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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-01

We often wonder how any person can
be persuaded into taking anything but
Foley's Honey's and Par for coughs,
colds and lung trouble. Do not be
fooled into accepting "own make" or
other substitutes. The genuine con.
tains no harmful drugs and is in a
yellow package. Bell & Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-01

Try one Of those splendid meals which
are being served everyday at the Park
Hotel.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-22
MONDAY. MARCH %. 1909.
LEND Il HAND.

For the purpose of showing up to
the best advantage the products of
the valley on the occasion of the visit
of the Houston business men tomor-
row, the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Commercial club urgently requests
all residents of this vicinity who have
any fine specimens of vegetable prod
ucts, plants, or cut flowers which
will assist in making a display which
viii advertise the possibilities of this
section and at the Same time make
favorable impression upon the
Houston visitors, which can conven-
iently be spared, to send them to the
club room tomorrow without fail.
An up-to-date town will not allow
any opportunity to advertise itself
to pass unimproved. The opportunity
offered by the visit of the Houston
ians is one which should be made the
most of. The representatives of the
progressive Bayou City who will be
with US tomorrow night are not only
men of high degree of intelligence.
but men of fine business Judgment.
They will be quick to see the advant-
ages and attractions of any place
which they may visit They will also
appreciate to the utmost any cour-
tesy or hospitality extended to them,
and the good words which they are
sure to speak of the town which
creates favorable impression upon
them will be worth much to that
town-almost as much as a two-col-
umn display ad at top of column,
next to reading matter" in a good
live newspaper
Brownsville can do things nicely
when she tries She can do them
jusi right and no doubt our enter
prising little city will do its best on
this occasion. Let US all lend
helping hand
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-22

be almost. if not quite, Impractical
BILE for the sstockmen to build shelters
for so many hundreds of thousands
of cattle, but that perhaps does
not excuse them-eyen though peo-
pie must have meat to eat and wool
for clothing. The New Hampshire
Method of securing fox skins, how
ever. may have excuse in the fact
that Dame Fashion demands the
furs.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-22
THE NEWHABfPSHZRE
WdVn

About a 900 fox SKINS are sold
out of Maine every year Very few
of the sly animals are shot Many
are killed by the use of poisoned bait,
while hundreds of others are killed in
drives, known as the New Hamp-
shire method Monterey News. d.
The foregoing paragraph should
serve as a text for certain critics
who have aften arraigned the
stockmen of the South and West for
their cruelty" in maintaining vast
herds of cattle and sheep on the
plains without shelter during the
winter 1t is true. that it would
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-22
Trims OF SUBSCRIPTION.

Da ly-Published every evening
except Sunday, daily by mail postpaid
20 any point is the United States,
Mexico or Cuba. or delivered By
carrier TO any part of Brownsville,
Texas, or Matamoros, Mexico.
One copy one year. $500
One copy six months. 800
Weekly-Published Saturday, by
mcil postpaid to any point in the
United States, or Mexico.
One copy six months - rs
One copy one year ..S150
Gne copy three months so
Subscriptions invariably due and
pabable in advance
Adv, .ftising rate ON application.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-22

Highest cash price paid for second
hand furniture, bicycles and stoves.
Morris furniture Co., opposite mar
ket 1926
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21
THE REPRIEVE

BY MAY HARRIS.

