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Our Peculiar Laws.

"a man down east didn't know he
had run for Office
"Well, how did he find it out?'
"They arrested him for not fling his
expense account
"But he didn't have any expenses. .
mo, but he'll have EN- I'll riEht
when the court gets through with
him"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10

81 enclose zoe. in stamps. Mail me one or
two boxes Of Tetterine, whatever the price;
it's oil right - does the work. : Vim.
Schwarz, Gainesville, Texas. 90. q box by
mail from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
If your druggist don't kept
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10
Best For the Bowels.

Nomatter what ais you, headache to = can.
Ger, you will never get we'll until your bowels
are put right. CAacAnETs help nature, cure
you without q grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements. cost you just 10 cents to
Candy Cothartic, the genuine, put up in metal
boxes, every tablet has G. c. q stamped on
II, Beware of limitations.
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AS late as 1910 there .'era neithe,
roads nor coaches Il any country dis
trict OF Portugal. Gentlemen Travelled
on horseback and ladies in sedan
chairs, carried by men, or in mule lit
ters,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10

The Bank of France can compel its Gus
toners to accept in gold one-fifth Of any
money drawn from the bank.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10
Mrs. PAULINE JUDSON,
ccccct.,ry of erlnerhor1 Coli Club,
Brooklyn, New J ork.

brooklyn, New YORK.
four no.. lbs, when lay husband became
ir..,,-ticnt because grew worse instead
of bette, and in speaking to the drNg.
.riat he advised hi,l to get Lydia II
I'tnt<s.an2'a veGeia BILE COMPOUND
and ..;a5sltivc Wash, Hos: l wish !
had taken tj.at ct first it would have
saved me weeks IF suffering. 1t took
three long months so restore me, but
it is happy relief, and we are both
most grat>frl TO you. Your COMPOUND
has brought joy to our hotae and
health to me- Mrs. PAULINE Jcpsor,
Il IEovt Street, brooklyn, n. "
5000 Forfeit if above testimonial is not genidas
It would seem by this state.
meat that women would save
time an;E rDuo5a sickness il they
zycuta 81 Lydia T. pinkham's
ysgetaEIc Compound at Once
and also write TO EzGs. Pinkhan
st Hymn, NE2s,s, for spscial adp
7fco. FL 81 free and always helpA
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10
Earliest Russian Ati;let.

1t is possible to steal penny and still
be in q cent.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10
Tetterinc in Texas.

The up-todate girl proposes without let
ting the fellow know it.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10

Grasshoppers are SO great a plague at
Hay, New South Wales, that they obscure
all the street lamps at night, leaving the
town in total darkness.
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FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. $2trial bottle and treatisefree
Dr. X. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila.. Pa.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infaIlible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W
SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1909.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10

Each package OF PUTNAM FApELrss DYE
,olors more goods than any other dye and
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10

Thoroughbred dogs are less intelligent
than mongrels.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10

Some people make mountains out Of mole
hillS, and others just make bluff.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10

The successful diplomat realizes that
truth must be handled with care.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10

Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Cures Indi-
gestion and Dyspepsia. At Druggists, 50c.
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VIII you be short Of hay? If 50. plant a
plenty OF this prodigally prolific millet. to
> tons OF rich hay per acre. Price, so lbs.
1l:9O; 100 lbs, $500; low freights. John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. A
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10

The helm Of ship has a stern duty t.
perform.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10

Even an automobile entails running ex-
penees.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10
Deafness Cannot lie Gun cd

The butcher may not be funny, but he
does lot of cutting m
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10

swing to all the intellectual faculties.
/ Christianity is the great central fire at
which philosophy has lighted its brightest
torch.
The religion of Christ is the fountain
out of which learning has dipped its clear
est draft The Hclicon. poured forth no
ouch inspiring waters as those which flow
from under the throne of God clear as
crystal.
Religion has given new energy to poesy.
weeping in DR.. Young's Might Thoughts, .
teaching in Cowpers flask" flaming in
Charles Wesleys hymns and rushing with
archangelic splendor through Millions
paradise Lost" The religion of Christ
has hung in studio and in gallery Of art and
in Vatican the best pictures Titian's AS
SUMPTION" Raphaevs TRANSPORTATION. =
Rubens's descent From the Cross. =
Claude's burning Bush" and Angelo S
LAST Judgment" Religion has made the
best music of the world-Haydn's "Crea.
tion," Handeps messiah" Mozart's "Rc-
QUEEN" Is it possible that a religion
which builds such indestructible monu-
ments, and which lifts its ensign on the
highest promontoreis of worldly power
can have any effect upon q mans inte.ct ::
but elevation?
Now, ] command godHness = the best
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-05-10
Where DoCT0RS::M
:, Cure Woynan's Ills, l ydh z
,nkhara's Vegetable Com
n0uua Succeeds. Nrs. Ial.ls
.yudsou Writes:

