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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
D0NE'S BACkBGHE KIDNEY PILLS
Which is Better To Try an Experiment, or
Profit BY Honolulu Citizens
Experience I?

something new is an experiment.
Must be proven to be as represented.
Be successful at home or you doubt
1t.
The manufacturers statement is not
convincing proof of merit.
But the endorsement of friends is.
Now. supposing you had a weak
back.
A lame. or aching one.
Would you experiment on it :?
You will read of many so-called
cures,
But they come from far-away places.
It's different when the endorsement
comes from home.
Always remember,
Home endorsement is the proof that
backs every box of Doan's Backache
Kidney Pills.
Mr.. H. S. Swinton, of this city, says:
II was a long sufferer from backache,
having been afflicted with it for twelve
years. Taking this as a symptom of
kidney trouble, and seeing Doan's
Backache Kidney Pills advertised as
being good for complaints such as
mine, l procured some of them at the
Hollister Drug Co.'s store. l found up
on taking them that they were doing
me good, and was thereby encouraged
to keep on until now l am cured Of the
backache. The merits of Doan's Back
ache Kidney Pills have been striking
| ly shown in my case, and 1 recommend
them to other sufferers"
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills al
WAYS have the picture of a leaf on the
wrapper. In asking for Doan's Back
ache Kidney Pills ask for the kind
which cured Mr.. Swinton, and see that
the leaf is on the wrapper.
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are
sold by all chemists and storekeepers
at so cents per box, six boxes $3.50, or
will be mailed on receipt of price by
the Hollister Drug Co., Honolulu
wholesale agents for the Hawaiian
Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23

HAVE you DANDRUFF? Then you
have contagious disease, unpleasant.
unhealthy, and one that will lead 10
badness unless cured. Pacheco's Dand-
rum Killer will positively cure 1t. 1t is
invigorating. refreshing and Of delight
full odor. 1t Is absolutely harmless,
contains no grease, sediment, dye mat
ter or dangerous drugs.
PACHECO'S DANDRUFF KILLER.
Sold by all Druggists and at the
Union Barber Shop, Telephone 69s.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23

Only the highest grade of RED RUB
BIER 10 used In the stamps made by
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

rhirling comet and to give attention
o dozens of other hypothesis equally
nalluring.
In the multiplicity of these theories
would seem that the possibilities had
been exhausted. but every now and
hen new deduction is brought for
ward to startle the world. 1t has re-
NAMED for Mr.. Edward Atkinson, the
icientist, essayist and political agita-
or, to develop the newest and most
surprising theory as to the nature of
he embarrassment which will force
themselves upon the worlds inhabit-
lnts as the centuries roll around. Mr..
Atkinson believes with Sir William
yrool1es and some other eminent sci
ntifc spectators that the great diff
.ulty, when it arises, will come in the
'orm of huDger-the exhaustion of the
worlds food supply. But he does not
elieve this will be reached through
or the taking up of
Ill the arabic land. Mr. Atkinson's
which is uique at least, is
hat the world famine is likely to come
II the form of Il potash famine
though the using up of the potash in
he soil, and the consequent failure
If the land to produce food crops.
1t is safe TO say that most persons
lever have taken potash into consid-
ration as one of the food essentials
4 the planet. 1t is a fact, however,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
AvOIDABLE ACCIDENTS.

How Familiarity with Accidents Begets
Carelessness
There is no saying truer than that
familiarity breeds contempt, says an
old Pittsburg railroad man. Take, for
example, men who handle high ex-
plosives- When they first go on the
work they handle the explosive tender
ly and gingerly, but with the constant
handling. of the dangerous compounds
they grow careless, and dangerous and
deadly explosions are frequently the
result. We had bad accident at one
time, and in order to clear the tracks
it was necessary to dynamite the
wreck. On the wrecking train the
dynamite was in one BOX on fat-car.
with the caps in another, while tnlrd
box was provided in which to place
the dynamite cartridges when capped
and ready for use. The two men In
charge of the dynamite, as the wreck
ing train neared the scene OF the accl-
dent, began to make ready the ex-
plosiye One man affixed the cap to
the cartridge, and then tossed 1t to his
companion, some seven or eight 1eet
away. who caught and laid 1t In the
box We never knew exactly what
happened. Either one man missed MS
catch or the other dropped cartridge
in Gaping, but the car, dynamite and
men were wiped out of existence; q
large hole where the car and tracks
had been marked the scene OF that
y-breeds-contempt accident.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
CARLYLE ON WAR. :

