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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16
MEDICAL EXAM NER
Of the limited States Treasury Reeom-
mendS Pc-ru-na.
TheWOmer1 A1SORecOm-
mend Pe-ru-na.

Miss Blanch Grey, ia Alabama street,
Memphis, Tenn, society woman OF ne'''-
phis, writes: x..os,,
"To d society woman whose nervous
force is often taxed to the utmost lr"l',
lack of rest and irregular meals kno" -
nothing which is of so much benefit as +
runa. I took it a few months ago when
felt nv strength giving away. and 1t soon
made itself manifest IN giving me ne"
strength and health. Miss Banch trey.
Mrs. X. Schneider, 2iD9 Ihirty-seVenth
Place, Chicago. H., writes:
"Aftef taking several remedies without
result began last year TO take your vaiu-
able remedy, Peruna. / was coInP'f{{s,
wreck Had palpitation Of the heart coi''
hands and feet, female weakness, no apps,
tite, trembling, sinking feeling nearly ~
the time. You said | was suffering We
systemic catarrh, and | believe that l re-
ceived your help in the nick OF time. fo!-
lowed your directions carefully. aAd can
saw to-day that ! am well again. cannot
thank you enough for my cure.
Peruua cures catarrh wherever located
Peruna is not guess nor an EXPERIMENT,
it is an absolute scientific certainty. r.
runa has no substitutcs-no rivals. InSiS'
upon having Peruna.
4 tree book ,crittcn By Dr.. Hart
man, on the stit.jrc' Of ca'"rrh In us
different phases and sta Ges. "ul D"
sent tree to nay address 0J The Pc
yuna Medicine Co. Columbus, ono.
Catarrh is a systemic disease curabIc
only by systemic treatment. \ remedy
that cures catarrh must aim directly at the
depressed nerve centres. This Is what re
runa does.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use OF pecund,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, glvne &
full statement of your case and he Will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President of The
Hartman Sanitarlnm. Cohlinlna o
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16
American Revolver Experts
Win Victory Over French

Undoubtedly the mastership Of the
world to-day lies at the feet Of the
marksman. He and he alone has en-
>bled the Boer to make a resistance
against the heaviest odds ever brought
on a modern battlefield; as long as
Workmanship was clearly with the
south she won victory after victory
over an opponent as brave as herself;
he and he alone won the battle of
New Orleans against the veterans who
had driven Napoleon's legions, and it
was the marksman that gave us this
continent Theory informs us that
the time Is coming when the marks
man will be annihilated by charges of
dynamite dropped from dirigible bal
looms, but till that possibility has
been shown to be of practical value
the rifle is king of the long distance
and the revolver OF the short-with
all due allowance for the perfected
rapid-fire guns that have failed to
make the kopjes' Of South Africa un-
tenable.
Therefore it Is with a thrill of ma
tional pride that We read of the vic
tory won by Americans with revolyers
over the 'Frenchmen, who were the
best shots in Europe. The man train
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Ills Grateful First Client.


When Henry c. Smith Of Michigan
started to practice law he had as his
lrst client a negro, and he won the
case. Tho Hearing was before a local
magistrate, and the charge was stealing
a ring. As his client had employment
Smith first hung up his shjngle, the
young lawyer is said to have taken
the precaution Of hiring a carriage and
ruling out to tie farmer, where lie Sc
cured promise of the negros wages foi
a few days Gs his retainer.
Il made an eloquent plca," said Mr..
Smith yesterday In rccounting the pro.
ceedings of that cage. Il die not fail
to ring the changes on the downtrod.
den race and ali that sort OF thing,
with tho result that my client wen:
tree. Still, I had sort OF lingering
suspicion that tho verdict Was certain
~ all my man deserved, and when the
case was over I wanted to be rid of
him. He continued to haunt my Of
Ace.
"'Why, don't you go out and chase
around with the boys" I said finally.
in some impauence.
Deed, boss, thought yo' fee war
too small, an 1 want yer to accept
this ere ring
And the negro produced from his
Jeans the ring which he had been sup
posed to have stolen
But Mr.. Smith refused 10 accept the
nrnffer Of stolen goods.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16
WHY WE RESEMBLE ROCKS.
"oints Of Similarity Bstween Hum

