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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04

been their custom during the days of
the Romans"
lit was only a method of express
sion," continued Mr.. Hingle. "Imeant
that the chickens stood on the roost
and ate the corn as il passed before
them in the basket. Well we had been
feeding them in this way for a few
days when we noticed that they had
begun TO diminish in number. We then
began TO count each morning, and
found that four or five disappeared
each night. We finally decided TO
watch. ! rugged myself up platform
in the chicken-house and went out to
spend the night. From ten O'Clock un-
til four nothing happened, and l was
becoming pretty well tired, thinking
probably that the negro who had been
robbing our henroost had seen me and
would not make another attempt
while ! was there. As the gray hight
began to dawn, however, l heard a
series of splasheS, and, looking toward
the rear, l saw large shark jumping
the fences as if they had been hurdles.
Naturally I was very much surprised.
When the shark had jumped our fence
he disappeared under the water. was
looking all around for him when I
heard noise in the henhouse, and
looking down l saw the shark. He
had come in by diving through the
large hole through which our chick
ems had gone into the yard when they
awoke in the morning. You can imag-
inc my CONSERVATION. I was alone in
henhouse with a collaborating
shark, and I had no adequate assn
rance that he was not also a man
eater. The shark did not wait for an
Introduction; balancing himself upon
his tail, he grabbed a chicken from
the roost and swallowed it whole. He
repeated the feat until he had eaten
six, and then, diving through the hole,
went leaping over the fences again,
evidently very much pleased. He had
failed to see me, otherwise he might
have bitten me in the leg.
swell, to make long story short, I"
continued Mr.. Hingle, 1--WE waited for
him next morning and stopped the
hole after he had entered. We then
killed him with rifle"
Taking the visitor to the rear caI-
lery, Mr.. Hingle showed the jawbone
and teeth of the shark. In the teeth
were number OF chicken feathers.
I'VE managed to kill him before he
had had time to pick his teeth" re-
marked Mr.. Hingle, modestly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
SHARK STEALS HENS.
Startling Story Told by Truthful
Louisiana Lawyer.
The RObber Fish Caught I'm the Act,
with Chicken Feath erx between
His Ugly Teeth-How He
Worked the Game

1t is not often that a shark breaks
into a mans henrooSt and steals his
chickens. Such case, however, is
on record at Pointe-a-la-Hache. En-
met Hlngle told the story as he
showed New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat man around his fathers back
yard, which was full of lively and
intelligent young chickens. Mr.. Hin
gle has only had a few years ex,
perience as a lawyer. His veracity is
therefore unquestioned. He intro
duced the matter by remarking:
1--WE lost a great number of our
chickens last yNar by a shark
White or colored?" asked the vis-
itor, incredulously.
"A shark, mana shark from the
gulf-eight feet long"
did he walk all the distance OF
come in a fish carp"
The affairs is not as impossible
as you are inclined to believe" re-
marked Mr.. Hingle in an aggrieved
tone. "You notice the ievee in front
Of the house. Well, each year dur
ing the equinoctial season, strong
southern wind blows the waters of
the gulf into Pointe-a-la-Hache and
floods the town. The water is three
or four feet deep. We have TO go in
skiffs from the front Of the house to
the levee. Last year, as usual, when
the floods commenced, we drove all
our chickens into the big henhouse.
. Naturally when the food became
deep they could not come down TO
-. r =
up a rope parallel to each roost, and
slowly pulled basket of corn from
one end TO the other. In this way
the chickens had co eat standing
up"
II did not know that chickens
ever ate sitting down or in a re-
Ginning position" interjected the
visitor. However, that may have
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04

responded she made them understand
and asked that they take her, one
by each foot, and suspend her head
down into the well.
Without tremor the mother lay
down, and was let slide down toward
the water, head first. The child was
coming up for the second time when
her hands reached his skirts, and,
after a strong pull altogether, the
two women holding to Mrs. McKen-
zie's ankles, drew both mother and
child from the water. The child was
revived in a few moments, and
neither was the worse for the ex-
perience the next day.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04

a Texas judge was robbed OF n
horse not long ago and the thief,
being apprehendcd, was brought be-
fore him for trial The Judge eyed
the prisoner with deep satisfaction
for minute or so and then delivered
himself thus:
Owing to personal prejudice, the
court win not hear this case. II will
be tried by the bailiff, who win find
a verdict In accordance with the
facts.
In the meantime" added his
honor. impressively, 'the court viii
go outside and prepare a rope and
pick out a good tree,"-Chicago jour
nal
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
1T MADE HIM TIRED.
Dude from the East started Out TO
Stay n Bear which Refused
to he Slain

