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The Green Forest tribune., 1906-04-21
Tn Memory of p. C. Hughes.

Dearest father, thou hast left us,
 And our loss we deeply feel, But 'tis God that f1as baref. us,
 Who can oil our sorrows heal. Yet again we hope to m9et thee,
 When the day of life is fled, When in heaven with joy to greet thee Where no farewell tear is shed. Peaceful be thy silent slumber,
 Peaceful in thy grave so low, Thou no more will jcin our number,
 Thou no more our sorrows know. Yet again we hope to meet thee,
 When the day Of life is fled, And in heaven with joy to greet thee,
 Where no farewell tears are shed. precious one from us has gone,
 voice we loved is stlll A place is vacant in our home,
 Which never can be filled. God in his wisdom has recalled,
 The boon his love had given, And though the body slumbers, The soul is safe in heaven. JAMIE s. HUGHES
The Green Forest tribune., 1906-04-21

Some people will buy anything that appears cheap. A man bought curry comb this morn- ing w}3o doesn't own a horse.
The Green Forest tribune., 1906-04-21

An idle brain is the devils workshop.
The Green Forest tribune., 1906-04-21

Remember you can get strictly reliable fire insurance by seeing B. c. Cooper He represents number of the best companies He also writes health and acci- dent insurance in of the oldest and most reliable companies in the United States
The Green Forest tribune., 1906-04-21
Ep-9-elK

A woman, who has given q party, Is as cross the next day as a man js after drunk.
The Green Forest tribune., 1906-04-21

A successful merchant lays his success to following out this rule. Don't argue with woman.
The Green Forest tribune., 1906-04-21
E-2-lES

One If the urwritten duties of every mother seems to be to find things where all the other mem- bers of the family put them.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
Bridge Builders.

Ralph and Rob had been reading
stories about the great explorers, and
they had come to the conclusion that
they had found the right occupation
for life. They would be explorers,
and make maps of the countries they
discovered.
THE only trouble is there are no
places round here that people don't
know about" complained Ralph, as
they lay in bed, trying to decide how
they would begin the business of
opening up unknown territory
my plan is this" said the practical
Rob. you see, everything has to be
practised before it amounts to much
like playing the piano or learning to
be an engineer. So l think we ought
to practice exploring right down
round the mill-pond and in the pasture
until we know whether We can stand
it to camp out and-all that sort of
thing"
Ralph agreed to this, and they de-
cided to begin operations at once.
The next day they set about building
a raft They brought heavy logs from
the pasture; their father had allowed
them to cut down some of the small
trees bordering the COW path It was
quite hard work to drag the logs to
the shed, and they found some diff
Guilty in getting the raft to the pond
after it was completed. Their next
trouble was the raft was so heavy and
uneven that they were unable to keep
it above water when they both were
on it. Perhaps it is best to say moth
ing about the accusations and hard
words that were said about this mat
ter, but it ended with their abandon
ing the raft and deciding that they
would begin with an exploration on
land.
Uncle Jack happened to pass the
pond while the trouble was going on.
He had a bright idea
Boys, you can do a better thing
than explore. You can he real vii
lage Improvement society. Now, you
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
FEATHER PULLING

If there is any one vice more annoy.
ing than others among poultry, it is
that of feather pulling.
one cannot imagine how firmly set
the habit will become until he has
seen flock which has acquired it.
Hens will actually leave their food
TO go and pluck a feather from the
neck of others, and no sooner has a
tiny pin feather made it's appearance
than it is pulled out and eaten.
Strange as it may seem also, the
hens will submit to the torture and al
low their necks and breasts to be kept
bare all the time.
We usually hear of this bad habit
this season Of the year, probably be.
cause the fowls are confined and
fail to get something which nature re.
qlires.
We have never yet found anything
that would break them of the habit
clipping their beaks will not; neither
will the most nauseating drug that
can be applied to the feathers.
Sometimes if they are given their
liberty and compelled to go out in the
fields and search for food they will
forget the habit but as a rule they are
almost worthless after they once be-
gin.-HOme and Farm.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
A Potato Menaqerie.

There is much fun for little ones
In making a potato menagerie. Take
half dozen large, soiled potatoes and
after carefully peeling them cut ami
mails from them. The only tool
necessary is good, sharp penknife.
1t requires some practice to become
skilful potatocutter," but the
trouble is well rewarded after the
boy or girl sees his collection of ami
mails placed in nice row on table
in front of him. There should be an
elephant, a giraffe. hippo, horse,
lion, a SOW, a bear, a hog, cat and
a dog.
After completing the menagerie the
animals may be colored with water
colors and ink. A hog may be left
potato color save for spots made of
ink. The giraffe is also left the nat
ural potato color and spotted with ink.
1t is quite surprising how lifelike
these little animals will look, and
they will keep for many days in good
condition.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01


