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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
TROUBLES OF MiLLIONAIRES.
They Find tee Public Somewhat Promo
to Fieca Them.

They Find tee Public Somewhat Promo
to FIscs Them.
ITO be a millionaire Is not all JOY"
he said, getting out OF 21$si .0Ohrdlu
he said, getting out OF his $12. eco ne
tor car.
The deuce 1t is0't."
well, it isn't"
"Why isn't it,"
"On account Of the way everybody
piles it on you in the matter Of prices.
For instance, this morning a dentist
sent my wife's bin for $3.50. He hasn't
done much to her teeth and the bill
seems exorbitant. l am on my way
now to get another dentists opinion
on it, and this other fellow will GER
tainly charge me for his advice, and he
may be, Furthermore, a friend OF the
first mans and on account OF friend
ship he may say the bill is all right"
How provoking"
isn't 1t? l have to bind everybody
l do business with down to contract.
Unless l say, Now, how much are you
going to charge? Draw up a paper.
Put it down in black and white'-un-
less l fence myself in with very pre-
caution, | am heeced on all sides. Be-
cause l am a millionaire people take
me for a fool. They think they can
charge me double. treble, and Quadru-
pie. I'm in hot water with them all
the time.
Remember" he went on. that So
pair OF shoes you showed me last
month? Well l went to your boot
maker and ordered a pair just like
them, and when the bill came homo 1t
was for SIS. l had made no contract.
Hence had to pay up.
Doctors and lawyers charge me ire
mendous prices. They don't gain any
thing by 1t, but they gain more than
do. at that. l keep getting mad at
their extortion; I keep changing from
one to another. But 1t does me no good.
They're all alike.
when l 90 to buy q horse leave
my own carriage three or four blocks
away, and make my purchase before
revealing my name. How mad the
dealers look when they hear my name
when they perceive that they have
given reasonable rates to well known
millionaire! But it's seldom get the
better of a bargain in this way
Philadelphia Record.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
PLAYED DEAF AND DUMB.
But Even Then tho Lawyer Did Not
Get Silent Shave.

Get Silent Shave.
Experiments don't always terminate
Is expected" said Nassau street law.
yer. This morning I went to q
strange barber shop, and for tao pur-
pose Of heading of conversation l
played deaf and dumb. As l entered
put my fingers to work and went
through the motion Of shaving with an
Affirmative shake Of the head: gave
he negative shake as I made the hair
cutting motions, shampooipg gestures,
shoehlacking actions and application
II hair tonic passes.
Two idle BARRIERS bowed In recog-
alton of understanding me, and took
positions at their chairs, waiting for
ne to make my selection, which did
by dropping into the frst one.
"That fellow looks daTy es we'll
as dumb said the barber who wasn't
putting soap in my mouth.
81 guess he's all right answered
the one who was rubbing in all the
!ather on one spot. These dummies
always do act queer
81 bet no is too mean to give you a
tip
He looks IT, answered the shaver
He will be bald headed lobster in.
side Of six months. 1t looks as though
bis wife had been playing ping on
his head
Sell him some hair tonic replied
the other. I will writo and ask him
If he wants it,
"Ill be hanged IL you do' cried
out Go on with the shave, ard let me
get out Of this
Tho shave was completed-after q
ashton, and there wasn't word spok.
en- during the rest Of the process. The
lip was forgotten.-New York Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
HE CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY
warren Drank Champagne, Though
Supposed to BE on De,+hb.A

Warden Drank Champagne, Though
supposed to BE on Deathbed.
A don of New college, in England
tells a quaint story about DR.. sevell
the late warden OF the institution. who
was so seriously i'll two years ago tha,
1t was thought he was near his end
canon Spooner-who Is now spoken
OF as his probable successor-cams
and slept In the college for a night 9,
Two IN order to be at hand SHOULD tn.
old man have any last intunot1ons tc
give to ore of his Oldest friends. Late
on the night OF Christmas eve ths
canon was summoned to the sicy
room. "Spocner." said the warden in
faint voice. my daar spooner. !:
mare just remembered that tomorrow
Is nay birthday. l think l should lks
bottle OF champagne" It 1, pleas
Ant to add that he had his ck mnaena
ana made a wonderful (thoueh as I,
proved only comparatively temporary
recovery Of health and strength.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
WAS THIS DOCTOR A oUAck;
Cured a Patient Of a HaIIucinatlon by
a Clever Trick

