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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23
PUMPKATO OR TOMAKIN!


The pumpkato, or the tomakin,
whichever it may be called. is the
latest addition to the flora of Ohio.
Edward Womeldorff. of Gallipolis.
a young farmer. late in the season
set out some climbing tomato plants
close to a telephone pole. Nearby
were pumpkin vines. One Of the to.
mato plants and one of the pumpkin
vines intertwined and climbed tn
telegraph pole. The joint vine pro-
longed itself over the wires and tn
current of electricity pervaded it.
Vegetables developed in the course
of time, but while each retained IT.
outward form, each borrowed tho
characteristics of the other. The to-.
mato tasted like pumpkin and ~
pumpkin had the tomato flavor.
The Introduction of the electrie
current from the telephone wtfee
produced curious result. At night
the pumpkins glow with yellow IN
candescence, while the tomatoes are
of a. passionate red shade. The T.
Elimination is soft, but penetrating
Womeldorff says this is good fear
ture, because the vine has plenty 81
light to work all night, and 80 groWs
twice as fast.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23
For the Windows.

There is nothing that gives a more
cheerful aspect to room in winter
than bit of "graenery." Your plants
may not bloom; but green leaves are
lovely, and look alive" and these can
be easily had. There are few plants
more satisfactory to the busy house
wife than the good old geranium. 1t
will bear almost Amy treatment and
live, but it will well repay care. The
plants should be taken up on the first
rainy or wet, cloudy day, at your con-
venience, now, and given good, rich
soil, good drainage, and good light
When you take up the plant, if it is
large one, clip off most of the leaves
and set it in the cellar or other cool
dark place until it revives. 1t may
not bloom, having bloomed all sum-
mer, but it will give you a good
growth of leaves, if kept we'll attend
ed to. And thrifty, clean leaves are
lovely-especially when the ground
outside is covered with ice and snow.
Plants from which bloom may be rea-
sonably expected should have been
ported long ago, and kept growing
thrifty, pinching of all buds, but
young plants, potted even now, having
good roots and given good care, Will
give some blooms late in the winter.
A beautiful plant, which will grow
and bloom readily indoors, is the Ivy
leaved geranium. A large plant OF 1t,
taken up carefully and not allowed to
dry out, will be thing of beauty all
the winter days. Another satisfactory
plant is the dwarf Gamma, now grow
ing in your garden. Some rainy day,
take up the plant, or some OF the side
sprouts, give 1t a large pot and plenty
of rich soil, keeping the soil constant
~ moist, and set 1t in warm. sunny
window, and watch it grow.
There are so many plants that one
can grow satisfactorily in the window
of even the busiest sitting room, that
a bare window seems a reproach.
Where gas is used for lighting Or
fuel. however, it is hard to have A
satisfactory window garden. Even a
fine Of anthracite coal is distasteful
to plant life. But something will
grow, If we only find out what 1t IS.
The Commoner.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23
ABBOT EONIFACE.
Nrinkled. ascetic and grim,

Nrinkled. ascetic and grim,
With little Of fault or whlm.
And little of sunny and human mold
Where the seeds Of liking might find a
Such was Father Boniface,
Qhe abbot of rich old Allonby Chase,
And nigh fourscoye years old.
From life spent in the thick
Of feud with the hereto,
Or in ruling with strong hand small aad
great
Inside or in sight Of the abbey gate,
He came at last TO die,
And meek enough now. III chapel must lie
In pomp he used to hate.
Z In heaven they gave him guide,
Who, shining there at his side,
Said, Now to the great ones first shall we
seek.
Here are fathers Syrian, Spanish, Greek,
And fathers, Of course, Of Rome;
And some from the uttermost kingdoms
come,
And strange, unchurchly clique"
The peace on the abbot's face
At this was lessened space,
But he said no word, and the angel tall
Led on till they came to garden wall
The towers of the place were seven,
Where twilight glories fall.
Twas fair place and wide,
And garnished on every side
With riot of bloom, and the birds and the
bees
Kept tune to the ripple Of streams at ease,
And many a gurgling shout
From the dimpled crew on the grass rang
HiUh m tho liStenipu breeze
And hard by the open gate
The abbot cried aloud. wait.
] pray thee. Q angel, and quickly tel!
What bright ones are these?' And he
said.
Here dwell
Nm, The souls Of the children small
Who died in the wreck of their fathers
Too young to know they fell.
''Yon lad at play by the brook
Was korahs son; when they took
White Ashkelons towers, and the people
slew,
Like doves, all the little souls this way
flew;
The child o. the Canaanite
Has welcome here in the high Gods
sight
As warm as has the jew"
"sayest thou? They are orphans,
then"
Said Boniface and again.
"May an old man enter, and chlldless,
too:"
And then at the answer eagerly drew
Anigh an Amalekite maid
Of three, who alone by rose-tree played.
She let the leaves slip through
Her fingers. watching his face,
Then laughing, with baby grace
She held out her arms. And the guide
went on
To the great, if great ones he sought,
alone;
But Boniface in the thick
OF the heather seed and the hereto
Found heaven and hearts ease won.
William Hervey Woods.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23
THE ELEPHANT.
He has a thick hide.

