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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-14

patriotic, and makes no attempt to
conceal his hatred Of all foreigners.
He hates Dreyfus, too, and on Sunday,
Sept. rs, 1898, at meeting to protest
against the revision OF the Dreyfus
case, he presided and delivered furi-
Gus TRADE against Prime Minister
Brisson and all who had shown a de-
sire for revision. He declared that II
O revolution occurred and the scaffold
was erected in Paris, the first head that
ought to fall was that of Clemenceau.
and that II Dreyfus ever returned to
France he and his partisans would be
lynched. This meeting was In further
ance Of the reorganization OF tho
League OF Patriots, which had been
suppressed some years ago by the gov
eminent. OF this reorganized league
De Roulede became president. He
hates SO much that he hates also the
constituted government Of France, and
at the death OF President Faure un-
dertook to overthrow the republic and
establish a government with the army
as a basis. He led procession OF
kindred spirits through the streets OF
the barracks, and was summarily ar
rested, not on the charge OF treason
or attempted coup d'etat, Of which he
would have been proud, but on the
more common accusation OF trespass
This almost disguised him with the
profession Of patriot. He is, however
still intensely bitter in his enmity te
Dreyfus, and the formation OF the
League OF Patriots is largely his owl
work. Besides, he is an inspiring
spirit Of the anti-Semitic leagues tina
have lately been formed in Paris
Since the affair Of the barracks-Feo
%, 1s99-De Roulede has boldly pro
claimed his purpose to overthrow thu
republic. His present was decided
upon as a means Of checking wha
otherwise might in time become dan
gerous organization. De Roulede ma.
know more than he Is willing to tel
Of the attempted assassination Of La
bori, one of the counselors Of Dreyfus
from ambush recently at Rennes.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-14
THE WOMAN OF THE ANoELUs.
How Mi.let's Model Lives In Her Peas
ant Cottage 1T BafbIsons

ant Cottage 1t Bafbixons
Barbizon, a little village in the
midst of the forest OF Fontainebleau,
short distance from Paris, has be-
come a goal of pilgrimage for many
admirers Of Millet's work, and partic-
ularly for those who know that the
woman who suggested to the great
painter his famous picture Of "The
Angelus'' still lives there in little
cottage d stones throw from where
she was born. Mere Adele's home Is
a small vine-elad cottage, In which she
lives a frugal but comfortable life,
troubled only by the overinquisitive
tourists and by her rheumatism. She
must have been an attractive woman
once, for even now, although she has
witnessed the passing Of more than
threescore years and ten, there are
traces of former beauty In her
wrinkled face.
Mere Adele is lady, though she has
worn her fingers blunt by toll, and her
form is bent under the burdens she has
had to bear. When she looks at you
her smile Is like a benediction, and the
beautiful things of earth are not lost
upon her. Her manner IL cheerful, az
one who feels she has not lived in vain.
II questioned closely she will tell you
Of the day when the great artist came
through the dense forest with his wife
and children, leaving behind him the
gay city of Paris with its schools OF
painting and its models. She knows
great deal of the very hard days which
followed for Jean Francois Millet-
the toll, the anxiety, the disappoint-
ments. She nursed his 1--WE children
and did the little field work in the
garden adjoining the cottage. When
he saw his nurse-girl, Adele. and her
father reverently bowling their heads
in prayer at the ringing Of the Angelui
he conceived the picture which, II not
his best work, is yet the best known
and the one most appreciated by the
people. Mere Adele calls herself
child Of God. She looks It in thu
painting, and she lives it every day II
her humble cottage.-Edward A. Stein
er, in the September Woman's Hom'
Companion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-14
future president was a shrewd busine.

future president was shrewd business
man, he accumulated there what was
considered q large fortune in those
days. He sent young James to Dick
inson college, in Carlisle, from which
he graduated in 1915. The house in
which Buchanan was born is now re-
built on Fayette street. Mercersburg.
Before it was torn down all the logs
were carefully numbered and when 1t
was again erected 1t was made fac
smile Of its former self. The house
is a story and half high. containing
two rooms 1t is constructed of large.
roughly hewn logs and is twenty feet
wide on Fayette street and twenty-ons
feet deep along an alley. There Is .
single window and q door IN front
ana one window on the siisy s.ds. With
. seer d sss yAsa
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-14

The Advocate of India tells Of curl
Gus way Of rejoicing. The Nawsb Of
Rampore being blessed with q daugh-
ter, rejoicings were taking place Ia his
state, and weeks pay was deducted
from every state oficial In eommem-
Grafton of the event.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-14
Regret.

