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prison. The other half Is usually paid
when he comes out. The amount va
ries according to the sentence and the
amount of thrashing the substitute has
to put up with while in prison. II
rarely exceeds rs cents, a day and, con-
sidering the filth and discomfort OF
Russian prisons-to say nothing OF the
thrashings--it is a wonder that volun-
teers should be found at such price.
Sometimes two or three candidates
present Reconsideration prices go
down a few cnts.
In summer when work is to be had.
the demand exceeds the supply and
thirty or forty cents day are paid.
A porter, who must keep the streets
well watered and earns something ex-
ira by looking after fats whose own
ers are away pays this. but the cabby
prefers to go to prison, IN August es-
peciaIiy. trade being at its slackest
owing to the wholesale. exodus OF the
town population to the country during
this month.
But perhaps the most ingenious way
of all occurred TO citizen of st. Pc
tersburg, who wished to make money
and did not care for commerce. He Is
Jew named Chain Stalk. Jews are
not allowed to live within the confines
of that city--a restriction which many
merchants and business men md most
troublesome. The only way is TO get
baptized and many object to this as II
goes against their conscience.
Hence deal with Chain Stalk to
get baptized for them, When he is
summoned for'this purpose he takes his
customers passport to the police, gets
over the inevitable red tape. and seal
Ing wax formalities with them and goes
10 a church to be baptized After re-
ceivinE the certificate OF baptism from
the priest he returns TO the police. has
the word "Jew. (which brings SO many
dlsqualihcations with II, struck out
and returns It to its owner. who now
has the right to live where he likes.
Chains charges are In accordance
with his customers means. Sometimes
he earns several hundred dollars a day.
sometimes heatakes but Few cents, or
nothing. at all. He admits. however,
that he Is making a fortune, with which
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long after the holder has taken his de-
gree and rs practiclng as a lawyer or
doctor. Considering the large numbers
of caligraphy masters and lazy pupils
there are, one wonders that more peo-
pie do not die under medical treat,
ment. ss5s
Going to prison for anoeher man is
not all pie, especially In Russia where
corporal punishment Is much in vogue,
as q means of correction in the tails.
But, apart from this spare editors. who,
in some newspaper Offices serve the
sentences passed for the publication OF
articles which do not meet with the
censor's approval quite large num-
Der OF peasants and unslSilled labor
ers hire themselves cut during the
winter months to go TO prison for 9TH
er peoples delinquencies.
In the summer, they pack furniture
for the removal firms. mend roads. or
feed" masons with bricks. But the
season is short and they are IMPROVE
dent while 1t lasts. AS soon as the
frost comes starvation stares them in
the face.
They hang about near cab.stands
and spirit shops-the centers-for. all
Russian street rows. They have not,
as a rule, TO wait long. Sooner or
later a cabby. or a house porter whose
business It is to water and sweep the
road in front of his masters house,
drinks too much vodka. comes into con-
tact with the police and IL about to be
marched of to the, nearest police sta
tion.'
Even a weeks punishment means
ruin to the cabby or the porter, for
the first loses his fares and tho second,
in all probability. his place. Here the
loafer comes forward and, offers for a
consideration to go to prison for the
culprit. AS rule the policeman does
not care so long as he secures some
body as a guarantee of his zeal In the
service, and arrangements are made
openly. before him. .s
When an officer of higher grade
makes the arrest. some show OF Sc
crecy Is kept up-the culprit and the
substitute exchange clothes In the
nearest gateway and the Iatter. having
poeketea part OF the fee walks on to
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If city authorities were to put the
unemployed on labor farms and shut
up the cheap lodging houses and the
Mills hotels. they would be doing both
the Ioafels and their municipalities q
good turn" So said . semf-society
journal published in New York, re-
Gently, In discussing the unwillingness
Of the unemployed to 60 to the coun-
try.
The editor, OF this papsr probably
knows something about fashions IN
pink teas bat the problem Of the nm
employed 10 quite another proposition.
He marvels because the out-of-works
on the east side Of New York and the
downtown districts Of other cities
cannot be induced to go to the Hawaii
Ian Islands the home of songs and
siestas. forgetting that the laborer on
the plantation doesn't stand a ghost Of
q chance OF getting anywhere near his
shaded hammock. and cherried lemon
ade.
There are several important consid-
eratione which are usually overlooked
in the average discussion of this ques-
ton. There are factors both economic
and social which persist In asserting
themselves In spite Of the diiettante
effort to send the Immigrant and the
city laborer back to the SOIL. unmind-
full OF the fact that very few OF them
came from the soiL
Let's take II for granted that there
Is q movement from the city to the
country. although It would not be very
safe to say very much about the extent
OF that movement, either al to the
area invaded by city folk, the distance
of the removal from the city or the
number who are actually transferring
their allegiance from urban to sub
urban interests. II 10 quite true that
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eoBLnRs A Prey TO DISEASE.

