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,,a haan tossed hither and thlther by

had been tossed hither and tnltner ny
Nature in some capricious mood
Some of the blocks are piled upon
each other in sucn a manner as to
cause a lively imagination to fancy
Them giants barring the way.
According to Indian folklore, these
blocks were brought hither some four
thousands years ago, in this manner.
The monk S. which. in the earliest
times. in great numbers inhabited
the lands beyond the Himalayas, selz-
ed on the remarkable idea of building
a bridge between the mainland and
CeylOn, and, headed by their leaders.
they left their settlements for the
south, carrying with them, from their
mountains, materials for their gigantic
bridge. But the road became too long
Tor them. and they were Obliged on
reaching the spot where Hyderabad
now stands. to throw their loads away,
and here they lie today
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-07-07
Noah's Ark Party.

From water-color paper cut and dec
crate Noahs arks three or :our inches
long. and on the back Of these paste
an envelope to contain the invitation.
Inclose the whole in large envelope
for mailing, says the Woman's Home
Companion The invitation may des-
ignate the kind of animal each guest
is expected to represent, or that may
be left to the individual choice, mere
ly asking them to come to the party
in costume These costumes are to be
as simple as possible only expressing
some characteristic feature Of the ami
NAL. To represent the elephant
loose domino of gray muslin may be
used and close-ftting cap with huge
tapping ears attached. For the lion a
tawny-colored domino with fluffy
ruche for the neck and shoulders made
of tissue paper fringe.
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Rings Of Fungus Growth.

Before people studied nature 70 learn
the truth, and when they deilShted II
all sorts of fancies. it was CLAIMED
that rings of fungus gro"ths were
caused by the dancing OF ialrles, ps
thunderbolt entering the ground, or
by the work of moles. Various other
equally absurd explanations have been
given Now we know that the frst
fungus plant growing from a spore
takes from the soil under and near it
all or most Of the special food that the
plant requires. Only the spores IRON
the plant that fall just outside III" eX-
hausted soil will find good fungus food
and SO the circle of successive grN"ths
widens because only the spores outside
the ring can find food.-From Nature
and Science, in st. Nicholas.
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The Rose and How It Grows.

plants are like animals in many
ways. The animal breathes, 50 does
the plant The animal has veins
through which the blood flows, carry
ing life and vigor to every part The
plant, too, has veins through which
the plants blood flows to every part
Through the centre of the leaf runs
a tough. heavy vein, from which are
sent ont many branches. These in
turn send out smaller branches, and
these last still smaller ones until the
whole leaf is covered with network
of veins. The moisture is drawn from
the earth through the roots and car
ried by these veins to every part of the
leaf
Look again at the surface Of the leaf
and you will see little pores Through
these the leaf breathes, taking in the
air as we take it into our lungs. But
the leaf takes that part Of the air
which the animal cannot use, and the
animal takes the part the plant cannot
use. In this we see the wisdom of
God who made all things
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Chinese Treatment Of Animals.

They never punish; hence mule
be useless or dangerous to those about
it becomes in the possession of A
Chinaman as lamb, writes George T.
Angel III Oar Dumb Animals. We
never beheld Il runaway, a jubbing or
a vicious mule in a Chinaman's en-
ployment, but found the same rafting
cheerful pace maintained over heavy
or light roads. by means of a tur-r
or cluckk. the beast turning to the
right or left, and stopping with but
a hint from the r9ins. This treatment
is extended 10 all the animals they
press into the service. Often have |
admired the tact exhibited in getting
Il large drove Of sheep through mar
row, crowded streets and alleys, by
merely having a little boy lead one
of the quietest in the flock in front;
the others steadily followed. Cattle,
pigs and birds are equally well cared
for We met in Paris in 1869 Mr.. Bur-
lingame who was then our minister to
China We asked him whether So
ciety for the prevention of cruelty TO
animals ought not to be formed in
China. His reply was that there was
no such thing in China as cruelty to
animals; the Chinese were about the
kindest people in the world in their
treatment of them
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Sowing Grain.

