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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
Men Must be Born Apropos.

In order to be successful in life it is
necessary at the outset to be born
apropos. The world is full of men
born ahead of the time, or too late.
Had Napoleon been born in 1860 he
might have been a simple Corsican pi-
rate. Had Edison lived in the six
teenth century mis- inventions would
have hanged him or burned him at
the stake. George Washington, could
he rise at the present day, would be
no more than a county surveyor.
Shakespeare, in the twentieth CEN
tury would be unable to persuade a
publisher to treat his manuscript with
consideration. Had Oliver Cromwell
been of age in 1898 he would have
enlisted as private in the South
African war, and afterward resumed
his clerkship in a London bank. Caes-
ar today would be no more than a
Tammany Hall District leader. If
Belva Lockwood were to rise again
in 1880 the chances are that she
would poll handsome vote for Presi-
dent. Do and say things apropos, and
YOU will succeed.-New York Press
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
Child Rulers of Spain.

Though King Alfonso XIII. Of Spain
is the youngest reigning sovereign, he
is not by any means the youngest SOW
ereign who has ruled this troublous
country.
OF all the long line of Spanish rul-
e.s he holds the unique position OF
having been born a king, being the
postumous son of Alfonso Kill. bnt
Young as he is to be invested with
the powers of the heau OF state he mas
not the distinction of being Spain's
youngest ruler.
One of his predecessors, Alfonso X.
became king at the age of one year,
and actually reigned in his own right
when he was fifteen. Henry III OF
CASTLE succeeded his brother at
eleven years of age and governed at
fourteen. John H., Philip III. aud
CharlesII. all reigned at fourteen, and
Isabel II. the present kings grand
mother. was declared OF age when
she was thirteen. owing to the dis
turbances in which the regency was
then involved So it is evident that
the throne of Spain does not lack prec-
dent for a Observation-Disclosures
Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
Live Rock Crystals.

One of the finest crystals in the
world was found in 1876, and was cut
into a magnificent crystal ball for
the late Gov. Ames, Of Massachusetts,;
it is now in possession of the Boston
Fine Arts Museum. The ball
measures seven and one-quarter
inches, but the original crystal from
which it was cut was some 18 inches
high and inches thick. But this
crystal was not found in this coun-
try, although a five-inch crystal ball
found in Ashe County, North Carolina,
and another near the summit OF
Mount Antero, Colorado, were nearly
as handsome as the one in the Boston
Museum. The former is cut in ball
five inches in diameter. and the At-
ter six inches.-Scientific American.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
How to Make a Camp.

Camp life, because of its simplicity,
is rapidly coming into vogue. Here
are a few simple directions:
Secure a good forest and a fair-siz-
ed lake in some uninhabited region
where game abounds, and clear away
a tract of three or four acres. This
can be made into fine lawn with a
few hundred carloads of imported sod.
In the centre erect your buildings.
The main building need not be more
than three stories high, and can be
built Of white marble on the outside
and white mahogany on the inside.
A good living house like this can be
put up for about twenty thousand dol
lars. The servants quarters should be
separate. So should the barn. A
bost house can be built on the lake.
and . wharf not more than mile
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
Quaint Auctioneering Method.

The inhabitants of village in Sur
rey, England, recently witnessed a
quaint medieval survival in the sale
by auction of local meadow. Long
ago, when the world was not so busy
as 1t is today, the landlord Of the
white brown meadow" at Bourne be-
oueathed the meadow subject to an
auction sale which every now and
again adds to the gayety of this rural
population. At each bid boy sets out
to run to a given point and the white
brown meadow is let to the bidder
whose offer is unchallenged when the
last boy returns.
It's fortunate that some men don't
have the same faculty for getting out
of trouble they have for getting out
of work.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
An Amusing Race.

An amusing race was run some four
years since in the neighborhood OF
Vienna, between a pig, goose and a
monkey. Soon after the start the
goose became obstinate and refused
to keep with the other competitors,
of whom the monkey soon established
q long lead. The hackers Of the pig
thereupon had recourse to stratagem,
and by throwing handful of nuts in
the animals course so engaged his at
tention that his porcine rival was able
to pass him and win cleverly. -
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
TUSkS OF GREAT MAMMOTH.
They Were Found in an Old Riverbed
Deposit in Texas.

