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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
Colonial Meeting Houses in Winter

In winter the colonial meeting house
was a cold place. 1t may be said
that the congregation sat "shivering
on the brink of perdition. If the icy
temperature of the house and the ter
rible doctrines of the sermon are to
be taken together. Samuel Sewall
notes that there was great cough
ing" in the congregation; that the
sacrament bread was frozen hard as
pebbles. and pieces of it ratified as
they fell in the pewter Plates
Bliss side Glimpses"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
Passed Up tho Taxldermlst.

A country woman and her little boy
were visiting the city and while see
ing the sights Of the place the moth
eY's eyes were attracted by the snowy
display of stuffed animals In a taxi
dermist's shop window.
Lets go in here and see what We
can get for you. Willie" said the
mother.
Sue, ma. and" His eye fell
unon a sign over the door which read.
Let us tan your hides"
"Oh, no, no, ma: let's don't go in
there. l get huff of that at home
he cried excitedly. and they passed
IN the taxidermist's shop.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
Surely Veteran Musician.

William Kuhe, who introduced Patti.
Trebelli and Christine Nilsson to the
concert platform in England, Is eighty
seven years old, an age which. no
thinks, entities him to be known as
the Oldest musician in the world. He
was born In Prague in 1928, the son OK
German parents. He is pianist and
has given concerts in association with
some Of the worlds most famous an
lists.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
A MESSAGE for His Waiter,

An Englishman who was lunching
In a New York hotel the other day
was greatly annoyed by the way his
waiter seemed to neglect him. His
evident perturbation attracted the at
tention Of the head waiter, who bus
tied up and asked If there was any
thing he could do for the visitor
by Jove. yes" said the English
man, would you mind calling boy
and telling him to page my waiter?"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
Score Ore for Pa.

Pa-Edith, how often do you practice
on the piano when I'm away? Edith
Every day, pa. Pa-How long did you
practice yesterday? Edith-Four
hours Pa-And today? Edith-About
the same. Pa-Well. I'm glad to hear
you're so regular. The next time you
practice. however. be sure to unlock
the piano l locked 1t last week. and
I've been carrying the key in my
pocket ever since Here 1t Is!
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
WHY BONDS PILLS
ARE THE BEST.

They are honestly made Of best
agents, and are small, gentle but ef-
fective. Bonds Pills relieve the bad eff
fects OF oyereating or drinking. Head
aches, Biliousness, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, yield readily to one pill,
taken at bedtime. Try them once.
Their merit will convince you.
A free sample on request. Mention
this paper. BONDS PHARMACY co,
Little Rock, Ark.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
Decreases In Revenue.

mile, which in 1888 was 2.49 cents, in
1898 had decreased to 1913 cents and
In 1908 to 1888 cents. In the decade
from 1883 to 1898 there was a de-
crease in freight revenue from 10
cent a mile to 0.753 cent, at which lat,
ter figure it also stood in 1908.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
luckIess Harvard.

In a list of the living graduates OF
Harvard. nearly 400 are set down as
having mo occupation" This. in the
Cleveland Plain Dealers opinion. ex-
plains the often noticed fact that
when a Raffles"-meaning a burglar
with a clean collar on-is caught. he
always appears in the news dispatches
as Hazard graduate"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27

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Pinkham's Hegeta.
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27

Blobbs-Scribbler has had no less
than nine plays rejected. Slobbs-
What is he doing now? Blobbs-Writ.
Ing essays on the decline OF the
drama.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
a Fond Hope.

Lightning blazed the way to glory
Tor him." says a Georgia philosopher.
sbut we trust the blaze didn't keep
Nd after he got there!"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
A BUDDING Star,

"The teacher informs me that Mary
Anderson Wombat has considera BILE
dramatic talent"
That's what Why, that girl can't
recite the multiplication table without
making the most elegant gestures.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27

Health is the greatest Of all posses
siOns and it's maXtm with me that
a hale cobbler is a better man than a
sick ng.-Bickerstaff.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure consti-
patton. Constipation is the cause of many
diseases. Cure the cause and you cure
the disease. Easy to take.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27

Constipation slowly impairs the general
health-Garfield Tea corrects constipation
and benefits the entire system
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27

Sore Throat is no trihing ailment. It
may carry disease germs to any part of
the tody through the food you eat. When
you feel sore throat coming on, use Ham
Inns Wizard Oil
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
Splendid DEVELOPMENT.

Developed your gold mine any as
YETI"
Sure l started with desk room,
and now | have suite kansas
City Journal
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
Touching Sympathy.

