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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10

I Epnralm; but hungry bear is not a
nice enemy. and is apt, if wounded, to
make desperate battle.
In the neighborhood of the pens
everything had become suddenly still
but the very silence was ominous.
and this caused Mrs. Merton to pro-
coed with caution.
We have lost the bear, mother. F."
said the boy. when they reached the
pens and found no game.
But he has been here. Look at
the blood on the ground, and there
lies one of the pigs dead"
Mother and son bent over the rail-
ing OF the sly, and Benny held the
torch close to the ground.
In one corner of the pen lay fine
pig, still bleeding, and for an animal
Of that kind to lie in the pen after a
visit by a bear was most peculiar.
Mrs. Merton took the torch from her
sons hand and held it close to the
porker
Her face lost little color as she
rose and looked toward the wood.
1T must have been a little bear.
mother, not to have been strong
enough to run off with the pig" said
Benny. Seems to re he found that
the pig was no: fat enough, and so
left it where it lies"
Perhaps, Benny; but we will look
after the bear little. Take the path
to the wood. past the coops. We will
see If we can find the prowler."
Clutching the rife with more firm
ness. Rebecca Merton started toward
the forest, and in a little while she
and her son had passed the fringe
and stood underneath the trees.
Benny held the torch above his head
while his mother looked on every side
In hopes of seeing a living target for
the family rife.
Mother" said the boy, what If
the bear was an indiana"
Mrs. Merton glanced down at the
little speaker, and for a moment
seemed to smile.
IAN Indian, boy?"
"Why not? Haven't you noticed
the strange marks on the ground be-
tween here and the pens?"
Il have not been looking down very
closely"
Then let us go back little and I
will show you the tracks where the
ground is soft" .
Mother and son retraced their steps
and all at once the latter pointed to
the ground. 1t was at a spot where
the ground was still soft from recent
rains, and very few leaves were there.
Here is one Of the tracks, moth
er," said Benny. Don't you see it is
shaped like human foot, and that
the toes turn inward? I saw a good
many Indian tracks on the old sand
bar last summer and we knew that
they were Indian ones"
The settlers wife had taken the
torch from her sons hands and was
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
Makes Starch InsOluble.

By German patented process
starch is made insoluble in hot water
by treating 1t in the cold, with for
maldehyde and moderately strong
acid. The product is distinguished
from that obtained from starch and
formaldehyde at high temperature
by the fact that the starch grains re-
main unaltered and quite permanent.
1t is not only insoluble in boiling
water, but is not attacked by soda,
I've or other strong alkalies. 1t may
be employed as filler in plastic COM
positions, as dressing for fabrics
and in the manufacture of paper.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10

own doom, for he could not have
heard of the courage of Rebecca Mer-
ton nor of her craftsmanship with
the Mayflower rife
The secret of the fire-hunt was
Zealously kept by the Mertons; but
Benny, when he grew to manhood,
long after the Revolution, told to q
few the story of the bear which
turned out to be a Mohawk brave
Youths World.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
His Definition.

Wife-John, dear, define a philan-
thropist.
Husband-A philanthropist, my love.
is a man who gives away other peo-
pies money.
Wife-And what is a philosopher?
Husband-A philosopher is man
who bears with resignation the tooth
ache from which his neighbor is suf-
fering.-Illustrated Bits.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
CHANGE IN ENGLISH SOCIETY.
Guests Invited by ephone-Others
Not Invited at All.

