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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
HIS ADVENTURES,
A Sci ROMANCE
DESERVING SAILOR TELLS AW-
Full TALE OF HARDsHIPs.
THREE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD
Left Ship with Companions and Goes
Through Fire and Water, But
Finally Finds Berth Is
Beaten Aboard Vessel.

lNeW 4ork.--ARders Hiorth, an able
seaman on the barkentine j.. b. Rabef.
winch mas arrived from Mobile at
bridgeport, has literally gone through
NE and water to escape from the Russo
Finnish bark sulphate, on which he
says he found life a torture.
HJorth signed on the bark several
months ago IN Liverpool and the vessel
set sail for Pensacola.
One night. said Hjorth. Il was
called ont al six bells of the first watch,
as ~ Rad been discovered while the
yards Were all square set that the
snip was heading directly for the is
: land Of Guadalupe we were only 80
fathoms of the shore when we put down
the@ helm and swung the yards around
On the starboard tack, just missing the
rocks.
We could scarcely get food enough
60 Keep our bodies within our clothing
"a board the bark. Abuse. working
4 Up. blows and starvation were our
Wf1sek every day and night of the long,
terrible trip.
At Pensacola the captain refused to
give us any money for, he said If he
did We would run away. SO the carpen-
ter. q little Norwegian boy, and my
bunkle and myself decided TO run away.
The bark lay at the Muskoka wharf
where many crimes had been commit
ted. Here q ships steward was shot by
two negroes. VINO mistook him for the
captain, the victim being accompanied
at the time by his wife The negroes
were Iynched. On the day we ran away
saw a queer sight. 4 negro was
throwing old fish from a dat-hottomed
skIf near the wharf and the sharks
would jump from the water for them.
One shark jumped into the skiff and
took hold Of the negroes foot
The negro, in a great furry. hoWled
with pain. and beat off the shark with an
oar. He killed the man-eater and was
then taken to a hospital
The sight of this shark made me all
the more anxious to desert. I got per-
mission from the mate to go ashore, bor-
roWed q boat from a friend. rowed under
the wharf III the dark and signaled TO
the carpenter, who was afraid to bring
out his tool chest and bag. for the lights
on the wharf were shining on the deck.
4 At last he and his chunls lowered
their bags over the side, and the1chest
also. all unseen by the watch After we
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had become moss grown st. Peters
formed picture of sylvan beauty more
appreciated by the artists who soon
came to know it than by the little con-
gregation itself.
The ivy covering of the steeple was so
thick that for years the tunes#af the bell
scarcely penetrated through the 1eafy
blanket. Recently the hindering foliage
has been cut away. and the belfry has
again become useful as well as orna-
mental
The rector of st. Peters. known to the
fishermen as Capt. Stubs, the sky pilot,
spends most of his time in a launch on
the sound ministering to his flock. which
is composed largely of fishermen. He is
a little English dominic with strict
ideas on the Sunday observance.
Not long ago the boatmen among
whom he labored held Sunday regatta
in sight of the church. the proceeds TO be
used for the purchase of a new launch
for Capt. Stubbs When the committee
handed over an ample sum Capt. Stubs
declined it. at the same time delivering
a little lecture on Sunday regattas which
put an end to them. Then he set to work
and built a launch himself and went
about his pastoral duties with more Wig
or than before
Although st. Peters was at. one time
in the heart of the village Of Tacoma,
unfriendIy Siwash Indians manifested
such strong disapproval of churehgoing
pioneers that a trusty shotgun came to
be regarded as necessary to the church
Service as the Bible and hymn book
To-day the hostile Indians have dis
appeared, and even the city of Tacoma
itself seems to- have abandoned the
church with its ancient tower. It is sur
rounded by few LITTLE dwellings. oeeu-
pying the section of Tacoma. known as
Old Town. The business part of Tacoma
is three miles away, but one OF the
buildings to which Tacomans point with
pride when explaining the superiority Of
their city over Seattle is St. Peters
church.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
FIREMAN M DARING RESCUE
CIinging to Pilot. Hero Grasps aae
Drags Unconscious Man from

