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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-05
EIGHTH CAVALRYMEN COMING.
Six Troops to Take the Michigan
Here for Nuevitas.

Washington Jan. 4-Orders were issued
to-day for Troops d, f. f, II, X, and L
Of the Eighth Cavalry. now at Huntsville,
Ala. 20 proceed at once 70 Savannah, Ga.
for embarkation Qn The transport Michi-
gan to Nuevitas
The troops will be fully armed and
equipped for field service, and will carry
ratlons and forage for thirty days in adj
diton to what may be necessary for the
trip. The other troops of this regiment
are already in Cuba distributed between
Nuevitas and Puerto Principe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-05
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''-HHtNivER APPoTNTrD
""rman Given Pr.o.,o.,
railroad Assistant

o.,. '''..''Ha'i' Jan. Judge Harran
uesisr, p ''e baltimore and Ohio South
raI-aa4 I''I'Foad' not being a practice,
have .-, ''.'''' IT was thought advisable 81
roc,Iy.,'.. such associated with hin, A. ~, ~
ed p Judge Thompson Of tha ~ Nm me
er,lr. n.S'iiet court Therefore Ia o,,i,-
Ro6nsa. 'ppolnted as co-receiver az I'M. tnls
Wesa no" with the Norton, 'oS Jpn
q lie 1'r' robinson was one reo5 ana
aI.ey road.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-05
BIG FIRE At COLLINS.

Three stores Burned and the Los,
About 100000.
Collins, Ga, Jan. -(SpeciaD. -Heery &
Co.'S. w. NJ Rogers and Alexander Bros.
stores were burned tonight. The loss Is
about $4,000; partly insured.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
The Right shop.

Owing to good crops and other
causes, the prosperity of Kansas has
been very great during the last year
or two, and thousands of farmers have
been enabled to remove the financial
encumbrances that rested upon their
broad acres.
A man in one of the interior coun-
ties, having disposed of his crop to
good advantage and finding himself
possessed of several thousand dollars
in cash, went to the county-seat one
day, and while on his way to the court
house stepped into an attorneys Of
fee to obtain little legal advice.
You're lawyer, amt you?" be
said, addressing the only occupant o.
the room.
Eyes, SIR" answered the other.
"What can do for your"
''What's your name?"
'sMy name is Derrick"
''You'll do" reioined the farmer
nodding his head. 81 want you
help, Mr.. Derrick. in liftin' q mort
eaGp Of my farm"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
Race Conflict in Austria.

The struggle Of the races in Austris
grows more acute. The Germans,
despairing of their old ascendency, are
advising their followers to turn
Protestant in . body and 80 remove
all prejudices against them in the
German Empire. The advice is not
likely to be followed, but it reveals
the bitterness Of race feeling more
than any recent incident. Even in the
Tyrol. it is said, the Germans de-
mand that the clergy shall no longer
intervene in politics. The quarrel.
too, has reached the army. Some re-
servists recently answered questions
whether they we're presentin Czechish,
though it is an unalterable maxim IN
Austria that words Of command OF
obedience should all be in one
language, and that language German.
The Minister of War, therefore,
punished an officer who had accepted
replies not made in German, and the
popular irritation is directed against
the war Office, which Is in theory 70.
sponsible to the Emperor only. In
the excited state Of feeling any scci.
dent may bring matters to . head,
and compel the Emperor to enforce
silence for a time, and therefore t.
govern alone. His alternative is K
restore the Germans to their ascend
ency, which the Slavs would nov
hardly bear.-London Spectator.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08

