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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10
AMBERGRiS TREASURE.
Story of a $4,000 Lump and Some
thing About the Substance.

The story Of now a Manchester fN
H painter found in the 81. Lawrence
river a lump of grayish subs ance
weighing thirty-eight pounds, and
how he has discovered that the sond
fatty stuff is ambergris and is worth
$4,000, recalls the nearest thing TO
romance that ever entered into the
lives Of Gloucester and New Bedford
whalers, in the old days when Amer
lean whalers dared every sea. 1t was
like a lottery. Once in a lifetime
you might chance on the decaylng
body of a whale, giving off an awful
smell, and inside that whale would
be a fortune enough so that you
Charles Reade, as far as we remem-
Der, is the only writer to introduce
ambergris into fiction. In Love Me
Little, Love Me Long" David tells
Miss Fountain how the skipper
stuffed their noses and ears with cot
ton stepped in aromatic vinegar, and
they lighted short pipes and broached
the brig upon the putrescent monster
and grappled to it; and the skipper
jumped on it and drove his spade
(sharp steeD in behind the whales
side fms
1t is a matter of record that not
far from the Windward islands a
Yankee skipper in one of the best
old whaling years did cut out OF a
whale $50 pounds of ambergris,
which was sold for $500. The price
quoted for many years was Sc an
ounce. Ambergris is often found
floating on the sea, particularly on
the coast of Brazil and of Madagas-
car. The Bahamas send more than
any other source to market. The
stuff is a secretion of the sperm
whale which dies of the disease pro-
ducing the perfume matter. Chem
lists find it hard to account for the
fact that the smell of the dead whale
is so horrible when the substance
taken out is valuable only as
source of sweet satisfactorily
Eagle
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

when woman gets the vote she
will best man. She will turn him
round her finger as the housewife
turned the riddle" The speaker
was Miss Alice Paul, very ardent
Suffragette Of Philadelphia. She
resumed with a somewhat bitter
smile: "A business man said to his
wife at dinner: Here is riddle for
Tor you, my dear. Why is q husband
like dough?
"The answer to this riddle was,
Because a woman needs him. The
business man expected his wife to
dive the riddle up or else to guess
that answer. But his wife said calm.
~:
"'Why is husband like dough, Ell?
Well, l suppose it's because he's 50
hard to get OF ones hands New
York Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10
A Prolific Breed.

The population of Southern Cali
fornia, according to Colonel Drake,
who is the worlds foremost statisti-
clan in such matters, cannot fail, in
a very short time, to exceed 10000, 900
souls, for there is a human breed
there which multiplies with the mir
aculous rapidity of Belgian hares.
When Long Beach had population
Of only little more than thousand
there sprang up in a few months,
from the smallest beginnings, more
than 900 real estate agents.-Nev
York Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10
The Touch That Failed.

The portly old gentleman had JUS,
finished a sumptuous dinner. As he
turned to leave, the water touched
his arm, and in an insinuating man.
ner said:
Haven't you-er-forgotten some
thing. sir?"
"Why, yes, 50 I have" replied the
old gentleman, thank you for the
reminder"
Lifting a plate, he pocketed the bill
which had lain underneath it and
stalked out past the crestfallen wait
educational Monthly.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10
strength Of Love.

Love feels no burden, thinks moth
ing of trouble, attempt what Is above
its strength, pleads no excuse Of i'm
possibility: for it thinks all things
lawful for itself, and all things pos
sible. It is, therefore, able to under
lake all things, and it completes
many things, and warrants them to
take effect, where he who does not
1--we would faint and lie down.
THOMAS 4. Kempas.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10
At the Players Club.

