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renee. He had heard them just foul
hours after the actual explosion, fol
this is the time the sound occupied on
its journey.
If Vesuvius were vigorous enough tC
emit roar like Krakatoa, how great
would be the CONSERVATION of the
world! Such a report might be heard
by King Edward, at Windsor, and by
the Car, at Moscow. 1t would aston
ish the German Emperor and all his
subjects. 1t would penetrate to the Sc
clusion of the Sultan at Constantine
pie. 1t would have extended to the
sources of the Nile, near the equator.
1t would have been heard by Moham-
medan pilgrims at Mecca. 1t would
have reached the ears of eXiles in ST.
IBERIA. No inhabitants of Persia would
have been beyond it's range, while pas
sengers on half the liners crossing the
Atlantic would also catch the mighty
reverberation. Or, to take another
illustration, let us suppose that a sim
liar earth-shaking event took place in
a central position in the United States.
Let us say, for example, that an explo-
sion occurred at Pixies Peak as
resonant as that from Krakatoa. 1t
would certainly startle not little the
inhabitants of Colorado far and wide.
The ears of jewellers in the neighbor-
ing States would receive a consider
able shock. With lessening intensity
the sound would spread much farther
around-indeed, it might be heard all
over the United States. The Sonorous
waves would roll over to the Atlantic
coast; they would be heard on the
shores of the Pacific. Florida would
not be too far to the south, nor Alaska
too remote to the north. If, indeed,
we could believe that the sound would
travel as freely over the great CONT
nent as it did across the Indian Ocean,
then we may boldly assert that every
ear in North America might listen to
the thunder from Pixies Peak, if it
rivaled Krakatoa. Can we doubt that
Krakatoa made the greatest noise that
has ever been recorded?
Among the many other incidents
connected with this explosion, may
specially mention the wonderful sys-
TEN of divergent ripples that started
in our atmosphere from the point at
which the eruption took place. The
initial impetus was so trependous that
these waves spread for hundreds and
thousands of miles. They diverged,
in fact, until they put a mighty girdle
round the earth, on a great circle of
which Krakatoa was the pole. The at
mospheric waves, with the whole earth
now well in their grasp, advanced into
the opposite hemisphere. In their
progress they had necessarily to form
gradually contracting circles, until at
last they converged to a point in Cen
trail America, at the very opposite
point of the diameter of our earth,
5000 miles from Krakatoa. Thus the
waves completely embraced the earth.
Every part of our atmosphere had
been set into tingle by the great
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-18
WAS WITH THE VANGUARD.

In the Franco-Prussian war Miss
Barton was the first person to enter
Strasburg after the fall of that city,
and was instrumental in organizing
the relief. She performed a similar
service at Paris, which she entered with
the vanguard at the conclusion of the
siege. After her return to the United
States she directed relief work in addi-
ton to the instances above mentioned
during the Mississippi flood of 1882, the
overflow of the Ohio River in 1888, the
Louisiana cyclone of the same year,
and the Texas drought of 1889, ever at
the fore aiding, sustaining, and sup
porting by her untiring presence the
failing courage of those who in their
suffering learned to depend upon her
with passionate love and gratitude, y,
Mrs. John A. Logan MARY Simmer
son Cunningham Logan who appears
with Clara Barton in this picture, is
a native of Missouri, but was educated
in Kentucky and married John A. Lo-
gan in 1855. Since his death she has
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-18

Christianity was first taught among
the CherOkeeS. 1t is to Sequoia that
the Cherokee nation owes its splendid
system of schools.
While In search OF a lost band OF
Cherokee Indians in 1874, Sequoia
lost his life
California has already honored him
by naming the big Tree of that
state "Sequoia gigatea" after him
England knows this tree as the
"Wellingtonia."
Thirty-two Of the states Of tha
union have adopted Indian titles, but
they are usually place-names; no.
state commentaries in its title any
original American citizen True wa
have Delaware named for Lord De-
le War;. Pennsylvania for the Quak-
pr. William Penn. and one for George
Washington, but none TO commemorata
en- Indian.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-18
AWFUL BALLOON VOYAGE.
German Military Aeronaufs Safe
Only After a Terrible Ex-
perience.
War Airship Was Driven Five Hum
dred Miles Over Baltic Sea and
Dropped in Swedish Snow Bank
Barely AHerted Drowning.

