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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-02-13

HANDED HER VIOLET BOX TIED WITH
VIOLET RIBBONS.
day, when she's tired, she may be right
glad to lean on some one whom she
can trust'-
"What the dickens Is the matter,
Juliet?" called Miranda mockingly.
You're jolly slow company tonight"
E -"but she must be tired first" the
voice went on. when one is tired
ones heart cries aloud. And it is then
that those who love us will not fail us.
Take this, dear"-he was handing her
the locket again, just as he had two
years back-"and if ever you want me
send me the little key. l shall under
stand. And, no matter where or how
far you may be, the call will fetch me
to you.'
Marion pushed back her heavy hair
from her eyes with the back of her
hand and, finding the touch of her fin
gers cool to her brow, let them rest
there for a.second.
Ah hadn't she had wonderful little
evening of it, though that dear st.
Valentines day! She was to start on
her first theatrical engagement in the
morning, and there was all the beauti-
full excitement of the untried life star
ing her in the face. How for sheer joy
she had smiled at everything.
"Wait till | come back to you with
fame and wealth, my dear boy" she
had bubbled laughingly to her lover,
little needing the wounding of her
words, land then-and them
With fame and wealth! oh. Mercu-
tio's painted cloak which lay across her
with tinsel lilies, which hung over the
back of a chair, how they stood to her
for the resplendence that she had
meant to have for her own-vague re-
splendence made up OF empty pageant
ry! She had fancied herself in trailing,
folded garments, moving like a prin-
cess in and out among perpetual flow
ers and bird song. There had been In
stead unspeakable drudgery. cheap ho-
tells, freezing-or stifing-theaters end
less journeys with continual fatigue.
AS the girls beautiful, tired eyes rest
ed again on Miranda's envelope she
rose, as though under spell, and, TAX
ing one more long look at the face in
the locket, she kissed 1t with a little
joyful half sob. Then she detached the
silver key.
When Miranda came back into the
dressing room there was another seal
ed note lying beside her own waiting
to be mailed.
In Kansas City just before the half
hour call was given one of the stage
hands raped on Miss Gray's door and
handed her a violet box tied with vio-
let ribbons.
Marion opened it, with a sudden. ex-
quisite thought springing into her mind
and making her dizzy with sheer joy.
Her pale cheeks went pink. like the
flush of a wild rose, as she searched the
box feverishly for the card.
All, there it was! And the old IA
miliar handwriting She stood per-
fectly still for few moments. trem-
bling visibly. Then she bent her head
under the miserably poor wired gas
Jet and read-just few lines signed
with certain foolish little name they
both knew, but eloquent with meaning.
The great double violets smiled up
in the girls face. She raised their
dewy fragrance close against her hot
cheeks.
Hes heard my Valentine call, dear
flowers" she whispered into their
hearts, land he's coming for me to-
night oh, he's coming for me to-
hlghtv
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-02-13
Man and Woman.

"Man, composed of clay, is silent and
ponderous," preached Jean Raulin in
the fifteenth century, "but woman
gives evidence of her osseous origin by
the rattle she keeps up. Move a sack
of earth and it makes no noise; touch a
bag of bones and you are deafened
with the Glitter clatter" - London
Chronicle.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-02-13
An Ancient Definition.

An old writer who lived many years
before the Matthews Roosevelt reform
ed spelling was promulgated defined a
valentine to be "ye firste of mankynde
that maybe shalle see on ye Saynte
Valentyne's daye or ye firste maybe
that a man shalle see on Saynte Valen-
tyne's morne."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-02-13

The laws of conscience which we
pretend are derived from nature pro-
ceed from nature.-Montaigne
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-02-13
ST. Valentines
: Call :
A Story of Cupid's Day
Blu VIRGINIA LEILA WENTZ

[Copyright. 1906, by e. C. Purcells.l
'UT, my dear girl, it's only for
one night the manager be-
gan to expoStulate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
THE OLD FARM,
Thoughts 1t Brought to One who
Knew 1t as q Boy.