Scientists Fear xn0E k1AtAMtN0M Il 10
he Fate of National Bird.
Boston dispatch to Kansas City Star.
Scientists at Harvard have at last
discovered why turkeys are so scarce
that the price has been almost proc
nibitive for many q Thanksgiving ta-
BILE. The big bird has been almost
wiped out In New England by nppen-4
dicitis. More than this, the disease
and has already invaded Michigan.
which has for years been the. chief
breeding place OF turkeys.
So serious Is the danger OF o virtual
extinction of the national bra that
thorough Investigation OF the causes
OF the disease ana It's possible pre-
ventIon has been made by such sclen-
lists as DIR. Theobald Smith and DR..
e. E. Tyzxer. OF the Harvard Medl-
the state Experimental Station Of
Rhode Island.
+ The same disease which has deci-
mated turkeys has OF late, spread to
game birds. such as partridges and
quail. and the Massachusetts fish ana
game. commission 10 prosecuting. an,
Investigation in this special line. The
findings of all Is that the mysterious
disease starts from a small living ora.
ganism which, produces In the intea-
tines OF the turkey or partridge an In
flammation similar to that OF appeh-
dicitis In a man.
When the disease attacks q turkey
or game bird, there is no hope. sty
the scientists. The CAUSE has brouoht
forth q variety OF oninion, the most
foreibIe being that the ccnam0n EnF-
fish sparrow carries the organiafa
which effects the larger birds.
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washer-up never left the restaurant,
was not French and had nothing but
what he earned In the room behind the
bar. After much per suasion he finally
accepted an invitation to supper in a
neighboring restaurant--which he HIM
self recommended as being "all right"
He grew communicative before the
meal was over.
IT told you to corue here he said.
because ! know the soups all right
and the meats not painted. tried to
get Job here and Jailed. so ought
20 know. II you come into nay kitten :
en- tomorrow when the patron is away
you'll see what ] mean.
"Do you see this2" He drew camel
hair brush from his pocket and held 1t
up with pride. That's making the
patrons fortune, and I've got to starvc
on ten sous day. I dip this into a
bit of boiled fat ana then into bowl
OF broth. Broth. indeed! The grease
spots make are the only traces OF
meat that are in 1t. No Frenchman
thinks broth is worth anything with
out grease spots, and the poor devils
that drink that dirty water think they
mean meat. It's not one man In a
hundred who knows how to use that
brush--and nobody can do 1T better
than meT'
with another look OF pride he put
the brush back into his pocket.
A visit to his kitchen next morning
proved that he was right. The soup.
made with water in. which odds and
ends OF vegetables and crusts OF bread
had been boiled and poured into bowls
as the clients" ordered 1t. Then with
the air Of a master. the artist dipped
his brush into lump OF hot fat and
applied 1t to the soup With such dex-
terIty that little grease rings, such as
Frenchmen love to see In their broth.
floated on the surface. Nobody who
has not tried would guess how hard It
Is to do 1t. It need a light and yet
firm hand, or else the rings are too
large and the broth is spoiled. This
specialist in Montmartre gets ten sous
day and his food. But he takes his
broth without the grease Spots.
Even venerable seats OF learning Of
Ter temptations out Of the beaten
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Living

he hopes soon 10 retire. leaving his
trade" as he calls IT, to his son. In
the meantime he spends all his freas
time in the synagogue, for he IL q
most devout Jew. and SO wen versed in
Holy Writ that his co-religtonists look
peal to him to settle knotty points IN
the Holy Law.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25
NIGHTS OF UNREST.
No Sleep, No Rest, No Peace
for the Sufferer from
Kidney Troubles.

