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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04
Worth knowing About.

If you need frst-class laxative there
IS nothing better nor safer than that old
family remedy, Brandreth's Pills Each
pill contains one grain of solid extract of
sarsaparilla, which, with other valuable
vegetable products, make it blood puri-
fer of excellent character. If you are
troubled with constipation. one pill at
night will afford great relief.
Brandreth's Pills are the same fine lax
alive tonic pill your grandparents used.
They have been in use for over century
store, either plain or sugar-coated.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

Slang phrases, in course Of time
become absorbed into the vernacular
Just in the same way thatenonsense
rhymes and nursery verses become
institutions. Take the following ex.
amples. The famous lines:
Mother may go out to swim?
Yes, my darling daughter;
Hang your clothes on hickory limb,
And don't go near the water"
are at least 1900 years old, being
found in book of jests of the sixth
century, compiled by Hierocles.
~Humpty Dumpty sat on a WALL" etc.,
has come down to us from the days Of
King John. "The Babes in the
Wood" dates from the 18th century.
being founded upon facts. an old
hO1ee near Wayland Wood, Norfolk.
having the whole story in carvings on
= mantelpiece. Little Jack Horner,"
Little Miss Mufret," "Old Mother
Hubbard" Mother Goose" and Coos
ey, Goosey, Gander," are each trace
able to the 10th century. PUSSY Cat.
Pussy Cat, where have you been?" be-
longs to the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Three Blind Mice" first appeared in
a music book dated 1909. "A Froggie
Would a-Wooing Go" was licensed
to be sung as far back as 1850. BOYS
and Girls, Come Out to Play" and
Lucy Locket Lost Her Pocket" both
hail from the period Of Charles II. And
last Of all. Cinderella" Jack the
Giant Killer" blue Beard" and
tom Thumb" were published by their
lutbee, 6azles Perrault in the year
Lss1.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04
The Feminine Purse in Oklahoma.

Even the dubious squaw has
learned the usefulness Of the femin-
inc stocking. Mrs. Chiun, an Apache
cealing a pint Of frewater in her
stocking when detected by police
man. The policeman was a rude
knave and grabbed the whisky
Kansas CITY Times.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

Because the lock Of a Methodist
church in Hazlemere. England,
wouldn't work it was taken off. The
locksmith found Us 1-2d in it, some
pious people having mistaken 1t for q
contribution box
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

Garfield Tea-just simple, health giving
Herbs! The best medicine You can take.
It regulates the liver and kidneys, over
comes constipation and purites the blood.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

Excitement is useless. If you can't
afford to pay the present prices for
coal Just keep cool, advises tho In
dianapolis News.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

Garfield Tea, the mild laxative, benefits the
entire system. Best for liver, kidneys and
bowels; for constipation and sick-headache.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

We are often hearing or reading OF
"the good old days. In those good
old days, recalls the Portland (Me.)
Express, we had no street cars; we
burned tallow dips for lights: the tel
ephonc was not dreamed of and the
railroad train that made 25 miles an
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

The farm still overshadows the mill,
the factory, and the workshop in pro-
viding exports, and with his surplus
beyond the nations need, the farmer
has loaded the fleets of oceans.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

lie whose goodness is part Of himself
is what is called a real man.-Mencius.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

That was just as well as hand.
some tribute which Chief Of Police
K0hler of Cleveland paid to the news.
paper police reporters, whom he GOV.
cts for service in his detective de.
partment, observes the New York
Sun. The discriminating chief thus
puts himself on record: l have in
clined toward such men as have had
long training and experience as eff
cient police newspaper reporters. They
are generally well educated, men of
good appearance, accustomed to meet
ing and mingling in all classes of So
ciety. They are trained to quick and
decisive thought and action, are hon.
est and devoted to their duty. and
keep everlastingly at their work in
hand" Nothing is too good to say
about the trained reporter, who must
have a genius for his work to make a
shining success Of 1t. 1t is no great
compliment to compare him with the
police detective, to the latter's disad-
vantage, for the police detective has
no ideals or enthusiasm, and is usual
" dull, self-indulgent person. with
fat on his ribs. He sleeps 20 nights"
does not think too much. and is not
dangerous. Who ever saw a police
detective with a "Iean and hungry
l0ok?" They are all sleek headed"
men.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

