The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-10-01

department tQaL the maine snail Qeyel
be forgotten.
Whenever the United States asks fol
$500. 100000 at per cent. interest WI
may be sure that eight or ten times thu
amount will be offered by our own PEG
pie. Spain is hawking her per cent
bonds throughout Europe and is GLAD
to get 80 cents on the dollar for then
at home or abroad.
Cuba Is known in history under sey.
eral names. The first was Antilla;
then Juana, after a Spanish prince;
Fernandina came third, followed by
Santiago and the Isle Of Ave Maria
The original Indian name, Cubanacan
signifying where gold q found" was
finally adopted, and usage shortened II
to the first two syllabies
H. w. Collingwood has taken a CEN
sus Of the hens of the United States
He figures out the chickens of the
country at 375,000,000, and their pro-
duct in 1897 at IA, 400. OOO.0 900 eggs, OF
a value of $165, 1000. 900. while poultry
sales realized $125, 100000 more, max
ing total value Of the hen crop $780,
100000, or more than those. of either
the wheat or cotton yields.
The managers of the telephone COM
pany operating the system at Ver-
sailles, France, hold that the express
sion "Hellot" used in response to a call
is impoiite. The operators have been
instructed to ask the subscriber who
rings up the central office: What do
you want?" It is customary among
Americans to say eyes," 1t carries
well and 1t is much more elegant than
Hello"
There are numerous touches of orig
inality surrounding the plans of .the
Trans-MississiPpi Exposition at Omaha
but none more uniquely clever and
characteristic than the composite pic
ture of the womanly beauty of the
West, which is to be reproduced on the
official medal. Forty-four of the hand
soonest women of the Western States,
Illustrating the strongest types Of West
ern womanhood, were selected by COM
petent judges, and the result shows a
strong, handsome face.
The increase Of German trade with
Belgium at the expense of France and
Great Britain is yearly becoming more
noteworthy. In 1897 Belgium exported
to France goods to the value of ST.
100000, while her exports to England
amounted to $66, 500, 900, and to Ge;-
many no less than $77,5OO,OOO. In the
same year Belgium imported from
France goods to the value of $74. 0O0,-
900, from England to the value of $4S,-
250, 900, and from Germany to the value
of S50.O0O.OOO.
Tho Russian government has assign
ed $10,0OO,OOO for the purchase of To-
comotives for the Russian State rail-
ways during the current year. A large
number of these will have to be or
dered abroad, as the Russian works,
which are already full up with orders,
cannot turn out more than 1000 per
annum at the most. In addition 400
have been ordered for the
Siberian Railway, and 100 more will
be ordered this year, while $750,0OO is
to be spent upon rolling stock on this
line.
Kaiser Wilhelm's latest discovery of
q weapon for the preservation and ex-
tension Of his empire is represented
in the theatre. The playhouse, he de-
c1ares, if properly directed along the
lines of his creed as to "the divine
right of kings" could be made IAN i'm
mense power in my hands," The Kali
ser has manifestly not yet reached the
same conclusion regarding the church,
since 1t is less than a fortnight since
be arbitrarily limited sermons by gil
court chaplains to fifteen minutes. The
plays the thing wherein to catch the
conscience OF the king.
During the decade from 1880 to 1890
speeds of Is to 16 knots were generally
accepted as standard speeds for battle
ships the world over, comments the
Engineering News. At the present
Time speeds of II to 10 knots are
equally accepted as the standard for
by the principal naval pow
BIS. Not one OF these powers would
.hink at the present time Of building
irst-ciass battleships for any lower
'peed. To do so would not only result
n a vessel of obsolete type, but would
seriously injure the naval prestige of
my power.
France, in the persons of the Worlds
Fair authorities, has paid American
scientists marked compliment in ask
ng them for proposals to light the ex-
We do not regard this as a |
feature Of general appeal for bids, |
'ut as a tribute to the superior excel |
ence of American devices for electric
This country has always
been ahead of all others in electrical !
work. 1t was an American, Franklin,
Who first brought lightning to harness; (,
mother American, Morse, who invent
ed the telegraph, and another who
made the telephone what 1t is. So far
Is electric lighting goes Europe yields |
o our facility in providing the ways |
and means. We do what is needed |
most cheaply, most thoroughly and
With ho ~, 40 u -