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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02

M EW YORK.-The police here be-
~ lieve that they have finally sue
ceeded In breaking up one Of the
strangest as we'll as one of the mean
est forms of graft which the members
of the underworld, always fertile in
such schemes. have ever developed.
This form Of graft in no way resem-
bles the good old bunko games of the
professional sharper. but has brought
about instead the new calling OF the
professional horse-poisoner.
The methods of earning livelihood
In this manner, as revealed by the
capture Of gang Of prisoners, are
simple. AS practiced here, the game
has been worked by men acting in
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
Horse Poisoning Is the Newest Graft

couples. one to handle the finances the
other to do the poisoning The for
mer. to begin operations, selects Ger
tain section Of the city. preferably one
in which one or more big stables are
located. His assistant is then sent out
to poison two or three horses a day
tor week.
This Is accomplished by giving them,
as the opportunity may occur lump
of sugar. half an apple or some other
equine delicacy. loaded with poison.
There is no monetary gain In this,
the preliminary stage. which is mere
ly done to create a favorable state OF
affairs-that is, from the viewpoint
of the CRATER. AS soon as the poison
ings begin to be talked of the fnan'
cial man gets busy. He goes to the
owner Of large stable. mentions the
numerous deaths from poison, and OLE
fers protection for sum varying from
s25 to 500 a week
II the owner refuses to pay, coercion
is brought to bear In the shape OF
few deaths among his animals.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
Texas Papas May Prevent Elopements

T. ORT WORTH. Tex-Elopements of
/ lovers under the legal age, twenty
one for the young man and eighteen
for the girl. will be effectually checked
In Texas by the new law adopted by
the late legislature and now effective.
Under this law no person under the
legal age can obtain a marriage H.
cense without the written consent OF
the minors parents. and the paper
must be acknowledged before a notary
public like deed. II a minor has no
parents. county judges consent to
the union Is necessary. II the clerk
doubts that either the prospective
bride or bridegroom has attained the
legal age, he is authorized to require
the affidavit OF some other than the
contracting parties. County Clerk
Beavers has interpreted the law to
mean that the written consent OF both
parents, properly executed, must be
filed. and that the consent OF the IA
Their or the mother singly Is not sufn-
Gent.
The old law authorized the county
clerk to require the bridegroom or 9TH
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
Statesmen Honest at Heart.

The statesmen for get rich quick
concerns are usually well intentioned
but misguided men. The Worlds
Work quotes one OF them who. after
the collapse of an irrigation bond bub,
BILE in which he had been entangled,
renounced the business Of selling 50
curities altogether.
II know" said the salesman, that
1t is a great and splendid business,
and that most OF it is legitimate and
straight; but made one awful blum.
der and should sooner live on a lit
tie bit Of an income for the rest OF
my life than risk making another OF
the same Sort The worst of 1t is that
1t Is business where somebody else
pays for your mistakes; and the temp
tation to be careless is too big"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
Weeping Widow Quickly WEEDS CONSIDER

dust-to-dust' period Of the ceremony
and she waited through those painful
moments with surprising fortitude
considering her pitiful condition ba
fore tie whispered consolation given
to her by Mcdaniel
Turning from the grave when It wa,
all over. she leaned on the arm Of Mo
Daniel as she walked to the gata
where she and her children were
helped into a carriage by kind hearted
neighbOrs and We're driven TO the IA.
therless home. little farm for which
Mrs. Jewell and her husband had
worked hard to pay.
Jewell died on Tuesday and the
funeral was held on Wednesday. The
next day the widow drove into SWANS.
boro. accompanied by Mcdaniel, and
went to the courthouse
1t wasn't the probate Judge that
Mrs. Jewell was looking for. however,
but the marriage license office. Guild.
ed by Mcdaniel she walked into the
Office and gave her age as thrty-ons
while he gave his as twenty-six.
Lifting her black veil so that she
could see to write her name, the
widow signed the affidavit and In o
few minutes they were married and
on their way back to the Jewell farm
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
Sunday Dinner Market,