Joints Of Similarity Between Human
and Festhersd Bipeds.
He was standing in the rear end CT
car, where all are friends in the
common misery Of having their toes
trod on or hats crushed in.
I'm from England" he said, adj
cressing nobody in particular and
apropos of nothing. land l want to
toll you people that we are only a
lot of rocks. Say, did you ever watch
r. colony of rocks buiId their nests IL
the spring?"
Everybody looked reflectively away.
We'll. I'll tell you. First a rool1
.icks up . stick and puts 1t in his
nest. then goes away after another
one. When he's gone another rock
Gies to his nest and steals the stick.
When he gets back he puts down the
second stick. for still another rock to
steal, and starts after the first stick.
lie doesn't find it, and when he gets
',ack to his nest he finds the second
stick gone, and he starts after that.
scolding aind swearing in rock fash
lon.
BY this time the other thieves have
been robbed, too, and It only takes
tbout three sticks to go around the
community and get the whole banned
-olony pow-wowlng. Say, amt that
..un1An nature?"
everybody looked away refiectively.
New York Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16
No Need to
Fuss
6000oo00000900000 q 30 % oooOOl

81 have strenuously objected to the
easy going ways Of the majority of
far western druggists said the drum
mer. but thus far | don't seem TO
have made much of an impression on
them.
II was in Wyoming town last
month, and feeling aguish l went to
the drug store and got some quinine
capsules. An hour after taking them
| went to bed and 1t was about mid
night when was aroused by the land
lord, who asked: Stranger, are you
feelin' all right?'
"'Yes, pretty WELL replied.
No horrible pains nor nothin'"
No. But why do you ask?'
"1 guess you'd better come down
stairs. The druggist says there's
some mistake about them pills.
want to tell you, though, that he's a
powerful good Teller and never pizens
anybody on purpose
my hair began to curl before l was
out of bed" continued the drummer.
Il remembered that the druggist
seemed to be careless in serving me,
and. while the capsules had thus far
had no bad effect, 1t did not take me
long to imagine that l had swallowed
ten grains Of morphine and was good
for an excursion somewhere.
Il made lightning work of getting
into my clothes and getting down
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

ed In shooting gallery seldom bags the
game in the field, and the Frenchman
has little practice under the conditions
of actual warfare; yet our men met
theirs at target practice. and won out
by good margin. 1t is claimed the
victory was due to the fact that am
orleans had ben trained to the revolt
yer and the Frenchmen were more
familiar with the dueling pistol" We
answer that the revolver is the SOL
dier's weapon at close quarters, in q
surprise and in a cavalry charge
1t IS the weapon that should be han
died in peace by the people that would
be ready for war.
The president is anxious that con-
gress make an appropriation to pre-
serve our familiarity with the rifle.
We suggest that the revolver is of
equal Importance. The sword should
be discontinued, except at parades.
The revolver is still soldiers wea-
pom, and should not be neglected until
it is possible to rain death from the
cloud and so make war itself impos-
sible.-F1orida Times-Union.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

Rev Ezra Smith. who rides a Meth
,dist circuit in Southwestern Texas,
1as fish story which he tells only
when sure Of his company. He IS not
,nly a man Of God. but is naturally
truthful, and those who know him best
say that he never told a lie in his
life.
He is gaunt, hard-muscled and Sc
.ious. He has temper which he con-
rolls by gripping it with both hands
md holding 1t down. When his story
S doubted he gets dark-red of face and
walks away hurriedly. Therefore he
ellis 1t only when sure Of his listeners.
This Is the story:
1.-TWO years ago l was in cabin on
he bank of the lower Guadalupe;
tept there because the river was full
md l could not cross. l thought to
Kill day with hook and line, and
:atfish bite well on rise, any how.
Il borrowed hand line 80 feet long.
It had half pound lead sinker at its
md and three hooks set at intervals
If two feet above the lead These
hooks hung from pieces of line each
loot long.
II walked down the bank a half
nile, baited with chicken liver, swung
1er around my head few times, and
ct go. The current took the line down
at sharp angle before the lead struck
bottom
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

