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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
PHILIPPINES Best Fruit.

Philippine mangoes, to the mind
of many Americans and foreigners
the sweetest fruit grown anywhere,
would alone make many millionaires
in this country if the fruit could be
successfully shipped, or, better still,
grown here, as the Hawaiian papaya
is now being made to grow in the
Philippines. Spaniards spent thou
sands of dollars trying to get sam.
pies of the Philippine mango to their
late queen, but without avail. There
is absolutely nothing to equal this
fruit in the western hemisphere.
Mangoes in New York should easily
retail at from 81 to $1.25 a dozen,
with the demand never fully sup
piled. One tree of enormous size is
said to have produced 5000 mangoes
in one season. The fruit in shape
and general appearance resembles a
huge pear flattened to a thickness of
about one and a half inches. The
skin is green and the meat pumpkin
colored. The flavor can be compared
to no fruit in this country; to appre-
ciate it's deliciousness one must eat
a mango off the ice.-The Bookkeep-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
CRUEL SPORTS IN NICARAGUA
Passing Out Now Owing to Efforts of Society
For Animals.
For Animals.

versally practiced throughout the
Central American countries, but re-
joice to say that in this town of Mata-
galpa they are strictly prohibited in
accordance with the laws of our So
ciety.''
Mrs.sWarren says that the cruelties
practiced on animals in various parts
of Nicaragua are of an exceedingly
revolving nature.
The natives" she says, "are so
blind to their own interests that their
cruelty extends to all the working an
finals. RESPONSIVENESS have general
ly been met, if not with insolence,
with ridicule, but poorly yelled.
have been working for many years to
alter this condition of things, but met
with so little success that 1 had al
most come to feel that my efforts
were utterly fruitless.'
The protective society organized by
Mrs. Warren includes several lawyers
and the Chief of Police of Matagalpa.
an official who ranks next to the
Mayor.-New York Times.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07

souls; I am speaking OF material ma
ture, tangible, ponderable, that every
body recognizes.
Let our thought rise to the origins
of the formation of the solar system.
anterior to the existence of the earth;
time did not exist.
Let it descend the ages up to the
extinction of the sun and to the ami
hilation of life on our globe and on all
the planets; time will no longer exist.
All Work That of Time.
Nevertheless, time is everything.
1t is the stuff of which life is made;
it is the great factor of events; 1t is
the universal and implacable maste-'.
We said just now that our predecess-
ors exist no longer, but they exist in
us and in every fashion. Julius Gaze
sar, Augustus, Jesus Christ are acting
on all humanity. The Roman Empire
and Christianity have exercised their
influence on the entire world, and all
that now happens would not exist
without the most remote anterior
causes. The war of 1870 would not
have taken place without Napoleon
and Louis XIV. So that whatever be
the event that one considers it is the
work of time that one has before
ones eyes.
Time is the element the most mys-
terious and the most difficult for the
human mind to conceive. Its meas
ure has nothing absolute; it is rela-
tive to our sensations. If the move
ment of the earth should go on accel-
Grating or decreasing gradually, who
would perceive it? Only the astrono-
mers. The years and the days could
happen to be twice, ten times, shorter
or longer, the functions of life would
follow the same progress and there
would be nothing changed as to our
impressions.
Is not time a metaphysical entity,
unknowable, directing, organizing and
constituting the universe styled mate.
rial and ponderable? Does not a
mysterious. invisible power lie back
of all things? Flammarion
in the New York Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
PRESERVING EGGS.

The experiment station at Storrs,
Connecticut, issued a bulletin giving
some timely and valuable suggestions
on the subject of preserving eggs.
This bulletin recommends that the
following precautions be taken in
preparing to preserve eggs:
1. Keep the whole flock as near a
perfect state Of health as possible
2. Give enough shell-forming food
TO the hens SO that the shells will be
strong and uniform in thickness.
8. Make proper nesting places
and keep them clean, so that the eggs
may not be infected while in the
nests.
4. Gather the eggs each day.
s. Keep the gathered eggs in a
dry. cool room Or cellar whore the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
FOOD FOR MAKING EGGS.