The Famous English Writer Condemned
It In en- Unique Way.
Thomas Carlyle, the famous English
writer, once scathingly condemned
war. The following is the argument
he puts into the mouth Of one OF his
characters in his Sartor Resartus:
What, speaking in unofficial Ian
guage, Is the purport and upshot OF
war? To my knowledge there dwell
and toll in the British village of
Drumdredge, usually some 500 souls,
From these. by certain Natural Enc
mics of the French. there are success
sively selected during the French war,
say thirty able-bodied men. Drum
dredge at her own expense, has suckl-
ed and nursed them; she has, not
without difficulty and sorrow, fed them
up to manhood, and even trained them
in crafts, so that one can weave, an
other build, another hammer, and the
weakest can stand under thirty stone
avoirdupois. Nevertheless, amid much
weeping and swearing, they are sell
ected; all dressed in red; and shipped
away at the public charges, some 1000
miles, or say only to the south OF
Spain; and there fed till wanted. And
now to the same spot, in the south OF
Spain, are thirty similar French arti-
sans from a French Drumdredge, in
like manner vending; till at length.
after infinite effort, the two parties
come into actual juxtaposition, and
Thirty stand fronting Thirty, each
with a gun. in his hand. Srraightway
the word 'Fire!' is given; and they
blow the souls out of one another; and
in place of sixty useful brick crafts
men, the world has sixty dead carcass
ses, which it must bury and anew shed
tears for. Had these men any quar-
rel? Busy as the devil is, not the
smallest! They lived wide enough
apart, were the entirest strangers;
nay, in so wide a universe. there was
even, unconsciously, by commerce,
some mutual helpfulness between
them. How then? Simpleton! Their
governors had fallen out, and instead
of shooting one another, had the cum
ming to make these poor blOckheads
shoot Alas, so it is in Deutschland,
and hitherto in all other lands; still
as of old What deviltry soever Kings
do, the Greeks must pay the piper. :"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

There is at least one lady in Ken
wood who believes thoroughly in the
efficacy of prayer. About year ago
her husband engaged in a business
venture that looked rather uncertain.
But his wife had strong faith that it
would turn out we'll. go ahead, John,
she said. "and let us put our trust
in the Lord. / pray every night that
we may have no reason to regret the
risk we are taking" The affair SEEM
ed to turn out pretty we'll right from
the start Handsome dividends were
paid all through the summer and dur
ing the winter and great Joy was In
the home of this man and the sharer
of his fortunes But there came
turn about a month ago. The busi-
ness ceased to pay, and since then the
losses have been increasing every day.
Nothing was said about it at the fire.
side around which so much happiness
had centered during the past year
until the other day, when it was ,sug-
gested by the husband that 1t would
be we'll to cut down expenses. CUES
tons followed, as matter OF course.
and then it had to be confessed that
the business was not going we'll.
"Dear mel" exclaimed the distressed
lady. when all the truth had been re-
yealed to her, II must begin praying
,Doir fortoh+f"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
PROSPECTING FOR POTASH IN ARIZONA

