The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17

received over 5UO threatening letters
prior to his journey to France.
The granddaughter Of the late Baron
Hirsch Is heir to S100,000,o00, which
yields about $4,000 day of income.
Sir Hope Grant tells of statue of
Queen Victoria which was made In
India and had large rings in each nos
tril.
Chester A. Arthur, son of President
Arthur, is making tour Of the far
West, with his sister, Miss Nellie Ar
thur.
Mulhall, the noted statistieian, spent
over forty years in accommodating the
material for his one volume of sta
tistics.
Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton, the
American poetess, has returned to Lon
don after her sojeurn in the sunny
South.
Du Maurier used to keep vase on
his mantelpiece for his friends to drop
| Jokes into, which he thcn used FOR
, punch"
Baron Won Wissmann, late Governor
of German East Africa, has been elect
cd President of the Berlin Geographical
Society.
Mr.. J. Murrie, who claims to be the
inventor Of successful aerial ma
chine, is master engineer at Cranston
Hill, Glasgow.
Signora Duse is in Rome, rehearsing
with her company for tour, which Is
to begin in Roumania. She has added
to her repertory pieces Of Pinero, Her
vieu and Glacosa.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has
had her Washington home on Massa-
chusetts avenue furnished up through
out, and will presently return from
England to occupy 1t.
Queen Victoria, in return for the
gifts brought to her by Iii Hung Chang
from the Emperor of China, is going to
send to that ruler a jeweled miniature
portrait of herself, painted by Mrs.
Corbould-Ellis.
Louis Napoleon was Of opinion that
no man should vote who was not mar
ried. Married men, lie thought, had O
different sentiment toward their coun
try from the unmarried, and greater
stake in its welfare.
Tie Tenor-Miss Hysec, you are SIM
ply talking through your hat. The So
prano-Maybe L am, sir, but l don't
sing through my nose.-Chicago Trib.
une.
AS he paid the bill for the sealskin
sacque
The maiden's father said with q sigh:
"The summer girl is very DEAR
But the winter girl comes just as high"
Chicago Tribune.
Broker Ito his valeO--John, 1 have
lost lot of money and have had to get
an inferior brand of cigars. Do you
intend to remain with e?-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Mamma-Where's papa? Flora-He's
down stairs. Mamma-What's he do.
, ing? Flora-His bicycle is out Of breafi
and he's giving it some more.-Londou
Figaro.
Rose Is wearing a chrysanthemum
that is fully three weeks DID," SIS she
so economicalw "No; she wants the
rest Of us girls to think that some man
gave 1t to her."-Chicago Record.
Bats is quite a Bohemian In his
ways, isn't he" "Batts? No. Never
He got hold of a five-dollar bill last
week, and what do you think he did
Went and bought meal ticket."-In.
dlanapoiis Journal
Mrs. Chippering-So these are you,
children, are they? Mrs. Marrow-Yes
and everybody says they are just the
image Of me. Mrs. Chippering-Why
so they are, poor little things!-Bostor
Traveller.
"Have you ever called upon Miss
Point Breeze?" asked Dinwiddle Of Var
Braam. only once" "Her father is a
fore-handed man, 1 understand" YES
fore-footed, too."-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
''Tm afraid that 17-year-old girl Of
; Thompson's Is little lacking in musi
, cal education" "WhyY 81 asked bel
what she thought Of comic opera, ant
she said 1t was just grand."-Indian
Gpolis Journal.
The Count-"My dear Mees Goldollar
l want you to marry me-" Heiress-
"oh, Count! 1 am speeches. with sur
prise" The Count-"Zat Is all right
your money talk."-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
With tears in his deep brown eyes b,
pleaded earnestly for little more time
But the f1inty-hearted landlord re
NAMED unmoved. Consequently, tn,
tenant didn't remain In that condition
Cincinnati Enquirer.
DR.. Blunt-"We must wake her, be
cause l want to ask her IL she ha.
obeyed my orders" The Patients Hus
-"Er-ah-doctor 1t might be a.
well to-ah-put that question In q
somewhat different form."-Puck.