He mas a tnlcK niue.
He enjoys a long memory.
He is the only animal with trunA.
His size gives him precedence =
land.
In the sea he would be rtvaleo "a
the whale.
He has five toes on each Of p
very big feet.
Instead of eye teeth he has 49,
tusks, which cause him to be nuas =.
AS a baby he has tiny pair OF ny.
tusks, which are shed like nuns
baby's teeth.
He is connected with the o.
hoofed mammals by q numDee -
forms now extinct.
His trunk is but an elongateo - n
which he uses both as an organ =.
smelling, feeling and feeding.
In India a baby elephant we's ~,
200 pounds at birth. We snan
what Texas will do with her new
plant ranch. which is to SAT- q.
nobly with 100 mother elepnsu
Philadelphia Record.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23
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II the twins had been within sound
of the telephone bell probably they
would have guessed the truth. The
telephone was a new and unalloyed
wonder. and the twins signified their
appreciation of 1t by responding to its
every summons and following min
utely the audible half Of it's mystic
conversation.
However. at the crucial moment
Jack was engaged at a distance in
impersonating IN automobile at full
speed, and Phyllis. whose imagina-
ton in these cooperative diversions
were never required to take such
stately flights, had accepted the role
of banana vendor, shortly to be
bumped. bowled over and completely
extinguished by this counterfeit ty-
rant of the thoroughfares. A real
banana vendor had met with a ca
tastrophe Of this sort in their sight
the day before. Two moments after
the conversation by telephone, which
they did not hear, had ceased, they
were summoned to the house.
why must we dress up?" demand
ed Jack, when he began to realize
what was to happen. He felt keenly
the encroachment upon the informal
ity of his Saturday afternoon attire.
Mother doesn't like to have her
babies look so ragged" replied the
parent, strategically.
why don't you want us to be
ragged?" insisted Jack "You didn't
care last Saturday. Father said he
never saw my face so dirty" he con-
tinued, piling up evidence.
But it really isn't nice to look
like frights. After this you will be
dressed every Saturday afternoon,
just as you are on school days and
Sundays"
Phyllis had been wrestling with
conclusions. us some one coming?"
she asked. MAY I stay to dinner?"
mo, darling" And no court Of
veracity could have decided which
question it was the mother answered.
Phyllis, however, watched the ap-
pear dACO VI uVI SCCOuu USSl uTGSS
and experience was more convincing
than parental negatives. II think
some one is coming, jack" she said,
calmly. II think that's why we are
dressing up"
lis 1t Uncle Harry" inquired
Jack, eagerly. HE promised to
bring me some marbles"
The strategic parent retreated be-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23
THE HAPPIEST LITTLE BOY.

L..
Il am going to tell you who was
the happiast child | saw to-day" said
papa, taking his own two little BOYS
on his knees.
There was flock of sheep cross.
ing the city to-day, and they must
have come long way, so dusty and
tired and thirsty were they. The
driver took them up, bleating and
lolling out their tongues, to the great
pump in Hamilton court to water
them. But one poor old eve was too
tired to go to the trough, and fell
down on the hot, dusty stones. Then
I saw my little boy, ragged and dirty,
spring out from the crowd, fill his
hat and carry it-one, two, three
Ell, as many as six times, to the poor
suffering animal, until the creature
was able to get up and go on with the
rest"
did the sheep say 'T'ant you!s
papa?" asked Jim, gravely.
II didn't hear it," answered papa.
but the little boys face was shin.
ing like the sun, and l am sure he
knows what blessed thing it is to
help what needs helping"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23