Probably no single vessel was ever
exposed to such a hail of shot and
shell as fell upon the Merrimac before
she sank in Santiago Harbor. From
Lieutenant Hobson's account of this
famous exploit, graphically given in
the Century, we extract this account
of the first firing upon the ship, when
it came within quarter of Q mile OF
Moro Castle.
Another ships length and . fash
darted out from the waters edge at
the left side of the entrance. The ex-
pected crash through the ships side
did not follow, nor did the projectile
pass over; it must have passed astern.
Strange to miss at such short ranged
Another fash-another miss! This
time the projectile plainly passed
astern. Nightglasses on the spot re-
vealed dark object-a picket-boat
with rapid-fire guns lying in the
shadow. As sure as fate he is firing
at our rudder, and we shall be obliged
to pass him broadside within ships
lengthl If we only had a rapid-fire
gun we could dispose of the miserable
object in ten seconds; yet there he lay
unmolested, firing point-blank at our
exposed rudder, SO vital to complete
success. A fash of rage and exasper-
alton passed over re. The admira-
ton due this gallant little picket-boat
did not come till afterward.
Glasses on the starboard bow showed
the sharp, steep, step-like fall with
which the western point of Moro
drops into the water. This was the
looked-for guide, the channel carrying
deep water right up to the wall. "a
touch of port helm, SIR" was the
order. ga touch OF port helm, sir, "
was the response. ''Steadyl" STEADY,
SIR" Now, even without helm, we
should pass down safe. Suddenly
there was crash from the port side.
'The western battery has opened on
us, sirl" called Charette, who was
still on the bridge, waiting to take the
message to the engineroom If tele-
graph and signal-cord should be shot
raway. Every well; pay no attention
to it," replied, without turning.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
MAxWEll'S RaNcH.
One Man Who Reproduced In New 1Cs11N
tha Baxbarfe splendor Of Ysudal Days.

the Barbarfo 6plondor Of Yeudal Days.
During the Civil War ths barbara,
splendor and feudal rule OF Enelisl
mobiles after the Norman conquest wa,
reproduced in New Mexico. The ter
ritory was isolated, and the Govern
ment at Washington gave little thought
to it; but one man, Lucien B. Max
well, ruled the Mexicans, Indians ant
frontiersmen who inhabited it. Borr
in Illinois, he had wandered into ths
territory as q trapper and hunter,
where by marriage and purchase hs
became the largest landhoider in the
United States. He owned nearly two
million acres, states the Youths Com.
panion.
His house, contrasted with tn.
dwellings of New Mexico, was palace.
1t was large and roomy, American in
construction. Its principal room wa,
baronial hall, with two freplaces in
which six-foot logs could be burned.
The house was the gathering-place TO,
Maxwell's vassals and friends, land
they gathered there by scores.
ST have slept" writes Colonel In.
man, con its hardwood floor, with the
mighty men of the Ute nation lying
heads and points all around me, q.
close as they could crowd, after day'a
fatiguing hunt in the mountains.
The kitchen and dining rooms we're
detached from the main residence. A
large portion of his table-service was
of solid silver, and covers were daily
laid for thirty persons.
Maxwell had no safe in which to de.
post the money received from sale OF
cattle, sheep, wool, barley, oats and
corn, and from his grist-mill. He put
the cash in the bottom drawer OF an
old bureau. ST have frequently seen, !"
writes Colonel Inman, 'thirty thou
sand dollars-gold, silver, greenbacks,
Government checks-in that bureau
drawer. I once suggested to Maxwell
the expediency of buying safe in
which to keep his money secure from
robbers. He smiled as he said, 'God
help the man who robbed mel"
Maxwell rode on blackboard or on
a Concord coach. drawn by six horses,
driving himself. He was q reckless
driver-dashing through streams. over
irrigating bitches, stumps, stones, but
although like Jehu, who drove "furi.
ously," he seldom met with an acoi.
dent.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08

the brutal courage which a bulldog
has. Courage without patriotic emo
tons or any other emotions except tc
kill somebody. That is the reason
why I have no high regard for tn,
soldiers profession.
The chief end and aim Of q profes.
sional soldier is to fight and be pro.
NOTED. I don't allude to privates, fol
they are hirelings. Neither do l allude
to such noble men as Lee and Long
street and the two Johnstons and
Wheeler, but with very few excep-
tons the officers of the late war were
vain, selfish and corrupt. The coun.
try has no respect for them. Let
them quarrel. No doubt they are all
telling the truth on each other. The
first commandment says: 1.-THE sins of
the father shall be visited upon his
children" but it nowhere says: 81
will visit the sins of the officers upon
the men," Of course, there are some
honorable men among the privates
and have talked with some of them
since their return from Cuba, and they
all lament the moral depravity of the
majority Of the white soldiers and the
total depravity of all the negroes. The
tendency of war is to demoralize. Men
will rob and plumber and commit
nameless crimes who never did. it at
home; OF mercenaries who fight for
pay, plumber is part of it. and it
winds up with apension.
But enough of this. 1t reads pes
simistic, and SO do the speeches of
Hoar and our senators and the writ
ings of Bryan and Carnegie and Atkin-
son. The hope of the country now is
that new party lines will be formed,
and any further war will be averted.
There are few honest statesmen left
who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
What sad spectacle it is to see the
son of General Grant openly buying
seat in the senate with $4,000.
What is to become of the country
when money is openly used to secure
Office in the highest tribunal that
makes our laws? But I forebear. I
must walk out in the garden and get
the ground ready for peas. Politics
is depressing and SO is war and the
rumors of war. The best thing that
General Grant ever said, was: 'Let
us have peace. BILL ARP in Atlanta
Constitution.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
ONLY GOOD FOR ONE THING.


