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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29
Only the First Step
IS Difficult. y

The first step In Spring
should be to cleanse Natures
house from Winters accumu-
lations. Hoods Sarsaparlta
does this suork easily. It is
AMERICAS Greatest Spring
Medicine. Hpari1ies the blood,
as Millions of people say.
II makes the weak strong, as nervous
men and women gladly testify. 1t
cures all blood diseases, as thousands
of cured voluntarily write. 1t is just the
medicine for you, as you will gladly say
after you have given it fair trial.
Bad Blood" Although past 20 years Of
age i am thoroughly we'll 1t was three
bottles OF Hoods sarsaparilla that made
me so after spending over $50 in medical
attendance. My trouble was raw sore on
my ankle" MRS. LOUISA MASON, Court
Street. Lowell. Mass.
Nunnln8 Sofee-" After worrying four
months i gave my children Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and 1t cured them OF running sores.
Hoods Pulls cured. me OF dyspepsia and
constipation" MRS. KATE Il. Thomas, 81
Governor st., Annapolis, Nd.
ConsufnptIve Cough =" Five years
ago l had consumptive cough which re-
duced me to skeleton, Was advised to
take Hoods SarsaparIlla which did and
recovered normal health. i have been well
ever since" MATILDA BRIDeEwATER, Cor.
Pearl and Chestnut Sts., Jacksonville, Ind.
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indicates ill-health. or some
serious arrangement of the
feminine organs.
a million women have been
hoped by Mrs. Pinkham. Read
what two of them saw
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It was Where tho MOTOR cars pass IN
a certain city. An old gentleman
alighted, and tho conductor told him
to look out for the other car. The
passenger did not understand him. and
turning around, asked: What did you
say7" Just then the motor struck him
and knocked him without serious dam
age toward the curb on the opposite
side from which he wanted to 90. Al
he got up, he was heard to muttef.
II wonder what the fool said"
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Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
700. 2oc. 1t c. G. c. fail. druggists refund none
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The infidel is coolly inviting US all back t.
the savage.
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.Competi ion being the life of trade, monop
oily must be the death of it.
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Absent-l.inJed.

The Rev. Theology -The congrega-
ton at Churchville called me.
Deacon Jones (absently)-What did
you hold?-PhiladeIDh Press.
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BUSINESS methods have at last
been applied to the work OF raising
money for the Grant monument in
New York. Had this been done
seven years ago the monument would
now be finished, and pride to New
York instead of disgrace. That
city gave as freely to the fund for
the relief of Johnstown as any other
in the country. There was method
In the management Of that fund.
There were committees to solicit sub
scriptions from all departments Of
trade, and large amount OF money
was raised in worry short time. Tho
same method is to be applied to tho
Grant monument subscription, and,
if it be thorough, the different COM
mittees ought to raise tho money
necessary to complete the monuments
In few weeks
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. 80 trial bottle and treati 50 free
DIR. r. II. KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch St, Phlla, Pa
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Our Naval Station at San Juan.