I'm less than ten seconds got bite.
1 sunk the gaff into him hard and
began to haul in, hand over hand. He
came heavy and slow, like other cat"
fish, and l felt good
When l got the last hook from the
water saw that two-gallon jug hung
to it, Then l didn't feel good. l
dragged the jug upon the bank and
stopped to get the hook out OF its
mouth, but it was caught and held
something inside.
Il supposed that it was caught on
weeds, took a rock and broke the jug.
On the hook, fastened through the up
per lip. was blue catfish that weighed
more than two pounds.
Now, you know me and my calling.
There amt but one explanation OF this
thing. Some fellow threw the jug into
the river long time before. 1t sank
to the bottom and lay with its mouth
upstream.
"A baby catfish went into 1t one day
and ftayed in it. living on such food
as drifted IN, until it got too big to
get out. It lived in the jug and grew.
Maybe some day it would have burst
the jug. I don't know. My last hook
landed against the jugs mouth. drifted
in and the bite followed.
mo, sir, didn't think to keep the
Jug as a reminder, and | ate that cat
fish. He was as good fish as l ever
tasted"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16
Druggist Admitted He
Had Made a Slight
Mistake, But Was
Not Perturbed

stairs, and there found the druggist
as calm as an old shoe.
81 think l put up morphine for
quinine for one of three PERSONS" he
explained, and so l called around to
see If you were dead. Let me look at
the box
"'Ry John, man. I yelled at him.
but do you make a regular thing Of
killing somebody once a week with
your old drugs?' If you have poison
ed me-
"'Those are quinine. sure enough
he interrupted, as he opened capsule
and tasted. You can go back to bed.
stranger
but I want to know about this
thing. Why do you keep your NOR
phine and quinine side by side? Why
don't you have your mind
"'You are all right and have no
kick coming, he said as he lighted a
cigar and seemed somewhat relieved
in his mind.
"'But who go. the morphine?' l
asked.
Lung Sing, the Chinaman, prob
ably. 1t was either Lung Sing or old
Bill Birdsall, and odds is the differ
ence which. as the boys are going to
hang the both of EN- morrow"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16
UNLICENSED KISSING PUNISHED
Stern Justice Melted Out to tho Offend
ing Parties.

Stern Justice Melted Out to tho Offend
ing Parties.
A writer in the Green Bag sets
forth Americas earliest known case OF
judicial cognizance Of kissing. There
is not. as generally believed, any ref
srence to OSCILLATION in Roger Lud-
lows code of 1850, better known as
The Connecticut Blue Laws But
the case of the People VS.. Murine,
heard by the governor of New Haven
:olony in council on May day, 1860 in
1icates the attitude toward unlicens-
ed kissing in those times It appeared
that Jacob Murine and Sarah Tuttle
had been caught kissing each other.
Jacob tried to throw the blame on
Sarah. saying he thought she hal
with intent let tall her gloves" Sarah
denied the intent. Jacob then ad-
n!tted that b ''tooks her BY ths hand
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

TAR LLEWFLLIN JORDAN, Medica!
- Examiner Of the L. S. Treasury De-
1.artm.ot. graduate Of Columbia College,
and yho served three years at West FONT,
has he following to say OF Ieruna:
.1f,o,r me frp,,ss mygratit,tde
IN you tor Ahe h"n"ft @'rlted from
your rondcfj"i rrm"dH one short
month has bso"ght iorih a vast
chongr. ana I no" con>ider myself
~ ,reil nun djfcr months NJ suffer-
ina. Ec!lo,u sufferers, Per"'ta TLt
cue AOu"
Per.lra Immediately invigorates the
nerv.,cen,es which give vitality to the
mucous rs"i0lranes. Then catarrh disap-
no,rs Then fsltdrrh Is permanently cured.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

and they bot set down upon a chest.
but whether he kissed her or she
KISSED him, he knows not, for he
never thought Of it since until Mr..
Raymond told him he had not layde
it to his heart as he ought" The stern
governor. after duly lecturing the
guilty parties on the enormity of their
offense. decreed that 'the sentence
therefore concerning them is that they
shall pay either of them a fine OF
twenty shillings to the colony"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

Citizens of Albemarle county, Vir-
ginia, have organized the Jefferson
Memorial Association for the purpose
OF building a public boulevard be-
tween Charlottesville and Monticello.
where President Jefferson lies buried.
The road will be two miles long and
10 expected to cost $4,000. "
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16
Use Alleu.s Foot Ease,

II Is the only cure FOR Swollen. Smartin-.
Tired Aching, Hot. Sweating Feet Corns All
Bunions, Ask for Allen Foot Ease, powder
to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you
walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, ~.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent
FREE. Address, Alien s. Oimsted, LcRoy NY.
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Tettertne In Texas.

