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The Washington times., 1908-08-19
HAD A SQUIRREL
OUT OF SEASON
Leroy Fleet, Colored, Is Charged
With Violation of Game
Laws.

The first arrest of the season for an
alleged violation OF the game law was
made this morning by Detective Grove
and several patTOlmen of the Seventh
precinct. Leroy Fleet, a negro. twenty
one years Of age, Of 1909 Thirty-fourth
street northwest attracted the atten-
ton OF the police by walking by No 2
station with a dead squirrel in his
hand
He was brought into the station ana
informed that il was a violation Of law
in the District to have game IN his pos
session during the close season Fleet
said the squirrel had been killed out
side OF the District. and tomorrow
morning he viii be given an emporium
ity to make a further explanation 70
Judge MUllOwny in the Police Court
The season for squirrel opens Novem-
her /
The Washington times., 1908-08-19
ALEXANDRIA DAY
ATTRACTS THRONG
Luna Park Scene of Celebra-
ton by the Virginia
City.
WILL GIVE PROFIT
TO HELP HOSPITAL
Festivities Opened With Address by
Representative Carlin-Fire-
men-and Troops Give Drills.

All Alexandria today is celebrating
Alexandra Day at Luna Park Gate
B receipts viii so to the Alexandria Hos
pitaL Although the real festivities will
not begin until this evening, thrOngs
OF women and children went 10 the
park this morning and spent the day
The first public notice that Alexandria
had today that this was Alexandria
Day. was at noon, when the bells Of
the city were rung and the whistles
of the factories blown.
This afternoon at o'clock a speech
was delivered at the park by Represent
alive CHARLES c. Carlin. Following the
speech the regular vaudeville was pre-
scented.
The old Friendship nrs engine owned
by the Veteran Fire Association, was
sent to the park this morning and
was on exhibition ali day.
Troops to Participate.
Company G, Seventeen Virginia Regi-
snent of Virginia Volunteers, under com
mand Of Capt +, L. Slaymaker, will go
r4o the park this eevning on the 1880
- clock train.
Following the spirit of the proclama-
ton issued by Mayor Pan, a majority
dOf the stOrezeepeTs in Alexandria closed
their places of business at noon today,
-thus allowing their clerks half holt
aday and giving them an opportunity to
sgo 10 the park. The city offices have
Sheen closed all day.
Firemen to Drill.
At s o'clock this evening the celebra-
ton proper will commence. AT this hour
the old Friendship engine Will be
brought into the center of the park and
manned by members of the old COM
pany.
They will give an exhibition Of how
fires were fought in Olden times. before
the invention of steam fire engines.
Immediately after the exhibition OF
the old engine, Company q will march
into the park and give a drill. After
this Will come the vaudeville perform
ance. and late in the evening fireworks
will be displayed
Last year a similar celebration was
held at the park, and nearly 81, 900 was
raised.
The Washington times., 1908-08-19
DID BUCK AND WING"
ON THE SIDEWALK
DuSky Dancer Soaked SIS for Doing
BarefoOted Stunts on the
Street.

For executing a barefoot dance on
Gordon avenue and entertaining the
whole neighbOrhOOd. Jackson BrOadus
ran into d whole bunch Of trouble and
this morning told his little stry TO Judge
Mullowny, in the Police Court. The
dance cost Broadus a five-spot.
The funniest part of the whole affair
was the arrest of the dusky dancer. He
was tearing OFF the buck and wing" in
furious fashion, uumindful of impending
danger. Officer J. II. Moore, of Station
No. 9, appeared, and Broadus. with
smile from ear to ear, said: "HulIo,
sweetheart! Fine evenin' dis evenin'. I"
The crowd scattered at the sight OF the
bluecoat and Broadus did a cakeWal<
to the station house.
The Washington times., 1908-08-19
FLEET LUSITANIA
BEATS OWN RECORD

NEW YORK. Aug. 1s.-The Cunard
steamship Lusitania has again broken
her own record.
At the office OF the Cunard line a
wireless was received from the Lusi-
tanis today saying that UP 20 noon yes
terday she had steamed ,5J2 knots at
an average speed Of 25.39. This beats
her previous record OF 250I knots an
hour made in July last
The Washington times., 1908-08-19
John BROWNS SON
WANTS AERIAL RIDE

