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THE BANNER=DEMOCRA . VOL. XIV. LAKE PROVIDENCE. EAST CARROLL PARISH, LA., SATURDAY. AUGUST 17, 1901 bucctss i. w UtlhUs t. LxhZIOI. (At the foot ao the Hill of Endeavor, U the stepe of the fill of 1Edeave . O .o One, look upward and sa Yo battle and toil and keep on he hine of the prim or th e Bitering prim That dazzles our eyes dhat drl With the gleam of the glory to be. At eve as it did at the dawn. War up ii th lds like a beaon, Its brilliance is always before you Its luster illamines the world. To lighten the arduous way And yo tu t tart yourway That leads to sueees. Att the dwn of te day Through struggle and stress, With the flag of your purpose unfurled. And crown you with laurel and bay F~auth, Hope and Ambition attend you, At the top of the Hill of Endeavor, And the line of your march is betrewn 0 Old One, look downward and cal With the roses that bring To the brave and the true You the fragrance of Spring, Who are following you, While the fulness of earth seemsyourown God speed and ro cheer to them all. - New York Independent. MONSIEUR VOTRE. EBY ELIA W. PrAT'TFiR. ARIE RAGNIER brought out a little register. "You may write your name here, if you will be good enough, monsieur," she said. Her new lodger did so, slowly, writ Ing like one in whom sickness had de stroyed a bold chirographer. They talked together about the rates of the lodging, and the man arranged with her to give him breakfast In his 1 room. "I am a student, madame. I study late. It would be a great favor if I might have coffee in my apartment." '"That is simple. I will do it with pleasure." They agreed upon the terms, and he stooped to carry up his alise. "Pardon, monsieur, but I have no porter." "It is Immaterial, thank you." But his breath came hard as he tolled up the stairs, and by the time he bad reached his room there were beads of perspiration on his brow. He sat down and panted, and his lips grew blue. Marieo Ragnler ran down to the dining room and brought up a little glass of water. "You are ill," she protested in a com miserating voice. "I ought not to have allowed you to carry a burden." He drank gratefully and bowed with grace as he sat the glass back on the tray. d "You are itanding, madame,"he said, arising from his chair. To simplify matters Marie took another chair. "I am not married," she said, in her hearty way. "Mother and I-we have this house and nothing else. It is the legacy my dear father left us. I know S no way in which to earn my living In the world; so we take lodgers. But because we are two women together, and have friends whose regard is of Importance to us, we must be very par. ticular about whom we admit to our house. You will pardon me, monsieur, but something In your face looked so sad-I could see you were ill-that I neglected to take my usual precau tions; and now I see-oh, a thousand pardons, monsieur, and it strikes me to the heart to see you looking so pale I see that the name you wrote in my little register is not the same as that upon your valise." The man looked at her stupidly. "It is true," he said at length, and wiped the moisture from his blue lips. "Which is your true name, mon sleur'? she asked gently. He smiled slowly and arose. "Mademoiselle," he said, "neither is my name. If you will allow me I will go. I am not used to deceive-so I blundered." He lifted the heavy va lise and started for the stairs, but be fore he reached them he fell prone. Marie Ragnler rushed to him and turned him over. He was in a dead taint. She called her maid at the top of her lungs. "Lucie! Lucie! Put something on your head and go for the chemist. We have a sick man here. Ask Monsieur du Bols also. He must be put to bad, this lodger." She ran back to the bedroom and prepared the bed with warmed sheets, and in a moment her neighbors were with her. "You are to get him safe in bed," she told the chemist and her other good friend-both had known her for many years. "You are to make him comfortable. No doubt his night clothes"-she blushed-"are within that valise. I shall be without the door, and you can call upon me for anything." "But, mademoiselle, it is, impossible that you should take him. He should go to the hospital. You may have a sick man to attend for weeks and in the end he may die. You are too poor to run such a risk, mademoiselle. Very likely this man is penniless." Marie Ragnier lifted her head with a hint of hauteur. "You are mistaken in thinking me too poor to do this," she said. So the sick man was made comforta ble in a soft and white bed; the shades were lowered to protect his eyes from the light; a Bfire was built in the grate. When all was done the chemist took Made Ranlier aside. 