of Strassfurt, Germany, and that,
while other fields equally great may
possibly exist, they have not been I'M
covered up to the present time.
Practically every bit of the potash
used in. the United States is imported,
and the volume of these imports is
increasing rapidly. as the constant
working Of the soil makes the use of
fertilizers more and more necessary.
At the present time these imports
amount to more than 100000 year
ly. although the proportion of our soil
lively very small. Potash is not now
expensive, even with the necessity of
bringing it across the Atlantic. The
real danger as Mr.. Atkinson sees it,
is in the exhaustion of the source of
supply when the demand grows, as
it is practically certain to do in ever
increasing ratio.
Not even Mr.. Atkinson contends that
food famine from the exhaustion of
the potash supply is imminent but the
possibilities of such famine are in
teresting to contemplate. 1t would
come about gradually. of course, the
dwindling of the supply being accom-
panied by a steady increase in price.
The first result, therefore. would be
to place this once humble product
among the precious metals. AS time
went on it would rank. as Mr.. At
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

Gus human arts there Is. Of course, a
nearly complete loss. The cause for
concern in regard to the question of
the worlds future food supply lies
in the fact that potash is not renewed
in the manner of some other elements
of vegetable life. 1t is mineral de-
post. arising through the natural de-
composition of certain rocks. On titled
land there is no opportunity for re-
newal in the ordinary course of rota-
ton. 1t must be supplied, if at all,
from large mineral deposits.
This would be a simple matter If
these deposits were large and numer-
Gus. Inasmuch as potash is found in
almost every part of the world 1t
would seem probable that such large
deposits would be of frequent occur
renee. But, as Mr.. Atkinson points
out, exactly the reverse is the case.
In discussing the matter before the
Association for the Advancement of
Science he called attention to the fact
that the worlds entire supply is at
present being drawn from the mines
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

mar, the very greatest of all these
sources Is the ocean, and no doubt the
brains of inventors and scientists
would be rccked to devise a means
of separating this potash from the
waves. In all primitive countries
where the supply of wood is large poA
ash is obtained by the lixiviation OF
wood ashes.
This source also would be brought
into use, and gradually the forest trees
and such plants as nettles, wormwood,
tobacco and kelp, all of which are
capable of supplying potash In consid-
cradle quantities, would be burned to
rejuvenate the impoverished soil, Men
would live more and more largely upon
the food plants, requiring only small
amount of potash for their growth, and,
a complete change in the accepted sys-
TENS of diet We lid result.
To pursue the unpleasant transfer
nation to it's final result it is neces-
sary to picture a world growing grad
ually more and more completely de-
void of life, farms barren of vegeta-
ton, houses and cities deserted and
a race of beings growing steadily
weaker and weaker, and, even in the
intermediate stages of the change,
entirely different from those who now
inhabit the earth.
1t is reassuring to note that the con-
census of opinion among scientists is
that this extreme condition never will
be realized. There is one great prin-
ciple generally accepted as holding
good for all the operations of nature,
which scientists bring up in Opposi-
ton to those who predict final cat
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
kinson suggests, even above silver and

kinson suggests, even above silver and
gold.
Before this point was reached, how
ever. the rise in the value of the min
erai would cause it to be sought after
eagerly in every part of the world,
would lead to the conserving of the
present sources of supply and to an
attempt to find new ones. Men would
prospect for potash with greater zeal
than they now put into the search al
ter gold, The tcrrors of the alkali
deserts wOul1 be. braved and men
would bore for the precious deposits
all over the burning plains of the
Southwest.
/. At the same time, efforts would be
made to gather the product from the
scattered sources of supply now in eX-
lstence in some financially profitable
manner. ACCORDING to Professor Dit.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

Colonel O. w. Rosamon, of Crockett
County, the well-known horticulturist;
has just finished an experiment III
grating which develops something of
more than ordinary interest, even to
the layman. AS is well known, there
are, generally speaking, two classes of
fruit. Those with seed and those with
stones. In the former are included the
apple, pear and ounce, while the lat
ter is represented by the plum, peach,
apricot and nectarine. A twig from
one class cannot be grated upon a
tree of the other class, though each
kind grows readily upon trunk of
its own species. The practical expert
ments which Colonel Rosamon has
been conducting develop a missing link
between the two classes of fruit trees.
The missing link is no other than the
perSimmon tree, in the fruit of which
there are several stones, arranged not
unlike the ceed of an apple. Both
peach and apple twigs can be grated
upon it's trunk and grow satisfacto-
rily.-Nashville CTenn.) American.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
N AMERICAN FARM ATKINSON SAYS COMES TRUE