MANY a rich man is unable to ofe
anything better than a poor excuse.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

There is another setback to the
cause of peace in Cuba, announces the
New York World. An unapprOpriated
million has been discovered in the
national treasury.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

The sending Of German army officers
to Japan to learn the art of war is
not unreasonable, and will probably
prove profitable. Nor is it Impossible
that one of these days Japanese Off
GERS will be invited to go to Germany
to instruct the kaiser's troops. But
then, what becomes of the recent talk
about the yellow peril? Has it been
transformed into a Golden Blessing?
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-04

In France the government requires
dealers in telephones to submit their
instruments for approval, and the fact
that the apparatus has passed salts
factory examination is indicated by a
mark which is good for only year.
The practice is not quite identical with
compelling hens to use a rubber stamp
on their eggs to show the date of lay
ing. but in both cases the buyer gets
a guarantee Of freshness.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
GOVERNOR TO WE'D
BLIND SWEETHEART

NEWPORT. r. l., April T7--Ono
of the most beautiful of modern ro-
mances will result in a wedding this
spring when former Governor l.. +.
c. Garvin and Miss Sarah Emma
Tomlinson are married.
Miss Tomlinson is blind. When a
girl in her teens she was stricken,
and the former governor, a practic-
ing physician, was called to attend
her by her family. whom Mr.. Gar
win had known for years. He be-
came greatly interested in the little
sufferer and continued to take an
active part in restoring her sight.
When specialists declared that
she would always be blind, the
former governor took her education
in hand and had her sent To the Per
kins Institute for the Blind. in Bos-
ton. There she received a complete
education. Later Mr. Galvin pro
vided for a year course in music.
The brideto-be is now woman
of 49, while the former governor is
&C years old. Their friends say that
they will be the happiest couple in
Rhode Island.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
REGISTRATION
BY PRECINCTS

Following is the result Of the
count of the city registration by
precincts:
Ada 1874, Adams 24S, Alice 2S7,
Alki 1924. Allen $50, Altamont 242,
Ashley 224, Anne 1859, Arthur 260,
Alvin PA, Barth 255, Beacon 275,
Blaire 1862, Blake 90. Belmont 274,
Browne 237, Bernard 1862, Brickle
235, Burton 237 Burke 1856, Butler
161. Cannon 1877, Carleton 1852, Car
Isle 1879, Carr 10, Cass 122. Clay
292, Cleveland $50, Cliff 10, Custer
121, Damon 1892, Dawson 800, Day
ton 81, Delaware 1887, Dewey 253,
Dexter 1853, Dora 80, Douglas 284,
Drumheller AIS, Dwight 275, Eagle
3S4, Echo 1870, Edwards 315, FL Do
RADIO BAT, Elgin 302, Elk 256, Err
nina PA, Euclid $50, Eureka 236.
The Second and Third wards, for
which both parties are amking the
hard fight. registered 1881 voters.
The lower Howard st. precincts,
Butler, Burke, Barth and Brickell,
did not register as strongly as it
was reported they would.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17

Prosecuting Attorney Barnharts
charges of incompetency and crook
edness in the police department
calls attention to the course OF his
own Office in handling the cases
turned over TO him for prosecution
by this same department.
The list of criminal dismissals on
motion of the prosecuting attorney
in the past & months is a lengthy
one. Probably there was good rea-
son in every case, but the charges
looked strong in preliminary ar
Regiments. Here is the list:
The police arrested Charles Hea-
ton, a disreputable gambler. for rob
bling a man of valuable diamonds.
Heaton openly wagered that he
would never go to the penitentiary.
although he was bound over to face
trial in the superior court. When
his case was called it was dismissed
for lack of evidence.
Another instance Is the case OF
Dan Jones, former proprietor of the
Tennessee. Jones was arrested and
bound over for taking $3.50 from a
laborer while the latter lay drunk
in his saloon. Dismissed foc lack
Of evidence.
Then there was Neil McGinniss.
proprietor OF the Grand hotel sa-
loon an. "Scotty," his bartender.
1t was charged they took in trust
S65 from a Woodworking laborer
who was drinking and did not wish
to spend all his hard earned cash.
nnt McGirniss and Scotty piled him
with liquor until he drank up all
his money. Tne police arrested
these two men and they were bound
over TO the superior court. Dis
missed for lack of evidence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
is BOY DEAD OR SLEEPING?