Boston Traveller: Young Wife-Ths
new servant girl is a treasure! She
Is q good cook, Is so economical. nsvei
coca ont and never answers back
Eusbsua--Why aidn's ] INSET Der ee
ssrs " wsfs ussr'tf5
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-14

All the emery used in the world
comes from the little island Of Naxos.
near Greece. AZ It IL one Of the hard
est substances known ordinary quarry
:pg isgls tsaa't BE- .ssAd - cyl n eHls
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-14

Through Pullman Palace Bleepers
between New Orleans and Memphis,
Kansas City, st. Louis and Chicago
without change, making direct oopnec-
lions with hrst-class lines to al points
The great steel bridge spanning shs
Ohio river At Cairo completed, snd all
trains freight and passenger) now run
nipe regularly over il. TINS avoiding the
1elsys and annoyance incident to trans
Ter n ferry boat
Il. HANSON, Gen. ! ; Agt.
Chicago.
Ia 4 scsss. p. ?. \. HsaDiiA
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-14

The ordinary courtship Is very
weak foundation upon which to erect
the gigantic structure OF matrimony.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-14

Judas was probably q good female
impersonator.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-14
SOLACE IN PSALMS.
BOER REPUBLIC MUCH LIKE
OUR OWN AT START.

The News That the British Gunboee
Had Bombsrde Boston Called Forth
the Same Kind Of supplication That
Kruger Has Done.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12
rIm,s sueeess q. . I.eggar.

A pretty little incident marked the
arrival of Queen Victoria at London
on the occasion of her recent visit TO
the capital city, just after the turn of
the war tide in South Africa, After
the royal train came to a standstill
there followed the inevitable delay
pending the completion of the prepO-
rations by which the Queen was pro-
vided with an inclined platform TO
make it easier for her to walk from
her saloon to the carriage in waiting.
1t was during this interval that the
aged sovereign caught sight of the
station dog "Tim," who was running
about the trainshed.
He was gayly beribboned for the
occasion, and by means of cup uR-
der his chin was diligently "collect-
ing" from the crowd contributions for
the fund to assist the widows and
orphans of the Great Western em-
ployes. The Queen asked his mis-
sion, and, upon being informed of it,
caused him to be brought to the
saloon Of the train aud thereuuon
dropped a sovereign in the collection
box attached to his collar. -Phila6el-
phia Press.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

these forts, the mysterious battery To-
cations. When the forts were build
ing workmen employed on one part Of
the structures were not allowed to
work on another part. Sentries were
posted at all the entrances. Knowl-
edge of the details of the work was
kept from all but the president aud
the commanding officers.
In external appearance the seven
forts are alike. They have masonry
faces, with earthwork which covers
their fronts to great depth. Pile
upon pile of sandbags are stacked up
wherever shells from the enemy might
strike. There are many hidden re-
cesses, secret passages, complete tele-
phone connections-not only with each
other, but with government buildings
in Pretoria. Sesrchlights are mounted
in each structure 30 as to command
the surrounding country at night. The
magazines arc underground aud are
reported 10 be mined. Report has it
also thatth near approaches are mined
and that the electrical construction is
such that considerable portions of an
enemy's army might be blown into
eternity before surrender came. For
food, in the event of siege, enormous
quantities of maize have been accu-
mulated enough, it is said, to feed
the army and the population of Pre-
toria for five years The supply Of
ammunition is calculated to be suf-
hcient for two years.
The center of the system of forts
hes about 5000 feet to the westward
of the northern end OF Pretoria, and
has radius Of something more than
1000 yards. The center OF the city is
only about II 900 feet, nearly due
south, on the fort on Signal Hill,
which is about 400 feet above the
plain on the west side of the railway
to Johannesburg, aud about $4,000
feet from the fort on the hill to the
east OF the railway and the Aapies
River running to the north. Between
this fort and the river are the foun-
tains that furnish tue water supply of
Pretoria. The distance between the
forts on either side OF the railway is
7l0O feet. The railway station, where
the lines from johannesburg on the
south, Delagoa Bay on the east and
Petersburg on the north form their
junction, is Immediately outside the
city on the south side. The railway
to Petersburg, after winding some
! distance TO the westward, passes out
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

