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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-09-09

I'm jeune tenor obtient tine audi
-tion dams un de nos premiers the
atres lyriques. +. de province.
III Gllante, ct le directeur larrete
;au bout de.trois OH quatre notes.
-C,,est bien, lui dit=il, laissez
!moi,votre addresse, .je ,penserai a
svol1s3 3leIras >echeant...
--=:Mais, :au,appelez-xo1s :le cas-
-ed11eant?
Eth bien! par exemple, simon
ttlleatre brittle.
-4E1ein'?
z0ui, jje wous eengagerai !pour
urnr.:: '..Au.feu!'
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-09-09

Gle. CHMIQUE FRANc0AMERICAINE Bote 2ao6 Montreal.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-09-09

Les Cascarets stimulent le fo1e, les ro.
gnons ct les intestins. Ne rend jamals
malade, nj n'afaiblit ct sans douleur. lOc
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-09-09

I'm veterinaire a son nouvel
aide:
-Vous allez prendre ce tube, le
re1nplir de poudre, l'introduire
dams. lie cheva1, ct souhaer fort.
Dix minutes apres, l'aide re-
Went, faisant d'horrible contor-
sions.
Eth bien! Qu'avez vous?
C est le cheval qui a souh1e lie
premier.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-09-09

81 vOus vouleZ s2volr les nouvel
les. abonneZ-Yous rECHO DE
L'OUEsT.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27
Erontier Currency.

A Western paper tells story of an
epoch in the history of the Montana
mining camps when there was no mon-
ey or lawful currency Of any kind in
the camps, nor any credit to base
nriyate circulation on, but when the
extremely high price OF eatables sug-
gested and at the same time supplied
the want of circulating medium.
One man who continues to live In that
region tells of the time when he bought
a box Of matches with a watermelon,
and received as change two muskmel-
ons. Another paid for a pair of sus-
penders in turnips, and got couple Of
carrots back with his purchase.
At one time the first man accepted an
invitation to visit a friend and go to a
party with him. After seeing his friend
20 through the unusual preparation Of
backing his boots and putting on col
lar-for it was to be a very thigh.
toned" affair-he was surprised to see
| him 90 to a potato-bin and carefully
select dozen nice potatoes and put
them into his pocket.
No sooner had the two men arrived al
the hau where the party was to take
place than his host handed over his
potatoes for an entrance ticket; ant
what was still more surprising, thu
ldoorkeeper, after the close of the party
gave him two onions as change" u
take home!
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year later pirates under the leadership
OF the notorious Jacob Sores attacked
the town, sacked its church and the
dwellings of the wealthy and compelled
the commander of the fortress to sur
render. Sores soon grew tired of the
place and withdrew. But his example
was frequently followed, and numer
Gus attempts were made by buccaneers
to capture the city and loot it. Notable
among these efforts was that of the En-
ghsh buccaneer, Sir Francis Drake.
who assaulted Havana in 1856, but was
compelled to retire. The first scourge
of yellow fever appeared in the ship
ping during the summer of 1851. In
l762 Admiral Pocock, with an English
squadron, attacked Havana and forced
1t to capitulate. For two months the
city put up brave defense. In 1853
Havana was restored to the Spanish by
the treaty of Paris.
The first newspaper published in Ha-
vana was La Gaceta de la Habana,
which appeared in 1882. In 1889 the,
Jesuits were expelled -frasr. This is
and theiE fl which it is said the ashes
f Columbus were deposited in the year
SO6. In 1918 Havana was opened to
he commerce Of the world.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27

Reasonable women are about as rare
ss peaches without fuzz.
A girls idea of mans revenge Is to
fall in love with the chaperon.
A woman's real troubles never worry
her half as much as the ones she gets up
clubs about.
There are some ideas which woman
can never express properly except with
her mouth full of hairpins.
No girl has any idea how much she
cares for a man till she begins to have
an idea how little he cares for her.
when q man has curious little dents
in his shirt-bosom they were generally
made by the round ends of hairpins.
A woman never cries SO hard when
her little child Is lost that she hasn't
strength left to spank 1t when it's
found.
A woman's opinions on politics are
Just about as pronounced and reliable
as her opinions on the women her hus'
band knows that she doesn't.
The average woman can do more
with hairpin than man can with 9
box Of tools and less with box Of tools
than a man can with a hairpin.
A woman is pretty sure to see that
the whole family hears her when shs
tells her husband he ought to b
ashamed to talk SO to her before thu
children.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27
HAVANA
uay and Picturesque Cuban Capital Has
Famous History.