Buckwheat is one of the best egg
producing foods, but it is sometimes
difficult to get the fowls started to
eating it. If other food is withheld
for day or two, however, it will
usually be effective. After they be-
come accustomed to its dark appear
anoe buckwheat is much relished by
them.
Corn on the cob is very good
night feed for chickens in winter, es-
pecially on cold nights. Set the pan
of corn ears in the oven and warm
them before feeding.
AS a relish sometimes let the corn
remain in the oven until it becomes
charred. This they are especially
fond of. But before putting it before
the chickens be sure that 1t has cool
ed somewhat, SO that it will not
burn them.-Farmers' Home journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
CARE OF THE FLOCK.

Good health, and a strong constltu-
ton, are almost necessary for sue
cess with any undertaking, and
among poultry, the vigorous Hook
will yield much more profit than the
weaklings. even if nothing but mon
grels and the other flock one OF thor
oughbreds
Don't understand that / think mon
grels are the most profit, or more
healthful. for l do not, but want to
impress the necessity of strong con-
stitution in the flock, if they are to
be a success.
Many, not all, but too many of the
prize winners are lacking in healthy
vigor, birds of beautiful markings,
with all the points" necessary, but
not such as we would like to head
our pens with, as far as health is
concerned.
Judges are NOT to blame, they judge
by appearance and often appearances
are deceptive, especially in a show
room.
Procure new birds from honest. re-
liable breeders, that advertise in hon.
est papers, and the danger OF procur-
ing stock "off" in health, is almost
nil
Usually we may get what we wish
for reasonable price, if Judgment
and common sense are used. the
best of healthy stock may be OBJ
tanned, but if placed among flock
of 100, where there are accommoda-
lions and room for but so to rs, the
result will be disastrous for all the
flock. Keep only what there is room
for. More than this the number OF
eggs depends upon the strong vigor
of the flock; hens sometimes, not or
ten, lay quite well, yet they are OF
in health until the germ matches not
at all, or else such poor weakly
chicks. that it is a waste of time to
try to raise them.
A healthy flock will mean more
profit from the number of eggs sold,
and then it will mean success with
next years poultry, for eggs that
hatch out strong, lively chicks are
worth very many times more than
the puny clutches.
Chicken diseases pass them by
with scare fark, sudden showers
or changes of temperature will have
but little effect upon them as COM
pared with the puny flocks.
How they will eat, scratch and
grow! The way they will swell out
and stretch up, will surprise YOU
E. c.. in the Indiana Farmer.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07

Some of the cruel sports INDUCED
are passing out under the ban of the
law, according to letter received by
Alfred Wagstaff, president of the So
ciety For the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, from Mrs. Laura E. War
rem, of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Mrs.
Warren recently organized an animal
protective society in Matagalpa, with
the result that the native sports which
inflicted suffering on dumb beasts
and birds are declining in popularity.
Mrs. Warren says in her letter:
''These people seem to have no idea
of sport beyond inflicting pain on
some poor, helpless creature, and it is
in this way that they celebrate their
feast days. One of their favorite d.
versions on St. Johns Day is to swing
q rope across street at such height
that it will be little above the head
of a man on horseback. From this
rope are suspended, head downward,
live ducks. Men then ride at full
speed under this rope, trying to wiring
a ducks neck as they pass. Any man
who can accomplish it may claim the
duck.
Another amusement CD common
~ practiced on St. Peters Day Is to
bury ROSTERS in the ground, leaving
only the head exposed. Men and boys
then ride by at full gallop, each try
ing to kill a rooster with his machete,
or long knife. You can imagine how
many are wounded and mutilated be-
fore death puts an end to their sui
tering. Both these customs are uni
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
Nutritious Seeds.

Tamarind seeds are to be reckoned
among the fairly nutritious plant
products that have been reported to
provide food during periods Of
famine in India. says Nature. The
pulp of the fruit is an esteemed in
gredient of certain condiments. The
kernels Of the seeds when freed from
the skin and roasted furnish q not
unwholesome -four suitable for mix
ing with cereals to make small cakan
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
Thoroughly Enjoyed.

81 saw you at the musical yester-
day afternoon. I'm so sorry I couldn't
get chance to speak to you. Did
you enjoy my daughters singing?"
Eyes, very much"
Il thought her accompanist played
awfully loud"
"She did. Back where / sat the
sound of the piano was the only thing
We could ear."-Chicago Record
Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
A Special Cigarette.