"DrAR Mrs. PIaKHAM Soon after
;7.~ marriage two years ago | found
= self n constant pain. The doctor
said MY womb was turned. and this
caused The pain with conside rable in.
t;ammation. He prescribed for me for
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-02
He OF DAN BOGGS. . : %7.= a7a%e

I go cot = girl: on which OCCASION ! feebly
| urges that I'd rather walk a whole lot.
ION the evenin' of this yere dance an
gander-pullin'. I'm pirootin' about the Cen
ter as 1 tells You when I meets up with
julie James: julie bein' the village belle.
Coin 10 the dance" says julie. NO"
says L. "whyever don't you go:" asks
julie. Thar amt no girl weak-minde1
enough TO go with me- l replies: Il makes
ten" This yere last. Is a blum. which l
reckons now" says julie. givin' me a look.
IF you'd asked me. I'd been fool enough 10
GO" OF course. with that In freed; 1
couldn't flicker: SO l allows that IL Jule'n
caper back TO the house I'll take her yet.
Veal gets back to my old gents an
/ proceeds to hitch up a Dobbin boss we has
TO a side-bar buggy. It's dark by now. an
We don't 20 TO the house. nor indulge in any
ranikaboo uproar about 1t. as l figgers it's
better not to notify the old gent. Not that
he puts the kybosh on this yere enterprise:
but he's powerful fond of talk. an his long
suit is never wantin' YOU to do whatever
you're out to execoote that away. Where
fore. as I amt got no time for a Jint de-
bate with the old gent over technicalitles. l
puts julie into the side-bar where it's stand
in in the dark onder a shed; an then. hook
in up old Dobbin a heap ~surreptitious. 1
gathers the reins an We goes softly p'intin'
forth for Hickman's gander-puliin shin
dig.
".As we-aIl- is sailin' thoughtlessly along
the trail. Goblin Of a sudden ups an belts.
Sech bursts is unprecedented in the case
of Dobbin-who's that sedate he's jest
alive-an' I'm shore amazed. But I yanks
him up a lot an starts anew. It's twenty
rods when Dobbin bolts ag'in. This time 1
hears a ~iutter. an reaches round julie
some to see II her pettiocats is wtippin' the
wheel They amt: but Jule-who esteems
said gesture in the nacher OF a caress-
seemin' to favor the idee, I lets my arm
stay round. A moment later. an this we're
william Dobbin bolts the third time. an as
I've sort o. got my one arm tangled up
with julie a heap. he iams into a oak tree.
It's then. when we-an Is plumb to a
halt, 1 does hear q nutter. AT that I gets
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-02

down to investigate. Gents. you-all may
jedse of my horror when 1 finds 'leven of
my shawl-neck game chickens roostin' on
that side-bar's reach, They're thar when
We pulls out. They've retiredv from the
world an: its cares, for the night an in our
ignorance. of them chickens domestic ar
engagements. We nacherally takes 'em with
us. Now an then. as we-all goes rockIn'
along. one of 'em gets jolted an It's these
Sere frenzied efforts. he makes to stay with
the game that evolves the iutterin.s hears:
'uie-who don't own chickens an who
Amino patron of cocknshts neither-is for
settht the shawl necks on the fence san.
piekin' EN- up as We trails back from the
ga~nder-pullin'.
AS long as it's dark" says julie.
they'll stay planted; an We rounds 'em up
too easy on our return"
But I ain; that plumb optimistic. I
knows these chickens an they amt so SOM
nolent as all that. Besides. it's a cinch a
mink OF a fox comes ~sQuanderin round an.
takes EN- in like sooseberries. 'Lven
shawl necks! Why. it would he a pickup
for a fox,
a fine Injun to take a girl TO a
dance." says julie at last. an she's full OF
scorn.
"lnjun or no %Injun., 1 retorts a heap
sullen. thar amt no gander-pulIin' goin' to
testify me in abandonin' them 'Ieven shawl
necks. an me with a main to fight next
month over on the Little BIoo,'
AT that I %cerrals. the chickens. sn..in-
prisons EN- In the, r'aE t.thesstde-bas.sa an
goes a-weavin' bach for camp. I picks UP
three more shavl necks where they sets
battin' their helpless eyes in the road. as I
returns.
"'Bu l shore hears Jules views Of me as
a beau. They're hot enough to broil meat!
Moreover. julie tells all Sni-a-bar. an I'm
at once a common scon an jeer from the
Kaw to the Gasconade. Jules old pap
washes out his rife an signs a pledge to
plug me II ever ag'in / puts my hands on
his front gate As I suggests. II rooms my
social Greer In Snf-a-bar.
While I'm ground like a toad that a.
way. beneath the harrow Of this double set
back of the drum an julie. tharis . circus
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-02

