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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
No Butter for Breakfast.

when I was a boy" said General
Grant, my mother one morning found
herself without butter for breakfast,
and sent me to borrow some from a
neighbor. Going into the house with
out knocking, overheard letter
read from the son Of neighbor who
was then at West Point, stating that
he had failed in examination, and
was coming home. got the butter.
took it home and, without waiting for
breakfast, ran to the Office of the
congressman for our district.
''Mr. Hammer said, will you ap-
point me to West Point?'
"'No: Davis is there, and has three
years to serve
but suppose he should fail-will
you send me-?
"Mr. Hammer laughed. If he don't
60 through, it is no use for you to
try. Uly.'
Mr.. Hammer promised. The next
day the defeated lad came home, and
the congressman, laughing at my
sharpness, gave me the appointment.
Now" said Grant, 1T was my mothers
being without butter that made me
General and President"
But he was mistaken. It was his
own shrewdness to see the chance,
and the promptness to seize it, that
urged him upward.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
Rocks Observe Sunday.

All the animal world appears 70
know Sunday from week DAY.
There is a.tIadition in Lancashire, ana
perhaps elsewhere, that the rooks al
ways commence building on the nrst
Sunday in March.
This has been frequently verified by
observation, and the punctuallty OF
the rocks might almost claim to ex-
coed the limits Of coincidence.-Coun-
try Life.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
Missouri the "ShOw Me- o'a'

did you know that Mlssou.,
At one time called the Iron 0'aI
asked a man at the pubic :
Yesterday afternoon. Aoou.
what were supposed to be gre :.
posits of iron ore were founu :
Mountain, Pilot Point aIu
nlaces in the southwestern =
tho state This informatioh ;,
snread over tee country ana ia. >
not long after that the puOn n
Missouri the name OF the Iron
However, it did not seem 70 10
il is seldom heard now ,.,,,
" missouri las also been k1 y
the Bullion State. Thomas naas 9 =
ton the first United States p =
from Missouri. was always .. ~
- naner money. He advocates
and silver as tie only means ,
change that should be aa .,!s :,
eranuent reference to bulllon \
.he nublic. and from this 'uI :,
. .ne the nickname. Bulli0''|
Kansas City Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
Between Friends.

Ambassador Bryce was halted at the
Capitol by decrepit figure that ex-
claimed, Il am glad to welcome you
back"
The ambassador looked coldly as
upon one about to make touch.
Il do not know you," he said.
mot know mel" was the response.
"Why, l am your old associate, the
Constitution"
THE Constitution. All SCARED AMI
battered and frayed: Forgive me for
not having recognized you. But what
have you been up against"
Hist" replied the Constitution, Il
inadvertently got between friends"
Ledger.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
How Pyramids Were Built.

Hosting machines were USED III UOlH
Assyria and Egypt 5000 or more years
ago. In order to hoist the great stones
of the pyramids some form OF derrick
was employed. Probably the first con-
struction was that which is now known
to mechanics as the shear legs. This
is made of two great timbers tied to-
gether in the form Of a capital A, the
two ends resting on the ground and
rope being run over and attached at
the top. With one of these the pyra-
mid builders could have raised large
stones step by step, which was doubt
less their method, according to writ
er in the Circle.
We can imagine we see the great A
frame leaning over an incline OF per-
haps so degrees with a block OF stone
tied on. Then great crowd OF men
get hold of the rope on the opposite
side, perhaps assisted by some draft
oxen, and all strain and pull until the
A frame stands erect and the stone is
swung up into the air, where 1t can
be pushed into the desired place. Such
a continuance could be used to hit
stones six or eight feet, which was
sufficient for the construction OF the
first pyramid. Doubtless better hoist
ing devices were constructed as more
pyramids were built.
The men who built these pyramids
certainly had carts and oxen to draw
the stones and derricks to hoist them,
and the work shows no mean engineer
ing skill. 1t is surmised that the
first carts grew out Of the use OF roll
ers made from tree trunks. Having
found it a nuisance to keep replacing
rollers under heavy objects that had to
be removed, the idea of a pair OF
wheels was devised.
These were formed by simply cut
ting off two slices or round sections
from large tree and joining them by
a rude axle. The OK was hitched IN
front and a big stone was tied so as
to be half separated by the axle, the
rear end dragging on the ground.
Heavy tree trunks were skidded In
much the same way that the work Is
done in modern lumber camps.
The pyramid stones often weighed
several tons and were sometimes drawn
scores of miles from the quarries.
They were quarried by sinking holes
in the stones with chisels pounded by
mauls, and a row of holes was made
and wedges driven in to split the stone.
The dressing down of the stones was
done at the pyramid.
Some of the early pyramids exhibit
traces of masonry, showing that the
manufacture and use of mortar was
then understood. There are also evil
dences Of brick work as early as 5000
B. G. In the Khafra pyramid of this
sarcophagus, having places for handles
and bolts, which, it is believed, were
! made of copper, although they had dis
appeared when modern researches were
| made.
The men Of the pyramid age not
only knew how to make bricks, tiles
and vessels of clay, but they had learn
ed to fire the clay in such a way as to
vitrify or glaze the surface, rendering
it more ornamental as we'll as less
porous. This was the beginning or
basis of china or porcelain manufact
ure.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
Eagle SEXES a Dog.