hat 1t possesses real Importance in
the production of almost every food
:rop that grows. Potash is present
n every part of the earth's crust, at
least in every part presenting an ara
bic surface. Soluble potassium salts
are found in quantities in all fertile
soils. These salts are sucked up by
the roots of plants and trees, which
eagerly seek them out as necessities
Of life. 1t is significant fact that
even where soda predominates in the
soil the. plants take up the potash
salts in preference.
After taking part in the processes of
autrition and being transformed into
organic salts the potash salts may re-
sumo their original form through com
bustiol. There is q loss In quantity,
however. and in the case 0f plants
which are used for food OF In tho varl.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
y Ga1
Years
PaifHp

81 an, a school teacher,
have suffered agony
monthly for fen years.
My nervous sysfens
was a wreck. 4 suffered
with pain hs my side and
had almost every III
EssoWcs. Had taken treat
s,sessf from a number of
physicians who gave me
no refiefs
zone sceciaIIsf said RIO
medicine could help me,
! must submit to an
operation.
81 wrote to Mrs. Pink
ham, stating my case, and
received a prompt reply.
Z took L Lydia e. Pinkfhas,,'s
Negotiable Compound and
followed the advice given
me and now I suffer no
sss0res IF any one cares
to know more about my
case y will CheerfuIiy
answer all letters. -
MISS EDNA ELLIS, Hg-
gfnsPos'f, Ohio.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

II idleness does not produce vice o.
malevolence, it commonly produces
melancholy.-Sidney Smith.
Custom is the pillar round which
opinion twines, and interest is the tic
that binds 1T. l.. Peacock.
Esteem cannot be where there fs nc
confidence; and there can be no conf
dence where there is no respect.-Giles
More hearts pine away in secret ALI
guish for unkindness from those wife
should be their comforters than for any
other calamity in life.-Young.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
Telephone Service in Paris.

OF course they are benighted set
in Paris, but when it comes to tele-
phone inconvenience they are a trifie
in advance of us. For instance, every
nished with a ticket which entities
him to use any public telephone at any
hour of the, day or night and for as
long time as suits his purpose. Every
instrument is attached to desk, has
a metal circuit, and is provided with
n most convenient receiver and trans
mitter combined which enables the
user to sit in whatever position he
prefers and to be free to write when
ry.-International Magazine.
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come about when necessity demanded

come ABOUT W0en necessity UeIndQucu
it.
There is no doubt, however, that the
discovery of an addition to the worlds
supply Of potash is 4 matter of real
importance. and it is likely that the
sensation caused by the statements of
Mr.. Atkinson will lead to a vigorous
search for deposits in this country.
If such deposits of any considerable
extent are in existence in any part of
the country they undoubtedly will be
uncovered before the German field is
worked out.
Meanwhile, Strassfurt, in Saxony.
enjoys a monopoly of the potash in
dustry. The business is trust in
the fullest acceptance of the term, for
the various mines all are controlled
by an organization known as the Kali
Syndicate, and the output is regulated
absolutely. Under the terms of a rigid
agreement each manufacturer is al
lowed to put on the market only
certain fixed amount of the mineral
each year. In this way the produc-
ton is kept down and the prices are
kept up.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

no r1uT was ever SO completely
skilled in the conduct Of life as not to
receive new information from age and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
A true man never frets about his
place in the world, but just slides int
it by the gravitation of his nature,
and swings then as easily as STAR
e. Fl. Chaplin.
Snobs in high places assume great
airs, and are pretentious in all they
do; and the higher the elevation the
more conspicuous is the incongruity
of their positiou.-Samuel Smiles.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
A Prominent Physician.