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Aug ls.-JA5on
Brown. of Akron, OHIO, has written to
the State fair officials applying for per
mission to 20 up in t<nabenshue's bal
loon at the state fair here. He says
he is eighty years old and the son Of
John Brown, Of Harpers Ferry fame.
More than one hundred applications
from all over Ohio have been received
10 60 up In the balloon.
The Washington times., 1908-08-19

casualties. The entire train left the
track but did not turn over.
The cause Of the accident is thought
TO have been a defective truck under
the baggage car The passengers were
transferred and proceeded 10 Atlanta
after q short DELAY
The Washington times., 1908-08-19
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
RAGING IN PORTUGAL
Rigid Quarantine Is Maintained
and City of Braga Is I'M
menSe Hospital.

LISBON, Aug. 19.-Encircling the en-
tire Braga district with troops, the
Portuguese government is today main
tanning rigidly a quarantine against the
cholera epidemic which has been raging
for weeks, but, tu account OF the
strict censorship, .lmost unknown 10
the rest OF the coW try.
So widespread is the disease that
the town Of Braga IS practically one
huge hospital, public buildings, hotels,
and the larger private residences being
requisitioned by the authorities for the
sick.
The Washington times., 1908-08-19
YALE MAN VICTOR.

OMAHA. Neb.. Aug. 1s-The first and
second rounds OF the Middle Western
tennis tournament were finished during
the forenoon yesterday, during which
Warfield, of Chicago, and Jones. the
Yale champion. OF 81. Louis, easily de-
feated their opponents
The Washington times., 1908-08-19
BOOKER WASHINGTON
TO ADDRESS HOME

Booker I. Washington Will make the
principal address at the outing for the
benefit OF the Frederick Douglass Home
Association, TO be given on August "A,
eat Washington Park. Assistant Super
llntendent Of Schools Bruce and Ralph
w. Tyler also will speak.
The Washington times., 1908-08-19
TRAIN IS DERAILED;
PASSENGERS ESCAPE
Southern Railroads Florida Limited
Meets With Accident
Near Atlanta.

ATLANTA. Ca, Aus. 1s.-Train no. u.
or tne southern FailToad-the Chicago
Florida NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was ders a.
ca a quarter Of a mile east OF Danes
Ferry this morning, but there were no
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18
THE ROAD TO CRIME.

Whether or not Samuel
Clemens knows it, an agent
once called upon Mark Twain
and sought to interest him in
life insurance. At first he
talked we'll; then, having ex-
hausted all Of his arguments,
he merely talked. Mark
Twain yawned slightly, and
became reminded as follows:
''Some years ago in Hart
ford, we all went to church
one hot, sweltering night to
hear Che annual report of Mr..
Hawley, a city missionary
who went around finding
people who needed help and
didn't want to ask for it. He
told of the life in cellars,
where poverty resided; he
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd judicial District Court-Par.
ish of St. Mary.
William Schwan, ct ais, vs.. John
B. Sanders, Sheriff. No. II, 1855.

BY virtue of writ of fieri facias, is-
sued out of the Honorable 23rd Judicial
District Court Of Louisiana, in the above
numbered and entitled suit, and to me
directed. have seized and will offer for
sale. for cash. at the court house, in
front Of The st. Mary Bank & Trust
Company building, in the town of Frank
lin, La, Parish Of st. Mary, to the last
and highest bidder. on
SATURDAY, THE 8TH DAY OF
AUGUST, A. D., 1908,
between the hours Of II o'clock q. M,
M. and clock p. M, the following
described property. to-wit.
That certain tract or lot of ground
situated in the Town of Franklin, Par.
ish of st. Mary, Louisiana, at the cor
ner Of Main and Willow streets Of said
town: bounded north by property Of
Caro-, east by property of Caffery q
Martel, south by Willow street and west
by Main street, being the property now
occupied by Henry kappel, by the st.
Mary Club, the Western onion Office
and others. Together with all build
ings and Improvements thereon situated,
rights. ways and servit1des thereunto
belonging.
WILSON T.. PETERMAN, Sheriff.
Sheriif's Oflier, Parish of st. Mary, La,
July 3. 1908.
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A Chicago firm of contract
ors is about to undertake
what is said to be the greatest
house.moving task on record.
The operation is part Of the
cleaning-up work on the site
of the new$2O, 900, 900 station
of the Northwestern railroad.
A five story brick and steel
building, 100 feet wide by
$50 feet long, weighing about
5000 tons, is to be moved a
distance of about half a block.
The job will cost $50, 600 and
will require three months.
The house is to be rolled
along on railroad irons by
means of hand jacks.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18

