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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23
TO RID LONDON OF SMOKE.

Arnold Lupton's Plan to Use No Coas
In the English Metropolis.
To rid London of its smoke and
make 1t one of the slnniest cities IN
the world Is the task of Arnold Llp-
ton, a member Of the English Parlia'
ment. A report received at the Bur.
eau Of Manufactures. Washington D.
c.. says:
His plan contemplates the use OF
electricity for power, lighting. heating
and cooking in London, and bringing
the electrical energy from the coal
fields OF the Midlands, thus doing
away with the smoke producers OF
the metropolis. 1t is stated that Mr..
Lupton took an active part in the
preparation OF plan for Harvesting
the waters Of Niagara to the extent
Of 100000 horsepower, and that his
present project is backed by engi-
neers of distinction. He estimates
that the smoke nuisance. damages
London every year fully s10,000,ooo.
not to mention the incalculable per-
sonal discomfort which it causes.
The success of his project would
not only abate this intulerable NUS
ance but would also, it is calculated,
furnish a cheap substitute for the
present source Of light, heat and
power. Mr.. Lupton is thus quoted:
What | propose is to use a high
tention current OF 10000 volts and 10
bring the electric energy from The
Midland coal fields. 100 miles away.
If London were Supplied with e."I-
trio generators of, say, 1,00o,000 kito-
watts average load. the greater part
OF the railways, tramways and fac
torres could get their electric light
ing and power and the bulk of the
houses be warmed and the cookin.
done by electric energy. The cur
rent could be delivered in London
in bulk at ! farthing (half cent
per unit. and therefore it could be
sold at / penny e. cents) and even
less for large quantities"
1T is proposed to construct a plant
as a beginning. to be enlarged when
needed to cost about ST. 100000. The
railways may oppose this project. for
it would mean a heavy annual loss
to them in freight receipts from car
rying coal to London. But manifest
lv tie Midland coal fields wolld offer
1t every encouragement"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23
IMPROVE THE DAIRY HERD.

In referring to the betterment Of
dairy cows a Minnesota dairy inspec-
tor says that the farmer who keeps
cows must be relied on, in the i'm
provement of the dairy herd SO as TO
get bigger yield from the number
of cows already on hand. The farmer
is the one who is benefited most and
want to call attention to one way in
accomplishing this that is practical.
and a way that every dairyman
should use, and that is to keep such
a record of each COW in the herd.
that will show at the end of the year
what each individual COW has done.
This at first thought, would seem like
something that would entail great
deal OF work, and I will not deny but
what it takes some extra ".'T", but
think it safe to say, that it will be
the best paying work that YOU can
do In connection with your dairy. The
things necessary are. a spring scale.
pencil and memoranda book. all OF
which need not cost over two dollars.
and the extra work necessary need
not be over 30 minutes a month out
side the time 1t takes to do the fig
uring, and that will depend on how
quick you are to figure. The thing
to do with this apparatus is to place
1t where you empty the milk after
milking. Taking the milk from each
COW. you first hang the pail on the
scale and with the pencil and book
you have handy you make record OF
what the cow has given. You can
repeat this for every milking if you
wish, but for beginning about four
times a month will give you good re-
suits, and show you where you have
the COW that is stealing her board
and where you have the one that is
paying it. In connection with this,
1t is also necessary to have the milk
from each COW tested about three
times or more year. With the num-
Der of pounds of milk and per cent
of fat in milk, you have a basis T.
figure the value Of your cow.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23
MUDDY VS.. DRY FEED LOTS.

Experiments noted by the Depart
ment of Agriculture show that muddy
feed lots are an Improbable as we'll
as disagreeable feature in cattle feed
ing, especially when no provision is
made for shelter. Notwithstanding
the fact that the disadvantages OF,
mud and dirt We're recognized by five
hundred cattlemen. correspondent
with by the department, only thirty
six of these cattle feeders reported
definite provision against such condi-
lions. Ten of these men have the
surface Of their feed lots paved or
otherwise artificially covered, fifteen
use rock. gravel. cinders, bricks.
plankS. corncob or sawdust alone. and
in combination in various parts of
the lot-about the feed troughs, water
tanks, sheds Or gates. Ten of the
correspondents stated that they had
made the lots dry enough for feeding
purposes by a tile drain, while two
reported that the yards had been
Graded and the mud and manure re-
moved by means of dirt ScraperS.
Several OF those who use coal cinders
for filling the muddy portion of the
lot, stated that care must be taken
to keep them covered with straw,
cornstalks or other bedding material.
in order to avoid injury to the feet.
AS the result Of the letters received
by the department, two plans have
been prepared. one showing a brick.
paved feed lot, with convenient shcl-
ter. water and feeding arrangements,
designed to accommodate fifty cattle;
the other feed bunk for use in
sive.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23
HORSES THAT SELL WELL.

