The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-04-14

says TIE ldTIueTS OuSul 10 TedllZc Iuli
$500, 900 each year out Of this product,
which has heretofore been wasted.
New York has 1876 pubic school
buildings. S,S44 teachers and a daily
average attendance Of 347.670 school
children. 1t issued bonds last spring
amounting to $685., $40 for buildings,
additions, sites and equipment, and
the total expenditures of the depart
ment during the year amounted to
$15,316 865.48.
The Secretary of the Maine Board Of
Agriculture says that large cattle
ranches in Maine will never be pront.
able. To manage large herds profit
ably there must be cheap shelter and
cheap food In winter. The freezing to
death Of few hundreds OF half
starved cattle is unnoticed on the
plains Of the West; but in Maine 1t
would quickly bring prosecution under
laws for the protection of animals.
San Juan hill was a naturally strong
position, heavily fortified and defend
ed by regular troops who were armed
with the latest and most destructive
weapons of modern war. Yet our un-
seasoned American soldiers carried 1t
by direct assault.
The war in South Africa is remark
able for the unusual number Of Ia
nous British regiments that have suf-
fered. 1t goes without saying that
none Of them has lost its historic repu-
tation for fighting qualities; the regret
is that some of them had not the
chance of showing those qualities to
the full. Perhaps the Black Watch
never suffered so severely, nor is it
likely that regiments like the Fighting
Fifth or the Royal Irish Rifles ever
had such an experience as in the re-
cent actions where bravery was un-
availing.
Why should Hartford be the centre
of insurance in this country instead Of
New York? Why should Boston be the
centre Of the copper industry? There
is no copper within 1000 miles of the
Hub. Why should majority of our
shoes be made at Lynn? We can IN
derstand why Pittsburg should be the
centre Of the iron industry, sitting as
she does in the heart of the ore and
coal region; but why should she make
nearly all Of our glass when there Is
better sand elsewhere? Why is Prov
idence the great jewelry-making city?
Modern farming and mining have
both been revolutionized by chemistry,
the former through giving the agricul- |
turist an exact knowledge of the soils |
be is tilling and the products for whose |
cultivation 1t Is adapted. 1t tells him |
what elements to apply to an impov-
erished soil to renew its productive
ness. 1t provides him with remedies
Tor the correction of diseases and the
of pests in plant life and |
BEAST. 1t makes his occupation as ex-
let and reliable as the fluctuations OF |
he seasons will permit 1t to be.
The winter orders disseminating Post |
Offices are sometimes suggestive.
Hardly had the weather begun to get
DOL when the service from Hotwater
o Lightfoot was discontinued. Three
lays later the department discontinued
IN Issue, in Maryland, a Piano in
oregon, and Chestnut in Virginia,
md this suggestive order was promul-
'ataed concerning a Post Office with
he enticing name of Kissemee: "Sup-
'ly Kissemee at site authorized" A
ew days afterward 1t was ordered
hat mali should no longer 90 from
earnest to Lax.
By recent ruling Of the Yale Uni
'ersity authorities, professional color
d walters are to be substituted In the
ollege commons in place Of the am
teur undergraduates who have for
ears filed the positions. In defense
4 the change 1t is urged that poor
nen can nowadays earn their way
through college without performing
nenial service.
The exports from Spain to Cuba have
veraged about $26,OOO,0OO year and
onsist of -four, vegetables, preserved
ruits and foods, boots and shoes and
ther leather goods. paper and sta
ionery, firearms and ammunition and
ii sorts Of miscellaneous merchandise
which could be furnished by our mer.
hants and manufacturers. The ex-
'orts from Spain to Puerto Rico are
I similar sorts and have averaged
bout 100000 year. The exports
0 the Philippines have been about the
anne in value and character, and this
what may be expected by
ur merchants from the new colonies.
Those manufacturers who construct
eayy machinery are buried the deep
st beneath the avalanche OF orders
-llich have made memorable the past
ear says Iron and Ste@. Activity