Cnieago-Clingin with grim deter
mination to the pilot Of his engine,
Jesse Earl, a fireman. lifted Michael
Cunningham, a ffagnan. from the path
Of the onrushing train. and with his HUI
man burden jumped to safety at thu side
Of the track.
Cunningham had gone mp the track t.
notify a pedestrian Of the approach os
the train, when his foot became fastened
in frog. In attempting to free himself
Cunningham fell prone upon the track,
where he lay unconscious Ii the path OF
the locomotive.
49, Earl at his post saw the helpless man
and called TO his engineer to set the
brakes. bat when the levers were fixed il
became apparent that the engine could
not be stopped ihstine Earl climbed ous
Of the cab window AMI made his way
carefully alongs the foot hoard on the
side Of The vehicle to the pilossWhere he
stood with his right arm extended eoell-9asg
waiting the supreme testof his siren gt.h
and courage.
Despite the set bralzes the engine bore
down rapidly upon the PROSTATE hgut ),
and as the nose of the pilot touched TIE
body Earl grasped the aagnan an
jumped. hauling Cunningham with him.
The two men fell in heap beside tbs
track, but neither was seriously in
jurea
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.seribed as being very daring and eccen-
trio. Another feature was an .Igorrote'
dance in full native costume.
Miss Cody is the original of Niellsen,s
great picture, Spring. ]" that received an
award at the New York academy. She
has confessed 10 a committee OF clergy
men, who are investigating the case.
that she was the dancer. and the mem
bers of her audience. consisting of some
of the most prominent business men in
st. Paul. are in a state Of panic. The
committee proposes to take the whole
matter up to the grand jury and demand
the Indictment OF as many persons as
may be connected with the affair Under
fire of questions from the preachers
she admitted Ii and after that completely
broke down and gave up all she knew
about the affair that night and several
other dances that she took part in.
Her confession sentcold ehiils UP and
down many respectable spine in St.
Paul
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
TRIBUTE TO AUTHOR.
Centennial Anniversary OF Hens
Christian Andersen, Writer Of
Fairy Tales, CeIearatez3.

New York-on April . was celebrated
the one hundredth anniversary OF the
5irth Of Hans Christian Andersen, and
many European countries and American
cities and towns paid honor TO the mem
CRY of that delightful writer of fairy
tales. In Copenhagen several of Ander-
sens personal friends at whose house he
was an almost daily guest. have decided
to publish different relics of him which
they have preserved up TO this. time and
to devote the proceeds of their sale to
charity. Among those relics is an IN
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
Dances with 8. Broken Leo

Although dancing every night as
usual for five weeks. Henry Williams.
the buck dancer of the team Of Slater
and Williams, who are appearing at a
New Haven. Conn. theater. has been
very lame. He supposed that he had
rheumatism In his right leg. The K-ray
was placed upon his leg. and It was
found that two Of the bones were
broken. He was taken at once to st.
Francis hospital in New York. where
DR. Wolff performed an operation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
BEI.FRY IN FIR TREE
OLDEST AS WE'LL AS OLDEST
IN UNITED STATES.
Situated in seven-centuy-oid Bit Of
Timber, Eight Feet Thick, That
Forms spire Of Church
at Tacoma, Wash.

Tacoma. Wash.-The Oldest belfry n
the United States ard one OF the oldest
church towers in the world, is the spif }
Of st. Peters Protestant Episcopal
church, in the outskirts Of this city.
This church supplies also what IS per
haps the first case OIL record in which a
congregation selected belfry and built
the rest of the church around it. AL
though the spire is made entirely OF
wood. it is now TOO years old. and will
probably be standing when many COM
paratively new iron and steel belfrIes
have been RACED.
Forty years ago the pioneers Of Ia
coma organized a church society. They
selected a site for their place of worship
in a forest of Douglas FIR trees that's skirt
ed the shore of Puget sound and
stretched inward for many miles. Out
of these immense. shaggg-barked trees
that lowered upward for 200 feet with
out a branch below the upper half. they
chose one eight feet in diameter to serve
as the steeple.
When the branch bearing portion of
the tree had been cut away to prevent
the falling of limbs in case Of a storm,
there was left a bare trunk nearly 100
feet high Beside it there was built a
plain little structure. The bellwas fast
ened to the tree and the little church.
| with it's enduring steeple. was complete.
In later years the women of the con-
gregation planted English ivy at the
base of the tree, which in time not only
shrouded the steepIe in a thick green
+ ,loak, but erept through the church win
dows until finally the inner walls and
ceiling were covered. When the roof
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
GIRL DANCES At STAG;
SOCIETY IN An UPROaR
Beautiful Model. Original Of Famous
Painting, Confesses and Sons
of Wealth Vince.

