The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-09-13

tllud ptdIllcy. lueu are we llucCu
over the edge of the I.o .acess age.
1t Is expected that the largest and
most complete exhibit Of motor vehi-
cles ever installed at any exposition
will be made at the st. Louis Fair in
1904
The president" a sister ship Of
"Old IrOnsides," which was captured
from Decatur in 1916 by the British
Is now dismantled old hulk lying in
a merchantman's dock in London.
Bryn Mawr College is the latest in
stitution to benefit by the generosity
of John d. Rockefeller. His offer of
S250,000 additional on the raising of
an equal sum from other sources has
been met and half million dollars is
thus added to the Bryn Mawr endow-
ment.
1t is said that Ethan Allen. at the
taking of Fort Ticonderoga did not
| command the Britisher to surrender
in that ringing OratOrical phrase: I'm
the name of the great Jehovah and the
Continental Congress-" but used in
stead the common, forceful command:
Come out of that, you old rat"
Japanese is the latest language to
be added to the list taught at the
| nj ~.
| Yashiaka, a graduate of Northwestern
! University, has been selected to teach
| the language. There are a number of
students in the university who ex-
pect to go to Japan as missionaries.
| "Women's Writes" is a column con.
! Quoted by inmates of the Women's
| Prison at Auburn for the well-known
! Sing Sing Star of Hope. In late is
| sue is note to the effect that during
| the past year there have been nearly
200 articles written by the girls and
printed in the Star of Hope. Consid.
| ering the relatively small number of
| women prisoners it will be admitted
! that these girls" are doing their
share.
Defective eyesight is attributed In
| many instances to the surroundings OF
| modern city life. A recent writer
says that the glare of city lights is a
severe strain on the eye and that the
riot of color in decorations, taxes the
| eye beyond the normal in an effort
to visualize the hues, but he thinks
that even a worse influence is the alb.
sence Of opportunities Of seeing long
distances. The eye should normally
have a broad range of vision.
The fact that the worlds supply of
corks is much less than the demand
has given rise to a new industry of
collecting, cleaning and revamping
corks. In large restaurants and ho-
tells, corks are collected in casks and
sold for q good round sum to the
cork collectors. Corkscrews are now
used which inflict the smallest dam.
age to the cork. When corks have been
discolored they can be cleaned by ben
zine, ammonia water, or lime water.
Many large corks can be cut to advan.
tage.
They are endeavoring in England tc
ascertain the actual money cost OF
the South African war. This cannot
include, of course, the immense values
which were destroyed in the war.
Among these were the great business
operations in and around Johannes
burg and Cape Town that were arrest
ed or altogether destroyed and thai
must be restored at heavy cost to ali
concerned. These losses have not been
confined to British and Beers, but
have extended throughout the civiliz
ed world. War is dreadfully expen
sive diversion.
An unprecedented recess was takeI
by the United States Senate the other
day. In the middle of the afternoon
routine business was tabled and one
of the Senators moved that the august
body take a recess of thirty minutes
The motion prevailed. On long ia
BILE in the Senate restaurant sixty
pound salmon was reposing in a lake
of drawn butter. The salmon ha6
been sent from Oregon to Senator
Mitchell, of that State. The Senator
arranged to share the treat with his
colleagues, and hence the truant re
cess.
So many of the ablest and most
skilful American jockeys are now rid
ing in England and upon the Euro
pean Continent that the demand fol
competent lads in the saddle is now
more urgent in the United States thar
at any time since Longfellow and Har
ry Bassett met In their memorable
series of contests. But in the true
interest Of the best sport it Is graft
flying to note that turf authorities
abroad maintain the strictest of disci
pline with respect to our American
handlers of horses, and apply rigor
GUS penalties when reckless fellows
break over bounds,