Ihey were Found in an Old Riverbed
Deposit in Texas.
A pair of tusks from a mammoth
that lived at least $4,000 and possibly
100000 years ago has just been receiv-
ed at the American Museum of Natural
History, from Victoria, Tex. where
they were found in an old river-bed
deposit.
The particularly interesting thing
about them is that they are the largest
ever found. Professor Lucas, curator
of the National Museum at Washing
ton, is authority for that statement.
The larger of the two tusks, meas
ured on the outside curve. is thirteen
feet and some inches in length. The
estimated height of the mammoth to
which they belonged is thirteen feet.
Jumbo was eleven feet high.
Another comparison which gives
some notion of the size of the man.
moth is with the skeleton of the
mastodon that was found in peat
bog near Newburgh and is the largest
complete fossil skeleton in the Ameri-
can Museum in this city. The tusks
of that skeleton which curve out over
the aisle and are about the first thing
noticed by the visitor on that part Of
the museum. are only nine feet long.
The mammoth tusks just received
were found in a deposit contemporary
with the ice age. Although once
ivory they are now completely petri-
fed ard one of them badly weather.
ed. A portion of the skull was found
with them and this is being bunt up
with plaster skull to show, when ex-
hibited, the size and shape of the orig
inal!
This find in Texas throws consider
able light on the unsolved question
as to whether the tusks of the NAM
moth curved in or out. The pair
found in Texas were in several pieces,
just rotted and shaken apart like the
wooden parts of Rip Van Wrinkles gun.
But the pieces matched perfectly at
the breaks, and when put together
with reference to the fragment of
skull found with them the complete
tusks curved inward.
They would have crossed if the end
of the shorter one had not been wealth
cred of. For the sake of investiga-
ton the effort was made to put the
pieces together so that the tusks would
curve away from each other, but 1t
couldn't be done.
The discovery throws some doubt
on the matching Of the tusks Of the
skeleton Of the hairy mammoth found
in 1906 in Siberia and now in the
Imperial Museum at st. Petersburg.
The tusks there curve out and away
from each other. They were not
found with the rest of the skeleton,
and it is barely possible, said one OF
the scientists at the American Mu-
scum, that in putting the parts to-
gether the right tusk was put in the
place of the left and vice versa.-New
York Sun.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
NEW WAY TO STORE OIL.
Tanks In the Earth in Texas Petro-
Ieum Fields.

Down In Texas, where Oil has been
found in great abundance. mover
method of storage has been devised.
The tanks with which those who bore
for. ship and refine petroleum are most
familiar are made of plates OF steel,
rlve.ed together as in steam boiler,
Some OF these are to be found in the
,ona star STATE. but number OF
other tanks are rHere excavations Ill
the earth. However that does not
tell the whole story. becah>e the earth
must be carefully selected. tor one
cannot prevent oil from soaking lh'o
the ground if the soil is sandy or po.
Gus, any more than one can Keep
water from doing SO. Perhaps sooo
thick coating of Portland cement
would make the reservoir tlght, oul
the tanks in Texas are not thus llned.
Sometimes there is facing of boards,
yet these are evidently not intenoeo
to prevent leakage directly. The one
great essential is that bed OF good
clay shall be found, to supply both
an impervious bottom and walls.
One of the biggest, as we'll as among
the first. of these earthen reservoirs
belongs to the German-American Com
pany. and is situated near a railway
about a mile from the famous gushers
on Spindle Top. To begin with, an ex-
cayation was made to depth OF
seven feet, and with almost vertical
walls. It's length was 200 feet ana
the width 100 feet Then, starting at
distance of eight feet from the edse
all the way around, an embankment
was raised ten feet from the orlglnal
surface of the ground. The inner face
sloped away rapidly from the resef-
voir, receding horizontally two 1eet
for every foot or rise. At its base
this embankment was 40 feet thick.
For the outer part ans available earth
was used. But the side toward the OIL
was composed of the best clay care
fully trowelled to render 1t Compact.
From the bottom of the reservoir 10
the top Of the reservoir there IS aver
teal distance Of II feet.
AS yet. apparently. the oil has not
been allowed to rise to the top OF the
embankment. When the pipes from
the wells were first permitted to 0is-
charge into the reservoir the OIL &C.
cumulated to a depth Of ten feet. Ihls
covered the lowermost three feet OF
the embankment. Operations were
then suspended to observe results. TWO
or three small leaks were discovered.
These have partially cured themselves,
and nothing may be done to correct
them.
To promote the cleanliness OF the
oil, the latter is not permitted to come
in contact with the bottom OF the
reservoir. Enough water Is intro
duced to leave layer six inches thick
between the petroleum and the earth.
This particular reservoir has no tim
ber lining.
No cover is provided for 1t. "A
wooden roof would be inflammable ano
increase the risks, while exposure to
the air facilitates the escape OF GER
tain sulphurous gases from the OIL
and improves its quality. 1t Is said
that a flaming board can be thrown
into an open tank without setting f1re
to the oil. The blaze would be eX-
tinguished promptly. However. ii the
oil ever did take fire, it could do no
harm to the reservOir-New YORK
Tribune.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11

