The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-13

aries six men and travels AZ the ra'e
Il thirteen miles an hour. Q
A woman who wears q stuffed bird 1
N her hat Is liable to fine or from 8
rs TO $50 by a law recently passed
~ the legislature Of Arkansas.
Comnlaipt ia made that Grosvenor l
SQUARE, in London, ID losing its arls-
+ocratic tenants, whose houses are fall
ing one by one into the hands OF Afri-
can and Australian millionaires.
On an average 100000 postage
.tamps are used by the people OF the
limited States every day in the year.
Figure 1t up and see IL you can com
prehend what 1T means for the o6o
days Of the year.
According to the report Of the For
estry Commissioner Of pennsylvania
the recent forest fires in the State do
at least a million dollars
worth Of property. Carelessness ana
were responsible for
them.
while the thermometer In Boston re-
Gently indicated temperature OF nine
ty degrees In the shade, meteorological
experiments with kites showed that at
an elevation of 1900 feet the temper
ature was from ten to fifteen degrees
below freezing point
The cost Of fuel is most important
item to every manufacturer, ana ne
needs only to have it demonstrated that
smoke consumption is practicable when
he win adopt the methods that insure
it saws Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
1t will be money in bis pocket 10 40
so. The smoke problem is a difficult
one, but we have always belieTed that
American ingenuity and skill would
finally solve 1t. saz1 .sn i.s
The total number Of cattle In the
world is estimated at 10O,OOO,OOO, Oh
which 44,OO0,OOO are in the United
States. The number of sheep In the
principal countries Of the world Is
41O. 10000; Great Britain has 3O,oOO,-
600: France, q 100000; Germany. H.
OOO, 600; Russia, 44,oOO,OO; Spain, b.
100000; Argentina, 74,25O,O0O; United
States 39,OO0,OOO; Uruguay, 16,2oO,OOo;
Australia, 11O,50O,OOO.
Continental financiers are not worried
about the Chinese loan which was ne
| gotiated to pay the war indemnity TO
japan. While the largest share Of the
loan was taken in Berlin, it Is be-
ljeyed that most of it has drifted to
London. In case of the dissolution OF
the Chinese Empire the English bank
ers would be the sufferers, unless they
have already disposed Of the loan to
Chinese financiers.
The American Consul at Tamsul,
Fermosa, notes the fact that the cam
phor product of the island now controls
the markets of the world. The Chinese
Weld never has exceeded 100000
pounds, and Japan's has dwindled to
3OO. 900 pounds. Formosa has, how,
ever, ranged over 6,OO0,OO0 pounds
wear during the past four years. The
maximum yield was reached in 1895
when the production reached 7,O0O,UO(
? pounds.
The new board of control Of STATE
, lunatic asylum number four OF Mis-
souri,, has awarded contract for tn
: erection Of five cottages on the site 10
lcated at Pennington, where 326 acre
n of ground have been secured. The In
stitution will be constructed on tn
p cottage plan, and the buildings to b
y erected at the present time will have
:. capacity of about $50 patients. An al
preparation of $4,000 is available 70
I the work.
J. Tramps and thieves find their M
e farious business flourishing in thes
e festival days, when travel and outdOt
g life are imperious requirements an
locking up the house an irksome an
q easily neglected duty. The hous
le holder who puts on an extra pressuI
of vigilance in the summer seaso
r. need never buy gun for purposes ,
he desperate retaliation upon ubiquitO,
20 and elusive housebreakers. The pole
v. do their best; but security from 70
ID berry, like charity, begins at home.
y The Japan Times, Of recent dat
ne says: 1T is reported that bill for pr
", hibiting smoking by young people w
pr presented at the House of Represent
IN tiyes by Mr.. NemOto and four Other
" The main purpose of the bill Is to Il
lg effect that juvenile smokers und
* eighteen years of age shall be punish
by q fine ranging in amount from t
to one yen. and the confseation
pipes and fittings used by the Offender
~ Inc Dill is ediu W ndac, DeeH uTuS
I'D on the model of similar enactmer
prevailing in Germany and the Unit
re States of America.
VI The public bath movement has c
tended to many of the cities havi
Ia 100000 popuIation and less-in mt
cases the municipality voting the nee
ed sary funds. Philadelphia still has
distinction of having the only ba
with washroom attached. The ests
- lishment of this convenience was d
tn the labors of a private associate,