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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-15
A Bride in a Hurry.

Every summer. when the coast oil
! Labrador is fairly free, and vessels
can approach that foggy and forbid
ding country, the Bishop of Newfound.
land makes trip as far north as the
| ice permits. He finds much to do in
/ giving comfort and counsel. christen-
I ing the infants that have been born
during the winter, preaching funeral
sermons, and uniting the bethrothed,
! who wait his arrival AZ the fishing sta
lions. -. r.
Landing at the Seal Islands not
long ego. he found an assemblage
clad in its level best at the house OF
the king" or leading factor; for the
king, having buried four wives, had
resolved to take a fifth, and he had
gathered the neighbors to witness his
JOY in the acquisition.
There are not many neighbors in
Labrador but there were enough in
this instance to fill both rooms of
his house. When the bishop had been
warmed and welcomed, and was pre-
pared to speak the words that would
fill the Seal Islands with rejoicing, he
discovered that the union was impos-
sible because the bride and groom
We're too nearly related.
"The church forbids this match"
he declared and great was the sensa-
ton. The bride sank down in tears
Of modification and temper, and the
groom scratched his head in bewilder-
ment. Something had to be done, and
quickly. for it might be year before
clergyman appeared on that coast
again.
"Oh. well, there's plenty of others
said the king, frightening as he sur.
veyed his guests He turned to
woman in the company and asked
will you have me, Lizzie?"
"Not for gift" exclaimed ths
guest. Indignantly.
will you have me, Jane?"
Not if you We're the last man on
tn Labrador"
How for you, Moggart?'
Never"
The king looked ruefllly over the
wedding party. ana spying the cook
At the far side CT the room. marched
over to her resolutelv, seized her by
the arm, saying, Come along, Sue,
You'll do" dragged her, none toe
willing, before the bishop, and so they
were married
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-15

The Man at the Desk has patien
leo.
AS he writes ana WHITES in his opel
book.
And he bends his back to the tasl
before
Like a galley slave 10 his hand-rubbes
oar.
Columns OF figures he marshals ny,
Piled up decima,s mountains high
Which seem 10 sing to his welI-lule6
brain
His long mcnotonous lifc-retrain =
Debit, credit. voucher, pay
Discount. balance, day by day;
Carried forward. interest, dLns,-
SO the monotonous river runs
The Man at the Desk with the patient
look
Has followed the rule Of the copy
book; -
early to bed and early TO rise"
Yet he's neither healthy. wealthy nor
wise.
Honest, Industrious, sober, chained
To his office cell, he has long re-
manned
Dead of ambition. busy of pen,
Adding up figures for other men.
Debit, credit. remit. amount,
Carried forward, close account:
DayhCoks, Graftbooks. interest. dEns,-
So the monotcnous river runs.
The Man at 'he Desk with the patien:
look
Has written his life in the open book.
Has charged up Youth with q small
amount,
And crossed off Love as a closed ac-
count.
Yet bright are the teas in his faded
eye
As the column Of figures marches by,
Black of ink and VITA mourning brave,
Like last parade to a yawninS grave.
Debit, credit the busles play,
discounts, balance. voucher. pay,
Carried forward, interest. dlns,-
So the monotOnOuS river runs
Irwin in Success Maya
zine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-15
THE FLYING FISH.
A Fresh Discussion Concerning the
Cause of Its Motion.