This seemed such capital idea for
making money that | give the outline,
hoping some Ladies Aid" or guild
will be benefited thereby. The
scheme was carried out in a suburb
and the sales lasted every Saturday
during the month Of August. Booths
were erected upon the lawn and the
committees were formed by taking
the names alphabetically. Sal
ads. cold meats, rolls, bread. cakes.
cookies. jams and jellies, mayor
naise. candies and cheese crackers
were always made and orders taken
for anything in the home cooking line
Young housekeepers found the sales
a great help and strangers at nearby
boarding houses and hotels patronized
them for cup of tea and sandwich
or dish of homemade sherbet There
were young girls to serve and the ar
rangements were SO perfected that
the burden was not heavy upon any
one. A goodly sum was added to the
treasury, all made by a little extrs
effort during the summer.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
Guessing Contests for Porch Parties.

| Girls who have been to recent after
noon porch parties tell me of these
contests which were used while the
hostess was putting the last finishing
touches to her refreshments. For the
first one cards were passed having
humble bees in water color on the
first page, and the second page re-
vealed the following questions. all to
be answered by words ending In
sting"
/. sting that cures fatigue; 2, sting
that cures hunger; s, a sting that tides
your room; 4, a sting that makes you
laugh: g. sting that cooks your meat:
g. a sting unwise people indulge In; T..
a sting that browns your bread; s. sting
that spOils your TOOLS 9. a sting that
makes you read book through: 10,
sting that tries: H. sting that adapts;
IL, sting that shop-keepers dislike; 13
sting we observe in Lent: IA, sting tea
experts do: Is, winter sport.
These are the correct answers:
/, resting; 2, feasting; 8. busting; 4. jest
ing: g. roasting; 8. boasting; Z, toasting:
s. rusting; 8. interesting, 10. testing: II.
adjusting: II. trusting; Is, fasting: IA.
tasting Is. coasting.
Honey cookies and iced tea were
served and the prize was a cake OF
honey from the hostess own bee hive.
This contest was used at what the
hostess termed IAN informal porch
tea" The cards passed were white,
with quaint little tea pots and cups
and saucers painted on them with the
following queries done in gilt paint:
l, before a girls name forms cat
g. T before a beverage forms a story;
g. before craft forms small pie; 4,
before shower forms a line Of cars; s. T
before foolhardy forms rubbish; 6. be-
fore a request forms labor: I. T before a
gun forms something trivial; s, T before
regret forms sincerity: 8, before every
thing forms height. 10. T before to rest
forms to plague; II. T before a mistake
forms fright IL, T before humor forms
to blame; 10, T before finish forms watch
fulness; IA, before competent forms a
piece Of furniture: Is. T before embrace
forms a criminal; It, T before useless
plant forms a river in Scotland: II. T
before a contest Of speed forms a mark;
49, placed before very hard substance
growing on the head Of some animals
forms a spine.
Answers: l. tabby; 2. tale; 8. tart: 4.
train: S. trash 6. task: !. trifie: s. true;
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02

er person applying for a marriage IL
cense to make affidavit to the ages OF
the parties, in case Of doubt. but tnis
law was frequently and successfully
evaded.
A common method OF evasion was
for the young man, II under age. to
put a slip Of paper, bearing the num-
Der 81, in his shoe, and for the girl TO
put in her shoe a slip OF paper with
the number IS, and then the man
would cheerfully make affidavit thai
he was "over twenty-one," and WIN
equal sincerity the girl would make
affidavit that she was "over eighteen.
In a few instances indictments have
been returned against bridegrooms io'
false swearing,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
Stolen EIouuence,

DR.. c. w. Aked,, the famous minis.
ter, responded to the toast Of "Elo-
Quence" at banquet at San Francis.
co.
But 1t is better to be SILENT" said
DR.. Aked in conclusion, than to be
eloquent by unfair means.
There was once a divine whose
good wife said to him:
James. dear, the Rev. Dr. Tenthly
has made over 5000 by the publication
Of volume OF sermons. You preach
much better than Dr. Tenthly, dear
Why don't you print few Of your
sermons?'
my love- the man whispered
hoarsely, they were all printed long
ago."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02