No peace for the kidney sufferer
Pain and distress from morn to
night
Get up with lame back,
Twinges of backache bother YOU all
day.
Dull aching breaks your rest at
night,
Urinary disorders add to your
misery.
Get at the cause-cure the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills will work the
cure.
They're for the kidneys only
Have made great cures in Frrnklln.
Mrs. Julia Chadwick, of Franklin.
La. says: while visiting my
daughter learned of Doan's Kidney
Pills and was benefited greatly
through their use. | suffered great
deal from a pain in my back and it
often kept me awake at night MY
circulation was poor and at times
my ankles became badly swollen and
my body was so tender that | could
not bear the weight of my clothing.
These symptoms plainly told me that
my kidneys were disOrdered and L
was much run down in health. After
using Doan's Kidney Pills, procured
at :. J. Gates & Co.'S, drug store, |
was relieved of all my sufferings and
have not had a severe attack for a
number of years. Doan's Kidney
Pills have my highest endorsement.
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
23rd Judicial District Court-Par-
ish of st. Mary.
The St. Mary Building Associa-
ton VS.. Mrs. Margaret E. Boone
Lanaux. Widow. No. 12,524.

Lanaux, Widow. NO. I1,oA4.
By virtue of an order of seizure and
sale issued 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, without ap-
praisement. at the principal front door
of the Court House, in the Town OF
Franklin, La, Parish of st. Mary, to the
last and highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF
OCTOBER, A. D.. 1909,
between the hours of II o'clock a. m,
and a O'Clock p. M, the following
described property to-wit;
That certain tract or parcel of land.
lying and being situated in the Parish
of st. Mary. State of Louisiana, and
formerly forming part of what was
known as the Tiger Island Plantation.
and now more particularly designated
as lot ''H' of tract of land adjoining
the Town of Morgan City, La, upon
the North side of Brashear Avenue and
subdivided into lots. marked x. to NJ.
of said tract; Said conveyed lot measur-
ing frontage of Fifty (5O) feet OH
Brashear Avenue, by depth between
parallel lines of Two hundred and thirty
(23O) feet: aid lot is bounded on the
North by lands OF John Arenz or as
signs. on the East by lot No. /, on the
south by Brashear Avenue and on the
West BY lot SO" iof said tract, together
with ali the buildings and Improvements
thereon. and all the rights, ways and
privileges thereto belonging or apper-
tanning.
w. T. PETERMAN, Sheriff.
Sheriff Office, Parish of St. Mary, La,
September 7th, 1909.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd Judicial District Court-Par-
ish of St. Mary.
Succession of Nancy Weathers
Deceased. No. 1929.

Notice is hereby given to the creditors
of this estate and to all other persons
herein interested to show canse within
ten days from the date of this n"tIflca-
tion. why the final account. presented
bv Commercial Bank and Trust Co.,
administrator of this estate should not
be approved and homolOgated and the
funds distributed in accordance there
with
In evidence whereof, witness my Of
fetal signature and the impress of the
seal of my Office this 10th day OF July
A. D., 1909.
WILBUR II. KRAMER,
Clerk of Court.
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> STATE OF LOUISIANA, ss.
ST. MARY.
Auditing Committee and the Secretary o tae
that all the foregoing
Association for the six monn @ s
F. W. EGGLESTON, Auditing Commutee.
j. E. LASSUS Secretary ,ooo
this 10th day OF july a. X
~. H. kRA
Clerk Of Court Notary Public Parish OF St Mary La.
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LIABILITIES

LIABILITIES
Permanent stock. ...... 25.OOO.OO
Surplus apportioned to
permanent stock. ....... 2oO.WO
Fiji naid stock. 38,4OO,OO
Installment and dividends
on Installment stock. 1859 oo
i"ora on Serial Serial stock a ...... 32,32s AZ
lnstallments and dividends
accrued on Dayton stock 29,O49.o9
Liability under uncom- ooo
pleted loans. ....... 5,o3o. to
I1ndivided profits. 4,672.5S
Total. sl45, 1854
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ASSETS
Mortgage loans secured by
vendors privilege. 49,. 1929, 45O.O 90
Loans secured by stock
and otherwise. ....... 1000
Stocks and bonds. x..... lO4.OO
N srest. -. l,GOo.26
! Ass ASSOCIATION 100000
Furniture and fixtures. 10000
Real estate acquired by
foreclosure and otherwise 5,9O4.95
t'ssh on hand and in bank 4,2l3.33
Eundry open accounts. 100. 10
Individual saving banks 10000
Total =. -. s145, 17S. 81
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JURY vENIRE.

