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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-04-14
NAT HE MISSED.

He might remember splendid times
In Eden bowers yet
He never acted Romeo
To u siXyear Juliet.
He never sent valentine
Intended to annoy
His good but maiden aunt.
Because-he never was boy.
He never cut kite string, no,
Nor hid an Easter egg;
He never spoiled his pantaloons
Aplayin mumbley-peg;
He never from the attic stole
coon hunt to enjoy
Nor found the "old man waiting.
For-he never was boy.
pity him, why should not?
even drop II tear.
He never knew how much he missed
He never will, fear.
And always when those dear old days
My memories employ,
l pity him. Earth's only man,
Who-never was boy.
Pittsburg Dispatch
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-04-14
tnansWerable Facts,

In Georgia III counties are ~ ual only
twenty wet Sixty per cent. of tle p.on!e
are dry aud only twenty wet, and 4 soU
take the dry from the wet cities tha:a VIII
not be more than ten per cant wh,.
Ii you will examine the reports ot yoIr
prison commissioners AMI az Y1ur State
sanitarium you will see that iu tie wet
counties insanity and crime are increasing
with alarming rapdity while both are de-
creaang In the dry counties. 50 tin. now
less than twenty per cent. OF iho. area -
our State that is wet furnishes more ',''n
sixty per cent OF our convints md II, at '''-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-04-14


For the first time the boy found breath
to yell.
Papa, Uncle Fred! Lot mo
DOWN. he screamed. "The elephant
has run away! He's mad! Stop him I
Take me down."
1t was impossible to believe it, Il
was absurd to credit it. Those two
big men, at sight Of the mad elephant
and the little boy charging upon them.
turned and fed! True, they had only
light, small calibre rifles, but-was
that an excuse for deserving an adored
son and nephew in his s1tremitye
They did not get away, howeverl
Freddie's father tripped and fell right
in the road of the Raiah! Uncle Fred
stopped, white as death, but steady,
astride Of the stunned figure of his
brother. Seventy yards away the Gle
phant trumpeted and bore down tri-
umphantly Uncle Fred took careful
aim. There was but one little spot in
the great beasts forehead to hit sue
cessfully and stop the Rajah. To miss
it meant death for both men. The
hunter gazed steadily through his
sights at that spot, and paid not the
slightest attention to Master Freddie.
who, in an agony Of apprehension,
screeched at the top of his voice:
Don't miss, uncle, or you'll hit me-"
Seventy yards, fifty yards, thirty
yards. Uncle Fred fired. Flame and
smoke and roar and crash, and Freddie
foHnd himself sitting on the grass
alone, and the wonderful Indian Jug
glers had both disappeared.
He picked himself up at once and
ran as fast as he could back to the
bungalow. 1t was past breakfast time,
and everybody was on the veranda-
Freddie's mother was tying up her
husbands arm in sling. Uncle
Fred was standing up and talking e1-
citedlv Freddie heard him as he ran
up.
The closest shaver' Uncle Fred
cried. "By Jove, Dick, though say
it myself, it was a great shot, too,
Right on the vital spot, and he went
TO his knees with a crashl Halloa!"
"Where have you been? Without
hat! oh, dear, oh, dear? You'll have
sunstroke!'
But Freddie leaped to his fathers
breast, sobbing.
'I'm so glad" he sobbed. 81
didn't know whether you killed the
elephant or the elephant killed you,
aud ! was afraid uncle missed and
killed ne, but I'm not killed, am ],
papa?'
All three grown-ups raised their
hands, and their faces were pictures
of bewilderment.
''How do you know about the ele-
phant? Where were you?" his father
gasped.
Didn't you see me?" Freddie asked |
reproachfully Il was on the top of
the elephant, where the mahout rides,
you know. The old juggler let me
climb the rope. and 1 went to tho
1ockyard, aid got on the Ra;ah's back,
and he went mad and ran away, and
thought you were killed and"
"Freddie!' cried his mother, "you
laye got sunstroke.
She picked the little boy up in her
lrms and carried him into cool room,
where he was put to bed with ice on
lis head, while the doctor was sent
or, in spite of his protests, but on the
eranda his father and uncle stared at
ZACH other.
"Jugglers! Climbing up the rope?"
'ried his father. ''The child must
lave met troupe of these travelling
onjurors!"
"But- but" said Uncle Fred
eebly, "of course all Anglo Indians
now the strange tricks these fellows
an perform, which no man-no white
nan, at any rate : has ever explained,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-04-14
VOL. XII

