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ANTIsEPT1Cs USED WITH FOOD.

matter Of practical science TO which lsgfslatiou
must be directed much seriously than has
yet been done was brought before the congress o<
medicine recently held at Madrid Or. Brouardsl
OF Paris spoke strongly OF the dangers arising
from the addition OF antseptcs to wine beer. cider
milk. syrups. butter. hsh. preserved fruits ana
other commodities which IN daily "a food
II Is well known that saiicylic acid. salicyats of
soda, supplies. borax. boric acid. rormalin and
variety Of other chemicals employed 20 mako
the substances in question keep" the pretsncs
being that they used IN such small quantities
as 70 be innocuous To this allegation DR.. Brouar>
del opposed two indisputable facts. determined By
analysis and experience-nrst. that the preserve
tives employed are used IN far larger quantitfss
than the users admit. and secondly that the ccn@
tinued consumption OF alimentary substances con>
tanning these antseptic materials. even In very
small proportions. becomes gravely detrimental to
the human organism. amounting In the long q
slow poisoning Mans constitution has been
made for the daily elimination OF minute doses o<
poison. In this insidious form Of mischief may Hx
some of the blame for physical dsgensracy.
Apparently the evil Is Of such sort that tnssrnA<
tional measures may be necessary to chsek IL
Treatment OF food In this should not Be
called sdultsrat.on. but poisoning pure ana simpIs.
-Crhs London telegraph.
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in length at the top ga feet on the floor while
its breadth IS 105 feet at the top and 70 at the
meeN high tide. The Puget Sound dock Is s25 feet
long and $50 feet wide at the top. and has 60 feet
OF water on TIE sill under the most favorable cir
The dock at Portsmouth. N H.. which is now
nearly ready for service. is OF four authorized
q few years ago. The three others are situated at
Philadelphial. and Mare Island (near san Francis
COZ according to The Granite Monthly these
and have 81 feet of water at the entrance For the
new steamship dock 20500 cubic yards of granite
nanunhS most OF this material a travelling crane
was used. This is brdgelike structure the ends of
winch rest on railways at the side of the excava-
uoh, ana which can be moved lengthwise over It,
Heavy weights which are suspended from the crane
can also be moved laterally over the dock. When
the work is entirely finished the crane is removed.
The operation of docking a vessel especially a
heavy one, is exceedingly. delicate When
she is finally in place she is expected rest upon
sets Of wooden blocks under her keel In order
that she may not be injured by an unequal dis
tributicn of the weight. these must be arranged
IN such a way that when she is supported only in
THIS way the burden Is divided evenly. II is usual.
therefore for the officer in ehaFge-in the United
States Navy he is a constructOr-to make dock
ing plan" in advance. which is designed with spe-
locked. The blocks are adjusted accordingly, both
IN respect TO spacing and height, while the dock
thousand tons, and IS S4S feet long Some OF the
newer battleships are larger and heavier, Mani
gon would not suit them or big cruisers like the
Tennessee. Another critical question relates to the
SSPt9 OF WAFER On me s TINS Is only twenty
seven she must be lightened temporarily by de-
posting guns or stores on land. Constructor
Baxter. now at the BROOKLYN yard, has taken ships
In when there was only two inches to spare be-
tween the keel and the sill A man must know
exactly what he is about at such times. and even
All of the preliminaricS having been attended
TO- and water having been let in again to the dock
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It is necessary watch the state OF the tide With
vessels of moderate size and draught this precau-
The stout, lens shaped caisson which serves as a
gate having been removed. the vessel Is gently
az csrri s o-erd ~ e, sg5s ,h ne ~ ,hs sbi- 10
a eapstan at the head of the dock. Other lines are
run out 70 other eapstaHs on the sides OF the in
closure BY regulating the strain these. the ship
can be brought to her proper position when the
keel blocks completely submerged and cut OF
seht Permanent and temporary marks on the
during this proceeding Efforts are sometimes
made TO bring the ship TO within fraction Of
her exactly upright spars. shores" Of the
proper length are introduced at intervals between
the walls Of the dock and the sides Of the yes
sci, IN nearly horizontal positions. II their d.
mansions and place have been rightly planned. they
will press only in a gentle fashion against the hull
only little bracing will be needed TO keep her
there But If the adjustment Is imperfect the
shores may punch holes in her sides
When the constructor is satisfied that the vessel
Is exactly where he wants to have her the caisson
IS swung into place at the entrance. and the pumps
and the business of inspection cleaning painting
or repair. for which these measures were taken
The type OF dock to which reference has thus far
been made IS absolutely permanent in position
rock and their bottoms and sides always remain
stationary. Another class OF drydOck. employed
noth Tor the nereha9t marine and naval vessels
essentially series of hollow tanks pOntOOns.
combined TO constitute a continuous platform
the necessary depth-say twenty or thirty feet
The ship is hauled into position over it. and pumps
slowly rise until the upper surface OF the platform
Is Few feet above the level OF the haFbOr. At the
sides Of the dock. and constituting part OF it, are
assist In subsequent operations. But the general
system Of keel blocks and shores with floating
docks may be constructed hundreds or thousands
of miles from the place where they are to be used
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there should be a period Of about two hours when
the TIDE would add nine feet TO this king about
thirty feet Of water in narrow channel. At other
times the rise would probably not be over six or
seven feet. giving only q CT % feet in the
channel at high tide. As the Retvizan was
designed TO draw % feet and the Czarewitch and
Poltava 26, there might be trouble in getting
them 70 the dock, II they sufficiently water
logged to sink two three feet more In any
case it would be a tieklish task.
Another question which would arise relates to the
width of the entrance. This put at y feet in the
work Of reference just mentioned, though the
width given by Russian and French map makers is
IS feet Until this uncertainty cleared up it must
remain doubtful whether the entrance to the Port
Arthur docks is wide enough for the battleships re-
Gently injured. The beam Of the Retvizan is -
leet inches and that of the Czarewitch IS feet.
Al NladiVostOk Russia has first class dock. $50
feet long 80 feet wide and giving fun on the
Sill. besides a smaller one (of the floating type
only 300 feet long with two small basins. .
she has three drydocks. of which two will accom-
modate her biggest warships. At Yokosuka there
are two measuring 502z and 5lS feet, respectively,
IN length, or amply large enough for any present
naval needs. Besides. she has the following: At
Kobe one drydock measuring 525 feet; at Uraga
Bay. one OF 500 feet and two smaller ones; at Kure.
large but shallow one. at Toxic, one measuring
81 feet, and at Osaka. one 80 feet long.
Among the larger American naval docks are
those In Brooklyn and on Puget Sound. The largest
OF four or five at the former station is Cos feet
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UPHELD BIZ SOME WHO
TRIED 1T: CONDEMNED
BY OTHERS.

