The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-05-19
PERSONAL AND IMpEasohAL.

"A Hindoo who has written boob
about England says that John Bull
lets his people hear sermons Sunday
mornings and get drunk In the after.
noon. Why do the English spend twics
as much for drink as for bread?"
| Sir Charles Russell, the well known
English attorney-general, has received
| for his fee in connection With the Behr-
| ing sea arbitration the sum Of $40, 600.
In addition to this his regular salary il
$35, 900 a year, and he picks up an addi-
tional $40, 900 for fees.
"A St Petersburg editor has hit
upon the notion Of printing his journal
on paper suitable for making cigar
cites 1t is said that its circulation has
been greatly increased by this means,
rs the Russians are largely given to
| smoking cigarettes, which they make
themselves.
Miss May Frank. of Oakland, Cal, ,
who was offered the place Of teacher
lecturer and preacher in a reformed
Hebrew congregation in Philadelphia,
has declined it, because she does not
care to be bound to any congregation.
Miss Frank is probably the first woman
to whom such position was ever
rendered. She will continue her work
on the Pacific coast.
Baltimore has blind boatman.
His boat was stolen by some worthless
fellows the other day and su bsequently
abandoned and picked up. He claimed
1t. and when told that he must identify
it, did SO, not by telling the color and
model. as man with good eyes might
do, but giving the positions of all the
nails and the chinlSs in the boat where
splinters had been knocked off.
"A French singer Of prominence,
and most charming woman went
to the Society islands on professional
tour. Instead of receiving money for
her services at the concert, she re-
ceived five hundred cocoanuts, three
pigs. twenty-three turkeys, forty-four
chickens, and lot of bananas, lemons,
and oranges The papers did not tell
us how she carried the proceeds home.
Mrs. Lewis, whose late husband was
Prof. Lewis, of Cambridge, England,
has returned with her sister from her
Sinai. Mrs Lewis is familiar with
Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. The
monks at the monastery permitted her
to examine six chests full of manu-
scripts in their possession, and she and
her sister brought away photographs
of almost all the papers.
The figure SO" plays quite a con.
spicuous part in the life of Emperor
William. He is the ninth king of Prns.
STA; his immediate family consists oil
nine members; he was born in the fifty
ninth year of this century, on January
27-fgures which added q plus y make
Q, or divided (3:27) give as quotient
In January, 1869, he was made first
lieutenant in the first regiment of the
guards; in 1879 he completed his studio.
at Bonn, and was promoted to a cap
taincy. He was married on February
81, and on March Q, 1883, he was called
to the throne.
1t is well known that the car oil
Russia is man of enormous strength.
Many stories are told of him, the latest
OF which is that he and his wife, while
on return journey to St Petersburg,
short time ago. stopped at small
station for luncheon. The daughter OF
the mayor of the village brought bou.
quet of flowers to the empress, but for
got to dry the stems The empress,
not wishing to soil her gloves, hesitat.
ed moment about taking the flowers.
The car, seeing heavy pewter plate
on the table, picked it up, twisted il
into holder, placed the bouquoa in it
and handed it to his wife.