{, mat great marine wonder the fy
ing fish, is once more the subject Of
g, debate by experts. An Austrian al.
thority. DR.. Able, insists that neither
. the typical flying fish ror tee lyine
! gournardS ever use their pactOral fins
/ as the active organs of fight. On the
| contrary he holds the initial impetus
! by means Of which these fishes are
! launched into the air is due entirely "a
/ powerful. screWlike movements CT the
! tail fin, and this impetus is sufficient
/ to carry them TO the end Of their Jour
rey, the wings acting merely as
paiachGteS. In other words, the flight
is precisely similar TO that of a fiat
stone when thrown so as to ricochet
from the point where it touches the
water until il finally falls.
Lieutenant Colonel c. D. Durnford.
in q paper published in the Annals
and Magazine OF Natural History"
states precisely the opposite view.
maintaining, on mechanical grounds,
that the aeroplane theory as the above
may be called, is an absolute physical
impossibility. owing to the fact that
the wing surface is far too small in
proportion to the size and weight of
the body to sustain the fish during
its long flight
According to The Marine Journal
(New York;. it is necessary to SUD-
pose that the wings" have a rand
vibratory motion, and really assist in
continuing fight that is once begun.
Colonel Durnford further maintains
that the wing movements which mary
Observers have noticed when a flying
fish touches wave are not movements
de novo, but merely such a slowing
down OF tie continuous rapid vibra-
tons as to render them visible to the
eye.
The next point, however, to ascertain
is whether the muscles which work
the pectoral fins of flying fish ar. real
ly capable of imparting to them the
power of maintaining these rapid and
continuous vibrations which are the
essential part of the new theory.
Possibly some light could be OBJ !
tanned by photographing the fish while |!
travelling through the air. If man
had a camera ready, in tropical wat
ers. where they are likely to be seen.
and if his steamer approached them
closely enough, significant record
might perhaps be obtained. If the
fins were sharply outlined on the plate
there would be evidence that they were
If they we're blurred il
would be a fair inference that they
were moved up and down rapidly.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-15

low sroan behind me The barrow
wabbled The sisnor was treu ling
violently, swaying, reeling like a
drunken man; every throb Of his body
c2me 10 me through the tieht-clutrhed
handles. Something fearful must have
+ happened | chung to the chair arms
in saeer paralysis Of horror An ac-
/ cident would hurl is down sayertv-five
/ feet into the river. where drowning or
manning worse than death awaited us.
We moved a few feet farther. then
( stopped. The barrow swayed, as if
/ about TO oyertlrn. Another eroan
! from the sienor. | would have guess
/ toned an, bat the words died in my
throat. Perhaps he had been pierced
by the rocket, and might at any in
start fail unconscious.
Cries oi horror rose from the spec
tators. The rockets and Roman candles
ceased. The entertainment threatened
to become 2 tragedy
Again we started moving intermit-
tently. Now a few quick steps would
III me with the dread of being flung
OF; now we almost stopped, and
feared we should never go on. Before
and behind us fixed the red fire Sig
nor Lupnis feet shufIled on the rope,
his breath came hard. Not word in
explanation, but always those terrible
groans. My hair Eristlad
Win strainirg eyes | stared ahead
INTO tie red glare on the approaching
mill. How slowly TIE distance lessen
ed. On the roof stood Jimmy. gazing
at us, pale and OPEN outhed The
SPECIFICS horror on his face reflected
our peril.
The corniCe was only ten feet off.
Signor Lupini thrust the barrow sud-
denly forward. A second later the
wheel grated on the gravel: it was
none TO soCn. AS a long sing of re-
lief rose from the spel!bound crowds,
the symnast collapsed into a writhine
heap. 1t took three men to get him
down through the scuttle and into the
carriage that conveyed him to his
hotel.
The rocket had struck his right calf
SioA'iiAS bio". HIS ShIiI lidu ena Dleu !
him to withstand a shock that would |
have Cferthrown a cluGsier man; but
his muscles, steeled to resist, had
cramped violently. and we had been I,
in deadly peril all the way across. Two
lives had hung on his ability to resist !
the asonizins pains and preserve his J
poise
THAT last hundred feet decided me
that | didn't care to be a professional
acrobat. The tight rope was never
stretched between the beams OF the
nay mOW.-YoUths Communion.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-15

