The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-09-03
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

VIII not die until Kansas women have
full suffrage.
The Married Woman's Disabilities
bill for the District Of Columbia has be-
come law. Married women may now
sue and be sued, possess their own
earnings and inheritance. make notes
and conduct business.
O-Army ofdcegs, Of the same grade,
rank according to the date Of their COM
missions, the one whose commission il
the oldest being the senior officer. But
the government can appoint Junior
officer to q command over q senior.
"A few years ago forty pigs ran away
from James Duval, near Novelty, Wash.
and since that time the drove has In
creased to about five hundred, and is
making the farmers very miserable by
their frequent raids on gardens Some
of their tuslks arc six inches in length.
The original autograph commission
of Capt. Nathan Hale, of Connecticut,
the martyr spy Of the revolution, was
sold for Sits at . recent auction in
New London. The state Of Connecticut
sent bid of $3.50, but it was bought by
a firm of autograph dealers, who now
hold it at 5000.
Tho brass cubing used for gas fat
ures is fashioned into the various COM
plicated ornamental shapes required for
such purposes by placing the tube be-
tween two steel molds which arc heav-
lily clamped. and then the tube is ex-
banded by hydraulic pressure reaching
as high as 10000 pounds to the square
inch.
The Ammen ram now on the stocks
at Bath, Me-. is jealousy guarded by
the naval officers Oh duty there, who
keep constant watch to prevent all for
eigners and possible enemies of the
United States from entering the yard,
as the ram embodies some new ideas
that it is desired to keep secret. Any
Yankee can get by the sentinel easy
enough, but several foreign suspects
have been elected from the premises.
Jacob Kearns, of West Virginia,
hasn't forgotten how to tramp even If
he is ninety years old. He recently
walked over to his daughters house,
seven miles away in the country, and
with her examined the family bible to
see if the names of his thirteen children,
eighty grandchildren, one hundred and
twenty-seven great-grandchildren and
seven Observation-Disclosures had
been properly entered upon tho regis
ter.
The "Jibboom club" of New Lon
don, Conn, is planning to man . small
schooner. such as Connecticut has en-
ployed for many years in the West
India trade, run it to the Bahamas and
load it with a collection Of sea shells,
which in great variety, size and beauty
are found strewn upon the shores Of
those islands The crew will then sail
the craft to Chicago by way Of the St.
Lawrence, and will sell the shells from
the deck Of the vessel. The members
of the club believe they can make
enough to pay the expense OF the trip
aud also of their own entertainment u
Chicago.
AN interesting relic Of Lord Byron
has just come to light. A member of q
family which originally came from
Missolonghi has died at Magnesia, neal
Smyrna, and has bequeathed to friend
seal which belonged to the poet II
is octagon in shape, and has on each
side separate device and motto. On
one side is bust of the poet, with the
words Lord Byron" On another Is q
| flower, with the words Forget me-
not" A third bears the representa-
ton of dog, with the word Faith
full" On the fourth there is ship and
the legend .'Such is life" On the other
sides the emblems are an open hard, N
eye, cock, and horse, but the words
In each case are illegible.
One of the most pitiful sights evel
witnessed in the streets Of Portland
Me-, was presented the other day by
two French Canadian boys who had
begged their way from ST. Francis, or
the northern boundary of Aroostoolx
The younger, aged II, had lost his left
arm and all except the thumb of his
right hand by an accident in q sawmill,
while the elder, aged about "a, was to
tally blind. They had come to Port
land in the hope that oculists would b.
able TO restore the sight Of the unfort
innate boy, but the doctors were Obliged
to tell them that there was no hope
They had letter from their parish
priest, on the strength Of which they
managed to get enough money to take
them back to their Aroostook home.
The old whaling bark, Progress
which New Bedford, Mass will exhibit
at the fair, will begin her journey Il
Chicago some time In juno, it is an
nounced. She has been fully rigget
and SPARED. Her water line has beer
painted brick red, and her deckhouse
boathouse and davits white. Thu
cabin and state rooms have beer
grained in oak and carpets have beeI
laid in them. In the saloon will be ex
hibited q collection Of articles used and
obtained by whalemen, for example
Whalebones taken by q captain VIII
persisted in the terrible disaster Of 1871
when thirty-three ships were aben
doned, with great loss of life. In tn
Arctic regions; polar bear skins, pict
ures of whaling experiences, harpoona
knives, tackle, clothing, boats, etc
Two Faithful Dogs.
| A strange but true snake story come
from Sierra Madre. A little girl who's
mother resides at that place saw lsrg
snake while playing near the house