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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Troopers of the First Cavalry de-
feated a rebel force in Batangas Prov
ince, Luzon, P. I.
Civil government was established In
Manila.
Two cases of yellow fever were re-
ported in Havana, Cuba, and quaran-
tine regulations were put into effect.
Delegate Wilcox nominated Charles
V. Richardson, q Hawaiian, for the
West Point cadetship, for which Joseph
Aca failed to pass the examination. /;
Senor Jose Varela was appointed
Secretary Of Justice of Cuba to sue
ceed Senor Luis Estevez.
The gunboat Petrol was ordered
home from Manila, conditions permit
ting a reduction of the American feet.
in Philippine waters.
Felix Roxas, editor Of the Democra-l
cia, was appointed Governor OF Batan-
gas Province, P. I.
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5GEh. skOUROpATklhS

divided into twelve grand departments,
at the head Of which are the officers
bearing the title of commander-in-
chief; these have the command of the
troops stationed in the region, those
belonging to the territory and those
of the various establishments. In
several of the regions, in Finland, at
wilma, Warsaw. Moscow, Kieff, in the
Caucasus, in Turkestan. in Siberia,
and the Amour district, the command
ers-in-chief are invested with higher
political authority. and take the title
of Goyernor-G General. The distribution
of the Russian troops by army corps
is not uniformly established, as in
some other countries Of Europe. 1t
may be admitted, however, that in
European Russian fifty-two divisions
of infantry, fifty-two groups Of mount
ed artillery, twenty-three divisions Of
cavalry and forty-four batteries Of
mounted artillery constitute twenty
five army corps, of which two are in
the Caucasus region. Beyond the
Ural, in Siberia, in TurkeStan and the
Amour region. and, at present. in
Manchuria, the organization is varia-
BILE. and depends upon circumstances.
The corps of Russian officers is re-
cruited in great part from the Low
er Military Schools, of which there are
seven for the infantry, those Of Ka-
zan. Odessa. st. Petersburg, Tchou-
gouiev, Tiflis, wilma and Irkoutsk;
two for the cavalry. Elisabethgrad and
Orenburg. The remainder of the Of
fcers come from the Body of Pages Of
the Emperor and the Military Schools.
These latter schools are open, in prin-
ciple, to young men of all classes Of
society, including the under-officers
and private soldiers; they are located
at st. Petersburg and Moscow. The
preparatory instruction for these
schools is obtained at twenty-four
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loud as desired. For the gouty per.
son or the owner of q sprained ankle
there is a tufted leg rest that can be
shifted to any height or position de-
sired and If the invalid is too weak OF

self-indulgent to hold his book there
Is an obliging stand that will assume
the task for him. When holiday In
bed Is desired or enforced pillar bed
rest comes into service and its top,
subject to manifold variations in
form, can be converted from break
fast tray into a book rest, a writing
pad, IN easel, or even an instrument
that will hold wools for winding.
When convalescent has not
strength enough for exercise, but is in
sistent on freedom of movement, the
walking machine is taken from the
storage closet and the most restless
individual can come and go without
loss Of vitality. Altogether the home
infrmary is a huge success and prom
ises to become as recognized an insti-
tuition in the luxurious American home
as the model nursery or the private
gymnasium.-New York Herald.
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stork With whales Head

The whale-headed stork Is admitted
to be one of the most curious birds In
the whole world. and living one in
the Geological Gardens would be a
great attraction at the present time.
says the London Graphic. 1t will
probably not be long before we shall
be able once more to see living speci-
mcas in our menageries, for the bird
is by no means rare in the swampy
districts Of the Upper Nile and the Ga
zelle River. From this latter region
Mr.. Petherick, 81. B. N. Consul at
Khartoum, procured some young birds
in 1859, and two Of them safely arrived
in the Geological Gardens in 1860,
where they evoked q lively public in
terest. 1t was recently announced, af-
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Ambition vs.. Contentment.