Petit Jurors for the week commencing
Monday, September 9th, 1903.
No Name Ward
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DIVORCE IN JAPAN.
Nearly One Marriage Out Of Four a
Failure in the Husbands Opinion.

FAILURE ~ the opinion.
New York Sun: A recent issue of a
japanese statistical pamphlet in Jap
anese and French reveals some curious
facts of a social character.
According to this report there were in
Japan in h year 1889 297, 428 marriages.
The age of marriage seems to be nearer
that commonly prevailing in Europe
and America than most persons sup
pose. OF men only five married under
the age Of 10. and only 1OS under the
age of 16. Nearly $500 married between
the ages Of 16 and 10. The number Of
marriages increased rapidly up to the
age of "a, when it was rather more than
2 5000. After that age fewer and fewer
, men married and less than a thousand
married between the rel of 48 and ~,
though a few men married in extreme
old age.
In the ease of girls there were only
fifty-eight marriages under the age Of
II, and the 6 at which the greatest
number of marriages was reported was
between 20 and FL. Only about 900
women were reported as marrying be-
tween the ages Of 40 and Al, out per-
haps Japanese women are prone, like
their western sisters, to cease having
birthdays after 4 ~ pass 30. There
en-. up to and beyond the age Of 80. The
civil state of the women marrying Is
significant. More than 247,00O of the
whole number are reported as maidens,
and nearly 5000 as widows. while near
~ $500 were divorced women. AS
tonishihg Ire the divorce statistics of
Japan. In this report it is shown that
with fewer than 300.0 600 marriages re-
ported in he year, there were more
than $1,000 divorces. The proportion of
divorces to marriages was about l to 4.
The fact is that Japanese civilization is
most conspicuously weak in the matter
of the status Of women. Divorce is
easy.
In fact the seven causes laid down by
Confucius are allowed. One of these
permits a man to divorce his wife for
talking too much. Among the lower
classes divorce is extremely frequent.
It is less SO among the upper classes.
mainly because concubinage is COM
mon. The divorced wife patiently en-
dures her lot, and leaves the house of
her lord with a blessing for him upon
her lips. 1t IL a rare thing for q wom-
an in Japan to seek divorce, though
husbands frequently give sufficient
cause. The fact that the care Of he
children would fall upon the wife
should h obtain q divorce is q SUM
cient deterrent to the mothers who are
poor, and the condition of extreme sub
lection suffered by nearly all Japanese
women probably deters wealthy wives
esnm seeking divorce.
gag
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CHAPTER III.

On that Wednesday afternoon Lady
Violet a in a low chair by the draw
Ing fire, waiting for her hus-
band. 1t was the only hour OF the day
when h could feel reasonably sure
OF seeing him, the hour before dim
ner. They dined at 1880; and Lady
vi looked at the clock uneasily. Half
past six had chimed some minutes
before.
Just as the soft tones Of the next
quarters chime sounded, the door
opened and the master of the house
came in. His wife looked at him mar
rowly. He seemed gloomy and irrit-
able.
"sit down for a moment, please,
thing to say to you"
We'll. what Is it?" he answered sulk-
lily. throwing himself into a chair.
My dtamOnds-the old family jew
els that Aunt Caroline gave me. you
know. They were to be redeemed in
three months, and the time is up to-
morrow. Have you got the money!
yom?"
You know that I haven't"
Well, what's the use Of bothering
about 1t? l have had the most w
ful luc at cards lately, or l would have
had the money. I tell you, VII" he went
on IN an altered tone, i've moved
heaven and earth to get that wretched
hundred, but old Rosenbaum will
renew. I haven't the slightest doubt
of it."
But II he won't?"
But he will. He knows your Aunt
Caroline can't live for ever"
"Dick!"
"oh, it's heartless, and all that, of
course I know. But when people are
as poor as we are, they must think of
these things. I can't imagine how you
have managed lately.
y had to sell most Of my other Jew
els" said his wife.
~"Rosenbaum will renew" he said con-
fdently for the third time. after a long
pause.
But If he won't?"
This time there was no answer.
AS you said a little time ago. poor
Aunt Caroline cannO live forever. But
n 10 not likely to die before tomorrow.
And II we don't pay the money then, I
suppose l shall never see INV diamonds
again."
Don't vi! I can't bear IT," he ex-
claimed. suddenly. IF 1t were only the
iast lew days I have been In torment"
he turned away from her, twisting
himself round 30 az to gaze into the
nre. and went on. speaking rapidly In
a cold. hard voice:
You may AZ we'll know now AZ later.
All the world must know soon. I have
brought disgrace upon you. and COM
paete ruin upon myself. BY this time
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CHATTER III.

