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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28
"CAoCARETS' FOR
A BILIOUS LIVER
For sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get q 1O-cent box now.

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or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable and uncomfort-
able you are from constipation, indiges-
ton, biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv-
BUSINESS, sick, sour. gassy stomach,
backache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs Of all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health, happi-
ness and clear head for months.
No more days Of gloom and distress
If you will take Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the children-their little in.
sides need a cleansing, too. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28
OF One Accord.

Two men who had long been on bad
terms with each other met one day
and said one to the other, What's
the sense of two intelligent men goin'
along month after month like couple
of wild cats spittin' at each other?
It's burnin shame that we two be
actin like couple of boobies. Shake
hands and come and have a drink"
The other asserting, they went to the
nearest bar. After the drinks had
been taken, a silence fell between the
two. What are you thinkin' about?"
asked one. "Orm thinkin' the same
thing that you are" was the reply.
$50" said the first, "ye're startin'
agin, are yer?"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28
Well, Does It?

France is considering new method
Of checking her falling birth rate
Every male head CT d family would
have by this arrangement as many
votes as he represents persons--"two,
if married without children; three,
four. five, etc., if he has one, two,
three children who do not themselves
vote" This" adds our informant,
'The British Merical Journal" seems
logical"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28
Hall to the Chief

Jones had not wanted to 60 to the
gregarious feast where the speeches
strung out endlessly. Circumstances
obliged him to stay. The speeches
were strung out partly because the
chiefest and dullest orator was not
expected until late. Finally he came,
and there was q rush of committee
men to escort him to his place.
"Hello!" exclaimed Jones' compan-
lon, what Is that they are making
such pother about?"
"We still follow" answered Jones
sourly, "the ancient custom Of bring
Ing In the bore's head"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

Hudson before referred
marketable Of
automatic children should
Harlem
between fiat house,
Of those tombke buildings
clerks. There
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

magnificent East river, with its artis-
tic conglomeration of coal barges. gar
bage scows and sewer outlets. and on
the west by the majestic Hudson and
Riverside drive. together with the
New York Central's freight tracks
Sometimes you can't see the Hudson
from Riverside drive. but If you wait
long enough, maybe the New York
Central will move its freight and cat
tlecars and allow you to see the drift
wood, sewage. dead dogs and cats, etc.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28
HarIem's Apartment Houses" Flats and Goats

Ew YoRKarm portion Manhattan island which bounded
Yonkes
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules. Easy to take
q candy. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the cas-
lest to use. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

important TO Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

dimes tighter than they used because
the barber shop porter clean OF the
then should entail haven't been
-
guess that's the trouble with haven't been
working You're too is
You work The cps
their
whk
Judge. because you don't do It - ~'
brushes me properly This the third
to support wife I'll
week the hrdswen you " = - ' ~
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

Nightly coughing and torturing throat,
tickle quickly relieved by Deans Mentho-
lated Cough Drops-5c at all Druggists.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

Signature, ssss: the Of &HzzZzzzM
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28
High Cost Of Living Cuts Down Porters Tins

HIcAGo-Mnce Reese p Nance
Yields whsk broom and backing
He that the anttppng
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

No man Is so fast that trouble won't
sooner or later overtake him.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28
Beau Night Is Observed in Philadelphia Church

night the unique official
gathering Cohocksink
Columbia
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28
HE Flnanees

Say, Jack. lend me an K"
That's an unknown quantity With
me. dear boy
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28
A Bad Beginning.

A Bad Beginning.
did you tell pa you wanted to
marry me?"
Yes, and he gave me his consent;
then asked me to lend him $10."-Bal-
timOre American.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

Chess and checker tables
with popular music occupied
that side
OF the Dig chapel also thrown
used by couples who desire
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

RUB-MH-TISm
Will cure your rheumatism and al
kinds of aches and pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps, Collie. Sprains. Bruises. Cuts,
Old Sores, Burns, etc. Antlseptic
Anodyne. Price 25c.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28
Between Friends,

Between Friends.
Alice-Somehow. Jack cannot seem
to get up courage to propose.
Marie-Perhaps he's afraid you'd
say "yes."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

Uncomfortable.
"Is Boozer still on the water wag-
onT"
mo, very restless"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

next to impossible for him to support
his family. At least this IL the expla-
nation he gave when arraigned before
Municipal Judge Uhlir in the court of
domestic relations on charge Of fail
ure to support his wife. Matte. and his
two-year-old son. Clarence.
This portering business isn't what
Is used to be, Judge" he said. Every
body has Joined this antttipping cru
SADIE. The customers hold on to their
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

mainly residents in boarding houses,
gathered in the church by special In.
vitation in a get together" party.
The invitation was originally issued
really to the young women Of the
neighborhood. They were asked to
bring their "beaus' to the church and
spend the evening in playing games,
impromptu musical entertainments
and just such social intercourse as
they would enjoy were they at home
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28
When a Duck Loves You It's for Life Tir

