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May Have Sent Children Away.

Some few Brocktonites believe that
because the air had been full of
rumors regarding unhappiness in the
ball home she really did arrange to
nave some one come with a red auto.
mobile and take her children where
they might be cared for.
But such reasoning does not satisfy
the majority of those who have
worked on the case. The majority
believe that the woman, in horror at
the malady which was slowly creep
ing upon her, took her children to
some lonely spot and killed them,
then with the cunning of the madwom-
an, hid them beyond all finding. Per-
haps the torn hands came from dig
ging In the half-frozen ground that she
might hide the silent little forms
Perhaps the scratches on her throat
came not from her own fingers, but
from the tiny hands fighting for their
lives. And who shall say at what in
slant reason was dethroned, or what
act of her own or another swept like
sharp knife through the tottering
brain and left It blank?
Perhaps Mrs. Ball knows to-day
where the children are, and, with
demoniac cunning, refuses to let the
father claim his own flesh and blood.
Perhaps, If she would, she could lead
the searching parties to the very spot
where the silent forms are buried.
Perhaps her mind was never blank.
But history, medical and otherwise,
gives her the benefit of the doubt.
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came from all over New England to
join in the search. The Brockton En-
terprise offered reward of 500 for
the recovery of the children, dead or
alive. Brockton citizens raised $500
more, and more detectives, profess
sional and amateur, flocked to the
scene.
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Woods Thoroughly Searched.


Every inch of the frozen woods
into which the woman and her chill
dren had disappeared was raked over
The Avon reservoir, beyond the woods.
was dragged. Farmers all around
Brockton neglected their affairs in
their frantic efforts to unearth the
bodies of the two little ones. The po-
lice matron of Brockton was sent to
the asylum at Taunton in the hope
that talking, woman to woman, she
might obtain some clew from the de-
mented mother. But she came home
with word that her attempt had failed.
Mrs. Balls mind was blank.
Then came day when some chill
dren playing in the woods near the
suburb of Holbrook, five miles from
the Ball home, came upon some juve-
nile raiment-a boys blouse, two
union suits and little girls under
skirt These were partially but not
completely identified by the distract
ed father, for man-like, he was not up
on the details of the family wardrobe.
And then, while searching parties
raked and scraped the woodland in
which these garments had been found,
the father received word that his wife
seemed to be quite rational again.
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Medical Advice.

Lady Patient-Doctor what do You
do when you burn your mouth with
hot coffee?
Doctor-Swear.
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Mothers Memory Conc.

So to the Taunton asylum he hur-
ried alone. Unaccomranied by hys-
terical women or keen-eyed detectives,
he hoped that in a quiet, heart-to-
heart talk with his wifi he might OBJ
tain some clew to the whereabouts of
his children.
Il took my children under my cloak,
They were cold and crying. The rest
is blank"
Behind that moment Ut motherly in
stinct when she stretched out the pro-
lection of arms and wooden folds to
envelop her shivering children, Mrs.
Balls memory cannot go. Sometimes
she gropes wildly for facts, and says a
woman in a red automobile took the
children away. But always she real
ICES that the children are gone, that
none can find them, and that behind
the veil of her clouded mind lie the
facts which she cannot reach.
Grave physicians and alienists have
visited this woman, striving to decide
whether it is a lapse of memory pure
and simple, or a return of the mental
malady from which she suffered four
years ago. At that time ahe was CON
fined to the asylum because, on the
death of her youngest child, she had
developed a curious homtcidal mania,
brought on by excessive grief. But as
time cured the wound her mental
equilibrium was restored, and she re-
turned to her home, where apparently
she was devoted to the two remaining
children.
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If you are looking for happiness,
why not try to look on the bright side
of things?
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Rtlnct led Woman Home.

