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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-08-06

The average student of geography
knows that the Island OF Mauritius
lies in the Indian Ocean, about 500
miles east of Madagascar, and that it
belongs to England, but he might not
be able to tell whether Mauritius is
notably distinguished from a score of
other islands lying in the southern
hemisphere, although the name Maui
ritius calls up before two classes of
minds pictures almost as vivid as
does the fateful names Of Elba Or ST.
Helena.
One of these classes consists of the
lovers of romantic literature all over
the world, to whom the name Mauri-
titus suggests the tender and pathetic
idyl of Paul and Virginia. of which
this island was the theatre.
The second, and much smaller
class, are the psychologists or stu
dents of extinct animal forms, to
whom Mauritius is memorable as the
last home Of the dodo, a grotesque
and clumsy bird. with only rudimen-
tary wings, which appears to have
been extirpated about the year 1850.
In an elaborate and costly work on
the dodo, published in London in
1S4S, under the patronage of Prince
Albert, is found the following quaint
description of the dodo, taken from
Sir Thomas Herbert's journal Of his
visit to Mauritius in 1926:
1.-The dodo comes first to our de-
scription. Here land nowhere else
that ever l could see or heare of is
generated the dodo "a Portuguize
name it is, and has references to her
simplenes). a bird which for shape
and rarenesse might be called Phoe-
nix overt in Arabia: her body is
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-08-06
Calling the Moose

We draw the canoe to the shelter
of some bushes, go ashore, and haul
it softly up. Then the caller takes
the horn which Is used to aid the
voice. 1t is about two feet long,
shaped much like the receiver OF
gramophone, and is fashioned OF
birch bark bound with string or
sinew. He places the small end to
his lips, pointing the large open end
straight upward. and swinging bis
body in rhythm with his voice, gives
out a moaning below. as wild and
sad a sound as can well be mag.
ined. That is the first CALL the sec.
ond is precisely similar, but the
third is more drawn out-longer,
wilder. pore abandoned, and ii
wakes the echoes In earnest. Then.
replacing the birch bark horn in the
canoe. he squats down. He will not
call again for half an hour, and it
is unlikely that he will get an an
swer under half that time. Nor is
this much to be wondered at when
one considers that good caller can
throw his voice some four miles;
and the farther away the moose IS
the more chance there is OF his an
swering, for distance is all in the
callers favor, covering, as 1t does
any faultiness Of imitation.-World
Wide Magazine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-08-06

gives new ambition and life from u ~
first dose. Mrs. GEORGE sTRlCAIA
Hudson, Ohio, II. No. 5, Box ~. i
Hundreds of such letters .! lIus
mothers expressing their grall.sn.
for what Lydia f. Pinkham's 'eY.sss hi
Bile Compound has accOmpllsheIq - M
them have been received by the I !rs
f. Pinkham Medicine Company, W.
Mass.
Young Girls, Heed THIS al
Girls who are troubled with pSlI
or irregular periods, backache' t M
ache, dragging-down sensations ,d it I'll
ing spells or Indigestion, shou ~ s;I
immediate action to ward OH t ns n
Gus consequences and be res;oiTT so,
health by Lydia E. Pinkham - 10
table Compound. Thousands na''
restored to health by its use. ,nf
If you would like speclal s aSsr
about your case write a c0nn COLL. %
tial letter to Mrs. Plnkn:afs sS
Lynn, Mass. Her advice u
and always helpful.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-08-06
UNNECESSARY.

II wonder" said the gloomy young
poet looking at his bundle Of reject
ed manuscript, why verse has feet"
why not?" asked his astonished
friend.
Because" YEARLY replied the poet
nobody ever knew it to win in 9
valk."-Baltimore American.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-08-06
MOTHERS
WHO HAVE
DAUGHTERS
Find Help in Lydia E. Pink
ham'sVegetable Compound
Hudson. Ohio.-"If mothers realllaS !
the good your remedies would 40 ae.
cate girls ] believe there would ~

fewer weak ana ~.
ing women. lrI If;.
ular and painful.
periods and su 2
troubles would o.
relieved at once ], %
many cases. Lyon
E. Pinkham's veg
table COMPOUND. y
fine for ailing gs
and rundown W
men. Their dellcaM
organs need a tom; I
and the Compolmn.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-08-06
'IRST AID FOR THE PUP.

FIRST AID FOR THE PUP.
Pet-"Are you reading the Ladies
Home paper. Granny"
Granny-"Yet Pet"
Pet-"Then / wish you'd turn to
where it tells you how to get inh
stains out Of pug dogs THE Sketch
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-08-06
Kind words heal friendshi
wounds.-French.
Buy BATTLE AXE SHOES.
n No Use to Him.