Tho new United States paval station to be
located at San JUAN Porto Rico, will be Of
The utmost importance to this country as the
icy to the situation when the Nfcaraguan
ANAL fs constructed. The key to good health
10 Hostetter's Stomach BttterD. II guards the
digestive organs from attacks of indigestion,
ofiiousness and constipation, just the same as
the new naval station at San Juan will ward
on stacks upon this country By foreign foes.
Don't worry yourself and others with what
amt be remedied,
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forchildrsn
teething, softens the gums reducing nfamma-
Ion .allays pain, cures wind collie. &c. bottle
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The arguments of the loQuacious individu-
ais are mostly sound.
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Don't think fancy umbrella handle turns
the rain.
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No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weah
men strong. blood pure Soc 81. All druggists
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1nere ID u~auli,ul DIru caiIeu pne
rosy gull, very few specimens OF which
exist in any museum, and whose entire
life is spent in the immediate neigh
borhood of the eternal ice that sur
rounds the north pole. A paper de-
scribing these curious birds was read
at the recent meeting of the American
Association In Boston by Mr.. John
Murdoch. They follow the advance of
the ice towards the south as winter
comas on. keeping near the loose edge
Of the floating pack ice, and then re-
treat with 1t toward the north when
the summer sun begins to rise high
upon the Arctic circle. The bird is
small and of a deep rose color, whereas
all other gl,lls are white.
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The epieure dislikes to waste his hunger Of
n vifuals
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Is positively guaranteed to cure all cases Of
seminal weakness, impotency, nervous de.
bflity, despondency, loss of memory or other
consequences of early excess or ignorance.
1t consists of the vital elements OF the most
valuable roots known to medical science. II
acts Cd the brain, nerve and muscle. Try 10
and you will not be disappointed. 1t will give
you new life and vigor and at you for study.
business or marriage. 1t cures where ell
others fail. Price, full course of six boxes,
with guarantee. $500. Single boxes, Si.00
each. Sent in plain wrapper, by mail post
paid. Prepared only by Dixie Chemical
Co., SpartanburQ, s. C..
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1t is said that Indian fishermen have

It is said that Indian fishermen have
an ingenious way Of training the otter,
They catch the small cub and put q
collar round the throat. The little
creature. finding itself unable for days
together to swallow anything It CATCH
es, gives up trying to do 80, and firmly
believes for the rest Of its life that an
otter can only swallow such food az
1t receives direct from its masters
hand. and, accordingly. 1t faithfully
brings to the bank all the fsh It may
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To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
Druggists refund money If 1t fAi.s to cure. sc.
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Bald-headed friends find It difficult tt
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29

The Legislature of Pennsylvania
failed to elect United States Sena-
tor but sc ,snoner Than adionrnmea
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sises the baby always wins
ssIiles,

Is Cure cured me of Throat and Lung
nav 80 of three years standing. Z. CvDY,
4 -untington, Ind Nov IL 1894.
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OMDEN7
WOMEN

MRS LIZZIE COLEMAN. of Wayland N Y, writes:
" DEAR MRS. PNKHAM-For years suffered with painful
menstruaon and falling of womb The bearing pains
IN my back and hips dreadful could stand for
more than five minutes at time when enstruation began
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..-,arning of the Negro Hose.

wHfTE-HAIRED os-sans Daily States
ules over . Tribe That Il CenturRng at the
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A Spinster says the opportunity Is NOR,
often failure than marriage.
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Chasing spray We tired diamond under on
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beauty II Blood Deep.

The fools advice may be poor, but it Is at
least sincere.
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promise
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-uosn80Ous 1uus NOt. II, loof.
Don't think fancy umbrella handle turns
the rain.
No-To- Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weah
men strong. blood pure SOC. ST. All druggists
Nights Of sorrow bring out the stars of
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup forchildreu
teething, softens the gums, reducing inhamma-
Ion .allays pain, cures wind collie. BIC. bottle
Chasing spray we tired diamond under our
feet.
Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
oc. 2oc. II c. G. c. fail. druggists refund none
The infidel is coolly inviting Us all back to
the savage.
70 Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c
II @. G. @. fail to cure, druggists refund money
Bald-headed friends find 1t difficult to
part.
Real gratitude is never ashamed of humble
benefactors.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
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doubtful claims and lawsuits, the legacy of

