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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
His Heart in the Wrong Place.

Charles Breslin, of Springfield, Ohio,
has curious displacement of his vital
organs. His heart is on the rigat SIDE of
his chest. Breslin is a healthy young
man of twenty-six, and is a draughtsman
and engineer of marked abilities. He
experiences no i'll effects from the unique
displacement, and is actively engaged
daily in his profession. The beating of
the heart can be plainly felt on the right
side. His circulation is regular and his
pulse normal. Mr. Breslin says when he
was little hoy he was thrown from a
heavy farm wagon, and two wheels
passed obliquely across his chest. He
was i'll for some time from the injury. and
believes that the heart was showed owe,
to its present position by the wheels, and
that his circulation and vital organ,
finally accommodated themselves to the
change.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
"MT WIFE Is 4 TERn,R:v

said a lnild-temperei man in our hearing.
She snaps and snarls and spanks her
children and finds fault continually +
can't bear it any longer" Don't be too
severe on her, my friend you little realize
her sutferings. She has lost her former
sweet disposition, aud i'll health is the cause
Of it all DR.. Pielte's Fayorite Prescription
will make her well.
AS powerful invigorating tonic it i'm
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to the womb and its appendages in par
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h0usekeepers; nursing mothers, and feeble
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refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxi-
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
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The Aged Poet Laureate.


Alfred Tennyson smokes a big clay
pipe, and onever uses the same pipe but
once. He Hslikes notoriety and is said to
have burned all his letters, SO that his
future biographer will have u hard time
of it writing his life. He says hc does
not propose after he is dead to be strip
ped up like a pig" To strangers he is
surly aad even rude, but with congenial
spirits the native sunshine Of his nature
shines out. He does not believe in poetic
inspiration, but believes that all good
poetry is the result of hard, patient and
persistentswork. He has been known to
spend whole day over single verse.
Neither the blame nor the praise Of the
public affects him, but he does his work
in his own way regardless of the critics.
There are THOUSANDS of level-headcd
poetry lovers Who believe that when he
dies the greatest poet of the world will
pass away. - Yankee Blade.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08

A Chambermaid's Good Fortune.

: The transfer Of the Robin Mine for
81, 500 last week brought out yesterday a
q peculiar story attached thereto. One Of
the owners in the mine was young wo-
man who came to this city from Kansas
about five years ago, and has sinceiecn
engaged i'll the entirely proper and honest
occupation o, ''shcct-shifting'"at Sariosis
boarding houses in Lea1yafle To be
palmer, she is a chambernIaid- Hot, at all
handsome, but dccidaaly sensihko and
her name is Mary. Mary becaJae inter
ested 0in a certain psospcctot not long
after coming here, and it gas through
him that she was induced to help pay the
yearly assessments on the calm When
the mine was sold the other day, there
fore, she received little over S., 900 as
her share inothe transactions Mary will
return to KansasPa and may, it is said,
marry the mansyho put her onto the
deal" provided he consents to 90 East
also. lnasmuch as she has been working
Tor little more than her board during her
resldcnce.0in Lcadyiile, hadn't a cent to
spare and was ~ g slough of dcspon-
dcncy9thc little sum will give her quite
lift" in theoworld. IL Leadvillc Her
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
Where Old Men are Needed.

II notice." sail a railroad officer, ''that
we are condemned by some people for
placing cd or injured men to watch
crossings Now, these men are placed at
crossings because We have found by long
export nee that they fill the bill better
than any other class of employees. An ex-
pcrienccd man knows the responsibility
Of his position better than a
young man, who is liable to
be thinking about something else,
and the same is true Of those who
have been injured in accidents. They
keep much better lookout than any
class VIC could employ. \ young man
who will accept such Il job as watching
a railroad crossing is too lazy to eat.
Such a man is worse than nobody. 4
position Of that kind has no future, and
q young man who accepts it amounts TO
nothing. All the duties of the situation
can be attended to by an old man or one
partly disabled by accident, and nobody
can fill the bill any better
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
ECnN0MIZE In FEEDING.

MANY q farmer defrauds himself and
wastes his substance by lack of discrimi-
nation in feeding his stock at this season.
Some one has pertlncntly said that the
average farmer cleaves to the ideas of his
ancestors and feeds out his winter sup
ply alike 60 his mixed herd, equally sur
prised if this one gains or that ono loses.
He does not feed grain "because he can
not afford it," and he will not raise it
because he can buy il cheaper. His ami
mails are simply ma hines for converting
crops into fertilizers. Instead of keep
ing few at profit he keeps many at a
loss. But whatever our calling in life,
we should always be ready to lift hand
againt this ruinous practice. With the
means at our command, better things are
expected Of us than simply to follow the
footsteps of our fathers. Economy in
feeding is the great study OF to-day, and
if we do not contribute Of 9Hr ipd li;j Fd
descrved.-Neae York Witness.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
Dyspepsia.

