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Evening journal., 1893-03-06
Unitarian Churoh Auniversary

The twenty lfth anniversary OF the
First Unitarian Church of this city was
celebrated in the church building
yesterday. Rev Griudall Reynolds,
secretary Of the American Unitarian
Association. preached an appropriate
sermon. Rev. William q johnson the
pastor assisted the latter in the services.
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

THE Pottsville maid who swallowed
her engagement ring must have well
CREASED or an enlarged gullet She
surely could not have trained on ice
cream.
Evening journal., 1893-03-06
90 GiUe QLs d ItCE.D It IS

NTtCC Eto % ttCh. ~ IS
common enough for one boy to
ask another boy, tackling a colos-
sal apple, to give him a bite, but
it is only Of late years that young
people have taken kindly TO forms
of things which were always sup
posed to be nasty. Pills are
sugar-coatcd now, and so the Bit
tcrness is concealed castor oil
has become 50 popular that chill
dren cry for it. Cod liver oil has
been so perfectly blended with
harmless syrups that there is
much lingering over the spoon ;
and Malt Extract is 50 fascinating
to the taste that there are fre-
quent struggles for a share. It is
well when it is so. If medicine
can be given in inviting form, if
the mind assents TO the potion, so
much the better. 1t is a distin-
gushing feature of Johann Hoh's
Malt Extract that it is q favorite
remedy with all classes of patients,
from the very fact chat while, it
|. is pleasant to take, its inhibition
is working wonders in emacicted
frames and broken-down consti-
tutions. Debility, atony, exhaus-
ton, and the various stages ofre-
covery are all among the benei-
cent objects of its attack. Re
sure to obtain the genuine, which
must have the signature Of " Jo-
ham Hoh" on the neck of every
bottle. Eisner & Mendelson Co.,
sole agents. New York.
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

THE members Of the Harrison Cabinet
drove to the White House in handsome
equipages behind spanking teams Of
various colors; the Cleveland men
walked But they got there just the
same Carlisle and Gresham may not be
as rich as Elkins and Foster but they
will do quite as good service for the
people in then respective offices This
Cabinet shows the dawn Of new era
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

COMPARING the two Cabinets man
for man, the Harrison Cabinet shows an
excess of wealth and poverty of ability
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

WE cannot comprehend how the Har-
rison enthusiasts(0 can assert that be is
''well fitted" to instruct students in the
science Of law. He has not been known
as a scholar; he never was any great
shakes as a lawyer, beside Ores
ham; he is not distinguished as
lecturer. except for that in bred
scolding he attempted to admins
ter because the people repudiated
him and the Mckinley bill by bbout Z,
O0O 600 votes. He may become fairly
efficient professor, but there are no
evidences that he is "well fitted" for a
work which requires peculiar gifts and
experience Of which he has given nc
evidences of possessing. He has none
of them. Because be has been pool
President, is no reason why he will be
good at any thing else. That remains (
be proven.
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

Born Houses Of the Washington
Legislature have passed bill making It
unlawful in that state to manufacture,
buy, sell OF give away, or to have in ones
possession, cigarettes or cigarette
papers This sort Of legislation may
reach the seat Of the evil, bat the most
effective cure for the cigarette habit IS
an attack on the seats Of the boys.
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

Boston has established a cooperative
home for young women students. There
are Accommodations for 100, and the prices
of board range from $3.50 to $3.50 per
week
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

We love only partially till we knew
thoroughly. Grant that a closer ac-
quaintancs reveals weakness; it viii
also disclose strength.-Bouce.
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

GAlBLERs at Columbus. Indiana, whose
operations were stopped. are said to have
insiigated proceedings before the grand
jury for the indictment of "the society
leaders" Of the city for playing progress
sive eucher Those gamblers are not
philosophers or practical politicians
They should have seen the chief and
started deposit account. The chief
would have seen the police commission
ers. Then they should have seen the
detectives They would have engaged a
tub Of white wash, in case Of accidents,
and thsn-well, there You are.
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

Tue Hawaiian Princess Kaiulani. ac.
conpanisd BY her guardian, left New
York Friday for Boston. She will 60 to
Washington on Tuesday next. No doubt
the Princess is anxious 10 do the proper
thing, but II she wishes 10 stand well
with Mrs. Cleveland she need not
affect much Of the Boston cult
Mrs. Cleveland is simple. though
beautiful woman, and wife, and mother
Of the ordinary American tpye.
Evening journal., 1893-03-06
millinery Goods az Public Sale.