the panic.
in which the hundred-acre tract was locat-
ed became part of the city. cable
line reached down and almost touched it;
an electric line dropped passengers imme-
diately in front OF IL; an elevated rail-
road approached il within half dozen
blocks. Early in the eos the Worlds Fair
found root in Jackson Park, which adjoin-
ed the tract Immediately on the north.
A city OF great hotels. apartment houses,
and residences, sprang suddenly into ex
istence around 1t, and Chicago was city
far out beyond the park.
In July, 1891, the receiver called the
stockholders together and laid before them
an offer of 81, 100000 for the despised 100
acres of land, and the stockholders, upon
mature deliberation, rejected it,feeling that
il would be worth much more few years
later. If the offer had been accepted it
would have paid off not only the entire
capital stock of $3.50, coo, but 1t would have
left a comfortable $250,000 to be divided
among the stockholders for their patience.
La a manner hardly less remarkable the
forty-five acre cabbage patch became val
liable. Car lines passed it, the suburb Of
Oak Park, itself considerable city, grew
out around it., and every year has added
thousands of dollars to its value.
And so it happened that in 1893 the re-
ceiver was able to pay a dividend of 10
per cent to the stockholders, and he fol-
lowed 1t in 1895 with second dividend OF
per cent
And thus, by a combination of good for
tune, shrewd management and patience,
the Third National Bank now presents the
spectacle, probably unequaled in finance.
of a business institution for twenty years
defunct, and yet paying dividends on stock
worth nearly twice its par value.
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great musician and poet. and beyond this
she collects large quantities of stones and
pebbles, which she regards as rare and
valuable gems. These she keeps in silken
bags, under the delusion that they are of
such great worth that they can be sold for
large sums of money.
DR.. George c. Shelton. of 521 Madison
Avenue, who was Mrs. Flagler's physician
before she lost her reason, has also made
an affidayit corroborative of that made by
DR.. Macdonald. DR.. Shelton describes Mrs.
Flagler's disease as progressive incurable
delusional insanity
Mrs. Flagler was committed to DR.. Mac
donald's sanitarium in March, 1897. pur-
suant to an order of Judge Gilderseeve,
of the Supreme Court. based on the certi-
ficates of DR.. Shelton and Dr. Frederick
Peterson, both of whom declared that her
condition was such as to justify her deten-
tion in a private institution for the insane.
She had been in the sanitarium of DR..
Choate. at Pleasantville. y. Y, for several
years before her commitment to DR.. Mac
donald's institution, but she was removed
from there for time, and was taken care
of at her country home at Mamaroneck
! being under the personal charge of Dr. Ro-
land Du Jardin and several nurses.
Her marriage to Mr.. Flagler took place
on June 5. 1888. The couple have no chill
dren. She has been an invalid for several
years She has sister, Mrs. Matte john
son, who lives in Granville, N. Y. She
owns, in her own right, property. which is
| mainly Standard Oil securities, valued at
| about 81 200 900. She also has several hun
! dred thousand dollars in bank and in
| addition to this owns real estate at st.
| Augustine, Fla. Mrs Flagler's father was
an Episcopal clergyman, of Philadelphia
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COLUMBIA AND DEFENDER.
Their First Race on Newport Fixed
for July 81.

for July Fl.
Newport, r. l., July 1.-THE date of the
first race between the Columbia and the
Defender of Newport has been made prb-
lie in the following notice: The first
race between the sloops Columbia and De-
fender off this port under the auspices of
the Newport Yacht Racing Association vii
be held On Friday, July q. The start wi !
be made from Brenton's Reef lightship at
IL a. m, and the course will be a triangu-
lar one but where the marks will be ha
not vet been decided upon. The date O. tn .
second race Wilt be announced later. The
committee find that they are unable to fur
nish accommodations for the members o.
the press, as the judges boat will be a pri-
yate yacht placed at the committees dis
posal.'
The Columbia went to Bristol carly
this morning, and the work of shipping
her new steel mast will be Immediately be
gun.
Bristol, R. l., July 1.-THE new steel
mast for the Columbia is fast being
finished, and will be completed somewhere
about the latter part of this week. 1t will
hardly be ready for stepping before the
first race for the citizens cup at Newport
between the Columbia and the Defender
which is now billed TO take place next Fr-
day. The mast's construction is similar in
nearly every particular to that of the De-
tenders spar. The length of the mast is
l06 feet 9 l-2 inches, feet 1-2 inche;
longer than the Defenders. The greatest
diameter of the Columbia's steel mast is
Id inches
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Want TO Avoid a Strike.