enter church with the purpose Of being cared for
materially. At the time. IL Is undoubtedly
true that IL a &c IN good standing in a church
his business Is helped"
Asked IL hs thought there was any value IN Sfr.
stead's suggestion that the churches manage thea
tres. DIR. Stevenson replied: You might well
ask the Church to run stock exchanges and elevate
them. AS for churches running saloons. that was
tried in Chicago. You never can elevate the thea
ire anyway, until you elevate men and women.
II there were demand for better drama TIERS
are lots OF persons who are managing theatres who
would be glad to meet that demand The Church
could do particular good In trying to take ths
place OF such managers. The main point. however,
Is that the Church has all she attend to In hee
legitimate Business
OF the Office building plan. DIR. Stevenson saidf
"It would 6szend on the situation OF the church.
where It's congregation lived. what the need OF tbs
nsighborhood and what other churches were
by" He thought that though there might ba
reasons Of sentiment that would count against any
proposition to tear down a church. reluctance be-
cause OF feeling that the building on conse-
Grated ground would not &c felt IN Protestsns
societies. As regarded his church. Dr.. Ste
venson said that. assuming that the proposition
seriously made at the present tine.
against adopting II would be that a tail ofscs
building the site would not be a safe tn
vestment. though It might be fifteen twenty
years hence.
-As a general proposition should noe object
to the Office building PLAN asserted the Raw DR..
Rufus p Johnston. OF the Fifth Avenue Baptsa
Church. at No. West Forty-sixth-st. That n,
II would be feasible. II might be Questionable.
however whether such step would be wise foe
II seems 10 me that church occupying valuable
piece OF ground solely church. IS IN itself
strong sermon. showing that after all there sra
some ideas and sentiments other than commercial
But II It were shown that the adoption OF such s1
ONCE building plan were necessary for church
to do It's work. I should not hestats for a minuts
There probably win always be churches IN this
part OF the city. because there always VIII %
people living IN the neighborhood- There Is
a strong tendency to build churches downtown.
an appreciation Of the fact that the downtcwu
districts still full Of persons who need
churches"
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GOVERNORS ONCE WAITS.
Letters, Nozo City's, Tell of Work OF
ChHdren's hid Society.