The station agent at Canon City
had a half grown cinnamon bear
chained up to post as pet and
curiosity, and while the train wait
ed there for the east-bound to come
along many of the passengers crossed
the tracks to gaze at the living won
der. Among them, says the Phila-
delphis Press, was girl-faced man
with lisp. who viewed the bear for
awhile and then went back TO the
agent and asked:
''Thir, thee you have a bear over
there If 1 should kill him, could 1
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
II Mna Ever Tins

Some time after ten had been
counted the defeated pugilist revived
sufficiently TO be interviewed
II shall never fight again." he said,
but the next time 1 get into the
ring with that slob III knock his
block of. was fairly beaten, and
my opponent showed great skill and
tremendous hitting power, although
1t was chance blow and 1 was
doped."-Toledo Bee.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
why NotP

81 don't understand" said the gro
Gerry clerk, 'why Mr.. Publico writes
four capital XXXX's after his name.
What do they meah2"
mean lot" replied Uncle Jim from
the cracker barrel, "he's ex-justice of
the peace, ex-mayor, ex-senator and
experienced In Observation-Disclosures
Commercial Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
A Decided Gumn-

Dora-Mr. Nieefelo seems to have q
bad cold.
Clara-Well it's his own fault.
When he called last evening he sat
down on chair way off by himself,
although there was loads of room on
the sofa, Then, to give him an excuse
for moving, I complained of the heat,
and opened the window behind him,
but there he stayed, like gump, the
whole evening-N. Y. Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04

Charley, dearl" exclaimed young
Mrs Torkins, "the paper has a sketch
of you as rising young reformer."
Yes. / thought that would sur
prise and please YOU What did YOU
think of the biography?"
'Oh, Charley, dear, 1t is too good
to be truel"-Washingto Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04

"Hellol" said Ascum TO Littleton,
whom be meets in the market. After
something nice?"
''Eh?" stammered Littleton, BLUSH
ing guiltily.
II just saw you looking at those
peaches"
Say, they were peaches, weren't
they? Did you notice the one with the
big brown eyes2"-Philadelp Press,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
The Prevailing Fad.

She was doleful-oh, very doleful.
John" she said, 81 don't believe you
ever really loved me at all"
"Wky2" he demanded.
Because" she replied, 'I've been
over all your old love letters, and
while they seemed all right at the time
they actually aren't worth publishing
In q book."-Chioago Post.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
How. IndeedY

Tess Gust returned from her vaca-
tion)-It was so romantic there.
Nothing but mountains ell around
you, with huge rocks and grand old
trees.
Jess-How was that romantic?
One can't firt with mountains and
rocks and trees.--Philadelphia Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
Sure 60 he Right.

Johnny" asked the teacher of the
new pupil, do you know your alpha
bet2"
"Yes'm," answered Johnny, with
promptitude.
well, them" continued the teach
er, what letter comes after APP"
"All the rest of themi" was the tri-
umphant reply.--BoEton Globe.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
Dwarfs Tougher Than cIan,.

AS rule dwarfs live much longer
than giants. The latter usually have
weak constitutions, their blood cir
eulation is sluggish, and they have
brittle bones.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
Speed Of the CUR streum

The gulf stream flows at the rate
of about two and half miles an
hour. Five miles is exceeded in
some places, and the rate varies
much with conditions of weather and
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
PrOeressive Euchre.

