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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
Solving the Problem.


Cost is now the principal obstacle to
the building of good roads in New
York State, according to State Engi-
neer Bond. The farmers. who have
the most to gain from improved high
ways, but who have been slow to ap
preciate this fact, are now represented
to be generally in favor of the move
ment. Applications under the Arm
strong Higbie law for road improve
ment are piling up in the State Engi.
neer's Office. With reduction in the
cost Of road building, the State appro.
priation could cover more ground, and
to this problem Of reduced cost Mr.
Bond has been devoting his attention
He thinks he has found the solution
In the proposed establishment of Q
State rock-crushing plant, near Rock
land Lake, across the Hudson from
Sing Sing, where the convicts couli
be employed. in converting the tral
rock. abundant there, into road metal
He regards the location as excellen
| for the purpose, and would expect thu
returning canal boats to carry loads o
| broken stone up into the State at cheal
rates, rather than to go back light. An
| other suggested merit in the idea
that 1t would solve the convict-labo
problem, so far as Sing Sing is cor
cerned.-New York Post
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
WORDS OF WISDOM
! fad is a tag ON a fool.

A fad is a tag on a fool
Grit turns defeat into victory.
Ideals are more potent than prizes.
A white life does not come from
black heart.
Blessed is the man whom misfortunes
do not sour.
Reverence what is above, but despise
not what is beneath.
Better to be purified with fire than
at peace with alloy.
Contentment gives crown where
fortune has denied it.
The devouring fame Of sin Is at
first only welcome warmth.
Sometimes a man finds that the pull
he expected to get catches him In the
neck.
Many of the Jewels In the diadem of
friendship are after all very small, yet
very precious.
Opportunity Is like the tide. If one
loses Its food, he must expect to strug
gle twice as hard to overcome its ebb
Pleasure is predicated of anything
that pleases and gratifies the senses
but joy comes from the highest de
lights of the spirit.
Peculiar mercies should receive pc
culiar acknowledgements. Every morn
lng's comforts should draw forth ever!
mornings praise. Every evening"
Emercies should excite every evening"
gratitude. Every day should be
thanksgiving day. Our whole life shoul'
be a life Of praise.-Ram's Horn.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03

FF the northern coast of
Maine lies Badge Island. On
1t is a little Government light
until short time ago kept
by Frank Gray. a widower. with one
child, little girl of eight. Those who
have read the delightful tale of Gap
tain January" may get some knowledge
OF the lie that this father and daugh-
ter led on the rocky little islet. The
child was her fathers soul and heart.
The mother had died when Catharine,
the little one, was five years old.
Frank Gray was 10th to give up his
ea-girt life. The circumstances OF
the case forbade the taking to the ISL
and of woman to care for Catharine.
The father would not part with her
to an institution, and so there IN the
bleak spot they lived for many months
of the year together, neither seeing
any other human being.
The child's playfellows in the sum
mertime were the birds of the air. The
island was the home of thousands oil
sea birds, the great gulls and the grace.
full terms. The birds built their nest
all over the island 1t was Catharine's
delight to watch the great gatherings
of these feathered sea clans. The birds
grew to know her and to look upor
her simply as one of the natural CD
jects of their island home. She picked
her steps as she made her way oyel
the rocks or through the few grass.
stretches, lest by mishap she trea'
upon one of the precious eggs or down!
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
~. r..cn,,. About Her stumick."

The disadvantages the social worker
has to overcome in diffusing scientinc
among the less enlightened
are well illustrated by an Incident
when recently happened in one OF the
east side settlements. After much DIM
Guilty and considerable explanation, a
class in physiology had been started
Tie parents of the children who at
tended the settlement classes regarded
the new class with considerable suspi-
zion and doubt. But for some time, by
skillful avoidance of dangerous ground
the class work was carried on success
fully. At last the functions OF the
stomach were considered.
The day after the first lesson on the
stomach one Of the little girls brought
letter to the teacher. This letter
which bore the marks of siabored ane
strenuous composition, was as follows
"Dear Teacher: Pleas don't teacf
Lizer eny more about the stuffins O
her stumick. 1t amt necessary, besides
| Its rude."-New York Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
Con,,der the Ant.

