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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
GOOD JUDGE OF DISTANCE
What m Expert Coffee DaA With n
Watch.

What IN Expert Coffee DaA WITH HI
The accuracy and steadtness OF aim
and the wonderful judgment a ~
lance acquired by steady praeties - tAs
game OF golf ere source Of great sur
prise TO the spectator who 10 not, .
devotee Of the game. Some Of the pre-
,essionals who have spent years q
\ The game, both In this country ana
sbroad, have a great following Of the
younger element on the links, who tty
to COPY the teachers In . way tkat y
Hdicrous.
About q year ago Willie Campbell
IN old-tigs champion and all-around
sxpert Of the game, was employed a
instructor at the Franklin Park links.
ais accuracy In making, drive was al
most perfect, and his aim was 30 sure
hat frequently he would aniuse tho
,rowd by placing penny On the erys-
,al of his watch and with 4 strons
irive pick 1t of without even scratch
ng his watch. After seeing Campber
10 this once or twice q young man
who had acquired fairly good knowl-
.dge Of the game thought that he could
10 this little turn by using q golf ball
Instead of coin. Before q few In
terested spectators he placed the. ball
On his gold watch and prepared for q
mighty drive. The look that came
over his face after making the driva.
when he saw that both ball and watch
had disappeared, can better be imag-
tned than described. Tor fifteen min.
1tes he sought the pieces Of his watch.
TO the great amusement Of the crowd.
and then departed, a sadder but wiser
boy.-Boston Herald.
President Roosevelt's habit Of many
years of going to work every morning
at o'clock clinss to him, and be Is at
bis desk by that time regularly, ahead
Of most of the executive ONCE force.
lie disposes Of prodigious amount OF
work in a short time and keeps right
up with his correspondence. Even the
morning = III is disposed Of almost
Immediately after its arrival and open
ing, and in this way the president per-
Inits no accumulation OF affairs requir-
ing his attention. The president dc
tates his correspondence to Assistant
Secretary Loeb, who. in turn, sees to
its preparation by stenographers and
typewriters.
About 10 o'clock the president be-
gins to receive callers, and. unlike most
CT his predecessors In the presidential
chair. he keeps open house up to Z
o'clock in the afternoon. He disposes
of visitors with rapidly. but without
hrusouaneee
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

Youth strews flowers before beauty, old
are shrows itself.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

Numbers of men like to lean on other
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
This Bihla Revised.

The new revision Of the Bible recently COM
plsted brings it up to date without changing
Its meaning. There are thousands OF people,
however, who will always prefer the old orig
inal copy without any notifications. There
are also thousands Of people, who having
once used Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, will
never use any other medicine, because they
know It's value in cases of sick headache, ner-
vousness, indigestion, dyspepsia or liver and
kidney troubles. Be sure to try 1t.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
Best For the Bowels.

If you write thirty words minute your
pen is travelling at the rate Of 800 yards an
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

Nothing makes woman quite so mad
as to be told that some other woman Is
sorry for her husband
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01


France has a population of SS,5I7,-
CTS; 79.443 miles OF line, 400,590 miles
of wire; 1850 officers; 7o.269 en-
ployes; sends 42.490.o48 messages per
year; has So persons to each mile OF
wire; DOL mile of wire to each per-
SON. For Great Britain the CORE
spending figures are: 4o.276,57o; 49,
507; 308, 4S6; 1886; 1884; so,0S7.-
720; 100; Q.oO7e. For the United
States the figures are: 75,sS7.e s7; 222,-
5s7; 1,11S,oSe; 26.6os; not reported,
7e, eos, 327: 491; o.o147. The United
States has two-thirds as many miles
Of wire as ali the principal countries
I of Europe and sends about "A per cent
II ell the messages dispatched. Each
person in the United States has 0.0l47
allies of wire to use. while in thickiy-
populated England he has 0.o07s; Bel
GUM, 0.0031; Denmark. 6.e04t1
France. O.a1o4. and in Russia only
o,0o14.
The skyscraper, asIae from It's mas.
siveness, may not be a dream Of arehi-
tecturaf beauty, but 1t Is the best de-
yelopment of successful utilftarianism
that the world has ever recorded. The
architectural beauty will come. With
time. Safety and convenience were the
first things considered. However, they
are comfortable, well lighted. well
warmed, well aired. and are supplied
with all modern copveniences-run-
ming water, electric lights, serviceabla
telephones, mail chutes and messenger
service, while many Of them are fur
Their equipped with barber shops, news
stands and restaurants.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

Brooklyn, N. y, Jan. 20th.--for many years
GARFIELD Tea, The Herb Cure, has been earn
ing q reputation that IL rare-ft1s universallv
praisedl This remedy presents unusual at
fractions to those in search Of health !; It Is
made of herbs that cure In Natures way-by
removing the cause Of disease II Is pure; Il
cleanses the system, purifies the blood and es-
tablishes a perfect action of tho digestive
organs; 1t is equally good for young and old.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

Experiments have demonstrated that
doors OF wood covered with tin resst fire
better than those made of iron.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
Tetterina Cures Quickly.