Mauch Chunk, Pa, July ia we'll in
formed employe of the Lehigh Valley Rail-
There is great unrest on our road and
especially among the firemen, but We are
far from the strike. We do not want strike
and the company is also anxious to avoid
one. Our grievances are largely local, one
thing on one division and an entirely diff
ferent thing on another division. The Of
cials express themselves as willing TO ad-
just every grievance that we have and
these meetings that are now being held
at different places are largely for the pur-
pose of formulating our grievances so that
they may be presented to the company in
an intelligent manner. The company has
requested this. What the officials will do
after they have heard the grievances re-
mains to be seen."
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MRS. IDA A. FLAGLER INSANE.
Unhappy Affection of n Standard Oil
Magnate's Wife.

Magnate's W11e.
New York. July 17.-Mrs. Ida A. Flag
Ter, wife of Henry NJ. Flagler, of the
Standard Oil Company, is hopelessly in
sane. She is in DR.. Carlos F. Macdonald g
sanitarium, at Pleasantville, near White
Plains. Her case will soon come before
the Supreme Court, when a hearing will
take place before commissioners and
jury so that she may be legally adjudged
incompetent, in order that committee OF
her person and estate may be appointed.
Mrs. FIagler's mental condition will be
learned with regret by her friends and
those of her husband. The fact that she is
insane has been carefully concealed from
the public.
Mr. Flagler is at Mount Arlington, N.
J.. for the summer When in the city he
lives at the Langham, $50 Fifth Avenue,
where he has made his home since his
wife's illness. According to DR.. Macdonald
there are many phases of Mrs. Flaglers S
condition which justify him in asserting
that she is incompetent to manage either
herself or her affairs in consequence of her
mental arrangement. He describes her
case as one of chronic delusional insanity.
This shows itself in various ways one Of
which is imagining that she is being per-
secuted.
In an afhday1t made Dy Dr. Macdonald
he declares that Mrs. Flagler is laboring
under the belief that she is the Princess
Ida Alice Van Shotten Teck, and that she
bears evidence of royal heritage in her
arm She also entertains a delusion that
efforts are being made to poison her; that
she was never married ITO Mr.. Flagler, also
that her husband is dead. She believes at
times that she is much younger than she
really is; she is fifty -one years old.
In addition to these delusions the phys
ician says, she imagines the Gar of Russia
intends to marry her. She ,imagines, also,
that she holds communications with him
frequently through an unseen agency. Still
another delusion is that she was divorced
from Mr.. Flagler two years ago. and will
never see him again. She has delusion
that her brother, Charles Francis Adams
Shourds Boston merchant, is judge Of
| the United States Supreme Court. and that
he was instrumental in obtaining the di-
| vorce for her. She also Believes she is a
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A ROMANCE OF BANKING.
Luck of Chicago Stockholders Tsen-
ty Years After N Failure