men go to church but three times il
their life-when baptized, when abou
to be married and when dead-and the
church Is as rigid in its requirement OF
the first two visits as the departed is to
be received there at last.
The cathedral is really one of the
finest edifices In Havana 1t is built to
last for ages. In it are the remains of
Christopher Columbus-that is, the
tomb is there, beside the altar and the
inscription. 1t is also duly authenti-
Gated that the remains are there, too,
but even Spaniards nod doubtfully
when asked, rs it true?"
The lottery is the curse of Havana.
One of the first cries heard on the
street In the morning is the schrill voice
of Cuban yelling that hn '-7..,S i"s'
tickets foru-ar night. 1t would seem
that all Cuba must gamble to support so
a company Of takers.
All the storekeepers are courteous
and unobtrusiye. A visitor experiences
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27
ERRORS MADE BY. PRINTERS.

Some Ludicrous Mistakes Compounded
in the Composing Room.
ssWhat is thisw exclaimed COM
positor who was expecting to be pro-
NOTED to a proofreadership shortly
Sermons in stones, books IN the rum
ming brooksv Impossible! he means,
of course, Sermons In books and stones
in the running brooks And new
reading Of Shakespeare appeared next
morning. A sporting compositor
thought "Cricket on the Hearth must
be slip of the pen. He made 1t
Cricket on the Heath" A writer on
angling had the joy of seeing his sen
tence, 'The young salmon are begin
ming to rum" printed, 'The young
salmon are beginning to SWIM" an
other thoughtful compositor having
| been at work Happier was the trans
formation of the sentence, Bring me
my toga," into Bring me my togs.'
There is a less subtle vein of humor
In the story Of the editor who wrote
during an election, 1.-THE battle Is now
opened" The compositor spelled "bat-
tie" with an "o," and the other side
said, of course, that they had suspected
| it from the first 1t was by similar
mistake that the late Baker Pasha,
who might fairly be described as
sbattle-scarred veteran" was called
.battle-scared veteran" the libel be-
ing by no means purged when the
newspaper called the gallant officer q
"bottle- veteran" Owing to an
error in printing the announcement, a
sailor, going to sea, his wife desires the
prayers of the congregation" became
"a sailor going to see his wife deserves
the prayers of the congregation" 1t Il
not necessary to believe this In ordel
to enjoy it. The statement, "Messr'
Is preserves cannot be beaten" wa
rather vitiated as an advertisement D.
the omission of OBJ in the last word
Innocently gay was the newspaper re
port which said that the London ex
press had knocked down a COW ant
cut it into "calves. Typograph
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27

All "a - OA@A-~' oNAoOA A~~->~>
der a janitor is kept at yearly expen-
diture Of $135, and to prevent Arthur
from getting cold $50 is expended on
fuel. The interest on the 1894 that
It cost to build the handsome two-story
brick schoolhouse in which he Is
taught amounts TO $416.0S- Thus the
total cost of the schooling Of this one
child is 81, 1868.
Arthur is a quiet little chap OF .
wears. as black as the tabled Egyptian
darkness. with big round eyes that
look out upon the world without the
least sign of establishment or concern
Mt the extravaganza Of his education.
THAT he drinks in knowledge at the
public expense at the rate of $30.41 per
week. or $6.O8 per day, is no cause OF
wonder to him. 1t has not been charg'
cd that his teachers quarrel over
which shall instruct him. but 1T IS q
known fact that he has to furnish the
excitement for the school, because nc
is the only scholar in the new Love1oy
school. erected solely for the coloreo
| children.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27
THE DANGERS OF HEALTH.