'Thls man is going to die very soon," he warned her. "In a week?' "In a month." S'I will pray for his soul," said Marie devoutly. "These women are always sentlmen tal when one least expects it," mant S tered the chemist. But for all that be made up his mind, if it should come to a pinch, he would help Marie oat with the precriptions. Marie went back to her lodger. "Would you like me to stew you a thlker she asked, shyly. "Mademoisellel I-I am thrust by S my misfortunes upon your goodness. \ How cearn I-my ame- -" Marie broke nlato a youthful mile '\ and betrayed an unsmpaected dimple. t "I have decided about your name," S abe said. "I shall eall you Mske NVotrel Whenm y are webl----" "I shall never be wel---" Very well. theam. e will naver e iwell I shall tS t-ne e eIa take i as It ema --iae m not mM t oe sent. I 8hepi" "Yewk le a l as aS eh& i n. Ast aw a l.** . ts senseb-m "Now, it is a solemn stream-it is dark and swift-it menaces. The rap ids of death are beyond, and I can see the white foam that leaps from them. In a little while I shall be engulfed." "Monsieur Votre, it is but for a mo ment. A swirl, a confusion, a frantic moment, then peace! I understand that death, like life, Is tempered to him who must endure it. It is peace, believe me." "Mademoiselle, you are singularly wise. Life and death are as one to me because I have ceased to hope." "Fortunately, it is not necessary to hope for immortality. With that you have nothing to do. It Is bestowed." "You are a poet, mademoiselle-a kind poet." "I am a cook, monsieur. I will pre pare the chicken." She went out and then came back suddenly. She looked at her lodger for a few seconds with pitying and tender eyes. "You are safe here," she said almost in a whisper. "When you go down into the rapids I shall stand upon the bank, and though I cannot help you, I shall say: 'Monsieur Votre, he is brave! I shall put my decoration upon you. I shall say: 'This is my Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.' " The sick man raised himself on his elbow and looked at her. "All my life," he said, slowly, "I have been a vessel without a destina tion. The open sea has been mine, and I have been blown from shore to shore, but never known an anchorage. Can you explain to me by what miracle I find myself at last in harbor?" "'There are no miracles," she qiuoted. 'There are only .ignor ances.' " His eyes brightened. "Ahr' he cried; "you know the phi losophers!" "I am but a woman, and I have lived alone. But some of the great have been my friends, though they have not known It." "I salute your friends, mademoiselle." Marie Ragnier bowed gravely and went out to direct the preparation of the chicken broth. There was a deli cate fush on each cheek, and her eyes were humid with emotion, though one looking at hek would have had trouble to decide whether it was sorrow or joy that lifted her face above its usual expression. Three weeks later the chemist said: "He will not live a week." "After that he will live always," she responded. "You are a good woman," said the chemist. "I once knew another also." "You are unfortunate if you have known but two," she answered re proachfully. "I have known women who have broken no law-I have known many buch. But that is little. You have at tained to goodness." "You honor me too much," she said With ail accent of perfect sincerity. "I, who look into my own heart, know that I am making no sacrifice in-in caring for this man." "I do not understand." "You are a man. Only a woman could understand." She went back to her lodger. "In a little while it will be over," she said to him gently. "The rapids will soon be In sight." "Yesr "I thought that while you were still stroqg and clear in your mind it might be well to give me your messages-to whom shall I send word?" "To no one. I desire an obliteration. It was because I desired that; because I had not done what I set out to do; because I could not reflect upon oth ers the honor they expected, that I-I laid aside the name to which I was born. I have worked for the gods, and they are old and heathen. Their eyes, blinded with much beauty, no longel behold." "I understand. You should have worked for God. Then He would have seen-also men would have loved you.n "It is true. I am afraid I have nol won the decoration you would bestow upon me. I am not to be honored mademoiselle. Obliteration - oblivior "I shall always remember you!" '"There are those who wish thel might forget mE." "I am not of those." "I hardly understand. I have bees only a burden to you." "No, no. It is something I couai tell-only to,a woman.'" He took one of her hands gently i his. "But I, mademoiselle, am no longel man or woman. The soul has no sex anI md I am but a spirit This body-thi accident of flesh, this hindrance to t] best development, this achinFag matte which clogs me-will be gone in a ta hours. If you can tell me anythin Sthat proves you to be my frlmad, let a bear It for the love of mercyl I hav heabrd no very kind things from Bwoman's lips in all my life." Marie aReglar pushed her hair bee frm her bow Ipatplently with bot s he u4ds, ad as she did as ab 5 s~msel to bash trom that tfac the " SliatUas et th peas ILas years, T apes ware mosest, bet hela at; th S thra', t he birwda lnd -a ! kt .