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Barbour County index., 1906-09-19

The young alligator in the picture
was separated from his companions
and fell sick. Nothing that its owner
could do seemed to restore its appe-
tite. 1t cared only to die. Bits of roast
pig, mice chopped fine and spiced with
savory herb were no attraction for the
beast
Among the young alligators which
were it's companions before the separa-
ton was a slim, blue looking creature
with greenish scales, and the alligator
in the picture fell in love with it, All
day long it fixed its glittering eyes on
the slim stranger as if to fascinate it.
The chum liked the gaze and used to
pound the floor with its tail in pure de-
light
This explains why the alligator In the
picture went into speedy decline, and
the chief alligator doctor of the alligator
ranch did not know whether 1t was
malaria or some kindred disease until
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"B. ARNOLD, DRUGGIST"

The average American citizen, and
even the schoolboy of to-day, knows
Benedict Arnold as a soldier of the
Revolutionary war, man of brilliant
military prospects until he turned
traitor and lost caste. Few know that
he was a druggist and bookseller in
New Haven, Conn, when the war
broke out He became leader in war
because he was the first major in COM
mand of the Second company, Gov
ernor's Foot Guards still a military
company under that title in Connect
cut.
His store sign reproduced in the
photograph is on exhibition in the
museum of the New Haven Colony
Historical Society. 1t is crude affair,
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DOG EXPRESS IN OLD QUEBEC