Wo nights later, on Thursday, De
piOer ., Mrs. Ball staggered into the
fle Of Mrs. Baxter, who lived di-
q'ly opposite the Ball home in
Pcklon. The Baxters were terrified
me figure which stumbled across
m threshold. Her clothes were in
'praer Her fingers were grimy and
4 as though she had been digging
he frozen earth. Across her
p"l We're great bloody scratches,
reason had fled Her eyes were
! her speech incoherent.
ne next morning a raving maniac,
n 'hall was taken to the asylum
me insane at Taunton, Mass.
put where We're the children?
ne distracted father asked it. The
i'eu heighbors echoed his question.
4 county officials considered It
Y duty to find out. Detectives
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0TOChlOU, mdoo' opChOu my
III and took the children under it,
Il on each side. From that time till
foke up everything is blank"
twenty-five trembling words, spok-
&by disheveled, shaking woman,
4 behind them lies the tragedy of
&recked home, the remarkable dis
3earance of two human beings as If
n ground had opened to swallow
em, and a mystery which has baf-
d the keenest detective minds of
~ England.
Al mother calling at the schoolhouse
or for her boy and girl three fig
Is disappearing into the woods, a
tat storm cloak flung open to shelter
n small forms-a blank of "a hours,
a then dsheveled, quivering
other.form being hurried to an in
he asylum.
Nhat happened during that period
mental death?
And where are the children?
pn Monday, December 2, soon after
e o'clock, Mrs. Mary r. c. Ball,
B of John Ball, left her home at
80 Holbrook avenue, and walked hur-
- by to the Winthrop school, where
children were engaged in their
lies Mary Grace Ball. aged nine,
III Thomas Ball, aged seven, were ex-
led by their teachers at the request
|their mother, who was apparently
composed and natural in her
44ring. They put on their warm
as and toques and mittens and trot-
~ down the schoolyard path, one on
Der side of the tall, cloaked figure.
4! dren Went JoyfulIy.
Joyous anticipations were aroused
n their childish minds. Christmas
~ at hand. Perhaps they were 60
81 shopping! Perhaps they were 60
81 to the woods to gather evergreens!
Il to where. they really went, directly
pm the schoolhouse, opinions differ
Is may have been because Brockton
q something else to think about
Eing the next few hours. The Ball
She on Holbrook avenue was in
pies. There was fire to be put out
a to be discussed, and it was so un-
&tunate that it happened while Mrs.
was away shopping!
&owever, since the tragedy has be-
PIE the sole topic of conversation
n he little manufacturing city of
Pckton, one man recalls that he
IN the mother and her children to-
#her about 1880 o'clock that after
Pn, Two children, who knew the
~ family well, claim to have seen
"a mother without the children on
pckton street at 430 of that event
y Monday afternoon.
But the one tangible piece of evil
epce Is that Mrs. Ball, unaccompanied
u her children, stopped at a lunch
IN Tor a mouthful of food at Avon.
lttle town just north of Brocktca,
n tuesday evening, December g..
Yer that night she was found by a
aroy farmer, A. L. Pinto, in his barn
N was ordered away. The children
ee not with her. Pinto did not
'pW who she was and took her for
pc poor drunken wretch,
'e''nct Led Woman Home.
4 Wo nights later, on Thursday, De
y Der ., Mrs. Ball staggered into the
W. OF Mrs. Baxter, who lived di-
M'y opposite the Ball home in
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Application for Patent.
Notice No. 1867.

Notice No. 1857.
United States Land Office. Carson City. Nevada
March s, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that A. E. Short of Gold
Springs Iron County, Utah. has made application
for United States Patent for the Talisman No.
q lode mining claim, situate in the Eagle Valley
mining district Lincoln county. Nevada, consist
ing of 1900 linear feet of the lode and surface
ground las located 800 feet wide, being mineral
sur No 1882 and described in the field notes and
plat of the official sur on file in this Office with
magnetic variations at l6 deg. 30 min. to 10 deg
81 min east as follows to-wit:
Commencing at post No. corner OF the claim
from which the Mile Post No. 23S on Utah and
Nevada State Boundary Line bears S. o deg. II
min. E. 6136 feet, thence running from corner
No. N. 0 deg. II min w. 1900 feet to corner No.
O. thence N SO deg Is min. w. 454.5 feet to corner
No 3, thence S. deg 03 min. IL sec. E. l5l0.4
feet to corner No. 4, thence S. SO deg l6 min f.
800 feet to corner No. being the place of begin
ming.
Said claim being located upon unsurveyed LAND
and containing a total and net area of l2.95'
acres. oil,
Said claim being of record in the Office of tn
county recorder at Phoebe Lincoln county Neva
| da The nearest known locations or minirt
claims being the Utaline Mining Claim sur. 90
and Jennie No. lode claim sur $3.50.
| direct that this notice be published in the Fl
| oche Record at Phoebe, county of Lincoln, Neva
| da, for the period of nine consecutive weeks.
| LOUIS j. COIN. Register.
G. W. Parks Attorney for Applicant.
First publication dated March a. 1908.
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SOics 10 Creditors

