The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

cities Of this and Other countries. he
finds that while th9fsel valuation Of
the street IA. lroads 0f St Louis Is
about $3S,0o0,0 900 the 4 esed valua-
ton, on which the pay taxes, is
but s4,s0o,000. II & while the
average assessment private prop
erty is about so pei 1. that Of the
railroads is only ato1 11sper cent.
He concludes fromSf omparison OF
earnings with acty alue mot water
ed-stock valuations RI eGfeet railway
companies can pay l. 81 idends and
only charge a Scent q ghereas The
present rate is 5 cents some cases
4.
And now the curfew 6eipg advo-
Gated in an Eastern stu Chaplain
Maddox Of the New JERSEY state prison
wants curfew bell rung every evening
at nine o'clock, to warn or the street
boys and girls under the age Of six
teen, unless their parents are with
them He says that his experience
shows him that practically all erimin-
ais begin their evil life on the streets.
Commenting on this The Golden Rule,
the champion Of che Christian En-
deavorers, says: but what Of tho
homes to which the curfew bell would
send many Of these children2 What
of the parents who permit their chill
dren thus to spend evenings that
should be sacred to the home circley
What of the home circles that are cold
and bare and cherries, with nevQk ,
game with no intellectual stimulus,
no sparkle of wit, no warmth Of love?
All, possibly the trouble. after Al. goes
deeper than the curfew bell can
sound"
A case just decided at Portland, Ore.,
tends to support several contentious,
always made by doctors, but to which
the average lay mind often has some
difficulty in acquiescing. One Of these
contentious is that the size OF a doc
tors fee should rise in proportion to
the patients ability to pay, and an
other is that the patients death or re-
covery after an operation does not Ne-
ternine whether the operation was q
success or failure. In this instance.
d.. Andrew c. Smith sued the estate
Of Mrs. Catherine sB. verdier Tor ST.
600. He admitted that the work hc
did took but few moments; that he
would have done it for much less for =
poorer patient. and tiat Mrs. verdier
died of septic fever few days later.
The lawyer for the defense made the
obvious comments on this. state OF
affairs. but the jury took only five min-
utes to decide in favor Of DR.. Smiths
claim and gave him the full amount
he demanded.
Cattle men in the United States may
be Interested in knowing that the Inn
ports Of foreign beef cattle into Switz-
erland have for the past seven years
averaged $4,000 head, valued at So
O1S,O00 per annum. OF the above, Aus
tria furnished the largest number, and
during the years 1SS9-90 her shipments
to Switzerland were valued at $685.
900 each year. Italy's share for the
same period was valued at only $772.-
600, but since then she has Increased
her shipments to such an extent thag
her exports for the past few years
foot up in the average 1880. 600 an
nualiy. France supplies Switzerland
with considerable beef cattle, and IA
1892 her exports to Switzerland ex-
ceeded Aistria's figures by $i93 600.
but since then she has again fallen be-
hind, SO that, to-day, Italy and Austria
are the main sources Of beef supplies.
after which comes France and Ger
many. The United States cut no flg-
ure so far In the Swiss cattle imports.
Marks left in a pumpkin pie BY a
Pittsburg burglars teeth have Just led
to the mans arrest, and are almost
certain to land him in prison for con-
siderable period. Though bearing the
honored name Of Washinetonp pre-
ceded, however, by Frank, not George
Ian evil impulse led this unfortunate
person to enter the house OF q police
surgeon, DR.. r. L. Taylor. He roamed
about the place by the light Of an oc-
casicnal match, packed q lot Of silver
ware into a neat bundle, and was
about to depart in safety when he dis
covered the Hateful pie. The burglar
knew 1t was time to go, but he could
not resist the temptation to take a sim
| gle big bite. Perhaps he would have
taken several had not DIR. Taylor
awakened just then and rushed to the
defense Of his property. The unworthy
namesake Of our country's father fed
in haste. leaving behind the silver.
which was annoying, and q fine clear
impression of his excellent teeth In the
firm brown paste Of which Pittsburq
pies are made. This impression the
doctor duplicated in plaster Of paris.
and. as Washington had been seen
near the house that night, he was ar
rested, examined, and held for trial.
simply because the cast bore silent
but convincing testimony against him.