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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
JUST ONE COMB.

The craze for numerous fancy
combs has died a natural death
Woman no longer desires to make
her couture the display ground for
a job lot of odd combs.
The reintroduction Of the empire
model of hairdressing has opened the
way for the quaint high comb of the
SAME period.
The combs are usually made OF
tortoise shell, curiolsly fashioned,
and artistically ornamented with gold
and jewels.
All of these combs are costly, but
to meet the popular demand there
are excellent limitations to be had at
a moderate price.
A favorite style for ordinary wear
is a plain tortoise shell comb pierced
at intervals with paste diamonds
Stimulating nail heads.
These high combs it should be not
ed, are decided aids to the proper
adjustment of the mOdish up-tllted
hat.-New Haven Register.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
THE MOLE.

he is extremely retiring.
He always lives underground
He constructs avenues under the
sod
His nest is about six inches under
the surface
He appears above ground only after
darkness has fallen.
He has been altogether wrongfully
blamed by the farmer.
He lives chiefly upon insects and
earthworms.
He was one Of the original tunnel
excavators, undoubtedly.
His fur has become very fashion
able in the last few years.
He is a splendid swimmer and is
not phased by a freshet.
He is very industrious, having tun-
neled as much as 100 yards in a
single night.
He varies in color, a deep brownish
hue being natural, but he has been
seen in orange and in white.
His eyes are remarkably small. as
he has very little need for such lux
uries while his nose and claws (he
digs with them) are highly developed
Record
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
How to Measure Medicine.

A tablespoonful of liquid IS equ.
to a fluid drachm. A teaspoonlui z
powdered roots or bark Is equai Y
two scruples. A teaspoonful Of pow
cred herbs is equal to one scruple. :
teaspoonful of salts, saltpetre, suipns..|
or like articles is equal to han
drachm. A teaspoonful Of melAu.'
remedies, sugar or lead, sulpnate !.
zinc, chloride of zinc, etc, is equal
- drachms. A Tablespoonful
LIQUID is equal to half fluid ounce. :
tablespoonful of powdered roo.'
herbs is two drachms. A teacuplu !.
four liquid ounces, or a quartes : II
pint. Three scruples make a oraeu
eight drachms make an ounce w.
ounces make a pound. Dlussx]
weights for medicines (apotnsss"
Weights).
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DOCTOR NED.

Ned's uncle was young physician
and Ned admired him beyond meas
ure. Hadn't he cured people whom
it was thought would die. That was
worth being proud of.
|. Once when Ned was sick his uncle
had ordered for him very hot bath.
He fell in love with it at once, and
afterward wanted to take one on the
least pretext.
Ned often stayed in the Office while
his uncle was away, and he was there
when little girl called
my mother said he'd cure my head
ACHE" the child told him, 80 I've
Gomez
20 he can cure anybody" Ned de-
clared, and he invited the girl to wait.
She wore a pretty dress, but it
looked soiled and limpsy. Ned won
dered II it would wash.
Talk was not brisk, and after pause
Ned asked:
Did you ever take an awful hot
bath?"
Il guess not" the girl answered.
Il did," Ned went on-"once when
l was sick, and it cured me. I just
love 'em now! l make 'em real soap.
sudsy you know, and it's lots of fun.
Maybe they'd cure you"
My head aches hard-dreadful
hard! Did yours?"
Yes, l ached all over! I was sick!"
Il suppose 1 might try it," the girl
drawled. Don't it hurt a mite?"
Course not! it's jolly"
When the doctor returned his pa
tient had gone, and he was told Of the
prescription that had been given. He
burst into hearty laugh.
Good for you!" he exclaimed. 81
know who she is, and I've longed to
give the whole family that same ad-
vice. only l haven't dared"
She looked so dirty" said Ned.
'They all do" laughed Uncle Ed
ward. They are nice people but they
aren't educated up to the bathtub.
and they don't realize how much
and healthier they'd be for
a daily plunge. l hope you have start
ed them on the right track. New
York News.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
THE SEA URCHIN.