ST. Paul, Nin1.-six hundred men.
most Of whom are young and many of
whom are from the wealthiest and most
prominent families Of the twin cities, at
tended a stag party here the other night
that has caused a sensation in the swell
society of the neighboring cities. The
feature Of the entertainment was a
dance BY Margaret .: Cody. an artists
model Of this city, Miss Cody IS young
and handsome and was born and
brought up in St. Paul The danee is de-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
Figures Of Russian poVertv

Some hint OF the poverty of Russia is
given in figures tabulated by the London
board oftradeinregar to foreign wages.
t appears from these that on the Rus
sian railways the average daily pay of
employees is as follows Construction
department. Is cents; locomotive and
carriage department, 80 cents. tramc
department IS cents These figures are
for the permanent STAFF. and the salaries
Of heads OF departments are included
which materially raises tie averages.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06

multaneously round horizontal and 2
vertical axis. On the inner rim OF the
wheel is a bicycle track. The egelisten-
ters the wheel on his bicycle. and sets
the gyroseope going by riding furiously
upon the track. Suddenly he blocks his
wheels, and is=thus carried up some dis
lance with the revolution Of the great
wheel. BY repeating this operation sew
eral times he is finally carried right
round with it fer seven or eight reyolu-
tons
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
Eight Pair Of Twins.

TIE home Of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Bradley, OF Charlton, Ia. was glad
dened to-day by the appearance Of the
eighth pair or twins. One is boy
OF eight pounds and the other a girl
weighing seven The father, who
served ali through the civil war, IS
IS years Of age, but IS hale and vigor-
Gus. The mother is IS. Beside the
eight pair of twins one other child
was born to the family, making a total
Of IT children
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
uninua 81 ring Rank

A travelling savings bank established
in the north of France is an electric mo
or carriage. carrying a small safe. a desk
made Of folding shelves. for depositors,
and seats for the driver, two clerks and a
cashier It journeys about the country.
making short stops IN the villages on
stated days to receive such sums as the
WORT folk may be DESTROYS of SAVING.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
Finds Mother After Seventeen Years

finds Mother After Seventeen Years.
Robert Vliet. Of New Brunswick, s.
youth 10 years old, who has al
u.aus been known as Jake Brown, Il
fa.anfI his mother a few days ago,
nTha1na he had never known, after an
sbsance of II years He also discoF-
ssS that he had left to him some
z.r,nerty by his father. who died re-
i g He had been brought up by
Mrs stella Brown. the widow of a
. nj Of Elizabeth. The Vliets
5 s19 lived ID Plain1eld and gave their
sa4a-vaar-old boy to the Browns to
sss for. The Browns later moved to
1raw Brunswick, and Mrs. V1iet later
sasf trace of her son.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
PERHoUs BICYCLING FEAT.
Latest Form OF Looping the Loop In
vented by Partisan = Contfiv-
ance Is known as Gyroscope

New York; French publication,
Armee ct Marine, publishes the accom-
panying illustration of a fearful, hair
raising contriyance known as the gyro-
scope, compared with which the ordin-
AIRY form Of loop the loop seems as harm
less as an ordinary highway
This gyroseope consists OF a wheel OF
about e feet in diameter. revolving si-=
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06

rot ashore on the edge of the town we
did not know which way to go. We had
not a cent and .nothiIhg to eat. Chips
chest was so heavy that two OF Us could
scarcely lift it. Handicapped as We
were, we started on al trip to Mobile,
which took US ten daSs. and we were
lucky at that.
The first people welmet took us for
thieves because we we're travelling at
night, carrying a chest and bags we
took to the woods and slept the next day.
For three days and nights we had moth
ing 10 eat.
AT length, before reAehing the Ala
hanla line. we struck soIpe railroad con-.
sfruction where we found a Swedish
sailor living in a tent only big enough
for himself He was also a deserter. and
had found work on the railroad. He
took Us ii and We worked for acouple of
days.
Chips found a job and A1ept the boy
with him. Between Fort Morgan and
.Benet we had to cross a STREAM near
Daffney. We plunged in as high as our
shoulders, and after we had got on the
other side built d fire. hung the contents
Of our bags to dry and the clothes We
wore also.
we were awakened by a peculiar
ador and found that all our extra cloth
inc had caught fire and been burned My
andervest was burned up also. and my
shinmatess trousers were burned off be-
low the knees. so he was funny sight
fhr044sph fDa
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
Twins IN IncIl ba FOR.