THICAGO.-The health department
- estimates there are more than 600.-
600 rats in Chicago and that the num-
Der Is Increasing day by day, despite
the efforts of professional rat catch
ers and the use of mechanical devices
for their destruction.
War Of determination against mem
bers of the surmulot tribe is carried on
In all parts OF the city, but in no place
is the slaughter greater than at the
stock yards. There the battle is waged
continually
Every morning for breakfast men
who have studied the subject say the
little brown rat in this city consumes
quantity Of food equal to the meat
OF So COWS. Since they eat three
meals day in each twenty-four hours,
they consume three times that quantity,
or equal to 1856 head of cattle This
estimate Is based on an allowance OF
one ounce of food for each rodent each
meal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
The St. Mary Banner
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
FRANKLIN. :: LOUISIANA
FISH DEALER MIXED ORDERS
How Senator Frye on Angling Trip
Sent Smoked Herring Home
instead of Trout.

Far more unerring than by any
weather bureau prediction, the ap-
proach OF spring is indicated by the
CLEAN of the piscatorial fervor that
irradiates the eyes OF Senator Frye
Of Maine just before the opening Of
the fishing season. During the winter
while the streams are ice-bound and
the spruce trees are white with snow,
the senator loves, now and then. to
relate fish story.
He tells of a memorable trip on
which Senator Spooner joined him at
his choicest trout stream. They had
1t all arranged, after having called
into counsel a reliable fish dealer and
a trustworthy expressman. that box
Of trout should arrive every other
day at Senator Frye's home to indi-
cate the success with which they
were casting the fly.
The plan worked beautifully-"of
course we caught some, and some We
didnt"-but the expressman was
fairly regular In the weight OF fish
forwarded. and the prepaid charges
were about the same from day to day.
All went well until one day a dis
patch came from the Frye domicile:
Rush two more boxes smoked her
rings. They are great. Are the salt
mackerel running also?"
There was a busy time with the
wires just then, for the fish dealer
had got his orders mixed, and in
stead OF shipping fresh trout to Frye's
home, he had sent herring-thorough-
ly smoked. But the senator was equal
to 1t. Camp supplies had been mixed
with the fish caught that day-of
course. He fastened, to reply:
You received the bait by mistake.
Nothing but smoked herring will ever
catch fresh trout, you know"
Senator Spooner usually concludes
the tale truthfully by giving the re-
turn message:
Received the bait, and taken 1t
sic hook and all."-National Magas
zine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
Place Cards for Engagement An
nouncemAnt

nouncement.
A young woman used these very
clever cards at the luncheon her moth.
er gave to make known her engage
ment to few favored friends. A web
Of delicate silver cord (ike we use
for holiday parcels) was sewed upon
pink heart-shaped card, a wee silver
heart being seemingly caught in its
meshes. The monogram of the happy
pair was done in silver underneath
the web After the dessert was
served, stiff white cards seven inches
square were passed with pink pencils
and each guest asked to plan an ideal
house for the couple; these the bride
kept for future reference" A silver
loving cup was passed filled with
claret lemonade and each girl drank
a toast to the new home and its
charming mistress.
MADAME MERRI.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02

the ornamental cuffs are OF lace
The skirt of the other gown is OF
white mousseline de sole, covered with
a tunic of old blue mousseline de sole
which is finished with a fagoted hem
The corsage is Of lace arranged in
fichu fashion and forms sash end
flushed with pearl fringe. The fchu
Is edged with blue satin. Of which the
girdle Is also made. The plastron IL
OF guipure finished at the neck witt
q double rufle Of lace,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
"Ory" Humor.