SYPHILIS that Harry Scribbler's
writing. Kitty
Kitty-Yes. I'm engaged to him,
you know.
Sybil-Of course. I was engaged
TO him last summer.
htty-The dear boy. wonder
who hell eventually marry2-Pear-
sons Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04

Sue Brette-she's got new play for
next season.
Polly Pinktites-That so? What n
it?
Sue Brette-Musical comedy in three
acts and nine new dresSes.-Philadel
phia Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
A Little HouseboId uI,.

1t is asserted that if new tinware
is rubbed with fresh lard and thor
oughly heated in the oven before it
is used, it will never rust afterward.
no matter how much it is put in wa
ter
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
Asked for unIn
new

Deacon Dreames :. That new
preacher of ours is wonder.
Deacon Snorer-Why so?
Deacon Dreames-Before he starts
his sermon he gets the choir TO sing
a lullaby>-Indianapo News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
Their Adrnntnuer

The clouds float airily all day;
The zephyrs sport upon the lea:
The ripples pass their time at play;
The brooks go singing TO the sea,
While work on-Rnd that's the way
Those things are different from me.
Chicago Record Herald
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04

wire with supply OF electricity.
The place where the bait rests is the
only part of the trap which IS
conductor, and the moment Mr.. Rat
touches this a shock closes his ca
reer
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
ChIneae Don,f w..r w.,

The Chinese wear cotton garments
all the year round, and never those
made Of wool. The rich, Tor warmth.
don silk.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
It Demnnna s,Ienna

why do you call that still P'' asked
the new initiate of the Georgia moon
sinner.
Because we have to work 1t on the
quiet" replied the Georgian.-Ohio
State Journal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04

George-Your father asked me If
1 thought could support you in the
style to which you have been accus-
toned.
Mabel-What did you say?
George said 1 could, so long as
my credit was good.-Chicago Amer
ican.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
Probably.

81 wonder who was the first man
60 say: Quick returns and small
profits?'"
Some unsuccessful author, I
guess" Commercial Trib-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
FaIsehood and rruth

The chap who is a gifted liar
May oft amuse. yet rouse our ire;
But he who always tells the truth
Affects us Ike a serpsnt's tooth.
Philadelphia Record.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04
An EIectrIcaI Raj Tr,D

Electric rat traps are in use in
Amsterdam, They are connected by
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-04

that the price you have
cents; that for this you
Il the little details are M
Il piano accompaniments
Is sheet music is equal
send US the order, and &
Order by Numbers, moi
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pay for this sheet music Is only thirty-nve
II ten pieces, not one; that IL is sent 20 any
D the standard, including coIOred titles; that
at the Instrumental pieces give the bass "a
any published. Also don't forget 20 mako
ell your friends about this Sheet Music offer.
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DON'T FORGET

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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-19
Potatoes and Cancer.

The registrargeneral for Ireland
says that nearly 20 per cent of the
people of the Emerald Isle died of old
age. There are, he says, 212 Irish
men and women now living over 100
years old, a proportion far above the
average of most nations. In speaking
of the prevalence of cancer in Ireland
the report notes the evidence that the
most prosperous, the most populous
and least Celtic counties suffer most
from this dread disease. while those
sections where the Celtic race is
purest and a buttermi1k. meal and DO
tato diet is most prevalent are most
exempt from cancer. 1t would be q
curious thing were it established, not
only, that the humble potato is a coun.
ter-active to cancer, because there ex.
listed for three centuries in several
European countries a most malicious
prejudice against the wholesome
tuber. -;.+
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-19
Where Arrow Heads Grow,