AIRS. Addie NJ Simpson win sell at public
sa e her entire stock OF llinCry goods and
store fixtures at No 1l4 King street, on
Wednesday morning March s. az ESQ O'Clock.
Evening journal., 1893-03-06
MORE HELPLESS SHIPS.
One Steamship Helpless for
Hours in the Seas Trough.
BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTION.

From the First Ward-Misslonary En-
tertainment and CoIIeotions-A big
Boats Bottom Ripped Open-Other
Matters.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal
NEW CASTLE, March 6.-Captain Gun
ningham Of the North Atlantic Trident
liner Holkar from London, which passed
up the Delaware yesterday, said that IL
was about the worst trip across the
Atlantic he had ever made Terrific
storms with mountainous seas were
encountered almost daily. On February
"a a huge wave struck the stern with
such force rs TO carry away the rudder
chains The steamer broached to and
fell off into the trough of the sea, where
she rolled helplessly, tons of water pour
ing over the bulwarks. For two hours
her position was serious. Owing to the
violent motion of the vessel and the
slippery decks, which were coated with
ice, the crew had hard work repairing
the damage. Several times the men
were washed into the scuppers, and two
of them were badly bruised The cold
was also very trying. On Saturday. of
four-masted schooner, apparently aband
Oned. Her boats were missing, and
there was no sign Of life on board.
Captain Cunningham said that he saw
nothing of the missing Naronic. He
thought that it was too early yet to give
up hope. The steamer might have put
into the Azores or be towing another
vessel, or may be is in tow herself
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

Electric Carpet Cleaning and Upholstery
Works, No. 400 orange street.
Evening journal., 1893-03-06
New PubIIe Eduoators.

The Board of Education election on
Saturday, held TO fill the vacancies in the
board caused by the expiration of the
terms Of s. A. Stewart, Louis Il Eliason
and Richard g. Cooper, was remarka-
ble for dullnees and inactivity. Only 1853
voters out Of the zoo eligible citizens,
came out to deposit their votes and the
battle Of ballots waged on so listlessly
that the inspector came near falling of
in a nap several times.
There were 15S votes polled as follows
s. A. Stewart, 143; l. e. Eliason, 1O6 !;
c. G. Lunt, 1902: J B Manlove, 96;
scattering, o. Messrs. Stewart, Eliason
and Lunt were elected
S. Atwood Stewart is a veteran in the
Board and during his long connection
with that body he has always been alive
to the interests Of the schools he is
the superintendent of the William Lea
& Sons Flour Mills here.
Louis e Eiason has served several
terms in the Board and has made faith
ful and conscientious member.
Charles @. Lunt is ayoung man Of %,
but he will make a valuable addition
TO the School Board He is a prominent
musician an officer ina the High School
Alumni and a stenographer In the Office
of the Pullman Palace Car Company.
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

DALTlAORE q
ID OHIO RAIL
ROAD schedule a.
effect Nov. 10. 1899
Trains leave Della
ware Avenue Depot
Nast Sound New
York week d ay IS.
% f3, y 4O,+8 Al, go 81
a m, tl2 "a, - 80, f5 36
tf 80 . m. Sundays.
% 90, +S.58, 80 30, q
n. tl2 "A. y 30, IS 80.
- IU M Ra
Evening journal., 1893-03-06

Few men who 20 into maple syrup manu-
ft--TrOy Press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-13
FIRE AS AN ENEMY.
what 1t Has swept Away within Historic
Limits.

what 1t Has swept Away Within Historic
Limits.
During his connection with the Revue
de Deux Mondes the late orientalist,
Renan, published an interesting essay
on the myrth of Prometheus, which he
traced to East Indian legend, where
the invention of fire is ascribed to the
spite of the cunning demon.
as it quite certain" asks NJ Renan,
SHAT the ancients regarded the doom
of the inventive Titan as undeserved?
If a debating club of scholars should
discuss the question whether fire has,
on the whole, been a benefit to the
human race it might surprise the audi
ence how strong case could be made
out on the negative side"
The progress of civilization is, o,
course. inseparable from the use OF fire.
| But the problem whether the phenome-
non of combustion, in its various mani
| festations, has been blessing rather
| than curse, is a very different ques-
ton, andmight be impartially answered
| AS to the interest of individuals and
| single centuries, yes; as to mankind
| and the result of series of centuries
| no.
Hundreds of arts would be impractic
able and almost unthiukable without
the aid of fire, but the fact remains
that the total result of fire-using civil
ization has left vast areas of our eartl
worse than it found them In south
ern Europe, northern Africa, and south
western Asia an aggregate Of ten mil
lion square miles were six thousan'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-13
SERIOUS FACTS ABOUT BREAD
which Housekespsrs should Earnestly
Consider.


