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New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
MTSSH4PEN TREES.

SEVERAL IN EAST ORANGE ONE OF WHICH RE
SEMBIEs A STAG.
A strange freak OF nature Is the tree known as
the stag TO the children OF East Orange. II so
closely resembles a leaping stag that IL Is easily
recognizable Its body. head and antlers all
clearly defined Unti recently II closely hedged
IN by trees and underbrush. and only few people
who were familiar with the woods knew OF its ex-
istenoe. About five years ago the ground was
cleared 20 make room for improvements. but the
stag" left standing IL Is IN a IN Sanford
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

OF watchmen and employees wholly out OF propor.
ton to its needs.
The Windsor Locks census will be declared as
3Ou5, which brings the town into the $50 cense
class for liquor sellers. under the law of the State
IL IL asserted and apparently the proof Is good
that the liquor sellers. knowing that IL the count
exceeded three thousand their licenses would cost
them ZOO more, influenced the enumeratOrs keer.
the count down 70 the $50 limit. Nothing haa
created more excitement in the for years than
the revelations and the subsequent addition to the
census OF seventy-six names on at1davts that thev
had not been counted by the enumerators
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
EIGHTH REGIMENT RETIEU

Colonel Jarvis. of the sth Regiment has rendered
a review OF the regiment TO Brigadier-GereraI
James McLeer. OF the Second Brigade. for next
Friday night WashngtOn's Birthday. The General
will be present with mis- staff Battalion drills have
been ordered for February % and 26 and there VIII
be regimental drill next Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
PRoFEssoR BERLIrz HoNoREn-

Professor Berlitz. author OF the Bsrlitz method
and director OF the Berlitz Schools OF Languages
has been made Chevslier OF the Legion OF Honor
IN recognition OF hls services IN prOpagating the
French language abroad ana FOR hts text books
ON modern languages.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
A FORMIDABLE UNDERT4KTNG.

From Brooklyn IAfe
SOckson Ruskin-l'm raising money 10 buy land
10 build a home On for poor actors.
Ben r. Nolent-Weu. ~ you re going 20 buy land
FOR a home for poor actors, ] guess You'll have 20
buy two three States
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

last Thursday, has eiven orders that HIS large
steam yacht Coionis shall be fitted out for South
ern cruise.
F. c. Berriman, Of the Chicago Yacht Club who
Is at the head Of the syndicate ordering a Canada
cup defender from Charles G Davis. OF Bayonne.
with the Canada IN 1900 for the trophy which Is
international cup. The vencedor has been bought
back for Chicago and she will be present at the
August races after her return from city isiaho 10
the lake port.
The Buffers. of the New-York Yacht Club. have
sold their steam Yacht FOrget-Me-NOt 70 Charles
F. Coulter Of this city. The FOrget-Me-Not was
almost entirely rebuilt last year.
Townsend & Downey busily engaged in the
construction of racing schOoners OF the 1O-foot
waterline racing class. These boats will meet the
old rivals the Amorta and the Quissetta, and
Frederick w. Brewster. of New-Haven, and Charles
Smithers OF this city are eacn Iakirg of them.
Is engaged 10 sail the craft which will belong 20
Mr.. Brewster. But the AmOrita is being improved,
and 10 will be rough Dennis II his old ship should
now beat him.
At the annual meeting OF the Canarsie Yacht Club
these officers elected for 1901: Commodore.
Charles j. Nielsen. the flagship Arrow reelected
for the third successive term; vice-commodore
David j. BrinsIey: recording secretary John G.
Helnmann; financial secretary, George +. Winters
treasurer; j. h. Alexander: fleet captain, Frank
Mapes Board Of Trustees, 1902 Daniel e. BrinsIey
sr.. G. \. Martin W. HerX, G.. s. CalkhOf and
Thomas W. Manning.
Cornelius X. @. Billings. Of the New-Yor Yacht
Club. is having many changes and improvements
made 20 his large steam yacht Surf which he i'm
ported from England last year The yacht has beer
on the ways at Downing * I.awrence's Yards
South Brooklyn. and after the work is finished she
VIII take long cruise TO Southern waters.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

