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deliberate aim. Staring death in the
face, Dickinson recoiled a step or two.
Back TO the mark, sir.' shouted
Jaekson's second, and again Dickinson
took his marked7out place.
Jackson, taking renewed aim, pulled
the trigger, but the pistol did not go
off. He examined 1t, and found that 1t
had stopped at half cock. Readiusting
It, he again took deliberate aim and fired.
Dickinson reeled and fell, the ball hay
ing passed through his body just above
the hip, from the effects oil which he died
a few hours aftefWard. The affair
greatly injured Jackson's popularity
for time for Dickinson was a fayorita
throughout Tennessee
Two OF these personal alterations OF
Jackson were caused in whole or in part
by disparaging words concerning his
wife, This was the case in his difficulty
with Dickinson. His wife had formerly
been Mrs. Robards. Her husband mis-
treated her. and they separated. He
went to Virginia and there applied for a
divorce. The news came to Nashville
that the divorce had been granted. Be
lieying it to be true. Gen Jackson and
Mrs. Robards were married Two years
afterwards the legal papers came an
nouncing that the divorce had just been
granted in the courts, proceedings. for
some reason, having been delayed
Thus for two years jackson and Mrs.
Robards had been Illegally married. To
remedy the defect. new license was OBJ
tanned and the marriage ceremony was
performed over again. Their married
life was happy one. He was ever a de-
voted husband, she a loving wife. He
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-04
He WAS UNCONVENTIONAL
And Daughter .sIreeny' Started In
to Give Him a Few Correc-
tive Instructions.

Y wish you wouldn't, pa. said The
eldest girl
Wish ! wouldn't wHzt?9 asked tie
plain citizen.
.Eat with yoar knife, replied the
daughter; its So
SO Wlat22 asked the Old gentle
man, knitting his shaggy broWs, relates
the Chicago Daily News.
So unconventional
Now, lookee here, said the plain
citizen. I'm SO years old and getting
older every minute but I'm not too old
70 learn. IL you can show me any way
Of gettin gravy up to my mouth with
fork I'm willing to try lit. I've got
to use a knife
People don't do it, pa"
You're mistaken about that I
know a heap o people that do IT.
But not refined people, pa
'Ireeny, said the plain citizen, you
make me tired. # btlieve in being po-
lite where there's sense to it. Manners
is manners an | always taught you
manners when you was a young one.
wouldn't let you grab for the big
gest piece o pie on the plate and I
wouldn't let you spill, and when you
drunk ! made you drink quiet. You
wasn't allowed to wipe your mouth On
the tableeloth or speak with your
mouth full. Them's manners. Jess So
longs keep my own knife on my own
vittles I claim that it's my own bust
ness whether | put it IN my mouth or
not-ain,t it?'
We'll. perhaps it is. but"
There isn't any but about It. When
took you to the city last fan there
was q Teller setting at a table in the
restaurant where we was; dressed to
kill he was too, and when he got
through eating he lit a cigareet-and
Wimmin setting right there-'m member
that?'
tYes, but
No but about it. IF he'd ben a
boy o. mine I'd jerked him out d the
room and taught him manners. When
that family was stagin' with Us last
summer you fused because I sat down
to the table in my shirtsleeves. The
man he set down without even a vest
and that was all right. / think It was