| puzzled extremely when she neard
him say
al the Esplanade, you say? All
right, I'll be there in half an holr.
/ There WAS a note Of jubilation in his
voice, and that looked suspicious, in
! deed, when Wilson hurried into his
! topcoat and kissed his wife goodbye,
I adding ny way OF explanation only
! statement that he had an engagement
| hIt might keep him out until later
than usual OF course, the pleasant,
& .@ine voice belonged to an eX-
c'la .;e operator ana the engagement
W. With regard to the business that
! he could not tell his wife OF at that
, TINE. bat Mrs. Wilson did not know
this
TIE poor little woman allowed her
sill 70 get into an unfortunate state
ot mind during the long hours that
followed. She told herself over and
over that Harry had had some reason
fer acting the way he did. but every
time she told herself 50 the memory
OF her husbands unexplained depar-
ture was recalled In spite of her
self she could not associate the two,
and though they did have vital
relation it was not of the kind at all
that she imagined.
1t was nearly 3 O'Clock the next
morning when Wilson Slipped quietly
into the house He felt like singing,
but he tiptoed upstairs and into his
room like a thief. lest he should
awake his wife. She with straning
ears. noted ali this and charged it up
aSainst him, while Wilson prepared
for bod and went to sleep like Il school
boy For the wife, however, there
was no such thing as sleep, and the
very fact that her husband did not
speak to her seemed the final proof of
all that she suspected. Il did not oc-
err to her that she had lain still and
that she must have appeared TO be
slumbering soundy.
Al the breakfast table Mrs. Wilson
showed the effects Of her unhappy
vigil. Her husband was his usual self
and, manlike. he did not notice any
thing peculiarly out of the way in her.
Finally. when she could bear the sus.
pense no longer, she broke the silence
by asking:
Where were yol last night?''
Wilson locked up in surprise at the
challenge in her voice as he answered
good humoredly enough:
Didn't | tell you | had an engage
ment. You heard the telephone call
got, didn't you?"
Yes, l did, replied the wife, with
catch in her voice land that's just
what | want to know about The cali
was from a woman!"
From woman-Good heavens,
Bess, you don't-Why. you must be
crazy, What nonsense is this, any
how" he concluded sternly.
Five stormy minutes later he Slam
med the trent door behind him, rag.
ing because his wife, in her complete
ignorance, did not understand, while
she, with her face pillowed in her
arms. sobbed and believed the worst.
Pittsburg Times
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-15
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! The First Quarrel


Wilson forsook bachelOrhood las
Septem Der In the seven months tina.
! have elapsed he has become in all cut
ward appearances like unto all other
married men, and he can even so 10
/ market and order Sunday dinner
without betr2ving the uncertainty
that clutches at his heart. Fifteen
years from now he will be no more
of a benedict than he is at this mo
ment, for taking his place as the head
of family seemed to be the most
natural thing in .he world for him.
Since last Thursday night he has
been Oh the cuts with his wife. the
last OF the connubial experiences
through which he has 10 pass. The
misunderstanding came alout in the
simplest way imaginable, but Wilson
made the initial mistake of not ey-
planning Immediately and then made
the second by asserting his right to
consider himself very much abused.
His wife, ca her part, believes that
she was grossly treated and she is
still the least bit inclined to think
more seriously deceived In the midst
of the .sorely strained relations that
exist Wilson continues to declare that
she is acting Just like a woman"
while Mrs. Wilson is celebrating over
going back to her parents. What beth
of them need is the advice of SEN
s;ble friend but that friend has no;
yet arrived on the scene and the two
are resting on their arms The fact
that both Of them have confided ia
friends who are anything but sensi-
BILE makes the opening of actual hos
tilities possible at any moment. which
is deplorable, for if they come the
will almost certainly be
fatal
Wilson had an opportunity last week !
to go in on business venture that |
will mean great deal to him in
financial way. He purposelv refrained
from telling his wife CT it so that he
might surprise her with the complete
story of the effect as well as the cause.
He closed the bargain On the Thurs
day night of the rupture. and that is
The chief reason for his present atti-
Jude.
He came home that afternoon rath-
er earlier than usual and dressed for
Inner with unusual care. He was in
nigh spirits during the meal and his
wife thought afterward with wholly
erroneous conclusions of the way ir
which he had arrayed himself and of
he attention he had paid her before
le left the house At the time she
vas rejoiced because of them. but she
lid not realize then the depths of
,erfidy" Of which man is capable.
shortly after dinner, while the happy
'oung couple were sitting in the IL
,rary, there came ring of the tele
,houe. Mrs. Wilson answered it and
vas bit disturbed when a pleasant,
eminine voice asked for her husband
She listened more closely than she
night under other circumstances
When Wilson answered and she was
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-15