81 enclose zoe. in stamps. Nail me one or
two boxes Of Tetterine whatever the price;
ia all right - does the work. - Wm
Schwarl, Gainesville. Texas. 50.. a box hT
mail from J T Shultrne. Savannah, &c,
il your druggist don't keep il.
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WE take pleasure in calling attention u
the advertisement in another column of
Sout h-rn Dental College. Atlanta, TIA. w.
recommend this as one Of the best dental
colleges in the untry. Thoroughly equip
red in every way.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

81 don't see why they call you the
star boarder." complained the fellow
who always got the wing.
That's easy" replied the other, in
his copyrighted superior style Il just
twinkle-twiLaie, and the landlady
doesn't Know what l am and lets me
stay on blind faith"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16
MARK TWAIN AND HIS "ENGiNE'
Unicuo Method Of Propulsion on the
Mississippi River.

Unicuo Method OF Propulsion on the
Mississippi River.
Captain Thomas Bixby, under whom
Samuel l.. Clemens-Marh Twain
served as pilot and engineer on the
old Mississippi river boat Swallow,
has given in a New Orleans paper the
following description of the engine OF
the Swallow:
THE craft was a little, shaky ar
fair, which piled between st. Louis
and Cairo. It had stern wheel.
place for freight and passengers, a
pilot house and place on what may
be called the pilot deck for the en-
CINE.
That engine went aboard when 1t
was needed, and only then. 1t burned
no wood or coal, but ate a powerful
sight Of grass. 1t was a large gray
mule named Jerry. which worked d
treadmill that O,;elled the boat.
Samuel Clemens was chief engineer
and pilot
He had a system Of signals which
was effective and ingenious. By pull
ing a cord he could raise a head or
cabbage just out Of reach Of the mule.
The engine would start and begin
to walk after it. and the boat floatcd
majestically down or UP the river, ss
the case might be.
without desiring to be personal,
will cav that larry woa Cnn Of tlb
most intelligent animals ever met.
His voice YVES more on the order OF
fog horn than a whistle, being too
much Of barytone for the latter.
When Samuel wanted to whistle for
landing he just hit Jerry with stick
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

Halls Catarrh Cure is liquid and is taken
internally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system Write
for testimonials, free. Manufactured by
T. j. CHENEY 4 Co. Toledo, 0.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

Oak lumber loses twenty per cent. OF its
weight in process Of soGtening. aud over
thirty per cent. when perfectly dry.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16
s"Pre1io Court sustains tho Foot Ease
Trade Mark.

Justice Laugblin, 10 Supreme Court. Duf
falo, has just ordered a permanent injun"
ton, with costs, and full accounting Of
sales, TO issue against the manufacturer of
loot powder called "Dr. Clark's Foot Pow
der" and also against q retail dealer, re-
straining from making or selling the same
which is declared, in the decision Of the
Court, an imitation and infringement of
'FooT-EAsE,' the powder to shake into your
shoes. Allen s. Olmsted, Of lie hoy, n. y,
is the owner Of the trade mark "Eoor-EAsF.
The decision in this ease npholds his trade
mark and renders all parties liable who
fraudulently attempt to place upon the
market a spurious and similar appearing
preparation, labeled and put up in envelopes
and boxes like FooT-EAsF.
The two tunnels most needed in Europe
nov are for the Caucasus and the Pyre-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

The hatterer often gets the reputation OF
being delightful! conv.rSatIonf.ISt
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

Mrs. Winslov sSoothing Syrup for children
teet )iDg, soften The gums, relucesinramp.a-
ton, alla,s pain cures wind 20 c 25c n bottle
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

