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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-28

them Of Jack. tdnd II wash't-his" voice
that ordered me into the vacant seat
nor his bnnds that suddenly took con.
troll Of the machine and gave II mo
ton. cast 0ne bitter look back at my
dying horse stretched there along upon
her side, but hadn't the time 10 end
her misery with a pistol shot. az was
minded 10 do. Now at last was Hal
SEVILLE behind me and ahead the
mountains and Jack. stole q glance
at the slight girllsh figure whose
guldiag hands now seemed like steel,
but over whose face had come some.
thing that was neither smile nor q
tear.
How the wind came up and rushed
In our faces as tho auto gathered
speed! II wasn't a flight, but melt
Ing away Of objects. Things were and
then were not. The belt over which
we had galloped, Corcnca and I, now
changed TO n smooth zone Of marble,
fianked on each side by a ribbon OF
grecnish gray. We didn't seem TO ad-
vance; just swayed and tilted, while
tho green gray ribbons on either side
OF us rolled into tangle Of mist just
ahead, into which we were constantly
trying to plunge. One could not deter
mine where the real Joined fOgkes with
the Imagination Somewhere between
the two the real became Invisible and
the invisible seemed almost real. There
wasn't thought OF fear. but half
formed wish that something would
happen TO add variety to this throb-
bing. undulating sensation. without
particular motion and with nothing to
see. Where we were or what we were
doing not one OF our senses could tell.
We were only ethereal spots In the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-28

and Jack get few extra hours, just a
few, where each moment gained was
glinted with gold!
My thoroughbred mare, chatting and
tugglng at the bit as we swept out into
our long, hard trip, set me to wonder.
ing whether spared her most by hold
Ing her In or letting her have her head,
tried to compromise, but she wllled
II otherwise, and the ground slipped
away under her feet like smooth run
ming belt from the hywheel OF some
ponderous machine, 1t seemed as II
she knew the need for haste and scorn-
ed suggestion Of her own limitations,
The only notice my restraining hand
received was an impatient toss Of her
shapely head and savage jerk at the
reIns.
In less than an hour--ony an hour
behind poor Jack, thought, with a
sinking heart--l saw our grim pur-
suers in the road before me- but oil
that feared from them was delay
They knew ! was not the man the
wanted and were themselves there to
uphold their Idea Of. the l9y- and hu'
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-28
A Tragic Finish.

\ A watchman's neglect permitted a
leak In the great North Sea dyke, which
q child's finger could have stopped, to
become rliinous break, deyasting an
entire province Of Holland. In like man.
ner Kenneth McIyer, Of vanceboro, Me-.
permitted a. little cold to go unnoticed
until tragic finish finish was only
diverted by DR.. Kings New Discovery.
lie writes; Three doctors gave me up
to die Of lung Inflammation. caused by
a neglected cold; but DIR. Kings New
Discovery saved my life" Guaranteed
best cough and cold cure, at Charles
Rogers drug store. SOC and slO0. Trial
bottle free.
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; When
Cor G n c o.
Willed
ny KENO W. PUTNAM
COPYRIGHT. isAs, bu xeno ~. Putnam
~ -,