ty Years After Failure
Chicago, July 17.-More than twenty
years ago the Third National Bank of Chi
cago formally closed its doors and re-
ceiver was appointed to satisfy the de-
positors. Some of the stockholders feared
an immediate assessment for the payment
of liabilities and offered to give their stock
to anyone who would assume its obliga-
tions. Today this stock is held at nearly
double its par value, and 1t is regarded as
gilt edged security. Within five years, al
though the bank has received no deposits.
made no loans, issued no currency, sold no
drafts, it has paid two dividends to its
stockholders and promises many more The
very name Of the bank has been forgotten.
except by few grey-haired men who are
personally interested in its affairs. More
over, it is unique in being a corporation
having large assets and no liabilities be-
yond the obligation to its stockholders.
The earliest report on the condition of
the bank, made by the receiver Col. Hunt
ington w. Jackson, showed that the nom
inal assets were about 100000, and the
debts were nearly $1,000, 600, leaving nom
inal $SOO,000 to pay the stock liability of
sI50,00O. On paper this looked most en-
couraging, but close examination showed
that many of the loans of the bank, made
in flush times, were secured by collaterais
of uncertain value, and real estate sched-
uled at boom prices and taken as the only
available payment for money loaned. There
was too much SLOW" paper and not enough
short" paper.
OF the real estate, one tract of 100 acres
lay on a barren sand ridge near the lake
shore and nearly ten miles southeast of
the City Hall, in a wholly unsettled part
of a suburb. Another tract of forty-five
| acres was nearly as far to the west of the
city on the bare, fat prairie, where there
was little prospect of its ever being any
thing more than a cabbage patch. Still
another piece of property lay far out in the
southwestern portion of the city, in a
region as yet almost wholly undeveloped
| and promising little immediate growth, ex-
| cept in taxes and special assessments.
| There was score of other lots and parcels
of land, some in New York city, and a
great quantity of paper, much of it more
or less doubtful or worthless. In fact, it
seemed to some of the ninety stockholders
! that it would hardly pay the bank to re-
1 tain its property and meet the expenses
| of management.
| BY the. process known as squeezing"
and the sacrifice Of some of the choicer
pieces Of real estate the receiver managed
/ to pay before the close of 1881, the deposit
| ors the face value of their claims. A year
| later they received their interest in full,
and the stockholders were left, nearly flve
years after the close of the bank, with
| a score of pieces of expensive real estate,
present cash value, and quantity of
The evening times., 1899-07-17

positors took place at o'clock at the
grounds at the corner of North Capitol and
G streets, between two strong teams. The
Times men outplayed their opponents at
every position and at every stage of the
game, making fewer errors and doing bet
ter stick work.
The features of the game were the pitch
ing of Maple for The Times team and the
catching of Marinelli. also of The Times.
The second base work of Bailey and the
filling of the shortstop job by Torrens,
both Times men, We're notable. Thorpe
umpired the game, which lasted a tritie
over an hour and half. The Post peo-
pie Will get up another team and attempt
to make better showing against The
Times men again in the near future.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
SPEED OF THE SHAMROCK.
Thirteen Miles and Hour BowIed on
in Saturdays Spin.

Southampton. July 17.-In her trial on
Saturday. the Shamrock, running with the
wind. did the thirteen knots in an hour.
Her speed was tested by those on board
the steam yacht Erin, which accompaniel j
her.
The course over which the Shamrock
and Britannia will sail tomorrow will be
flom Ryde TO The Nab. thence TO Solent
Shcal or Tatch buoy and back to the fin
ism al the clubhouse at Cowes. On We'd
nesday the two boats will sail over a
course from Cowes to Solent Buoy, thence
to The Nab and finishing at Spitford,
Portsmouth. The course will depend on
the wind being favorable, otherwise it will
be changed. The Prince OF Wales is eX-
pecIed TO arrive at Ryde at noon tomor-
row.
Ratsey, the sailnaker, delivered q large
mainsail to the Shamrock yesterday.
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Dead on n sinking sIoop.

Rockland, Me-, July 1.-Two sailors who
went to the rescue of a sinking fishing
sloop in the harDor last night. found the
dead boy of man aboard. Letters on his
person revealed that he was G. A. Harvey,
of North Bucksport. He had been dead
fully twelve hours, but from what cause
cannot be learned today. He was ashore
on Friday with a little boy, and triea 20
sell his boat and gear. The boy has not
since been heard from. A pocketbook, con-
tanning % cents, was found in Harvey S
pocket An inquest will be held today
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louisville at Washington.
PittsburE mt Boston.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Baltimore.

This afternoon the local fans will see the
last of the Colonels for some time. Not a
game has been won from the LouisviIles
this season by the Senators and Hercu-
lean effort will be made to carry off the
contest this afternoon. Dinneen will pitcn
for Manager Irwin's team and Cunningham
will probably try his cunning for the visi-
tors. McGann arrived yesterday and will
rlav first hase today