Thoughts 1t Brought to One Who
Knew 1t n a Boy.
One morning I was awakened with
q strange new Joy in my mind. 1t
came to me at that moment with indie
scribable poignancy, the thought of
walking barefoot In cool fresh pillow
burrows, US l had once done when a
boy. So wildly the memory came to
me-the high airy world, as it was at
that moment, and the boy l was, walk
ing free in the furrows-that the weak
tears filed my eyes, the first l had
shed in many years. Then l thought
of sitting in quiet thickets in old fence
corners, the wood behind me rising
still. cool, mysterious, and the fields in
front stretching away in illimitable
pleasantness. l thought of the good
smell Of COW at milking. You do not
know If you do not know! I thought
of the sights and sounds, the heat and
sweat Of the hay1elds. 1 thought of
q certain brook l knew when a boy
that flowed among aklers and wild
parsnips, where l waded with a three
foot rod for trout. l thought Of all
these things as a man thinks Of his
first love. Oh, l craved the soil! I
hungered and thirsted for the earth.
l was greedy for growing things
American Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23

A French parricide who slew his IA
Their and mother and was asked upon
condemnation what he had to say and
why sentence should not be pronounced
upon him, entreated the court to have
mercy upon a poor orphan. This tale
is green with the moss of ages and
may not be true, but something like it
Is true of a woman named Marie Gel
vet. sentenced by a Paris tribunal to
twenty years imprisonment at hard
labor for the murder Of her sister.
While In court she constantly wore Il
long Grape veil. why do you wear
this veil?" asked one Of the officials, to
which she replied that she was In
mourning for her sister, showing an
afectionate s%ensibllity, the earlier ex-
hibition Of which, however. would have
been more becoming to her even than
the garment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
Birds of Prey.

The sharp eyed hawk can spy a lark
upon a piece of earth almost exactly
the same color at twenty times the dis
lance it is ~perceptible to man or dog.
A kite soaring out Of human sight still
a distinguish and pounce upon H.
ards and field mice upon the ground.
and the distance at which vultures and
eagles a spy their prey is almost In
credible. Recent discoveries have in
clined naturalists to the belief that
birds Of prey have not the acute sense
Of smell or Of hearing that has hitherto
been accredited them. Their keen sight
seems better to account for their action.
and they appear to be guided by sight
alone, as they W sniff at anything.
but dart straight after the objects Of
their desire. Their ccunterparts In the
ocean doubtless smell and see. but are
more guided by smell than sight, In
both sharks and rays the eyes ARE
good and have n distinct expression,
though since they scent their prey from
a short distance and swim up to II With
greatest rapidity, smell may be called
their real eye.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
U FOR BIG GAME.

Society WOma Plans Hunting Trip
After Elephants and Tigers.
Mrs. Max Fleischmann, a beautiful
society woman Of Cincinnati, who has
been attending the horse show in New
York, is preparing for a trip to the
wilds Of east Africa In search of big
game, says the New York Globe. Mrs.
F~leischmann will be accompanied by
her husband, Colonel Max Fleisch-
mann, and other hunters Of note. but
she nevertheless expects to return
with several tiger rugs and elephant
tusks as trophies Of her own prowess
with the rifle.
Hunting trips have become a passion
with Mrs. Fleischmann since her
honeymoon trip to the arctic circle,
where the polar bear, the caribou and
the walrus fell before her gun, and
the east African trip Is looked forward
ia with the greatest enthusiasm.
While MI the details Of the trip have
not yet been completed, 1t Is planned
for this winter and will consume sew
eral months. In the party, besides
Mrs. Flcischmann and her husband.
will be several titled Englishmen. but
zone Of their wives has had the te-
merity to accept invitations to join the
expedition.
Mrs. F%leischmann is the daughter Of
John G. Sherlock, a retired capitalist
Of Cincinnati and ut one time presi-
dent Of the Lntonia Jockey club. She
married Colonel Fleischmann on Dec.
20. 1905.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
Dead Ivory.

The idea that innumerable elephants
are shot to supply the market with ivo-
~ is incorrect, as the majority Is what
Is known US dead ivory-that Is. tusks
of animals that have died from natural
causes in the bush, many Of them per-
haps centuries ago. Climatic and 9TH
er influences cause the color Of the
ivory to vary from pure white to dark
brown. The latter. however, is only a
surface discoloration that can be re-
moved by Scraping. Climate, however,
affects the substance to Il very great
degree. rendering some hard and brit
tie and in other cases increasing the
liability to crack and split. Some of
the ivory that arrives from the north
ern part of central Africa is exposed
to the sun throughout its long Journey
on camels across the desert and has to
be bound up in rawhide to protect it
and prevent 1t from splitting. Triflng
as Il defect in the surface may appear
to the uninitinted, 1t may reveal to the
expert the presence Of disease within
or may enormously reduce the value Of
the tusk by rendering it unsuitable for
some particular class of work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23