French Scientist Fears that Popuia-
ton Will Increase Too Fast.
The MARQUIS de Nadaillac, a French
scientist, tolerably well known here
through his work on PREHISTORIC Amer
lea" has been recently engaged In cal
culations that are curiously suggestive.
They concern the dangers OF health.
Since the memory Of man runs not to
the contrary, or, more definitely, since
the late Jeremy Bentham inaugurated
the doctrine Of the greatest good OF the
greatest number, there has been an Ell
fort, tentative yet perceptible, TO get
things ship-shape, to provide through
arbitration against war, to improve
sanitation, to fell disease, to foster mat
rimony and simplify existence.
One does not need to be prophetic to
assume that ultimately the EFFORT VIII
succeed. But consider the result. What
with universal peace, universal SANTA
ton, the Hanging Of the microDe ano
continuous matrimony, in no time at al
LIN two centuries at moSt-De Nada1l
lac declares that the earth will be over
populated and that there won't b
enough food to go around. If he Il
right, then, indeed, the struggle for III
will begin in earnest, and not OF indl
vidual with individual, but OF natio'
with nation, struggle such as histor.
has never known and which will result
| in the survival of the fittest-providin'
always survival there be. 1t will b
the clash and clatter Of empires ant
republics contending, not for principles
but for bread; gigantic upheayal i
which whole races viii disappear, an
an because humanity Is in love with a
ideal that is not in love with 1t, becaus
peace is not a blessing and becaus
/ the microbe is boon.-Collier's w ekiJ
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27

On certain lines Of railroad most
ririd tests are made of the timekeep-
ing qualities of watches. They are
tested in three positions-dial down.
dial up and pendant up. If there is
an error Of more than six seconds IN
"a hours they are not acceptable. The
maximum variation of a watch is 30
seconds o week by the standard OF
the American Railway association.
The following is the rule in testing:
"a watch losing three seconds in "a
hours in one position, gaining three
in another and losing three in third
is accepted, the extreme variation
being only six seconds; watch gain
ing fifteen seconds in one position,
twelve in the second and nine in the
third would be accepted. however, for
the position rate being thus shown to
be correct for such purpose, it is
merely matter Of regulation to make
the watch run with maximum vari-
alton Of thirty seconds week" Some
| Of the railway companies require their
employees to have their watches exam
ined on the first day Of every month.
Certificates OF that examination must
be furnished, and the employees must
| always be able to produce their GER
tifcates when on duty. New York
Ledger.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27
GOAT HUNTING IN ALASKA.
Novel Way to Bring Wild Goats Into
Rifle Range.

Novel Way to Bring Wild Goats Anto
Rifle Range.
s'They have queer way OF hunting
mountain goats up in the mountains
back Of Skaguay," said d. j. Mckln-
ney, the 'Mayor of Skaguay," at the
Hotel Northern. 1.-THE boys at one OF
nv camps told me one day that they
had seen some goats up IN the nils
and they asked me If 1 wanted to go
along to hunt them. OF course did,
and we were soon climbing high up on
The mountains, away above the altitude
that / thought any living creature
would live. Still up and up we Went.
The boys were trying to get above
place where they had seen the goats
few days before. When they had To-
Gated the proper point, they selected q
huge boulder and got me to help them
tin it over. 1t took the combined
strength of three Of us to get the rock
started. When it did get to going the
havoc it caused on its way down to the
valley was something fearful. Then
the boys told me to get ready for a
surprise. We all got our rifles ready
and waited. 1t was only short time
until we saw emerging from the scrub
by growth below us three fine goats
They came toward us, bounding from
crag to crag and apparently needless OF
the danger they were running into
They came to within sixty yards Of us
and we brought down all three.
| 81 learned then that the goat always
tries to get above rolling rocks, and
that that is favorite way Of hunting
them."-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27

1T. KEaLEvIrCH. VIII ON, Pr incess
Maria Dorothea. is shortly to be mar
fled. She is over 40 years of age and is
certainly old enough to know better.
Princess Louise and Prince Rhyears-
DaAe.0o nnggGnffed In scandal after scan
aal. and has kept her husband busy
aghting duels on her account. She has
long cut a wide swath in the gay LIE
of European capitals, but her last es-
capade set the tongues of two CONT
nents a-wagging. This was her eiope-
ment with Lieut.. Mattachich kegie-
witch Of Austria.
1t had been known for some time
previous to the elopement that the lieu
tenant was a favorite of the Princess.
Their conduct reached such a stage
that Prince Philip challenged Lieut..
EooIav;tch tn n duel, They met In the
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lied it's worth, that dealers got fright
ened when he entered their shops.

