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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
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played qualities Of shrewd business
sense which it was not believed he
possessed.
Without any previous knowledge OF
newspaper making he succeeded IN
gaining control Of a small newspaper
called the Public Record. He changed
its makeup and it's general method OF
treatment of the topics or the day. and
astonished the town by reducing the
price to one cent.
He became Democratic candidate
for governor and made a canvass OF
the state in special train. He had
then gone into the breeding of blood
ed horses and had one Futurity vic
tory to his credit-the capture OF
100000 in stake and bets by Nor
relic in the season of 1892.
Spreading out still further, Singer,
ly went into banking and organized
two institutions. Reckless loans drove
him to the wall, and in 1897 both
banks failed
On February 81, 1898. Mr.. Singerly
died suddenly in his home. The story
was given out that heart disease had
carried him off, aggravated by his
financial troubles After his death
the community was startled to learn
that he was in debt to the defunct
Chestnut Street bank to the extent OF
100000, which he had borrowed on
collateral security of $4,000.
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bank got away with only 100000,
which he lent on worthless collateral
to a concern called the Guarantors
company. He foisted the securities Off
on the directors as of value and when
exposure threatened, he prepared
himself for death and eased his con-
science by writing a Voluminous let
ter of contrite explanation to James
McManes, president of the institution.
Then he went into the bathroom OF his
house, on West Spruce street, and put
a bullet into his brain.
Nipple always sought, in the employ
ment of clerks, to bring in young men
who were members and regular com
municants in some church. He did not
differentiate as to denomination. In
addition to refusing to have as clerks
any users of tobacco or liquor he was
opposed to any OF his employees reading
Sunday newspapers or visiting race
tracks. AS there are no race tracks
in Philadelphia, New York was the
nearest place for those who sought
that form of amusement.
President Nipple learned about
year after the Real Estate company
was organized that one of his young
men had visited Sheepshead bay and
had won a fve-dollar bet. The presi-
dent took him into his private Office
and prayed with him. He gave him a
marked Bible, and then dismissed him
from the company's service, SO that
danger of contamination would be
avoided
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
FRANK K. HlPPLE AND
JOHN s. HOPKINS.

The circumstances surrounding the
self-destruction Of Frank K. HippIe
and Of John $. Hopkins, cashier OF the
Peoples bank. who killed himself in
March. 1898, are strikingly similar.
Both men occupied positions of trust.
were prominent in church work. had
q rigid code of morals for the govern
ment Of their employees, and were
strict observers OF the Biblical iniunc.
ton to remember the Sabbath day to
keep 1t holy. Neither would ride In a
public conveyance on Sunday unless
the eSigeney were imperative. Nei-
ther would countenance the use Of
liquor or tobacco in any form. Hop
Ains maintained this attitude to the
day he destroyed himself, although he
was associated with the most corrupt
cabaf Of politicians III Pennsylvania.
The Peoples bank was Mat Quay's
bank. 1t was while he was In control
that he wrote the famous letter to a
henchman that he would shake the
plum tree
The difference between Nipple and
Hopkins was In tAe amount Of their
stealings. The cashier or the Quay
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
Miss MfeA leDonoId

More than likely you speak the same
words yourself, and no doubt you feel
far from well. The cause may be easily
traced to some arrangement of the fe-
male organs which manifests itself in
depression of spirits, reluctance to go
anywhere or do anything, baelSaehe,
bearing down pains. fatuleney, nerv-
BUSINESS. sleeplessness, or other fe-
male weakness.
These symptoms are but warnings
that there is danger ahead, and unless
needed a life of suffering or serious
operation is the inevitable result,
The never failing remedy for all these
symptoms is Lydia z. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Miss Kate Mcdonald of Woodbridge,
N. j., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham
Sc Restored health has meant SO much to me
that cannot help from telling about it for
the sake of other suffering women.
8 For long time / suffered untold agony
with a female trouble and Irregularities,
which made me a physical wreck. and no one
thought / would recover, but Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has entirely
cured me. and made me well and streng, and
/ feel it my duty to tell other suffering women
what a splendid medicine it is.
For twenty-five years Mrs. Pinkham,
daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinlham,
has under her direction. and since her
decease, been advising sick women free
of charge. Her advice is free and
always helpful. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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FINDS VIRTUE IN OLD CLOTHES.
Mems Garments Shaped to the Figure
by Age Catch Artists Eye.

