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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-12-30
Copyright. BY A. c. McClurg 4 60.
s.s-red n S,ationer's Hail London
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens In Confederate tent
- critical Stage of the Civil War. Cen
- imparts to Capt. Wayne an important
rassage 10 I.ongstreet. Accompanied by
Geret Craig, ar old army scout. Wayne
siarts on his mission. The two. after a
VIA ride get within the lines Of the
enemy In the darkness. Wayne is taken
Tor q Federal officer who came to keep an
aDpoIntment, and a young lady on horse
Sack IL given In his charge. She Is a
northern girl and attempts to escape but
falts. One of the horses succumbs and
Craig goes through with the dispatches.
while Wayne and Ny Lady of the North
are Jeff alone. They seek shelter In a
hut and entering It in the dark a huge
mastiff attacks Wayne. The girl shoots
the brute just IN time. The owner Of the
hut one Jed Bungay. and his wife appear
and soon party of horsemen approach.
They are led by a man claiming to be
Red Lowrie. but Mrs. Bungay discovers
him 10 be "A disguised impostor. who
proves TO be Maj. Brennan. Federal
officer whom the Union girl recognizes.
He orders the arrest of Wayne as spy.
While prisoner Wayne sees files of Con-
federates pass and knows that Craig has
delivered the message. He Is brought be-
fore Sheridan.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-12-30
CTO BE CONTINUED.j
London Throuuh the Accs.

1t is proposed to establish in the
British metropolis a museum 10 ba
devoted to the exhibition of relics
pertaining to the history OF London
from the earliest times Of its occupa-
ton by man. These times run back
much farther than most readers are
aware The city that Julius Caesar
found occupied a site which had been
inhabited for unnumbered thousands
of years 1t is now known that dur
ing Paleolithic and Neolithic times
the two great divisions OF the stone
age-man dwelt on the site o! Ion
don, but it first became the settle
ment of a community at the opening
of the historic age when II was
stronghold of the Celts The remains
Of it's Roman period are the finest OF
the kind in Great Britain The Anglo
Saxon and Danish periods are also
finely represent ed and even later
periods. such as the Tudor. Furnish
relics that have been buried by ina.
strange process q! superncGmheni
growth which makes the soil under
great city resemble the fossilit"r.
Gus strata OF geology. Youths Corn.
pa-;on.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-12-30

You miserable hound!~ cried
maoiy None but a coward would
taunt helpless prisoner. only hope
may yet be free long enough to
write he lie with steel across your
heart
beiore he could move Sheridan was
upon his feet and between us.
Back. both of you" he ordered
Sharply. There shall be no braw!ing
here. Major Brennan. you will re,
main: ! would speak with you further
regarding this matter. Lieutenant Ca.
ton. take charge OF the prisoner"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-12-30

the present to silence. Indeed my pos
sible fate does not so greatly trouble
me. only that possess strong de-
sire 10 have freedom long enough to
cross swords with this major of yours.
The quarrel between us has become
bitterly personal, and | hunger for a
chance to have it out. Do you know,
is he man who would fight?'
The young fellow stiffened slightly.
I'VE are serving upon the same
staff" he said more abruptly, land
while we have never been close
friends, yet | cannot honorably take
sides against him. He has been out
twice within the last three years to
my knowledge. and is not devoid
either of courage or skill Possibly,
however. the arrival of his wife may
make him less a fire-eater."
His wife,"
stopped so suddenly that he in
voluntarily frightened his grip upon my
arm as though suspicious of an at
tempt to escape.
DO you" I asked, gaining some
slight control over myself, refer to
the lady who came in with his party
last evening"?
Most certainly; she was presented
to all of us as Mrs. Brennan. she has
been assigned rooms at his quarters.
and she wears weddins-rin2. Far
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-12-30
CHAPTER XI.-Continued.

