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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
GET THE COOPS READY.

On cold and stormy days MI
the men of the house making chin
en- coops They can work ir u
wood-shed or summer kitchen, III
where there is a stove. and evsl
though they do not claim to be i
pert carpenters. It will be surprise
how many seryiceab!e coops can
made in a short time and with ys-S
little expense Make the coops hi
are to be used for the mother hi
and her brood tight except the frua5
which can be made Of Stats I'd
inches apart, nailed on upright. Lead
two of these loose at the bottom /
that the hen can be let in and ID
without raising the box Do rot MAJ
any floors to the coops, these Al
better made separate from the cooa
as they may not be wanted at d
times and can be cleaned more ca;
lily when used Have a few COOS
made for breaking up broody hem
These can be made of narrow slll
nailed just close enough together
keep the hens from getting out. Y
Do not neglect getting things reat
as much as possible now. as then
VII probably be no time when y
spring work begins Farns
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
BLOW AT FEET OF FRENCH
WOMEN.

Frenchwomen have long been ia
nous for their pretty feet, but now
there comes a Swiss professor, DR..
Redorta Of the University Of Geneva,
who intimates that their feet, an
atomically speaking, are monstrous.
Shoes with high heels and pointed
toes are said to be responsible for
malformations that amount almost to
deformities to the scientific eye. 1t
has been a hobby of DR.. Redorta for
several years to study the feet OF
women of all nations, not only in life,
but in ancient and modern paintings
and pictures. Omitting the French
altogether, he says, the women OF
the other Latin races have the pref
test feet in the world, with strong
leaning in favor of the Italians. The
feet Of American women are too
broad, especially since the athletic
girl, with her common sense shoes,
came to stay; and Russians, Ger
mans and Austrians also are inclined
to have heavy, fiat feet. The feet
OF Englishwomen. on the other hand,
while narrow, are much too long to
conform to any accepted standard OF
beauty. In the professors opinion
men and women always should go
barefooted in the house, and should
wear nothing more cumbersome than
sandals when walking abroad.-New
York Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
START WITH PURE BRED P0C
TRY.

Get the farmer TO read such paE4E
as will teach him how his brothsg
farmer is feeding and housing II
fowls, and what good the fang
breeders are doing toward helpliss
to make the hen pay for a nice pj
of what we need to make both eng
meet When a farmer embarks 4
pure bred poultry he should get u
best that he can get. We don't meg
that he should get a high-scorii'
bird that will cost him By
sum of money; what he wants to
is to find a breeder that has la
ing strain Of whatever breed he ma
fancy. The cheaper way is to By
eggs and hatch your own birds, %
do not buy less than two sittinss1
four would be better-and in thI
way you can raise a good many ps
lets the first year.-A. w. Gluss
kamp.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
SCARLET STOCKINGS THREAT.
ENED.

This is going to be a great season
for the woman with pretty foot.
The new mummy" style of dress,
with its short, narrow skirt, not far
removed from the single trouser
which, the poet wrote, "clad two shy
knees brings ankles and feet promi-
nently to view, and there is every
indication that the cult OF the stock
ing will be an absolute craze before
the season is over. There is a hint
of what Is coming in the New York
shops, but Fifth avenue and Thirty
fourth street are only just beginning
to suggest the variety in designs and
colors of stockings that We may ex-
pect to see in the next few months.
The simple black stockings already
has ceased to be really smart" no
matter how effective the design and
the cloaking may be, and even with
black dresses it threatens to become
the thing to wear stockings of scar
let, old rose. cerise or gray. Colored
dresses, of course, usually have
stockings to match, but one woman
created mild sensation on Fifth
avenue recently by appearing in a
conspicuously short gown of black
velvet. bound with fur, below which
appeared fesh-colored silk stockings
and black patent leather shoes.-New
York Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
GENEROUS PACIFIC RAILROADS.
What They've Done for the People
and What People Have Done
for Them.

