The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-08-13
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

of all menagerie stock the monkey
tribe is the most precarious. The conn
parative comfort of roof tree does not
compensate for the activity of their
natural lie, and, considering that they
feed on fresh fruits in their primeval
forests, it is not amazing that after a
time an unlimited dietary of hazel nuts
ami stale buns is apt to disagree with
the quadrumanal digestion.
"A good story is told of the encounter
which Miss Lucinda @. Gore, school
teacher at Lackharabad, India, had
with tiger. Turning from the black
board, she was confronted by q Royal
Bengal at the open school room door.
With woman's wit, she jammed the
brush end of broom into his eyes, and
when he drew back with q growl of
pain, slammed the door in his face. Help
came before the man-cater could gain
ingress elsewhere, and the brave wom-
an and her pupils were rescued.
The French government has con-
sented that plaster casts be made for
the worlds fair of the numerous art
treasures in the Trocadero, Paris. The
exposition authorities will bear the ex-
pense, which will be something above
$4,000 The collection will be q very
fine one and will occupy conspicuous
place in the fine arts building. After
the fair the collection will be placed in
the projected Chicago museum, where,
it is believed, it will prove of great
benefit to American artists and of much
interest to visitors.
"A reason given for the use of the
third as the ring finger by some author
tiles is that in the early Christian mar
rage ceremonies the bridegroom, TAX
ing the ring put it first on the brides
thumb and then successfully on the first
and second fingers, pronouncing in each
case the name of one person of the
Trinity Immediately after the words:
"With this ring thee wed''-namely,
in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost, until, with
the final Amen" the third finger was
reached, and there the wedding was
suffered to remain.
DR. v. McGillicuddy, who, rs coli
onel on the staff of the governor Of
South Dakota during the recent Indian
| war, issued ammunition to the state
volunteers, estimates that it took eight
hundred pounds of lead to kill the two
Indians who fell victims to the prowess
of the state troops. DIR. McGillicuddy,
also issued three hundred guns to set
tiers for their self-protection, and when
it became his duty to collect these arms
after peace was assured he found them
scattered all over the west. It was the
doctor who stopped ghost-dance
among the Sioux by ungraciously kick
ing old Red Cloud when the chief ques-
toned his authority.
Dwellings increased in number
more rapidly than population in the
last decade, according to the census re-
turns, and there were only ga persons
to an occupied building or house in
1890, where in 1880 there were Sc per-
sons. There has also been decrease
of the number of persons to family
from 5.04 in 1880 to 4.94 in 1890. The
number of dwellings in 1890 was H.
4S3, 31S for the United States and the
number of families 1890, 152-leaving
an excess of 1.206.S families over
dwellings, or 1915 per cent, which is
less than in 1880, when there was over
IL per cent more families than dwell
ings -Springfeld Republican.