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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26
Making Love in a Hotel

II happened at hotel not far from
the famous, busy Strand. He was man
of serious intentions and numerous at
tentions, and she was rich and wedable.
On Monday night he was there, and
they sat in the hall under the stairway.
II was a nook for lovers. There wasn's
2 soul in sight, and he thought his gol.
den opportunity had arrived. Down he
Topped upon his knees and clasped her
hand.
Dear one," he whispered, not very
loud but loud enough, Il have loved you
with the whole strength and ardour Of
4 mans nature, when it is reused by all
that i. pure and good and lovely in wo-
man and l can no longer restrain my
oent-up feelings. l must let you know
what is in my heart, and tell you that
never vet has woman heard from my lips
the secrets that are throbbing and -
lust then a rustic was heard on the
stairs above them, and card fastened
to thread swung down and dangled
not two inches from the lovers nose.
On il. were these portentous words: i
am something of liar myself
Then the awful truth flashed upon
him and he fed. AS he went out of the
door sixteen girls at the head of the
stairs sent sixteen laughs out into thu
damp night air after him. He makes no
love in hotels now.-Da'ly Telegraph.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26

L. shot quite dead. Private c. was NOR
tally wounded being shot and then bo-
loed in the back of the neck, by which
his head was nearly severed from his
spinal column. He was rational and
lived for about an hour, giving directions
as to what should be written to his peo-
pie. He had asked the doctor if he was
going to die, and upon being told that it
was impossible for a man, wounded as
he was, to live but short time, he said.
Tell father about it, and tell him l
died like soldier"
Poor fellow, he and L. were buried
with military honors and as the bugle
sounded taps" over their graves, those
beautiful words of Bret Harte came to
my mind:
Fades the light, and afar goeth day.
cometh night,
And star leadeth ALL speedeth all to
their rest.
Love, good night; must thou go, when
the day and the night
Leave me so? Fare thee we'll! Day is
done, Night is on!
The remaining three of us were car
ried to the hospital and tenderly cared
for, and from the whisperings that took
place about our cots, | know they
thought we could not live. But, thanks
to good constitutions and excellent nurs-
ing, we lived and were invaided home
and thus l am able to describe to you
the delights of a soldiers life, and of
how it feels to be nigh unto death!
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26

notify the police. These signs s,e in
common use among housebreakers and
tramps and thieves, each having Its
special significance.
Thus Fig. / means: Following the
point Of the arrow, the fourth house
in the direction given is to be burgled
during the night Of the next moon
crescent
The tools needed for the burglary are
indicated in the second line.
A bird Qantern). die (hammer). key.
pitcher (chloroform), and ladder.
Fig. 2, a key crossed by an arrow,
means that a free-lance tramp has
been accommodating and desires assist
ance: also that 1t would not be amiss
to visit the place at night. when in all
probability a valuable acquaintance
may be formed.
Fig. 3, two swords crossed, with an
arrow running through, signifies the
direction a certain troop Of tramps or
gypsies have taken.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26
VOL. XIII.
NOTHING IS GAINED WITHOUT GRIT.
ROBERT GRAY

ROBERT GRAY.
There's nothing that's gained without
Remember that always, my lad.
Ambition will solemnly sit,
And energy, mayhap, 20 MAD.
Unless grit will push them along
To the goal where success reigns su-
preme,
Your life's but somnolent song,
Your struggle wearisome dream.
All, then, if the nail you would hit,
Be sure that you do it with grit;
For, until you do,
r You will find it quite true
That nothing is gained without grit,
My lad
That nothing is gained without grit.
You struggle until you are old,
Then say with sigh, Nothing won,
Oh why didn't some one take hold
And drive me till something was
y done?"
Why didn't you know how to grasp
The value of each fitting day,
Aad not let old Idleness clasp
You tight in his meshes, and say:
"Ah, lad, you can't win on your wit,
1t takes lots of courage and grit
You may conquer a place
Near the first i'll the race
But nothing is gained without grit,
My lad
No, nothing is gained without grit"
-Success
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26
BRITISH POSTAL SYSTEM A MODEL.
They Have Hourly Collections and De.
lveries in London.

