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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16

and
Her at

rho wind was rising easterly, the morn
ing sky was blue,
Tho Straits before US opened wide and
CO. looked toward the Admiral. where
high the Peter flew.
And all our hearts were dancing like
"rhe French are gone to Martinique with
four-and-twenty sal,
The Old Ssperb is old and foul and
slow;
Rat the French are gone to Martinique,
and Nelson's on the trail
And where he goes the Old superb
must go"
90 westward no! for Trinidad. and east
ward no. for Spain.
And ship ahoy" q hundred times
Round the world If need be. and round
the world again.
With a lame duck tagging all the way.
rh. Old Superb was barnacled and green
as grass below,
Her sticks were only Mt for stirring
grog: =.
rhe bride Of all her midshipmen was 81
lent long ago. ,,,o
And long ago they ceased to heave the
log. ava
Four wear out from home she was. ana
ne'er a week in port.
And nothing save the guns aboard ner
bright; -. a~----------.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16

But Captain Keats he knew the game
and swore to share the sport,
For he never yet came in too late 10
fight.
So westward ho, for Trinidad. and east.
ward no, for Spain.
And ship ahoy." a hundred times .
day.
Round the world if need be. and round
the world again,
With a lame duck tagging all the way.
Now up my lads" the captain crief.
for sure the case were hard
If longest out We're first to fall behind:
Aloft aloft. with studdng sails. and lash
them on the yard,
For night and day the Trades are driv-
ing blind
So all day long and all day long, behind
the feet we crept,
guessed:
But every night the Old Superb shs
sailed when others slept,
Till we ran the French to earth with all
the rest!
O twas westward ho, for Trinidad, ard
eastward no, for Spain,
And ship ahoy.' a hundred times .
day:
Round the world If need be, and round
the world again.
With a lau?e duck tagging all the way,
-Henrv Nawbolt. in The Spectator.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
TNGUARDED ADMISSION.

"Your hair is rather long, suggested
the barber.
That's the way / like it," said the
man in the chair. "SpaTe me your
conversation. All I want is a shave"
The barber lathcred his face in 81.
lence. s-,s.s,
Then he strapped his razor.
Il suppose" he said. you've been
booking at some of those pictures in the
funny papers that show how BARRIERS
talk their customers to DEATH"
"Worse than that" retOrted the man
in the chair. Il draw the pictures"
The shave he got after that may
perhaps be imagined, - Chicago TIL
eppc,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
WOULD HELP SOME.

The Talkative Customer-"1 suppose
you keep every health food on the mar.
kCt in stock hcre:'
The Waitress-"Oh. no; only about
45O varieties, bat the boss is thinking
Of soon charging the premises"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
PREPARED FOR SHOWERS.

81 hope" said the thrifty old farmer.
that you have something laid up for
a rainy day
Sure thing" replied his nephew
from the city. I've got seventeen
borrowed umbrellas. Chicago News.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
NATURALLY.

Pigment-"I saw you at the art exhi-
bition last evening. l suppose you are
very fond of paintings:"
Gamboge-"Oh, dear. no. l hate
them. I'm an art critic, you know"
Boston Transcript.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
REMINDED OF DUTY.

"He collapsed in the first battle. I
understand"
Yes, but he Strengthened right up
again"
How was that?'
"In his collapse he sat on one Of his
spurs"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16

ing for twenty years in solitary
There nothing confirmed gusherSrl will
for gushing She will another girl that other girl
II the saccharne matter will not
with his length of
Unfortunately the trouble with man. who associates
S
gc girl will
the
prfcy lovely' viii be Of which they
the gushergl
Errors of Past or o
justify belief
Ne
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
IN TIE AFFIRMATIVE.

The chronic bachelor finally turned
to the quiet man who had taken no
oart in the discussion.
would you, sir" he said. marry
the best woman in the world"
IL did" was the reply.-Ram's Horn.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16

rushed at
bayone
annihied
reaching Confederates!
At Bunker Hill undspnd thousand British who
ony further historical
Incidents the Civil War practice the skmish and battle
sne, learned shoot n fearful
should
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
CONSISTENCY.