If the testimony of Vice-President
kruttschnitt before the United States
commissioner in the suit against the
merger of the Union and Southern Pa
cific railroads has been correctly re-
ported, he made the claim that the
public had benefited S154,000 in l.
years, from 1890 to 1907, from the
failure of these roads to increase their
rates in proportion to the advance in
cost of labor and materials employed
in their operation. The reasoning up
on which this claim is based is pecu-
liar, but the assumption Of most OF
Mr.. Kruttschnitt's testimony is that
whatever the railroad companies did
was for the benefit of the public, and
that they had been hindered from do
ing justice to themselves.
! Not only did they pay higher wages
for labor and higher prices for mate
rails without charging higher rates
for carrying passengers and freight,
but they spent many millions for i'm
proyements and equipment for the
benefit of the public. He told how
many tons of rails and feet Of ties
they had bought, the number of cars
added to their equipment for freight
and passengers, and the enormous
sums that all these had cost, that the
public might be benefited And yet all
this time the ungrateful public OBJ
jected to an advance in rates proper
toned to this tremendous outlay or
even to the added cost on account OF
high wages and prices.
OF course the companies had no
other object but to serve the public
to the best of their ability, and to
benefit it as much as possible. But it
just happened that the public fur
nished so much traffic, made so much
use of the facilities generously sup
piled that receipts increased out OF
proportion to expenses all the while.
Old debts were paid off and new inter
est charges were met as capitalization
increased. Dividends were earned
where there had been none for years
and other dividends were increased,
while a surplus rolled up to be in
vested in stocks of other corpora
tons. How far these dividends were
returns upon capital actually invest
ed" and how far extracted from wa
ter. is not clear, but fact that stands
out quite as plain as pikestaff is
that all the while that things were
costing so much and SO much money
was being spent. earnings were in
creasing in still larger proportion and
profits were advancing. Several mag
mates got enormously rich, all stock
holders received more liberal incomes
and the marked price of shares went
up to the gain of the possessors. And
yet a heartless public would not con-
sent that these generous railroads
should increase their rates, but calm
ly took benefit" of s154,000,0O0. 1t
is a sad example of the ingratitude Of
republics York Journal of Com
merce.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
POULTRY HOUSE CURTAIN.

see In your valuable paper OF
January 8, 1910, an article headed
Fresh Air Poultry Houses in which
the writer seems to have had no
practical experience with one Of
those fresh air houses. I wish to
say that in the last ten years We
have tried several kinds of poultry
houses, and find that the curtain
front, or fresh air houses, give far
and away the best results, both for
winter and summer use My house
is built 4S feet long by II feet wide,
divided into 6 pens, by II feet
each and faces the south. The walls
are 5 feet high on the north, and
Z feet on southt The north side
and ends are made of good tongue
and groove lumber. covered with
good grade of rubber roofing; the
top is made the same. What we want
to do is to keep the air-the cold
and damp drafts out. The building
is made just as tight as possible.
all but the front, which is left near
ly entirely open, excepting a twelve
inch board at the top, and row of
sash with 16 inch glass at bottom;
the rest is covered with poultry net
ting, with good heavy canvas to be
drawn down and fastened with hooks
to top Of the sash in cold windy
weather.
The foundation rises ten inches
above the ground and is filled in
with good dry dirt, which makes the
very best floor, as it can be taken
out and fresh dirt put in when need
ed. The roosts are built with drop
boards, with curtain to draw down
in front Of them at night. The floor
is kept covered with a good deep
litter of straw, in which is thrown
all of their grain ration.
1t is pleasure 10 watch them
come off of their roosts cold
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
THE ACTIVE HEN.

