The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-16

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q lecture room, and will hold. half
dozen persons or more. The consteila'
tions are depicted on its interior, and
It rotates on its axis
-Gurlt has collected figures which
show that there is one death to every
three Thousand administrations Of
chloroform, while with ether there is
only one fatal case in fourteen thou
sand. Ether is dangerous to the lungs,
chloroform to the heart
MIR. Mullarlxey's hired girl turned
on the natural gas in the cook stove
and applied lighted match, but the
gas didn't burn. Then she emptied the
oil can into the stove, tried another
match, and made one of the liveliest
explosions ever seen in the Ohio town
of Bellevue.
1t was stated in q recent number
of Bradstreets that "Convicts from the
New York state prison at Danuemora
have constructed 8, 400 feet of macadam
road and $3.50 feet of cobblestone gut
ter, set 5000 feet of curbstone and
made 1850 feet of earth sidewalk since
June 81 last"
Exhaustive experiments in the cul-
tiyation of tea are soon to be made in
Russia The car is personally inter
ested in the-plan. and experts are ar
ranging for the cultivation of the plant
in the western limits of the Caucasus,
where the temperature is much the
same as that in which the plant grows
in China.
A German physiologist, who de-
voted himself with great patience to
the counting of the hair on different
heads. to ascertain the average num-
Der on human head, found that tax
ing four heads of hair Of eqaal weight
the number of hairs, according to color,
was as follows: Red, 1000; black,
1903, 600; brown, los, QUO, fair, 140, 600.
Richard IL. of England, was about
ms weak and effeminate as Richard /.
was ferocious and lion-hearted. 1t was
during the reign of the second Richard,
on;te annronr;atelv. that long-pointed
toes we're in vogue. Some of them
reached to the knees. to which they
were attached bv pold or silver chains.
Several papal bulls we're issued against
these lonr.toed shoes. but they contin-
ned in favor for more than a century.
=. ~. r;,,ao ~ +. c;gar stora nm
columbus avenue. in New York. is TO
he seen a freak of nature that attracts
much attention. It's goldfish with
ont anv f;n on its back. Otherwise it
l. rarfectlv develoned. and seems to
SUFFER- NO Inconvenience from the abb
sence ~ This mart of his anatomy.
Tier. IL said to he INIT one other speci-
man IN the countrv. and Il is a stuffed
ono in The Smithsonian institute at
Wosb;ngton
CIR an cast side street fhe Other
sa;d Nav yor, stroller 81 met
10y ..ho NOS se,l,ng veoatas,,es from
- 800 Thsra ,vas noth;ng varr
aI U.s. .hnnt tha mere fact 81
-. :, Iii. -. r.rata blas fror . nrsb cart
us, ~. thara ,ras somsth;ng un,spal and
s,t;ra ahont tba 1rav h which he
"a a. u.r.+o bles arranged He had
-. -; "a ,,rrr,la cahhare. and mars.
r;ns The cabhaoas were dismissed in
the semblance of a checker board and
the narsnins were ARA noed around the
| adra With the b;o ends AGAINST the
s;dss Of the cart and the points point.
;nr Inward nc = bordAr.r
a. M.ar.s come tim. 400 a vain.
| Ill. l;ar hav;rr PRECAUTIONARY allowed
a. 80, =, -. re- 81 .d;o;r;ng "a oe
az. 81, mo- s.;1sd hv on sv;l-d;snossd
i.onard Close to the lions bodv. when.
90 The lion attamntad 10 ESCAPE. almost
a. ubo,a "a the slim of his tail was
str;nrad Of Tb;s Was followed bv
srcb an amourt ~ inflammation that
az l,or,s I;fa was IN danoer SURGEON.
AZ; S1;,1ar hro+bar "a the late prof
M;i,.r "a Ed;nbprr tba SURGEON 70 thu
ror.rror ~ Madras volunteered e
,,erforn, annutation. The lion was
s.;zsa n b;s % oa and hi. head covered
Iii, nor oonta;n;no : cons;derable
o,,ont;+u ~ cb1oroform. He was Their
dragged to the edge of the cage and
the tail passed through the bars, where
DIR. Miller cleverly performed his o2er
alton The lion made good recovery
4 Dealers in curios have a wav oil
saving that samoyars are not obtain
able in New York. and travellers te
Russia sometimes import them at grea,
.xnense as interesting adiuncts t.
afternoon tea William M. Chase, the
artist has an interesting collection O.