"What have you been doing all day,
1earest:" said his wife on his return
home.
.WOrkin like dog"
At that moment the family pet got
up from the sofa pillow on which he
had been sleeping behind the stove.
stretched from his long afternoon nap.
vhincd at the door to be let out, and
after his request was granted, stood IN
the ward for an hour or two and barked
at the moon.-Cleyeland Leader.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
- - -
Need Of Maa'kslnen i'm War

matters not how beautifully the soldiers how
tactics unless the who aim the
plant bodies of the enemy they after
all, i'll fitted for
the terrible results of tlis during our Civil War;
where armies principally of civilians who had had
little experience in the of the rife. drilled for
months grand scale without being taught
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
TIE, TEST.

"What do YOU regard as the test OF
a nations culturc:"
THE Willingness to pay s. seat to
hear me sing in concert" answered the
priina donna promptly.-Wash ashingtoD
Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16

There goes Mabel in her new gown.
Look
NO, indeed | won't. Whenever l
have new gown she either pretends
not to notice it, or else she asks me if
it's the same one | wore last year.
New York Evening Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
How Metals Become Diseased
By Prof. e. Heyn

is Known that metals show symptoms of poisoning,
rendering them unfit Thus can means of
small quantities of hydrogen and under certain
be very seriously affected Let take the
material both heated to red heat by
a the influences OF hydrogen
hydrogen chilling both bars i'll water after heating;
shall find the hydrogen to be brittle whereas
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
FAINT PRAISE.

"What is the best you can say Of my
book:' asked the author of society
novel.
well / might call it bit Of polite
fiction" replied the conscientious re-
viewer.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16


the poisoned bar repeating by
human beings
break pieces The technical
calls such disease Observation-Disclosures Nasazle
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16


until the accumulation
Ihnh The methods of gradually improved
so hat Its figures generation
he
10 support highest
established
nations the world the
the wholly
the earlier half
and youth mortality
IVolv
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
The Cusher Girl, a
Not Unusual Variety
BY III. K. r. HertZberg

Oil gsher Gu in the due of its and
settles down do things without noise display But girl
gusher is incurabe
The glguhcr viii gush all her ife her death bed and
aferward unless the strictes Kind Of angushng laws OBJ
tain throughout the hereafter Let hopen chorushat
registered enforced in both places
girls uslers but other girls gushers by
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-07-16
FRANKLIN, La, SATURDAY, JULY IS. 1904
The Survival Of the Weak
BY Charlton T. Lewis

NE Of the most Interesting questions the whole Of social
science is this: civilization whole the
average duration life? Every subjects
N familiar with the
length of life
paTiy mankind Accordingly, gratfy
-. evidence the civilized
= i
~ SINCE le 'itue Ages 'lan he conclusive poos witch
1 historians expectation of life has been largely
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

Russia 10 duuuing Turkey i~usistent-
y Both need the money.
cne civil war 70 still raging 10 she
Am rican Red Cross society.
We shall withhold our dual prognos,
tioalion anent the peach crop.
Imperialism may not be the Issue
this year, but saving the constitution
is.
How do the American people like
the white mans burden in the Philip
pines2
The Russian correspondents seem
to think Grand Duke Cyril Is the
whole story.
That man Roosevelt Il d-dangerous.
Did you ever look him squarely In the
Ieeth2
The good ship Texas holds the
worlds record for gun prnctice, and
30 does the Texans.
Thousands Of acres 10 watermelons.
The race problem with the Niger now
is-which one'lI get there drst.
The OK r will soon be rumblin'
along TO the college commencement.
4 isnt as spry as the autobile, but it's
lots happier
II folks found Happiness, winter or
summer, they'd straightway get up an
excursion party to I'm out where
misery had gone to.
The great men we're ell born in the
country. But they generally wrnd up
by ridin' to the city, and givin'
instructions to home-folks from a ten
story building.
The Georgia mule is an moderated,
much abused animal; yet we have
known many 4 mule to lift a man to
heights TO which their own abilities
couldn't raise 'em.
Perhaps II Judge Parker were &C
cused Of entertaining a negro at lun-
eheOn he might be induced to say
something.
In the eyes Of William Randolph
Hearst, Judge Parker's little $4,000
doubtless bears a strong resemblance
to 30 cents.
The beef trust as well as the coal
trust profits by the lingering cold
weather. Lo y temperature calls for q
meat aud gravy diet.
g time for lots Of rs to be seritus-
but to keep the world smiling at he
same time.
II the Russians abandoned Port
Arthur, as they likely will (upon ur-
gent Jap tnese invitation), nothing is
left for what remains of the once
splendid feet in the harbor but the
Cervera act. Is Admiral Skrydlof be-
ing sent east to play the desperate role
of the Spanish hero of Santiago.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
The maiden 3 prayer-Amen.