In one feature of the public service the
British are far ahead Of us, and that IS
their mail deliveries. From any point
in London man can write letter In
the morning and get an answer the
same day, and if not too far Oft he can
do the same in the country, depending,
of course, upon the promptness OF the
person to whom the letter is addressed.
This rule will apply anywhere within
100 miles of the Bank of England. | here
are hourly collections and hourly de-
liveries in all parts of the city, the busl-
ness as we'll as the residence quarters.
The average number Of deliveries IN
cities of over 10000 inhabitants Is four
teen a day. Within the city limits a a
letter is carried by the ordinary mail
service about as promptly and as rapidly
as telegram with us.
There is letter box at every corner.
A person mailing note at 9 Clock IS
sure to have it collected before 10 IN
the morning and delivered at its destl-
nation anywhere within the limits OF
London before IL, and if the reply IS
posted before J he will receive it within
three of four hours at the farthest. This
quick postal service has been great
obstacle in the way of telephones. There
ere probably fewer telephones in London
when compared to the population than In
any city of the United States. Many
people do their marketing by post. My
lady makes out her list between and 9
o'clock, writes it on postal card to her
butcher, baker or grocer, and the goods
are delivered before noon.
The parcel post deliveries are quite as
prompt, the rate of postage is low, and
the service is extensively used by mer-
chants for small packages. London IS
so large that the ordinary delivery wag-
ons would be slow and expensive. Hence
a merchant finds it cheaper and more
convenient to pay the postage, and there
is a basket in every shop to receive par
els intended for the mail Boys weigh
them and put on the stamps, take them
to the nearest box or postal station at
frequent intervals, and they are always
delivered the same day, and often before
the purchaser reaches home. If you go
into a book store and buy magazine
or an illustrated paper it is customary to
request its delivery. The clerk writes
YOUR address upon wrapper and passes
it over to a lad, who wraps it. puts on
the stamp, takes it to the mail box at
the next corner, and within an hour 1t
is on its way to your house.-W. r. Cur
tbs, in the Chicago Record Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26

The governors OF some other states
are following the example set in CAL
ifornia by appointing women as re-
gents OF their universities. The leg
islature of Wisconsin recently passed
an act authorizing tbs appointment OF
women to State university regencles,
and the governor has just taken ad-
vantage Of the law. In Illinois a wom'
an has been chosen to a university
regency by popular vote. The prac-
tice is liable to become infectious IN
other states, for the results In each
state where women have been made
university regents have been emf
gently satisfactory.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26

An old house has been discovered
in Lisbon which dates from the great
earthquake of ITS. 1t is thought that
a whole street of buried houses lies
in a line with the one discovered.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26

"A specially trained sanitary troop
lately drilling near Berlin has trans
formed cars of different kinds into
hospital cars with berths for sick
or wounded in from three and one
half 70 Ave minutes per car. -.xsss14l
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26

Among recent novelties in electric
lighting is an incanoescent lamp hav-
ing two Independent filaments. one
giving 16 and the other only one can
dle-power. The low power light is in
tended for burning in sick room. or
wherever a faint illumination is de-
sired. The current is changed from
one filament to the other by turning
the lamp in q screw socket.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26
sirna Used by ENGLISH Burglars.

Should you. while taking your morn.
ing or evening stroll around your
house, notice any Of these drawings.
or any chalk marks in the least resem-
bling them, on your garden wall or
the walls of your house, says Answers,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The Japanese in Formosa are dis
couraging the use of sun-dried bricks.
During the typhoon of 1898 there were
1898 muo-brick houses totally de-
stroyed within a radius of two miles,
from the American consulate at Tam
sui, while not more than one building
made of kiln-burnt bricks suffered any
damage.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26
MEASURING THE SUMS HEAT.