The progress of balloon experiments
in the German army has just received
a severe setback by the fearful expert.
ences of two members of the Aero.
static Corps, named Wolff and Brand
who have returned to Berlin after hav.
ing been given up for dead, following
balloon ascension, during which they
completely disappeared. The two men
were blown all the way from Berlin tC
the Baltic Sea, where they were driven
by gale clear across that body OF
water, and finally landed, half dead, in
a little village in Sweden, travelling al
together more than five hundred miles
The story of their flight is one of the
most thrilling in the history of bal
looming in Europe.
UNABLE TO MAKE DESCENT.
The two ballOOnistS, caught in the
gale in the upper air, were blown at
terrific speed for three days, unable to
make a descent without being dashed
to death.
AS the wind seemed to slacken, the
ballOOnists opened their valve, prepar-
ing to descend. What was their horror
upon seeing as they dropped from the
clouds that the open sea was beneath
them. They tried to shut the valve,
but were only partly successful.
When within a few hundred feet OF
the water, the valve was closed by
Wolff, who climbed up to the cordage
surrounding the gas bag to do it. But
the balloon still dropped nearer the
sea. Finally, desperate, the balloon
lists climbed into the balloons rigging
and cut the basket from under them.
Clinging to the cordage about the
balloon, the two men hung between
hope and fear for a few moments as
the bag seemed to hover uncertainty.
The thought came into their minds
simultaneously that one must drop off
and tighten the weight to save his
cOmrade; otherwise both must drown.
But slowly the bag began to rise once
more.
CHUNG TO CORDAGE FOR HOURS.
After c]inging for hours to the cor
dage, thousands of feet in the air over
the sea, the two soldiers made out the
land. AS soon as it was safe, the valve
was opened again, and the balloon was
allowed to descend slowly. The two
men landed in a snow bank within a
few miles of little Swedish village.
They had to walk two miles, almost
exhausted, through the snow, and col
lapsed just as they reached the first
cabin.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-18

sionary work, was born in Oxford,
Mass, in $780, During the Civil War
she did relief work on the battlefields
and organized the search for missing
men for which Congress appropriated
the sum of $4,000 After the close of
that conflict she went abroad and car
ried on the Red Cross activities of the
Franco-Prussian war, following which
she did heroic work at the JohnstoWn
flood, distributed relief in the Russian
famine in 1892, and the Armenian mas
sacre Of 1896, at the request of the
President of the United States carried
relief to Cuba in 1898, and conducted
the Red Cross relief at the Galveston
flood.
Americas most interesting repre-
sentative in the worlds group of grand
old women has been loaded with hon
ors by all nations, and her home is
filled with valuable tokens of esteem.
Chief among the treasures cherished
by this idol of conquering armies are
the Jewels and decorations rendered her
by the royalty of many nations, and
constituting unquestionably the great
est collection ever bestowed upon any
citizen of the United States.
GIFTS FROM ALL SOVEREIGNS.
Conspicuous in the glittering array
are the amethyst cut in the form of a
pansy, an inch and one-half square,
the gift of Miss Barton's personal
friend, the Grand Duchess of Baden;
the Servian Red Cross decoration pre-
sented by Queen Natalie, the Gold
Cross of Remembrance bestowed by the
Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden, a
medal presented by the Queen of Italy,
an English decoration pinned on Miss
Barton's dress by Queen Victoria; the
Iron Cross of Germany presented by
the Emperor and Empress, the decora-
ton of the Order of Melusine presented
by the Prince of Jerusalem, Cyprus and
Armenia, and the brooch and pendant
of diamonds, the gift of the people of
Johnstown, in recognition of the great
service rendered by Miss Barton after
the famous flood.
Miss Barton's father was in boyhood
one of the soldiers of mad Anthony
Wayne, and Clarissa Harlowe Barton,
as her name is inscribed in the family
Bible, came to the Bay State home as
a human Christmas present. Like many
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-18
CLARA BARTON ACTIVE,
Red Cross Heroine Will Esfab.
Hsh Railroad Hospital Car
Service.
Although Over Eighty Years Old She
Has Started in with Great Energy
to Organize New Relief Work to
Cope with Wrecks.