Two old settlers sat smoking II
their cabin, far away in the baEj
woods. No wOmans hand had e7sI
deserted that sanctum, al
CRIME refined supreme and tria1
plant. The conversation veasI
around from state politics to cookig
"Yaas." said the elder of the W.
with @ drawl, \ did get one O then'
there cook books wunst, but l coua
never do nothin' with it."
How was that?' inquired the oh
er. What was the hitch?"
WAL" was the answer, ever
one O. them receits begun in ths
same way, with the same words
Every one o. en- started off witt
take a clean dish'-and l never 60
no further"
And he slowly replaced his oil
black clay pipe in his mouth AM
fell to Illuminating sadly on the nal
row outlook ON the world Of humal
beings as displayed by authors q
cookery books -nnndaa Advertiser.
HER FAVORITE SPORTS
as your wife a lover OF Outdoor
sports"
Il should say so. She's bargain o.
house hunting all the time. "-Detro'
Free Press
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-14

Cumberland mountains west to st
Louis, from Virginia up through Penn
sylvania to Pittsburg and when emf
grafton began to roll westward from
st. Louis to Oregon. With these ey
ceptions the highways Of the United
States were a system Of pig track
trails.
Then came the great railroad build
ing era down to 1880. when public
roads were forgotten in the expecta-
tion that railroads would supplant
them. but as population grew the ne
cessity for roads to link farm with
market became daily more inslstent.-
Agnes G. Laut in Golfers.
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-14
BAD ROADS COSTLY,
Responsible For Hunger and llIit-
eracy In the United States.
GREAT HANDICAP TO FARMERS

They Suffer Heavy Losses Getting
Their Products to Market Over III
Kept Roads-Land Values Advance
With Improved Roadways.
Two hundred and fifty million dol
lars year are wasted on bad roads
In the United States Added to loss on
haul, the storage and extra food rates
make the total expense S1,OOO,OOO,OOO
a year This means a tax of $3.50 on
every man, woman and child in the
country. Corners In the grain markets
are frequently the direct result of bad
roads. In four bad road states 375.OOO
people out Of 100000 cannot read or
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-14

Returning Steamer will leave Philadepha
from Piers, South Wharves (kirsi Pier above
Chestnut Street IS fOllows:-
Leave Philadelphia.
Tuesday, Oct. Z, l2mdt Friday, Oct. D. 4 pm.
Friday, 2 ip.m- Tuesday, . 25 pm.
Friday. "a sp.m Tues9sv Nov. 4 II Z. m ~,
Tuesday. IS. II pm
Boat stops at the Consumers. Ice Cos Wharf
Chester going OF coming. Arriving al Chester
IL hours after leaving Phiia.
Telephone No. Keystone Main $3.50 D. ON wharf
In Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-14

T~ss Little Dishes.

Tommy =" his first meal at a cou-
try hotel We u he was nine years Oh.
and the exV 'ience was an event. s..
was especially interested in the CO..
lection Of all. thick dishes contaia-
ing side O-Gers scattered about ~
place. Wh.h he went home be gave .
graphic description Of the meal.
"And what do you think. mamma .
he concluded. I'VE ate most Of tss
things out Of birds bathtubs."-Wo-
mans Home Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-14