A wealthy Denverite conceived the
idea recently of converting his $400,.
900 estate into cash and distributing
it among the poor, but his wife stop.
ped him by demanding her half of it as
community property. Wives have
rights which husbands must respect
however philanthropically they may
be inclined. The Denverite's wife was
q wise woman.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
FRANKLIN, La, SATURDAYsOCTOBEk II, l9oz

long Is desirable. After this; oil you
need is a windmill for pumping wat
er, an electric light plant, three or
four steam launches, an ice house,
bowling alley and a ping pong court
The whole affair need not cost more
than one hundred thousand dollars
Life.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11

4 The French language is undergoing
radical reform. The French minister
Of instruction has altered French spell
ing and syntax by a special decree and
an official French grammar is now to
be issued, which will be the only one
admitted to French schools. Commits.
siOns have also been formed by him tc
revise the Latin, Greek, English and
German grammars in use.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
Diamonds Found in Alaska.

Genuine diamonds. varying in
weight from one-half carat to q carat,
have been found in placer deposits on
tributaries of Golovin bay, $40 miles
east Of Cape Nome. Miners found
the diamonds washing out gold.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11

the largest universities in the United
States has recently been completed by
an officer Of Columbia university, New
York city, and the leading ten make
the following showing: Harvard, s..
576; Columbia 4,422; Michigan, 1872;
Chicago, 1927; California, 3,54O; Min
nssota, 1886; Cornell, 3,216; Wiscon-
sin, 2,S12; Yale, 1850: Pennsylvania
2,62O Total, 35,841.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11

Under old British law, a husband
was privileged to chastise his wife,
provided the punishment was inflicted
with a stick no thicker than two
thumbs. Since then the husbands
privileges have been materially cir
cumscribed and wifebeating is
frowned down In all civilized coun
tries. Not long since a Chicago Judge
advised women to protect themselves
with firearms. il necessary. against
any attempted brutality on the par.
of their husbands, and few days ago
q New York Judge decided that a won.
an may hammer her husband into do.
cility with a stove litter without ex.
posing herself to a charge Of cruelty
within the meaning OF the law affect.
ing limited divorce. Wifely privileges
are broadening out in these modern
times.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
The Clothes.

It looks as II some hobbies were rid
den merely as an excuse for the pic
turesque riding clothes that 60 with
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
VOL. XIV.

Ine people nvrng on the coast o,
Scotland nave started a war of ex.
termination on cormorants, shags and
other predatory birds, because OF the
enormous destruction they have
wrought among the schools OF food
fishes OF the sea.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11

Many paupers have lived to be a
hundred years old, but there is no
record of a millionaire having attained
that age.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11


