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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-01
ABOUT
)ME SUGGESTIONS ABOU'
BUILDING.
SOME

Prof. w. r. Graham, of the Ontario
Agricultural College, who has been at
the head Of the poultry experiments
for a number of years, lays down some
very pertinent points in building poul-
try houses and in the inside arrange
ment. It is his opinion that every
hen should have at least six square
feet Of floor space and that each bird
Of the Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte and
such breeds, require about nine inches
Of perch room; Leghorns, ETC., about
eight inches; Brahmas, ten inches
Roosts should be made low and near
the ground. The reasons are that
heavier breeds cannot fly up on high
roosts and lighter breeds frequently
injure the soles of their feet In Jump
ing from high perches. When drop
ping boards are used they should be
moderately low down to admit OF
cleaning. They should be made OF
matched lumber and should be twenty
inches wide for one roost and three
feet for two perches, the first being
placed eight or ten inches from the
wall. Most poultrymen like perches
two inches square with the corners
slightly rounded.
Nests are usually made from ten
to twelve inches square. Ground floors
are more in favor than board floors
and cost less. Houses with a straw
loft are cool in summer and dry in
winter.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-01

More railroads for the Philippines
may settle the insurgent question, re-
marks the Atlanta Constitution. Give
EN- all free passes; they'll stick the
flag in their caps and ride themselves
to death.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-01
The Fatal Zigzag.

vife-What kept you OUT
last night? balance
Hub-Had to stay anu
books. -. .r,c,,s d
wife glancing out at tra. tssr 4
,ow wv sincerely hope tnes
better balanced than you We"
ton Transcript
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-01

There IS talk in Germany OF widen
ing the Bale canal. The traffic last
year en- the canal reached total Of
ALSO vessels.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-01

Women always consider it an un.
fair advantage for pretty widow
to have curly hair, notes the New
York Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-01
Didn't Want Face Washed.

This IS story about a little gil
who didn't want her face washed.
What did hear you crying abou
just now, WINNER" asked Aunt Jan
looking up from her book.
Winnie put her finger in her mod
and looked ready to cry.
Come, come now, don't ID
frightened" said auntie, soothingil
sit on my lap and tell me abb
it."
Winnie obeyed, and whispered:
Il didn't want my face washed"
"Oh. but you know" said aunt
that's very naughty, because III
girls must be kept neat and tidy. l
you know that many. many animi
and insec.s keep themselves bes1
fully neat and clean?"
Winnie opened her eyes very "
at this.
do they?" she asked.
Indeed. yes. just watch Pussy
she sits in front of the fire; see
carefully she combs her fur with
sharp claws. and brushes 1t down
to place with her rough tongue.
her coat gets rumpled or dirty-sl
so little-she will spend long
making it neat and smart again.
Next time you visit some Zoo ,
go to the monkey house look at
cages all around the walls and IN =
you will very likely see curious y
creatures called lemurs. II you nou
them carefully you will zee that .
middle fingures are very long.
use these as combs, and with 9
keep their coats spick and span. y
there IL an animal called the ~
lemur. which has perhaps the .
comb Of all. and that Is its lower ~
tooth. It Is quite q large tootn'
the edge Of 1t is just like the @
that you see." 81
"Oh, how funny!" exclaimed v
ME.
And Just look how birds sme
their feathers down with their %.
NV. If they were to let them
lust anyhow, they would look IN
fully ragged and untidy.
"Notice the flies, too. how caieiu
thew brush their heads with tnel1 =
legs, and their wings with their y
legs while bees have a kind o. -
on each front leg with WHICH -
clean the delicate feelers on -
heads. IT,.
"You know what an ant IS nAs'
course. Well, some ants not omy
combs on their legs, like the oees
brushes as we'll. You see, anims's
~ their brushes and COMBS ~
with them, and so they never
lost" o,ot;rna
II lose track OF Aino
said Winnie.
and do you know that "neu
mails are quite young, TOO N'l,.
look after themselves, their I",
wash them and make them tioy'
as little boys and girls mo'he''
go +bov never cry?"
NO" .,s
"Then I'll never again De ns'
about being washed and com ota.
d dressed" promised Winnie s, ,a
not going to let the lttle W. NJ
things stand ahead OF me-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-01

American exports to Brazil were
larger by $4,196,142 last year than
tina wear before.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-01
Washington and the Corporal.