Clara Barton, the famous Red Cross
leader, has just given new evidence
that she is one of the most remarkable
women the world has ever known. Feel
Ing that the Red Cross work has been
placed on a permanent basis and no
longer needs her close supervision. this
untirlng woman, although upward of
eighty years of age, has lately returned
to her old home in Massachusetts, and
opened headquarters for a great new
movement to alleviate suffering, name
ly, project for organizing hospital
corps on all railroads in order that
with the aid of hospital cars speedy
succor may be brought to persons in
jured in wrecks.
The portrait here presented is of
especial interest, inasmuch as it is the
only likeness which Clara Barton has
permitted to be made in many years.
The famous Red Cross worker has no
love for the camera, but her close per-
sonal friend, Mrs. John A. Logan, after
much persuasion finally induced her to
sit for this picture. Mrs. Logan is seen
standing by her side.
WORKED IN CIVIL AND FRANCO
PRUSSIAN WARS.
Clara Barton, who is entering with
go much enthusiasm into a new mis-
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-18

engaged in literary work, and has re-
sided in the city of Washington, max
ing her home in a quaint old house
filled with mementoes of her hero hus-
band. This residence is on a most at
tractive little estate of about one-half
acre in extent, located on the brow of
a hill overlooking the nations capitol.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-18

eruption. The waves passed over our
heads, the air in our streets, the air in
our houses, trembled from the volcanic
impulse. The very oxygen supplying
our lungs was responding also to the
supreme CONFUSION which took place
10000 miles away. 1t is needless to
object that this could not have taken
place because we did not feel it. Self
registering barometers have enabled
these waves to be followed unmistak-
ably all over the globe.
Such was the energy with which
these vibrations were initiated at
Krakatoa, that even when the waves
thus arising had converged to the
point Numerically opposite in South
America their vigor was not yet ex-
(Cnutinf,ed on uayt no no colr,nopSN
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-18
PRUSSIAN WARS

Clara Barton, who is entering with
go much enthusiasm into a new mis-
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-18

"Thet there tree, Mirandy, reminds
me amazinly Nv jay-bird"
"Look-a-here, 81, yew're gettin' dip
by. Haow on airth kin a tree fallen
acrost tn road put yew in mind Nv a
jay-bird?"
"Becuz, Mirandy. it hez blew daown.
Giddap, Nance"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-18

1t is hard for Russell Sage to understand
why people want to travel TN air-ships whom
walking is so much cheaper.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-18

Miss Ottilie Guenther, who was recently given a
private audience by Pope Plus X. is Chicago girl
and a daughter of Otto Guenther of the firm of
Guenther, Bradford & Co. This is not the first time
she has been honored by the head of her faith Leo
XIII, having granted her special audience a year
before his death. Miss Guenther has been taking a
law course in the University of Berlin She has
Italians of Chicago and will resume this when she
returns there next month. She will be graduated
from Northwestern University Law School in 1907
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-06-09

and was sending for her to come home.
II has been said. though. that lie has
put II In his viii In the form OF re-
quest that his granddaughter, Cynthia
Burke Roche, shall not marry q for
eigner. as her mother did.
Miss Van Aliens Victory.
In the late notoriety of young Rob
ert Collier II was remembered what
a strenuous opposition was put up
against him as son-in-law by James
Van Allen. Mrs. Van Allen was the
daughter of Mrs. William Astor, and
1t has been said that Mr.. James Van
Allen is one of the most snobbish men
in America. He refused the offer OF
Grover Cleveland to send him as min
lister to Italy, and, like William Wal
dorf Astor, he has decided tina. Eng
land is the only place to live In and
bring up his family. When his young
est daughter, Sara, fell in love with
Robert Collier, his only objection TO
the young man was because he was
Irish. The rumor of their engagement
was ct first scornfuily denied by the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-06-09