Very well. sir he said gravely
your fate is in your own hands,
and will depend very largely upon
I your replies to my questions. You
claim to have been the bearer of
dispatches. and hence no spy, yet you
possess nothing to substantiate your
claim. As your regiment is with Lee,
presume you were seeking Long
street We're your dispatches deliv-
erea7"
:! have reason to belive So"
@Ry YOURSELF"
BY the sergeant who accompanied
ne. and who continued the journey
after 1 was detained"
Is Lee contemplating an immediate
movement"
General Sheridan" | exclaimed in.
Afgnantly. you must surely forget
that ! am an officer of the Confeder-
ate Army. You certainly have no
fsnson to expect that I will so far
Slsregard my obvious duty as to an
sser such a question:
Your refusal to explain why you
{ vere hiding within our lines is ample
reason for my insistence," he said
\ 0ftly. and | am not accustomed to
treating spies with any great consid-
efas1on. even when they claim Rebel
eomnissions You are not the first
seek escape in that way. Was
yew despatch the cause of the hurried
eeparture Of Longstreet's troops east
Nardr
TINS last question was hurled di.
secty Al me, and noticed that every
y q tne room las eagerly scanning
~ Ace. had the quick. fiery tenn
nnhed.
positively decline to answer one
reiative to the dispatches in
ssa led to me-" | said deliberately,
my voice shook with sudden rush
niger And no officer who did
Z = aisnonor the uniform he wore
1 sv1e insult me with the question"
4 Oombshell eXplod~ in the room
ss'u not rave astonished them as did
~ ansWer. realized to the full
I I. ~ pfooaoie result. but my spirit was
aha | felt the utter uselessness
q N0.onging the interview. Sooner
the same end must come.
s..' u .oa face naturally flushed, in
10y grew crimson, and a dangerous
alaned into his fierce eyes. For
IN LENT ne seemed unable to speak:
y ee. Numbered forth:
90 young fool. | can tell you
"a y0u Will speak before another
51 " gvur hours, or I'll hang you
gsSss u u cost me my command
lennan, take this young popin-
tne Mansion House under
- stepped forward, smiling
enloyed the part assigned to |
on. You Johnny" he said
- us hand closing heavily on |
- Then. seeming unable to |
us pleasure at the ending of |
70 earsiew. and his present sense of |
&c bent lower. so that his in
Vols should not reach the
md missed hotly:
IDS women is probably more
H1Ezsssfs~ =
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07
SHOULD TEACH AGRICULTURE

An apostle of the Country Life
Movement, E. A. Smith, editor Of
the Twice-A-Week Spokesman-Re-
view, Spokane, visited Portland the
past week because of his interest in
the gardening contest conducted
among school boys by the Portland
Y. M. C. A. Mr.. Smith recog-
nizes in this movement a step in
the right direction. He says the
back -the-soil reform must start
in the schools and there is more
need of this practical education in
the cities than in the country.
Farm schools should be established
in connection with the city's scheme
of education, believes Mr.. Smith.
He says the majority of pupils ride
on street cars to reach the high
school; why not have farm school
beyond the city limits where prac-
teal education could be taught amid
pleasant surroundings? Washing
ton communities are making start
along these lines. Toppenish voters
have. just authorized bond issue to
purchase ten acres for experimental
grounds and a farm in connection
with the school. Superintendent
Bush, of Yakima, is working 10 es-
tablish consolidated schools and the
plan of building teachers cottages,
so as to make them permanent resi-
dents of the community, instead of
migratory individuals is growing in
favor. Walla Walla County has
made considerable progress in this
direction. Mr.. Smith commends the
work the Grange and Farmers Union
is doing along the line of making
country life more attractive and
educating for young along the right
channels.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07

