The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-06-04

silver spoon in his mouth dies, says
the Pi.tsburg Dispatch, with a gold
plate in it.
! Webster said. The past at least is
secure" The past is never secure,
objects the Christian Register, for
all that it has left to us may be
wrecked or thrown away by an i'm
provident generation.
An American was found dead in
London with his pockets full OF
money. This is one way of avoiding
the tipping evil, suggests the De
troit Free Press.
Reorganization plans are being con
sidered to get International Salt Gu
Of pickle, puns the Wall Street
Journal
Russia, explains the Washington
Star, does not care how much tron-
BE Alaska's natural resources may
cause. any more than Spain cares
about tie future Of the Philippines.
The magnificent statue Of Chris
TOPPER Columbus which stands IN the
plaza before the railroad station in
Genoa shows the figure of an Amer
lean Indian crouching at his side
holding a cross in his hand. The
sculptor is guilty Of an anachronism
1t was the double-cross which Mr.
| Colon gave the aborigines.
(. A girl OF Prince Edwards Island
causes her neighbors extraordinary
sensations, and is charged by them
with being possessed of devil.
which has resisted eXorcism, relates
the Buffalo Courier An eminent
! psychologist who has been inyesti@at
| ing the case advances the theorr that
by involuntary hypnotism the young
woman creates decisions in the
minds Of those around her. This
may be so-and perhaps not.
The most remarkable thing in con
nection with the bill to change the
| date Of the inauguration of the Presi-
| dent and the term of Congress to the
last Thursday in April is that the
members Of the House Judiciar!
Committee agreed TO it unanimously
observes the Philadelphia Record
This is one Of the largest Of the com
| mittees, and contains a ton and a
| half CT constitutional lawyers. WHO
shall decide when doctors disagree,
says Pope: but when eighteen consti
tutional lawyers agree to anything il
| must be regarded as practically done
Let the newly rich live in princely
museums, cluttered up with the loot
Of doges' palaces. Let other people
envy these, if they will, until they
learn the truth about high life
There comes time, prophesies the
New York World, when experience
teaches every man, even of modest
means, that a dinner of herbs at
home is better than the spread at
some swell" restaurant with onyx
SldlTCdSoS anu IIeSCOeu CelllHSS
owhere you have to give three tips
to hang up your coat and hat, and
then can't read anything on the menu
except the appalling prices.
The cetadorus is new London
visitor. He is a stuffed fish with a
head like the green morays in the
New York aquarium, and forms a
part of the window exhibit made by
Queensland in an effort to lure Lon
doners to Australia, where they would
have to work for living instead OF
being fed by the Salvation Army He
is three feet long. but can grow big.
ger. Turtles and other natural his
tory specimens keep him company.
Canada also has window on the
Strand where fine apples and big
ears Of yellow corn are displayed to
contemplative Cockneys.
Whatever one may think of Amer
ican appreciation of grand opera |
whether genuine or forced, one can