The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-09-03


tered with all the formality ol & poii--
teal 1anegyric on the floor OF the Low
CT House of Congress. vas as folio Us:
"T ear Sir-I wish You would send II"
the seed aid other things mention
| bclOw-onc peck or some coed cary
corn, l bu. of cotton seed anl some
good sorghum seed anC q union suit
OF clothes, 4 coat 3S in size and paltj
So 333 -334-and anything else you are Z
mind to have sent ne ,cel al these
things, WITCH the same Viii be gladly
received"
A CIGAR From KING EDWARD.
Ono of King Edward; little human
| weaknesses IS caid to be 4 fOD6~ ess;
fer witnessing 4 fire. \ writer IN the
Peoples Friend tells of him that. va c-l
he was Prince CT Wales, one evening,
on hearing the rush of fire enc, mes
| passing, he followed them to see tlcir
operations. While looking Oh he en-
| tered into conversation with 4 report
CT. who was taking Totes Of the o,crr-
renee, ard when about to return nome
again lie crew out his cigar cnst and
offered the reporter cigar, While, he
| Willingly accepted. and, tearing cut 4
leaf from his notebook, proceeded
carefully to roll it up. On thc Prince
asking the reason for his doing 90, he
replied: Il may never again have the
honor OF receiving cigar from your
! highness, and should like to keep this
one as q souverir" The Prince Cb-
eerved: "You know me. then: l did
not think l should be recognized" And
again producing his cigar case said
| will you have cigar?' Tho report
CT. nothing loath. accepted again the
kind invitation. the Prince remarkinS
:.s he did 50, But to smoke this tine
| CHARLES KNOBLOCK'S COM.
PLIMENT RETURNED. - Charles
| knOblock. well-knOwn New Yorker,
is worshiper of good tobacco and alb
hOrs bad tobacco accordingly. While
travelling through the South recently
he entered crowded railroad coach
and found the only unoccuped seat to
be next to a hard lookin. citizen who
| was smoking particularly foul cigaA
| Mr. knOblOck took the seat and soon
| became nauseated by the smell of his
| companions weed. SO drawing from
his pocket a fragrant perfecto he
begged for light, and having taken
| it from the offending cigar. he calmly
| threw 1t out the window, and then. as
! If suddenly becoming conscious oc
what he had done. said apologetically:
"Oh. l beg your pardon, l never
thought Pray accept one of mine in
exchange" and he offered the last per-
fecto in his possession to the stranger.
The man took it. and in turn borrowed
| light from Mr.. KnobIock. Thea.
carelessly throwing the choice and
much priced cigar out Of the window,
Have one of mine. rard," he said,
with grin. and Mr.. Knohlock had to
partake Of the obnoxious rope
COUNTESS CASSINI'S GALLANT
RESCTE.-Countess Cassini at the
bazaar that she held recently in Wash
ingtOn for the benefit of the Russian
Red Cross, was converSing with the
rather elderly wife of a Senator, when
a third lady drew near
How do You do. Countess? Mrs.
Blank, how DO you do?" said the third
lady. And then she added, in spite
full tone: You look older to-day than
| usual, Mrs. Blank"
Poor Mrs. Blank blushed, but the
Russian Countess came to her rescue
CALAMITY.
Well" she said. laughing, "why
shouldn't She? She is older to-day
than she ever was before in her life"
JUSTICE PECKHAM TELLS A
STORY.-Rufus w. Peckham. Judge Of
the Supreme Court. tells the story Of
young lawyer who was trying his
first case
Evidently" he said, che had studied
1t until he knew it by heart. He be-
gan speaking. When he had arrived
about half way we decided the case in
his favor and told him So But he had
got going and found it impossible to
stop. On and on he went, like an au-
tomobile past control
AT length one Of the Judges, lea ming
forward, said suavely:
"Mr. NJ. In spite Of your argu-
ments. we have concluded to decide
this case in your favor"
CANNON DIDN'T BOW.-Speaker
Cannon is 4 firm believer in the digni-
~ and equality Of the House Of Rep
resentatives as compared with the Sen.
ate, fact that was rendered apparent
to those near the Speakers desk one
day shortly after the opening of the
extra session Of Congress. On this oc-
casion there entered the House mes
senger from the Senate "Mr. Speak
err" acclaimed the courier impressive
=. "a message from the Senate Of the
United States" At tho same time the