WT hardly seemed cllnnco nj nil,
but wc were forced 10 calj II ono
80 long aH there was nothing bot.
ter, Of course twas Tarpons
work, Tnrp0n, whose nurderoua hand
my stout friend had restrained aud
who had done this other murder lust
10 bring an ayengIng posse down on
Jack Ia Il humor that would render IN.
uulrlcs few aud explanations useless
Bin Morgan brought tho word. IL
seemed strange nnbendlng Of tho out,
laws spirit. Perhaps his own wild.
hunted lfe led him TO pity In his un.
couth way q victim run TO earth with,
out warning, or possibly hc had some
personal memories TO DO avenged.
Anyway he told liz just before day
break Of the eowardly crime That had
been fastened no Enthusiastically aud no
nnJustly upon Jack aud OF the furious
pursucrS close upon our trail.
Before us were tho mountains. grim
aud full Of dangers for tho stranger
fugitive. but TO this score OF relentless
followers home. Some forty miles be.
hind lay Iialseyviiie safety. for
half her leading citizens--tho mayor
himself. TO say nothing OF bis fair
yaughtcr-w would have sworn 20 jacks
presence at banquet given IN our
honor at the very time the murder
was committed miles away. But be.
tween our camp and vindication rode
q rclcntlcss, unlnquirlng foe with q
single purpose halter. Tho out.
look was gloomy enough for poor Jack.
II seemed that was not connected
with the crime. That. too. was Tar
pon's skillful planning or perhaps my
government position saved me- venge.
ance was 10 ba taken upon Jack
alone. my great. rough, burly friend
with the heart OF a lion or woman,
on the occasion called for courage or
for kindHess.
When only single course is possible
one can think quickly what 10 do. /
gathered Ia Corenca. ioath 10 be gath.
cred from the luxurious pasture OF the
foothills, and, throwing the saddle over
her back, ierked up the girth 40 tight.
iy that she tiinched and snapped at me.
Then. nlnglng tho other saddle on
Jacks horse. We headed her or across
ths country toward her old home alone.
As abe turned and looked back at
Corenca. paving impaticntly at tho re-
straint, sharp crack OF tho whip on
couraged the eagcrness OF her depar.
turc. Soon she disappeared from view
In the dim light leaving plain but
bootlcss trail behind for our pursuers
TO presently follow few miles In their
quest for Jack. Then, after silent
handshnke that said more than words,
my friend went dodging In among the
heavy shadows Of tho mountain can.
yons, leaving me alone with my won
derful Corenca. whose speed was
matchlcss and whose temper was the
DEVILS own. II he could only evade
capture while rode 10 Halscyvllls for
helpl Twice forty odd miles would
have TO be covered. and the hope was
slight, but Corenca was wonderful
foundation upon which 10 build II. II
the foe should lose even little time
on the false trail OF the other horse
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midst Of an infinite nowhere, ut one
end Of which lay my dying horse and
at the other the friend I was trying TO
save.
knew In half dazed way we were
rushing ahead at speed that was ter
rife. but felt impatient that II was not
greater still The breath OF the whIrl-
wind might have been tame to my
qulyerIng, overwrought nerves. Shut
out Of the material world by this cloud
WALL longed for a thrill OF expectant
danger TO break up the depressing
sense Of isolation. II wasn't the call
for haste SO much as the call Of lmpa-
tience--a mind taken entirely out Of Its
realm Of accustomed comparisons and
clamorlng for sensation rather than nc.
compllshment.
Such We're some Of my chaotic i'm.
presslons when suddenly became con.
scious OF objects about me and realized
that we were slowing down. The green
gray ribbons took on spotted aspect,
which gradually expanded into some of
natures swn pattern. and l was con-
scious OF n sudden relief to get back
into the world again. The gray mar
bic pavement shook out into the swift
flying belt Of the morning, then grad
ually came to stop In the midst Of
mountains, trees and human forms and
few other things.
"Jack" came feminine scream
from the front seat Of our vehicle.
Then noticed for the first time my
friend In the midst Of the group Of
men, still on bis feet, but with tell
tale rope dangling from limb directly
over his head.
We carried him back with us pres
entity seated considerably on the back
seat beside the feminine voice, while
the mayor and |, as beftted our official
rank, rode In front. Thus we proceed
ed back toward Halseyyille, attended
on either side for some distance not by
the green gray ribbons Of short half
hour before nor even by the shapes Of
my morning fancy. but by a good,
stout guard of armed and penitent men
now anxious to do homage to the mai
they meant to have slain in the name
Of the law. In little real haste and
good bit of spite we hit up their gait
quite briskly ere they finally parted
company with us after many goodly
wish and shake of Jacks hand; then
away like the wind for Halseyville.
Faster and faster over the road that
Corenca had galloped so well till the
ribbons swung up to their old place
again and cut off our view Of the
plains, on past where the avengers
that morning had thought they would
stop me and while getting their lesson
In thoroughbred temper lost just the
small margin of time that saved Jack
until our return, on splash through
the ford where my horse slaked her
thirst just before rushing on to her
death, on past where | held up to rest
and to feed her-a brief rest 1t proved
and the last she was ever to haye--on
past where she fell and doubtless now
made up her part In the greenish gray
ribbon which unrolled beside us, Then
we rolled into Halseyville and found
some unusual excitement ahead, where
a group Of rough men were attempting
to corral a. game, little mare. whose
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-28