NJ. Cohen, a trapper, who has a
camp at Chedi Lake, just east OF the
James River, was examining his traps
yesterday when a huge eagle swooped
down and, Selling a dog which ac-
companied the trapper. started on
with its prey.
Cohen, however, shot the bird Pc
fore the dog had been much injured.
The eagle measured Z feet Z IL inch
es from tip to tip and its talons were
large enough to encircle a mans
wrist Cohen intends to have the bird
stuffed and mounted.-Aberdeen cor
respmdence st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
A Unique Intoxicant
~ the REV. TNOA.ASE cpcco.

oohI
Ordinarily, When a man gets dr,,,
he IS sure to do something that :
would not DO if he WAS sober-son'
'AlAS iudlcrous, or indiscreet or o.
CRIMINAL, that makes him feel m;,'1
lIy ashamed when he regainr :.
living perpendicular" and ;s
more himself.
Such / repeat, is the ordinary =.
sequence OF over-indulgence in stn,]
drink as We know strong driuI !.
this part of the world.
But, 10. the word comes to nc g..
Darkest Africa that the exn,o,.1
nave found In the heart of the Co,1
q drink that acts just the rever.a
our civilized whisky, rum. gin etc
The tribesmen In the district ;,
ferred to are at their worst MIL
sooer-thieyes, robbers, murdar.]
ana everything else that they shorl
not be; but so soon as they get drn,|
on thelr strange beverage they A
transformed into saints and anrol,|
The great Pascal declared that II
Pyrenees divided the decaloeue M
two hostile camps, right on one I'D
OF the mountain. wrong on the othI
The ipse dixit of the famous Fren,
man finds its modern illustration
the case in point.
Sober. the Congo negroes are
immoral a set as ever disgraced n
planet, but when once thorough|
under the influence" they are, nal
ally speaking, the "pinks of perts|
ton and the worthy examples
the elect of the earth.
1t seems that they are no 500
within the spell of their fayu|
drink than they are moved to copfJ
all the wrong they did when sob
II they have stolen anything til
confess their thefts, if they bal
robbed or murdered they make
clean breast of the horrible businel
and long before they have pass
from under the influence of their
tations they have cleaned the I'D
and, so far as confession is concern
fully atoned for all their wrongdd
President Lincoln, as all the wt|
knows, once advised ali of his q
erals to drink the brand of whh
that Grant drank, and it strikes
that 1t would not be bad thing, q
sort of temporary arrangement,
import a few thousand gallons Of d
Congo liquor to be religiously ID
out to certain parties in our d
country.
The revelations that would be 81
to follow would be to US 81
moral gain.
The BLACK Hand" the trusts
Albany, Philadelphia and Memp
"rings," the life insurance pra1
the gas men. and all the rest Of
dark and evil brood, might, under
uplifting influence of the African
erage, be induced to tell us all,
thus place us in fair way to reed
our long-lost birthright as free Al
lean citizens.-FrOm the New
American.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10