their wheat at 70 and so cents In
the fall they could sell It at 81 dur
ing the winter and in the spring.
An additional price OF even % cents a
bushel would mean S15.OOO0OO more in
the pockets Of the Minnesota farmers,
a similar amount to the farmers Of the
Dakotas and to the wheat farmers Of
the Pacific coast.
New York farmers do not raise vege-
tables In quantities because until re-
Gently roads did not permit them to
market such a perishable product in
| quantities. This holds good in New
England. The same condition exists
In the COW country and the grain coun-
try. Potatoes and onions your Dakota
farmer can market in quantities.
Therefore he raises them, but because
bad roads cut him off from the market
half the year he does not raise the
more perishable vegetables. Vegeta. |
bles he buys from California at fancy
prices, another tax for bad roads. In |
fact, owing to bad roads. there have |
been seasons when New Workers were /
paying 81 bushel for their potatoes
and western farmers were glad to sell
them at 10 cents for pig feed and
starch.
With access to market and best rul-
ing prices, net returns increase and
farm lands jump in value 1t is an
actual fact wherever good roads have
gone land has increased in value from
- to 80 an acre. In Jackson county.
Ala, a bond issue Of $2jO.O0O built
l2j miles Of macadam road. The sell
ing price of land was from SO to SIS
before the road was built. On the
land values went up from
SO to $50.
The effect OF good roads on school
needs no proof. In the five
states having the best roads the aver
ige attendance is Il per cent Of en-
'ollment. In the five states having /
he fewest good roads the attendance
iyerages only 90 per cent
With these figures ON schools It is
lot surprising to find that Ignorance
nd bad roads go together. In the
our bad roads states, with a total
OpulatiOn Of 100000, are 375. 600 men
nd women, white and native born.
7ho can neither read nor write. In
our good roads states. with a popu
ltion Of 100000. are only 10000 nlh
rates.
The movement for good roads is so
scent that It need not be retailed -
ere. When cOlonists first came to
merica the roads followed buffalo ,
ails and Indian wilderness paths. As !
rms became fenced roads ran along
tween boundaries without regard to
e shortest distance or grade. and
ese were kept in order Tor disorder
? statute labor-farmers turning out
r day once a year for road pic
C, filling In holes that ought to have h
en- filed in months previously, tink-
ing and trihing away time with no II
ecial director. The results were
nat might have been expected. Men n
not employ blacksmiths as doctors.
d why should farmers be supposed
possess the technical knowledge Of
engineer? During various wars
o or three good roads were hacked
'Ough the wilderness across coun-
, from New York up to Boston
ng the old post road. from the
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-14
AurdRfkill River { philadelphia
"FREDERICA"
OCTOBER

NATHAN II MANSON, CAPTAIN
viii leave Frederick, Webb's and Bowers fo
Philadelphia as follows during
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-14

Fare 60 PHaHIAdeAph1A, 81 90
Round Trim ..................-.......... 30
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-14
LAFOLLETTE UNDER KNIFE
Eight Gall Stones Removed and His
Chances For Recovery Good.

~IIaIIUss TOT heCONeTy Good.
Senator LaFollette was operated on
at Rochester, Mimi, for gall stones
Eight stones were removed from the
gall bladder. Prospects for his recov,
cry are good. All the gall stones were
small.
The Inflammation of the gall blad
der and gall duct is not extensive. but
the greatest danger at present lies in
the possibility of the infammatory
area increasing the danger from septic
infection.
The appendix is not affected, and
in general there is positively no occa.
sion for alarm.
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-14
Located at Lincoln City

Ihis enables as to give satisfaction In everVthiu
everything hrst-class. Black or White Hearse
Bodies embalmed or preserved by ice. Funeral
supplies In stock; all kinds OF Caskefs and (yof.
hus used, as preferred.
All telegraph or telephone orders promptly
attended; either at my Office, In Milford or, bv
=. g. Reed at Lincoln City, Del.
Lowering devise used II desired. No extra
enarge Tot church truck. PHONR 70.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-23
CRUISER WRECKED
OFF COAST Of
COREA
Eighteen Lives Lost When Bril-
fish Vessel Strikes Rocks
JAPANESE SHIPS TO RESCUE
Victims Caught by Water Coming
Into Engine Room--Huli Full
Of Water.

London, Aug. 23.-Eighteen lives
were lost when the British cruiser
Bedford ran ashore on the rocks on
Quelpart Island, Corea yesterday, 40
cording to the report received here By
the admiralty. The men were men,
bers of the engine room stan.
Further details of the grounding
of the Bedford show that the vessel
is seriously damaged and lies In
bad condition. 1t appears that tho
Bedford struck the rocks two miles
west of Quelpart Island. lying about
so miles south of Corea on the en-
trance to the Straits of COrea during
a thick fog at o'clock Sunday morn.
ing. The cruiser was then sailing
with a British squadron from Wei
Hal Wei, China for Nagasaki.
The bottom section of the ship and
the machinery, according to wireless
reports suffered serious damage from
the rocks and the cruiser is pound.
ing badly in the high seas. A number
OF Japanese warships, accompanied
by lighters and salvage vessels, were
dispatched from the nearest Japan
csc station Immediately upon receipt
of the news of the disaster. but
whether the ship can be salvagad Ia
doubtful.
The accident occurred during full
speed trials of the vessel and the
cruiser was evidently badly holed
since the deaths are stated offlciail,
to have been due to a rush Of
water"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-23
PRESIDENT NOT
INVOLVED IN
PLOT
Taft Knew Nothing OF Attempt
To Overthrow Roosevelt
Ex PRESIDENT PLEASED
Taft Did Not Know That Sherman
Was Being Considered for the
Craftsmanship.