A cigarette is especially devised for
fitting nicotine into the mouth, but
applies the poison so insidiously that
it is unfelt. The punishment would
aptly fit the crime if every boy found
cigarette smoking were compelled to
smoke new clay pipe filled with
shag. Such homeopathic treatment
would be the most effective of cures.
London Outlook.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07

yet, nevertheless, We ought to remark
that this appreciation depends solely
on our organs, on our facilities, on
our brain. While it is hundred
times shorter than the first mentioned
duration, it is long in itself. 1t is
possible that there are beings inf
nitely small, microbes, who live a
hundredth of a second, which for
them is an age, during which they
are born, have grown up, have repro
duced themselves, have lived, have
grown old. In hundredth of a Sec
ond light travels 5000 kilometres, the
distance from Paris to the North
Cape and to the Caucasus.
A Thinkable Appreciation.
1t is, therefore, more accurate, in
order to estimate present time, to
consider a hundredth d a second
rather than tenth We might GER
tainly even go as. far as the thou
sandth, because it is used in physical
sciences, notably in electric expert
ments. But let us confine ourselves
to thinkable appreciation. A tenth
of second is easy to conceive. Dur
ing the duration of second one may
tap ten times with the finger nails on
an object, hear the taps and perceive
their succession. The tenth part of
this tenth, or a hundredth, may still
be imagined in thought. But that is
all. The thousandth is completely in
discernible Well, this hundredth of
a second is really only an instant,
moment, point.
Such is present time. Such is that
which actually exists. The instant
which precedes it no longer exists
The instant which will follow it does
not yet exist.
From this it is not very far step
to thinking that time does not exist
at all.
The present passes as quickly as it
appears. 1t is an open door between
the past and the future through
which the future increasingly hurls
itself into the past, falls into the
abyss and valishes.
Yesterday and Tomorrow.
Where is yesterday? Where is to-
morrow?
What remains of the events that
took place in the time of Julius Gaze
sar, of Alexander, of Darius and of
the millions of men who caused them
selves to be killed for the spreading
of their fame?
The atoms which composed the
living bodies of these millions of hui
man beings float to-day in the wind,
circulate in the plants, the animals
and the men of to-day, flow in the
springs, pour. in the rains. murmur in
the brooks, in the fiuttering of leaves,
in the flight of humming insects-fn |
all the sounds of nature. But of all |
these living bodies of former days,
those of Aspasia, of Phyrne, of Lais
and of all the queens of human beau
ty, what remains? Nothing, nothing,
nothing!
And all the beings which live to-
day will disappear like their prede-
cessors. Let it be understood that l |
am not speaking of the invisible |
forces which rule the universe, of the |
which group the atoms in
living harmonies, of spirits and of |
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
NOTES.

After you have got Jour host Of
customers. treat them right and the
regard will be yours.
A love for poultry will make the
work all the more easy.
1t Is little harder to keep poul-
try busy in cold than in warm wealth.
er, but 1t can be done. -
One breed is enough for the av6R
age fancier. Keep only one and see
how many good ones you can raise.
Smash up some Goals from the
wood stove, and put the ashes into
dish for the hens Charcoal keeps
them healthy.
Pans are pretty poor things to put
bran mash in. The fowls will get
into them with their feet and waste
a lot and spoil what they do not
waste. Narrow troughs against the
side of the house are far better.
Ventilation that comes in every
where through the cracks is not ven
tilaticn at all; it is cold shivers up
and down the back and lots of dis
comfort Don't let it be that way in
your hen houses.
The amount of income does not de.
pend so much upon the hens, breed
or variety. as upon the management
OF the keeper. For this reason the
business is very fascinating and KEEP.
alive by that interest and enthusiasm
which often wanes in less interest.
ing pursuit
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
ROASTING WIS.

At the beginning Of each year. III
nearly all the large city markets,
there is an increased demand for
soft roasting fowls, weighing from
four to six pounds each. At this
time, too, there is q reasonably good
demand for broilers. Beginning
about the middle of January up TO
the first of May there is call for
SQUAD lbroilers-chicks weighing eight
ounces, dressed-for which as high
as ninety cents a pair has been paid,
Farmers Home Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
SUCCESS.

