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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13
Breeding Ducks.

After ducks are nearly grown, only
the most preferable ones should be
kept for breeding purposes. and not
more than half a dozen females mated
to one drake. These should be fed
lightly until about the first of Novem-
Der, for to force their growth before
mating tends to destroy the vitality OF
the birds and that, in turn, the fertility
of the eggs. A good ration for them
consists of one part clover, three parts
bran and two parts corn meal. Sub
sequently beef scraps may be added to
this. Some time in February is when
laying should begin, and it is not so
important to get large number of
eggs, as to obtain good ones. Under
the most favorable conditions, how
ever, the first few eggs are likely to
be infertile. Accordingly, old ducks
should be fed about third clover and
sometimes plain hay and the rest bran
and meal, before beginning to force
them for eggs. The point is to fill them
up with something bulky, and then,
when they begin to lay, add 5 percent
Of beef scraps, and thus gradually work
up, until in a week or two they are re-
ceiving 10 or 20 percent. In order to
have them do we'll, water should be
kept before ducks all the time
Fred o. Sibley in The Epitomist.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13
Horse Commits Suicide.

A peculiar incident occurred at La
Pointe, Madaline Island, last week. A
horse belonging to Postmaster Tam
committed suicide. The horse had
been sick for several days and the
owner decided to put it to death. With
that end in view, he led the steed
to the brow of a hill overlooking
CheQuamegon Bay for the purpose OF
shooting it. When he reached the
scene Of execution he found he had
neglected to bring his rife along.
and, leaving the horse. he went after
the weapon. Upon his return no
horse was in sight. But he beheld it
floundering helpless in the harbor. It
had been seen to rush at breakneck
speed down the hill, on being left
alone, and hurl itself from the pier
into the water, where it eventually
perished.-Bayfield (Wis.) special to
the St. Paul Dispatch.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13
Left a Letter on the Desk.

Our little youngest, six years old,
has just reached the "learning-tO-
write stage in school. Sometimes his
teacher has the children copy moral
precepts from the blackboard into
their copy-books. Among these was
the statement: Kind words are new
er lost In Freddy's book, however.
written clear across the paper to the
other margin, this appeared: kind
words are never los When he was
asked: where is the T. Freddy" he
replied: "Oh, there was no room on
the paper for the T. SO left it on the
desk. You can see it there, if You go
to the school"
The same youngster has a sister who
was married recently. Being on a Wis
it to her parents, and happening to
catch Freddy in some mischief, his
sister reproved him. "Umph.' sniff
ed Freddy, you needn't scold me.
you don't belong in my family, any
way" -...a...
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13
Youna Cows and Richer Milk

The production of milk and butter
fat by dairy cows under normal con-
ditions increases with each year up to
the fifth and sixth year, when the COW
is at her best. The length of time she
will maintain her maximum produc-
ton depends on her constitutional
strength and the care with which she is
fed and handled. A good dairy COW
should not show any marked falling
off until after ten years of age. Many
excellent records have been made by
cows older than this. The quality of
the milk production by heifers is some
what better than that Of milk of older
cows, for we find a decrease of one
tenth to twO-tenths of one percent in
the average fat content for each year
till the cows have reached full age. It
is caused by the increase in the weight
Of the cows with advancing age; at
any rate there appears to be parallel
ism between the two sets of figures for
the same sOws.
Young animals use portion of their
food for the formation Of body It's
sue and it Is expected, therefore, that
heifers will require a larger portion
of nutrients for the production OF
unit of milk or butter fat than do
older cows. After a certain age has
been reached, on the average about
seven years of age, the food required
for the production of unit of milk
or butter fat again increases as re-
CARDS dry matter and the digestible
components Of the food. A good milk
COW of exceptional strength kept un-
der favorable conditions, whose diges-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13
T links.