In 1900 we sold to Cuba goods to the
value of $7,29G,613 and bought from
her $31, 747, Z29. Last year our imports
from Cuba amounted to $685.. $50.
and we exported t. Cuba s44,569,S12.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-23
DODGE SENATE TEcHNIcALlTY.
Unusual Procedure Taken That Burton
Might Draw Mileage Transportation

Washington, Jan. 23.-One Of the
most remarkable procedures in the his
tory of the senator occurred yesterday in
order to avoid technicality which
prevented Senator Burton of Kansas
from drawing his mileage transporta-
ton. In order to have his requisition
honored it is necessary for some offic-
ial of the senate to take oath that he
had seen the senator in the chamber,
but since the indictment and the
conviction of the senator he has not
appeared in the chamber.
There is no disposition on the part
of anyone to withhold the mileage and
the senator. therefore, was asked to
step from the cloak room into the
chamber for a moment in order that he
might be seen by some official. He
declined, but an employe heard him in
conversation near the entrance to the
chamber. The enpploye suddenly turn
ed the senator so that he faced the
chamber and the attention of officials
having previously been directed to-
ward the door, he was seen from the
chamber. 1t was then certified that
Senator Burton was in attendance and
his mileage was paid him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-23
DEMAND HIGHER PAY
Mine Workers Adopt Part of the Re-
port of the Scale Committee Which
Demands Advance in Schedules OF
12lb Per Cent Over Present Scale.


indianapolis, Jan. 23.-The conven-
ton of the United Mine Workers OF
America today began it's consideration
of the report OF the scale committee by
sections. 1t was decided that when the
ioint conference between the miners
and operators. meets Thursday morn
ing the firt demand will be that dis
tricts 13, IA, 21, "a and 25, and all out
living districts whose operators are Will
ing to participate, be admitted to the
conference. These districts consist of
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Michigan
and the southwest Should the opera
tors refuse the conference will end un-
til a session Of the convention of min
ers can be held and then the delegates
will be called together to consider fur
ther action.
The sections demanding general ad-
vance of 1914 per cent over the pres
ent scale, run of mine basis, differ
entail of cents between pick and ma
chine mined coal, uniform day wage
scale and all yardage and deadwood
advanced 12a per cent, were adopted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-23

b. for $35 on rent. A. had his books
in court and showed them. b. had his
books, with the $35 plainly entered. AS
to the evidence it was six and SIX APP
parently During the cross -eXamina-
ton the plaintiffs lawyer asked u. to
recapitulate the payments he had made.
He picked up his ledger and called
off:
FEB. 4, $12; March 1, s12: April 10.
Sc: May /, s5; June, A, $685. July, lo,
S4;" etc
Everybody who watched the trial
predicted the jury would be hung up on
the evenly balanced statements. le
was purely question of fact and one
mans word was as good as another
But the jury promptly found for the
plaintiff Even the plaintiffs lawyer
was surprised at his victory One OF
the iurymen explained to him:
1T happened when you asked MN 10
call off them figures the last time. His
voice dropped a bit when he struck the
'thirty-f fve,' like he wasn't certain OF
his ground Then he forgot to say dol
lars after "thrty-fve,' which was
little funny, seeing he had said 1t after
all the other amounts. 1t satisfied US
he INSTRUMENTATION"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-23
ON SENATOR ELklNs' TRACK.
West virsinian Charged With Trying
to Force Out Rival Coal Concern.


to Force Out Rival Coal Concern.
Parkersburg, w. Va, Jan. 23.-Sen-
ator Stephen Elkins has been charged
by a witness in the United States
court with attempt to squeeze a rival
coal company out of business by meth
DDS President Roosevelt is vigorously
opposing in his efforts to pass the rail-
road rate bill, which has met with
more or less opposition from Senator
Elkins' committee.
The witness was Spates Brady, a
mining engineer, who said he had been
employed by Senator Elkins and his
son, David Elkins, to examine the min
ing property of the Fulmer Coal Com
pany with a view to their securing
it. The Fulmer mine is located on the
Morgantown and Kingswood railroad,
of which Senator Elkins is reputed to
be the principal owner
Mr. Brady says he heard Stephen B.
Elkins and Davis Elkins discussing the
possibility of securing the F'ulmer mine
and that Senator Elkins said If they
could not squeeze Fulmer out he would
have resolution passed by the rail-
road directors to tear up the track
which leads to the Fulmer mine.
Other testimony was shown that an
effort was made by Elkins men to buy
Fuimer out and that, failing in that,
Fulmer was refused cars and finally
the track was torn up.
Mr. Brady said on the witness stand
that Senator Elkins has refused for
two years to pay him for certain work
and even advised him to sue for it, but
that the other day he received tele-
gram from Senator Elkins telling him
to come to Washington and the bill
would be paid. The telegram was in
trOduced as evidence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-23