A collection Of letters from leading citizens Of
this and other States makes up the contents OF
a scrapboOk recently prepared by the Rev. C. l.
Brace. secretary Of the Children's Aid Society.
of this city. Each of these letters is testi-
monial to the work done by the society. for
every one Of the writer's was once a waif ON the
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The Rev. DIR. David II. Greer, former rector OF st.
Bartholomew's recently consecrated Bishop-Coad-
tutor Of New-York declined to comment on the
proposition in detail Quote me as saying merely
that the most effective way for a church TO win
support is to do it's own work thoroughly: then 1t
viii deserve support" st. Bartholomew maintains
an elaborate system Of institutional work. its build
ing in East Forty-second-st. costing $4,000 year
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd Judioial Court, Pash OF st.
Mary. No, 11,B.
Louis Levy vs.. R. D. ousger.

Be- virtue Of an order Of sehre and sale
issued ont Of the 23rd Jndial District
Cont, in and for tho PAvishf st, Mary.
in the above entitled suit, have seized
and will offer for sale at pile anci'on
20 this last and highest bidr, Tor cash.
at the princi pal door of theourt house.
in the town Of Franklin, t}isiana, on
Saturday, the nth ~ OF June,
A. D., 800
between che hours:Of II cock a. m. ,nn'l
1 O'Clock .. m, the folloNg described
property to-wit:
First. That certain lot 0. II lying and In:
iuv aituated ia the town Of Erklin, PariSh q!
ST. Mary, on the vest side Of $ond street. H..
tween Willow and jackson rests, bounded
north by property Of A. w. slmayer, on thc
east by Second street, Oh thOufh by h.s,d III
Or. Charles NJ. Smith. deceuA or iiis widow,
and on this west by land Of Pickett. or II.
8. Fuckett. together with the iilain2s and i'm
yroyemenfs thereon situated.
Second That certain lot orr rcel OF land. ~
ing and being situated in thewn OF Franklin
Parish of St. Mary, fronting .venty i've feet
on Third street of said town, the depth OF one
, hundred and fifty fees bou!d by lands for
merly Of Sigur and others, souty Adams street,
in front or east by Third stretnd west by land
in~e nd improvements there's 1t is intended
fhsf In, above boundsri RES 81 IN lndc AL the
land witbn., said boundary rs with all the
Iwiili,vs arm improvements ereOn.
JOHN i: SANDls, Sheriff.
Sheriff Office, Parish oot. Mary: La.
May 9th. 1904.
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Whereas. petition has been prtsen ted to the
police jury OF the parish of st. Mary. signed by
one third of the property tax payers Of tho
eighth ward OF SAID parish, pe,itioning said
body tn order an election in the said eighth
wand, upon the proposition to vote 1t three mill
tax Tor ten years upon all the taxable property
In the said ward, for the purposcOf erecting
and maintaining school house and grounds
i'll said ward, the title to " hich shall DO in the
public, in accordance with The terms and cond-
tious of Article 233 of tho Constitution of
louisiana adopted in the year 1898, and in AZ
cordance with the terms and conditions Of Act
Isl of the Acts OF the General Assembly of tho
State of Louisiana for the year 1898, and Act
No. LIS of 1907, and
Whereas, said petition has been pAblished
for thirty days in the official journal II the par.
sh of st. Mary, in accordance with law, now
therefore
BE it resolved by the police jury Of the mar
ish of ST. Mary, in regular SEES sion assembled,
that an election be held and same is hereby
ordered, Oh Tuesday, June the It'll, 1904, in the
said eighth ward of the parish Of st. Mary, for
the purpose Of voting on the proposition to levy
special tax OF three mills per aanu,n on tho
dollar ON all taxable property IN said ward. for
the term of ten years, for the purpose of erect
ing aud mainta lining public school house and
grounds. theft lc to which shall be in the pub
lie, AS stated in said petition hereto attachSl
and made part hereof.
Be il further ordained, that said election Gc
held in accordance with the general election
law OF the State of Louisiana, required by
law and that the Board Of Supervisors of Flee.
ton in and for the parish OF st. Mary appoint
commissioners of election and clerks to oificiatO
at tho polling place. and further that they
furnish, at the expense of the parish. the ballots
to be used at said election. which ballots shall
be printed so as to c"nformto the req uire lnents
of SAID election.
BE it further ordained, That the assessor and
registrar of voters furnish the commissioners
appeltc IA above prov ided by the Board Of Sup.
ervisors of Elections with poll lists and nll nee.
essary information for the conductiOn Of said
election. and that the Board Of Supervisors Of
Elections furnish said commissioners with tai
ly sheets and other necessary papers, for max
ing the returns Of said election. all OF which
shall be at the oy pcnsc Of the parish.
Be it further ordained. That this ordinance
be Published. together with said petition, for
thirty days in the Official journal Of the parish
of st. Mary, and that when said election shall
have been held that due return thereof be
made to this Honorable police jury Of the par.
ish of st. Mary
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Notice of Election.

