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Much depends on getting plants well
started. l cover the plants for the
nrsL three days after transplanting TO
protect them from the sun, and I'M
cover them tn the evening. This would
not be practicable on a large scale and
is not absolutely necessary. 1t is al
ways best to raise the plants and take
them up only as fast as you can trans
plant them In setting cabbage plants
take the plant and trim it, pinching
off all the leaves but those around the
crown. Then take the plant in one
hand and with the other make hole
for it, setting It In a natural position,
and press the earth very firm Tomato
plants, If tall, As they usually are,
should be trimmed up to the leaves
around the crown. Do not set the
plant straight down. Make shallow
trench and lay the plant in this, cover
ing it all up but the top leaves. a
multitude Of new roots will start out
along the stem and the plant soon be-
comes firmly fixed.-D. S. Carnahan in
New England Homestead.
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kinds of weeds in with the grain.
Your time and land is too valuable for
that. In olden times the different
kinds of grain were cleaned or win
moved by pouring it out of vessel in
a current of air Modern improve
ments have brought about the tanning
mill. which is not luxury but ne
cessity. if one wants to farm success
fully.
| have used tanning mills for Is
years, mostly for cleaning seed grain
wheat, oats, flax and timothy-and have
found that my grain when threshed
was Of better quality and cleaner than
it otherwise would have been. In later
years | have sold my grain-the greater
part OF it-for seed, and am getting con-
siierably more than the market price.
L takes but little figuring to find that
II does not pay to SOW foul seed.
Weeds choke out the grain and use up
moisture and fertility. If you are
going to sow anything at all, be sure
that your seed is clean You will get
more grain to the acre and it will be Of
better quality.
With reasonable care a tanning mill
will last 10 to 20 years and pay for
itself in few years at the most. If
you have large fields it may pay for it.
self in one year. There are many kinds
of flaming mills and prices differ
but SIS ought to buy d good
one. Farmers are tindlng that they
cannot farm in the old slipShop way
not if they want to make money at it.
There is money in farming if it is
done Systematically and well.-J. S.
Field, in American Agriculturist.
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Horae Blindars.

Seven reasons why horse binders
should be abolished are given as fol-
lows:
First-They doubtless originated in
an attempt to conceal on ocular defect.
prompted by vanity and not by utility
or spirit of beneficence.
Second-Unnecessar and superfiu-
Gus.
Third-Productive of highway acct
dents in giving the animal only an I'M
perfect and distorted view of ordinary
objects.
Fourth-By enforcing the use of his
ears instead of his eyes in guarding
the rearward space, it is a violent re-
versal of the two important senses
rendering Pegasus at once mole-eyed
and mule-eared. a degenerating pre-
cess.
Fifth-They are afflictive; in limit
Ing the victim III his natural allowance
of light, making their Use, this, d pal
pable fbrin Of cruelty.
Sixth-Blinders, to be held in posi-
ton, require heavy AMI cumbrcus
headstall. making load on the horses
head as well as a hideous deformity.
Can = mechanic improve the Creators
handiwork in the elegance and beauty
of the horses head?
Seventll-The binders, and perhaps
the check, are the only parts Of the
harness not essential to the proper at
tachment of the animal to the vehicle
and therefore the only parts for
which no one has been able to furnish
a plausible excuse. A. Mowris, M.
D., in New York Tribune FarmeR.za
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SUGGESTIONS At SEA.
Beliefs Stin Prevail Among the Older
tfarinerS

