The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-09

Nearly al tle Ti.ITNa4S IN SPAN
have been built by English and Bel
Sian companies. The largest and
best hotel in Spain is at Alsecjras
and opposite Gibraltar l. was built
by the railway com9 any with English
capital and is conducted under Eng
llSh mana cement
The British Medical Journal says
that the days arc pas when every
self-respectins doctor vas expected
to dress in a style tastefu!Iy blend
ing the divine with the undertaken"
| The costume most suitable for visit
ing patients wr..hing in unutferable
| nerve agonies is now held TO be a
subtle and arresting blending of )
Rand magnate and the Chinek
cool.e. Il
A Cleveland preacher has adyef-
| tised a course Of twelve sermons to
be delivered To the following classes
OF people, respectively: merchants,
clerks, bookkeepers, travelling men,
! carpenters and builders. musicians,
insurance men. sch sol teachers, news
paper men, physicians, lawyers. and
electricians. The text chosen for the
discourse to the insurance men is the
charitable Injunction: Bear ye one
another's burdens" The brother
has evidently overlooked the Scrip
tural reference to those who "'devour
widows houses
The subject Of immigration has
never been more important one to
the United States than at the pres
cnt time, says a recent consular re-
port. The fields, shops and mills of
our country are all calling for more
labor From what source shall it
come? is the Interesting question.
The tide CT emigration from North
ern Europe has ebbed. and Italy's
sons have been coming in peaceful
armies to our aid Bnt this, too, will
decrease, since Italy is becoming de-
pleted. Another e'.terranean
country is Spain, the only European
country that has not yet started a
tide of emigration for our shores
That the Spaniard has not yet caught
the migrating fever seriously is evi.
denced by the fact that less than 2
per 1000 inhabitants started for 9TH
er lands during 1904, while in the
same year over : Irishmen out of
each 1000 left their native island,
and still more Italians quit their
peninsula
The fire two years ago was one
81 the greatest blessings that Balti-
more ever had. according to the pa
pers OF that city. OF the 1,343 city
ots that were burned over in Febru-
ary, 1904, 500 were taken for city
and all Dut very few
IT the rest have been built upon with
'2O,000,000 worth of buildings, where
here were but $13,000000 worth be-
ore. On the surface of this, it looks
Is II the city had made a clean ST.
100000 out of the fire, besides en-
arSed parks and improved street
However, the buildings
hat were burned were loss. and it
ook somebody's money to replace
hem. The gain is not so much to
estimates the New York
lall, as to the concrete mass of peO-
lie called the city. That has GER
ainly benefited, because it is a
ner city than it would have>been
the fire had not taken place.
A French writer who has taken
lie matter up says the most striking
lualitarian demonstration would.
erhaps, be found in the modern at
re, the outward line of demarca-
on growing fainter and fainter be-
veen Srandes danes, bourgeoises.
I'd even midinettes. The degree OF
il imitation is, of course,
rSely responsible for this fact. It
Is its advantages and its disadyan-
ges, as such luxury IS not always
: bon alol. We are surrounded with
ore elegance, but also with more vul-
rlty with more recherche, but
metimes OF a doubtful taste. Yet,
zen dlscreetly used skilful imita-
N has come as Il boon to the lover
pretty fanfreiuchcs L is not ev-
ybody's trousseau that can be Of
tlste and real lace Bat percale
lffon and good NaleaCicnnes imfta-
ms are within the reach Of all
rises. and can be used for some
ry dainty lingerie indeed. These
preparations by the poor of the
'des of the rich are successful only
adapted with simplicity, or tha
k Of simplicity.