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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-05
Bunker Recognized the Sand.

1t is the boast of the hardy fisher
men and coasters of Cape Cod that
they can tell where they are without
any instrument but the lead, and with
no other observation than scrutiny
of the sand brought from the bottom
upon it.
A few years ago one Capt. Bunker
was on a cruise, and, being confined
to his cabin by sickness, he directed
that the lead should be brought down
to his berth for his inspection. The
craft belonged to Nantucket, and was
in sand ballast The mate of the yes
sci, somewhat of wag, and doubtful
of the captains infallibility, creased
the lead, and, dipping it into the bal
last, carried it down to the berth.
Old Capt. Bunker's eyes, dilated with
establishment as he asked. do you
say you got this sand by.'sooNunding?"
Yes, sir" -
'Then, by the great hornspoon, Nan
'tucket's sunk, and we are right over
Tupper's Hill!"-.'
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-05

he reasoned | would pay rather than
suffer the matter to become known.
But | never even mistrusted it until
Vane recovered his reason and
brought suit against me. Then love,
jealousy, fear, and the old instinct to
pit my faculties against the world
arose within me. There seemed no
other course open than to, oppose the
suit, and everything seemed in my
favor This was at the outset. But
as the days went on, and l saw the an
guish of Constance, the detection OF
Vane, a great, shuddering pity for
them both, and horror for myself
awoke in my soul. | would think of
our mother, of her love for us both, of
her dying request to Vane, of his long
search for me. of my treachery in al
lowing him to fall into the clutches
of. the law in my place, of his recov-
cry to reason. only to find me in his
place, and the cumulative wickedness
of my course would grind me as if
had been fastened into the tortuous
iron frames used upon criminals. in
olden times,
But. slowly up from under all this
anguish of mind there grew up firm
resolve which comforted me,-com-
forted while it made me wretched. ]
determined to let matters take their
course, play my part to the end, AID
when that end should come, which
was confident would establish me in
the eyes of the law as Vane, Hamilton
l would go. away and give him his
rightful place.
Vane was, arrested, and | remained
free. That was as l expected, but
fingered a few days on, the scene OF
my quiet, happy, yes, happy life,
for it seemed hard to cut myself
off from it all. do not mean to
preach. but L want to say that
good people know little about what
they condemn SO rapidly; they
know little and seem to care little
about the lives, of the poor creatures
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-05
Name Well Discarded. /;

Some writer's are trying to restore
the name of MoldoWallachia, dis
placed in recent times by the more
manageable Roumania. Moldo-Wal-
lachia had a sound of remoteness
proper to eastern Europe, and mys-
tery-too much mystery for the
French lady to whom, some years ago,
an interesting young stranger was
presented And now" she asked,
raising an admiring and benevolent
eyeglass to receive his bow. tell me
what you are" Madame he replied.
81 am a MoIdo- Wallachian. WHAT
cried the vivacious hostess, with still
more interest. so young, and yet q.
Moldo- Wallachiani"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-05
CHAPTER xxIv.-continued

But | recovered my cOmposlIre sur
fclently to play my part of the return
ed husband. 1t was not unsuccessful
ly done. The children chung to me
from the first. Mr.. Carter was like a
father in his kindness, Constance o,ly
was cold. But | did not wish to re-
move the barrier between us. | was
not such william as that, and from
the first my calculations had only eX-
tended to the position held by my
brother in the bank and mill, not 10
that in his wife's affections | was
married, and Lenora loved me-.
= But my plans changed. | saw that
it would not be polite to take the po-
sition of cashier, even if it could be
obtained, and | decided to renounce
it and, for the present, all designs Of
appropriating it's funds or those OF the
mill; for my overpowering love for
Constance Increased day by day while
| lived under the same roof.
And then the tempter came in the
person of Marks. Marry her he
SAID, Tor i see you lOVe Her. one Is
rich. and you, can help the rest of us.
Business does not prosper as it used;
our operations are. too well under
stood"
Marry herr" l echoed; how can l,
when Lenora is alive?"
An evil smile lit M his face, but he
only said, "Lenora may die, she is far
from strong" but I thought nothing
Of all this. for did not think he was
bad enough to attempt her life. Now
| know that he was. | know that it
was he who sent the poisoned ring in
my name to her.
| saw a notice of her death in a
newspaper which, no doubt, he sent
to me. But there was nothing con-
corning the suspicious regarding the
cause, and, indeed, | do not think they
awoke until Bruce began his investi-
cations in the claimant case.
had long ceased to love Lenora
though appreciated her single-heart-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-05
CHAPTER XIV
CONCLUSION