all right, too, but why is muslin any
more proper than blue and white
striped flannel, and how is a belt. any
better than suspenders2 They're both
to hold the pants up
why, PAL
Il hope YOU don't mean to say that
pants is unconventional Ifeeny, you
talk lot OF poDpycoek. I'm willing to
be polite. as I said. but I'm going to
use common sense about it. and I'm
going to eat with my Knife as much as
dern please and / don't want to hear
any more out of you about it. Under
stand that, don't you, Ireeny?"
Yes, pa, replied the daughter,
meekly.
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years. His career was indeed a strange
and eFentful one.
The life of Andrew Jackson was full OF
lights and shadows. He had great vir-
tues and great faults He had big
heart No sacrifice was TOO great for
him to make for q friend. He was hon
est. and when he thought a cause was
right, he would face any opposition to
champion it. He was patriotic He
stood for his eountry's flag, fought be-
meath its folds. and, by his vigorous
measures stamped out treason III its in
cipieney.
Yet until near the close of his life, he
was not Christian. Measured by the
standards of to-day, he was not even a
moral man In his young manhood he
drank, and gambled and swore. His
profanity remained with him as fault
until late IN life. He was man of vio-
lent temper, and at times 1t knew no re
straint In his rashness he was some
times outrageously wrong. Yet his vir-
tues overshadoWed his faults and made
him the idol OF his party.
1t was his military career more than
ANYTHING else. that won him the presI-
deney. although mtlitarism was not his
profession. He was not a trained SOL
der His GROWING IaureIs were won
during the war Of 1872 at the battle Of
New Orleans, where he gained a signal
victory over. the British. completely
routing their superior forces and bring
ing the war to a close. 1t is the victory
he gained at New Orleans on the Sth of
January. 1915. that is the enduring basis
for the honors paid him with each re-
curing anniversary Of that day. 1t Is
the light in his life of patriotism that
makes him the idol of his party.
As shadows in the life of Jackson his
a1teIs and personal encounters stand
forth prominently, At the time he was
nudge of the supreme court Of Tennessee
he had a political quarrel on the street
with Gov. Sewer. Both men drew their
nistols and fired at each other In their
excitement their bullets missed their
marks and before they could renew
their fire friends separated them On
a,,nfher occasion, for an insult offered
Drominent man Of Nashville. The son
of the latter interfered and sent pistol
hnllet crashing through Jaclson's arm.
In another quarrel, at q horse race,
Jackson beat d young man named Swami
with a club. This last difficulty led to
the duel with Charles Dickinson. an
able and prominent lawyer Of Nashville.
who had espoused the cause of young
swami and denounced Jackson for his
actions.
The two men, with their seconds. met
the next day in a grove not far from
Nashville. The parties were to stand
faeine each other, "A feet apart. with pis-
tells down. AttIle word fire. they were
IA discharge their pistols as soon as they
nIaased. Dickinson got the first fire and
sant q ball crashing through Jackson Is
side. breaking a RIB and leaving a bad
ard painful wound Jackson had not
vet his shot Apparently unnindfal Of
his injuries, he raised his pistol and took
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-04