The Buffers of the New-York Yacht Club. ha'
sold their steam Yacht FOrget-Me-NOt TO Chari'
F. Coulter Of this city. The Forget-Me-Not wa
almost entirely rebuilt last year.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM
Evans r. Dick OF the NewYork Yacht Club Is
having the big auxiliary yacht Elsa repaired az the
| Morse Iron Works. South Brooklyn
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

WHITE ENAMELLED IRON
CRIB with brass knob turning.
very excell lent construction.
fancy shaped sides; woven wire
spring; complete for. 3.oS
SIDEBOARD OF exceptionally
attractive design in polished
golden oak finish. with carved
top, panels and stanchiOns: lined
silver drawers: linen drawer and
cupboards. two small and one
larger display shelves; French
bevelled plate mirror. 15X26 in.
An example of our remarkable
values at..-.....- .-t
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
~YAcHrs.'-BY ONE WHO KNOWS THEM

.'YAcHTs"-BY ONE WHO KNOWS THEM.
William Gardner. the designer Of the Cartoon.
the Mira Syce. the NorOta and other craft that
nave lived for years unbeaten. will lecture on The
Evolution OF the Racing Yacht at the Yachts
mems Club No AZ West Forty -third-st.. on Wednes
day evening" at $50 O'Clock. q. 7. Pierce secretary
OF the club has written 10 say that the postponed
annual meeting will take place on Tuesday at y
u
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

last Thursday, has given orders that HIS large
steam yacht Coonfa shall be fitted out for South
cruise.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
Upholstery Department.

FREIGHT PAID WITHIN @ g 81 sso % essts "H
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

Frederick G. Bourne. who was placed on the Club
Station Committee IN the New-York Yacht Club
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
People Who Never See Their Own Faces

People Who Never See Their Own Faces.
What" exclaims the astonished
reader, lis it possible that there are
any civilized persons on the face of
the earth who are not in the habit of
beholding their visages reflected from
time to time in a mirror Of some kind
Surely this cannot be So" Wrong,
quite wrong, gentle reader, for at the
present time, strange as it may appear,
there are hundreds of men and women
in the United Kingdom who have not
gazed into a mirror or years.
The convicts confined in her Maj
esty's prisons form members of this
community. From the moment of a
convict's entrance to Jail to the mo-
ment of his exit he is not permitted to
have the use of mirror of any kind,
the smallest piece of glass being rigid
iy denied to him. To the women con-
victs this absence of mirror forms
one of the chief hardships Of confire-
ment. and many a female warder can
tell piteous tales of women who have
actually fallen upon their knees and
sobbed out entreaties for the loan of a
morsel of mirror-"iust for second"
All these entreaties have perforce to be
disregarded-and it therefore comes
about that many a female convict
passes three or four years without be-
ing permitted to gaze upon her own
features Bits.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
Tho Dance OF the Iapwinss.

The naturalsts tell US of many pc
culiar habits that some birds have,
among them that of dancing. The
movement to which they apply that
term is not an irregular darting to
and fro, to which the observer must
lend the influence OF his imagination
to make it appear as dancing, but is
well-ordered, deliberate and graceful
act, in which sometimes few and
sometimes many birds take part.
Opinions differ as to why they
dance Some writer's think that it is,
so to speak, merely an interchange OF
compliments and courtesies between
the sexes, particularly at the mating
season; others that it is wholly play
full, originating in bright and cheerful
spirits.
Be that as it may, the dance Of the
spurwinged lapwing is certainly an act
of play, for the birds indulge in it all
the year round and at frequent inter-
walls during the day, and also on moon
light nights.
The lapwings live in pairs and any
bne who watches them will presently
Gee one bird of neighboring pair rise
and fly to them. 1t is always welcomed
with many signs of pleasure, just as
we greet a guest whom we are glad to
see. Advancing to the visitor they
place themselves behind it and then
all three, keeping step, begin march,
uttering loud drumming notes in time
with their movements.
In a little while the march is over
and then the leader. elevating his
wings and ,uttering loud cries, stands
erect and motionless, while the other
two, with puffed-out plumage and
standing exactly abreast. stoop for
ward and downward until the tips of
their bears touch the ground. They
remain for some time in this posture,
giving utterance all the while to
low, rhythmical murmur. This ends
the dance and the visitor goes back
to bis home, to receive there a visitor
in turn.
This dance of the lapwings is unique
among bird habits, and, though it may
be considered as purely play, no one
has yet suggested a reasonable explana-
ton Of its remarkable resem blance to
an act of human beings-Chicago
Record
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
Watching the WaspS,

