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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-03-11

THE SIMPLE AND THE ANXIOUS
LIFE
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
y. p,.c. Fer IL. Cow.

A young woman of great, perhaps
too great. sensibility begged to be ea-
cused from visiting an aunt who lived
In an old fashioned house where pie
lures of certain period We're in evil
dance "Phere is an engraving of IL
biacksmith's shop In the dining roo,n!"
said she Historically. "You can't ex-
pect me to eat my dinner there.
smell the hoofs."
A similar criticism came from one
who suffered not from Overretinement,
but from something quite different.
She was woman Of recently acquired
wealth who says the New York Trib-
ane, went into an art gallery and usk-
ed for painting of n certain size
II have just what you want" said
the dealer.
He showed her beautiful animal
painting. but she looked at 1t for q
few minutes and then shook her head.
ut won't do" she said. II want this
picture for my drawing ROOM
"But it's beautiful thing" ventured
the dealer.
"Not for drawing room," announc-
cd the woman conclusively. "You
couldn't have COW In a drawing
room"
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
kERsEY

Jos. Nessler is building a resi-.
dence for Scott Morford.
Doctor Lonergan was at Masters
Sunday on professional business.
Mrs. Frank Lcustallet and Mrs.
Con Hetfernan visited Greeley
friends Friday.
John E. Painter of Lost Creek,
passed through kersey Saturday on
his way to Greeley.
Jim Loustallet was In Plattevllle
Friday on business connected with
the office Of constable.
Tue ditch leading to the Sanborn
draw reservoir burst in the neighbor-
hood of the P. o. ranch Saturday.
The break was soon repaired and
water is again running in it.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
LAsALLE
Hayward

The Misses Coil and Hayward
spent Saturday in Greeley.
The LaSalle school observed Arbor
Day with an appropriate program
and holiday.
The Misses Jennie Ellis and Bessie
Beattie stayed several days at the
Kenmore this week with Miss Cora
Bainbridge. ~
|. Clint o. Heath of Denver, Mr..
and Mrs. Moore and son Earl, OF
Fort Collins and Mrs. Anderson OF
Loveland were called to ATTEND the
funeral of Mrs. Downey.
The Ellis addition to LaSalle was
filed last week and James Stewart
will commence the erection OF his
store and hall, also residence as
soon as the plans are completed.
On Friday. evening, April q, the
Presbyterian church social and bazaar
was quite success, but not as many
as were expected were In attendance
owing to the death Of Mrs. Downey,
which occurred the morning OF the
same day.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
All Over Weld.

Lewis Mitchell, the one time pro-
prietor of the Ault Hotel, who
went east last fall, has returned to
town and is at present clerking for
r. L. Pence.
Died, Saturday morning, April %,
Rosetta, wife of Albert Allison, Jr.,
aged seventeen years. The funeral
was held Sunday at the ongrega-
tional church and she was buried in
the Ault- -cemetery. n
Ed Linn, street commissioner,
last week had gang Of men at work
putting In tiling across Main street,
for the purpose Of conducting the
water Of tho Hayden Ditch company
to their land south Of town.
Richard Shannon has opened his
new hotel and the name is the Shan
non Hotel. There are thirteen
rooms In the house and 1t is favor.
ably located. Mr.. Shannon is build
ing fine walk from the depot to
the hotel.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
nlghIandIake

,a,o, is working on the
shlaud ditch. u.,,,,,ed from
fa's, |asns Parnalee was a business
T., i.In in Boulder last week.
|n,,n sl ~ nesan falling saturday night
| s,',' .nnrjnued during Sunday =
vars cannot have their beets
I'sd ,,ls on account Of the ground De-
too wet Mo-, 10
sr s,,'r' is a large class to graduate
was no mail carried to this
ll''iT THURSDAY on account OF the
|ers blizzard,
me Ladies Aid social wa, was post. post.
'nl .d IN account of the rainy
s,hsr and muddy roads
[i,htoins struck Mr.. oleson $
last Thursday during the
doing considerable damage.
n, ,cetyljne lights have been
datF. P. Waltes home very sue
..l,v They are very mHcll
a,sd With them.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
A Forest Storehousc.