London which is expected to solve once
and for all the eating problem as ii
faces the bachelor and the servantless
household. This company guarantees
to send hot meal anywhere. at any
time, at a moderate cost, the dinner
to be as good as can be got in any OF
the first class restaurants. Not only
is the dinner sent, but with it goes a
complete table service, silver, glass and
napery. The idea in itself is not par
ticularly new, but the price for which
it is done is surprisingly small. A
dinner for one, comprising soup, en-
tree, roast and sweet, is sent out for
two shillings. Breakfast costs a shil.
ling lunch shilling and sixpence
The company undertakes to supply all
the meals of a household at a guinea
per week for each one. It has a cen.
trail kitchen, where the food is pre-.
pared, and specially constructed bas-
kets so arranged that the hot dishes
will stay hot and the cold dishes cold.
When the outdoor and open-window
season of the year rolls round, happy
are they who can escape the heat and
the noise of the city by an indefinite
summer vacation. But the large ma
jority of city dwellers can not shut up
shop and house at will, and to many q
vacation means but a few days or d
month off at most. So it becomes a
question in which almost every one
Is interested, how the hot, nerve-rack.
Ing days may be rendered tolerable.
That windows and doors must be
opened to widest extent goes without
saying. Every stray breeze must be
enticed indoors. Then all at once one
becomes conscious of the medley OF
insistent, irritating noises that pre-
viously penetrated only in subdued
fashion, says the Galveston News. The
grind Of car wheels, the sizz of electric
wires, the shrek of street car gongs,
whistles and bells, the blast of loco
motives, the jolting Of heavy wagons.
the piercing notice of quitting of tel
ephon6s-set the teeth on edge and the
nerves thrObbing. Few people realize
how much of the daily wear and tear
js occasioned by noise.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
DIRECTORY.
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Member OF Congress-, Robert. F.
Brousssrd.
RLAvHNTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT.
State Senator. .... Lastie Broussard
TwENrY.THIRD JUDICIAL DISTINCT.
judge "A. @. Allen
District Attorney...... w. K. Wilson

PARISH OF ST. MARY.
representatives J. Y. Sanders and
Henry Jacobs.
Sheriff and Tax Collector, John b.
Sanders.
Clerk and Recorder. j.. A. Loret
Assessor. T. Jones
Coroner. DIR. A. J. Smith
Treasurer "A. r. Stirling
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11

Meets the first Tuesday Of every
month.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-18
Sale of Shorthorns

Grand sale of Shorthorn cattle, at
fair grounds, Colfax, July 26, at 2 D. m.
sharp, consisting of IA cows and heifers,
and % bulls. For this, our inaugural
sale, we have selected only good, useful
cattle, that will be source OF profit to
the buyer. 1t has been our belief, and
still is, that the people of Washington
want good stock, and this will afford
them the opportunity to buy them at
their own prices. The cattle are in very
ordinary flesh and they have been ship
ped directly off grass from Albion,
Nebraska, to Colfax, taking in all ten
days to make the journey. All that are
old enough are regular breeders, and all
females old enough either have calves at
foot or are bred. A certified copy will
go with every animal sold. Terms cash,
or three months at 10 per cent.
RILEY & GREENWOOD
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-18
Car Wheels Made of Monav

Every year our government DESTROYS
nearl y half billion dollars worth OF
soiled or torn bank notes, and after
they have been reduced to pulp are used
for making railroad car wheels. From
bank note to a car wheel is about as
radical a transformation as the one
brought about in the case of all weak,
nervous and sickly people who will use
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the favor
ite American remedy for stomach, liver
and bowel complaints. A winegIassfuI
before meals will put the stomach in
good condition to digest the food and
prevent the bowels from becoming con-
stipated. Every one should keep it in
the house to prevent belching ,hatulency,
insomnia and nervousness, also to cure
Indigestion, dyspepsia, and liver and
kidney troubles.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-18

C. Ell. Moore buys hideso
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-18
For X. of p. Biennial Meeting.

Biennial meeting, Knights OF Pythias,
San Francisco, August IL and II.
Round trip tickets will be sold at all
rail stations in Washington and Idaho
at one fare, in connection with following
rates from Portland, via rail and ocean:
Rail rate, $25, with privilege OF going
or returning by steamer; ocean rate $50,
including meals and berth. Dates OF sale.
steamer, July 80 and August 4; rail,
August 6, and s. Southern Pacific
will sell August 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 8. Con-
tinoous passage in each direction up to
Portland, with final limit September 80.
StopOvers will be allowed in California
in either direction.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-18
Don't Fail to Try This.

