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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
THEIR PETS.

When Willie gets a fad for pets
The household pays attention
When home he brings the little things
They stimulate dissension.
His sisters actively object
with frank appeals TO mother.
And cry with scorn, "One might expect
Much nicer things of brother."
Poor Willie takes delight in snakes
And liberates them always
1t is such fun to see them run
Across the rooms and Railways!
Ills sisters fail to see the joke
- Their fright YOU might think silly.
lhey scream and quake and long to choke
Ihelr little brother Willie.
Yet Sister Sue possesses two
snake bracelets that she prizes:
"A liZard pin and scarabs IN
All sorts Of shapes and sizes.
An ugly, apoplectic pug
Is sister James chief treasure.
While both girls wear rats in their hair
with unpretentious pleasure.
Chicago News
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
Grip of kinq Frost.

The idea prevails that the Arctic
regions are always in the grip of
King Frost. A careful log kept for the
Meteorological society for six months.
with temperature observations taken
at a. m, II noon, p. m. and s D.
m. shows during that period that.as
far north as n degrees north latitude,
or about 1000 miles to the north of
Ottawa, the average temperature at
noon worked out at 1886 degrees
Fahrenheit. The greatest cold noted
was on Oct. % at s a. M, in the 10th
degree of north latitude, IS degrees
Fahrenheit The greatest heat &C.
CURED on Sept. at noon in the same
latitude, and was 50 degrees Fahren-
heit. The temperature observations
were kept from May 1 to Oct. 81.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
A "SLOW JOHN"
BY Eliot Hays Stone.

The inhabitants of the Southern
mountains sometimes grind their corn
with an automatic miller known as
the Slow John"
This continuance is very simple and
crude In form and workmanship, but
taking things slowly and easily and
working steadily. it turns out from
one to three bushels of meal day.
There are two varieties, the more
common one being constructed as fol-
lows:
A trough is fastened to one end of
a stout stick, and a perpendicular
beam to the other. The stick is sup
ported in such a way as to make the
beam end remain down of its own
weight. But when water is run into
the trough end the weight of the
water and trough combined makes
that end heavier than the beam or
hammer, which is then lifted high
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
FACES TO MATCH coIFFURES
An Odd Competition Among the Hair
dresSers Of Paris,

The hairdressers OF Paris have hith.
erto ocntented themselves for the
most part with arranging co ffures.
They have now added the art of max.
ing faces to match the coiffures.
Under the auspices of the Hair.
dressers Union OF Paris "competi
ton de grinf,ce" was held at L'Acad
emie Ecole Franchise de Couture in
the Boulevard de Strasbourg. The sub
ject set for competition was for the
hairdressers to make themselves to
represent as lifelike as possible the
various rulers and sovereigns of the
world.
In the remarkable procession which
paraded in the halls of the hair
dressing academy were seen more or
Tess successful presentations Of King
Edward, the Gar. the German EN-
peror, the Emperor Francis Joseph.
the Mifado. President Fallieres,
King Alfonso, the Emperor Menelik,
the Sultan and various other eminent
personages. The prlx d'honneur, a
medal presented by the Project of the
Seine, was won by NJ. Monti.-Lon.
don Telegraph.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
THE NEW WOMAN
Made Over by Quitting Coffee.