The Sea Urchin is a strange AM
NAL. It has four thousand spines
two thousand sukers and five hundred
plates arranged in radiating zones SO
that every alternate plate is p3rfor-
ated for the passage Of the suckers
It moves easily over the rocks, the
stones acting like creepers on a wall
The Sea Urchin has only five teeth
supported by thirty-fve muscles.
When worn off they fall out, but grow
rapidly again.
The mouth of this urchin is called
Aristotles Lantern.
The Sea Urchin lives in the sea
near the rocky banks.
Once upon a time large Sea Ur.
chin got stuck on one of the lodges
projecting from the rock shore.
For many days the poor Urchin
worked and struggled to dislodge him.
self, but without success. One day
when almost exhausted he heard a
strange noise, a scratching and rat
ting of plates, and he saw the Key
Hole Urchin.
1t was only few moments before
the poor prisoner was released from
his perilous position.
The Key Hole Urchin had unlock.
ed the spines that had become at
tached to the rocks. The monstrous
Sea Urchin ever afterward remained
devotedly united with his deliyerer.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
TALISMANS AND CHARMS.

Taismans and charms have their
ups and downs in fashion. Just now
the wearing of such "mascots," says
The Womans Magazine" seems to
be in the ascendant They hang from
necks, they dangle from purses, they
even adorn ones rooms. The new
est charm in Paris, which is war
ranted to leave joyousness in its
wake, is a pot of growing shamrocks.
The pots are small, and there is
great desire to get the four-leaved
shamrocks to grow in them. Such
result, of course, is mere question
of luck. The shamrock charm will
be much sought this season and will
be a popular favor for luncheons. At
least Paris is looking through green
eyes at present.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
A FUNNY BRIDGE.

Right in the middle of city in
Ohio one river empties into another
and so the city is divided into three
parts. 1t is really three towns sit
ting "catacornered" to each other,
with the waters between them. One
river is the murmuring Muskingun,
hurrying along between its big echo
ing hills, and the other is the lazy
Licking, flowing quietly between
green garden banks and osier fields
and overhanging trees. Both of them
have mills to turn. The blue Musk
ingum spreads out in the sun and
shines like q mirror above its mill
dam, and then it tumbles down with
a roar as it turns the mill and hur-
ries away over the rocks as If it
were angry at being caught and put
at such a task. But the Licking spills
itself smoothly into the Muskingum
and sings happily at it's work. So
you see even the lazy Licking does
not get past here without doing some
work, for the inhabitants are very in
dustrious. Then the rivers unite their
waters and make stream deep
enough to float baTges full Of crock
cry, AMI steamboats, laden with all
the things they make here, down to
the Ohio and thence to the MISSISSIPPI
pi and away to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Now when it came to building a
bridge to join that city together the
Of hA y1o
would have to be a bridge with three
ends. A queer bridge that would be,
indeed, for who ever heard of & bridge
with more than two ends to II? There
was not such thing in tie United
States. But they had to have il, AID
SO they made it. And it was the only
bridge of the kind in the world, ex-
cept one in Switzerland that it some
what resembled. To look at it. one
would think that each town had start
81 to build a bridge out to the others
and all three bridges had met in the
middle OF the river Each part of the
bridge had four Railways. two big
ones for horses and two little ones
for people walking 1t had a shingled
roof over all The length of it, and |
" ;ndows in the sides, so that it was a
sort of hcusehridse. When it rained |
you could go out on the river and |
be out of the wet. Where the bridges |
came together there was a big room |
put in the middle of the river. with !
the twelve Railways opening into it.
Can you imagine what roomful Of |
lorses and wagons and people Of
6ree~ tQYp-.a!; was with the people Of
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
INTERESTING TO
WHAT SHE WEARS.