washington ana tne No'P0'A''
It is told of George Washington,
that upon one occasion, he rode by
group Of soldiers, who evidently did
not know him.
The men were engaged upon q dill
cult piece of work; that Of trying to
raise a heavy beam to the top Of some
military Notifications.
The corporal was shouting at the
top of his voice, but otherwise doing
nothing.
"Why aren't you helping them?"
Washington asked quietly. Every
man counts"
Sir" was the pompous answer,
"You do not seem to recognize that l
am the corporal"
Il beg your pardon, Mr.. Corporal"
Washington replied, but find it diff
cult to recognize that fact" Then, dis
mounting, he fell to helping the men
and the beam was soon raised.
IF you should need such assistance
again." he said to the corporal before
leaving. lust call upon Washington,
your commander-in-chief, and shall
be ready"
Tame Geese Brought Back Wild Ones.
The Shakers in Alfred kept large
flock of geese in the pond at the foot
Of the hill, and on the shore they built
a house with an opening in the water,
20 that the geese could swim inside.
with a door arranged to drop down
30 that they could not get out Every
night the geese would come into the
house. and in the morning they would
be liberated, and allowed to swim
around the pond in search for food.
One day in the fall large flock OF
wild geese alighted in the pond and
mingled with the flock Of tame geese.
Toward night both focks arose and
few away, and that was the last
the shakers saw of their flock Of geese
that fall. Now for the strange part OF
the story. The next spring q flock
of geese alighted in this pond and at
once started for the house on the
shore and all swan inside, when some
one of the Shakers saw them, ran
ran down and closed the door, and 10
and behold! he had not only every one
of their geese that flew away the fall
before, but large flock OF wild ones be-
sides.-Biddeford Record.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-20
NR. RRYAE'S "CLOTUES -

Air. Bryan seems to be looking about for more
clothes" when he seizes upon the two-cent
fare us an issue lie acts as if he felt desperate
at the approach of q national campaign which
promises 10 find him standing IN absolute pOlit-
icai nudity. Governor Hughess veto of the two
cent fare bin presents To his mind, an immediate
living issue. Governor Hughes, says the Ne
braskan. gives the benefit Of the doubt TO the
railroads instead of to the people" ''Ihe next
Governor Of New York will not veto a two-cent
fare bill" This means that Mr.. Bryan is going
20 make the twO-cent fare an issue on which to
win.
Governor Hughes needs no defence from Mr..
Bryan's charge that he acted in the interests Of
the railroads His own record in getting on the
statute books the public utilities law would be
answer enough if he did not enjoy public con-
fdence In such an extraordinary degree that
charge like Mr.. Bryan's is perfectly harmless
TO him. Moreover, the Governors veto message
made IL clear that a maximum fare bill would
probably hurt more OF the people than it would
benefit for about half of the population of this
state already enjoy fares at less than two cents
a mile, and their travelling expenses would prob
ably be raised by the uniform rate.
MI Bryan's little epigram about giving the
railroads rather than the people the benefit of
the doubt sounds very cheap coming from the
lips Of a man who poses asa statesman and n
party leader. leader of really commanding
character and resourceful intellect would not
stoop to such an utterance. or a truth. Mr..
Bryan's prestige as an originator of issues and
as pioneer in present tendencies suffers be-
cause Of his long and obvious sterility He per-
sonally needs an issue and his party needs one.
and the best he can do is TO seize uDon the ex-
pioded notion Of universal two-cent fare.
In this act Mr.. Bryan exhibits his own intel
lecfuaI limitations, compared with the men who
are actively engaged in constructive statesman
shsp, and be reveals again his incapacity as a
popular leader, one who appreciates the temper
OF the people. knows what they want and is able
10 put into effective words their unformulated
desires Does Mr.. Bryan suppose that there is
strong popular demand for the two-cent faref
IL he does not why does be utter his cbean
epigram: II he does what sort of a Judge of
public opinion is he? There may have been rl,b-
lie support Of the two-cent fare crusade when II
first started; II had a specious attractiveness
Tor the unthinklng; but thorough discussion
Las so completely exposed the folly Of the pIan
that Governor Hughes's veto has been applauded
throughout the country. No act Of the Coy
ernors, not even his success with the utilities
New-York tribune., 1907-06-20
THE FRENCH WINE STRIKES.