Coffee probably wrecks a greater
percentage of Southerners than of
Northern people, for Southerners use
it more freely.
The work it does is distressing
enough in some instances; as an il
lustration, woman of Richmond
Va, writes:
II was coffee drinker for years,
and for about six years my health
was completely shattered. / suffered
fearfully with headaches and nerv-
BUSINESS, also palpitation of the heart
and loss of appetite.
my sight gradually began to fail,
and finally lost the sight of one eye
altogether. The eye was operated
upon, and the sight partially re-
stored, then l became totally blind
in the other eye.
MY doctor used to urge me to
give up coffee, but / was wilful, and
continued to drink it until finally in
case of severe illness the doctor in
sisted that l must give up coffee, so l
began using Postum, and in a month
I felt like new creature.
II steadily gained in health and
strength. Abou. a month ago l be-
gan using Grape-Nuts food, and the
effect has been wonderful. really
feel like a new woman, and have
gained about Is pounds.
Il am quite an elderly lady, and
before using Postum and Grape-Nuts
! could not walk a square without
exceeding fatigue; now l walk ten or
twelve without feeling it. Formerly
In reading could remember but lit
tie, but now my memory holds fast
what / read.
Several friends who have seen
the remarkable effects Of Postum and
Grape-Nuts on me have urged that
give the facts to the public for the
sake of suffering humanity, so, al
though I dislike publicity, you can
publish this letter If you like"
Read THE Road to Wellville," in
pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever read the above letter? A |
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, trne, and full Of
human interest !
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
A LINCOLN STORY.
Harvards President Springs One In
Lecture That Is Worth While.

Harvards President Springs One In
Lecture That Is Worth While.
Professor A. l.. Lowell, the new
president of Harvard University,
paused in one OF his recent lectures
and smiled.
That governmental difficulty he
said. was great-as great as the
difficulty Of Lincoln's farmland
1.-TWO farmhands, Lincoln used %
say. were set upon by a huge bull
while crossing a rocky field. One
managed to gain a tree The other
took refuge IN hole that proved TO
have an exit in the rear.
The man who had chosen the hole
was no sooner in at one end than he
was out at the other. With below
the bull made for him. He turned
and again shot like lightning through
the hole The bull once more bore
down upon him, and once more he was
in and out Of his hole.
This strange pursuit kept up some
ten minutes or more. At first it mys-
titled the farmland up in the tree.
Then it angered him.
Hey he shouted, we DANCED min
compoop, why don't We stay in the
hole?
The bull was dashing from one
end of the hole to the other at
great speed, and the man was bobbing
in and out desperately. He heard.
however. his comrades shout, anil
found time before his next brief dis
appearance to shout back:
DANCED nincompoop yerseif!
There's a bear in the ole-'"-Judge.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
City a Thousand Years old.

Budapest, whose front is crcl1
with lights Ike a crown, whose hi
rise dark and feathEry above tho 4
er, whose Parliament buildings 4
along the bank and are second
none but NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
bright, flashing. gay, beautiful ml
ern and rich. ardent and eXecud9
close built and aralganative-bs1.
er CT peoples-is the product OF o1]
a few de ,ades, and yet at It's
exposition it celebrated Its ing
sandth birthday. Pest, to the rs1
of the river-for the cities are W
and divided by the Danube-pe,
dates back to 1900; and Buda v
the Often of the Romans. Buda CHM
up the opposite hill, today mssa1
Gently new. but sown round Wy
green crumbling walls that marx
passing OF the original founaa''
whose painted gallery came up
Danube from the Black Sea, =
notwithstanding civilization, s0a'
" new and powerful, must TOR y
ment be brushed aside and the bue
OF medieval times put in 1ts steaa-]
Marie Van Worst. in Harpers sap
zine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02

from the mortar in which it rests,
and which contains the corn. AS
the trough descends, the water runs
out, and then the weight of the ham,
mer again brings it down into the
mortar with great violence. This is
repeated day and night until the corn
is ground, when the meal is taken out
and fresh corn put in its place. An
other variety of SLOW John" is OPP
Grated by a water-wheel.
1t can readily be seen that such an
automatic mill and miller is of great
value to community where every
man is needed in the field. It's cost
is practically nothing. After the few
hours or days spent in its construc-
ton, no attention need be paid to it
beyond giving it something to do.
l hav, never seen one of these ma
chimes save in a limited district in
North Carolina, Tennessee and Ken
lucky. That they exist there testifies,
I think, to the originality of these
secluded people, who have lived for
SO many generations in their own
way, undisturbed by the shrill
whistle of advancing civilization
Youths Companion.
Mournful numbers-the balance
on the wrong side of the sheet.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
Wit HUN1Dl&
sJnD
3AR @ A s. NJ

