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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-01-19

/ We smiled. lying on his back and
| rolling over and"
George, stop him." cried Alicia,
springing up. That's just what he did
this neon, and
Bat the warning came too late.
| Faithful Fvdo's howls rent the air,
and as he resolutely refused to stay in
the house any longer with such a
wicked cat, we had to hold him in
under orders-while Alicia opened
the kitchen door and proceeded TO
shco Peter out
AS for Peter, he lodged in and out
Of the kitchen, and the dining room
with an air of defiant POPULARITY, and
when at last Alicia got the broom TO
him, he turned deliberately round in
the kitchen doorway and gave us a
trucuent leer.
We were still comforting Fido when
a terrible noise sounded from up the
garden
He's after Mrs. Potter now" cried
Alicia. in despair, and out We flew to
the rescue
From distant corner of the yard
strange sounds were heard, and
strange sights were seen as Mrs
Potter danced round on alternate feet.
and through all this tapping Of wings
and shrill cries Of warfare the dim
form OF Peter the wicked cat, could
presently be discerned, crouchng il
nj odd ~; ~, f,,r,
MS eyes apprehensiveiy every time
Mrs. Potter made a peck at him.
After Peter mad been rescued. and
Alicia had made him make friends
with Mrs. Potter-a task requiring
great diplomacy - We carrie! the
sha2.efaced Peter back to the house.
Edo trotting along behind with a
Singular air OF sitisfa- ten.
And here we are. Peter has finally
been persuaded 70 hold uo his ear
win some approach TO his us;:al
jaunt:ness Eide is sitting uD" loon
ing pleasant and catching n unhcard
Of number o. bits of meat in rapid
succession. while Peter has NUN d
tucked MS two front paws hele25h
ai:l. and is lying by Fiio's side.
Kiss him, Fido!' cried Alicia kiss
Kim NICE
And % Fido makes hasty and sen
erai lap at Peters head, both the pets
sigh with a great content.
"Cccn-a doodle-dO-o-o." cries Mrs
Potter, from the garden in sleepy
tones. "Cock-a -doodle-Gododo'
nous old-fashioneG sage pudding
with raisins in it-peace, sweet, balmy
peace, has settled on our household
once again.-Youth Companion.
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A PLEASANT THOUGHT.

A PLEASANT THOUGHT.
If all the dollies came alive
How busy little girls would be!
Judith l think. has twenty-five.
And | myself have twenty-three
l know I'd very careful be
With all the babies that were mine,
I'd treat them as 1.'l-s treated me
And scrub them till they all would
Id give them everything that's good.
And always have them dressed in
style.
I'd paddle them when they were
And lecture them once in while.
II at the table they should smear
Preserves and things around their
I'd feel compelled to be severe,
And make a disappearing face.
These are the thing that I would do;
And in the end they'd grow to be-
If all that I've been taught is true
The models Of propriety!
NJ. Andrews in Echoes
from a Washington Nursery.
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Whistlinu.


In boyhood when you journeyed
home
And darkness wrapped the world.
Weird beasts and ogres lurked about,
Each bush an imp wolld hold.
The rocks took unfamiliar shapes,
The trees were stiff and stark,
And then to keep your courage up
You whistled in the dark.
You travel through this vale OF tears
In darkness wrapped around:
You do not know from where gu
came
Nor whittier you are bound.
Strange shapes arise ca every side
More dread than COLLINS are,
Devourers worse than ogres grim
Your shadowed pathway bar.
And then you strike Old Hundred
Your spunk to keep spark,
For. after all, what is a hymn
But whistling in the dark.
-McLandburgh Wilson. in the New
York Times
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"WISE MONEY!"
influences Brought to Bear on the
Man in the Betting Ring.