In resorting TO lawful force for the suppress
sion Of unlawful violence in the southern wine
districts the French government takes an un-
welcome but necessary step, in which it is sus-
| tanned by an overwhelming majority Of the
Chamber Of Deputies There is really nothing
else for il to do, in the first instance, unless 1t
proposes TO abdcate the fundamental functions
| of government. What may be done later to I'M
prove the condition of the wine industry remains
TO be seen. The prime duty of the moment is to
restore order, TO maintain the law and to set and
keep the machinery of government going
The situation IN the Midi is complicated, and
the causes Of the distress which provoked the
strike were several. Years ago the vineyards
were Tavaged by phylloXera. New vines which
were expected TO prove at least partly i'm
mune planted, but in order to allow for
some losses from phylloxera the acreage of vine
yards was much increased, to the neglect OF
other branches Of agriculture, so that the Midi
became conspicuously country OF a single crop.
As it turned out, the new vines proved almost
entirely immune, and when they came into bear
Ing the increased acreage alone would have
meant a great increase in the yield Of wine
But some improved processes Of culture also
nearly doubled the yield Of wine TO the acre
The result was degree of overproduction which
would in any case have proved embarrassing
But then Algeria, which formerly had taken
! 'A'~NN
and sending vast quantities TO France the Ital-
Ian wine trade increased, and the consumption
of beer and Of spirits also increased to the loss
| Of the wine trade. All these circumstances com
| bined to make the cheap rin Ordiadire Of the
Midi, on which at best the profit is small almost
unstable at any price, and as the landowners
/ had staked all on the single crop of the vine
yards distress was widespread and practical
| ruin not infrequent.
Regarding the government as all powerful
! the people turned to ii for relief Ignoring the
/ obvious fact of overproduction, they insisted
! that it was only through wholesale adulteration
/ that the wines of other lands were able TO com
/ pete with theirs in the markets of France and
/ they demanded that strict laws against adulter-
alton be made and enforced, and that the bar
riers of the tariff be raised sufficiently high to
shut out successful competition The govern
ment was not unmindful OF the necessities of
| the case, and took the whole subject under ad-
visement for action at the earliest possible mo-
ment But the Frenchmen of the Midi are NOT
models of patience, especially when they are
! suffering personal distress. Moreover profes
sional socialist and revolutionary agtators saw
and were quick to improve the opportunity for
propaganda against the government and the
| republic. They persuaded men that the state
| ought 10, and under the blessed dispensation OF
New-York tribune., 1907-06-20

socialism would, make wine that was worth
only 10 cents a gallon sell for 80 cents gallon.
SO with a vague demand for relief from very
tangible distress the people rose in wholesale
strikes The local functionaries. mayors and
Others instead of standing by the law. put them
selves at the head of the lawbreakers. They
shut ND their offices, refused TO perform official
functions and announced that until the govern
ment made the wine trade profitable again there
should be 10 local government in the Midi and
no taxes should be paid TO the republic. From
that it was only a step to practical treason and
rebellion.
The situation is undoubtedly grave from an
economic and social point of view. \ large pop
Ulation is affected and it will probably take
some years for conditions to be so readjusted as
to restore general prosperity. But with the firm
action Of the government the worst political
danger is past There may be much excited
talk. like that of the Mayor of Narbonne who
reckoned it the happiest day of his life when
the government had to send ten thousand sol
dicrs to arrest one man. But the efferVeScent
blood Of the Midi is not, after all, the stuff Of
which revolutions are made. We may expect
to see order restored, and then a taking up Of
the more tedious work of restoring prosperity.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-20
lLORL ICONOCLlSK.