Among my favorite insects. writes
Charles B. Bennett in St. Nicholas,
are the common social wasps, especial
ly those that do not make any cover
ingS over their nests. One reason is
because | like to study insects in their
wild state, and the social wasps are
almost the only active insects that can
be kept, and yet remain entirely free.
BY carefully bringing nest, with all
the Wasps on it, to good place for OBJ
servation, as just outside Of window
which is seldom opened, the habits CT
the wasps can be easily watched with
out confining these insects at all. And
there we may watch them without any
danger Of getting stung. The wasps
that do not make any covering over
their nests are preferable to those that
do, because then we can see so much
more of their habits; then, in fact, all
of their domestic habits can be easily
seen, which is not the case with most
insects.
Wasps also have the advantage of
not being rare, so that generally it is
not hard to procure nest OF some
kind; and if it should not happen to
be just the kind spoken Of here, it will
be all the more interesting for differ
ent ones to tell about the history of
the different wasps when it comes to
next autumn.
And if anyone should fall In love
with these bold and truly very inter-
esting little neighbors OF ours, it may
be a satisfaction for him to know that
these little insects are our helpers,
even if they do like to taste fruits. for
every year the different kinds Of wasps
make deadly war on the troublesome
flies and on the destructive caterpil-
lars, besides on many other insects
that annoy the farmers, and gardeners,
and U.s.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
Babies Who Live in the Skv.


A very strange family lived up il
the sky-Mother Cloud and her Rain.
drop babies.
One day she called them all about
her and told them Of wonderful
journey which they must take, away
from her. At first they cried fol
babies do not like to leave theil
mother). but soon they began to smile
when she said that some day they
would come back when they had fin
ished their work
She told them that she was going tc
put them on train in care Of Conduc-
tor Wind, who would help them of
with care at the stations where they
wished to go. This made them very
happy, for all children love the "choo-
choo cars"
So saying, Mother Cloud bade her
Raindrop babies goodby, and the train
started, whistling and bustling through
the air.
Very soon Conductor Wind came
along and shouted: "All passengers
off for Brookville." Several of the
Raindrop children got off at this sta
ton. Mother had told them to dc
whatever work at hand they found tc
do, and to do it well. At Brookville
they found some very thirsty cows who
wanted a drink and some poor little
flowers just parched with the heat. sc
they were kept very busy giving them
refreshment.
The train rolled on, and whistled
louder than ever. The next station
was Riverdale. Here large number
of Raindrops were helped off by the
conductor. Very near the station was
a mill, whose wheels were turning very
slowly, as the water was low, SO the
little helpers set to work to turn the
great mill wheel which sawed the logs
into boards Oh, how hard they had
to work.
The train moved on to the last sta
ton, Oceanside. There were only two
little passengers left to get off here,
little Raindrop cousins. The mother
had told all the children when thelr
work was finished to go to Oceanside
and wait there.
Mother Cloud felt very lonely one
day for her little children, so she went
to see her friend Mr.. Sunshine, and
told him how she longed to see her
babies. He was very genial, kind
hearted man, so he SAID: "All right,
I'll take my golden chariot and
go for them" So he started off in his
beautiful coach, drawn by fiery steeds,
with the rainbow for harness, and all
the Raindrop children clapped their
hands with joy when they saw him
coming, for they knew they were going
home to Mother ClouA-New York
Tribune.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16

1t over. They were not yet separated
far from it.
"You might just as well have given
me another" he said. plaintively.
Then all this misery would have been
avoided
Il had given you enough-more than
enough she answered.
Enough for you. perhaps"
Now don't begin again, Percival.
You know papa was getting awfuly
impatient. And one wouldn't have sat
isfied you anyway. l don't want to
give you so many that you won't care
for them"
Try. Give me one now"
She gave it to him. Presently he
said: And you'll give me another
lock of your hair?"
you don't deserve it." she replied,
''but suppose III have too."-Chicago
Record.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
CollePiate Repentance stools.