A breeder and grower Of horses
has these sensible suggestions in .
letter to American Farming. He says:
Many farmers think that there is
no money in raising horses. Yet there
Is constant demand In the markets
at remunerative prices for horses OF
definite type. Last summer l had
opportunity to talk with farmer on
this very point. He was near an ex-
cellent horse market, and On his
farm he was producing an album
dance of the finest horse feed. But
the buyers did not want his horses.
The trouble was that they were nei-
ther draft horses nor road horses;
neither express horses nor coach
horses. They We're nondescriptE, with
out the right form and weight for
any particular purpose. This farmer
had started with a number Of fairly
good mares, but had used first one
stallion and then another without any
definite idea in mind as to breed.
The natural result was that the colts
showed a mixture Of incongruous tend
encies All that could be said for
them was that they We're horses. The
modern market will not buy monde
script horses. They must be horses,
of q different class draft horses,
roadsters, etc.-with the proper form,
class. BY consulting horse buyers the
farmer can easily learn what the mar
kot requirements are. and can breed
horses that meet these requirements.
Then it will be found that there is
money in raising horses. But there
is surely no use in producing 4 mon
arel horse when no one wants it.
There are several ways in which
horses may be improved by intelli
gent selection and breeding. such as
the farmer adopts IN securing a herd
of COWS noted for their milk yield
Or a flock Of sheep to produce win
ter lambs. | once had occasion to OBJ
serve a company of cavalry horses
that had been selected for their rapid
walking gait These horses, without
urging, WOuiu easily MAKE UNp niles
an hour on walk. | had pre-
yiously thought ny saddle horse was
a fast walker. but found that he had
TO be trotted at frequent intervals to
keep III with the procession. This
seemed to be an Interesting point. ana
accordingly timed several ordinary
saddle horses. They made less than
mile per hour Now there are lines
Of work in which fast walking gait
would add greatly to the value OF a
horse. The walking speed Of a horse
lan be increased by breeding iusJ
rs readily as the trottins or running
speed \ fast walker is more in de |
mand and is coed for mere purposes |
than a fast runner. Horses are just |
is susceptible to improvement b.
breeding as other animals are 1t will |
therefore pay farmers who are fitted !
for this work to breed up a line of
:orses with fast walk. Don't be |
with present standards but
raise them.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23
ACTUAL RUTTER FAT.

It is suggested that farmers who
deliver cream TO the crcamories set
tie for the cream on the basis OF the
actual butter fat content OF the same.
and this can be readily determined
on the usual test basis. The New
York Farmer in regard to this says;
Suppose the test basis TO be adopt
ed by your creameryman. what of
that? Will not you have more butter
fat to sell from the S000-pOund yield
er of 3.5 per cent fat milk than from
a 5.0OO-pound yielder of per cent
or ) per cent milk? At 3.5 per cent
the S.OG0-pound COW will give you
$50 pounds of butter-fat If you throw
out such a COW and put on 5000
pound cow that averages 4 per cent,
you will have only $50 pounds Of
butter-fat. With the 8.000-pound COW
you will have 80 to 80 pounds more
of butter-far and nearly 80 hundred
weights more OF skimmilk. worth at
least 20 cents hundred, than you
would have with the 5,000-pound COW
putting 4 to per cent Of fat into
her milk Unless your creamerymen
purpose to put lower price on Hol-
stein-Friesian butter-fat than on other
butter-fat, their threat to pay on test.
instead Of frightening you, should en-
courage you to put on Holstein-Frie-
sian cows totally. You are in the bust
ness to make milk. If the Holstein-
Friesian cows meet the call for you.
they are the cows for you. II your
creamerymen can not, or will not
handle your milk, they have the liber-
ty to reject it and quit business. This
is a free country. If you milk pro-
ducers will submit to dictation by the
middlemen, whose fault is 1t? Put on
8,OOO-pound or 1O,O00-pound cows, call
for the test, feed back your skim
milk, and you will make money.
Run a cooperative creamery and
make high grade buttet you and your
neighbors. and you will make still
more money.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23