The difference between making a liv-
ing and making money is illustrated
in 4 conversation that took place thir-
ty years ago between a man who went
West and made a fortune and man
who remained on farm in New Eng
land and did not. TO sum up, the
Western man said to the New Eng
lander: you needn't tell ME how it
is; l know all about it. If you had
Il farm given to you at the beginning
and you have lived on it for forty
years, yor've come out within fifty
cents of the amount of capital You
began with. "-Christian Register.
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troops have received the necessary in
struction and have been grouped by
the officers of the active army and the
officers of reserve. The militia Of the
second class has received no military
instruction. The Cossack troops,
which form a unique feature of the
Russian army, are recruited in q spe'
cial manner, and are clothed, equipped
and mounted at their own expense;
the State furnishes only the arms and
ammunition. The effectiveness of the
Cossack troops on a war footing would
exceed 25O,OO0 cavalry.
The present situation in China
brings to the front the name Of Major
General Kouropatkin. the Russian
Minister of War. He is one of the
most important personages in his
country and one of the very few self
made men who have attained to q high
place in the councils Of state in Rus
sia, where opportunities are anything
but within the reach Of the majority
of the people. Rising step by step
he became Chief of Staff to General
Skobeleff, the hero of the Russo-Turk-
ish war Of 1S77-1S79. During this
conflict Kouropatkin was once left for
dead at the Shipka Pass. After the
war he attracted some attention by
a book which he published describing
and commenting upon some of the in
cidents of the engagements in which
he had taken part and upon the i'm.
portant operations of the war general
ly. Although Skobeleff's right-hand
man he held the rank of captain only,
but soon after the war was over he
obtained the command of the light
troops in Turkestan.
The Russian army has some odd
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DOMESTIC,

Relief trains are arriving In jack
sonville, lila, with supplies for the fre
sufferers. - Il
The Younger brothers, noted out
laws, are to be released on parole :
from the Minnesota State Prison. !
Valet Jones, chief witness in thel
Rice murder case, at New York City,
refuses food and is said by physicians
TO be dying. !
The Seventh National Bank OF New
York City bought the Equitable Ma
tional Bank, Of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Much damage was done by break :;
IN the Erie Canal, at Rochester, N. T.!
Missouri will take the space given up
by Maryland at the Buffalo E1posi-,
ton. !
Carnegie's gift of $4,000 for a IL
brary was accepted by Charlotte, N. C.,
The Illinois Legislature adjourned
sine die. ::
The Finance Committee Of the City.
Council of Colorado Springs, Col, re-
ported q shortage Of 100000 in the ac-
counts Of City Treasurer Moses I. Hale.
Millions of dollars were carted
through the streets Of Chicago when
the Chicago National Bank moved. :
The garrison at Fort Gibbons. Alas
la. issued supplies to destitute min
ers to such an extent that there Is ike
" to be O shortage Of provisions at the
post. ;
President Mckinley telegraphed the
Government would give all the aid pos
sible in the work of relief for Jackson
vile, Fla.
Judge J. J. Healy, a lawyer and poll
tician. was instantly killed by being
struck by lightning on his ranch near
Aberdeen, S. D.. He had been politicai
adviser and business partner OIL sena-
tor Kyle.
Thirteen barges and tug sunk IN
collision at Evansville, Ind, caused
loss of $45,000.
City Treasurer r. A. Maxey, Treasu-
rer If Arkansas City, Kan, commltteo
suicide by shooting. He was snort Ill
his accounts $4,000.
Or. J. L. Gartrell, seventy years old,
confessed to Chief Of Police at Kansas
CITY, Mo-, that he killed D. B. Done
gan, a Colorado miner. whose pooy
was found in a mulberry creek.
Mrs. Mary Sankey, the mother OF
Ira D. Sankey, Of Brooklyn, the evan
gelist, died at her home at NeWcastie'
renn., aged ninety years.
Minister Conger returned to Iowa,
and had a hearty welcome at Council
Bluffs, with speeches of greeting ana
much enthusiasm.
Seven years in the penitentiary each
were given o. W. Chestnut and CHI
Jordan, at Macon, Ga, for roDDlng q
railroad train. ...-
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The Invalid Studio.