SO per cent. This shows that con-
siderably more of the improved
lands was irrigated in 1909 than in
1899.
The irrigable area of 1899 is not
reported, but that of 1909 is COM
pared with that of 1910. These
two acreages respectively amount to
234,379 and 47O,514 acres. The
land that it was intended in 1910
to irrigate was Si7,O32 acres, an
excess of 4S2,654 acres over the
area irrigated in 1909. These
areas, it should be noted, suggest
those that will become available for
settlement within the next few
years.
The number of independent enter
prises has grown from S7S in 1899
to 1888 in 1909; the mileage of
main bitches from 8O6 to 1858; the
cost Of the systems from 81, 722, 1863
to s15,O14,O9O Con July 1, 1910 :;
and their average cost an acre from
$12.56 to $31.91. The average
cost of maintenance and operation
was not reported in 1899, but in
1909 it was given as $3.O8 an acre.
-SpOkesman-Review.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07
GROWTH IN IRRIGATED FARMS

OA~O W - nav AANANAA@A = III ]AA~4'Ao
It may not be generally known
that in 1910 congress provided that
the national census should collec:
full information about irrigation.
The number of irrigated farms in
Washington has increased from
1913 in 1899 to 74O5 in 1909, a
gain of 10 per cent. This rate OF
increase is higher than of the total
number of farms, and is interpreted
as indicating that irrigation is pro-
crossing more rapidly than dry
farming.
The irrigated acreage in 1899 was
1876, 47O acres. In 1909 these had
become 334,378 acres, an in
crease of 146 per cent. The gain
in improved land in farms was only
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07

Wherever the industrial insur-
ance commissioners have made pub
lie speeches about the state, they
have found great many wrong
impressions of the workmen's COM
pensatiOn act in existence among
the manufacturers. Many of them
haven't even read the law. Copies
are free for the asking.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07

Mentioned candidates for gov
ernor are more plentiful than mud
CLAIMS at low tide. Senator Ruth is
said to be out of the running, but
Otto Case of Seattle and Speaker
Howard D. Taylor are talked of i.
Kaufman, Hodge, Keggins, Ely
Johnson and others flash periodical
ly into print but as yet are not
marked significant.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07
MUCH SPELLBINDING

If the voters of the Pacific slope
country are not thoroughly familiar
with all the political and other issues
of the coming presidential contest,
following the harvesting of the
crops this season, it will Tot be the
fault of the spell binders. The
number of prominent men planning
the trip next fall might lead some
to think the way to the White House
is through the Northwestern and
Pacific states. President Taft is
due some time in September, and
may pass a day or more in Spokane
others coming earlier or later are:
Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio,
Champ Clark, speaker of the house
Of representatives; United States
Senator Gore of Oklahoma, United
States Senator Williams of Missippi,
Congressman William Sulzer of New
York, United States Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin, United States
Senator Clapp of Minnesota, United
States Senator Bourne of Oregon,
United States Senator Borah OF
Idaho, United States Senator Poin-
dexter of Washington and several
others from middlewestern, eastern
and southern states. r.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07

The talk is that the temple OF
justice, which will house the SUI
preme court, law library, etc., on
the Hill, will be completed in time
for the next legislature. Meanwhile
the state-house is chuck-a-block,
with the new industrial insurance
commission looking for quarters
downtown to house its accounting
department.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07

What a perfectly astounding
thing it is to see how many bright
young men and women are urgently
anxious to connect with state job
that pays $40 or $12 a week. AS
for anything better, don't apply;
you'll be trampled to death in the
rush.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07

The railroad commission has
passed away and is now the public
service commission. incidentally,
its big central office has been neatly
cut up to provide for private offices,
with opal glass partitions.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07

The general concensus of opinion
is that State Treasurer John G.
Lewis has made good, and it is
small wonder that his newspaper
friends are talking him into a more
extended tenure of public service.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07

Labor Commissioner Charles F..
Hubbard announces that he will
prosecute every attempt to evade
the eight hour law for women and
those who know Hubbard believe
he will do just as he says.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07
Newsy Bits from the Capital y y
Bv HOWARD l.. HINDLEY

All state departments took a
breathing spell over the glorious
Fourth; that is, all except the De-
partment of Political Dope-and
that goes on forever.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-07-07

Now that we have that out of our
system, for two years at least, let's
all forget it quickly as possible and
get back to saving wood"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
The Greatest of Sports.