You say you and your wife got
married as joke?" We did" Who
is the joke on?'-Louisville Courier
Journal.
| A good conversationalist will aim 10
understand his subject so we'll that
he may avoid the fatal error CT saying
all there is to be said about it.-Puck.
The principal objection to- the peo-
pie who are always looking for trou-
Bile is that they are never satisfied
with it when they find it.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Yalevard, Jr.-Rah, rah, rah, pa.
Rah, rah, rah, ma. I'm half-back ON
the varsity team. Yalevard, Sir
Yes. SO heard; and all the way back
with your studies-Life.
Wigwag Crying to think of lnsom-
nia)-When you haven't been able to
sleep for about week what do you
call it? Youngpop-Whati is it, a boy
or girl?-Philadelph Record.
Maud-Marie is such queer girl.
with such notions of honor! Gladys
In what way? Maud-She insists it
is not right to be engaged to more
than one fellow at a time.-Baltimorc
American.
Don't you think, Mr.. Skippins, that
the college you have selected for your
son has rather fallen off in its cur
riculum?' Not much it hasn't. They
amt got football team to beat it."
Baltimore American.
Madge-What kind of a trunk are
you going to buy? Marjorie-I've
looked all through the catalogue, but
l just cant make up my mind. They
have the same lovely names you see
painted ON the Pullman cars.-Judge.
1T takes a wise man to know when
to change his mind Yes" answered
Senator Sorghum. I'm getting brain
flag trying to change it often enough to
keep up with the views of my various
constituents on the tariff. Washing
ton Star.
Mother-Johnny, Johnny, why are
you Shaping little sister? Johnny (sul
lenly)-Aunty made me. Aunty-
Why, Johnny, how can you tell such
a falsehood? Johnny-Well, you did. |
You said you'd never kiss me again
if l hurted my little sister.-Judge.
Teacher wonder what your moth
er would say if she knew how back
ward you are in geography? Girl
Oh, my mother says she never learnt
jogfry, and she's married; and Aunt
Sally says she never learnt jogfry,
and she's married; and you did, and
you ain't.-Pdnch.
why should man pay rent when
he can own his own homer" said the
thrifty citizen. Il don't know" an
swered Mr.. Meekton, unless it's be-
cause you'd rather have your wife
speak her mind to the landlord than
10 you when the place gets run down."
Star.
Quinn-Where is the young poet
these days? DeFonte-Doing we'll.
Always has a dollar, and wears a new
suit. He's realized something. Quinn
Sold some of his poems. Ell? De-
Fonte-No; realized that he is not a
poet and got job as a bookkeeper.-
Chicago Daily News.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
HAOlEY OF YALE

The Observation-Disclosures Of prosi.l
Hadley is a byword. He boari.l
street car one day. and seem, |
old friend. the late Professo, !
mour, step on the same ~,
rushed up and eagerly SHOOK s,I
with the conductor, while indit,srs,,
dropping a nickel in the nand ., 1
famous Greek scholar.
DR.. Hadley reached his re,it,.,
room on another dav when be :,
denly rene mtered that he had |,
his watch. He was lest wthou
yet he mus begin his recitation
few minutes: so as to see i,
would have time to go for the mish
timepiece he automatically reach
in his vest pocket. drew on, b
watch which he had put there atb
all, and glancing at it exclaIus
Yes, III just have time to 70, /
and started home on a run.
Eccentric though he be Preside
Hadley is never without a ready 4,
witty remark. Yale's Sunday serrta
are addressed by prominent clergyul
of many denominations and IN
many cities. When these visltI
preachers occas 'onally ask Preside
Radley how Ing they shall speak
invariably replies; There Is no \,
it, sir, upon the time you may p-eas
blu there is Yale tradition tina. |
souls are saved after the first 20 nj
utes. bohemian.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02

the reverse turbine" which prevents
gas from escaping rapidly, is shown
in the picture
His Happiest Hour.
He-"You remember the moon
light night, twenty-five years ago,
when / proposed?"
Shelves, indeed"
He-"We sat there for more than
an hour, and you never opened your
lips
Shelves, dear"
He-'That was the happiest hour
of my life "-Cleveland Leader.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
According to Circumstances.

