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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
The Boy With the Shade.

NO weight of ages bows him down,
That barefoot boy with fingers browl.
There's nothing empty i'm his face.
NO burdens of the human race
Are on his back, nor is he dead
To JOY or sorrow, hope or dread.
For he can grieve, and he can hope,
Can shrink with all his soul from soap.
No brother to the OK is he,
He's second cousin to the bee;
He loosens and let's down his jaw
And brings it up-his gum to "chaw."
There's naught but sweat upon his
brow,
IT'S slanted somewhat forward now.
His eyes are bright with eager light,
He's working with an appetite.
All, no! That boy is not afraid
To WELD with all his strength his
spade!
Nor has he any spite. at fate
Hes digging angleworms for bait.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
The Chameleon's Reve nge.

"Mercy! What Is that crawling
thingT' shrieked four young ladies in
the Walnut Hills floral bazaar, as they
pointed to diminutive lizard-like rep
tile crawling on the cup of atulip.
That" said Roswell Brooks, with
the air Of one who knows, "is a chame-
leon from Brazil, ladies. We received
1t this morning. Observe, ladies. IL
you please, that the reptile changes
color to accord with that of the object
upon which it is placed. 1t is at pres
ent crimson in color because it is
crawling on a crimson tulip"
Dear mer' said the girls, in chorus.
How stranger
III now take the chameleon from the
tulip" said Brooks, with the air of
professor of natural history, and
place it against my check. What COL
or is it nowY'
"Green" cried the girls.
And so it was. The animal had turn
ed light shade of green, in spite OF
Brooks furious bushes. Scientific gen.
tlemen in the neighborhood were I'M
able to account for the color it as
sumed, as Mr.. Brooks is anything but
Enquirer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
A Primitive Ruler of Central Africa,

Nine hundred miles i'm the interior OF
Africa lives a ruler who is known as
the Fulani emir of Garau, and he is
verystriking parsonage, as the follow.
ing description will show. In the first
place. this high-caste African lives
near Yola, which you can find by fol-
lowing northeasterly direction from
the gulf of Guinea ON your map of
Africa. In that part of the world are
number of small states reaching
across from the Niger river to the Nile
country and peopief with half-savage
inhabitants, whose customs and cos
tunes are strange and who doubtless
look upon us as barbarians, if they
know of us at all. This is the way the
emir of Garau appeared to an English
visitor.
Seated on grass mat was'a man of
about forty years Of age. A tall, 1.-THE,
finely made, high-caste Fulani, in color
almost white. Round his shoulders
hung white robe, spotlessly clean, and
lined with shining indigo-dyed cloth.
He wore baggy, green silk trousers and
sandals; on his head was fixed an enor-
nous Kaifo straw hat, some three feet
across the brim. He was surrounded
by thirty or forty soldiers armed with
swords and spears and a few rifles
They had surcoats of chain mail and
helmets on which the sun glinted 1t
made an extraordinary picture. The
emir greeted me very coolly in the
Fulani tongue and held out his hand
without rising. He hoped to receive a
present, but 1 did not offer him one |
and he was too proud to ask.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
A FrightfuI FoYk,

This is a cannibal fork from the
South Sea islands. 1t is made of a
very hard, bluish-red wood, and is
never used by the natives except at
their horrible cannibal feasts. The
South Sea islanders make stew of their
human victims, mixed with vegetables,
and the flesh of sheep and goats. When
1T has cooked sufficiently these forks
are used to withdraw the meat from
the steaming pot. Missionaries to
these islands have found that canni-
balism cannot be stopped by sermons,
but that the Introduction of four-foot-
ed animals has good influence i'm this
In New Zealand, for in
stance, since the bringing in of cattle,
sheep and goats, formerly unknown
on this island, cannibalism has ceased
1t is hoped that similar re-
suits will follow in the case of the saw
age MaOris, though one of the chief
difficulties with which reformers have
to contend Is the prevalent belief that
by eating their enemies they gain all
the strength and courage possessed by
the other parties while alive.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
THE CHORiSTERs.

