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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
THE MARINERS DREAM.

midnight sailor boy lay the wind:
But watch and weary, cares lev n awas
danced CT MS HIM
Of his home Of hi ie4r natve n~t
While s msgoIy s aSk r sne t 'st
Then Fancy her magical Inons spread wide
And bads young I'm es sta r hide
SG ANA d the 'a ao, ' of his foefahe
from t her , nest in ns "11
And the Voices Of loved his call
lis cheek is believed mothers warm tear
With the p lips Of the dwhomh holds dear
The sleeper beats hSh in his 11 or
And mur1nur Of happiness through
blessed me; l ask for no more
whence which glares on III, his s eye
rs the ghtnngs psd CLEAN panrg a ne on The sphee
ANA enent cononts with images dire k
WIZ e w mas a na ma spnters ' te shous
h va Gnn te lost hs wr %G~ calls M
spirits his knell ~ ,.ova
flaps his broad wings DER the wave
sailor boy, thy dream of delight, ~
In darkness dssovs the gay work of o hisbt
Thy parents fond pressure and loves honeyed kiss
sailor boy lor-boy, never
Full many H'a ahom thy y frame h il
No tomb e plead o remembrance thee
But the fs's white e'f or @ all @
And winds in the midnight Of winter thy drge
On bed 9f thy limbs shall be laid;
OF thy fair yellow locks threads of amber be made
And strl the shall roll;
Ea ss ny sase ' psaee a to ty SOUL
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
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Bands of printed muslin ornament
a>frock of plain white muslin.
The prevalence with the kimona
sleeves grows with the season.
What sensible fad it is, this of
wearing walking skirts ankle length!
Box pleats arranged below the
square yoke give generous fulness to
the fronts of thin negligee.
The suit with cutaway coat when
made of the large shepherds plaids
which are in vogue is strictly stun
ming.
The waists with bretelle effect and
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
It was no wonder that when Pat en-

1t was no wonder that Wnen rat en-
tered the room he threw up his hands
and fed in mortal fear He expected
to see his sick wife, but instead he be-
held. seated in the huge armcheir be-
side the window, form part human,
part monster. He turned and looked
again. No, there was no mistake. He
saw plainly enough the enormous fore
head, the awful nose, the grinnlng
mouth, the hideous cheekbOnes. And
Pat was not crazy, nor was he intoxi-
Gated.
Rational as he was, he did not be-
lieve his own senses. And, going back
once more, he peered through the half
opened door at the strange figure in the
armchair. He was more startled now
to find that everything but the face
belonged to his wife. There was the
Powered waist she had worn when he
left in the morning; there was the
same snowy kerchief about her neck;
there was the same skirt; and there,
clasped upon it's somber folds, were
yes. those were his wife's hands. OF
this he was as certain as that two
and two are four. Even the cloth
slippers protruding from beneath the
skirt belonged to his wife. But the
face-oh, that awful face! Yes, his
wife was sick, but no disease could dis
tort human countenance into the gro
tesque one that was most certainly his
wife.
Pat went out on the doorstep and
pondered. Then he went and sat on
the bench by the pump. From there
be moved to an old stump opposite the
window at which the strange being was
seated. He tried to look in, but tan
gled growth of vines prevented this.
So he advanced cautiously, and when
he reached the window he peeked
through into the room. There it still
sat, solemn, stolid, awful. Pat made
q hasty retreat. He sat down on the
doorstep again.
He began to wonder where Mary, his
daughter, had gone. Why had she
left ''it'-that's what he now began to
term the figure in the armchair
alone? He had cautioned her before
he left, telling her to be sure to re-
main constantly at his wife's side This
I @ful catastrophe would not have oc-
Cured had she needed what he told
her. Well, how could anything like
1t happen, anyway? Pat ran his fingers
through his hair. How could his wife
get another face? How could? Pat
swore under his breath and went back
to the old stump again.
At length Mary came sauntering
down the road. She had parcel or
two in her arms. These she placed up
IN the step beside her father, and then
asked how her mother was feeling.
"Why didn' ye SHAY to homer" Pat
asked, Then with true Irish abrupt
hess he added. Yer mither's lost her
head. She's gone. Ye got"
But Mary listened no longer. Her
thrill voice rose in wild weeping at |
,earing her father say she no longer
lad q mother, and she rushed up the
,tairs and into the house.
Pat sat on musing, and Of a sudden
n awful shrek came from within the
,ouse. A moment later Mary. her face
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03