Consider.
A serious danger menaces the heaith
Of the people of this country IN inc
numerous alum baking powders thai
are now being urged upon the puonc.
There is no question as to the detr1-
mental effects Of these powders upon tho
system. Every Board of Health, every
nhvsiciau. will tell you OF the unwnoie-
some qualities they add to the 1000.
Some countries have absolutely proni0
it.d the sale of bread containing alum.
Even small doses of alum, given 20
children. have produced fatal results
while cases of heartburn, indigestaon'
gripinp constipation, dyspepsia, ana va
Hons Kindred gastric troubles from irr1-
| tation of the mucous membrane cause1
| by the continuous use OF 1904 prepares
with the alum or alum-phosphate pow.
ders. are familiar in the practice OF
every physician.
It Is not possible that any prudent
housewife, any loving mother. VIII
knowingly use an article OF food tnss
/ will iniure the health of her household.
or perhaps cause the death OF her chit
dren.
ders be distinguished? And how Snail
the danger to health from their use %
avoided?
| Generally, alum powders may DO
known from the price at which they arc
sold. or from the fact that they are &C.
companied by gift, or are disposed
of under some scheme. The alum pow
der costs hut few cents pound 70
make. and is often sold at 20 or 70 Genus
= pound. If some present is given with
it, the price may be so. 20 or 50 Genus =
: pound. 80,
powders in the market, but any baking
powder sold ut q low price, or advertised
as costing only half as much as cream
: of tartar powders, or accompanied Dy
! present, or disposed OF under any
/ scheme, is of this class, detrimental 70
health, and to be avoided
! But the easy, safe, and certain pro-
,. lection of our bread, biscuit and cake
! from all danger of EMBELLISHMENTS Is
: in the use of the Royal Baking Powder
only. This powder Is mentioned 20
cause of the innumerable reports IN its
favor by high medical authorities Q!
the U. s. Government, and by the OF
fetal chemists and Boards OF Health
- which leave no doubt as to its entir
= freedom from alum, lime and ammonia
. its absolute purity and wholesomeness
= While its use is thus . safeguar.
! against the poisonous alum powders
= is satisfactory at the same time 70 KNOW
- that it makes the whitest, hghtest
y sweetest and most delicious food, whlc
= will keep moist and fresh longer, an
- that can be eaten with immunity no
- or cold, stale or fresh, and also tina
= owing to its greater strength It Is NOR
:. economical than others.
These facts should incline consumer
70 turn q deaf ear to all importun1ta'
tn to buy the inferior powders It groc'
d nrpes the sale of the cheap, impur
n alum brands, it should be borne
lis mind that it is because he can mai
ms more profit on them. The wise houe
ne keeper win decline in all cases TO -
- them.
'er Take no chances through using dcS
m fnl articlb whers % Important m0st~
an fha heaUh or life Of dear ones 70 at stdEs'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-13
THE Use OF MEnTHoL.
About the Commercial Histor5
of tho Drug.