myself goin' backwards that Away. It's
the beginnin' of tha bad luck. Thar's no
chance to duck the play, however. as Old
Hickey's word is law. 50 l sadly buckles
on the giant drum. NJ
Were jest turnin' into the picnic
ground where this yere meetin's bein' held
an I've got thoughts of nothin' but ny art
AS We moosicians .says-an' elevatin' the
local opinion of an concernin' the meelo-
dious merits OF the band. We're playin'
mi 49, at the:time. an I've got my
eagiefeye on the paper that tells me when
TO welt her: an Pm shorely leatherin' away
at that instrument to beat a ace-fiush.
'Bein' In new to this yere big drum. an
onduly eager to succeed. I've got all my
eyes picketed on the notes. II would have
been as well if I'd reserved at least one
eye for scenery. But i don't, an SO II be-
falls that when VEAL is in the very heart
of the toone. an at what it's no ~aggera
ton to call a crisis in our destinies. 1 walks
straddie of a stump. An sech is my fatal
momentum. the drum rolls up on the stump
AZ 1 rops mp on the drum. That's the
firish: next day the Silver Cornet Band by
iedict Of the Sni-a-bar folks is re-exiled to
them woods But 1 don't go: Old Hickey
excloodes me. an my hopes of moosicaI
eminence rots down right thar.
+" It's meb5y two days later when I'm
down by the Post ONCE gettin' the weekly
paper for my old gent. Thar's goin' to be
a g~ander-pullin' by torchlight that evenin'
over to Hickman's Mills with 4 dance at
the heel of the hunt. But I amt allowin'
to be present none. I'm too. deeply cha
grined about my failure With that big
drum: an then ag'in. I'm scared to ask a
girl to go. You-all most likely has missed
noticin' 1t a heap-for 1 frequent forces
myself to be gala an festive in company
but jest the same. deep down onder my
belt. I'm bashful. An when I'm younger.
I'm worse. An I'm bashful speshul of
girls; I soon discover that it's easier to face
a gun than a girl. an that the glance of
her eye is more terrifyin' thai the glimmer
of a bowie. That's the way I feels. It's
a fact: I remembers q time when my
mother. gettin' plumb desp'rate over my
hoomility. offers me q Morgan boss II I'd
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-02
A wOIFVIIIRS1
BY Alfred Henry Lewis.