or all the men the world has seen
Since Time his rounds began.
There's one pity every day
Earths first and foremost Man
Just think Of all he missed
By failing to enjoy
The dear delights OF youthtime,
For-he never was boy.
He never stubbed his naked toe
Against a root or stone.
He never with pin-hook tlshed
For minnows all alone.
He never sought the bunblebee
Among the daisies coy,
Nor felt its business end
Becau5e-he never was bow
He never hockey played nor tied
A bright and shining pail
Down in the alley all alone
To trusting poode's tail.
And when he home from swimmin' came.
His pleasure to destroy
No slipper interfered,
Because he never was boy.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-04-14

FKANKLIN BOARD OF HEALTH.
DR.. S. ]. Gates, chairman.
John A. O'Nelll, jr.
II. B. Morris.
Alex. A. Stirling
A. W. Ohlmayer.
W. II. Latham, secretary and sani.
tary inspector.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-04-14
FRANKLIN, La, SATURDAY, APRIL A. 1900

that they were his father and unciA
For the first time the boy found breath
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
HORSE OR BEEF.

The first day horse was served out at
Kimberley, some Of it was cooked for
the officers mess at the mounted camp
At the table Peakman said: Gentle
men, am sorry to say that we were
unable to ger our ration in beef today.
and had to take part of 1t in horsefesh
This which I am carving is beef; the
horse is at the other end. and any one
who prefers it can help himself" No
body did prefer it. and so they all ate
peer and made a good dinner. When
they had finished, Peakman suddenly
exclaimed: BY JOvel gentlemen,
find have made a mistake in the
joints; this is the horsefesh, and the
other is beef" 1t was Just dodge of
his to get them started on the horse
Hesh.-F'rom the Diary Of DR. Oliver
Ashe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
ON Els WIFE,s pooRsTEP.
A Lawrence Han Grieved at Spouse's
Action Killed Himself

Lawrence, June Coming to Law
renee for the trial of a divorce action
brought against him by his wife, and
having been refused admission to her
home, William G. Houser committed
suicide yesterday on the porch of his
wifes home, corner of Kentucky and
Adams streets, in this city.
The Housers lived in Nebraska, and
about a year ago, Mrs. Houser, who had
not been living with her husband. came
to Lawrence for the purpose of educat-
ing her children. After coming here she
instituted divorce proceedings, alleging
abandonment The case was to have
been tried Thursday afternoon in the
district court Mr.. Houser was Mrs.
Houser's second husband and they had
been separated twice before this last
time. When he came to Lawrence a
couple of days ago from Beatrice, Neb.
to be present at the divorce proceedings
he made several attempts to see his
wife, but all We're futile. When she saw
him coming she barred the door and re-
fused to admit him. and while she went
to summon the officers. he shot himself
HOuser was about So years old, and his
wife was about ten years younger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
THE MANHATTAN FIRE.
Chemical Laboratory Suffers $4,000
at Manhattan.


Manhattan, June THE chemical
laboratory at the Agricultural college
was destroyed by fire. Fire broke out
which was destroyed by fire yes
terday broke out in the dark
a lamp left there by students develop
ing pictures or by the explosion of
chemicals or spontaneous combustion.
All three theories are advanced, but no
positive knowledge can be gained. Poor
water pressure and lack of sufficient
apparatus made the saving ofthe build
ing impossible, though through the
quick and able efforts the students, the
most valuable of the contents were pre-
served
The two libraries of the professors in
chemistry, Weida and Willard, were
saved, together with valuable station
records.
Much of the chemical apparatus was
destroyed, either within the building
or from rough handling by the crowd.
The collection of minerals viii be prac-
tically total loss though most of the
cases were hauled from the building,
but were, however, so badly damaged
and the specimens broken, lost and in
such chaotic order as to render them
almost useless. Fire departments were
called from town, but with the poor
water supply and their long distance
run they were not of the usual SER
vice.
The building was constructed under
Prof. w. K. Kedzie in 1877, and was one
of the. oldest on the grounds and to-
at $4,000
The loss is roughly estimated at
$4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
WESTERNS COMMENCEMENT.
Interesting Programme Arranged Fol
the University at Quindaro.