The husband and wife read the con-
fession together after he had been re
leased and returned to his own, home,
and a great pity took possession OF
his soul for his unfortunate brother
He had great innate nobleness,
said Constance, 'or he would not have
given mp everything when he might
have kept it,
Eyes, that proves it," said her hus-
band; but for this | might still be in
confinement and awaiting trial on
charge of murder; but owe It to
your faithfulness, my wife. first OF
ALL
The Hamiltons continued to reside
in Grovedale. the children grew to be
a tall youth and maid, and great com
forts TO their parents. and they were
taught to feel pity, rather thar. detes-
atioh. for the wicked.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-05

oftenest found in their courts of JUS
tice.
have thought of this much in the
past week, and have wondered what
my life would have been if | had not
been taken from my parents, but al.
lowed to grow up in the midst of good
influences; and have been, probably,
as good a man as, my twin brother.
and perhaps.it is not too much to say
that he might have beepalike me- with
the same environment
go away, and Ego thief, Grimm
al in the eyes of the law. But l know
Vane's heart, and | feel that l may
hope for forgiveness, and that he will
believe me when | say that | will re-
pay him some time, if possible, the
money | took While occupying his
premises. And, Constance, | promise
you that l will live an honest life GSre-
after. | can fancy your doubling my
ability to do so; but will swear
it.
Whenever | go shall take with me
the memory of Your true, noble wo-
manhood and wifehood. Vane may
rest his soul in your truth and faith
fitness. and l, in time, perhaps, may
be glad to think of you as sister: but
not now-not now. for fear of seem
ing maudlin I refrain from saying
more. You must have known how
loved you, and you can realize what
it costs to leave you to him,
VICTOR HAMILTON
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a.
After TWO or three years passed
away, a large box of fruit reached
them from California, and they felt
sure the sender must be Victor, In
five years came a check for one thou
sand dollars. 1t was signed Charles
Rogers" but they we're sure It caff
from him also, particularly as otM \
followed from time to time. TX
wrote to Charles Rogers, but receiHs&
ing no reply fancied that he did a.
dare answer, and so they would NOT
write again.
But at last they heard of him, and
in way to create the utmost con-
sternation. He had been arrested. We
all read the account of a wealthy
ranch owner who was arrested and
held for trial on charges of former
dishonesty How for years he had
commanded the universal respect OIL
the community in which he lived;
how he had risen from being the man
ager to, the, ownership of large fruit
ranch, and how his friends felt at his
arrest. After a time the matterEwas
dropped and we wondered at it.
Long afterwards the reason was
known to few. Mr.. and Mrs. Ham
ilton read the accounts likewise, and
Immediately started for California.
They went to the governor and laid
before him the whole story of his life,
temptations, and struggles. Vane
pleaded and Constance pleaded, and
both were made eloquent by their
great sympathy and emotions. The
governor fortunately was a man of
heart as well as of justice and disx>
cernment Perhaps, too. the gracka
and beauty of Constance touched hirfr-
for he was gallant man. s'
AT all events, after some delay an&St
no little consideration, a full pard4et
was granted Victor Hamilton, AFRO
thenceforth he was free to travel
he would, and without fear. 1t WI z
not known for long time that 1t yas
Solomon Marks who denounced hiv,
because his demands of hush money
we're disregarded,- until the ar
rest, confession, and death of, Marks
took place.
He visited Grovedale, and such was
his genial nature and manner that he
was well and even cordially received,
for his story was well known as well
as his subsequent reformation. Then
he returned to his California ranch.
AS he shook hands woth Constance
at parting she said to him:
You should marry, Victor. The
ranch needs a mistress
Never" he said you have spoil
ed me for any other woman" but his
head was uplifted and he breathed
full breath at thinking he had been
able to give UP his chance of winning
her when in his own hands was htld
his brothers. fate. Cherish her,
vane, as you would cherish your own
life, for she is a jewel"
"She is more than my life to me-,
said Vane.
when will you send for me to keep
house for your" asked Clare, dancing
ont into the sunshine before him..
Next year; and when the conquer
ing hero follows-as no doubt he will
in a week--we will have grand we'd
ding at the ranch. How does that
strike you, missy?"
=, Glare bushed little, for the con-
uuering hero was not myth, and the
wedding actually took place last sum-
mer at the ranch as her uncle propos-
ed. Her parents and brother were
present, and the ring used at the. cere
mony was the one left in trust by the
sorrowing mother years before, and
whose spirit must have been present
TO bless them all.
Md
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-05
A Literary Chemist.

