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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03

For every life a cat has there seems
q way to find the animal a good home
One of the ways was sprung on a po-
Hceman who patrolled Nfnety-seventh
street the other morning at daybreak.
In a basement area he noticed a
tightly sealed willow basket bobbing
up and down, apparently of its own
volition in front of a basement door.
Baby" grunted the policeman. al
though even he could not see how a
baby small enough to go into the
basket could cause such violent com
motion. Cautiously he raised the cor
ner OF the lid and saw not a baby. out
a cat Accompanying the cat was a
note.
please give Ethelbert a good home.
He is a fine mouser. We are leaving
town and cannot take him"
The policeman aroused the cook
Its up to you." said the officer.
"Ethelbert is a fine locker and he be-
HAYES like a gentleman. Do you wan
him."
we will keep him." said the house
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
storekeeper in New York Custom
House Resented Abuse of General
Grant, to the Delight Of Col.
lector Tom Murphy.

Ton Murphy is at this day almost
forgotten. But forty years go he
was one of the closest OF the friends
of President Grant, the intimate friend
of General Chester A. Arthur, the col
lector of customs at the port of New
York, and influential as a Republican
leader. Murphy had gained a fortune
as a manufacturer Of hats. He was a
jolly. witty, very generous Irlsh-Amer-
lean, quaint in some of his ways and
characterized by an intense affection
INC admiration for General Grant.
General Grant took a great liking
for Murphy the first time he met him.
He vas fond of hearing Murphy talk;
he was greatly amused with Muir
phys stories and keenly relished the
wit of this good natured, warm-souied
Irish-American. 1t was an act Of pure
friendship and nothing else which led
President Grant to appoint Tom Muir
ply collector Of customs at the port
of New York. Murphy had, however,
gained so many riends among the
Republican leaders of that time, be-
ing especially friendly with Senator
Conkling and General Arthur, that his
appointment, dlllouSu uol leCOIliieIlu-
ed by any politician. was warmly ap-
proved by the leaders.
At the time Murphy became col
lector of the port, the storekeeper in
he New York custom house service
was a man of the name of George Bar
ker. He was as ardent an admirer OF
President Grant as was Murphy him.
self, although he was so quiet in his
manner, so reticent in his speech, that
none outside of his family knew the
extent of his admiration and the depth
Of his affection for President Grant.
One day Mr.. Barker entered the Of
flee of one of the subordinates under
Collector Murphy, the officer who was
in Immediately authority over that de-
partment of the custom house in which
Mr.. Barker had been placed. He said
to his superior officer:
Il have come, sir, to report myself
for a grievous infraction Of duty"
What was it," the officer asked.
Well, sir" was the reply, 'you
know that Collector Murphy shortly
after he took office caused every en-
ploye of the custom house to be in
formed that he expected all of us to
show the utmost courtesy and cons1d-
Grafton to every citizen who had bust
ness in the custom house. He init
mated to US that there was no infrac-
ton of the rules which would cause
him greater displeasure or result in
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03

The telephone bell rang mistakenly
and DR.. Marshall Thrane threw down
a book on abdominal surgery and
turned indifferently to the instru'
ment.
Yes. this is DR.. Thrane. Automo-
bile accident? Call DR.. Oates. | am
very busy"
Thrane loved his profession and the
lie about being busy was his first act
of disloyalty. Although a young man
of thirty, he was considered the lead
ing surgeon, certainly the most sue
cessful one, in the city.
On this particular evening he was
not disposed to help humanity, for the
world had gone wrong and the bitter,
ness of his first sorrow had made him
morose n sullen. His engagement
to the beautiful Eileen Hunt, three
months before. had made him SUI
premely happy. She seemed possessed
Of the tact and democratic attitude
toward the masses that go to make a
successful and helpful wife for a pro-
fessionaI man. The quarrel had oc-
Cured two days before.
They had gone to the country club
for dinner and he had thought to him.
self at the table that the girl had been
blessed with every feminine attrac-
ton OF beauty and charm. And now
within two months of their wedding
day, they had quarreled. Over what?
DR.. Thrane closed his eyes and for
the hundredth time tried to recall the
Exact conversation.
They had been discussing love. The
topic was natural. for there had been
a full moon shining on the river be-
fore the clubhouse and the soft
strains of the waltz from Salome had
reached them from the ballroom.
What was 1t he had said? Some
thing about the moon making a man
say foolish things, he remembered.
Then she had grown strangely quiet
and when he tried to penetrate her
silence and learn the cause, she had
told him that probably he had been
foolish when he proposed to her; 1t
was moonlight then, she reminded
him coolly. All his protestations to
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03