Uncle SANS AntisupcrstitiOn Bulletin
According to m official Of the wealth
err bureau In Philadelphia, a bulletin
recently issued from the government
office ut Washington was put out solely
for tho purpose Of combating and over-
coming superstition something which
n government rarely undertakes In III
official way, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. The bulletin In question Is con
cerned with an emphatic declaration
that long range weather forecasts
based on the position Of the planets,
phases of the O. or the behavior Of
animals, birds or plants are vnlucless
and without reason. The bulletin Is
said to have been made necessary by
the large number of inquiries concern
Ing such forecasts received by the de,
partment. THE belief Of many farm
ers in the powers OF the ground hog as
a forecaster Of the winter season Is
as firmly fixed as their religion" said
the Philadelphia official referred to.
another sure sign to the farmer Is the
moon. These things are jokes to read
ers Of city newspapers. but out In the
country they are believed in as signs.
no matter how many times they fall"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23

ed. Clearly he must remain where he
was until the police came, when he
could explain.
The bell rang. A detective and two
officers entered.
"Good morning. ma'am. This is Mrs.
Hapgood? Sergeant says you've got a
burglar here under lock and key"
eyes, officer; he's on the e floor
in the hall room"
go up and fetch him. said the de-
~tective, and the two officers mounted
the stairs. Mrs. Hapgood preceded the
detective into the library.
my brother, Mr.. Waters" she be-
gan, ''is connected with one of the
morning papers. l have telephoned
him. and he will be here soon. In his
absence l am alone In the house with
my maid and the cook. l retired about
half past II. The cook locked UP
downstairs. as usual, and is certain
that every door and window was Sc
cure. l was awakened by some II
moving about on this floor. l rose
quietly and listened. l waited TIL I
knew by the sound that the villain was
Just at the foot of the second flight.
and then turned on the lights. faced
him with my revolver and quickly had
him locked in the hall room"
You're to be complimented, ma'am,
on your nerve" commented the officer.
The officers came down the stairs
with Tom between them. There's a
mistake here. SIR" said II Of them.
Wed better give the chap Il chance
to explain before we take him in. II
he's crooked. he's the best disguised
Of any Of 'em l eve seen"
Tell Clancy to bring him in, and you
go downstairs and find out II every
thing is o. X. there"
Tom had resumed his shoes and pulled
himself together. and when he entered
the library In charge Of Officer Clancy
there was nothing In his appearance to
suggest the nature Of his alleged pro-
feesion.
am. In s%uspecting men Of evil intent.
but l assure you I am innocent Of ev-
erything but a stupid blunder that led
me to enter your house instead Of my
aunt's. with whom l am spending 4
few days. Her number. 12o, Is the
same as this. but, as l know now. on
the street below. The houses resem-
BILE each other very closely. and.
strangely enough. my latchkey opened
your door. Here it Is. You may salts
~ yourself. officer"
Clancy took the key, went out. clos
ing both doors behind him, and re
entered without difficulty.
II can only offer you my most alb
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
Rings For Engaged Men.

Beyond Il great light Of Joy In his
eyes and Il Of walking as Il
he We're treading on mir or eggs, the
engaged young man hitherto has borne
no outward signs Of the fact the girl
has said Yes" But now comes n
new freak Of behavior. says the New
York Press. 1t is ordained that he
should proclaim the fact Of his en-
gagement by wearing a broad gold
band on the third finger Of his right
hand. This ring must be presented by
his t1ancee In exchange for the soil
taire with which he adorns her hand.
After marriage his circlet must be
moved to the left hand. Two mem
bers Of the German embassy in Wash
tngton have made the hopes Of bellies
fall to zero because the golden circles
tell the secret.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
Tom Belden'c
Burglary
By W. !. SCANDLlN
Copyright, 1905, by H. Sprague