You have 10 ap what he thinks right.
You can't SIT sun to h"ai ms laie'
You have IN jain him IN n" ilSAt,
or els" lie ian - sure 10 ran.
When K, Gaie tells q story.
"There comes the hear he cries ~ ei ,S
"Nurse. you're the bear; get 'i.o
floor:
Here. Amy. YOU must stand by e.
And hug ME tight at nurses ioas
When | say sang, the gun goes W. ,o,r
I've killed you, nurse. but moH: your
head
And give little, tiny cough -,
70 1t Us know when you are dtiu'
Then, Amy. l must kiss your hanu,
And here's a ring for you 70 CARY
And over there's the Princes laHu'
Where you and | shall marry.
And then nurse runs the Prince runs al
ter.
And brandishos his dreadful gun.
While A:nE jumps and screams VIII
Iaus
II fink we has the mostest fun
When Weggy tells stowy.
Washington Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10

One historic deed Of daring in the
Spanish bull ring is that Of the fam.
Gus matador, Gorrito. who on st;iu
faced the maddened animal
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10

GREEN FEEDS AND MANGOLDS.
Succulent foods are supplied to all
birds each day throughout the year
The double yards allow the birds TO
gather green grass, young oats, rye or
rape for themselves during the grow
ing season, as they are turned from
the worn run to the fresh ones, when
the supply of green plants is eaten
off. If the sod is much broken, or the
plants injured SO they will not
spring up and cover the surface
with green again, the vacated
yards are cultivated and reseeded
heavily.
When buildings are new and the
runs are fenced in from land with
good sod on it, the yards may last
year or two without the sod beng
used up, but unless they are large 1t
will soon be necessary to cultivate
and reseed. if they are depended up
on to furnish green food. The yards,
90 by 100 feet, are large enough 50
that there is room for single horse
to work comfortably in them. 1t IS
questionable whether it might not be
more economical to construct only
single yards for exercise. and feed
the hens daily on green food, wnlch
could be raised on rich land, handy
bv. Probably less labor would be
required to raise the green food IN
the fields than in the yards, but the
labor of cutting and carrying IL 10
the birds would be considerable.
For green food during winter ana
spring mangolds are used. They are
liked by the birds and w'her properly
harvested and cared for remain crisp
and sound until late spring. Ihey
are fed whole. by sticking them on 10
projecting nails, about foot ana d
half above the floor. Care must be
exercised in feeding them, as they are
laxative when used too freely. On
the average about a peck per day TO
100 hens can be safely used. nhey
would eat a much greater quantity
if they could get it.
"A
tending from Jan / to April 80, 1916,
in which mangold wurzels were COM
pared with cut clover, has just been
completed Two lots Of hens, eacn
consisting of 100, were kept under
similar conditions. except that one
lot had about II pounds of mansolds
each day and no curt clover, whlle the
other lot received no mangolds, pu1
were given five pounds OF clover
leaves and heads, gathered from the
feeding floor in the cattle barns. Boeh
lots of birds had new beds OF oat
straw every week. The leo birds eat
ing the mangolds averaged laying 65.9
eggs each. during the four months.
The 100 birds eating the clover aver
age 50, eggs during the same time.
The slight difference between the
Yields of the two lots can hardly De
regarded as indicating greater value
for the mangold ration.
The yigor and apparent healthful
ness of the two lots were equally
good. In the general feeding boon
mangolds and clover are used daily
Formerly it was thought necessary to
steam or wet the clover with hot wa
ter in order to get good results from
it. It is now cut and fed dry, in the
bottom of cement barrels, cut on
about 10 inches high. About hve
pounds are eaten daily by 100 hens
with very little waste. Apparently as
good results are gotten from 1t a
when it was scalded the labor o.
preparation being very much lessen
ed.-G. NJ. Gowell, Maine Experiment
Station, Oronto, Me.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
PLANT A PUMPKIN PATCH.

If all the pumpkin seeds in the
world We're in the hands of single
scotsman and he would use printers
ink freely, making no eNtravagant
claims, but giving the actual facts, he
could sell it at fabulous prices. The
seed. Aoxever, is found on almost o..
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10

Many Elk lodge in the we J,
adopted President Rooss saon ID.
ton and decided to aoan Montsn,
tooth emblem. Many M; MoD tees
have been collecting elks ~ ~
wears and holdisg 'n mem, h,
one man at Billings. Mon''
sands
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
The Thrifty Robin.