What is Skrybbler's profession"
well, he's sort of literary chem
lst."
Literary chemist? What do you
mean?"
Every book he writes is drug on
the market"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-05
Illogical.

-Chatterton is great fer
low to argue. isn't he?
Timkins-Oh. don't know. He
usually drops a subject before he has
srasped It.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-20

nometer she had found among the stuff
bore the name of "Antasia," and she
gave us the markings of several bales.
1t was a story to stir the imagina-
ton and would have found ready be-
levers anywhere in the world. We
We're convinced within an hour that the
woman had seen what she declared she
had and that the island was the one
known now as Outer island" 1t
stands today the westernmost of all
the group and is still without inhabit-
ants. After full year on the island
Mrs. Du Cliff became desperate. She
gave up all hope of being taken off and
determined to rescue herself. She built
Il raft and one day trusted herself to
the treacherouS sea. y west wind was
blowing. and she hoped to be carried
across to other land before it changed.
For FIVE days she drove up and down
the China sea and was then cast ashore
on the island where we found her. That
the natives had been kind and respect
full to her was owing to the fact that
they thought she was out of her mind.
Half day after the story had been
told We We're on our way to the is
land. We reached it without incident,
but TO meet with surprise and IL bit
ter disappointment. We had no sooner
approached the shore in the yawl than
we discovered that the whole place
swarmed with rats. The creatures
We're there by the hundreds of thou
sands. They We're water rats of the
largest size, and their demear was
SO ferocious that we dared ECt md.
We pulled all around the islam / 0, =
en- times over, but met the lnts
everywhere. They were gnawing down
the trees and eating the grass out by
the roots. Where they came from l
cannot say. There was not one on the
Island when the woman left. We tried
Z y 'er and shot and fire to frighteE
t',c 1. but it was not to be done. After
Teek we bore away for Saigon.
ire the woman's story was fully cor
.cDorated as to her residence, mar
rage and the loss of the ship but the
: Dry of the cave and the treasure had
$50 to be told. The French governor
at once sent ship to the island and
brought everything away after having
spent fortnight throwing poisoned
food to the rats. We of the trading
schooner We're promised a fair share,
but no man of us ever fingered Il dol
lar. We We're put off on one excuse or
another and finally threatened with i'm
prisonment if we moved further in the
matter. The woman was given q
share, l believe, but the greater part
Of the singular find went to enrich two
o+T; toll of ho
NJ. QUAD,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-20
Dumping to Wall Street.

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw is
going to dump many more millions into
the voracious nav of Wall street in an
effort to reduce the money stringency
The banks he will deposit this i'm
mense sum with will dole it out on call
loans at rate that averages probably
80 per cent a year.
The frenZied Spectator will pay
this usurious interest so that he may
carry on his speculative ventures. the
relief to the money market will be only
temporary and those only who will de-
rive benefit will be the banks which
stand in with the United States treas
ury. 1t seems outrageous to let these
big financial institutions take the funds
of the government and utilize them TO
extort oppressive rates of interest.
IL is bad enough to let them use
these funds in the ordinary channels of
business without interest but when
they manipulate them in a time of
stringency to increase the rates of in
terest so their profits may be larger
it is about time that something was
done to restrain them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-20
Dangerous and Revolutionary.