IDENTIFY what the naval expert wishes
goes at present in the ship-needing land
of Russia.
It was in 1898 Russia showed her hand
as to desire to increase her naval pres
tige, and that was the year she pushed
japan away from Manehuria and herself
took possession. She at once began TO
advance work, though with nothing of
her present fever, IN the various yards
Of her great domain; employed $500 at
the Baltic works, about 1000 at Kron-
stadt-all these on the west coast Then
at Sebastopol- which IS about 5000
miles BY rail from st. Petersburg.
and at Odessa between 9. 600 and 1000
were employed; at the 0befhon steel
works, oa the Neya. (, 600 men. and 1000
at the port of Alexander IL, near LIbau.
As is well known a good1y number of
Workmen were at labor at YiadiYostok
and Port Arthur.
When one thinks of the amount Of
labor put into the building of a great
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-04
Hardy Slaenar

During a recent snewstorm a police
man found William Nuttall, of Ac-
eringtons at nearly midnight asleep
in field. At the Accrington police
court.the chief constable stated that
Nuttal was most extraordinary
character. He could sleep standing
and even while walking, but preferred
the middle Of an open field for bis
slumbers, caring nothing for rain or
snow. The last time he was before
the court he fell asleep in the dock.
London Tlt-Bits
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was always sensitive when this first
marriage ceremony was questioned. In
deed. no one could breathe a word in his
presence on its sanctity without the fear
Eof personal assault from him. She
lived to see him elected president, but
died before his Inauguration
After the death Of his wife Gen. Jack
son was changed man. He never used
a profane word and seldom allowed him
self to lose his temper which was one
of his great faults His religious ten
denotes were strengthened by the ex-
ample of his wife On her death bed he
gave her the solemn promise that lie
would join the church. This promise
was not fulfilled until after he had re-
tired from the presidency and gene to his
old home. The Hermitage, in Tennes,
see. Then the hours Of reflection came,
and, at the age of three score and Is, he
became a Christian
In the winter Of 1912 there was q
series OF religious meetings held not
far from his home. President Jackson
attended all OF them He was pro-
foundry impressed and at the close OF
the meetings he announced his intention
to unite with the church. The pastor of
the congregation was Rev DR.. Edgar.
When the e1-president presented him
self for membership the usual questions
respecting doctrine and experience were
satisfactorily answered. Then the cler-
gyman said:
DO you forgive all Your enemies %
The question was evidently unexpect-
ed and Gen. Jackson remained silent for
moment Then he slowly answered:
My political enemies can freely for
give. But as for those who abused me
while was serving M. country in the
field and those who attacked me then
we'll. doctor, that Is a different ques.
ton"
DR., Edgar assured him it was not.
Christianity, he said. forbade the indul-
gence of enmity absolutely and III all
cases. No man, he continued. could be
received into Christian church who
did not cast out Of his heart every feel
ing of thatnature. It was fundamental
condition. After a considerable pause
Gen. Jackson said he thought he could
forgive all who had in any way injured
him.
That very morning the war worn vet
eran bowed at the altar IN this little
country church and made his confession
of faith. was baptized, and received as
member His subsequent life, and he
lived for three years afterward. vas thai
of a Christian Family PRAYER was =es-
tabiished at his home and he read the
Bible through twice before his death
He died on the sth day Of June. 1915.
FRANZ. DIIpTNF.
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Mock Cherry Pie

These mock dishes are such d sur
prise to those who have never par
taken OF them and a source of a great
deal Of guessing fer the members of
the family. One cupfuI of eranbermes
cut in halves, one cupful of raisins,
seeded and cut<in pieces, three-quar-
tiers of a cupful of sugar, one table,
spoonful of fionr. the grated rind Of a
small lemon and few bits Of butter.
Bake with erusts.-People's Home
Journal
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-04
Cream Pancak as

Mix the yolks of three Nell-heaten
eggs with half pint of cream, sNeeten
with two ounces OF sugar. favor with
powdered cinnamon. name ana grated
natmeg, and FRY quickly in sweet. heat
ed lard, drain and dish. sprinklins with
graduated sugar. and serve halved
oran Peoples Home Journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-04

The nurses who went to Japan were
received with courtesy, but the medical
department OF the japanese army has
been frightfnlly embarrassed By their
attentions, Their inability to eat Jap
anese food, or to live in japanese style,
have proved an almost complete bar &c
their usefulness. Medical Record.
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Scripture Authority the Lord
God planted a Garden eastward in Eden,
and there He put the man whom He
had formed -. to dress it and to keep
It. And the Lord God commanded the man,
saying, OF every tree Of the Garden thou
mayest freely eat; but of the tree of knowl-
edge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
OF 1t: for in the day that thou eatest thereof
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-04

OF since the period
which Gods rec
ord gives us here
has the earth
known 2 IF e c t
peace and har-
mony and the
conserving a n d
economic p o. e r
of the simple life.
No misdirected
energies W h e e
Gods Spirit rules
supreme no vast,
ed time. no neg
lected duties, no
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~ ~ hopes in finally to deal
little Japan the crushing
GLOW. In preparation for the main
tenanee of her sovereignty in Man
churia, she counted on a giant navy
as strongest reliance. but the sud
denness Of the present conflict found
her not yet ready; two-thfrds of
her navy thousands of miles from the
center of battle.
But she is making all haste now to re-
deem the error. and is calling on the four
quarters Of the globe to send her what
she requires in reinforcing her navy.
She has drawn in from factories IN
France, Germany and America manufac-
tEred products of parts of Warships, and
in her own shfpyards armies of work
men are 1aboring at great speed to build
these up into the most terrible engines
OF destruction modern skill can fashion.
Italy, Spain, Chile and Argentina have
sold her. through cbliging agents, armor-
clad ships, and private builders in Amer
lean have put into her possession sub
marines and torpedo boats.
Now she comes to America for mas
ter builder, and report makes decIara-
ton that she has found him in Lewis K.
Nixon: that Mr. Nixon's mission to st.
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Meal Pr r.

seald two tablaspoonfu1s corn meal:
while hot add one dessertspooafuI of
butter: when cold add one egg, four
teaspoonfuis flour, one teaeup milk.
salt 10 Iaste.-Ghieaao Post.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-04

