The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-03
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OF course, it would be very de-
sirable if the wicked should cease
from troubling, and there are also
some very good people who might let
up on it. suggests Puck.
The pathetic side of the breaking
up of families through divorce, to the
New York World, is not often so
sharply revealed as by the suicide OF
a boy whose parents had separated.
Airships are now quoted at eight
thousand dollars, but 1t seems rea-
sonable, for the Providence Journal,
to suppose that sooner or later there
will be drop in them.
A collar button was found in an
Oklahoma mans appendix, showing,
to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the
futility of searching under the bureau
instead of calling surgeon.
A Hankow newspaper states that
two enterprising young Chinese girls
have left that city on a pleasure trip
to England and America. They will
study domestic life in. these countries
and on their return will lecture against
the conditions of woman's life In
China.
According to Rabbi Landman, OF
Philadelphia, King Solomon was clev-
er but not wise, his forte lying in
Solving riddles, coming phrases and
turning proverbs" 1t seems a pity.
to the New York World, that this
gifted monarch is too far in the past
to write the light-opera libretto OF
the future.
The idealism of his religion has
given the Jew his strength and his
staying power, explains the American
Israelite. 1t has enabled him, in
spite of the most soul-crushing OF
prosecutions and the most debasing
and demoralizing of conditions, to
keep his soul superior to his surround
ings and his heart higher than his
head.
Suggestions that the penalty for kid.
naping in Maine be made the same
as that for murder do not meet with
the approval OF Governor Fernald. I
think the punishment for kidnapping
should not equal that for murder, as
proposed by some. lest tffenders might
kill the victim il liable to apprehen-
sion with the child in their posses
sion,' says the Governor.
This government cannot afford to
suffer by comparison with others, oh.
serves the Utica Press Not only
should official residences abroad be
provided, but the salaries should be
advanced very materially. 1t ought
not to be true that this republic csn
have the services OF those only who
are rich and willing to pay handsome
ly out OF their own pockets for the
distinction Of being Ambassadors at
foreign courts. There is no need OF
It and there is no sense in 1t.
New FORKS famous toad died at the
Bronx Zoo, at the reputed age OF
about a thousand years. although the
estimate was of the guesswork order.
thinks the Buffalo Courier. The toad
was found about two years ago, en-
closed in solid rock in a Montana
mine, 500 feet below the surface. He
might have lived few thousand
years more had he been let alone
and not subjected to the demoralizin-
Influences of our modern civilization.
R. w.aWiley, who owns an Alas
kan mining camp, was in Washington,
n C.. recently and talked to 4 Post
reporter. ultimately" he said, "agri |
culture will become as great source
of wealth in Alaska as gold or cop |
per. There are numerous extensive |
farms in the Pelly River valley on
the Canadian side where the finest
grain Is grown. l know Of one ranch |
of 100 acres in that section which
the owner planted in oats and last
year the crop was 5000 bushels. When