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THE HOLLAND SALE.
Not Many or tho Dutch Pictures Fetched Coed
Prtoes-somo bargains.

Prtoes-Somo BarGains.
In Chiokering Hall last night Auotionser
Thomas T. Kirby Of the American Art Associa-
tion began the sale Of tho collection Of tho Hol-
land Art Galleries, which consisted Of 30l pio-
lures, oil. wator-color and pastel. and was
characterized by tho large number Of
modern Dutch artists that were repro
sentod in It. II also included . few
specimens Of tho old Dutch school and large
number Of works by modern italian artists.
Tho Dutch pictures included some Of tho best
specimens in this country, and were collected By
A. Preycr, who in measure has beon responsible
for tho introduction Of modern Dutch art in this
country.
Nincty-seven pictures wero sold last night, the
aggregate OF sales amounting to e10,b07.50.
The prices were, as rule, only fair. and In some
casos very good bargains wero secured. A largo
number Of water-colors brought down tho aver
age OF prices.
The best prices wero brought By J. M. Ten
Kate's " Harvesting" $500, bought BY d. Horne
Of Pittsburgh; J. d. Goube's Hunting with Fal-
cons. S400. bought by Across w Roelofs's "Re-
turning from the Pasture" e82o, bought By b. @.
Chandler; Josef Israols's waiting the Return
Van nS Ser f's ssnds BoSay.ens% Ssea ~ 4isn q z.aa
WIZ. oGSsa $3.50 S MSi:h 'aa %ens 70 par
chaser. whose nsmo was not made known. Most
OF the buyers were agents and dealers.
This is the list OF pictures sold and tho prices
The sun., 1897-02-25

"a 81. Louis, from New York for Southampton.
pAssed Hurst Castis.
Sc Hsvoi. from New York for Bremen. passed South.
ampton.
81 Colorado. from New York for Hull passed Port
land Bill
ss L.cfawa anna, from New York for Liverpool. OF
Brow Head.
IS Manitoba, from New York for London. passed the
Isle OF Wight
ss sohiedAm from New York for Amsterd am. passed
tho Lizard.
S. Vega from New York for Lhbon and oporto.
passed Penicho
The sun., 1897-02-25
No public Market for south nrooI,,n.

The bill which the South Brooklyn Board OF
Trade has sent to Albany, providing for the es-
tabishmont of big public market in the Eighth
ward, will not receive the approval OF Mayor
Wurster. The enterprise, 1t Is estimated, would
cost ", 0O00 900, and the Mayor says that Brook
lyns financial condition would preclude such an
expenditure ut the present time.
The sun., 1897-02-25
MARIYE INTELLIGEyoE.

MINIATURE AInASAo-rHn DAT.
Sun risss... go sun sets-...o ~ Moon rtses- %
HIGH wArIR-rHu DAT.
Sandy Hook. I 90 Gov IsiAnd. as Hell osts. 81
The sun., 1897-02-25
WILLIAMs COLLEGE MUST PAY
Taxes Legally Assessed on Certaln Lands ana
on seyen Houses.

BOSTON, Feb. 2l.--Tho full bench of the SUI
preme Court to-day sustained the respondents
exceptions in the case OF President and Trustees
OF Williams College against tho assessors OF tho
town OF Willlamstown. II means that the col
lege must pay taxes on certain land and seven
dwelling houses, which used by Its librarian.
bead carpenter, superintendent OF college build
tngs, director Of gymnasium. and professors.
The sun., 1897-02-25
iloston Orchestra Concert.

IN, ,h" "I nrtForol'tan Opera House this even
Terssa ro'loh " symphony Orchestra and Nine
srammo, ."lleho VIII play the following pro-
Gde tn b tor pianoforte in A minor, GrieT; pre-
9msvai Ihuagarian RhaPs9dy,, "Pesther
Aos.ili. ~'' o'eFture' william Toll,
The sun., 1897-02-25
Arrtxea-MEpHrspAr. Fob. a.

