The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-12-12

if they are not true, advises the In
dianapolis News.
What troubles us, admits the Allan
ia Constitution, is what the chauf
feur's going to rest on when he get
under his aeroplane to tighten up thu
screws.
Death by electrocution," assever.
ates New York physician, lis pain.
less II the shock is rightly admins
tered" Still, objects the Louisville
Courier-Journal, it is undignified and
Injurious to the reputation.
The code of ethics which governs
the legal profession is perhaps less
rigid than that which controls the
medical men. Perhaps it is more rig
idly enforced. suggests the Louisville
Courier Journal, but as to this there
are likely to be two opinions. At
any rate the lawyers have q chance at
~ne another in public.
AS Niagara attracts by its very
grandeur. muses. the New York
World, SO every human movement
either for good or for i'll, and whether
formidable or insignificant, exercises
an influence far greater than those
who direct it may imagine. There is a
lure to life and progress as well as a
lure to disgrace and death.
The best defense that is made Of
boxing is that it familiarizes men
with the art of self-defense, maintains
the New York World, and the most
that can be said in behalf OF prize
fghting is that it is favored in those
countries whose people are more like
~ to resent injury with their fists
thar with knives or firearms.
Prophesies the Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle: One of the future re-
forms for making city life tolerable
w be an ordinance requiring milk
and delivery wagons to have their 7
wheels shod with solid rubber tires.
An iron tire and a brick pavement
make combination as disturbing to
the quiet of neighborhood as an old
fashioned Fourth of July.
The Louisville Courier Journal con-
lends: Legislation or no legislation.
is struggle with the problems of farm
ife-if nothing else be ever done
nay do something to arouse the rural I
population Of the United States to the t
xpedience Of bringing more ease and
more aestheticism into their lot and :
0 the economical value of making life
n the farm more attractive, that sons n
nd daughters may stay. q
1t is reported by army officers that 9
'irginia produces the sturdiest and :.
trongest horses known to this coun-
y, notes the New York American. II
he famous Shenandoah Valley, "
here the waters are clear and pure. n
le grass nutritious and plentiful, = .,
nd the air bracing and invigorating, 4,
le best saddle animals known to the
lvalry are raised. Heretofore the be- tn
ef has been that Kentucky was the "
ome Of the only genuine thorough. u
ed; and, in q measure, this continues .
be true. But now Virginia becomes 4
rival. or late years. too. this indus
y has thrived throughout the coun- an
= as never before. Prices. also, have nc
ore than trebled. It was not SO :.
ng ago that good roadster could be ho
ID for 500. Now the figure is from -
so to $500. ca
The author Of THE Cossacks," OF Wis
Var and Peace" ana Of Anna Kare- tre
ma is secure of fame. He is one ~
the glories of Russian literature. IN.
Itch he did more than any other En-
tier to make q living force in the the
erature OF the world, asserts the
iladelphia Ledger. There had beca