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| DeluS ODiiSeA 70 leave 0er WK0OA
Kidding her goodbye. There was nj
help for it, however
He put a little cluster OF sweea
white violets and purple heliotrope ir
his sisters hand, and said:
Give these to my little governess
| and say goodbye for me-
He had been ordered on frontier
service and two years elapsed before
he returned. Bit he had not beer
under his sisters roof an hour. be-
fore he ASKED concerning his COVER
less.
"Oh. yes, indeed; we hear from her
every now and then" answered Mrs
Dalrymple, brightly She came down
to see the children once But there's
no need OF her being lursery-gov-
erness now, you know. Mr.. Ballard
is partner with Briggs and Bonifant
and bids fair to become a million.
aire'
Where do they lives" inquired the
impatient soldier.
"Oh, they've got their old home
back; a lovely place. down at White
Plains"
The very next morning, bright and
early. down to White Plains went
Major Lennox.
I'm afraid you have quite forgot
ten me. Miss Ballard" he began,
when Rosalie entered the handsome
parlOr, where he sat waiting.
"Oh, no, indeed l haven't" she
cried, her eyes Frightening and
lovely color blooming in her cheeks.
My friends were not SO numerous.
il my adversely, that l should forget
a single one
The major took her hand.
I'm a plain man, as all soldiers
are" he said. Let me tell you at
once, Miss Ballard. that l fell in love
with you the first time We ever met.
But | was suddeny called away. !
know, Of course, that you care nothing
for me now. But-but do you think
you can learn? Knowing that l have |
loved you more and more every day |
and hour since We parted, don't you
think you can. in time, give me some
thing in return?
He stood, the brave soldier, tremb- !,
ing before her. She looked up at
aim, her eyes trimming.
You befriended me when | came to
you in my trouble" she said, softly.
1 nave never forgotten that; and
md
Her voice broke and faltered. She
ook from her bosom little perfum-
ID silk sachet.
DO you remember these?' she
aid, opening it and exhibiting a clus-
er of pressed flowers; white violets
nd purple heliotrope.
For moment he was puzzled. Then
is eyes suddenly lit up.
Can they be my poor flowers?" he
ried.
Il have kept them ever since that
forming she replied.
The next day, Mrs Dalrympie, en-.
ering the nursery said:
''FlOSSie, Ted; come here my dar-
ngs. You never could guess what l
ave to tell you. 1t is sucl wonder
IL news. Listen now, my dears
ncle Charlie is going to marry his
Overness. and make her your aunt.
hat do you think Of that?"-Good
literature.
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A LETTER
FROM HONE
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4nont write to my mother. She's
I'D 90 much trouble already. Don't
tito 10 her. shall be better soon.
rhis had blea her cry frcm the
,s,v first hour of her illness. But
m weeks had gone by, and, although
~ hest medical advice had been call
ii N. there was no perceptible i'm
,oyement in her condition. Mrs.
hIvmple began to grow uneasy. She
rylaid the family physician, one
naming, as he came downstairs.
Il want you to tell me about Miss
Ballard. DOCTOR" she said. DO you
find her any better, this moraing?'
The physician shook mis- head.
Il see no improvement, alas!" he
said. Her case seems beyond the
reach Of medical skill.
Why, doctor, you alarm me-" cried
The lady. Il had no idea it was as
bad as that. Poor dear little girl"
Major Lennox, Mrs. Dalrymp!e's
| brother, was sitting in the hall, en-
nged In the arrangement of some
| ishing.tacke; but he dropped his
hooks and lines and listened with in
| tense interest, while the converse
ton went on.
L Surely, DOCTOR" continued the
hdy, you don't think there's dan
GER"
1t is hard to tell Mrs. Dalrymple.
But don't like these low fevers. that
stand at one point SO long, AZ this
does Tell me something about the
young person."
Come in here and sit down, doctor,
md I'll tell you everything. She's
been with US just two months;
Narle's governess,' we call her."
soddng toward her brother. "I'll tell
M why. l advertised for a nursery
pNerness, and, Immediately after,
ss called away to the wedding OF a
Trend. On my return to my great
surprise ! found Flossie and Ted set
uM down at their books, and Miss
nlard acting as governess. Charlie
I engaged her without waiting to
insult me. He couldn't help it, he
"a. she looked SO young and friend
ss; and he was in a terrible furry
y fear she might not suit us. But
Ne did. We found her a perfect
sasure-the sweetest, most obliging
lue soul; and the children Just
aore her."
Yes, yes; dare say" interrupt
= me doctor, the least bit impatient
Y But about the girl herself? Has
q had any trouble?"
Sac Is very reticent. poor thing.
~ Mr.. Dalrymple knows something
'aout her"
AM! said the doctor, interroga-
ssey.
! SA idtAcI was sent out 10
'9son. sometime ago, by the firm OF
ness and Bonifant, and persisted
! nia homeward voyage, when tie
*anef Halifax was burned. His
| my was left unprovided for, and
"ushter was forced to do what
) could"
'es' said the physician. II under.
NJ now. She's lomesick, poor thing.
: sasuld have sent for her mother
week ago"
wanted to. doctor But don't
~ 70 mother; shall be better soon,
y. oeea her cry from the first"
~ wen I'm afraid you'll have to
W. IN spite OF her"
~ write this very day, II YOU
Z oest,' said Mrs. Dalrymple.
= ! physician went his way, and :
:. lady, greatly distress. :
{. ~nat she nad heard, went in
- q her husband, 10 ask his ad. 4,
- meantime, in her hushed and .
eaaa Der. :ae young govern. b
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The provisions in the new auto
mobile law that the names and num-
bes of automobile owners be posted
in conspicuous places is excellent
common sense. remarks the New
York World When an automobile
kills somebody and gets away It
ought not to be necessary 20 write
to the Secretary of State in Albany
to ascertain who owned the machine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-30