Influences Brought to Bear on the
Man in the Betting Ring.
The betting ring is a whirl of ex.
element, augmented by the appear
ance of the wise money" this COM
ing from the pupters, who are sup
posed to know little more than any
one else.
These men bet large sums, varying
from $4,000 to 100000, and are sup
posed to make princely incomes by
SO doing, says writer in Outing.
Look through the list of plungers
of even five years ago, and with the
exception of the deceased Pittsburg
Phil what is the individual bank &C.
count?
This whirl upsets the individual
judgment, causing a man to switch
from a preconceived horse with
chance to win, according to his indi-
vidual ideas, to another horse of
which he knows nothing but rumor.
This departure from the one beaten
track of each individual is just as
fatal in racing as in any other bust
ness.
Take the bookmaker as an instance,
sitting day by day, letting the public
make selections and steadfastly wag-
ering him the said selections will not
win, certain that he has 60 per cent.
in his favor at the start.
Realizing this the bookmaker spares
no effort to augment the swirl. Hence
the clever delay in the announcement
Of the prices, the constant rush OF
the messengers and the intermittent
and startling variations of prices in
the individual book.
No matter whether the individual
bookmaker has done any business on
that particular horse or not, he varies
the prices in obedience to the index
Of the f1gurehead, thus keeping up
the guessing hurrah.
Ninety per cent. of the wild rumors
as. to the trials, the condition, the
chances, of certain horses in each
race have their genesis with the book
makers, who know that nearly every
man. even those of long years of ex
perience, is looking for Information.
So, from time to time, wild rushes
are precipitated. where from, no
one knows. There comes an appar.
ent plunge on two or three horses no
one thought seriously Of.
The prices are cut from so to / tc
10 to /, some one starts a whisper
from the stable" and the weaker
of the visitors are hooked. Take up
any tabulated chart Of any days rae
ing and note the long shot horses
played down which finished nowhere. |
One can never find central figure
for such a vortex. STABLES" do not
put their money down that way. 1t
is to the interest of the stable, equal.
ly with the interest of the bookmak.
er, to keep any such legitimate trans.
action as much from the notice Of
tina pnhlic AS nossibla.
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THE BARRED OWL.

The barred owl, which is only a
little smaller than the horned owl.
may be distinguished from it even in
the dusk, by the absence of horns, Or
ear-tufts. This bird has round fac
ial disk, and its expressive. dark
brown eyes give its face an almost
human expression. 1t. too. is great
destroyer of the woodfC!k On mUfTled
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"ONLY A GIRL

do please you now, Mrs. Moth
err"
"Clean you are. down to the finger
tips and up to the hair" his mother
answered, smiling Now. Jessie.
kindly step forward in Your turn.
"Oh, there's never any need to
make a girl come for examination, "
shifted Howard. she loves to scrub
and dress lp.''
Cleanliness is next to Goodness
sir!"
"Of course. But some women
like the farmers wife where We went
last Summer-spent so much time on
their cleanliness they never get to the
Goodness at all. Such temper. and
she kept the house like wax, as
mother said
THE two things don't necessarily
go together" said his mother, land
the girls are not to be despised for
paying attention to the pretty
things"
Now, Mother. I never said so.
I'm not that sort of a fellow"
mo; don't think you are. I be-
lieve you appreciate Jessie as much
as she does YOU Your words remind
ed me of something that happened
when l was a child Shall tell
you?"
please do they cried together.
well, the Summer was eleven we
were spending on the shore of beal-
tifll lake in the northern part OF
the State. Among our guests was
Archibald, boy who was very vain
of his strength and made believe to
despise all girls. Especially he re-
garded with contempt a cousin OF
mine, the slenderest, daintiest little
creature imaginable.
HE was bathing alone in the lake
one day, when he discovered our IA
vor1te rowboat drifting away. He
knew that we were on the bluffs
above, and he wanted to show off,
so he struck out for it. The boat
was too far away. however. and he
tried to return. But he got into the
icy currents and we were Mortified
to see him seized with cramp and
struggling helplessly.
'As we gazed, unable to do any
thing, we saw girl in a blue bathing
suit go down with one OF the pref
test dives l ever saw and in min
ute she was going out with a long
racing stroke. He clutched at her
desperately but she was too quick
for him and had him by the hair in
minute.
Slowly she swan in, keeping his
head up CALAMITY. How she did it
We couldn't imagine. BY the time
they reached the wharf, people were
running down to help.
THAT night she didn't come down
stairs; but the next evening she ap-
peared as dainty as ever, and very
Apologize and grateful young athlete
she found waiting her never heard
Archibald say anything critical of
girls after that"
Shouldn't think he would said
Fl owad, emphaticaly.
Now, In storybook, they would
have married some day, and lived
happily ever AFTER" said Jessie.
But they didn't" answered her
mother, smiling Though they really |
we're good friends always. and l
thing they both profited by the friend
ship SO strangely begun.-Naw York |
News.
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.ho eorrad Goldfish. eA
1ieie ~ n ~ uerald It must
and shall be preserved III
acid
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DON'T FOR GROWN-UPS.