Velvet flowers are - he j great
/ deal used on the fall and winter hats,
and one hat shows an entire crown
Of yelvety old fashioned phlox, while
velvet dahlias trim not a few.
The fashion of wearing pale-hued
null blouses with cloth skirts of the
same tone is a rather pretty one.
Waists OF pale gray null look well
with the ubiquitous gray panama
skirt, ecru with brown, etc.
A lovely freak Of fashion is that Of
trimming white crepe de chine with
plisse frills of sheer organdy muslin
1t is Partisan cry, and extremely
fetching. There is something so
youthful and delicate and purely fem
mine about 1t.
If you have an old fur muff that
you can sacrifice to make the rim OF
a turban hat, do it by all means, ad-
vises one authority. For the crown
use velvet leaves in colors that har-
monte, and at the left side either
bunch of grapes or cluster Of vel
vet flowers.
In place of the usual single collar
bone, which sometimes has a dis
tressing habit Of poking through the
collar, several of the shops are shof-
ing what seems to be a double bore
or loop, that is without ends. ThT
may be properly adjusted by tfh
dressmaker and then left in it's place,
fDr 81
that will rust it will stand the raw
ages of the laundress without harm.
indianapolis News.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
CREAM FOR THE FACE.

A good many women woald have
fresher looking, softer, clearer, clean
err faces if they would clean them
with cream instead of soap and
water. They are the women whose
skins are made harsh by soap, but
as the head needs washing occasion
ally with water, so l think it would
not harm the face once in a while,
but good, pure cream would be the
better method for general everyday
use.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
TASTE IN ORNAMENTS.

There should never be many man.
tel ornaments-the fewer the better
and 1t is important that they should
be in keeping with the room. A
Dresden china figure is not for in
stance, fitted to the appropriately
decorated library or dining-room, and
in turn heavy crockery is not used
in the parlor. Candiesticks are Orna.
ments. however, which look well in
almost any room, and these in brass,
silver, or glass, at each end of a
mantelpiece are always suitable and
attractive. Tall brass sconces are
also used.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
HOW NELSON TOOK GRANDMA
ROWING.

When Nelson as years old his
biggest present was boat. Not a
toy but a real rowboat with seats
and oars Nelson was strong-limD-
ed, wiry little fellow, and he soon
learned to manage his boat very well
indeed. OF course he was anxious to
take everybody out rowing, until near
~ all the people in the cottages
around his home had had at least one
Eide with him out in the cove.
Grandma alone had not accepted
his numerous invitations. To tell the
truth, Grandma was a little afraid.
She did not like the water, and be-
sides she dared not risk herself with
only a small boy like Nelson. But
one beautiful October morning his
persuasions were too much for her
tender heart, and she yielded.
Once in the boat, her fears return
ed and she grasped rope that was
stretched overhead from the shore far
out into the water.
wait a minute" she said to Mel
son, trying to establish herself more
firmly on the seat
But at the same instant the boy
had seized the oars, and being anX-
ious to show Grandma how we'll he
could row he did not hear her words,
but pulled out at once.
There was a frightened scream, and
Nelson, turning, saw that he had left
his passenger behind-right in the
water! The boat slipped away, leaV-
ing Grandma still holding to the rope.
Although there was not much dan
ger, the water being shallow, she
had fallen in such a way that she
could not rise without help, and Mel
son was badly scared He hurried
to her assistance, holding her head
out of water until somebody else
came, which was very soon; then with
much laughter on Grandma's part she
was rescued from her uncomfortable
position.
There was no more rowing that
morning, and Nelson was a very
grieved and penitent little boy when
he realized that but for his needless
ness the accident would not have &C.
Cured.
The next week Grandma did have,
row with HIM; for to his great JOY
she said she was not going to give !
1t up that way. And a very pleasant |
row it was, for nothing happened to +
mar the hour, Nelson paying the ut |
most attention to every wish OF his
beloved passenger.-New York News. !
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
SOCIAL LIFE IN ITALY

No matter how poor a fashionable
Italian family may be, no outward
sign Of their lack of means will ever
be observable. They may live in the
meanest Of apartments, poorly furn-
jshed and inadequately heated; they
may even go without proper food, but
they will always appear in expen-
sive clothing. the head of tho house
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29

the town crossing from hall to
hall as they came and went in diff
ferent directions? Everybody in the
three parts of the city had to come
out here whenever they went to any
of the others. And SO they all met
in the room out in the middle of the
river no matter where they were COM
ing from or where they were going to.
st. Nicholas.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
TO DEFINE LADY"