The familiar number, 12O, painted in
white upon the brownstone steps, sug-
gested to Tom the ~lateness Of the hour.
and. unlocking the vestibule door, be
removed his shoes. Entering the house,
he softly closed and bolted the door
and, shoes In hand, groped bis way to
the stairs.
As he passed the door at the top Of
the flight he thought he heard some
one moving in his aunts apartment.
He had placed his foot upon the first
step of the upper flight when a food
Of electric light made the hall as bright
as day.
In its sudden glare Tom saw the gilt
tering barrel Of a revolver looking in
his face and heard the command:
'Hold those shoes at arms length and
back down into that ballroom behind
you. If you try to escape. I'll shoot
you dead!"
Tom stood aghast. His impulse was
to run, but as he looked into the mug
ne Of that gun he mechanically obeyed,
and, arms ut length, a shoe dangling
from each hand and beads Of perspira-
ton standing on his forehead, he back
ed into the room, and the key was
turned upon him.
He realized that he was In a grave
p~redicament. He could hear voices In
the hall and some n speaking into
the telephone, presumably summoning
the police. Could he escape before they
arrived7 He could perhaps swing him
self out Of the window ledge and drop
to the pavement, but the danger Of
broken limbs and an ignominious cap
ture caused him to abandon the idea.
The only other can of exit was by
the door into the hall. and It was lock
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23

1t is very singular how the fact Of n
mans death often seems to give peo-
pie a truer Idea Of his character,
they have ever possessed while he was
living and acting among men. Death
Is 80 genuine a fact that it excludes
falsehood or betrays its emptiness. 1t
Is a tombstone that proves the gold
and dishonors the baser metal. Could
the departed. whoever he may be. re-
turn In Il week after his decease he
would almost invariably find himself
at a higher or a lower point than he
had formerly occupied in the scale Of
public appreciation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
Humor ana Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Being a gossip is having a lot Of
high toned company.
Having an opinion of your own is an
excellent thing when it doesn't cause
you to lose money.
No man likes to see his wife work
tor anybody but himself.
The average Oma knows as much
about politics as the average man
knows Of domestic economy.
All lies are detestable unless they
bear the mark Of our own branding
iron.
The reason that most men are not
jealous Of their wives Is because they
haven't a chance to be.
When you can no longer argue,
quote poetry.
It makes us feel bad when we find
that our wrights are all wrongs.
Nobody but a fool ever tries to show
q man that he isn't as clever as he
thinks he Is.
By some people it is considered quite
honorable to tell a lie by keeping your.
mouth shut.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
A RCmnreSnb BILE Carrier Pigeon.

A remarkable story Of the sagaclty
and physical endurance Of a carrier
pigeon is told in Nansen's story Of his
arctic explorations. One day the pigeon
tapped Mt the window Of Mrs. Nansen's
home In Christiania. 1t was immedi-
ately opened, and the little messenger
was covered with kisses and carcsses
by the explorers wife. After IN alb
sence Of thirty months from the cot
tage the pigeon had brought a note
from the explorer over a thousand
miles Of frozen waste and another
thousand OF ocean, plain and forest.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
THE

AZ One Time 1t Was Used For Food
In Ireland.
That the shamrock was used as diet
before 1t was adopted at the national
emblem has been conclusively demon
strated, though In proving the fact one
writer borrows from another. Very
few drew their information from per-
sonal observation. Spenser undoubted-
" did, and he IL perhaps responsible
Tor the familiarization Of this fact to
his contemporaries. l quote the pas
sage from The View Of the Present
State Of 1reland,"
"Out Of every corner Of the woods
and Chimes they came creeping foorthe
upon theyr handles. for theyr legges
could not beare them. They looked
Nke anatomyes Of death; they spake
Nike ghostes crying out Of theyr graves;
they did eat Of the dead cartons, and
IT they founde a plotte of water crosses
or shamrokes there they flocked as to a
feast for the time"
This dietary use vas known to the
E~1iSabethan dramatists.
I will give tee leave to my
mouth phit shamrokes and butter, and
water creeshes instead Of pearsh and
peepsh.-Ben Jonson's Irish MasQue."
This Irish footman, a wild kerne, a
frog. a dog. whom I'll a spwin.
Longed you for shamrock 7-Thomas
Decker.
'The shamrock thus used for food"
says MI. Colgan, was n or other. or
perhaps both, Of the meadow clovers.
Or trefoils, Trifolium pratense purple
clover and Trifolium repens white
clover Of modern botanists Notes
and Queries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
Abas FrigiditY.