Cuba and Porto Rico together rank
ninth as producers of cocoa, the yield
in 1904 having been 1896 tons, a
Is ga per cent. increase over 1903.
In 1901 Cuba and Porto produced only
1850 tons.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-30

Mrs. Richard H. Savage is the
owner Of the famous painting "Sheri.
dams Ride" and values it at $4,000.
A bill has been introduced in the Sem
ate for its purchase, to be hung in
the corridor Of the Capitol.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-30

1ndiana's gain per cent. in taxable
property in thirty days was 13o.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-30

Indiana's steam roads, in 1905, car
ried 535,51G.126 passengers.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-30

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-30

lady.
But she was wrong. 1t was the let
ter from home, and the blessed news
it brought, that saved Rosalies life.
In a little while she recovered con-
seriousness, to find that It was not all
a dream, but a blessed reality. Her
father had escaped from the burning
steamer. and was safe at home with
her mother. More than that. He was
possessed Of means sufficient to buy
back their beautiful home.
What's up?" demanded the doctor,
when he entered his patients room
the next morning. You look like
another person"
I'm happy, doctor; that's ALL" an
swered Rosalie, simply.
"And happiness is better than medi-
cine, my DEAR he replied. You'll be
on your feet in week.
And SO she was. At the end of the
next week, Mr. Ballard came for her,
and she went home, leaving Flossie
and Ted inconsolable.
Major Lennox, in the meantime,
had been called to join his command,
while his governess was yet in the
early stages of convalescence. The
hardest trial of his life. perhaps. was
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-28

ing received by officials. Hundreds
more are never reported. In nearly
every case the man was under the
Influence of liquor.
Confinement In Jail, authorities say,
has no terror for brutal husbands.
1t has been urged that wives should
not Inform on their husbands and ex-
pose them to the disgrace of being
whipped They would at least have the
chance, says Adams, while at present
they dare not complain because the
want Of food stares them in the face
If the man Is behind prison bars for
long term. Besides. 1t Will be cheaper
for society to punish brute in this
way.
1t ls denied that corporal punishment
Is i'll Violation Of the constitution Of
the United States. The sponsor for tho
bill also points out that the English
law recognizing whipping as legal
form OF punishment, and cites statute
passed by parliament in 1863 to add
hogging to the punishment for CARROT
ing. This form of highway robbery
that held London in terror for several
years disappeared after one or tw,
convictions.
In 1888 the legislature of Maryland
passed bill to punish wife heaters
by whipping them. Adams says the
district attorney of Baltimore informs
him that after the first conviction tine
crime ceased ms If by magic In t,u,
State. The wife beating statute in
Delaware is reported as having ve..y
salptary effect.
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she'll hug me in her arms and say