-l ! -hStl w~va ai at a ~ S *1 sR st a ewars. ahe ssL , -le. p.; ' ; n t as e- T ' M, a r', - S*1 s . t sm potsi,' ut $ knowh t seran would ha basse more gtlant than this patimne." "No me is more ganat tha you! You are a omrade In a mna's most desperate bor. Better than that yeO canot be." "I wil tell you, then. I am a woman without a romanpe." She paused, and the two were silent, their hands clasped. A cold wind was shaking the window, and the Are was ftful. "In a little while Itwill be dusk with. in the room. Then I shall tell you bet ter," whispered Marie Bagnier. The gusty twilight came, and the room seemed filled with spectres. "Speak," said the dying man, "for I have trouble to keep my mind on one thing. This room seems to me to be crowded with those who have jeered at me, who have betrayed me-those from whom I must concecl this igno minious end!" "There is one person in this room. It Is the woman who had no romance till now." "You mean---?' "That from the moment I saw your face I felt that you belonged to me--or had belonged to me. If you were t live I would never tell you-" "That is like a woman," he said with some bitterness. "But I am dying, and I may have a Barmecidlan feast!" "Is it no more to you than that? You will die and be compensated for all losses. I shall live-and remember what I have lost." "Forgive me. I will accept my com pensations. Living-I was scorned! My work-It was held ridiculous! I am dying-and I am given a boon. It is the love ofa woman, good as the an gels, who has loved no other man! And I-I have never loved a woman. I will not ask you to kiss the fever stricken lips. My spirit kisses yours, Marie." Neither of them moved. They sat silent, with their hands clasped. Lucie, the maid, came in with the lights. "Turn them low," said the sick man. "I have a notion that I may sleep." Marie Ragnier sat by him while he slept. Presently there came a convul sive tightening upon her hand. "The rapids!* The rapids!" The words struggled up from a restricted throat. "I am on the shore, my chevalier! Monsieur Votre, I behold you. I know you are brave. I have decorated you." There were. five minutes of strugle, and she dinned her words into his ears. "It is as nothing, this death! In a moment you will be at peace. The waters are not so black as,they seem, nor so cruel. In a little while they wil give you comfort." "Those who jeered-- "Are gone. Here is one who loves." "Thank God! The boon--" The hand relaxed. The body was In ert, but in the eyes was still a gleam of comprehension. Marie Ragnier spoke so she might be heard. "Bravo! Bravo!" she said, and her voice rang through the chamber of death. She folded his hands and closed his eyes. "It would be foolish to kiss him," she said. "The spirit is within ne more." Yet she longed to. but she re membered that he had forbidden her. After a time she arose. "I am no longer a woman without a romance," she said to herself. And she went to summon the chem ist.-Boston Transcript. A Benevolent Trout. In "Wild Life in Hampshire Highn lands" George A. B. Dewar gives this incident of philanthropy among fish: "I was fishing one day, some twelve seasons ago, at Testcombe, where the IAnton joins the Test, when I sa swimming slowly along the side of the stream jlust below me a large black trouat of about two pounds. It was year when there were many fish suf fering from fungold disease, and th! I trout had the fungus all over its head, and was evidently quite blind. Behind this sick trout was a fne healthy trout of about one and one Shalf pounds. Both swam slowly alon: close to the side, so that I was able to watch them for about ten minutes SThe healthy trout was watching ove t the sick one. Whenever the sick fis ,got too near the edge of the strean the healthy one would swim Ilnide and gently push the former in the aid with its nose, and so get it out nt deeper water. This was done repeatedly, until Sput my landing net under the disease fish and took it out of the water Swhen the healthy one left the spot I have not the slightest doubt tha Sthe healthy fish had taken charge o the