John Muir. the naturalist, wife in u
forest of huge redwoods In California.
came across a man who was herling a
band of horses. When Mr. Muir asked
Il he might have some -four the man
said: Eyes, Of course: you may have
anything I've got. Just take my track,
and 1t will lead you to my camp in q
big hollow log on the side Of meadow
two or three miles from here. I'll be
back before night. In the meantime
make yourself at home" By the mid
die OF the afternon MIR. Muir had dis
covered his noble den In a fallen Sc
quota followed by fire, a spacious log
house of one log. carbon lined, cen
turies old, yet sweet and fresh. wealth.
er proof. earthquake proof, likely to
outlast the most durable stone castle D
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
Arrested Both.

Jack Cheney and May Sedgsley,
we're arrested last Friday evening by
Constable D. F. Camp. on a charge
Of living together as man and wite
without the formality of marriage
ceremony. They were arrested III
the old house on the Meeker pro-
perty. Relatives OF Cheney gave
the information that led to the COM
plaint. Mis-. Sedgsley Is from Fort
Collins, where she Is said to have q
husband from whom she has been
irving to secure divorce that she
might marry Cheney. but has been
unable to secure bill.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
Easy Test. For pi..e.a..

There are various effective methods
Of testing the genuineness Of diamonds.
Cover the stone with a little borax
paste, heating it in the fame Of q
lamp burning spirits OF wine and then
throw 1t In glass of cold water. II
the stone is an imitation it will break
into thousand pieces. while the true
diamond will remain intact.
On diamond which has been well
cleaned and carefully dried let fall one
drop Of water. Touch this drop Of wa.
ter with the point Of a needle. II the
stone is false the water will spread
or disperse. while with the real stone
the drop Of water will retain its spher'
ical form.
Throw the stone you wish to detect
into a glass OF water. A diamond il
perfectly distinct, whereas the imita
tion mingles with the hue Of the water
In such a way as to be almost invisl
BILE. Fluorhydric acid has no action on
a real diamond, but dissolves imita
tions.-Jewelers' Circular Weekly.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
:. Ma.asax . Town.

Shortly after it was decided that q
postOffice was needed at the settlement
now known as Broken Bow the child
Of one OF the settlers brenght in from
his playground the shoulder blade Of 4
buffalo which contained imbedded In II
an Indian arrowhead.
The father of the boy went from Gu
riosity to examine the ground where
the bone was found, and near the spot
he found an Indian bow, such as they
used In hunting buffalo, with one end
broken of 80 as to render it useless.
This incident suggested the name of
Broken Bow for the postofhce, and the
department accepted the name with
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES State Journal.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
AuLT

Fveral families in town have the
Iles.
paay April u, to Mr.. and Mrs.
vi ALLISON, Jr., daughter. The
Is being cared for at Mr..
hs
H. frank Strain of Denver, is
a1s her sister, Mrs. M. C. Todd.
and Mrs. Ewing Miller and
visited friends in Ault last
20, Wednesday, April 10, to
aaa Mrs. Bobert c. Pence, Jr.,
FIGHTER.
y Bone has commenced work
new five room house In Nc.
|ls addition.
- renee went to Colorado
- - '1'' week to attend the post.
eh convention.
49, ~ nafoer has rented one of j.
sIA'ssef new houses which Il
Nlns completed.
sos a"Uull' of the death Of Mrs.
|sn,', hi ,"e L: o. I. NJ. social was
@A''e'y postponed.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
RATION

