The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-09-29

without PAIN" "flies cannot enter q
closed mouth" "A cat in gloves viii
never catch rats" ITO the hungry no
bread is dry" "A book that is shut
makes no scholar" The good laun-
dress washes the shirt first;" mo evil
will endure hundred years." "When
the river ~ passed the saint b for
! gotten"
1t Is nothing to wonder Mt In ar
navigation that a balloon should drift
thirty-five miles, carrying a number
of persons, as Count Zeppelin's has
just done in Germany. Such feats
have been performed times without
number, the airship always marking
out its own itinerary without the slight.
est reference to the wishes Of the bal.
loonatics inside Of it. That was ~
doubt the case with the Counts aerial
shallOp, though he has been figuring
upon the problem of holding it to
course Of his own prescription. This Is
a fine scheme on paper, but so far has
| never worked In practice, the Counts
experiments having the monotonous H.
sue common to all their kind.
Lord Wolseley, comrmander-in-chief
of the British army, in an interview
says: "Chlna possesses every reQui-
site for overrunning the world. She
has a population of four hundred mil
lion, all speaking the same language
or dialect readily understood from one
end of the Empire to the other. She
has enormous developed wealth and
still more enormous natural wealth
awaiting development. Her men, Il
properly drilled and led, are admir-
able soldiers. They are plucky and
able to live on next to nothing. More
over they are absolutely fearless of
death. Begin with the foundation of
millions upon millions of such soldiers
as these men are capable Of being
made, and tell me, if you can, where
the end will be.
A salutary rule on the subject of con-
tributory negligence Is laid down by
the Supreme Judicial Court of Massa- |
chusetts in the case of plaintiff who |
entered a building where he had never |
been before, without knocking or ring |
ing bell. He found himself in dark
ness and instead Of waiting where he |
was and endeavoring to attract the at |
tention Of the family, or retreating, he |
chose to try to find his way, and while |
SO doing fell down the cellar stairs"
Mr.. Justice Lathrop distinguishes the
case from that of policeman who was
injured in the night time by falling |
down an unguarded elevator well on
premises which the officer had entered
in the discharge Of his duty; and also
from that of letter carrier who was
similarly hurt in building which he
was compelled to visit in order to de-
liver letters. The voluntary visitor.
however, assumed the risk of pushing
on through the darkness without in
jury and was clearly chargeable with
contributory negligence.
Life in the country has a Charm Of
its own. Those who know how to use
and enjoy that charm are not only the
most contented, but they are often the
most cultivated and refined, they are
assuredly the most innocent and whole
some persons in the world. Hence, 1t
is that the fashion for going into the
country to live is spreading so rapidly
among the rich, the refined and the
most intelligent citizens of the great
est cities of the country. The greater
the city the more anxious the citizens
are to leave it, at least during the
summer, for the inexpressible charm
and the recreation of country life. But
there's more than a sentimental beauty
to be considered. Country life gives
health to the body and invigorating
thought to the mind. 1t fills the soul
with poetry and inspires the orator
with eloquence that thrills. 1t teaches
artisan and artist the lessons In the
master work of nature.
no other home for children.
IL Is Sudmo W hecp tneu Wiluiu
walls when the fields and wood lands
which made Scott poetic romancer,
the birds, which made Audubon the
greatest ornithologist of the world; the
farm, which made Washington the ..
,almest and nOblest patriot who ever !.
lived, are all in the country. The city
s fine place to visit, but the country
s the place to live exclaims the Ports
mouth, Va, Star.