One afternoon Francis Wilson was
slipping lime juice with several
brethren of the buskin, when John
Drew sauntered up to the group.
Hello, Wilson," he said. here you
are again with your little coterie."
YES" returned Wilson, smoothing
his vest, and with my little vestry
and pantry, too"-Lippincott's.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

POWER OF SUGGESTION.
Angry Man (at the teiephons}'
You 10 hang yourself, emithesp! "a
ter a pause) Do you hear me!
Central-Your party hung uv''
Puck
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

THE engineers find Gatun dam
SAFE" read Mr. Jones from his news
paper headlines to grandma, knitting
at the other side OF the table.
WELL" she said, looking up over
her glasses in panied surprise, Il don't
know anything about the safety OF
Gatun, but l think family newspa-
per oughtn't to use such language in
print"-Emporia Gazette.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10
WHEN DOGS POINT GAME
They Do Net All Behave A'i<--O7t
Extraord Case.

The wonderful intelligence Of ire
we'll broken bird dog Is often s,T-N-
ingly shown al field trials. In nsid
trial. which Is becoming more p2pH,
lar il this country, gives scoa
chance 10 study the psychology OF
the dogs. the instinct 20 point game
affecting them in various ways.
4 litter brother 10 the consistent
and high class field trial winner
Uncle B. at timss did most unusual
thing when he found birds. II the
conditions were such as 10 make the
finding very difficult and he was
obliged TO search far and wide for
them, constantly getting a good dis
lance from his handler, when he
found a covey he did not break MS
point, retrace his steps and look up
his handler as many dogs do and
then by actions lead back to birds.
But he would draw off a suitable
distance at his own judgment where
he knew he would not flush the birds
and would sit down on his launches
and bark, bark, bark-short, sharp,
loud barks-until his handler came
to him, then he would go right
straight back to the birds, assuming
a long-drawn out pointing position of
the cautious style.
Many dogs whine and squeal while
on point, many drool and snap their
jaws during the excitement of point
ing, but very few draw off and bark
good, resounding, locating bark.
On cold perfect winter day Mr..
Tomlinson was handling the noted
field trial winner Uncle Sam. He was
in normal health and very keen. At
ter hunting about two hours his
OF low growth sedge and the party
watching him run came up near
fence to get a better view Of his
work. Just as all eyes were turned
upon him they saw him tumble to
the ground fat and limp, Just as
though he had struck an obscure
stump or stone.
Mr.. Clemson, his owner and .
party Of friends went cautiously up
to him. there he lay, stretched list
lessly on his side, not muscle NOV
ing, his eyes dull and glazed. Con-
ISOLATION was offered Mr.. Clemson by
the gentlemen witnessing the sad
death of SO capital a field performer
as Uncle Sam and the very remark
able manner in which he had died.
Presently his handler came up and
saw him lying there just as the
others had-with glazed, dull eyes
and no perceptible breathing. AS
Tomlinson said Poor Hnm!" he
thought he noticed just the slight
tst movement Of his tail; he spoke
again and was sure of it.
Turning TO Mr.. Clemson and his
friends, he said: "Gentlemen, there
are birds here. Though l cannot
explain the actions of the dog, l am
positive of it; he is very close to
them"
At that he kicked the tufts of sedge
directly in front of the dogs nose,
who all this time had never moved
nor regained his animated express
sion. Suddenly Tomlinson flushed
three close lying birds. To the sur
prise Of all the dog was instantly on
his feet eager again to be cast off,
Country Life in America.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

The annual output OF beer in the
United States is between $1,000, 900
and 100000 barrels.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