80 ss-as>ses
Miss Papsy Phillips spent Friday
and Saturday ip Greeley.
Mrs. E, G. Steele was in Denver
on Saturday of last week. .
b, Mrs. G. H. DEMO entertained a
few friends with cards. on Monday
evening.
Miss Aida Brown of Chicago, has
opened up new millinery parlor In
the Scheer store.
Mrs. Ruth Middleton spent the
past week visiting friends and rela.
tives In Windsor.
The 15c tea given at the home of
Mrs. Jones was we'll patronized and
was quite success financially.
Mrs. j. z. Stocking of Windsor,
returned home Saturday after spend
ing the week with friends in Eaton.
E. G. Steele and family are enjoy
ing visit from his father and
mother who have been spending the
winter in California
Mrs. w. w. Brown and Mrs.
Theo. Gates we're at home with Mrs.
Chas. Gavin Thursday afternoon,
April Goth. About twenty-five OF
their lady friends enjoyed their hos
pitality. The floral decorations
which were beautiful and the lunch
con dainty served by Miss Miller of
Greeley, were both emblematic of
Easter.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
Hard Times.

The Alesmo club closed it's regular
dancing season Monday evening,
with hard times party in the
Academy hall. All united in calling
it the best time they had enjoyed
during the season. The absence OF
swallow tailed coats. and in their
stead any old thing that came to
hand, also resulted In company man
ners being left at home, and one
good old fashioned barn dance In
dulged in. Most of the members
arrived at the hall In the old Seeley
lake carryall, drawn by Mike La
yelle's white mules.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
Hurlbut Branching Out.

H. F. Hurlbut, proprietor of the
Greeley steam laundry has purchased
and consolidated the two Fort Col
lins steam laundries, and will here
after run the business in both cities.
A company with $40, 600 capital has
been incorporated, of which Mr..
Hurlbut owns practically all of the
stock, to take over the two Fort Col
lins plants.
Mr.. Hurlbut will still make his
home in Greeley, but will divide his
time between the two cities, and
still find little time to run his
automobile. j. A. Snyder, formerly
of Greeley will superintend the plant
at Fort Collins.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
Bunker.

The funeral of Mrs. l. r. Bunker,
who died suddenly last week Tues
day, was held from the family resi-
dence, s29 Fourth street, Thursday
afternoon. The Rev. Frank Barnett
otficiated.
Deceased was born in Clemford,
Mass, May l, 1895. There she was
also married to l. r. Bunker, and
lived there until 1872 when the
couple came to Laramie, Wyo. In
1884 they came to Greeley and had
made this their home ever since.
There are no children, and alone
the aged husband mourns the loss Of
his faithful companion.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
BIO BEND

Some Of the farmers have their
beets in.
Mrs, Stone has been very i'll the
past two weeks. -
Mrs. Boal visited at the home Of
Mrs. Stone Friday.
John klug was through this
vicinity buying cattle Tuesday.
The Ladies Aid Society met at the
home of Mrs. E. j. Davis Tuesday.
Prayer meeting was held at the
home OF MIR. and Mrs. Nelson, We'd
nesday afternoon.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
Asrnus,

The funeral Of Henry E. Asmus,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Asmus Of
this city, was held from the Catholic
church at O'Clock yesterday after
noon, conducted by Rev. Father
Casey.
Deceased was about 90 years Of age
and was born In the British Bahama
islands. About six weeks ago he
went to New York to join a theatri-
cal company. A sister living there
sent word to the parents of the
death last Friday.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
Oownoy.

Mrs. j. F. Downey, wife of the
former manager of the Kenmore
farm, who has been i'll in the
Greeley hospital for some time, died
there Friday. The funeral was held
from the Reformed Presbyterian
church in Evans last Sunday after
noon. The Rev. Wylie conducted
the services. Interment was in
Linn Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Downey, was but young
woman, and the daughter of Joseph
Bainbridge, OF Big Bend. She was
for several years postmistress at La
Sale. She leaves besides husband
and father, an unmarried sister and
other relatives.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
An Earlier os.>r.tien.