hind the usual defenses. She As
sumed her prerogative of authority
unquestionable source Of decision:
and commands.
Mother said," she repeated firm.
", that she does not like to see you
oking so ragged. That is the only
Jason you are dressing up. 1t
sounded masterful 1t was really
humiliating capitulation.
will you hate to see us look this
way next Saturday, too" asked Jack.
Every Saturday." repeated the
parent firmly.
Jack wore the expression of phi
losopher who resigns himself to the
inevitable. Phyllis, however, had no
regrets. She possessed the feminine
adaptability to fuss and feathers.
There" sighed the strategic par
ent, as the twins creaked out of sight
around the bend in the front stair
way. Now they won't tell Harriet
Van Allen the minute she arrives
that / was expecting her, and they
the reason they have on their white
frocks and best shoes. l am glad
they weren't near the phone when
she called me up"
Mrs Van Allen was one of thOse
disturbing visitors who never found
virtue in uncouth and uncombed ju.
venility. The small Van Aliens were
always spick and span and less yigor-
Gus mothers than theirs succeeded
in emulating this condition, so far
as their offspring were concerned
only when it Was known beforehand
that Mrs. Van Allen was coming.
Mrs. Van Allen arrived. The twins
were introduced. Conversation fol-
lowed Unluckily, at that moment
the strategic parent was called to the
telephone. Unluckily, also, the
twins found that instrument less at
tractive than the visitor.
THAT is a very handsome gown
you have on. began Mrs. Van Allen.
by way of making herself agreeable.
Phyllis demonstrated the golden
Quality OIL Slleuce.
1T is her best one," explained
Jack. These are my best shoes,
too"
.Indeed." said Mrs Van Allen.
1T must be lovely to have on ones
best shoes"
only" qualified Jack, "a boy
likes bare feet better"
Were never going to have bare
feet any MORE" remarked Phyllis at
this juncture, steadfastly addressing
her brother in spite of the fact that
he was already possessed of the in
formation. Were always going to
be dressed up Saturday afternoons.
''It's because mother doesn't like to
see us so ragged" explained Jack.
politely. ''She didn't mind until to-
day, but after this she's going to-
1--WE thought said Phyllis, in a
sudden burst of confidence that in
Guided the whole world, I'VE thought
at first it was because some one was
coming" Then she was Immediate
ly covered with confusion when she
noted that the visitor was listening
to her attentively.
1t was at this point that the strate-
gic parent hurried back into the
room.
well, babies said she, with the
benign smile of ignorance. "how are
you entertaining Mrs. Van Allen?"
Because" finished Jack, sticking
to the former subject of conversation
with painful tenacity, mother used
to dress us up on Saturday only
when somebody was coming"
Having thus creditably acquitted
himself of all conversational respon-
sibility he beamed cheerfully upon
his mother.-Chicago News.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23
TO Clean Wall Paper.

First brush the walls thoroughly,
then take loaf Of stale bread, ana
divide it into good-siZed pieces. each
with piece of crust on one side. Ho!d-
iEg a piece by a crust, wipe the paper
doa inward from the top. The dirt from
tho paper and the crumbs will fall TO-
getAer
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23
Recipes.

Graham Waffles-One pint sweet
milk, three well beaten eggs, one ia
biespoonful of sugar, butter the size
of walnut (melted), salt, one pint Of
graham and one cupful Of wheat -four
mixed with two heaping tablespoon.
fuls of baking powder.
Eggplant Fritters-Boil the eggplant
till tender in water having in it q
little lemon juice and salt. When
done, drain we'll and mash to a pulp.
Add to 1t pepper and salt to taste,
three beaten eggs and bread crumbs,
II necessary, to make it Of the right
consistency to shape. Pat into fiat
outlets, dip in egg and in crumbs, and
fry in boiling fat.
Boiled Apples-Place layer or two,
II necessary, Of rather tart apples In
a saucepan, cover with cold water, let
come quickly to the boiling point,
then cook slowly till tender. Remove
to dish, sprinkle thickly with sugar,
and pour over them the liquid remain
ing in the saucepan. It is especially
convenient to prepare apples in this
way when q very hot fire is not re
quired. or when the oven is otherwise
coupled.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23
CHuDREN'S DEPARTMENT..

