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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
GIRL LOOKS LIKE A WEEPING
WILLOW.

Hats trimmed with so many droop-
ing plumes that the wearers look
like weeping willows are among the
new headgear. Miss Mathilde Town
send. Just home from Paris, seems to
have taken a violent fancy to the
new style, and in less than a week
she dazzled New York and Washing
ton folk with five mountains of lace
and flowers topped with feathers. MisB
Townsend has returned to her ma
tive land with purple, lavender and
gray gowns and with black ones to
give a sombre cast, which she seems
to like as chapoe.-New York
Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
Testing Eggs.

A simple method Of finding out
the age of an egg is by means Of the
air space, which is situated towards
the broad end of the shell. If the
egg is held up between the hands be-
fore the light in a dark room, the
air space is very small, but as age in
creases it extends, until, when the
egg is three weeks old, the air space
Is about a sixth of the entire egg
space. With practice the age can be
told to within twenty-four hours.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
Rife-Shooting g.

It Is not only the muscles Of the
arm which are tested by properly or
ganized rifle-shooting. 1t supplies
an excellent exercise for the chest
and lungs. One of the first things
tho young rifle-shot has to learn IL
how to take deep breath. to fill the
lungs with air. and then to hold the
breath while the rife is kept abso-
lntely steady and the finger is grad.
ually Tightening on the trigger. A
glance at any successful rife-shot
will show you a man with a deep
chest and full powers Of breathing.
Any form of recreation which
trains the muscles of the arm and
exercises the chest and lungs would
seem likely to be beneficial to health;
but II that is not enough, there is
the uneQualled training which rifle
shooting gives to the eye and to the
hand working with the eye. The
writer remembers hearing mus
kerry instructor boast that he had
heightened not only his own sight,
but the sight Of scores Of boys whom
he had taught how to use their eyes
in aiming at a target. by two or three
hundred yards, simply by continued
practice at long-distance shooting.
It is astonishing what results can be
obtained in this way by placing q
rife on q sandbag raised on q tripod
and making the pupil aim as accur.
ately as he can at any distant OBJ.
ject. The eye can be trained. Of
course. equally we'll. though tho
sight will not necessarily be length.
ened, by aiming at objects close at
hand.-London Spectator.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
FASHION NOTES.

Furs are charmingly mixed with
velvet and lace.
Lace medallions, mounted on button
moulds decorate some of the dressy
coats and wraps.
A touch of pink or yellow in vest
or folds often relieves the soberness
Of the otherwise all gray costume.
Fashion struck a sensible note when
she set her approval upon the soft
smoke gray that is having such q
run this season.
Fancy black blouses are quite the
vogue, the trimming consisting Of lace
and embroidery OF silk folds
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
Lessons tn Learn.

Learn to laugh. A good laugh Is
better than medicine.
Learn to attend strictly to your
own business - very important
point.
Learn to tell q story. A we'll told
story Il as welcome as q sunbeam in
q sick room.
Learn the art Of saying kind and
encouraging things. especially to the
young.
Learn to avoid all i'll natured re-
marks and everything calculated to
create friction.
Learn to keep your troubles to
yourself. The world Is too busy to
care for your ills and sorrows.
Learn to stop grumbling. If you
cannot see any good in the world.
keep the bad to yourself.
Learn to hide your aches and pains
under Z pleasant smile. No one
lares whether you have the earache,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
Those Who Would Be Strong.

Those Who Would Be Strong.
Everybody seeks health nowadays.
although all are not successful in find
Ing it. At the same time, the amount
Of care which most of us take must
surely have some effect on the long
evity of the race, and certainly the
average age does seem to be inrreas-
Ing.
The following rules issued by the
New York City Board of Health for
the guidance of consumptives might
very we'll be followed as nearly as
possible by all of us:
Never sleep or stay tn = close
room.
When indoors remain in the sun
uiest and best ventilated room-one,
u possible, which has no carpet.
Have at least one window open in
your bedroom.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
NEVER TIRES
! the Food That Restored Her "a
Health.