There is nothing that will lead 10
success so quickly as will the exhl-
bition of your stock; make the
shows, have your birds compared
with those of other breeders. If you
win, the foundation of reputation IS
started. If you lose you will find out
where and how to improve, and come
back next time with success assured
Farmers Home Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07
E " NJ SUPERINTENDENT
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sun rays 40 not laIl dLfGcUy upon
them.
6. Use only the clean eggs AMI
place them in the preseryajiye with.
in twenty-four hours after the time
they are laid.
Z. Preserve only April, May, and
early June eggs.
This bulletin says that while stor
ing eggs at a temperature of abou.
"a degrees is the best way to keep
eggs commercially, this plan is not
practical for the farmer. Immersing
in water glass Sodium silicate) is the
best plan for farmers to use. Water
glass can be bought at the drug store
for from 81 to s1.25 per gallon. and
one gallon of water glass will make
ten gallons CT preserving fluid.
Eggs kept in water glass for az
long as four years are still good; they
have no unpleasant taste or smell,
and the white coagulates in the us.
ual manner in cooking. The white
has changed ITO pinkish color, how.
ever, and is very liquid. The changes
take place slowly, however, and at
one year no change is easily notice.
able.
For the preservation of eggs in wa
ter glass a cellar or room should be
used where the temperature is even.
and does not go over sixty degrees.
Any clean water-tight receptacle will
do, though jars are commonly used,
or barrels when larger numbers OF
eggs are to be preserved The re-
cep.acle should be scalded two or
three times to make sure it is per-
fectly clean
The preserving fluid should be
made from water that has been boil
ed and allowed to cool, and to every
nine parts of this water add one
quart of water glass, stirring thor.
oughly to insure proper mixing OF
the two. If eggs are to be stored in
several receptacles, prepare the mix.
ture for each receptacle separately,
and do net try to make enough in
one receptacle to fill two smaller
ones, for in pouring from one to an"
other the correct proportions may
not be secured
See that no cracked eggs are plac.
ed in the water glass, and if several
are to be used, it will be
Well to put April eggs in one. May
eggs in another, and June eggs in a
bird, marking each. Keep the yes.
sells where the suns rays do not fall
1lrectly. on them, and cover by lay.
ng boards loosely over them. From
line to time water should be added
where there is loss by evaporation.
keeping the eggs wholly submerged. !.
out the preservative should not be
stirred,
When the eggs are desired for use,
he June eggs should be used first.
he May eggs next, and the April
Eggs last, for their keeping qualities
ire different. The water glass should
'e washed from the eggs. leaving the
shells clean, and if they are sold,
hey should be sold as water glass
Eggs.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-07

Our idea Of great f1nancier, q
mits the Ohio State Journal, is
man who worries more about the
price Of call money than he does
about the price Of pork chops
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-07-22

A report from the United States
Treasury department shows that for
the first eleven months of the opera
ton of the Payne-Aldriige taidff law
ending June 3Osh, last, the imports OF
this country exceeded the imports of
any previous similar period to the ex-
tent OF S1l4,000,000. This was brought
about by the reduction in duties and
the placing of many articles upon the
free list. OF course European wage
earners made the goods and received
for thedr labor a good deal of this
money and to that extent deprived
American workingmen of that much
work and tina: much cash. Besides the
s114, 100000 was shipped out of this
couBry and its ability to help every
body along the channels OF trade to pay
debts etc Was lost. Who was bene-
fitted by this transac ion? VIII our
low tariff friends please explain 20
us what we gain by sending abroad TO
purchase this much excess of articles
over the amount paid for like period
in our history? The same authority
tells us that Custom receipts during
the eleven months operation CT the
Payne-Aldridge law We're s3O2.S22,-
161, and that this amount was exceed
ed only in 1907 when the frs eleven
months brought in 1907 ,05S,3S1 in
customs receipts. These figures were
made by the Bureau of Statistics of
the Department OF Commerce and
Labor. Under the Payne-Aldddge Law
the average ad valorum rate of duties
on all imports has been 20.95 per cent.
less than in any previous similar pc
Rod since 1890, except in 1895 when
it was 20.5S per cent.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-07-22
THROWS UP THE GLOVE.