Chs Immense Work Done by the Roy
on the Earth's Surface.
Every school boy knows that rai:l Il
produced by the sun evaporatin:. th'
water from the sea aud the reprecipi
tatIon of this water. But let him ash
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26

Recent reports from both French
and English botanists say that the "tu
chung" tree of China contains valua-
BILE rubber or gutta- percha. The sub
stance is believed to be true caout-
chouc, and it is thought that the tree
will become of great commercial i'm
portance. This is mentioned as one OF
the good effects that will follow the
Opening up of the country.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26

Icebergs in the Atlantic sometime:
last for 200 years.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-26
NIGH UNTO DEATH.
ArRUe STORY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

WRITTEN FOR THE BI OOTLYN AAGLE,
BIZ COL WIN. H. POWELL, U. s. A.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

of stately mansions far removed from the vision
usually called up by the name. In THESE 'he
boys are subject to masters. tutors anu iiioiii-
tors, and TO a sort Of natural orsdiii%a'ioh vi
their own The master teaches: the tutor looks
after the boy generally, is In CLOSE tou'h ~
him. is his friend sometimes his irieiu aI coui''
The bouse master who may be also teaching
master or tutor knows the boy best or ali. The
monitors see to "the good order. the honorable
conduct and the gentlemanlike tone of the
houses and the school,; they are boys of high
rank IN school work Tagging is still in vogue;
the smaller boys have to do certain definite
duties for the members OF the sixth form In
their house There must always be one to run
on any small errand and to look after the fires.
who is summoned by the prolonged shout OF
"Bo-o-oyw by the sixth form potentate who
wants him. The night boy has to let down the
folding beds and do the other errands- Another
division OF the unfortunate fags have to serve
the sixth form boys with their breakfasts, which
they are privileged to take in their rooms.
Sixth form boys now cook their own breakfasts.
though the fags used to do it for them. 1t all
seems natural enough to Mr.. Williams, who OBJ
serves:
II VIII be seen that a faa,'s duties not very
burdensome, and it may be doubted whether.
under the modern system, any serious dlscom-
fort was ever caused TO a fag by tagging.
Harrow has its distinctive dress; its Elton
jacket and black waistcoat for boys below the
fifth form, with charity tails for those big
enough TO look absurd in that costume; and for
those above, the evening tailcoat of civilization
All wear black ties and straw hats Except on
Sunday, when the topper" is prescribed), held
on by an elastic. No other hat was ever devised
like livery broad in the brim, very fiat in the
crown. with dark blue ribbon around it. and 1t
is especially dear the Harrovian. Harrow
has also its own peculiar evolution of football
its popularity preventing matches with other
schools. The veriest outsider. even the for
eigner. cannot help liking the Harrow that Mr..
Williams portrays and sympathizing with his
affection for it.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01
AUTHORS SHOULD STUDY BOTANY.
rom The London Daily News.

From The London Daily News.
1t is shameful thing not to be able to fit
each month with its appropriate flower. yet how
many of could do II? How many could
avouch from their own observing the perfection
Of knowledge which keeps Shakespeare faith
ful in his many flown passage that you shall
never-so IL is said by botanists-fnd him coup
ling in a vase blossoms that do not bloom to-
gether. / once saw hawthorn fowered on April
. at Torquay, and the date has been fixed in
my memory but whether the swallows had
arrived or no is no way clear to me. Three lines
In a notebook would have given abstract of
early spring, which memory could fill in and
make a reality. OF course, there are notebooks
ana notebooks There is. for instance, NJ. Zola's
VINO describes with wealth OF detail Tin his
faute de fAbbe Mouret') a garden Of surpris-
ing luxuriance, where narcissus. sunf1ower and
cniysahthenuHs-or blooms equally incompati-
Dle-nourlshed simultaneously. That IS the note
pook basing itself on the florists catalogue and
l nave always thought the passage typical of NJ
Zoa's method. ~
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

One OF the most remarkable features Of ST
Georges Chapel, at Windsor are the splendid
enamelled and painted gilt metal plates at
tached 10 the stalls OF the knights OF the Garter
in that ediace, and presenting their armortal
bearings Some Of these have been made the
subject Of A systematic examination for the first
time by w. II. St John Hope. who will put for
ward his results in n handsome volume TO be
published by f. p. Dutton & Co. Only twenty
five copies are 10 be reserved for this coun-
try. Mr.. Hope has confined his Investigations
10 the plates of the Plantagenet period eighty
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