4 NY food was killing me and
Int know the cause, writes q Colo
ypung lady: For two years I wal
~ and sickly. suffering from indi'
ation and infiammatory rheuma.
-.
= had tried different kinds Of diet
nin living and many Of the RENE.
- recommended. but got no better.
Finally. about five weeks ago.
nther suggested that I try Grape.
10. and l began at once. eating II
q . little cream or milk. A
nngs for the better began at once.
4 To-day I am well and am gaining
eht and strength all the time
gained 10 lbs. in the last i've
-. and do not suffer any more
- Indigestion and the rheumatism
~ gone.
4 know It is to Grape-Nuts ALONE
I owe my restored health.
eat the food twice a day and
- tire of it." Name given By
INN Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
~ flavor Of Grape-Nuts il pecu
70 itself. It is neutral, not too
= and has an agreeable, healthful
lfy that never grows tiresome.
- Of the sources of rheumatism
Fom overlooking the system with
material, the result of imperfect
f1on and assimilation.
soon as improper food is aban
q and Grape-Nuts is taken regu
digestion is made strong, the
- do their work of building uI
red blood cells and Of carrying
the excess of disease-makina
e1al from the system.
= result IL a certain and steady
j TO normal health and mental
Az. There's q reason" Read
Tile book. 1.-THE Road to Well
II pkgs.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
The "Wasp Waist"

The wasp waist is pushing its way
Into favor again, despite the fact that
1t is regarded by majority of wom-
en- with distrust. But fashions de-
cree must be obeyed, and many wom-
en- who are most emphatic in deplor-
Ing the necessity of wasp waist suf-
fer much in their efforts to obtain
one.-ClariOn.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
Genius and Stupidity

i Genius said the sage, lis the
Infinite capacity for hard work"
4 and stupidity" observed the
young man who had put through Z
~ good things. lis the inability to
rake others do the hard work for
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
THE MERRY WHISTLER.

The MERR W 111o LIN
You have never met a man VINO
was an inveterate whistler and yet
a thorough scamp.
The whistler usually is a cheerful
being, and when one is cheerful ne
cannot be thinking of bad things.
The cheat, the coward, the black
leg, are not addicted to the open
heart and CHEEKY whistle.
The man who will get up in the
morning and make a fire, keeping
warm with a merry strain of yam
kee Doodle Boy" hasn't sour heart
over his task.
The man who makes the conee
and filings out the front door for the
bakery with Gel Captain" thrilling
forth in one big whistle, is never
the man of mean propensities, who is
keeping tally on his service, to say,
later to his wife:
II make the fires while you lie
abed."
Have you ever seen man whistle
restless baby asleep? If not, you
have something to look forward to.
And then when the babe becomes
the small son, have you ever observ-
ed this cheerful father teaching his
craft to little Jimmie?
Through his fingers, and through
his teeth, and then the intricacles
of the liquid double thrill"
Thus, when Jimmie gets at the
kindling chopping age, he has &C.
quired one Of the first principles OF
a good and desirable mamie is a
whistler like his dad, and the envy
and emulation of every neighbor boy.
Herald
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
Just Like a Woman.

"She doesn't repine at their pres
tat circumstances.
"Why is that?"
II do not know, unless it is be-
nuse they are greatly reduced
srourier-J ournal
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
A Leading Question,

s'Mr. Smithers!"
well, johnny"
t"When you were a little boy an
I1ellers come to see your sisters did
hey ever give you quarter to 60
eat an OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
An Inference.

H Il always try to practice charity"
|lnA Miss Passay. my motto is,
I1o unto all men as you would have
I'm do unto you"
0racious!" exclaimed Miss Bert,
u I'm don't really kiss them, do you?"
Proas
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
For Woman,s Suffrage.

q Hrs. True-"Aren't you glad you
|non't have to vote?"
II Mrs.. Personal---very., no! I'm
Worried to death for fear John won't
|Sute the way I want him to; I'd a
|Reat deal rather do it myself. -
NptfOit Free Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
Easy.