| assortment of leatherette albums and
| decorated china lamps.
The mother felt a sob rise On her
throat as she looked. The things
grouped on the table were representa-
tive of Harold, symbolical; their rela-
tons. their comparison to the other OBJ
| jects of furniture and decoration was
of a compelling significance. They
were parallel, these inanimate things,
| to the case of Harold and Rose Marsh.
The door behind her opened and Rose
Marsh came in. She had taken off her
hat and her soft dark hair framed a
face that would have been quite beau
tiful but for its gravity and the trou-
bled expression of her eyes
Your aunt told me you were going
out" Mrs. Carstairs rose and held out
q formal hand 4 won't detain you
long"
Rose Marsh flushed. Twas going to
see you" she said in low voice.
Il had expected you-would come. ="
the older woman returned. The words
sounded cold and forbidding even to her
own ears. She had a. vision of Harold's
accusing eyes-a mute turning away of
the spirit, just as he had done that last
evening. She could net bear ii. and the
sharpness of the memory made her
take the girls hand.
My son had just told me-" she added
with difficulty. 4 was writing to you
that afternoon"
To her wonder. Rose pulled her hands
free and stood back.
Don't. DON'T" she cried, Il can't
bear it,
oh. my dear" The tears rushed to
Mrs. Carstair's eyes and she held out
her arms to the girl. you cared-like
that"
1t changed everything to her-the
girls sincerity, the depth of grief in her
voice 1t was a bond. and she no longer
wished to refuse ii. In the revulsion of
feeling she could prefigure a consola-
ton, a companionship in her accept
ance that might put human warmth
into her dTeaTy future.
1t was on this mood, tolerant,
changed. almost tender. that the girls
next words fell like blow.
It's because I didn't care for him, y
she slowly confessed, that I feel it so
now"
Mrs. Carstairs' shocked recoil was in
slant.
"You-didn't CARE
Il didn't love him. Rose Marsh
said. Tears rose to her eyes and her
mouth quivered with a feeling abso-
lutely real
The regret pierced through the older
woman's angry wonder. She was still
standing and Rose pushed forward
one of the atTocious chairs.
Won't you sit down? There's so
much Ia like to say to you-if 1 CAM"
'About-my SOM"
And myself" She sat facing Mrs.
CaTstairs. erect and nervous, as con-
tTasted with the older wOman's perfect
poise and grace The difficulty it evil
IDENTIFY was for her to proceed appealed,
though she would not meet or help it,
to Haroid's mother.
We had-been engaged" the girl be-
gan. looking down at her ciasped
hands. for three months. Mrs. Car
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21

my poor dear aunt thinks so beauti-
full. I had tried to cheat myself. but I
couldn't. There's that line of Keats
how Harold loved him,-'A thing of
beauty is a joy forever, My work
couldn't ever be that"
Mrs. Carstairs couldn't restrain the
question. though she was conscious of
its cruelty:
Did Harold like your work."
He liked everything I did, ] think;
even that. You see he-cared for me-"
Yes" the mothers bitterness could
only emphasize the words, he cared
for you,''
He thought, I think" Rose took up
the subject, that I loved it-painting,
[ mean-that TO study abroad was the
great thing for me, my great desire.
1t was one of the things he liked best
to talk of-our life over there; the
things he would show me, the things
I'd do. / wasn't honest-it seemed cas-
Ter. somehow, to let him think I cared
SO for the wOrk-thst I had high aims.
I couldn't seem to let him know it was
the difference that I wanted-the life
he could give me away from this"
Again Mrs. Carstairs' glance reaped
its harvest of the impossible room. and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21

stairs leaned forward with an excla-
nation. 1T was my fault" Rose lift
ed her eyes as she explained. 81
wouldn't let him tell you-because-"
Because-?' Mrs. Carstairs waited.
because ] knew YOU wouldn't ap-
prove; and L" she paused again-'I
wanted to see if 1 couldn't be-couIdn't
/ approve"
Mrs. Carstair's face changed a little.
son?''
Rose repeated it. NO, I didn't love
him
"Then why"
Did 1 want you to approve? Be-
cause l knew it would make things
easier for me. 1 wanted It to be easy
all of it
You mean"
That 1 was going to marry him for
what it would mean-money, ease; the
power to do what 1 wished.
she stopped, and her breath coming
quick and hard as in a tensity of strug-
gle with herself, stared beyond Mrs
Carstairs in a straight, unsee'ng gaze.
MIS- Carstairs' sheer wonder hesi-
lated and then found an incisive voice:
4 can't think why you tell me
this
mo, / suppose not" the girls eyes
came back as from an immense dis
lance. It's because ! have TO be hon
est-have to confess it. ] have such a
shame of myself
He believed in you Mrs. Car
stairs had her half question and Rose
met II rather piteousiy.
On, I'm afraid so-altogether. But
1 was going to tell him You know he
was on his way here-that day
You were going to tell him you
didn't careI''
Yes, 1 was going to tell him. Oh, 1
knew it would-hurt him, but 1 had to:
l couldn't risk the future"
You didn't find him-lovable?
Il wish l could make you under
stand" Rose said gently. Harold
would have UNDERSTOOD The tears
rushed to her eyes, and she put her
hands over her face, helpless for
moment with the sobs that rose in her
throat.
Mrs. Carstairs watched her in a sort
of numb sympathy.
It's hard to-tell you this. for YOU
dislike me-" Rose at last commanded
her voice, and Mrs. Carstairs defended
herself with a little flicker of passion.
1t can't be strange-even to you"
she said, that I don't like the woman
my son loved-whom he wished to
maryland who didn't care for him!"
She added bitterly: ION her own con-
fessiOn-"
No, it isn't strange" Rose answered
al once, land, outside that, there are
the other reasonS-the reasons why I
wished to marry your son: they are the
ones that make you object to me the
most"
"As-?''
This" Roses gesture swept the
room-its pretenses, its poverty. All
of it, Myself. my people-my whole
environment. I grew to understand it
after the first"
% The first'?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21