In Lady Randolph Churchill's divert
ing "reminiscences it is easy TO see
that society was more complex and
great ladies more eXacting thirty
years ago than they are nowadays,
writes Ella Hepworth Dixon in the
Lady's lctorial. In one matter alone,
that OF informal invitations, there has
come about what amounts to a social
revolution.
Lady Randolph describes the pres
ent day telephone invitation as usual
ly running in this fashion: will
Mrs. S. dine with Lady I. and bring
a man? And, if she can't find one she
teen"
But perhaps the strangest part of
the affair is that in a certain stratum
Of society-and very good society-the
women often take their own men
friends to dinners without the formal
ity of previous introduction TO the
host or hostess. Lady L. or Miss X.
takes out her temporary admirer to
dinner and bridge as matter of
course, and no one is the least aston
ished. except sometimes the young
man himself.
The admirer. to be sure, is not usual
ly kept long in high favor, for there
is no "tiresome fidelity" about the
modern hustling maid and matron.
They change their friends and ex-
change their adorers as often as they
order new hat or take up a modish
fad. What the French amusingly call
la femme collante is hopelessly out Of
fashion. The modern wise young WON.
an does not allow young Lothario to
love and ride away, but jumps into
her motor car at the psychological
moment and is Off herself before he
has time to explain his perfidy.
On the serious side of social life it
is certain that English women of birth
and breeding have more political inf1u.
ence than have the women of any 9TH
er country. Lady Randolph Churchill
repeatedly points this out, and her ex.
perience is of many lands, including
the United States, where ladies me-
.iculously draw aside their robes from
the defilement of current politics.
In France. as she shows, clever and
astute as are the women of all classes,
they have little or no influence on the
government, nor can they organize
among themselves such enterprises as
the Women's Liberal Association or
the Primrose League. When the
Comtesse de Paris, emulated by the
dazzling success Of the latter, desired
to found Ligue Rose in France she
applied to Lady Randolph Churchill
for the details of the scheme and
sedulously set to work. The Ligue
Rose was destined to failure, whether
on account of the waning popularity Of
the Orleans dynasty or from lack OF
zeal on the part of aristocratic French
women is not quite clear.
The reason of the enormous inf1u-
ence of the women of the English up
per classes is that, as Mr.. Chesterton
has recently pointed out, everything
in England is done unofficially, casual
ly, by conversations and cliques.
1.-The debates of the Commons are
sometimes important" he declares,
but only the debates in the lobby.
never the debates in the House." Up
to the coming of the present denhocra-
tic government it was the secret Of
PunchineEo that England was ruled
from the dining rooms of four or FIVE
great country houses.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
The Writer'S Power.

Newspaper influence ard power
will widen, just as newspapers are
more and more read, and correspond
ingly it behooves newspaper men to
look we'll to every word they write.
for they write not as one man to an
other, but as one man to multitudes
New Haven Journal and Couris;.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10

A permanent national exposition at
Madrid, for the promotion of which
an organization has been formed in
Spain, will have for one of its chief
objects the stimulation of scientific
methods in agriculture and manufac-
turing.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10

Lava found near extinct volcanoes
in California is SO soft that it is cut
into slabs with common handsaws for
uaantels and other purposes.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
4 A Fortunate FlG-HQlt.


. mar Or two before the opening
!, A revolution, the Mertons came
- Into the Mohawk Valley from
.s |, d New England, and set
a there, cleared a little place in
nat forest and began life in the
r,.ecce Merton soon became the
a Ma Of the family, for the hus-
"a "a father sustained e. disabling
~ 4 the clearing and in time be-
- nearly helpless.
"A wife, q young woman with
- mail children to look after,
- & Puritan stock and could look
- tie Iine Of her ancestors to the
I'M Of the Pilgrims. Indeed, she
= 4 her possession the identical
~ which her great-grandfather had
kneht over from the Old World in
I, rayaower, and with which, on
~ than one occasion, lie had hunt
lid fought with Miles Standish.
II The particular period of which
n yyile the Indians were not very
tvuhlesome, but now and then they
- soaking about the white settle
~, ut aid little more than pilfer.
lbseses, the war cloud which had
IT. gyer the colonies grew darker,
II VIII every new report came
nuyhs of war.
i NM Hsrton's injury increased in
uu7l vlys, until at last he was un-
~ - leaye his bed. He could not
- 4 IL in the management of
y M farm. and his wife and chill
to19e compelled to take his place.
igv1sd the close of an autumn day
02tAe Merton children, who had
- y Mill on the only horse owned
NJ little family, returned with the
lt Int . bear had been seen at
~ fsnnypot bridge, about mile
e. lnK from the house.
NslhAll be visited tonight, said
IN Merton. looking at his wife.
~ a1imal will raid our pens, and
ny are guarded we will be
IN
Merton went direct to the
hdfloom. which rested on a
Wished antlers, above the
d began to inspect it. She
led the rifle before and could
y 4 very small target at a
- ylrds.
U faty to expectation the bear
make his appearance, and at
II = family, tired Of watching for
nship, retired. The rifle, how
! ~ not returned to the antlers,
b placed within easy reach of
and Mrs. Merton's hand
elcse TO the polished stock.
~ ent had passed when the fus-
vlus awake on account of the
aeard q peculiar sound outside
"a. ana In another moment had
d nsd bis wife.
olned to prompt action, Mrs.
slose. and, rife in hand, went
'ndow and looked out. It
f2;'. beyond the door; SO dark,
ssst one could not see ones
- plrced close to the face,
m did the pioneer woman
re meaning of the noise.
: great noise was heard
~ pens. and in an instant
y. vas opened.
- mas come at last" cried
glancing at her husband,
she dressed herself.
nhot shoot in the dark"
~ 9ly. Benny will light you
~ on the old-fashioned
sl burned with a little bril-
and II Il few moments the
alld. 4 boy Of ten, and as cour-
hh mother, held above his
nsot which he had taken
eafeful." admonished the
pther. aDon't fire tin Won
W. Becky, and then send
fisht between them"
e the rife. and followed by
Sno held the torch above his
ssIosiag its light to precede
courageous woman adj.
ard the pens.
loas husband leaned toward
widow near the bed and
.th, II was not the flrst
e had encountered Old
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10