sick one. S Creative Ability. The young man in demand every t where to-day Is the one who can creat rsomething, the man of productiv I, power. There are many who can d n routine work, follow prescribed linen carry out in detail a program mappe out by others, but the man of origins Sforce, of constructive energy, who ca start out in untrodden paths and bias the way for others, is as rare as he 1 n valuable. There is always a premium on th d thinker, the man of original ideas an methods and real productive fore SInsurance companies are scouring th country for such men; merchants a. Sin need of them, great combination , are looking for them as leaders; the Sare wanted in law, in the busines Sworld, In the field of science, in a Swalks of life.--Success. Steel railway bridges, weighing pe Shaps 10,0h00 tons apiece, and sold i. b. Chicago at thre ad a quar5t~r thsee and threequarter cents a puan Ssare e of the anomalls lb - I as the Chicago MTbne Bat it I by the pound, dlvered in Che a that the BseSagm read qstenao - a h a brd 5 a 5dp.r tlr et ~~U a e- Tai rse al hMtet k ehamttt mS rytaagt~bh ~ s~l r I bIhu· ~te st "Nitrogen Gatherers.' The advantage of plowing pease, clover and Other nitrogenous plants under is that nitrogen is added to the soil because such plants arn"nitrogen gateerers." When oats, rye, or buck wheat are turned under there is no gain in nitrogen though such plants assist in form: .g humus. A Way to Get lRid of Potato RBgs. A good way to get rid of the potato bugs that are so troublesome and do so much damage each year is to take about a pound of what is known as "trash" tobacco and about four pounds cedar twigs. Place these in a large kettle and pour on about 10 gallons of ,vater into which about a quarter of a pound of lye soap has been dissolved, and let the whole business boil for 20 ninutes or so. When this is cool it lay be sprinkled 'on the vines with a room or small brush as often as re uired. It would be a good idea at irst to apply it every other day. To Avoid Soft Shell Eggs. Study your hens, keep them warm in :Inter and cool in summer, and above 11 have no filth or lice. Do not buy ens from a flock that has at any time een afflicted with this disease. Al ays separate the layers from the on-layers if it can be done. The lay eg hens will have larger and redder ombs than the others, but a hen that vants to lay and is too fat also has red comb. Soft-shelled or misshapen eggs are sure indication that the hens are too at. The fat has crowded the repro luctive organs out of proper shape, :-nce the misshapen eggs. Not feed ng enough bone or shell making ma srial is the cause of soft-shelled eggs. '.ake your hens hunt for their feed :nd you will have no trouble in this -espect. Cattle and Water. It is not at all unusual to see cattle pastured in a field in which the only water supply is a small, stagnant pond ar two, covered with green scum, and filled with animalculae and water in cects; and to see other cattle watered from barrels that have collected the rain water from the roofs of the barns and outbuildings, and which frequent y swarm with larvae of the mosquito, Jesides being impure and stagnant; zo see cattle driven quite a distance )nly once a day for water when if at hat time some of them do not feel ike drinking they must endure their thirst another 24 hours. Water plays one of the most impqr tant parts in the make up of every .ving being. Life can be sustained luite a time on water alone. How im )ortant it is then to see that the cows .vhose milk we drink and whose flesh we eat have their water fresh and pure nstead of being contaminated by the tbsorption, of that which is impure. The Epitomist. Cabbages as a Proftable Crop. The cabbage crop can be made a profitable one on the farm, as all heads not sold in market may be used as green food In winter for cattle, sheep, ,wine and poultry. Beginning with the early varieties, and following with intermediate and late kinds, one crop may mature after another, while the ground from which the early heads are sold may be planted to turnips. it is possible to have cabbage nearly all the year round by proper methods of growing and storage. The very ear ly heads are grown in cold frames. Cabbages thrive oz rich soil that has been heavily manured, and as the crop is one that draws largely on the soil, and the plants are also gross feeders, there is no risk of giving too much manure. It is a crop that thrives with frequent hoeing or cultivation, every working of the soil seeming to benefit the plants. To make them start off in growth rapidly scatter a tablespoonful of nitrate of soda around each plant and hoe it into the soil. A little later, just as the