An editorial writer in the st. Louis
Republic holds President Roosevelt's
special message on the agitation grow
ing out of the establishment and main
tenance by San Francisco of separate
schools for Japanese residents is by
all odds the most dangerous and revo-
lutionary that has ever come out of the
White house
''It is revolutionary" this writer
maintains. because in it the president
DULLES the Californians and threatens
them with all sorts of evil things
which the constitution and the laws of
to do unto them.
1.-The founders of our government
made it plain that the federal govern
ment has no control whatever over the
institutions and internal affairs of the
states. There was not a man in the
convention of 1887 who would not have
been shocked by the claim now adj
vanced by Mr.. Roosevelt that rights
strongly safeguarded by the constitu-
ton could be taken away by any
treaty made only by the president and
the senate.
"a treaty to enter into the supreme
law of the land must not impose upon
our government any obligations which
the constitution does not authorize.
Only laws made by congress in accord
ance with the constitution enter into
the supreme law of the land. The con-
stitution expressly says So An act of
congress needs for its completion the
affirmative of both houses of congress
and the president. A treaty on our
part requires the concurrence of only
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-20
Tampering With Voting Machines

1t seems that the republican bosses
in New York state have been tamper-
ing even with the voting machines. An
investigation has taken place in the
city of Elmira, which city uses the vot-
ing machines. 1t is stated every ma
chine in the city is 10 opened and thus
far only one machine has been found
that recorded the votes correctly. The
account goes on to say that lone ma
chine after it was opened, was voted
20 times on each ticket. and only two
votes registered in the democratic col
umn. while there was only a slight loss
in the republican column"
The device in this instance, seems to
have strong republican tendencies.
Just how it was manipulated to pre-
sent fraudulent returns is not stated; ;
but it may be taken for granted that
republican bosses will find out some
way, if it is possible, to corrupt the bal
lot box lin the interests of the party"
Thee. o. p. bosses believe ''the end
justifies the means"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-20
DAILY. STOR Y.
THE ISLAND OF RATS.


Copyright 1906. by Homer Sprague.l
Between the Philippines and Borneo
| is group of small islands. In 1880
we touched at one of them, and the
natives reported a white woman
among them. We induced them to
bring her to us. While dressed as a
| native, her face was scarcely more
| than sunburned, and she was what
| any one would call handsome. She
| was only about thirty years old and
| in the best of health. Her story was
a queer one. She was resident of
| Saigon, capital of French Cochin China.
| Four years previous she had married
Frenchman named Du Cliff and al
most at once had set out with him in
sailing vessel for Singapore. Two
days after sailing they had encounter
ed typhoon. She was not very clear
as TO what followed, being very i'll at
the time. She thought the ship struS-
gled with the storm for two days. She
then sprung a leak and foundered.
The woman had been brought on deck
and dashed to the bulwarks along with
her husband while the crew We're try
ing to construct some sort OF craft
4 great wave suddenly overwhelmed
them, and the next that Mrs. Du Cliff
remembered was waking up on the
shore of an island. She was still
dashed to the wreckage, but she was
alone When she was able to move
about she found fresh water and plen-
ty of wild fruits, and in the forest she
constructed u hut out of limbs and
bushes. Every day for long months
she expected rescue. She could see
ships sailing up and down, but none
came within miles of her. Off to the
east she could family make out other
islands or the main shore, but no help
came from that direction. If she had
had the means to build Il fire ana
raise smoke signal, some one would
have come, but she was helpless in
that direction. 1t was three months
before she thoroughly explored her is
land. Then she found it to be about
two miles in circumference. 1t was
well wooded and in the center was
high hill of almost solid rock. There
were birds in plenty, but not a wild
animal or reptile of any sort.
One day. after six months had gone
by and while inspecting the hill to see
If she could not set up Il signal there.
the woman made n great discovery
She found Il cave which had certainly
once been a depository for the plumber
of the Sulee pirates. What she told us
believe to be the truth, because she YER
flied it in many ways. She visited the
cave twenty different times-in fact.
lived in it for the last month of her
stay-and so she had plenty of time to
overhaul the plumber. She found in
that cave gold, silver and paper money
TO the amount of $4,000. There was
gold dust which she estimated at S1O.-
600 more There was jewelry worth |
thousands of dollars. She said there |
were diamonds, rubies and other pre- |
rious stones. There were innumerable |
bales and boxes that she had not med |
died with and did not know their con- |
tents. So far as she could Judge, no |
one had visited the cave for years. |
When we pinned her down to particu- |
lars she remembered that a ships chro-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-20
FlavOring the
Christmas Goodies
Dangerous Old Fashioned Liquid Ex-
tracts Now Little Used-The Best
as Cheap as the Poorest