G T. LOUIS, MO-When Indian duck becomes y
friend always. In time Of trouble he will neither
giver, his confidence placed
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-02-28

Y VII. buy che. sls Ds:t .a!sa By c
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
WE'RE NOT ALL BAD

We want TO publicly acknowledge
our thanks to the editor of the Swift
County Review for this very kind
reference to the Mirror and it's
worthy contributors. The Review
says
The Mirror, little paper gotten
out by the inmates of the Saltwater
prison, is one of our most valued
exchanges. After reading articles
by Apache 'Pendennis,' Marco
Polo,' Boobies and other able con-
tributors to the Mirror, one is forced
to the conclusion that all inmates of
our state penal institution are not
entirely bad. AS matter of fact
we would feel much safer in dark
alley in company with some of the
boys who made mistake but are
now anxious to retrieve themselves
than with some of our hypocritical
snobs who are eminently successful
in lodging a just retribution which
they will be up against sooner or
later"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
PRISON REFORMS
Go Hand-in-Hand With Inven.
tions-Superior knowledge
Brings Higher Regard
for Humanity
The Bulletin

The past century has been a cen
fury of great inventions, and great
prison reforms. Somehow these
marvellous helps to humanity have
travelled hand in hand.
Before the time of the locomotive
and the telegraph, prisons were a
torture. 1t seemed that the prison
authorities remained awake nights
to invent instruments of torture.
Then when then the world was given
the first ocean cable, and the tele-
phone, coetaneous with these Won
derful inventions, there was very
marked advance in the treatment of
the imprisoned criminal.
Within the past dozen years, the
uses of liquid air, the therapeutic
value of radium, wireless telegraphy,
and aerial navigation. have been
demonstrated to the world. Also the
hideous stripe of prison garb, in
most prisons, have been discontinued;
the awkward and unnecessary lock-
step. the crib and many other body
and soul-racking toutures have been
relegated to the rear. never more to
be brought to the front.
And as other inventions for the
uplift and betterment of the human
family are brought to light, so will
the human spirit be exemplifed.
The day is not far distant when we
will be really reforming men not
deforming them. God is surely lift
ing the curtain and letting the light
in on darkened humanity.
Further Proof
AS further proof of the fact that
invention and reform go together,
there is not single invention of any
kind on record in heather lands, and
the cruelty to prisoners there is be-
yond describing.
We only need to study our own
Indian to see that he was most cruel
to his prisoner. He delighted in
the screams of his unfortunate vic
tim, but as he becomes educated
and the light of the gospel is thrown
into his darkened soul, he becomes
as kind as the kindest.
1t is true that many people today
are saying that because of the doing
away with these barbarous customs
of torture, We are all going to the
"bow-wows," and in little while
our prisons will be so inviting that
people will want to commit crime 50
as to get into the peDitentiary.
What superlatlve nonsense. There
is not man in any prison but would
much rather be on the outside with
crust of bread than to be on the
inside with plenty. Liberty is the
sweetest thing on earth, and no sane
man will want to remain in any
prison, no matter how we'll equipped
it may be.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES
By 1854


In the evening when our time is
our own how do we utilize 1t? Do
we spend the time reading fiction or
is it occupied at something that will
be of some benefit to us when we
leave here. Because the law has
seen fit to send us here does not stop
us from improving our opportunities
while we are here. To those of us
who have never had a chance. or
have neglected to 60 to school on
the outside. there is the night school
with competent teachers to instruct
us. and to those of us who do not 90
to school there is the library, from
which we may get books to aid us
along the lines in which we may be
interested.
Nowadays it is not necessary to
have a college education In order to
get along on the outside, all that is
needed is sound, common sense and
to instruct us IN that, is the aim of
the night school and the library. Let
us then turn to some useful literature
instead of the sentimental love sto-
ries, and impossible fictions which
seems to be in vogue at the present
time, and study up on something
that will be of some use to us later
on.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
NOT A "BLUEBIRD"

The wife of a gentleman in West
Virginia has been married three
times. Her maiden pane was Part
ridge, her first husband was named
Robins, her second Sparrow, and
the present is named Quale. There
are now two young robins. one
sparrow and three little quales in
the family. One grandfather was
a Swan, and another Jay, but he's
dead now and is bird of Paradise.
They live on Hawk avenue, Martins
burg and the fellow who wrote this
is Tyre bird, and relative of the
family.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
PRAISE FOR THE MIRROR