Cured a Patient Of a HaIIucinatlon by
Clever Trick.
We recall the case Of an unhappy
wretch who came to Washington some
years ago imDloring the doctors to re-
lieve him of snake which he said
he had swallowed while drinking ct a
spring and which, as he violently de-
clared. was devouring the coat Of his
stomach. One by one the learned gen.
tlemen examined him, satisfied them
selves that there was no snake-as
indeed. there was not-ard sent him
away with the solemn assurance that
he need not worry about 1t any more
He continued to worry, however
and when at last he found a physician
who cared more about results than
etiquette he was on tho verge OF
actual insanity. This great physician
soon perceived that he had to deal
with hallucination. not a snake. and
proceeded accordingly. He employed
colored citizen and a tin bucket
Two hours in Rock Creek park brought
forth garter snake Of small size but
great activity. and an earnest and In
austrious emetIc did the rest. The
victim saw the snake wrisgling IN
the bucket and went homo happy. II
IS part OF tho history Of that period
however, that the physician whc
achieved the cure was loudly do
nounced as an outlaw, and consigned
to everlasting odium for unprofes
sional conduct.
We never heard that he lost the
confidence OF the public on that 40
count. however. and as the fame and
the fortunes Of medical men arc made
by their practical achievements and
not by the approval of their fellow
doctors we rather think he prcf1sed IN
the end.-Washington Post.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
ChiId's Candy Bills.

George Lawder tells this story to
show how few people know the value
Of money. His laundry work is done
by a negress. and he noticed that the
woman's little girls were always eat.
ing candy when they brought the
wash home.
You mus. spend good deal OF
money for candy" he remarked one
Saturday to the elder girl
Indeed l does" was the astonishing
reply why. me an nah sistah has
done spent millyuns an millyuns oh
dollahs fur candy!"-New York
Times
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
Endurance Of Animals.

GuOUIdI W AtIiIabos
It is questionable whether those
who delight to store tales of feats OF
endurance in animals will accept the
latest claimant to notice-that Of the
dog who had just been dug cut alive
from a rabbit hole in the Scilly Isles,
after having been lost for fortnight.
Instances OF remarkable endurance
among animals. however. are numer-
GUS. Several years ago man in Eng
land fell into a deep crevasse. With
him, when he was last seen, was his
favorite dog. Six weeks elapsed be-
tween the date OF his disappearance
and the discovery Of his remains.
There was but the skeleton Of him. Be-
side the bones was the dog, alive and
flourishing.
Whales, elephants and eagles come
at the head of the table OF creatures
which longest survive the ills to which
they are heir. Yet q whale has been
found dead from q dislocated jaw; an
elephant has died from garsrene in
one OF his feet. set UP by gunshot.
In Scotch deer forest not long ago
stalking party csme Scross a mag
nificent gold eagle. dead, caught In q
fox trap. He had been caught by the
centre claw OF one foot and had died
Of exhaustion in attempting to escape.
BY his side were two grouse and q
partly eaten hare which other eagles
had brought to sustain hum in his fight
for life. II rat had been caught by
his leg In q trap either he or his COM
rades would have bitten of the i'm
prisoned limb and released him.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05

A freshly mado bride and bride
groom sauntered down Broadway and
the bride became angry because they
attracted SO much attention. The
bridegroom suggested that she carry
the suit case and the satchel, explain.
ing that this was sure way OF avert.
ing suspicion. The bride figured a
while, and after consulting the Their.
mometer, came to the conclusion that
she preferred the publicity.-New
York letter.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
The Women Who Work

or the total working population ct
the United States. women constitute
less than Is percent. Compare this
with other countries and you will real
ize fully how well women are treated
in America. In Germany the percent.
age OF fersales employed to the total
self-supporting population is 25, while
in England 1t is "a. n Italy the per-
centage is 40. and in Austria AZ
Among the Indians it used to be 100
and about the same percentage was
found by Livingstone in Africa. The
higher the civilization the lower the
percentaxe.--New York Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
sTATs OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO. [