Any infraction of the rules at Girard
college is punished with 20 min
utes on a stool of repentance. When
the institution first adopted this
scheme of punishment one stool was
enough. AS the college expanded, the
stools multiplied, and today no less
than 60 four-legged painless instru-
ments of discipline are in more or less
constant use in room devoted eX-
clusively to the punishment of those
who have transgressed the rules.
There is absolutely nothing to the
disciplining except the order to sit on
q comfortable stool for 20 minutes
and think it over" ANY of the lads
would sooner take a sound thrashing
and have done with il. but the stool OF
repentance has proved itself an ideal
punishment. and it has come to stay
at Girard college.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
Uncle Sans Helpful Little Books.

Uncle Sam has large, growing fam
lily to look aftar-S0 900 Geo or 80 ,000,-
600 people CT all colors, spread over
half of the world-and some of the
ways he has OF looking after its best
interests are most practical and help
full. For one thing, he firmly believes
in study and investigation, for he
keeps some dozens Of our calculating
friends, me scientists, {. v ork or him
al the rlne-botanists, biologists,
statist Clans. weather experts. chem
ISIS. pomologists, entomologitts an
thropo)ogists and others with exceed
ingly hard names. who are continually
busy with the hard problems that rise
every year in his family economy,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
WILL TRY WOCDcHUcK CULTURE.

Maine Farmers Who Find That skunks
and Belgian Hares Are Not Profitable.
Farmers who have made the expert
ment have come to the conclusion that
there is no money in growing skunks
for their pelts or in rearing Belgian
hares for the markets, says the Exeter,
| (Me) correspondent of the New York
| Sun. In the case Of the skunks the
trouble began when the price of peltry
went down so that a good black skunk
was worth no more than $3.50. AS not
more than one skunk in 25 is
| black, the business did not pay for the
care bestowed.
The Belgian hares thrived and null
tiplied nearly as rapidly as potato
bugs, but the trouble came when the
| owners tried to sell their output.
While there were customers to buy
hares for breeding purposes there was
fair income to be had, but as soon as
the surplus animals were killed and
put on the market. it was found that
nobody had any particular yearning
for Belgian hare meat. and the new in
cial support.
In view of the losses suffered during
the trials, it is proposed in some cases
to convert the abandoned skunk pens
and deserted rabbit hutches into pens
and enclosures for the rearing of wood
chucks. During the past decade wood
chuck hunts have become very popular
in New England and the Middle States
The fur is good for many purposes, and
the meat is much better than that fur
nished by any of the rabbit tribe.
Though woodchucks do not produce
more than eight or 10 offsprings in a
year. the young grow rapidly, many
dressing as much as eight or 10
pounds when IS months of age.
The animals are hardy and will re-
Quire no housing beyond what they
can provide for themselves. They will
stand confinement and thrive where
the family pig would be filled with dis
content 1t is estimated that an acre
OF land sowed to peas in rotation will
feed 500 woodchucks through the sea-
son. AS woodchucks are worth so
cents head in the fall when they are
fat, this will make an income Of $3.50
year from an acre of poor land at
very slight outlay of labor.
The chief reason for rearing wood
chucks is that it costs nothing to keep
them during the winter. Every farmer
works through the summer to provide
winter food for his stock His cows,
horses and sheep eat into his silos and
hay mows, his hens and pigs dispose Of
his grain, and if he keeps Belgian
hares they must be fed on chopped
clover, grain and vegetables from the
middle of September to June 1. A
woodchuck goes into winter quarters
late in September and does not emerge
until May Is, thus saving it's feed for
the farmer to sell to those who keep
hens and hares. More than 200 acres
Of land in northern Pencbscot county
will be devoted to woodchuck culture
the coming season.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION BILL.

Washington. on.-Tho special commit
tee on the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition authorized Chairman Tawney
to move the passage Of the St. Louis
exposition bill Undcr suspension of
the rule. Speaker Henderson las
agreed 20 recognize Mr.. Tawrey to
make this motion. When motion to
suspend the rules is made no amend
menta arc in oder.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
TO FIGHT SUGAR TRUST.