fur, and for weapons they carr,aS
long rifles with barrels made Of n,
ported horseshoe nails, the wooao,
stock trimmed with brass and or,a
mented with eagles, raccoons a..
and other objects cut from shells 49,
set into the wood. They also carries
long hunting knives, and buskskin =.
leather bullet pouches, often beaut,.
fully decorated with patterns Of co,-
ored porcupine quilts and elas.
beads, or made of some expensive
fur. Their powder was carried ~
cowhOrn powder TASKS scranod
smooth with pieces of broken elaa.
and with the surface engraved IN
rude designs of suns, moons, stars
and figures of big game
In the leather belt which encirc,oa
the waist and belted in the wamnum
they carried trusty tomahawks. and
like their neighbors, the redskins
many of the picturesque old fell,we
were expert in the use of these littla
camp axes as weapons of offanse and
defense
The great Daniel Boone himself
carried an axe of this kind, and the
trees he blazed with his tor,ahavt
to mark the boundaries of land were
so we'll known as Boone trees" that
in after years lawsuits Eere decided
by the Identification OF the blazed
boundaries as the cnes made by the
stroke of Boone's ton2ahawh.--Dan
Beard, in Woman's Home Comanion.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23
"BOONE TREES

In the good old days our brave
pioneer ancestors wore buckskin
clothes trimmed with long fringe Of
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-02-07

J. A. Purtill, meals for
election board IS so
printed supplies 10 90
On motion the board adjourned
until January 10th, 1907.
F. p. AXE, Chairman.
F. c. SMITH, Clerk.
Mountain Home, Idaho, January
/ 9th, 1907.
Pursuant to adjournment the
board of county commissioners met
with members F. P. AXE, j. ].
McGinnis and H. F. Shelton pres
ent, whereupon the following pro-
ceedings were had towit:
The following bills were exam
ined and allowed.
M. E. Longfellow, printing COM
missioners' proceedings, no.
tices, ETC., $78 90
Weaver and Van Orff, coal $500
pounds $40 rs
w. K. Tate, team hire, feed and
driver used by Co. Supt. of
schools to visit various schools
in the county SIS 90
c. w. Howeth, court baliff dis
trict court SAT 90
w. d. Barstow, transcript of evil
dcnce of William West in case
of State of Idaho VS.. William
West SO 90
w. d. Barstow, transcript of evil
dence in the case of State OF
Idaho VS.. William West and
transcript of evidence on en-
paneling jury in case OF State
VS.. William West $40 90
l.. B. Green, salary as prosecuting
attorney for quarter ending Jam
uary IA, 1907 S175 90
Harry Knox, preparing place for
November 1906 election, dray-
age on election booths, supplies
for ballot boxes, ETC., $1o. 20
Peter Mink1er, $1.15; case OF
G.. L. Miller VS.. H. Wickerly
$2.15; case of State of Idaho VS..
John Rood $5.25; case OF
State of Idaho VS.. c. Smith
S1.15. Total $40. go
Effie Prey, telephone bill for mes
sages of county officers $5.25
Montgomery Bunk & Co., sup
plies So. IS
L. B. Green, certified opinion SUI
preme court, State of Idaho for
use in State VS.. William
West SO. sc
The Maverick, stationery sup
plies SO.
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
Co., rental of instruments anc
telephone exchange November
1st 1906 to January 31st 1906
$38. toll line and messengei
services to December 25th 1906
$50. Total 1913!
Glenns Ferry Mere. Co., supple:
furnished pest house Glenn
Ferry $17.6.
E. M. Wolfe, legal services il
case of w. L. Thurman VS.
Elmore county $1oo. o.
B. B. Swan, Justice fes; fee
claimed $50. 20; allowed 1857
John Pence, livery hire $3.50
George Smith, rent of building a
Glenns Ferry for pest hous
claim SIS allowed $50
Helfrich Mercantile Co., sup
plies So. g.
Amador Galindo, road work an
material $614.
John Adams, road contract 1929. o
L. T. Wilcox, supplies for toll gat
bridge $751;
The claim of ]. H. Casey for tn
sum of $124.32 was laid over unit
the next regular meeting for furthe
investigation.
The claim of A. H. Johnson to
road work amounting to $57 wa
laid over until next meeting.
On motion the board adjourne
until January 18th, 1907.
F. P. AXE, Chairman
Attest, F. c. SMITH, Clerk.
Mountain Home, Idaho, Januar
18th, 1907.
Pursuant to adjournment, tt
board of county commissioners m,
with members Frank p. AXE, ].
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-02-07