It is mistake, according to we'll
known naval officer, who belongs tC
this city, to suppose that the sailors
of our present navy are free from SUI
perstition. Il remember he said
only five years ago, when | was in
the training ship Saratoga. that the
old salts there were as full of old SUI
perstitious beliefs as any of their an
cestors could have been.
when at sea in a dead calm, the
swaying Of the masts in the motionless
atmosphere sometimes causes pecu-
liar Wailing sound like distant cries.
This, the old seamen assured us, was
the moaning of the souls of sailors lost
at sea.
Another one of their pet beliefs is
that all sailors that die by drowning
are at once transformed into Cape
Horn pigeons, or, as they are also
called Mother Carey's chickens. OIL
GERS are supposed to find their rein
carnations in seagulls and news,
while the big, solitary albatrosses, fol
lowing the wake of passing vessels,
are the souls of captains who have
gone down with their ships. These
are the reasons why sailors never kill
these birds.
Il remember that these tales i'm
pressed me great deal iii those days
when | was still a mere boy. On one
occasion | was sitting in the forecastle
on my watch below, chatting with the
bOatswain's mate, real old timer,
when our conversation was interrupt
ed by low wall of agony, louder than
that usually produced by the wind.
We listened in deep. awed silence.
Boy" said the boalswain's mate,
we hear that--that'G seamans call,
wOt's been drowneded.'
Again the wall dinsturbed the 81
tence;
Yes" said the old sailor, in ali
anxious whisper, that's some old salt
wOt's lost his life on board this YES
sel-liKely he's come tor something
he's forgot"
After while l ventured out on
deck. The walls were coming from
the roof of the forecastle. l climbed
up, and there found the captains lit
tie son Juggling away at tie cats tail.
which the poor animal was resenting
with the full power of its lungs. =
New York Tribune
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Starting the Dairy Calf.

The calf is the foundation of what
we intend to make our source of profit
and income from. Proper methods are
the points l wish to emphasize in rear
ing the bovine infant. In brief, some
OF the essentials are warm, clean
birthplace, mothers milk for the first
five days, the next five days one half
mothers milk with SKINNED milk
warmed to blood heat, a light pen to
watch the condition of bowels. a warm
soft bed to lie on, clean feeding re-
ceptacles, regularity in time of feeding
and the amount fed Never feed dry
grain in milk. The calf learns to take
1t dry as soon as nature is capable of
digestingit. Dry grain in the milk causes
scours too frequently. Last and most
important is the use of a calf feeder
to feed the milk to the young calf in
natures own way. In this manner they
take their food slowly, and do not gulp
it down without the saliva of the
mouth. 1t is a sure preventive of
scours. 1t maintains a perfect diges-
ton, which is necessary in the COW to
make hay and grain into milk.
Over two years experience has shown
to me the importance of the use of a
calf feeder. 1t absolutely prevents the
calf from sucking the cows, and does
away with starving calf in the cruel
manner to force him to the unnatural
method of drinking. have spent my
last hour astride a calf trying to force
him to take his milk as nature has al
ways pointed out to me was wrong.
To obviate fattening the dairy calf is an
important item, as it is the milkmak-
ing tendencies that we seek to devel-
ope. Provide clean, fresh hay, often
and keep the appetite healthy. H.
Hall in New York Tribune Farmer.
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Eafaf0 Cultura.

l have lived upon farm for the past
twenty-five years, and have raised po-
tatoes every season, and my experience
may be of some interest to others.
Therefore, | have attempted to write
down few rules in the way of potato
culture
The selection of SOIL is perhaps, of
as great Importance as any one thing.
Do not attempt to raise potatoes upon
a cold, wet or stiff clap soil, for if
you do, you may reasonably expect
to fail of a paying crop.
Next, perhaps, comes the importance
of the selection of seed. Do not plant
poor seed or poor variety Of seed.
DO not plant very small potatoes, for
you may expect small vines, and con-
sequently small potatoes. l never
knew farmer to show friend spe-
cimen of his potato crop by pulling up
hill with small top growth. He al
ways selects hill with a large top
growth and | certainly could not, with
my experience, get satisfactory set Of
WIND pl1ItSh u 6OOu olLCu po-
tato and a thrifty one.
have invariably met with the best
success when l selected good, dry,
loamy soil for my potato crop. Then
it should be dressed fairly well With
fine stable manure, well narrowed into
the soil. Next mark off rows about
three feet and eight inches apart, and
then drop in the hills good potato phos-
phate about twenty inches distant in
the rows well scattered Put little
from good sized potatoes, one piece in
the hill. 1t is best that each piece
should cary five or six eyes, which are
plenty. Then cover about one and
one half or two inches deep.
When well up put small quantity
of ashes upon each hill, but not directly
upon the tops, but scatter around the
hill; and when the growth is large
enough to hoe, go through them often,
say two or three times before the set
wards. Leave but four or five stalks
to grow in each hill
Keep the slugs and beetles off, and if
a decent season you will not fail of a
paying crop. Potatoes need a fair
treatment, but not to make the soil too
rich in stable manure, as it often
serves to cause them to rot.
Fair tillage and good culture is the
only safe method to follow in potato
raising; at least this has proved to be
my experience in twenty-five years
work upon the farm.-A, E. Taught,
in American Cultivator.
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Leo Kills Reign Not tho Longest.