The first two games played in the
worlds championship series in New
York and Philadelphia have been of a
nature to demonstrate most clearly the
high point to which the sport has been
developed in this country, as well as the
tremendous hold which it has gained
upon the public. One of these contests
was won by the margin Of a single run
and the other by two runs. Both were
pitchers battles" everything depending
upon the skill assigned to deliver the
ball to the batsmen. So accustomed
have the patrons of the sport become to
the game as it IS played that they do
not fully realize, perhaps, what good
pitching involves, what 1t signifies The
pitcher is required to throw the ball at
q tremendous speed over mark about
q foot wide and three and a half feet
high He must use curves and drops
and shoots so mixed IN with straight
balls that he keeps the batter guessing.
II in a battle of wits and skill. When
the ball Is hit. travelling at almost rifle
speed. il must be fielded with instant
precision and thrown with accuracy The
game Saturday was virtually lost by a
single tumble" Yesterday the losers
OF Saturday were made winners because
one of their batsmen was misjudged by
Ne opposing pitcher and the ball was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17

can. SO do boiled beets, baked sweet po-
tatoes and even boiled spinach. Our moth
ers thought they were cutting corners In
the culinary routine when they opened a
can OF tomatoes, peas or corn. But the
current wife chars a bit of bread. opens
a can and serves creamed asparagus on
toast.
After dinner ask for a little music and
no longer will the maiden of the
home tell you she is out of practice;
no longer will she make "Monas-
terry Bells or "Silvery Waves tinkle
and splash on the little piano in the cor
ner. No, she will not make your toes itch
with the 'Blackhawk Waltz" nor make
YOU bow your head with "The Maiden s
Prayer She will serve canned music.
Some day lazy genius will devise self
washing dishes and self-making beds, and
the matinees and moving picture shows
will do a greater business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
Insurgent Lack of Humor.
From the New York Herald.

The climax of seriousness is being
capped at Chicago. There are now as
sembled the insurgents to boom Sen
ator La Toilette. The weight Of count
less centuries is theirs, like the man with
the hoe. Cromwellian moroseness is per-
vasive. The country is TO be saved. II
IS to be saved with the initiative. referen-
dun and recall-what Seth Bullock OF
Deadwood calls ''new-fangled farm ma
chinery, which must be tried or nobody
will be happy
If Brother La Toilette is not the man to
save 1t then Brother Cummins will ster
IN. If not he then Brother Garfield will
consent to the sacrifice If they must look
further Brother Pinchot, as good for
ester as any Of them, will kindly oblige
And If the worst comes to the worst
Oyster Bay may manage a rescue from
ST. Helena!
Yet in all the Chicago gathering there
will not be one hearty laugh. And how
can you beat Taft without having a
sense of humor? We repeat, it is toe
bad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
The Dwindling Grand Army.

The tragedy of the passing years is dis
closed in the annual report of the COM
missioner of pensions. During the civil
war there were in the service of the
United States in various capacities of
military usefulness 2,213, 365 persons. OF
that number only about % per cent are
now living Each year more than per
cent pass away, and at the end of the
fiscal year just closed there were on the
pension rolls only 529. sS4 survivors Of the
war. During the year 35,243 of the vet
I Grams died The ratio of decease must
necessarily increase annually, for the
average age of the survivors is now about
seventy years, and in the nature of things
they will pass at a steadily growing rate.
il. In few years the annual reunions of
the Grand Army of the Republic will be
attended by a mere handful OF veterans
Even now there are thousands who are
unable. through illness and decrepitude,
to reach the places of assembly The
annual review of the old soldiers has be-
come a pathetic spectacle. and the sug-
gestion is regularly urged that they aban-
don the practice of marching. The route
Is being shortened year by year, so that
the fatigue of the parade will be more
easily borne, and yet at each of the en-
.campments some OF the veterans pass
away. partly In consequence of the ex-
srtions incident to the occasion.
Not many years will elapse before the
last of the veterans will remain, the soil
tary survivor Of the great army that
fought half a century ago for the preser-
walton of the Union. Which one of the
half million veterans now living will this
be? A drummerboy OF the sixties, per-
haps? A private soldier. an officer? VIII
he live long in his honored position as
the last of the veterans, an inspiration
TO the patriotism of American youth, his
home, perhaps. shrine visited by tour
lists? And will he be paid the honor due
to one SO significantly situated?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
The Tin Can,

