The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-08
Tho worst thing that America
sends to London is the cigarette"
AVS London Truth.

ends to London il the cigarette.
says London Truth.
Il writing Of ''our imperial will
re suppose that the Car thinks il
lime to make one. remarks the At.
lauta Journal.
Says the Charleston News and Cour-
ler: One Of the political groups in
the Duma was called THE Group Of
TOLL" Its platform was Everybody
works but the Little Father"
The Grand Jury at Springfield, Ohio,
has scored the officials OF the city for
amazing ignorance, passiveness, and
nisconception Of duty" in connection
Nth the recent race riots in that city.
The authorities will doubtless feel the
ensure very keenly, muses. Harper's
weekly, as they have been laboring
rnder the impression that they did q
,ery complete job in the lynching am
take burning line.
h. Says the Pittsburg Leader: Mar
ehall Field lodged taxes OF a value
10 him Of 100000 a year. According
10 the census of 1900 the average
earnings of skilled workingmen Is
about $500 a year. 1t thus required
the earnings of 1000 men each year to
Nv the deficit to the community that
Marshall Field honestly owed. In
dher words, he took from the com.
nonwealth Of the city Of Chicago.
through the dishonesty OF tax-dodging,
The wages Of 1000 skilled workingmen !
every year.
Ten years ago the sales Of tho
United States to Latin America
amounted to about $77,oOo.0oo. In
Tie next five years they rose to $11S,-
10000. For the fiscal year just closed
icy were $2oe. 100000 This is about
n, o00. 900 more than this country sold
b ten times larger population in
lshia and Oceania. It shows busi-
asss nearly trebled within a decade.
ne merchandise represented by the
account is in large part the product
4 factories and workshops. Very lit.
6e OF 1t is raw material. and not much
( Il is foodstuffs.
The Crow Indians are among the
lnest breeders of horses in the en-.
IRE country, and probably more first
das horses are to be found among
hem than in any other one section Of
" United States. Ten years ago
Dis tribe had seventy-two horses for
INsy brave. squaw and pappoose on
u reserve. At that time the horses
we're little Indian ponies, but during
~ English-Boer war the Crows sold
lhousands Of their horses to the Eng.
blbh and then in turn purchased first.
tass stations and brood mares. They
n naturally horse breeders. and to-
Nv their reserve is stocked with .
he line Of horses.
n current newspaper discussion OF
y staring habit of various countries,
t'Aas we'll been said. exclaims the
Nv York Commercial, that in Japan
- secures practical immunity from
mig stared at because of personal
|leeuliarities Of face, form or dress.
|glth regard for the comfort and
|alAts Of others is one Of the many
|9eellent results Of the Japanese train.
- and yet is nevertheless reconcil. :,
|als with the insatiate curiosity of !!
don blessed with rare manners and
|9ftesies that cleverly disguise it. In
needing all this. however. to the a
na q the Rising Sun, we see no !
"a to agree with those writer's Ii
claim that the American has =
habits in the matter Of staring .
his English cousin. On the con. b
- mere Is nothing more conspicu- Z
nsping for Americans in all d
y life than the way they are !.
out Of countenance in London: :,
ally is this true Of London men
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