WELLINGTON, Mich, April T.
Is Ernest Cobb dead or is he sleep
ing? This is a question which is
disturbing the whole town. Doctors
pronounce him dead; others say
he isn't 1t is 6 days since Ernest
Cobb died His color is the same
as in life. A starched cloth, placed
over his face, wilted, which is an
indication that there is breath in
the body. His skin and the eye
balls, when pushed in. come back
into place readily, no dent being
left whatever. His ears were pur-
pie l day. Next day they were red
and blood ran out of them. His
arms, legs and fingers are limps.
His body does not feel cold. All
signs tend to show that he is alive.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
TORN
BY SLANDERER
(Scripps News Associa Ion }


PALO ALTO, Cal. April 17.--No
university in America was ever
stirred So deeply as is Stanford be-
cause of the circulation of a
DOGGY" that filings mud in all direc-
tions. The publication is believed
to be the work of maniac.
The names of the fairest of Cali
fornia's daughters and the sturdiest
OF the states sons have been
dragged in the mire by this mys-
terious. unseen and unknown foe.
On the campus of the university.
beneath the doors of the fraternity
houses-in fact. into the very
rooms of the many students and
professors, has this infamous paper
found It's way.
Nobody knows how the DOGGY"
reached Its many destinations.
This is the third DOGGY" that
has appeared at Stanford In de-
cade. and each one has been as
mysterious and as villifying as this
last effort The other two. how
ever, never went to the extremes
of circulation as In the last in
stance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
IS CITY POLICE FORCE
ENTIRELY TO BLAME?

Then there is the recent case OF
Charles Osgood. farmer, who was
arrested for heinous offense. Os1
good was kept in Jail since June 29r
During Osgood's long confnement
Sheriff Doak netted 1915 by feeding
him. Dismissed for lack of evidence.
Others dismissed for lack OF eva
dence since July are c. j. Hanson
and Ella James. robbery; Ed Thor<
son. disorderly conduct; Grant Chess
terfield. diamond robbery; J. WIKI
Jams, burglary; VIII Flood, burglary
Clyde B. Brown, obtaining money
under false pretenses: Leonard Hillt
living off the earnings of falleM
women; John Wilson, larceny from
the person; Frank Dolan, larceny by
embezzliement; Z. II. Quick. obtains
ing money under false pretenses: 81
Geo. Steiner. obtaining money un-
der false pretenses: Richard Lillya
obtaining money under false pre>
lenses; A. P. Lang, burglary: d.
d. Williams. burglary: III. Nj. Keith,
receiving stolen property; George
Moore, obtaining money under false
pretenses; William Matthews. steal-
ing; Albert Brown, larceny from
the person; James t. Brennan, lar
ceny from the person; Ernest Pres
ii, burglary; Ed Clancy, larceny
from the person; May Mowry, grand
larceny. II. r. Sawyer, larceny from
the person: Ella Sims. diamond rob-
berry; w Harmon and II. Buck, tam
pering with witnesses; Hyde Goth
rope and Fred HcnchetS, larceny;
Jens Jensen, larceny.
Not all the cases referred to the
prosecutor have been dismissed.
There have been number Of con"
y.etions.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
TAFT MATCHED FOR A
FINISH WITH FORAKER
le has made a Z year fight.

he has made year fight. !
At present, however, President
Roosevelt Is confident that the APP
pearance of Taft in Ohio will be-
sufficient in itself to convince the
voters that the president is taking
lively interest In the Ohio cam
paign. He believes Taft will be able
to win against Foraker by an APP
peal for support for the Roosevelt
principles. Some callers at the
White House have had their atten.
ton called to the interview given
out In Baltimore by Fl. II. Rogers
as another indication of the organ.
lied effort which is on foot by the
Standard Oil and other interests to
create a financial depression and to
make a campaign for reactionary
candidate to succeed Roosevelt.
The practically united conserva-
tism in the management of the gov
eminent" for which Rogers asks,
and which he predicts, is the same
that Penrose, Foraker and Tom Car
ter planned TO promote with the S.
900 900 corruption fund
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17