If any Southern farmer fails to SOW
large crop Of wheat and oats. he
simply neglects his opportunities and
fails to do his duty: he fails to read
Gods handwriting upon the fields. =
for the early and short crop OF cotton
will give us plenty of time both to sow
a larger area than usual. and to give
it better preparation. And the short
cotton crop, being interpreted rightly.
certainly means to make up your loss
rs best you can by intelligent efforts
in other crops that can be grown be-
fore another cotton crop comes in. Ac-
cording to past experience next year
will be good grain year. since this
was a poor one. We generally have
one poor and then a good year. BY
leaving the yield of grain out of consid-
Grafton, it will pay US well. if we will
only prepare Our land right. in this
work upon our soil and having some
thing growing upon it in the winter
time to prevent washing and teaching
and to add yegeta BILE matter or humus
to our soil. il. which it is so deficient.
However. we can raise grain in the
South. if we only go at it right. We
know men who are making money
raising both wheat and oats every
year OF course their yield is not al
ways so large. but when you take good
land to start with and piow it deep,
harrow it well. and manure it well,
IL, -
munerative crop. With oats we have
not failed to make a good crop in ten
years We make it 4 rule TO SOW
half our crop in the fall, and half as
early after Christmas as we can get
them in the gound, generally in Feb
ruary, but have sown as late as the
18th of April and made fair oats. If you
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Pink and Blue.

By Pauline Frances amp,
When she went To the party. Elizanrih i''u
Had her hair tied On Top with Il ribnoh VI
blue
But She hadn't very good time, ANA l
think e
Twas because Of a girl with ribbon "l
rink ~
"For all the girls chose her, the whole even
AZ Though. 49, ,.,;.,
Just because she wore pink soppeu Lli~"-
beth Lou.
At the very next party Elizabeth Lon
Wore Il ribbon herself OF Il ro>eate Ent.
Bat would You believe it: That same Slri
was there
With b,w-knot of blue tying up her brown
And the very same thing proved again to be
They still liked her best wept Elizabeth
Lou.
Now between You and me. il had nothing
10 do
With those crisp little loopings OF pink ana
Of blun.
But one littl" girl wore Il smile on hef llr''
The other 4 frOWn in the very same pih'r.
A smile aad fToNn Now WHEN 81 the
two
DO you fancy was wcrn by Elizabeth 10"
-Youth's Companion.
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The Emperor's Chain,

Did you ever hear of the game OF
the Emperor's Chain? 1t isn't very
we'll known, but the writer saw chill
dren play it in foreign settlement
In Pennsylvania, and it struck him as
a good one, relates the Philadelphia
Inquirer
The children took sides, an even
number to each side. Then they lined
his side UP SO that it stood facing the
other. with about twenty-five feet
of space between them. Then each
emperor placed himself in the centre
of his own row, and the children OF
each side formed a chain by taking
hold Of hands.
When all were ready one emperor
suddenly said Attack" and one Of
the children. whom he called by name,
let go of his companions hands and
rushed at the opposite side, to break
through the chain
If he succeeded, the emperor Of the
broken chain had TO give up one of his
party, who then Joined the other chain.
If he failed, he became prisoner OF
war. and had to remain
The game goes on until one of the
emperors is left all alone. Then he
must try to rescue his soldiers
When he fails and is caught himself
the game is ended.
Girls and small children played this
game with just as much funds did the
stronger ones. 1t was not bit rough,
because the players are not allowed to
rush at each other, bat must only run
at the links of the chain that are
formed by the clasped hands.
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Names of Reptiles.