Il hear that Wilkins has lost his
fortune" I'm 30 sorry! He was
such an easy man to borrow money
FRONT"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27

the cheerfulness of the guests which
makes the feast.-Lord Clarendon.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27

To do two things at once Is to do
neither-Publius Syrus.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-27

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Evening journal., 1911-08-18
THE BLIND THAT SEE NOT.

MANY good thinking persons fear the extern
i Il sion of power that would come to the
masses If such measures as the initiative and re-
ferendum and direct election OF United States
Senators we're put into effect 1t is pure democ-
racy they admit, but conditions arc not ripe for
this kind of government
Look at the direct election of Senators practi-
cally in effect in Wisconsin, the citadel of the re-
form measures, they say, and we find that Uncle
Ike Stephenson is accused of swapping the
primaries with money, of corrupting the voters
and making conditions such that no man unless
he has a barrel of money behind him can hope TO
be chosen Senator. This is all true, and il makes
the careful and cautious hesitate. They really
distrust the people, and their ability freely TO
govern themselves.
But the day is not far distant, even under pres
ent conditions when rich men will think twice be-
fore they use money to secure their election as
Senators. They will not want to run the chance
of being held up to the scorn of the country by
means Of a Senatorial inquiry such as Lorimer is
mixed up in and such as Stephenson must face.
Some means will be found to prevent the people
from suffering the ill-effects of corrupted cleo
torate. The time will come and ought to come
when the man who sells his vote will be dsfran-
chsed as he should be- just as the vote buyer
should be sent TO jail as we'll as DISTINGUISHED All
the signs Of the times are pointing in that d.
rectlon. Campaign publicity laws are in force in
many states, there will be a national publicity
law and the people of this country are sure to
find way in which indecency in politics can be
eliminated. The old order is changing. A new
and better order is coming and those who fail
10 realize this fact are blind TO the light that is
shining about them
Evening journal., 1911-08-18
NE w NE WIS
OF YES ERDAY
4 STORY on A PAIR OF EYEs.
BY
I" n OIL A N D"

marksmen. But even when / was a boy
IN Kentucky / was able to see far
beyond the range of vision of any OF
my mates and to see accurately They
used to test me by putting up little
objects mile or more away upon a
tree or wall, and / never failed the
test. | suppose that it's some native
quality OF the eye which has always
enabled me to meet like tests. / have
been told by occulists that, while they
have been unable TO detect by any OF
their instruments any difference be-
tween my eyes and those OF the aver
age man, yet there must be some diff
ference--a difference located, perhaps,
i'm the nerve.
"One of the most amusing expert
ences of the many that / have had
when friends were trying to test my
eyesight and catch me in a trap oc-
Cured when | was returning one
morning to New York city from
short visit to the country home on
Long Island of one of my most init
mate friends.
The great clock in the Metropolitan
tower had been set going only a few
weeks earlier My friend brought me,
~ ITO 0ntNhRbAAI W AAt WY anu do
we were travelling between Jamaica
and Long Island City said to him:
Why don't you set your automo-
bile clock right? 1t is twenty-minutes
slow
How do you know thatg he re-
piled. You haven't looked at your
watch
d" No, but ! see the clock on the
Metropolitan tower and the hands ara
now pointing to ten minutes to nine,
while your clock reads half-past eight
You can't see the clock on that
tower my friend replied. Why, we are
nearly six miles away, and | can only
just make out the top of the tower it.
self.
" 4 do see the clock and the hands.
| said. They point to ten minutes 10
nine. Now you may test me. We will
sec how long IL takes to run in from
this point to the Blackwel's Island
bridge, where it is easy for any one
who is not nearsighted to read the
( Metropolitan tower clock. Then you
viii see whether l am right or not.
When We we're upon the Black
wells Island bridge my friend told me
that he could see the hands upon the
clock. They pointed to ten minutes
past nine The hands upon his automo-
bile clock pointed to ten minutes to
nine. My friend looked at me in aston
ishment.
Your eyes must be like a tele-
scope he exclaimed And ] told him
that others had made that remark"
Copyright, 1911, by +. j. Edwards. AL
rights reserved.)
I
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell Of
"The Faith of Famous AgnOstlc and
Scientist"
Evening journal., 1911-08-18

Captain Leslie Coombs Bruce. who
died recently after a brief illness
which was presumably caused by his
exposure to the sun while playing golf
on one OF the hot wave days of early
July. gained a Worldwide reputation
ten years ago as the captain of the
American rife team which won the in
ternational trophy at the match held
at Bisley, Ireland. He also enjoyed a
high reputation as a rifle shot, having
at one time held the championship Of
the American Rifle Association. And he
was noted among his friends and ac-
quaintances for possessing a pair of
eyes that we're eagle-like in their abil-
ity to distinguish clearly at great dis
lance objects that were literally in
visible to the ordinary eye.
I once asked Captain Bruce IL he had
ever had any training in the matter OF
accustoming his eyes to distances and
points in such manner as TO take ac-
curate measurement of them.
NO" he replied, Il never needed
any instructions of that kind OF
course, had to learn how to use wind
gauges and various sorts of apparatus
which are employed by long distance
Evening journal., 1911-08-18
THE PITY OF TT.