Ginning away the sleepy hours, calling
to mind the melodies of Tom Moore,
is education and delight.
Well, in the quaint city where Gen.
Wolfe made history and died a hero
and patriot, they have more queer
things and customs than you could
find in the old French quarter of New
Orleans in months. And then the river,
the scenery and the atmosphere.
The half-breeds have made Quebec
the most conservative city in the
world. In the days of fur trading en-
terprises voyageurs made long trips,
even as far west as st. Louis, to sell
their furs, travelling in OK carts that
squeaked, and the noise, mixed with
the wolf howls, could be heard easily
twenty miles on any still night.
1t is not intended to prove that all
the express in Quebec is carried on
dog carts. natural evolution, or,
rather, degeneration of the old-time OK
cart of the half-breeds; but it does
seem funny to see the two representa-
tives of transportation side by side, a
modern railroad car and a dog cart.
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around, FrantZen was favored with no
vision. The nearest thing to a
dream he could muster up was the
name Aladdin, as winner. Aladdin
sounded like miracle and the pool"
backed it for all it was worth. Alad-
din barely reached the wire before the
next race was called.
Swift Pace Down Hill.
1t was then that the incline was
reached, and the members Of the pool
shot to their doom. Debauchery, fast
women, evil associates, and high
times figured in their mad efforts to
hide from their accusing cOnscienceS.
When Stensland was drawn into the
pool he met women of a sphere just
above Hering's, and it was at that
time that Frantzen was charged with
embezzlement of from $4,000 to $685.
900, and sent away. His cunning in
picking winners had left him.
Stensland Wanderer.
The predominating trait of Paul
Stensland's character recalls the fact
that he was of the blood of the old
vikings who set sail in their frail
ships, careless of where the wind bore
them provided it was somewhere new.
Stensland was above all things a
wanderer. When he arrived in Chi
cago after years spent drifting from
place to place in the orient and with
old age approaching he still could not
resist his nomadic instincts. About
five years ago he went on prolonged
trip through South and Central Amer
ica and more particularly Honduras,
in which country he professed spe-
cial interest. On his return he dis
played marked reticence to give
an account of his travels. In view of
this fact the opinion is freely eX-
pressed among his quondam acquaint-
ances that the missing man will be
found, if at all, in Central America.
Contrary to popular opinion, Stems
land is declared to have been far from
prodigal with his money. He was
extremely frugal in his meals and
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would frequently dine in cheap res
taurant near the bank where a table
d'Hote was served for the modest sum
of one quarter. This frugality was
varied with occasional curious extrav-
agances. At infrequent intervals he
would invite party of his friends to
his house, where he would entertain
them in manner befitting his sup
posed wealth.
Famed for Capacity for Liquor.
Stensland is said to have taken
great pride in his reputation as a con-
noisseur of wines, and on the occasion
of a trip to California a couple of
years ago he purchased large guam
tity of wine, which was stored in the
cellars of the cooperative store, where
the bulk of it is still said to be lying.
The ex-president's capacity for
liquor was a favorite topic among his
friends, even aquavit, the strong spirit
which is favorite beverage among
his countrymen, being apparently
powerless to upset his equilibrium.
His old gardener has remarked with
admiration how Stensland would
drink party of companions under the
table and appear the next morning at
six o'clock fresh and keen for busi-
ness.
A saloon in the neighborhood of
Stensland's home was a fayorite re-
sort in which he spent much of his
time. The barkeeper recalls an ex-
preston which once fell from the lips
OF the man which throws a strong
sidelight on his character.
One evening while Stensland was In
the saloon with friend he was boast
ing of real estate transaction that
he had just closed which he declared
would net him 100000. His friend re-
marked that he wondered he was not
satisfied. at his time of life, with what
he had already acquired and that he
did not retire. Stensiand looked at
him for few minutes and then re.
marked slowly: It's the game. my
boy; it's the game"
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Chicago.-From a youths dream,
through a maze of dissipation, fren-
Zied gambling and the resultant de-
bauchery, into which was sucked the
cashier who in turn drew in the presi-
dent, until the whole structure tum-
bled with crash the fall of the Mil
waukee Avenue State bank has been
traced.
Walter Frantzen, once confidential
secretary to Paul o. Stensland, a
stripping of excellent promise, saw in
a dream that which aroused the spirit
of chance within him. Through the
boy the unrelenting spirit touched
Henry w. Herring, the cashier, and he
FELL dragging with him Paul o. Stems
land, the president, who had also
been caught in the magic meshes.
In dream that came to him the
night before the great American
Derby at Washington park in 1900,
80 Frantzen, who had never been at a
race track in his life, saw the plung-
ing horses galloping to the finish, and
Just as plainly as if he stood in the
press box of the old stand, he saw a
card put up, reading: 81. Sidney
Lucas" The vision passed and he
awoke in the morning a marked man,
though unaware of it.
Il had funny dream last night" ;"
Frantzen said to fellow-clerk. Then
he told him of the vision.
What was the name?" asked the
clerk.
Il can't remember exactly, but if the
papers have the entries, and this was
one of them, can tell" he replied
and an interest arose within him.
Found Horse of His Dream.
The clerk got paper and slowly
read down through the entries of the
great racing event. When Sidney Lu
cas- name was reached Frantzen cool
1y said: That's the one"
FrantZen's associates were inclined
to regard it as joke, but kept asking
him why he did not take a chance
He battled with the desire to bet, for
as clerk at $75 a month he did not
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Lincoln Was Religious.

