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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-09-17

10 not care SO MUCH WldJ posture
you take in prayer, nor how large an
amount of voice you use. You might
get down on your face before God, if
you did not pray right inwardly, and
there would be no response. You
might cry at the top of your voice, and
unless you had believing spirit within,
your cry would not go farther up than
the shout Of a plow-boy to his oxen.
Prayer must be believing. earnest, low
ing. You are in your house some sum-
mer day, and a shower comes up, and .
bird affrighted darts into the window
and wheels around the room. You
seize it. You smooth its rufiied plu-
mage. You feel its futtering heart.
You say: poor thing, poor thing!"
Now prayer goes out Of the storm of
this world into the window Of Gods
mercy, and He catches it and He feels
its fluttering pulse and He puts it in
His own bosom of affection and safety.
Prayer is warm, ardent, pulsating
exercise. 1t is the electric battery
which, touched, thrills to the throne Of
God! 1t is the diving bell in which we
go down into the depths of Gods mercy
and bring up pearls Of great price
There is an instance where prayer made
the waves of Gennesaret solid Is granite
pavement Oh, how many wonderful
things prayer has accomplished! Have
you ever tried it? In the days when
the Scotch Covenanters were persecuted
and the enemies were after them, one
of the head men among the Covenant.
ers prayed: '0h. Lord! we be rs dead
men unless Thou shalt help u& Oh. Lord,
throw the lAp ef Thy cloak osss thee1
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-09-17

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MT. Nor.nrop was asked what was claimed
that he understood the proprietors claim II
10 be q blood builder and nerve restorer.
supplying IN a condensed form, al tha ~.
mani: nec....rv e. 80 49, -. ~ =, 'uo eie-
.sa.,..sS enl,cn ene piood, restore
s - Iorves snd drive out disease. 1t
will cure paralysis, rheumatism. sciatica.
palpitation of the heart, headache. and ali
diseases peculiar tn female. H.. !, -.
tite dtyzire.. ,I..,sI..ss.' .oes VI spic-
.rd an a,.s..S. ae.~ar oss Oh memory,
- -, 80 s sI"ine from overwork,
mo on woIry, loss Oh vital force, etc.
want 70 say" said Mr.. Northrop, 'that
don't nave much faith in patent medicines,
wi San1o p SAY too S, .ucn in praise Of Dr.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-09-17

through church ordinances what,
say you, cant a man be saved with
out going to church," l reply there
are men, suppose, in glory, who have
never seen a church; but the church is
the ordained means by which we are to
be brought to God; and If truth affects
us when we are alone, it affects us
more nightly when we are in the as
sembly-the feelings of others empha-
sizing our own feelings. The great
law of sympathy comes into play, and
q truth that would take hold only with
the grasp of a sick man, beats nightly
against the soul with a thousand heart
throbs.
When you come into the religious
circle. come only with onelnotion, and
only for one purpose-to find the way
to Christ. When 1 see people about
sermons, and critical about tones of
voice, and critical about sermonic de-
livery, they make me think of q man
in prison. He is condemned to death,
but an officer of the government brings
. pardon and puts it through the wick
ct of the prison, and says: Here is
your pardon Come and get il. /" What.
Do you expect me TO take that pardon
offered with such voice as you have,
with such an awkward manner as you
have? l would rather die than SO COM
promise my rhetorical notions." All,
the man does not say that; he takes it!
It 10 his life. He does not care how it
is handed him. And if, this morning,
that pardon from the throne of God il
offered to our souls. should we not seize
Il, regardless Of oil criticism, feeling
that \ Il I matter Of Heaven Or hells
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28
$50 per cent. of the former against
2.30 per cent. of the lastcr, her total
losses for the year being 3l5 vessels,
of 282, 9l2 tons.
Outline Table Manner.