Yeast-"Did your wife ever study
nv languages?"
Crimsonbeak-"No; she didn't
AVE to. Language comes to her
naturally. Statesman.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
Tentative Opinions.

1t seems to me vulgar to let your
self be Rugged and kissed. A girl
loses SO much in losing the respect
that belongs to her by right.--From
the Girls Realm.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02

ans Life
Learn to greet your friends with
smile They carry too many frowns
in their own hearts to be bothered
with any of yours.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
Artificial.

A woman with a natural peaches
and-cream complexion never gets
any credit for it. Everybody says:
artificial. Globe,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
The Date

"When does one cease to be a
bride and become married wom-
sn?"
1.-THE day the postman brings her
husband the first bill from the Dress
maker. Judge.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02

/ Persons bearing the same surname
= forbidden to marry IN China.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
Hurray!

z "Csarge for the guns!" command
= the captain of industry who was
s. the steel business.
& And the bookkeepers did so with
.rino.-COurier-J ournal
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
Under It.

n Redd-"I heard he was worried
over his new automobile
Greene-"Well, saw him out yes
/ terday. and. he was worrying under
\ K lust then. "-Yonkers Statesman,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02

J a caterpillar will eat twice its own
6luiGht Of food in day.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
A TiorG 20 the Cn.yi,e.

IT'S orl;- proper to advise
Some youth about this town
Ttat 10 man can expect to rise
Until he settles down.
Philadelphia Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
The Age We Live In.

"Yaas, I was at the opera lawst
night"
much attendance?"
4 "Not much. Two millions in one
BOX and a paltry hawlf-million in
mother Courier-Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02

approved lines, until, goodness
knows, one has to admit sometimes
that she is running the favorite
pretty close second. But 1t Is only
the occasional Englishwoman, wh&
dresses really we'll, while large ma
jority Of American women manage
in some way to make themselves looh
well, as only an American womal
can look, which Is something that nj
French or English word yet coined
can quite express.-Eleanor Franklin,
in Leslie's Weekly.
MOST STRIKING WOMAN IN CAPT.
TAI.
"Who is the most striking figure
in the streets of Washington" said
a visitor a few days ago to wo
man who knew the capital thorough
ly. you would guess many times
before you'd guess right" was the
answer None OF your diplomats
from quaint countries fills this bill
No, indeed; the individual is the
nursemaid in the household of Mlle
van Swinderen, Wife of the Dutch
Minister. This nurse wears the gay
head dress and embroidered finery Of
the peasant class. Her young charge,
a little girl just beginning to walk,
is wheeled around in her lazier mo-
ments in high and still-looking per
ambulator. Nine. van Swinderen has
induced the nurse to discard her
wooden shoes, but in all other re-
spects she is uncompromising. Her
stiff linen cap, with flying curtains,
her necklaces Of gold and silver beads
and her bright yellow gown, which
clears the ground by three inches,
lend picturesqueness to the neighbor-
hood of the Dutch legation.-New
York Press.
BROWN is QUEEN OF COLOR.
Brown, then, is the queen of col.
ors, and exhibited it's merits in the
satiny broadcloths, the llstrous silks
and shining satins and the luxurious
velvets which were the fabrics en-
ployed in the most artistic gowns at
the openings of the month.
Pomegranate reds, deepening to
warm wine colors, aspire for atten'
ton The becoming talents of these
charming pigments permit the reds
to set off the compilations of blondes
and brunettes. Everyone cannot wear
brown, but everyone may look well
in red. Neither have the Russian
greens, nor the Gobelin blues, nor
Accepting the color idea of rich,
luscious shades. one may enter an
emporium of fashion and rejoice in
the drapings of broadcloths which
are first in fabrics, messalines first
among the silks, eoliennes first among
the wooden and silks, and materials
without end.-Chicago Post.
BOGUS GEMS IN VOGUE.
It is reported that New York
jewelers. are scared blue by the arti-
fetal gems-some new kind Of emer-
ais and sapphires which have appear
ed in the wholesale district-for It
is manifest that "jewels" are the de-
sire of modern life, and real or false
must be worn. Hence the traffic In
artificial products. Importers and
buyers have their troubles. 1t will
also be hard telling what's what at
the opera this winter Women with
the real million dollar article Will
have to wear a tag, certifying to the
fact, while other women will say:
90, can afford to wear reconstruct
ed gems, because have the real
things in the safety vault. No one
would accuse me of anything olse."-
Boston Herald.
GIRL LOOKS LIKE A WEEPING
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-02
HE TOO TALKATIVE MATINEE