PhiladelpLia.-Adolph Segal, who
has associated with him several
wealthy capitalists, will build upon
the Delaware river front in this city
one Of the largest sugar rclnot{os in
tie Unsitcd States 1t is lated That
the new refinery Will be operated III
depcn1e%:l@ Of the American sugar
Refining cc:HEar-. winch controls
practically ell ST tho r"n;ierles now
In or2-s,io,i. Several millions. 81 dol
lars VIII. = is s;;d, le expended upon
thc plant.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16

When one Of them succeeds in sOlyina
knotty question or finds new way
in which the great household can be
improved he writes a little book about
it and Uncle Sam prints it for free dis
tribution. These books are issued by
the agricultural department and are
called farmers bulletins" but they
really cover many subjects that are OF
interest to people who do not live on
farms Breadmaking. ways of reduc-
ing swarms Of house flies, new methods
of cooking, insects that attack shade
treeS-theSe are matters of interest tC
thousands of folk who live in cities.
and Uncle Sam knows it and sends
them free to all who apply.
One of the most recent CT the book
lets gives a list of weeus that are good
for food-weeds thai very few people
would ever think of eating. Charlocb
is one of them, a weed of the mustard
variety that grows in wheatfelds and
IS very troublesome until pulled up
put in the pot and boiled. Then it be-
comes savcry and nutritious. Black
mustard, sort Of wheatfeld brother
to charlock, is another common weed
that cooks up into delicious greens
Pigweed, pokeweed, dock, purslane
marsh marigold, kale, chicory and a
weed called orach, hailing from the
steppes of Asia, are some of the field
pests which Uncle Sans botanist has
little book contains illustrations OF
these candidates for table honOrs, tells
how to identify them from poisonous
varieties and urges everybody to give
them a trial.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16

4 trooper in Pagots Horse who was
taken prisoner writes home that the
Boer commandment, slyly pointing to
the letters F. II. On his prisoners hel-
met, asked: what does p. H. stand
for? Perfectly Harmless ?''-West-
minister LaZette.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
IOk;ng Fun ut Her.

Mercy" exclaimed Mrs. Schopper.
"I'ye lost my pock5tbOok.
Never mind. dear" replied Mr..
Schopper, "pocketbooks are cheap.
I'll buy you another. Detroit Jour
nay
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
|1fGsbi!drsnS's1 1f!!slbi!drysn's 81
s. xz;4X Xz&G61y9ny(emn
" =. IS W@
Company Manners.


When we have company to tea,
l am as good as | can be.
| never 'Zactly understood
just why | am 50 very good.
| think it's mostly mothers sake,
But partly plums and citron cake.
christian Register.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-03-16
TEIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Member Of Congress, Robert F.
Brousserd.

ELEVENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT.
State Senator. .Lastie Broussard
TWENTY. Y.THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Judge. -. -. A G. Allen
District Attorney w. X. Wilson
80 pIDycu
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-10-19

We notice that the Rousseau
Oil Co., of st. Martiuville. is buy
ing nearly all the cotton that
comes to our local market, paying
from one 10 two dollars per thou
sand more than our home buyers.
Twenty carloads have been ship
ped this week. Just why our buy
ers here decline to meet these pri-
ces we do not know, but 1t would
seem that The staple here could be
paid for on their figures without
the addition of freight to st. Mar.
tinville.-N. I. observer.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-10-19

Kicks galore are being made
against District Attorney Muller
for his action in indicting all vio-
lstors of the Sunday law. Captain
Muller is following the law as laid
down, and if be has proceeded
against all violators alike Ire has
done nothing but his plain duty,
which he has sworn to perform.
At this writing, we are not aware
of Just who has been fined for the
above offense, but we hope that as
District Attorney Muller has star
ted the crusade against Sunday
law violators, he will 90 down the
line, irrespective of parties con.
cerned. If one saloon-keeper is
fined, all should be.-Iberian.
We are told that saloons and
many other business houses are
wide open in New Iberia and alst
the saloons of Breaux Bridge
while here everything is CLOSED
tight. If there is Sunday law TO
st. Martinviile, which is in tn
same District there shoald be la'
Ifor the other places too. We vii
lawait the result of the crusad
laqainst the Sunday law violtor
lby The District Attorney.