The dyspepsia is like the tooth-achc, Nc
one sympathises with its miserable posses
sor Even the doctors have fallen in with
the popular hcresy that the best way to
sympathize witlha dyspeptic is to rah at
him. When you have dyspepsia, every
! man you meet asks you to 90 to luHch
with him; every house you pass is res
taurant; every gale that blows watts to
every netssss1t tvs ttei Qdor Of ham and eggs
clpes; sxery wagon in the street is loaded
with ediblcs of some sort; the only sion
you see is DINNER now ready or SUP
peg Only Fifteen Cents" why, even the
lnggars who waylay YOU. importunc YOU
for pennies With which to buy Something
to cat" Dyspepsia has its complaccnt
side, however, and if humored properly
by long and circumspcct fasting. occa-
sionaHy gives its victims season of rest.
and during these seasons, whatsoever
they occur, it bchooves the dyspeptic to
improve his opportunity. Hot mince pie
with melted cheese. LA, there is dish
that will compensate you for weeks of
torture. Then there is nothing the mat
ter Qt We may be pardoned the slang.
phrase with Welsh rarebit, yet the ban
queter should insist on having a nice over
done, indigcstiblc poachcd egg served
with the rarcbt. But we shall-we can
go no farther; it makes the mouth water,
the palate yearn and the heart thrdb, to
think Of these precious boons, and even
in the midst of stomachic paroXysms, we
feel constrained, like old Louis NJ, to
plead indulgence, not only for the sins
we have committed, but for the sins
which we hope to have the pleasure of
committing rs and by-we regret that we
cannot fix the exact date.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
FoRETUOIGHT OF GOOD SEED.

BY planting poor seed farmers waste
millions Of dollars each year. The season
of 1890 will be remarkable for this loss.
Wet weather hindcred ripening and sue
cessful harvesting of garden seeds. Severe
cold, the earliest ever known, over a
large area Of the United States, found
considerable of the corn crop in the
fields in damp condition, which doubt
less injured the germ and rendered it
worthless for planting Potatoes, to a
great extent, were blighted, causing the
vines to decay before skin had set Oh the
tubers. Bad as such will be for seed,
many farmers viii make bad matter
worse by planting small potatoes that
were set but few days ere blight struck
the vines. Such seed will not produce
three fourths as much as fully ripened
tubcrs.-New 1I0TC tribune.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08

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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
THEY GOT THEIR MAIL.
Although They Had to Suppress a
Part of The Governments.

| The Clown itself consisted Of a gen
| eral store, two dwellings, blacksmith
shop and railroad depot, and the Post
| Office was in the back end of the store
Three or four of us had ordered our mai
directed there, supposing it to In place
| of some importance Therefore. after
| the Grain had departed, we went over to
the store to make inquiry. The Post
master sat on his counter smoking a clay
pipe, and nothing indicated that he was
in a hurry.
After mail, ell y as he looked Us
over
sDid any Of you ever think what a
responsible position a Postmaster occu-
pics =
None of us replied, and he crossed lis
legs. looked into vacancy, and continued
lie is a part Of the Government lie
represents the Government. He is, IL a
certain extent, the Government. As the
Government, he should command respect.
Gentlemen, remove your hats
'Who to p demanded the wirc-tcnrc
man.
ITO ne. sir-to the Government"
''Not BY a banked sight If yen are
the Postmaster Of this iack-rabbit Post
Office, then you hump yourself and hand
out our mail y
'Gcntcmen, is them yonr sentiments.
also = quericd the old man as lie turned
to us.
.'1hey are ~
sThcn you don't gct letter ont of
~. Il H.,
attitudc1pf treasonsts toward this Gov
ernment, aad you get no favors from II. ,
See here, you old op-shouldercd, gan
der.s hankcd idiot, do you mean to say
you won't pass ont our mail n exclaimed
the fence man as his hair began to stand
up like the barbs in his product.
ot.'That's list what mean to say. This
Government don't bluff.
''Well, if you won't, then I will z" lie
started for the back room, but the Post
master hoped off the counter and OBJ
stFucted him and said
This is high treason, for sure. This
Government warns you not to enter that
room"
''Will you get our mail =
''No. sir"
"IhCn stand aside"
The fence man pnshcd ahead, and the
Postmaster took hold of him. Then there
came iff-bang and the Government
was knocked over among pile of rope
and axe handles The Chicago man got
him by the leg, drew him out doors,
f ffte I'D man started up the road on a run
ws t,eut back to the Post Once ana wire
MsSG eaaoo onSu ever the box of letters, and
passed out half dozen. We were read
ing them in the shade of the depot build
ing when the Postmaster returned. One
eye was nearly shut, and he had his jaw
in sling.
''Get your mail 2 he asked, as he came
siding up.
eyes" @C
? .sWant anything more =
i.No.n
Is "Gcnts, Iwant to explain my conduct.
I got my commission as p. NJ. only three
days ago 1t didn't swell my head at all
until the old woman began to say as how
we now stood at the head of society here,
and that the State of Nebraska and most
ofthe Union rested on my shoulders, and
she put it so strong that Igot ratified and
made an ass Of myself. Gentlemen, the
swelling has disappeared. Come over
and take sunthin' gu. Of my bottle
New York Sun. q
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
Sausage Pudding.