''Be good, dear child" and if you
can be clever.
He who knocks only once should
not expect to enter; there are few
easy doors.
To gaze upon life we should borrow
no mans spectacles.
Gladness and gratitude are pleas
anter emotions than pride.
The man who thrusts benefit upon
another expects to send in his bill
Though he may walk stumblingly,
we should not judge harshly the soul
that hath only the light of a tallow-
dip.
Fate has tricksy moods. We begin
to cover before an unexpected blow,
and she pelts us with rose-leaves.
Some whom the public insists On
lionizing betray the borrowed skin.
It's sad mistake to misjudge our
limitations. He is doomed to disap-
pointment who aspires to pluck star
Our error is a mistake in judg-
ment; that Of our neighbor is orig
inal sim
Along with prosperity comes the
obligation of being good"
We do we'll to often emulate the
"Tar-baby": Lay low and say muffin"
Cora Lapham Hazard.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13
The Time to Cut EnsiIage Corn.

To get the best possible results with
a silo, it is important for the corn TO
be cut when it neither too green nor
too ripe. This condition, unfortunately
does not extend over very many days,
especially if the weather is hot anu
dry; therefore, when it is ready, the
sooner it can be put into the sllo the
better. A great deal depends upon
what the weather has been or is. Ii 1t
is such that the crop natures natural
ly and the lower leaves on the stalks
do not begin to dry up, it is advisable
to leave it until the grain has passed
the milk stage and is in the dough,
and has begun to dent Put away too
green, anyway, an undue amount OF
acid is liable to develop and the ensll-
age become unpalatable. But, as said
before, it will not answer for it to get
too dry. If it does it will not pack
well in the silo, whereupon the air
will enter, mold form, and deteriora-
ton of the product result. To be ex-
actly right, the stalk should be pretty
full of sap, but the blades and tassels
a little dry. If the corn is rather on
the dry order, it will be beneficial 10
wet it as it goes into the silo.-New
Yorker, in The Epitomist.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13
The Soldier Boy.

on. come. little boy. it is time now for rn1
he sun has gone down and the west turns
to red
All night the tin sentries stand guard in
Your stead,
SO lay aside Your gun until the morning.
oh. look. little boy, see the stars where they
peep.
When taps once has sounded. then soldiers
should sleep
The foe they must conquer, and watch they
must keep.
When reveille shah call them in the morn
ing
Oh. rest. little boy, In your bed soft and
white
It's drums for the daytime. and dreams for
the night
You're my it'll" boy while the moons shin
ing bright.
Bnt You shall be a soldier in The morning
- 'aroliut Mccormick, in llurper's Maga-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13
Growing Interest in the Horse.

l
| l believe that one OF the stronges.
forces which will during the next de-
| Gaze tend to popularize and Increase
| the interest in the breeding and de-
velopment Of the trotting horse is the
movement of the people back to the
land, says John Mccartney, in the
western Horseman. Our great cities
Will became Over-crOWded and If this
country continues to prosper large
majority OF the people must go back
to the land. The nearer a people keep
to nature the better will be their health
morals. In all the whole history of the
world the greatest nations have been
those which depended upon agriculture
ana agricultural pursuits, and the ma
lions which have gone backward have
been those which became SO highly
cultured that they forgot that in the
green fields Of the country there was
life, and health and wealth. There is
subtle force at work, almost imper-
ceptible, which will in time draw the
people from the cities to agricultural
pursuits. In this movement the inHl
ences Of Industrial and agricultural
education are playing very import
ant part The coming generations of
agrlculturists will be better educated
and better equipped to handle the pro
blems OF agriculture. The breeding Of
live stock has always been an import
ant part of agricultural life, and the
future will show increased Importance
along this line. The breeding and de-
velopment of the trotting horse will
In the future be conducted by a bet
ter educated and more enlightened
class OF men, and in consequence bet
ter horses will result. For this and
various other reasons the trotter of the
future will be better in every respect
than the trotter of today. He will be
more popular than ever before for this
very reason, and his breeding and de-
velopment will be one Of the leading
branches of agricultural development
AT the risk Of being called visionary,
want to make the prediction that this
back-tO-the-land movement will make
agriculture the most popular of all prr
suits, and the breeding Of the light
harness horse-in fact, all kind of live
stock-will occupy large share of at
tention. The closer We, as people get
to nature, with the green sod beneath
our feet and the blue sky above us
the greater will be our love for those
true children of nature, birds and flow
ers and horses and all of the other
lowly animals. The horse will always
be the best beloved Of all animals, as
he is surely mans best and most use
full friend. Back to the land means
better men and better horses, and the
-rotter will be the most popular of all |
horses, for he is the most useful of all |
lOrseS.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13
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Lice on HoGS.

