The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
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A number Of these South American
wars are not fights at all: merely quar-
rels.
An American dentist who fixed the
Sultan's teeth was presented with the
order of Medjidie. But did he get the
money?
The success Of current book de-
ponds great deal on the amount OF
argument that can be created as to
how bad 1t is.
Hungary is not counted among the
first-class European powers, but she IL
ahead of them in one important respect
her budget does not show q de-
ficiency.
The Chicago telephone girls are to be
put through a course Of elocution.
There is room for something OF the
kind a little nearer home to improve
the quality of "hello" and number"
M. Santos-Dumont has been attacked
by the mania which spares no. ambi-
tious balloonist. He wants to cross the
Atlantic ocean by the untried air route.
Often as this trip has been planned,
only one aeronaut has ever had the
nerve to attempt to carry out the pro-
ject. and. fortunately, his balloon burst
while it was being inflated for the voy-
age.
The steel vessel builders on the
Great Lakes are assured q year OF
great activity. The contracts for 1902
aggregate carrying capacity OF 3.00O,-
900 TONS This will be an addition OF
10 per cent. to present lake tonnage.
The trade Of the lakes shows no sign
of diminution. The increase In the
movement of grain and ore is likely
to continue for years to come. states
the Philadelphia Record.
King Menelik of Abyssinia is said to
be extending beneficent influence I'M
der which his people are abandoning
their predatory and warlike instincts
and resuming agriculture. An Italian
official who resides in Menelik's capi-
tai says that the King, or Negus, pre-
fers no especial foreign nation, but
tries to give to each equal balance OF
favor, so far as their relations with
his country are concerned.
A strong plea for the naturalization
of all Private Property at Sea" is
made by James G. Whiteley In the
Forum. He shows how international
law has gradually come to be affected
by commercial as well as military
considerations, and urges united ef-
fort on the part Of business men to
induce the Powers to take another i'm
portant step in advance by thus ex-
tending the principle of Immunity.
Between the newest Vanderbilt baby
and the grim old Commodore there are
four generations of multiplied millions,
with the shirt-sleeves epoch long over
due and apparently obsolete. Maxims
made for plain millionaires in the long
ago are out of date in the approach
ing Millionaire era. The s60,00O,0 900 to
which this baby is heir will have
swelled to round hundred million and
more when he attains his majority.
It is said that the crown which
Queen Alexandra will have placed on
her head by the Archbishop of York
on Coronation day is the one which
was made for Mary of Modena, the
wife Of James II. 1t is studded with
2673 white diamonds and twenty-three
rubies, besides several other smaller
stones. 1t is also stated that King Ed.
ward has decided to have the famous
Kohinoor diamond set in the bauble.
c. F. Benjamin, professor Of APP
piled Science, after conducting a If
| teen-months' crusade against the
smoke nuisance in Cleveland, Ohio, and
practically clearing out the atmos-
phere, claims that the secret Of his
success was the installing Of mechan-
ical stokers. These stokers range in
cost from four hundred to a thousand
dollars per furnace, and are said to
pay for themselves In q short time In
the fuel and wages saved.
Mr.. Gathman Is naturally disappoint-
ed because of the results of the gun
test. But by careful study he may dis.
cover some other way Of killing peo-
pie in large numbers. For the present,
however, this particular branch of civ
ilization may be regarded as being at
a standstiH. People who were defer
ring an enlistment in the navy until
this experiment was tried may now
proceed with confidence. The usual
fashions Of martial homicide will pre-
vail for several seasons.
Few people realize the terrific shock
that is caused when a shell from one
of our big guns strikes a nickel steel
armorplate. A 12-inch shell strikes a
blow representing 10000 foot-tons,
which means 10000 tons falling one
foot, or one ton falling about eight
miles. with no account made Of the re-
sistance Of the air. In other words,
If Cleopatra's Needle were dropped
from one of the highest church steep
les In New York City 1t would strike
blow resembling that of 12-inch
shell upon armorplate.
The New Tribune thinks that every
automobile should be compelled nv law