Leo XIII. celebrated recently the
oath anniversary of his papacy. Four
popes only governed the church for a
longer time than he has done: Saint
Peter, who reigned "a years: Plus TX,
81 years. seven months; Plus VI, "a
years, eight months, and Adrien l., %
years, 10 months, nearly reigned as
long as Leo.
Three popes only lived longer than
Leo XIII. Saint Agathon, who died
when 107 years old; Gregoire TX. who
was SO years old at his death. and Ce.
lestin ILL.,, who reached his 92d year.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

Good stories are always plentiful
about golf caddies. A ST. Andrews
caddie named "Mathie" Gorum's inva-
riable remark after poor shot by
the person he was serving, 1T MIGHT
haze been waur," was meant to be
consolatory and encouraging. His
master, a clergyman, was wearied
with his well meaning fattery. Ac-
cordingly, to make sure that he would
squash the remark for once, he told
the caddie ne had a terrible dream the
night before.
"Mathie, my man, l dreamt that l
was in the place where the wicked
are punished. / saw the wrctched
ones tortured; they were swimming
in lake of boiling pitch, and could
not get landed for red hot pitchforks
thrust in their faces by demons" He
halted minute, with his tongue in
his check, when, in perfect GOODNESS,
the caddie answered.: I've, sir, that
was a bad dream, jist awful; but it
MIGHT hae been waur" "Waur, you
fool? How could that be?' "It MIGHT
haze been true st. James Gazette.
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DUCKS AS P2OJECTlLES.
Striking Llg hthOuse at Velocity of 100
Miles an Hour, They Smash Things.

Striking L1g hthOuse at n Velocity of 100
Miles an Hour, They Smash Things.
To the fact that he left his post for
a moment to get a drink of water. AS
sistant Lighthouse Keeper Howes of
the Great Point station attributes his
escape from injury in remarkable ac-
cident which occurred at Nantucket,
Mass, in which two canvasback ducks
caused considerable damage to the
lighthouse.
1t was just after midnight when AS
sistant Keeper Howes left his position
to satisfy his thirst. He had scarcely
stepped down from his station when a
loud crash was heard and at the same
instant the light went out.
fastening back with lantern, the
assistant keeper found that two great
canvasback ducks had plunged through
one Of the large plate glass windows
Of the lighthouse, smashing it into a
hundred pieces, and had brought up
against the opposite window, extin-
gushing the light as they passed.
The window measured 6 feet ~ inch
es, and the glass was three-eights of an
inch in thickness. After the accident
no piece Of glass bigger than half
dollar could be found, and as the man
on watch is accustomed to stand near
this window, it is thaught that he could
not have escaped injury from flying
fragments had he been in his place.
Moreover, as the ducks are known to
fly at speed of 100 miles an hour, the
force with which the pieces were driv-
en- into the tower must have been dan
gerous.
The accident caused considerable in
convenience, owing to the destruction
OF the lights, Keeper Higgins states
that in his 80 years experience he has
very seldom witnessed an occurrence
similar to that Of of that morning.
Boston Journal.
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When hove Of praise taxes the place
Of prasseworthiness. the defect is fatal.
s. Barring Gould
American Flag Dav.

An effort is being made to establish June
14th Of each year as Flag day throughout the
country, 1t was on this date that the thir-
teen stars end stripes became the National
emblem. Persons who suffer from loss OF
appetite, insomnia, nervousness, indigestion,
dyspepsia, constipation, or malaria, fever
and aFIe, can date their recovery from the
time they resolve to try Hostetters Stomach
Bt.crS, the world famous remedy for these
dHeases. Try it to-day. 1t will surely cure you.
A woman may be said to have reached
the years. Of discretion when she no longer
tells her age,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26
Career Of Lieut. Htreblef.

