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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15
Light On the Ozark Horse

The Watterson "dark horse"
will have no chance for the Demo-
cratic nomination if his good
points are not exhibited. It has
always been the rule in the Demo-
cratic party that all who are cam
didates, or who their friends desire
to be nominated, shall have fair
field and no favors asked or ex-
pected. That this good old
Democratic plan may not be re-
scinded. Mr.. Watterson should
name his dark horse and give his
pedigree and past performances.
But as he does not seem willing to
do this we may be permitted to
guess that Judge Harmon of Ohio
is the man that Marse Henry has
in mind and for the life of us we
cannot think why there should be
any mystery in proposing him
as one who is worthy of considera-
ton. He certainly measures up to
the Democratic requirement of
ability and honesty and supported
Mr.. Bryan in 1895 and 1900 and
has never had entangling alliances
with the trusts or the money
power. Whether he can defeat
Mr.. Bryan for the nomination is
another question; or whether he
would unite the factions in the
party better than Mr.. Bryan can is
the question that must be con-
sidered and decided before he or
anyone else will be nominated.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

The per capita distribution OF
wealth in this country is reported
20 be 81 $40. The fact that John
ID. Rockefeller has cornered the
vast majority Of the per caps,
somewhat detracts from the ex-
ceedinR Joy that this item might
be expected to arouse.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

An intoxicant recently discover
cd in Africa, compels people to
tell the truth. If it is ever in
troduced into this country. it
might be well for the average man
to steer clear of it, if he is stay
ing out late at right.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

During the Presidents visit to
Lansing, Mich, the mayor pro-
hibited the sale of peanuts. Per-
haps he didn't want people to get
the impression that an entire
circus was coming to town.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

A Michigan mother broke her
arm while spanking her boy:
This is an interesting variation OF
the old custom. 1t generally
breaks her heart to spank him.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

A lot of republican politicians
are opposing the adoption OF the
Oklahoma constitution on the
grounds that its trainers preferred
making it of service to the people
rather than republican.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

The Donaldsonville Gazette re-
xnAxk1 Ne ssfact that Hon. J. Y.
s6Anders began life as . printers
devil iua conntry newspaper Office
and afterwarda become editor and
owner Of the paper, will gain him
many ardent supporters among
- newspaper fraternity Of the
State n the forthcoming election. !"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

The supreme court has decided
1t dredRemen engaged on gov
nment work are seamen. 1t is
now up to the court to decide tina,
Z mule with q mountain howitzer
on it's back is a battleship.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

Judge Harmon announces that
he is q Democrat without quali-
fication. Judge Harmon is a
fayorite in the betting as to who is
Col. Watterson's dark horse.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

Good Sioux Indians are to re-
ceive a large sum of money from
the government. To be q Sioux
Indian and be good is feat clearly
entitled to substantial reward.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

In a Texas court the other day.
the defendant referred to one OF
the witnesses against him as
'striple expansion liar" Probably
the superlative of this would be
ssunder forced draft"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

War, according to Andrew Car
negie, is never justifiable. Would
he have had the thirteen colonies
conduct the revolution by holding
meetings and adopting resolu-
tons?
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

In the state court at Austin,
Tex, June 1, jury of farmers re.
turned . verdict of guilty against
the Waters Pierce Oil Co.. (part
of the trust), and assessed fines
aggregating 81 800, 900, also barr
Ing Il from Texas. Defendant ap.
peoled the case.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

A scientist has discovered that
bullets carry disease germs, but
We assure him that we needed
no information of that kind to
strengthen our determination not
to stop any bullets if We can help
~
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

Among other things, California
now comes forward with the
m eanest man in the country. A
bridegroom of that State is accus.
ed of forcing his bride to eat all
the biscuits she bakes.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15
1.-THE FATAL WEDDING"

Unless all signs fail the Lyn-
wood Stock Company will play to
a packed house tonight on the
occasion Of their appearance here
in "The Fatal Wedding" a play
said to be the greatest record
breaker on the road and which
has proved veritable gold mine
for its author. The gamur of
human emotion is run in "The
Fatal Wedding" from spicy come
dy to the strongest of emotion al
scenes. The "Little Mother" one
of the greatest child parts ever
written will be played by little
Sarah Shields of the Baldwin
Melville Company which played
the past season in New Orleans.
The New Orleans Picayune, COM
menting on the little ones per-
Torrance says: "The work of little
Sarah Shields as the child was the
feature of the production. There
is not a juvenile in the business
who can give dainty Miss Shields
any points. The production is
handsomely staged and gowned."
The engagement here IS for one
night only and no one should miss
seeing the performance. Saturday
night. June 22nd, at the Audito-
rum.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15
SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1907.

