The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-03-03


The young men and women who
7ere rehearsing play at co-educa-
ion college in Illinois had to be re-
,roved for the sincerity OF their KISS
ng scenes. The reproof was proper.
they should be reminded that mere
ealism is not art.
The Assistant Attorney General Tor
he Post-ofice Department at Wash.
ngton reports that for the last fiscal
rear, out of ninety-nine fraud orders
ssued, only nine were for lotteries
md gift enterprises, an indication
that the lottery business has been
nearly broken up.
Nearly million dollars is now go
ing into cotton mills in Mississippi.
That good state is moving steadily
forward and her people are said to be
more prosperous than they have been
for twenty years past
The Kansas City Star. commenting
on the increased transportation OF
horses to the Eastern market, says:
"The passing of the horse as motive
power has been q fruitful theme for
writer's since the advent of the cleo
trio car and the automobile, but the
horse persistently refuses to pass"
Who says the Indian is not pro-
crossing. An Alaska native has sued
prominent Seattle citizens, including
a newspaper man, for stealing totem
pole from the reservation. The old
fashioned method of recovering q
sacred emblem would have been a
war dance and scalping knife.
A photograph recently taken OF the
delegates of the Nebraska State Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs shows,
what 10 to be noticed in the greater
number of clubs, that the members
are the middle-aged matrons and older
women whose active household duties
have ceased to q great extent. They
used to say that missionary societies
in churches were composed OF old
maids and widows. There was prob
ably some truth in it, because the I'M
attached women have the time to de-
vote to the work.
A bicycle factory in Pennsylvania
has just completed a number of jim
rikshas for China. Japan. South Africa,
and the Philippines. The bodies Of
the carriages are of wood, and some
of the wheels are of bicycle finish
with rubber tires. All have tops tt
protect the riders from the heat of thu
tropical countr es. The American
manufacturers have greatly improved
the running qualities and appearance
of this useful but queer-looking Va
hiels.
| During the past few years the pro
duction of gold in Colorado has beef
increasing so rapidly that California
can no longer be termed the Colder
State. The official figures of the Di
rector of the Mint show that during
1898 Colorado produced $23. 1875, 80
while California's product was onl,
SIS, 637, 900. For 1897 the figure
were: Colorado $40, 104, 200, Californi
S14, 61S, 800. Furthermore, nearly al
the rich new strikes made recent
were in Colorado.
Criminals today fear the publ
journals quite as much as they fea
the detectives and other officers {
the law, and in many instances the
fear the newspapers most of all state
the Philadelphia Times. The service
of American journals in the exposu1
and suppression of crime have b
, come so general that the public hay
little appreciation of them, but thos
who we'll understand the power of th
, public press to halt the vocation ,
the criminal have the most wholeson
fear of Americas progressive journa
ism.
The London riding schools. we Al
. told, are supplying women groom
Instead of following ''my lady" at
regulated distance, like the male q
, tendant. the woman groom rides rig
, up alongside. Thus the early NOR
: ing canter is no longer passed in I
L lence, but in cheerful converse
which is supposed to add to the 9
: ioyment of the riding constitute
:. AL" Where is women's invasion
or mems established occupations to enc
u With men being employed as chal
:. bermaids, while women are to
q found at all callings from barriste
g to barmaids and grooms, school CO..
3 missioners and mayors of citis
G things are being turned topsy tur,
8 We may look forward to won
9 Judges on the bench deciding whetf
8 or not dress fits or where the blal
& lies between q servant and her 9
8 ployer.
9 Norway is to-day unique as co
q mercial nation. There is no 9th
9 not even Great Britain, that riv
q her in the proportionate size of
g ocean going commerce. Great 1
8 tain, with 40, 900, 900 population.
=, 10, 500, 900 tons of shipping, or nea