The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-11


ough to take a chance on little sue
cess.
By 1920, and even before, the pres
ent rate of growth continuing oolh
in New York and in the London area
the population Of the New YORK lnet
ropolitan area will be more than taa'
of London at the same time.
The grewsome murder on an Eng
lish railway suggests that there are
possibilities Of things even worse
than the always promiscuous and OF
ten indecentiy crowded conditions OF
American travel.
Those new twenty-dollar gold certln
Gates may rot be artistic In the ''u.
esthetic degree, but most people wiz.
not be prevented by the delicacy o.
their susceptibility from acquiring a.
many. specimens as they can leg1tl-
mately.
ut u.s." says the Florence (Ua.'
Times "much more comfortabl,, botn
to yourself ard the rest OF the "oi ~
to be a pleasant ass than an unpieas'
ant bear" But why be either an as
or a bear?
School gardens in the cities are one
of the minor compensations to the
tenement for the deprivation OF coun'
try air and vegetation, and the az
sence of any other playground tnan
the street. They are recent lns'i
tuition in America, although Europe
has known them for a long tline'
The kite. according to ornithologi-
raj authorities, is declared to be ex
tinct, and it is practically SO. BUT d
vigilance committee has nevertheless
teen formed in Wales for the protec
ton Of the bird. A photographer re
GENTLY traced one Of the only pan
of kites known to exist IN SOUL
Wales to a cave In the mountains ana
with lucky snapshot secured pno
tograph. The home OF the pair Is oe'
ing kspt secret.
The returns Of its five-year census
make Il evident that when the next
federal census is taken New jersey
will advance several ranks among the
States. certainly passing North caro-
lima and Tennessee in population ana
treading on the heels of KENTUCKY. IL
will move up from sixteenth 10 1oui'
teenth place.
The greatest aggregation OF popu.
lation in the history of the world VIII,
soon be gathered about the waters Vi
New York Bay and in the country d.
rectlv tributary. Already it is popu-
lation more varied in its race ele-
ments than any ever brought togetH'
er in history.
The announcement is made that the
inventor Of the "pigs in clover" puz.
sle has just died, and that he dieo
poor. Coupling this with Mark
Twain's assertion in "The American
Claimant that it was Mulberry Sell
ers who invented the puzzle. the pow
erty Is explained. But Mulberry Sell
ers is immortal.
Josh Billings must have foreseen
the noble roster Of subscribers IN
"Fads and Fancies" when he wrote:
"An American aristokrat IL the most
ridikilus thing in the market. They
are generally ashamed Of THAR anses'
stors, and if they hav emmy and live
long enuff they generally hav citizens
tew be ashamed ov THAR posterity.
The daughter Of Pittsburg mil
lionaire has just been married to an
Englishman whose title at present Is
merely that of captain. But he IS the
eon Of a lord who in the natural
courso of events, and provided he is
decent about 1t. Will die.
Says the Cleveland Leader: There
ough. to be no firing upon fishing
tugs trespassing in Canadian waters;
there should be no tugs In forbidden
parts Of the lake. The entire lake,
and all the other lakes on the bound
ary. should be covered, as to fishing.
BY a carefully drawn and vigorously
executed international agreement Tor
the proper protection Of the fisheries.
In some States specific forms OF un-
fitness for matrimony have already
been made the subject Of statutory
prohibition, notably in Connecticut
and Minnesota. which forbid the mar