First Boy-'Is that a good house
dog ?"
Second Boy-"No."
Good bird dog p"
emo"
''Good for rabbits ?"
"No." :
'.Knows some tricks, perhaps ?"
"No."
"What Is it good for ?"
"Nothin', only to take prizes at
shows"
BARGAIN SALE.
''Cordelia is selling everything to
60 abroad again"
''She is p
"Yes; she offered to sell me her
bicycle and her engagement to Mr..
jump"
CITY Boarder-'I notice you keep
q big bar of soap outside by the
pump. 1t is for the farm hands, l
presume p
Rural Hostess-'Yes, farm hands
and faces.
In OFEnAIlONs
''That motor You are interested in
never worked, did it ?"
''Of course it werked," was the in
dignant reply. 'It never pulled any
cars or moved any machinery. But
it made money for it's owners, and
that's more than most Inventions do"
HER MISTAKEN COMMENT.
vainly the landlord tried to carve
the chicken.
The impudent boarder arose half
from his chair to get better view OF
the affair.
"Rubber r. said the landlady sar-
castically.
"Why is it," they asked, 'fhat you
let your husband have his own way in
everything ?"
because, she replied, 81 like to
have some one to blame when things
60 wrong"
"The railroad engineer" said the
smart boarder, ''must be a happy
man. He whistles at his work"
Begging your pardon" said the
Cheerful Idiot, prompt to crush all
possible rivalry, ''he works at his
whistle"
First BurgIar.-Did you see de
''ad" nv dat big jewelry house I
wish could break in dere some night.
Second Burglar. Well, if you do,
Jon might leave some word mention
In de name NV de paper where You
saw de lad"
A burglar who was doing neat job
on q large safe was Mortified on look
ing up to see man standing quietly
beside him. He was about to retire,
when the gentleman said:
go ahead; am interested in this
job"
"Why 2" asked the astonished
burglar.
because have lost the key. If
You can get the safe open, I will
make it worth your while"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
Ostrich Hunting in the Soudan.


Ostrich hunting involves good rid.
ing, and is animated sport. Having
ascertained where a nest is to be
found, three or four mounted men go
out on the plain together, and one OF
them rides in the direction of the
nest.
Instantly the bird sees him 1t starts
off at tremendous pace, the hunter
following in hot pursuit, until, after
running perhaps a couple of miles,
the ostrich begins to circle, it's object
being to get back to its nest, from
which it fondly hopes it has diverted
its pursuer.
The other hunters, who are scat
tered over the plain, take up the run.
ming by turns, succeeding each other
as each horse becomes spent; they
are thus able to press the bird to It's
utmost speed, until it falls exhausted
on the ground, with outstretchsd
wings, gasping for breath.
The nearest hunter then gallops up
and sewers its head with q blow from
his sword. Hastily dismounting, he
at once siezes the bleeding stump and
thrusts it into the sand to prevent the
feathers from being soiled by the
blood, which is squirting in all direc-
tons from the convulsive movements
of the neck, even after death.
The feathers of full-grown bird
fetch from fifty to seventy-five dollars
at Kassala, where they are bought
by Arab traders from Cairo, but they
ultimately realize treble that value in
the European markets.-Captain T..
| @. s. Speedy, in Harper's Magazine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
WE EAT TOO MUCH
A Restricted Diet is the Main Cure of All
the Famous Spas and Health Resorts