The pupils in one room in the Sa
write a short composition. One Of
them. a boy Of 13 years old, wrote the
following:
us boys and girls are always
bossed around, and everybody says
don't to US. Here are some donts
for you grown people that l am go
ing to write in this essay, because
/ dassent speak up and say EN- to
anybody's face:
Don't tell us boys and girls what
we can't eat and when we've got to
quit eatin'. We don't try to give you
advice about your earin's.
Don't get excited when We have
been away from the house few
hours. We're all right Ladies
shouldn't get so nervous.
Don't tell us you're going to lick
us when We go to bed. There amt
any fun till after it is all over
Don't blame US when you cant
find anyone else to blame. We're dead
tired of getting the worst Of It,
Don't make US apologize Peo-
pie ought to apologize to US lots OF
times. b:1t they never do it. You bet
we notice it, too
Don't be ever!astingly grabbing Us
and Strengthening us out and pulling
at our clothes and poking your nm
gers in our ears to get the dir oul.
WE DON'T LIKE IT.
Don't always make us dc, your
way. We want to do our Way ohce
in a while.
Don't nudge each other and ask Us
silly questions. We're on to you old ]
smart Alecs.
Don't make fun of us. We've got (
feelings. although the big people new u
er seem to know it.
Don't make us show or How
would you fee! ie somebody made you
do tricks like an Irish setter!
Don't make us thank you ana d. I
that kind Of business every tme
hands us something. lnes
don't do it because they want is ~
bow and scrape around. They 90
because they were US tnemse"es
once.
This amt all the don'ts know !.
but I'll have to stop because INC
teacher won't let me make the p'e''
any longer. kansas City Journai'
PHILANTHROPIC SPARROWS.
For several days four or five Spa
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-01-19
PHILANTHROPIC SPARROWs.

For several days four or f1ve spar
rows had visited a certain place "
the roof near my window. They a.
ways brought food for another !i'''s
fellow, who never tried fight nou
the spot. The visiting spar'os W
never came empty billed. They :ou'.
drop tiny morsels of food near -.
little sparrow. When it began " So
the crumbs the others set up go
chirping, and then flew away.
After watching this for few ua,a
went olt on the roof and appFoaeu
ed the lone bird. 1t did not hutsa
away from me. and made ~ i'''1'
ance when | picked it up.
The sparrow was blind. us a.,
were covered with mllA-i!he
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And Alicia, breathless, showed us
just how with her hands.
"Sprang on him." we repeated.
"Sprang on him." cried Alicia, still
breathless, and showing us how again.
And, George-of all things! If
you'd only seen that spotted dog run
out of our garden! And Peter after
him! Something fierce!!" she cried.
It is Alicia's only bit of slang. George,
it was something fierce!"
"Blt why does"
"Well, when Peter came in the
house he seemed to think that all dogs
were afraid Of him, and he started on
poor old Fido. Oh, I've had such a
time with them all day! If put Peter
out, he swaggers round, looking for
more dogs,-he's been down in the
Hollow twicAand if I keep him in
he tries to make Fido fight; but Fido's
a gentleman"-the mournful tapping
was resumed beneath the sofa. Good
old Fido!" cried Alicia. Its a
shame!"
Well" we remarked, ut looks as
If Peter had got over it at last
''Why?" asked Alicia, who couldn't
see because of the fern. "Why, do you
think so, George?"
"TIaa down here nlavin9 with Fido."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
STANDARD OIL AND TWO
ROADS AGAIN INDICTEp

Jamestown, N. Y, Aug. 14.-Four big
corporations have been indicted by the
grand jury for the western district Of
New York. which reported to Judge
HAZEL.
Two indictments against Standard
OIL, one containing 1873 counts and the
other forty; two are against the Va
cuum OIL company Of Rochester and
containing 1873 and forty counts respec-
lively: two are against the New York
Central and the Pennsylvania Railway
companies, Jointly, and two more are
against these two companies separate
ly. In each of these the counts are
similar. 1873 and 40.
The indictments against the Oil COM
panies charge receiving and accepting
illegal concessions in the shipment Of
oil, and those against the railway COM
panies charge illegally giving and
granting such concessions.
All of the counts In all Of the in
dictments pertain to the shipment Of
petroleum and its products by the
Vacuum Oil company from Olean, N.
Y, to the Standard OIL company at
different points in Vermont between
August /, 1904, and June l, 1905.
The law provides a penalty OF $2o,-
each indictment being a separate Of
fense. Therefore, II convictions are
made in all Of the counts specified In
the two indictments against each COM
pany Standard OIL will be assessed $4,-
$50, 900. the Vacuum OIL company a
similar amount and the New York Cen
trail and the Pennsylvania roads a like
amount, or a total Of S,240, 900 for the
four concerns.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
DRAGGED TO DEATH
ON HIS BIRTHDAY

