The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-10-29

uduEcIOuo SCAi
In Germany one man in 213 goes TO
college; in Scotland one IN ozo' ~ 'ne
United States one in 2,00o, ana ia
England. one in 5000.
Nebraska has discovered that the
r,ucb dreaded Russian thistle is nrst
class fodder for cattle. But, OF course
n has many other fine points.
II would be entirely proper TO III.
c,ude American war vessels In any iist
~ noted health resorts. No other
places can boast such low dea'h
rates.
Tho natives of China are mucn IN
nressed with American sewing nl'''
chimes. and American firms recenuy
sent shipment to Bangkok, vaiueo
at $4,000.
AT the close of the last century there
were supposed to be 1,OOo,ooo apolis
,nes in Australia. There are now less
than 100. 900 and among them are sun
some cannibals.
In st. Louis boys leave school at tnir-
teen wears and three months, III Chi
cago at fourteen years ana hVe
months. in Boston at ntteeh yeai'
and three months.
with the single exception OF Norway
tbere Is no land In Europe whose area
is so taken up by forests as Germany
more than quarter of its surface oe-
ing devoted to them.
Diamond fields have recently been
discovered near Shantung, IN emma.
The fact will not increase the chances
of China keeping foreigners from N
terfering in her affairs.
In the course of events Americas Ia
nous White Squadron Of other DAYS
has been painted red with the glories
of victory 1t is somewhat the nneSt
exhibition of color work now visible
70 the eyes of an admiring world.
Mr.. w. d. Howells, the well known
novelist, has made a recent statement
tn the effect that New York Is mart
where literature is on plane WITH
dry-goods and that the upper-fourdon
cares as much for the one as for the
other.
The United States. which for many
wears has ranked second to Great BIZ
tain i'm the production of salt, produced
in 1897 considerably more than the
production of Great Britain in 1896
according to a recent report OF Iht
United States Geographical Survey.
An open secret of the Spanish weak
ness on land and sea was repeated II
the remark of Spaniard to an Eng
lishman, as printed in London pa
per: an England you order n shil
and ship gets made. In Spain we or
der ship and one or two people ge
rich"
The contract for printing Unite'
States postage stamps next year IN
cIudes 2.726, 769,525 two-cent stamps
and 1.344. $685. $50 one-cent stamps. Th
smallest number of any one variet.
viii be APO fifty dollar stamps. Thes
are used for postage upon newspaper
mailed in bulk.
In the last ten years American ex
ports to Germany have increased froI
s56. 100000 to over $150,00O.0OO
large share of these exports consiste'
Of food products. This explains VIII
Prince Henry was not in hurry t
get between the American line OF mr.
and the Spanish enemy at Manila. En-
peror William is not counting brea
riots at home.
1t is the belief of some politica
economists that the population OF
country should not exceed half tn
number of It's cultivated acres. Their
are. therefore, seven European cour
tries which are oyer-populated--Be
GUM, which has 115 persons to eac
100 titled acres; England, lis; Hollan
95; Scotland, Sc; Italy, 60; German!
- g. and Switzerland, So.
No American can afford to forge
the name of La Quasina and Sevills
These words are carved deep in til
towering wall of republican institt
.ions--placed there by the same ga
lantry and devotion to country tina
founded those institutions In the lon
ago. Every spot where an America
dies in behalf of liberty and popula
government is hallowed. The hills {
Santiago have become for all time,
us, shrine.
One feature of the work of the wa
dog is worthy of special mention. f.
instance, In Germany, a soldier .
dressed as a Frenchman and put on
bicycle His legs are rncased in stror
leggings and the dog is set on hir
All riders know that 1t does not r
quire much urging to get dog to a
tack cyclist. The war dog Is no e.
ceptIon. and in a very few weeks
delights to be allowed to pull cyclis
from their wheels. lnasmuch as IL
bicycle is no small institution in IL
armies of Europe, the training of Il
dogs to attack the riders is importal
and is expected to produce great r
suits In time of actual war.
To find a total import trade as sma
- r. that of the fiscal year 1898. the st
I. dent Of our commerce must turn bat
as far as 1879, when the country's pc
ulation was smaller by nearly TWEEN
millions than its present total. On
FIVE years ago, in the fiscal year 1Ss