In the District Court of the Fourth Judicial
District Of the State of Nevada. in and for the
County of Lincoln.
In the matter Of the estate of c. R. Garden. de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned,
having been duly appointed administrator OF the
estate of c. r. Garden. deceased. by the above
entitled court on the 18th day Of March. A. d.
1908 and having duly qualified as such admins.
traitor letters of administration were duly issued
to him on the 18th of March, A. d. 1903.
Notice is hereby given that all persons having
claims against said estate of c. r. Garden, de
ceased, are required to file the same with the
proper vouchers and afidavits attached with the
clerk of this court within three months of the
date Of the first publication of this notice they
will be forever barred.
| Dated at Phoebe this 18th day of March. A. D.
| 1908.
A. B. GARDEN,
Administrator of the estate Of C. r Garden, de-
ceased
| CHARLES 3. HENDERSON,
Attorney for the Administrator.
| Date of frat publication March 81. 1908.
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Weekend Soap and Things.

The week end custom of entertain.
ing has brought about new depar-
ture in the toilet preparations that
hostesses are expected to furnish for
their men and women guests, says a
writer in Vogue. Mrs, or Miss ar
rives and finds everything provided in
the chamber and bath allotted to her.
Not only combs and brushes, but pins
of all shades and sizes up to an equal
variety
Perfumes, powders for face. mani
cure preparations. brilliantine, bath
and hand soaps of several kinds, Per-
fumed bath bags and waters, denti.
frice in powder and liquid form. lis
terine, camphor spirits,
For men are added shaving creams
cigarettes and slippers,
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Notice to Creditors.

In the District Court of the Fourth Judicial
District of the State of Nevada, in and for the
County of Lincoln.
In the matter of the Estate of w. s. Couch de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned,
having been duly appointed administrator of the
estate of w. s. Couch. deceased, by the above
entitled court on the 25th day of March. A. D.
1908, and having duly qualified as such admins;
traitor letters of administration were duly issued
to him on the 25th of March. A. D. 1908
Notice is hereby given that all persons having
claims against the said estate Of w. 5. Couch de-
ceased, are required to file the same with the
proper vouchers and affidavits attached. with the
clerk of this court. within three months OF the
date of the first publication of this notice. or theS
will be forever barred.
Dated at Phoebe, this 9th day of March, A. D
1908.
w. w. SToCKHAM,
Administrator of the Estate of W. s. Couch. de
ceased
| JOHN M. BREEZE.
| Attorney for the Administrator.
| Date of first publication March rs. 1905
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Pioehe. Nsrada. January "a. lao

Phoebe. Nevada January 18th. 1905
To Joseph Rarboglio:
You are hereby notified that l have expended
during the year 1907. One Hundred Dollars worth
Of labor and improvements upon each Of the fol-
lowing described lode mining claims. situate in
the Ely Mining District Lincoln County. State OF
Nevada. namely: The MinoFninee, Foot Hin and
JunRebell lode mining claims. the location eertif-
Gates OF which are found Of record IN Book F.
and Book P'' Of Mining Notices. az pages and
as to sc inclusive. Lincoln County Records
Nevada.
In order to hold said claims under the
provisions of Sec 2S24 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the Amendment
thereto approved January 22nd, 1850. concerning
annual labor upon mining claims. being the
amount required to hold said lode mining claims
for the period ending December 3lst. 1901. and ii,
within ninety days after the publication hereof,
you fail and refuse TO contribute your proportion
of such expenditure q co-owner, which amour =
70 one-haf of said expenditure. your interest IN
the said claims viii become the property of tbs
subscriber. your eo-owner. who has made the re-
CURED expenditure by the terms of said section
FRED DAMN
Date of first publication Jan. Is. 1908.
Date of last publication April 4 1908.
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Forfeiture Notice.
Pioche. Nexada. March I