- ss WAS on a wild. clustering
FIsAS March night. on the bleak
% (5@ shores of the Atlantic coast
7sSls - in North Carolina, in d lonely
q @ log hut. the surroundings of
60 I'd which testified to the poverty
OF its occupants, that Andrew
JACKSON, the man whose name and fame
e honored by one Of the great political
parties OF the country with each recur-
Fl renee ct the 8th Of January, was born.
ne never saw his father. The mother
had Just returned from placing her hus-
o . II the grave and, pain-crushed
heaft-stricken and poverty driven, had
peeh forced. with her two fatherless
chllQran. TO take refuge at the cabin OF
1ef sister 70 give birth to her third child.
andrew, or Andy as he IL universally
GATED even to this day. grew up. He was
never reared. From infancy life around
aim was struggle with poverty. As a
BOY ne was rough. rude and turbulent
Wnen he was old enough he was placed
cut to work for his board. His mother
died when he was IA years old. By at
tenalng log schoolhouse he had man
aged % learn to read and figure tolerably
Well-he never could write and sell cor
reetly. Thus equipped. Andrew Jackson
leftS4he place Of his birth 70 make his
own way il the world.
And yet this youth, after learning the
trade of a saddler. with this meager
early education, became a schoolmaster,
lawyer, a district attorney, a con-
gresham. governor. judge of the
state and Of the United States courts,
United States senator, major general
and the president Of this nation for eight
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-04
Reaching a Solution.

Whinky The. question of what - ac
with our miilionaires Is one Of the
serious problems Of the day.
Whanlsy-Weli, the automobiles ailI
soon solve it-Puck.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-04
The Reason WI

What was the cause OF FIirt-
eT.'s engagement with the Coste5Ioe girl
being broken o17
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-04
Russia Rushing Building Of
Great War Vessels
Incredible Speed Displayed in Her shipyards-An American
Called TO Aid in Restoration Of Her Naval Prestige
- HE Great Bear. d

He Great Bear, despite
ponderosity. moves softly !.
slylg. and for a long time
has secretly been preparing
for the move that she
hopes in finally TO deal
little .Ianan the crushing
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CHRISTOPHER w, Bsf Il r.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-13

THE other mound in the basement the lime
of two NorweganS who had here ship
think they sailors and live place Mrs Merrill
killed them both and took their bodies the basement Their
house where they had been last heard Of and mother called
her. told them the young had gone from there She $500
IRON their trunk and then their mother Bible that them
had owned and a letter of sympathy.
Mrs Merrill came from Vermont Her maiden Latham.
She married Merrill there I847 and they Boston He left
her and their baby 1858 and she California In 1852 she
married student named Goodwin and he left her and
Ann Abor She had child by him. which subsequently, died Dr.
Coodge best the second marriage She supposed
IT, be widow The child by Merrill died and she adopted little girl
named JOSIE who of good parents and coming California
passed her off the child that had died Merrill
ference In 1866 she back Boston Goodwin had then gone
ito Europe On that trip she adopted My Nanny
Wright and was 5 years old at the time
"n November 1867 she called Cooldge he ne
written letter Goodwin Europe telling him husband
California and showed her letter he had written send Merrill
I'm California telling him of her marriage Goodwin After size had
left he found shot office No she been
heard her tell lady named Edrdge whose husband
express that she had killed Coodge She said she
struggling with him for the and pistol belonging lay
table by She took up intending kill herself
dentaly shot him Edrdge leave once and
took California under the Palmer Josie my
self going with her Goodwin subsequently here
mot expose her. because child had been The
had died
Josie died about six years ago. leaving three children
band killed the Emporium told told of
while Mrs Merrill alive for fear She would kill told
lo it while Merrill living because wanted Toss three children
to inherit the property and Merrill would have left
The know she not his daughter
DR.. Haven alias Dr. Henry Beas 1902 on
Icfarge of criminal malpractice together with He
leased $4,000 bonds away Central America
against the dismissed
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COPTIC HERE WITH
RUSSIAN REFUGEES
CAPTAIN, OFFICERS AND NURSES
FROM HOSPITAL SHIP ORIEL
RETURNING HOME