Lord Avebury declares that ants that
maintain their sobriety make a great
distinction in their treatment OF the
intoxicated stranger and the fellow
citizen who has succumbed to It's
establishments. He inebrlated fifty
ants, twenty-five from one nest and
twenty five from another. and put them
all into the pest from which one lot
had been taken. The inhabitants at
once took the helpless strangers and
threw them into the water; while those
who were citizens of the nest were
carried tenderly away into remote cor;
ners to recover at leisure.-Cleveland
Leader.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
FIVE HOURS WITHOUT wlNk'Nc.
Wax Model Man Who Can Accomplish
This Feat.

In these days. when every means OF
livelihood Is overcrowded, q man VINO
is the creator and only expert follower
of a profession Is rare enough to De
interesting. Such man is +. Howard
Hill, wax model man, who has caused
wondering attention and not a few
wagers by posing in the window OF
music store as an automatic piano
player, and in a clothing store as an ar
tificial form on which to show clothing.
"When was fourteen, which was
twelve years ago." he said, II began to
pose for artists. l then lived in Leices-
ter, England. 1 made an exceptionally
good model. because was able to
stand perfectly still for so long time.
An artist told me IL would go to Lon
don could earn fine living, for good
models We're rare and in great demand.
l ran away from home, and was soon
doing well In London. One day visit
or to the studio where I was posing
| said: If 1t were not for your winking
no one could tell that you were alive.
That put the idea into my head, and l
began to practice holding my eyelids
motionless. Winking, you know. is a
natural involuntary act. A tear drop
oozes from the lachrymal gland, and
by the passing Of the eyelid over the
eyeball is winking, this drop is spread
in thin film over the ball, and pro-
tects it from the dust and the direct
contact of the air. When the lachry-
NAL gland fails to act the dry eyeball
be dropped into the eye.
"It was difficult to accomplish, but
finally succeeded, and can now stand
for five hours without winking. The
first quarter Of an hour Is hardest to
|, endure. The greatest difficulty is to
keep the throat moist. have absolute
control OF each muscle of the body sep
arately. and what would be impossible
to you has become. through training
perfectly natural and easy to me.
"Most of my practice. by the way
was done in this country. I came ovel
here and perfected my work. and theI
Fwent back and gave exhibitions in. Eu
= rope and England. I knew If l coult
come back here as European attrac
ton could demand better prices. Thi
found to be true, and now make al
easy and more comfortable living. ant
have many more offers than l can fill
1 am perfecting q new performance
y along the same line. 1t is safe to sa.
a that it will be source of greater as
constituent than the one I am dOini
s lnow."-Chicago Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
An Eaex Messenxer Job.

The position of messenger at the brit-
ish Embassy is a place much sought,
and is now, for the first time, held by
a colored man. 1t is usually given TO
retired soldiers who have proved their
loyalty to the Crown. This qualihca-
ton is deemed essential because OF the
responsibility of the position. All State
papers, secret reports and private docu-
ments are given to the messenger and
he is held responsible for their safe
delivery upon a British vessel either
at New York or at some Canadian
port. Richard Donaldson, now de-
ceased, was the last messenger. He
served twenty years with the British
Army in India, end was appointed mes
senger in recognition of faithful SER
vice In the field, and his unquestionable
LOYALTY to the British Government.
The messengers job can be termed
a sinecure. Once week, or, perhaps,
twice or three times week, he goes
to New York, carrying the outgoing
mail and returning with that brought
over OH the English vessel. This is
| the extent of his labors. He is. how
| ever, held strictly accountable for the
safe delivery of the papers. When an
English vessel is scheduled to arrive
he must be ON hand with his mai
| and turn it over to the purser OF the
vessel, obtaining receipt therefor
Then he is given the mail for the
Ambassador and Secretaries, for which
he receipts. This mail must not leave
his possession until it is placed in thu
hands of the Ambassador or the FRS
Secretary of the Embassy.-Washing
ton Post.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
south Africa,. Fruit and Climate.