THE TOO TALkATIVE MATINEE
GIRL.
1T Is good thing there are
enough Of the typical matinee girls
to fill the theatres on Saturday al
ternoons," said the man in the box
Office. otherwise there would be
good many vacant seats. Gradual
" the prejudice against the matinee
girl crowd is growing.
Give me a ticket for any per-
Torrance except Saturday afternoon,
Is the request that we hear more ana
more frequently. The jabbering ana
the giggling that seem to be an IN
evitable part Of Saturday afternoon
performance mar the pleasure OF the
earnest theatregoer.
1.-The trouble is said one wo-
man who is a good Judge of plays
and actors, that the Saturday matt
nee folks laugh, cry and applaud IN
the wrong places. There Is one
strong play on the boards now that
illustrates this tendency perfectly.
From the beginning the girls" Of all
ages who are not familiar with the
story of the play make bets with
each other as to which girl the vacll-
lating hero will marry, and ali anu
sions to the plight Of the apparently
forsaken sweetheart call forth an eX-
-plcs:on of giggies, especially from
the top balcony At no other per-
Torrance do the vital points in serl-
GUS play1s miss the mark New
York Sun.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-24

tween the care Of the peach in Flor
ida and other districts, that a few
suggestions may be Of value to begin
nerS.
Assuming that the trees are already
planted, were headed back fully one
half and have not suffered for water,
We will consider the fertilizing. AS
general rule, it is wise to confne
tie fertilizer to strictly chemical in
gredlents,\ such as nitrate of soda,
suiphate Of ammonia, sulphate of pot
ash and bone black. Muriate of pot
ash may be substituted for the sui
plate, If easily obtained. The very
best plan for the beginner is to get
a complete fruit fertilizer put up by
responsible manufacturer rather
than try to mix it oneself This is
our th1rty-e1ghth year Of peach grow
lng and we have fortified with ready
mixed and that which we mixed our
selves, and for several years back we
prefer to buy the ready mixed fer
tilizer.
Use one round of complete ferti-
llzer lC the tree within three weeks
of planting and as soon as the tree
has made good start use one and
one-half Or two ounces of nitrate of
soda, scattering we'll. In May an
other pound of complete fertilizer
may he used, scattering from the
point where the roots have reached
out eighteen inches to two feet fur.
ther. A month later two ounces
more of nitrate of soda may be used
on circle six feet in diameter
Every effort should be made to coax
the roots out to the middles, so as
to be able to absorb all available
moisture. The top will make cor
responding growth and if it is eight
feet high and eight feet broad, at
the close of the growing season you
may be assured Of from eighty to two
hundred mature peaches eighteen or
twenty months from planting. To at
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-24

tain this growth, the cultivator aid
hoe must be kept going and once a
week is none too often to cultivate
No pruning should be done whatever
unless a sprout should come out be-
low the bud.
There are some donts that you
should have in mind.
Don't try to grow any legume
peas, velvet bean or beggarweed; also
avoid sweet potatoes. These all bring
root knot which is early death to
trees.
Because Of the root knot it is wise
not to plant with any crop whatever
during the life of the trees
We have lost a great many trees
in Florida by trying to grow other
crops at the same time and to grow
them among orange trees by the
same cultural methods but now we
have settled down to planting on new
land and giving clean cultivation and
using strictly chemical fertilizers.
Blood and bone, cotton-seed meal,
tankage, cow penning, horse manure,
hog manure, and other organic ma
nures have no place in the peach or
chard
Where you have a few peach trees
for home use and the chemicals men
toned cannot easily be obtained, you
can use wood ashes and hen manure,
separately, scattering we'll broadcast.
If you can add some bone meal or
bone flour it will make better peach
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-24
w III TT FL Y