her minds eye on a swift flight took
survey of the girls equally impOssibIy
narrowed life. She found herself say
ing it aloud:
1T wasn't strange-" The girl kept
her face turned away
NO, it wasn't strange for me-Rose
Marsh" Her voice had an undefinabIe
accent that mingled pride and pain, and
il forced Mrs. CarstaiTs' interest to a
new surprise. 1t was very natural for
me as you know me-" there was d very
slight emphasis on the second pro-
noun, but as l told you, began to
grow"
She got up and went across the room
TO the little pile of books on the table
that seemed to the boys mother so
touching, so sacred a reminder Of him,
and took one of the worn volumes in
her hands.
This" she said, "is his Browning
He didn't give me new books-he
brought me those he'd known and
loved himseIf-the very volumes he'd
made acquaintance with himself He
read me things-and then I read my
self. and Teread. and read again.
This is his Keats'-she laid her cheek
for an instant against the red-brown
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21

leather Of the little book, and again
Mrs. Carstairs' eyes blurred How Of
ten she had seen Harold reading the
beloved little volume.
Here's AmieTs Journal" Rose WeJfrg
on. land Tennyson. and Matthew Arr
mold, and Stevenson's Letters. 1 read
them-the little reading I'd ever done
beforehand l knew I couldn't cheat
Harold. He was worth too much-pure
gold
yves" the mother followed breath
lessly, "pure gold"
And I was-cOpper" Rose touched
the books again, pushing them into
regular rows. 1t became a burden
couldn't bcar-iiviug up TO him, I mean.
1 had begged him to wait few months
before telling you of-the engas cement.
He didn't like it, but I told him I want
ed to get used to ito have il for
little just for ourselves. But as time
went on I began to see-I couldn't let
him barter" she hesitated and took the,
old phrase. his pure gold for what /
had to give"
She looked across the room at Mrs.
Carstairs.
i wish you could understand did
grow. There were things 1 hadn't TAX
en- account of-thfngs Of the spirit"
She drew a deep breath. and her fin
gers clasped and unclasped nervously.
II must tell you. That afternoon
was writing him a letter. couldn't
/ bear to say it-asking him to let me
| break our engagement. I kept 1.-THE
letter. I couldn't even send-T was go
ing to take it to you to prove that I
was-nOt altogether selfish and bad
Her voice broke pitifully.
Mrs. CaTstairs did not notice the pa
per, but she went to the girl and took
both hands, holding them tightly.
You understood him, like that. and
you could feel-could analyze!-and yet
you couldn't love himw
Continued on Page II.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21
Continued from Page I,