The women of Germany have declared
open war on the beard.
The colored American., 1902-01-25

than there is in any OF the southern
ports of the United States. Commercial
and financial conditions in Cuba are
not so promising. II the Presidents
recommendations as to lower duties on
Cuban sugar are adopted by Congress
the CubaRs will thrive and prosper. If
not, the Cubans will have a desperate
struggle. Eventually Cuba will become
part Of the United States. but the
people do not seem to comprehend now
what they ale losing by not attaching
themselves to this country. So long as
the future relations OF the island to the
United ates, continue as they will be
after this spring, the people cannot ex-
pect to be accorded the same privileges
allowed Porto Rico"
Capt. Lynch has studied conditions
In the West Indies and believes there
are splendid opportunities for the Ne
gro IN both Cuba and Porto Rico. He
has very capable secretary in the pei
son of Mr.. NJ. B. McCaTy.
The Man-on-the Corner has returned
to The COlOred Am ericsn, after long
absence. He Is welcomed as an old
friend, and we are sure our readers
will extend the "glsd hand" The
community needs scribe who Knows
everybody snd who goes everywhere.
man who Ives IN both halves of the
social sphere and who scans the pass
ing thrOng from the corner is in
VsrisbIy a student of conditions and
types, and is better prepared to meas
ure the real progress of the race than
many who crate learnedIy from the
platform. The Man-on- the-Corner is
broad in his sympathies, impartial in
Judgment OF the personal worth of
men and women, plain of speech when
an opinion is to be uttered and doesn't |
gloss over deceit nor deny word ofeu-
eoursgement to the toiler who may be !
The colored American., 1902-01-25

deemed by some as a member of the
"lOWer five" He believes in the dig
nifty of labor and that whatever ones
calling may be, he should shiye to do
the very best he can for those he serves
He will mingle with you at the party"
Sit beside you in the pew, visit you
when you are sick, drop in on you at
the school house, tell of your joys end
s0rrows. g. asp your hand on the pub
lie highway, talk to you at the lyceums.
hob-nUb with saints and sinners, and
perchance, sip with you ''suthIn' cheer-
ing" at the club. You won't know
him, hut he viii be at your elbow when
Corner makes his bow.
The colored American., 1902-01-25
"rnsrss a CaIsl among ys takIn' notes.

Captain John r. Lynch, of Mlssis-
gippi, is an interesting character. For
many years he was 8 dominating figure
in national politics, was temporary
chairman of the Chicago convention in
1884 and served two terms in Congress
For a number of years Captain Lynch,
because he is a yellow fever immune,
has been stationed IN Cuba Is pay
master.
''But 1 have no fear OF yellow fever
in Cuba nOw." said Capt. Lynch. II do
not believe there Is any more danger OF
yellow fever in Cuba, at Iesst while the
army of this country is stationed there,
The colored American., 1902-01-25
DRESS MAKING ACADEMY.

The de Lam Orton Famous French Pertsc-
on Tailor system Mime ]. A. SmaiIwood.
Sole ASent 1913 Madison street, northwest.
Morning class from a. n to m m
AIternoon class to p. m. daily
:, Evenings from 7.S0 to 10 O'Clock.
makers and ladies who wish To do fhetr oxvn
dressmaking. O o- own
SS- ANHED-To learn the wonderful De
Lam orion French Perfection Tailor system.
seamless Basques without one inch of Visible
seam, IN inning or goods, not even on the
shOuiuer' successful dressma king REQUIRES as
n1uch earnest progressive study as success
iui Wotk In any OF the professions No detail
rs TOO small TO be looked afte WI eteach Won
guarantee perfect fits, and complete your
coarse with diploma '
Pupils can sntar at any TINA
The colored American., 1902-01-25
Wanted an Advertising Manager.