electric air heater for BARRIERS use
compressed air passing through
cylinder containing a resistance coll
Camille Flammarion thinks that
the tail of Halley's comet Is Simply
an optical phenomenon produced pF
the flight through ether, similar 70
the wake Of a ship at sea
Recent experiments have proved
concIusively that coal dust which mas
been ground TO a state so fine thal i
will pass a 2o0-mesh sieve VIII eA-
plode from contact with either
naked fame or with The, arc OF an
electric current
A writer in Physikalische Zeit-
schrift has been investigating the ire
quency Of electrical oscillations when
a condenser is discharged through
spark gap. He finds that this depends
TO large extent on the nature OF the
electrodes. For instance, a discharge
between copper and silver electrodes
would give longer wave length than
a spark between magnesium cleo
trodes, and he comes to the conclu-
sion that magnesium is the most
suitable metal for spark electrodes
Scientific American.
A new system OF jointing lead ca
bles has been developed in England.
1t consists in placing thin ribbon
of pure tin between the surfaces that
are to be joined, and then heating
them with a blow lamp. The surfaces
In the presence Of the tin melt al
lower temperature than normal, and
thus they are soldered together. The
tin ribbon is treated with a compost
ton to prevent oxidation during heat
ing. Another system Of jointing con-
sists in the application of a mold over
the cable A piece of tin ribbon is APP
piled to the surfaces which are to be
joined, and then molten lead is
poured into the mold The flow is so
directed as not to burn through the
lead sheathing of the cable.-Scien-
tifc American
The fourteen-year-old president OF
the Junior Wireless Club OF America
appeared before the Senate Commit
tee on Commerce last week to protest
against the bill introduced by Senator
Depew for regulating wireless teleg-
raphy. The young president gave
very forcible argument in favor OF
amateur wireless telegraph operators.
pointing out the fact that if the bill
were passed it would check the in
ventive genius of some forty thous-
and experimenters. He also called at
tention to the fact that it would be
impossible to enforce the bill with
out veritable army Of expert wire
less telegraph engineers. The junior
wireless telegraphers claim that IT. is
possible to cut out interference If the
proper apparatus is used and that the
present attack on amateur wireless
telegraphers Is unwarranted.-Scien
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10
GLEAN1NGS
800 So; ~00oO

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He never loved at all who feared
to love too much, muses. the chicago
Tribune.
The Chicago Record-Herald
breaches: He that has enthusiasm
needs no other tonic.
The man who might have knocked
tie persimmon but didn't can be seen
on every street corner, by the Ram
Horn philosopher.
All things may come to those VINO
wait, admits the New York Times, Dut
they come sooner if we are too busy
to wait for them.
The business race goes to the sales
man, declares the indianapolis News,
who gets into high speed the earliest
in the morning.
About six months after the cere-
mony, signs the Philadelphia RECORD,
a woman begins to remember the
men she might have married.
The title of a new book is How
to Keep Hens for Profit The cold
storage houses, suggests the New
York World, don't really need advice
on the subject.
Some railroad company will make
a fortune some day, thinks the Wash
ington Herald, by providing para
chutcs for passengers wishing to de-
scend from the car steps to the
ground
New York has discovered com
bination in restraint Of trade among
it's chicken dealers, showing how the
handling of vast sums of money may
beget covetousness, and even con-
spiracy, sneers the Chicago News.
When the craze fer automobiles has
abated somewhat, many men OF small
means who have invested in them,
prophesies the Christian Register,
will find themselves like harbor craft
stranded in the mud when the tide
goes out.
AS word of warning the Boston
Herald says: The Ladies hats may
be wider next year, but if they are
the railroads will either have to
widen the cars or have only single
row CT seats, with passage Tor the
conductor en- the side"
The average boys idea of sane
Fourth" remarks the COmmoner, is
ton OF powder. six gross of firecrack-
ers. a dray load of torpedoes, four
million blank cartridges, two revolv-
ers. a brass cannon and four barrels
of red lemonade.
Professor Omori, the japanese sels'
mclogist, asserts that pendulums ex-
perience many slight oscillations
which are not due to earthquakes. IL
these are susceptible of misinterpreta-
ton, opines the New York Tribune,
thew may explain the occasional an
nouncements of distant shocks which
are rot subsequently verified.
The name "grasshoppers" has been
given to the railroad florists. ex-
plains the Philadelphia Record. There
is some significance in the name, too,
for these men just jump from one
railroad lawn to another and keep
them in good condition. Each rail-
way division has a certain number
of men that go from one station to
another and look after the lawns and
see that they get the proper atten'
ton.
Here is an Englishman's comment
on cricket and baseball as quoted by
the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant at the
national negro conference in Cooper
Union. New York City. Baseball
has a much ruder tradition than our
own national game When player
NUTS a ball in cricket the crowd con-
solingly exclaims, Well tried! Well
tried,' When baseball player makes
a muff in your country the crowd
exclaims, Kill the son of gum
A woman in New York obtained
$4,000 damages from a railroad COM
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