New York, Aug. 23.-President Taft
not only had no part in any plot to
defeat Theodore Roosevelt for tenn
porary chairman of the republican
state convention at Saratoga (if there
was such a plot but he did not even
know that Vice-President Sherman
was to be named or considered for
the place.
The president made this clear In
very explicit letter which he sent to-
day to Lloyd c. Griscom, president of
the New York county republican com
mittee, in response to telegram
from Mr.. Griscom which told the pres
ident bluntly that "the absence Of
any authoritative information as to
your attitude Is seriously misleading
republicans"
President Taft in his letter OF re-
| ply, declares that so far from desiring
to disregard Roosevelt's wishes, he
Explicitly urged that the former pres
idents wishes be learned and con
suited, and that when he first learned
from the vice president Of a plan to
oppose Roosevelt he "preemptorily
declined to be drawn into a fight with
Mr.. Roosevelt and again renewed my
urgent advice that there be a person
al conference with him."
There Is disclosed in the presidents
letter a copy of a telegram from the
president to the vice president, hither
to withheld, but which has neverthe
less been mentioned in print. Thi:
telegram asked the vice president tt
please say TO Ward and Woodruff
that ! have had long conference
with Grscom. He confirms my judg
ment already expressed to you tina
the whole situation In New York ma!
be saved without humiliation to an,
one and with victory for the party b.
a full conference with Mr.. Roosevelt
and reasonable concessions with ref
erence to platform candidates"
Mr.. Roosevelt when shown the lei
ter tonight said that he was please
with IL.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-23
ON THE WAY TO LONDON
Or. Crlppen and Miss Leneve Sailed
Saturday

Quebec. Aug. 2l.-Quebec babe
farewell Saturday evening toHawley
Harvey Crippen and Ethel Clare Len
eve. At o'clock they sailed for Eng
and. on board the liner Megantic due
at Liverpool at noon next Saturday.
BY Saturday night they will prob
ably be lodged in London Jail to
await trial for the murder Of a woman
supposed to be Crippen's wife, Belle
Gilmore.
An extraordinary accident occurred
as Crippen crossed the gang plank. II
carried an omen that might we'll de-
press a man in the shadow of the
hangmans rope.
Crippen came hurrying across the
plank handcuffed, his hat pulled low
over his eyes and his chin buried in
his collar. trying apparently to dodge
The photographers.
In his haste he ran squarely into a
rope that held the gangway steady.
The rope caught him under the chin
and jerked him backward, and had
not Dew, who was close behind,
caught him, Crippen would have fall
len and possibly pitched into the wat
or.
The next instant Dew had set him
on his feet and the pair disappeared
into the Megantic.
Notwithstanding the fears OF the
British police that the dentist might
attempt suicide the occurrence was
too palpably an accident for its ma
ture TO be mistaken.
Miss Leneve. who had left the jail
with every evidence OF willingness
had to be supported as she crossed
the gangplank. AS she reached the
deck OF the Megantlc she tainted and
had to be carried to her cabin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-23
PECULIAR DOUBLE ACCIDENT
5alloonist Falls at Sight Of Grand
stands Collapse

New York. Aug. 23.-Nine persons
were injured, three probably fatally,
in the collapse of a grandstand in
Schuetzen Park. Union Hill. n. j., last
night, a few minutes before Eugene
Raymond, a balloonist, whose exhibit
ton the crowd had gathered to see.
suffered mortal hurts In a collision Of
his parachute with a gas tank on the
field. The aeronaut, looking down
from his trapeze hundreds OF feet
aloft, must have seen the accident
that seems certain TO cost the lives
Of three spectators. Perhaps the
sight so unnerved him that he found
himself unable to guide his falling
parachute from the branches OF big
tree alongside the iron walls OF the
gas tank. Caught by the trees limbs
Raymond was swung helplessly
against the hard tank. His skull was
fractured and he was unconscious up
to midnight.
Those who were removed from the
wreckage OF the grandstand TO the
North Hudson hospital in a dying con.
dition are: Thomas Dletrichstein OF
256 Third avenue. Jersey City. right
leg broken and badly injured about
the thigh; Mary Creri OF 5l2 Main St.
Union Hill, badly injured; Charles
Marie. nine years old. OF SIP Main st.
Union hin, crushed aud badly In
iured.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-23
We Have Skinned 10
NO RUSSIAN PLAGUE HERE
Precautions Being Taken to Prevent
Spread Of Disease

