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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-02

PEDANTRY Grams oar heads with learned
lumber, and takes out our brains TO make
room for IL Cotton.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-02

THE noblest motive Is the public good
Virgil
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-02

LET them obey that know not how to rule
-<Shalx1cr1onrx,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-02

He surely is in want of anethsr's patience
who has none of his cwn.-Layater.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-02

HE-aAt times lose myeesf She (bored
to death) -'.Howf"--D Detroit Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-02

Blble, WeDSterS dictionary and his
newspaper, he could be prepared for
all the duties of this life and all the
happiness of the next.
Again, good newspaper is useful
mirror of life as it is. 1t is sometimes
complained that new spapers report the
evil when they ought only to report
the good. They must report the evil
as we'll as the good, or how shall We
know what is to be ref ormed, what
guarded again st, what fought down?
A newspap per that pictures only the
honesty and virtue of society is a mis-
representation. That family Is best
prepared for the duties of life
which, knowing the evil, Is Taught
to select the good. Keep children
under the impression that all is fair
and right in the world, and when they
go out into it they will be as poorly
prepared to struggle with it Ms child
who Is thrown into the middle of the
Atlantic and told to learn how to swim.
Our only complaint is when sin is made
attractive and morality dull; when
vice is painted with great headings
and coed deeds are put in obscure cor
ners; iniquity set up in great primer
and righteousness IN nonpaieil. Sin
is loathsome; make it loathsome. vir-
tue is beautiful; make it beautiful.
Another step forward for news
paperdom viii be when in our colleges
and universities we open opportunities
for preparing candidates for the edi-
torial chair. We have in such institu-
tions, medical departments, law de-
partments, why not editorial depart
nents? Do the legal and healing pro-
fessious demand more culture and
careful training than the editorial or
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14
THAT FLOOD OF GOLD.

very remarkable article appears In the
February number Of Review OF Reviews
TO the extent that IT complies In very forci-
BILE form statistics relating TO the increas-
ing production OF gold. Carl Snyder. the
author. gives authorities for most OF his
statements, and concludes with the very
pertinent inquiry as Ito whether the mon
etary system OF the world ear survive the
addition OF such an overwhelming food"
II can, because Notwithstanding the APP
parentiy vast increase 1t has been alb
sorbed by the Increasing needs OF COM
merce.
II Is true that when the gold basis cur
rency scheme now in vogue among the
chief commercial nations was devised and
established in England. in lSie. It was a
scarcity OF gold its authors had In view.
The whole worlds production OF gold for
that decade. and for thirty years there
after. averaged but 100000 a year. For
the year 1916 it was but 100000. Today
the worlds output is twenty-five times this,
and before The century r. closed Il win
probably he forty times that when tho
current system WIS A0oFieN N2teHs atLcF
the long NapoieonIe wars. England adopted
her present currency system. about tIs6-
ooo.e oo of gold. IL Is estimated. was required
20 enable her to resume specie payments.
Save Portugal England was then the sole
nation having a single gold standard. and
the drain from other lands was so great
that. In the United States. at least. the yell
low metal disappeared from circulation en-
tsrely. To-day Engiands stock OF gold
Is around So. 60 e,e. AMI that OF the United
States above sa,eo.eoo. Germany with
st!H another sssa. oco ooa. Russia with be-
tween stOo on. 600 ana sos. oo0 os0. and France
with ns $50. COOS GO. all exhibit the same
phenomenon OF enormous piles OF rola.
araassea within this century. In ali the
world there IS TOW near 10 sacoo, 0no.ooo OF
gold money. And where gold coinage IN
the United States ranged from $4,000 %
s.. GRECO year froSi 1910 20 1891. II now
ranges from So. osa 70 So 90. 900 a year.
The Increase + due 20 the improved meth
eds and lower cost % getting at the gold
As an illustration. sny3eT points out that
| In the bonanza placer days two men with q
| shovel. a pick and a rocker could gain ss
| much sold as ten men snA ten starnas can
| gain sn most cases
There is nothing ye; 70 cause any fear
| Of a disturbance OF The monetary system
due 90 this cause alone.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14
INDIANS As SOLDIERS.