The absent rays of other days
Are with their olden glitter cleaning:
The sunny smiles of bygone whites
Are to our fond remembrance streaming
As In the fog our senses clog
And aching cold our joints d~ismember,
We mutter that Wen bet our hat
We catch the grip this chill November.
The poet rants about the chants
THAI swell and ebb through skies Of
winter.
About the lace the fairies trace
When frigid cold your fingers splinter,
But. as for me. l don agree
With him at all nor like his rawlings.
To me 1t seems old Winter schemes
To freeze to all my summers savings.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
STUDENTS PRANK.
Actress Sang "WOn't Somebody Kiss
Met" and He Did.

ActresH Sang "WOnt some body ktse
Me :" and He Did.
Two hundred Bates college students
attended the thcater In Lewiston. Me-.
tho other night clad In pajamas, says
u special from Lewiston to tho New
York World. 1t was In celebration of
the winning Of the state football cham
pionship.
Seats were reserved for the boys.
who took the college band.
Captain Schumacher, the six foot
right tackle Of the team. In answer to
Actress Clara Turner's song, Wont
Somebody Give Me a Kiss?" jumped
to the stage and boldly accepted the in
vitation before she realized what was
going on.
Schumacher finished the chorus with
her, while the audience encored again
and again.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
Mighty Poor Smoking.

It Is claimed that the tobacco trust
has been buying up legislatures in the
east and elsewhere. This Is mighty in
teresting. especially to smokers who
would like to know what the tobacco
trust might want with a bunch Of
green statesmen.
If they propose to grind them up and
put them on the market mixed with a
choice brand Of cut plug to add favor,
the discriminating legislator wants to
know 1t. He may approve Of roasting
the legislature. but he will be horn
swaggled and a few things like that
If he wants to smoke them.
OF course the naughty trust may
want them for an entirely different
purpose. 1t may have some choice ff-
ty cent cigars that need testing and
also some special brands Of legislation
that it would like to have passed In
response to what seems to be a great
public sentiment. You never can tell
about a trust.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
SUGAR FROM CORNSTALKS.
Professor Wiley Thinks Sweet varic-
II Will Yield Best Quality.

Professor Wiley Thinks swcet varie-
II VIII Yield Best Quality.
Professor H. w. Wiley of the depart
ment of agriculture thinks he has
struck a discovery that will add great
" the value of the corn crop, says the
Washington Herald. He believes the
stalks of sweet corn might be made to
yield sugar of the best quality and
thus take the place to a large extent Of
the beet that is now raised for sugar
and which Is a more expensive crop
than corn. The stalks Of the sweet
corn contain much more sugar than
those Of the common field corn, and
the sugar content Is ut Its maximum
at the time when the ear are pulled.
Sugar. Of course. 10 readily convertible
into alcohol, and inasmuch al each
hundred pounds Of stalks will yield
six and a half pounds of absolute alc0-
hol It Is easily seen what q good thing
the farmer has been allowing to go to
waste.
1t is recalled In this connection that
until a few years ago the cotton plant
ers knew virtually nothing Of the com
mercial uses or value Of cotton seed,
but since the department Of agricul-
ture demonstrated the convertibility Of
this seed into various forms Of COM
mercial value it has added greatly to
the income Of the planters. For a hun
dred years the cotton seed was allowed
to go to waste. 1t Is now a b%yproduct
Of great consideration. Professor WI
ley thinks the cornstalk can be similar
" utilized.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23

Two residents Of Il suburban neigh
borhood were talking Of the merits of
gas and electricity and their coa,par-
alive cost. well, l haven't figured
It out carefully" said the man who
used electric light. but I know I save
a lot Of matches"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23

The London Tailor and Cutter OBJ
serves with Its usual keen insight into
human nature: mo n has yet sug-
gested the utility Of kits. They never
bag at the knees. nor do they ever
require patching Mt that part. and their
hygienic properties are proverbial."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
Substantial Food.

"A congressman ought to save money
on his salary"
But it costs a lot to live in Wash
ington."
"How can it? When they are stump
ing their districts they talk as though
they We're going to make all of their
meals on octopus"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
Knew Her Failing.

ANY suggestions to make as to the
way l should paint this picture of your
wife,"
"Well, l don't like to ask the impos-
sible, but if you could make it that
way ! would like to have it a scene in
still life.'