about the doorstep threw that region
into deeper gloom AS they sat there
Pat and Mary heard sounds from with
in. They crouched closer together
Both were shaking from head to foot
And when they beheld, framed in the
doorway, the familiar figure bearing
that awful face, they SUNK away in
mortal terror. When they reached
the bench by the pump they sunk
breathlessly down upon it.
"Oi say. Mary. Mary, where be We?
Pat! Pat. come loight the lamp. 1t
must be tonne fur me med cine. Mary.
Mary! Nary"
The words came to them, striking a
chill to their hearts
Finally Pat became emboldened.
Its moo use, Mary" he said. "Oi
got to 60 and foind out about it, But
Oil niver be satisfied Mither's got
to have dacent fa-ace, or no fa-ace
at all. Oh won't pay a rid clint fur sich
a-fur-sfch-a-"
The words died away as he moved
toward the open doorway, through
which there now fell the feeble rays Of
the low-turned lamp From distance
he could look in, and there, seated at
the table, was the well-known figure
the hideOus countenance The lamp
light made it look still more horri-
BILE.
While Pat was gazing Mary crept up
to him. and together they continued to
look in silence
Lets go in suggested Pat.
Mary shook her head
Come on" said Pat, "Ill lade the
way and face the face of her"
So they went in, like two culprits,
stealthily.
Where wuz ye?" Mary's mother
asked. An why didn't ye come whin
Oh called?"
Neither answered. While they stood
trembling Mrs. Muldoon slowly raised
her hands and removed the cause of all
their fear. laying it upon the table be-
side her.
"Oh. OH sasped Pot, praise be to
God. It's falst fa-ace!"
Mary heaved a sigh of relief at sight
or the familiar cotton-batting with
which her mothers face had been COW
cred for the past week
Was you fur foOlin' us, mother?' she
asked.
Twas good jo-oke," Pat said,
and began to laugh boisterously
Twas no jo-oke at ALL said his
wife sternly. Oil have We under
stand Oh don't feel loike jo-okin.'
When Pat heard this he ceased
laughing. The statement that it was
no joke aroused in him a new fear
Perhaps, after all, the face was not
false, perhaps
Pats wife arrested his further |
thoughts by clapping the face into place
again.
''T'row that thing out" he now ex-
claimed. 'Oi won't be havin' it scarin' !
the loife out O. me. T'row it out, OF /,
say! D'you think We look noice with
1t on? Ye look worse than the divil. |
What ye wearin' it fur?''
"What'm Oh wearin' it fur" repeated |
Mrs. Muldoon. What do We suppose |
Dim wearin' it fur? It's to hold the
cotton-battin' an the salve on me
fa-ace. That's what Dim wearing it |
FUR. They have regular masks fur that.
the docthor troied to git wan. but
couldn't, so he got this here falst face
1t answers the purpose juisht as we'll"
Dim willin' to pay fur that face"
COZ Dot ~, III:
Magazine
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
An Even Affair.

A Missouri lawyer tells OF an d.
SAINT and battery case that was 10
Gently tried in a Kansas City court
To the first witness called the pr
siding magistrate put this ques.,ou !.
",yhy did you not go to the aio "
the defendant when the hgnt w
curred?" ..
Because" answered the "i.n
with a smile, Il didn't know wnien
one of them was going to be tne "
acknowledgement Free Press.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
THE FACE PAT PAID FOR
By ALBERT ]. KLINCK


white, her eyes staring, almost fell out
Of the doorway into his arms. She was
bordering on Mysteries.
did We liver in your loife see SIGH
a lookin-mither?" Pat asked
1T amt mother Mary sobbed, sit
amt mother. But it's her dress, and
and-her hands. But her face. Oh.
it amt mother, it can't be mother"
Its mither all but the-the fa-ace,"
Pat declared. But how did she git
that fa-ace9 Did ye iver see wan ,oike
it? It's enough to scare the diyil him
self"
Mary chung to her father. II had to
! go to the store she began by way of
explanation. Il went just as the doc
came in SO mother wouldn't be alone
for long. hurried as much as could.
Oh, if hadn't only gone, if l hadn't
only gone" "Yis, yis,' said Pat, IF
you'd "a sthayed at home, you could "a
seen how it happened anyway, even
If We couldn't "a stopped it. Mary, you
don't think-No. Oh don't think mesilf
they could gra-aft anither head on:
do We? Shti!i, they do wonderful things
these days. If the docthor did put it
on, whoy didn't he put on dacent
one? Oh bet he put On the worsht one
in the lot. Oh won't pay fur it, Mary,
no. Oi won't pay fur it, not till I'm
satisfied. He's got to put on better
lookin' fa'ace than that before he gifts
amy money out me, OF tell We. Did
We liver see sich for-ead? And SIGH
nose! It's plashtered all over the ia
ace. The mouth is laughin' all the
tonne. Oh don't want face loike that
that's grinning' all the tonne. He's
got to put on a dacent one, or he don't
git no pay"
Pat folded his arms and threw back
his head.
He couldn't do it, Mary now said;
mo, he couldn't put on a different
face"
"Will, is that yere mithers fa-ace?"
Pat asked "Oi say. is that yere
mither's fa-ace?"
Mary had to acknowledge it was
not.
And the rist of it's your mither,
amt it,? he further questioned.
Mary had to acknowledge it was.
"Will, there you be- Pat said. 1.-THE
docthor said the poison oivy moight
git in her dyes and blend her, didn't
he? Will, Oh suppose it did But Old
ruther have her blond than with such
a mug. In all me loite Oh niyer saw
a fa-ace loike that He's got to ta-ake
it off, Mary, Oh tell We. Oh won't
stand it."
Mary sat down and held her head in
her hands.
Honest, now, Mary" persisted Pat,
did We liver see SIGH fa-ace?"
Its awful, it's awful" she moaned.
The next moment they almost fell of
the steps from fright. Some one called
Mary. 1t was her mothers voice.
"Dyou hear?" Pat whispered, "dyou
near? She's calm, and with that
that fa'ace. But it's her voiAs. Amt
it. Mary?'
They listened. Once, twice. three
times they heard it ~ Mary. There
was no installing that voice.
It was getting dark now. The trees
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
Dress Millennium.