a 1ostTlcteu Olet ID tho mann cure OF AL
the Famous Spas and Health Resorts.
''Of the many cures in vogue. and
recognized from their records as
worthy the name, nine-tenths of then
depend upon reducing the diet for
their effectiveness" is the position
taken by Ella Morris Kretschmar
writing on '"The Subject of Diet in
the Woman's Home Companion.
"a widespread fad during the last
few years has been the mo breakfast
cure and thousands of dyspeptics
have gained health, the stout have
grown thin and the thin have grown
stout, all through lifting the burden
from overtaxed .digestions. An equally
popular cure preceding this was the
leaving off of the evening meal
equally effective, Of course, just as q
mo midday meal cure would be if il
should be promulgated. :
"One of the most splendid cures,
for all ills, in Europe is the grape
cure. practised in Germany; and it is
said that any one taking the treatment
drops off the wear and tear of five
years-actually renews himself by SO
much. The sanitariums where this
treatment is given are beautifully and
BEAUTIFULLY situated and comfortably
appointed. The patient is given
nothing but unfermented grape-juice
for period of four notwithstanding
with a generous amount, decreased to
minimum allowance las little as the
system will bear without great weak
ening), and gradually increased to the
first amount.
cat all European spas and Ameri-
can springs, where people are SO
benefited, what is the courseq A re-
stricted diet and q flooding of the
system with pure water-resting and
washing the system, in other words.
animals, those not dominated by
the habits and thought-atmosphere Of
man, do not overeat, and even domes-
tic animals stop short their nourish-
ment when in anywise i'll. A dog
will bury the food not Immediately
required; other animals leave off be-
fore or at repletion. Man alone will
eat without hunger, solely to tickle
his palate, being, indeed, the only
gorging animal save truth is merci-
lessl the occupant of the sty."
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
The Apperites of Monarchs.

The Gear of Russia has moderate
appetite. He hates the popular Rus
sian caviar. He prefers French
cooking. The Emperor of Austria
has prediction for mutton. The
Sultan of Turkey is a great lover of
eggs. The King of Italy is not a
gourmond. He loves dairy food, be-
ing especially fond of all sorts of
cream dishes. Kaiser Wilhelm has a
astronomical affection for feathered
game. Thrushes are his favorite
birds, and four thrushes for one meal
are not too much for him. Queen
Wilhelmina likes mutton chops and
Allst ct beet Q pAnglais.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
How Beavers Fell Trees.

Mr.. Vernon Bailey, who has re-
Gently stndied the work of beavers,
says that those animals have an in
genious method of cutting the trunk
of tree which they wish to fell. In
stead of attempting to gnaw it straight
through, they make two cuts. one
above another, and then pry out
pieces between the cuts. The result
of their operations is V-shaped
notch. resembling that made By Z
suaodmsn with his axe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
Making Good use of rhem.

It may offend the ladies of the emer-
gency relief board to know it, but the
linen which was sent to the Manila
volunteers, including night-shirts, was
used to clean the rifles. ''Rags are
scarce" was the laconic explanation,
land it is better to have our guns in
good shape than to sleep in night
gowns"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Psaoe Sleepers
between New Orleans aud Memphis,
Kansas City. st. Louis and Chicago
without change, making direct connec
tions with first-class lines to all points
The great steel bridge spanning the
Ohio river at Cairo completed, and all
trains freight and passenger) now run
ming regularly over it, thus avoiding the
delays and annoyance incident to trans
fer by ferry boat.
A. II. HANSON. Gen. Pas Agt,
Chicago
Juo. A. Scogx, D p. ~ AsmphAA
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-08
CURIOUS FACTS.

An Australian sporting paper REQ
ords ninety-foot jump by a kangaroo
During one week last Novembe,
eighty persons over eighty years Of
age died in London.
The first coffee-house in London was
opened in 1852 by the Greek servant
of Turkey merchant.
Many houses in Berlin, Germany,
are numbered with luminous figures,
which are easily visible at night.
The Grand Canal, China, is the
largest artificial watercourse in the
world. It is $50 miles long and con.
meets the cities Tientsin and Hang.
chow.
Before Chinese woman is married
she sends with great pomp and state
to her future home her entire trous-
seau which is packed in large boxes,
the keys of which she keeps.
Lake Morat, in Switzerland, has the
curious property of turning red every
ten years, owing to the presence OF
certain aquatic plants which are not
known in any other lake in the world.
The only man in Great Britain who
has the privilege of wearing his hat in
the presence of Queen Victoria is Lord
Forester, the Mayor of Wenlock. This
privilege was conferred on his ances-
tor by a grant from King Henry VIII.
Near Bots City, Idaho, 400 feet be-
low the earth's surface, there is sub.
terranean lake of hot water Of ITO de.
grees temperature. It has pressure
enough to ascend to the top floor Of
most of the houses, and will be piped
to them for heating purposes.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-07-29