If there is any one time more than
another that stands for good cheer il
IS Christmas time. 1t is the season of
happiness, and gift giving of universal
good living, and the one time of all
others that the home cook puts firth her
best efforts with countless dainties and
goodies
There is one thing that should be re-
membered, however. in the preparation
OF all this world of good things to eat.
None of the old fashioned liquid flavor
ing extracts should be used.
Snow Flake FlaVoring Powders which
give cakes. buildings. ice cream. sher-
bet, custard. etc, the most delicious fla
vor of fresh picked fruit, are now the
universal choice of good cooks They
contain nothing but wholesome flaw
orS- combined with the purest of white
sugar and cost less than one-fifth as
much as any liquid extract you can
buy. for one - cent can of Snow Flake
Powder will go as far as four % cent
bottles of any liquid extract. They are
made in four fiavors. lemon, vanilla
orange and nutmeg, and are for sale
by all first class grOcerS, Is cents per
can If in any way unsatisfactory, re-
turn the can and get your money back.
Accept no extract but Snow Flake Fla
voring Powders. and order a can now
while you think of it. Remember the
can you have always bought for %
cents is now but 10 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-20

the president and the senate Surely
the convention of 1887 was not com
posed of imbeciles who would give to
the president and one-half of congress
a higher power in creating supreme
law than it gave to the president and
the whole of congress.
1.-The message is dangerous because
in il the president asserts the right to
thrust into the most delicate and SEN
sitive institutions of state the strong
and arbitrary hand of a government
5000 miles distant, a government upon
which the people of the coast can ex-
ert little direct control, and which is
not at all in touch with local feeling
and needs.
THE message is dangerous because
it is written in utter contempt of the
constitutional safeguard of local indie
pendence, which forbids the federal
government to send troops into a state
for police duty without the express re-
quest of the state legislature or of the
governor if the legisla are cannot be
convened.
1.-The message is, in short, deplorable
from beginning to end, since it reveals
that the most energetic and restless of
all our presidents is either ignorant or
unmindful of the fundamental princi-
pies of the government of which he is
the chief executive"
The question of the sovereign rights
of commemorative aside, there is no
doubt that the characteristic impulsive-
ness of the executive has led him to
make another i'll advised move, even if
he has not transcribed his official pre-
negatives in the premises. President
Roosevelt may learn some day to think
first and act afterward instead of eter-
nally reversing the rule.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-20

In the death of Bishop Charles c..
McCabe and the fatal illness of
Bishop Charles H. Fowler. brings to
a close the careers of two of the most
famous divines in the history of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Both
brilliant and scholarly men, they gave
lustre to their holy calling and proved
blessings to the denomination 10 which
their lives were devoted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-20

Appeals to shoppers in this rush sea
son to make their purchases as far as
possible in the earlier hours of the
day. thus sparing the nerves and
muscles of weary clerks at nightfall,
are reasonable and ought to be pro-
ductive of the relief which they intend.
The small philanthropies of life are
great blessings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-20

Capitalization is now doomed by the
automobilists. They find it bothersome
to keep track of the different laws of
the half dozen states they scoot over
in an afternoon and would be glad to
have one national law OF course, if
they demand it we shall be obliged to
abolish the states and their rights and
their boundaries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-20
Watch Your Kidneys

Is the warning of all up to date physi-
clans Dandelion is one of the best
known remedies for kidney trouble. DR..
Edwards Comp. Dandelion tablets and
pills are sold by all druggists. Free
trial at T. II. Thomas.