In a book entitled Domestic Man
ners of the Middle Ages" we are told
that in those days dinner tables were
covered by a "nappe" or table cloth.
Upon it vas placed a large salt-cel-
lar, bread, and cups for wine, but no
knives or plates. The reason for the
absence of knives arose from the COM
mon practice in vogue of people car
rying their own knives in a sheath
attached to their girdle. In an early
work, written by Lydgate-aRules
for Behavior at Table"-the guests
are told to bring no knives unsecured
to the table, which can only mean
that each one was to keep his own
knife-that is, the one he carried
with him-clean. Among the ancient
Romans all articles of food were cut
into small pieces before being carried
to the table. For cutting meat per-
sons of rank kept a carver, designated
tie scissors or carpt i, who had.tEe
only knife placed on the table
House Furnishing Review.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28
Our Great

DO you know that very few of us
realize what a great country ours is?
Listen.
The United States is eighteen
times as large as Spain, t%hirty-one
times as large as Italy, and sixty
times as large as England and Wales.
1t is three times as large as Great
Britain and Ireland, France, Ger
many, Austria, Italy, Spain. Portu-
gal, Switzerland, Denmark and
Greece all put together. Our rivers
and lakes contain one-half the fresh
water OF the globe. We can travel
up the Mississippi and Missouri
Rivers 1900 miles, or as for as New
York is from Constantinople.
We can crowd into the space occu-
pied by the United States, not in
Guiding Alaska, the countries Of
Great Britain and Ireland. Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Germany. Austria,
Holland, Belgium, France, Spain,
Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Greece,
European Turkey, Palestine, Japan.
and China. Should there be a great
famine all w the world, we could
raise enough wheat to supply all with
food.
1t would require six countries Of
the size of Greece to cover the two
Dakotas. Texas is nearly as large
as the entire continent Of Europe,
not including Russia.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28
Tie Eyes

The "Eyesologist" is the newest fad
of man, and succeeds the 'palmist."
He tells character from the color of
eyes. The theory is that brown eyes,
which are plentiful, seldom mirror
the heart feelings. but are fine to-
look at. Grey eyes arc the most
common; there are a hundred differ
ent kinds of grey eyes. People have
not become advanced enough to have
more than four or five colors to apply
to eyes: so that any that are not blue,
or black, or brown, or hazel, are
called grey. You seldom see a really
stupid person with grey eyes; but the
genuine grey is always found among
highly intellectual people. -,Steei-
grey eyes with large pupils DEF y in
tense feeling; blue-grey eyes are gem
orally among people with kindly
hearts. Blue eyes denote quickness
of thought, and generally fine physi-
cal development when they are LARGE
and bright. Very few blue-eyed peo-
pie arc color-blind, or near-sighted.
Hazel eyes denote musical ability and
grace of person. The ideal eye is,
however, a perfect violet or a velvet
brown, as soft and gentle as a does.
Violet eyes r very rare; they de.
note gentleness, intelligence, devo.
tton, and bOundless faith. Brown
eyes denote intense feeling and love.
ableness.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28

offer was refused by Mr.. Higinbotham.
but when, about the middle of Au-
gust, President Baker resigned. the
former was again elected to the Of
flee, this time accepting. A week
later MI. Higinbotham was elected
President of the Council of Admins
tratfon, a position of higher honor
than the n he already held, since
the council combines the powers of
both national and local boards. Mr..
Higinbotham is therefore "the biggest
man in the Worlds Fair"
Harlow N. Higinbotham was born
in 1898. the son of Il farmer. near
Joliet, ILL.,. and received a common
school education, which was supple
mented by a business college course
His business career was commenced
in a bank, and it was not many years
before he was assistant cashier. The
breaking out Of the civil war found
him entry clerk in a big Chicago firm.
but the blue uniform was quickly
donned and the young man was off.
After nearly two years and a half in
active service, Mr.. Higinbotham re-
turned to Chicago and became the
bookkeeper of Field. Palmer & Lei
ter, and in 1873 he became a partner
in the firm, of which he is still a
member. Mr.. Higinbotham is we'll
known in financial circles, and has
done much for charity, and without
doubt no better man could have been
found to fill the important position
which he occupies.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28
ske.oh Of u Gentls,n.n.