Sc Ems, Nierioh. Gibraltar Feb 10.
Sc Taurto, Smith, Liverpool Fob II,
~ spAArndAm. Van der See, Rottsrdam Feb. IL.
Sc PatrtA. Dulso, Naples Feb. 4.
Be- Cherokee. Johnson. San Domingo.
o. AcoomAn, O'sulliv an. Bermuda
AZ Ciudsd Condal. Cursll. Havana
5s SeguranoA. Hansen, Havana
ss Cottage City, Bennett Portland
ship Hainaut, jacobs, Antwsrp.
Bark Bath asar, Nisbusr. Rio drande DO sui
Bark Douglas. Crosby Barbados.
Bark fAri Derby Hardis. Rio Jansiro,
Bark Edmund Phinnsy. Young, Trinidad
BARK Lady Penrhyn. Jonsa. Blumors-
lPor later arrivals 500 First PAsal
The sun., 1897-02-25

~-. .-..
ono'ss"Ash.-At hosei hSesua reW Iork aW
On 'uesoy, reo. TO- ies' Ausus'u. "'orur
snsn.' son OF 'ne law james oi",ssnsnL
'un1A .he ooles'e.e onuron. we" mo ~. sne
oo,o,, N In,.,m.n, a, yood,svn
0~s'-A' Nose"ooo NJ '- 'eo' - Lost no'u'
son Oh o. W. anu w. A. orhs' ssou 10 mon'ns
Nnu uys.
'uneiA oh 'NoS' ROD Ho' io'" !" ooio'A -
late James b. and Elssnore A. Ycssta
Relatives and friends invited 70 attend ths
The sun., 1897-02-25
Dew CIVILIZATIONS.
Scribner'S
For March
Is Out To-Day.
o

(This is the third number of
the New Decade.)
There Is something about Scrtbnsr's
which ono does not hnd In tho other raga-
zines OF the day. 1t seems to have Q
progressive spirit back Of it"-Ctnctnndtt
Commercial Tribune.
The sun., 1897-02-25

Sc Aller from southampton for New York.
es werkendAm. from Rotterdam for Now York.
Ss Hekla. from stottin for New York.
SIS Persia, from Hamburg for Now FORK.
The sun., 1897-02-25

1.-THE ART OF TRAVEL"
is begun by Lewis Morris Id.
dings. How to travel wisely
"ON LAND" is discussed in this
number and depicted by five
artists that have been great
travellers.
The sun., 1897-02-25
8nsinfss NGffrss.
DIHI1.

Lassis Csr.pssy's Extrsct % Beea
Recommended - nishtoap- In place Of alcohol
The sun., 1897-02-25

Sc Columbia. from New York, at Genoa
So Give, from New York, a. oenoA
Ss DufYon. from New York, At Rio JanofroL
sa weimar. from New York. at Bremen
Bs st. Enoch. from New York. At ROTTERDAM
The sun., 1897-02-25
killed by n Tree HI. Father Chopped Down.

PATERSON, n. j., Feb. 24.-Rowland Lane OF
Main avenue. passaic, was busy cutting down
trees yesterday, and his l2'year-old son William
carried his dinner TO him. Tho hoy sat down n
work, and when the tree fell ho was caught by
II and badly crushed.
The father had TO out the tree in half before
morning.
The sun., 1897-02-25
sr1xPs WERE GIVEN TO CoLMAS.
They Were Prosrs, and IL Il Customary ts
Give Them Away.

Hamilton u. Colman, clerk IN the Land Offioo
at Washington. d. c., who was arrested on Feb
3 on charge of Illegally having periodical
postage stamps In his possession. was before
Commissioner Shields again yesterday for ex-
animation. Abram J. Rose and Congressman
Boatner OF Louisiana appeared for Mr.. Coman
Several witnesses were called by them to prove
that the stamps found on Colman when he was
ali declined 70 toii ot pH any PERSONAL fsmiiisrity
with periodical stamps on tho ground that Il
H. s. Haii, who since 1868 has been clerk In
the office OF the Third Assistant Postmaster
General at Washington. testified that both
given away by Third Assistant Postmaster
Generals; Witness had seen almost every day
issue OF 1873, to which tho stamps found upon
Coleman belonged ho could not say whothor
the Colmah stamps were proofs D, or n2t. The last
being given away was under tho last admins
tratlon Of Gen, Grant, Proof stamps wero given
General. These proofs had been given TO NOM
bers or the government, Senators and other
people," Mr.. Wanamaker and Mr.. Blssen had
Capt. Thomas w. Munce, chief OF the stamp
division In the office Of tho Third Assistant Post
man number Of proof stamps, similar to those
IN question, The Third Assistant Postmaster
General had told the witness he did not want TO
be bothered with applications for the proofs, and
he pleased with them. ,Wltness's wife bad given
a number OF sheets OF tho proofs TO Colman. In
all Colman had received twenty-five sets Of tho
stamps. Witness gave the proof stamps TO his
wife In October lust. Colinan received them
from her In december. Witness said that TWEEN
ty-hve sets OF perforated and unused stamps no
gave to threo OF his subordlnates to burn. Mrs
Munco sent a number OF tho proof stamps to tho
daughter OF the Third Assistant Postmaster
General, Korr Craig.
Hamilton +. Colman, tho defendant, swore
that he received the stamps found In his posses-
sion from Mrs. Munce. They were then unper-
torated. He received them in december at her
house. He turned them over to A. @. Townsend,
his partner In tho stamp business.
The sun., 1897-02-25