There's a little band of singers
Every evening comes and fingers
Meath the window of my cottage In
the trees;
And With dark they raise their voices
While the gathering night rejoices.
ana the leaves join in the chorus with
the breeze.
Ihen the twinkling stars come out
TO enjoy the merry rout,
And the squirrels range themselves
upon log;
And the firefiies furnish light,
That they read their notes Alright
The katydid, the cricket and the frog.
All the night / hear them singing:
Through my head their tunes are
ringing
strains of music straight from Mother
Natures heart;
Now the katydld and cricket,
From the deep of yonder thicket:
Ihen the croaking frog off yonder
drones his part
BY and by the moon appears,
AS the midnight hour nears,
And her smiles dispel the low'rIng mist
and fog;
Then the mrth is at it's height,
And they glorify the night
The katydid, the cricket and the frog.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
AUTOMOBILES WIN IN COURT.
II They Brighten Horses and Cause Runa
ways That Is No Cause for Action

ways That Is No Cause Tor Action
County Judge Sutherland recently
decided a case at Rochester in favor
of Jonathan West, who has invented
gasolene horseless carriage, and who
was sued by the proprietor Of the
Swiss Landry for damages done to
the company's wagon by a runaway.
The horse drawing the laundry wagon
became frightened at Vests horseless
vehicle and ran away. The laundry
man obtained a judgment for $42.95
in the municipal court, and the appeal
was argued before Judge Sutherland.
The court says:
IF one should find 1t desirable to 60
back to primitive methods and trek
along city street with four-ox team
and wagon Of the prairie schooner va
riety, it would possibly cause some un-
easiness In horses unused to such
sights. Yet it could not be actionable,
in my opinion, If a runaway should re-
suit, provided due care were shown not
unnecessarily to interfere with the use
Of the highway. Horses may take
fright at conveyances that have be-
come obsolete as well as at those
which are novel; but this Is one of
the dangers incidental to the driving
of horses, and the fact cannot be inter-
posed as barrier to retrogressioK or
progress In the method Of locomotion.
used to frighten horses, but
no right of action accrued. Electric
street cars have caused many run
Always. Automobiles operated without
steam by storage batteries or by gaso-
ene explosion engines, running at a
moderate speed. may cause fright to
horses unused to them, yet the horse
must get used to them or the driver
lake his chances.
1T will not do to say that It Is proper
70 run any kind Of a contriyance upon
he street in which persons may be
carried. A machine that would 60
putting and snorting through the
streets, trailing clouds of steam and
smoke, might be nuisance, but this |
s not such case. The temporary in |
and dangers incident to !.
he introduction Of these modern and |
modes of travel upon the
highway must be subordinate to the |
anger and permanet benefits to the |
General public resulting from the adop-
ion of the improvements which
cience and Inventive skill have per-
ected. The judgment appealed from
, reversed"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
People Scattered in Porto Rico.

Charles e. Buell., who was secretary
Of the United States Special Commits
sion, points out the need in Porto Rico
of village communities.
Mr.. Buell. says that only 10 per cent.
of the total population of Porto Rico
live in towns the remainder, 81 per
cent. live dispersed in the country, not
in villages even, but singly. This
scattered state Of tile people makes 1t
difficult to spread the educational sys-
tenn. The children cannot be sent to
school, because they have long dis
tances to go. Thus, so long as the
present conditions prevail the extern
sion of public instruction seems impos-
sible. The solution is to group the
country people in villages.-San Juan
News.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
Chickens and Their Ways.

Even young chicks are soon able t,
stand up for their rights, as well a.
larger, two legged creatures. Suppose
worm has been seized while crawl
ing; no doubt it was scratched out oil
the ground by the mother hen, and
each chick believes it has a right tc
one end of the worm, but the difficulty
| is who is to have the middle. People
usually feed newly Matched chickens
| with sopped bread or other soft sub
stances and some seeds; but they very
soon begin to eat insects, which they
seek for themselves under the guild
ance Of their mother. They eat ants,
little grubs or caterpillars and also, of
course, worms not 100 large and juicy
slugs.
brood Of chickens varies in num-
Der; sometimes there is quite dozen,
and, on the whole, they agree very
well, but they have their little quar-
rels. The other day saw a picture
Of chicken that had mounted a large
stone, and the rest of the brood, stand
ing below, were looking at him with
surprise or envy, as if wondering how
he got up and wishing that they could
do the same. Meanwhile he walks
about proudly; but he must come down
at last, when possibly he may not get
welcome from the others.
1t is wonderful how soon chickens get
to know what birds are dangerous to
them; they would not be alarmed at
large, harmless bird, even if noisy.
but they will speedily run to the shelter
of the hens wings should sparrow
hawk or kite approach. But some
chickens have a good idea of defending
themselves.
A family of young bantams. kent in
yard, were much annoyed by the
sparrOws which came and ate up their
rice. One day chicken seized a SPAR
row by the head and held it firmly for
about five minutes. The sparrow cried
out and struggled. The noise attracted
cat. which ran to the spot, making
the chicken let go, when the sparrow
flew off, glad to escape.
Then, chicken can be grateful for
kindness, we are told. A gentleman
picked up one which had struggled |
away from its parent, and, after wan
dering time, was lying exhausted In |
the July sunshine. He sprinkled some
water upon 1t and revived 1t. This |
kindness the chicken never forgot, and
when 1t saw him 1t would run toward
him, allowing him to touch 1t, though
shy of other people.
Some hens are very careless mothers:
hey go about clucking in a rather
'ompous manner. proud of their brood
II chicks, yet in danger of treading
lpon those which run too near the
len's heavy feet.-Trenton On.
American.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
StartIag q Conversation.