Invalid (who has nearly been killed
in drunken brawl)-Yes, sir, e it me
right on the 'ead with a chair.
Vicar-Well, trust you will make
up your mind to forgive him in case
you did not recover.
Invaiid-Oh, yes; I'll forgive him il
l die. But if / get about agen he'd
better look out-London Sketch.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
QUITE DIFFERENT.

YAH"
whats the matter. boy! !
81 hate to turn this drrneo :
grindstone.' ,aa
You amt turning this dufn0u
grjndstone. son: you're just cfan''
II up."-Louisville Courier-Jou'n'@
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
FATHERS APPROVAL.

What do you think of my gradua.
tion essay" asked Miss Clarissa
Corntossel.
WELL" answered her father, Il
must say you're ahead OF your broth
err Josh. It's easier to understand
than a college yell "-Washingto
Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02
The Maxim Gun SilenCer.

The noiseless rifle invented by
Hiram Percy Maxim has caused much
discussion. Some declare that it will
be an aid to criminals. because they
can shoot without the noise from the
explosion betraying them
Interior mechanism of gun silencer,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-02

l "o women talking across
pack gate can stir up more n ess
hood trouble than a Hoo 81
conference can settle
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03

The status of pupils who remove
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03
W00dmdnG Gets
Money for
Claims

Moses c. Woodman of Spring VAL
ley received a payment of $4,000 yes
terday on a group of mining claims
at Sacramento Pass, which he dis
posed of to Salt Lake capitalists
some months ago. There is still
$1,000 due on the claims and the re-
mainder of the purchase price will
be Forthcoming within the next two
months.
The claims secured from Mr.
Woodman have been incorporated
into the Ohuaha Mining company,
the principal stockholders in the COM
pany being Salt Lake mining men-
This company controls the Nil Desper-
andum Mining company at Black
horse in this county and have extern
sive mining interests in Utah.
Mr.. Woodman leaves this morning
for Spring Valley, where he expects
to meet several of the directors of
the Ohuana company, who are pre-
pairing to resume development on the
group.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03

| Griswold was in the saloon about hall
past three in the morning and that
he asked for a glass of water. The
water was given to him and into this
Griswold poured half a teaspoonful
of strychnine and drank the con-
tents. He told the bartender that he
was taking medicine, when he was re-
quested to. make an explanation as
to why he had used the powder.
Griswold leaves a wife and six
children, residing on the family ranch
about ten miles east of Cherry Greek,
and owned about $500 head of sheep
and a valuable range for his herds.
Mrs. Griswold arrived from Cherry
Creek last night in response to a tel
egram announcing the suicide of her
husband. She was accompanied on
the trip by her brother, Patrick
Greene, and Frank Phalan and George
IF. Parker, all of whom have been life
long friends of the deceased.
The remains will be taken to
Cherry Creek and from there to Salt
Lake. where they will be inferred.
The deceased was a member of the
Knights of Pythias, and the funeral
will be under the auspices of that
order.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03
BURGLAR IN LoNGwokTH HOME
Prowler Gets Only $40 Savings o
Hired Man.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 2.-An at
tempt was made Thursday to
burgalarize the Longworth home in
Grandin Road. The fine old place
is the winter home of Congressman
Mick" Longworth's mother, and of
congressman himself and his wife,
who was Alice Roosevelt. None of
the Longworths are at home, all
having spent the summer in the east
The thief first attempted to cut
away the glass in the front door,
Failing in that, he used a bowlder
and broke two holes in the door, but
still was unable to effect an enter
ance Abandoning the effort, he
broke into the quarters occupied by
Rudolph Schmidt, employed by the
Longworths, where he broke open a
trunk and stole $40
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03
BLAMES SUNLIGHT
FOR SPREAD OF CANCER

