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 the real valuation o.
the street ra lran3R Of St Louis
ahout s3S Oo0.0 he assessed valua-
ton, ON which the roads pay taxes, Is
but s4,2O0,009. That is, while the
average assessment on private prop
erty is about SO per cent. that of the
railroads is only about II per cent
He concludes from q comparison OF
earnings with actual value mot water
ed-stock valuations that street railway
companies can pay good dividends ana
only charge 3-cent fare, whereas ne
present rate is cents or IN some cases
4.
And now the curfew is being advo-
Gated in an Eastern State. Chaplain
Maddox of the New Jersey state prison
wants a curfew bell rung every evening
at nine o'clock, to warn of 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 ali crimin-
ais begin their evil life on the streets.
/ Commenting on this The Golden Rule,
the champion Of the Christian En-
| deayorers, says: But what Of me
homes to which the curfew bell W.
send MANY of these children? WHAT
OF the parents who permit their chill
i dren thus to spend evenings that
should be sacred to the home circle'
What OF the home circles that are cold
and bare and cherries, with never =
game. with no intellectual stimulus,
no sparkle of wit, no warmth OF love q
All. possibly the trouble. after all goes
, deeper than the curfew bell can
ii 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
o contentious is that the size OF 2 DOC
!. tors fee should rise in proportion 20
! the patients ability to pay, and an
Z other is that the patients death OF re-
! coyery after an operation does not de-.
. termine whether the operation was
\ success or a failure. In this insta
i DIR. Andrew c. Smith sued the esydfe
OF Mrs. Catherine B. verdier for ST.
600. He admitted that the work ne
did took but few moments; tnat ne
!, would have done it for much less for
=. poorer patient, aud that Mrs. Verdier
y died of septic fever few days later.
~ The LAWYER for the defense made the
obvious comments on thus stare "
affairs, but the jury took only nve mn
u utes to decide in favor Of DR. Smiths
~ claim and gave him the full amount
- he demanded.
ng Cattle men in the United States may
on be interested in knowing that the Inn
Ter ports of foreign beef cattle into Switz'
sw erland have for the past seven years
averaged $4,000 head, valued at So
he O1S. 600 per annum. OF the above, Aus
ed tria furnished the largest number, and
six during the years 1SS9-00 her shipments
will to Switzerland were valued at $3.50,
ICE 600 each year. Italy's share for tn
in same period was valued at only $712,
ike 600, but since then she has increase.
nth her shipments to such an extent tina
100 her exports for the past few year
Of foot up in the average $3,S60,0O0 ar
the nually. France supplies. Switzerlan
.ar. with considerable beef cattle, and
in 1892 her exports to Switzerland e.
in ceeded Austria's figures by $l93,OU
en- but since then she has again fallen b.
his hind, so that. to-day, Italy ana Austri
are the main sources Of beef supple
81 after which comes France and &c
-. many. The United States cut no a
Wv ure so far in the Swiss cattle import
our Marks left in pumpkin PIE by
lole Pittsburg burglars teeth have just L
pro- to the mans arrest, and are almo
APP certain to land him in prison for co
and siderable period. Though bearing Il
be- honored name OF Washington pr
atoe ceded, however, by Frank, hot Ge0ri
are Ian evil impulse led this unfortuna
,nti- person to enter the house Of a poll
Mills surgeon, DR.. r. L. Taylor. He roam
Hers about the place by the light Of an Z
10y casional match. packed q lot Of silvt
rain ware into a neat bundle, and "
ERA about to depart in safety when he d
covered the fateful pie. The burgl
the knew it was time to go, but ne COT
hing not resist the temptation to take IS
pfer. gle big bite. Perhaps he would ha
10. \ taken several had not DR.. Tayl
rule awakened just then and rushed to I
nres. defense Of his property. The unwort
'hese namesake of our eountry's father
va > in haste. leaving behind the silv
.cted which was annoying, and fine clt
dav impression Of his excellent teeth In
! .des Arm brown paste of which Pittsbl
and, pies are made. This impression
. ex- doctor duplicated in plaster Of pa
,roke and, as Washington had been s,
ed 4 near the house that night, he was
s his rested, examined and held for tr
llpits siiupiy because une cast pore 81
, him but convincing testimony against b
the The Earth's Momentum