Phoebe, Nevada March 7th. 1908.
To E. A. Day. Warren Scott. William Bueling.
Isaac Burrows and W. R. Wilson: their heirs. adj
ministrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the undersigned
has expended, during the year 1907 One Hundred
Dollars worth of labor and improvements on the
Volcano Lode Mining Claim. situate in the Jack
Rabbit Mining District. Lincoln County. State OF
Nevada the location certificate Of which is found
Of record in Book Al of Mining Notices, Jack
Rabbit Mining District Records. at Page lO4.
In order to hold said claim under the provisions Of
Section 2324 Of the Revised Statutes of the United
States and the amendment thereto. approved
January 22nd 1880 concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount required to hold
said lode mining CLAIM for the period ending De-
cember 3lst. 1907: and If within NINETY days after
the publication thereof you fail and refuse to con-
tribute your proportion of such expenditure as
record co-Uwners, which amounts to twenty nine
thirtieths (2990) of said expenditure, your inter-
est in the said claim will become the property OF
the subscriber your record co-owner who has
made the required expenditure by the terms OF
said section.
BAMBERGER EXPLORATION COMPANY
| "a Corporation)
BY F. R. McNamee, Agent.
| Date of first publication March 7th, 1908.
| Date of last publication June 9Th 1908.
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WHEN WE ALL FLY
PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN AERIAL
NAVIGATION.
Writer in Harper's Weekly Sees First
Evil and Then Great Good
in the Further Develop.
ment Of the Alrship.

Taking a very modest view OF the
promised developments, admitting that
the carrying of heavy weights seems
unnecessary and undesirable for air
ships, We can look forward with some
safe provision to such small convey
ances as will carry few people and
few packages swift and far. Small
individual machines, air-bicycles, as
1t were offer q tempting and practl-
cal field for invention: and here you |
have an element of portentous impor- |
lance. Behold man, winged and en- |
gined, buzzing OFF. like a huge COCK
chafer, to soar and circle, dip and rise
as he will!
Where, then, is security for private
property?
/ And where the bonds that shall con-
fine him who has long laughed at lock
smiths?
Must our windows and skSlights be
barred as those of dungeons? Must
our walled gardens be Melted across
the top with woven wire? Whose fruit
trees will be safe when fiuttering
focks of little winged boys-by no
means cherubs-may surround them
at night and pluck delightedly from
the outer branches? The gentlemanly
burglar. carrying light kit for noise
less glass removal, may pick anu
choose among many windows, and be
on before capture at a moments
fright Only the shotgun can reach
. him "Stop--or I'll shoot! Hold up
your wings! Come down. you'll" This
! might arrest his feeing-we cannot
e say steps" 1t may be "haps"-his
I fleeing 'faps"-yet little bomb
4 thrown at our home would make him
| master even So When it is no bur
( glar, but a Romeo-what then? Bars
4 strong bars, as In Cuba, must be
n placed at every window; and what
!. shall bars avail If the damsel be will
r ing, and knows the uses of the acid or
i the file? In sober sadness there is
= before us here. first, great danger,
# and then greater good. The In
IS creased possibility of evil is so patent
- that in the end there is but one way
to meet it. There will, no doubt, be
strong repressive measures. We shall
try our best to police the air; we shall
stretch and revamp our laws to react
- these new offenders; but the field IL
far too wide to cover so. We can
not all skulk behind bars and curtains
al for fear of shameless vandals will
wings.
m. The result, the big result, will be
lifting of the standard Of humanity
he Winged, we must be well-behaved. W.
We can no longer risk the presence OF
Is. large body of persons, illiterate, un
ed mannerly, poor to the verge of rot
ng berry, and Of evil passions. The fire
L. bug" who even now succeeds in al
he son, could then endanger city wit
he small risk to himself Society, s
~ aroused to a sense of the danger {
D. its undesirable citizens" must ono
and for all rid itself of them by tn
en- simple process of not making any. n
longer can the ill-born child be left
evil parents-no longer can we affoI
to have the child ill-born! New cal
- must be taken in the rearing of OF
, 1 people; none can be allowed to gro
up evil, because with wings, the
Y would be too dangerous, -Charlot
. Perkins Gilman, in Harpers Week.
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A Different Proposition.