Whenever an honest trial is given to
Electric Bitters for any trouble it is re-
commended for permanent cure will
surely be effected. 1t never fails to tone
the stomach, regulate the kidneys and
bowels, stimulate the liver, invigorate
the nerves and purify the blood. It's a
wonderful tonic for rundown systems.
Electric Bitters positively cures Kidney
and Liver Troubles, Stomach Disorders,
Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Rheumatism.
Neuralgia and expels Malaria. Salts
faction guaranteed by F. J. Stone. Only
so cents.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-18

Under date OF July 16, John W.
Matthews of Pullman, nominated by the
socialists for prosecuting attorney, de-
clined the nomination in the following
letter to Thos. NeiIl, chairman of the
socialist committee:
81 am informed that on Saturday.
July 18th, 1 was nominated by the
socialist party for prosecuting attorney
OF Whitman county, Washington. ii
such was the case, | desire to inform
you that | will not accept the nomina-
ton. [ desire, however, to thank those
delegates of the convention who are nv
friends and remembered me so kindly. I
fully appreciate the motive which
prompted them to do me such honor.
but [ cannot accept the nomination"
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-18
WHITMAN SOCIALISTS
Nominate Full Legislative and
County Ticket.
-" en0 movement on Principle and
MUST Provide Political Home
for Adherents.

of st. John. 1.-Two
Colfax ---''N u
Representatives, Eighth District-Daniel
fish and Lee Black, both of Oakesdale.
Representatives, Seventh District-C r.
Kegiey of Colfax and Fred Krenz of Pull
man.
:, county Commissioners First District, A.
u T. Corlett of Oakesdale; Third District, Phil
Cox of Hay -'--
!reasurer-Andrew johnson of Colfax.
Auditor-J. G. Wicks of Ewartsville.
Shertt-Monroe Bryant of Pullman.
x1 superintendent of Schools-Guy Hughes of
Surveyor-A. G. Butcher of Pullman.
Assessor. F. Bsymiller of Pullman.
Goroner-C. E. Hoover of Pullman.
Prosecuting Attorney. w. Mathews of
Pullman
Olerk-Levi T. Lindley of Oakesdale.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-18

For Sale-One 32-inch j. I. Case thresh-
ing machine with IA horse Woodbury.
power, both in good running order. Will
sell cheap for cash or trade for horses.
Address. J. E. Kincaid, Colfax.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-18

If you would have the best household
liniment, use Stones Pain-Not. Sold at
Elk Drug Store, Colfax; Endicott Drug
Co. EndicOtt.
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Your Chance for FueL

For sale at Freeman, on o. r. 4 N.
road, 5000 cords OF fine pine wood. Ad-
dress owner, G. P. Thomas, Freeman,
Wash.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-18

An improved quarter section near Hay
for sale cheap by j. G. Elliot, Almota,
Wash.
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| am now prepared to do all kinds of
land business, homestead entries and
proofs, contests, etc. Have had 20 wears
experience in land cases. W. Inman.
q. y. Commissioner. Celfax, Wash. Office
with Il. W. Goff, Ellis block.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-07-18

Take your hides and furs to Willis
Bros, Colfax.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-18
The ASxaL cninR. Of chi Inn

SHANGHAI, Aug. 1S.-Liu Kun vi,
Chang Chin Tung and Yuan Shat Kai,
respectively viceroys of Nankin and
Hankow and governor of Pechili, in
separate conferences with II. S. Shar-
retts, tariff commissioner for the Unit
ed States, have cOncurred in making
two significant and unequivocal decla-
rations The first is that the critical
time has arrived when China must
make supreme effort for the promo
ton of commerce and friendly inter-
course with America and Europe. and
the second is that as an evidence of
her good faith in this intention and her
appreciation of the generous policy of
the United States toward her China
will make an unprecedented exhibit
at the st. Louis exposition.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-18
TvoVictims OF FOOtrads,

Lancaster, Pa, August IT.
While Harry Miller was returning
home to Fruityiile from o visit 10
Lancaster last night two men held
him up Que Of the footpads threw
sand in his eyes, nearly binding him
aud the other knocked him down with
a club and beat him lie was then
robbed.
Less than half an hour later the
team Of Rev. II. L. Light, a German
Baptist minister, Of Mountville, was
stopped ln>the same ncishborhood by
two men, who pulled him from his
buggy, dubbed him in shocking
manner aud robbed him of his gold
watch, IS. u Bible and other articles.