A pretty predicancnt this was. and
pretty position 20 put millionaire
In-and muitimillionaire at that-es-
pecially one who has been accus-
toned TO carrying things with high
hand.
Get Blessing and Welcome.
Interviewers and many other men
had found that, for all Eugene Zim-
norman was considered bluff and
hearty. he could give man bad ten
seconds who asked him questions or
took any attitude which he regarded
as an imperunence. Before that last
cablegram arrived. and while the mil
lionaire still was denying. bets were
exchanged freely thar it would go hard
with Helena and with the duke II the
news turned out 70 be true.
But no. Without any possible way
OF knowing how the mistake had all
come about, Papa Zimmerman refused
to make any harsh judgment OF his
little. girl who always had been all
and all to him. He proceeded to do
all, and more, to justify the sublime
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-06-09
Van Aliens.

Van Aliens.
Mr.. Van Allen was obdurate. and, al
though his daughter declared she
would marry him ard nobody else, she
was whisked of to Europe in the hope
that she would forget him. Instead,
he followed, and che laid such a cege
to her father that he looked on ii
with little more favor. She returned
home, where she exercised the grand
coup and won over her grandmother,
Mrs. William Aston. She also joined
the Roman church. Finally, one day,
with bad grace an6 perhaps because
he had to. but none the less because
he was managed, James Van Alien cap
ituiated.
1t was not, however, until the day
of the marriage, when he reluctantly
gave the bride away at civil mar
riage in the drawing-room of a hotel.
None of Mr.. Golfers family was pres
ent, and Immediately afterwards a sec
ond marriage took place at st. Mary's
Roman Catholic church, at which Mr..
Golfers parents were present and Mr..
Van Allen remained away.
Charles oelrichs' Surrender.
Charles Oelrichs was forced TO give
in in much the same way to his daugh-
ter Lily when she became Mrs. Peter
ID. Martin. He, contrary to the other
papas, had marked her out for a titled
Englishman. But she took desperate
fancy to the young Californian, who,
although he had some wealth and posi-
ton in the western state, had only re-
Gently acquired it.
Miss Lily, who Is beautiful blonde
announced from the first that she in
tended to marry Mr.. Martin, but her
parents tried the same tactics of freez-
ing out that had prevailed at Papa Van
Aliens. Three times the engagement
was announced, and twice the we'd
ding day was set, and then 1t was
postponed, and young Mr.. Martin
returned to California. But at last
they had to give In to Miss Lily, and
the ceremony, postponed once More
for week, finally came OF. But
through 1t all Charles Oelrichs never
acted ugly.
Romances without Opposition.
or course when Miss Frederick Webb
married Ralph Pulitzer, and when Miss
Caroline Phelps Stokes married Rob-
ert Hunter they did not at first re-
ceive much opposition, as they had diff
ferent parental material to deal with
DIR. Steward Webb always has been
noted for his progressiveness, and he
and his daughter Frederick always
have held the same ideas as to the
uses OF money in the world, so that
marrying a fortune was not consid-
ered great point with them.
Andrew Carnegie Is another whose
little girl, II she grows up to be a
willful young lady, will not lack for
the support OF the man with millions,
let her do what she will--or at least
SO all would believe who remember
how loyalty he came to the support OF
his favorite niece, Miss Nancy Car
negie. when everybody In her family
was against her. .-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-06-09
In Affairs of the Heart. Wealthy Papas Seem to Haze
Very Little TO Say.
GENERALLY SURRENDER WITH GOOD GRACE
Cases WiiheImna Busch, Helena Zimme nd
Burke Roche Amens the Many Thai Might Sc
Cfed-How James Van Allen
Forced TO Give