The Lieut.. Stroller who captured
Cen. Lueban the Filipino leader, is OF
German birth and enlisted in the regu-
lar army before he was 20 years old
He was promoted to lieutenancy by
President Mckinley, being then SER
geant serving bis third term. He has
seen much active service. but never
sustained any iniury.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

VIII it pay to buy and use tanning
mill! Some say it does not, especially
now. when most grains are SO cheap,
but that Is mistake. It does not pay
to SOW chat and seeds Of half . dozen
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

1t Is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet. Corns and
Dunions> Ask for Aliens Foot Ease, a powder
20 be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you
walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores Csc.
sample sent FREE. Accept no substitute.
Address, Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

Hugo Raussendorff, who owns one
Of the private galleries in Berlin, cele-
brated his seventeen birthday q few
weeks ago. and took this occasion to
place at the disposal of the Academy
Of Arts a sum OF money. the interest
On which, 500 markets. to be be.
slowed annually on some talented stu
dent.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

It is very gratifying to get the better of
en- argument, but it doesn't necessarily
prove that you are right.
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Prof. Walter Wilson, Of the Savannah High
School, says Il feel it my duty to testify to
the wonderful curative properties Of letter
inc. 1t cured in a few days my son, whose feet
after using other remedies without any bene-
fit" SOFA box by mail from T. Shuptrine.
Savannah, Ga, if your druggist don't keepit,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

Illness prevented both Mrs. McKin-
ley and Mrs. Harrison from giving
brilliancy to the White House social
functions during the administration
IF their husbands
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FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of DIR. Kline's Great
NerveRcstorer. $2tral bottle and treatIseiree
Dr.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, 991 Arch st Phila., Pa.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

Lots of fellows who burn their bridges
behind them have to swim back.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

J. G. Simpson, Marques, W. Va, says
Halls Catarrh Cure cured mo of a very bad
case Of catarrb." Druggists sell il. 75c.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

All phases OF catarrh, acute or chronic,
are promptly and permanently cured. 1t
is through its operation upon she nervous
system that Pe-ru-na has attained such A
worldwide reputation as a sure and relia
be remedy Ger all phases of eatarrh wher
ever located
If you do not derive prclGts and salts
factory results from the use OF P"runa.
full statement of your case and he will be
pleased to give ycu his valuable advice free.
Address DR. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, q.
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u. Y. EITZP.iTRICK.
a Good Toir.

Pc-ru-na is a natural and cli.rient nerve
tonic. 1t strengthens and restores the Sc
tivity Of every nerve in the body.
Through tire rs" Of Peru-na the weak
ened or ovcrwcrlyc,! nerves resume their
natural strength and tie blood vessels be
gin at once TO regulate the flow If blood
according to natures laws. Congestiorfs
Immediately disappear.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reducesinnammao
ton ,allays pain ,cures wind collie. 25c q bottl.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

The better book is the more it is talked
about behind its back
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections Of throat and lungs.-Wx.
0. ENpsLEY, Vanburen. Ind, Feb. 10. 1900
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

It's the unexpected that never happens
if yop are expecting it.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

Hon. 7. Y. Fitzpatrick, Congressman
from Kentucky, writes from the National
Hotel, Washington, d. G., a. follows
at tic solicitation Of u friend
used your Pcrnnu and can CheerfHt-
w recon- mend your rem. .dy to any
one suffering rith cutarTh or rhO
needs u good tonic.''
u Y EITZB
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26

The bad boy says his mothers slipper
must be hard to be felt
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26
Arc You Using Aliens Foot. Ease ?

