The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-11-30

r,, Reich asserts that the CO.
!. =. Gets only the small change Of
s In q good many cases, how
", she also gets the small change
~, :. liver. adds the Washington
At
there are women burglars.
!. ~ there any avocation in which the
won't take the bread out of
~ mems mouths. plaintively asks
4, Topeka Journal.
n. Boston Herald remarks: 1.-THE
,..s.chusetts method OF limiting div
,.,ds and forbidding stock watering
~ melon cutting is at once scien-
Z. and lust. But this batting and
-',,r, Of railroads for political effect
:, N satisfy demands based on ig-
lance and prejudice is a practice
.,,ht with danger to the prosperity
I,he country and to the true welfare
: ,he States indulging in the prac-
m"
william Anderson. q "steeple-jack"
IN climbed some of the diZZiest
..snles and fagstaffs. was killed by
.,l;us four feet from deck-house to
NOT There is plenty of precedent,
uus.s the New York World. Whym-
M Who survived the fatal first climb
h. 81 the Matterhorn, broke his leg
,,sr BY falling from a lecture plat
tm Only two of Napoleon's twenty
,hrae marshals were killed in battle.
,houeh all took the craziest chances
hit have men ever face in war.
Commenting on the discovery Of
.amopds in Arkansas. the Boston Adj
veriser observes: Diamond mining
an never become to this country
yhat It has become to South Africa,
md there is no reason to feel sorrow.
The richness of the United States is
po n any such one direction. 1t
consits in our diversity of wealth
producing agencies. and If diamond
mining is to be added to the list its
woportionate part must be compare
tsel! SMALL
Professor James Orr. Of the Univer-
My Of Glasgow, one of the leading
biological scholars of Great Britain,
leclres that Darwinism is practically
lad, and adds that the leading scien-
i6c scholars abroad are forming q
~ theory Of evolution in perfect ac-
md with the great fundamental
truths Of the Bible.
reaction against bridge appears
10 be setting in in English society. It
y even becoming common to hear
people declare that they do not play,
|md the younger set is making stand
|lain2 1t. In its stead billiards seems
y Be gaining ground.
b nine years there have been man.
thcured $4,000 automobiles, for
which private owners paid the max
10 more than $1,000, 100000. These
CURES are staggering, but further
nets are even more surprising. Last
'er the output was almost 100000.
nd the United States led the world
. number and value of cars. While
ne Industry received its first develop
neat tn France. it has not taken the
americans long to get into the game,
~ carry of the prizes. 1t is not only
q this side of the Atlantic that the
laefican cars are supreme.
Says the Chicago Record-Herald:
Vaicayo's arguments for q waterway
"een Lake Michigan and the Gulf
dnt. the heavy contribution the
~ has already made toward it in
= drainage canal, and, second, the
- Of increased transportation IA
auues through the heart of the con-
mat and the need of a form of
aaasportation which will serve as an
1ueat check on freight rates"
uNorce is increasing all over the
9d. but its advance is less rapid In
sanany than anywhere else in the
s'a1ed world. Those who are &C
v1mted with the German man." re-
~ IN American woman who has
d returned from the Fatherland,
WI appreciate the wifely patience
"ea the divorce statistics of the
sntry represent"