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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03
How Sha Got Satisfaction.

They occupied two $3.50 seats at the
opera-those two women did.
They wore high and costly hats on
their heads and an aspect of grim de-
termination on their faces.
For the young woman in $3.50 seat
behind them had said:
Il beg your pardon, but will you
please remove your hats?"
And each had answered:
"No, l will not"
When the first scene was over she
asked them again, and again they an
swered "No"
Then she went to the head usher and
Yes" he said, at is a hardship,
madam, but l hesitate to ask them to
take off their hats, for know them, and
| know they would refuse, and if
should undertake to compel them there
would be a scene But l can do better
for you than that. There is vacant
seat directly in front of them. Go and
take that, and l will see that you are
not disturbed"
She took it. ;.
"Keep your hats on ladies, if you
choose. You will not incommoode me
in the least"
Then she put on her own hat, close
imitation of a Gainsborough IN its de-
sign. makeup, and general scope, and sal
serenefy with it on her head through all
the rest of the performance.
For she was only human, and the pro-
vocation was great.-Chiedgo 1r'0nne.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03
News of Victoria's Death in India.

When the telegram arrived stating
that the German emperor was hurrying
off to Osborne to be at the deathbed of
the queen the natives of India at once
said that he was eager to put in
claim for the crown of England, as the
son of the eldest child of the queen.
This report spread far and wide, and
no amount of argument would con-
vince the natives otherwise. Their
traditions almost invariably depict a
fight for the crown on the death Of
reigning monarch. When a rajah dies
his heirs always squabble and intrigue
over the succession. Even the intelli
gent Indian fancied that the emperor
would try to seize Great Britain. When
a telegram arrived stating that the
Prince of Wales looked worried and
haggard'' and that the emperor was
very grave" it was at once concluded
that the quarrel had begun. Finally,
when it was stated that German
squadron was going to Portsmouth for
the funeral the natives looked unut-
terably wise and said: "Of course he
will wait until the queens body is in
the earth, then he will secretly turn
his guns on the British fleet" In such
strange circles does the Asiatic mind
reyolve. Bombay Correspondent, Chi
coga Record-Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03
VOL. XIII.
ApANcERoUs ACCOMPLISHMENT.

There dwells near me little kid
That's learnin' how to talk.
He tries to do as he is bid
An does his best to walk.
An if | thought that he'd receive
Advice, Id give him some, :.
And that would be to make belieVe
That he was deaf and dumb.
I'd tell him to quit practicing
His "ah goo" by the hour;
To smile an never do thing
But blossom like flower.
I'd show to him how often men
Go slidin' down luck's hill
Bv simply sayin' something when
They ought to have KEEP still.
It's kind o hard, when you have tried
To steer Alright your bark
To see your fragile hopes collide
Agin some fool remark.
II was him I'd change this bent
Nor try to rise above
NV present state, but be content
To live an laugh an love.
Washington Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03
EneIand's Migrants Vanishing,

One of the most notable documents
issued in connection with poor law ad-
minstraton for many years is that
which has just been prepared by the
local government board on the subject
of vagrancy in the eastern countries.
For generations the tramps and casual
class has been the despair of social re-
formers, and the hardest problem of all
for poor law administrators. If we are
to believe these figures, this class is now
decreasing so rapidly that within very
few years it will be extinct if the present
rate of decrease is maintained. The re-
turn gives the number of casuals in
Norfolk and Suffolk for the four years,
ISo7-Iooo. In Norfolk the figures for
the four years are 2o,o37, 24,I2S, 1905,
and last year only o,73o. In Suffolk the
corresponding decrease is from 23,o43
to 1888. For the two counties the de-
crease is just 60 per cent. From the de-
tails of the return we gather that the
decrease is general over 80 out of 80
poor law unions of East Anglia.
The most conservative defenders OF
things as they are will hear Of the dis
appearance of the tramp in the country
in any considerable numbers in search of
employment. A few such there still are,
but the great majority Of casuals are the
loafers and semi-crininals who delibe>
ately prefer vagrant life and a living
upon odds and ends questionably picked
up to any attempt at settled industry.
1t is this class which is being absorbed
into industry in some way or other. At
any rate, it is disa ppearing from our
roads and casual wards, and with it is
decreasing quite the most unpleasant
of all the responsibilities resting upon
provincial boards of guardians.-Lon-
don Neavs.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03
e,.mma,ion on tho Inhabitants Of Mars.