The contrary proved vain and useless.
He had made the remark because he
believed 1t to be a true statement and
she had fortunately been clever
enough n quick enough to see that
he hoped it would be taken as a per-
sonal intimation of his attitude to-
ward her. Argument was plainly
useless and in a great and over
whelming silence they motored home
at high speed, ignoring the beauty Of
the night and the voiceless things
that breathed of love through the
fragrant darkness.
Two days had passed slowly. He
was too proud to make advances
when he had been innocent of her
charge against him. He had proven
his love in every known way and he
concluded that she was evidently
grasping at any petty reason as an
excuse for breaking her engagement
to him.
Again the telephone rang sharply
and DR.. Thrane answered.
Yes, this is DR.. Thrane. Who
wants me? The people hurt
in the automobile accident?
Who are they? l will be there
in five minutes"
Somebody at the Hunts had been
hurt. He summoned his sleepy chauf-
feur and was 500 on the way, a fear
growing In his heart that it might be
Eileen. How would she receive him.?
Would she speak? A dozen questions
presented themselves as he hurried on
to his paint. 1t was more than prob
able that her brother Bob had been
injured.
He hurried up the steps and found
Mr.. Hunt holding open the door. His
worst fears were confirmed when the
older man said, Come in, Marshall.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
Furnaces of NiaQara.

The abundant supply of electric Ell
ergy derived from the falls Of Niagara
has produced the hottest furnaces In
the world. They melt clay to form
the precious metal aluminium, they
fuse lime and carbon-the most infus-
able Of all elements-to produce the
curious new compound calcium car
bide; they produce graphite. which is
almost as hard as the diamond, they
turn out vast quantities Of phosphorus,
and they cap the climax by manufac-
turing the invaluable carborundum. It
is said that the diamond kingdom Is
the only one left for the furnaces OF
Niagara to conquer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
ELECTRICAL
"a NOTES q
There are at present eighteen recog-

There are at present eighteen recog-
nized systems of wireless telegraphy.
An electric meter has been invented
for measuring the flow Of steam in
pipes.
A new electrical Office device will
seal, stamp and keep a record of $50
letters per minute.
A machine has been invented to
paste paper labels on bottles. 1t is
driven by an electric motor.
An attachment has been invented to
make an alarm clock turn on n light
a gas jet at a predetermined time.
Up t o date the motor vehicles that
have been registered by the London
county council number more than
S $1,000.
The Paris department stores use
storage battery driven electric tri-
cycles to deliver purchases to GUS
toners.
To a Massachusetts man mas been
granted a patent for an electric lamp
and reflector for inspecting the inside
of shoes.
In the kitchens OF the United States
Military academy at West Point, N.
Y, practically all the work is done by
electricity.
Cinematograph theaters are very
popular all over Great Britain. The
United States supplies 60 to rs per
cent. Of the films used.
A new insulator for use In cleo
trical work is made by ~condenstng
phenol and formaldehyde. 1t is said
to resemble Japanese lacquer.
Telegraph poles have been dispensed
with entirely In one Welsh town, in
which the residents have permitted
the wires to be strung from house to
house.
An electric f1atiron with an auto
matte cut OF SO that the current IL
used only when the iron is In opera
ton has been patented by Two Cali
forniaDs
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
Disturbance by Trolley Lines.