The Boerscall the ranges about Pre-
tOria Magalies. The town was laid
ont after 1856 by them and named
after Pretorius, one OF their first and
strongest leaders. He was the first
President Of the Republic and Com
mandant General of their army. The
real growth of the town did not COM
mence until after the victory at Majuba
Hill in 1881. johannesburg is the
center and home of the Uitlanders---
the nervous, adventurous element of
the Trausyaal. But Pretoria is es-
sentially the center OF che pastoral
Beers. Tropical flowers and plants
cover the valley in which it lies, aud
willows grow in every direction.
Nearly all Of the buildings are white
in color. On the dome of the capitol
is a golden statue of Liberty. The
Witwatersraud mines, which yield
800, 900, 900 annually, are but a short
distance from the capitol. Howard
G. Hillegas, in Harper's, ,smentions the
universal prevalence OF the bicycle IN
Pretoria, Of the telephone and the
electric car. The Boer congress--the
volksraad-meets at Pretoria, and
President Kruger has lived there for
fifteen years. American goods are
largely in evidence in the shops of the
town, and the American shopman is
already there in large numbers. Pre-
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

running together across the plain
through the Winderboom Poort
Both river and railway pass under
the guns of large fort 81, 900 feet
from the center of Pretoria. The
westernmost fort is on the range OF
hills behind Pretoria, aud lies at
distance of 81, 900 feet from the oity's
center. There is a powerful redoubi
to the southwest on the range Of hills
through which the transport road tc
johannesburg passes, This com
pletes, with various earth batteries,
the circle of the larger works defend.
ing the Boer capital. Behind the
great redoubt are the principal maga
zines, one excavated out of the solid
rock, with a bombproot roof, and the
other built into the kloop, also bomb.
proof. Communication between the
redoubt and tue aforementioned maga
zine is by means of covered way,
Roads connect all these forts with the
capital, and they have pipes laid for
water as we'll as el, c ric lights for the
search lights.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12
A aMoto Of Gonsrnl .Ionhert.

A French paper reports a good mot
Of the late General Joubert. When
Natal was invaded much discussion
took place in the Boer camp as to the
wisdom of the Generals strategy. A
Free State officer remarked that the
sudden attack upon English territory
did not quite square with the cunning
OF a lawyer, alludlng to Joubert's old
functions as q solicitor. "My friend. i"
replied Joubert, "there is o great diff
ference between a court of justice and
a battlefield. In the former the ad-
vantage lies with him who has the
last word; in the latter it lies with
who strikes the first blow"
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

A further and final test Of the
Kearsarge's main battery has set at
rest all doubts as TO the stability Of
the vessel and the structural strength
Of tue superimposed turrets, The
tremendous shock from the simulta-
neous detonation Of full service
charges in four thirteen.inch,and four
eight-inch guns was sustained by the
ship without the slightest indication
of weakness at any point. No such
ordeal would be possible in actual
warfare, although it might be
safely undergone. There is scarcely
q dissenting voice among the naval
experts in regard to the supreme
value Of the new design, and it is OK.
pected that the superimposed turret
system will now be applied to the
three battleships in course Of con
struction, as we'll as all other future
creations Of this class for the Ameri'
can nGYT.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