The Chicago Record-Herald
breaches: He that has enthusiasm
needs no other tonic.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

The man who might have knocked
the persimmon but didn't can be seen
on every street corner, by the Ram S
Horn philosopher.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

He never loved at all who feared
to love too much, muses. the chicago
Tribune.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

All things may come to those who
wait, admits the New York Times, but
they come sooner if we are too busy
to wait for them.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

The business race goes to the sales
man, declares the Indianapolis News,
who gets into high speed the earliest
in the morning.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10
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SkWCEG
INeEWTlON

A Cincinnati man has patented al
electric air heater for BARRIERS use
compressed air passing through
cylinder containing a resistance coll
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

About six months after the cere-
mony, signs the Philadelphia Record,
a woman begins to remember the
men she might have married.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

The title of a new book is How
to Keep Hens for Profit The cold
storage houses, suggests the New
York World, don't really need ADVICE
on the subject.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

A woman in New York obtained
$4,000 damages from railroad COM
pany because she was so badly burn
ed in a collision with her automo-
bile that the scars preclude her from
ever wearing decollete gowns. The
famous decision is yet remembered
of a New Jersey judge who decided
that parents Of children killed In an
accident could not recover any but
nominal damages, as the children had
no money value. The vagaries of the
law, confesses the Baltimore Ameri-
can. are certainly hard for the lay
mind to understand.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

Camille Flammarion thinks tha1
the tail of Halley's comet IS Simply
an optical phenomenon produced pF
the fight through ether, similar 70
the wake Of a ship at sea.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

Recent experiments have proved
conclusively that coal dust which mas
been ground 10 a state 50 fine that II
will pass a 2o0-mesh sieve Will eA-
plode from contact with either
naked fame or with the. arc OF an
electric current
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

Some railroad company will make
a fortune some day, thinks the Wash
ington Herald, by providing para
chutcs for passengers wishing to de-
scend from the car steps to the
ground.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-10

New York has discovered com
bination in restraint of trade among
it's chicken dealers, showing how the
handling of vast sums OF money ma!
beget covetousness, and even con
spiracy, sneers the Chicago News.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
LOST BOTH HER LOVERS
Servian Maiden's Test Caused the
Death of One and the Other
Won't Marry Her.

Especial Gable to Hers ld-Republican.
Belgrade. April 23.-Milendo Ignatitch
and Todor Neshitsh were suitors for
the hand Of Satsia, one Of the prettiest
maidens Of the village OF Zaboya. in
Servia. She was unable to make up her
mind, and after waiting for five months
the two lovers told her that she must
decide or see them fight a duel
She begged them not 20 fight, and at
last said that she would marry the one
who proved himself to be the better
swimmer.
The contest took place in the cold
waters Of the Morava, a large crowd
witnessing the event. For two hours
the two men swan together, then Mi
lendo sank and was drowned. Todor.
who was nearly exhausted. was taken
from the water more dead than alive.
and is still IN the hospital He declares
now that he will not marry Satsia IN
der any circumstances.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
The Greatest Growth Is South