Submarine cables, the earth's mag
netic field and magnetic observations
are all more or less disturbed by troll
lev lines in their neighborhood. A
siphon recorder of the submarine ca
BILE at Cape Town, South Africa,
was rendered practically useless by a
trolley line half a mile distant. AS a
remedy a second ordinary cable with
an earth plate was laid as near by as
possible over the old one, and this
Cancelled the disturbances. The serv-
ice of our national magnetic observa-
tories has been more than once threat
ened in the same way.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
Combined Pencil and Liqht.

ed, says the Popular Electricity. BY
turning the screw at the top the light
is switched on. When the pencil at
tachment is removed the device may
be used like the ordinary pocket light.
In designing a novelty of this kind the
battery could be placed In the barrel
Of the pencil INT one of the very
small grain of wheat" lamps which
are made for dental purposes, etc,
could be used.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
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COMBhIED PENCIL AND LIGHT
VIII Be Found of Great Convenience
in Making Notes or Plans in
Dark Easements.

An architest desires to make a note
or some defect In the dark basement
OF a building, an author to record a
sudden midnight inspiration, the
sleuth to sketch a plan on the spot;
In fact, many instances arise where
the electric pencil shown in the illus
tration would be useful in giving a
little light and that only where need
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
Restaurant Music.

All! a noiseless soup spoon fol
newly-made malefactors o. great
wealth
Not sol" replied the inventor. who
contrary to the usual rule, was in
tensely practical. They would not
use such a utensil If they had it.
This is a soup spoon with a har-
monica attachment upon which al
most any tune can be played. Every
diner his own Hungarian orchestra,
you see. Great idea!-go like wild
fire. Eth, what?"-Satire.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
Poor Material for a Son-In-Law.

FOOT WdCcTTdT TUT d SOTTTTT-1d".
Well, what is it," demanded the
head of the firm. Il hope you're not
going to ask me for another raise of
salary"
No" replied the young man; Il
am going to ask you for something
much more important than that. |
wish to ask for you daughters hand
in marriage"
I'm. You consider her more i'm
portant than a raise of salary, do
you?"
Yes, sir, far more important"
Then you can't have her. | should
be ashamed to have such a boob as
you in my family"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
The Patient Druggist.

Yes, madam"
That last postage stamp you sold
me dropped off the envelope and the
letter went to the dead letter Office
and l want to know what you are go
ing to do about it,"
why, Of course, madam, as l per-
sonally guarantee each Of the stamps
l sell, IN make 1t good. Here's an
other"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
HANGING WIRE FROM A TREE
Excellent Method for Stringins Single
Telephone Strand Through Woods
n Swamps.

Should 1t be necessary to run a
single telephone wire through woods
and swamps, swing the line to trees
with h hanger as shown in the H.
lustration, This will save many poles
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
Mule Out For Vengeance

was smashed; kick No. 2, the plain
permanently crippled; kick No. 3, four
Of Castor's ribs were caved in. Kicks
two and three were delivered after
the plaintiff lost his senses, he ayers
San Francisco Chronicle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
Finding a Home

keeper. but what a funny way to dis
pose Of a cat. Why didn't they give
him away or sell him II they didn't
want to turn him adrift?"
II guess" said the policeman, they
thought he'd find a better home this
way"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
Films Of New York.

FTITTS OF NSW YOTK.
With fifteen manufacturers of mo
tion pictures actively engaged IN
business in New York. it remained for
a Philadelphia concern to send
troupe to the city to photograph hits
of New York scenes in response to the
demand from the out-of-town exhfbi.
tors. New York sights are 30 famfltan
to New Workers that they fail to .
ize that the mar in Grand Island.
Neb., never has e the famous SKY
line or the East River bridges, 20 the
troupe from Philadelphia is Just now
adding comedy to the sights, to the
huge delight Of the small boys. Who
are quick to recognize their friends
from the movies" In desh and blood.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03

Interurban Traffic Rules.
American electric railroad officials
are contemplating the formation OF a
code of rules to regulate i~nterurban
traffic through out the country
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
Electricity by WindmHHs.

Electricity by
The offer Of a prize has not solved
the problem Of the profitable use Of
wtndmills in the Netherlands for the
generation of electricity. Fourteen
cents an hour a lamp was the best
that could be done.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03

gines, compressors, ETC., or any form
of globe valve, or air or gas cock. has
been placed on the market by an
American tool company, says the Pop
ular Mechanics. These tools take the
place Of hand labor In grinding valves
which require to be reseated periodi-
callY.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
Single Wire Hung From Tree.

from being placed where possibly 1t
would be hard to keep them standing.
especially In swamps, says Telephony.
Be careful to so run the wire that
branches and leaves cannot even
touch it when they swing in the wind.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
MUCH HAND LABOR is SAVED
Electric VaIve-Grinding Tool Has Just
Been Placed on the Market by
American Company.

tools, for grinding valves OF the lift
or poppet type, as in automobile en-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
lowers Of the Sea.