see this part Of the sidewalk right
here = NV and wet, and makes an
n@iy place for any one coming along
il the III CHI Let's make a bridge
!-e-'s take that raft and lay il on some
rocks ard make a roJdbed. and then
!ot's cover it all over with stones and
earjA Uaril We have raised that hollow
in the road.
Great" said both boys. who al
WAYS foand Uncle Jacks plans the
..o'.H Lad of ria} They straightway
'.-'r to puIl the affair which WAS d
f,,ilgfe as q raft. toward the shore
They All worked with a Will bring
:n1 fiat stcn"s ami packing them down
solidly with ;he earth until the hollow
place WAS nllea Next they placed
The raft ON the stones, and then COW
cred all with layers of earth and
gravel They left underneath a little
train for the water to pass through.
when all was completed they had a
neat. permanent sidewalk.
The stransest part Of the story is
this. The logs of the raft were of
willow, and were water-soaked when
laid. a sprout soon appeared at one
end OF log, which, trained properly.
grew highe. each year, until a grace
lul tree huIs over the sidewalk and
made bit OF grateful shade
We were more of an Improvement
society than We meant to be-" said
Ralph, one day some years later
Yes, | guess we did about as much
gOOd as We would have in exploring
the upper end of the pc. d." said Rob
Mira jerks Stafford in Youths Com
l,aniOu
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
TREES GIRDLED BY MICE.

An interesting feature of the hOrti
cultural exhibit on the Maine farming
train was maple of bridge grating
in which ordinary scions were used
to bridge over the gap made by field
mice in the trunk of a small apple
tree the ends of the scions being
whitfield down and inserted under the
bark both sides of the gap.
This plan is no doubt successful,
but is not needed SO often as might
appear. AS a rule the mice do not
absolutely girdle the trees. The writ.
er has known cases where a three or
four-inch band Of bark was apparently
removed entirely showing the white
wood all round. The trees so dam.
aged were expected to die and small
trees were set nearby to take their
places but the trees lived and the
wound healed over. Evidently the
soft wood next to the bark was able
to carry enough sap to sustain life
until the injury healed.
In fact it is seldom that the writer
has known tree to die from mice
girdling. If the tree is not a very
large one a rough-and-ready way to
reclaim it will be to cut it off just be-
low the injury caused by the mice. A
new sprout will grow very fast and
soon replace the tree. But from ex-
perience, | should simply smear over
the wound with grating wax to pre-.
vent drying out and should expect
that at least nine out Of ten of the
trees would recover and grow without
much of a setback-G. B. Fiske, Mid
dleseX County, Mass.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
SET MORE NUT TREES

FROM time to time We have urged
'iidt farmers give ZIP portion of their
slouiiaS 10 trees in order that coming
generations may not be without a SUD.
Ply OF wood, which is likely to be the
case IL we keep on denlding the forest
lands and plant so few trees. II is NOT
necessary to cOnfine the planting OF
such trees to the native forest trees,
1or number of the nut-bearing trees.
nursery grown, can also be planted to
advantage
Wherever the American sweet
chestnut grows naturally it will paw
70 set young trees of this class and
care for them till well established
The same applies to the varieties OF
the walnut. The pecans, almonds and
other nut-bearing trees ought also &c
be planted where they will grow well
as a source of profit independent OF
the wood.
In every State, men who know. are
urging this nut planting, but our peo-
pie 90 not wake up to its Importance
very fast. The late Governor Hoge
OF Texas, did much in his State tC
encourage nut tree planting. and the
Importance OF his work was very close
to his heart, evidently. for he is re
ported to have made this dying re
quest: Il want no monument OF
stone; plant at the head of my grave
pecan tree, at the foot a walnut tree,
and when these shall bear. let the
nuts be given to the people of the
State 50 that they may plant them and
make Texas land of trees
There are other States in the Union
that need nut trees as badly as Texas,
and they will only be set through the |
individual efforts of farmers and to
them the appeal is made to begin now
News.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
The Hiuh Seas.

You do not often come across the
term high seas" but you ought to
know exactly what it means when
you do, says the Chicago news. 1t is
used in Article |, of the Constitution
of the United States, and allusion to
1t is sometimes made in the discus
sion Of national or international ques-
tons. 1t means the open sea. outside
OF the civil jurisdiction of any coun-
try, which the law of nations limits
to one marine league, or three geo.
graphical miles. from shore. The
great lakes, beyond the limits above
designated, are regarded as high
seas. When crime is committed
on the high seas. the person charged
with it is subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States in the district
that the vessel first enters, or in the
district where the offender is found
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
VEGETARIAN ATHLETES,
England They are Smashing Rec
orcs Made by Meat Eaters.