The maiden 8 prayer-Amen.
Too many '.don'ts" make a "won't''
child.
For health, more puddings, less
pastry.
In China hired girls are bought out
right and have 70 stay.
Henry Mari, OF Columbus, Ind,
lives in a house exactly IN the middle
Of this great country. A stone IN mis-
barn lot marks the spot named by cen
sus officials.
The Lord made the world to please
himself. / don't know what It would
have looked like II we had all been
there to give him Instruction.
The idea prevails that bell is on the
inside OF the earth. But II that Is the
case, It won't stay there lOng-because
folks are raising II ever day.
Don't worry yourself about the age
II you can dance n jig two minutes
after YOU have turned so.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
GATHERED EMS.

Russians just now are en- route east
and in rout west.
The hsh story season is approaching
at q fearful pace.
II the hand organ is 3 sign Of spring
then spring is here,
Perhaps Hobson would have done
better II the ladies in Alabama voted.
A Pennsylvania lived on pork
chops for thirty days. In slang par
lance she was on the hog" proper.
Girls, there are sad days ahefd.
The trust proposes to advance the
price OF chewing gum In May.
A Wisconsin journal asks; "why
blame the game wardens2" We don't
They haven't done anything, have
they?
Another Russian battleship has been
place In soak. Considering their
names the wonder is that they do not
all sink.
The stabbing incident In the stu-
dents rush" on the campus of the
University of Minnesota may be the
%torerunner Of "gun plays" in future
affairs Of the kind.
Brush up your clothes, boys, for
Porto Rico is about to swarm. Five
hundred of her school teachers have
arranged to visit the United States
during July and August, and make the
tour Of the country.
Score one for race suicide. Tennes-
see courts have decided that married
men must support their mother-iu-
law, or else their wives will be entitl-
ed to divorce.
The Democratic prospects of carry
ing New York with a candidate 0bnox
ious to Tammy are as bright as the
interior of a coal hole on a dark night.
The decision of a Philadelphia court
that a wife does not own her hus-
bands pay envelope will not disturb
the average wife. All she wants is the
contents.
"Spats are the thing" says the Bos-
ton Herald; ''they 60 with the femin-
Inc foot" 1t has often been noticed
that when a woman has a spat she sets
her foot down firmly.
DR.. H. w. Wiley, If the agricultural
department in Washington, says that
the nation tips the scales at twenty
five billion trillions of pounds. We
slways thought Uncle Sam was in
the heavyweight class, and hence
even the republican party finds it
hard to knock him out.
Constipation and |billiousness cannot
be cured in a night-a week; nei her
can one Withstand the facilitating
effects of the ordinary oliver pills" for
weeks, but the gentle action Of
Ramon's Treatment of Liver Pills and
Tonic Pellets make one feel gradually
improved as the trea ment progresses
no bad time, but a continued, rapid
Improvement. A months treatment
and 25c bOx-will make the chronic
suffer rejoice. A trial will convince
you; let us supply you.
II a woman loves a horse she is apt
to love her husbapd-or anything
else she can drive.
Money doesn't always bring happi-
Less, but the average man is willing
to take chances along with the money.
AS a matter of course, the drum
major belongs to the bane, but he
gives n the impression that the
band belongs to him.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

A Jury 10 Ottawa, Kansas, acquitted
a man who was accused q JOINT. "A
preacher testified that be had entered
the Joint and bought 8 pint Of whisky
from the prisoner. a local paper
SAYS that no attempt was made to inn
peach this testimony; that the jury
simply acquitted the accused on the
account Of the prejudice against
usnotters.n And thus the car Of JUS
rolls its majestic way across the
prairies Of Kansas.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