"Are you 10 favor Of government
ownership asked Meandering Mike.
mo" answered pIodding Pete de
only government institutions dat I've
bad any experience wit is jails An
de way dey're run don't make no bit
Wit me."-w Washington Star.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-28

speed. they decldfed, was as swfft as
the wind and who still held the devils
own temper.
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~ hardly seemed chance nj all.
but we wore forced TO cnli II onC
80 long aa there was nothing bot
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-07

From Coyin1tpn. May Z, little. red
mule. with : shoes on; fref b clipped;
no mark. Return to j. NJ. Aoneilla.
aud receive reward. y
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02

Convention, at Tampa, on the 9th of
this month, and feel rejOiced to know
that some action is to be taken to de-
strOy, if possible, this disease-breeding,
sleep destroying pest, do we FlOridanS
realize that right here about us, we
have a horde of silent workers, who
if we would but let them, would be
our faithful allies in this war of ex-
termination? They work as constant
ly and eXpeditiOusly as men or boys
and ask no pay-all that they do ask
is their life, that they may serve you
as nature made provision, for when
the mosquito starts out on its night
campaign. the Nighthawk, Bull-Bat,
or Mosquito hawk, begins its swift
pursuit of them, destroying hundreds
and thousands, as they fly through the
air-for the mosquito and other in
sects form a great part of its food.
In every city and town in the state
the law for wild birds should be rigid
Iy enforced and heavy fine the pen
atty for shooting this bird. They are
not good for food, they do not injure
the farmers crops, fruit, or poultry, or
even modest other birds, and yet men
and boys go out at night "Bull-Batt-
ing," just for the fun of it, and thou
sands are slaughtered in our state,
every year.
Could not some of our mayors fol
low the example of the mayor of Day
tona, in bird protection? All honor to
him. and thanks, and may we not ask
all members of the Florida Audubon
Society. and members of the various
Humane Societies in the state, and all
who would wage war on the mosquito,
to use all their personal effort to pre-
vent the shooting of the Nlghthawk
or Bull-Bat Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs.
For the Florida Audubon Society.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02
Notice.

The Annual Meeting of the Stock
holders of the +. o. Painter Fertilizer
Company, will be held at the office of
the company, in jacksonville, Florida,
on Tuesday, the fifth day of June,
1906, at 200 O'Clock, p. m.
To receive the report of the
Directors for the past year.
TO elect Directors for the ensuing
year.
And to transact any other business
that NAV come before the meeting.
e. O. Painter Fertilizer Company
BY ID. A. Morrison, Jr., Secretary.
Jacksonville, Florida, April 9th, 1906.
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compensation for the cost of the serv-

compensation for the cost of the serv-
ice.
carrying the mails is approximately
One-third of all the expenses of the
post office department, it follows that
the actual cost, figured on the basis
of weight, is in round numbers $24.OO
per hundredweight, or $2.4O per pound.
AS the postage on merchandise is 1G
cents per pound it is plainly evident
where the loss comes in and what
must be the result of the extension of
the merchandise service.
1t is evident, therefore, that par
cells post system cannot be put in
operation in this country unless the
people are willing to foot the bills in
some form of increased taxation, and
this fact should be kept in mind.
1t is of course possible to adopt a
modified form, as you suggest, for
snort INSTANCES at d TedSOLdDle Idte,
but this is not what is usually under
stood, and would not be acceptable,
The insurmOuntable obstacle is the
combined power of the railroad corpO-
ratiOns, and the fact that if their com
pensation is reduced they will cripple
the service Who will point out a
remedy?
In addition to all this, read what the
Rural New Yorker says about writing
to congressman:
Some of those congressman who
have little use for parcels post will
find that farmers have less use for
them on election day. We find the
feeling growing everywhere that it is
high time to cut out politics and vote
as a matter of business. For instance
this is what a farmer in ChenangC
Co., ~ Y, writes:
Every farmer ought to plaster his
congressman with postage stamps
until they give us something besides
taxes and laws that protect the damn
able deer!
Here is another man who evidently
does not consider this strong worC
profanity. We have done our best tC
warn a number of congressman who
are wrong Oh the parcels post question
The express lobby is very strong, ant
politicians still seem to believe thai
farmers are hidebOund and will con
tinue to vote the straight ticket nt
matter how much they may grumble
That is the sneer which we hear aga1I
and again. 1t ought to be wiped OIL
the map with the ballot. We are In
formed that both senators and all three
congressman from the state of Wash
ington have promised to oppose an!
parcels post. Washington is an agrl
cultural state, too. What are thos'
farmers thinking of?
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02