so,methinr bout the Commercial History
Of tho Drug.
The medicinal use of menthol IN
China and Japan goes back into the
dateless ages. Isolated references to
its application in the east are met with
here and there in the records of western
travellers in those parts, but, we shall
probably never know the name OF ITS
discoverer or the early history of its In
PRODUCTION. We do not even know
with absolute certainty when, and by
whom. menthol crystals were first
brought to the notice of European
pharmacologists. 1t is said they have
been used pharmaceutically on the COM
tinent as long ago as the end OF the
last century, but If that statement Is
capable of proof, the drug must have
fallen into oblivion shortly after Its
INTRODUCTION, for it was certainly
utterly unknown, even by repute, to
most persons in the drug trade twenty
| five wears ago Somewhere about 1854
| n CONSIGNMENT of the drug was received
| In London under the name OF Chinese
peppermint oil, and passingly COM
mented upon for its curious property OF
soIidifying with fall il the temperar
ture. To the late Mr.. John Mackay, Of
Edinburg. belongs the distraction OF
having called the attention q british
| pharmacists to the valuable proper
/ ties of menthoL Mr.. Machay 10
believed to have brought "Po-Ho-oil"
with him from Paris, where 1t was then
sold. in the small red-labeled Chinese
bottles familiar to eastern travellers, as
: kind Of proprietary article. Had mem
thol been an utterly valueless quack
J medicine, it would, perhaps, have taken
Europe by storm then, and reigned for
a season, Just long enough to gather .
fortune for its first exploited. But as
: the drug happened to have solid Their
, apeutic value. ithad to wrestie through
the familiar stages of contumeiy, ridi-
Guile, luminosity, and unreasoping pop
! ularity. just like any new creed or re-
d former. The commercial history n
y meuthol practically dates from 1878,
4 when an English firm in Yokohama
Z made a small shipment of it TO London,
a determined not to rest until they had
4 succeeded in securing for the remedy
K footing upon the market After many
i months their shipment went back, witt
q Z note from the agents, announcing
9 that the stuff could not Be sold q
q no one knew what to do with it Blu
d the Yokohama firm perservered, ant
ll they reaped their reward. -Four year
Sc later menthol crystals were the rage
D the season, selling at COS per poun
Il wholesale, and carried about in con
If shape by all persons with any pretens
es to the possession of . civilized nervou
- .ustem' Chemist and Druggist
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-13

His Preferences. Lady Of the House
-"As l wish to make the tea agreeable.
viii you gentlemen please say with or
without cherry brandy. Well Mr..
Forrestere'' Mr. Forrester-"H you
please, / should like mine without tea :
-Bar.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-13

A Keramic Affiiction. = Flora =
"Why does Mrs Minton Worcester in.
variably wear white this season.
Dora-''Oh, hadn't you heard that her
three thousand dollar vase was broken?
And white, you know, is the mourning
color-for China Vogue.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-13

U:regretted.
Old Salt sadly Whaling tin't what
it used to be.
Little Johnnie-Well. great huuderl
YOU amt sorry, are you?-Truth.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-13

BARBER tfacetiously)-"On which
side do you part your harp" Bald
headed man (sadly)-"On the outside
you driyeling idiot!"-N Y, Journal
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-13
Not &Succes

Not 8Succosss
81 tried my poempn dog, sir, as You
advised" said the peet..
"Well," said the editor, what was
the result?'
81 was arrested by an officer of the
society for the prevention of cruelty 70
animals. Brooklyn Life
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-13

Ocean waves have on number OF
occasions dashed over the tops of light
houses which are $50 feet high. As a
wave in the open ocean is accompanied
by depression as deep as the wave is
high, ship in the trough OF the sea,
encountering such waves would be
banked by hills of water. If the term
may be used, three hundred feet high.
--sIs that what you call song and
dancer asked Mrs Milder, watching
the Whaling soubrette dispCrting on
tie theater stage. ut is" her DOM
panion said. WELL" said Mrs. Milder,
If were going to name it think
should call it dance and song. -
Somerville Journal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-13

They would be mortified to death II
Won caught them at family prayers.
| They would not sing in the worship
for fear their neighbors would hear
them. They do not have prayers when
they have company
They do not know much about the
nobility of the western trapper. A trav-
eler going along was overtaken by
night and a storm, and he entered a
cabin. There were firearms hung UP
around the cabin. He was alarmed. He
had a large amount of money with him,
Int he did not dare to venture out into
4he night In the storm. He did not like
the looks of the household. After
awhile the father, the western trapper'
came in, gun on shoulder, and wher
the traveller looked at him he<was still
more affrighted. After awhile the fam
lily were whispering together in ont
corner, and the traveller thought tx
himself: 'sOhi now my time has come
I wish was out in the storm and il
. the night rather than here" But chi
! swarthy man came up to him and said
, .,Sir, we are rough peoples; we get
living by hunting, and we are very tires
when the night comes; but before w
. go to bed we always have a habit o
i reading q little out of the Bible AM
! having prayers. and / think we vii
: have our usual custom tonight, and
81 you don't believe in that kind of thing
: II you will just step outside the doc
IL Tor d little while will be much oblige
j to you
at Oh! there are many Christian pal
: entx WHO have not hall the courage
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-11-18
TRYING 1T ON.
Sensations Produced by a Heavy
Electric Cuprenf