The average age of bachelors who
marry spinsters is twenty-f FIVE; but of
widowers who marry widows just
under fifty.
King George of Greece is much dis
turbed by the disastrous effects in his
dominiOns of excessive emigration to
the United States. He has recently
been making a tour through the pro-
vinces, and has found whole districts
left without cultivation, owing to the
effects of depopulation resulting from
the exodus Of rural population to
America.
There's a story of a farmer and mis-
son driving q load to market. OF the
team they we're driving one Was q
steady reliable old gray mare the
other a fractions, baby black horse.
On the way the wagon was stalled and
the black horse sulked and refused to
pull. "What'll we do father2" said
the younger mar. "Well" said the
father. 81 guess Wen have to lay the
CAD on the old gray" That homely
compliment to women: 1.-THE gray
mares the better hoFse"suggests how
often when there's an extra strain TO
be borne II is laid on the woman's
back. How often she breaks down at
last under the added weight OF some
ttlast straw Women who are drag
cling along YEARLY through life can
gain real strength By the use OF Dr..
Pieroe's Golden Medical Discovery.
It puts back in concentrated form the
strength making material which work.
ing women use mp nor rapidly than
It 4 be restored to Nature IL the
ordinary processes Of nourishment
and rest. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are universal faVorites with women
because they are easy TO take and
thoroughly effective Ia curing the con-
sequences Of constipation.
The "C0ttou Beltp which withdrew
from Memphis eem to have realized
that e. doesn't pay 70 bite OF ones
rose 10 spite one's face, and hence
fsfNs cat came back"
Muupa have developed in the white
s There has been & good deal Of
a~osI-hc4d there for some time.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

"Look out fob de man dat axes yOh
foh advice" said Uncle Eben. He
won give you no credit il things 20
right, but he's mighty Hble 10 hold
you ~'sponsible il dey go wrong"
The great huancier, Rothschilds, is
said to be capable of weeping copious-
ly at any time. Here's where he III
water stocks at short notice.
A Brooklyn woman was a brunette
when married, and as an applicant for
divorce she lisa blonde. IL doesn't
seem fair that she should have two
kinds OF hair after deprlving her hair
band of his own.
1t Is said the Japanese private sol
der receives only ? cents a day. Evi
deutly it's not the money that makes a
Jap fight.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
Are You Dyspeptlc.

If you are q dyspeptic you owe 1t to
yourself and your friends to get we'll.
Dyspepsia annoys the d~yspeptic's
friends becsu his diseases SOUS bis
disposition as we'll as his stomach
KodoI Dyspepsia Cure will not only
Cure dyspepsia, indigestion and sour
stomach. bat this palatable, recon
structive tonic dlgestant strengthens
the whole digestive apparatus, and
sweeteus the life as we'll as the stOm-
ach. When you take Koiol Dyspepsia
Cure the food you eat is enjoyed. Il il
digested, assimulated and its nutrient
properties appropriated BY the blood
tissues. Health is the result. Sold by
all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

The death plant of Java has flowers
which continually gives of q perfume
so powerful as to overcome, II inhal-
ed for any length of time, a full-grown
maa, and which kills all forms Of in
sect life that come ulder It's influence.
A Jolly German innkeeper, on the
Swiss border, has undertaken, as the
result of a wager, to roll a barrel of
vine across Switzerland anG Italy TO
Rome.
In Chilian towns most OF the stores
open until midnight; but they are
locked up during the warm afternoons
when everybody ceases from work
and takes a siesta.
A medical authority declares that
hearty sneezing is an evidence of q
robust constitution. People IN feeble
health seldom sneeze, and when they
do there is little force to It.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
A Great Sensation.