Moderation, decorum, and neat
less distinguish the gentleman; he
is at all times affable, difldent, and
studious to please. Intelligent and
polite, his behavior is pleasant and.
graceful. When he enters the dwell
ing of an inferior, he endeavors to
hide, IL possible, the difference be-
tween their rank in life; ever willing
to assist those around him, he 10
neither unkind, naughty, nor Y
bearing. In the mansions Of the
great, the correctness of his mind in
duces him to bend to etiquette, but
not to stoop to adulation; correct
principle cautions him to avoid the
gaming table, inebriety, or any other
foible that could occasion him self
reproach. Pleased with the pleasures
of reflection, he rejoices to e the
gayeties of society. and is fastidious
upon no point Of little import. APP
pear only to be a gentleman, and its
shadow will bring upon you con-
tempt; be a gentleman, and its
bonors will remain even after you are
dead.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28
Great and Little rh,nr..

A French scientist has made some
curious discoveries which show the
connection between little and great
things. To ascertain the qualities Of
an applicant cook, he says it is sufi-
Gent to give her a plate to clean, a
sauce to make, and watch how she
moves her hand in either act. IL.
she moves it from left to right, or in
the direction of the watch, YOU NAV
trust her; if the other way, she is
certain to be stupid and incapable.
The intelligence of people may be
gagged, the doctor further says, by
asking them to make q circle on paper
with a pencil, and noting in which.
direction the hand is moved. The.
good students in a mathematical class
draw circles from left to right. The
i%nferiority Of the softer SEX, as we'll:
as of the male ounces, is shown by
their drawing from right to left.
Asylum patients do the same. In a
word, says the doctor, centrifugal
movements are characteristic OF in.
telligence and higher developments;
centripetal are a mark of incomplete
evolution. A person, as his faculties
are developed, may even come to
draw circles in a different . from
what he did in his youth.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28

try road, sliirting the waters of Black
River. Close by the rocky beach,
screened from view from the eastern
side by oak and pine woods, from
which it is separated by a stretch Of
rolling pasture, stands "Gray Gables"
Great bolders are scattered about the
grass. Wide, shady piazzas nearly
surround the house. which receives
its appropriate name from the six
picturesque gables, three on the bay
side and three on the land side. The
Imprinted shingles are turning to a
quiet messy color, which with the
gables enables the passing thousands
on the Old Colony Railroad, a mile
away, to recognize the house.
The immediate and distant scenery
is exceedingly pleasing and restful.
Monument River, Cohasset Narrows,
Onset and the upper bay each gives a
charming vista. A cove furnishes
anchorage and shelter for Mr.. Clcve-
lands cat-boat, Ruth. Not far dis
tant from "Gray Gables" is situated
Grows Nest" the beautiful home of
Joseph Jefferson, famous in American
drama
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28

watches existed. and yet ft IL not
only probable that two minutes will
soon be the record, but that the trot-
ting horse may eventually reach the
speed OF the running racer.
The time record Of the trOtter has
been lowered almost by regular
gradations, averaging at least q sec
Ond a year, while the running record,
except in one or two are instances,
has not changed materially since the
days Of Boston, Fashion andl pry,,
or, IL the Flying Childers ny be
accepted, it has vastly d~eteriorated
within a hundred and fifty years.
OF course 1t is possible that the run
ming record may undergo as great
changes as that of the trotter, but
the argument is decidedly against it.
Running has always been the fast
est gait of the horse, aud the best Of
these animals have been for hundreds
Of years trained for it, and brought
to perfection within the limits of
the knowledge possessed on the sub
ject, while trotting has been taken
up recently as a form of racing, and
by careful selection and training the
gait has been altered until it differs
as much from that of forty years ago
as the forced amble Of a mule from
the swinging gallop of thorough
bred horse. The gait is a new one,
and is capable of still further inn
provements. 1t is this which divests
the splendid efforts of recent trotters
of surprise.
Had persons fairly followed the
history of the trotting turf they
would have seen no grounds for as
constituent in the performances Of
such animals as Dexter, st. Julien,
Maud S., Sunol, and the splendid
burst Of speed of Nancy Hanks. In
deed, there need be no surprise II
this new queen of the turf brings
down the record to the two-minute
mark within a year. She will be
followed by others who will beat her
record, just as she has beaten all of
those which have been famous here
tofore. 1t is the improvement in the
new gait, by careful selection and
training. which accomp,ishes these
wonderful results, and the limit may
not be reached until the speed of the
trotter equals that of the race horse.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28
c.,.la,.,, l,r.t.,e.