Many attempts have been made by the
United States government TO show what
the Indian Is good for. Not long ago IL was
thought that they might make good sci
6iers They were accustomed to hardships,
capable OF enduring privatlons and in
many ways adapted for hard campaigning.
Several companies were organized and
made Up entirely of Indians, but the army
officers have declared the experiment
failure. II was believed that there was
much In the life OF soldier that would be
attractive 10 the Indians. bat 1t was roou
demonstrated that the drudgery OF the iife
OF an army private more than Offset any
attractsveness there might be In IL. They
might be very efficient as scouts, working
on their own hook. and each one compos-
Ing a sort OF an independent command. tGt
as a regular disciplined force they have not
proved a success.
Whether this failure IL due TO the methods
adopted for trying the experiment or to
the general incapacity OF the Indian for
civilized work is not satisfactorily shown.
The Red Man. a paper published at the
Indian school at Carlisle. claims that the
Indian ought to and win make good sol
der . properly handled. II insists. how
ever that they shall be enlisted and as
signed as other recruits are. Instead Of
following out this idea, the army catered
TO the reservation and tribal system. Zach
Indian company was made up of men en-
listed from one tribe. They were allowed to
have their women with them, and were
stationed In the vicinity OF their
tribes. This In . measure prevented their
transformation from Indian 10 American
soldiers. According TO the Red Man, II
tho Indians were to be made up into CON-
panies by themselves. the companies shoald
have been composed OF men from different
tribes. This would have resulted In a geii-
eral adoption OF the English language. and
tribal ambitions would have broken COM
bines and given rise to a healthy rivalry
among the Indian soldiers. Perhaps there
may be much In these suggestions. but the
army officers who have for years been
studying the Indians are 50 thoroughly con-
WINGED the red man will never make a
soldier that II Is unlikely the experiment
viii again be tried.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14
Personal.

w. ID. Roy. of Everett. is at the Ste
vens.
NJ L. Dickinson. of Fairhaven. is at the
Butler.
T. w. Enos, banker Of Tacoma, is at
the Butler.
V. ]. Pearse. an attorney OF Everett, Is
at the Butler.
w. I. Carpenter. a mill man of Mime
apolis, is at the Northern.
Frank c. Patten, a mining man OF Hell
ena is a guest at the Butler
]. c. Pringle, city editor OF the Port
Townsend Call. is at the Northern.
f. H. Folsom, a big lumber dealer or
Everett, is registered at the Butter
j. r. Boyd. treasurer Of ktsap county,
registered at the Diller yesterday.
n. r. Ward, state immigration agent,
returned yesterday from Chicago.
PIX. Lewis. a merchant OF Everett, ac-
companied by Mrs. Lewis. is at the Diller.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. p Flynn and child have
taken permanent quarters In the Rainier
Grand.
Hon. w. +. Ready. ex-speaker OF the
lower house OF the oregon legislature, Is
registered at the Northern from Portland.
L. b. Scott, president of the Columbia
River 4 Puget Sound Navigation Com
pany, Is registered at the Rainier-Grand
from Portland.
Selden Wilson, a well-known Puget
sound logger, has returned from Shelton
and Olympia. where he has been engaged
for the past month. He is at the Diller.
Melville Marx, one OF the managers OF
the Columbia theater. San Francisco. is
I'm the city, arranging for the appearance
Of the Frawiey company at the Seattle
theater next week. Mr. Marx Is wei
known in the Pacific Northwest as an old
time travelling man.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14

There Is good deal Of significance IN the
proposal Of the Novoe 9remya that the
Russian calendar shall be altered to con-
form with that OF the rest Of the civilized
world. The correspondent OF the London
Times at ST. Petersburg. commenting up
on the fact, writes: mot so long ago any
kind of proposal to conform Russia more
to the corrupt west would have been
secuted a. unpatriotic- In this respect IL
IL also significant as one of many signs
OF strong inclination towards more lib
eral and sensible views. II Is high time
that Russia Gid away with this difference
OF date, which, as the Novoe Nremya re-
marks. Is Of the utmost Inconvenience and
annoyance in business and all internatioai
intercourse The writer admits II to be a
shame to Russians that this "chasm of
time OF no less than twelve days should
continue to divide them from the rest OF
civilized mankind. With the railway COM
pleted through Siberia traveller might
have one New Years day at Warsaw and
a second one on the shores OF the Pacific
a fortnight later. For foreigners In Russia
the necessity of attending to double dates
and double holidays Is a tiresome nuisance.
The Novos yremya thinks the change
would be easily carried out by simply fix
In a period of six months for the necessa-
~ alterations Of all documents securing
pecuniary obligations to the excheQuer.
The ignorant masses would be very apt to
regard such change as the work or An
tichrist, as they did the reform OF the
church books by the Patriarch Neon A
more practical suggestion Is that the long
months should each lose one day and thus
have only thirty days. This change would
gradually bring Russia into line with the
Gregorian calendar in less than two years
without making the change so conspicuous
for the lower classes"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14