No less worthy of attention are the
common names of the still more low
ly members of the batrachian class.
Of the word frog we know nothing, al
though through the medium of many
languages it has had as thorough an
evolution as in its physical life, writes
c. William Beebee, in the Outing
Magazine. At one time or another it
has been frogga, frosk, fro, vrosch
and frankr, the latter an Icelandic
word. We must admit our ignorance
in regard to toad also, backward re-
search revealing only tade, tode, ted,
toode and tadie, the root battling all
study. Tadpole is delightfully."- easy
Old forms of the former are pollywig,
polewiggle and pollywiggle. The last
gives us the clue in our spelling-polly
gives us the clue in our spelling
pollywiggle, which, reversed and in
terpreted in modern way, is wiggle-
head, most appropriate term for
those lively little black fellows Tad
pole is somewhat similar; toal-poll
or toad-shead. also very apt when we
think of these small bodied laryal
forms.
Only two more words need detain
u.s. Salamander, which is Greek
word Of eastern origin, applied in the
earliest time to a lizard which was
considered to have the power of ex-
tinguishing fire Newt has a strange
history; originating in a wrong divi-
sion of two words, ian ewte," the lat
ter being derived from eft, which is
far more correct than newt, though
in use now only in few places. This
is an interesting example Of word
changes.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-07-07
Country Hoineh

What is said in this article sn
ers which may follow on ID
subject is prompted by the slles
tentions. Expressions in the MAUI
criticism of apparent neglect o.
FRY homes we hope may nclr
as fault finding or meddllns VIZ
fairs net cur own. In calling afj
to apparent derelictions IN 'i' !
of making country homes Vpa
should be we are actuated 0ae
desire to be of service 10 LUZ
population. which Of all ciase
our greatest admiration AND s
It is evident to all who tfa's
in the country that too little '.
is given to making homes een o.,
and attractive by farmers an y.
who live in the country. ln'''
much of the discomfort fe's "
bv young people in the eouna'
from this condition. Their n'p y.
pare unfavorably in appea'. y,
homes they see in town. NV ~,
see painted houses - pa' Dr,,
fences grass lawns. win 'l y,
and shade trees. shrubs anu "
flowers. These evidences ",
TEEN may just as well De s,' s,
farmers wives and eni'u ~.
town folks. They cost ou' !.
and cost less in the couau, -
town. If systematleal!
work of beautifyins the nome ,.,
take much time. 1t is !, mann y,
ter of getting started at Il. ~, ~
rtsd the work becomes ~
mis- season is a good time
Southern Fruit Grower
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The editor Of lie Tampa FIa.Y r..
takes Z text from al item N ~
change and breaches from Il J j !
rrlI"ht sermon. 1t hogins a5op, y.
berries. hut applies equally va. % :, n''
form If market gardening :, p"
farming. ..- ~
Tn" Plant City Courier TAI,
man III that vicinity wno has a..
this season shipped $500 wo,,
Strawberries from two and \ b,r.
CT land, and has yet enough II
carry the receipts up to rouna ~
sand dollars an acre.
Instances like these come evs,,
and then to remind us that ~.
this section ought to stick ia a.
even when it occasionally c0s, !
eclipse. Strawberries are sDIs,as
paying crops three SEASONS ont A. !,
and yet there are men s, hind =
when they have met a lass in 4.
cultivation. or failed of the rrp,.
ward they expected. quit Their crt.,
ton in disgust. This has hepn =,
favorable season. and if man bm |,
three previous crops-which M !,
way. he has never done, he wouN h,
made handsome money in the lon, !,
Lack of Systematically stckju
an intelligent policy in farming il |,
bane Of operations in South Fms
Following a remarkably good s,s
like this. many men vii 20 iuIo
ries. Next season may be oay
average. and a large portion Of Ii. !.
in the business will be possibly lid
pointed in their returns. They u
quit in disgust. whether the reasa
the season or their own fault. adj d
proclaim berry raising to be FIJI
1t is tolerahly certain tina. in any ID
ness life a man must follow It ssif
and study it all the time, and ben
petually increasing his knowleds
improving his methods. .;ut sOntA
there seems to be an impression sta
that anybody cal raise stravhn
that it requires neither knowldsi
experience-nothing but plants Ea
in the ground. No wonder LAM
pie fail.
The experienced berry grovs
tell you that there is no buzz
which requires more knowledge v
attention and skill than bis pun
The man who applies these thlns
win big money. and the man EA
any other method. or fails in th''a
cation of all these. will make az
able failure.
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Secret of Cool Flowing.