Yellow Bayou Drainage District, Parish of st
Mary, Louisiana:
Notice is hereby given to the property tax
payers, resident in the yellow Bayou Drainage
District that Il special election will be held
on the eleventh day of j me- 1904, to vote upon
the following propositions
To issue negotiable bonds argrecatnr eli glt
thousand dollars (so.Oo0Uo) i'll principal bear
ing interest at tn" rate of five per cent per an
mum. running from their date for IL period of
forty years that is. that one bond of two hun
dred dollars (S20O. 0Ol shall mature and be- pad
each year. and that the above interest shall be.
paid each year upon the whole of the bonds
then remaining unpaid, and to levee a Tux of
five mills on the dollar annually, during forty
years, upon the property within said drainage
district. to meet the principal and interest of
said bonds as they shall become due.
Said bonds to be used for the purpose of de-
frayiug the cost of constructing Il drainage.
system within said drainage district as set out
described and projected upon IL map made by
James L. kcmpcr. and no" i'll the Recorders
Office Of the parish Of st. Mary the title of hich
shall vest in said drainage district.
And notice is hereby further given that the
following polling phases are fixed for holding
said election Centreville, Louisiana.
And the following are hereby appointed com
nlissOners of election to serve on said election
day: John Danjean. j. H. Luke. Chas Henagritf
j NJ. IBERT,
President of the police jury of the parish of
st. Mary.
JBLUKE.
President If the Yellow Bay"u Drainage Dist
WILLIE NETrER,
Of the Board Of Supervisors of Election
d. N. FOSTER,
W. I. JONES,
Members Of the Board of Supervisors of Election
Cehtreviile, Lat. May 5th, 1904.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd judicial District Court. Par
ish of ST. Mary.
PetEus Saad & Bros. ". Ashy &
Mahfouz, No. 1879.

by viriy." %! a wril of fir ficias issue!
ont of the 3rt. judicial Distinct Court,
in and for the Parish of It. Mary in he
above entitled and numbered suit, have.
seized and will offer for sale at public
auction to the last and high, st bidder.
for cash, on the premises in the town Of
franklin, this Parish, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF NAY,
A. ID. 1901,
between the hours of II o'clock a. m.
and O'Clock p. NJ, the following de-
scribe'l property tp-wil:
Lot of dry goods, gent's furnishing
goods. linens, towels, table cloths, no
tions. hosiery, shawls, suspeniers, and
other articles AS per itcmiZed list on file
in the Sheriff office, said goods being
situated in the store building operated
by Ashy & Nahfouz on Anderson Street
in the Town Of Franklin, at which place
the same will be sold.
JOHN Is. SANDERS. Sheriff.
Sberilf's Office, Parish of ct. Mary,
La., May 18TH 1904.
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PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE GEN.
ERAL ASSEMBLY.

