, \. ID. 1902,
the same being an adjourned session
of the regular July, 1902, meeting of
said Board, divide Caddo county into
voting precincts, and established the
same and polling places therein and
appointed inspectors of election there
for, as follows, towit:
COMMITS SIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
The Board OF County Commission
ers met Sept. 10Th, 1902, at ten O'Clock
u, m, with all members of the Board
present, Chairman Cleveland presid-
ing. The following proceedings, were
had and done, tSwit:
On motion of Farwell seconded by
Wimberly, it was ordered that the
county of Caddo and the several town
ships therein be divided into voting
precincts, and inspectors be appointed
therefor, and that said precincts be
established, and polling places desig-
nated, and inspectors appointed there
for as follows, to-wit:
BRIDGEPoRT TowNSHIP
Pecinct No. Township II, range IL,
and the east half of range -, town
ship II, w. |, NJ. Polling place at
Bridgeport, township trustee a., in
spector
Precinct No. ,. Township IL, range
IL, and the east half of range II,
township IL, w. I. NJ Polling place
Hazard postoffice, Joe Willie inspec-
tor.
CADDO TOWNSHIP.
Precinct No. 3. Township r. range
l3, and the west half OF range II,
township l2,W. |. NJ Polling place
Hydro. o. L. Robinson, inspector.
Precinct No. T. Township IL, range
l3, and the west half of range -,
township IL, w. |. NJ. Polling
place northwest of sec. Ii, tip. IL,
range l3, w. |. Nj. w. II. Daven-
port, inspector.
BEAVER TOWNSHIP.
Precinct No. 5, Township 10, range
II, w. |. NJ. Polling place at Sick
les. GleOpole SHES inspector.
Precinct No. 6. Township 10, range,
l3, w. /. NJ. Polling place north
west sec. 10, twp. 10 range 13. S.
T. Shelton; trustee, inspector.
Precinct No. I. Township 9, ranges
II and l3, WIN. Polling place at
Swan Lake. A. w. Poe, inspector,
FERN TOWNSHIP.
Precinct No. 8. All of Fern town
ship. Townships and 10, ranges
10 and IL, west, l. NJ. Polling place
at Binger. II r Hickox, inspector.
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