With slightly puzzled expression
the mistress Of the house listened to
the resonant street cry: Rags and
bottles! Rags and bottles!"
'Why. do you suppose" she said to
her husband, do they put those words
together"
Because" he replied, wherever you
ind bottles, you ind rags. Eek
change.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
r. HE gown on the seated figure is

THE gown on the seated figure is
Of pink linon. The skirt is
ornamented in front with a
band of the material, embroidered in
madeira embroidery; it is finished
with two flounces, ornamented with
the same embroidery and made with
fire tucks.
The corsage forms wide revers or
namented with embroidery and Dor
dered with pink satin, Of which the
1rdle IL also made. The guimpe and
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02

8. tall; 10, tease; II, terror; II. twit; 10,
tend; IA. table: Is. thug; 16, Tweed; IL
trace; IT, thorn.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-09-02
City Wages War to Rout Army of Rat,

They fought the dogs and killed the cats.
And bit the babies In their cradles.
They ate the cheese out of the vats
And drank the soup from the cooks
own ladies.
-"Tha Pied PiDer"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-30
Remake Church To Use it For
 Auto Station
Campyon B. Cutter Buys Property from Methodist
 Society

From a time honored place of worship to an automobile garage is the evolution of the Long Hill Meth odist church. Campyon B. Cutter, the we'll known automobile dealer of Long Hill and Bridgeport, has just pur- chased from the Methodist society of Long Hill the large wooden church used for many years by Methodists for many miles around. The build ing has of late been unused, but now Cutter plans to make extensive changes in the interior so as to make it we'll equipped garage.
 The structure stands Ton the main road from Bridgeport, and on the line of the Bridgeport & Danbury Rail- way Co.,, work on which is already progressing rapidly through Trumbull towards the site of the church. s1s,5
 When the news of the sale became known among the former worship pers at the church, there was express ed some doubt as to the legality of the sale. It was stated by older mem bers of the church that the father of Frederick Turney gave the land to the church society with the under standing that it should be used sole ly for church purposes. It is claimed however that in the conveyance of the property no such stipulation was made, hence Cutter is at liberty to use the property for any purpose he sees fit, having taken title from the Long Hill Methodist society
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-30

no longer a criminal law, and as a civil statute it is badly crippled. No wonder the corporations that are now
 being prosecuted under the law have immediately enlarged their defense so
 as to deny the unreasonableness of the restraint of trade which they are at- tempting. The Court has multiplied the difficulties under which the Gov ernment prosecutors will labor, even when they commence civil prOSecu- tions, but can the Governme ent hope
 to convict trust magnates of crime
 under the law as now constructed? In crime the intent is everything, and
 the accused is entitled to the benefit of every reasonable doubt. What trust magnate could be convicted of
 criminal intent (with every reason able doubt resolved in his favor) To unreasonably restrain trade when there is no legal definition of unrea- sonable restraint?
 We may as we'll recognize that we now have no criminal law against the trusts. Whatever is left of the anti trust law-the only protection against monopolies for twenty-one years must be enforced as a civil statute requires four and a half years 70 reach a decision which, when reached Is of but little value when applied to another case? According to the de- ic1S1On or the Court, each case must now be decided upon the facts which it presents the reasonabl bleness of the restraints being a mere matter of opinion. and, as the value of testi- mony depends as much upon the manner of the witness as upon what he says, the Court deciding upon a printed record may reach a very diff ferent conclusion from that reached by court or jury having living wit nesseS before it.-William J. Bryan, in the July number of The North Am erican Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-30
E. HI. DILLON & co.
ROSE-CHAFER POISONOUS
 TO CHICKENS