When vacation comes, Dr. Branner
the head of the Stanford geological de-
partment, hies himself away from all
things pedagogical to the remote fast
nesses of the mountains, and there
studies the formation of the rocks and
reaCs the life history of earth in the
deposits of the ages. Last vacation he
was in the Sierras. He had as his
guide man indigenous to the soil,
who had never been twenty miles from
the home of his childhood. He looked
with much amusement and scorn upon
DR.. Branner and his assistants and
saw nothing in their work that was of
interest. To him the students seemed
more like good men gone daft One
day Mr.. Branner located an old Indian
burying ground. In digging he came
upon some choice arrow heads. Think
ing to test his guides geological as
we'll as his chronological knowledge, the
doctor said
Elijah, do you know how these ar
row heads came here?"
''Growed thar" said the native with
great pOSitiveness.
Nonsense. If you were to take an
arrow head and put it on your table
and leave it there for a years time,
do you think it would grow?"
''Tain't no nonsense, nuther," said
Elijah. ''lf you was to take a potato
and put it on your table. and leave it
there for year. do you think it would
grOw2"-San Francisco Wave.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-19
BRAIN GUIDES THE HANDS.
Scientific Explanation of Why Some
People Are Left Handed.

1t is well-known fact, says the Lon
don Optician, that the stronger activ
ity Of the nerves of the right half O
, the body for not only the hand il
concerned) must be ascribed to a pre-
ponderance OF the left side of tn,
brain. whose finer development, es
pecially as the seat of the center O
! speech is matter of common knowl
! edge
In a paper by DR.. Luddeckens in the
/ Allgemeines Journal Der Uhrmacher
Eunst valuable information regarding
! the causes of the unequal working o.
the two hemispheres of the brain is
furnished. A sketch touching on the
history of evolution leads from the
/ original symmetry of the organism tc
| a bsequent-Symmetr arrange
! meEt Of the heart and the large blood
vessels from which it follows quite
naturally that the two halves of the
head are not placed on an equal foot
Ing, as regards the distribution OF
the blood and consequently, of the
blood pressure. and that on the con.
trary. there must be under normal
conditions stronger pressure on the
arteries'of the left side of the head
This theory is borne out by we'll.
known experience of anatomsts and
patholoeists and a series of interest
ing observations. Of special interest
is the effect of the higher blood pres.
sure upon the left eye. DR.. Lud-
deckens found in the latter, as com.
pared with the right one, in a surpris-
inely large number of cases. a mar
rover pupil in consequence of more
h!led-up condition OF the vessels Of
the iris, and upon closer examination
shorter construction of the eyeball.
This furnishes reason for the fact that
IN large number OF persons the left
eye is the better one Thus the finer
development of the left half of the
brain is explained very simply by the
fact that it is better supplied with
blood, and the question why it is the
seat OF the center Of speech and why
most people are right-handed is solved
in the most natural manner.
1t is striking how true reflection
of the conditions described is afforded
by the examinations of left-handed per-
sons. In many cases a redder color
was noticeable on the right side of
the face; the right eye was built
shorter, its pupil narrower; in short,
everything points to a better blood
supply on the right side of the brain,
which. in consequence. imparts to the
left side of the body the preponder-
ance over the right one, condition
styled left-handedness. In close con-
nection thereto is the habit of most
lcft-handed persons to sleep on the
left side in the unconscious endeayer
to relieve the right half of their brain,
which is more charged with BLOOD dur
ing the day. For right-handed persons
the position on the right side is the
more natural one for the same rea-
son.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-19

! good diplomat that he was 70 be sent
70 Washington on an important mis-.
| sion
Soon after he reached this country
| \" saw at reception a girl who start
| ied him, she looked so like a girl he
| had known. But the other girl was a
| little peasant who sat by the Danube
weeping for false lover. or Law at
the bottom of the blue river and this
| one was the daughter of a United
states Senator and a member of the
American official circle He was con-
fused when he met her: perhaps he
was thinking of summer in Ehingen.
He fell in love with the American
girl. but the thought never came to
him that she and Gerda We're the
same. He asked her to marry him.
hut she laughed at him. He asked her
3@ain and again. but she only eyaded
his question, and he loved her more
desperately because she tantaliZed
him. She enjoyed his sufferings. and
after a winters amusement of this
sort she was ready to end the game"
She had told her story in German,
and when she finished she rose and
spoke in her native tongue
Now. my friend, that is the end
Of the romance. You have asked me
to marry you and | will do so if you
still desire it. Gerda Heinrich loved
you. blindly, but Gertrude Harrington
does not. She is no longer a German;
She is an American, with an Ameri-
cans sordid ideas. will marry you,
but only for your wealth and title
"Gerda. | thank God that reparation
can be made. Take the money and
the title, and if the love and devotion
Of my future can atone for"
"Oh, Wilhelm, I'd marry you if you
did not have men thalcr. '-Waverley
Magazine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-19
INDIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN,
Show Remarkable Quickness in Learn
ing to Write Well.