A young or middle sged man with
ability and push is needed to take
charge OF the advertising department
of The CoIored American. A good
paying, permanent position to the
right man. tt.
The colored American., 1902-01-25

pOstm9rk of town on one OF the Aus
trslasian islands, which White poeti-
caHy describes as basking in the glorious
equatorial sunshine and whose shores
are laved by the warm waters of the
Indian Ocean. A perusal OF It's ccD-
tents developed the fact that a gentle
man had died out there, leaving sn
estate valued nearly $35, 900. His widow
is an American woman, and this en-
tails certain formalities in the Ameri-
oan courts. And. from the other side
of the world came this packet TO Capt.
Lyons, who is also lawyer OF stand
ing and ability, Bringing power of a.
torney, by which he is authorized to
act for the estate in American courts.
Our informant further gives the cheer.
ing information that if, in the midst of
his multiplicity of duties, Capt. Lyons
is able to accept this Office, it will mean,
also. a nice, fat fee for his legal ser
vices.
Opportunities and the ability to meas
ure up to them as they fit before him,
are the things that go to make a man.
Few of us notice young men while they
are climbing. They work along quiet
Iy, but steadily. Their names are sel-
dom seen in the papers al d outside of
the scene of their daily duties, their
existence Is almost unsuspected. Sud-
denly an opening appears and they
come forward with rush that surprises
The colored American., 1902-01-25
DID YOU EVER THINK

Ihat 5000 per week Sick and 5000 Accid.n
% p9 DS very good thing to have around il oriIy
10! I'm money Special Rates to all readers Of
this paper Call or drop postal to
=. n. BAKER, General Agent.
For District of Columbia and Virginia.
Royal Benefit Society,
Room 90 Loan and Trust BuiId;n
Cor. 9th and SITS. Washington +
The colored American., 1902-01-25

s1ORA E. DORSEY and Christine Dorsey. Type
~ writing, Copying and Stenographic work sat
isfactoriy performed at reasonable rates by the
Misses Dorsey. now at o46 E. ST., S. W., 70 rmer-
ly of the lie Droit Building where they will be
pleased to see their patrons and friends. Phone.
Main 24Ic-4.
The colored American., 1902-01-25
Read This.

A lively complexion and long hair for IS cts By
using Mime. Turner's Mystic Complexion and
Scalp Soap. Try it and IL you not pleased re-
turn the Soap and we will refund the IS cents.
NINE. M c. hER,
The colored American., 1902-01-25

- FOR RENT-Furnished rooms, modern i'm
provements 1881 olumbia ST. between 9th and
10th, Z and Rhode Island Ave.
The colored American., 1902-01-25

FOR RENT -2Io4 Ward Place n W., large
well furnished rooms one front. With board
All modern improvements in house, near 1--WE
lines of cars at lowest possible rates. TabIe
board and meals served at residences sI2eo per
month.
The colored American., 1902-01-25

WANTED-Persons having rooms to rent 10 famI-
lies, to young men or to young women, can se, ten
ants by advertising in this column.
The colored American., 1902-01-25

ROOMS FOR RENTAL modern improve
ments' Gentleman preferred. I4o6 I5st ST., N, w,
The colored American., 1902-01-25

Register Judson w. Lyons inter-
national fame was happily illustrated a
few days ago. Lucien Hayden White
tells a story of how there reached him
through the mails large oblOng en-
velope very thick and fat. It con
taine ed a number of legal documents re.
splendent in glittering seal and stream
irg ribbon. The envelope bore the
The colored American., 1902-01-25

TABLE BOARD.-Gentlemsn can find rooms
and board at 4o7 W arner street, N. W. he best
of services given at the most reasonable rates Ap-
ply for further information
The colored American., 1902-01-25

FOR RENT-Good sized furnished room nice
location convenient to cars. Gentleman onIy
I228 25th Street, Northwest.
The colored American., 1902-01-25
Wanted Rooms.

