The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-09-24
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

This country is getting rich at Q
rate utterly unmatched in history.
The art Of swimming is being taught
In Boston's public schools, and the
pupils are quite deeply immersed In
the subject.
1t is noticeable, that with great In
crease In the exports of live cattle the
shipments of dressed and canned meat
have materially fallen OF.
Progress is demonstrated in Kansas
City by the fact that the Black Maria.
which has been in use for over quar-
ter OF century, Is to be discarded and
a modern vehicle substituted.
The American Association Of Dane
ing Masters has decided that the prin-
cipal dance for this year shall be called
the Dewey Two-Step." What's the
matter with the Dewey Quickstep"?
DON Carlos the Spanish pretender,
has 10000. 900, but he is not likely to
spend more than q dollar and a quart
er for the present war. He calmly as
sures himself that il he had been on
the throne things would have been
considerably different.
Just at this time when the public Is
engrossed with war Kansas scientist
very pleasantly relieves the strain by
a paper on 1.-THE Behavior OF Kinop-
lasm and Nucleolus in the Division OF
the Pollen Mother Cells of Asclepias
Cornute" The horrors of war do not
seem quite so terrible now.
Between Dewey morns and ewes,
"Hobson's choice" Simpsons night, =
"Schley's cunning" s"Camara's focus,
not to mention the atrocities capable
of being wrenched out Of Admiral Ger
vera the professional punster is simply
swamped in an embarrassment OF
riches.
There are thousands Of men in the
navy to-day who would give theil
| lives for Hobson's choice. His name IL
an immortal part of the annals of the
greatest nations on earth, and his deed
will be recounted and his example hello
I'D to admiration ages after he hai
gone on the only call from which none
Of us will return.
| Spain has been in possession of Cubs
over 400 years. and of the Philippines
nearly 600 years and 1t is said she pos
sesses no authentic map of the forme
and does not know how many islands
constitute the group Of the latter
This dereliction alone should be suffic
lent cause for demanding their evacua
ton by the bull fighters.
''In Portland" says The Kennebe
(Me.) Journal, "they are doing thing
brown in patriotism. Over the tomb o
Captain Blyth, in the Eastern Gene
terry, citizens have placed Union Jacl
in honor of brave sailor. Blyth wa
master of the British Brig Boxer, ant
was killed in an engagement with tn
United States ship Enterprise off Port
land Harbor in the War of 1872. TIL
attention to his grave in Portland i
Lonly another little significant thing
showing the dawn Of Anglo-Americal
era of friendship and mutual benefit.
Captain Gridley was a dis
tinguished and gallant officer
and no doubt handled hi
ship most capably in the Manila fight
yet perhaps his surest hold on fame !
in the calm words with which Admira
Dewey, standing by his side, opene
the engagement: you may fire whe
ready, Gridley." Backed up by the I'm
erring and masterful work that fol
lowed them, these words have quite a
secure a place in our history as Perry
1--WE have met the enemy and they ar
ours" and Lawrence's patheticall
futile Don't give up the ship"
Old General Merritt has made ar
rangements to get married on his re
turn from Manila. Wise General Mer
rift! The man who marries when h
is old is the wisest man, except tn
man who marries when he Is young
The old man has one advantage whic
is important-he does not live to hav
his children disappoint him. He ca
die believing himself the father Q
wonders, instead of feeling sorrowfu
responsibility for lot Of whiskere
nobodies. An unsuccessful, WORTHLESS
child is pretty sharp serpent's tooth
even when not ungrateful.
The New York Observer says: Chin
Is not being divided, as is frequentl
asserted. 1t is too big and unwield
to be partitioned up, at least anon
the maritime powers, which can onl
touch it's rim, its littoral. What i
transpiring is process of amputatio
of the extremities of China at the han
Of this or that European sawbones
Turkey is not the only sick man in tn
world; China has been ailing for hun
dreds of years. But the Chinese vii
hardly relish this European docterinf
however great benefit to China
may eventually prove, in indirect way
of commercial stimulation or religion
indoctrination.
Hooley the English promoter, tn
shrewd juggler with millions, VIII
could buy property for song and Sc
it for whole opera, says he has bee
bankrupted by the blackmailing de-
mands Of newspapers. The Londo
stock and financial papers are prett
hungry, that's true, but IL Hooley