1t would almost seem that athletic
records are set up by meat eaters in
order that they may be knocked down
by vegetarians, says the London Daily
News.
Last year George Allen knocked
seven days Off the walking record
from Lands End to John o'Groats,
and now G. A. Obey has lowered the
unpaced cycling record over the same
route by eleven hours, which is feat
that is likely to remain unequalled
for some time to come
Strict training is indispensable to
those severe athletic feats, and a most
important part Of that training de-
Ponds upon diet. 1t is not true that
diet is everything, but it is so much
that these repeated victories by vege-
tarians are the best advertisement
that cause has.
The grand challenge has not yet
been won by vegetarian crew, or
even the diamonds by graminivorous
sculler. but it certainly seems that the
physically active man whose indiges-
ton is equal to it keeps himself in
best condition without tasting meat.
How much intellectual vegetarians
like George Bernard Shaw owe to the
things they eat or do not eat is
question that will take longer to
thresh out. At any rate, the day has
gone by when vegetarianism was
looked upon as mild but fairly Ger.
tain form of suicide
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
2AOlUM IN MEDICINE.
Useful in Therapeutics. But Not as
Much as Asserted


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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
Flew Hawk on a Kite Line.

Last fall some boys who live in
Caribou, Me-, caught large hawk in
Il trap, after he had killed a hen and
failed to carry it away. A short time
after there was a local fair over in
New Brunswick. The managers Of
fered five dollar prizes for the kite
flying machine, or any other old thing
that would go the highest. The boys
took the hawk and succeeded in max
ing him go up the 1000 feet of kite
line. They got the prize and sold him
tor S5.-Maiue Woods.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
The Conscientious Raindrops.

Patter. patter, patter, came the
drops against my window, while out
on the tin roof sounded the roar of
steady rain, lulling me as it always
does into delightful state of drowsy
comfort. Patter, patter, patter-and
| leaned back in the chair, squirming
my feet about in my soft house slip
pers. | cooked them I'D on the desk
and blinked idly at the lamp.
Patter, patter, patter-"How deli.
cious,' | murmured. Glad you think
SO, piped shrill little voice But
there are those who don't like it a
bit. Patter, patter, patter.
Why, goodness me! what a funny
swarm of little creatures were patter-
ing about on my desk and it was one
OF these who had spoken.
Yes he continued; there are
lots and lots of folks who don't like
ralndrOps for a cent, and if I'm not
very much mistaken you've said hard
things about us yourself when we
caught you outside without an UNI
brella"
Patter, patter, patter, they kept on,
for the nervous little fellows were ev.
er hopping about on their tiny feet
never still minute
so you are raindrops." said,
rather obviously. thinking Of the prob.
able effect on my furniture.
Indeed We are, but pray do not
get mop replied the spokesman,
divining my thoughts You see, so
long as we do not come to rest per-
manently on an object, there is no
harm done Oh, dear! why should ev.
erybody dislike us so? If it were not
for the dear sweet flowers who do
adore us"
There, there." broke in, hur.
riedly; you are very useful Things
persons-objects (you see, l didn't
know just what to call them) and
am sure only old fogies. baseball
cranks and picnickers dislike you.
while, on the other hand. there are
the farmers and umbrella makers
who consider a great friend"
Il think that" he admitted; but
there are others who l fear really
have cause to hate us. New there's
the poor little newsboy on the street
corner with half his papers soaked
through and his clothes wet, too; the
homeless beggars providing around the
city, shivering and crouching in the
angles of buildings.
"Oh, the injustice of the world"
consider what lot Of ground we
of the ocean by the sun, sailing about
in the clouds, then dropping all the
way down again, to say nothing of
the chance of our getting frozen into
hail or snow. It's awful
Il never thought of it that way be.
is quite true and | shall take the trou-
BILE to explain it to-Gracious good.
ness. Baby Betty, how you did start.
tie your uncle and you have frighten.
ened away the rain-drops, too, for
they are all gone from my desk.
Don't you hear them scurrying about
outside Patter, patter, patter.
Please tell me my Goodnight sto-
ry, uncle?" lisped Betty, whose com.
ing had interrupted the dialogue.
Then told her the one you have
just read Wren it was finished the lit.
tie yellow head was nodding and the
little eyelids blinking. In fact, she
was as drowsy as l had been and as
you probably are.
Patter, patter, patter, the rain
continued. Philadelphia Record,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
Made a Difference.

"How far is it to Ocono1nowoc."
asked the autoist.
Jest about eight miles more as the
crow flies replied the obliging farm.
er.
II know, but il the crow was in an
auto, how far would it be?"-Milwau.
kee Sentinel.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01

me stock but he must also understand
the best methods to pursue in aisnos
Ing OF the crop and stock at profit.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
,rrNG ALFALFA SEED.