II HE JOURNAL would like to see the Traction
4 Company restore the strip tickets without
further contention and hopes that the company
will see its way clear to do So but we confess
it is doubtful whether this will be done. OF course
the city officials in various departments could
take retaatory action against the company and
involve a fight which might bring the company
TO terms, but The Journal is not keen in advocat-
ing clubbing measures except in very extreme
cases.
The five cent straight fare is a real hardship
thousands of people in this city. In some of
the notes of protest received by one of the COM
missioners there is tinge of pathos realization
of the fact that the people have been hit stun
ming blow-a stunning blow to the man of limit
ed means who with his family is forced to use the
trolley service
The increased fare means deprivation from in
nocent amusement and recreation to many of these
people-to workingmen and their families, and
to the children.
These petitioners appealed to the commissioner
representing their district for relief and they must
have made an impression on him. That is the
only method of relief the people have. 1t is, as
we have often said, the only method they have
through a Public Utilities Commission.
But what must be the thoughts of these persons
when they consider how recreant their chosen ser
wants we're in former days when they permitted
the city to hand out franchises without proper
strictons and adequate return to the city, when
they think that the city remained passive while
these franchises we're capitalized and manipulated
by exploiting hnanciers, and when they consider
that the outcome of it all is that the people are
additionally taxed to meet interest charges on
something that they have given away.
If you we're TO give horse to a friend for him
to use and to make money out Of and your friend
finally sent you bill to pay for part of the keep
Of the horse, you would think him rather queer,
to say the least and yet there is considerable sim
iarty between this illustration and that of the
increase in the rate of fare charged for trolley
riding
Evening journal., 1911-08-18
THE SECRECY RULE.

1T is not we'll to judge the rule of the Public
4 Utilities Commissioners which provides that
meetings shall be held behind closed doors too
harshy until we learn just how the rule is to be
applied in practice
1t would have been better and would have saved
the commissioners some criticism had they been
more explicit in stating what they meant by bar
ring the public, represented by reporters, from
meetings. 1t is unthinkable that the commission
ers intend TO transact the major part of their bust
ness behind closed doors and permit only such
matters as are recorded in the minutes to become
public property. Such course of procedure would
he severely condemned and is not to be thought Of
One of the complaints about the manner in
which public matters have been conducted in Della
ware is the complaint against mystery and secrecy.
OF all bodies the Public Utilities Commissioners
should be open and free. Its very name implies its
intimate connection with the public. 1t is really
one of the most important bodies in the city free
and untrammeled body in which there should
not be the slightest tnge Of partisanship Every
commissioner should have an exalted conception
Of his duty as an impartial judge of matters that
intimately concern the welfare of the people But
the commissioners should not be as stern and dis
tant judges, to be approached only through the
maze of legal technicaties and legal red tape. The
commissioners should bend their ears to COM
plants.
We imagine that the secrecy rule merely means
that executive sessions may be held when the conf
missoncrs wish 10 talk over certain matters among
themselves so that there can be a free exchange
Of opinion We see no objection to this, but the
commissioners should bear in mind that practically
ali their business should be transacted in the rad
Evening journal., 1911-08-18
:: With the Photographers ::

short term in Jail does not seem TO have wonder
fully improved the socalistic community of Arden
Chester Times
Upton Sinclair should take little time 10 post
up on Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy
Chester Times.
The price of potatoes and baseball pitchers seems
TO be attracting attention just than the cost
OF any other cOmmodity.-ToledO Blade
Upton Sinclair is not the first man who failed to
entertain good opinion OF tho prison and prison sys
tem-Chester Times
The iavorite son is already at hand, but the
dark horse time is still lingering beyond the horizon
st Louis Post-Dispatch.
II the Underwood presidential boom is merely a
cover for the movement in behalf OF Governor Harmon
the ONO man Will find IL particularly handy Ala
baina comes first the convention roll-Providence
Journal.
Evening journal., 1911-08-18
SHORT STORIES OF THE DAY