MAMMA says, if papa keeps on
making money so FAST" said Bessie,
that we shall be milliners pretty
soon!-
MIR. GUMrrs-Gcc Wilkins! What
on earth are you Yelling like a wild
Indian for: Dutiful Son-Im keepin'
baby quiet.
DUDLEY's sister Gertrude happened
To get between him and something
he wished to sec. Get out of nv
looking. Gertie," commanded the lit
tile fellow.
"PApA," said Willie. little brother
is a month old tomorrow. isn't he?"
YES" Lets you and me give him
u birthday present." "Very we'll.
What shall it be?:" Lets buy him a
wig. He needs that more'n any
thing
TOMMY had been boasting about
his new brother. How old is he,
"om?. asked the policeman. Two
weeks said Tom. Hes very small,
isn't hc?:" "Ycs,' said Tom. hes
pretty small--tllat is. all except his
voice"
(MAMMA explaining to her little
girl. aged 5, that everything she does
and says is written down i'm a large
book in heavenly She asks: Are
all the naughty things, too?' Mamma
Yes. dear. Child Wensively)-
Then I think I'll take a piece of In
dia rubber with me.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28
suzzARp.s BAY.
Secluded "Gray Gables," the Homo of the
CleYAlnnds.

Clevelnnds.
Outside of the historical interest
peculiar to all New England, Buzz
Yards Bay has an added significance
to the people-it is the summer home
Of ex-President Grover Cleveland.
Buzzard's Bay is that body of water
which separates the southern portion
of Cape Cod from the mainland. Its
shores are full of coy hooks and its
rcstful quietude is taken advantage
of by many residents of the crowded
cities. Small and plain cottages COM
binc with magnificent residences in
making a wealth of picturesque seem
cry. The waters OF the bay are a
favOrite rendezvous for sail boats and
yachts, and the blue fish which swarm
in the bay make delightful sport for
the many summer residents of its
shores.
Not far from the charming village
of Marion, on the west shore of the
bay, is situated the house which in
1889 and 1890 was occupied by Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland. The dwell
ing, although plain, is good sized, but
lacks either paint Or stain. A pleas
ant piazza faces toward the harbor.
1t lacks, however, the scclusion of
Gray Cables" Mr.. Clcveland's pres
ent residence across the bay, of which
we give an illustration.
The residence of the cx-Presidcnt
may be reached from Monument
Beach, near the north end of Buzz
Yards Bay, by a drive along the coun-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28

cause when the masts ego by the
board" IN a storm the ship is often.
helpless. We have, therefore, SO, $50.
tons Of ships thus abandoned against
only 5000 of steamers, which latter
in itself Is a large number; they were
all of the largest size, too, averaging
1900 tons. 1t is interesting to note,
further, that steamers collide more
frequently than ships, or the results
are more disastrous. Thus we find
that while 45,076 tons of steamers
were lost by collision, only IL, $40
tons of ship losses are so accounted
for. The number of vessels does not
show the same disparity, 43 of the
former against ~ of the latter, which
would indicate that small ships more
readily collide, and one may be par
doned the assumption that these are
mostly in home channels, rather than
on the high seas. OF course the hid
den rock, the fog-bcdimmed rugged
headland, and the overpowcring tenn
pest are as disastrous to the steamer
as to the ship. and we find that in
each case about half of the losses are
attributed to these more or less una
voidable causes. AS to nationality.
WI find that the sdeath rate" of ton
mage of Britain's fleet is 2.67. per cent.
and of the colonies 3.l3 per cent.
The highest rate is attained by Nor
way, with 5.24 per cent, Russia be-
ing next with 3.49 per cent, and
Sweden with 3.35 per cent, while the
lowest rate is Spain, with LOS per
cent. The sailing-ship owning states
come the highest. Britain has a
heavier loss in ships than steamers,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28
Los lesson Tn i.unc,uan.y.