Continued on page three.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-26
DR. PITTS IS DEAD
PROMISING YOUNG SELMA PHYsI- CLAN PASSES AWAY.
Had Been Married Oniy . Few Days and Was Plannlng to Ge to Bat-
 timore for Treat- un@nf 4

Selma, Dec. 25.--(special.) )--Dr. W. Mclean Pitts, 6 prominent young phy- sIcian, died at the home of his parents, Judge and Mrs. P. H. Pitts. tonight at [ o'clock. i
 He was about 35 years old and had been in ill-health. for the past year. though at different times he was able to be up and visit his patients. His condition became serious about two weeks ago and for the past few days he had been sinking rapidly.
 Besides his relatives. Dr. Pitts leaves his wife. Last Thursday afternoon he arose from his sick bed and went down to the parlor in the Pitts home. where he married Miss Ella Kirvin. who had been head nurse at the Union Street Infirmary.
 Dr. and Mrs. Pitts were to have left for Baltimore last Friday morning. where he was to have entered the Johns Hopkins Institute for treatment. During the night after his marriage. he was taken worse and since then had been sinking rapidly until the end came tonight.
 The funeral services will take place tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-26
DEATH OF MRS. FRANKFURTER. Loved Woman Win Be Missed by Those
 Who Knew Her.

Mrs. Lizzie Frankfurter. one of Montgomery's most respected residents, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Sylvain Marks yesterday at noon. The estimable woman was the widow of Welt Frankfurter, who preceded her to the grave about nine years. and was the daughter of Jacob Meyer. one of Montgomery's oldest citizens. The family of which she was a member was a very large one. all of which survivors. are known in Montgomery and much respected.
 SAfter marriage Mrs. Frankfurter was for several years resident of Cali fornia. but moved back shortly to Montgomery. where her husband died. Since that time. however. she had spent much of her time in this city, paying frequent visits to her sister in other States.
 The life of Mrs. Frankfurter was a peculiarly eievating and altruistic one. The most of her. life was given to charity-~of which Montgomery has reapeA much both in benefits and sub- stantfaI service, and because of this loving service and generous attention to the wants of others she had won for herself an enviable name among the women of the city. For many years she was connected with the City Tn- firmary and other charitable organiza- tions.
 She was exceedingly we'll known be- cause of her genial disposition, and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-26
REcnrrioN AT oRRvILLE.
Beautiful Entertainment In Honor .
 The Missea Hare.


 The Misses Hare.
 Orrville. Dec, 25--(Speciai)-Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hare of this city entertained in honor of their two daughters. Misses Lila Mai Hare and Mattie Hare. ana quite 8 number of the young people participated. s ~ The guests were received by the Misses Hare and after the guests had arrived the beautiful parlor was thrown open and games of all kinds and descriptions were played.
 The parIor was decorated in smilax and evergreen in a very artistic man ner.
 A musical program was rendered by several of the young people of this city Miss Mattie Crumpton Hardy of Judson College recited several recitations which were highly enjoyed.
 Refreshments were served by little Misses Elizabeth Cowan and Julia Burt Hare.
 Among those present were Miss Lila Mai Hare with MT. Macon Ellis. Miss Hattie Hale with MT. John Oxford, Miss Levail Payn with Mr. ]. w. O'Brien. Miss Mattie Hardy with Mr. T. B. Ham, Miss Mary Willie Oxford, with Mir I. E. Rosenbaum. Miss Laurtne Coleman with MT. c. c. Molett Miss Mammie Dudley with Mir. T. M. Price, Miss Margaret Hatcher with Mir. w.. Steward Miss Nellie May Hatcher with MT. Athelston Macon, Miss Burt with MT. Charles Hare and Miss Elizabeth Cowan and Miss Julia Burt Hare.