Speaking of the Indian schools In
the West and Northwest" said .
| bright young woman, who is On the
road for New Orleans house, Il had
| occasion recently to look into the mat
ter from the standpoint of the out.
! slider, and was very much impressed
/ by the things | saw in Indian school.
rooms. The Indian children are won.
derfully bright and wonderfully pretty
And ! may remark, parenthetically,
that 1t is one of the curious things
about the Indian race that nearly all
the children are pretty. Even when
they grow into young women and
young men they are fairly cookbook.
ing. Sometimes they are handsome.
But age blurs the picture Nearly all
the aged Indians are unsightly. They
seem to grow flabby. They are not
well-shapen. The prettier lines are
wiped out by the passing years, and
the Indians become positively ugly.
But this is rot what was thinking of
when b AN the subject. | had some
very interesting talks with the teach.
ers and learned few things about
education among the Indians that |
never knew anything about before.
The Indian child. from what | could
learn from the teachers, contradicts
the scientific principle that children
belonging to a primitive race learn
much more rapidly than the children
of NJ hnr 60 ;, ho<
are slow in learning from the informa.
tlon given me. But they learn well.
There is. however. one peculiar thing
about them, and that is the Quickness
they snow in learning how to write,
and how much better they write than
the average white child. 1t is really
a marvellous thing. | had occasion to
inspect the handwriting of Indian
children, and it was a revelation to
me- There is, of course. a reason for
the talent of the Indian child in this
respect. The Indian is clever with his
hands. He is dexterious. Indian pot
terry shows this, and the carved arrows
and tomanawks and things of that sort
place the Indian on a very high plane |
when it comes to delicate tracement
in things that are made with the hand. |
Take the baskets that are made by the |
indians in the West and Northwest. |
They are perfect marvels. The white |
man. with all his boasted talent, can
not equal them, and there are authori. |
ties who maintain that primitive peo-
pies have given birth to geometry on |
account of their peculiar skill in this
respect. This is why the Indian child
excels in the matter of handwriting.
At least this is the only explanation l
can offer in regard to the matter, and
it seems to be reasonable New Or.
leans Times Democrat.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-19
THE BACHELOR.

Behold the bachelor! His hair
That once was brown is gray:
No laughing loved ones claim him
4 Nor charm his woes away.
He tlas himself alone to please,
Z No others fingers search
The pockets in his clothes, and he's
Neer dragged away to church.
"Ah, poor old mani" hear you say;
. Somewhere the grass grows DER
Some one to whom his heart today
Turns sadly as of yore.
He merely fingers here as one
Who is transient guest;
sIis Joys are fed, his work is done,
- He longs to be at rest
He longs to bid the world adieu.
To cross the river where
lie is to meet the loved one who
is waiting for him there"
All. well! Perhaps 'tis. SO;
He may have loved and lost;
His breast may be the haunt of woe,
His soul be tempest tossed
But though his heart is buried deep
Below some slanting stone
Where some one long has lain asleep
H'he could be alone
For just about an hour or two
With just the one. III bet
He'd fire up and learn to do
Some fancy stepping yet.
Chicago Record Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-19
Thought-Saving inventions.

DR.. Henry L. Brunner head of the
department of biology in the Butler
University of Indianapolis, predicts
that this century will be remarkable
ror the production of thought-saving
i.7~entions. The doctor also says that
The n an Of the future will be with.
ont the sermiform appendix, but with
physicians as busy as they are now
that can hardly be called a predic-
ton.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-19

The largest asparagus beds, the big
.est feldssof celery and the largest
garden-seeI plantations in the United
States ara Iocated in California.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-19

There is cave on the Jorend ford,
Norway, from which at every change
OF the weather flashes of lightning is.
sue.