Kyou have spare room that you would like to
rent to desirable parties, advertise them in The
Colorsd American.
The colored American., 1902-01-25

van the friends who have been clCse
70 them from boyhood. They fit into
their new work az snngly ss q glove
hts the hand. Every body is proud to
81 JOY their acquaintance end try to re-
member incidents o. the days of pat
lent plodding and boasts Of the services
they rendered in bringing out the boys
native genius. 1t is nice to be success.
fal. AS matter fact, rises are not spon'
taneous. These young men attain the
heights by working diligently, prayer
fully.
A splendid type of the earnest
young men We have described is
Dr.. w. Bruce Evans,A the new
principal OF the beautiful manual
training school on P street. He is
ar6entlv attached to his calling. He
knows more about the utility OF msn'
ual education than any other man IN
town. He haslhis arguments constant
ly st his tongues end and readily con-
vinces doubter that he is right. DR..
Evans is a handsome and wholesome
specimen of mar hood and is blessed
with personality that is both mag
netic and respect compelling. He duos
his new schoOl The Tuskegee of Wash
ington" and expects to have the
Wizard" here at the dedication which
takes place in April
The colored American., 1902-01-25

"A prudent wife is come from God"
ssys Holy Writ. 1t isn't every mans
good fortune to have q wife who pos
sesses the "coin of the realm" in ad
dition to her charms OF mind, person
and heart. Hon. II. P. Cheatham's
characteristic luck brought him graft
flying surprise Christmas morning, AS
a Christmas token, Mrs. Cheatham, his
November bride, handed him large en- :
velope. It contained besides a mes
sage of encouragement. ten crisp 500
biIls-$1OOO, fresh from the Treasury
The retiring Recorder was deeply af-
fected by this liberal evidence Of es-
teem, and felt that loyal partner is a
prize beyond the pearls of India. II is
safe to suggest that peace and plenty
will reign in the Cheatham homestead
for quite while.
MAN ON-THE CORNER.
The colored American., 1902-01-25

w. l.. Pollard is hustling young at
torney. While 'good fellow" he never
neglects business for pleasure aud never
has minute to waste with curbst one
orators or club'gosslpers. He ls a legal
light,ss real estate manager aud gov
ernment official, but all interests are
carefully served. He is worth some
money, and knows just how much to
spend without being called ''crab, 4"
and how much to save for that rainy
day, when friends may be few and
health may be broken, Mr.. Pollard is
fortunate IN having IS his csshier and
general assistant, SO able and popular a
lady as Miss Florence n. Matths w J..
Mr.. POllard's new calendar is e thing
Of beauty.
The colored American., 1902-01-25

Recorder Dancy will have no d d,ffi'
Guilty in "makipg good" in Washing.
ton. He is no stranger. In fact his
visits have been so frequent as to give
him a breVet citizenship here. He is
genial "mixer," an eloquent orator,
a keen newspaper man IAN incisive writer
and a capital raconteur. The ManCn
the'Corner hopes to see much of TIE
new Recorder.
The colored American., 1902-01-25

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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-05-01

in the lower side of (but not en-
tirely through) the cap piece. The
pins of the lower ends should be OF
metal. Pieces of sawmill plate, in
which holes have been punched,
should be fastened to the sill for
these pins to play in. Thus the pins
will be kept from wearing the wood.
A similar plate should be placed
where the gates meet, to accommo-
date the vertical bolt on one of them.
The other gate should have a latch.
The Stats and braces may be made
from stuff IA inches thick and four
inches wide. They are attached to
each other and to the uprights with
bolts. The short braces are on the
opposite side of the Stats from the
long ones, SO that the same bolt may
go through both whore they over
lap. When finished, the frame and
gates should be we'll painted.
1t will be seen that these gates can
be used singly or together, and that
they swing in either direction. It
is always a convenience to have a
gate swing away from you, no mat
ter from which side you approach.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-05-01
ROADS IN GERMANY.
How They Are Kept in Repair With
out AnyApprecinble Cost to
the Taxpayers.

Americans concede that roadmaking
n Germany is fine art. Few, how
ever, realize that road repairing has
been reduced to comparatively cheap
art as well. wish devotedly that local
societies could be former in order to
study 1t. and apply the results of the
study to country roads in America
I Spoae sr"e on the subject to an audi
ence Of leading citizens :. lister coun-
ty in New York, an ideal county to ex-
pertinent in, having oil the three chief
things for success. l mean stones,
paupers and fruit trees. Germans,
namely, find that It pays to encourage
peasants to free their fields Of stones;
the property rises in Withdrawing
value. The stones thrown into heaps
by the roadside are purchased by the
district road-repairing commission.
Poor men, who otherwise would have
to be supported in almshouses, are
hired to break these stones, and then
are trained to the work of repairing
the roadbeds. The money to pay the
men is made by auctioning off to
the highest bidder the crops of the
fruit trees that were planted on both
sides of the highway when it was built,
and which are nourished we'll by the
manure that falls along the road and
= pushed at intervals by a road tender
upon their roots. The purchaser of
the crop sees to it that his fruit is not
stolen. The road commissioners have
no bother about that. And although
the sale is by auction, it brings in con-
siderable. Every burgher knows how
much, because the sales of highway
fruit crops are published in the local
newspapers.-Countess Won Krockow,
in Chicago Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-05-01
Amount of Seed to Sow.