To the eye of the artist the gar.
ments of the modern man are only
tolerable when age has adapted them
somewhat to the lines of the figure;
to the average artist a new suit Of
clothes is an abomination.
It is not only that new clothes are
more ugly than DID, said knight of
the palette who discussed the ques-
ton; to my mind no one can be prop
erly easy or graceful in them.
Z never feel that properly know
man until have met him wearing an
old suit. Certainly no man can posi-
bly, be his natural self in evening
dress.
II have noticed again and again
how different the same people are
when wearing different clothes.
went, for instance, to a large family
gathering some time ago, and for
some reason everybody had donned
full evening dress. What differ
ence it made! We were all on terms
Of intimate riendship, but somehow
the clothes brought in an element of
eoldness and formality. We all felt
it-even the women, although, of
course, the fair sex are not easily per.
suaded of the merits of well-Worn gar.
ments. But no man who has discov.
cred the ease and comfort OF them
will readily give them up. AS for the
artistic side of modern clothes, it only
comes when they have mellowed by
use!"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
JOSIAH r. ADAMS, VICTIM
OF POLITICAL ATTACK.

Josiah R. Adams, a prominent club
man and lawyer and a noted figure
in the most exclusive set of Philadel-
phia's fashionable world, killed him
self in a hotel in Philadelphia six
years ago. Adams was a man of rare
culture. He took a liking for the ex-
element of political life, and affiliated
himself with the Quay machine. He
was nominated for judge Of the supe-
rior court. 4 bitter attack was made
upon him by a local newspaper. He
was accused of having conspired with
another man to defraud the public by
get-rich-quick scheme, in which it
was alleged that hundreds Of persons
We're induced to invest to their sor-
row.
Adams made a weak denial to the
charge, and withdrew from the ticket.
He never recovered from the blow.
On the day he shot himself he kissed
his wife affectionately, left her, and in
five minutes was dying from a bullet
wound in the head.
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Gold suraical lnstrur1e nts

A steel hypodermic needle is never
inserted Without leaving permanent
blue speel in the skin Of the patient,
probably because Of the, perhaps. very
small quantity of impurity or
otherwise-whieh it contains. The
gold needle invariably leaves no mark
whatever, says Leslie's Weekly. APP
preciating these facts, efforts in which
surgeons particularly have been inter-
ested, have been made for years to
contrive q process for hardening gold
so that il. could be used for the blades
Of the instruments Of surgery Of all
kinds.
This is Just what DR.. Vaughn has ae-
complished after IS years of expert
menting and research. His method
consists Of the employment OF heat
and chemicals; but the temperlng
process does not make an alloy Of the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
FRANKLIN B. GOWEN,
RAILROAD PRESIDENT.

Unfortunate speculation without the
| defalcation feature brought about the
self-infieted death of Franklin B.
Gowen, president Of the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad, and one of the
most brilliant and successful lawyers
in the Keystone state. He shot him
self in December, 1889, but as the
deed was committed in Washington
and not in Philadelphia, the circum-
stances became known within %
hours. The belief was general that
he had been murdered by agents Of
the Mollie Maguires, in revenge for
the active part he took in expressing
that band of thugs.
The fact that GoWen had taken his
own life was established the next day,
and then began an investigation as to
the possible cause. The moral charac-
ter of the great lawyer was above re-
proach His life had been singularly
clean, and his reputation never had
been furnished by even as much as the
breath of scandal He died without
having made a will and when an ap-
praisal of his estate was made it was
found that he had left but $450,000 in
personal and real property of an estate
which in his lifetime was estimated to
be worth between $2,000,O00 and 49,
5000. He had been induced to in
vest in southern lands. where it is be-
lieved he suffered great losses. The
full particulars never were revealed,
but there was no other reason to as
eribe than respondent desperation
brought on by investments which i'm
paired a considerable fortune.
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JOHN FIELD, MERCHANT,
LOST MIND WITH MONEY.

John Field, once postmaster of Phil.
adelphia, member of the old whole.
sale dry goods house of Young, smyth,
Field & Co, shot and killed himself in
Fairmount park while insane. He
came from Ireland when he was IA
years old and began as errand boy in
the house which he subsequently CON
trolled. The firm did an immense bust.
ness and in addition to branches in
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Indianapolis
and San Francisco, carried on a bank.
ing business in Saxony.
It never was definite known how
Mr.. Field impaired his fortune, but the
general belief was that it was due to
speculation in realty, which he knew
nothing about. This SO affected his
mind that he developed suicidal
mania.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
TWO SHARP TRICKS
CONFIDENCE MAN BEATEN AT
HIS OWN GAME.
Simple Scheme Evolved in the Keen
Brain of Rufus choate Result
ed in Cattle Dealer Recov-
erina His Money.