When the dress millennium arrives
and every woman finds herself
thing of joy to look at, able to walk
with comfort and pocket for her
purse, 1t will be the result of an ele-
mentary training in dignity, comeli-
ness and common sense.-Reader.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
She Was a "Widder.W

Mr.. Jiggins-How'd you like me for
your second, Mrs. higgins?
Mrs. Miggins-Go along with YOU.
You might wait till I'm a wilder
Mr.. Jiggins-Well, so you are. Your
BILLS just been run over.-Sketch.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
No PIain-Clothes Women

Church-DO you suppose they'll
ever have women on the police force?
Gotllam-Never; couldn't possibly
get 'em to appear as plain-clothes wo
men-Ysnkers Statesman,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-09

To check cold quickly. get from your
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called Preventics. Druggists everywhere
are now dispensing Preveniics. for they
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and prompt. Preventcs contain no Qui-
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ening. Taken at the 'sneeze stage" Pre-
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chits, La Grippe, etc. Hence the name.
Preveutics. Good for feverish children.
As Preventics % cents Trial Boxes cts
Sold by j L Mackey Co.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-09
Advertised Letters.

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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-09

II real coffee disturbs your stomach. your
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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-09
Weak Kidneys

Nerves, The Kidneys IKE the Heart. and tSe
Stomach. find their weakness. not in the organ
ttself. but In the nerves that control and guide
and strengthen them. DIR. Shoop's Restorative Is
- mediein6 specifically prepared to reach these
controlling nerves. To doctor the Kidneys alone,
we'll.
II your back aches or is weak, II the urine
scalds or Is dark and strong, IL you have symptoms
OF Brights or other distressing or dangerous kid.
ney disease, try DIR. Shoop's Restorativea a month
Tablets or Liquid-and see what IL can and viii
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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-09

Fishing creek neighborhood
near the residence of William
and James McKenney who were
absent at the time on a trip to
Camden. Several of the neighbors
assembled at the house of Will. |
lam McKenney for defense
against the Indians. The next
morning there being no Indians
In sight, Mrs. McKenney ven.
tured out to milk the cows.
While milkin e, several Indians
crawled on their hands and
knees to where she was. She made
no effort to escape, but agreed
TO go quietly to the house with
them. AS they came near thehouse
Michael Melbery shot at and
wounded the Indian that held
Mrs. McKenney by the arm. She
broke loose and ran towards the
door, but ass Ferguson opened
the door to let her inside he was
instantly killed and his mother
mortally wounded by shots fred
from the rifles of the Indians.
Then the door was closed and
alter several Of the indians had
been wounded by shots from the
defenders they retreated, taking
with them Mrs McKennev.
When they had taken her about
a half mile from the house thew
tomahawked her in the back and
head, scalped and left her for
dead. After awhile she regained
consciousness and crawled back
home. The wound in the head
OF Mrs. McKenney never healed
entirely, but she lived for many
years and had born 10 her sew
eral children. One born three
months after she was tomahawk-
ed was plainly marked with .
tomahawk and drops of blood
as If running down the side of
her face. This child was living
as late as 1887 in Tennessee, the
wife OF John Steadman. Mr..
John G. McFadden, who held
the office of clerk for so MANY
years, is great grandson of
Mrs. McKenney.
When the Indians came back
in the neighborhood of ROCKY
creek they killed John Mcdaniel
and his wife and carried off his
seven children, the oldest being
a girl of Is years. These brutal
acts so aroused the people that
rescuing and avenging party
headed by Thomas Steel was or.
ganized and followed the Indians.
They followed them almost to
the borders of the Cherokee ma
tion and there falling upon them
in the dead of night they killed
most of the savages, put the rest
to flight and rescued the children.
II is related that Thomas Garrett
of Rocky creek killed the one
who had tomahawked Mrs. Nc.
Kenney and actually found her
scalp in the shot bag OF the saw
age.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-09

Obstinate cases of constipation and nasty.
mean headaches promptly disappear when
you take DeWitt's Little Early Riser Pills
Sold by Crawford Bros.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-09
Tragic Incident in History of
Chester Struggles Be-
tween Early Settlers and
the Indians.