she'll hug me in her arms and say,
Sonny, there comes your Pa
"And these times when l most for
get, say to my Pa: Maybe my Ma
will come home soon and put the sup
per on PAS eyes look all bury and
he says he isn't hungry and at my
Ma can't come. And then l say, 1
isn't hungry either, and my Pa SAYS
SO low l can hardly hear him, it's aw-
full hard,' and l don't quite know what
he means, but l think it's cause my Mn
has gone away SO turble far she can't
get back again. l know she didn't go
a-p1Irpose She liked ME and Pa too
well to go away and stay less she
couldn't help 1t.
"Nights when she don't come to put
the supper on, and we say we isn't
hungry, my Pa rocks me in his lap
and rubs my head with his hand Almost
as soft as Ma. and he asks me If don't
want to take nap. And everything's
so still with no one in the house 'cept-
ing Pa and me. at in little while !
fall asleep and he just sits and rocks
and rocks, but he don't never go to
sleep at all. And when wake up
his eyes Is looking way off somewheres
can't see the place, and say, is
you trying to see where my Ma is at?'
"And we sit and rock and rock till
go to sleep again, and my Pa don't
want to let me go to bed, so we sit
and rock and rock, and my Pa hugs
me tight and he don't go to sleep M
all. He says, Sonny, there isn't any
one left 'cept you and me and we must
stick together
Its awful lonesome at our house
now cause my Ma has gone away.
wisht so hard could hear my Ma
say, Hearts delight, love you, cause
your my baby Toledo Blade.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-28

More Of an unfathomable mystery to-
day than when the child disappeared,
three and onehalf years ago, is the
case Of the missing little Wilbur Clarke,
of Beverly, Mass. Since that fateful
June Il, 1902, when the boy vanished
almost from beneath his parents eyes,
no tangible clew has been found. Tho
efforts of skilled detectives Of the STATE
police department, as well as the aid
of local officers of all the surroundiu:
towns, and chlld-hunt made by hall
the population of that part of Essex
County, the use of blood-hounds and
the offering Of large rewards at ta..
time-all proved unavailing.
AS time has passed the case has only
become more inexplicable, more like the
famous kidnapping of Charlie Ross a
generation ago.
A startling suspicion has gained
ground of late that the reason of this
profound mystery and the reason why
no rewards have brought any news of
the boy is that the kidnapper was a
wealthy summer resident who stole the
boy to adopt him, and that all the re-
sources of wealth, influence and great
family name have been used to sup
press any information about the case.
The kidnapping Of Wilbur Clarke at
the time became a newspaper sensa-
tion even greater than the Charlie Ross
case. Pages upon pages of details about
1t were telegraphed all over the coun-
try and the reports continued for
weeks. Yet all that was ever known
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for life he was forced to yield to the

for life he was forced to yield to the
universal conqueror.
As soldier and statesman Gen. Wheel
err occupied prominent place in pub
lie life. He fought In two wars. The
sword which he welded in behalf of
the "lost cause" he offered to re-
united nation In our war with Spain,
and he came out of that struggle a
popular idol. In the Civil War Gen.
Wheeler and his cavalry command
were the inspiration of the southern
armies. No task was too difficult for
him to undertake, no danger too great
to incur. In four years he was three
times wounded and had 16 horses shot
under him.
Gen Wheeler, who was gradlia.e
Of the United States Military Academy,
entered the Confederate service in 1861
aud was made colonel OF Infantry.
At Shiloh he commanded brigade aud
soon afterward was transferred to The
cavalry service. In which he won his
greatest honors. During the Kentucky
campaign of 1862 he commanded Gen
Bragg's cavalry and fought at Grcnn
River and Perryville At Murfrees.
!nro and Chickamauga lie led the
cavalry. After the latter battle he
crossed the Tennessee River. attacked
Con. Rosecrans' line of communications,
defeated the opposing Union force, de-
stroy!ng 1000 wagons. with their
storNs, and ina!ctlns on national prop.
erty q losa OF sS.000.o00 At the siege
Of Knoxville hs took an active part
taa eoyspta N, retreat et Gen, arass
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-28
BOLT OF LIGHTNING.
Welded n Broken Rail and Saved
TrainlOnd OF Passcnxers