some apartment fitted up with all the
modern conveniences, among which is
a telephone at the side Of his bed. His
last guest was a young fellow who just
dropped in for a few days, and who
stayed much longer Schayer, who
had begun TO wonder when the visit
would end. returned % the apartment
early one afternoon and heard his
guest, who was still lying in bed, make
the following remarks:
Central get me Chicago No. So
and-so. Hello. Sami This IS Jack.
Say, Sam, can you send me twenty by
special delivery? I'm stuck in New
York without a cent Haven't got it?
That's too bad. Good-by Hello Cen
trail get me indianapolis, number so
and-so. Hello. Georgel Say, can you
send me thirty? I'm marooned In New
York. Can't spare it? Sorry. Good
by. Hello, Central; get me st. Louis,
number so-and''---
AT that point schayer rushed into
the bedroom and grabbed the tele-
phone.
after you've talked enough long
distance to cost me $40. I'll lend yol
the twenty" shouted the host in great
agitation.
"Finel" exclaimed the guest II
knew you would, but I was ashamed
to ask you for it. That's the reason ]
was calling up those other fellows. -
Popular Magazine.
Evening journal., 1911-08-18
How Waggener Got Even.

One time Bale p. Waggener started
for Denver in a private car over the
Missouri Pacific. He was accompain-
ed by a young lawyer connected with
the Missouri Pacific law firm at Dem
yer.
The first night out the young man
borrowed SIS of Bale. Later on he
got a check cashed at a railway
station. Soon after that the train
came to halt out on the prairie. The
porter rushed back TO the private car
and told the occupants that train rob
bers were going through the train.
The young Denver. lawyer handed
Bale the SIS that he borrowed of him.
A moment later the train robbers re-
lieved Bale Of the SIS and all the
rest Of his money.
Bale was quite sore on that Denver
young man. He declared it was a
scurvy trick to play on him Yet
Bale finally got even. He put in an
expense bill to the Missouri Pacific
for the trip in which he included this
item:
Held up by train robbers. $3.50. I
was unable to secure receipt for this
expenditure. kansas City Journal.
Loans BY Long Distance.
Ernest Schayer young New York
er, has hospitable heart and a hand
Evening journal., 1911-08-18

An interesting report from Sussex county saws
that the Hon. Caleb Rodney Layton and Colonel
Robert G. Houston visited Bethe-Laurei Camp
the other night and listened to the address of
Senator Clapp The report, however does not
state whether the doctor and the colonel went to-
gether IN carriage or in an automobile but we
will wager one of the doctors adjectives against
one of the colonels sarcastic smiles that if they
went in an automobile there we're several blow
outs of tires and half dozen punctures before
they got back. No automobile could carry those
two and keep the peace.
Evening journal., 1911-08-18
Apathy Of Delaware.

Dover Index.
The apathy of Delawareans can be
changed into a keen and active inter-
est in political matters If they arc
presented with men and with issues to
evoke such an interest The old
days are past when partisanship was
so strong that the mere name of
political party was sufficient to awak-
en- the interest of the voter. The
politician is the one who is ultra con-
servatiye. He continues on the same
old lines and then finds fault with the
people because they are Indifferent to
his hollow appeals. II the politician
will only awake himself he will find
that the people are merely waiting
for chance of registering their ap-
proval of honest and sincere reform.
A Worthless Land Story.
Baltimore American.
Several years ago a Canadian who
had strayed down to the lower end
of Delaware purchased a large area
of so-called irredeemable swamp
lands at a very low price, as the own
ers and pretty much everybody else in
Sussex county had regarded the lands
as worthless. These swamps contain
ed cypress and other valuable lumber
trees, which. because of the bogginess
of the ground, the native owners be-
lieved could not be marketed The
Canadian found a way to pull the
tree trunks out to a point where they
could be sawed and shipped, and he
cleared out the lumber from the
swamp lands at a large profit. Now
he has set about draining the lands,
with the purpose in view of adapting
them to celery-growing on man.
moth scale.
The story has at least two morals,
and maybe several more. One moral
is that the man who owns some acres
of so-called worthless lands, whether
they be located in Delaware, Mary
land or anywhere else, will do well to
stay awake a few nights and do some
hard thinking concerning whether or
not those waste lands may not really
be very valuable. Lands that will not
grow wheat will sometimes grow rice
Evening journal., 1911-08-18
EDITORIAL OPINION

and it may happen that where straw
berries will not thrive cranberries
will. The second moral Of this story
is that it quite frequently requires a
wise man from outside to show COM
munity what to do next The lesson.
upon the whole. is that almost every
section has undeveloped wealth re-
sources. Those Maryland farmers
who read fanciful stories about grow
ing figs out in Arizona or onions
down in Texas, and believe them, need
to have some hustling outsider come
into their community and show them
a few things.
Evening journal., 1911-08-18

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