The most satisfactory remedy tor
flee on hogs | have ever used and the
only one | now use, is mixture OF
kerosene oil, lard and sulphur MIX so
as to be easily applied with brush or
rag mop. This remedy is also good for
lice on poultry.-J. r. Jones, IN me
EpitOmiSt
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13

tive system has not been impaired b.:
over feeding or CrowGing for high re-
ords, should continue to be a profta-
bic producer till her twelfth year, al
though the economy OF her production
is apt TO be somewhat reduced before
this age is Observation-Disclosures Farmer.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13

Judging from the mortality tables
automobiling is far more dangerou:
sport than football, thinks the Spring
field Republican. 1t is rare week thai
does not have death list from auto
ing"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13

The atmosphere is SO clear In Zulu.
land that objects can be seen by star
light q distance Of seven miles.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13

The Richmond Times-Dispatch says
there the 1850 millionaries in the
world at the present time, mostly
under investigation.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13

Wonder if there isn't more thar
coincidence in the fact that Oregon is
to remove the stripes from its convicts
just at time when some of it's lead
ing statesmen have been convicted OF
gross land frauds? suggests the New
York Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13

A bank president recently indicted
IN Peoria, ILL.,, sadly ascribes his prose
seems to be sweeping over the coun-
try" Evildoers caught in that wave
are disposed to commiserate them
selves as the victims of some abnormal
and unnatural calamity.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13
THE ST. NJ

Charity is no longer a virtue in Eng
land; it is necessity, avows Truth.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13

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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-04
IAN EvENTFUL PASSAGE
OLYMPIA LEFT ON BEACH
The ZeaIandi Starts on Trip From
San Francisco Around Cape Horn
With Big Side Wheeler In Tow
But Had to Leave Charge Behind.
palladium SpeclaI.l

New York, June 3.-The four mast
ed American steamer Zealandi arriv-
ed here today after an eventful pas
sage from San Francisco around Cape
Horn. The Zealandia left San Fran
cisco on January 81 with the big side
wheeler Olympia in tow, the latter be-
ing sent here for the purpose of en-
gaging in the Atlantic coast trade.
All went we'll with the two crafts I'M
til March 13, while anchored in Pos
session Bay, Punta Arenas. During
the day a heavy southwark gale
sprung up and the Olympias anchor
chains parted and she was swept on
the long low shallow beach that
marks that bay. An attempt was
made by the captain OF the Zealandia
to float the Olympia and she was
pulled clear of the beach. A sharp
puff of wind, however, struck her and
the towing ropes parted, the Olym-
pia striking the beach and this time
being swept high and dry.
All attempts to refloat her failed
and finally Captain Roberts received
orders to proceed on his voyage, the
Olympia being abandoned in care of
natives pending the arrival of pow
erful tugs to float her.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-04
GIVING NO HEED
TO OBJECT LESSON
San Francisco Not Trying to
Obviate a Future Calamity
in Rebuilding.
THE CRITICISMS OFFERED
CLAIMED THAT THE SAME SORT
OF STRUCTURES THAT FELL
OVER ARE AGAIN BEING BUILT
THERE.
THE CRITICISMS OFFERED
Publishers PreSs1