an them-sports OF Sni-a-bar neither in
any all round tumble Of amazement at my
genius.
"''Of course. Dan" says the ringmaster
when we're in the dressin'-room. when the
leapin' begins. you-ail will go on with the
others an do a somersault or twe?'
~'"Shorer" 1 says
~ feels as confident az a kangaroo. that
away! Which 1 never does try 1t none: but
springboard an. nacherally. that spring
board does the rest. That's where I'm bark
in at a knot.
This yere leapin' comes first on the
bill. l amt been In the ring yet; the tum-
blin' business is where I makes me deeboo.
I've got on a white clown soote. with big
red spots; an my face Is all nour. I'm as
confident Of maxim a hit As a vet dog. I
shore allows that when julie an old Hickey
observes my graceful agility an then hears
me warbie Roll. Jurdan. Roll" I'll make
'em hang their heads an wish they was
dead.
h tumblin' is about to begin. tn
bands playin'. an all US athletes is ranged
Injun file. along a plank down which we're
to run I'm the last chicken on the roost.
AT last it's my turn.
=" Even unto this day. it's a subject of
contention In circus circles as to where 1
hits that springboard. Some claims 1 hits
her too high up: an some SAYS too low. For
myself. I'm plumb ignorant on the pint. All
I saveys Is the fact. I files down the plank
like an antelope! I hears the skirl of the
drums, 1 jumps an strikes the springboard!
IT'S at this %juncture things goes queer.
To my wonder i don't turn no fiip-iap. It's
like a drawlshot In billiards. I plants my
moccasins on that sprinsbcard; an then In
stead Of Eoin' IN an over a cayuse who's
'standin' thar awaitin' sech events. I nacher-
ally shoots packard about fifteen foot an
lands in q confoosed an ondistinguishable
heap. An. as l strikes the plank. I shore
smashes a brace Of my ribs.
For q second I'm sort o. blurred in my
inteilects. Then Irecovers; an as I'm bein'
steered back into the dressin' room by the
fosterin' hands Of the ringmaster an my
pard, the clown, over in the audience I hears
Jules laugh as her old pap allows he'd
shore give a horse IL I'd only busted my
neck. Also. 1 catches a remark of old Hick-
ey: Which that Bosgs boy alters was q
ediot!" ays Old Hickey"
cOeyrisht I'D, by-R. n. Russl
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I gets notice OF these pecooliarities Of for
tune plumb early. While I'm simply doin'
nothin' TO provoke it, a gust of bad luck
pounce on me that away. an / gets
thwarted in a noble moosical ambition.
room, my social standin'. an. busts two of
my nigh ribs all in one week
I'm a colt at the time. lest .bo,,, III,
enosh TO break Ny folks 5 Twin. in Mis-
SCUM over back OF them sni-a-bar Mil.
ny nacher I'm a heap mooslcaI. so
siVin that genius for harmonr ,u.-
AN yoonites myself with ,ha ..s..N
f Sornet Band" Old Hickey is Load
q ah ne puts mo in to play the sn.,s
or'H; the same bein' the second r,n.
Inc ladder Of moosical fame. an. one rur.
aooVe The big drum Old Hickey s,.1as,.
mat start with the snare drum an. uor,
up cents. you-all should have heard mo
win tnat instrument. I'd shore light into
her like a storm Of hail.
For a spell the "Sni-a-bar Silver co--
net sand" used to play in the woods. This
yere Sni-a-bar commoonity is n migb,v
nervous neighborhood-an' ,bar,s fo,Ls
- kIdI ok
whose word is above reproach who ss,ds ne
notice they'll shoot some IL We don't. co at
first We practices in the woods. Bu, as
uine goes on, We improves; an AT las, ".
plays well enough SO We don't scare chill
dren; an then them Sni-a-bar peopIe con-
sents TO let US play now an then along
Inc road. OF course. all of us virchewoso
Is iocoed to do good work, so sni-a-bar
would get reconciled an recognize us "a n
commoonal factor.
AT last 1t comes. Well do | recall the
day of our first public appearance. It's at
a political meetin' an everything. 50 far as
were concerned at least, depends on the
impression we-all makes. II We goes to a
balk OF a breakdown. that "Sni-a-bar Sill
yer Cornet Bands got to go back an. play
IN the woods.
It's not needed that I tells you gents
that we-all is plenty Of aige. Old Hickey
gets that perturbed he shifts me onto the
big drum: an Catfish Edwards. heretofore
custodian Of that instrument. is. given the
snare. This play comes mighty closi to
breakin' my heart: for I'm AMBITIOUS moosi-
cal. as ], states. an 1t gals my soul to see
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I shows up an pitches its merry tent at Sni-
a-bar. l knows this caravan of yore-for I'm
a master hand for shows in my yooth an
! double troubles ready TO plunge into dis,i-
! p~ation's mad an swirlin' midst. 1 sa'nters
down the moment them wagons shows up:
an after that. while that circus stays. folks
who wants to see me-. day or night, nacher-
ally has to como to the show.
The outfit Is one Of them little old jim
crow shows that stays a month: an by the
end of. the first day. me an the clown gets