What Is a lady? This often mooted
but never settled question will be
definitely answered by the naval
ccurt-martial which is to try Lieuten-
ant Dunn on the serious charge OF
having entertained a notorious wom-
an aboard the training ship Independ-
ence.
According to the charges. the wom-
an who was Lieutenant Dunn's guest
is we'll known to be OF immoral char
acter. The lieutenant, however, as
serts that she is a perfect lady, and
sets up his right as an officer and a
gentleman to receive a lady on the
quarterback.
From all accounts it will not be
impossible to prove that the woman
in question has most shady past,
but will that be sufficient to support
a finding that she is not a lady2 May
no woman with past ever be classed
as lady?
But it is urged, Lieutenant Dunn's
companion was tipsy and uttered pro-
fame language. Is this, then, the test
of lady-hood? Does a lapse into in
ebrity or the uttering of profanity bar
a woman from being classed as
lady?
These are interesting questions, and
the Judgment of the court-martial will!
be awaited with Impotence and, it
may be some anxiety. The officers
composing 1t will have need of all
their tact and social knowledge, for
it would never do to formulate
definition Of lady so narrow that 1t
would exclude from the quarterback
any woman who now treads 1t with
undisputed right-San Francisco Bull
letin-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
MANNERS AT HOME.

If parents have one set of manners
for the home and another for the
outside world, the children will copy
those they see in daily use.
There most be no selfshness at
home, If one does not want the boy
or girl to grow up selfish. The foun-
dation Of the best manners is good
heart, of course, and kindly feeling
toward every one. Without this they
are but artificial, and will not stand
the best of the buffeting of the world
and all its opposing forces.-Home
Chat. .
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
HAPPIEST TIME FOR GIRLS.

max 1Eo ME- FUN HlhI4O.
There should be no happier time in
girls life than the years from
fourteen to twenty.
She should have no serious respon-
sibilities during those years, though
she should not be permitted to give
up her time entirely to frivolity.
She has much to learn, and her
character is usually in such a forma-
tive state that these years may be
the making or the marring OF her
whole life.
There can be no laying down of
hard and fast rules for this age.
Individual needs must be consider
ed always, and solicitious parents
must remember that something must
be left to the girl herself, and that
too close supervision is as bad as too
little.
There Is no need to be discouraged
over the number of foolish fancies
which the girl will take up at this
time, for they are transitory, and in
few years she will be the first to
laugh at them.
The chief things are to lay the
foundation for a trle, womanly char
acter and make her girlhood so hap
py that she would be only too glad
to live it over again.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29

Drilling native Malay levies by
word Of command emitted from a
gramaphone is the latest instance OF
nao:orD ingenuity.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29

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men on the police force. They are
known as police matrons."
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-05-19
FOR SENATOR
GOVERNOR TO sue
CEED JAMES Il. BERRY.
''Cornfeld Lawyer" Nominated At
State Primaries by Popular Vote,
a Picturesque Being-Is
Crafty Politician.