while we have doubted the practicsbgiity
81 applying tho proposed civil service sys-
TEN In city so small as Seattle. frankness
conrsls tho admission that & has been
found 10 work successfully IN city OF the
siza os Chicago. IL has been in operation
for SIX months there. ana the result Is
embodied In report made BY the civil SER
vice commissioners. IL Is admitted by the
commentators on the work 81 the commits
sion that tts success has been due very
much 30 ,hs character % the men appointed
% the board. but that in other hands tia
reform might have been shipwrscked.'
The Chicago board consists q three com
rnissionsrs, o1s IN special departments re
examinations were eondac,ea hy skilled
and experienced men Thus. she IRE de-
parsmsnt promotion papers were marked
hy three fre nsarshals: the health tegar,-
meat examination papers by ire city
chemist and tae city hacseriologiss. the ne
ehanical engineering papers by experts In
engineering. and the clerical papers by
school teachers selected fer this parpase>
IL was found that about 50 per csnI Or
these examined pSSssl The total number
81 applicants was SsS5: the number -
those whose examinations were cenglstea.
J. as; fhe number passed. sss es she Ia
borers exAmiaS9 over - Ter cent passed.
The board has S0os % the PIAZZA 81 raaksns
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14
County e.d cssy O6Iesai Paper.
SEATTLE. FRIDAY. FEB. IL.
A HAPPY ENDING.

The outcome of the tenexueia contro-
versy 80 far asst can be anticipated. cannot
but be gratifying To the American people.
II In q decisive vindication Of an agrees
sive policy when rights are In jeopardy.
Had the United States government sub
mltted quietly 10 the policy OF Great Brit
ain the prospect of arbitration would have
been exceedingly slim. and the United
States would not have held the command
ing position II now must occupy In the
councils of European nations.
No injustice has been done. England ad-
mits that what the United States advises
is not such a course rs that country would
be unable TO take. The United States
has asserted q claim 10 recognition which
eleyates her in the eyes of the world. and
a weak sister republic viii receive such
consideration at the hands of the great
maritime power ms she never could have
gained without our assistance.
War between the United States and Great
Britain would have resulted in incaieul-
able cost and detriment TO commerce: but
the time seemed to have come when ST.
ienee meant serious blow TO our prestige.
War will not occur over the Venezuela
matter. that Is certain: but II In scarcely
less certain that war is very improbable
between those two countries There need
lie no war: the United States asks Of
Europe only what she is willing TO con-
eeds 20 that continent: her demands are
reasonahie-we believe they always viii be
reasonable. and reasonable demands
should always be met by friendly nego,ia-
ton and peaeeable settlement.
II Is 20 the credit OF the Irish party in
England that one OF its leaders. John Dl-
Ion. should declare that "the Irish
party would resist 10 the utmost
any idea Of war between Great
Britain and the United States" This
Is eommendahie. and In fine con-
trast to the efforts OF few less re-
sponsihle men TO foment dlseori between
the two peoples in order. ayowealy. 20 pro-
mote the interes. not 50 much Of this
country as Of Ireland.
The manifestation OF frieudliness made
by large number OF the English people
should tend TO better appreciation OF the
destinies OF great nations. The promotion
% commerce. the reciprocal exchange 81
ADVANTAGES. the steady progress toward
prosperity OF both. should be the aim az
our people and the task OF cur statesmen.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14