Schools BY J. Fischer Williams NJ u3tb
aOIg Illustrations from photographs. old
cravings and water color drawings. limo DID.
XIV 70 The Mcmillan Company.
What constitutes English public school is
easier TO determine by naming the schools than
by a definition. Mr. Fischer however enumer-
ates several characteristics by which he thinks
they may be known; they must be schools for
boys from thirteen to eighteen years old; must
have not fewer than eighty Of them in attend
ance; are not private but endowed institutions:
must have certain liberty for the boys, who
manage their own games, establish their own
disciplinary system and enforce their own pen
alties In the nature Of the case they must be
for boys of wealthy or well to do families: they
generally send their graduates to Oxford or
Cambridge, and in the majority Of cases they
give training Of character more weight than
direct teaching. Harrow. as everybody knows
fulfls all these requirements and has a record
high IN the honorable annals of the English
public schools.
Mr. Williams has given pleasant and read
able account OF the history of Harrow and dis
closes much Of the lore that has gathered about
this venerable institution in the more than
three hundred years OF its existence John I,yon
founded ii under charter from Elizabeth in
lol- with a modest endowment much OF which
to the disgust Of latter day Harrovians. was TO
London He drew UP his own quaint ordinances
ana rules for the schools conduct In which he
lad down the programme OF school work as
purely classical, and added some Draconian pre-
scriptions for play hours:
The scholars shall not be permitted IN MAY
except on Thursday, only sometimes when the
weather is nne, and on SATURDAYS or half hoIi-
Gays after evening prayer; and then plav shaIl
De TO drive a top. toss a handball TO r1,n or
shoot lsc with bow and arrowl and none other
But Harrow has got bravely over such re-
strictions in the matter Of play. The insistence
on archery strikes the modern reader: one or
the requirements OF parents was that they
should allow their children lat all times how
shafts, bowstrfngs and a b-acer 10 exercise
shooting" Shooting for the prize OF a silver
arrow was one OF the most popular sports OF
the school, and a great town show TIL near the
end OF the eighteenth century. Till 1920 Har-
rows only school building was the one built by
Lyons governors in 1915. The school has vastly
expanded in these later years in buildings and
In boys; the latter numbering now about six
hundred There are school dormitories at
Harrow; the boys eat and sleep and pass much
OF their time at the different boarding houses
me pictures OF which, however show a series
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

Henry Bourland: The Passing Of the Cava-
er." which the Macmillan Company is publish
ing is story of the Reconstruction period at
the South. written by Northerner who has put
himself in the position and attitude of a South
ern planter. Henry Bourland is said TO typfy
the Southern cavalier. whose social ideal was
suppressed after the by the progress of
evolution in American politics. The author is
Albert Elmer Hancock
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

The article in ''The Quarterly Review for
April on THE Character of Queen Victoria"
which attracted no little attention and aroused
curiosity as to the identity of the author. will
be reprinted in a small volume by the Leonard
Scott Publication Company. 1t will have "a
recent photograph of the Queen for its frontis-
piece.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01
Thomas Common. and VIII have the title
"Nietzsche as Critic. Philosopher. Poet and
Prophet"


''Nietzsche as Critic. Philosopher. Poet and
Prophet
Jack Racer" by Henry Somerville. which
Mcclure Phillips & Co will publish this month
is said to be a thoroughly American story os
ordinary people. and of life in the Middle West.
revealing society but little known to older
communities. though typical of the largest part
of the United States
promise of much interest attaches to a
book that Z. P. Dutton & Co. preparing for
publication in the autumn: "A Wonderful
Duchess" by Frances Gerard, who wrote The
Romance of Ludwig III of Bavaria" The won-
derfuI duchess is Anna Amalia, of Sake -Weimar
and Eisenach who fourished when Weinoar
was at the height of it's fame in the eighteenth
century the days of Goethe, Schiller. Herder
WieIand Charlotte Stein and Corona Schr6
ter. No biography of this remarkable woman
has ever been published and this one is COM
piled from private papers at Weimar never be-
fore utilized for which special permission was
obtained from the late Grand Duke. 1t is said
to be full of her personality and repete with
anecdotes and new matter concerning the men,
bers of the brilliant circle os Weimar society
The Harpers have accepted another novel for
their monthly series by American authors
which will appear in September. 1t will be called
THE Strength OF the Hills and is by Florence
Wilkinson, young writer Of this city, who has
written novel called THE Lady of the Flag
Flowers" and number of short stories.
Mrs Olive Thorne MiIler's Second Book or
Birds which HoughtOn. NIiffiin & Co win pub
ish next week. will treat of bird families set
ting forth in the simple and informing style OF
her first book the appearance of these families.
their localities. habits songs calls. and other
information likely to lead to an intelligent inter-
est in them.
The next volume of the Macmillan Company's
series of Temple Classics, TO be issued next
week. will be Adam Bede."
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