There remain few luxuries to be add
ed to the home of the millionaire, for
the latest fad Of the uncomfortably
rich is a scientifically fitted sick room.
The more cheerful name to this apart
ment is the invalid studio and the mil
lionaire who ordered one in his new
twenty-eight room city home has set
the fashion for his brother plutocrats.
This particular rich man is the head
of a family where maladies creep In
in spite of wealth and his sensible
plan is to isolate any invalid to a part
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tion his acts. Usually, the Minister OF
War acts as intermediary between the
Emperor and the troops, and in such
capacity his authority is of the great
est. To the Ministry of War are at
tached the higher Council of War, the
Supreme Court of Military Justice. and
the Military Cabinet Of the Emperor;
the War Department is divided into a
Chancellery and eight grand divisions:
Etat Major general, attendance, artil-
lery, engineering corps. health, mill
tary schools, Cossack troops and mill
tary justice. The military territory Is
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SportinC Brevities.

Lakewood defeated Camden in the
polo tournament at Georgian Court,
Lakewood. n. ].
A chainlesS motor bicycle that is
driven by a combination of bevel and
spur gears, has been brought out by
a new concern.
Three cup defender races will be
run off Newport, r. l.. by the Consti-
tuition, the Independence and the Col
umbia early in July.
The report of the State Racing Com
mission Of New York shows a great
increase in taxes and premiums under
The State Racing Code.
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M'K|NLEY ON THE BORDER
Message From Mexico's Chief Execu-
tive Delivered at El Paso.
PRESIDENTS FELICITOUS REPLY

American and Mexican Flags Intertwined
at Ell Paso, ,Texss-President Mckinley,
In His Speech, Said There Was No I'm.
perialism, Except the Imperial Power
of the Sovereign People.
Ell Paso, Texas.-American and Mexi.
can flags were intertwined in the dec
orations of the plaza where the official
greeting of President Mckinley and
his Cabinet took place. The presence
on the stand of General Hernandez,
personal representative Of President
Diaz, and the Governor Of the State
Of Chihuahua, gave an international
significance to the event. There were
thousands of Mexicans in the vast con.
course of people to whom the Presi-
dent spoke, and their enthusiasm was
almost as wild as that Of the Amer
leans.
General Hernandez addressed the
President on behalf Of his President,
extending the latter's congratulations,
and President Mckinley, in his re-
sponse, paid a high tribute to the
President of the Mexican Republic
and charged his emissary to convey to
President Diaz his warm regard and
personal esteem, with his best wishes
for the continued prosperity Of the SIS
ter republic.
The Presidents speech was very
happy, and was especially notable on
account Of his Injunction to the people
not to be alarmed about imperialism"
There was. he said, no imperialism ex-
cept the imperial power Of the SOW
ereign people Of the United States.
The exercises in the Plaza were
preceded by a military parade. The
women Of the Cabinet crossed the Rio
Grande to Juarez, where they had
breakfast with Juan Ochoa, q Mexican
banker. Mrs. Mckinley did not go to
the breakfast, but had short drive.
At noon the Presidential party re-
sumed, it's journey westward.
President Diaz Of Mexico had hoped
to meet the President here and shake
hands across the border, but as the
Mexican Congress is in session, he
could not leave the capital. He sent a
personal message to the President,
however, and also dispatched General
Juan Hernandez, the commander Of the
Second Military Zone Of the State
Of Chihuahua, personally to present
his good wishes to the Chief MagiS-
trate Of the United States.
President Diaz's message follows:
"City of Mexico.
"To the President of the United States
of America, Ell Paso:
"When you arrived this day at the
frontier Of Mexico I wished I might
shake hands with you, but send you
as cordial q salute as corresponds
with the cordial relations which exist
between the two Republics Of North
America. I also send General Her.
nandez to express to you the same
feeling.
"PORFIRIO DIAZ."
To this the President sent the fol-
lowing response:
GEL Paso, Texas.
ITO His EXcellency, General Pornrlo
Diaz, President Of the Republic OF
Mexico, City Of Mexico:
"It gives me great pleasure to re-
ciprocate the courteous greeting of
your Excellency and to express my
most cordial good wishes for your
health and happiness and for the con-
tinued prosperity of the. Mexican Re-
public, to which we are bound by so
many ties Of mutual interest and
friendship.
"WILLIAM MCKINLEY"
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"PORFIRIO DIAZ."
To this the President sent the fol-
lowing response:
Gel Paso, Texas.
Welcomed to New Mexico.