"What a study the face Of that old.
ish man across the room would make
for Max Nordau," he said, address,
ing the girl to whom the hostess had
just introduced him.
"WhyT she asked.
Degeneration Is so plainly mark
upon all his features. Jove! / Shout.
hate to have man with his chareE
teristics for my fatherw'
''Oh, don't know" she replied. 1T
isn't SO bad. Come over here, papa.
and let me introduce you to MI Dsivs.
iJ,"-Chieage Times, HERALD;
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

are to be made as pleasing to the eye
as possible, and each painted a differ
ent color and placed at convenient dis
tances throughout the town. An ap-
peal has already been issued to the
boys and girls asking their cooperation
in cleaning up" and keeping clean.
To render these boxes self-supporting
the committee has resorted to the plan
OF securing advertisements from local
and outside dealers, merchants, trades
men and professional men. The lads"
will be painted on the boxes. All ex-
penses of painting and lettering will be
Borne by the committee, which will al
so be responsible for the care of the
boxes.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

President Eliot Of Harvard said re-
Gently that greater proportion of Har-
ward men were going into Journalism
and literature than into any other bust
ness or profession, except possibly the
law. "And it is a good place for them
to CO." he added.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD,
THE GREAT TRUNK LINE
Between ths
North and South.
Oaly direct route 10
ssnpAh, s.. lesb, cllcays. Kansas Cir
and oil points
NORTH, EAST AND WEST.
Only direct route 10
Jackssa, vleisAwg, New NIsiAS
And oil points In Texas and the 6outh.
woeA.
Double Daily Trains
Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections,

Through Pullman Palace 6lsspsrs
between Now Orleans and Msmph
Kansas City, b. Louis and Chicaes
Without change. making direct sonnec-
Mons With Arst-elass lines TO oil pointa
The great steel bridge spanning NE
Ohio river st Cairo completed, and al
araiss freight sad passenger now run.
sing regularly over II, Tins avoilina the
Delays and annoyance incident TO txans
(ss p ferry bssA
4 II. HANSON. Gen. - Agk,
Chicago.
yuo. 4 00osl y. ,. 4. NemnA
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

The man who doesn't brag about the
salad dressing he can make hasn't got
concelt enough to care II his hat Is
smashed In;
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

When a woman gets a new dress.
she begins to talk for new hnt to 70
With II. BY the time she gets the
hat she needs I new drsss again..
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

In Chicago it is proposed to pass an
ordinance regulating street car traffic
in which the main feature shall be mo
seat no fare"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

Minnesota's schools cost about So
100000 annually, and that is one third
Of the money raised by taxes in the
State.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
Greek Story of thu snidar

just as the passersby crowd about
the window where Is working Syrian
rus'wsavsr " the psmphs used to
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
enough knowledge of Spanish to make

enough knowledge of Spanish to make
the trip.
Robert Duncan regarded him as an
angel, and said that as the office was
not very busy just then, he thought he
should like to make the trip himself
This was better than the client expect.
ed, so the matter was soon fixed nm
Perhaps you will meet your folks
down there" said the senior partner
why, perhaps WILL" said Duncan
as II he had just thought of it. But
he told his partner that it was hard
~ probable, as he was going down on
the lower table lands near the coast
and the excursions usually kept pretty
well upon the higher plateaus.
mat night before he started he got
Il letter from his mother and in she
said: alice Chambers is lovely. and
We enjoy her very much" So that
was her name-ChamberS,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

A will has just turned up in Della
ware after having been hidden one
hundred and twenty-four years. Here
is the most successful effort ON record
to dodge a contest.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

Six hundred thousand pounds Of [
are consumed In England daily
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

The word Observation-Disclosures"
has ceased to be the longest word in
the English language, as a new Ok
ford dictionary will contain the word
nonintercOmmunicability."
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

The Woman's Club Of Palo Alto. Cal.
acting through the village Improvement
committee, has arranged for the pur-
chase and distribution Of number Of
hE1e ruhtlsh or trask hexss. Thsys
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

Chicago proposes to grapple with it's
tramp problem by establishing a NUM-
cipal lodging house similar to those
in Baltimore, New York and Boston.
The object of the house is to provide
suitable shelter for the homeless, with
work to pay for their keep. The police
are to be required to pick up al the
men and women they find begging IN
the streets and send them to the lotx-
ing-house. If they refuse to work they
will be arrested and treated as va
grants. The effect of this measure will
be the sitting of the worthy from the
unworthy and the clearing of the lat
ter from the city. If that much is ac-
complished, Chicagoans will feel that
the money spent for the municipal
lodgings will not have been spent in
vain.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
United States Senators.