. Nationality table II shows that the
III Iaborerx who pa-sed were divides az
fe!sows: italian. Ifs: Irish, 100: American.
IS German. q. Russian. ~; English, To-
Bohemian. 10: Scandinavian, s. Polish. 5:
Danish. 4: French. l.
For the Official service forig1rai en-
francej I.3ss were examined, Of whom la
were men ard Is wounea- Five hundred
and thsrty-ffTe passed. o. whom SIS were
men and q women. -Four hundred and
twelve were American and u Foreign
born. THREE hundred and sixty had been
educated ~ common schools. 40 at high
schools and q st colleges: 1ss OF the 20
applicants who passed the examinations
were appointed.
An are limit was SET At one time Bat
sftsrward abandoned. and the result was
that ''of the ..ys applications for employ
meat 10 the ossciai service which were re-
turned to the commission only about per
cent. were those Of people over - years or
age OF this per cent. about per cent
were men. and OF this per cent. but
fraction was composed Of men who had
served In either the army or navy during
the war"
The claim IL made by the commissioners
and endorsed by some Of the newspapers
that the efficiency In all the departments
f. most marked. and as that Is the chief
end TO be sought the success Of the system
would seem to De established The signin-
cant comment should not be forgotten.
however. that very much depends upon
the character Of the commission.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Sir John Robinson. retiring editor OF the
London Daily News. is one of the best
whist players in England. James Payn
and Andrew Lang are two OF his favorite
partners.
Herr woelfflur, the Socialist leader of
Colrnar and until recently the editor of the
newspaper Der Sammler, published IN mat
town, has committed suicide, shooting
himself with revolver.
"Dr." Bull Perry. full-biooded Indian
residing on the Watuppa reservation, near
Fall River Mass. died recently. He was
&c years old. He claimed to be the last OF
the Narragansetts. but In reality was the
last of tribe that refused TO join King
Philip In the war against the whites.
In the book of "reminiscences of Concord
thirty years ago, by Frank Preston
Stearns, lust published, the author relates
how Miss Alcott came TO him one day
and asked him TO take her out rowing.
He complied. but he found II more on
Job than he had ANTICIPATED: This Is the
"Frank.'' said Miss Alcott. never say
darn Much better TO be profane than
vulgar"
Johannes wilhelmus Vessels, who is to
f Pretora sg is of South African extraction.
but was educated for the law in England.
He is "a years of age and after STUDYING
az the Cape university entered at Down
ins. college. Cambridge. and was called to
the bar al Middle Temple In 1856. Return
ing to his own country. ne practlced Tor
time at the cape UaF, anu dittl Ndiu SET
lied down at Pretoria, where he has
large practice.
Some one in Washington City recalls
story OF Henry Labouchere when he was
an attache of the British legation in
Washinr,on city. One day he was sit
ting in his office. when a rather noisy in
dividual came in and asked TO see the
n,,t ynu must see me-" ~ don't want
10 see you: / want TO see the boss of the
rareh,S said the noisy individual. All
right" replied Labouchere. gong on VITA
hfs writing. take chair" The visitor
sat and waited for an hour. Then. with
several picturesque extracts from proiane
history. he inquired how long the hoss
would be gone "I should think about six
weeks" replied I.abouchere. earelessly;
ssyot, see. he has Just sailed for England"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14
81. Valentines Day I'm Days Gone By
Harper's Weekly