A small girl sitting on a bench in
the park threw to robin that was
hopping about on the grass nearby
piece OF cake about as big as hick-
ofy nut. which the hungry redbreast
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
SHOULD RAISE SUNFLOWERS.

Every poultryman should raise sun
flowers. They serve a double purpose.
furnishing shade for the fowls and
growing chicks during the hot days
Of summer, and later the seeds make
a splendid feed for the fowls and
chicks if fed judiciously. The oil in
the seeds gives the plumage a gloss
that can be obtained in no other way.
Sunflowers will do we'll in almost any
soil and can be planted in out OF the
way places, along the fences, in cor
ners and so on Get the Mammoth
Russian variety. Both horses and
cows are very fond of the leaves and
tender parts of the stalks. There is
no crop that pays the poultryman
better-Farmer's Home Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
CURING FORGING IN COLTS.

Forging, especially in colts, is
most difficult trouble to overcome, says
the Horse Breeder, and can only be
obviated by careful experimenting.
Have his feet made perfectly level.
Let the toes on the forward feet grow
out 4 little Fit them to pair OF
quarter boots and on each side have
a pocket made, in which place some
sheet lead. Keep adding to 1t until
you have balanced the colt This
will of course. increase his stride
and knee action The hind feet
must be kept reasonably short The OBJ
ject of weighing in the forward feet
by quarter boots instead of adding to
the weight of the shoes, is to save his
legs. After the colt has acquired his
proper gait, the cause being removed,
the effect will cease and you can let
him wear the quarter boots until the
habit has ceased
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
SHELTER FOR STOCK.

Dry cold does net injure farm stock
as much as rain does, and animals
that have the shelter of open sheds
or straw, stacks withstand dry zero
weather very WELL
The worst place in the world FOR
breeding ewes is the stock field, and
we have seldom, if ever, seen strong,
healthy lot of lambs from ewes that
have been allowed stalk field range
The same is true of brood mares due
to foal in the spring A few bushels
of oats, or few bags of bran fed the
mares for a few months will insure
strong, healthy foals that will grow
Justify from the start.-Richmono
Times Despatch.
BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHICKS.
Here is a remedy for bowel COM
plaint in young chicks that has not
been known to fail if used in the very
beginning of the trouble, with clean,
warm, dry shelter and good whole
some food. Boil fresh milk and after
it is cool give to the chicks TO drink
do not allow them any other drink
until there are no more symptoms
of trouble. Be sure that the milk Is
boiled. not just heated, as milk 'Aat
is not boiled will prove laxative 10
the young birds.-Practical Farmer.
JUDGING WEIGHTS OF CATTLE
A simple rule for the Judging OF the
weight Of cattle, says an exchange, Is
as follows: If the animal glrts nVe
feet, it will weigh somewhere from
TOO to $50 pounds. Every added lhcn
in girth adds % pounds till you get
I'D to six feet, and then add % pouhas
to the inch.-Farmers Home journal
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10

cry farm. It will pay every farmer to
him an excellent hog feed and COW
feed in the fall. They can be raised
very cheaply and fed easily.
We doubt, however, whether the
common method of growing them in
the corn field is The best one. The
pumpkin is too great a lover of sun
shine to do its best in the shade Of
a heavy crop of corn. If planted at
the same time with the corn, or even
a week later, i, interferes more or
less with cultivation. Everything eX.
cept corn planted in the corn field is
weed and We have enough weeds
without planting pumpkins. On al
most every farm there is some feed
lot Or corral or some other small
tract of very rich ground which can
be broken UP and planted any time
before the first OF June in pumpk ms,
and an acre of This kind of land will
produce more pumpkins than ten
acres planted in the corn field.
Plant four or five seeds in the hill
and eight feet apart in the row, the
rows being eight feet apart. Keep
down the weeds until the pumpkins
begin to vine. If Tine were taken
to cut the ends Of the vines after suffi-
cient pumpkins are we'll set to make
a crop and thus prevent the strength
of the vine going to more pumpkins
which would be killed by frost, it
would very much improve the quality
and the yield. Try it if you have an
acre of this kind OF land. very rich.
somewhere handy, and you will be
surprised at the productive capacity
Of that acre-Wallace's Farmer.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-03-22
THE SULTAN'S SCREEN.
II Is Made Of Tanned Human Skin
deliberately Decorated.