Little Rock, Ark.-Arkansas is going
10 send to the United States Senate
GOV. Ien Davis, WHO is. ike Tillman.
a cornfeld lawyer, and proud OF 1t.
Staid old Senator james II Berry has
been defeated in the state primary,
and Davis nomination BY The Demo-
cratic party is believed TO be eduiva-
lent TO election. He is a politician who
nourishes at close range with a con-
stituency that depends upon oral. not
printed. campaign arguments. He has
been attorney general once, and thrice
governor. lie is "A years old.
JEFF" as he is Familiarity known.
knows what turn will please the class
of voters which he wishes TO reach.
The absence of an issue Is no bar to
him. He is the issue himself. He al
ways has appealed to the back coun-
ty" farmer and the laborer, playing
upon their sympathies and on their
prejudices. He is a good story-teller
and a man of great personal magnet
ism, which he knows how to employ to
advantage. In his campaigns JEFF"
devotes the greater part of his time
to the smaller towns and to the coun-
try districts, for here his strength
lies.
In his first campaign for governor
Davis devised an appeal to sympathy
which incidentally proved a great adj
vertisement for a proprietary medi-
cine, and he went through antics that
a street fakir could well have copied
as an aid to selling the compound.
Charges of trickery and fraud were
being hurled at him, from which he
claimed he was under great nervous
strain. He would stop in the middle
Of a vigorous address, the Precipitation
pouring from his face, and dramat-
ically uncork a bottle and pour the
contents down his back and bosom.
He was charged by HIS opponents with
spending more money for this medi-
cine than for his railroad fare in the
campaign.
His recent race for United States
senator was devoid OF many OF the pic
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-05-19

turesque plays which indelibly i'm
pressed his personality upon the minds
OF the people of his native state.
DO you know what is the matter
with those fellows down there In
Little Rock?" he would say. Il can
tell you. They're mad. They're mad
as can be, because they're not in Of
flee any more. I turned the whole set
Of ~high-collared roosters out when
was first elected your governor, and
put the men from the pillow handles in
their places
For all that, he had a wsll-oiled.
efficient political machine.
In his second campaign for governor
Davis wore an old white hat similar to
those worn by the residents OF the dis
tricts which he visited. A pair oil
home-knit white socks could be plainly
seen above his shoetops. while fas-
tened diagonally acros his shoulders
would be a single suspender strap.
Those city folks down there won't
speak to me- he would say. Pm
not dressed up enough for them,' and
of the Goa would come and expose
the one "gallus."
Before his third term as governor
Davis made a campaign for vindica-
ton, so he styled 1t. He had been
charged with appropriating part OF his
contingent fund, allowed by the state,
TO his personal use. He a arraigned
haPora a cpaoial cOpnrnfttoa re .ho Ioot,
~lature, and impeachment was much
talked OF, but it failed.
Il am a strong believer In the prin-
ciples that the United States senators
should be elected, as they are in this
state, by popular vote" said Senator
Elect Davis. in a recent interview.
The people ought to select the Of
icers without the Legislature, and in
this way do away with the fraud and
corruption in the legislature in sena-
torial matters. This wiz give the poor
man a chance"
Davis recently closed all the gam
bling houses. pool rooms and Sunday
saloons In Hot Springs, and appointed
a prosecuting attorney, on the recon-
mendatfon of the ministers of that city,
who. he believed, would enforce the
law. This followed a GOODNESS be-
tween him and the Hot Springs ON
cials. who were for Berry In the sena-
torial rae
Davis political promises always have
been made good after election, and he
has made tactful use of his appointiys
power. He is quick to see a deception.
10 a master Of details. knows every
body In Arkansas" and is conceded 70
be q good lawyer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-05-19
King Edwards subjects.

1t is not widely known that Edward
VII. rules over more Mohammedans
than the sultan Of Turkey, over more
Hebrews than there are In Palestine.
and over more negroes than ar other
sovereign who Is not a native OF
Africa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-05-19
Singular Tree.

The 'sorrowful tree" which grows
on the Island Of Goa. near Bombay,
is so-called because It has a dropping,
sad appearance during the daytime;
It's aspect changing as the sun goes
down. Then It's leaves open and fra.
grant blossom appear
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-05-19
More CONFERENCE.-THE

THAT millionaire baby up in Fifth
avenue can make its first a~rticulate
sounds"
"Goo-goo, l suppose?"
mo. dough, dough-" - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-05-19
OXYDNOOR.

The scientific triumph Of the ages. En-
bodies the Natural Law Of Diaduction, the,
discovery Of which is the greatest Elessing
that has ever come to humanity, because il
makes man master Of disease without drugs
or medicine.
OXYDONOR causes the whole body to
drink freely Of oxygen from the air through
the pores Of the skin and membranes. by the
attraction ii begets in the body lmparting the