Mr.. Poultney Bigelow's study of colonization,
The Children of the Nations" recently pub
lshed is being translated into German, and
will soon appear in Berlin.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

ers Library" soon to appear. will be the love
poems OF Landor.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

Word comes from London that Sir Walter
Besants continued illness is causing great anx-
iety to his friends. His latest work. East Lon
dom is said TO have stirred up some strife be-
cause OF the writer's apparent attempt TO
"Americanize" English spelling; but this quieted
down when it was learned that the book was
printed from plates made in America.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

An elaborate book that will appeal TO lovers
of fine horsefesh is in course of preparation by
f. p. Dutton & Co. being The British Thor
oughbred Horse, His History and Breeding. To-
gether with Exposition OF the Figure Sys-
tenn" II will be illustrated in colors.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

The Scribners are going to issue new edition
of Mr. w. C. Brownelrs French Art: Classic
and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture" The
book was first published eight years ago. The
edition will contain forty-eight reproduc-
tons of French paintings ana sculpture from
the time of Claude and Poussin to the present
Mr. Brownel has added chapter on the work
of Rodn He ended his book in it's first form
with discussion of THE New Movement in
Sculpture" in which he prophesied a future for
Rodin. His success, he says now has been the
striking feature in the development of
French art in the years that have elapsed since
the book was written. Among the illustrations
will be four reproductions of works of Rodin and
two of Dalou
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

Two books Of poetry are soon to be published
here by John Lane which are said to have at
tracted more than ordinary attention in Eng
land One is a volume of verse in the Celtic
spirit called 'Deirdre Wed" by Hubert French,
son of the late Archbishop of Dublin: the other
is by Lady Margaret SackviIle. sister of the
present Earl De la War;
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

Houghton. Miff1in & Co. report large advance
orders for DIR. Azel Amess study of THE May
flower and Her Log and say that the limited
edition of their separate reprint of Thoreau's
essay on "Friendship' is already practically ex-
hausted. Both are to be published to-day.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

Eden Phillpotts has completed his collection of
Devonshire stories. and it is to be published in
August in America and in Great Britain under
the title of The Striking Hours" The work
lies in the field as that of Children of
the Mist" MIR. Phillpotts has chosen his title
from the following words by DIR. Martineau:
God has arranged the chrOnometry of our
spirits that there shall be thousands of silent
moments between the striking hours"
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

A selection from the works of Friedrich
NietZsche, the German philosopher who died
few months ago after spending the last years
of his life in a madhOuse. is to be published
soon by E. P. Dutton & Co. 1t is compiled by
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

Frederic Harrison. since his return to En-
land. has written to Professor Harper. of Prime
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

nine in number. These will be reproduced in
handsome colored illustrations. and are said to
present many curious historical and artistic
features.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

George Trimble Davidson is a New-York
lawyer. who in his novel, THE Moderns." has
added one to the numerous recent attempts to
give a picture of contemporary society in New
York. 1t is noted a curious coincidence that
both this story and The Expatriates'' open
with the stirring scenes of the fire in the Charity
Bazar in Paris
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

X. and Hesketh Prichard. who have written
heretofore under the pseudonyme of ''E. and H.
Heron" are about to publish new novel under
their own names, called "Karadac. Count of
Gersay." 1t is a story of the Normans and
SaXons of the period of the Conquest.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-01

The Macmillan Company will bring out the
third volume of their Encyclopedia Biblica'
in October. Work on the fourth volume is we'll
under way, and it's appearance early in the
spring of next year is promised.