In marked contrast with the Ira
cy Herald's editorial referred to in
another column, is this one on the
same subject, clipped from the Owa-
tonna Tribune;-
The Prison Mirror arranged for
the inmates of the state penitentiary
to show their appreciation of its
efforts by attendance at chapel on
Mirror Sunday" We sorrow be-
cause the little paper at the state
prison has not given us and other
country newspapermen chance to
show our appreciation as well. The
Mirror has been help to other sim
ners besides those at the 'pen."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
THE MENNONITES
Life Among These Quaint Wor-
shippers Decribed by an
Inmate. A Strange
Clannish Sect.
By Prank $751;

A little known religious denomi-
nation is the Mennonites. Having
been brought up in this faith, the
writer will attempt to describe the
every day life of these people.
The Mennonites are divided in
several distinct branches, one of
these branches is known as the Sa-
lem Mennonite church. This paper
will deal only with that branch.
These people are very clannish
and generally settle down in COM
munities where they engage in
farming. The older generations ad-
here strictly to costumes brought
over from Russia, from which coun-
try they emigrated. and to this day
some still wear clothes patterned af-
ter the styles then in vouge. They
are very slow in learning the Eng
lish language, in fact my grandfath-
er never did learn it. They speak a
language which is corruption of the
German and is known "Pladitch."
Although every one of them is able
to read and write German.
Their church services are always
held in German.
The church as a rule is an unob-
trusive frame building and in coun-
try districts. sometimes serves also
as school. Their decorations are
also very plain containing only the
pews and sometimes a parlor organ.
Their minister is chosen direct from
the community and as rule one
who has the most experience in pub
lie speaking. He serves without
pay. and during the week days may
be found laboring on his farm or
other work, as the case might be.
Intensely fond of children, they
give each summer what is known as
"kinderfest'' where all the children
from miles around are gathered to-
gether and treated to a huge feast
consisting mostly of all the fifty
seven varieties of cake dear to the
heart of children.
On Sunday after church is visit
ing day when each one visits, where
they sit around and eat roasted sun
flower seeds a custom which origi-
mated in Russia. They are never
extravagant in anything but believe
in having enough to eat for this rea-
son they have four meals day.
Another curious custom is that of
foot washing, once each year they
repair to their church and each
member is required to wash each
others feet. 1t is sometimes anus
ing to see an aged man wash the feet
of beardless youth of eighteen or
so. But this service is conducted
with great solemnity. The purpose
being TO show that no one is better
than his neighbor.
In these days of strenuous living
we could do worse than take few
lessons from these people and profit
by them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
OUR NATURES ARE
[Es:lBU|LT BY THOUGHT
Mans Character is Formed by the Action
Of His Mind-As We Think, So Shall
We Live-We Shall Reap as We
Sow,
By Ebert Hubbard

Fear is the rock OF which we
split, and hate is the shoal on which
many bark is stranded.
When we are fearful, the judy
ment is as unreliable as the compass
of a ship whose hold is full of 4 iron
ore. When we hate we have I'M
shipped the rudder. And if we
stop to mediate on what the Cos
sips say of us, we have allowed
hawser to befoul the screw.
Keep your mind on the great and
splendid thing you would like to do,
and then, as the days go gliding by,
you will find yourself unconsciously
Selling upon the opportunities that
are required for the fulflment of
your desire, just as the coral insect
takes from the running tide-the e]e-
ments that it needs.
Picture in your mind the able,
earnest, useful person you would
like to be, and the thought you
hold is hourly transforming you
into that particular Individual.
Thought is supreme.
Preserve the right mental atti-
tude-the attitude of courage,
frankness and good cheer, and all
good things are yours.
We are ruled by our habits. First
we form our habits, then our habits
form us.
We are what we are on account
OF what we have, said and done.
After having done a thing once,
there is tendency in the brain to
do it again.
IT continued we get the, habit,
that is, we do the thing without
thinking. just as matter of course.
Thus does the habit become second
nature.
What kind of people will we be
in Elysium?" they asked Socrates
four hundred years before Christ.
And his answer was: You will be
the same kind of people you are to-
day, because this life is a prepare
ton for the next, just as today is
preparation for tomorrow"
And the man with the crouch hab-
it, the frown habit. the dope habit,
the booze habit; is on the creased
chute, and he himself is swabbing
the slide.
Also, there is a sort of general dis
position on the part Of every body
to give him a push down the road to
Davy Jones' locker.
In the heart of all of us there is
tendency to pass back everything
that is handed us.
If man smiles, waves his hand
at you as you walk down the street
in the morning, you wave your hahd
back and smile in return unconsci-
ously, and often one little expert
ence like this will key for you the
day joyously.
Courtesy, kindness, good will,
generously, llberality, are all catch
ing.
Nothing is so contagious as a
smile. Try it on the first person
you meet EBERT HUBBARD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
lis There a Place for Me?
By "Blueb;rd''