There is story told of famous and
curious screen which occupies promi-
nent place in the menage of the sultan
of Turkey. 1t is made, so rumor hath
It, of human skin, perfectly tanned and
deliberately fooled and embossed, and
it has been In the royal quarters for
more than two centuries. This remark
able screen is not an evidence of cru
city or barbarity on the part Of Tur.
keys ruler 200 years ago, but is a
memorial to twelve faithful servants
of a former sultan. At one time dur
ing the sultan's reign 200 years ago
a wing of the palace caught fire, and
during the confiagration a much loved
member Of the sultan's family was res
cued by twelve servants. The twelve
servants persisted, some OF them dying
later Of their wounds and burns, so
his majesty had their skins removed
by an expert and had them preserved
In this touching though remarkable
manner. The screen is now looked up
on as a part of the rulers inheritance,
and it is said that every sultan cher
ishes 1t almost as he would his own
royal skin.-New York Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-03-22
THE AGE OF FISHES.
Both Ear Stones and Scales Carry tho
Annual Tally.

Both Ear Stones and Scales Carry tho
Annual Tally.
1t has been found by ichthyoiogists
that the age Of Dish may be read from
it's scales. These increase in size by
annular growths, two rings being form
ed each year. The "otoliths" or ear
stones, which lie in two sacs on either
side Of the base Of the cranial cavity,
afford another means Of determination.
Like the scales, the otoliths increase
by two rings annually. Each spring
that is, from February to June-a white
ring is formed, and each autumn-that
is, from July to October-a black one.
Thus the number of either white or
black rings in an otolith gives the age
of the fish in years. In the case Of
flatfish the latter method has been
found more reliable, whereas in the
case of the cod the scales give bet
ter result Although varying much in
size and shape in different species, the
otoliths show a remarkable constancy
in the same species; hence they are
of considerable value in the diagnosis
Of q species. -LOndon Globe.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-03-22


each end of the car, and 1t win not be
necessary to turn it end for end Mt
terminals. The life of the postal clerk
aboard the new car will be as safe as
that OF a traveller aboard Pullman.
Jamestown Exposition Stamps.
The postoffice department has ap-
proved the design for one cent and a
two cent postage stamp as one of the
series commemorative of the James
town exposition. The cent stamp will
bear the likeness of Captain John
Smith and the date of his birth and
death, with the profile of Pocahontas
In the upper left corner and of Pow
hatan In the upper right corner. The
two cent stamp will be an engraving
of the landing of the first settlers at
jamestown. The bureau Of engraving
and printing is now at work on this
series, and the stamps will be on sale
throughout the country on April &c,
the day of the opening of the exposi-
ton.
Roosevelt Restores Domain.
About 100000 acres Of the SO,OOO,-
900 of reputed public coal lands which
bave been withdrawn from sale and
presumption by order Of the president
are to be restored to the public domain,
as 1t has been found that they do not
contain coal in commercial quantities.
The land restored does not include any
of the forest reservations.
Japanese Influx Stopped.
President Roosevelt has issued an or
der barring from the United States the
Japanese and Korean laborers. skilled
and unskilled, who had received pass
ports to go to Mexico, Hawaii and
Canada and who have heretofore used
that means Of entering this country.
Coincident with this order the pres
Ident directed the dismissal of the two
suits filed In San Francisco with a
view to testing the treaty rights of
Japanese children to enter the white
schools. This was In pursuance of
his agreement to take such action
when the San Francisco school board
resclnded its original resolution ex-
Guiding japanese children from the
schools. This the board has done.
New Spanish Minister Here.
Senior r. Pima y Millet, the first
Spanish minister to reach Washington
since the departure of Senior Ojeda In
April. 1905, has arrived at his post. He
says he has come on mission to help
both countries live down the past, to
cement their friendship and make 1t
lasting. He states that Spain has pros
pered since the close Of the Spanish
American war, that the conflict brought
the people of the country to realiza-
ton of the necessity Of making mate
rial progress, and that Spain could not
longer remain inactive while other ma
tons were advancing. In speaking of
the Philippines he indicated that so far
as the government Of Spain Is concern
ed there Is no deep regret over the loss
Of those islands to the Spanish crown.