. d McEnery. term expiring on the lth Of
March, 1900.
Don Gallery, term expiring on the 4th OF
March, 1901.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

An electric railway is projected be-
tween Brussels and Antwerp. 1t will
be twenty-four miles long, and the dis
lance is to be traversed without STOP
pages in twenty minutes.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

That VladivostocK is becoming a
modern city is shown by statement
from Consul Greener that twenty
five mile trolley road, electric light
works, OH which American contractors
might bid, are about to be established
there.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

So the Kaiser has dismissed his bar
Der. 1t is reported that the royal mus
tache no longer flaunts fiercely. A ma
tional style in lip-thatch is about to be
changed, and all because of the uppish-
ness of single mental. This is indeed
an era of the bigness of small things.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

The Glasgow municipality found that
its horse cars cost seventeen cents
car mile to operate, and the receipts
were twenty-three cents. Since the in
PRODUCTION of electric traction the cost
of running has been reduced to thir-
teen cents and the receipts have risen
to twenty-eight cents car mile.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

A little over twenty years ago Suess,
the eminent Austrian geologist, esti-
mated that three-fourths of the worlds
gold production was from placer mines,
and, arguing on this supposition, he
concluded that. since the working of
such mines is limited to. short periods,
the future of gold mining was by no
means encouraging. Yet of the total
of $2SS. OO0,OOO-the worlds output of
gold for last year-not more than fif-
teen per cent was the product of placer
mines. while approximately sixty per
cent was derived from fields which at
the time of Suess' prediction could not
be worked with profit and so were
abandoned. BY far the greater part of
the worlds gold production is confined
to small areas and few countries.
More than seventy per cent of the
worlds output comes from South At
RIGA, Australasia and the United
States. Last year South Africa pro-
duced $SO,OO0,OOO, the United States
S64 100000 and Australasia $64, 900, 600.
Russia also contributed $50, 600, 900; so
that these four countries made ND
more than eighty per cent of the
worlds supply last year.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

Japan at present has 10000 schools of
all sorts, maintained at an annual out
lay of about $S,OOO,OOO. The number
of graduates is 100000. The number
of pupils of both sexes about 5,OOO,-
600. About two-thirds of the total pop
ulation of school age are receiving tut
ton after the model of the school sys-
tenn of the United States.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

Whoever makes one hour suffice
where before. two hours were needed
to cover given distance lengthens
life. Thine is money" is an inadequate
expression. Time is life. Enable us
to do in day, month or a year what
our fathers could only do in two days,
months or years, and though we die at
fifty we are centenarians. Therefore
1T is large piece of news, full of hui
man interest, that one of the German
steamship companies is building an At
lantic liner that will plough her way
from Sandy Hook to Queenstown in
a little over four days. Twenty years
ago eight days was swift run. Halv-
ing the running time of ocean liners
is the same as doubling the lifetime of
ocean travellers. The twentieth CEN
fury will be remarkable for the tremen-
dous frightening of the life of man.
Very few of its people will live less
than hundred years, measuring their
lives by their increased opportunities
for either work or play. And after all
is not that the only rational way to
it? 1--WE live in deeds, not
years; in feelings, not in figures on a
dial" and "he most lives who travels |
fastest, sees, hears and mentally alb
serbs most and generally ''gets there
soonest and with both feet" reflects |
The New York World.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

Consul Barelman, of Malaga, Spain,
called attention to the renewed COM
nercial activity in Spain, as evinced
by the newly constructed and project
ed railways, nearly 200 miles having
been built on six new roads and ten
others being projected, in addition to
concessions having been granted for
fourteen trolley roads.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

we are prone to criticize and con-
denim the fact that in England there
is no appeal from a judgment of con-
viction of crime, even in capital
cases. But do they not get better re-
suits than we do? Is not the judicial
enforcement of their criminal laws
speedy, certain and safe? A person
convicted there can only bring his case
to the attention of the Home Secretary.
That official examines the case or has it
examined thoroughly by competent
persons. not to root up some bubble
or technicality on which to let GRIM
inal go, but to see whether substantial
justice has been done states a writer
in the Brooklyn eagle. If that is
found to be the case no technically is
Of avail; but IL not reprieve or release
Is sure to follow.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28

Few persons appreciate the enormous
addition now being made to the navy
of the United States. Over sixty war
vessels are being constructed. and some
of them are approaching completion.
The cost of these will be over $780,
100000. These vessels, when COM
pleted, will just about double the size
and strength of the American Navy.