Kansas City, Kan, June 1.-The COM
mencement exercises of the Western uni
versity at Quindaro, Kan, will begin Sun
day. June g. and will end Thursday. June
z There will be ten graduates, and the
baccalaureate sermon will be preached at
2:30 p. m. Sunday, on the university cam
pus. On Monday evening the annual adj
dress to the literary societies will be de-
livered by George w. Ellis, of Lawrence,
Kan. The class day exercises will be held
Tuesday evening and on Wednesday
night the oratorica1 contest will be held
at the A. NJ. e. church. Seventh and Ann
streets, Kansas City, Kan. The exercises
will close on Thursday evening with COM
mencement. l. F. Bradley, of Kansas
City, Kan, will deliver the address to the
class, and there will be music and songs
w T. Vernon, president of the college,
reports a very successful year, and has
great hopes for the future of the college.
He has been absent for the past month
attending the general conference of the
A NJ. E church Of Columbus, o. Charles
8. Bowman has acted as president Of the
college during his absence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01

resentatives of the United States gov
eminent abroad that they are 50
hagrantly abusing places of trust con-
fined to them. So fast does one scandal
follow upon another that the citizens
of the United States stand aghast and
wonder what is coming next.
Surely the human race has not de-
generated so thoroughly and so rapidly
that men. can no longer be found who
will I'LL places of honor and trust to
theirs and the nations credit.
The action of these Cuban and
Partisan looters is making the United
States a laughing stock for the world.
Their action is a shame and a disgrace
and every scoundrel proven guilty
should be railroaded into the prisons
with express train speed.
General Grant once said under some
what similar circumstances: Let no
guilty man escape" This would be an
excellent motto for President Mckinley
to adopt. The United States is too
great a nation to lie passive and allow
the flag Of honor to trail in the dust.
Sing Sing and other prisons are yawn-
ing for those who have violated the
Nations Trust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01

WHEAT-Cables We're unchanged this
morning and closed I'D lower for the day.
Weak cables We're expected and when
the unchanged quotations were registered
it looked lik highr markets, but the open
ing quotations were about the best dur
ing the session. The usual dullnesS pre-
vailed Fluctuations were narrow and
hardly enough trading to make a market.
Clearances We're surprisingly large, So 600
for shipments at the four Atlantic ports.
There were some strong influences at
work to sustain prices. but rains were re-
ported in the northwest and this fact
oVershadowed all other influences. The
market is, to use a slang phrase, "a dead
one, but there is one to blame for
such conditions. except the set of re
formers on the Chicago Board of Trade
who have introduced some radical rules
that are entirely too drastic and viii
eventually have to be abolished alto
sether. The tendency is downward and
unless some unforeseen accident occurs,
CORN-Reeeipts We're liberal ana eaDles
lower. while clearances We're Hpera1 ana
acceptances large Cash demand Is very
firm. Every time July corn breaks TO &c
and under there are large lots OF. II Work
ed for export. We understand there was
a million bushels worked on yesterday s
break.
OATS-Oats are quiet but firm
PROVISIONS-R Receipts. of hogs were
smaller than estimated and prices at the
Yards SC higher. Tired holders were busy
sellers. however. breaking the market to
81 90 for July pork We believe this IS
The turning point and that purchases from
iio" On WIN j. G. GOINGs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.l
Maid to order-the waiter girl.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Maid to order-the waiter girl.
Nell-"she's in business" Belle
"Whose?"
A kiss is never worth more than it's
face value
whistling is the i'll wind that blows
nobody good.
It's peculiar that the faith cure doc
trine is no doctrine.
It's only fare that the conductor
should have a little change.
The way to tickle mans vanity
most is to tell him that he hasn't any.
When a man refers to life as a lot
terry the chances are he has drawn a
blank.
It's hard for some people to act the
fool simply because they don't try to be
natural.
"A skeptic," says the Manayunk Phil
osopher, lis the kind of individual who
would put mucilage on postage
stamp"
Take a seat, George" said the ex-
pectant maid. WAS papa in?" Yes, -
returned the young man sadly. Il don't
care cbOul 64LlAL5 0OW4A, tA4dLAAh yOu
Slobbs-"D' Auber tells me that his
work is winning recognition" Blobbs--
Yes, his pictures are so miserable that
people couldn't mistake them for any
other painter -
How is it, asked the lady Of the
house, that all the men who como
around asking for aid are such big
husky chaps % "'Cause num- return
ed the Wanderer, "a Teller hez ter be
pooty strong looking nowadays ter beE
without gittin hurt"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
AFTER THE ICE TRUST.
Mayor Van Wyck and Augustus Van
WYck Both in Court.