y i;o% 4.
Central Depot onnos 10 East tad st.
The sun., 1897-02-25

In 1.-THE CONDUCT OF
GREAT BUSINESSES series
"THE BUSINESS OF A Factory"
by Philip G. Hubert. Jr..
shows-not the workings Of
the machinery. but the work.
ing Of the brains back of it.
The illustrations (there are %
of them. by E. L. Blumen.
schein). like those of the first
two articles, are drawn from
actual scenes.
mo moro entertaining nor instructive
series could have been devised. nor one
moro in consonanco with tho spirit of the
times or tho tendency Of progressive
thought. ."-LotDeu Citizen
The sun., 1897-02-25

G. D. GIBSON made study
of "LoNDoN AUDIENCES" for
the second of the London Az
Seen by G. D. Gibson" " series.
1.-THE BANDERIUM OF
HUNGARY" was the 1.000th
anniversary of that monarchy,
and took place last summer.
But few know that. although
Richard Harding Davis. in be-
ginning his illustrated descrip-
tion of it, pronounces it lone
Of tho historical spectacles of
the century," and really Of
greater significance than the
coronation at Moscow.
o
w. D. HOWELLS' NEW
NOVEL. "THE STORY OF A
Play" begins now.
o
RICHARD HARDING
DAVIS serial. "SoLDIERs or
FORTUNE" continues and "LIV.
ER'S RESPONSIBILITY is a
short story by WoLooTT LIE
CLEAR BEARD.
The illustration of an article
on ]. McNeill Whistler as
1.-THE MASTER OF THE
LITHOGRAPH" shows to what
point the art of reproducing
delicate effects has been car.
ried.
% cents a Nambsr; $500 Year.
The sun., 1897-02-25

papers was to do themselves harm, and we con.
SSiIdod to remove, as lar as & we might cause OF
Mr.. johnson, Chairman OF the Reading Room
C9m%it,oe heard n what Mf. Hii sSd and when
Viii Hi h has s"s stated Tho case exactly as h
The committee was unanimous In making tho
recommendation, the board was unanimous in
ths thpi com%ittss teen nor the board q Trustees have
MIR, DWyee said, at = time that the World
Ing Ing room Of the library in the faturo. There is
about S % tRo i action ' Of tis board Of Trustees.
Sshs ' % know %Sst ss @ are Es DC
ing, Tho trustees are appointed to discharge a
public trust. We believe that our action In re.
OF our duty. The reason that the papers were
excluded from the reading room Ii because Of
their morbid sensationslism."
good reasons did not desire to be quoted, said:
FREQ Public Library never viii and mover can
SSscSea to Ss
and tho Journal out of the library and 70
burn the copies already on hand The only
do was to bury the ashes, SO that even those
tRoss papers is no more ht TO be- in a
OF French fction. Tho dirty French novel is
usually well written. The articles In those pa
pors are not even correctly written,
Just think of children reading those sheets!
A child's eye is caught by pictures sooner than
by reading matter. What notions must a child
get from seeing illustrations OF the most success
aud most Satisfactory way to XIII a hu:
man being. What notions must our
young men and women get OF the sacrodness of
are told IN detail, even TO descriptions Of the bad
linen on the couch Of lust and pictures Of the In
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-29
SCHOOL RERORT.

The following is the report, OF the
Providence Graded School for the
month ending May IA. 1897;
Primary Observation-Disclosures on
roll, %; average daily attendance. q;
number neither absent nor tardy, y:
Rosie Fousse, Jennie Gilmour, Malaee
Harden, Josie Seaders. Willie Hanlley,
James Heealey. James Wilson, Wlilie
Wilson, and Theodore Wilmington.
Miss May Beard, Teacher.
Second intermediate Department
Number on roll, 30; average daily at
tendance, 20. neither absent nor tardy.
Ia. Annie Bell Beard. Pearl Fisher,
Nettie Fousse, Irene Millikin. Gertrude
0 Sullivan. Leila Taylor, Essie Whit
tington, Julia Murphy, Henry Gooc'
rich. JEFF Fatherree, Joe Montgomery,
Thomas Wilson. Wiley Wood and
Louie Levy.
Miss Bessie Bell, Teacher.
First intermediate Department
Number on roll. ri; average daily at
tendance, 20; number neither absen
nor -tardy, II: Adeline Williams
Julia Williams, Marguerite Montgom
cry, Narclss Kennedy. Carrie Fousse
Nina franklin, Mary Blount, Ton
Montgomery. Sam O'Sullivan. Clur
Hamilton, Eddie .Hamley. and Carol
Beard.
Miss Maud Taylor. Teacher.
High School OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
on roll, 18, average daily attendance
, Is; neither absent nor tardy, 10: Bio:
, Ashbridge, Icey Beard, Percy Brown
Jesse Gardham. Martian Hamley, DE-
Mckee, Willie Moore. Alice Fouss
| Katie Kennedy and Isabel Montgon
: cry. Total number neither absent nj
e tardy, As.
h B. F. Dudley, Principal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-29
Information for the
Public.