Pure blood is not always sur
sign. for all laying breeds. such L
Leghorns and Spanish strains, naf
show the blood alright, and still v
not worth keeping. Where np
nests are not used. watch and s~
other ways. Good layer takes (
look in at nest every once in a Vns
is first off roost at sun-up. and nnE
ties here and there. always scra"'S
ing and pecking, and strays far III
hen house looking for big bugs
getting worms. Always on the loaE
out for all kinds of tidbits to saus
the hunger brought on by laying IN
eggs and lots of work. With W.
filled craw from forging she IS III
to roost Her sleek coat is cHe
fitting, eye restless, face ana cVD
bright cherry red.-New York Pc
The best way to clean drlnhs
fountains. which cannot he reacnea b
the inside, is to use scalding 'ag
and handful Of shot or sla
Shake the vessel brisklF after M
ing the fountain quarter fui
water and aji.ng he Gravel 50 ~
will scrane along Jhe sides and :.
tom of the f0uctssn This vi. nv
move the scra at lave the 'D
trs
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
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zero mornings AMI scratch and :.
for an hour or two, and then i
away to a nice coy nest wbjes
placed under the drop boar5 H..
to lay their nice yellow eggs :.
are worth 10 cents a dozen-s
come out and cackle. as much A..
say. I have paid for my breakf,,
now give me good warm mash .
supper, and I will make mopev !.
you. l think if our friend w,
try one of these houses she vo,
have no need to shuider. Nei,s
would she have cause 10 subiect :,
OF her pets to the dark lonas,
recess of an upstairs closet-H
S., in the Indiana Farmer.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
USING INCUBATORS.

Our first incubator was hot water
machine, and did better in a room Oh
even temperature, than in a cellar
We secured as good a hatch in IT, as
from eggs under the hens, and the
chicks seemed to thrive as we'll.
/ The chicks were given to hens, sew
eral hens being set on the same Gay
as the machine was filled. Dlrec-
tions were followed as closely as pos
sible. and they were to turn the eggs
daily, and cool down to a certain oe-
gree each day.
To leave them out for a certain
time won't do, because some Gays
are so much warmer than others. On
still. warm days the trays would re-
main out more than an hour; on
windy cool days, not longer than fif-
teen minutes.
The trays were always placed as
we'll out Of the draught as possible.
For convenience We turned and cool
ed the eggs. directly after dinner;
filed and trimmed the lamp about
four O'Clock; this gave time TO see
that the fame was properly adjusted
before night.
Not unit, the nineteenth day. when
some Of the eggs were pipped, ola
We need to look after the machine
through the night.
It is better to leave the chicks IN
the incubator ten or twelve hours
after Matching, although some sue
cessful machine handlers remove the
chicks to a warm box or brooder, as
soon as the down is dry.
Two tests were given through the
hatch. To do this remove all eggs
that if left in tend to reduce the
heat, and create odors that are IN
healthy.
Never remove chicks directly from
an incubator to brooder, coop, or
box, until they have been thoroughly
warmed; when they are removed De-
fore this is done disaster will surely
result. Bowel trouble, little chicken
cholera, and all such ills will follow
each other, until there will be few
left to represent the flock.
This is the trouble with so many
of the incubator matches, and is in no
ways the fault of the machines.
Very seldom is moisture needed, or
so it was with our machine; differ
ent makes probably need different
treatment.
A safe rule is to follow directions
sent with the machine, until you
have proved that different way is
better. Always thoroughly clean and
air the machine after hatch, before
refilling with fresh air; use eggs
that test a good per cent of fertility,
and run the machine twenty-four
hours empty.
A good plan is to set several hens
at the same time, test all the eggs,
and quite often the machine may
be recruited from good eggs from
the hens and the hens reset with
fresh eggs; the machine will then
finish the hatch full of eggs. Many
follow this plan with hens alone, CIV
ing the good eggs to part Of the
hens, the other hens being reset
Keep the machine in very dry |
cellar, or in a room of even tempera-
ture, a good basement is an ideal
place for an incubator-E. c., in the
Indiana Farmer.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
SURPRISE FOR FRIENDS.

The Countess Vera de Talleyrand,
a social leader in Paris, has prepared
a surprise for her friends by having
printed for private circulation a lit
tie book of aphorisms on life and
love, entitled Thoughts and Re-
memty1nces." Here is some of her
advic to men, couched in epigrams
on Y hen:
ITO please women one must ad-
here to only one"
Women never come OF age: rea-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
Mutual Fear.

Sincere-Why didn't Kounfeitte
raise fuss when he found the grocer
had sold him bad eggs?
Tricoe-For the same reason that
the grocer didn't raise a fuss when he
found kounfeitte had paid him bad
fdollar.-Chicago News.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
Missed.