Though a member of no church. Mr..
Lincoln was most sincerely religious
and devout. Not only was his daily
life filled with acts of forbearance
and charity; every great state paper
that he wrote breathes his faith and
reliance on just and merciful God.
He rarely talked. even with intimate
friends, about matters of belief. but
1t Is to be doubted whether any
among the many people who came to
give him advice. and sometimes to
pray with him. had better right to
be called Christian. He always re-
ceived such visitors courteously, with
a reverence for their good intention.
no matter how strangely it sometimes
manifested itself.
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have money to throw at the birds, or
at horses, either. Besides, the news
papers declared that Lucas did not
have a chance on earth.
Frantzen, up to that time, had never
gambled, and had seldom played
cards. He had remained home at
night to study and read. He was
ambitious TO become a successful bus
mess man like Paul o. Stensland, his
employer. whom all in that district
looked up to and respected.
Frantzen had never been tested in
Just this way before, and he was un-
prepared for resistance. Not knowing
the price of his folly, he drew $25
from the bank and decided to put in
his Saturday half-holiday at the track
He did not intend to bet; he told his
friends he just wanted to see the
horse win.
Succumbed to Temptation.
When he reached the track and
mingled with the enthusiastic throngs
that crowded the betting ring. his
dream came back to him with start
ling reality. He saw the track and
grandstand as he had seen them in
his dream. The betting ring seemed
to draw him with an irresistible force.
He crowded through and with a
trembling hand proffered $40. "Put
that on Sidney Lucas in the Derby"
he said huskily. The bookmaker
grinned as he handed back a paste
board card with little red number
ing at the top, and scrawl of figures
at the center. He placed it in his in
side pocket, and then read the dope
on the Derby. 1t said that Thompson
Bros. the owners OF. Lucas. were du-
bious. Frantzen sighed with relief to
know his money was already lost.
But when the horses went to the
post he was bewildered to see that the
horse with "15" attached was Lucas.
The number "15" had been on the
horse of his dreams. Spellbound he
watched the preliminaries and the
start. He watched Lucas stir I'D the
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slow. Herring, however, after a few
Intellectual attempts to swing into it,
finally struck the gait. He made him
self at home in crowds he had
Stunned all through his own youth.
Gradually Paul o. Stensland was
drawn into the crowd. He began to
lose the moral integrity that had been
his. About this time some of his old
friends, prominent Norwegians who
had heretofore regarded him as a
splendid representative of their race,
heard of his changed associations and
withdrew their confidence from him.
This marked the beginning of his per-
sonal downfall He began to steal
from the bank in order to meet the
demands on him, taking out little by
little. animated by a hope similar to
Frantzen's that his speculations would
reap rich harvest before the stolen
money was missed.
Then Frantzen's luck turned. Think
ing that it would surely swing back to
his original good fortune on bets, it
Is charged that he began taking small
sums from the bank. He told himself
he was merely borrowing until he
should be able to win back the equiva-
lent tomorrow or the day after.
Herring says Frantzen stole $40, ,0O0
A memorandum found in Stenslands
vault places the amount at $4,000
Frantzen was never prosecuted by the
bank authorities and left the state
when his crime was discovered. Now
he is being brought back to answer
for it, as well as to tell all he knows of
the operations of the bank officials.
Herring Wins at First.
Cashier Henry Herring became /.
sport" under the influence of Frant-
zen. He followed the tips" of Frant-
zen and won lot OF money. Theo-
dore Stensland, whose father at that
time was not involved in the stealing
that finally cost him his all and spread
misery among thousands, used to re-
fer to Herring as cheap sport" and
a cheap skate
When the 1902 Derby day came
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mud and run circles around Lieut..
Gibbons, the favorite.
The winner shot under the wire
with trailing bunch of blurred horses
and riders behind. The grandstand
leaped into life and noise. Frantzen
pulled out his ticket, looked it over
and walked through the disgruntled,
rapidly thinning crowd in the betting
ring to the almost deserted bookstand.
He presented his ticket, and the book
maker, with the same grin, handed
him roll that counted up nearly $500
when he got home.
Sealed Doom of Bank.
Frantzen had won his first bet, and
the doom of the Milwaukee Avenue
State bank was sealed.
The story travelled through the
bank and became known to his
friends. Frantzen was looked upon
as sort of wizard, and acquaintances
urged him to ''go to it" Whit his luck
held out. His head was turned, he
followed the evil advice, and became
regular plunger Some days he
would pick as many as six race win
ners. He seldom sustained a loss. His
acquaintances and friends began to
take his steers" and Frantzen, the
ambitious young secretary of a few
weeks before, sat at his desk with
dope sheets" and studied the horses
about which he had not the slightest
knowledge.
Frantzen found new associates to
assist him in spending his easily made
money, and into these circles of gay
! ETY. he took Herring. Herring was a
| phlegmatic, home-loving German
whose amusements had been of do
mestic character.
Dazzled by the glamour of Frant
zen's wonderful run of luck, he saw nc
reason why he should not follow
Frantzen's lead with the same sue
cess.
Downfall of Others Begins.
Frantzen was natural leader and
the pace he set the cashier was not
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AN INVALID ALLIGATOR