plants are beginning to head, repeat the applica ton of nitrate of soda. Utilliia 8ppae LIa the are Loft. There are too many barns with un used space overhead. Generally the Sspace over the barn floor is open from the floor to the root Sometimes there is a small scaffold overhead at each end of the barn floor that usually holds a load or two, with the gareal central space open to the root. This is the way we used to have out t barn, but now we have It arranged sc the entire overhead is in use eight feel above the floor and stables. Along it front of the horse stables, we had strong girt framed in, eight feel above the threshing floor. This was done when the barn was first built Then, after a few years, we were short of storage room, and we framed i. some temporary girts on the oppositte side of the barn floor to corespon, in height with those on the horse sta 1 ble side. These are light and strong 1 and can be easily taken out and lait Sto one side. Then we have light Joist !reaching across the barn floor, witl ends resting on these girts. e All this arrangement can be take Sout in a short time and laid to one sid Sout of the way. A floor Is laid on th a joists-to within a few feet of the bar Sflonor in which we draw hay. The ta Scan go under the floor until the loa V strikes the upper floor, and then w s shift our hay fork so that we can tn I load and fill nearly all the space ove the barn floor full We feed from thi erst, anj by the time cornstalks ar ieady to draw. the hay in the othe - mows will have settled so they wil . hold all that is left over the bar a floor, leaving the eantire space for e I, earn todder, or ay other stuff we wia , Ito puat up there. As we doa't sell h l it is met often macsrg y to take o 4I, this lee. bt it renmaie tthere ya Saftr year. It anot only smkes moa Sroeam, but maius the barm sad stable ScWarrinr . It is eamil reached b ga shoet lader. SSe to *aes ea atw clms b - a beak bar doer, wham It tis I-- We asse a t t bmutmdah want very easily, and then it is handy to cut and throw the stack down for the live stock to work into manure. A barn is larger than it looks when all the space is occupied, and a little thought along these lines may save building more barn room. I know I was surprised when I came to fill the unoccupied space upon our barn floor. -I. N. Cowdrey, in the Country Gen tleman. Feeding Value of Buttermilk& A reader asks information regard ing the feeding of buttermilk. In its simplest terms the answer is that but termilk and skim milk which has been allowed to sour some are the same. Cream is merely milk with an addi tional proportion of butter fat. Aftet this butter fat has been churned out, the remainder ,is simply skim milk. Skim milk and buttermilk both vary in amount of butter tat retained, and the amount of acid fermentation some what controls the feeding value. Because buttermilk has some acidity it is not recommended for very young animals, sweet skimmilk being prefer able, but the Massachusetts experi ment station, the only station which has tested it, reports practically equal results in feeding pigs with skim milk and buttermilk and this is corrobo rated by the experience of farmera The same is true in regard to poul try, while in regard to human food, the stomach often takes kindly to but termilk when other forms of mill cause trouble. This is doubtless due to the beneficial effects of the fermen. tation, many invalids certifying thai buttermilk '"will almost grow a new liver." Both skimmilk and buttermill can' profitably enter the human die, tary to a far greater extent than ii now common. Major Alvord has vert strongly recommended an increase( use of skimmilk in cookery, and ha: published articles to that end, ana as skimmilk and buttermilk are iden tical in composition, the same hold: true with both, remembering that but termilk is usually a slightly fermentei form of skimmilk. Dairy buttermill is generally richer than creamery but termilk, and for two reasons: The small dairy churn does not churn on the fat so extensively, and it is a gen eral creamery practice to wash the granulated butter and run the wasl water into the buttermilk tank, there by diluting it-American Agrcultur ist. Intensive Orchard Cultivation. There is more need of intensiv methods of orchard cultivation thai ever, for if there is anything tha modern experience teaches it is the fine fruit raised in abundance pay exceedingly well, while ordinary fruil either in small quantity or in abund auce, hardly returns profit enough t represent interest on the investmenI A great many people go into orchard ing with the idea that they know I all; but after they have tried it for few years they drop