A Russian immigrant of tender aOs
was being registered in downtown
Philadelphia school. The teacher
questioned, What is your name7'
"katinka." replied the child.
"And your fathers nameT'
II never hat one." came the quick
response.
Then tell me your mothers name" "
again said the teacher kindly.
II never hat no mudder neither" /"
answered the little child seriously. Il
was born OF my gran'mudder. Lip
pincott's.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
EVANS

F.. II. Beesen is reported on
sick list.
h Kistler spent Saturday and
Id,y in Denver. -
A. Jack has moved into his
blacksmith shop on Larimer
et
|, and Mrs. Leonard of Fort Col
we're the guests of Mrs. G. r.
Friday.
hint 0. Heath of Denver at
3d the funeral of Mrs. Frank
HRy Sunday afternoon.
is. Henry Frink has returned
Y after several weeks spent with
pds at Erie and Lafayette.
bebe Neimyer left last Friday
n extended visit with her sister,
Archie Park, at North LOup,
oblas Mattox shipped from Evans
day three potatoes weighing
teen pounds to his old captain In
ana - -
ID. Anna BOllman who has been
dng the winter ip Evans, re-
NJ TO her home in Leadville,
bday.
h Crook met with a very pain
accident Thursday afternoon.
le Cleaning his gun it accident
discharged, the ball going
ugh his lett hand.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
Hieh School Day-May Is.

At Boulder, II track events hve
field events. Special train via Colo
RADIO & Southern railway leaves
Greeley at 8 a. m. and Boulder re-
turning at 8 p. m. Round trip rate
q. so. Also a one fare rate Is auth
orized for llth and 18th limited to
18th. Rates open, to all.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
Dramatic.

A man applied for an engagement at
a theater.
II inclose you newspaper cutting.
he wrote, ITO show you that I have
aptitude for the stage" The cutting
was as follows: 1.-The prisoner. who
denied the assault, conducted his own
case and defended himself in q man
ner somewhat dramatic"
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
An Engaged otherwi.s.

Greene-The immortal bard says. "AIl
the worlds stage" Brown-Never-
theless haven't been able yet to nnd
q stage for any one OF the ten or
dozen plays l have written.-Boston
Transcript.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
cr..p,nx the Situation.

II want to see the man of the house"
said the fakir to the red haired lady
who opened the door.
.Do you want to see the man Of the
house or the boss Of the houseT In
ouired the latter, with energy.
~ guess it's you I want to see
le,ldy" responded the fakir. with quick
apprehensiOn.-Phila Bulletin.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
The Drawback,

The Elder Matron-You shouldn't
mind the baby crying little. 1t
Strengthens his lungs. The Younger
Matron-Qh, no doubt, but 1t wsakens
his fathers religion -
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
Notice to Trading Stamp Col
lectOrS.

For the next sixty days we VIII
Give two stamps for one on men S ana
boys clothing. Here Is a gooo
chance to fill your stamp BOOKS.
Golden Rule.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
And IT'S RAsler.

az understand that there Is method
by which any short person may BE-
come tali.~
"May Be so. There are certainly
methods by which tall persons may be-
come short,"-New York Press.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
Aauarauteed Care fer Piles.

prus.iass asnains; rstund si,nad monsy pAz6
fails ease matter e. how .;,ss Sns
esee AID rest. soc. II your druggist hasn't It
soaadi &c 10 stamps aud It will b forvArded
postpaid by Paris Medicine Co., 81. LOUIS ~
The Greeley tribune., 1905-04-27
DEATHS
Hou3hton.

hou&hton
Lloyd Il. Houghton, the seven
years old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Houghton, died Tuesday
from diphtheria. The funeral was
held Wednesday.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-12
THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL.