A Kansas man declares he saw
an angel fly over the state. And
it evidently was a pretty wise
angel too, for it did not offer to
stop in Kansas.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15
FOR RENT

If your harness needs lepa ~ -
or you want a handmade se inc 20
harness. see C. S. Brenn, sor ring
up No. 2. u
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

.ndiges.ioi:, ,..'sisii>j9 s, -eissl.e,s quick.
yield to the ciearrs.ig AID p.if wing qualities
contained in johnston arsapaIilla. Quart
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

With the return of the Internal
Waterways Commission from it's
first trip down the Mississippi, the
vastness of the problem before it
begins to appear. OF course the
improvements and control of the
Mississippi is only one phase of
the problem. That will be one of
the main arteries of trade for water
borne freight. But the great river
is a good starting point for the
investigation and the most re-
markable thing that appealed to
the commission was not the
problem of making the river a
desirable stream for freight traffic
but in getting the freight to take
that highway. The members of
the commission report that the
river is in better physical con-
dition than it has ever been before.
1t has been Strengthened and dero-
ened and lightened by the govern
ment from one end Of navigation
to the other. But the river traffic
has been killed by the railroads.
They have fought the steamer
lines till the rate war has driven
the boats of the river. There is
Lot one fiftieth of the trade on the
river that there was forty wears
ago. The railroads have gobbled
all the wharfage facilities at all of
the important manufacturing
towns and have made the total
cost OF river freight to the con-
sumner greater than railroad freight
even when rates are nom. nally the
anne. One of the most serious
phases of the problem will be in
up the water traffic that
1es disappeared. It is an even |
more perplexing problem than |
lredging the channel for thel
teight to be carried through.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-15

Physicians endorse p. =. p. as q splen-
did combination, and prescribe it with
great satisfaction for the cures OF all
forms and stages 0: Primary, Secondary
and Tertiary Syphilis, syphilitis Rheu-
natism, Scrofulous Ulcers and Sores,
Glandular Swellings, Rheumatism. Kid
new Coaplaints, Old Chronic Ulcers that
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-05-09
GROWING STRAWBERRIES.

The amateur gardener who wishes to
set out a bed or strawberry plants this
spring must first prepare his soil well.
As soon as the ground Is ready to work
plow under the cover crop" and har-i
row until Ii is in good shape to receive
the plants. Unless the soil is very
fertile 1t Is best to take year to pre-
pare 1t for the berries. The best way
to do this is to apply a thorough coat
ing OF well-rotted manure, about thirty
loads to the acre, or an equivalent
amount of artificial fertilizer and plant
early potatoes, beans or some crop that
requires good deal of cultivation.
rye lin the soil after plowing 1t well.
The strawberry plants should be orr
dered for delivery early in the spring.
Select the varieties which you learn
by careful inquiry thrive best in your
vicinity. Set the plants eighteen to
twenty-four inches apart in the row
and have the rows about forty-two
inches apart. Set the plants deep
enough to cover the roots well but not
the crown. Cultivation should begin
soon after the plants are set, and con-
tinue through the summer. not allow
ing the ground to form crust after a
hard rain. AS soon as the plants be-
gin to form runners, place these in line
with the old plants and cover with
moist earth, thus propagating a row
of new plants as soon as possible AS
soon as the ground freezes the plants
should be covered with hay or clean
straw, to protect them from alternate
freezing and thawing.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-05-09