"The paper says that De Tanque
presided at the banquet, but I didn't
see him"
That's funny; he was right under
the head of the table. Puck.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
MRS KICKER WOULD GUIDE.

MRS Kicker WOULD GUIDE.
Mrs. Marilla Kicker, of Dover, N.
H., is a lively septuagenarian. AT.
sr lifetime spent in writing, lee
ering. practising law, stumping in
political campaigns, and working
valiantly for woman suffrage, she has
Jumped into the arena as a candi.
Date for Governor of New Hampshire
In the coming election. She says
there is no reason, legal, ethical or
otherwise, why woman can't be
elected to that Office, and she thinks
she has good chance. Anyhow,
she means to have a good run for
her money.
Mrs. Kicker, who doesn't let the
grass grow under her feet, is making
her plans to campaign in person for
convention delegates this spring, al
fer which she will rest her voice a
bit and get ready to make carttail
arguments for votes in the fall.
If she doesn't win this time she
probably will try again. just as she
~AN ooouC NOIlhS. Ill 1otO SuS SJdI'
tied her community by going to the
polls and demanding the right to
w'a. She wasn't allowed to cast her
@~ OF, but that didn't discourage
her, and since that first effort she
t7s made many other attempts to
vote.
Mrs. Kicker is a Republican and
quite an admirer of Uncle Joe" Can.
non. She is not without experience
tn holding Office, for in 1885, when
living in Washington, she was ap-
pointed United States commissioner
and examiner in chancery During
the Mckinley administration she
sought an appointment as Minister
P1enipotentiary to Colombia, but the
President did not see his way clear
to appointing woman. She is rich
and widow. and appears to possess
al the energy of youth-New York
Tribine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-30
WALKING AND BATHING.

WALKING AND BATHING.
Two clubs of Jackson, Mich, are
pursuing health and happiness afoot.
The members are pledged to walk
ut least 400 miles a year This is
an average of little more than a
mile a day, which rate almost any
body with feet should be able to
maintain. :
But the members Of the Sunshine
club and the Overland club regard
the specified 400 miles as mere
rothing. The first-named club Is
composed Of women and the latter OF
men. and they make some glorious
marches.
One evening a week they have a
good, lively cross-country tramp OF
from five to thirty miles This is
taken in company. In summer they
70 by train to some region of his
toric or scenic interest, and there
spend two Or three delightful weeks
afoot
This summer, Just coming to
close, the Sunshine ladies have
made their tour along the shores OF
Lake Superior The men Of the
Overland club-those who could 60
took their tramp in Colorado.
Once or twice a year the two clubs
have a field day, with contests es-
pecially bearing on the sport or ex-
ercise of walking They have walk
ing contests, including one walking
backward
am told that every member Of
the clubs is marvel of good health.
and has a clear, fine complexion In
the case of three members I person
ally know this to be true. l would
add that the clubs are not what
might be termed fashionable" it is
not expensive to belong to them, and
they have added much cheer and
wholesomeness to the community
life. AS many mothers and fathers
belong as do young folks.
So much attention. is given to the
unique Jackson organizations be-
cause in this month of August, an
ticipating the coming autumn, my
thoughts have turned to the hard
roads, the crisp air of the days, the
Aarvest-scented nights of the fall
md l love to walk. I may say with
ont any fear Of medical contradic-
tion that the person who cannot or
does not enjoy walking is physically
defective
The walking which goes with house.
hold work. that done in home or
Business hour, when the brain is oc-
eupied, is not true walking. 1t is
necessary exercise, but in the sense
u rebuilding the body and resting
The mind 1t is not helpful.-Mother'
0agazine.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-23
Huron COLLEGE Remembered

Huron-Among the peasant events Of
commencement week at Huron college
was the announcement of DR.. Calvin
H. French, president of the fnstitu-
ton, that Mrs. Elizabeth Voorhees, of
New Jersey, had presented the college
with a check for 100000 for the en-
dowment fund, making total of near
ly 100000 given by Mrs. Voorhees, since
the establishment Of the college here.
In addition to this, there is $4,000 in
cash in the hands Of the trustees and
10000 in pledges, making total Of
s120.000, for the endowment fund.
which the management hope to in
crease to one-half million dollars
Various other pledges are In hand and
the outlook is exceptionally bright
Announcement was also made that ST.
600 had been received for current ex-
penses from Mrs. Annie McClym"nds
of New York, making total OF $1,000
given to the college by this lady, with
in the past fe wmonths.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-23
Lake Madison Assembly