(Press notice from storrs Agricultural Experiment Station.)
 Many people have suffered severe losses from chickens and ducklings eating a common insect, the rose chafer or 'rose buzz, through the month of June or the early part of July. Some have seen the chickens eat these insects and after they have died have cut open their crops to find them filled with a mass of rose chafers, for chicks are very fond of these insects and usually eat one af- ter, another until their crops are fill ed to the full capacity, resulting in their death in a few hours. Post mortem examinations have revealed as high as thirty-five of these insects in a single crop. This has led to the conclusion that the mass of beetles caused a clogging of the crop and that death resulted from the chickens be- ing "crop bound''; others have con- cluded that the sharp spines on the legs of the insects had torn the walls of the crop and thus killed them.
 Many such losses have been report
 l. to the Storrs Agricultural Experi- ment Station. For this reason exper- iments in feeding rose-chafers to chickens have been carried on during the last three seasons. The results of these experiments have shown that in every case where chickens ate any considerable number of rose-chafers they were doomed to die inside of from four to ten hours. These speedy deaths led to the trial of the feeding of other chickens with the juices crushed from these insects and slight ly diluted with water. In every case where the juice was strong the chicken died in from four to eight hours and the mortality differed according to the strength of the juice fed with the medicine dropper.
 These experiments have been re- peated several times, leading to the conclusion that the rose-c -chafer con- tains virulent poison to chickens and ducklings, and that there is enough of it in ten of these small beetles to kill a chicken under five weeks old. Old hens seem to be able to withstand this poison, though they eat the in sects with great voracity.
 The nature of the poison is being analysed by chemists.
 It is doubtful if there is any better means of protecting the chickens and ducklings than to keep them away from rose-bushes, grape-vines, apple trees and all towering shrubbery
 People who raise chickens should learn to know this insect. It is light yellowish brown in color, about one third of an inch long, having long sprawly legs and is sluggish in action. It is a great enemy of the grape vines and is usually removed from these by grape growers by hand-pick- ing, since the insect is difficult to kill quickly with arsenical poison, though 1t is being somewhat controlled by spraying with arsenate of lead in the proportion of five pounds to fifty gal Ions of water.
 Especial care should be taken, through the latter part of this month and early July to guard the chickens and ducklings from these meets that are so attractive yet so poisonous to them
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-30
Beardsley Makes Reply To Charge
 By C. J. Donahue
Asks President of State Fedora ton of Labor Some Perti-
 nent Questions
Especial from United Press. )

New Haven, June 30.-The position of the Socialist party in Connecticut in the fight against President Charles of Labor, was outlined in an open letter by Samuel E. Beardsley, Soc ialist state organizer, given out here, today. AS a party, said Beardsley, the Socialists are keeping out of the fight but, individually, unionists who happen to be Socialists are against Donahue. The Socialists, said Beardsley, have induced unionists who were dissatis- fled with the present state officers to remain in the federation and had prevailed upon some who left to re- hue and his clique" This was Beardsley's reply to the Donahue charge that the Socialists had split up the federation into warning fac tions.
 'Is it not a fact that the labor movement in this state has been prac- tically wrecked because of the poli- tical ambitions of certain men in of ficial positions? Have you given to the labor movement of this state all that was in you in the past four years? Can you consistently say that you can act as clerk of the county jail of New Haven, president of the Connecticut State Federation of La bor and study law at Yale and give to each of these the service requir- ed?''
 The open letter asked these ques- tions and continued:
 Did you ever use the labor move ment to push your particular party politics? Do you remember when you were candidate for Senator of the 17th district that you had three members of the central labor union of Derby draw up a circular which was signed by them as a committee of such body which they were not. said circular calling upon all labor organizations to endorse your candf- dacy? How can you consistently ar low the organized workers of this country to compete with the prison labor of the New Haven county jail without fighting this monstrous evil with all the power at your command as president of the state federation ?
 "The time has come for you to step aside and to let some active trade unionist take your position. We Soc ialists care not who he may be so long as he will give to the cause of labor his energy and ability. Your duty is to bury your personal ambi- tions for the welfare of the workers of this state.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-30

To stand in right with "her" fa- ther, give him a box of Nuggets
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-30

row. The harbor is filled with coast CTS deserted by their crews.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-30
WALL STREET TO-DAY

New York, June 30-Opening- Changes at the opening of the stock market, today were perplexing. The changes, generally, were in the shape of slight losses.
 II a. m.-After the first few minutes a heavy tone developed and price movements were generally down. woard.
 ! bonds firm.
 Noon-Erie advanced a point and the strength in this issue caused import ant improvement in the rest of the list at midday