Naturally and of Salt Lake nc the South of the
business he tendof traffic haaIe yndem reLs in that direction
enys mhh vantage over any rshon o he
a l is
al oaba thu Hwdd lies along
d popumh oougdae the nc a
wa al np cars
bag
and for et
p taret "boghn will
mema times is price o will compel
a wiser buys aon stree nov, for e lrep
apuGabe eNne stree H
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
Prosperity If YOu Live-PrOtectiOn If YOu

prosperity 81 lou LiVc-PCOCeCuOu u IOu UIe
The feature that appeals with irresistible force those OF
limited means who wish to buy Longview Park lots is this
splendid offer.
Should any person buying more lots in LOngview
Park die before the paid for will can
eel his her obligation and give to his her family full
warranty deed with complete abstract showing clear IT,
tie the same without further payments We therefore
offer investment that pays with insurance that nsure
and protection that protects We the risk YOU fo1
Y cannot lose
Evening journal., 1910-08-10

The bedroom of a child. is carefully
studied by the modern mother, who
knows better than to keep her chill
dren in trundle beds or cribs where
she can put her hand on them any
hour of the night.
Tiny infants are now kept in a room
adjoining the mother, or if this is I'M
possible, baby does not sleep with his
parents if his couch is nothing more
aspiring than a clothes basket lifted
with a pillow mattress.
Each child should be given a separ-
ate bed. These should be simple and
sanitary as possible. Painted IRON
beds or brass are far better for chill
dren than wood.
Coverings should be light, warm and
not so elaborate as to bring forth
many seedlings when thoughtless
youngsters play leap frog or pillow
fights at bed hour.
For cold weather there are eiderdoWn
quilts made especially for single bed.
These, with one blanket, should be
enough coverings for a healthy, full
blooded child.
In summer 1t is safer to have a thin
cotton comfort or a summer blanket
with gay border folded at foot Of each
bed. Colds are frequent from lack OF
proper bed coverings in our change
able climate.
The children's room should have
Evening journal., 1910-08-10
CHILD'S BEDROOM NEEDS
MOTHERS CAREFUL STUDY

rug or bare floor. These rugs are
preferably the cotton or rag ones that
can be washed and kept thoroughly
sanitary.
There should be as little furniture
as possible. The washstand should
be of enameled iron, the chair unup-
hOlstered and the dressing table low.
A few simple framed pictures of child
life or copies of some of the world
famous madonnas may adorn the
walls.
The ideal arrangement is not TO
have a,washstand in the bed room, but
have a special bath room for the chill
dren. This can be kept warm for
toilet purposes.
If possible, there should be a bal
cOny outside the children's room,
where maps may be taken in the open
air, or where outdoor sleeping is feas-
ihle. In the rooms of many hildren
windows are never lowered day or
night. This is equal to outdoor Sleep
ing where a free current Of air can
be maintained.
Cleanliness is never more essential
than in the children's room. The wood
work should be such that it can be
washed off at least once a week and
can be wiped down with disinfectants
in case of sickness. Insist upon daily
busting and have the lightest sort OF
hangings and draperies.
Evening journal., 1910-08-10
SWEATER DEPENDS
ON TRIM AND FIT

The smartness of the sweater de
pends entirely on its trim and tidy fit.
The shrunken, baggy or stretched
sweater of last season, no matter how
expensive the garment was in the first
place, should be discarded and one
of the new models bought for this
years wear.
The shapeless last years model may
be kept for use over the bathing suit
or for long trips in the automobile.
The athletic maid of 1910 will have
a iaunty outing sweater Of white wool
II she wants to she may have the
collar and cuffs of a contrasting color
Green or pale blue are the favoritg
shades for combining with white thiI
season. -.
And this same girl will buy one o
the knee length sweaters, which ar
much smarter than the shorte
models.
Her hat will be one of the soft white
panamas that roll saucily away from
her face For trimming there viii
be one of the gay Persian or Chines'
scarfs which come for this purpose.
Her English mohair skirts, which
sheds the dust and consequently is al
ideal material for outing wear. will b'
topped by a lingerie shirt waist, anC
then milady will be ready for motor
ing, golfing, tennis or yatching.