DR.. G. I. 8. Cawthon, of Andalussia,
Ala, writes: 81 find Tetterine to be
superior to any remedy known to me
for the care of Eczema and other stub
born forms of skin diseases. If there
were only many others as honest as DIR.
C. how much mankind would be
blessed by this truly wonderful anti
dote for all itching eruptions. 60c. a
box at druggists or by mail from ]. 7.
Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

Goou taste rejects excessive n1cety;
! it treats little things as little things
and is not hurt by Identification.
Life is at best but a forward child,
which must be coaxed and played with
until the end comes.-Sir William Tenn
pie.
When a man has not good reason
for doing thing he has one good rea-
son for letting it alone.-Thomas
Scott.
To have respect for ourselves
guides our morals. and to have defer
enee for others governs our manners.
--Sterne.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

The American government is to devote
eos 900 10 the purpose of experimenting
with living machines to ascertain their prac-
ticability for use in the army. This Is large
sum to use for an experiment, and yet 1t can
rot compare with that spent uselessIy by
those who experiment with various so-called
dyspepsia cures. Take Hostetters Stomach
Bitters and avoid expense and uncertainty.
1t is made expressly to cure constipation,
Dyspepsia and all stomach disorders.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Sleep is sweet to the laboring man.
--Bunyan.
In the multitude of counselors there
is safety.-Proverbs.
When things are helpless, patience
must be used.-W. Houghton.
Egotists cannot converse; they talk
to themselves only.-A. B. Alcott.
Evil is wrought by want Of thought
as well as by want Of heart.-Hood.
The very truth has a color from the
disposition Of the utterer.-George FL
lot
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

The armies Of Russia and Servta
have 70 per cent Of their soldiers IL
literates, unable to read or write. Two
other European countries have at
letst 40 per cent. illiterates in their
armies, namely Italy, with IS per
cent, and Hungary, 40 per cent. In
Sweden and Denmark there Is not a
single illiterate in the army of either
country. From the latest army re-
turn it is learned that 81 per cent of
Great Britain's soldiers can read and
write, and that 80 per cent possess a
liberal education.
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aclysm of the world in any form
whatever. That is the principle of the
indestructibility of matter. At din
ner of scientists held in Washington
at which the predictions of Sir Will
lam Crookes and Mr. Atkinson formed
the leading topic of discussion, this
principle was advanced as the chief
argument against their conclusions.
The. scientists were confident in the
belief that the potash taken in thou
sand forms from the earth would in
some form return to the earth, and
that in some way the conversion Of
potash from varied sources into shape
by which it could feed the soil, would
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

In Yorkshire a clergyman, the other
da1 visiting a poor man who had just
lost his little boy, endeavored to con-
sole him. The poor man burst into
tears, and in the midst of his sobs
exclaimed: IF 'twarna agn t'law A
should ha' liked to have little beggar
sfoOfed "
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moth generally considered important
conditions
termination highly prolific established of
made
raising their subsequent
Massachusetts
sum of
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06

To prevent stock from jumping over
fences a Virginian has designed a har-
ness which leaves the animals heads
free to Craze, comprising crupper and
halter, connected by straps running
between the animals forelegs, which
prevents lifting the head high enough
to jump.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
Little Deed. Of Kindness.

Little deeds Of kindness are. after
all, what makes life lovely, and de-
velop the flowers of affection and SYM
pathy. 1t would be a dreary world
with nothing but mountains IN 1t, and
a dreary life with nothing but heroic
action springing from it.-Edward
Wheeler
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SvesfslFron Tar.

Saccharine obtained from tar is 20
times sweeter' than cane sugar, and IS
used in sweetening and preserving
jams, fruit preserves and jellies. Uns
like ordinary cane sugar when so used
it is not liable to mold or fernent'
On the other hand, 1t does not fatteA
or nourish the body, and in certain all
ments is therefore recommended by
doctors for sweetening coffee, tea ana
other beverages in place of the ordia'
airy cane sugar.