"As for me-" says NJ. Flammarion,
soeaking of the inhabitants of Mars IN
The National Magazine, II rather envy
them. A world where it is always beau-
tiful where there are neither tempests
nor cyclones, where the years are twice
as long as ours, where the kilogram is
Of a76 grams, and where, therefore, men
ord women who here weigh 70 kilos
there weigh only 26, and where. in a
word. everything is lighter, more m ao1ha- afll-
cate and more refined" AND IN anothel
place he goes further, pointing out tllat
f the Martians wished to communicate
with us they would doubtless have made
the effort many times in the past ana
probably long ago abandoned it, decid-
;ne It a hopeless business to attempt
communication with planet so stupid
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03

UP dSAhAS1 AAAS AHAA''AAAooS oAAN ololiie lllO
way it came.
Has sirens got bass voices, Tom
Smith: says |, and are they given t
singing about the death light?'
Then we stopped and listened once
more. 1t was still night and as the
sound got gradually stronger and palmer,
we could hear these words rolling in
over the deep:
''Oh, it struck two bells in the first dog
watch,
And the wind was BLOWN hard,
When great green light like a burnin'
cheese
Stuck fast in the foremast yard;
Then the bos'n piped out an awful howl,
We're all dead dogs says he,
For the man who can watch that light
an live
Don't sail on the ragin' sea-
Good Lord says Tom, our times
come sure This is a doomed ship
Hold on says |. that there voice
I've heard before. There it goes again.
"In the meanwhile every man on deck
was listenin' with all his ears and once
more the voice struck up:
'Bunkin' on an iceberg,
Sailin' with the tide,
Ice enough for Christmas,
Plenty more beside;
Icicles for breakfast,
Melted ice for tea,
Sailing down from Iceland,
Icy as can be.
"Well sirs, in just minute more the
watch up forward lets out a yell: Ice
berg on the port bow
The captain tumbled up on deck an
just as we got the ship clear, we see
a great cleaning mass slide by ahead.
1.-The Silver Spray, ahoy,' yelled a
deep voice outer the darkness, don't yer
s'pose l know that there rig. Going t
leave me again are you? Heave to an
send a boat. It's cold sittin' here
It's Sam Coils ghost howls the
crew, most of them half scared t death.
1T amt said the voice from the
iceberg, and I'll rawhide some of you
fellers when l get aboard for being dis
respectful
"Well, sirs, we run out a boat, the men
tumbled in and after short row pulled
up to the berg. Sam, for it was him all
safe enough, slid off into the water and
We picked him up.
"'Is it you, Sam, for fact?' says
Tom. edging away from him.
"'Of course it's me, says Sam. Been
on that berg for twelve hours
Didn't the whale get you after all,
Sam?' l says.
lust then Sans face got in the glare
of the lantern and he looked kind of
queer when he says t me:
"'That's what he did. You remember
about Jonah, matey, don't yer? Well
same thing in my case. Iceberg close by
and I climbed up. Amt got a ships bis
cult about yer, have yer?'
"Well, sirs, for three days the whole
crew was that afraid of Sam that they
wouldn't 60 near him. But did. ] had
to. l was bos'n's mate. One day l was
lookin' at the whistle which bos'ns
always carry and which Sam had around
his neck when he went overheard.
Amt you using this new whistle no
more, Sam?' asks.
"'No,' says he. I got it full er whale
oil a few days back an it don't taste good
t my lips
eyes,. sirs, there was time when l
didn't believe that Jonah story in the
Bible, cause thought sailorman ought
to know something along that line him
self, but l was convinced then and l
joined the Seamen's Chapel at Marble
head soon as the Silver Spray touched
port.
Seven bells? Aye, aye, sir
A. H. F. in The Brooklyn Eagle.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03

A Russian writer discusses the Ori-
sin of the Films, whom he believes 10
be the remains of the aboriginal inhab-
iiants, and not. rs is generally held. a
branch Of the Ugran race who had Lii
grated from the east.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03