Make crust of quarter Of pound OF
rolled and rubbed suet, a pinch of salt,
and pound of -four, with one teaspoon
full of baking-powder rubbed into tho
flour first of all. Mix all into paste
with a little cold water. Flour the board
and roll out the paste rather less than
half an inch thick. Line creased r'lde
ding-basin with the crust, cut off the
ovcrhanging paste wet the edge OF the
crust, roll out fiat, round piece for the
lid, and after filling the basin with saul
sages and very little water, put on the
cover, press the sides close, wet and flour
the pudding cloth, and cover the pud-
ding tie it around securely, and boil for
one hour and Il half. Turn out into flat
dish.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08

I 1T Is good feeder who is able to Judge
of the quality and feeding value of 70 cd.
at his command. O 4
1t is said that vegetables put into d
barrel or box md covered with earth
keep crisp and NICE
1t makes all the difference in the world
whether the man runs the farm or the
farm runs the man. 40
Don't ventilate the poultry house
through cracks in the walls and floors,
and holes in the roof. " 20 o.
No system of buying and selling or
swapping animals will improve the stock
OF the country. 1t mast be bred up.
Forest leaves are, not as good absorb
ents as straw, but they add very much
more to the value of the manure pile. Q
There is no sense in keeping a hog up
tfattening after It Is already as fat as it
can be. 1t is waste of food and time.
Don't cram fifty cents worth ofodrugs
down the throat of a sick chicken that
wouldn't be worth over quarter if it
was well.
If You cann6t give your cows the best
shelter, give them tho best you can.
Show your good will. They will appre-
ciate it.
While there is economy in co-opera-
tive dairying, there is not as much as
many have been led by the boomers tc
suppose:
If you cannot buy a good made to
breed up youlc stock, hire the services OF
one. 1t will pay in the first calf that is
dropped. q Ia
There is no disputing the fact that
corn ives the most profitable returns
N#hen converted into condensed animal
products. .
WhH should not working animal
have working sire and dam! Whit use
is there in keeping breeding animals in
idleness the year around? Q
When horses bolt their feod, chaff and
hay or clover cut fine, n handful Or so.
mixed with the oats will cause them to
give their food better mastication.
A variety of food is always relished. by
animals as well as by man, and is bene- 4
ticlal as adording all the necessary nur-
tritive clements to nourish thesystenr?:
Hutter will never grain finely in ycom-
ing" if the fat globules have previously
been injured by overheating of cream OF
too much violence displayed ilf churning9
In feeding calves skim milk don't for.
get to make up for the butter taken out
in the shape of cream: Some supplement.
tary feed should be given with the skim
milk. Linseed oii-cake, cotton seed
meal, bran, oats and peas are all good.
To keep the trunks of apple trees
smooth and clean use wash made by
Stacking one-half cbushe1 Of lime with hot
water, ana adding one gallon of soap and
two pounds of crude carbolic acid. If
spilled as often as the acid loses its odor
it will alsG keep off RABBITS and other
rermin.
When the stock are confined, rs must |
DC the case good part of the winter, it |
$ quite an item in keeping them CON-
ortaplc to have them clean. All kinds |
If stock will lie down more or less, and |
f care is not taken to keep their quarters
lean they will soon get in very filthy |
that will not only be uncom.
ortable,s but also unhealthy.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
ROOT PRUNING.