An English ornithologist has sue
cessfully bred the black swan, one o.
the rarest of birds except in Australia
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10
RECOGNIZANCE.

wonder if ] knew in pre-ezistence
This hillside road,
That wandeIs on by many old and ivcI
And messed ABODE
Though like to none my feet have ever traversed.
Though like TO none
X NV mind has pictured, with no strangeness ~
1t leads
reach its crofts. its orchards and its pastures
That from it RISE
Its sudden turns, its long and leafy vistas
With no surprise.
Iut with sense as of familiar objects
There to be
a greeting that is sweet with recognition
For all l see
feel at home the very lights and shadows
That me fall,
The gentle airs that kiss my grateful forehead,
Seem blessings all
can but think that long before my spirit
body found,
tarried here, and here oft delighted
BY all around.
sx,t -Luella Wilson Smith in II
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10

A new stop watch has been brought
out for use of physicians and nurses
in counting pulse beats. The press
ure of button starts it and another
pressure stops it and marks the time
when a given number of beats have
been counted.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-07-10


pressure stops it and marks the time
when a given number of beats have
been counted.
Before the Royal Photographic So
ciety of England a lecturer said re-
Gently: lone of the reasons why
Americans excel in certain branches
of athletics is that athletic clubs in
the United States use the focal-plane
photograph and the cinematograph to
record every incident of their prac-
tees. Afterward faults are corrected
by careful study of what the camera
shows"
The water produced by the melting
Of glacier ice in summer flows down
through crevasses to the bottom of
the glacier, and, forming a channel
by erosion, energies often as a large
stream. In the Arctic regions these
phenomena take place on very large
scale. The Danish expedition to the
portheast coast of Greenland, con-
Quoted by Myths and Erickson, dis
covered and explored vast caverns
thus formed by glacial streams. Some
of these caves are sixty to seventy
feet in height and more than a mile
long. In winter the streams cease
flowing. but the caverns Or tunnels
remain ready to receive the streams
of the next summer.
Whether warts spread by contact
has been much discussed. A Glas-
gov physician mentions that a maid
with many warts on hands and arms
was employed in a certain family, and
warts soon appeared on the hands of
the three children. The youngest,
boy of five, with habit of biting the
fingers, developed two warts on the
lip and one in the mouth.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-22