it as unprofitable or wisely learn that they knew nes to nothing about the industry. There is located near me an orchar which pays the owner a handsome is come. It occupies 50 acres of land the has been brought to the highest stat of fertility through persistent wor for 10 years. Every acre of that lan is capable of making any fruit tre or vine produce their best. Thronug careful selective methods the owna has obtained the trees and vine which he considers do the best in hi locality, and the fruit of which has high market value. Every variety pr( duces the finest fruits-grapes, pear apples, peaches and small fruits. Ei ery modern scientific method of cu ture, protection and stimulation of tt plants and trees has been experimen ed with, and after careful tests thof found satisfactory adopted. This orchard never fails to produi excellent fruit. So constantly doe this happen year after year that tl man's reputation for the finest tra shipments has extended to all marke within 100 miles. There are off se: sons when the fruit is poorer than i other years, and when the crop small; but during years when othe cannot sell their fruits because of po; quality and glutted markets, th neighbor of mine has orders for h products at satisfactory prices. I: deed, the commission men seek hi out and try to induce him to sell; b he has learned to value his produc at their true worth, and no specul tor can hope to come and buy him o unless the cash is handed over fin For five years now he has average from 10 to 20 percent more for b fancy fruits than the average mark price paid. His secret is not a difcult one. I has made intensive culture his aim life, and he has developed his orcha to its utmost Iimts. In his early forts he found his trees yielding po fruit Time and again he was d ceived by the recommendation of ot ers in regard to varieties of vines a: trees, and he had to cut out poor a1 inferior varieties. This severe met od in time helped, for it enabled hi to establish a fine orchard of tre and plants that he personally knew 1 about It is the old story of a learning for himself, but persisti through failute and discouragemel always having faith in the future. ] believed some day he would make i business pay. Today he does, and is such a master of the whole indusi that he is sure of his income.-8. Chambers, in American Cultivator. A Word of Encourageliment. Great things have resulted from word of encouragment. Down in 1 Sbottom of her heart Nathaniel Ha Sthorne's wife may have felt a bit d e couraged when her husband ca: r home, all sad and depressed, aif Shaving received word that he had l, a his position in the custom house. r did not then know where to turn 1 new employment, and said so. I a his wife bade him cheer up and w~ri r When the disheartened man told I I he could nomt aord to labor with ia e obl reselts mneertals she sheo I him the litae store of gold that : r had pt by, san told hbm to sit de p amd write the hbkohhehad been a ing ed wMetigto wrk ., Aed" Sl li after.'that the woil hat " ISriet Lettei," rbhk..t Ilt.il SaiOeM i'. 4:2! ;i~ we Wash Vas Weasts. To wash fine white waists, all lac and embroidery, without damag% Shake them well, wet them in clear water, with a little ammonia added; then lay them in an earthen vesl, cover with strong white soapsuds and set in the sun for three hours. No rub bing is needeb-the sunlight takes eut the dirt. Rinse in three waters, blue lrel and starch. Iron on the wreak ale, using a sleeve board eevered with flannel. .Is Rght way s Iron Siurts. For,lning. fold the shirt straight down the middle of the tack, and Iron the body smooth, taking care to move the iron mainly straight with the warp. Next fold a sleeve fat along the sloped seam, and iron it upon both sides. Iron first through the middle. then take held- of the wristband or shoulder with the left hand and hold taut till the iron goes quite to the jola. Open the wristt;nd, lay it lat, and iron hard upon Vt e wrong side, then turn upon the right side. Next iron yoke and neckband. Then comes the tug of war-Ironing the bosom. First fasten the neckband properly, next slip the bosom board inside the shirt and spread the bosom smooth upon it, pressing it out simultaneously with both hands. With a thin deas cloth wet the *hole linen surface lightly with weak raw starch. Rub 11 in well, and if any place ?eels stick) wipe it off with a cloth dipped in tepid water. Have the iron hot enough to yellow dry cloth If left to stand on ii ten seconds. Begin at the bottom of .the bosom and Iron straight toward the neck, up the middle, holding the I neckband in the left hand and pullinl : hard against the Iron. Here as muet depends on the left hand