and almost instantly killed in his sa-
loon at about Las O'Clock Saturday
night. After rifng the cash register,
the robbers escaped from the vicinity.
leaving Leaving Lausten lying where
he fell behind the bar.
There were two witnesses to the
crime, one of whom, Henry Boney, was
in the saloon at the time and was kept
covered by a revolver, and the other
Ben Persnger, saw what was going on
thru the window and then ran across
the street and gave the alarm.
According to the story of Boney, the
men entered by the front door and.
AAssing to the bar. ordered three
drinks While Lausten was filling their
order they both pulled revolvers which
they waved in the air, but said nothing
until Lausten started to walk away.
Tney called to him and as he turned
deliberately shot him down in cold
blood.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-23
Short 1eIearams.

The Eberhart Manufacturing Com
pany of Cleveland is about to close a
deal for the purchase of the Racine
Malleable Wrought Iron Company
plant.
The Masonic grand lodge of Iowa will
meet in Des Moines June 5.
The annual collection for the Ameri-
can board of foreign missions in the
Old South church. Boston, Sunday
night amounted to $1,000, the largest
ever made for congregational missions
by any one parish in the country.
The sentence of Lieutenant Pendle-
ton of Manila, who was condemned to
life Imprisonment for murder, has been
reconsidered and changed to imprison-
ment for twenty years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-23
SEES LITTLE HOPE
FOR The RUSSIANS
An American Manufacturer at
Moscow Says Russians Not
Ready For Liberty
POOR EASY PREY TO AelTAToRs
Ignorant Masses Really Have No Po-
Iitical Aspirations, But Asitators
Make Them Believe Liberty Means
license-PeopIe Not Ripe for Self
Government.

Moscow, Jan. 23.-AleNander Barry,
q naturalized American, among the
prominents manufacturers Of Moscow,
takes an exceedingly gloomy view OF
the situation here. Barry employs 300
to 5000 men and unquestionably has
more profound knowledge of Russian
conditions than any American in the
empire. He is convinced that the
Russian people are not ripe for full con-
stitutional regime The opening OF the
flood gates of agitation by publica-
ton Of imperial reform manifesto only
served to demoralize a portion OF
masses which had already been dis
turbed by the agitators. Continuing,
Barry said: "The ignorant masses
really have no political aspirations at
tributed to them by the agitators, but
owing to their poverty are an easy
prey.sto the appeals for liberty which
for them means license"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-23
ANGRY MOB BEslEeEs JAIL.
Lynching of Murderers at Omaha Is
Narrowly Averted.


Omaha, Neb., Jan. 23.-Enraged to
bitterness by the details of one of the
most cold -blooded murders ever COM
mitted in this state, an armed mob
gathered in front of the Jail here to
lynch Jack OHearn, Roy Nelson, Leo
Angus and Joe Warran, the self-con-
fessed slayers of Nels Lausten, sa-
loon keeper. A SCORE Of extra officers
were pressed into service by the sher-
iff and the chief Of police and the or
der given to shoot to kill in case the
mob attempted to rush the Jail.
A clash was believed inevitable, as
the mob was worked up to high
pitch. Efforts to clear the streets
failed. The angry shouts of the mob
filled the abr and penetrated into the
iail where the prisoners crouched in
wild, fear, expecting exery minute to
hear the doors of the prison battered
down n 80 ~
me officers finally managed to steal
away with the prisoners. whom they
hurried to the penitentiary.
Murder Was Most Brutal.
The murder of Lausten was most
brutal. The saloon keeper was shot