San Francisco, June 3.-Although
expert investigation has established
the fact that the steel frame and ter
ra-cotta buildings were the only struc-
lures that survived the fire and earth
quake, the city building committee
has adopted new regulations which
will actually encourage a repetition
of the recent disaster.
An eastern building expert who has
vestigated the subject here says:
"The fact is that the new building
laws will permit the erection of build
ings of the sort that were tumbled
down by the earthquake. Though
architects have hammered away at
the building committee in an effort to
get into the ordinance some stringent
regulations, which would make it i'm
perative that new construction should
be of the safest fireproof tile and
steel type their advice has been disre-
garded. The use of gusset plates
and other reinforcements in steel
buildings has been suggested in vain.
"The Croker building, steel and
hollow tile structure, passed through
the earthquake and fire with fewer
scars than any of the other tall struc-
lures that are standing. The steel
cage of this building was strengthen.
ed with gusset plates, and no better
example of this style OF reinforcement
could have been offered. Yet the
building committee gave no heed to
the lesson. The members of the
committee seem to have been in a
panic for fear lest they fail to give the
rebuilders wide enough latitude, so
that ittwill remain with the property
owners to see that the contractors
they employ put up honest buildings
of the type that withstood the devas-
tation of earthquake and fire"
Under the new building laws def.
nitely settled on by the building com.
mittee, the height of skyscrapers-
Glass A steel-brick buildings-will be
limited by the width of the streets
Two and one-haIf times the width of
the street is the agreed-upon limita.
ton. This will permit the erection of
buildings more than 200 feet high on
Market street, and limit them to 155
feet on Montgomery street.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-04
COMMERCIAL REFORMS
Board of Foreign Merchants Is Ac-
complishing Many Desired
Business Rooms.
publishers Press1

cial reforms in Turkey are reported
by Vice-Consul General Smith-Lyte.
of Constantinople to the Bureau of
Manufacturers. The organization of
a board of foreign merchants there
has accomplished the opening of
bonded warehouses and are demand
ing more facility in custom opera
tions, suppression of the Hedjas
stamp, free importation of foreign Sc
curities, with the exception of Lottery
bonds, and suppression of the diff
culties in connection with the free
travel of merchants from the inter
ior who desire to go to Constantine
pie to make their purchases.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-04
.CASSATT VERY NERVOUS
WORRIED OVER EXPOSURES
President of Pennsylvania System
Returns from Vacation Broken in
Health-Says He Will Assist esv-
ernment Authorities.
Publishers PreSs1


New York, June 3.-'l am perfectly
willing to do all in my power to CO.
operate with the Interstate Commerce
Commission in it's investigation of
the Pennsylvania railroad and if that
body desires it 1 will take the witness
stand. The reports that l am to re-
absolutely unfounded. However,
want you and everyone interested, to
understand now that the board of di-
rectors of the Pennsylvania railway
intends to investigate in the most ex-
haustive manner every charge made
against it's employees and il any officer
or employe shall be found guilty of
corrupt practices he will be summari-
ly dealt with
President Alexander J. Cassatt. of
the Pennsylvania railroad, made the
foregoing declarations today aboard
the Hamburg-American Line Amerika,
as that vessel steamed for her dock
in Hoboken, after tedious and chilly
Journey OIL elSnC Gays out from Cnef-
bourg.
Mr.. Cassatt was ill at ease and ex-
tremely nervous. Acute worriment
over the revelations of graft shown in
the conduct of the railroad of which
he is the head, was stamped indelibly
upon his features. His original vaca-
tion trip abroad, ending in wild rush
for the first steamer leaving for these
shores upon hearing in France of the
grave evidence deduced at the gov
ernment hearings, had apparently
done the railroad presidents health
and spirits more harm than good.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-04
GET THOUSANDS OF FISH
RETURNED THEM TO LAKE
TRUTHFUL STORY FROM RAN.
DOLPH COUNTY THAT MUST BE
BELIEVED AWFUL HARD.
HOWEVER.
Palladium Special.I


Winchester, Ind, June 3.-James
M. Fletcher, Harry Snowden and Doc
Daugherty, three veracious men OF
this city, had an angling experience
yesterday that has probably never
been equalled In this section of the
country. They were out fishing in
Funk's lake, two miles west of here,
with but little success, when all at
once they were Literally overwhelmed
with shower of bass and out on the
shore of the lake at that
Their attention was called to an old
wasteway that leads through the levee
on the north side of the pond down to
the river, which is only few rods
away; and they found that the water
had risen and the fish were pouring,
through in punches. The ditch was
dry and in the little ravine beyond
the levee the grass was covered with
bass of all sizes and descriptions and
ranging from about four to ten inches
in length.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-04
is CHANGE IN CONTROL
Former Richmond Man Figures in
Big Financial Transaction In
voIving Indianapolis Bank.