The man who is failure is apt to think
that success is accidental
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

Falling in love is much more pleasant
than to have 4 falling ont.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

People ought to air their opinions to
keep them from getting musty.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

Religion is not enjoyed until It Is
employed.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first day s use OF DIR. Kline's Great
NerveI,estorer 80. rial bottle and treatiscfree
DR.. III. KLINE, Ltd, 93i Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

There Is too much borrowing Of the
cruise which goes for bearing the Cross
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

lam sure Pjso = Cure for Consum ctior sqvei
my )ife three years aso.-MRs. THOMAS Ron
bins, Maple St.. Norwich, N. Y, Feb II, 1900.
The record aurora boreais lasted for a
week, IN August, 1859.
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An FIX Chief Just,ce.s Opinion.

Judge o. L. Lochrane. Of Georgia. in a
letter to DR.. Biggers, states that he never
suffers himself to be without a bottle of DR..
Biggers Hucklebcrry Cordial for the relief Of
all bowel troubles. Dysentery. Diarrhpa. etc.
Sold by all Druggists, % and 5Ot. bottle.
Kansas has COO more miles of railroad
1 han thf, State Of New York
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-16

The milk of human kindness isn't put ur
in bottles
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-22
He Was Not Surprised.

A German hotel-keeper in an inter
ior town was noted for his impertur-
liability. No statement however ex-
citing or humorous ever aroused either
his curiosity or his merriment.
drummer said to him:
Fritz, did you hear about that great
dog of Professor Star, the balloon
ist?"
NO, wot is id?"
Why. the professor made an ascen-
sion the other day and carried with
him the dog and three hundred rats.
When he had reached 500 feet he
threw the rats out and the dog after
them. The dog killed all the rats be-
fore they touched the ground"
VEL" he replied without suspicion
of doubt, dot vas his beezniss!"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-22
A just DecIslon.

Charles A. Roux of New York, whose
share in his fathers estate was a life
annuity paid in monthly installments
of $500, sold his inheritance until 1915
to money lenler for $2,700 cash the
amount to dispose of being $40, 700.
Then he went to law about it, claiming
that lie was intoxicated when he
signed the papers. The court re-
voked the power of attorney grant
ed to the money-lender and re-
stored to RouX his income, saying.
THE usurer is ever on the alert for
methods to evade the statutes against
usury, but court of justice will al
ways go beyond the mere form so as
to ascertain the substance of the al.
legged usurious contracts
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-22
B,rthplacs of John Brown.

by the late Elisha Turner IS expended
The construction of a stone building
was begun before his death, but he
did not live to see its completion.
The little manufacturing city of
Torrington was the most thoroughly
religious town in all Connecticut last
week. Three hundred Methodist Epis-
copal ministers, the members of the
New York East Conference. were there
attending the fifty-fourth annual ses-
sion of that body.
II Is no small thing for town of
the size of Torrington to entertain
a visiting army OF ministers of such
proper lions. 1t is the first time that
the conference has ever met in so
small town and the ministers were
much surprised year ago when they
received the invitation.
The Methodist church, which had
the honor of entertaining the confer
ence, Is an old one. Late in the
eighteenth century the Rev. John
Bloodgood preached several sermons
in the vicinity and made some con-
verts. In 1907. when the village con-
sisted ~ less than dozen houses and
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-22
ssENS

Rev. Or. T. De Witt Talmage, the
famous preacher. who died in Wash
ington April IL. was in poor health
when he started away from Wash
ington for Mexico for a vacation and
rest six weeks ago. He was then suf-
fering from influenza and serious ca
tarrhal conditions. Since his return
TO Washington some time ago he had
been quite i'll.
Thomas De Witt Talmage, preacher
lecturer, author and contributor to pc
riodicals and magazines. whose SER
mons have been published in weekly
papers for twenty-five years, and in
the latter years Of his life reached
30,000,000 persons through the medium
of $500 such papers, was born at
Bound Brook, Somerset county, n. j.,
Jan. Z, 1882. He was married twice,
his first wife having been a Miss Av-
cry of Brooklyn. she met death in a
drowning accident in the Schuylkin