Good Cod" cried Desruelles-"Ve-
doya!"
He fell in an apoplectic fit, and be-
fore morning brought the question Of
his identity to the tribunal Of q
higher court.-Edmond Spencer. In
Partisan Police Archives.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23
| The Man Who
|neyer WasF0und

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\ ecipion Desruelles kept small
N the Rue de Seine. Paris. He
rife. but no children. He was
nall tradesman and his wife, a
coarselOoking woman, quite
E,ae Of taking care Of shop and
-.
ii.ion's past life had been singu-
q uneyentful. One single circum'
Ira had ruffled it. and that he used
10 relate. One night, ten years
= Scipion had gone to the thea
nd after the performance had
~ madame to a restaurant. Re
80 home, after he was in bed
61nn heard a noise in the shop
umed himself with a bootjack
I uptured burglar.
ne man, who said he was an Ital-
nmed Vedova, disclaimed earn
II Ill felonious intentions, but
u Hve no good account of him
Ecipton prosecuted him Wig
ub, and he was convicted and
! b Brest. Two years later Scip-
nA vedova in a cafe and hal
j arrested as an escaped convict.
} lSs2 Scpion received official no
I rom Martinique that a bachelor
- On the island, whose name
iache. was dead. and had left
ldr to all his large property.
Islles was further asked by
1gtafy at St. Jean to come olt IN
~ IN order to save himself
: bus and Inconvenience.
n Desruelles reached Martin
nd went to St. Jean, he was
~ dumb to find his cousin alive
vi and all the notarial papers
~ received forger1es: There +
lceaing to do but 80 back |!
q brig was to sail in a day for
orleans, and Scipion determined |
! 0ither in her. take train to !
York and steamer thence to
\ Arrived in New Orleans. !
- put up at a boarding house
- French quarter. and devoted
~ 70 sightseeing. /
hsakfast the second morning.
- warmly greeted by strang-
- saA: II am truly delighted
- you Monsieur Quentineau.
~ you arrive?"
= gently informed the man
= vas not Quentineau, but Scip-
Danelles. The stranger with
= said the dodge wouldn't go
nefs! Next thing he'd want
1salafe that bill OF $725 he
Aarais & Hughes! |
ta Desruelles, alias Quentineau,
~ into prison. A lawyer with
y md at the cost of half his
proved he was not Qlenti-
90 Scipion Desruelles. a pas
soard the brig Braganza, OF
bat for the captain he
ave been convicted, for sew
ssees sw0re he was Quenti-
as he was misdirected,
= . low groggery and rob-
cent he had left. Scip-
mote to Paris to madame
lance. A cotton broker
eome correspondence to
and he earned enough
. 70 answer nor remit
nom madame. At last he
cousin In Martinique,
shortly a draft for $500
Immediately started for
Here. while waiting for
steamer. he was again ar
!'etre Quentineaa, a fugi.
1sdce and q bond-forger.
luck the cotton broker
sah happened to be in
- Scipion established an
Aaung in the customs Of
came behind him, slipped
= his hand, and whisper
oe afraid, Quentineau.
aothing whatever against
what I owe YOU"
turned quickly, but the
1eady lost in the crowd,
=. found eight gold Napo-
g hand. Mechanically he
IN his pocket, cursing
eeu whom everybody
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23

Peace Congresses will sit more or
less vainly as long as it is genuine
fun for boys to kill toad, remarks
Puck.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23

The Sultan OF Turkey possesses the
largest Turkey carpet known. It Is
valued at $4,000.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23
DAYS Like These.