The following is the schedule OF the
Y.& nj. v. R. r., taking effect from
Sept. 13.
New Orleans Division-Train 8 will
leave vicksburg at $40 armand arrive
at New Orleans 1885 a. m.
Train 81 will leave ,Vicksburg 300
a. m. and arrive New Orleans $50 p.
m.
Train 6 viii leave New Orleans 4:20
d. nj. and arrive Vicksburg II. so p. m.
Train No. % will leave New Or
leans at sos. a. nj. and arrive at Vicks-
burg at 5.55 p. m.
Memphis Dvision-Train No. B vii
leave Memphis at 1852. M. and arrive
at Vicksburg at 500 a. m.
No. 20 will leave Memphis at S:45 a.
M. and arrive at Vicksburg at 6:45 p.
IN.
Train No. leaves Vicksburg at
| -. OF a. m. and arrives at Memphis at
i 7.10 p. m.
/, Tran No. "a will leave VicksburS
ut rs a. m. and arrive at Memphis at
| $50 a. m.
All trains run daily.
! For information as to rates &c,
W. d. BRENT, C. T. A.
Vicksburg, Miss.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-29
The Tensas Gazette Suggests a Levee
Convention at Vlcksburg.


The Tensas Gazette in the course
of vigorous article makes the fol
lowing suggestions:
ssThis overflow, however, has not
shaken the faith of the people and
their leaders in the levee system.
They know. that dirt when piled
high enough on scientific principles
can hold back the Mississippi foods.
They also reflect that they have not
had such water since 1882 upon
their lands, ard according to the law
of averages we should not have
another for a number of years.
..What we have to do is to pull
together and repair the broken levees
and enlarge and strengthen them all
along the line. Our leyee boards
are composed Of the best citizens;
men of large and valuable expert
ence as to the business With which
they are charged. They are to g
man loyal to the idea that the leves
system is the only means through
which this Mississippi Valley can o'
protected from ruin.
"Consldering that prompt actor
must be had in the near future b.
our authorities for the purpose o
determining what shall be done, W
suggest that there will be held a
Vicksburg as soon as the water ma
passed away convention compose
of the members of the various leve
, boards of Arkansas, Mississippi an
Louisiana, the object of the CONVEX
ton to be thorough canvasslng G
{ the situation within their respectiv
Jurisdictions as to the ability OF tn
property holders to raise by taxatlo
the money necessary to put an el
e tire levee system into condition
!, withstand any flood, basing 1t Q
/; the records of 1897.
i If they find they cannot DO
from the resources at their cor
lmand, supplemented by what tt
Government so contribute throue
:, the Mississippi River Commissio
: the policy Of wisdom will be to tai
u the proper steps to bring the matt
5. before Congress in December on t
y lines suggested by Gen. /.
E. Catchings, of Mississippi, when
annonnced that at the Oecemb
Session he would bring forward
ID bill authorizing the government
IN take charge of the levees and perft
= a system which would absolute
protect the Mississippi Vail
g. against overflows.
ne ."If our own people, whose hon
or would be protected would show
willingness to help themselves to
fullest extent of their abill
ch Congress would be more apt to ia
nj the matter in hand"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-29

The levee advocates are much
elated over the fact that with a
stretch of nearly 1900 miles OF levee,
with the highest water ever known by
three feet, that there is not much
over a mile of crevasses from Arkan-
sas City to New Orleans. Too much
praise cannot be given the United
States officers for the judicious man
ner in which they worked with the
Louisiana levee officials.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-29

Mckinley, the "advance agent
ef Prosperity" has failed with his
prosperity boom, and the country is
in. worse condition than ever.
The New York world ssys that the
prosperity has not cohie. The
revival that might have been wrought
has not been wrought. A new para
lysis has been inflicted upon industry
and new barriers have been erected
in the path OF commerce. The fault
lies solely with Republican misman-
agement, with the willful perversior
OF power from the purposes fol
which it was conferred to purposes
of partisanship.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-29
The Kingfsher Story Receiving
r More Confirmation.