New York. June lin the hearing
before Justice Gaynor in Brooklyn,
Mayor Van Wyck and Augustus Van
Wyck were both present, the latter as
a witness and the mayor as one of the
respondents. Dock Commissioners Cram
and Murphy were also present and there
was in attendance a large array of
counsel. Charles J. Patterson, counsel
for the mayor, began the proceedings
by renewing his motion for the dismiss
sal of the order. Mr.. Untermeyer, coun-
sci for John F. Carroll, followed in the
same line. After hearing further argu-
Inent Judge Gaynor directed counsel for
both sides to submit briefs by noon to-
day and by agreement with the law
yers fixed Saturday of next week for
the continuance Of the hearing should
the decision be in favor of the petit
TONERS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
Health Men Meet.

Atlantic City, N. J.. June begin
ming today with a meeting of the Amer
lean Academy of Medicine, in this city
for the next eight days will be the cen
trail point for medical men from all over
the United States, as in addition to the
above there will be a convocation of the
health boards of the United States, Can
ada and Mexico, a convention of the
nation confederation of state medical
examining and licensing boards and a
three days session of the national med
icaI association. The subjects which
will be brought before the various
bodies. while largely technical are of
considerable Importance to the medical
world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
pointed PARAGRAPHs.

IFrom the Chicago News.l
A miss take often leads to the d.
vorce court.
Rainbows in the eyes indicate love in
the heart.
An empty purse is responsible for
some matrimony failures.
Every time a woman loses SO cents she
worries a dollars worth.
Unless a man keeps moving the world
will soon throw him down.
You can seldom judge a man by his
actions when he is away from home.
A married woman says that dead let
ters are those wife gives her husband
to mail.
Sleep is said to be a great beautifier.
No wonder St Louis Is noted for its
handsome policemen.
A man ism t necessarily intoxicated be-
cause he mistakes one of the new spring
bonnets for flower garden.
The man who permits himself to be
baffied by an adverse current will never
make much Roadway in the voyage of
life.
When a widow and a widower begin
to discuss matrimony one seldom gets
the better of the other; the argument
usually results in a tie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01

Down at Quenemo on Memorial Day
the Union veterans smothered the grave
Of a Confederate soldier with flowers
and tender tributes of respect Not
many years ago a motto was exhibited
in that town on Memorial Day which
said, Let us forgive but not forget"
Time has evidently healed the wounds
of bitterness and the G. A. r. members
Of the post of the little Usage village
have forgiven as well as forgotten. This
is wise and commendable and shows an
unselfish spirit for which too much good
cannot be said. The men from the state
of Old John Brown who fought so
bravely cannot afford to cherish ami
mosities towards a fallen foe. The vet
Grams Of Quenemo post did noble action
on this memorial day and builded them
selves better monument than marble
shaft OF stained memorial windows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
AN OLD CITIZEN.
G. S. Baker, Who Died Thursday, Had
Lived in Topeka 35 Years.

Mr.. G. S. Baker, whose death occurred
Thursday, had been a resident of this
city for thirty-ffve years, coming here
when boy of Is from Freeport, III. He
was born in White county, Indiana,
October 20, 1s49; was married January l,
1872, at Topeka, Kas., to Miss Carrie
M. Wade. He leaves a wife and three
children, Charles LIE Roy Baker of Chi
cago, Mrs. Louis B. Smith of Colorado
Springs, and Miss Carol Baker of this
Mr.. Baker had been i'll since last De
cember, but for several weeks had so far
improved as to be able to be at his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
LET NO GUILTY MAN ESCAPE.