Madison-The Lake Madison Assem-
bly, will open its sessions here on FRI
day evening, June "a, and they wilt
continue till Monday, June 81. Among
the entertainers will be Opie Read,
the Apollo Quintette, Charles Howard
Plattenburg, an orator of wonderful
ability, Prof Lee Kratz, of Omaha,
Miss Grace Ketchum, DR.. D. w. Howell
of Chautauqua, N. Y, Miss Nina B..
L.ampkin of Chicago. Rounds Orches-
ira Frank R. Robertson who lectures
on the north pole, Monrot Marley,
Ex-Congressman Adam Bede. Adrian
M Newens, critic for the Redpath-
Slayton Lyceum Bureau, one of the
best monologists on the Platform to-
day, and John B. Ratio, the character
sketch artist and impersonator. There
will also be many other side attrac-
tions. in the way of band tournaments,
boating and fishing excursions. etc.
The secretary of the assembly Is A.
Wedgewood, who will answer oil COM
munications sent him regarding the
meetings.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-23
Masonic Grand Lodge Bodies

Pierre-The Masonic Grand Lodge
bodies held very profitable session
In this city last week. The attend
ance was unusually large, conside irg
the extreme heat, and we have yet to
hear of any who were present to find
fault at their entertainment and re-
ception by our citizens. Following Is
a list of the newly elected officers OF
the blue lodge for the ensuing year:
Grand Master-Samuel s. Lockart,
Milbank
Deputy Grand Master-Charles L.
Brockway. Chamberlain.
Grand Senior Warden-William J
McMaykin. Terraville.
Grand Junior Warden-O. H. Will
liams, Springfield.
Grand Secretary-Geo. H. Pettigrew
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Grand Treasurer-John c. Bryan,
Plankinton.
Chamberlain was selected as the
meeting place for next year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-23
Sioux Valley NEEDLES

Sioux Falls-Programs are out for
the 18th annual session Of the Sioux
Valley Medical association to be held
in Sioux Falls, S. D.. June % and %.
Secretary DR.. J. e. Carver of S oux
City, says that preparations are I'M
der way to make this the best meet
ing in the northwest The sessions
will be held in the Elks' club. Between
meetings. the visitors will he taken
in automobiles to places Of interest
in the city. Following are oFcars O.
the association: DR.. M. n. Volde" g,
president: DR.. J. G. Parsons. Sioux
Falls, S. D., first vice president: DR..
A. E. Spaulding, Luverne. Mimi. Sec
ond vice president; Dr. S. A. Brown,
Sioux Falls. S. D., treasurer and DR..
]. E. Carver, Sioux City, secretary.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-23
June Weddings at Yankton

Yankton, June Especial: Two
prominent June weddings totIe place
here Wednesday. In one. Miss Mae
Frick, eldest daughter of City oCm-
missione. and Mrs. Joseph Frick. was
married to DR.. job L. Delpore. a
nhysic,an OF Roseau, MINI. Rev.
lawrence Link offic!ated. and the
nounle left for aCnadian points on
their honeymoon. The second mar
rage was that Of Miss Lou B. Edg-
erton. daughter Of Postmaster e. G.
Edgerton, and Mrs. Hugh Brown, for
merly of Yankton, now employed in
minneapolis, for which city they left
Immediately after the wedding.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-23
Poor 'Lo' ShopIifts Some

Miller, June Especial: The Crow
Creek and other reservation Ind ans
are now making the towns along this
line In large numbers. Civiltze ton
seems to have developed the trait OF
stealing in many of these people. Store
keepers here during the last week have
had to search them for missing ar
ticles. One squaw took from a store
a purse containing $22 She bad spent
the most of it for fine shoes and trink-
cts before she was found. In order to
protect her from punishment the In
dams made un the money and paid It
back to the store keeper.