Days Like These.
n. tangled brakes and briers.
,.zv smoke Of forest fires;
IN hills soft robe OF brown.
.,,shed fields regretful frown;
v..nkled roads unconscious
-. unbreathed and fragrant
df.
4. vide, unworried sky.
.tsns winds oontented sigh;
I -. a the vagrant leaves.
x,.nar Of the standing sheaves;
.,,a4 lament for summer lost,
s,,,,nr challenge Of the frost.
tusdy life Of stalwart trees
~ II my veins on days Ike
tAese.
= pkbert, in Country Life in
America.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23

KICKING COWS.
In most instances the habit comes
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-08

The report that l.. Simpson, an at
torney, living at Meeteese, Wyo., had
shot and killed w. Dean Hays, a prom
sinent banker and politician of thai
place, proved to be canard upon in
vestigation by The Gazette last even
ing.
From very reliable source it was
cleaned over the long distance tele-
phone that Hays is still in the land
of the living and that the injuries he
received were of very slight nature.
1t appears that Simpson and Hays
have been enemies for some time
past, growing out of political and a
series of other complications. The
affair happened last Friday afternoon
and Simpson, who had been drinking
considerable, walked into the Wilson
Hays bank and with few words ad-
dressed to Hays pulled a revolver out
of his pocket and fired twice. Neither
one Of the bullets hit their intended
mark and with the exception OF a fly
ing hard wood splinter, which struck
Mr.. Hays over the left eye, no other
injuries were received by that gem
tleman.
Before Simpson could fire again he
was overpowered and the gun taken
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-08
STRIKE is DECLARED Off
The Engineers and firemen on Southern
Pacific Return to Old Positions.

Houston, Texas, Jan. 1.-THE strike
Of the Southern Pacific fremen was
formally called off at noon today, fol
lowing the signing Of an agreement
by President and General Man
ager Thornwell Fay and General Man
ager w. G. Van Week for the Harri-
man roads affected by the strike, Vice
Grand Chief w. H. Willis for the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
and Vice Grand Master Timothy Shea
for the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen. The agree
ment went into effect at noon. 1t pro-
vides:
A board of three arbitrators shall de-
termine whether or not the Southern
Pacific abrogated its contract with the
flremen when 1t signed the new agree
ment May /, 1906, with the engineers.
The company shall name one of the
board, the firemen shall name sec
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-08
DEATH OF HAYS A CANARD|
Only Flying Splinter Hit Meeteetse Bank
er---Simpson Out on Bail.

away from him. He was arrested and
taken before Justice of the Peace
Heron, where he was released from
custody upon fling a bond for $1,000,
while the preliminary trial was set for
tomorrow evening.
A few minutes after the shooting
Mr.. Hays returned to his desk in the
bank and is still actively engaged in
carrying on his business affairs.
The death of Mr.. Hays was sent out
by an alleged news gathering concern
and while it has not been given much
publicity, the many friends of w.
Dean Hays in and around Billings will
be glad to know that he is still in the
land of the living.
SUIT will in all probability be
brought by Mr.. Hays against the Of
ficials, if any there are, of the news
association that sent out the false re-
ports of his death.
w. Dean Hays is well known
through the state of Wyoming, where
he has been in active political life for
the past 12 years. Up to short time
ago he was an ardent democrat, but
recently he changed. his views and
came out in published statement, in
which he renounced that organization
in favor of republican principles.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-08

ond and the two thus chosen shall
select third.
All employees who went on strike
shall return to their former positions
without prejudice.
Seniority of the engineers who went
on strike shall be determined at
meeting of the general board of ad-
justment of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers of the Southern Pa
cifc railway, Atlantic system, at a
meeting to be held in Houston, Thurs
day, January II. What each organiza-
tion shall concede will be determined
by the board Of arbitration.
Practically all of the men on strike,
to the number of 500, have either al
ready returned to work or will resume
their former positions within the next
"a hours. a
The railway company will provide
for serviceable men employed during
the strike, but the strikebreakers.
brought from outside points. will be
dismissed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-08
FORAKER RESOLUTION HOLDS THE FLOOR
Presidents Dismissal Of Negro Troops Source Again Of De-
eidedIy Animated Debate--NeW Phase Developed