We refer to that boon TO weak, nervous,
suffering women known as DIR. Pierce's
Tavorite Prescription.
DR.. John Fyfe one OF tho Editorial STAFF
Of THE EcLEcTIC MEDIcAL REVIEW says
of Unicorn root (EfeL01li1s Dtotcd) which
Is one Gf the chief ingredients Of the rFa-
voritc Prescription
"A remedy which in varisbly acts as utter
1ne invigorator makes for normal ac-
2tvftY OF the entire reproductive system
He continues sin Helonias we have medical
ment which moro fully answers the above
purposes tho,t ann othef drug sctth i0sfch am
cu1iar to women II Is seldom that a. case Is
eoen which does not present some indication
for this remedial AGENT Dr. Fyte further
Indications for Helonias Unicorn rooD. Pain
or aching In the back. with ieucorrhRa:
atomic tweak) condition. OF the reproductive
paDy y Ws esTo1ic diseases ae q
the reproductive organs OF women; constant
sensation N heat tn the region OF the kid
sssds snsd cos u ,he TeDSodacsve @ system: stems
1e1iod f@ ssssa Or a acso@panSins sSssas % an
and kERmic thin blood habit; dragging
sensf lions 10 the extreme lower part OF the
III more or less OF the above symptoms
alE plHsEhy. 10 InYaIlQ, ,M0M9R can 10
BETTER than take Dr.. Plerce's EaYQrile
PTeyfIDrIJf, 0ng OF CHg reading ingredT-
ehtS 0f WHICH Is Unicorn root, or Helonlas,
and the medical properties OF which 1t
most faithfully represents.
OF Golden Seal root, another prominent
Ingredient Of uFovoritc Prescription"
Prof Finley Elllngwood, M. d., of BEN
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
NIt is an important remedy In disorders OF
tho womb In all catarrhal conditions
and general enfeebiemcnt. II Is useful
Prof. John M. Scuddcr, nj. D., late OF
Cincinnati, says Of Golden Seal root:
sin relation TO Its general effects on the
eSstem there "a no medicine IN use about SUhich
there Is such general unantmitD Of opinion. 10
IS MnfUersdllU regarded as the tonic useful In
AL debiiitated states
Prof. r. Bartholow, M. d.. OF Jefferson
Medical College, says OF Golden Seal:
aYaluable In uterine hemorrhage. menor-
rfagia (fiooding) and congestive dysmenor-
rhuea (painful menstruation)p
DIR. Pierce's Fbv0rito Prescription faith
fully represents all the above named In
gradients and cures tho diseases for which
they are recommended.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-05-09
MORE boxes OF GOLD
And Many Greenbacks.

$50 boxes OF Gold and Greenbacks
will be sent to persons who write the
most interesting and truthful letters Of
experience on the following topics
]. How have you been affected by
coffee drinking and by changing from
coffee to Postum?
?. Give name and account OF one or
more coffee drinkers who have been
nurt by IL and have been induced to
quit and use Postum.
3. Do you know any one who has
been driven away from Postum because
1t came to the table weak and charac-
Nerless at the first trial?
4. Did you set such person right
regarding the easy way to make 1t
clear, black, and with snappy, rich
taste?
5. Have you ever found better way
to make it than to use four heaplng
teaspoonfuls to the pint of water, let,
stand on stove until real boiling begins,
and beginning at that time when ac-
tual boiling starts, boil full Is minutes
more to extract the flavor and food
value. A piece OF butter the size OF
pea will prevent boiling over.) This
contest is confined to those who have
used Postum prior to the date of this
advertisement
Be honest and truthful, don't write
poetry or fanciful letters, just plain,
truthful statements.
Contest will close June !, 1907, and
no letters received after that date will
be admitted. Examinations Of letters
will be made by three judges, not mem
bers Of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd.
'Sheir decisions will be fair and final,
and a neat little box containing a $40
gold piece sent to each OF the five writ
ers OF the most interesting letters,
box containing a So gold piece to each
of the 20 next best, 81 greenback
to each Of the 100 next best, and 81
greenback to each of the 200 next best.
making cash prizes distributed to 325
persons.
Every friend OF Postum IL urged to
write and each letter will be held In
high esteem by the company, as an evil
denee of such friendship, while the lit
tie boxes OF gold and envelopes OF
money will reach many modest writer's
whose plain and sensible letters contain
the facts desired, although the sender
may have but small faith In winning
at the time of writing.
Talk this subject over with your
friends and see how many among you
can win prizes 1t Is good, honest
competition and in the best kind OF
cause, and costs the competitors abso-
llutely nothing.
Address your letter TO the Postum
Cereal Co, Ltd, Bate Greek. Mich,
writipg sour own name and address
clearly.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-05-09
Atehison Globe Sights.
From the AtchIson Globe.

