The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-04-15
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL tNIEhESt'
TO be told that we are separated
from the molten liquid with which the
earth is filed by crust only eighteen
miles in thickness is at first thought
little alarming. That, however, is the
view to which Mr.. Alfred Russell Wall
lace lends the weight of his authority
in the Fortnightly Review.
The sobriquet Evergreen State"
has been adopted by many people in the
state of Washington, and its fitness IS
demonstrated by the following report
of the weather for the year 1922, from
observations made at Fairhaven, WASH,
within twenty miles of the 49th par
allel of latitude, or as far north as New
| foundland: Sunshine, 1913 days; cloudy
without rain, 81 days; slight rain some
part of day, Al days; rain. AZ days;
snow, part of 2 days. During the
cloudy days, and days with slight rain,
sunshine often INTERVIEWED.
The Dominion government has had
| a number of emigration commissioners
| ut work for some time in the far north
ern and northwestern states telling the
people of the splendid opportunities the
Canadian northwest offers to the poor,
/ starved citizens of the Dakotas. The
Manitoban papers, too, tell occasionally
of parties of settlers coming over the
| line from the United States to Mani
| toba. of their thankfulness over their
| entry into the land flowing with milk
and honey, and of their pitiful tales OF
| experiences in the United States
Since October Joseph johnson, OF
Chester county, Pa, has lost two hum
bred chickens, geese, ducks and tur-
keys. The snow recently enabled him
| to track the robbers He found their
home in a hole in hillside near by.
With a little powder and pick he UNI
| earthed the thieves, and was aston
ished to find two large polecats that
his blast of explosive had killed. The
cavity in which the polecats lived was
immense, and in it were the skeleton
remains of his lost focks. and fully
feather enough to make two large
feather beds.
Practical railroad men account it a
great triumph that they have knocked
out the old theory that every engineer
must have his own pet engine and must
| not be asked to run any other. Until
only few years ago this was the rule
even on the greatest roads. Each engi
neer grew accustomed to and fond Of
an engine and believed he could gel
, good work ont of it, while stranger Il
it would be sure to have the same trou
bic that he would expect with a strange
engine. That is all changed now, ant
engineers are expected to leave theil
, sentimental notions at home and take
out whatever engine they are as
, signed to-
Greed, Col, the wonderful mining
. town which attracted SO much atten
! | ton about year ago. is by no means
dead, though it's remarkable boom la
: long since waned The idea was prett.
D general that Creole bursted with tn
( boom, but that is not the case. TIL
solid business men of the town regar'
the collapsing of the boom. with all it
! spectacular features, as very goo
, thing for the business interests Q
8 the place A short time ago Creed
9 made the largest shipment of ore in it
history; one hundred and forty-two ca
: loads, aggregating a weight of tx
$ thousand two hundred and fifty tons
r All this ore came from three mines, tn
Amethyst yielding seventy car loads
q 1t is said that the mines have not de
creased q particle. in the richness @
: their output
S The attack of Indians upon Hadle
e on the Connecticut river in colonis
v times was a memorable event in hi:
9 tory. The date was September l, 1911
l. The inhabitants were in the meeting
o | house, it being fast day. The me
n seized their arms to defend themselve
It their wives and their little ones fror
{. the merciless barbarians. just as tn
savages seemed about to strike d
s structive blow. and the men, unskille
|; in military affairs, felt themselves a
( most powerless, man with loni
|. flowing white beard and military a
: suddenly appeared, drew his swor
and, putting himself at the head OF tt
10 armed men, filed them with couras
j, and led them to victory. The ba
50 barians fell back and fed, when IL
r mysterious leader as suddenly disa
re- peared, none knowing whence he can
,e or whittier he went 1t was Col Golf
$, the 'sregiclde," who was then concealt
=: AZ. bo,,ea ~ NJ, RuSsal1 aft Hadle