y @real many farmer, are more par
tcular about tile looks Of piece Of
land after it is plowpd than they ara
as 10 its ply condition. \ plow
that seems To be OF light draft VIII be
Il fayofite regardless Of The real con
dirion Of the soil after it is plowel
The Southern Farm MAGAZINE sets
forth the>H facts ami expresses an
opinion very vigorously aS follows:
il is not always The bet looking
land. \ I ow constructed Ike a Gou@e.
that slides under the turf and invcrtS
il without breaking il. loo.s We'll, lat
for the production of 4 crop it pre-
rarcs the land badly. Many Of the
rloWS now on 1ha market are con
Stvucted SO rs to bring the least
Grauoht upon the team. ard this ny
many is considered the perfection Of
Tie plow-tIic least draE@ht for given
depth. But may we Lot j." l3harln@
under mistake il. this: TIL object
III blowing is to invcrt ana uu,NpriZP
lle >o,l ana prerarn Il for cr"i}.
Flowing NAY he SO performed rs to i'll
,aYt tln soil without breaking it, except
in tn line Of the fulroW slice. 1t is
evident thar if 4 crop be planted upon
land so turned. the roots OF the plant
vii have to contend with The large un-
broken blocks of soil. 50 hard Indeed.
in many instances that the roots can
not penetrate them. \ case was
brought to the attention of the writer
which occurred on farm in Southern
Kentucky The land plowed was de-
signed for corn. One plow made or
chilled iron with a gougeShaped mold
board was started on one side of the
field and steel pillow with an abrupt
mold board was started on the other.
The first turned over the land beauti
fully. but did not pulveriZe the soil.
The draught was light and two horses
carried it with ease. The second pulled
much harder. owing to the abruptness
Of the mold Hoard, and the perpendic-
ular resistance which it made to the
furrow slice But it pulveriZed the soil
thoroughly. Corn was planted at the
same time on the land broken by both
blows. When that planted on the land
broken with the chilled Dlow was eigh
cen inches high, that upon the land
broken by the steel piow with an alb
.lpt mold-hoard was thirty inches
:i"h. The first was yellow and stunted:
lie second was q picture of luXurant
md abundant vitality. II is estimated
hat the portion of the field broken
wit. the steel plow would make at
east a third more corn than that
broken with the chilled plow. though
HE crop on the latter had two more
plOwinoS. The introduction of the disc
blow has been of great advantage in
The pulverization of the soils. 1t not
,nly turns over the soil completely, but
Il thoroughly hides all the weeds and
pushes and trash on the surface. or
Ill the plows yet introduced for the
breaking Of land the disc plow is by
far the most efficient but it cannot Re
used we'll upon rocky hillSides.
The question presented in the mat
ter OF breaking land needs to be thor
oughly investigated by our Southern
farmers. Flowing without pulveriZa-
ton does not put the land in good con-
d.tiOn for the growth of any crop. 1t
HAY be that in seeking to decrease the
draught the farmers may increase the
work necessary to grow gooC crop.
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Lepend Of Monkeys.

Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway.
when starting out from Hyderabad,
India, on tiger hunt, in 1888, was
struck by the scenery around the city.
where the undulating ground is strewn
with huge blocks of stone, "as if they
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-07-07

Baltimore's fire early in 1904 de-
stroyed property estimated at $780,
100000, in the heart of the city. Ac-
ccrding to the figures of the Sun OF
that city. Baltimore now has business
plans and undertakings involving an
expenditure of $500 000 GOO. TO which
the merchants and property owners
contribute s120,000,00o, the people
$4,000. 600 and the corporations
about $4,000 900.
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markings Advsn'"

Dairying teaches haDl' =. 4 y
ity. industry, cleanliness -. sn,,
gives constant ana fes U.s. .,or
of a light character 70 s'''
If a farmers family
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-07-07

The German Government has be
come actively interested in the reVlV-
ing OF the empires ship-sailing trade
because of the rapid Development Of
their navy and the great need OF sea-
mon Sailing vessels are the only
practical schools for dechhands. The
Government also desires to preserve
and promote the small shipbu!ldlng
yar,!s, which are declining.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-07-07

