The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-01-12

In the matter Of educational fads Il
the public schools 1t may be remark
ed that any fad Is one fad too many
Statistics show that In Nebrasa onl
thirty-one people out Of 1000 canno
read or write. This Is the best shown
made by any State.
The Duke Of Abruzzi 10 said to b.
planning balloon voyage to the Pole
He is much too fine a young man t
finish his career in that way.
OF the nineteen leading cities Of tn
country Chicago stands fifteenth 4
cost Of fire protection, first in park
and boulevards and sixth in cleaning
The young Wichita, Kansas woma
who imagines she is married to tn
ghost Of her dead sweetheart is not t
be cheated by a little thing like death
Alabama has a fine old Capitol, sc
on hill, and rich In historical asso
Citations, but it has no Governors man
sion, and Is beginning to think it need
one.
The man who strips a country o
its forests Injuries the whole popula
ton of that part of the country, a
well as the generations that come afte
him.
The glory of crossing the ocean tw
or three hours faster than somebod
else Is not likely to attract people VIII
have a wholesome objection to befn:
blown up or drowned.
Canada's mineral resources, her vas
forests, her immense waterways, tn
great wheat lands of Manitoba ant
the West are the best to be foun'
anywhere in the world.
There Is a street in Chicago named
Fake street, whose residents have pc
titioned the city government for
change of name. 1t was named befor'
the word acquired its popular signifi
cance-probably in the Scottish
meaning Of a stratum of stone.
It Is said that close relative Of thu
Kaiser approved Of statement fol
which a journalist has been convicted
Of lese majestic. Here is q nice prob
lem for the most versatile Of mon
archs to settle.
In Norway before girl is allowed
to marry she must have a state GER
tificate that she can cook. And yet
there is q disposition among ignorant
people to consider Norway some dis
lance behind the advance guard OF
civilization.
Official statistics recently published
show that Stockholm and its suburbs
possess over 10000 telephones, an
average of nearly one instrument pei
family. An ideal service, combined
with a wonderfully cheap tariff, has
brought about this result.
It is noted that the 1856 largest cities
In the country show an increase In
population for the last decade in al
most exact proportion to the increase
from 1880 to 1890; thereby indicating
that the exodus from the country to
the city is not growing larger.
A young woman tried to drown her
self at New York City the other day
Before jumping in the river she care
fully gathered up her short skirt as If
she were about to walk across mud
dy street. 1t just shows how auto
matte are many feminine acts.
One Of the schemes for the future
of Galveston is to raise it
far enough above the sea level to keep
it from being flooded by the waters
of the Gluf of Mexico when driven be-
fore a hurricane. 1t Is estimated that
it will cost $1,OOO,OOO per square mile
to raise the site of the city ten feet.
The latest plan suggested in Chicago
to utilize the Ferris Wheel is the some
what wild one to lay it on its side and
make a locomotive round house of it.
The wheel, which necessarily would
have to be rooted over, Is still to re-
volve and receive seventy-two engines,
IL necessary, from a single track, or
at most, two tracks. The wheel is
$50 feet in diameter and 80 feet wide,
and weighs 1900 tons.
pointment in their new queen-that
she cannot or will not speak Italian.
Her language is French; and her for
eignness is all the more remarked by
It's contrast with the LONELINESS of
Queen Margherita, who belonged to
the royal house Of Savoy by birth as
well as by marriage. Queen Elena''s
memories and personal traditions are
the friend and protectress Of
her youth having been the empress
mother Of Russia.
A prospector for coal in the Cascade
mountain district of Washington is
said to have located q deposit Of pure
anthracite coal, with veins nineteen
'eet thick and more than 25,0000O0
ons in sight. This break in the uni