Few persons imagine that
the taxicab is an ancient
Chinese invention. A Far
Eastern journal, IOstasiatis-
che Lloyd, proves by draw
ings taken from a famous
collection, the Tsan-thu.hae,
that vehicles kindred to the
taxicab existed in China 500
years ago. The ''giligulicha'
was fitted with an instrument
which sounded on a drum
every mile passed. Moreover,
the Chinese taximeter was
provided with a compass, a
desirable adjunct when
travelling in a country where
routes are not indicated.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18

What a convenient thing
it must be for each candidate
to have at least one paper
over which he commands
control. Bryan has the Com
moner,, which is managed
largely by his brother, Charles
and Taft has the Cincinnati
Times-Star, owned and edited
by his brother Charles.
After a while we. will learn
whether or not there is any
thing in what is known as
coincidence in the affairs of
life. -Ex.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18

A French physician, believ
ing that any one wishing to
summon a medical man to an
urgent case may pass several
doctors in the street while he
is hurrying from house to
house and ringing bells in
vain, suggests that every
doctor should wear a badge
in his buttonhole as a
distinguishing sign. 1.-The
plan, no doubt, :" says the
Dundee Adertiser, would be
welcomed by the man who is
struggling to build up a
practice, but if it were com.
pulsory it would add an
other care to that profession
in which a man can hardly
fail to be useful, and has
more than the usual chances
Of being unhappy. Is it not
enough that a doctor should
be practically obliged to live
and die in a top hat without
being required also to label
himself like a physic bottle!''
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FRANKLIN. La. SATURDAY, JULY 49, 1908.

gave instances of the heroism
and devotion of the poor.
When a man with millions
gives, he said, we make a
great deal Of noise. It's a
noise in the wrong pla@, for
it's the widows mite that
counts. Well, Hawley work
ed me up to a great pitch. |
could hardly wait for him to
get through. | had s4O0 in
my pocket. | wanted to give
that and borrow more to give.
You could see greenbacks in
every eye. But instead of
passing the plate then, he
kept on talking and talking
and talking, and as he talked
it grew hotter and hotter
and hotter, and we grew
sleepier and sleepier and
sleepier. My enthusiasm
went down, down, down,
down-s10O at a clip-until
finally, when the plate did
come around, | stole 10 cents
out Of it. It all goes to show
how a little thing like this
can lead to crime,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18

The maharajah of Upal
has a headdress Of gems which
is valued at $3.50. 200. The
front and crest OF this part of
the maharajah's regalia are
formed by a mass Of closely
set diamonds, while a fringe
of large drops of pure eme-
raids hangs over his forehead.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18
COTTON AND PROSPERITY

Ihe last nVe cotton. crops
have been worth for the lint
alone a little less than three
billion dollars. Ten years
ago five crops swere worth
less than a billion and a half.
In a decade tie value of the
cotton crop has almost exactly
doubled, comparingnotsingle
years, but periods of five
years each. This isa greater
gain than any other crop can
show. Although the South
is expanding in commercial
interest in every direction,
this increase of the value of
the one great money crop is
the chief cause of the abound.
ing prosperity of that section.
But the value of the lint is
far being the whole value Of
the cotton crop. Last year
the cotton was worth $612,-
600, 900, and the seed was
worth s87, 200, 900. In the
past five years the seed has
been worth s41S, 900, 900. It
is not many years since tn
seed was mere waste. Alittlo
was fed to stock and a little
was spread on the ground for
fertilizer, but far the greater
part Of the seed was mere
waste; it put the planters to
some trouble to get rid of it.
Commercially speaking, the
seed had no value before 1870.
1t had very little for many
years after that. Not till
the year 1882 did the amount
Of cotton oil produced reach
10, 900, 900 gallons. Not till
1894 did it exceed so, 600, 600
gallons. Last year it exceed
ed 175, 100000 gallons, and
nearly 1000, 600 tons of cake
and meal we're produced.
These are among the most
valuable foods for cattle.
The value of cotton oil ex-
ported has exceeded $40, ,O0O,-
000in every year since 1868,
and last year it reached $17,-
900, 600, and two-thirds of
the cakes and meal is consum.
ed in this country. The
utilization of the seed has led
to saving the lint which is
not removed from the seed in
the ordinary process of gin
ming, 50 that a considerable
amount of cotton is saved
that went to waste when the
seeds were not crushed. Cot
ton is not quite the king it
was once, but in it's influence
upon commerce it is still the
most important of our agri-
cultural products. .-Philadel-
phia Record.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18