as the right i -the knack lies mainly in knowinl t how to pull properly. If the bosom wrinkles or forms one e of the warps known to laundresses ai i"cat-faces," wet the place with elea water, stretch it smooth, and iron oven - again. Rub the iron over the white wax, also in the salt tray, to insure a perfectly smooth surface. If the starch is right-properly made and ap B plied-it will not stick to the face. Bu I if a yellowy crust forms upon the iros t tip scratch it off with a blunt knilf and be sure to wax and salt-polish the iron again before settling it on th shirt. When the whole bosom is smootl and nearly dry, take one of the pol i ishing Irons not quite so hot as the others, rub the face of it with elthe polishing wax or white soap and pres a the bosom hard all over, bearing hard est upon the rounded Iron point. Iro :t and polish cuffs on a flannel-coveree board. Wet them also with ra. d starch, or more properly starch water t press first upon the wrong side with i very hot iron, and turn upon the righ side only when nearly dry.-New Yorl d Sun. a RECIEPE Rice Bread-Boll two cupfuls of rio . till soft, mix It with two quarts of rle a or wheat flour, a little salt, half a co t aful of yeast, and lukewarm milk, t s make it stiff enough to mold. Bake I in small loaves when risen. e Creamed Eggs - Remove the shell e from hard-boiled eggs, cut them t e halves lengthwise, arrange on a plal it ter, yolk side uppermost, and poor int t the platter, not over the eggs, a sauc a- of cream and melted butter, seasonme in with white pepper. 1 Drop Cakes - Two cupfuls of soi a milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one sal r spoonful of salt, one beaten egg, t is tablespoonfuls of melted butter am is enough aflour to roll into a thin lay 1- Cut into long, narrow strips, fry lii n doughnuts in hot lard, sprinkle wli it minced nut meats and sugar as serve hot with maple syrup. SWalnut Tea Cakes-Beat four egj t to a froth, add one-half of a pound 4 t. powdered sugar and beat for five mi ud tes; stir in three-quarters of a pour isof flour and one-quarter of a pound a et ground or very finely chopped wi nuts; mix well, add two teaspoonf * of blking powder and one teaspoont n of vanilla and mix again; drop I Sspoonfuls on battered pans, dust wi Spowdered sugar and bake in a mod r ate oven. SScalloped Tomatoes-A variation the usual canned tomatoes can d made by preparing scalloped tomatoc Pht a layer of the tomatoes in a be im Ing dish, season with pepper, bott mand then cover lightly with fine bre or cracker crambs, then more ton an toes and another layer of crumbs a Sseasoning and so on, nishing the la at, with the erambs. Bake twenty i utes, then grate cheese over the t he and brown In the oven. Boiled • hecan be used instead of the crumabs, Srequires more seasoning. W Veal Roll - Purchue one large v cutlet and have it cut as evenly as p sible, so that it may be equl tb at all purts. Sprikle with a layer a inelf chopped parsley, then a layer hefinely chopped almonds and a t w- spoonl of salt sprnkled over uis- ell ap and tie, so that it will keep ne shapa Put in a stewing pan one sll er Iee, a sliced carrot an, two - st leaves. Steam the vesa rell in this I .e ose hoear and hal. Suam away loor el. Sies and serve 0old. This a t. teuse t#. e wn.. . . p..ets, *mb a.n bueesmo -M a - r'n' -~-~Is·rc.liltru5~ %I ~ i ?c C ~t~f ;~l( NAME; P.LEASE? The Golden Age has vanished and (.pe. haps) the Age of Brass; The Silver and the Iron ALe have like wise come to pass: But when the scholars name our time. I wonder if they'll feel It should be called the Novel Age. or Just the Age of steeork l? --Ne York LifL I UMOROUSI Sillicuse-Truth is mighty. Cy-icºs -Yes; mighty seree. Wigs-gBoroweli seems to know everybody. Wagg-Yes; he mansae to keep in touch with the pubac Scribbl-Your friend, the poet always selects suck grave subJects. Scrawler-Tee, his speciaty is VI taphs. Maime--ack was saved by a bul let striking my picture. Leay-Is that so? Well. I guess your picture would stop a canneon bll. Blobb---Why don't the Frenchmen .glgt their duels with fits? Slobbs --Oh, that wouldn't do at all. Some body might set hurt. Hoax-That's Mr. Felts, the wealthy hat manufacturer. Joax-Is that so? "Yes. He began life as a bootblack." "I see-he began at the foot and worked up." Tommy-Pop, why is Justice repro sented as being blindfolded? Tom' my's Pop-I suppose, my son. It is because there are so many people who manage to keep out of jaiL "Paw," said the heir, "what is - expert accountant?" "An expert as countant," replied the father. "Is a man who becomes famous by robbini a bank for two years before he is di covered.' "Well, Ethel." said the