The captain was out fishing for bar
racuda, ETC., about three miles from
shore, when he suddenly had an extra
strong strike. Investigation showed
that he had captured man-eater. The
shark gave hard fight, but was sue
cessfully landed. 1t measured thirty
feet in length
This undoubtedly is the largest mon
ster of the kind ever captured near
here. 1t is an extremely ugly fish,
with three formidable rows of sharp
teeth. 1t is unusually dark and is said
to be rare specimen.
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the attendant explained that It was al
ligator love sickness
1t is an unexplained fact in natural
history that an alligator will live for
years deep in the ooze of a Florida
swamp without feeling the least in
convenience. But hire couple OF
darkies to dig that alligator out of the
mud and put him into the society of a
dozen other alligators where they can
roam about at night, gobbling up pigs
and pickaninnies, watching the banana
trees growing in the moonlight, then
separate them and you will see the
loneliest lot of alligators in the world.
Barbour County index., 1906-09-19

spiral fight OF marble steps. through
photograph, but an artist did it with
his camera, and both he and his cam.
era were well pleased with the result,
just as the reader will be when he ex-
amines the picture critically with his
critical eye.
Look down into that hole-down that
Barbour County index., 1906-09-19
ADenot DAM

"That old fellow looks dreadfully
disappointed, remarked the sympa-
thetic stranger at the village station.
Yes said the baggageman. "he
missed the train.'
"oh. that was too bad Where was
he going?"
Nowhere. He Just missed seeing
the train come in /"
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Hooked Bio Shark.

The largest man-eating shark ever
captured in the waters of Redondo was
brought in by Capt Hans Carstersen
of the launch Challenger, says the Re-
dondo correspondent Of the Los An
geles Times.
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Downfall of Others Beains.

Frantzen was a natural leader and
the pace he set the cashier was not
Barbour County index., 1906-09-19

1t is not snairs shell that you see
In the adjoining photograph, but
view of the wonderful staircase wind
ing up and down spirally in the big
Hotel Belmont from the twentieth floor
to the street.
1t, was a difficult feat to take this
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-10-25

II the information conveyed in a dis.
patch from Paris prove correct a be-
ginning IL about to be made In the
most stupendous enterprise of its
kind ever undertaken. The report
from the French capital is to the eff
fect that the syndicate represented by
Baron Loicq de Lobel has been au-
thorized, by an order issued by the
car of Russia, to start operations on
the s-Siberian-Alaska railroad
project This involves nothing less
than the construction of a railroad
line from Siberia to the American ter.
neling the intervening waters, includ.
ing Bering Strait. Previous statements
that the work is to be financed to the
extent of s15O.0O0OOO to 100000, 900
by American and European capitalists
are repeated, and the story has every
Indication Of being put forth In good
faith. As has already been shown,
says the Troy Times. should the pro-
Jected line be carried through it
would mean the possibility Of riding
without change of cars from any rail-
road center in the United States to
the capitals of Europe With the tun-
mel under the English channel and the
completion of the three Americas"
system in this hemisphere, one will be
able to go by rail from remote points
In South America directly to London.
And with the carrying out OF the
Cape to Cairo" scheme in Africa
there may be a through route from
the Horn" to Good Hope. Who
Knows?
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-10-25