sensations Produced by a Heavy
Electric Current.
Edison's Orange laboratory, despite
Its pastoral surroundings and the pa
cific nature of its habitucs. has been
the scene of some grewsome expert
ments. When the new law was passed
enllsting electricity as an agent of
death. Mr.. Edison was consulted as to
the best method of applying that mys-
terious and deadly fluid, and in the ex-
perlments made by him to Test the
comparative action of different cur
rents at various intcnsities, many pain
Iul' animal executions were necessary.
MI. Edison's most valuable friend
and assistant, Mr.. Charles Bachelor,
barely evaded the distinction Of off
eating as Il sacrifice on the altar of
experimental science. He was mend
ing some defective apparatus in con-
ncctlon with Il lamp, and, as it seemed
TO him ut the time. had taken all i'm
asinary precautions against an acct
dent. Hc suppOses, however, from the
presence of IL burn aftcrward found OH
one of his fingers, that he must uncon-
'>-NsSs ANSS S'ol<kD1lollGNt ~ SllCUlJ Nv
holding Il Wire in each hand. No SOON
or had he made the contact than he
staggered back to a stool, with the
awful memory of soul and body
Wrenched violently asunder, with such
pangs us the Mohammedan death
angels wreak on the awakening spirits
Of the damned. He describes it as re-
sembling the sensations of an immense
rough file thrust through the quiyering
fibres of the body, a shuddering. rasp-
ing pang. grinding it's way through
lungs and heart. For over fifteen mill
utes he sat motionless, bathed in an
icy and dcathlikc sweat, and nervously
unstrung from head to foot. Yet.
strange to say, the shock passed away
in a day OF two. leaving no visible in
jury except in the memory of the vic
tim.-Cassicr's Magazine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-11-18
FLOWERS OF THE NIGHT;
Peculiarly Adapted to Attract II,

Peculiarly Adapted to Attract tho
VINCE Insects.
AS VIC all know, there are day bloom
ing and night blooming flowers. The
former lay themselves out for the fer.
tiliZinE visits of bees and butterflies:
they are generally dcckcd in rcd, bldc,
yellow or purple. and have often lines.
spots or markings on their petals which
point o the hectares and so act as
honey guides. The night blooming
flowers, OH the other hand. lay them
selves out for the visits of moths or
other crcpuscular insects, and there
fore have occurs to something like
the tactics of the ~firctiirs and the glow
worms They are usually pure white
and the petals are often Of such Il pccu.
liar texture that they seem to glow
with internal ligh, in the dim shades
of evening. AT umlcs one might almost
fancy they were stained by nature with
some curious forcrunnrr of luminous
paint. So strongly ,lo they reflect every
invisible ray of the faint twilight. They
thus succeed in catching the eyes OF
moths. which, of course. are specially
modified for receiving the slender slim
illus of dusk and the cleaning
But the nocturnal flowers have no
lines or spots, because these last could
never be perceived in the gray gloom
of evening. They make up for ii. how
ever, by being heavily scented; indeed.
almost all the strong white flowers, like
jasaminc, tubcruSr. gar,lcnia stephan
otis. ccreuS and Syringa, which are such
favOritcS With florists, belong to night
blossoming plants. specially adapted to
attract the eyes and noses of night
flying insects Perhaps that may be
why the gildcd youth of the Gaicty so
specially affect these luscious white cx-
otics. l may add, in passing. that not
IL few nocturnal animals are also pro
yided with similar alluremcnts for their
roaming mates in the shape of musk
or other powerful pcrfumes.-Cornhill
Magazine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-11-18
HATTIE LOSES.

Ashland, Wis. Nov. II. = Hattie
Krikclbinc, the famous fler Of Feb. 233,
1891, has tirally lost all her right to
her land by the decision Of Secretary Of
Interior Holie Smith. BY virtue of clear
grit and the courtesy of the mel. in line
that day Hattie was able to make an
carly entry for the southeast quarter of
section Ii, township 81, range 9, in Bay
field county. Three days later Edgar H.
Taylor offered homestead application on
the same tract, alleging prior settlement
and improvement. His application was re-
jected, of course, whc1eupon he filed no.
tice: of contest. Taylor died Oh the ODD
of April following and action was re-
vived by his heir. at-law, Daniel Taylor.
The contest was heard and the local land
office held in favor Of the fair defendant.
Their decision was reversed by the COM
missioner of the general land Office May
q of the same year, and the entry held
for cancellation. Upon appeal the secrc-
tary has affirmed the commissioner, and
Miss Hattie is ruled out. for all her
yalOrOus fight,