Matthias Spitlog, chief of the Wy
andottes, lives in Kansas, and being
known to possess about q million dol
lars worth of property, is called the
wealthieSt Indian in America. AL
though over 10 years of age, aud UNI
able to read or write, he is a keen
business man. BY his shrcwdness
and ability he has acquired large
tracts of land in Kansas and Mis-
souri,, houses and lots in Kansas City,
and has money invested in a number
of paying enterprises. The white
men to whom he gave a $4,000 les
son in punctuality had persuaded him
to sell them Il certain tract OF land
for $4,000, and were to pay him the
money at 10 o'clock at a bank
in Kansas City. On the APP
pointed morning, a few minutes
before the hour named, the old Indian
entered the bank and took a seat.
with his eye fixed upon q clock. The
capitalists had not appeared when the
hands of the clock reached the hour.
AS it began to strike the old Indian
rose to his feet, and at the last stroke
OF the clock he promptly walked out
of the building. On the street, less
than a block away, he met the men
who were to luy his land hurrying
toward the bank. They begged him
to return with them. but Harper's
Young People says. he refused, saying
that ii they still wished to deal with
him he would meet them at 10 o'clock
on the following day at the same
place. This time both the white men
and the Indian were promptly on
hand; but when the former offered
old Matthias the price agreed upon
for the land he told them that. while
$40. 600 was yesterdays price. to.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28
spider Thread for Telescopes.

The ingenious astronomer captures
a common garden spider and places
him on the end of a twig. Then he
startles the spider, who Immediately
drops toward the ground, throwing
out a thread as lie goes. The astrono.
mer, when the spider has got a little
way down, produces a doubled wire,
on which he begins to twist the
thread. The spider continues spin
ming and the astronomer goes on
twisting the wire until he has
enough thread for his purpose.
Nothing remains for him but to
break the thread, and when he re-
quires 1t, unwinds it from the wire
as he would cotton twist. British
astronomers, it may be added, envy
their confreres in Australia, for there
is a spider which spins a thread Of
three cords; the British spiders
thread contains five cords and is ap-
probably thicker. London It'll Bits
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28
THE WORLDS sn,pwREcks.
Statistics of Disasters at sea-Compiled
from the Most Authentic SOURCES.

Stattstics of DisasterK at S~ea-C0mpiled
from the Most Authentic Sources.
A recent number of Engineering
reviews as follows the statistics Of
disasters at sea collected by Lloyd's:
We hear much of the many finely
modelled ships that are built from
time to time, but little Of the many
vessels that are lost. Occasionally
public interest is excited by heroism
displayed in saving a shipwrecked
crew; but in many cases the loss Of
the good ship is only indicated by a
line or two in the list of casualties
in the daily papers. Who, for in
stance, would think that last year
sixty-eight vessels, the larger portion
ships, sailed from some port or other
and, according to Lloyd's annual re-
turn, never again were heard of, and
these. too. were fairly good-sized
crafts? What Of the crews? The
story can never be completed. the
sufferings may be but guessed at.
And Britain and her colonies have
more than their fair share, for while
we make up a half of the total losses
we contribute $500 out of the 40, 100
tons which have thus passed out of
record. The total of wrecks, too,
seems large, l,O86 vessels Of $40, 946
tons, but it must be remembered that
there are probably always afloat on
the high seas yer 20, 900, 900 tons of
shipping, which fact, although it in
creases the surprise that SO many YES
sells should be lost without any news,
indicates generally a fairly low ratio
of loss, 3 or 4 per cent. of tonnage.
1t may be accepted as a testimony in
favor of steel, that of the total ton
mage loss only 12 per cent. was con-
structed of this metal. while 40 per
cent. was Of iron and A per cent. was
wood and composite vessels. But it
should also be noted that the iron
and wooden vessels generally are old
er, 10 that age as we'll as material
may have contributed to the result.
Again, ships bulk more largely than
steamers, the latter making AZ per
cent. and ships 81 per cent. of the
total; but age again must be consid-
cred, for a large number (124 vessels
OF 1850 tons) were condemned and
broken up, against only 1865 tons
OF steamers A ship is more readily
abandoned at sea than . steamer, be.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28
The speed Of The Trotter.

Thirty years ago two minutes and
forty seconds was regarded as the ex-
IRENE limit Of speed for a mile in
trotting races. To have ventured
the prediction at that time that it
would be done even in twO-twenty.
would have been to receive merciless
derision. For a mile to be trotted in
two minutes would have seemed then
lis fanciful as the famous flight of
Flying Childers in the days when no
time was taken in England and few