POTATO GROWERS-Send for Professor
Whites Potato Bulletin, full of valuable
scientific information. Learn how to save So
to $40 per acre on your Irish potato seed bill
and raise $500 bushels per acre. Price so
cents to 20 cents, guaranteed. Address,
SCIENTIFIC GARDENING, Dayton, Miss.
I-3-3m
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after cutting out all the padded stuff
and the grafting contracts which we
discussed last week?
81 "Deficitr' Who is mainly re-
spOnsible for the deficit now existing?
Who is more capable of cleansing the
public service at Washington in all
the departments than are the people
who live on the farms or who live
among the farmers? Is this one rea-
son why so many postal department
officials at Washington have opposed
the organization of free rural mail
routes and their steady extension
Our congressman will admit, no doubt,
| that there is no more graft and cor
ruptiOn among the rural population
than is to be found in our cities.
Have not nearly all campaigns for
cleansing the public service come from
the country? Is this CONGRESSMAN
guilty of the free seed graft on the
people of the nation? Is it not more
than likely that the cry of deficit
is made to bolster up a weak cause.
Many of our readers will think so,
we dare say Deficit is in this case
merely a matter of graft.
Wallace's Farmer prints an article
showing that large part of the deficit
in the Post Office Department is
caused by the outrageOusly high rates
paid to the railroads for transport
ing the mails.
A recent issue of Wallaces' Farmer
| March 23d, page 413) contains an
account of the German parcels post
system, closing with the statement
that when the American people really
want and demand a similar convenient
system they can have it. 1t is also the
custom at farmers institutes, clubs,
and oranges, to resolve in favor of
some such system and to request their
representatives to support it.
There is one consideration bearing
directly on the subject that is, L ap
prehend very imperfectly understood
among the farmers, but which de-
serves the widest publicity, that is,
the compensation paid by the govern
ment to the railroads for carrying the
mails.
The statement has been published
and contradiction challenged that this
compensation is more than four times
the rates charged by the express com
panies. To be more exact, the govern
ment pays the railroads for carrying
the mails about $500 per hundred
weight, the average haul or distance
Travelled by a piece of mail matter be-
ing something over 400 miles. The
express rate on merchandise from Chi
cago to Cincinnati is $1.5O per hun
dredweight; to Buffalo and Pittsburg,
$1.75; to Omaha, Kansas City, and st.
Paul, $500; the average of these dis
tances being greater than the average
mail sack haul. The statement is also
made, on authority of United States
senator, that this compensation paid
by the government to the railroads
for carrying the mails is ten times
greater than the compensation paid
by the express cOmpanieS to the rail
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02
Farm and Ranch:

to advise you whether or not l favor
the extension of the parcels post
privilege in the United States, and if
so to what extent, and if not, why
not. was duly received. l have not
the data at hand to go into detailed
argument in reference to this matter,
but roughly stated L am opposed to
it. because, D its establishment would
directly benefit the department stores
and other establishments in the cities,
especially in the cities of the North
and East, to the detriment of our
local merchants and people. (2) L
am opposed to it because the govern
ment could not carry the matter at
the rate proposed, except at a very
great loss, which would have to be
made good by the entire body of the
people. l believe the Post Office De
partment ought to be made self-sup-
porting, as nearly as possible, and that
postage on letter mail should be re
duced if there is to be reduction
anywhere along the line. AS l under
stand it, the advocates of the parcels
post desire the government to carry
parcels at the rate of eight cents per
pound, while letter mail is now car
ried at the rate of thirty-twO cents
per pound The cost to the govern
ment for the transportation of these
two classes of mail would be the
same. (3) The Inauguration of the
system would certainly mean a very
greatly increased deficit in the re-
ceipts as compared with the eXpendi-
lures, and l think this should be
avoided when it is possible to do so.
1 have heard of many other argu-
ments against this proposition, but
present substantial reasons why this
the two that 1 have briefly mentioned
system should not be adopted in the
United States at this time
(SigneO.
a. If the parcels post benefits the
people down in the country, what
does it matter if, as he says, ''its es-
tablishment would directly benefit the
department stores and other estab-
lishments in the cities, etc" The
parcels post should be inaugurated be
cause it is made for the people al
large Incidentally it may hurt some
special interests, but this should moi
be allowed to block such a potent anG
progressive movement 1t will Incl
dentalIy hurt the express companies
Is not this a stronger reason for de
sisting in our efforts to establish q
liberal parcels post than the one as
signed that the department stores
would be helped in addition to help
ing the farmer? We see no reason
why two classes should not be helped
at once by the operation of this mos
helpful measure 1t will not hurt thu
local merchant or the small town.
A change is fast coming over th'
commercial methods we have SO Ions
looked upon as unalterable. The peO
pie in the country know it. 1t ha'
reached them. 1t has not yet affect
ed the congressman or the man who's
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02