II the United States, exclusive OF
Alaska and island territory, were as
dcnsciy populated as Belgium, it Is
stated that the number Of inhabitants
would be 1,776, 100000.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03

France still holds the record for ma
fional debt. She owes S151 per capita.
Great Britain stands second and owtS
sol per capita. Germany is third with
q debt Of $50 per capita. The tE't3d
States has the smallest cent or al tne
great nations. and owes only S-s pr
CAPITA.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03

Tie who helps a boy to become
strong and good man makes a contr,.
1ution Of the first class to the welfare
IF the nation.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03

Salmon fry in Oregon are fed On
canned heads and tails Of salmon till
they are old enough to be placed in
.he rivers.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03

It is truly wonderful how fascinat-
ing most things are to people that are
none of their business
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-03

Thirty-six per cent. Of the area OF
the State of Washington is covered with
nerchantable timber.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-15
TIME DEPOSITS
Mus. Stand Their ShWe II Tax Says Atty
Gen. Sciders.

Portland, Me, July H.-According 10 an
opinion issued. Saturday. by Atty. Gen
Seiders the bank deposit tax law passed
by the last Legislature will apply to time
deposits in trust companies and national
banks.
Ever since the law was enacted there
has been difference OF opinion among
officers of trust companies and national
banks as to whether II would apply Il
time and demand d. posts in these insti-
tutions. and the attorney general was
asked for an Interpretation. In his opin-
ion. which was filed with the State as
SCISSORS. Saturday he says regarding de-
mand deposits:
las To demand deposits. subject Ia
check. I assume that no question eau
arise. IL being simply Il naked deposit
without deposit receipts being issued
the same being subject To be ch"ck,,!
out in the ordinary course OF husnes-'
by the deposition
OF time deposits he says: II do M,
understand that such ueposits would be-
subject to check in the ordinary conrs.
of business as deposits III national
banks. Such being III" cas-" feel
obliged Ia say that in my Judgment
this class OF deposits would be- subject
To the tax provided In Chap. NJ. Sec. az
the plblic laws of 1891. as time deposits.
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7 he Negro and the Census.

II 1t has been quite often said in recent
years that the negroes in this country
are not holding their own numerically.
and that the race is gradually dy-
ing out on account OF the large infant
mortality, the lack of sanitary precau-
lions and the deficient stamina result
ing from shiftless methods of life. The
full tabulation OF the population of the
been completed. but it has gone far
enough to show that this notion is err
roneOus From the statistics of the
states thus far examined it appears
that there were about 100000 colored
persons in this country in June 1900 or
about lis per cent. of the total popu-
lation. AS the proportion in 1890 was
11.9 per cent. It will be seen how well
the negro is holding his own. The
while the percentage in relation to the
whole population is slightly less. on ac-
count OF the rapid growth of whites in
the Northern states. the proportion of
negroes in the South is as large now
as il was a decade ago, If not larger.
provided the completed census bears
out the present estimate. The Phila-
delphia Ledger says that the negro
not only seems to be holding his own.
but that he is the prop and stay of the
industrial South. The schemes for the
deportation and colonization of South
ern negroes appear to be chimerical.
promising disaster to the negroes. and.
if carried out, would paralyze the
South The South. for its full develop
ment, needs not alone capital, but
workers, and this need seems to be so
urgent that the Mobile (Ala) Register
takes the radical position that South
ern representatives in Congress should
demand the repeal of the Chinese eX-
clusiOn law, because the South needs
"a million active Chinese to wake the
negro population into activity" The
Register wishes to see the negro be-
come a more energetic and efficient
worker, and the negro Congress- which
has just been holding session at Jack
son. Miss. discussed intelligently the
same question and adopted a resolu-
tiGn that lin Industrial education lies
the best hope of the race The work
which Booker r. Washington. the
principal of the great Industrial In
stitute at Tuskegee. Ala. is doing is
having a widespread influence, and
winning the enthusiastic support of the
white population and the cooperation
of the leading men of his own race.
He has held firmly and wisely to the
common sense view that the best way
to solve the negro problem is to guide
the negro to become a self -respecting.
selfsupporting. industrious citizen,
and he is winning others to his meth
DDS by the results of his teachings.
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J@2y8lQnVB GOSSIP
The Old Farm Tonight.