The tin can Is the housewives hand
maiden. 1t is her dearest friend. Perhaps
the tin can is the real symbol of the
new civilization. No longer does the good
wife pother around a roaring fire and
steaming, bubbiing kettles. She sidesteps
that work 1t might make her late in
dressing for the theater, or in getting to
the club. or in keeping her appointment
with the dressmaker. or in reaching the
bargain counter before everything has
been mussed up. or in doing the other
things without which woman would feel
disconsolate and alone. No longer does
she watch the pot to see that it does not
boil over. nor the pan to see that It's
contents do not scorch. She merely sets
the table, reaches for the can opener, and
the meal is ready.
She will give you true Italian spaghetti
from IAN. Mushrooms come from a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
The Pension Fund.

Business men in this city. recognizing
the emergency created by the failure Of
the police and firemen's pension fund, due
TO the neglect Of this important subject
by Congress and its refusal to make
proper provision for the disabled men,
hers of these two departments and the
families of those who die in line of duty,
have taken steps to supply the deficiency
now existing in the fund SO that the
Commissioners can provide decently for
those dependent upon the men slain In
last Saturdays fire. This Is an excellent
movement, worthy of the warmest en-
coura cement and support by the citizens,
and it is to be hoped that 1t will result
in a large collection. But at the same
time it is serious reflection upon Con-
gress, and 1t is possible that the willing
ness of the citizens to make good the
> defaults of the law may make it diff
cult hereafter to secure the right sort
of legislation.
The fact that thus far appeals for a
proper provision of pension funds have
fallen upon deaf ears in Congress should
not deter the Commissioners from con-
tinuing to press vigorously for action.
This matter of inadequate allowance for
the maintenance of the police and fire
mems pensions has become one of the
vitality important items of the Districts
budget of necessities. Repeated refusals
by the local legislature to give what is
needed add to the urgency of the claim.
1t is only by constant iteration that the
District ever succeeds in getting what it
needs. Some authorities hold to a diff
ferent view and contend that Congress
. should not be pressed for action on any
particular subject, but should be allowed
10 take its own time on its own initiative
NaShington'S position at the Capitol is
not particularly happy in respect to its
right to originate legislation by sugges-
ton. theoretically, of course, it can pro-
pose whatever it wishes, and every ses-
well filed with measures which represent
the desires and requirements of various
neighborhoods and sections and classes
of the people, many of them framed to
supply urgent necessities of the whole
District The Commissioners are expected
to press with their full weight of author
lty those bills which in their Judgment
are desirable and needed. 1t is unfor-
tunate If they feel that they must walk
War1y and only press in tactful manner
for that which they think Congress may
be inclined to give. lest the legislators
De irritated by the spectacle of the Dis
tr1ct committing the heinous offense of
which Oliver Twist was once convicted
by the emfnently equitable Squeers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
Business Conditions and Outlook.
From the Springfield Republican.


Although it cannot be said that basic
conditions have perceptibly changed dur
ing the past week. there has certainly
been a superficial frightening in the sense
that things have grown no worse. Great
er cheerfulness is shown over the out
look, and this Is true both in Europe and
America. One must be hardened pessi-
mist to believe that, barring unforeseen
calamities, business is simply preparing
for another downward plunge. The great
financiers are still apprehensive, no doubt.
and until there is more certainty as to
the legal status of big business they can
not be expected to embark in new enter
prises requiring heavy investment of cap
ital. The publication of the disintegra-
ton plan of the American Tobacco Com
pany and its submission to the federal
court possesses a large interest on this
account. For the courts attitude with
reference to this plan should do some
thing toward enlightening the public as
to the judicial view of the lawful limits
of the tendency to monopolize an in
dustry.