The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-15
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Europe to-day contains $50 miles OF
electric railway, with $4,000 horse
power ands1,7 TAI cars. In the United
States there are, according to the latest
figures. 1888 miles Of road tmore tnah
twenty -one rimes that Of Europe), W IN
a total of 34,971 cars.
A st. Cloud Hotel beIboy in Boston !
tried to. burn tine hotel the other day
and nearly ucceeded-'because he was
tired of his job" The Boston Journal
says that that boy evidently has a fu-
ture before him." If he keeps ON set
ting fires it viii probably be just that
kind Of future, too.
4 distinguished astronomer OF the
City of Mexico has found indications
that the planet Mars is Inhabited by
persons Of high degree of intelligence,
and that they are excited over some
thing or other Perhaps they have had
an election, and are rejoicing over the
downfall of their opponents.
The horse.ess carriage has thus far
stuck to city streets and country high
ways and has kept off the railways.
But the managers of we'll known
steam railway in France are having
three of it's freight wagons equipped
with means Of se,f-propulsion. A dr.
ferent type Of motor will be tried on
each one.
Aunt Sally Carroll, who died the
other day at Macon, Ga, in her ninety
sixth year. was railroad switch-ten-
der for many years During the wa'
and until few years ago she did TIE
work alone, and though there were loo
trains to pass each day, she never had
a switch misplaced. She is said 10
have been the only woman in the
United States TO hold such position.
One Of the latest uses OF the Roentscn
ray in surgery is almost selsauonai.
1t is nothing Jess than the perform
ance of an operation with no Other
light than that proceeding from The
mysterious ray. A child had swallow
l. ed a coin. The microscope made he
coin visible and enabled the physicians
to grasp and withdraw it from the
esophagus with instruments. Every
movement of the Instruments within
the throat Of the patient was clearly
visible to the observer.
'"rhe Wayside Inn" at Sudbury
Mass. made famous by Longfellow
has passed into the hands of Samre
III. Howe, Of Boston, a gentleman d
| leisure and means and antiquarian
: tastes, descendant Of the origiaa
owners OF the tavern. He VIII CONVEX
, the building into a permanent memo
: rial Of the poet. 1t is already a shriu'
to which hundreds OF literary pilgrim
| resort, year by year, in constantly in
screasing numbers. 1t Will DE Mice
; with articles Of historic interest. ana re
stored, as nearly as possible, to tu
condition it was in when the poe
wrote his verses.
: At recent meeting of a medical SO
r ciety in Germany physician reporte'
a curious experiment made by hi
n with the rays. He had heard OF an
!, other man who had become bald-in cor
8 sequence Of exposing his head to thei
Il influence. Not long afterward the do'
o tor had a patient, child, who wa
l. bothered by an excessive growth
hair on its back. Thereupon he Ell
a ployed the X rays for depiiatory pu
IS poses and secured gratifying result
s Photographs were exhibited to the s.
70 ciety showing the condition of the p'
tient "before and after taking" tn
J. novel treatment. The physician
10 name was Freund.
A man can have revelations frol
y God IL he wishes, and not thereby civ
y any one q right to cali him crazy, Il
d Supreme Court of Iowa rules. The d
le cision was rendered in an action
70 recover for libel. Plaintiff had ms!
IL tuted proceedings to compel creamel
70 to cease operations on Sunday, a
~ nouncing that he took this action
obedience to a revelation from Go
~ One of the proprietors of the creamer
10 therefore, circulated report that t,
y plaintiff was insane. The sanity OF II
~ man favored with revelations was e
= tabMshed to the satisfaction of il
i. court by medical testimony, and the i
furious report was adjudged to be IN
"a licious as we'll as unfounded and u
ar privileged.
Under new order established by e
Id Province of Quebec the entire unocc
ul pied territory Of The province suitah
for fishing or hunting VIII be divid
n into tracts Of territory varying from 2
OF to 400 square miles each, and these
le. diyidual tracts will be leased
vt, sportsmen at certain fixed annual rel
ais. The leases viii carry with the
the exclusive right to hunting and fis
he ing and to trapping the fur-beari
On animals. One who leases a tract
ss- land for hunting purposes will cont
1t absolutely, having the right to fen
,el 1t, to employ wardens for keeping otl
people off, and in every way to ma
er, tain his exclusive privilege upon
re- The nonresident license being alb
ished, the lessee Of tract will Ia
to the right of inviting all his friends
share in his privilege without cost
him or TO themselves. The terrific
90 comprises all of Labrador, part
'iu Gaspe, and part of Ottawa Super,
,x..l,..;xu, 49, cr,k-s o.,,;dn raoa,