m the absence Of child Incubator IN
TaIlula. Mr.. and AIRS. Sylvester Best. Of
Springfield, III. adopted the novel ez-
pertinent of using a chicken incubator fo
save the lives of their infant twin
daughters. born prematurelF. The
babies were placed III the chicken incu-
bator under the direction Of the attend
ant physician. and there IS every indi-
cation that they will live.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
'HlJRRY-lIP' GIRLS
.HAsTE MAKES WASTE IS STILL
AeooD PRovER3.

'eople Who Make the Most Fuss Ac-.
eonplisb the Least = Nothing
Harder on Ones Appearance and
Spirits Than 1.-THE Parker Street.
Rushs-When You Have an Ap-
pointment, Start Before You Think
You Need TO.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
Sloppy Talk.

u London motor periodical finds
moral IN the sergius assassination. ID
says that il the grand duke had been
in ia high-speed auto the chances are.
the bombs would have missed him.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06
studying:

dreTs+o the parsonage of the Evangeli-
cal church
DO you talSg, asked the Rev.
John Walker
For better promptly answered the
then Mrs. Rogers.
,For-for., stammerea Walter Fin
ney.
= suit Of clothes and s25, !. whispered
Maria, eneouragingly.
For worse. desperately exclaimed
young Finney.
DR.. D. S. Adams superintendent of the
insane asylum, has discharged Mr.. and
Mrs. Finney.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06

And # is hitrry, they say, that
makes marks ON our faces, and gives
people thsB faggard look, ane / be-
lieye II. Now Cousin May went to
Europe, and took one of those short
trips which generally use people up.
but she SAID that she scarcely felt tired
from the time she started until she
reached home again, simply because
she always gave herself plenty of time.
It IS driving too near the ragged edge
which takes the nerve ont ST people,
she says. e ahs had = take train,
she was ready ha1f an hour before
hand. Words could not express. she
said, the celestial calm of her mind.
when she could sit still with the
thought that every trife was packed
ami every strap fastened. ykiIe sha
saw the others IN g panic, growing
gray at the rate of ten hairs per min
ute. as it were. for fear the porter
would come for their things before
they were ready. They would say to
her. How I envy you that beautiful
expression of peace. How do you
keep it amid all this rust? And then
she would say: But / never rush, you
knew tell you. there Is something
in It. z
Girls, this is true word. Hasta
does make waste and worry and Ill
success. Start before you really think
you need to. AMI don't hurry
*
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-07-07
TO HAVE NATIONAL ASPECT.

In his campaign for reelection, Gov
ernor Herrick expects to have the as
sistance Of the national administra-
tion, at least in the way of oratory
The schedule of the Taft tourists
provides for arrival at San Francisco
on the return on October "a, date so
close to election day as to give the
secretary of war very little time in
which to fulfill his promise to take the
stump for Herrick.
But other members of the cabinet
may be heard in Ohio. President
Roosevelt will be glad to loan Cover
nor Herrick the services of members
of his official family. He showed his
interest in Ohio politics by supervis-
ing the making of the state platform
and perusing the speech of Chairman
Taft in advance of it's delivery. HIS
interest in the Herrick campaign has
not diminished since the holding OF
the Republican state convention, for
in common with other leading Repub.
licans, he regards the Ohio elections
as the most important of those to be
held this November.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-07-07
JOHN M. PATTlSON.