Deming, N. M.-Shortly after leaving
El Paso, the train crossed the line into
New Mexico, and ran through the
grazing section of the Territory. The
first stop in the Territory was made
at Deming, where the President was
welcomed by Governor Otero and his
staff. The address Of welcome at
Deming was largely devoted to New
Mexico's claim for statehood. A broad
banner above the train read: New
Mexico Demands Statehood" The
President spoke briefly.
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FOREIGN.

Venezuela invited Herr Krupp, the
German armor manufacturer, 10 Diu
for the supply Of cruisers, torpeuo
boats and war material.
Bishop Hacquart, French mission
,ry. was drowned In the Niger River.
The plague riots in the sialkat Dis
trict in India were suppressed by the
military.
DISPATCHES from Southern Italy re-
port that the peasants in Messlna, va.
tania and Syracuse are in revolt ana
In conflict Win the police daily.
Ten thousand persons signed COM
plimentary address presented TO sir
Alfred Miner, at Cape Town, Soutn
Africa.
Numerous arrests were made IN
Montevideo following rumors OF con-
spiracy to kill the President OF Uru-
quay.
Forty thousand emigrants are booked
to leave Italy for the United States
during May.
British ship owners are contemplat-
ing combinations to foreStall further
lncursions by the Morgan syndicate.
A coal deposit close upon two square
miles in area, bearing coal equal to the
best English product, was discovered
in Thessaly.
The Berlin Foreign Office denied that
Germany has acquired a coallng sta
ton on the island Of Margarita, on
Venezuela.
The British Consul at Panama de-
scribed the revolution in Colombia as
having degenerated into guerilla war
fare.
Three lives were lost in a fire, which
DESTROYED Brunnelle's Hotel. Maison
Neuye, suburb of Montreal, Quebec.
The Ameer Of Afghanistan sent an
agent to Germany to purchase six bat
teries of Krupp guns for Cabul.
\ dispatch from Toxic. Japan. stated
that the Ministry Of the Marquis Ito
had resigned.
Two German soldiers were sentenced
TO death ut Tien-Tsin for murder of
Chinese.
An extensive Nihilistic plot was dis
covered in Russian Poland. Six hum
dred arrests were made.
A very large coal deposit was discov-
cred near Kingston, Jamaica. rests
made show the coal to be equal to the
Welsh articla-
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A Unique Watch.

The accompanying illustration repre-.
sents one Of the most peculiar watches
ever made. The cut shows the watch
opened in the form Of beautiful flow
er. The two leaves can be closed and
all one sees then is a magnificent flow
er decorated all over with diamonds
and rubies. The watch itself, repre-
senting the chalice Of the flower, is
but one-quarter of an inch in diameter.
A safety pin Is attached to this work
Of art by means Of which the watch
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CAPABLE Sign Artists.

The makers of the big and gaudy
advertisements which so offend on
every side are not, as might be sup
posed, mere inartistic daubers. They
are frequently real artists, who have
had years of training even abroad. but
who find that more legitimate forms
of art afford them only a precarlous
livelihood.
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Texas Town Swept by Fire.

The town Of Lufkin, Angeline Coun-
ty, Texas, suffered heavily from fire.
Thirty-four buildings and nearly all
their contents were destroyed. All the
buildings destroyed except three were
business houses. The three were resi-
Gences. The three hotels Of the towI
were among the places burned.
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The Best Waterproof Material.