The seasons in South Africa are
nearly reversed as compared win
those of England, spring commencing
in August, summer in November ana
autumn in March. and June and July
are as rule very cool. The climate
is beautiful. About thirty miles from
Cape Town the train passes through
the heart of the great Drakenstein
vineyards, the home of the old f'renen
refugees. The Paarl. Wellington, Stei-
lenbosch are ideal villages. The orch
ards are magnificent. and the fruit pro-
duced simply glorious. But the
peaches, apricots. nectarines. hgs'
grapes. Ioquats. oranges, lemons, shad
docks. apples and pears are brought te
perfection there. Fifty miles more and
the tourist is In the great fruit-pro
ducing districts ef i uluasii ANA Ceres
where there is room for all the fruit
growers in the British Isles TO settl'
down.-London Globe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
Browning and His Servants.

On a certain day Browning met one
of his servants. whose joy it was to
wait upon him, carrying rather heavy
basket of grapes and other fruits on
her arm.
"Oh, Giuseppina." he cried, "let me
help your and seized the basket sud
denly from her hand.
The woman, overwhelmed by such
condescension, protested. "Troppo on
ore, signore.'
"Nonsensew said the poet. "You are
always helping me; won't you allow
me for once to help your
Still the woman resisted, saying, 1T
is not for such as you. o signore!'
This was more than he could bear.
1--WE are all made Of the same clay
Giuseppina," and gaining his point-fol
who could withstand his will?-he held
one handle Of the basket until they
reached the palace door.
This same worthy woman is fond o.
relating a story of her master which
Illustrates another side of his charac
ter. He had paid her weekly account
| and there remained one centesimo a
change. The woman showed the littl
coin, saying, shyly. II cannot offer TIL
trifle to the signore."
Eyes, my good Giuseppina." he said
taking 1t from her hand; ."it Is on
thing to be just and another to DE gen
erous; you do right to return 1t to me-
"And not long after this" continue
the woman, "he made me such gran
presentr'-The late Mrs. Arthur Bror
son. In the Century Magazine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
WHERE RICH MEN ARE RARE.
Japan Has Few MiAionaires Now But
There viii BE More.

The Jill Shimpo has made curious
census of the rich men Of Japan. The
object of its investigations was to as
certain how many persons there are III
the Empire possessed of a fortune OF
600. 900 ven. which is equal to $2o0,O0O,
SAYS Japan and America. The totai
number of these quarter millionalres IS
al. One-th.rd of the number reside
in Toxic, and the great majority are
found, Of course, in the capital and the
cities of Osaka, Koto. Kobe
md Yokohama. The result shows that
there are ten rich men in the United
States to one rich man in Japan, even
when 81, 100000 is accepted as stand
ard in the United States and $2oO,OOO
in the Japanese Empire. The proper
ton, however, is not so much against
Japan as may at first appear. The rich
men of the latter country, even the
bankers and the financiers, have.their
largest holdings In lands. They have
not yet specialized the business OF
money making as it has been IN TINS
country, and therefore the basis OF
fortunes is more stable.
Again, it is estimated that 81 IL
Japan is equal, in the amount 1t VII
purchase of comfort and luxury, Il
S4 or So in the United States. Witt
this consideration in view, it viii o.
seen that the apparently small fortunes
of the japanese weather. classes ar
really much larger than they seem
The period of business and industrial
development has just begun, and fol
tunes are being made more rapidly nov
than they were ten, or even hve, year
ago. This Is shown by the tremendou
growth Of the japanese shipbuildin
Industry, and in the accumulated fol
tunes of many financiers of Toxic an
Yokohama. 1t is conceivable that al
other decade may see Toxic the gres
financial metropolis Of the East. q
London is of Europe, and New York
of the American continent. Japan
day has just dawned, and 1t is idl
to contrast the beginnings of her a
foundations of wealth with the result
Of acquisitions in this country and
Europe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
ATTACKS ARMY MULES.
Dreaded Fatal Indian Parasitic disease
Mistaken For Chambers.