That picture of the Offices and the
force so hard at work,
Makes me feel-oh, kind o. homesick
as in my cell Il lurk,
1t brings back pleasant memories of
days that quickly flew,
When was part and parcel of that
well managed crew.
And the question then arises-yes,
what I'd like to know
Will there be place for me again
when my time comes to go?
Will former friends extend their hand
and greet me with smile
And say odd chap we believe in you
sit down and rest awhile?''
We've missed you nightly old boy
and will hear them say,
Your job is waiting-there's your desk
AS when you went away?'
III were sure that this was so, 'twould
not be half so hard
To bide my time in prison cell and
listen for the word.
But what's the use O. worrying when
there's no room to doubt,
know there'll be place for me
when the warden saws "get out"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
LAWYERS FOR PRISONERS.

The Federal government will
hereafter provide free legal talent
for prisoners who seek release on
habeas corpus writs, and who are
without funds to obtain All attor-
ney. The department of justice
passed on the matter last week, and
notice TO this effect were sent out
To all federal attorneys.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
NO TERM FOR FIRST OFFENDERS.

The legislature of New York is
considering bill, recommended by
John B. Riley, superintendent of
the state prison department, which
when passed, will eliminate the
time an offender shall serve in all
sentences imposed upon men never
before in prison. The new law
will leave the matter of time en-
tirely in the hands of the parole
board.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
When. Hope Was Born!

When days were darkest and life's way
seemed full of woe,
When friends had fed and all about me
seemed bitter foe;
Deprived of he whose every word
and look l idolized
Torn, bleeding, there lay, wreck
with whom none sympathized,
Twas then thought of that
first Christmas morn,
And of that sacred mapger scene
Then Hope Was Born!
Days, months and years have passed
and now | see.
Through all deceit, their lies and
base hypocrisy,
Processing friendship. they sought to
make me turn
Against the only one whose heart
for me did yearn.
But midst it all, true love turned
not to scOrn,
He's all the dearer to me now
Since Hope Is Born!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
BRYAN'S ALABI

Secretary Bryan, at dinner into New
York the other day, had narrow escape
from falling off the water wagon. During
his speech he picked up glass of champagne
and was about to gulp it down when the
watchful eye of Mrs. Bryan took in the
situation, and she promptly took the glass
out of his hand. 81 thought it was water
my dear said Mr.. Bryan smiling.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
KevenOnS a nos
MOuntOns. In
Spain.


Since the fabulous days when the nymphs pped the
strains of Pans down through the the days
fish walks bunny hugs hootchy and
etcetea the observant globe troe recng his Impressions
has laid special emphasis the folk dances point of ustra
ton conveying of the characteristics of the
inhabitants of the particular nation under discussion Thus
should his Intentions be the fiery passionate
typical Carmen-the far famed cigarette girl of Anduusa he
would proceed depict the twinkug strains of the GUITAR the
click of the and topping ALL the swish and
swirl of the bspaneed short skirt which, gated and displaced
through the rapid and wild abandon the dancer gives
enhancing vision of shape ankle and limb And
this LA CACHUCHA-LA JoTA-E SALEo-and those others
which group under the name of FANDANGos.
Now call witness traveller in those romantic and
of the Ibean peninsula bear that moth
fascinating the vision nothing give clear
and lucid understanding of the of the
those regions than this Dance pusang and vibrating with
that eoqunce of expression which makes language
When only enjoying
the sight of beautiful Dance but WE'LL learning the history
the people, No could find the least fault in
of being immoral That sa danced its native heath; but
should quake think what would happen should the
of the be imported these shores and through
the Of being adopted and added the already
long list of-let lie charitable and sav-eak dances.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
The Tango
In Argentina

which gained the original article their
dict would be-wel don't dare tell EngishI could ell
Spanish but there dictionaries handy While
that the ball Buenos Aires
and other of population Argentina differs somewhat
from the orgna principally owing the necessity of adapting
the of round Dance yet, who has
messed the dance practised there will
that the usual North American has
suggestive performance which but little resemblance
to the original The has possibilities in 1t
be made danced habitat enjoyable without
repellen of decency Again. like
barbarc the descendant of the
danced by the tribes OF the forest villages bordering the Congo
and Niger rivers of Equatorial Arica-t be
brutal IN It's lasclvousDess The applies to LA CUENc
CHIENAthat pretty dance of Argentine neigh
borChle Co. pleasant the charming gardens
of San Fernando Santiago the Marina Valparaiso and
Will witness the young toddlers through the
pretty the dance This of the Tango
but surrounded and refined by the corrective geny which
practically makes it dance, entirely free from vulgar