If you intend to be married, come
back and be married at home. have
no objections to Mr.. Scharrer as a SON.
in-law." he says by telegraph. And
he is as good and better than his word
He advises them to wait until things
quiet down little, and then gives
his daughter a welding at beautiful
Pasadena. More than this, he starts
them on on their wedding trip In his
private car AGolphu3. which they only
left at New York to take the trip IT,
Europe. This and much more was pro-
vidcd by Papa Busch's generosity.
Kept Papa Zimmerman Guessing.
So with the few exceptions that
prove the rule, 1t always has been In
the history OF American millionaires.
Not long ago the world held its breath
at the rashness OF Helen Zimmerman.
Was she married? Papa Zimmerman
said mo" He also said that he
would know something about 1t II any
body would, provided such thing had
happened, and yet cablegrams kept
coming that she was.
lou CduuOL udhc NY ueuldl 100
explicit" he said, for there is abso-
luteiy nothing in the report. II there
had been | certainly would have heard
OF it, and not word have l received.
Why, my daughter is on the ocean this
minute on the steamship Campania,
which is expected to arrive at New
York on Wednesday. She will be ac-
companied by her aunt, Miss Evans,
and by no one else. Now that she has
sailed TO this country, will you tell me
how she could have been married?"
1t was suggested that the marriage
took place on the Wednesday before,
which the millionaire denied, but
which, it turned ont, was just what
had happened. The young people had
decided TO get married, but to keep the
ceremony secret until the bride could
go TO Cincinnati. But the suddenness
of the ceremony and the secrecy had
been decided upon because of the wild
and unsettled affairs OF the duke, and
the ceremony was performed with the
consent Of the brides aunt. Miss Ef-
fie Evans. She AMI the bride expect
ed to sail on Wednesday. and had 30
cabled Papa Zimmerman. A necessary
trip on the part OF the bride to Paris,
however, to get her wardrobe and close
her apartment there made an unfore-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-06-09

II millionaires are managed by no
one else in the WORT I, they are at least
managed by their daughters. In an
analysis which turns the limelight
upon all the ways OF the extremely
rich man. from his early beginnings,
to his eating and drinking, his dress
anu appearance his work and recrea-
ton, his words and probable thoughts.
there is probably only one person OF
all those 10 whom he is a continual
chow and study, 10 whom he Is not for
nidabie.
This person is his daughter.
When IL was said That IA little child
shall lead them it should have been
said that a beruffled and befurbelowcd
grown-up daughter, with pink tinted
fingers, shining anu waving tresses,
and all the complexities that go to
make up the daughters as well as the
little sisters Of the rich, shall lead
them.
The millionaire may guard himself
with his millions, may iintrench him
self from the long arm of the law,
may be silent. unapproachable, and
impervious TO questioning, investiga-
ton or attack, bat all OF sudden
some day he will be turned into soft
hearted creature who does not what
he would, but what he must, and does
1t with the best grace possible. All
this is because his pretty daughter, at
some particular crisis in her life, sud-
denly has taken IL into her pretty
head to do as she pleases, either with
or without Papa Millionaire's consent,
as the case may be.
The way he stands for her and what
she does or plays the opposite part is
a final test of his character in the
hearts Of many peaple. and one which
throws revealing light upon his true
self, although 1t is one which seems
10 be lost sight OF by G.. X. Clarke,
Owen SWEET Marsden, and other mil
lionaire students AMI experts.
Case Of Wilhelmina Busch.
Whatever may have been the eccen-
tricities covered either in herself or
her lover by the arrangements which
Papa Millionaire Busch made in order
to wed Miss Wilhelmina Busch proper
1y and conventionally TO Lieut.. Schar-
rer. nobody could doubt that in every
thing he showed first, last, and alto
.gether, that the love he bore his daugh-