mistaken For Chambers.
The fatal and much dreaded "surra
of Indian Burmah has invaded the
Philippines and is destroying horses
and mules with amazing rapidly. The
disease was at first mistaken for gian-
ders but failed to yield to treatment
and puzzled for months the Dest VET
erinarians. A pathological investigation
has now identified it as parasitic us
ease identical with "surra' OF lndia'
where It caused the death of thousands
of English cavalry horses. 1t AFFECTS
horses. mules, camels, dogs, ana mon
KEYS. and is almost always fatal.
In Manila alone the Quartermasters
Department lost 800 horses within TOUR
months. General Chaffee has issued
an order to the officers in the is'ano
urging the isolation of all affected AMI
mails, and giving the results OF bacter-
biological investigations of the disease
made by the Manila Board OF Health.
1t is declared that the mortality of the
epidemic has been about seyenty-nVe
per cent. for American horses ana
mules and 100 per cent. for native
ponies. The official report says:
"This disease is caused by the pres
ence in the blood of tiagellated ami
NAL parasite, in length three or four
times the diameter of a red blood cell,
and in width one-fourth the diameter
of red cell. 1t resembles a whiplike
worm, one end, probably the head, be-
ing represented by a slender fagelium
This parasite exists in the blood in IN
mense numbers, and produces SO great
| q blood destruction that the animals
| almost invariably die.
1.-THE mode of infection is not YET
| known, but there is q strong proba
bility that the parasite is introduced
through the bite of some suctorial in
sect, probably either fly or a mos
quito.
.'Thc pathological change caused b!
this parasite is a rapid destruction
of the red blood cells, causing an acut
anaemia. The. change occurs in tn
blood coincident with the invasion
the parasite. In one horse, which hat
been i'll seven days, the red blood cell
numbered 100000. the white 14,oO(
In another, i'll six weeks, the red bloo
cells were 100000 and the white wer
1890. The blood of a healthy horse
taken as a comparison, gave red bloc
, cells 100000, white, $500. There
. also a slight diminution in the amour
, of haemoglobin-about eighty-five pc
cent
The Army surgeons who have stu'
/, led ''surra" admit that remedy is u
, to be found and until this is done is
. lation is the only method to be pursue
> in stamping out the disease.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
Europe Was Fortunate.

The countries of Europe were for
tunate in having system of roads es-
tablished long before the invention OF
the steam railway. In the United
States the rapid extension Of railways
has caused the roads to be neglected
Good roads are essential to the pros
perity of rural districts, as they pro
mote local commerce and tend to make
the people better acquainted with ont
another.-Thomas w. Knox, New Yorl
City.
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Dou'ts.

Don't consider yourself the axle OF
the world. You are only spoke.
Don't waste emotion. Excessive
feeling disturbs the brain, weakens the
heart and ages the body
Don't confuse fault-finding with crit
icism. One has its root in captiousness
the other in kindness.
Don't be superstitious. Reason out
causes rather than dwell upon effects
Don't be pharisaical. Be honest, vir
tuous, obliging and wise, but dom
preach.
Don't be ashamed of your parents
They may be illiterate and duh, bu
they gave you a chance to becom'
what you are.-Philadelphia Record.
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DOCS in Cold storage.