Fungi infected nursery trees for sale as follows.
Brown fungus on sour seedlings only, years old,
II to "a inches branched, 20 c. each. $1,000 for 100
"a to SO inches branched rs each, $4,000 for 100
prices IT, tied with red pink fungus only. Bud
ded trees, orange. grapefruit and tangerine: One
year buds partly branched, rs c. each $1,000 for
100 two year buds well branched, IS c. each,
$780, 90 for 100; three year buds heavily branched,
so c. each, $4,000 for 100; to feet sweet, sour
and lemon seedlings heavily branched are worth
IS c. each or $4,000 for 100. All f. o. b. Orlando,
Fla. G. A. BOONE. If
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-24

think it was the first and original
grass mulch, SO much praised and
r1d1culed within recent years.
All of these trees have been fer
tilted each spring with formula
giving 1925 per cent. Of potassium
oxide, 8.25 per cent. of nitrogen, 26
per cent Of soluble phosphoric acid
and per cent. of magnesium oxide.
Of this formula about 600 pounds is
applied over the whole surface Of
an acre of apples, and about 1000
pounds to the pears annually. The
apple orchard of fifty trees occupying
just about an acre is now ffty-tWo
years old, and the amount Of product
for the last twenty-five years may be
of interest. The crops have varied
from less than one barrel in 1897
to three hundred and five barrels in
1906, when the orchard, ffty-two
years old, gave it's largest yield; two
thousand eight hundred and fifty
three barrels have been sold which
is an average Of one hundred and
fourteen per year The net price, has
varied from little less than ST to
So, the latter price in 1890, when
one hundred and thirty barrels sold
for $5oI.I4, the largest amount for
any one year though the next best
was in 1906, being $500, The aver
age net sales for twenty-five years
have been $242 or $2.I2 per barrel.
If we should allow what | think is
more than ample to cover the cost of
interest on the original value of the
land and trees, pruning, thinning, fer
tll1z1ng, moving, spraying, harvesting,
hnr nr1zn
would be left for dividend purpose
on valuation Of s., 500 This result
has been SO satisfactory that notwith-
standing l am not as young as fifty
two years ago, still being only eighty
three, [ planted an orchard Of one
hundred and twelve trees year ago.
AS the result Of my experience thus
feet apart, one-year old trees, in old,
and grass mulch will be their treat
Spy, twenty-three Sutton, twenty-five
Mcintosh, ten Baldwin, eight Veal
thy, five Jonathan, and two Spleen
burg. DR.. Jabez Fisher.
DR.. Fisher read paper on this
81 ooo LII ltlNll SlSIL yOdlo dSO,
before the Massachusetts Board of
Agriculture. If he is not the original
"grass mulch man, where is that gen.
tleman to be found? Where are those
respondent citizens of fifty who hest
tate to plant an orchard? Here is
DR.. Fisher at eighty-three still plant
ing trees! While I haven't any such
"'record" yet, even in years of life, I
have big faith in this method when
it is faithfully carried out. You must
provide plenty of mulch, especially
for the young trees. After the trees
begin to bear you must feed them
we'll. [ feel sure that it is an essen
tial part of this method to cut the
tree severely back, both root and top
when planting. You get better
root system that way and have better
control of the top as. it grows. I
am using a number of yearling ap-
pie trees this year for this sod meth
Cd and planting twenty and even six
teen feet part. When they crowd [
can dig the trees out and transplant
them.
Care of DaacI Trees
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-24
Care of Peach Trees.

A correspondent of the Southern
Ruralist, writing from South Flor
ida (Avon Park, gives his ideas as
to the best methods with peach trees
in that part of the state.
There is so much difference be-