A good many of our readers, we
suppose, are familiar with the Lake
Providence kingfisher story" which In
the last three weeks has been going
the round of the press. and which has
found many doubling Thomases. In
few words the facts are these: Mr..
r. II. Hamlin Of Bunch's Bend, in
making his round as inspector, found
one day on the land side. two feet be-
low the water level, hole in the levee
six feet deep and three inches in diam
eter, at the junction of the Wilson Point
and 'Opossum Point levees. He thought
at first some one lad been trying to
cut the levee. and he put Waterman
near the place. For two days this man
saw no one but bird going near the
hole. Mr.. Hamlin then set steel trap
in the Lole and caught in it king
fisher. Mr.. Ransdell, on Mr.. Ham,
Inns invitation. went there to invcsti'
gate, and found things as told by Mr..
Hamlin. The Picayune and Times
Democrat got hold of it, and since that
time at least half dozen letters have
come here asking about the matter.
l Mr.. G.. Landaur. the special high
water reporter of the Picayline, tele-
graphed this week to his paper con-
corning the matter:
I'm speaking of the story relative to
the kingfshcr. Major Thompson, who,
after satisfying himself of the truth
, fulness of the bird at Lake Providence
made inquiries relative to the habits o.
the bird and received full confirmation
, of the affair. He had frequently seer
, this bird. which is quite pretty both IL
shape and plumage. 1t is by nj
means scarce, but its habits were no
generally known, even to the frequent
b ers of the woods and swamps, and i
, was standing word among the hunt
: ers that large reward would be pai'
: for kingfsher's nest. It appear
e that the nests are made in deep holes
from to Is feet in. depth, which ar
excavated by the bird with grea
rapidity. These holes are sometime
8 straight, but frequently have bend i
u them near the end, where the excava
9 ton is widened into miniature room
" or cave where the bird deposits it egg:
. 1t was probably from the fact that
q hole would be difficult thing to pre-
l. duce that the large reward has bee
, offered for the kingfsher's nest. Th
l. eggs are laid on the bare sand and al
'p of a clear crystal whiteness. TIL
re bird is very tenacious of the locatio
!. of its nest and will return sewers
&c times after it has been robbed of j
~ eggs. This habit accounts for the IA
or that the levee guard who trapped tt
bird near Lake Providence was el
abled to do soseven after he had close
the orIfice made by the bird. III
scientific name of the bird is Alcedir
Mt dea, and the species found in this pc
:. ton of the country is thorough
ne aquatic and are fish eaters"
IS Mr.. Hamlin has since then pa
n. special attention to kingEsher hole
,,o and he has found several in the leve
and caught another bird that hsd ma
ne hole s feet deep
bit We think that every kingfish
should be killed and reward offer
for the destruction Of this bird.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-29

The Senate has passed the Nor
gan resolution granting beligerent
rights to the Cuban patriots. by an
overwhelming majority, and the
measure is now in the hands OF the
House, or Speaker Reed, who will
do everything in his power to kill the
resolution. The Gar is powerful
and the country waits.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-29
NOTICE.

At meeting of the Lake Providence
Lumber Co.. held Feb. 18th inst. the Board
of Directors agreed on the following prices
for lumber, to-wit:
Cypress cabin lumber. Sl2 per m.
Cypress bevelled siding, rough. $40 per m.
Cypress dressed siding, S13 per m.
Cypress T. 4 G. flooring and ceiling, best
grade, SIT per IN.
Cypress T. & G. flooring and ceiling, IND
grade. S13 per m.
G am cabin lumber. So per M.
Shingles, all heart, $3.50 per M.
Shingles, End grade, 50 per m.
These prices are for lumber at the
mill; when delivered, the hauling will have
| to be added.
Ell. HAMLEY, Manager.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-29

Weregret to see that the Orleans
Levee Board has postponed action in
regard to giving railroads the right
to build. their tracks on the levees
around the city. 1t would be big
burden off the tax payers, when it is
taken into consideration that the rail,
roads using the leyees would keeT
them up at their own expense. Give
them this privilege, which is little
enough, for the amount Of none,
spent by them in keeping the watc
cut Of New Orleans during the pres
emit extreme high water.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-29

The Republican State League OF
Louisiana met In New. Orleans on
Saturday. The following delegates
will attend the national Republican
league convention, to be held in De-
troit July Is, and IA and 10: Elk
Gov. VIM. P. Kellogg, P. F. Her
wig, A. H. Leonard, j. b. Donnally
L. j. Loybert, o. C. Blandin, l.. j
Sour, d. A. Lines and o. V. Wag
uer.