A dog that Costs $3.50 is worth taking
care of, and so 1t is that number
of CANNES from the coolest parts OF
Russia have been shipped to Mel
bourne, Australia. to await the arrival
of the Discovery. bound on a voyage
to the ship. This was made necessary
because the dogs are used to very
low temperature. and the heat OF the
tropics through which they VIII have
to pass would enervate them and unn'
them for the hard work which is
planned for them. These dogs are
wonderfully well trained and are
strong and willing to drag heavy
sledges over the snow and ice. Theil
diet is dried fish.
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Young. She called the big birds her
chickens. She went ON occasion to |
quiet cove a, a tossed into the water
bits of fish, and then watched the terms
poising In their fight and diving airily
fer the food. In the winter Cathar-
ines pets left. From the first day OF
March her face was pressed against
the outside pane of the light watching
for their return. At times on foggy
nights few bewildercd birds would
dash themselves to their death against
the glass, lured by the light. In the
morning Frank Gray would Gather up
the dead birds at the foot of the light
tower and carry them away lest Cath
arlne, knowing of the tragedies, should
grieve. When the seasons nest making
began, or rather when the choosing OF
nesting sites began. for the sea BIRDS
home is at times only the bare rock,
Catharine could tell her friends OF an
other year from the strangers among
the flock by their fearlessness of her
presence. The child Of nature noted
the differences of plumage in the birds,
and told their age thereby. Her knowl-
edge was that best of all nature knowl-
edge born of observation and not OF
books.
One day Catharine Gray felt weary.
She did not go as usual to look from
the cliffs or from the beach at the
swarps of soaring gulls. Into her
fathers eyes came an anxious look.
In an hour a signal was swung. IL
was answered from another island
nearer the heavy coast line. In TWEEN
ty-four hours time doctor was al
Badge Island. He was too late.
The sun was touching the lenses OF
the lamp with a brighter beam than
those they nightly reflected to guide
the mariner when Catharine asked
her father to lift her up that she might
look through the little mason-cham
bered window at her chickens" The
child cav them In their light Lying
battalions lowering and sweeping
above the tossing waves. She smiled
and then the light of her eyes failed.
1t was q white-haired, bent man wh'
two years ago was still keeping Badg'
Island light. His was the ionelics
vigil ON the whole Atlantic coast, bu
the island in its desolation was not q
lonely as the keepers heart. CathaI
ines chickens still fioeked to the Isl
and. and in increasing hundreds. TIL
mercantile marts of the country wer
demanding the plumage of the gull
and the terms that it might lie used I
deck the hats of women. From Ia
Isaac and Smith islands of Virgini
10 the forbidding cliffs Of the Province
he plume hunters had followed the
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
p.ri.ians Lik. snail..

During the last year Paris consumed
800 tons of snails. The animals are
bred in Burgundy and Savoy. where
they are kept in Enclosures formed OF
tarred palings which they cannot clint
over. and are fed upon vine leaves. Il
is said that they thus acquire the deli
cate flavor Of a superior Burgundy
wine. but the flavor is, in practice, gen
orally overwhelmed by an extensive ad
mixture of chopped garlic.
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Chi,dren.s Tearoom.

English children have always beer
held up as examples of what children
should be, but 1.-The newest thing" II
London is far in advance of anything
that the most up-to-date American
child can boast in the way of spoil
ing" A fashionable Bond street estab
lishment has opened special tearoon
for children. where their nurses or gov
ernesses may take them for luncheon
after matinee or visit to "the Zoo"
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Mean New OPPORTUNITIES.

Good roads mean new opportunities
They mean education. and just as ig
norance is the root of falsity and disor.
der, so education means knowledge anc
love of law and order, the nations
only hope for the adjustment of crime
Clara Louise Burnham.
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A Good Suggestion.

The Legislature of each State should
pass law for the establishment anc
maintenance of good roads. Let the
bicyclist Of town or city unite with the
farmer in agitating the matter, and S
millennium of good roads will speedily
result.-Mrs. Il. +. Woodward, For
Wadsworth, n. Y.
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Needed Eor Exerxbo.lx.

BY all means let US have good roads
for the farmer, for the merchant, fol
the wheelmen, for the pedestrians, fol
everybody. Ellen F. Pratt. Editor
Health and Dress, Iowa City, Iowa.
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State Government Of Louisiana.

Goycrnor-W. w. Heard,
Lieutenant Governor-Albert Este
pinal. 49,.
Snperiutendent OF Education--Johs
v. Calhoun.
Aud;tor-W. s. Frazec.
Recommendations E. Smith.
u. g. SENATOR'S.
Don Caffsrey and 8. d. McEnery'
REPRESENTATIVES,.
/ Disirict-R. 9. Davey.
Q District-Adolph Meyer.
9 District--I f. Bronssard.s
District-P Rrazea's.
8 District. L. Ransdeli.
4 Districts. NJ Robinson.