The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-09

49," iAiSneu When tney al
hned for grazing rebates. the stock
Aoiaela pay y fines.
The big tylh adu,7-,on of v,loo,
''i'" III thlicountry has reached
ptopoiuoia OF disease. Tho
owners Of the tealtb co,r+ ,,,i,ri,.i+-
'Ne' lhFeHnew and sensational
VI d!sp. declares the Brook
lyn Eagle.
Out Of the SIS .174.091 gross earn
VI al the riTca9s in the United
' III 'he ias year Of interstate
ii'eice record, Al S75, G36 was from
the express busile IS. On this traffic
the public paid tsls II tha ayprase
companies Of som.hjro IiI-a CSC -5o
600. ''''0 200 '0''
bronson Howard, be PLAYWRIGHT laws
the blame for an infsior staea snoaI,-
'Hc dinner given by Henry
"' JONES' the Eglish playwright,
IN honor of the dranatists of America
Ae sad: Il hate tie tired business
49,. - IS the cauf Of plays being
produced that keen 'our other men
tie' l wish he would go home
gnu rest, The drama has no future
IN this country until W, cease to cater
70 the tired business nan"
n
-Four OF the great E,ropean powers
Russia, Germany, England and
France-haye agreed that Norway
shall remain neutral territory left
alone, Norway is weak and defense
1eSs' but being coveted by so many
powerful neighbours, its foob,eness
makes all Of them, as in the case ri
switzerland and B4lgiur, -v4lte in
erecting barriers !1..1Alt any one of
..s@ which r.1I,.-isht seek to better it's
position Four foreign armies and
navies will protect Norway instead Of
its own-a cheap arrangement.
Investigations CT the capacity OF
hens to lay eggs results III the dis
covery that the egg production Of hens
decreases considerably after the age
of four years Thus, hen lays at the
age of one year about twenty eggs; a,
the age Of two years, about 100; at the
age Of three years, about 1856; at the
age of four years, about 115; at th(
age of five years, about eighty, anc
at the age of six years, about sixty
These figures go to show that hen:
should never be kept in the poultry
yard more than four years, for after
the lapse of this time they do no
yield a proper return on the food the!
consume.
Why doesn't bright fellow write
an article, or book, entitled THE Bat
tie Of the Ranges" wonders Victor
Smith in the New York Press. Tn
cattlemen have been SO desperate a
times as to arm themselves to kill al
the sheep in the world. They hav'
hired Adventures, furnished them will
bludgeons and mounted them on mus
tangs, with orders to ride through
focks of sheep and beat out thei
brains Hundreds Of thousands hav'
been killed in this way while thu
shepherds were asleep, or in hiding
afraid TO show themselves. What i:
the result? The number of beef cattle
in the United States has increased in
the last twenty-five years from 22,000,-
900 to 100000, or 100 percent, while
the number Of sheep has increased only
from 100000 to $4,000 900, or about
10 percent .
Rarely, if ever, in the history OF
Y Industries. either here or
abroad. has there been witnessed such
an extraordinary condition as con-
fronts the steel industry in the United
States announce, the Scientific Ameri-
can. Already the rail mills are
crowded with orders to such an extern
that their total output up to the emf
Of next year will barely serve to NEE