The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, anj
Virginia have made Jefferson Davis.
Birthday, June 3, a legal holiday, ant
former Confederates wish the Other
Southern States to take similar action
New York brokers loan $4,000. OO(
10 France" And stand ready to loaI
10 Germany, Russia and the whole for
eign outfit. Money talks the one uni
versal language.
Statistics of the Masa schusetts Rail
way Commissioners show that the av
erage cost of railway equipment PEE
mile of main track in that State las
year was $46,149.
The phylloxera destroyed 450OOt
acres of vineyards in Spain. Vines IL
Spain or France are not worth cultivat
ing unless they are grated with the
American vine which renders then
proof against the insect.
The Smiths will take the lead anon.
the oldest families. The earliest maj
of that name, so the antiuuarians say
was an Egyptian who lived in the reigI
Of the third Ptolemy, 227 B. G. Ht
was brewer by trade.
Not long ago a friend of Maurui
Jokai, the Hungarian novelists, was
taking him to task for the plainness OF
his apartments. II dislike all luxury,
replied Jokai, Except the luxury Of
leisure for brain work. Most men love
luxury because they have No brains
The clergyman who complains thai
newspapers are compelled to be inter
esting even at the expense of truth fails
to consider how overwhelmingly inter
esting almost any reporter could be il
he were to break in and tell all the
cold facts he knew.
Enforced cleanliness prevails among
the pupils in the public schools of Co
penhagen, Denmark. Three times 8
week they must take baths in the
schools, and while they are sporting
in the swimming tank their clothes are
purified in steam ovens.
Wo are always borrowing words
from foreign languages, but the Elem
ish name for the automobile will never
be adapoted here. 1t Is 'snelpaadel
zoonsdersperpetroolr The thing
could run over two dozen people before
anybody could shout its name as 9
warning.
There are about 1900 cheese factories
in the United States, in addition tc
several hundred creameries making
chees in small quantities. The total
output of cheese last year was 265,
OOO, 900 pounds. OF this amount, about
100000 pounds were produced in
New York State.
Lanciani has shown that q law was
passed in Rome at the time of the
Caesars restricting the height of the
fronts Of buildings to sixty feet. Au.
gustus, Trajan and Nero regulated the
heights of buildings. Augustus fixed
the height at seventy feet, Trajan at
sixty feet and Nero at the same height
General Otis says the Filipinos are
eager for schools and are clamoring for
them everywhere. A considerable mum.
Der of schools are already established
in Luzon and, according to General
Otis, $4,000 worth of books have been
supplied to them. 1t appears, however,
that the demand has exceeded the sup.
ply.
European purchasers are not only In
our market to exc out their supply of
coal. but they are also making heavy
purchases of pig iron. 1t is said that
such extensive contracts have been
made that it will be impossible to
complete the shipments during the cur
rent year. Heavy exports will be made
from Southern mills.
A liberal congress of religion, which
Is an outgrowth of the worlds parlia-
ment of religions and aims to perpe-
tuate its spirit, met recently at Boston.
Its purpose Is declared to be to unite
in fraternal conference men and wo-
men of whatever name who believe in
the application of religious principles
and spiritual forces to the present prob
lens of life.
The killing of an attractive young wo-
man in New York City by an admirer
whom she discouraged is beautiful
case of what the French would cali a
"crime Of passion" Had this murder
been done in Paris, the judge and jury,
and the numerous spectators in court
would weep in sympathy with the ac-
cused when he was placed on trial.
fortunately, 1t Is not the custom or the
English-speaking peoples to lavish their
comparison on such human specimens.
1t has been said that any nation
which collects an indemnity from Tur-
key ought to receive additional compen-
sation for the time lost and the strain
on the nervous system. The delay in
paying for losses inflicted upon our
people in the Armenian massacres is
entirely in keeping with Turkish tradi-
tons. The approved theory in the sui
tame domain seems to be that "'he pays
twice who pays promptly"
Scotland is fast losing its reputation
for stolid piety. Last years statistics,
just issued, how that the prisons were
full to Overfowing, and that the Off