From the Atchison Globe
Unless there Is an unusual event on tn
blowing day, boy is never ready to go
70 bed or get up. Ha1a
Even the worst crit OK baseball must
give II some credit for crowding out bowl
ing and basketball
Thinking you are q very bright man is
one thing. but being one IS an entirely diff
ferent proposition.
This is tact: If you are hostess, put the
lovers together at the table, and separate
Ahose who are married.
What has become OF the old-fashioned
woman who said. Hear that child bark"
when the child had cold.
q You can get q fair amount OF work out
of the average boy II you will keep him
bone from school to do e.
When boy wants favor from his par
Fnts, he asks his fathers permission, and
tells his mother he Is going to do it,
The average friendship is wrecked upon
she fact that the average persons idea of
. friend Is some one he can impose upon.
We have all been guilty of this foolish
trick; Being cold al night rather than
get up and put another quilt on tho bed
II have never admired George Washing
ton as much as 1 have Bat MIaterson
There are dozen ways in which he could
have gotten out of that cherry tree story
,-Parson Twfne
The Lancaster Literary society win be
asked at It's next session to decide which
Is the greater joke: The bloodhound called
out to run down criminals. or the peace
conference that meets at The Hague.
Another discrimination we object TO, is
Mat all the scarecrows put up in garden
and field are built on the masculine plan.
Yet a man is not a greater scarecrow than
a woman. We wonder that In the effort
90 frighten crows and blackbirds into
spasms. no farmer or gardener has ever
hit upon the plan OF dressing the scare
crow TO look as q woman appears when
MORNINGS.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-05-09
FRIENDS HELP.
Sd. Paul Park IncIdent.

81 Ea0h aEA AACAoGhts
-After drinking coffee for breakfas,
always felt languid and dull, having
no ambition to get to my morning
duties. Then In about an hour or so
weak, nervous arrangement of the
heart and stomach would come over me
with such force would frequently
have to lie down
AT other times I had severe head
aches; stomach finally became affected
: and digestion SO impaired that I had
: serious chronic dyspepsia aud constipa-
ton. A lady, for many years State
President or the w. G. L. u. told me
she had been greatly benefited by quit
ding coffee aud using Postum Food
Coffee; SHE was troubled for years with
asthma She said 1t was no cross to
quit coffee when she found she could
have as delicious an article as Postum.
Another lady, who had been trou-
bled with chronic dyspepsia for years,
found immediate relief on ceasing cof-
fee and beginning Postum twice day.
She was wholly cured. Still another
friend told me that Postum Food Cof-
fee wasla Godsend to her. her heart
trouble having been relieved after leay-
Ing or coffee and taking on Postum.
$50 many such cases came TO my mo-
tIce that 1 concluded coffee was the
cause of my trouble and quit and
took up Postum. / am more than pleas
cd to say that my days OF trouble have
disappeared. ] am well and happy
'rhere's d Reason" Read, "The Road
to WeliyiIle." In pkGs.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-05-09
Continued Next Week.
Rules One Should Follow Nowaday,