and Dr. Alexander were the only ones
who knew OF Harold's engagement.
Siie drove through the quiet Nader
ley streets on an afternoon of shining
stiffness. 1t was the first Of March
and the front yards of the houses along
the street were yellow with q. wonder
full array of daffodils and buttercups
that met the warmth of the sun with
the abundant promise of spring.
Miss Bailey's yard about her shabby
little house had no daffodils, but there
were violets-row upon rowland
elumps of the vivid crimson bloom of
the Japan ounce.
Mrs. Carstairs went slowly up the
steps and knocked at the half-open
door. She shrank in every fibre Of
body and spirit from the interview
from telling the girl that she knew,
and from the dread of what Rose
Marsh might do or say. To share her
grief with this alien woman would be
hard indeed. and to remind herself that
Harold had loved her did not make if
easier.
Miss Bailey herself opened the door,
and Mrs Carstairs could see nothing
in her manner that indicated knowi-
edge of why she came. The little dress
maker, with her bent. untidy figure, the
fat bosom of her dress stuck full of
pins and needles. her spectacles, her
Eispy, sandy hair, was her usually
polite, almost seTvile, self She led the
way to her sewing room, evidently
thinking that Mrs. Carstairs had come
to see her about possible work. But
her visitor pausod.
1T isn't sewing. Miss Bailey, that
I've come about. 1 want, please, to see
you'd niece. Miss Marsh
Certainly, Mrs. Carstairs. I'll Just
take you into the parlOr. It's all shut
up-let me open the windows. Rose
hasn't tidied up things-she hasn't
been feeling right well lately III go
right straight and tell her. She was
Just putting on her hat to go some
where when you knocked"
won't keep her long Mrs. Car
stairs promised"
As she waited she threw back her
veil and her sombre gaze took in the
veneer. the imitation, the cheap pre-
tense of the room. Those pictures, Her
work, of course, and equally. of course,
impossible impossible. Was 1t the
girls vanity, or her aunt's affection,
that preserved the abnormal examples
OF her ''art?,
In her swift inventory Mrs. CarstaiTs
caught her breath at the sight of other
things that did not belong TO Miss
NSarsh's art" She knew instantly
who must have given them. and her
face contracted as she looked.
They were all on a table near one of
the windows. very simple things-a
bust of Keans-how well she remem-
,bered Harold buying it I'm Rome'-sOme
books. not new, and a folio of etchiDgs.
They. seemed. these small and yet suf-
ficient evidences of his one time pres
cnCe here. Withdrawn to an isolation
from the rest of the room, making a
sort of oasis in the midst Of a dreadful
wilderness Of crude pictures, plush-cov-
cred mechani eai rocking chairs. and the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21

AT first 1 was-pleased. Ny vanity
was satisfied But ! found there was
something ] couldn't Cross" Her
eyes looked beyond Mrs. Carstairs, and,
dimmed with tears. Swallowed as they
were, Harold's mother unwillingly saw
something in their depths she had not
expected to find-a sudden, unquench-
able fame of spirit that was free of
crudity and did not waver. Il thought
at first my lack of the things I wished
for could be filled and that would be
enough-but it wasn't. You see, / began
to find out things"
There was a strained silence Mrs.
Carstairs did not try to break.
Harold lent me books-he talked
and 1 began to see things dierently.
There was so much I'd thought I I'm
derstood-but ] hadn't. All 1 knew was
wrong. It's terribly involved; 7 wish
could make you see. 1 think l
thought ii was possible that ! could be
what I wanted to be just through him
Harold; not by my individual effort.
You see. 1 knew that wasn't in me-"
Her gaze, direct and grave, met Mrs.
CarstaiTs.
Il knew enough to know there was
no talent in the work I did-the daubs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21

Continued on Page II.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-04-03
Another Warning to Farm
ers about Leaving Cotton
Exposed to w Gather.

The Roanoke Chowan Times
The largest cotton buyer OF
this pla %, who buys chietl fpr ex
port, informs us that farmers aho
have cotton on hand and have it
ex posed to The weather are now
losing much, as the cotton 10
damaging very fast. Usually
during the winter months cotton
will damage bat little by being
left out in the weather, but the
past winter has been so warm l
has already damaged much, and
now it is rotting very tast. South.
ern farmers lose millions ever,
year by leaving their cotton ex-
posed to the rains. II it is sent to
market to be sold on commission
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-04-03

two or three days and don't keep
as many hens as used TO. l find
they will lay twice as many eggs
as scrubs, and scrubs are contin-
ually getting sick and dying. Or
the other hand, | have never
seen a sick Wyandotte. Those
who feel they can't afford a trio
can afford q cockerel, and the
cross is quite an Improvement on
the scrub
The light colored breeds have
sn advantage over the dark
ones in being easier to dress.
The Wyandots can easily be
made to weigh two pounds at 8
weeks old.
Mrs. +. n. Shearon.
Wake Co., n. G.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-04-03
Virginia. Carolina Chemical Co.