OF an ordinary glass burner, gently
at first when the tube is cold. and
then more strongly, until it becomes
soft; then withdraw it from the flame.
and with slow movement of the
hands, bend it into the shape shown
in the drawing. Make sure that the
tube is perfectly dry when putting it
into the flame, and then it is kept
so until 1t has thoroughly cooled.
When the running water is required.
fill the bottle with water and raise
1t six or nine inches above the
table, by means of small box. Then
place basin on the table beside the
box, and inserting the short end of
the siphon into the neck of the hot
tie, start the water running by suck
ing the other end, and the water will
run until its level sinks below the
end of the glass tube
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-10-25

self, there came a sound like thun-
der and a mass of huge objects
loomed black against the sky behind
the beast Before actually realized
what happened the mass crashed past
me and l had only just time to roll
behind a tree.
Then | comprehended what had oc.
CURED. A herd OF buffalo. coming
down to drink, had scented the lion
and as is the practice of these savage
brutes, they had Immediately charged
up wind like mad. These African bus
falo have been known to charge bic
caravans that same way.
/ stepped cautiously to where the
lion had been. He was there vet
but he was stone dead, and not only
stone dead, but so terribly mangled
and trampled that there wasn't enough
OF him left to serve as a trophy.
But at any rate was glad enough
to do without trophy In this particu
lar case.-Boston Globe.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-10-25
START RIGHT.
success In the Poultry Business A.
most Entirely Dependent Upon IL.

In poultry raising il pays to start
right. 1t is easier to start right than
10 make things right after wrong
start mas been made However few
start right because il is easier to start
wrong than right. The man or woman
that Is going into the chicken business
and begins by buying out a neighbor
'hat mas lot of lousy fowls is making
very bad start, says the Farmers
review. He will find he has taken
upon himself the carrying on of a war
rare mat VIII have no end. Unless his
poultry house is unusually well built.
he VIII find ii extremely difficult to
get rid of the lice after he has &C.
CURED them. We know Of man that
prlded himself on the fact that he had
mock OF poultry in which lice had
not been. He found 1t easy to keen
the lice and diseases away. But in
an EVIL hour he purchased a dozen
fowls from a neighbor that wanted to
move away and wo lid sell out cheap.
The purchased birds introduced both
lice and mites into the poultry estab-
lshment and caused an amount of
trouble far in excess OF the value of
the purchased birds. Therefore to
purchase such an aggregation of fowls,
lice, mites and diseases is hardly the
way to make right start.
A person in making a start in poul-
try culture should endeavor to make
an absolutely clean start. The entire
establishment should be perfectly free
from diseases and from any insects
that infest poultry. We believe that
If there are no insects there will be
little or no disease. Without doubt
insects often help the spread of dis
eases. 1t is best to use the greatest
precautions in commencing, and to
start clean if possible. Every bird
should be thoroughly washed with
soap suds. The showmen wash their
birds so thoroughly that if an insect
were on them it could not live. They
hold their birds over a pan of water
and work the soap suds into every
part of the coat of feathers. When the
birds are dropped they are as clean as
1t is possible for birds to be. That is
the condition they should be in when
they are put into the new poultry
house and new yard that are the be-
ginning of new poultry establish
ment. In that condition they will not
continue the races of mites and lice
that are annually such drain on our
finances; for it must be recognized
that lice and mites cost a great deal
OF money by reducing the vitality of
the poultry.
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Prison Reform.

notable reform in prison admins.
tration is contemplated by Gov. Folk
and the advanced penologists of Mis-.
souri,, and at the governors sugges-
ton the Rev. e. A, Fredenhagen, of
Topeka, Kan. is engaged In the prepa-
ration of bin on the subject. which
will he introduced at the next session
of the Missouri legislature. Its chief
features will be the payment to the
convict's wife and children OF an APP
preciable' percentage of his earnings;
the use of graduated uniform instead
OF the usual striped clothing; the sub
stitution of a military double file for
the abhorred lockstep and regular in
struction for prisoners FIVE nights a
week. The whole tendency OF the
changes suggested is in the line of
reformation as distinguished from
vindictive punishment, and main
purpose is to relieve the misery of the
innocent dependents upon the Grim
inal.