I'm thinking. just now, dear mother
OF how the moonlight white
Is falling beside the cottage
Away in the hills, tonight.
| m trying to smell the flowers
That bloom III YOUR garden. dear
The garden that We TWO planted
And tended. year by year
I'm wondering now. dear mother,
If prayer times come to you?
Is father reading the Bible
And praying alone, you two?
And bed time on the farm. dear,
Ii used to come at eight,
But here in the busy city
It's late--ah, It's very late.
I'd love to watch the twinkling
OF fire. flies in the grass
And gaze al the stars of heaven
That over the roof-trce pass.
I'd like. dear mother To hear you
Boiling and barring the door.
And to hear the cricket singing
Beneath the kitchen floor.
I'd like To hear the cattle
Clicking their horns in the dark
And hear the whip-poor- calling
To Wilie--and hark, oh bark
can hear the swish OF the branches
Along the shingled roof
As the wind signs low in the trcetup
or blows with a feathery ''poof''
In at the open window
And rust,es the curtains of lace
In my old room in the farm house,
Ny own,--the sweet old place
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-15
BRANCHING OUT.
Dirigo Telephone Co. Votes 10 Increase Capital
from SI5O. 900 10 $3.50. 900.

Portland. Me. July 1.-THE Dirlgn Tel
ephone 90. OF Maine. Saturday held II.
annual meeting and voted Io increase tn.
capital stock from SI-AN1 Ia S2lH,ysi ANA
the onlcers We're authorized 10 issue
per cent. bonds to an amount sufficient
to perfect the system.
Half OF the amount az Increase Will he
in common stock and the remainder il
prefcrred stock bearing interest at . peg
cent. Construction OF a line to connect
with the company y general Office will h.
begun, Monday.
The following officers were elected.
President and general manager. Lewis \.
Cloudy. Portland. treasurer and sup-rin-
tendent OF extension. l. l. Durgin. Port
land; electrician ANA superintendent
Herbert l.. Niles. Portland: directors.
Lewis y. GoIdy. Melville y. Kelley %
Saco. Oscar H. Htr.;cv. William e. Nash
and John J. Frye of Portland
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The Rights Of 4 Witness.

The disgraceful manner in which
the purpose of bullying and insulting
witnesses is familiar to all who have
watched the process of Justice" in our
American courts. Not all lawyers do
this. by any means. but there are
enough of them to make it a pretty
well established rule that the ordeal
of cross-examination is a period of
abuse and humiliation. as unnecessary
as it is unjust This sort of thing has
just received a salutary and righteous
rebuke in New York and we hope it
will serve to remind many an easy
ness has rights to be respected. A dis
charged valet sued the millionaire.
George Gould. and got judgment Dur
ing the trial the Wallets lawyer inn
proved the opportunity to insult Mr..
Gould and his wife upon the witness
stand by prying into their private af-
fairs from every conceivable direction.
All this the judge allowed and every
detail was seized upon by the yellow
journals. The appellate court has re-
versed the decision of the lower court
holding that the judge erred in his
rulings and instructions and that the
verdict was against the evidence.
With regard to some of the questions
on cross examination which the trial
judge ordered Mr. Gould to answer
Justice Mclaughlin delivering the
opinion Of the courU says this:
1T is perfectly apparent that such
questions were propounded to him. not
for the purpose of testing his credibili-
ty. but for the sole purpose of degrad-
ing. humiliating or bringing him into
disrepute with the jury. This purpose
being manifest. the court should have
sustained the objections to such cues.
tions. 1t cannot be because a party re.
fuses to submit to n demand made upon
him, and himself goes upon the wit.
ness stand to contradict Testimony Civ
en- by his adversary. he can. by reason
of that fact. be compelled to divulge
the secrets of his life, unless SONS
secrets are connected with or have
some bearing upon the matter being
tried. Attacks of the character set
out IN this record cannot be made upon
ones private life under the guise of q
cfoss-examlnation. Their purpose is
either to coerce the party into settle.
meh' or else to unduly and uniustly
Prejudice the jury against him"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-15