Welded Broken Rail and saved
Trainloal of Pnsscngers.
When the SOB limited pulled into
Wheatley, in this county, one evening.
1T was discovered, says the lie Sueur
correspondent of the st. Paul Pioneer
Press, that one of the rear wheels on
the last coach was broken, n piece hav.
ing been split OFF from one side, SO
that there was slightly fiat place on
the wheel, and, as it was feared, the
broken wheel in pounding over the
track had broken rail. Only by mir
,acle was the 8 :56 local saved from be.
ing wrecked.
Three miles south of Bentley the fiat
tened wheel had broken ont section
of rail about seven feet long-broken
it out SO badly that 1t was torn from
the spikes and lay across the rails
where 1t was found five minutes before
the local was due by Willy Schultz, a
boy Of IA years, who lives on farm
near by. The lad knew that the local
soon would he along and lie was fright
ened. He put the piece of rail in place
and then started down the track to
ward the approaching train, running as
fast as lie could. He had not gone
twenty feet, however, when there came
n binding flash of lightning from 8
dark cloud that covered the sky, and
lie was struck down unconscious and
nearly bereft of life.
1t must have been ten minutes be
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-28
COST OF A COUNT.
Anna Gould's Investment in TITLED
Husband Has Been Expensive.


Another International marriage,
which at the time of its contraction,
eleven years ago, created widespread
interest, is now undergoing the solvent
process of the divorce court. When
Anna Gould, with the $1S,000,OO0 left
her by her father, the late Jay Gould,
of "black Friday" memory, captured
the title of Countess Boni de Castel-
lane and with it an insignificant mite.
Of husband, proud, aristocratic and
poor, the society world Of the metrop-
oils and the eastern seaboard applaud
ed and had something to talk about for
day. Now the same society, vapid and
yainglorions has even more delect-
able morsel to ruminate, for the Count.
ess of Castellape has instituted pro-
ceedings in France for absolute divorce
from her dissipated and money -squan-
dering husband. The fate of the three
children-George, Boni and Jay-wlll
await the decree.
The troubles of the Castellanes. both
marital and financial, have been MANY.
The present rupture is merely case
or the last straw breaking the back OF
the camel. Undoubtedly the countess.
has been patient and long suffering.
else she would have seized the oppor
tunity many times presented before Of
ending union which must have been
burden. But for the sake of her
children, perhaps for the sake of an.
pearances, possibly with the faint
spark of hope that 'tlie little French
powder puff rs her husband had been
dubbed, might turn new leaf and
realize the responsibilities of his POSI-
ton, she kept the grinning skeleton in
the Castellane mansion screened from
public view. Now the repulsive skele-
ton struts out with all Its hideousness
revealed
OF all the American investments In
Old World titles, Anna Gould's has
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-28
WE'LL KEEP THE LITTLE FARM.

Well, jane, | guess we'll keep the place
We've lived here, you and 1,
Upon this little farm so long,
Let's stay here till we die.
You know thought I'd sell 1t once,
To Jones, or Deacon Brown,
And take the money we have saved
And buy house in town.
But when the buds begin to swell,
And grass begins to grow,
Somehow 1t doesn't seem to me
l ought to let it go.
1 love the crimson clover,
And the fields of waving corn
The quiet, balmy evening,
And the fragrant, dewy morn;
The pink and snowy blossoms
hanging on the apple trees;
lie chirping of the crickets,
And the humming of the bees.
love the summers; honey breath,
The blushing buds of May:
The teeming autumn, rich with fruit,
The scent of new-mown hay;
The noisy babble of the brook.
And laughter of the rill:
The lowing herds upon the heath,
And focks upon the hill.
And when l think of leaving all.
1t fills me with alarm:
80. after all, guess it's best
To keep the little farm.
~. Edgar French.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-28