LONDON, sf.I t.-Sunlight,
always believed to be the arch enemy
of all diseases, is now charged with
being the cause of the most terrible
of diseases-cancer. This astonish-
ing theory, to the lay mind, is pro-
pounded in the current number of
the British Medical Journal by DR..
Watkins Pitchford, the government
pathologist of Natal. Actinic rays,
the doctor suggests, may cause can
cerous growths.
Cancer has been found to be
slightly more prevalent" he says,
among those who are the more ex-
posed to actinic timulation-sea-
men, jewellers besides lakes and
rivers, agricultural laborers, masons,
ETC."
Then he goes on to suggest that
the very conditions which are now
adays regarded as most hygenic and
most likely to keep us in the best
of health are really conditions that
favor the development of the disease.
These are his words: "The increase
of canoe within the last seventy-fiye
years is perhaps due ito diminished
protection from light and increased
exposure to Illumination. Wooden
garments have been largely replaced
by cotton, and black and brown
clothes by those of a light color.
Narrow streets and dark houses are
no longer tolerated.
"A manifest deduction from the
principles we have advanced is that
cancer may be prevented by efficient
protection of the body from light;
natural projections such as hair upon
the face, to be encouraged; the cloth
ing to be absolutely l%ightproof."
Should this theory be borne out
by further research it will surely
bring about a revolutionary change
in our manner of living. Hitherto
sunlight, in which the actinic rays
are so much in evidence, has been
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03

by ME- Lightfoot to the school boards
at East Ely, Ely, McGill. Lane lily,
Ruth and Kimberly to be present al
the conference, when questions of vi
tai Importance to the school children
will be taken up and discussed.
The enforcement of the compulsory
education law will be the principal
subject under discussion.
According to the provisions of a
law adopted by theslast session of the
legislature, all children between the
ages Of eight and ten years
are required to attend school
for certain period during
the year Under the old law
the age limit was fourteen years, this
being increased two years underethe
new regulations. The law had been
a dead letter in the county ever since
its adoption and necessary steps for
the subsection of truants win be de-
vised-
The. status of pupils who remove
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03
JOINS HUMOR WITH ROBBERY.
Horse Thieving Renewed at Detec.
tors Feast of Eradication.

EAST ST. LOUIS, I'LL, Oct g.
While the Cahokia Horse Thief De-
tective association was holding a
celebration in honor of the eradica-
ton of horse stealing in it's territory,
a thief with a fine sense of humor
rode away on the horse of Vital Bin
nett, president of the association.
When the party broke up and
started homeward the presidents
steed was missing. At last he was
forced to walk home. This morning
he reported the theft to the East St.
Louis authorities, but the humor of
the situation drove away his wrath
of the night before, and he told the
authorities he was very doubtful If
he would prosecute should the thief
be captured. :
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03
CoRONER's INQUEST HELD.

That Charles S. Godcharles met
his death through drowning, by fall
ing in the ditch which conveys the
tailings from the concentrator to the
valley below, was the verdict of the
coroner's jury empaneled by Judge
Beck. The following persons COM
posed the jury: j. r. Barr, H. O..
Hall, A. R. Markon, c. o. Corners, G..
Schnack and J. d. Kenney.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03

from one part of the district to an
other will be definitely determined
and a rule will be adopted allowing
children to attend school in any
portion OF the district.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03

considered the greatest of all anti
septics. The dark house has been
regarded as a mere nursery of disc
ease. In the light of this new theory
one must choose between the dangers
of bacterial disease, to which sun.
light is known to be fatal and the
greater danger of cancer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03
BUYS FRANCHISE.

SPOKANE, Oct. Announce
ment is made that Harry Wilson of
Moscow. Idaho, has purchased the
Vancouver baseball franchise. which
will be transferred to Moscow.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03

Will Meet
Monday

For the purpose of promoting a
more f~raternal feeling among the
schools of the district, q meeting
of representatives from ten different
boards of school trustees will be held
tomorrow evening att the office of
Deputy Superintendent of Schools
Lfghtfoot
An invitation has been extended
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-03
ARRIVE ON SAME TRAIN.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-Dr. F. A.
Cook and Harry Whitney arrived
here from Boston today. Although
they travelled on the same train they
did not meet.