From Harper's Weekly.
After repeated shocks which have been
dealt to the nerves Of the public at large,
the following few simple hygienic mem
oranda have been carefully prepared for
the public and domestic guidance.
y ON RISING IN THE MORNING.
Rule first. Don't wash or take a bath
unless you are sure the water has been
properly distilled; treated with barium
chloride and permanganate of potassium.
and redistilled over X. III. 8. A. to fix any
ammonia. II the housekeeper does not
possess this elementary chemical knowl-
edge. decline to wash at all, and take an
air bath.
Second Use new tooth brush or else
have fresh set OF false teeth each day
whichever you think less dangerous.
Third. Do your hair with your fingers;
brushes and combs are deadly bacillus
traps.
Fourth. Keep your soap. sponge, and
shaving material under an air-pump, to
choke off the microbes.
Fifth. II impossible to follow above
rules stay In bed.
AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
Rule first. Don't read the morning pa
per or open letters until they have been
baked, saturated with disinfectant, and
put through the mangle. The postal off,
cials are most careless with mail.
Second Al bills should be promptly sent
into unlimited quarantine.
Third. Refrain from eating any bacon.
fish, kidneys, etc, over which an inquest
has not been held, or eggs that have not
been sat upon by a coroner's jury.
Fourth. Keep your mouth closed
throughout the meal
ON GOING TO BUSINESS
Rule first. Refuse all change that may
be offered you by street car conductors.
IA
insist on having newly minted coins hand
ed you. wrapped up in sterilized cotton.
Second. III you are compelled to go to
a refreshment stand, take your own filter.
glassware. and crockery with you, also as
sorted repartees to any comments made by
\ the barkeeper.
J Third Stay. II nossible. at home.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-05-09
Ths Ear.h Eaters q IndIa.
From the London Express.

from the London tIxpreS4
Efforts are being made to stamp out
the habit OF earth eating, which Is prev
alent among natives over almost all In
dia, writes the Calcutta correspondent
OF the Express. In northern India the
favorite form OF earth is a gray or drab
colored shale. This Is excavated mostly
at Meth, in Bikanir, and is exported to
the Punjab at the rate OF 1000 camel
loads a year. In different districts diff
ferent varieties or clay are eaten, but
II the natives have at one time taste
for special kind of mud, as the habit
increases. the depraved appetite soon
becomes satisfied with bricks and
broken pots. White ant soil with the
nests and ants themselves Is great
delicacy. The reasons given for In
dulging in the habit are classified un-
der the following heads: "a A peculiar
fascinating odor ind taste in the clay,
rendering 1t q delicacy. (2) An unnat-l
ural craving due to disease. (3) To
satisfy hunger. (4) Force OF example,
(5) Supposed medicinal virtues.
A university graduate confessed to a
friend that the bland earthly odor was
a great temptation to him, and the
thought OF 1t made his mouth water.
He always enjoyed the odor, he said
when April showers fell upon Previous
ly parched earth. The effects OF the
habit are disastrous. Those women ad-
dicted to II very soon complain first OF
pain and weakness in the limbs, palpi-
tation and difficulty OF walking little
distance UP hill After some time all
the other symptoms of anemia are fully
STANDARDIZATION and pale complex
ion, tongue and gums bloodless and
general debility. Very often dropsy
supervenes A planter in Assam al
on his estate by making the offenders
stand out with piece of mud In each
hand exposed to the ridicule OF the rest
OF the coolies.
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splendId IpoIat.on.

FTUfb INC FhIIaueIpHla LeuBer. NJ
A number OF military men IN a WASH
ington hotel were giving an account OF an
incident OF the civil war. Al quiet man
VITO stood by az last said:
Gentlemen, happened to be there, and
might be able to refresh your memory as
to what took place in reference to the
event Just narrated"
The hotel keeper said to him:
"Sir. what might have been your rank ?''I
II was private
Next day the quiet man. as he was
about tG depart asked for his bill.
mot cent, sir; not cent" answered.
the proprietor. "You are the very first,
private ever met"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-05-09
FRlpAY PuRcHAsEs.

In many Of the small country places:
the dealers purchase early fruits fori
the market. mostly for Sunday, and
this is bought early in the week for the!
trade. 1t Is always advisable to do!
the Saturdays shopping Friday EVENING"
before the best fruits and vegetables
have been selected. The country wo-i
man knows the great disadvantage OF
these late Saturday evening purchases
and IL Is jus: as easy TO keep the things,
at home In the refrigerator or cellar.
Unfortunately country stores do not,
receive the goods every day, and II Isl
seldom thev carry much In stock, butt
those who have had TO buy In this
manner have learned the wisdom Of.
buying Oh Friday.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-05-09

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot Ease
A powder to shake Into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet Cures Corns. Bunlons, Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy: Sold by all
Drugrigts and Shoe Stores 25c. Sample
mailed FREE Address Allen s. olmsted,
L. Roy N. ". -h #a