New York, Aug. z2.-There is not
the slightest possibility of the chol-
era plague spreading to the United
States, the quarantine measures now
in force here and in Russia being so
effective as to preclude any danger
OF Russian immigrants bringing over
the dread disease Doctor Doty,
health officer of the port of New York
said that the present conditions in
Russia and Italy has been anticipated
from immigration received and dur
ing the past year persons coming
from those countries had been sub
jected to the closest scrutiny.
Doctor Doty said that all persons
coming from Russia are held at the
various ports of departure for five
days under medical supervision be-
fore they are allowed to embark for
this country. Persons infected with
cholera develop the disease within
five days. The present regulation of
the quarantine at point of departure
until the danger period is passed will
probably be put into force at once at
several of the Italian ports.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-23
ALL ACCOUNTED
FOR IN FREIGHT
COLLISION
Death List ut Mortified Does
Not Exceed 7.
COMMISSION IS AT WORK
Responsibility for Loss of Life Has
Not Yet Been Paced-operator
Probably to Blame.
COMMISSION IS AT WORK

Northfeld Aug. 23.-After the
wreckage had been cleared away it
was believed that the death list in
the head-on cvollision between two
freight trains on the Central Yer
mont railway at Mortified Falls yes
to-day would not exceed seven. There
were rumors yesterday that more had
been caught under the wreckage, but
no traces of any bodies were found
today, and it is believed that all OF
the men on the train had been ac-
counted for. The three men. who
were seriously injured, showed no
change In condition today.
Inc responsibility for the accident
has not yet been placed, but the rail.
road commissioners are expected to
begin an investigation at once. II
is known that the investigation will
be directed especially towards OBJ
tanning a detailed story of the &C
counts of Philip Menier, the young
substitute operator In the signal
tower at Mortified Falls. Meniel
was taking the place of Mathewsor
the regular towerman who is serving
on tour OF duty with the state militia
It is alleged Menier did not display
the signal which should have stopped
the north-bOund train and noticing
his mistake just as the train haC
passed, he ran out Of the tower I,
stop the train, shouting to the trail
crew. None of the trainmen hear'
him, however.
Menier is said to be too completed
unnerved TO throw much light upol
the affair Tracks were open TO
traffic this morning.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-23
USING THE PANAMA CANAL
Ten and a Half Miles Are Opened Up
for the Working Fleet

Washington, Aug. 2S.-Fiye and a
half miles of the Panama canal at the
Atlantic entrance were opened to ma
vigation for the sand and rock feet
of the Atlantic division last week, ac-
cording to the issue of the Canal Re-
cord, which has reached this city.
This section, added to the five miles
at the Pacific entrance which is open
to vessels of all kinds brings the total
of the canal now in actual use up to
ten and half miles.
The division just opened is not
completed but 1t has a channel fifteen
feet deep at its shallowest point and
a width of 100 feet at its narrowest
point. The dredges are constantly
working on this part, broadening and
deepening It to the full width of 500
feet and the full depth of forty-five
feet. The part just opened does away
with the long detour via the old
French canal which it was necessary
for the rock and sand laden ships to
make in hauling their cargoes from
Porto Bello and Nombre de Dios tC
Gatun.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-23
VICTIM FROM sARANAc LAKE
Sophomore from Yale University
Meets Tragic Death In Buffalo.

Buffalo. Aug. 23.-The young man
who died in hospital In this city last
night shortly after being found in
Delaware park with a bullet wound In
his head was positively Identified by
the police today as Ralph +. Coleman
OF Saranac Lake, sophomore at Yale
university. His father is expected
here tonight. Until his arrival thu
police said they would be unable to
give any explanation OF the young
mans presence in this city or draw
any final conclusions as to whether
the case was one OF suicide. The
fact that a man was seen running
from the spot where young Coleman
was found led to a belief that he
might have met with foul play.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-23
AUTO TOUR IN MONTPELIER
Some Famous Drivers at Successful
Days Festivities.

Montpelier, Aug 23.-The Munsey
automobile tourists arrived in thfs
city today. thirty-six cars. The pill
grimage left Bethlehem, n. H., at ;
o'clock and got here at 1880. 1t Is
estimated that there are at least 300
other cars in the city. The tourists
lunched at the Pavilion this noon and
were given band concert. This af-
ternoon there will be parade OF 100
cars, most OF them decorated. ana
prizes will be awarded by a commit.
tee consisting OF Gov. George II.
Prouty. Joseph A. DeBoer and Guy
w. Bailey. Among some OF the noted
autoists here are Louis Strang ano
J. w. Dill. the racers and +. l.. lei
bach of the 1907 Glidden tour.