STERLING WINDES, Route No. 1,
Leighton, Ala, offers twenty cnoice tnor-
oughbred Single Comb Brown Leghorn eggs
for SI.oo, good hatch and satlsfactlon guar
anteed. Also ships thoroughbred Belgln
Hares and fancy Pigeons anywhere on ap-
proval. Write him today, L know he will
please you. Mention Florida Agriculturist.
st
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02
CHEAPCOLUMN

RATES-Twenty words, name and address.
one week, 25c.; three weeks, Soc.
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FOR SALE-Rough Lemons. WILSON &
FIVE, Miami, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02

FOR SALE+Sevsral hundred very nns grape
fruit buds two years old. Address. So1
I'll, Orlando. Fla
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02
Spare the Nigh hawks.

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
When we read of the Mosquito
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02

CUT-AWAY HARROWS and repairs. E. S.
Hubbard, Agent, Federal Point Fla
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02

WANTED-Lady or gentleman OF far eou-
cation to travel for firm OF S25o'ooo caprtai
Salary S1,o7z per year, payable weekly. Ex-
penses advanced. Address, GEO. H.
CLOVIS, DeLand, Fla. 2t
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-05-02

ONE MILLION Japanese Seed Cane, the
greatest forage for stock, grows on any land,
makes good syrup. S2.5o thousand seed.
,L.,, With order AMERICAN FIBER
- COMPANY, Jacksonville, Fla. Al
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-05-02
BOY KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
George oerIaoh, 12 Years Old, Struck
Dead In a Barn.

Buffalo, May 1.-During the severe
electric storm which swept Buffalo
and surrounding towns Sunday even
ing, George Gerlach, IL years old, Of
Swormsville, was struck by lightning
and killed instantly. He was in his
step-father's barn on Transit road,
Amherst, at the time and his body fell
to the floor. The frail structure caught
fire and about an hour later young Ger
lach's form was taken from the ruins
a charred and burned mass.
The boy and his step-father, Martin
Schrader, AZ years old, were working
in the barn when the storm broke.
George walked TO the barn door to
view the storm. Suddenly there was
binding flash of lightning, which
struck the barn. Young Gerlach fell
to the floor, dead.
Fire broke out and Mr.. Schrader be-
came confused and rushed from the
barn, leaving his stepson on the barn
floor Schrader had escaped even the
slightest injury. The barn and It's
contents were soon destroyed.
The heavy rain soon cooled the
ruins, enabling relatives to look for
the body, which was soon found and
taken to the house. Dr. Earl D. Dan
ser. medical examiner, was called. He
found that large area of the boys
skull on the left side had been Clipped
out. The body was turned over to an
undertaken.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-05-02
Miners Delegates uninstructed.

Wilkes-Barre, May IA great many
Of the miners locals elected delegates
to the Scranton convention. Returns
of the election received at miners
headquarters show that majority oi
the delegates will go to the convention
uninstructed and will be governed
largely on the question of declaring a
strike by the course President Mitchell
pursued The five washeries at work
in the Wyoming region will increase
their output considerably as they have
a larger force of men at work. 1t is
not believed that the big coal com
panies will make any attempt to re
sumo work until after the miners con
vention at Scranton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-05-02
Crooks Infest Youngstown.

Youngstown, o., May 1. - Youngs.
town Is infested with more confidence
men, sneak thieves and crooks gener
ally than it has known in years. They
are believed to be from Pittsburg.
Several jobs were done on Saturday
which bore the unmistakable mark OF
professionals. A general cleanup OF
the city was ordered by Chief of Pc
lice Mcdowell. Fifteen suspects were
arrested, and all will be sent out of
the city. In the gang arrested are
criminals well known to the police OF
Youngstown, Cleveland and Pittsburg.
They will probably get workhouse
sentences