To the icouoclast nothing IS sacred. He goes
unchecked on his career Of destruction and takes
a savage delight in the shatterlng Of idols Time
was when one thought of questioning the au-
theutIcity Of the tale of William Tell, but even
the primary grades understand now that the
story is as uuyeracious as any in the Arabian
Nights Entertainments" For many years George
Washington was ostracsed by the youth OF the
land because he couldn't tell l!e but we now
know that the story OF the cherry tree is only
an interesting bit Of fiction.
The latest and most reprehensible assault upon
the citadels of credulity has been made by the
Right Rev. William Lawrence Bishop of Massa-
chusett- in an address before the graduating
class Of Cornell University. lie ntimates that
the road 10 success does not necessarily lie along
the path Of poverty and that the man who Is 50
unfortunate to be born with a silver spoon
in his mouth may hope To succeed If he has the
qualities which would lead to the same result IN
the case Of q mule driver the towpath. The
Bishop even suggests that the man born in the
-Four Hundred may overcome the handicap
and DO things on his own account which will en-
tile him to the grateful recognition Of his fell
low men.
Should such theories become generally ac-
cepted il would be necessary to make some cX-
teusiyc changes in the construction OF books for
boys. Most writer's Of that sort of literature
Informed IS the delusion that in order to become
great one must In his boyhood have gone bare
foot ana acquired an Intimate knowledge Of
stone bruises. We are now told TO believe that
the only requisites for success are ability, per
severance, integrity and few minor qualities of
that nature which can, with proper care, be de
veoped by the favored Of fortune as well as
by those Of more humble origin.
Bishop Lawrence may be right, but he should
have laid violent hands on cherished beliefs
And one doubt is sure to lead to another
some young questloner viii arise before long and
endeavor to ascertain what advantage there is
in being born poor and obscure If real merit IS
70 determine the position he is to occupy in
after life Unless poverty is made attractive
in one way another there is the possibility
that al some future time there will not he enough
poor people to 90 around. Probably the Bishop
didn't think of that.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-20
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
LFrom The Tribune Bureau.I

From The Tribune Bureau.
Washington. June 19.-General and Mrs Henry
c. Corbin In Washington as the guests of the
Misses Patten. sisters Of Mrs. Corbin They VIII
remain here for a short time, experimenting the
building of their new home near Chevy Chase.
Commissary General Sharpe. u S. A, and Mrs
Sharpe went to New, York to-day, and will sail
for Europe Friday, where the general is going
tour of inspection. They will be absent sew
eTal months.
The marriage OF Miss Maud Vera Hanna and
Captain Horace +. NJ. Browne. OF the British
army. took place at noon to-day In ST. Thomas $
Church. the Rev. c. Ernest Smith officiating. \
small party OF friends were present to witness the
ceremony. Captain and Mrs Browne will travel
through various parts of the United States and
Canada until late fall when they will go India.
where Captain Brownies regiment is stationed.
Mrs. Albert Clifford Barney sailed from New
York for France to-day. and will join her daugh-
ters in Paris The family will be absent from this
country for eighteen months
Brigadier General and Mrs. Charles ". Hobbs
and Miss Hobbs will leave Washington Friday
for New York preparatory to sailing for England
They will return to this country November i. and
will make Washington their home for tho winter
New-York tribune., 1907-06-20
HUGHES AND 1903.
From The Washington Post.


1t is beginning TO be apparent that Governor
cal melee of 1908. The Republican party is a con
summate politician. There is nonsense about
It, II allows a sentiment to interfere with
interests. Its heart for Grant in 1880; its mead
was opposed TO him. and Garfield got the plum. Its
heart was for Blaine in 1876. but Hayes got the
nomination.
Here is what the C. o. p is now meditating:
Democrats must have New York to make any show
at ALL Nominate the Republican who has New
York nailed down. and the November election will
be Cakewalk.
Hughes has made good he has delivered the
goods He Is a reformer and he is that marvellous
combination, a reformer who is also safe The veto
of the two-cent fare bill brave thing to do
conservative in every state. Grover Cleve-
land never did Drawer thing. His veto OF the bill
TO reduce the fare jay GOuld's elevated roads
from 10 cents TO cents made him President The
measure was extorted from the Legislature bv
public camor and was the fruit of political cow
ardice.
bany is the now II In 1888 touching
this matter of passenger fares He srnote the Bill
and all New York whose applause IS worth snv--
thing is eppauding him. II makes him a factor
IL he shall be chosen favorite and New York
goes the national convention absolutely loyal 70
him. his chances for the nomination will be excel
lent.
Politics Is uncertain uncertain as dice or
cards. II the have their way Roosevelt
will be the nominee. II all depends on whefhsr
he win yield TO the universal demand. But with
Roosevelt out of the thing Hughes Is In a COM
nanding position. Van Buren. Grover Cleveland
and Theodore Roosevelt all were graduated from
the mansion Charles z. Hughes now occupies
New-York tribune., 1907-06-20