Harper's Weekly.
Good morrow It's Saint Valentines dav
Al in the morning betime.
And / a maid at your window
To be your Valentine
Hamlet. Act ~, Scene V.
Exactly why St. Valentine should have
been elected the patron saint OF lovers tho
world over has never been fully deter
mined. The Feast Of Valentine occurs at
the beginning Of season OF the year in
which young mans fancy Is supposed Ia
turn 20 thoughts Of love. however. and IL
has been conJectured. on that account. that
the saint has been chosen as one 10 whom,
lovers would naturally turn for help, pro-
lection and consolation.
Concerning St Valentine himself very
little Is known lie was a priest at Rome
who Il supposed TO have been nartyred IN
der Claudius II. or the i4th of February ~,
the year OF our Lord go: but there Is no
record OF his having been connected In my
way with thu ohservances stiI recognized
In some parts OF the world as BELONGING
peculiarly 10 him. The fate Of ST. vaIen-
tine was neither sentimental nor Comic
He was first beaten 10 death with cl,hs
and then hts head was cut of All tha:
was left Of him was subsequently, hs,r3e5
IN the church OF St praxe9es in Po,,,s.
and the well-known Roman gate which "a
now called the Povta del PopoIo was once
named Porta Nelentinl In memory OF him
Francis Deuce, q celebrated AnttousrN-
or TIE end Of the last century and the be-.
ginning or this. gives. ia his illustrations
or Shakespeare" first published IN l&g7 a
very lucid account Of the origin of valen-
tines IL was the practice % ancient
Rome he says. during the greater mart
OF tie month q February 70 celebrate the
Lupercalia. which were fessts in honor ~
ian and Juno. whence the latter degtv
Was named Februsta. Febrlalis and Feh-
F1lllA On this OCCASION amidst a yarle.x,
OF ceremonies. the names OF Young werna,
were put into box. frn-n which they yve~a
1raea oy the men as chance directed sTha
pastors % the early Christian church vsb,
~ every possible means endeayor.a -
eradicate the Testtges OF pagan s;no-4+s-
tons. substituted IN tse present fnxtar a
the names Of particular saints instead -
those 81 TIE women: and as the YaSsivs,
q Lapercala had commenced sfo.,t 49,
ulo9is q February. they APPEAR - ~.
chosen ST Valentines CAV FOR ~.1ah-a,s,~
iae rev feast. Ana tats >. -
Aaas. IS In BART the opinion OF a .sarnns
ana RATIONAL compiler % the .I.lx.s -
the saints. the Rev. AIaan Bq,fIs- !,
seems that the labels containing ths ,a-,,ss
orawh oct of TIRE BOX we're worn eca.nS-,,-
otlslg on The lspels Of the dress-to.ax =,
ire winners n ancient Roms and ,har
these Aatseis BY a course OF cAvtouz saIs.~
ton became the written ana printed Yale.
tines o. later Gays
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

She public n hereby warned not to pay
ANY money 10 parties representing 70 b
erenfs or the Seattle Post-1nts.lsgencer.
fhorixe6 travelling agents OF tho Post-fn-
feIiencer viz. J. A. Mcclellan. j. !.
Hawisy and c. r. Peck. This does not
- f,ea.ed In various cffies and towns In
the Northwest, nor TO poetmasters. who
are in ali cases authorized 70 take r1o-
ecrfptions for the Daily. Sunday and
4 Cathcart. r. r. Hawiey. w. H.
Hanna and W w Ewing.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14

u Is true that there has BEEN a TRADE o.
lev abuse IN the United States senate which
many may thsnS illustrates it asscaaea.4
And yet, queer creatGreS have been Saut
- Washington City since the constitution
vas Organized II John RRn8oion. %
Roanoke. sAoali appear In IRE sena.e 80
dsy soare peopie wogi3 90 douat ho44 u,
their haisls In holy hosros. AMI say. how
have she mighty fallen
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14

Two very important announcements were
made yesterday. one to the effect that Eli
son had discovered a process by which
aluminium may be substituted for steel.
and the other that Or. Nansen had reach
&c the North pole However. both items
OF rews will have TO be confirmed before
they are generally believed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14

The German emperor Is 20 be congratu-
lated upon the fact that nothing more
dangerous than q package Of newspapers
was thrown III him yesterday IL caused
his majesty TO turn pale, but this was
probably because the papers contained
some heavy editorials or other loaded mat
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14

From one end OF the country TO the
other nothing but kind words are spoken In
commenting on the recent death of Gen.
John Gibbon. He was universally es-
teemed. and Ii generally credited with hav-
ing been one of our ablest and bravest
soldfqr9
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14
THEATER.

TIvoLI THEATER-Charles Pearson.
Prop. Nose Goldsmith. Mgr. Wasnin9-
ton ST.. between Second ana Iaad-
Week 90 Monday, Jan- II klrn
enc Mignon. First appearance q ~.
B. Gfrsrd. grotesaus comecis1. rsospe
Bloom. Engiisa songstress' Diana rs
living half lady; Edwin X, LanS, ~
the Lawyxr." Tivoli Stock ComoAoys
Admission lac. Reserved seAo &C.
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The New York Commercial-Advertiser
makes the sage observation that it would
be great gain If those wicked idiots who
kill their sweethearts and then themselves
could be induced TO begin with themselves.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14

whea tbs tariff and silver measures are
disposed Of and the appropriation hsiis
are ont Of the way. Il viii be found that
congress Is anxious 20 adjourn without
taking up - important a subject rs ina
construction Of the Nicaragua canal