That the cheapest sort Of political
olaptrap has been resorted to by the
republican county machine to secure
the nomination of. Mr.. Doust for
mayor was demonstrated last night
in an address delivered by Prescott
ing Attorney Barnhart at Improve
ment hall.
The prosecutor charged that he
knew men on the city police force
who should be in the penitentiary.
He mentioned cases in which po-
Iicemen have begged him not to
insist on their aid in enforcing laws
for fear of arousing the wrath Of
their superiors in the city hall.
As prosecuting attorney of this
county 1t Is Mr.. Barnhart's sworn
duty to act on criminal information
he has and prosecute the guilty
party.
If he knows of criminals on the
police force who should be in pris-
on, why has he not. and why does
he not proceed against them?
AS prosecutor, why did Mr.. Barn.
hart accept the excuse he says
policemen gave him? There is no
record of his exposing this state Of
affairs. The presumption is plain
that he acquisced. With the huge
legal machinery of the whole state
behind him he appears to have re-
manned quiet.
The Press will be with the first
in supporting Prosecuting Attorney
Barnhart In enforcing law. But It
is the last to be deceived by this
new born zeal. Every condition he
so boldly lnveighs against now has
prevailed for as long as Mr.. Barn.
hart has been in office. He knows
1t and admits it. Now will he argue
that public duty is to be exercised
by public officials only when it suits
political interests? For that is ex-
actIy what is happening in this city
right now.
When the city fight first took form
The Press predicted that the ten
derloin vote would be forced into
the republican lineup il possible and
the prediction Is fulfilled to the let
ter. The struggle Is on between the
republican and democratic machines
to control the vote that can be
shifted and delivered according to
orders. II is the strength depended
on to turn the tide in the race be-
tween Moore and Doust at the pri-
maries. The whip was not needed
last fall when the tenderloin vote
was worked for the county republ'-
can ticket.
The prosecuting and executive
power of the county, SO long dor
mant, Is suddenly awakened into
quick action under the euse Of law
enforcement to accomplish this end.
The prosecutor admits 1t In the
open statement that the deputies in
his office, paid by the public, are re-
quired to do political work. And
the prosecutor Is anxious to extend
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
(Scripps News Association.)

(Scripps News Associai ion)
WASHINGTON, d. c., April H.
From an authoritative quarter It Is
announced that Secretary Taft will,
on his return from Cuba on April
90, take the stump in Ohio.
The suggestion was made by the
president himself. and Taft takes
Roosevelt's suggestions the same
as orders.
The time is not ripe to say posi-
lively that President Roosevelt
himself will take the stump. But If
he does not, it will not be for lack
of precedent. He has made 1t plain
to visitors that he does not feel
bound by any precedent. and IL he
feels that the needs Of the occasion
demand he will speak for Taft.
1t is thought that some special oc-
casion-some board Of trade ban
quet-might be arranged, at which
the president could say to Ohio
voters and the country what he
thinks about the need for selecting
man as his successor who will
carry forward the policies for which
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
APES WILL BE USED FOR
LEPROSY EXPERIMENT

HONOLULU, April 17,-As soon
rs the federal leprosarium at the
Molokai settlement can be com
pleted anthropoid apes from East
Africa are to be imported, taken
to the settlement and inoculated
with the bacilli of the dread dis
ease. This is to be done in order
that a systematic study of leprosy
may be made. that the scientists
may be able to watch the course OF
the disease from its inception and
experiment upon the subjects at all
stages of its growth.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
ANOTHER LEAPS
INTO THE RIVER

A wild shrek rent the air at 3
o'clock this morning and the form
of either man or woman was seen
TO leap Off the Post st. bridge into
the rushing waters below.
Maud Keller, the lilliputian per-
former at the Occur d'Alene theater,
who drives home in her small rig
every morning. was approaching the
bridge when she heard the scream.
Then she saw form leap off the
bridge. She turned back to Howard
st. and notified Patrolman Bunker,
who went to the scene but was I'M
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
High Water Carries Away Everything but .
Couple Of Weak StrIngers.