ing the Honorable Claude Fortescue-
to give him his latest p~seudonym-
strclled down We're street, west, the
quiet ~thoroughfare in which Mr.. Rosen-
uated.
He had explored the premises thor
oughly by means Of a confederate two
days before, and knew that Mr.. Rosen-
baum. being a miser, had not gone to
the expense OF q safe of the latest pat
tern, but contented himself with a large
green-painted affair which looked
strong enough, certainly, but was no
proof against modern methods. He
knew also that a certain grating in
front of one of Mr.. Rosenbaum's base
ment windows was not so strong as it
looked, for he had treated it with a
powerful acid the night before.
In his left hand Mr.. Fortescue car
ried a black brief bag, half filled with
papers tied up with red tape. In his
left hand he held a smart umbrella, in
several useful tools.
Having waited in the mouth Of an
alley till the policeman on the beat had
gone by, he went quickly up to the
grating and wrenched it away from
the fastenings which had been weaken
ed by the acid. He then dropped into
the cavity and replaced the grating.
j. A1 NAAS Allo q 0OOA
to him by his scout he found the safe,
and for nearly two hours he labored
in vain to pick the lock. At last, just
when he had decided hat he mus have
%recourse to nitro-glycerine, 1t suddenly
yielded.
In a drawer at the bottom OF the safe
he found What he had come for-the
fully sealed, just as Lady Violet had
described it to him. He put it at once
into his bag. The loose cash In the
safe he transferred to his pocket. There
was not much else he could take, for
Mr.. Rose1lbaum was a mOney-lender,
not a jeweler, and Lady Violet's Jewels
seemed to be the only ones the usurer
had in his keeping just then.
Mr.. Fortescue knew hat the robbery
could scarcely be reported to the police
before 10 o'clock, the hour when MI.
Rosenbaum would begin his daily toll.
And by that time the Honorable Claude
intended to be a long way off.
A smile crossed his intelligent feat
ures as he thought of Lady Violet inn
really expect that he would be such an
ass as to part with diamonds worth
three or four Thousand pounds-she had
told him herself they were worth that
for a poor hundred and fifty, with a
chance Of another hundred in the dis
ldilSc. IL SIlc Iuu meant MIN 10 act
on the square she should have offered
him a thousand. But women were such
fools!
INDUCING in these reflections, Mr.
Fortescue made the best of his way to
Liverpool street, n there caught the
early train for Harwich. He was I'M
successful in his efforts to secure q
compartment for himself, and he was
~wretchedly sea-sick in crossing to Ant
werp- So it was not until he reached
his hotel in Amsterdam that he had
an opportunity of examining his spoil.
He toe the jewel-box from his bag
and laid 1t on his bed. Then he
wrenched off the sealed tapes, and got
out his knife to prise off the lid of the
box.
With a sharp crack In lid gave way.
Mr.. Fortescue clutched eagerly at the
contents and found-a number of small
pebbles, neatly wrapped up in cotton
WOOL.
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The original purpose Of homes for
the friendless was to furnish places
Of refuge Tor hoboss and baseball um-
pirsA
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h interest, and have a good deal

with interest, and have a good deal
left"
And me. my lady? Where do I come
Ing" said Mr.. Fortescue, softly.
oh. l will give you 92oo for your
trouble and risk"
Mr.. Fortescue shook his head.
Not enough, my lady. Not nearly"
but it's ali I've got! II you must
have more. you must wait until l sell
the Jewels. Then 1 will pay you anoth-
er hundred"
We'll, as your ladyship can't afford
more at present 1 suppose I'll have to
take it-2O0 now, and another hundred
when you sell the stones"
No" said Lady Violet sharply.
Fifty pounds now, a $50 when you
bring me back my diamonds, and a
hundred more when they are sold.'
The Honorable Claude smiled. Very
well, my lady. I'll take the two ponies
now. if it suits YOU" he said, and av-
ing pocketed the money he gracefully
bowed himself out,