With a number of officers and nurses
from the Russian hospital ship Orel
aboard, the S. S. Coptic arrived at noon
today from the Orient and Manila. The
vessel has only a fair sized crowd of
passengers but she carries a number of
interesting people as through passen-
gers.
In the party of Russianes are Captain
j. Lachmatoff, the master of the hos
ptal ship, Baron Osten-Saken and s.
Kosttoromotinoc, who were attached to
the vessel. Misses N Lubowdzska and
Olga Yourlieff are Russian ladies who
were nurses aboard the vessel One Of
them is the daughter of a Russian adj
miral and both belong to the Russian
nobility. The Oriel vas present at the
first part of the battle with Admiral
Togo but was later captured by the
Japanese. The party on the Coptic are
returning home.
J. f. Wnkie, the chief Of the secret
service, is a through passenger. He
is returning from the Philippines where
he went some months ago to organize
the service in those islands. He is to
organize a bureau at Honolulu.
! Lieutenant Commander c. f. Pond If
the Asiatic station is returning home
to be. promoted. He was formerly the
commander of the U. S. S. Iroquois at
this place. He is accompanied by Lieu
tenant =. +. SvearZ.
Lieutenant d. A. Hopkins is an Off
Ger in the Philippines constabulary.
L. Barzini is an Italian newspaper
correspondent who has been at tbs
front during the war.
/ c. II. Foss is a government employe
of the Philippine service. He is going
! home with his wife.
! George p. Morgan is a capitalist who
/ has been visiting the Orient.
Mrs. E. Carson and Miss b. Mabury
are San Francisco, society women who
are going to stop over at Honolulu fol-
a visit.
| The Coptic has 316 tons of freight for
/ this port. She is scheduled to sail al
! 6 p. m. today for San Francisco from
the Hackfeld wharf. She is due in Sar
Francisco July 49,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-13
WHAT WASHINGTON
WANTS TO KNOW
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR WRITES
ING THAT THE ANNUAL REPORT WASHINGTON
OCTOBER FIRST FEDERAL GOVERN

notes on the distribution, and where
practicable. on the character and ma
tionality of immigration.
I'm treating of taxable property a
succinct statement of the financial con-
dition of the Territory should be Civ
en-, embodying liabilities and resour-
ces; bonded and floating debt of the
Territory as well as of the several div
isions of the Territory, with their prop
er designations.
Full particulars i'm reference to the
social and industrial progress Of the
Territory are desired.
Statistical information should not
be given from estimates, where it is
possible to obtain such information
from original sources.
1.-THE enumeration of the topics Civ
en- above is not intended to exclude the
of other subjects which
may commend themselves to you for
in you. annual report: on
the contrary, the fullest information IS
desired upon all matters relating to the
or affecting the welfare of the
Territory.
1T is desirable that you incorporate
in your report such recommendations
for the enactment of legislation by
Congress as, in your Judgment, may be
necessary to the proper administration
of affairs in Hawaii under your super
vision"
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RIGHTS
TO FORESHORE
Continued from page one)

but it does not appear to me that
there is any cause for alarm. The
government merely wishes to conserve
the right of the public to free access 10
the foreshore. There is not the slight
est disposition to cause loss to amy
person and at the best the question Of
shore rights is always a complex one.
The Kerr case decided the contention
that the people have an inalienable
right to the use of the shore and That
is all that is required"
For all that the question ~ yet
cause considerable litigation mere as
II has i'm other places The ropid
changes to which a shore is subject
under the action of the waves are
always a subject of dispute for while
one man may contend that by the cree
ton Of a stone retaining wall his prop
erty has prohtted by accretion, a
nelghbor may be able to show that the
shore currents have been So changed
by the wall as to wash out his beach
for the profit of his neignbor.
All Of these questions will doubtless
come up for settlement if the cases
come into court but meanwhile the
good people out Waikiki need not
worry. There will not be any bold
| bad men with pickaXes and crowDars
tearing down their walls for a day OF
| two and they need not go to bed al
night in the haunting fear that they
will wake up adrift somewhere on the
broad Pacific, fioated out by the re-
lentless tide.