LUCAS COUNTY.
TcANK J. CHENEY mako oath that he Ia
senior partner OF the lrm Of L. J. CHENEY &
Co.. doing busineas in the City OF Toledo,
County and State aforelaid, and that said
firm will pay the SUM Of oYE HUNDRED DOL
LARS toS each and avery case Of GAyAAlH tAai
CATARR2 CURE. FRANK ]. C2ExYY.
Sworn to baioro zas md suksauibal ia ny
49,, prasspcs, this 9Th day al Dsaasabar,
SEAL. A. D.. 1858. A. W. GLEASON,
49, Notary PE5Hs.
1Ia4's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. anil
acts direatly On the blood and MOONS sur-
faces OF tho systela. 2Nad for tssis.AAials,
free. ?. J. CkzxNKx i Co., VsIsdo, o.
Seq By "a Druggists, zac.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05

Lord Grimthorpe. the ocSiGuaT Of
Big Ben" though nearly niuaty. still
retains his skill as scientific horolo-
gist. A chimney clock designed by him
is being erected on the tower Of the
parish church at Rockingham. near
Gainsborough.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
One Of the HIahest Families.

At a recent meeting of Benjamin
Han1ick's family In Webster Springs,
w. Va, 1t developed that the aggre-
gate stature of Mr.. Hamrick and his
eight sons was siXty-two feet FIVE and
onehalf inches. The father stands
six feet FIVE and one-half inches and
the sawed eff" CT the family, a sen
named William. is six feet one inch.
The nembers of this remarkable fam
lily range In weight from 155 to 200
Mounds
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
CURES RHEUMATISM AND CATASRH.
E.D.E. Cure, Doep-ScEted Cesos Especially
TO Prove It l.. s. L. Sent Free.

These diseases, with aches and pains in
bonas. joints aud back, agonizing pains ia
shoulder blades. hands. fingers, arms and
legs crippled by rheumatism. luIabaso. sci
atica. OF neuralgia; hawking. svittias. noso
bleeding. ringing ia the care, stak stomach,
deafness, noise ia tho head, bad teeth, thin
hot b,ood, al run down feeling o. caesprA
are sure signs OF an awful poisened condi-
tion 0! ths blood. Take Botanic B.eoA
Balm (B.B.B) Soon all aches and paiao
stop, Tia poison Is destroyed and . real
permanent cara Is made Of thu worst rheu-
matism or fouless aatarrh. Yaousands OF
cases cured by taking dob. II strength
ems weak kidneys and improves digestion.
Druggists. 81 por largo bottle. Sample free
by writing BLOOD BALM Co.. q Balm
Bldg, Atlanta, Ca. Describe trouble and
free medical advice sent in scaled letter.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
A Coveted Post.

AT a meeting at tho Nandsworth
Guardians app6ca do1s' we've reoeiv sl
from - fewer thaa 11T0 persons for
the past 1 messenger st q salary Of
thirty shAaAss 4 weak, Hih threa
sAAaASs weak oxtra allowance for
Sunday Werk.-I0ndau tBita,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
Women Doctors.

Medicine as a profession for WON.
en- is constantly growing In popular
ity In London. Women now holding
medical degrees in Great Britain mum.
Der more than Eve hundred.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05

The hop Is the only wild animal that is
eapabls Of affection.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tceshing. soften the gums. rSsa css La Gamza
ton ,ollayE pain, cures wind seIc. 4os. ( bottle
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05

FITSpermaaentlyo cured. No fits or nervous
ness altar Era days use Of DR.. Klins's Gr-as
NervsEas. orsr. S2trial bottle an trs.tisefrss
Der. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch ST., Phila.. Pa.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05

Piso's Cure cannot be too Lislly spoken .:
as cough curs.-J. ". O'salss, sa1 Thtrl
Avenue, ~, Minneapolis, MINI, tsa q, 1892
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05

A copy OF Hawthorae's rarcst book,
'fFanshaws," was sold in Boston recently
for $3.50
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
Deer In CITY Of Wanna

Lack OF food en- the suowelad hills
drove a Wild deer into Z suburb Of
Vienna It was chased and died n,
fright.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05
A Peer ClocsSlnaker,

The manufacture of artificial camphs
by c.ectroiysis Is now assured
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05

You can do your dyeinz in half an
hour with PUTNAM FADEI.ESS DYES.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05

European Russia has less percentage
CT forest than the United States.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-05

A sunaoWer sucks up LIS pounds c
water during its growth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-03
Prof. Mitchell's Lecture.

Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-The calm, conservative, thoughtful
and Christian-splrited deliyerance OF Fro
lessor S. g. Mitchell on the race question
sideration. Proceeding on the assunip 2.
ton that the moral impracucabillty OF
deportation, the reverence for constltu-
tdonal rights and regard for the prlncl-
pIes of basal Justice will result In the
perseverance OF the two races living
here Side by side. and maintaining that
every soul and every raEe shou n1,n nave
m n 1 that includes certain con-
crete and practical courses which all pat,
rotio men may aid and aid to-day,
among them Q) the abolition OF the sa-
Icon rather than the negro schoolhouse;
as there is the negros worst foe and
makes him unruly as citizen ana as q
workman: ca. by means ., Of such &c t trami
and Industrial at Petersburg. Virginia
Union University in Richmond; (3). rell-
gious bodies in the South devote more
energy to the practical elevation OF the
negro; ~, cultivate race responsibility.
Ir this moralization the professor insists
negro he means very practical 1ingaI,
mental and manual education and rell-
gion that is entirely moral give up
trying to fit Saul's armor to Ham ana
let Hams inherent capabilities have their
own free play In development ana Things
will be better" He believes IN changing
the current OF the energy now spent upon
conscientious application of the homely
re medies. Essential Justice to ones Eel.
| low man, education, both mental and
moral, and a religion that Is entirely
moral" The Professor does not believe
In "blinking'' when we 30 up against
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-03

arnosed on every hand to the strong
temptations OF the saloon, he often proves
unruly both as a workman and as Gu
zen. Our duty to the negro demanos
that we in the South shut up the saloon.
with its varied indictments to vice ana
crime, .If meat maketh my brother TO 9,
stumble, will eat no flesh forevermore.
(2) by means Of such schools as Ha1np,
ton. the Virginia Normal and ndustrlai
Institute at Petersburg and the virginia
Union University at Richmond, negro
teachers can be trained in such way
as to ret better results out Of the puolo
schools A visit to Petersburg to view
what has been actually done IN this inc
within a single year would give nope 10
the most doubtful mind The head'
hand and heart Of the oolored child are
thus trained together, process tnat
should be worked out in every country
school. Such is the coHmon-sense all!l
of tho Southern Education Board, Wnlcn
along with other agencies is usherlhs AZ
a new era in the South.
TRAIN THE NEGRO.
az Religious bodies in the South can
devote more energy to the practical ele-
walton Of the negro, particularly IN help-
Ing to train teachers, preachers ana otner
leaders for the race. Too often our nome
mission boards have sought out the
scarce foreigner in our borders or turned
ct the Indians upon the frontier. While
thew neglected to do all possible for the
negro, who is so numerous and 30 neeoy
In the very midst OF us. Let us focus
our endeayors upon this special work OF
moralizinE the negro. Nothing Is nobler
for us, as Christians. ~
f4) Race-responsibility must be oulti-
waited in the negro. He must be able to
say with the Apostle Paul WHO Is
weak, and am not weak2 Who Is MADE
to stumble and I burn not? he must
discover the purposelessness OF his own
life, Such a discovery may steady his
will. encourage his heart and ennoble
his being by new impulses. Ihere II
nothing potential in despair-except crime
and suicide. -,
tI5) All should recognize that the spir1
of Justice must determine the final settle
ment of this perplexing problem. Rash
or selfish counsels that ignore basa
Justice are vain, no matter how ferven
the rhetoric in which they may be wrap
ped or the material power which but
tresses them The energy now spen
upon "separat1on of the races. the IN
d,1strial menace OF the negro. TIT
necessity OF lynch law" would go "a
toward making substantial advance II
this tremendous problem, II nestoWe
courageously and conscientiously upol
those homely remedies, essential 1ustc.
to ones fellow man; education. DOT
mental and manual, and religion ina
| Is wholly moral.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-03
.BIVALVES POSE
FOR THEIR PICTURES
Mr.. Babcock Having Models
Prepared for Exhibit at
st. Louis.