The Havermale st. bridge went
out this morning. All that is left
of it are a couple of weak stringers
from Howard st. across the river
and onto Havermale ST.
The wrecked members are lodged
against the temporary structure
erected in place of the bridge the
Washington Water Power Co.
knocked down on Howard ST.. and
this structure will go out with the
continual pounding of the heavy
timbers unless the swarm of work
men get the debris cleared away.
The river has heavy fall at this
point and the water is higher than
it has ever been this season. The
board of public works, city en-
gineers and numerous bridgemen
are busy trying to save the temper
airy bridge. Street cars have
stopped, passengers refusing to ride
over the structure.
1t was o'clock this morning be-
fore the condition of the bridge was
discovered, yet up till that time
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
RICE MAKES KICK
ON HUMBLE SHACK

A communication was received by
the health department this morning
from Rem H. Rice, secretary Of the
10000 club in which Mr.. Rice says
he has been asked to complain
about the unsanitary condition of a
shack at 221S Gardner av. Mr.. Rice
says the person who complained to
the citp beautiful committee does
mot wish his name used as 1t will
precipitate a neighborhood row. The
health inspectors say the place is
perfectly sanitary but that some of
the neighbors object to the insight
liness of the shack alongside of the
more expensive dwelling houses.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
EDDY DEFENDANTS
CHARGE BAD FAITH

CONCORD. n. H.. Anril 17.-In
an answer filed this afternoon to
the suit for an accounting Of prop
erty OF Mrs. Eddy the defendants
not only deny most OF the allega-
tons, but declare the action vas
not brought in good faith. Each de-
PENDANT declares the action was
brought without the consent or
knowledge of MIS-. Eddy. They
claim the charge Was prompted ny
Mrs. EGdy's enemies foi the pnr-
pose OF bringing her and her prin-
ciples into iisreputc, and deny her
mind IS ~ every was impaired.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
COUNTY INSPECTORS
JOBS ARE ILLEGAL
(Scripps News Association)


OLYMPIA, April 1.-THE supreme
court has declared unconstitutional
and void the legislative act provid.
ing for the appointment Of county
fruit inspectors, fixing their term OF
Office at years and their pay at 81
a day. The decision throws SIf of
Office every county fruit inspector
in the state and their deputies as
well.
The case was won by a dead man,
Fred Blumberg, the defaulting audi
tor of Skagit county, whose ac-
counts were discovered to be thou
sands of dollars short after his
dead body was found in a. Skagit
county slough last winter Blum
berg's shortcoming was the is
suance of illegal warrants and, sing
ularly enough, this case was one in
which he had refused tot issue a
warrant. believing that he had no
authority so to do.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17

street cars bound for north Howard
st. were run across the temporary
structure and passengers were in it,
norance of the peril. AS soon as
they noticed it one car unloaded.
The board of public works was noti-
fed and at once closed both the
Havermale bridge and the temper.
airy bridge.
The wreck of the Havermale
bridge Is a blow to traff1c. This
structure was used to a great ex-
tent by heavy drays carrying freight
from the o. r. & n freight depot
on Washington st. The bridge was
a short cut to the railroad. Traffic
is now passing over the Washington
st. viaduct. The north span bridge
over the river on Washington ST.
is tied to the piers Of the Great
Northern north side spur with steel
cables.
City Engineer Mcintyre and
Bridge Superintendent Mccormick
inspected this bridge this morning.
They decide 1t is safe at present
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17
ARE
NEARLY DUE

SAN FRANCISCO, April IL
There is a strong probability that
no indictments in the telephone
graft cases will be returned by the
grand jury until Theo. Halsey. the
indicted outside agent of the Pa
cifc States Co., arrives from Ma
Mia. He is due May g. Halsey may
be given an opportunity to testify,
according to Burns. In spite of
Burns statement, however, the pre-
diction is freely made today that
Saturday will mark not only the FL
ing of indictments in the telephone
cases, but return of formal charges
in the slot machines graft.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-17

able to secure any further informa-
ton.
Pete Wilson. the Pedicord bus
driver who fell from his seat in a
fit and was run over few weeks
ago, has disappeared and his friends
fear he may be the suicide. Wilson
was released from Sacred Heart
hospital 2 days ago entirely recov-
cred from his INJURIES. But he acted
queerly and an attendant was kept
with him. Yesterday afternoon he
got away and was last seen going
west on First ay.