GEANl-Nu ,,.,
w. is a yellow, threadlike twin
p's sd which is exceedingly trou
in alfalfa fields. Many
..ra been completely rlined by
: !: not injurious to other crops
- ,ed clover. but once establish
a alfalfa field It is impossible
u,,te It without killing the al
cases dodder gets into the
Tough the use OF impure aliai-
a.ror seed. Hence it is of the
inheritance that no dodder-ln-
!. seed be sown. AS the greater
1.-THE alfalfa seed on The market
or less infested with doader II
ancuIt matter TO obtain doaae e
Farmers have been advls-
.-otact themselves BY sending
If seed 70 the experiment
y. tor examination. This is well
samples should contain at least
,,,ce Of seed taken from the bot
Of the bag.
s~.rar this method Of securing
.oad is not entirely safe AND is
unsatisfactory. II is sometimes
IN to obtain representative sam
md seedsmen do not always MI
a,der with seed like the sample,
|s.believe that the safest and best
IA Is for farmers to hand sift
!, alfalfa seed. Dodder seeds be-
much smaller than alfalfa are cas-
,.moyed by sitting through a wire
!. having twenty meshes to the
unfortunately, ready made
) Of this size are not readily OBJ
.,bje at hardware stores, but a
serviceable sieve for the pur-
NAV be made by constructing a
wooden frame about II inches
no BY 3 inches deep and lacking
the bottom of it 2O-mesh wire
= made OF No. 80 English
4 round wire. Some hardware
n do not carry such screen in
but they can easily procure it.
th such sieve a man should be
10 clean from five to ten bushels |
ihlia seed a day One-fourth to
ball pound OF seed should be put
IA sieve at a time and vigorously
len during one-half minute. In
I that the work may be uniformly
ragh the operator should use a
holding not over one-half pound,
khy making it impossible to get
large a quantity at one time. A
tA should be kept constantly in
n and no more than two patches
! sed should be sifted in one min
NJ experiments Indicate that by
ibove method almost any alfalfa
y found on the market may be
kractically free from dodder and
3 to SOW. Various other small
! seeds, broken seeds and dirt, as
y Is some of the smaller alfalfa
y also pass through the sieve
quantity of the siftings varies
oue.half pound to one pound a
Il
alrs in alfalfa seed should either
~ the seed they sell or else pro-
: their customers with the means
[thg the work for themselves.-F.
sevat and H. J. Eustace. in New
d Station Bulletin
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
GONG TO THE BOTTOM.

fscts from an address delivered
6. H2ifleigh, before the Jas
0unty, Iowa, Farmers Institute:
mere can be no set rule for sue
Y farming, as the condition OF
I'd weather must be considered
arm as in all lines Of practical
Us, the aim should be to go to
etom Of things and understand
ns0ly the why's and wherefores.
nrmer has many obstacles to
e With in his daily duties about
am premises. He is called upon
aa1iy 10 decide methods of seed
needing, feeding, harvesting and
- Which are Of vital Importance
success.
would seed his land properly,
- handle his soil and put it in
sAle OF filth for the reproduc-
@e seed. Every crop planted
e placed in rotation; that
ne getting out Of the soil the
aste is In it with the least pos
OF fertility. The seed should
sled Of the best strains and
un Impurities; which means
d tanning mill if home grown
tussd.
'ang stock there comes the
y determining the type best
We farmers conditions and
=. The hit or miss" meth
as II followed by the farm
mat he is a loser. He
II" some definite type and
purpose. Such a type
'ected that will mean prof
vIear In the face of the strong
petition.
Investing of crons means .
~ VI nustling at the right
'oiVes a study of cOndi-
eue reduction of expenses to
an' The farmer today not
understand how To raise a
rom bis acres and produce
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01

Certain perfumes are said to aid
health by destroying disease mi
crobes. OF these, thyme, lemon, mint,
lavender, eucalyptus and altar Of
roses are the most useful.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-12-28

Kansas City to the Dallas News
recently is authority for the
startling statement that railway
officials themselves are holding
5000 empties al Kansas City nm
til the grain market gets right y
Public carriers specializing ON
the misfortunes of some and the
miseries of others of the common
people. What a spectacle if true,
and why should it pass una
venged:
All over Oklahoma, the Texas
Panhandle and some other great
prairies of the southwest there
is today coal famine on hand,
the worst on record and at the
very worst season of the year
for it. Suffering, great suffering
and even death, us said, has al
,.nsdr boon o.casiored bv IT and
T.;+1,n,,, s,,oadz raliafrbeout,o
:. ,,I,,,,,,,- ;r,5ead
IT,, j. ,,r,7+y IF cosl ar the
,,;,,o, r.s1-irg y market. the
7,.r.~. rsya he5 their orders in
..,,,.,,.,.. nan, g" - sav o1-s in
.,.,.,-.- r,..,- and -,a- b.ai,,g taa
.a.a rho fa7lr aIl of ir laws arthe