wropped up in each other like Brothers;
which I'm like one of the family. i fetches
water. an he'ps rub bosses an, speakin'
central. does more Niger work than I ever
crosses up with prior endoorin. my entire
life. But KNOWN the clovis. that away,
pays for all; ssch trivial considerations as
pullin' on tent ropes an s~preadin' sawdust
disappears before the effulgent honor of his
acquaintance. It's my KNOWN the clown
that lead. to disaster.
This yere merrymaker-who's a .jocund
wight" as Colonel Sterett s~ays-gets'a heap
uiuhh p"V ven an SiccpS Out ~ Inc
rain. This makes him as hoarse as bull
frogs. He amt able to sing his song in
the ring. It's jest before they begins.
he croaks. plenty detected. Il
wish you'd clown up an go In an sing that
song"
This yere madrigal is easy: it's Roll.
Jurdan. Roll" an I hears It so much at
Niger camp meetin's an similar distrac-
tions of my yooth that / carols 1t in my
sleep. As the clown throws out his hun I
considers awhile some ser'ous. feels like
mebby I've cut the trail. Of ~ascunnin' ,tdee.
When julie an Old Hickey an the balance
Of them sni-a-bar outcasts sees me in q
clowns yooniform. ~tyrannizin' about. sing
in songs an leadin' up the war Jig gen'ral,
they'll regret them opinions they 30 freely
expresses an take to s:andin' about, hopin'
TN bow. They'll Regard KNOWN me as =
boon. With that. I tells the. clown to be Of
good cheer: I'll shore render. that lay, an
his hoarseness won't prove no setback 10
the gayety Of nations.
But don't sing the song hone after
~: N I don't pile up julie an old Hickey
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WRITTEN JOR THE IND REPUBLIC
This yere." remarked the Old c%attleman.
1t the heel Of a hslf-heur lecture on lie
and its philosophy. "this yere Is Q evenin'
when they gets to discusstn' about luck. It's
doofin' the progress OF this dispoote when
Cherokee ban allows that luck don't alter
nate none, 1rst good an then bad. but sort
o, travels In punches like cattle or in flocks
like BIRDS. Whichever = she comes says
Cherokee, good or bad. luck avalanches it
self ON q gent a whole lot That's straight
goes on Cherokee. You bet! I speaks from
a voloominous experience an q life that.
whether up or down. white or black. ANT
been made Of nethtn' but luck. Which mach
orally. balm . kyard sharp that away, I
studies luck same as Peets yere studies
drugs; an my Discoveries teaches that :uck
is plumb gregar'ous- Like misery in that
prcvsrb. luck loves company. 1t shore de-
spises to be lonesome
Cherokee. 1 delights to hear you talk
says Old Man Enright as he signs up Black
Jack for the Valley Tan. Them eloocida-
tons is meant to stiffen a gents nerve an
do him good. Shore: no one needs encour-
agement nor has TO train for a conflict with
sood luck: but it's when he's out ag'inst
the iron, an the bad luck's swoopin' an
stoopin' at him, beak an claw, Xix forty
hawks; hats when you remarks is doc to
come to his aid an upttft his sperits some.
An a. you says q moment back, thar's
bound in the long run 10 be q equilibrium
The lower your bad luck, the higher your
good luck when It strfkss lamp It's the
same with the old Rockies. an whereaer
you goes, it's alters a never faiiin' case of
the deeper the valley. the higher the hill.
AS I observe. thess ysre reflections is mighty
censolatory a lot
As IL frequent with me-. says Dan
Boggs, after We sets quiet for q moment,
meanwhfles tastin' our nose paint some
thoughtful-<or these outbursts Of Chero-
KEGS an Ennsht.s calls for considerations
las IL frequent with me- say Dan, I
reckon TIL string my chips with Cherokee.
The moro ready, since throughout my own
checkered c'reer-an' I've done most every
thing, 'cept sing IN the ~choir-luck has ever
happened punched Ike he asserts Which
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-01

the carrying of passengers. The direc-
tors decided. yesterday, however. not
to begin q general service over the line
for several days yet, as they desire to
ficient time to complete the ballasting
and get the track in perfect running
order. Perhaps on Sunday next cars
may be running to Hammond's, but not
before that time.
The power used. yesterday, is the
same that has been in use for the past
two years by the company. A new en-
CINE and direct connected generator
are now being installed at the power
station in Hallowell and will soon be
ready for use. The new engine is 600
horse power and will be- used to fur
nish power for the entire system, The
old engine will be kept as a reserve to
he utilized on extraordinary occasions.
Both engines when in use together will
have 1000 horse power. On the Win
throp branch the double trolley system
is used. The wire is The best made,
and is about 3-16 of an inch in diameter.
There are about 264O ties to the mile.
The "Cobbosseecontee'' returned to
this city at 5 o'clock, having made
moderate run both ways.