oinaton Of opposing forces which the anu-Hughes
men then said never could be overcome
stripped Of all the details which obscure the prln-
tlpie OF the Governors primary reform system, II
Is simple and understandable proposition With
'he Governor on the stump II is certainty that
any attempts 10 befog the issue will fail. His sup
porters do not say positively that the bill will be
passed, but they have confidence that the Governor
Is not wrong in believing he represents the popular
VIII IN urging this legislation for passage. And
they maintain. IF the people really want this they
VIII understand and resent any attempts play
ponies with il evade responsibility for fair
decision on the merits OF the case.
Scheduled events in the Legislature do not prom
lse 10 be very exciting this On Tuesday there
VIII be hearings sections of the proposed
New York City charter before the Cities COM
rnlttees- There will also be a hearing before the
Assembly Cities Committee the Francis bill TO
give site in Central Park TO the Academy of De-
sign On Wednesday the Observation-Disclosures will
ne here in force TO attend hearing before the Sen
ate judiciary Committee the Davis animal ex
Fermentation measure. No requests have been
ceived yet for hearings the Public Service COM
missions legislation Committees grind
ing out bills. There have been about two thousand
bills introduced in the Legislature up to date and
among them are many important amendments to
the consolidated statutes. intended to correct.
suUDosed 20 correct flaws which should he Cousd-
cred seriously before adjournment of the Legis-
New-York tribune., 1909-03-22
METHOD TO BE REVERSED
Nc7c Way to Find Market Ioiue
Proposed an Bill.

Washington. March 21.-The administrative
feature of the new tariff bill is receiving the ear
nest attention of the Treasury officials An m
portant change proposed in the new Dill Is t"e
method to be adopted in certain cases in hndins
market value upon which to assess ad Vaioreih
duties. In the present law the Treasury Deparl-
ment when it is unable to find the market value III
the country Of origin the goods, is permitted to
make such value by finding the cost of production
and adding thereto an arbitrary amount for pron'-
The proposed plan in a way turns TINS system
around. 1t takes the wholesale selling price III t"s
United States and deducts from that the estimated
duties thereon cost of transportation insuT ace
and other necessary expenses from the place o'
shipment to the place delivery and Teasonaole
commission, if such has been paid Ihis Is 10 D.
effective where the goods are consigned or IN cases
where such merchandise is not actually Sold anu
freely offered for sale in the open market or the
country OF expectation. This 1t is said. Will do
away with the present provision Of the so-caIleu
German agreement affecting export price
The law in regard the marking OF articles OF
foreign manufacture is made much more drastic
The present law provides that articles that are
usually marked shall bear the country OF origin
but the new provision changes this to all articles
that are capable Of being marked. stamped, brand
ed or labelled
The seizing point Of goods that have been under
valued is changed from 50 per to 100 per cent
of uudervaIuatiou. It is also provided that addi-
tonaI duties for differentiation shall not occur
II such be under per cent. providing the customs
officials having knowledge OF the transaction snah
be satisfied that there was no intent TO deceive or
defraud
The final power Of the board Of general ap-
praisers to act on questions OF appraisement Is
strengthened. and their decision as to value Is
made final and conclusive and not subject TO re-
view except as TO questions OF fraud and want
Of jurisdiction The president Of the board or
general appraisers be appointed by the Presi-
dent instead OF by the Secretary of the Treasury.
present.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-22
EXPLAIN THEIR ACTION.
Keliher, Peters and Harrison Tell of
Vote on Fitegerald amendment.

Washington March 21.-AnOther explanation
was forthcoming to-day to the course Of certain
Democrats in opposing Representative Clark. minor
ity leader Monday, by voting for the Fitzgerald
amendments to the House rules.
Representatives Kellher and Peters. OF Boston.
and Representative Francis Burton Harrison. or
New York issued a statement in which they assert
that so generally has the action Of the Democrats
who voted for the amendments been discussed and
misunderstood that they wish TO present to those
interested the facts.
Referring the fight in the House, the three
members say that when Dir. Clark offered his reso-
luton he refused any Democrat chance 10 speak
They continue:
And then he did the very thing We Democrats
have been deprecating and fighting against for
vears-he moved the previous question. II is bad
enough to be gagged by opponents, but when
the muzzle was Clapped upon us by our friends We
protested. and successfully.
Then the Fitzgerald amendments were offered
and in marked contrast TO Mr.. Clarks action MI.
Fitzgerald allowed free and full opportunity for
debate and amendments In the debate which fol-
tended that the amendments of Mr. Fitzgerald
contention of a certain element that the reforms
secured cannot he good because Of the manner in
which they obtained is manttestty too absurd
to dignity with answer. The truth OF the mat
ter is that enragsd was the old Republican ma
chine al its defeat that in its anger II would have
conceded almost anything rather than surrender
to the insurgents an inch.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-22
STORM OVER PROPOSED CHARTER
c. F. U. Delegates Reassured by Mr.. Boulton,
of Revision Commission.