Hot Springs 8. D.. Aug. 13.-Drasged
anniversary was the fate of little Ar
mour Fleming, yesterday. He had been
promised party by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Fleming. and In honor
OF the occasion q number OF burros
from the Baker Burro livery were en-
gagged to take the guests riding. On
the trip homeward, the burro which the
lad was riding became unmanageable
and he slipped from the saddle, becom-
Ing entangled In the stirrup. He was
dragged 200 yards before rescued.
: After a night of suffering he quietly
passed away this morning. The back
OF his head was severly bruised and a,
severe fracture Of the skull were the
immediate causes Of death.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
HIDES IN FIELD TO
KIDNAP HIS DAUGHTER

Mason City, Ia, Aug. 4.-Hiding
himself in a cornfield for several hours
awaiting his opportunity to get pos
session of his little daughter, Leonard
Fox, who has been in perpetual war
with his wife over the possession Of
the little one, darted from his covert,
seized the child and. despite the search
Of his wife and neighbors, the two
have not been seen since. This was
three days ago. Saturday his wife
wanted to file charges Of abduction.
He was seen going to the field early
in the day and just at noon, when the
child had wandered some distance from
the doorway, he was seen to rush out,
take the child and run into the field.
Mrs. Fox followed, but was unable to
overtake the fleeing husband and child.
Six months ago In a suit to recover pos
session of the child, Fox and his wife,
while in the court room, made peace,
and asked the judge to stay the pro-
ceedings and declared they would live
together and jointly enjoy the COM
pany Of the little girl. A few weeks
later they nuarreled and the child was
taken away from the mother. and the
Judge decreed that for half the time II
should live with its father. Fox, 1t will
be remembered. followed his wife all
over the nation year ago in order to
locate them.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
'SLEUTHS DRIVE MRS.
HARTJE FROM HOTEL

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 1s.--Hounded by
detectives, both men and women. Mrs.
Mary Scott HartJe and her two child
rem, Mary Louise and Scotty, have
been driven from the Lgonier Springs
hotel, where she has been guest for
seven weeks. They have taken refuge
with q private family in the Vance
cottage. on the outskirts OF Ligonier.
With Mrs. HartJe, as q companion, is
an aged aunt, Mrs. Vandergrift.
Augustus Hartje, the millionaire pa
per manufacturer, known to be plan
ming new suit for divorce against his
wife In the contingency that the su-
perior court affirms the decision of
Judge r. 8. Frazer that the charges
made against her and involving two
coachmen. one a negro. were not
proved. I
When Mrs. Hartje was told OF the
plans being made for fling a new suit,
she announced that she was not sur
prised at anything the future had In
store for her.
: Mrs. Hartje and her party intent to
remain at Ligonier for some time, and
1t Is possible that she will not return
TO Pittsburg until time for the handing
down of the superior courts decision
ion Mr.. Hartje's appeal. which was
argued at the May term.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
CAME TO WE'D YOUNG
MAN; FOUND old One
italian Girl Who Crossed Sea
Refuses to Garry Out
Agreement.

Scranton, Pa, Aug. 4.-Rose Com
bitt told an unusual story in the office
of Alderman Atkinson in Carbondale
The girl says she came to this country
from Italy six weeks ago. John Gene
zetta, OF Archibald, paying her way.
Genezetta was represented to her as
a young and handsome man, and 1t
was agreed she was to marry him when
she arrived. He is, however. an old
man, and a widower. and. when the
girl saw him she refused to carry out
the agreement, and her brother paid
Genezetta the money he had expended
to bring her here.
The girl said that Genezetta's friends
prosecuted her, Two men were arrest
ed and held for court upon her comI
plaint
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
SENT TO GALLOWS FOR
GOING TO HVGUE MEET