Washington, Jan president
Roosevelt in his dismissal Of the ne
gro troops was again the subject of
contention in the senate today, and in
dications point to protracted debate
before any of the pending resolutions
on the subject are voted on.
Senator Lodge developed a new
phase Of the question by presenting a
resolution providing for an investiga-
ton of the "affray'' at Brownsville,
and conceding the authority of the
president to take the action he did.
This action was supported by Mr..
Lodge in an address, and opposed by
Mr.. Foraker, who followed and spoke
until $50 o'clock, giving notice that
he would finish tomorrow.
Previous to this debate the senate
listened to two hours address on
the Japanese question by Senator
Gearin who argued for resolution di-
recting the opening of negotiations
with Japan for revision Of our treaty
with that nation.
Mr.. Foraker, reviewing Mr.. Lodges
objection to the Foraker resolution,
declared the matter involved two ques-
tions, one Of fact as to the affray, the
other of law, as to the presidents au-
thority. Mr.. Foraker said he was op-
posed to the Lodge position on both
questions. He denied that the pow
er Of the president was deduced from
what was the power of the commander
in-chief of the British army. 1t must
be deduced from the constitution of
the United States. "There is no au-
tocracy in this country" said Mr..
Foraker, mot even in the commander
in-chief of the army. All power is de-
rived from the constitution"
Mr. Foraker insisted that if congress
had spoken on any question in regard
to army regulations there was no room
for the exercise Of any power to the
contrary on the part Of the public. AS
to the contract Of enlistment, which
Mr.. Lodge said could be determined
at the pleasure of the government,
Mr.. Foraker said it contained provis-
ion that it should be governed by the
article of war and rules and regula-
tions of the service He maintained
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-08

| has been cited as a precedent in the
Brownsville action, the senator main
tanned it had been honorably dis
charged. He read number of letters
to show that the regiment was disor
ganized while under parole and held
in the service after its term had ex
pred.
Just as Mr.. Foraker was concluding
because of the lateness of the hour
saying he should endeavor to finish his
speech in a brief time tomorrow, Mr.
Tillman said he would like to hear
from the senator just why it was that
the Sixtieth Ohio had "been picked
out"
"Mr. President responded Mr.
Foraker, II am not obliged to tell the
senator everything I know, and know
the senator knows why"
Mr.. Tillman, persisting, asked
whether Mr.. Foraker was not a mem
Der of the regiment. Mr.. Foraker ex-
planned that it had been enormously
stated that he was, but that in reality
the Eigthy-ninth Ohio was the only
regiment to which he had ever be-
longed
No effort was made to get action on
the resolution, as Mr.. Foraker said he
would continue tomorrow.
AT the conclusion of the debate it
was agreed by the leaders that a set
tlement of the controversy between
Senators Foraker and Lodge was not
in sight. Prior to Mr.. Lodges speech
it had been Mr.. Foraker's intention to
offer substitute for his own resolu-
tion asking the committee on military
affairs to conduct at investigation in
to all of the matters pertaining to the
Brownsville affair. This, it is said,
would have permitted an inquiry into
the constitutional questions. Sena-
tors who sought to end the controver-
sy assumed that the military affairs
committee should consider the consti-
tutiona1 questions. Mr.. Foraker said
he cared little for the phraseology, but
he did object to Mr.. Lodges interpre-
tation Of the substitute prepared by
Mr.. Knox and offered by the Massa-
chusetts senator This caused him
to oppose the Lodge substitute, but it
is expected that he will offer substi-
tute of his own
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-08
MILLIONS ARE DESTITUTE.
cabegram Tells Conditions Existing
in Chinese Famine District.

CabIegram Tells Conditions Existing
in Chinese Famine District.
Washington, Jan. doctor Louis
kloptsch, editor of the Christian Her.
aid, New York, has transmitted to the
American National Red Cross society
the following cablegram from Doctor
T. H. McCrea, chairman Of the Chinese
relief commission at Chian King, dated
January s:
"Viceroy Tuan Fong estimates four
million destitute. Missionaries con
firm. Area affected nearly equal to
New York state. Winter on. Crisis
unprecedented. Deaths beginning"
The cash subscriptions of the Amer.
lean National Rer Cross for the re-
lief Of the Chinese famine sufferers
today amounted to $4,000. Consid-
cradle quantities of foodstuffs are be-
ing assembled at various points in
the west, preparatory to being sent
to San Francisco for shipment.
Consul General Rogers at Shanghai
today cabled to the state department
that he would be glad to act for the
Red Cross, and inquired when such
shipments may be expected.