The sea has flowers as the lane has.
but the most brilliant Of the sea flow.
ers bloom not upon plants. but upon
animals.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
Tho Best Way.

Tho Best Way.
How did you manage to nail that
Lief"
by hammering the ltarf"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03

Tennessee Marble.
Tennessee marble is famous, the
state ranking third in marble produc-
ton and deriving from it an annual
income of $3.50, 900.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-02-25

Federal Judge Foster in New
Orleans recently upheld the con-
stitutionality of the State game
and fish laws in the case of two
Cinnamon who brought suit to
abrogate that section of the fish
law referring to SEEMING. The
plaintiffs held that the SEEMING pro.
vision was confiscatory and there
by violative of the Federal Con.
stitution. Judge Foster holds that
game and fish are the property of
the State: the right to fish is a
property right and not a right of
citizenship, and the State is en-
powered to pass a law regulating
fishing and hunting.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-02-25

BY the almost unanimous sup.
port of the Democrats, the Cana
dian reciprocity agreement was
ratified in the house of represent
atives last week. A majority of
the Republicans voted against the
measure while all but Ave Demo-
Gratis supported it. The minority
in congress thus gave to the coun-
try splendid exhibition of pa.
triotism and high minded states
manship and the Republicans
showed division of sentiment in
which a majority of the party
were revealed as welded
to their idols of special privilege.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-02-25

An additional duty is now i'm.
posed upon all Assessors. This
new duty is the making of an enum-
GRAFTON OF the Confederate veterans
and the widows of veterans. One
OF the late amendments will cause
a considerable increase in the
lund OF the veterans of their
widows. and the enumeration is
required in order to make the work
OF the Commission more correct
and more thorough. Assessor
will wish to know the
name, age, state of enlistment, re.
slment and company of the vet.
ran, means oflivelihood, physical
nhrmities, and of a widow. the
late of marriage.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-02-25
No Collection Of Exposition Tax.

That the Exposition tax, voted
at the congressional election held
in November last, will not be COL
lected this year, was contained in
the following letter sent out by
Governor Sanders to Al. assessors
and tax collectors:
This is to advise you that the
congress of the United States has Sc
lected San Francisco as the site for
the Panama Exposition in 1915. l
therefore, as Governor of the State,
direct you not to extend on the tax
roll the special tax levied for the pur-
pose of aiding and assisting this ex-
position, if located in New Orleans.
Respectfully yours,
81. Y. SANDERS, Governor.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-02-25
Will Make a Determined Fight Next
Legislature.

The BANNER is in receipt of thu
following letter from the Era Clut
of New Orleans:
DEAR ED1TOR:-The Era Club
of New Orleans, is going to make
a determined fight at the 1912 ses-
sion of the Legislature to have
Article 21O of the Louisiana State
Constitution amended. Said Ar.
ticle prohibits women from being
elected to serve on any Board in
the State.
at is under this Article that
women are disqualified from serv-
ing on School Boards. They feel
sure that the people throughout
the State will agree with them.
that the interest of the child would
be better advanced if women
formed part of the Public School
Boards.
LAS the first step towards Sue
cess. their intention is to bring
about organization in each par.
ish OF all the men and women in
~ ~ ofO an Cuum CQC.
"ln order to do this they REQUIRE
a chairman for each parish to
the petitions the club
will send; and they ask through
the medium of your paper for the |
name of intelligent, earnest vol.
unteers, who will undertake the
work, to accept the chairmanship |
IN your town or parish.
"The interest in Orleans Parish
q very intense on this question
Ind the Era Club feels, that if the
women of Louisiana will join
lands now and work the fight is
Won.
"Will the women in your Par.
sh aid the club in this very i'm.
'ortant movement? If 40.
lease send their names and ad.
ress at once to the Chairman of
ne School Suffrage Committee
lrs. 0. w. Chamberlain, 2014 /
tate Street, New Orleans" a
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-02-25
STATE OF LOUISIANA
23rd Judicial District Court-Par
ish of St. Mary.
John J. Grillet vs.. Webber or
Gaubert Collins. No. IL Q23