good day ard to ask questions
and perhaps to briefly discu.s g
some matter.
To the northeruer it was a
curious sight to watch these dig
nified men whittle away and at
the same time in their slo & de-
liberate way discussing the af-
fairs OF the nations and state.
Perhaps local gossip may enter
into the discussion but so far as
the writer knows it did not come
up during the three visits made
by him. 1t was curious sight
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-04-03

the rotten or damaged cotton is
picked off before being sold, and
If 1T is sold at home the huyer
either has to deduct in weight or
pay less price on account of its
bad condition. Cotton should
be kept under shelter and pro.
tected from the rains just like
other crops.
at has always been mystery
to us why our farmers take so
little care of cotton. 1t costs
money to produce it, and after
it is ready for market many far
mers haul it out and leave it on
the gro 20 rot. The writer
was In TX a lew years ago
and saw lot of cotton that was
shipped from Northampton tnat
was being picked. The ties
had been taken off the bales, the
rotten or damaged cotton serar.
ated trom the good and then re.
baIed. The farmers or produc
ers had to pay for ali this work.
Out o: To- of about twenty
bales two bales Were picked tha
sold for only two cents per pound,
while the other sold at from eIgbl
to ten cents per pound. In small
lots the amount picked off is
most likely to be thrown away "
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-04-03
Conductor Forced by Robber
to Help Him Rob Pass
engerS.

FiafieId Neb., March 81
A MASKED train robber wi h a
red lantern stopped a local pass.
enger train on the Burlington
road last night near here, board
ed lhe tram and forced the con-
duclor to carry a sack through
tne passenger coach and collect
5000 and seventeen watches from
the passengers-nineteen women
and two men. He pocketed the
booty, dropped off the rear end
Of the train and escaped.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-04-03
SONS OF REST.

discounts the Traditional
Yankee With dis whiting
PrOcliTities-It is URiuue
Organization.
MIR. Geo. A. Beers, the north
ern newspaper IN n, of Bristol,
Conn, who recently visited Lam
caster. a uo'ed IN The News at
The time, his the folIcMng TO
say, under he above headlines,
II ONE ot his pubhca ions, me
Fmm'n ton Valley Herald, about
Capt Whites fam u tent here,
the home OF the Sons If Resi-
Lancaster Is The county seat IF
the same name and is in the
northern part of he state of
South Carolina and il j. one Of
the ilouiisniug new mill towns
Of the south. 1t IS also the home
OF the descendants OF the eldes
families In the state aud there
are among is citizens many men
OF wealth VINO have retired from
business Among the latter is
Captain Wui,e who is large
land owner In Fort Mil and a
large 5 ockholier In the cotton
mIlIs f his native state. Cap
tain White has retired from bus
mess and he has established
what he calls home for the Sons
of Rest, and it is unique.
On the main street OF Lancas-
ter, next to the leading bank,
there was vacant space of land
with frontage Of perhaps fifteen
fert and on this the captain has
had erected wall tent OF the
kind used by the soldiers Of our
national guard. At this season
of the year The SIDES and the rear
end are pegged down 10 the
earth but the 'front.' which is Hush
with The Sidewalk l. always open.
Ranged along one side is row
Of chars and there are two chairs
across the rear. An old fash
iohed box stove il on one side of
the room and there are seats for
about ten in all. There is a
small table with some reading
matter on it but this table is
used principally as holder of
pieces of pine boards and a large
whet stone and razor strop.
Everyone who comes into the
place, and al white men are
made welcome, is expected to
sharpen his jack-knite aud then
selecting piece OF pine proceed
to whitlle and discuss all the
questions under the sun. While
the regular habitues OF the tent
may not number more than
twenty, yet at some time during
the day practically all the busi-
ness and professional men OF
Lancaster will have looked IN
on the regular assemblage 10 say