1.-The swish of a silken
petticoat has led more girls
to destruction than any other
one thing says the Colum.
bus Commercial. Yes, and
the aforesaid swish has
caused the downfall of a good.
ly number of the masculine
gender, when you come to
think about it.-Jackson,
(Miss.) News.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18

Since the United States
government began to patron
ize expositions, down to the
jamestown fair, Congress has
appropriated a total of $685..
752.251 for worlds fairs, Of
which only S485, 900 has been
spent west of the Rocky
Mountains, at the Lewis and
Clark exposition.
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LANA,

Y fed1 &
rd 1udiek
. the ! slsla
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18
NO. 10.

A Chicago paper says "the
air in the average scent
theater is very bad.' Els
pecially the one played on
the phonograph, as a rule
Washington Herald,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18

Children's entertainment Tues
day afternoon, July Il, 'moving
pictures, benefit of Ladies' Aid
Society of the Methodist Church.
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FRANKLIN, LA.

In reply to yours Of even date asking
us if the Louisiana Condition powders
gave us satisfaction, and in reply will
state that our horses and mules are in
better condition to-day than they have
been for years. and it is due to using the
powders literally. The benefit derived is
far beyond our expectation, and the cost
as compared with other powders is con-
NJ siderably less.
1--WE cheerfully recommend the pow.
ders to those thatlik fat sleek' animals
Yours truly,
The IBERIA CYPRESS Co., LTD,
Geo. w. Dallas, Manager
New IBERIA La.
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-07-18

Mayer Bros, Cleaning and
Pressing Establishment is located
at the Bloch Clothing Co. Phone
161.
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The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Truth
and Quality

appeal to the Wel1-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to per-
manent success and creditable stand
ing. Accordingly, it is not claimed
that Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of
SIENNA is the only remedy of known
value, but one Of many reasons why
it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses.
sWeetens and relieves the internal
organs on which it acts without any
facilitating after effects and without
having to increase the quantity from
time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as q laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all
Objectionable substances. To get its
beneficial effects always purchase the
genuine-manufactu by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for
sale by all leading druggists.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Wonderful Uses OF the Magnet.

Electro-magnets are much used in
connection with cranes and other con-
veyors for lifting heavy pieces Of Iron
and steel The Illinois Steel Company
has magnet weighing 1900 pounds
which lifts six tons Of hot metal In
foundries and rolling mills.
The power Of the electromagnetic is
regulated by the switch controlling the
current. The magnet Is lowered to the
object needed with the current turned
off. When the switch Is closed the
magnet becomes active, holds the arti-
cles to be lifted while they are raised
and transported to their destination
When they are lowered the switch Is
opened and the magnet Immediately re-
leases them. AS the operator of the
crane controls the action Of the magnet
through the switch, this one man can
attend to all the details of transferring
heavy metal objects. No assistant Is
needed to attach them to the conveyor
or to release them when they reach
their destination.
Another use to which the electro
magnet Is put Is in breaking old cast
lngs SO that they be melted and utfY-
lied. To accomplish this the magnet
Is made to lift and drop steel bell
weighing from one to six tons.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
The Only HMerrysnaki ing"