Since the Civil War new kind or
rich man has come into existence IN
the United States, says President FL
lot in the Worlds Work. He is very
much richer than anybody ever was
before, and his riches are, IN the
main. of q new kind. They are not
great areas of land, or numerous pal
aces. or flocks and herds, or thou
sands OF slaves, or masses OF chattels.
They are in part city rents, but
chiefly stocks and bonds OF corpora
lions. and bonds of states, counties,
cities and towns. These riches carry
with them of necessity no visible or
tangible responsibility, and bring upon
their possessor no public or semi pub
lie functions.
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Will SOW them in the "ono,
you VIII never have them ~ 'a''7s'
Let us all unite ana sou ''''el @
grain that the hills of onr ~ 70 aaa
VIII he covered with a COZ, ' "
next winter and early srrips v sa
'heE nave never had before ,aea q
not eot yofr cotton or corn :. Na=i
acre; You can make good cow ava u
ton either. after this rrair - =. = GU
VIII only manure highly: ana y. "a
what we want You to do Sa Jug
me manure and enrich v,p p.'le q
Make TWO crops where ono : aa
fore, and let us fulfill our hoa s,s' b
We have soil and climate in w., aa
can grow almost any cro,r-S pa
CulJivator. soll;a
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-07-07

4 Swedish engineer, II. iljalmai
Cassel, has just Published, at Stock
holm, his impressions of a recent bust.
ness journey through the United
States. He calls The book American
Business Methods" He thinks that
the secret Of American success is not
so much due to better machinery. tools
and appliances as to a more perfect
system of organization in factories
and offices, and to a minute supervl
sion of every detail of work.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-07-07

A converted tramp at Marion, Ohio,
wants to pay the railroads for all the
rides he stole in his hobo days. The
railroads would have a corner on the
coin supply if politicians should sud
denly decide 70 pay for all the rides
that did not cost them anything. de-
clareS the Washington Post.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-07-07

substantial hobby is always sure OF
an escape from herself or himself and
the WEAKNESS of the world. Not the
kind of one that is swayed by tne fads
and fashions Of the day. that Will
only make one dissatisfied and rest
less as the novelty wears Off, but
real, steady hobby. If you have not
one find one, and see now much more
coltented you will be.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-07-07

DR.. Paul Cohn, Dean of the lmperlai
Technology at Vienna, who was
member OF the International jury at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
has written a pamphlet on the educa-
tional system in the United States. IN
which he pays a high tribute to Am
erican schools. AT present, says
DR.. Cohn, the educational institutions
in the United States, from the kinder
garten to the university, are OF sucl
a character that the trip 10 Europe,
in order to acquire higher education,
which a generation ago was looked
upon as necessary, is superHucas.
Even European educators are no long
err looked for, because the various col
leees, universities, polytechnic nsu'
tutes and seminaries furnish all tha'
are required" The author gives the
statistics of the various universities,
adds the New York Tribune. and
dweus upon the system of instruction
in these and in the public schools, and
also comments favorably on the exclu-
sion of religious instruction from the
public schools.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-07-07

So enormous, says the Knoxville
{TennO Journal and Tribune, was the
nroduct in 1905 OF our farms, mines
and factories that had it been moved
at one time it would have filled 3d.
1S4S57 freight cars, or more than o.
no0 600 more than would have been
required to move the products OF the
nrcyrerous year 1904. Thlrty-thfee
dillon freight cars, if made up into
one train. would extend fer a distance
Of 2246O> miles, Or woul1 g1rdle the
earth about nine times at the equator.
If this mythical train, with the So
600 locomotives which would nave
been required to haul it, had Travelled
out into space on trip to the mooh'
the leading "moguls' would nave been
putting through the valleys OF the
earth's satellite before the caboose
had rumbled out Of TIE freight yards
at the starting point. Merely to store
the cars and engines in such a tram
would require the ute OF nearly all
the railway mileage in the Uniteo
States.
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