which was Just such a suburban villa
as / had pictured. Within the gates
victory, his manner grossly triumph
ant.
We'll, Mr.. Holmes, have you proved
us to be wrong yet? Have you found
your tramp?" he cried.
Il have formed no conclusion what
ever, my companion answered
But we formed ours yesterday, and
now 1T proves to be correct, SO you
must acknowledge that we have been
q little in front Of you this time, Mr..
Holiness
You certainly have the air of some
thing unusual having occurred" said
Holmes.
Lestrade laughed loudly.
You don't like being beaten any
more than the rest Of US do" said he.
"A man can't expect always to have 1t
his own way, can he, DR.. Watson?
Step this way. If you please, gentle
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-12

to be solid wall at the end OF the COR
ridor, and little wizened man darted
out OF it, like a rabbit out OF its bur-
row.
'-Capita1t'' said Holmes, calmly.
watson, bucket Of water over the
straw. That will do Lestrade. allow
me to present you with your principal
missing witness, Mr.. Jonas Oldacre.' .
The detective stared at the newcom-
er with blank amazement. The latter
was blinking in the bright light of the
corridor. and peering at us and at the
smoldering fire. 1t was an odious
face-crafty. vicious, malignant, with
shifty. light-gray eyes and white
1asheS.
whats this, then?" said Lestrade.
at last. What have you been doing
all this time, eh ?''
Oldacre gave an uneasy laugh,
shrinking back from the furious red
face of the angry detective.
IT have done no HARM
s'No harn2 You have done your best
to get an innocent man hanged. II 1t
wasn't for this gentleman here, / am
not sure that you would not have sue
ceeded."
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-12

foresee that a patient public Will
sooner or later have to endure"
Surely" said I, "the mans disap-
pearance would go far with the jury"
"That is a dangerous argument, my
dear Watson You remember that
terrible murderer, Bert Stevens, who
wanted us to get him off in 'S7? Was
there ever a more mildmannered
Sunday school young man?''
"It's true"
Unless we succeed in establishing
an alternative theory that man is
lost. You can hardly find a flaw in
the case which can now be presented
against him, and all further investiga-
ton has served to strengthen 1T. BY
the way. there is one curious little
point about those papers which may
-7',,-s . lis s-as-aftarting-po for an in
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-12

men, and / think / can convince you
once for all that 1t was John McF'ar-
lane who did this crime"
He led us through the passage and
out into dark hall beyond.
This Is where young McFarlane
must have come out to get his hat af-
ter the crime was done,'' said he.
Now look at this" With dramatic
suddenness he struck a match, and by
Its light exposed a stain OF blood
upon the whitewashed wall.
AS he held the match nearer, / saw
that it was more than stain. 1t was
the well-marked print of a thumb.
Look at that with your magnifying
glass, Mr.. Holmes"
Yes. I am doing So"
You are aware that no two thumb
marks are alike?"
Il have heard something of the
kind
well, then. will you please COM
pare that print with this wax impress
sion of young McFarlane's right
thumb. taken by my orders this morn
ing?"
AS he held the waxen print close to
the blood-stain, 1t did not take
magnifying glass to see that the two
were undoubtedly from the same
thumb 1t was evident to me that our
unfortunate client was lost.
THAT is final," said Lestrade.
eyes, that is final," 1 involuntarily
echoed.
1T is final" said Holmes.
Something In his tone caught my ear,
and I turned to look at him. An ex-
traordinary change had come over his
face. 1t was writhing with inward
merriment. His eyes were shin
ing like stars. 1t seemed to me that
he was making desperate efforts to
restrain a convulsive attack Of laugh
ter.
Dear me! Dear mel" he said at last.
"Well, now, who would have thought
It? And how deceptive appearances
may be, to be sure! Such nice young
man to look at! It is a lesson to us
not to trust our own judgment. is 1t
not, Lestrade?"
"Yes, some of us are a little too much
inclined to be cocksure, Mr. Holmes"
said Lestrade The mans insolence
was maddening, but we could not re-
sent it.
young man should press his right
thumb against the wall in taking HIS
hat from the peg! Such very natural
action, too. If you come to think of it."
Holmes was outwardly calm, but his
whole body gave a wriggle of sup
pressed excitement as he spoke. by
the way, Lestrade. who made this re-
markable discovery
1T was the housekeeper. Mrs. Lex
ington. who drew the night constable's
attention to IT.
''Where was the night constable?"
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-12