The delegates at the meeting OF the Central Fed
Grated Union yesterday got into white heat over
the provisions of the proposed new city charter. A
unions IN which a referendum vote is demanded
before the adoption Of the charter. submitted.
The preamble stated that The proposed charter is
revolutionary in character and inmical to the in
terests Of the people
Denunciations of ths measure were then heard
from every part OF the hall Il was held by some
that II would wipe the prevailing of wages
law and several other rules OF benefit unions.
They also objected TO the Board Of Aldermen serv-
ing for nothing.
Alfred J. Boulton. OF the Stereotypers' Union.
who is a member Of the Charter Revision Com
mission told the delegates there was no secrecy
about the measure that It proposed to have
two hearings week.
.eVyhiIe there may be things in the charter
that I myself would Ike TO have modified. It is by
a long sight the best charter New York City has
oyer had he said You were all shouting before
,-o, we're hurt A long time ago. when there
,,,naid Board Of Aldermen in Brooklyn. there was
good government, and there were plenty Of labor
men who got on the board. When II became a sal
aried institution the saIoonkeepers got elected on
,be hoard and controlled II. I want 70 say that one
30 tho hest points in the charter is its breviy
7. consists Of 274 sections and about seventy-five
thousand words IN all. while the present charter
has strteen hundred sections and six hundred thou
sand words"
The resolutions were carried
New-York tribune., 1909-03-22

that the new customs duties will be sufhcient 10
meet the running expenses Of the government the'e
is a general belief that some kind OF lnherl'ahO7
tax will meet with favor in the House
Since the Introduction OF the Payne bill and i's
general favorable reception by the country there
has been notable increase in the talk Of an carry
adjournment OF Congress. Nobody is now preolcI-
ing a session lasting we'll into the summer NOUNS
The Renubcan Senate leaders have ironed OUT
much Of the promised trouble with insurgent Seha-
tors who were disposed be critical OF the Inethou
Of committee appointments Senator Aidr1ch ie'i
ership of the majority side has never peeh Ill SCI
ous perI but in the last few weeks he mas suc-
ceaded in working out a scheme of party harmon!
which promises to facilitate consideration or the
measure TO be reported from the Committee oH
Finance. Unless snags now unforeseen are eii
countereS Senator Aldrich he able to report his
bill within ten days or two weeks after the house
passes the PAYNE bill.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-22
AGREE ON AMENDMENTS.
Hotchhiss and Insurance Company
Representatives End Conferences.

Albany, March 2--Anendneuts to be made 70
the Crattau-H Hanlu BILL designed 70 provide means
vhereb BY delinquent OF fnsolvent companies may re
temporarily taken possession OF and in prolN
cases iquidated under the supervision OF the state
Superintendent OF Insurance. have been practically
agreed on following conferences yesterday and TO-
dav between Superintendent William 4 Hotchkls5
and other attaches OF the state Insurance. Depart
rneut and representatives Of Insurance companies
An announcement TO this effect vas made tonight
bv Suuerntendent Hotchkiss-
While there is yet entire agreement as 70
the best way TO accomplish the result sought, said
q Iperfntendent HotchkisS, yet IT may Be stated
that certain OF the provisions OF the original bill!
will be considerably modified With some slight
changes IN phrasing. tho grounds which viii set
the law in motion and which are similar to those
specified in the banking law, were agreed to. Thus
y fs likely that any bill which VIII have ths sup
pc-t Of the department viii provide that the ma
cbiner, Of the law viii set IN motion not merely
when the corporation Is actually tnSOlveut or suffer
ing from an impairment but even when, while sIilI
solvent IL fails 20 observe the more important
strfctive provisions Of the insurance law is IN
such a condition either financially morally that
the further transaction OF It's business E11 b
hazardous to It's poIicyhoIders OF the public
Various constitutional questions were sonswhsE
Ella boratelv discussed and yet 10 be further
investigated 1t Is thought that there vii he httls
dif4rfIItv in reaching an understanding whereby tbs
state Will be provided with = summary and mex
pensive liquidation OF tnsolvent Insurance conlps-
MES"