The school record kept by an old
time teacher Of "Number g. In a New
England village contains at least one
item which moved a chance reader to
smiles. 1t Is this:
Special honor badges were given to
Flora and Minetta Lovett for the best
attendance. During the entire school
year they were not once absent TO at
tend any picnic, reunion, excursion or
the afternoon Of May 10, when their
twin brothers were Ill from the effect
of something they had eaten, and not
expected to live, although they soon
recovered.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
CULTIVATED PLANTS HELPLESS.
II Man should Disappear from Earth

II Man Should Disappear from Earth
They Would Follow Him.
We rarely realize how helpless mar
has rendered the plants he cultivates
by the centuries of protection from
their weed enemies that he has given
them, says the American Botanist. An
experiment that well illustrates this
point was made on one of the govern
ment farms some time ago 4 field
about one acre in extent, upon which
wheat had been grown for forty years
in succession, was not harvested, but
allowed to stand and shed It's seeds as
it would. 1921.
came up, but the weeds were gaining
the ascendency, and by the fourth sea
son all the wheat had disappeared from
the field and the weeds held full sway.
If man should suddenly disappear from
the earth it Is certain that his culti-
waited crops would soon follow him.
And yet these very plants held their
own against their competitors before
man took them under his care. The
reason they can no longer persist in the
face of competition is not alone because
they have grown weaker, but in a
measure because the weeds have grown
stronges. In protecting his crops man
has constantly killed out the weak and
least persistent weeds, and only those
were left to perpetuate their kind that
were able to elude man. One species
the self-heal (prunella vulgaris)
which ordinarily grows foot Or more
high, has produced a variety so low
that it is able to thrive on a closely
moved lawn. Darwin never considered
the lawn mower as one of the factors
! of evolution, but undoubtedly this
Yankee invention has played its part
in the great struggle.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Influenza.


This is an exceedinly infectious dis
ease. often COMPOUNDED with common
cold. but really an entirely different
affair. 1t attacks young adults more
frequently than the very old or chill
dren, but no age is exempt, especially
during severe and widespread cpl.
denies.
An attack confers immunity for
variable period, from few months to
year, but after that there appears to
be an increased susceptibility. Many
persons suffer from the disease every
year.
Influenza prevails chiefly in late
autumn and winter, although epidemics
may occur In the summer, especially II
the season Is cold and wet The disease
assumes one Of three special forms,
called from the parts chiefly affected
the respiratory, the digestive and the
nervous. In each case the onset Is
sudden. with a chill, headache and
mental depression, muscular pains, dir
ziness and high fever. Sometimes there
are premonitory symptoms for day or
two, such as lasstude, mental torpor,
dull headache and pains In the arms
and legs. Soon after the onset catar-
rhal symptoms-sneeZing running at
the nose and watering of the eyes
make their appearance. In the respi"
ratOry form these increase in severity,
and there are also cough and shortness
of breath. 1t Is not uncommon for this
form to develop into pneumonia.
In the digestive form the most
prominent symptoms are nausea and
vomiting, or diarrhna and severe alb
domnal pains, the first two indicating
Involvement of the stomach, the second
two that the intestines are involved ;
sometimes all are present at once, indi-
eating very severe attack
In the nervous form the headache Is
usually intense, and the muscular and
preston, both physical and mental, is
prominent symptom, the dependency
often passing into real melancholia and
sometimes leading to suicide. Insom'
MIA Is common SYMPTOM both during
the attack and following It.
COnyalescence is tedious, the body
regaining It's strength very slowly and
the mind throwing off It's depression
>nly after weeks or months.
The most important part Of the
treatment Is absolute rest In bed. The
sick room Is to be, If possible, on the
sunny side Of the house, with windows
kept. open both day and night. Th.
patient should be protected by ligh,
but warm bedclothes, and by silh
nightcap. The diet should be greatly
restricted, especially while the fever
lasts, but water should be drunk il
abundance. The medicinal treatment
naturally varies with the form which
the disease assumes and the parts
which 1t attacks.-Youth's Companion
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03

Altogether during the year 1908
there will have been under construc-
ton buildings directly or indirectly
connected with Princeton university
representing an expenditure of nearly
two million dollars.
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Coluly Considered.

IT, sir" remarked the self-important
statesman, was never approached with
a proposition of graft In my life"
THAT fact" answered Senator Sor-
ghum, may be a recognition Of your
honesty, and then again it may be
reelection on your influence. Wash.
ington Star. .M