The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-23
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

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I'm : Scotch asylum there is .
woman whose one form of insanity be-
| fore she was incarcerated consisted Of
having her horses shoes Of solid gold
with gold nails. each set of shoes and
nails costing 81. 800
The king of Portugal is said re-
Gently to have applied for 81, oo0 600
| life insurance It is understood that
John Wanamaker is the most heavily
insured man in this country. The
amount he carries Is stated at 81, 700,-
600.
Prof Garner, who has just returned
from Africa, where he has been en-
gagged in an attempt to learn the
monkey language, is a short. sturdily
built man, with dark, keen eyes and
iron-gray mustache and closely-cropped
white hair.
Mrs John d. Rockefeller and her
daughters spend vast sums annually on
charities of every description. Miss
Alta Rockefeller supports and superin-
tends private hospital of her own for
women, at which she has entertain
ments given every week to interest the
invalidR
Mrs Mary Hemingway, who died
recently in Boston, left the interest on
her estate. worth SIS, 900, 900, for a
period of fifteen years to the further
ance of scientific and other educational
work in Boston and it's vicinity. She
bequeathed valuable farm to the
Hampton (Va.) institute.
"A Japanese student is now going
through a course of study at the United
States naval academy. The pride of
the mikado's representative is a fine
young dog. At Christmas the young
Jap's attentions to a pretty Washing
ton girl were SO marked as to call forth
comment on the part of his classmates,
who made some remarks of a compli-
mentary nature as to her dancing. At
this the Jap paused ecstatically for
suitable smile, then electrified his
hearers by enthusiastically exclaiming:
Dance! Yes, she dances like dog"
Sam Wah King, Chinaman. has
started cattle ranch in Montana with
capital of one hundred and ten thou
sand dollars. He employs only Chinese
on his ranch, and white men are afraid
that celestial competition means the
ruin of the business, as has already
happened in other branches of industry
in California In the old Black Hills
days Sam was cook in one of the min
ing camps lie was doeile servant,
but soon branched out into mining
speculation and lending money on real
estate, and from these sources has built
up his fortune.
Sixty years ago there was a French
Huguenot preacher in New York who
modelled his sermons exactly after the
pattern laid down in Claude's Essay
on Preaching" Usually he preached
in French, but when he resorted to
English. the effect was irresistible. He
not only built his discourse upon set
plan, but was careful to have the fact
known and appreciated. To that end,
he announced in turn each of its divi-
sions Nov we have de oration," he
would say, gravely; and then, ''now we
have de peroration. His masterpiece
of effectiveness was exhibited when,
with bcfittingly solemn face, he gave
now, my friends we come to de pa
tet-ic."
"A Mr.. A., of Dublin, who was famous
for his cook and his wines, gave din
ner, at which few of the most agree
able men of the city met and spent a
delightful evening. Not long after
one of these guests-Chief Justice
Doherty-met the host and said to him:
What a pleasant party we had with
you last Tuesday" do you call that
a pleasant partyP" said A.: II don't"
''Why not?" said the chief Justice.
TOO much talk-too much talk; you
couldn't enjoy your wine; you drank
little more than bottle each. On
Wednesday had nine men to dinner,
and they drank three bottles a man,
and you'd have heard pin drop the
whole time. That's what call pleas
ant party"