From the States Write up of
Chester.
The inhabitants of Chester.
like the rest of the upper part
OF South Carolina, are of Scotch
Irish descent. 1t is related that
the covenanters, fleeing from
the wrath and persecution of the
Stuart kings of Scotland, settled
in this section of country for a
VIII lie, but not liking the idea of
slavery, removed TO Illinois, al
t ough some of their descend
ants remained and made splen-
did records for themselves.
AS early as 1882 afew Scotch.
men settled near the mouth Of
Rocky creek and commenced
Taffikiog with the Indians. The
Indians in this section we're
prosperous and were not
bothered by The whites until
after the settlements had been
made on the coast for some years.
By that time the Indians had
acquired some knowledge Of fire
arms so that when the white
men came TO this section he
found the Indian ready to turn
his weapon against him in de-
tense OF mis- home. The inbabi-
tants came slowly at first, prob
ably preferring 10 remain near
Charleston, where they could
flee to the protection of the forts.
In those days when there were
no roads and travel was done
either on horseback or by water
it took man of courage to leave
the settlements and push on in
to the wilderness among the In
dams and wild beasts. But the
Scotchmen were men who knew
not fear and they came on driv-
ing before them the Indians,
wild beasts, cutting the forests
and making out of the barren
wilderness veritable flower
garden. Along about 1855 the
immigrants began TO come in
larger numbers and from that
time to the Revolution the num-
Der increased. When the colo.
nisss resisted the tyranny of
King George and determined to
throw off his yoke the men of
what is now Chester were among
the first to take the lead and de-
clare that the British rulers
should cease TO trouble the men
Of this new and fearless repub-
lie.
1t is said that the early set
tiers suffered many hardships
and tradition has it that they
often lived on bread and water.
In the first days of the settlers
the Cherokee Indians, who lived
in the western part of the State,
gave them much trouble. The
Cherokees were a strons tribe
and living among their mountain
fastness they would swoop down
on the coloniste, scalping the
men, women and children and
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-09


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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-02-08

Of the latter. It's selling agents are in.
gtructed to secure customers at any
sacrifice, says the report, and official
Inspectors In different states have been
bribed, according to evidence taken
under oath. The commission finds that
this policy Of destroying competition
has been pursued without much ref
erence to decency or conscience" 1t is
also charged that the trust has syste-
matically purchased the influence or
certain newspapers throughout the
country.
harriman's Hold on Slope.
How the Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe interests, controlled by e. III. Har-
Hman, have come to monopOllze the
rail transportation Of the entire state
Of California was brought into the day
light of official record at San Fran
cisco when Commerce Commissioner
Lane took up the investigation Of that
section of the country. Attorney Sew
erance appeared for the government.
A. II. Payson, assistant to President
Ripley of the Santa Fe told of the
agreement between his road and the
Southern Pacific doing away with all
competition, contract now on file at
New York and to be produced in court
BY it each is to have a majority of the
board every other year.
Railroads In Coal Business.
The results of the interstate COM
merce commissions inquiry into rail-
road ownership of coal mines, as di-
rected by congress last session, have
now been reported. 1t is shown that
the New York Central, the Pennsylva-
mia, the Baltimore and Ohio and other
carriers own directly or by stock in
other companies large interests in coal
lands. The commission recommends
that interstate carriers after a reason
able time be forbidden such ownership
except to supply their own coal con-
sumption.
Referring to the Pennsylvania. the
report says that the ownership of coal
stock by officers and employees "has
created a serious and dangerous condi-
tion," resulting in unfair distribution
of cars.
Evidence of conspiracies in restraint
of trade are found in the Associated
Railways Of Virginia and the Carolinas
and in the Tidewater Bituminous
Steam Coal Traffic association, in both
of which exist agreements to maintain
prices and freight rates. Similar agree.
ments were found to exist in the East.
ern New York and New England All
Rail Bituminous Coal association and
in the Buffalo bureau of bltuminous
coal statistics.
The commission urges that all car
riers be required to make public their
system Of car distribution; that car
rlers be prohibited from using private
cars in the coal traffic.