The South includes one-fourth Of sthe
total area, and one-third of the popula-
ton Of the United States. Its cotton and
cottonseed alone, gave it an income la st
year of Sa4'.0"I ts0-the largest value of
any single crop in the world Its corn
and It's Lumber product brought it the
snug sum of $30O.OO0000. Moreover. the
south raises 80 per cent of all American
tobacco. mines 70 per cent of all it's coal.
produces Is per cent of its iron has 80
per cent Of its total railroad mileage and
a steadily increasing percentage of its
manufacturing
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GOING WEsTos'4ad x INNS \ y.
| ton, Pennington. Rangeley Lewis
PORTLAND; Boston. Quebec and Mnann,and
~ a IN. NJ ana ll;H 900 suncaysd =;
wick. Lewiston: Pennington Ol p brnns.
Hangeley, Rockland Portland az, lshiiI!ps
ton, connecting for White NJ Bos-
points, and Lancaster; .SC8 tdai EIvnts al
brunswick. Bath, Lewiston. pa ~, toy
Boston. Montreal and Chiesco. rsg,lltland
NJ might Pullman. every nieht ~ S ?.
iston, Bath. Kochland, Portland ana i nNs
ton; s2S5 A. ~: Portland and Bos nI D's-
GOING EAST-'132 A. VI. inight"
press. for Skow hogan, Bangor ISM e.
head Lake and Aroostook co,,nty . MOOSE
n 4. X. r.: sVanceboro. ST ste9bie,nia B
Andrews, ~ John. via Canadian Pad ~.
$50 A. NJ, Bangor and Bar Ham Jto1nties;
A. M, for Watervilie, Belfast ana gv y; s@
hogan, Lewiston and way stafin,sS Ao1-
Waterville and Winthrop; I28 noon sd
Bangor. Bar Harbor, Aroostook cn,,, ,oi
Nanceboro, st. John and Halifar IIpany.
ton and way stations, via Waferv;u.e VS. ~.
winthrop; '23o +. NJ. express for pa Id
port and daily TO Bangor and Rar u
Dor: 80 p. NJ: for Wateryiiie. Oatiaaatt 80
North Anson' Bingham; Skowhegan. Re1.
Vile. Bangor, Old Town and Maftsra'
keag: 12s +. NJ. for Wateryiile. a..
a., Sundays only. for WateryfiIe a a
HarbOr and Bangor 0ar
The night Pullman train going Eas, :,
.32 a. NJ. runs every night. sundav. =
|cluded. but not to skowhegan on Monaa,
mornings. nor on Sunday rnornings y
Belfast, Dexter or beyond Bangor
cepting TO Bar Harborl. and Wash ~
X. X. ~
'Daily for main line points.
ACCOMMODATION TRAINa a
SOUTH GARDINER TO AUGUSTA
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LUNGS FULL OF ASHES.
Peculiar and Terrible Death OF a littl,
Limestone Child.

Houlton. Me. July 1.-THE lJ-montEs-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albion Day
of Limestone. met with Il peculiar deaf
day or two ago.
The child fell head foremost into a pail
half fun of hardwood ashes. The ashes
Were cold. but in crying the child filled
her lungs fun of the ashes that she
could not breathe when found ana dice!
after two days OF terrible suffering.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-15

1t is little startling at first to read
are about 900 lepers in this country. but
the terrifying effect is lessened when
we read the assurance that leprosy is
not contagious when proper precau-
tons are taken and that. at any rate
it is less dangerous than consumption.
There is no doubt that consumption is
fight with persistent energy. 1t is a
great national danger, but familiarity
with it has bred general contempt
we know little and have less to fear.
makes everybody shudder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-15

Many thousands have been restored
to health and happiness by the use OF
Chamberlains Cough Remedy. II
afflicted with any throat or lung
trouble. give it a trial for it is certain
to prove beneficial. Coughs that have
resisted all other treatment for years.
have yielded to this remedy and per-
feet health been restored. Cases that
seemed hopeless. that the climate OF
famous health resorts failed to bene-
fit. have been permanently cured by
Its use. Bear in mind that every bot
tie IS warranted and if it does not
prove beneficial the money will be re-
FUNDED 10 You. For sale by Jno.
Coughiln. ~ Water st. and ]. C..
Houlehan. Gardiner, druggists. .z
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