Gracious" cried Dobson, throwing
down his newspaper Here's a rich
old Quaker lady offering to leave
$4,000. 900 to college il it will give up
athletics. 10 lie In bed all day for
the rest of my natural life for half
that amount"
NO, you wouldn't" said Hawkins.
THE call of the Great White Way
would be too strong for you, especially
If you had roll as big as that"
Excuse me" retorted Dobson, but
didn't say that I'd stay in bed all
night, too. ''-Harpers Weekly.
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Notice to Creditors.

In the District Court of the Fourth Judicial
District of the State of Nevada. in and for the
County Of Lincoln.
In the matter of the Estate of Raphael Hyman.
deceased.
Notice il hereby given that the undersigned,
having been duly appointed administrator OF the
estate of Raphael hyman deceased by the above
entitled court, on the 18th day of March,. A. d.
1908. and having duly qualified as such admins;
traitor. letters of administration were duly issued
to him on the 18th day Of March. A. D. 1908.
Notice Is hereby given that all persons having
claims against said estate Of Raphael LYMAN, de-
ceased, are required to file the same with the
proper vouchers and affidavits attached, with the
clerk Of this court within three months OF the
date Of the first publication of this notice or they
will be forever barred.
Dated at Phoebe this 9th day of March, A D.
1903
MOSES LYMAN,
Administrator Of the Estate of Raphael Hymen
deceased
JOHN M BREEZE,
Attorney for the Administer.
Date Of first publication March g. 1908
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The lime to Learn sInalnu.

Madame Mathilde Marchesi, the
eminent vocal teacher. writes in the
Ladies' Home Journal:
For young girls all vocal training
before they reach the 10th or 18th
year of age tand even then with great
caution) is a sin, and may spoil many
good voices before their normal de-
velopment. Young girls designed for
vocal eoreer. instead of singing.
ought to employ their time in learn
ing music. piano and languages, all
indispensable nowadays for good
singers to complete their education.
Flat singing proceeds. in general. from
the fatigue of the larnyx"
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Forfeiture Notice
Fay, Nevada. january 81. Is

Fay Nevada. January 81, 1908.
To Richard M. Johnson his heirs. administra-
tors and assigns:
You are hereby notified that have expended
during the year 1907 One Hundred Dollars wcrth
of labor and improvements upon each OF the fol-
lowing described lode mining claims situate IN
the Eagle Valley Mining District. Lincoln County,
State 81 Nevada namely: The Snowflake No. 2.
lode. Snowflake No. lode. Snowflake No. LODE,
Snowflake No. s lode and Snowflake No. 10 lode
mining claims, the location certificates of which
are found of record in Book %" of Mining No
tees at pages ATT to 496 inclusive Lincoln County
Records, Nevada. in order to hold said claims un,
der the provisions of Sec. 1924 OF the Revised
Statues of the United States and the amendment
thereto, approved January END. 1880. concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being tbs
amount required to hold said lode mining claim
sfor the period ending December 3lst, 1907, ana Il
within ninety days after the publication Thereon
you fail and refuse to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure a co-owner, which amounts
to one third of said expenditure. your interest u
the said claims will become the property OF tn
subscriber your co-owner. who has made the re
A. B. FOWLER.
Date of first publication Jan. 81. 1903,
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chlcaao,s Advantages.

New York is SLOW" complained the
youth from Chicago. "Awfully slow.
| know. Sometimes on New Years
night they throw bottles and dance
on the tables little, but they do that
in some places every night in Chi
cago."
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Lona.LIved EnaIlsh Family.

Henry Wye, for many years clerk
and sexton at st. Mary's church, Lon.
don, England. died the other day at
the age of 81 as the result of an acct
dent He belonged to family with a
remarkable record for longevity. Two
of his brothers were 81 and 85 respec-
lively when they died, and two other
brothers, John, aged 81, and William.
SO. and two sisters, aged SO and 80.
are still living.