Chopin rarely read anything heavier
than French novel.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-18

and pastel. with a few drawings. Among the
latter is a sketch for monument by Iugres.
work which from the description. ought to be OF
considerable interest There is a charming
pastel portrait OF woman 10y Manet, and an
other item. likewise extremely effective in the
reproduction. is landscape 10y Courbet but
most OF the works OF art ar" boy men Of more
recent reputr. rhe salient figures OF the CoIlec-
ton. In fact. are prtaille ana GerycN. there
being more than twoscore productions by the
former and eight by the latter. The examples
Of Detailie. one of which We reproduce are
practically all military in subject spirited Na-
poloonir studies. Illustrations OF the Franco
rrussian war ana of foreign types. one OF the
most hIlhaut of these pi lures is a fun length
portrait or piper Of the l2d IIghauders. For
collectors interested In this accomplished artist
thu sale offers unique opportunity. only one
Of the paintings by GcrycN is reproduced. but
that reduction of La Premiere Communion
Ia Triuit@" exhibited at the Salon of 1874.
strikes US as a particularly attractive example
Of an artist who, II sometimes sensational is al
ways individual ana ptodgiously clever.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-18
Eook> IND THE rNBooEI>H.
From The London Globe.

From The London Globe.
The mystery of books Is great o. th- uub1Hk-
ism rising young novelist who E-I been
mildly communicative 10 his charvnu-tr. v.tS
asked the other Gay with touching -5wpG..-y-
Might you be the author of th- Canterbury
Tales sir
The simplicity of the half bookiSh can also be-
entertaining in a rather srieVous way o. X :
OF The sphere, remarks this week that ref
rrrUce below picture TO the removal of the
Kings household gods from MARLBOROUGH
House 10 Buckingham Palace brought Glw the
following from a reader There mistake
ON page - Of this weeks Sphere Instead II
household gods I think YOU mean household
goods 80
New-York tribune., 1902-05-18

before. When Marshal savary visited Fred
crck's library IN company with the great
French Emperor. he su he informed Sir J.
hittall's grandfather. east his eyes round for
$oWt thing that ne might take of as i mrueutJ
'i 5" interesting an OCCASION ana So great Il
man. His eyes happened 10 light on the Ms
which he promptly nlcned and stuffed into MS
own pockets while NapoIecu's back was turned"
Carlyle denounced these "NututvS' uf Fred
crick as CoucocUous. and commentators believe
that they We're not however genuine. written in
the precise form IN which they have been pub
could not have made. and which. If Savary were
living. il would be interesting 10 have him
plain.
Miss Anne Douglas Sedswick author Of the
new novel. The Rescue is r scion OF New
England and Ohio families She was born i'm
Euslrwocd. y j.. and has spent most of hrr
life in Europe She is stu in her tl,cuti.s.
though she has published three novels.
Here is "a list. found in ~Ine London Acad-
w II. Mail"cks more or less famous book. The
Ne" Republic. Storks, Professor Huxley;
kin. Donald Jordan. Thomas Carlyle. Jenkinsou.
Professor JoWttt; Mr. Luke. Matthew Arnold.
saunders. Professor w X. clifford, Rose Wal
Ter fatgr. Leslie. Mr.. H1rdinse, Srs!eu, ~,
iuSry, Lady Grace. Mrs. Mark PattiSun I.adv
Ddk,), Mrs Sinclair Mrs, Singleton Violet
FaueD
Dr William Barry. the author of that inter
oSttnE novel Arden Massit,r." says that the
Il
son. Th'Ie are passages in the book which fore
east what has happened since its publication
the assassination Of King Humbert.
Mr Stanley Weymdn proposes 10 bring out his
new historical romance in the autumn. The
publication has been postponed because the
coronation is absorbing in England the interest
which might otherwise be given TO books
popular edition of Pope LcO'S poems has lust
been published IN Milan Arranged in chronn-
logical order, these poems begin with one witt
ten when the author was twelve years old and
end with one penncd in his ninrtirth year Mr.
Andrew Lang and Mr.. Francis Thompson have
translated a few of the poems into English bur
50 far as We know no complete translation has
ever been made.
or Thomas Hardy. the writer of a sketch in
a supplementary volume of the "EncVCIOpe.lia
britannica says: He is a fataliSt and he
studies the workings of fate in the chief Vivifv-
ing and disturbing influence i'm life woman His
view of woman Is more French than English: il
is subtle. little cruel, not as tolerant as il