And now there come complafnts. from
Paris that Americans in charge of the
exposition are attempting hold M,
methods with exhibitors. 1t is specif-
caily charged that men closely associ
ated with Commissioner General Peck
are guilty of blackmail A delegate to
congress from territory has fled with
Secretary Hay the following relation
OF the experience Of a Chicago firm
which applied for space at the exposf-
ton:
7 applied for a small space for a
Chlcago firm to place a showcase oc-
cupying a floor space of seven feet
square. ] could have secured the space
at once If l had agreed to being held
up by the third party. The first PROPOSE
ton was that 1 should pay a bonus of
1920, but this was dropped to 5000 which
was stated to be the ultimatum. I re-
1used to accept the space and removed
the goods TO London, writing to the Off
clal Jhat objected to being held up by
my own people. He never replied and
DO not think the letter will appear
In the file of official correspondence. In
another section space 6x6 feet was
held at $500 as late as May IA, a month
after the exposition opened"
The French government gives booth
space free 70 foreign exhibitors but rem
resentatives of the u. s. government
seem to have learned the Nelly method
Of taking everything in sight our
representatives having supervision of
United States sections make the ex-
hibitor pay whatever can be extorted
from him. There being over 1000 ex-
hibitors the field of operation is ex-
tensive.
In fact there are so many scandals
IN the air that Americans visiting the
exposition are heartily sick OF the
whole AFFAIR and viii rejoice wher
sailing day comes.
What on earth has come over the rep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
SALES THE BASIS.
For Taxation of Tobacco Dealers and
Manufacturers.

Washington, June 1.-The comptroller
of the treasury has decided that special
taxes Of tobacco dealers and manufac-
turers who were engaged in such BUSH
ness during the preceding fiscal year
shall be computed on the total sales
in such preceding fiscal year, without
regard to whether the dealer or manu-
facturer was engaged in such business
during the whole or only a part of said
year. The commissioner of internal
revenue has issued a circular to col
lectors directing that they be governed
according to this decision.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01

May bought the beer in Atchison by the
case, and distributed it among the MEM
bers of the club If May first collected
the money for the beer from the mem
bers of the club and then distributed it,
he is safe, but if he collected the money
AFTER distributing the beer, he is liable,
and may have a lot of trouble.
May claims it was merely a neighbor-
hood social affai, and that no attempt
was made to eyade any government
law. He is wealthy, and it does not
seem reasonable that he was trying to
carry on traffic in liquor. He says his
arrest was a case of spite work. His
arrest was a big surprise. His hearing
was set for June y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
sMALLPox EXTINCT.
Last Case at Atchison Out of Quaran-
tine.

Atchison, June 1.-The quarantine of the
last case of smallpox in Atchison has been
raised. The last patient was a colored
woman named Annie Woods, living at 1l44
Parallel street Two months ago it was
feared that the disease was getting be-
yond the control of the local authorities,
but it is now evident that the fear was
groundless. There have been no deaths
from the disease. 1t has been of the same
mild character which has existed in all
surrounding towns in fact, almost all
over the country. In many places it was
called Cuban itch or chickenpox, and al
lowed to spread to a far greater extent
than in AtchiSon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
A Trip to the ozarks.

DIR. A. Tenbrook and family will leave
today on camping trip through the
Ozark mountains in southern Missouri
and northern Arkansas They will be
gone about month and are seeking
lost health and pleasure. They will start
from here in a wagon that has been
expressly prepared for such expeditions
and which is fitted up with many con-
veniences not usually found in camps
in the observation-disclosures Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01
Els Hons Were Hustlers.

L. N. Jones hands US the record of
eggs he has harvested for the following
months: He started in on January 10
with 240 hens, and for the balance of
that month he got $50 eggs. which We're
sold at 20 cents per dozen. For Feb
ruary he harvested 1920 eggs, sold at
IS cents; March. 3619, sold at II cents;
April. 1854 sold at 10 cents; and up to
the oath day of May he had harvested
1853 eggs for this month, sold at 10
cents During the month of May 20
hens were used for setting purposes,
cutting off that number of layers
PbiIlipsbl1re News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-01

The sultan Of Turkey announces that
he will give the Crown Prince of Ger
many a medal set in diamonds. Uncle
Sam is hereby notified of some visible
assets" of the Turkish ruler The COM
mander of the Oregon would undoubt-
edly be delighted with a commission
to forestall the German Prince and at
tach this "sunburst" in part payment
of orr debt