The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
BENTON LOUISIANA THURSDAY. OCTOBER D. 1896.

uaV anu ul3Ht. producing l,p'',OOO,Ooo
miles of thread every twelve hours. it
would take them POO years to spin a
thread long enough to reach FROM the
earth to the nearest of the fixed Srars.
The appalling Ignorance displayed by !
EngliShmen as to American affairs is !
sometimes so unbelievable as to seem !
like a good joke. One of the finest spec |
linens Of this sort of thing on record is !
to be found in the August number of |
the Imperial Institute journal. This |
paper is supposed to cover the foreign |
affairs of the empire, and also aims at
including matters hearing upon the re-
lations of the colonies with ncighbOr-
| ing nations. The following passage IS
! printed in a summary Of the news OF
the world: "TheTC is even now a great
deal of anxiety expressed in the city
as to the new American President. 1t
/ is we'll known that Mr. Clev2lanus
views are exceedingly peculiar, and it
is more than probable. as we stated
last month"; that should he be successful
! in again obtaining the Presidential
chair. such a change may take place in
the finances of that most important
country that we ourselves might suffer
very considerably"
A French naval engineer named d
IIumy has invented Il pressed oilcake
my has invented pressed OilCake for
use as fuel on ocean steamers. 1t is
not affected by temDorature, is smoke
less ard odcTlcsS. cannot evaporate or
cause explosions, and burns only on the
surface. giving out intense heat, and
leaving only from two to three per cent
of ash. \ ton Of this fuel is equal to
thirty tons Of coal. If The half Of this
story is true" says The Cincinnati
!, Price Current, land N. d'Humy really
has got substitute for coal, which is
: less dirty. bulky. and costly, while equ-
; ally safe and powerful. he has opened
the way to all sorts of marine pOssi-
hjIitics. But discoveries of this kind
have been made, on paper, good
E = any times before, and it will be we'll
TO await results before growing enthu-
, SiaStic.
? In his book on New Zealand Mr.. Ed
ward Fitezlra gdtaoi hrdlu mfwyp rdlu
= ward Fitzgerald declares that nothing
i, III the Swiss Alps equals the grandeur
, of Mount Seton, "the MattcrnOrn Of
: New Zealand" as it is called The To-
e cal climbers had long since declared it
$ inaccessible, but Mr.. Fitzgerald after
/ several pcrilous failures. succeeded in
! rca;-hing the summit with the Swiss
o Guide ZurbrigGen, who "stamped with
It delight when he reached the top.
The tactical superiority Of Garcia and
= Gomez over the cCnj"nding Spanish
~ generals was never before so forcibly
- proved as in the late battle near Santi-
= agO The Spanish attacked in three
- columns, each of which was met in turn
by the Cubans ard crushed before il
could join the other columns. The
Spanish had the better position, more
:. mon and more guns. but these advan
:, tHgcS We're not and never will be an off
set to superior gcneralship and greater
- valor.
ST / lt IuCtlStiltiSS Vi ttloN ltNtl
to in Cuba this summer far SurnaSSe:
e. that Of last year. The reports procured
lc for the Marine Hospital service a
Washington are confirmed by the Offic
n iHl statistics of mortality at Havana
IL Thousands Of Spanish soldiers are pros
n trated with the malady. and more thai
w one tenth of the army was sent to tn
or hospital within the past two or thre
I'll months. Cuba is a graveyard for tn
it young men of Spain.
I! Russia has 5O,i00O,00O acres in he
oN forest domain. In Norway and SWede
Is the forest area covers $4,000, U"D acres
II. in AuStria 45.OO0, 900; in German.
oI- "nOOO, 900: in Turkey. 25,000,OOO; i
II italy, 1400O,000; in Switzerland. 100
ny O,;U: in France, 22,000G0o; in Spain, S
ut. OoO. 600; in Great Britain. S,O0OO0
llf The statistics for this country are NJ
zee at hand. although the figures al
ry enormous
I'd.
,.r The authorities Of the Johns HOpkir
o1 Hospital, of Baltimore, have built
-, cold storage room in which dead hodit
mo will be kept for the use of medical &C
-, lCCeS in winter.