caller, "what are you going to do when you get bil like your mamma?" "O!" replie( Ethel, "I suppose I'll have to put m; teeth in a glass of water, and pain my face, too." "Here is a coin" said the collector "that I am sure s valuable, but it it so old and worn that I cannot tel just what it is." "Can't make head o taill of it. eh?" remarked the man whi wasn't much interested in antiques. Mammar-Tommy. the teacher tell me that you db not behave well it school and that you are sadly behind 'in your studies. Tommy-And yoi :*at and llistened"to her! Mamma d;n't you know it takes two person 'to gossip? t Nell-I see the BJoneses are bac from their wedding trip. I had ai idea at the wedding that Mr. Bjone was quite tall, but he isn't. Belle Well it's to be expected that a man I rather short when he returns fro, his wedding trip. A MATHEMATICAL PRODIGY. 1 Werderful Fests Attrlbuted to as Ind ass 3Mas. I The claim is now made that Arthe Griffith, the Indiana mathematicI i prodigy, excels in his work Buxto the Englishman. Griffith now haseigb i different methods of his own for add t tion. 10 for division, and 64 for mu tiplication. He can take any numbes it is said, between 970 and 1000, an raise it to the fifth power in 39 sei onds without the use of either penc or paper. Griffith can add mentally three cc umns at a time, it is asserted; divid any set of figures or multiply any s" of figures in from one to 40 second and extract square and cube ropts 1 from three to 15 seconds. He remen a bern every problem that he work . The hardest test which he has yi a been given, so he claims, is to star t and see a freight train pass with I or 30 cars, and'then tell the numbs s of each car-in their orJer and specil a to what road each belonged. t. Besides being a wonder in math Smatica, Orlifth is fairly well ead Scated In the common school studi SHe can read, write, and spell, andr carry on an intelligent and Intev r la conversation. He knows the nas and length of every railroad- in tl contry, and besides being about Spercent ahead of Buxto n the line mathematics he Is at least 90 pere aheal of him in other studies. Hses. lew the *eea mes. A pair of intelligent horses a tracted the attention of a large crow n Nassau strt. They were a tached to a heavily loaded ie wagt cominhg down the step grade betwa Cedar street rd Malden lane and wre h boldtla bek the wagon with a n ticeble etort. When they were h way down the whistles blew for o'clock. Suddenly the horses drew toward the earve and began to pin their hind feet well forward to a the wagon SThe driver made no effort to che them and their bard work at once a tracted notice. Pedestriaus looked Sthe horses and then at the drive kwhohad a broad grlan onhis face. I hard work the wagon was stoppe The drtiver sat still and watched t Sanm. One of the Lmmediately 1 atd ga rbbing his head against the e of the other and with nods and pst naeedea in rbbl : his brieli( c op Tha the other tool i trn 1at fl bCne, ead hi rildha ese o. Ft Pally e pearonas had watched t aad when it was eompleted the dri a t down from his set and sweua 'bg of eats rom over the on of kas Tie stood there end a their md-day meal. The drin* of patient and pro ahis team. tted tahem ad talked to them whea they were throuih drove n whinstlta. S"Talk about the laboring maen drI pla hias sbovel at the sond of 1 Dooma whistle eld ue ma. "TI to besats saything I ever saw. No q hemsftr need toy to onvisce ma the ltss eSm a t he hors. m lee wnas tumn asIdees R."--; Tack alb sh w I * to ialett'er thSeir ipgU Ls seleSat agWitor IP wast q -i State. GverIment of Loni~a Governor-W. W. IH ard, Lieutenant Oovernor -Albert EMhi pinal. SBeretary of Staite-John Michel. Superintendent of Eduestion-John V. Calhoun. Auditor--W. 8. Frazee. Treaurer--LedouX E. Smith. U. S. SENATORs. Don 0naerey and S. D. McEuery. REPRESENTATIVES. I District-- C. Davey. R Districr-Ado .h Mryer. a District--R I. r.oniPsard. 4 District-P J'rares. 5 Distriot-J. E. If!irdell.' t District-S. M. Ro.bmson. O .ý.D. coaX,7O2an " { reaorwed u a lred er 7l+iapei alse ad ,e ebarlatoan icted. Oelo 00(d sad S t.4t atrl Raiploas afard Cr t. Llor, ChicagoCin On atig and ou i S atand Sdretza oeateosd ith hr oa Souh. We ow no oolle o buldingi sd hve n equalOled facilies ao N aew s slaoeild Baltimore, Rchmond, 8bL Paul, ul. Ie Mo hnatdian psm a o s aD ovw the bipg aarte m saly and reputably known, we I n sctai s do atacual bua saee with teal geds ama actual moase, and they keep he boobs in the latest labor sai nlg form. SAlshe ter .t any ome. tngh, line Ieq l ealtiea Send for catalogue. lY IO O Mississippi. Valley Railroad i atslMA . 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