John NJ. Pattison's nomination for
governor by the Democrats not only
emphasizes the temperance question
as an issue, but it eliminates nation
al issues from the discussions.
With the temperance and church
people supporting Pattison and the
brewers and liquor people supporting
Herrick, party lines, in very large
measure, will be obliterated.
Involved in the result is the life or
death of the Anti-Saloon league OF
Ohio. If Pattison wins, the league
will become a more potential factor
in Ohio politics than it has yet been,
and if Herrick is elected its influence
will wane. The Anti-Saloon league
officers understand and appreciate the
situation and SO do the brewers and
liquor people.
The Ohio Democratic convention
this year was entirely free from bos-
sism. The rural delegates laid aside
their collars" came to town in negn-
gee shirts, asserted their indepen-
dence, took the reigns in their hands,
forced the party leaders from the five
larger counties into back seats and
kept them there. The farmer dele
gates have sown the seed in new
ground, and it remains to be seen
what the harvest shall be.
Politics makes strange bed fellows,
but the new alliances OF this year are
the most unnatural in the light of the
history Of the two parties in Ohio dur
ing the past quarter of century with
respect to the temperance question,
the Democrats making their bed with
the preachers and the Republicans
with the brewers and liquor dealers
columbus Citizen.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-07-07
A LONG JOB
To straiehten Up Affairs Of Topeka's
Closed Bank.

Topeka, Kas., July 5.-Receiver
Bradley stated tonight that 1t would
probably take more than six months
&c make comprehensive examina.
ton and report of the affairs of the
defunct First National bank The in.
stitution has been the clearing house
for various financial institutions In
this section, and it's affairs are badly
tangled. The petition in bankruptcy
filed on behalf of the bank today will
hold up and annul the transfers of
property which have been made with
quash the attachment filed by the Ma
tional Bank Of Commerce of Kansas
City.
Receiver Bradley expresses the
opinion that the state Of Kansas can
not be considered as a preferred cred
itor, and that the commonwealth can
expect no more than the other cred
itors. The million and quarter OF
life insurance in favor of Mrs. Devlin
has been surrendered by the wife OF
the bankrupt millionaire, as well as
her own private fortune in an effort
to save some of the large interests OF
her husband.
Runs on the Topeka banks which
began Monday following the failure OF
the First National had ceased today.
IL is estimated that three quarters OF
a million dollars have been withdrawn
from the local banks since the first Of
the week.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-07-07

Rabbi ]. Leonard Levy of Pittsburg,
vice president of the Universal Peace
Union, and one of the highest salaried
ministers in America, believes that toy
soldiers, toy cannon, pistols, miniature
forts, warships and similar military
toys are responsible in large measure
for the spirit of militarism that pre-
walls in this age and perpetuates the
warlike unrest among nations.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-07-07
WORLDS LARGEST HOSPITAL.

The consumption sanitarium which
is to be established near Las Vegas,
New Mexico, through the joint gener.
osity Of the Santa Fe railroad and the
fraternal organizations, will represent
the most ambitious attempt yet made
TO stay "the white plague" The un.
dertaking is of national Importance.
A mere outline of the plan carries
hope to thousands and is welcome
assurance against future misery.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-07-07

$2O00250.
Blackberries, $225@250.
Cherries-California, $1.00Q1.25 per
box, $3.50@f.00 per bu.
ineapples-Florida, $300@3.75.
Plums-California 80c@$1.00.
Peaches-California, $1.00@1.25; A.
basket crates, s1.00@125; Georgia,
$125Q1.75 per crate &c baskets.
Pears-California Bartlett, $1.25Q140
per half box.
Vegetables.
Tomatoes-Flats, S0cQ$1.00.
Potatoes-Triumphs in sack, choice,
45@50c; common, S5@40c; East
Shore rose, $1.35@1.50 per Dbl.
Onions-Texas Bermudas folding
crates), 50@75c; southern, per sack,
$1.O001.25.
Canteloupes-Florida, $1.00Q1.25
per crate; California, $400@4.50.
MISUNDERSTANDING $30.00@35.00
per 100; small, $12.00@2500 per 100.
Observation-Disclosures, 40Q50c per
doz.; $45O@5o0 per bbl.; $1.5o@1.75
per bu. hamper.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-07-07
chlId,s Marrow Esoane.

Agnes Bates, the three-year-old
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Bates of Spring street, had a narrow
escape from death. A stray bullet
fired by some unknown person, struck
the little girl in the head and cut
a deep wound in the skull. Drs
Schilling and Chamberlain were cali
ed and on investigation 1t was found
that bullet from 80 calibre revolv.
er had lodged in the childs skull
The child is expected to recover.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-07-07

Sometimes men in high position are
found guilty by juries. That of Sena-
tor John II. Mitchell is one, for an ex-
ample.