When Rufus Choate was practicing
law in Boston, before he had gained
national reputation, he showed his
keenness in numerous small cases,
one instance of which will illustrate
his genius.
A cattle dealer coming to Brighton
to attend the regular weekly cattle
sale on the following day, having sew
eral hundred dollars in currency with
which he intended to buy stock, gave
500 of this sum to the landlord of q
road house at which he stopped, to
put in the safe for him over night.
The next morning when he called for
the money, he was told that while
in an intoxicated condition the pre-
yious night he had asked for the
money, and it had been given to
him
The eountryman was dumfounded,
for he was not a heavy drinker, and
was perfectly sober when he retired
for the night; but, protest as he
would, the landlord stuck to his story,
and showed the empty cash box as
evidence.
In the emergency some one advised
the dealer to consult Choate. He
went to Choates Office and explained
the case.
AS soon as he had concluded,
Choate said: Take a friend along
as a witness, and see the landlord,
and tell him you are satisfied that you
got the money, and get him to take
another hundred for safe keeping, and
then come back here
The dealer did as he was told, and
the landlord accepted the other hun
dred. When he had reported, Choate
said: Now, go back alone and ask for
the last deposit when no one is pres
emit" The landlord handed over the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
LARGEST Tomato plants.

The largest tomato plants in the
world are found in California, says
What to Eat. One grower has three
plants which have reached a length
Of 80 feet.
In three months from the time the
seeds We're planted they had climbed
to the top of a 20-foot trellis. When
they reached this remarkable height
they grew backward until they at
tanned length of 80 feet.
They have no special care or cult
walton and have had no protection
from the weather; yet in spite of
every disadvantage they kept on grow
ing and fruiting in the most aston
ishing fashion.
The trunks are one and half inch
es in diameter, the foliage thick and
luxuriant. Enormous quantities Of to-
matoes have been picked from these
three plants and the fruit is of IN
usual size, possessing fine flavor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
WELL PEOPLE TOO
Wise Doctor Gives Postum TO Con
vaIescents.

A wise doctor tries to give nature
its best chance by saving the little
strength of the already exhausted pa.
tient, and building up wasted energy
with simple but powerful nourisf.
ment.
Five years ago." writes a doctor.
I commenced to use Postum in nv
own family instead Of coffee I was.
so well pleased with the results that
] had two grocers place it in stock.
guaranteeing its sale.
T then commenced to recommend
1t to my patients in place of coffee.
IS nutritious beverage. The conse-
quence is, every store in town is now
selling it, as it has become house.
hold necessity in many homes.
I'm sure I prescribe Postum 40
often as any one remedy in the Ma
terra Medica--in almost every case of
Indigestion ard nervousness I treat
and with the best results.
when I once introduce 1t infa
family, it is quite sure to remain. /
shall continue to use it and prescribe
1t in families where practice.
In eonValescence from pneumonia
typhoid fever and other cases. I give
1t as liquid, easily absorbed diet
You may use my letter as a reference
any way you see fit. J" Name given a.
Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich. Real
"tThe Read to WeIlVilles in nkrs
There's a reason
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readily understood, the passengers en-
ter the car of the lift from the lift
station, and are at once taken up per-
pendicularly to the height of the emil
nence to be gained Along a light
bridge the car then travels to the
higher parts of the town, where the
hill assembled without. as it were, any
climbing, the passengers alight.
Stockholm, the principal streets of
which are built on rising ground, has
one of these giant lifts in operation
Casse1I's Saturday Journal.
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JAMES ". p. TURNER,
RUINED BY BUYING LAND.