There was a big sensation in Lees
vile, Ind. when w. H. Brown OF that
place, who was expected TO die, had his
life saved by DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption. He writes 81
endured insufferable agonies from
Asthma, but your New Discovery gave
me immediate relief and SOC there
after effected a complete cure." Sim
liar cures of Consumption, Pneumonia,
Bronchitis and Grip are numerous.
It's the peerless remedy for all threat
and lung troubles. Price SOC, and S1.OC
Guaranteed by all druggists. Trial
bottles free.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

A great deal has been said about
the germs 10 greenOacks, but the most
dangerous germ are those resulting
from the lavish expenditure Of green
backs.
The cadets OF the Virginia Polo
technic Institute who strapped negro
to & tree and whipped him with ropes
and heavy switches have an even
more peculiar idea Of what constitutes
some Of the Northern colleges who
devote their mental energy to playing
football.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

1t seems about time for another ex-
ecutive order extending pensions to
the survivors of Rel ublican conven-
ton vars.
With the death of Ii Hung. Chang,
Russian influence at Pekin waned,
and that of Japan increased greatly
It is a notable feature OF Chinese
idiosyncrasies that they always take as
their models the latest enemies by
whom they have been vanquished,
and just as they place themselves at
the feet of England and France in
structors after the war of 1860, so at
the conclusion Of peace with Japan
they sought to initiate the instructions
and methods Of their c~OnqueroFs. A
visit Of Count Ito to Pekin at this time
accentuated the movement, and since
then Japanese Instructors have drilled
and armed the Chinese troops, and
have been accepted as authorities on
all scientific and learned subjects.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

Although the brother-in-law of
President Roosevelt, Captain COwles
is finding life aboard the Missouri a
trihe too strenuous for comfort.
In addition to its large collection of
wild beasts of prey, Barnum's circus
now has a chaplain to conduct the
praying. And why not? Congress
has chaplains.
Ohio has come to the front with a
new injunction. 1t was granted to a
man TO prevent his wife from going on
a strike, md now she has to do all the
homework or be In contempt Of
cOurt.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
A thoughtful Man.

NJ. NJ. Austin of Winchester, Ind.
knew what to do in the hour of need.
His wife had such an unusual case of
stomach and liver trouble. physicians
could not help her. He thought of and
tried DR.. Kings New Life Pills and
she got relief at once and was finally
cured. Only 25c at all dFug stores,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

A single bee, with eli les industry,
energy and the innumerable journeys
It has to perform, viii not collect
much more than q t~easpoonful Of
honey in a season Of three months.
A new fuel has come into use In
California. It is made from the tWigs
and leaves Of the eucalyptus tree,
mixed with crude petrolem. Il ID
said to burn freely and give good re-
suits.
Thunder terrifes the lobster. When
peals are very loud, It viii shed tie
claws and swim TO deeper water.
New claws viii begin ct once to grow
and in q short time are e. large &c the
old ones.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

Beware of the women who 10 con-
WINGED easily; she is dangerous.
A woman lie nervous until she gets
to the matrimonial altar-then it's the
mans turn.
An English electrician has estimated
that just three-tenths of a second are
required for q signal to pass through
the Atlantic cable, 1900 miles.
A resident of Newark, New Jersey
William Archibald, has been awarded
the silver medal and diploma Of the
st. Petersburg Photographic Society.
His pictures that won the prize we're
photographs Of lightning flashes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

Any man can easily make q fool Ct
himself; all he has to do is to act
kittenish.
It is cheaper to buy furniture now
than IL Is to carry on 3 prolonged
courtship.
A romantic girl Is apt to tire of hc-
ton after she had been married about
a year.
The harder It is to get 3 nan to
make q promise the easier It Is to get
him to make good.
The greatest obstacle In the develop
ment Of the South Is the Wretched
condition Of our public roads. In
speaking Of this matter Richard r.
Window, travelling passenger agent Of
the old Dominion Steamship Company
said in q recent interview published IN
the Memphis Scimitar; Northern
farmers and capitalists, men who ere
accustomed to country roads almost
as good as the best paved streets Of
the cities, are very u~nfav0rably i'm
pressed with this feature Of the South,
and SO soon a. &c is temedied there
win be 8 great amountOf capital pour.
ing into this country. Everywhere !
60 I see wonderful signs of improve
ment-I mean here IN the Southern
States.n
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
ID ouRE colp IL oNE ~.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
IL it fails to cure. E. W. Groves sig
nature is on each box. Price Is cents.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
Makes a Clean Sweep.

There's nothing like dong a thing
thoroughly. OF all the salYes you ever
heard of, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the
best. Il sweeps away and cures
Burns, Sores, Bruises, Cuts. Boils,
Ulcers, Skin Eruptions aud Piles. It's
only 25c, and guaranteed to give salts
faction by all druggists.