which the European powers insisted upon levy
ing. That share was S24O0O000 But 1t was
never the intention of this government to exact
1t all, and now the announcement is made that
with the assent of Congress- which should be
promptly given-the sum will be reduced to the
S11OO0OOO to which alone this country Is justly
entitled and the remainder Of S13OOOOOO Will
be remItted to the Chinese government.
This act of our government will doubtless be
appreciated at its full value by China, and ought
to do much to confirm Chinese confidence In the
sincere and Gisinterested friendship of this coun-
try We have said that the United States for
diplomatic reasons at first accepted more than
twice as much as 1t was entitled to or meant to
take. That was in order to save that sum for
China. For had this country at the outset re-
fused TO accept more than 100000 the other
$13O0OO00 would probably have been divided
among the other powers and China would have
been mulcted in the same lump sum originally
proposed. 1t was only by accepting the full
share until all other powers had finally settled
the amounts they were to receive, and then re-
duclng it. that this country was able to effect
the benevolent end which Secretary Hay had
from the first In view 1t may be too much to
expect that other powers will follow this Amer
lean example, though it would be creditable to
them to do so, but In any case the example is
good enough to stand alone without the support
Of imitation.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-20
4 TOTCHING SCENE.

We wish every little boy and girl in this broad
land could visit Washington the first day of
July next. The money to be spent on patriotic
tirccrackers for the Fourth would arouse far
deeper thrills of patriotism if invested in rail
road tickets to the Capitol, these tickets being
used early enough to bring the young travellers
to their goal on the third morning before Indc-
pendence Day. What would the dear children
see then that would make the blood leap in their
veins: They would see the disbanding of the 1st
Regiment Of United States Irrcgulars, body Of
men who, having herocaIly defended the father
land in its hour of need and having won their
fight, are now ready TO lay down their forks and
be mustered out. They are the members Of the
famous Poison Squad, which, under that auda-
ciOuS culinary leader, Or. Wiley, has been nvad-
ing the pantries of the food dopers for the last
nine months. The Irregulars-so called because
Of their dict-havc attacked and captured every
stomach works constructed by the enemy OF coal
tar, soda, gelatinc, sawdust and glucose. The
paste waters and gluey jelly Of the foe have
been vanquished, even though the heroes some
times had to snatch victory from the nav of
indigestion. The hour of peace and proteids IS
at hand and all the heroes hope that peace will
have victories no less renowned than those of
the nutrition takers
Those who witness the dsbandment will be
more loyal citizens for the sight. They will
have brought home to them the great truth that
Americans are indubitaby the bravest civilized
people in the world, for we alone have the cour-
age TO wage war upon poisons with our stOm-
achS. Other people feisn bravery ny nibbling
at rye bread, mouldy cheese and raw "roast
beef, but among us it is easy TO recruit n corps
of Irregular dicters who rush in with forks and
spoons where angels and Germans fear TO dine.
HeroISm on the battlefield is common among all
races but if the young are to be taught our own
peculiar national variety Of bravery they should
visit Washington on July l. There Dr. Wiley's
doughnut Scared veterans will show them the
kind Of benz0atcd blood that runs in their veins.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-20
WOMAN BORN IN WALL STREET DEAD.
Mrs. Catherine Vaudeville Vroom Woodruff, J.,
Member of Old Colonial Family.

Philadelphia. June 1s-NIrs. Catherine Mande-
willie Vroom Woodruff whose father and grand
fathers were makers OF history in Colonial days.
and who was herself born in Wall street, New
York. when that thOroughfare was place OF resi-
dence, dled yesterday at her home in Oak Lade.
Penn She eiEhty-four years old. and was
the widow OF George Spoff0rd Woodruff, once JUS
tice OF the Supreme Court OF New Jersey, and n
niece OF Peter D VroOn, Governor OF that state
in the early days OF the last century
Her family still preserve loCket containing =
lock of Alexander HaruiIton's hair. given 10 Mrs
WoodhUITs father. GUysbert b NrOoTn- He was an
intimate friend OF the first Secretary OF the Treas
ury and was among those who pleaded with Ham
ilton 70 avO.4 the duel with Burr, in which he lost
HIS life. Mrs. WoOdhurs father was palbearer
at the funeral and the lOcket and hair were given
TO him then.