John j. Grillet vs., Webber q,
6aubert Collins. No. 1923.
by virtue of an order of seizure anf
sale issued out of the Honorable 23rf
judicial District Court of Louisiana. II
the above numbered and entitled suit
and to me directed, Ihave seized and will
oher for sale. for cash, at the PRINCIPAL
front door of the Court House in the
Town of Franklin, La, Parish OF ST.
Mary. to the last and highest bidder. on
SATURDAY, THE 1sT DAY OF
APRIL, A. D., 1911,
between the hours of IL o'clock a, m.
ana o'clock p. m, the following de-.
scrlbed property to.wit:
That certain lot or parcel of land ".
ing and being situated near the town If
Charenton, Parish of St. Mary. con.
tanning one-half arpent, more or less
superficial measurement and being the
same property and piece of land pras.
emily fenced by him, Frederick Collins
aho upon which he now resides and
bounded north by vendor Louis Pickett
'ast by Bayou Teche, south by E. Der.
;egeay ana west by public road leading
rom Charenton to Franklin, together
With all the buildings and improvements
nereon situated, rights, ways and an.
'urtenances thereunto belonging.
W. T. PErnRMAN, Sheriff
'heriff's Office, Parish of St. Mari To-
Feb. is, 1911 N"'
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-02-25
The Colfax Chronicle aptlv re.

The Colfax Chronicle aptly re.
marks: "The newspapers OF
Louisiana and the editors of same
are taxed under our present State
laws. We rise to inquire if the
publishers of Dallas, Galveston.
st. Louis, Little Rock and other
places, who annually reap a pretty
rich harvest of job printing in
Louisiana, are taxed anything for
their rich picking? 1t is hardly
probable that these foreign lob.
bers can do any better work. or
do it at better figure, than can
be done by Louisiana printers.
and yet it is notorious fact that
these concerns get the bulk of the
very beet job printing in this
State. The Louisiana Press AS
ISOLATION should look after this
matter, and see if the thousands
Of dollars that are annually sent
out of the State for this work can. {
lot be kept at home" Is
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-02-25
Meeting Park Commission.

i FRANKLIN, La, Feb. Goth, 1911,
The Park Commission elected
at the last meeting of the Town
| Council, met this day, and organ
lied.
On motion of Mr.. C. N. Frost,
seconded by j. E. Loustalot, Dr..
B. w. Smith was elected Presi-
dent.
Mr.. Isaac Mayer moved that J..
E. Loustalot be elected Secretary,
and being seconded by Mr.. Frost
he was duly elected.
On motion of Mr.. Frost, second
ed by Mr.. Loustalot, Mr.. w. R.
Gates was elected Vice. dent.
On motion of Mr.. Gates, second
ed by Mr.. Mayer, Mr.. c. N. Frost
was elected Treasurer.
The matter of selecting name
for the new Park was taken up,
and after discussion, Mr.. 1. Mayer,
seconded by Mr.. Loustalot moved
that the name of the park hereafter
be known as "The James A. Peter.
man Park"
The president. Dr.. B. w. Smith,
appointed a committee of three.
composed of Messrs. Frost, Mayer
and Loustalot to look into the
condition of the property and re-
port at the nezt meeting.
The Secretary was authorized
to buy books, stationery, etc.,
necessary to keep the affairs of
the Commission in good shape.
The President appointed Mr.. [.
Mayer to collect all monies for
'ents, etc., due the park.
The regular meetings of the
Commission will be held at the
Mayors Office in Court House the
irst Monday of each month at 80
}. m.
There being no further business,
he Commission adjourned, to
meet at 1850 O'Clock next Monday
vening, Feb. 81, 1911,
j. E. LOUsTALoT, Secretary.I
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-02-25
FOR SALE.

The Perret property on
Second street near the high
school building; two houses
and lots.
A residence on Second
street between Iberia and
Adam streets. A bargain.
For particulars, apply to
W. H. LATHAM,
Franklin, La.