At the very outset of the pre-
sent General Assembly, perhaps
the most important measure that
will be presented for its enact
ment is the one already offered
contemplating the use of funds
contributed by the races to be
used exclusively in the maintcn-
ance of public schools for them
separately. In other words, the
purview of the proposed law is
to give the colored people the
means of public education only
in concentration with the poll
taxes they contribute to the edu-
cational fund-which is virtually
saying, in brief, that they are to
have no public schools at all I'M
cps they hurriedly qualify as and
exercise the right of the suffrage
laws. AS much as our Northern
cousins may upbraid us for our al
legged cruel treatment of the negro,
the fact cannot bt reiuted by them
that, of all Southern States, Louis
lana has been extremely liberal
heretofore in providing the negro
the means of public education de-
spite his political antagonism and
unfriendliness. The suffrage laws
under which the State has been
conducted of late years have, con-
trary to expectations, proved a
total failure in stimulating the
negro along educational lines.
He has relied entirely upon the
white mans contribution for what
eyer public echools he has been SO
far fortunate to obtain, coupled
with a few worthy institutions es-
tablished by the State solely in his
behalf. Suffrage laws have proved
no stimulus to the negro. It is not
fair, therefore to rest the burden
on the white man forever. His
Offspring are, by this very reason,
of better educational
We cannot but agree
with the legislator in the meas
ure already before the General
Assembly. Let the negro have
only such public schools as he
pays for, and under such law if
he has any pride at all, if he has
any appreciation for the great
boon of education, he will pay his
poll taxes and thus become USE
full citizen instead of burden.
If he shows no incentive after the
enactnept of such law, it will
then be evident that he is Of race
hopelessly lost to pride and every
element that goes towards the
making of good citizens.
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THE LEGISLATURE.

The General Assembly OF
Louisiana convened at the capito!
on Monday. This biennial ses-
sion of our law makers is the first
under the new State administra-
ton just elected, headed by Gov
ernor Newton C. Blanchard. The
Inauguration of the new officers
will be on next Monday and the
attendant ceremonies and festivi-
ties will lack nothing of rcsplen-
dency and eclat. AS to the Gen.
eral Assembly and the influences
that the new Governor will, as
custom only, exert upon its acts
and labors, that is of far more Sc
rious import to the average citi-
zen than all other considerations.
In truth, factional lines were
plainly drawn and policies freely
discussed in the campaign pre-
ceding the primary election. The
policy of cutting down the APP
pointiye power was the strongest
card of the opposition to Judge
Blanchard and, since he has tri-
umphed easily, the inference can
be drawn from that fact that, for
reasons best known to themselves
perhaps because of renewed
Republican activity-.he voters
declared overwhelmingly against
the dangers or inadvisabiiity OF
any such reduction. Not that the
intelligence of the voters could
not be trusted to elect good men
and Democrats for every Office,
but that these voters meant that
they had full confidence in the
wisdom, loyalty and lofty politi-
cal uprightness of the distinguish
ed gentleman who will occupy the
chair throughout the
next four years. Elected by an
overwhelming majority OF the
suffragans, in the face of the is
sues made Judge or Governor
Blanchard, it would seem, ought
to go on and fashion his admin
istration along the lines Of his
honored predecessors without re-
gard to the clamor of his cppo-
nents for changes and reforms
hardly practicable and certainly
inadvisable at present.
The BANNER feels entirely con-
Iident that the General Assembly,
The Governor and the entire ad-
will prove eminently
to all the people.
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Election Notice.

In accordance with Section 3 of
Act 1872 OF the Acts of the General
Assemblyof the State of Louisiana
for the year 1898, we he reby give
notice that there will be a special e.
lection held in the eighth ward of
the Parish Of St. Mary on Tues
day. June eth, 1904, for the pur-
pose of voting on the proposition
to levy a tax of three mills for ten
years to build and maintain a
public school house, the title of
which shall be in the public, in
accordance with Act 1871 of 1898
and act 100 Of 1902, the polling
place to be at Berwick.
Dated and signed this 9th day
of May 9th, 1904.
w. ii. EETTER, President.
D. N. FOSTER,
W. T. JONES,
Board of Supervisors.
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1t is growing more evident every
day that the next Democratic Ma
tiOnal Convention will witness the
same condition of affairs as hap
pened eight years ago-a divided
party. Judge Parker would un-
doubtedly prove the most formid-
able candidate for the party, bu
as against Hearst and Bryan lie.
does not seem to be developing
suit cient strength. The Neoras-
kan's influence, along with
Hearst's, is yet SO powerful AS to
create the fear that u divided par
ty will likely face the Republican
foe in November.