Harvard University is establishing
tho three-year course for degree in
place OF the time .honored and uni
versai four-year course. President
Eliot says that "any young man with
fair abilities can now procure the de-
gree IN three years without hurry and
oyerwork, il he wishes to do so, or if
his parents wish him." and this
opinion is amply borne ont by re-
cent statistics, For, at the present
time, nearly two-lifths OF the whole
number of students, or 23l who are
graduated, are credited ia three
years with sixteen or more courses.
The President further states that
within a comparative short time the
majority of those who enter the fresh.
man class will come TO college with
the purpose Of completing the re-
uuirmeuts Of the college in three
years"
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

precipitous banks of Aapies River,
the narrow gnrges--so few in number
the innumerable "spiou" or lookout
kopjes that seem literally to leap from
the bosom of the plain and suddenly,
silently oppose access to the capital
city.
You look up TO tue mountain fronts
as your train struggles to find its way
into Pretoria and wherever the eye
rests there appears to he the lines Of
a fort, redoubt, the front uf masked
batteries or the domes OF bomp proof
rife aud cannon pits. TO the north.
east, west and south these enSirdle
the city. They command the few
very few narrow entrances TO Pre-
toria, They watch like great dogs
the dusty, sun.rotted-Veldt over which
any English troops coming from the
south must pass. They blink at the
eraiIroad 10 johann esburg.and the
cne to Lorenzo Marques. Thcyf ce
the north AT Wlnderboom and guard
the ways 10 Beorsheba, Hebron and
Polouia. Their location has been
with purpose. Captain SchieI, now
as English prisoner, constructed tho
one at Daspoort from plans obtained
in Berlin. He brought special assist
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

The Illinois Audubon Society for
bird protection, now three years old,
is the youngest but largest State as
sociation Of the kind. 1t has nearly
10, 900 enrolled members Nearly all
are children, there being about 800
adults, most OF whom are residents of
Chicago. A new Illinois statute
makes it a misdemeanor, punishable
by fine or Imprisonment, for any per
son to have in his possession the body,
living or dead, of any wild bird, the
English sparrow, the crow and the
chicken hawk excepted.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

The United states having completed
its war with Spain it has ratified The
Hague treaty for the substitution Of
arbitration for war. Holland being
too small TO fight anything except the
Fast Indian aborigines has ratified
this measure of universal peace. Eng
land is too busy carrying on war in
Sonth Africa to attend to this matter
at present. France, Germany, Rus
sia, Austria and Japan feel that they
must be little better prepared for
war before they engage to submit
their qunrrels TO arbitration, aud the
increase of fleets and rearmment OF
artillery forces proceeds, remarks the
New York Journal OF Commerce.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12
toria does not and has not encouraged

toria does not and has not encouraged
the presence OF Englishmen, but Ger
mans and Frenchmen are welcomed.
The streets are broad and clean, the
water supply fine and ample.
In spite of its bloody war with Great
Britain the South African Republic
had time to plan and complete build.
ing at the Paris Exposition and to
make it ready for the Transvaal ex-
hibit. Every visitor to the great eX-
position will be specially interested ia
this display. The chief feature of the
exhibit is a collection of native min
erals, including the gold ores Of the
Rand and uncut diamonds. The eI-
hibit also contains specimens Of the
agricultural industry of the Transvaal,
such as fruits and cereals. A collec-
ton OF hunting trophies, including
the skins of lions, leopards and other
wild animals, shows what the Beers
have had to encounter in their marches
north through the wilderness. The
building has two stories, with a cen
trail tower and cupolas on the corners.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

The last one OF nine reasons given
by leading spinster of Chicago why
she had never married was, "He has
not proposed" 1t would seem that
the other eight were superhuons.
Why spend time worrying because
"He might like tides" or "He might
part his hair in the middle" when the
dreadful necessity of decision seems
never to have arrived?
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

At the request of the General Land
Office, Mr.. Lester +. Ward recently
explored the fossil forests Of Arizona.
The richest deposit of siIicified trees
covers an area of about eight miles
square, in Apache County. In some
parts Of this area the petrified logs lie
much more thickly than they could
have stood while living, and Mr..
Ward thinks they must have been
transported by swift currents ofwater
in the Mesozoic era. Microscopic in
spection of the texture of the agatizod
wood proved that it resembled the
araucariau pine Of the Southern
hemisphere.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

sea level, but 400 feet lower than the
site Of Johannesburg to the south.
On the fourth side-the south aud
facing the approach from Johannes
burg--the range aatscns away to a
vast and level plateau, treeless, desc
late, exposed at every point to the
sweep of any euns that may command
it, The town is 1880 miles from
ORpetown, fifty from, johannesburg.
On the map it seems as easy of APP
proach as a prairie village ia Ne
braska, But the map topographer
fails TO present. the lofty, barren hills
that face the south plateau, the
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