Sol Meyer, formerly of Richmond,
now of indianapolis, where he is en-
gagged in the brokerage business, ne
gotiated the purchase of the holdings
of the family of the late Frank Pow
ell in the Capital National Bank OF
Indianapolis. The price of the stock
purchased by Mr.. Meyer was $685.
600. 1t is not announced for whom
ths SIrchase was made
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-04
CAL VERT MADE
DARING ESCAPE
EarIham Sophomore Jumps
from Second Story Window
and Gets Freedom
SURPRISED HIS CAPToRS
AFTER DOING JOHN LOCKE" ACT
CALVERT TOOK REFUGE WITH
FARMERS WHO HELPED E!M
GET AWAY.

The kidnapping of Cecil Calvert
and Hadleigh Marsh, the two Earl
ham Sophomores, on last Friday eve
ming, had a sensational ending Sat
urday morning, when one of the stu.
dents, Calvert, escaped from his cap
| tors, six big Freshmen, and by diving
! through a second story window, found
himself free and soon gave the alarm
to his classmates, who re escued Marsh.
! Marsh
When Calvert and Marsh were TAX
en- from the dormitory at about nine
o'clock on Friday evening, they we'<
securely bound, and driven by the
Freshmen to the home of a farme r
named Peele, on the New Paris pike.
Here, arrangements had been made
to keep the two boys, together with
their captors over night. The Peele
home is several miles from Richmond,
and the captured students did not
know where they were being taken.
CaIvert's Daring Escape.
The night was spent with the Soph-
omores carefully guarded and every
attempt to escape was in vain. About
ten o'clock in the morning, while the
prisoners were lying on the bed in
the room and their guards were care
lessly conversing,.. Calvert sur
prised and frightened his captors by
jumping heading through the window,
carrying screen and part of the sash
with him. He alighted safely on
the ground notwithstanding that his
fho
story window. Those in the room
expected to see Calvert lying on the
ground when they looked from the
window. hut instead they saw him
running ii IN the yard to the road
and found that Marsh. companion,
was making valiant ell IS to get
away. 1t was all they could do to
hold him. Marsh is husky lad and
he gave his guards some marks by
which they will remember the affair
for some time. He was finally over
come.
Farmers Help Fugitive.
Calvert took refuge in nearby
house, and telling the people of his
predicament, asked them to help him
They refused to let the pursuing
Freshmen come in, but threatened to
telephone to the sheriff, not having a
deep insight into college pranks. This
was not done, however, and Calvert
finally managed to get back to Rich
mond.
He notified the Sophomores, who
Immediately laid plans to free Marsh
The Freshmen were too willy, howev
er, and took their prisoner to large
woods near the Cedar Springs Hotel
But one of their number was rash
enough to call up the dormitory on
the telephone and tell some one all
about the change of hiding place
That person was a Senior and he tip
ped off the fact to the Sophomores
They went to Cedar Springs, and aft
er long chase, caught their man.
Governor Hadley, of the dormitory
had given orders that the two missing
students were to be back to the school
before four o'clock in the afternoon
or everyone who had any onnectior
with the affair would be exNelleG
from the school. This order would
probably have been needed had not
the Sophs taken the matter in hand
and rescued their classmate little
before the scheduled time.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-04
Depot Agent Transferred.
Palladium Special. i

CentervilIe, June 3-P. NJ. Rus
sell left Thursday evening for New
Madison, o., where he has taken the
position of railroad station agent.
His family will join him in a short
time. B. F. Terry OF Milford Center,
Ohio. has succeeded Mr.. Russell as
station agent here.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-04
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Indiana-Partly cloudy Monday,
warmer in north portion Tuesday,
showers and cooler, light to fresh
south winds.
Ohio-Fair Monday, warmer in the
north portion; Tuesday showers,
light to fresh southeast to south
winds.