Salmon skin is about the best water
proof material that can be worn. The
Eskimos use it for both boots and
shirts. Should it become the fashion
outside Of the Arctic regions, however
the chances are that the expense
would be too great for general utiliza-
tion.
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Of the spacious house where light,
sunshine, perfect quiet and exquisite
comfort can be secured without incom-
moding the rest of the family or fore
ing the unlucky one to resort to hos
pital.
The studio itself is big, beautiful
room, with windows at top and sides,
exquisitely tiled walls and provided
with furniture that would fill a hope
less sluggard's heart with joy. The
brass bedstead almost walks and talks,
there is an organ and a piano that
IAN be set going and regulated by
keys arranged like those Of a type
writer; the music to be played low or
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cadet schools and three preparatory
schools. For the higher military In
struction four Military Academies are
established, the Nicolas Academy of
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,fety OF tho Palisades Assur

Governor Odell, at Albany, n. Y.
has signed the bill appropriatins $780,
COO for the purchase Of the Palisades.
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can be worn. A slight pressure on
either of two diamonds opens the
flower, thus showing the time. The
watch was made by P. CALI, Of Zu.
rich, Switzerland. He worked six
months on it, and the watch was re-
Gently sold at the handsome price Of
10000 francs, about S2040.
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industry in London. Quite a number
of people earn good livings by provid.
ing and delivering meals for the fe.
lines at given points.
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ways Of training soldiers. One is the

ways Of training soldiers. One is the
bayonet exercise with dummies.
Oscillating dummies are placed on
the top of intrenchments, which the
soldiers scale. After the men have
delivered their blows they so down
the other side, at the bottom of which
another row of similar dummies has
been placed. There the attack Is re-.
peated, and the soldiers, going through
the ranks of their silent victims,
place themselves in skirmishing order.
A Profitable London Industry.
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greatest army now existing. The pres
|ent recruiting laws permit of mobiliz-
ling. in case of war, twenty-five classes
|of seven hundred and fifty thousand
|soldiers each. or, allowing consId-
cradle margin, at least thirteen mil
lions. This immense army must not
be considered, however, as an instruct
ed and mobilizable corps; it may be
admitted that about four million SOL
'diers ready for the campaign could, if
necessary. respond to the call Of the
Gar. The Emperor is the supreme
chief of the army, and no parliamen-
,tary assembly has the right to ques-
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Tie Russian Army
Greatest in Existsnrs

He Russian empire, occupy
ing as it does such a vast eX-
tent in Europe and Asia,
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DIAGRAM SHOWING RUSSIAN FORCE IN CHINA COM
PARES 1 TROOPS.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-10-19
1t Happened in a Drug Store.

zone day last winter lady came to
my drug store and asked for a brand
of cough medicine that did not have
in stock" says Mr.. G. r. GraDdiD, the
popular druggist of Ontario, N. Z.
"She was disappointed ard wanted to
know what cough preparation /! could
recommend. said to her tina. could
freely recommendChsmberlsin'sCougb
Remedy and that she could take bot
tie OF the remeuy ana after giving it h
fair trial if she did not find il worth
the money TO bring back the bottle
and | would refund the price paid.
In the course of Q day or two the lady
came back in company with friend
in need of cough medicine aud adj
vised her TO buy bottle Of Chamber
lsin's Cough Remedy. consider thai
very good recommendation for the
remedy" For sale at j. S. Guenard's
drug store.
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Rev c. Maize was rendered q recep-
ton on Tuesday by the Catholic ciii-
zens of our town in honor OF his twen-
ty.fifth year TO the PRIESTHOOD A
magnificent spread was served, said to
be The finest ever sat down to IN
Providence. A large and prettily
ornamented cake was sent him by the
officers of the Belle of the Bends
Father Maize received many beautiful
and costly presents from his congrega-
ton, besides several being received by
him from friends at a distance.
Father Maize has been in our town
almost from the time that he was or
dained priest, aud has worked, not
only faithfully for bis church aud peo-
pie. but in many other ways TO the
advancement and prosperity of the
town. He is a prominent citizen and
is held in high esteem by the commu-
nitw