quiry. On looking over the bank book
l found that the low state Of the ball
ance was principally due to large
checks which have been made out
during the last year to Mr.. Cornelius.
] confess that 1 should be interested
to know who this Mr.. Cornelius
may be with whom a retired builder
has such very large transactions. Is
1t possible that he has had hand in
the affair? Cornelius might be bro
ker, but we have found no scrip to
correspond with these large payments.
Failing any other Indication, my re-
searches must now take the direction
of an inquiry at the bank for the gen.
tlenan who has cashed these checks
But I fear my dear fellow, that our
case will end ingloriously by Lestrade
hanging our client, which will certain
ly be triumph for Scotland Yard"
/ do not know how far Sherlock
Holmes took any sleep that night, but
when l came down to breakfast I
found him pale and harassed.. his
bright eyes the brighter for the dark
shadows round them. The carpet
round his chair was Uttered with Gig
o1CltC-CilOo dAQ WILL IlC carly eQlIlOQS
Of the morning papers. An open tele-
gram lay on the table.
What do you think Of this, Wat
son7" he asked, tossing it across.
1t was from Norwood, and ran as fol-
lows:
Important fresh evidence to hand.
McFarlane's guilt definitely estab-
lished. Advise you to abandon case.
--Lestrade."
This sounds serious" said I,
1T is Lestrade's little cock-a-dood1e
of victory" Holmes answered, with a
bitter smile. And yet it may be pre
mature to abandon the case. After
all, important fresh evidence Is q two
edged thing, and may possibly cut in
very different direction to that which
Lestrade imagines Take your break
fast, Watson, and we will go together
and see what we can do. / feel as if
/ shall need your company and your
moral support to-day"
My friend had no breakfast himself.
for it was one of his peculiarities that
in his more intense moments he would
permit himself no food, and / have
known him presume upon his iron
strength until he has tainted from pure
inanition. AT present / cannot spare
energy and nerve force for digestion, -
he would say In answer to my medical
remonstrances. ] was not surprised
therefore, when this morning he left
his untouched meal behind him, and
started with me for Norwood. Al
crowd of morbid sightseers were still
gathered round Deep Dene House,
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-12

''It is unquestionably the mark of his
thumb"
There, that's enough" said Les
trade. II am a practical man, Mr..
Holmes, and when / have got my evil
dence come to my conclusions. If you
have anything to say. you will find me
writing my report in the sitting
ROOM"
Holmes had recovered his equani-
nifty, though / still seemed to detect
CLEANS of amusement in his express
sion.
Dear me. this is a very sad de-
velopment, Watson, is it not?'' said he.
"And yet there are singular points
about it which hold out some hopes for
our client
II am delighted to hear it, said I,
heartily. "I was afraid 1t was all up
with him.
II would hardly go so far as to say
that, my dear Watson. The fact is
that there is one really serious flaw In
this evidence to which our friend at
taches so much Importance"
Indeed, Holmes! What is it?"
"Only this: that I know that that
mark was not there when examined
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-12

He remained on guard In the bed
room where the crime was committed,
30 as to see that nothing was touched. :"
But why didn't the police see this
mark yesterday
"Well, we had no particular reason
to make a careful examination Of the
hall. Besides, it's not in a very prom
inent place, as you see"
mo, no-of course not. suppose
there Is no doubt that the mark was
there yesterday?'
Lestrade looked ats<aolmes, as if he
thought he was goiQ tstlt of his mind.
| confess that I wa myself surprised
his rather wild observation.
Il don't know whether you think that
McFarlane came out of gaol in the
dead Of the night in order to strengthen
the evidence against himself" said
Lestrade. II leave it to any expert in
the world whether that is not the
mark Of his thumb"