In Southern California Is large
salt lake of such recent formation that
even the latest and most expensive
aliases fail to note Its existence, yet
1t has surface area of about 700
square miles. or more than five times
that of the city of Philadelphia.
Saltcn Sea, as this body of water is
known, is the result of an Irrigation
enterprise that went wrong because the
engineers had not calculated upon the
waywa"dness of the Colorado River
The village of Salton. which had n
population of about 100, all of whom
were employed by salt company
whose works We're established there,
has been swept from the land and now
lies under twenty-fonr feet of water
The Southern Pacific Railroad has
been compelled to rebuild 100 miles
of Its line; two irrigation companies,
one American, the other Mexican-have
seen quarter of million dollars
worth of work disappear almost In tho
twinkling Of an eye. and it is within
the bornds of possibility that the new
~ formed lake will demand the Offices
of the 'liplomatlsts of the United States
and Mexico In dlsposing of the coinpN-
cations which may arise
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otah. The particular depression now
being filled is known as the salton
Basin, and lies at its center 2S7 feet
below The sea level. 1t covers an ap-
proxinlate area of $500 square miles,
and Is partly in Riverside and partly
In San Diego Counties, California, with
the southerly end extending a short
distan 20 into Mexico south Of Calexico,
an American town on the border.
The basin is defined by an old beach
that can be traced all around the lake.
This beach Is filled with small marine
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fore he regained consciousness, for
when he did SO lie saw the train COM
ing toward him Mt great speed He
staggered to his feet, the remembrance
of the broken rail still in his mind,
and waved his hands, but the engine
did not stop, and, just MS it was about
to crush him, he stepped from the rails
and the train sped on.
But the engineer at the last moment
had seen the boy step out of the en-
gine's way, and, throwing on the lever,
stopped the train after it had run sew
eral hundred feet beyond the break in
the rail.
When the engineer Jumped down and
came running back to see what the
trouble was, young Schultz told him
and showed him the place where the
rail had been broken; but now it was
perfectly sound. The flash OF light
Ming that struck Schultz down spent
the main portion Of its force OIL the
track in the immediate locality where
the fracture was, and had evenly and
perfectly welded the broken rail in
place Mt both ends. The track was as
safe and solid as it was the day 1t was
laid.
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and frash-water shells, perfect in form.
but which crumble under slight pres.
sure Tile fact that this beach In many
places still retains its old form despite
the force of sandstorms and other ac-
ton OH the part of the elements is held
by son, as conclusive evidence that the
basin was sea ut no very distant
time.
There are some who hold the opin-
ion thRt, If the flow of the Colorado Is
not controlled 1t will, in time, again d.
the entire basin to sea level.
This newest salt lake is now frohi
ten to eighteen miles wide, about fort5
Ave miles long, twcnty-three feet four
inches in depth at the deepest sound
Ing, and is rising steadily at the rate
of from one-half to three-Quarters of IN
inch daily under the combined inflow
Of the Colorado and ella Rivers.
The ella emptles into the Colorado
about three miles above Yuma, Ari.,
the hottest and driest place on the
face OF the earth, and from there tho
combined flow formerly swept on 100
mics to the Gulf of California.
To-day from point twelve miles
south of Yuma and four miles below
the line In Mexico the river bed of the
Colorado is a dust-dry, sandy waste,
five feet higher than the present chan
mel. tho river having changed Its course
from due south to west-south-west.
Even at low water the flow Is pouring
into Salton Sea by two hannels-those
of the Alamo and New Rivers.
The map shows the source of the
water that Is pouring into Salton Sea,
anu which is now from ten to eighteen
miles wide and forty-fve miles long.
AT the upper heading, just below Yuma,
but on the American side, an irrigation
company cut canal, which was not
of sufficient capacity to supply the ir-
rlgable district. At the lower head
canal sixty feet wide and eight feet
deep was cut in the quick-sand bank
Of the Colorado. This canal the rives
quickly enlarged to GOO feet wide and
thirty feet deep, and below that point
the old channel of the river is dry, the
entire flow pouring through the intake.
To relieve the situation In the lrrigat-
ed district and at Salton, the Quail
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LONESOME BOY.
~ Observation-Disclosures.
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ITS. awful lonesome to our house
since Ma went away, and my Pa,
he don't want to say word when
l ask him when she's coming back. He
Just signs a great big sigh and tells
me, Sonny, don't. Your Ma would
come right back here If she could, but
she can't, and there isn't any one left
'cept you and me, and we must stick
together And then he signs again and
We both feel SO awful sorry inside Of
us.
And mornings when my Pa tries to
dress me we have such turble times
with buttons and the things at holds
my clothes on, and my Pa says but
tons is the meanest. But my Ma knew
Just where every button went and
when she dressed me she'd kiss me in
the hollow of my neck and snuggle me
up close and warm and say Hearts
delight, love you, cause you're my