duclng formation of granite and pOr-
phyry is capped over; there can be no
doubt that there are many good leads
underlying this cap rock between the
two localities and l will say right here
that there is not more promising pro.
position for mining capitals In the whole
west view district, than in this parti-
Cuiar locality. There are many other
veins showing up here on the surface,
that are good. They are the Snow
storm, Golden Eagle, Banner and
Alice.
There will be time in the near flu
ture when this very promising pro-
perties will be purchased in a group
Close Observer.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-07-29
The County Commissioners.

The honorable board of county COM
missioners have stirred up hornets
nests about their ears, containing some
$50 mad hornets, by raising the assess
ed values Of real estate % per cent on
that number Of land holders In the
comfy. The air Of Caldwell will be
blue while the board sits to hear "cause
why etc" While it would seem to
make little difference to taxrayers
whether they paid per cent on val
untion of one hundred dollars or IL
per cent on a valuation oftwo hundred
for the same land, the fact is that the
state board of equalization does not
have general knowledge of the valua-
ton In different counties sufficient to
eQualize betwinn counties as to land
values, and the rate for state taxes
makes county having high valua-
ton on land pay more to the state Than
Its proportion. To explain, suppose
the state has to have a revenue of
100000 from a state assessment of
ninety million dollars, or say 8 mills on
the dollar, and that lands ia Canyon
and Fremont counties were of equal
value per acre under irrigation, and
Canyon county should make an assess
ed value of $10per acre, while Fremont
should assess at S5 on land of the same
character. Thenthe farmer in CANYON
would pay the state double the amount
on his land that the farmer ia Fremont
county would pay, 1t is not probable
that the state board mas actual knowl-
edge Of the comparative values in ey-
cry county In the state to fairly equal
ize such values. For this reason it ia
not policy for any county to raise its
values, but rather to keep them low.
10 make three million county of Can
yon instead of its two million assess.
ment reads we'll In the papers, as it
would indicate great growth within a
year, 6nt it would cost something, and
TINS extra cost would be paid by the
land holder, be he farmer or specuIat.
or Nampa Leader.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-07-29

These are busy times for the farming
districts Of Boise Go. Hands are very
scarce and wages exceedingly good.
Hay is turning out quite well. The
grain will make but about half a crop
and some are cutting theirs for hay.
Cherries and small fruit are plentiful,
but there will be no peaches to amount
to anything.
One hundred and eighty horses were
shipped from Marsh last week, by Mr..
Cunningham Of Iowa.
The Woodman Lodge at Sweet held
its second meeting Saturday evening.
1t fas twenty one members and more
applications are being sent in.
/. Boise Co. surely affords the most de-
liRhtsome camping grounds in Idaho.
They are to be found in High Valley,
Round Valley and Long Valley. The
first two valleys are not very large but
the latter is a long narrow strip of
country with timbered mountains ris-
ing on each side, while the Payette
river winds down through its center
like q great green snake. Grass is Of
the best, and delicious trout are caught
in the small streams that cross the
valley to the river. On reaching the
other end of the valley you come upon
the Payette Lakes, the source of the
river. The first is the largest, and APP
pears like mirror as you suddenly
come down upon it after crossing a
slight raise. Boats are kept there, and
fishing is very good in the right season.
People living near the lake have the
finest milk and butter to be tasted
anywhere. This year an abundance of
buckle berries adds to the attractions.
Long Valley needs no advertising as a
summer resort. Wagons are passing
by daily, and II you go once you will
always want to repeat the pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Balentine of Ola,
son Hiram, and daughter and family
OF Spokane, Wash, will attend the
Worlds Fair at Paris, Providence per.
hitting.
The mining industry is being pushed
forward with great activity in the BaS-
In and good cleanup is expected by
all. MAY.
July "a, 1899.