Different methods are sometimes
adopted by orchardists and others to in
duce greater fruitfulness III shy bearing
trees Not infrequently trees are slow
in coming into bearing and cxpend their
forces in luxuriant leaf and branch
growth, rather than in fruit. Root
pruning acts like magic sometimes in
bringing barren trees into a bearing state,
especially when unfruitfulness is brought
about by undue luxuriance. When trees
arc making very strong shoots they are
found on examination to be making roots
in proportion, and SO long as this goes
ON m fr... .t prospect are very much jeopar-
died 1t is the small fbrous roots which
command the formation of fruit spurs,
and in some soils there is difficulty in
maintaining fruitful condition. In
gardens where the surface is light and
open, with clayey subsoil, there is
tendency for the roots to 90 deep in
search Of moisture, especially if the as
pect is at all open and windy. On such
soils mulching is Of considerable value so
long as it creates and maintains moist
nre.
BY depriving a tree Of certain por-
ton of its roots, its too rapid growth is
checked and the young branches and
buds assume more fruitful character.
That excessive root pruning will injure
tree is, shown by the fact that when
young tree in its early barring season is
taken up and removed to another place
it almost invariably receives shock
from which it never fully RECEIVERS. From
this we may learn that there is a natural
balance to be observed that may not be
too severely interfertd with, either by
root or pranca pruning. - |tc6 Mug
usine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
UNFouALLY YoKED TOGETHER.

How often one sees teams unmatched
in size-one small, ill-fttcd for neavy
service, :hc other strong enough to haul
his part Of 5000 pounds on any ordinary
road, and each horse drawing an equa
share of the load. If the driver is asked
why he does not give each horse an equal
share Of the draft according to his weight,
he may perhaps answer that the little
horse is fcd just as big ration as the
large one, and he must take his chance.
Perhaps the small horse is getting at least
One-fourth more grain than his stomach
will digest, and would be far better off
with less grain; while probabl3 the ration
too large for the small horse is not suf-
ficient for the large horse. Thus wcmay
find teams driven for years at service
which would be easily performed by the
larger horse alone, if judiciously fed,
while the small horse, whose lot would
be hard enough under any circumstances,
is made to suffer still more from, over
feeding. Each horse in the team, if
sound and of age for good service, should
in general be made 10 perform his share
Of the teams labor, according to his
weight.
To accomplish this in a simple man
ner, the hole in the double whiff1etree,
or eveuer, by which it is attached to the
tongue of the wagon, should not be mid
way between the two ends, but so far
from the middle point that the distance
from this hole to one end will be as much
greater than the distance TO the other
end as one horse is heavier than the
other. If, for example, one horse weighs
1900 pounds and the other 500 pounds.
then, one horse being third heavier,
one arm of the evener should be one
third longer than the other. Then hitch
the heavier horse to the shorter arm and
the lighter horse to the longer arm. 1t
is true that horses will not always draw
in proportion to their weight; small,
wiry animal may work more easily than a
large, loose-built one; and if the owner
can make due allowance for this, so much
the better; but even if he should leave
this out of consideration, give up guess
work in equalizing the draft and do moth
ing more than is shown above, he will be
surprised to find how much of an unfair
advantage he has been giving to the
larger horse.-Aeo York Tribune.
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Dor-pJr WAITS FOR BEE HIVES.

DOUBLE WALLS FOR BEE HIVES.
With proper protection bees will win
ter out Of doors better than in the cellar
This is given by making the walls OF
their hives double This keeps the bees
at a nearly uniform temperature, what
ever the weather may be outside. In a
sunshiny winters day the bees are not
tempted to fly, as they are when kept IN
hives that have only one thickness Of
wood. The old-fashioned straw hives
were not bad ones for wintering bees.
The moisture from the inside worked off
through the straw, and the bees were not
prematurely started into activity.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
1t was a Scotchwoman who said that the |
hatcher in her town only killed half Il beast al /


There is Dlore Cistarrh in this section of the
country han al other diseases put together.
and until thei Hast few years was supposed to bo
incurablc For Il great many Years Doctors
pronounced it IL local distas and prescribed
local remedies, and By constantly failing to
cure with local trgatment pronounced 1t in
curabe. Science has proven catarrh to be Il
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional . treatment. Halls tatarrh
Cure. manufactured by +. ]. Cheney x Co.,
the market 1t is taken internally in doses
from II d.ops to Il tcaspoOnfui. 1t acts directly
upon the blood and mucous surface of the sys
TEN. They offer one hundred dollars for any
case ii fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials. Address. +. j. CHENEY q
co. Toledo, q.
- sold by Druggists .'c.