lied it's worth, that dealers got fright.
ened when he entered their shops.
What do you want for thatY he one
day asked, as his eye fell ON a certain
sheet in a portfolio Of odd prints. 1t
was q good copy Of Hogarth's mid
night Modern Conversation"
Three guineas," was the reply.
TN take 1t" said the connoisseur.
Shall send 1t to you, Mr.. Bernal p
NO." replied his customer, quickly.
Il viii carry it home myself"
And he was not quite at ease until 1T
was IN his hand. At the first glance ne
had seen that modern was spelled mod
dern. The addition of that 'd' made
all the difference in the value. It proved
that he had fallen upon the rarest of
the Hogarth impressions, and for this
proof the British Museum had to pay
fS1.
Iwaaeu uue snop Of well-known
and found the shopkeeper's
wife In charge. AS he came in he no
ticed that she hastily put something
awav in a drawer. The instincts OF the
collector were instantly awakened.
"What have you got there, MIS-.
TOWN. he asked. LET me see It,"
"Oh, no, sir, It Is nothing you wouid
care about" she replied
"Come, come" said Bernal, Il know
1t Is something good"
Whereupon the blushing lady as
played to the eager eyes of the vlrtuoso
a pair of her husbands old socks, wnicn
she had been industriously darmng
when her inquisitive customer entered
the shop.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27

A writer in Casters Magazine, de-
scribing the complexity In . modern
battleship, cites the Iowa, 10 which 1t
NAV almost be said that nothing is
done by hand except the opening and
closing of throttles and pressing Of
electric buttons. Her guns are loaded,
trained and fred, her ammunition
hoisted, her turrets turned, her tor
pedoes of themselves
are tubed and elected, the ship steered,
her boats hoisted out and in, the IN
terror lighted and ventilated, the
great searchlights operated and even
orders transmitted from bridge or
coming tower to all parts by mechan-
ical appliances. Surely no more strik-
ing view than this of the develop
ment Of thirty-fve years could be a.
forded.
This growth of complexity and elab-
Grafton and this almost infinite multi
plication of parts and devices have en-
tailed upon the naval architect and
constructor demands and difficulties
never dreamed Of in earlier days.
| The staff required to design and con-
struct an Iowa is multiplied in num-
| Der, and the completely Of its organi-
| cation is augmented as compared with
that required for the design and con-
struction of the New Ironsides almost
indefinitely.
Similar conditions apply to COM
mand and management, so that. while
the building of modern battleshiI
entails enormous work and RESPONSE
bility on the naval architect, con
structor and staff, the effective use o.
her as q tool in the trade OF war pre-
sents an equal variety and intricac,
Of problems to students Of the art O
naval warfare.
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the early and middle day. When the
sun sinks, however. the lazy inhablt-
ants turn out, and the life of the night
Is the lively life Of Havana The city
has not been very businesslike under
Spanish rule. Most Of the men are
worthless and dissipated. They lounge
In cafes and look only to pleasure suci
as the Spaniard delights in-gamDling.
cock flghtlng, bull batting. No thought
of the morrow is taken, and the result
is that more improvident population
can be found nowhere. Sunday IS Ha-
vana's holiday.
AS for the churches, thousands o.
women religiously attend. In Cuba the
church and her children are woman
life. She soon loses her husband as hel
companion in the home. She does MOI
read. She never heard Of new WON
an. She has her little circle of FRIENDS
like herself, and some day dies. bn,
she has been faithful to the church, ane
the most striking thing about service
in the great cathedral is the presence O.
the women of Havana and the ansene'
II the men. 1t Is said here that mos
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27

ceived from the PRINCESS LOUISE.
Lieutenants sword in this encounter.
Not long after Princess Louise ana
Lieut.. Keglevitch left for Paris. From
there they went to Nice, where they
rented an elegant villa. The Princess
then tried her luck at Monte Carlo.
Her winnings at first were the talk OF
the place, but luck at length changed
and she lost all. To-day she Is a bank
rupt princess, with an impecunious
lover and host of clamoring creditors.
Prince Philip himself has not been
all that a dutiful husband should be.
He will apply for divorce, it is said,
after the marriage Of his daughter,
Princess Maria Dorothea, to the young
est brother of the German Emperor.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