Mr. o. Bates at Washington has
been making some interesting iuvesti-
cations on white oak bridge piles
which were destroyed by worms, The
oak was from Arkansas, and the ex-
perience was 80 unfavorable that no
more piles from that region have been
used since. Worms we're found work
ing through the surface of the ground
to The depth of three feet, some Of the
piles being entirely eaten off about
eighteen inches below the surface Of
the ground, and it was estimated that
each pile contained from 100 to 500 Of
these worms. 1t IS maintained that
there is some peculiarity about the
sap in the Arkansas oak that attracts
these worms, as they do not attack
the Northern oak. 1t is believed that
any treatment after cutting tue logs
sap impregnation or subsection to dry
kiln seasoning-could not benefit
these timbers, but if they were cut in
winter (say, any time after September
15l, and at once taken out of the
woods to some dry yarding ground,
they would have lasted as we'll as Wis
consIn oak,
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12
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; Her Seven Forts 5
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Pretoria, capital Of the Trausvaal,
is country town, asleep back Of
mountain walls aud the frowning
guns of seven modern forts. Here,
unless all present indications fail and
the war ends earlier than men expect,
tho Beers will make their last stand
against the English and endure a pos
sibly lengthy and bloody siege before
capitulation.
On three sides of Pretoria the
mountain ranges rise to elevations Of
1000 and 1000 feet above the streets of
the city, which itself is 400 feet above
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

Tt is not likely that the efforts OF
scientists and sociologists to secure a
distinct designation for the people OF
the United States will meet with much
success. We have been known as
Americans" for $50 years, and all
efforts heretofore to change the title
have met with failure. Americans we
are, whether we like it or not, and
Americans VIC will remain us long as
tho continent stands.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

Bart Cable and Mary Gyrope were
married at Moberly, Mo-, the other
day, the officiating clergyman being Il
Rev. Mr.. Saylor. 1t will have to be
admitted that Mr.. Cable and Miss
Gyrope displayed a thorough appre-
citation of the fitness of things when
they called Mr.. Saylor in TO tie the
knOt
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12
DrinkInr water For EnrIneer,.

To provide drinking water on loco.
motives a Southern man has designed
tank to fit ia one side Of the large
water tank on the tender, the body Of
the small tank being surrounded by
the water in the large tank to keep
the drinking water cool.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

A Massachusetts correspondent Of
the Albany Country Gentleman, who
wants all dogs, il not killed, re.
strained from running at large, says
the flock of sheep on many a farm is
to the farmer ''just the difference be-
tween enough and not being able to
Iva
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

Tue Sahara Desert is not barren
waste, as is popularity suppos ed Not
long ago there were 100000 sheep,
100000 goats, and 260, 600 camels
in the Algerian Sahara alone; aud the
cases furnish million and half of
date palms.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12
YBg SUBURBAN CITIZEN.
WASHINGTON; D. C.

Religious growth and progress show
themselves in gentler manners, higher
deals. and more sympathy for those
Who are on the other side.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12
PRESIDENT KRrGEns HOUSE, PRETORIA.

Of The plain on whicA Pretoria is
situated, through the Daspoort or de.
file ia the range OF hills behind the
city. Through this also runs the
Aapies River the railway aud river
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

ants from Berlin TO aid him in the
work. Amsterdam engineers built
others of the defensos. After them
came French engineers, and then
thaqa nf ITALY. ~ that tha onmnlatad
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12
POPULAR SCIENCE.

In males, the average weight 81 the
full grown human brain is about forty
nine or fifty ounces; in females, forty
four ounces.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-12

No one just knows--or will admit
kuowing-the inward mechanisms Of