Instead Of replying 20 our charge
of duplictty in quoting seoolon from
the Payne-Ald.idge Bill and one from
the Dingley Bill dealing wi h
gloves, one mace of sheep skin and
the o.her from any old skin, other
than sheep skin. and trying to palm
them off ON its readers as one and
the same. The Herald gems smarT
and tries to throw off Ghe roaponsiblli-
ty for this serious muddle I'm which it
has gOt ell Itself by trying TO laugh US
out of court. Well We wouldn1
blame the Herald to get out of it any
way 1t can, lecduse the WI er is too
deep 10 wade in knee pants. In the
meantime we are still asking she Her.
aid to explain why it's Democratic
leaders in Congress always vote for
a high protective tariff upon all ar
ticles produced within their own ter
rtory, such as cotton. oranges, pine
apples, peanuts, hemp. hides, fluor
spar and many other articles too Num-
erons to mention III Herald's party
Is perfectly willing to reduce the tar
III on the o,her fellow, bun when plac
ed in power it has no tariff policy ard
could not enact a tariff Jaw 10 slive
ssseif from perdition. .. is easy
enough TO cnlticiSe rhe work being
done by someone else without Dtfer-
ing any well defined line of acJl3n
in a different direction. Let the
Herald tell us what 1T would have
in the way OF tariff law Or wtheth-
ar or net 1t Us in favor of absolute
free TRADE. In che meantime & is
uD to 1T to disprove our charges. The
burden of proof ds not upon us. we
Charged chat the Kentucky DemocGa IS
voted for a high rare of duty upon
hemp and that every Democratic Con-
gresham from Kentucky voted for 1t.
Let the Herald dsprove it. Howev-
er, finally they all voted agalnat the
new tariff law and against the uemov-
al Of the Internal Revenue Tax on .to-,
bacco. which the farmers had so
much sought.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-07-22
OLATON.

July 21.-Mr. Otto Conner, wife and
son, Harry, were the guests of MT.
Charlie Stevens and wife In zhe coun-
try, Saturday.
Misses Nora Patterson, Olaton, and
Ruth Davidson, Barretts Ferry, were
the guests of Miss Maymee Cooksey,
near Gown, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Jim Daniel and son. Master
Freddie, who spent the week erd the
guests Of his parents here Mt on
Sunday for their home at Standby.
Mrs. Alice Stearsman and children,
Byron and Christa, were in Narrows,
Sunday The guests of Lawrence B.
Daniel and family.
Miss elena Wilson, of -, rs the
guest of her friend, Miss Aode Tun-
stall in the country.
Miss Pearlie Patterson lis here from
Caneyville, the guest of her aunt Mrs
q hel Daniel.
Mrs. Lee Paterson, who has been
LII for several days, is much amprov-
ed.
Mrs. Cook Bean is also ill.,
Mr.. William v. Tuustall is on the
sick list.
Mr.. Napoiean Patterson, Of Cray
son county, was the guest Of his son,
Lee Patterson. last week.
Lee MCDANIEL, OF Beaver Dam spent
Saturday and Sunday here the guest
of relatives.
Mr.. Fred Taught and wife were
guests OF his brother, Alva Taught
and family near FrieIdaeaud ON Satur-
day.
Mr.. Geames Hall made a buslress
trip to Beaver Dam ard Taylor Mines
and was The g'ies& of his broiher-in-
law, Mr.. Noah Burden at McHenry cm
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Archie Mitchell and wife have
moved here from Horton, KY.
Bro. Taylor of Colts, Grayson coun-
ty, is expected here to preach ON
Sunday night at the Baptist Church.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-07-22

the wearing apparel of young Petty,
which were hanging In the room had
been burned together win number
Of quilts and other bed clothing which
were stored in the room. The bed
ON which young Petty was sleeping
was also considerably burned the
wall paper and everything hanging
on the wall was burned therefnom.
On account of the exertion and in
turies sustained, Judge Wedding has
been unable 10 be at his Office for the
past two days
The only way that the cufgin of the
fire can be accounted for is that some
matches whcih young Petty had in
his trousers pocket became ignited
when he dropped them on the trunk
when he retired