Tho meeting OF this Virginia Commits
e,oners OF the st. Louis Exposition prom
ises to be unusually interesting. Reports
from the various assistants to the CONF
mission will be received and 1t IS learn
cd that they show the vast work UNDER
taken 10 we'll in hand.
Mr., George f. Murrell first assistant,
is now In St, Louis, looking after getting
space for Virginia. He will be here at
tho meeting and his report will certainly
be interesting. One Of the most import
ant statements will come from Mr. j. Ly-.
man Babcock. Of Bay Shore, Va. who IS
assistant to the commission from the
Underwater section. Mr.. Babcook has g
wonderful field for work, preparing as no
is the exhibit Of fisheries, He is having
mounted most lfe-like representations OF
every fish in the Chesapeake Bay: ~
was in the city yesterday and had Just
received from washington casts OF oys-
ters made after life models. This WORK,
never attempted before. was done with
great success by Miss Amanda Newton
and Mr., j. s, Warmbath, ta.xidermist, OF
tho Smithsonian Institution. Mt. Warm
bath spent threa years with Peary IN the
Arctic regions. MIR. BaDcock WIN oouDs-
less give fine account OF No !apois
when virginia's exhibit Is reaay: ae ,!s
trying to get the supervisors OF me Ilde-
water section interested.
Among the scenery exhibits from Viz
einia doubtless none will be handsome1
than that Of the Natural Bridge. The
picture, q transparent one, IS now IN the
office OF President Stevens, OF the Cheser
| 'peake and Ohio Company, and g. hana-
somer and more accurate one mas never
been prepared
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-03
VI progre.slveness in the search fol

general question that Professor Mitchell
does not touch upon. wish to be under
the rather e a as suxgestinE 0 4 further and
not different consideration Of the SUBJ
ject on the part Of the Professor and
other Southern scholars. who are now
matter as ne it Sl appears to % the g general
Southern mind seems conferred in the
question, lis 1t possible or practicable
for the superior and the inferior races
under the same State laws. exercising
like general civil privileges and educa-
tional advantages and with the main
tenance Of :, an absolute line Of social d.
the laws Of the Modes and Persians. that
there shall not bes any erasure or de-
murrtng Of the social line OF demarka-
ton. Now, social Equality Is one thing
and personal contact on an equal plane
In the business affairs Of life. It is true,
Is quite another thing, and hence 1t Is
perhaps we'll to draw the distinction for
the nonee by I. designating the latter Or
curate. but comprehensive. and answers
the present purpose. Now, then. II 1t be
true that an educated citizenship is con-
ducive to the public welfare Is or Is 1t
jealous of all his rights as a man and
citizen, and ambitious in the ratio OF
the extent he becomes educated? With
equal eOuCaIlOQal advantages anu an oQudl
chance in the life race. If the negro be-
comes sufficiently advanced to step from
the plow to the profession; II. instead OF
toiling in the field these people very
largely enter the realms of professional
life, mercantile life, the doors Of the
Or is it quite possible to fix a limit to the
distinct cleavage in at least the semi
various avocauons will or WILL not the
social aspects Of the case be Interrupted?
negros educational or commercial or In
dustrlal advancement clearly within the
lines of basal justice? If so, where shall
the Limitation line be drawn without
crossing that OF Justice? These are not
idle, speculative questions. They are prao,
to negro porters. hack drivers, hoto
walters etc., but would we be willing
| to see our street cars and OUR railroad
| trains Cor any number OF then) manned
by colored menu Or a colored man, how.
ever intelligent, we'll behaved and Yir'
tuous. seated at the desk adjoining oul
i own and doing the same work2
/ I wish to be distinctly understood al
not even by implication attacking Pro
lessor Mitchell's view. love the man
/ I admire his open frankness, his charm
| ing sincerity and his Christian spirit, and
l am In sympathy with his desire to se'
/ plane or rash and vituperative COUNSEL
! to that Of calm, thoughtful and Jus
/ consideration. His splendid paper will
stimulate courage and hope and right
/ eousness in the consideration of the i'm
/ portant matter. and the needing OF nj
counsels will go far towards solving tn
w, M. BLCKDRS
Richmond. Va, November 2, 1908,