Seoul, Aug. 14.-The Korean supreme
court has passed sentence on members
of The Hague deputation. VI Sang Sell
ben Is condemned to be hanged and
VI WI Chow and VI Chun Been are SEN
fenced to life imprisonment. This depu'
tatlon undertook to represent Korea as
an independent nation at The Hague
conference and this affronted Japan,
whose subject Korea became by
Japan's triumph in the Russo-Japanese
war.
A company of Japanese troops
with two machine guns had FIVE
men killed and Ave wounded
on landing last night near Chemulpo to
disarm a Korean garrison Of forty men;
supported by several hundred rioters.
New York, Aug. 14.-Prince VI
nephew of the Korean emperor, shown
a telegram from Seoul with reference to
Hague delegates sentenced, said; The
Japanese, Of course, are responsible for
this. l do not blame them much, how
ever, as blame the traitorous Koreans
who sold themselves to the Japanese.
The only effect of this action against
mo will be to add energy and en-
thusiasm to the work Of patriotic
Koreans for their country. This order
for my execution certainly will be car
ried out IL ever go within Korean
VI ohpdbCoS JuA lSNlSSiOlA' ~ "NNiA SO
suicide for me to go there, but II I
could gain anything for my country by
putting my head in the Japanese moose
l should be very glad to do so, but 1
cannot see that should serve any good
purpose by so doing, and 1t Is not my
purpose to return to Korea. l shall
Keep up my work from here"
Prince vi sent President Roosevelt a
request for personal audience and re-
ceived an answer that the president
would have no time at present to grant
an audience.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
PRINTERS PRESIDENT
PLEADS FOR PENSIONS

Hot Springs, 8. D., Aug. 13.-The fif-
ty-third convention of the International
Typographical Union was called to or
der this morning. Addresses of well
come were made by the mayor, the Of.
ficers of the local union and others. and
were responded to by President James
M. Lynch. About 1900 delegates and
visitors are in attendance.
In the presidents report the PROPOSE
tion to pension the superannuated and,
incapacitated members of the union is
given considerable space.
Secretary Treasurer Bramwood. In
his report, shows the collections for the
year ended May 81. 1907, have reached
the enormous total Of 81, ,939. .S04.91, andl
balance In the treasury ~ S"96,S6297.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
HOT WINDS INJURE
the DAKOTAS' CROPS
field Of Wheat Will Be Reduced
More Than One-Fourth to
One-Half Of Average.

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 13-The wheat
crop Of North Dakota and of a large
portion of South Dakota has been in
jured by the hot winds Of the past few
days, when the temperature ranged
from 80 to 100 degrees. 1t was these
hot winds that impelled the expert!
crop estimator to keep down his esti-
mate Of the yield. These hot winds
were anticipated. They might not have
come at a critical time; they might not
have come at all. but they did come
and they came at a critical time, and It,
now appears that North Dakota win
not realize more than one-fourth to,
one-half Of an average crop. Wheat Is
in the milk or dough stage. according,
to latitude, and since last Thursday the.
hot wave has prevailed, drying up the
berry and browning the heads OF the
very small stalks.
In northern South Dakota the situa-
tion is much the same; but now and
then are found some strong winter
wheat fields ready to harvest, and toe.
far advanced to be injured by the heat.
But it Is here, also, that the corn crop
is a factor. During the season when
wheat was making great growth, owing
to the cool temperature, corn was at a
standstill. It will require five weeks
to reach maturity. s
There is one thing, however, In reck-
oning with the northwest, the farmers
are all well fixed with stock, hay and
root crops, and though they may lose
on wheat and corn, they will make up
in barley, oats, rye, fax and livestock.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
"a CHINESE BEG
JUDGE NOT TO SEND
Them BACK HOME
Beat Their Heads on Courtroom
Floor When They Were
Told to Go.

San Francisco, Aug. IA dramatic
scene was enacted in United States
Commissioner Heacock's court room
when II finally dawned upon the twen-
ty-four Chinese who deserted the Ger
man ship Tolosan that they would have
to 20 back to China on that vessel.
When the Chinese consul announced
that their case was hopeless a con-
certed wall of despair went through the
court room. Some Of the Chinese
threw themselves on their knees and
wildly implored him to save them. 9th
ers cast themselves PROSTATE and beat
their heads on the floor, tearing their
hair in frenzy of mingled rage and
despair. They were handcuffed in
pairs. Twelve Of the most unruly were
fastened with a chain and all were
taken back to the ship.