The amount of grain to SOW pei
acre is question of considerable i'm.
portance, since the saving of half q
peck per acre is SIS to SEQ on every
160 acres of wheat sown. 1t is not
well to skimp the seed, but too much
is as bad as too little; not only is ii
a waste of seed, but the plants will
be too crowded to develop in the
highest degree. The right amount of
seed, then, is the question, and yet to
say what will apply in every case is
not possible. BY using averages, the
proper amount under average condi-
tions may be stated, but what would
be too little in dry summer would
be ton much in wet one. The i'm
plement used in sowing also has an
influence on the amount of seed to
SOW. 1t is generally conceded that it
is good practice to sow peck less of
seed with drill than with the broad
cast seeder.-Midland Farmer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-05-01
Farm Land. In the West.

Whatever may be said Of low
prices of farm lands east of the AL.
leghenies, there is no doubt that
farms of the central valleys, from the
eastern to the western mountains,
are advancing rapidly, and are in de-
mand at greatly increased prices.
Nenty of land in Illinois has reached
the $100 mark, aud farms Of the Mis-
souri, valley, from Kansas to Mime.
sofa. are steadily increasing in value.
As western competition becomes
more intense, western farmers and
the congressman who represent them
demand expensive irrigation and
more free farms, while eastern farm
ers have failed 20 ask for government
supplies Of free fertilizers; and east
ern gardeneEs have made no demand
Cor appropf 7atisns for plant houses
aad other aids to production -Coua-
w 0sntlsmaa .a4sss = a1.sa 49,.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-05-01
EApfkGsABl|!LG!'
Eee'-s&B&ES;sl,,.! Sw
GATE THAT CANNOT sac.
Invented ~ = New York sssss Fasn'
er whs csnslaess II aJDsvsse sf
Rare Merit.

A subscriber living In Wcstfeld
Chautauqua county. N. Y. who pre-
fers that his name should not be
used In print, sends TO the New
York Tribune description q gate
which he constsacted several years
ago on farm where - thea lived.
Its great merit b that 4 nsvsr sags.
For gateposts he used eight BY
eight timbers. set fully II feet apart.
With the idea of letting = load Of
hay through, the cap piece ought TO
be fully l2 feet above the ground,
and may be advantageously cut out
of six by eight stun. The posts
should be set in stone or cement, 30
as to be proof against the action Of
the frost. A sill or threshold IL also
provided. This should measure six
by eight or eight by eight and con-
sist of oals>or chestnut. The better
the timber for the rest of this frame
the longer it will last.
The full length upright of each
gate Is made by four by four hard
wood scantline. The upper ends are
rounded, and inserted in holes bored
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-05-01
Preparing SOIL for Potatoes.

Preparation of the land is an es.
sentisl too often neglected. 1t has
been asserted that not infrequently
one-half of the potato crop is lost by
means Of insufficient preparation of
the soil. OF one of the noted potato
growers of Wisconsin it used to be
said: "He works the ground so much
that the potatoes do not know in
which direction to grow to find the
surface. So they fill the soil full" /"
Sometimes the best of potato grow
ers slight the preparation of their
soil because of rush of other farm
work at the time their potato land
is being prepared. No after cultiva-
tion can atone for the neglect OF
thorough preparation; for in no case
can the soil under the hills be af-
fected by the cultivation given IN
ths rows. s.--Farmers' Review.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-05-01
YoW0al9
Loa65 aH0e0II

. water but you cans
aake him drink.
You can't make him e.
,i,..,er. You can stuff food ir
. a thin mans stomach b,
.h::t doesn't make him use it.
SCOTS Emulsion can max
i'm use it. Howl By max
&c him hungry, Of cours,
;cott's Emulsion makes a thi
,odyhungryall Though
thin body was naturally hu..
;ry didn't you! Well it ism;
\ thin body is asleep-no
yorking-gone on a strike
t doesn't try to use it's food.
SCOTS Emulsion wakes i.
.,p-puts it to work again
making new flesh, That's the
way to get fat.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists. 100 Pearl s., n. r
soc and 1i.oo; all druggists.