| The heat Of comets is said to be
1000 times greater than red-hot iron.
| According to q German authority
the human brain is composed of 300,
000, 600 nerve cells.
Pendulums are affected by varia-
lions Of density of the air, as we'll as
BY changing temperature.
The average height of the human
race is, men, five feet six inches !;
women, Eve feet two inches.
According to Professor Gallon, a
few persons see mentally in print
every word they hear uttered.
The oun------ s...u W us u ulsease Oh
recent years of civilization, whose
cause is to be found in defective
drainage, damp cellars and dark closets.
Two German professors at Bonn
have made a series of experiments
which negative the current notion that
cutting the hair stimulates its growth.
The primitive inhabitants Of Europe,
it is now believed, were the ancestors
Of the long headed blonde Teutons OF
the north, and the long-headed pru-
nettes of the Mediterranean.
According to M. de Morgan the
word Egyptian signifies the man
who migrated from Asia to Egypt
whose civilization was peculiar to ham,
self, and whose ethnic history Is stu
unknown.
Professional singers consume more
than one-fifth more oxygen than aver
age people. This explains why they
can maintain their health while 80
often exposed to the deleterious IN
iluence Of respired air in crowded au-
ditoriums.
The bacteria known now number
$50 species, according to London IN
stitution lecture by Professor W. =.
Bottomley, and practically our entire
knowledge of these has been worked
out since 1880 through the influence
of Pasteur. OF the harmless species
there are only about forty.
Asteroid hunting is becoming more
arduous, and only eight Of the little
planets were added to the list last
| year, increasing the total to 433. The
asteroids are no longer named, but
are designated by letter-combinations,
the discoveries OF 1897 being known
as Oh, DI, DJ. DIX. DL. DIN, On
and Do.
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When man is peculiarly quick to see
possible advantage, and uses his clear
sightedness solely for his own benefit,
other men are apt to be afraid Of him.
That was how it was with Ralph Ber-
nal, a print connoisseur. He was so
quick to see valuable thing, and APP
propriate It before anybody else real
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pended by the pub
lie on the education
of one simple indi-
vidual. His name is
Arthur Obey. For
him a teacher is
employed at $270
per annum, for him
a principal is en-
gagged at $315 per
annum, to keep his
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latter part of last
December. P s.
tolls were first
used, and after a
b armless yoiley
the combatants
had recourse to
8 w or d s. T h g
P r in ce to day
carries a small
scar on his right
arm which he re-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27

Queen Victoria, for
a lieutenant of the
A u s TRAN Hussars,
and her new lover
are being much talk
ed about. This &C.
centric daughter Of
Belgium's dissipated
monarch, King Leo
pold, has two grown
children, one of
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27

cnl Hawkins-Uncle Nose, I hear
vou and your wife had little dispute
again last night. Which came out
ahead this time? Uncle Nose dubious
" feeling a lump ON the back of his
head}-Ts powerful glad to say dat l
kim out ahead, boss; but she mighty
nigh overlook me.-Harper's Bazar.
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81 suppose, said Elder Keepalong.
= he took seat on bench in Deacon
Ironside's shop and glanced around
With humorous twinkle in his eye,
ssit has never occurred to you to get
up : book Of proverbs out Of your old
ssws7"
emo" admitted the deacon, 1T
never has. Still" he added, II gen.
orally put 'em on file. - Chicago
Tribune
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27

Mistress-Do you call this sponge
cake? Why, it's as hard as it can be.
New Cook-Yes, mum; that's the way
a sponge is before it's wet. Soak it In
vour tea. mum.-Boston Traveller.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27
AN ERRATIc PRINCESS

Louise, Daughter of Beigium,s King.
Who Eloped with an Army Officer.
Princess Louise Of Belgium, who
some time ago left her husband, Prince
Philip Of Saxe-Coburg. q nephew of
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We want it understood right now
that we never count ourselves among
sthe friends of the family who want
to see the remains"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-27

Spring onions are very good for you,
but dreadful for the man who sits next
to you.