James V. P. Turner, registrar of
vital statistics Of Philadelphia and a
lawyer of note, shot himself in the
stomach in Paramount park in April,
1902. He was member of the So
ciety of the War Of 1912 and of the
Sons of the Revolution. Mr.. Turner
had been induced to invest in lands
in the west, which he believed to be
mineraLbearin but which turned out
to be worthless. He became despond-
ent and chose to kill himself rather
than begin life over again at At.
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delphia.-Wildeat speculation
followed or preceded either by defa1-
cation or betrayal of trust, has been
responsible for startling number of
suicides in Philadelphia among men
of affairs and prominence in the So
cia1 world
Beginning with the sensational fail
In 1891, which ruined men whose rep
utations We're as untarnished as that
of the president of the Real Estate
Trust company, and which resulted in
Jail for two of them, Philadelphia has
had an amazing series Of financial
scandals and bank wrecks. Bank de-
positors have lost millions, but the
largest inroads of the wildcat finan-
ciers We're made in asphalt and in
Consolidated Lake Superior In these
two companies the public, largely in
Philadelphia, dropped upward of $780,
100000.
In nearly every suicide caused by
wildcat finance, attempts have been
made to suppress the facts, as
in the case of the president of the
Real Estate Trust company, whose
suicide was known to the members of
his family, the coroner and the coron-
er's physician for six days, and was
even suppressed by Philadelphia pa
pers So determined were these two
officials to prevent the news from be-
coming public that the physician fled
a false certificate of the actual cause
of death, ascribing it to cerebral hem
orhage, but emitting to state that the
hemorrhage was due to a bullet fired
into the brain with suicidal intent.
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CONGRESSMAN ADAMS,
HIMSELF ONLY McTiM.

Robert Adams, Jr.. Familiarity known
as BERTHE" Adams, former minister to
Brazil, prominent as one of the orig
inal explorers of the Yellowstone re-
gion and member of congress from the
Second district Of Pennsylvania, COM
mitted suicide by shooting in his
apartments in the Metropolitan club.
Washington, on the LIST DAY of last
June. Wildcat speculation was di-
rectly responsible. He died absolute
1y penniless, having dissipated a for
tune of 100000 He left note ad-
dressed to Speaker Cannon, in which
he said that as his personal ob1iga-
tons exceeded his resources he was
obliged to abandon the responsible
position he held in the house of req
resentatives. The congressman lost
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
BENJAMIN Fl. GAsKlLL,
BROKER. THIEF. FoRGER.

BENJAMIN II. Gaski1l was one of the
most noted exemplars of fraudulent
finance, who cheated his friends and
then killed himself to avoid facing
them. He was a thief and a forger,
but this discovery was not made until
after his death. In his lifetime Gaskill
enjoyed the respect and esteem of
his business associates. His reputa-
ton for probity was Of the best, and
his credit was gilt-edged. After his
suicide a diary was found among his
effects in which he spoke of himself
as Jekyll and Hyde. He wrote that
he could not make himself understood
to sordid minds and that his aspira-
tons were too high for the ordinary
mortal to grasp.
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Desperate Fight on Prairie in Which
Canine Was Beaten.

To have his dog attacked In broad
daylight IN an open field by wolf
and TO witness one OF the hardest
fights he ever saw was the experience
OF the 19-year-old son of William Ben
nett, who lives east Of Elsmore. The
dog was nearly killed and the wolf
was beaten away only after repeated
assaults with club in the hands of
the sturdy farmer boy, says the lola
Register.
The story as told to Sheriff Richard
son while he was in Etsmore by Mr..
Bennett. The boy was plowing yester-
day and the dog, which is a shepherd
of fair size. as playing about the field.
Suddenly the boys attention was at
fracted from behind by the barking OF
the dog, and he turned to see the AMI
nal fighting full tilt with a large gray
wolf. The fight was fast and furious
and tie animals went round and
round, finally working their way clear
no under the ploN handles. The wolf
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06

precious metal. Pure gold tempered
by this process remains pure; but the
surgical instruments which DIR. Vaughn
is now manufacturing, and which are
beginning to be used extensively in
hospitals and by practieing physicians
and surgeons, are Of Ia karat fineness,
these being as efficient, but not as
costly as instruments Of the purest
grade of the metal
Aside from its use In surgery. which
is the feature of this new invention
which appeals first, the perfection of
Dr.. Vaughn's process IS of worldwide
importance in many branches.
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USE GIANT ELECTRIC LIFT.
Science Does Away with Necessity for
Climbing Steep Hills.

Facility of locomotion is a watch
word of the times, and what with
electric trains and tramways and other
motor vehicles, engineers are seeing
to it that we get about as easily as
possible. Hills, of course, are a chief
obstacle in the way OF mechanical
traction Of all kinds.
For cities and towns that are wholly
or in part built upon high hills the
giant electric lift, which we depict, is
now being made use of. AS will be
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06

money promptly and the dealer re
ported as before. Choate said: NOW
take the friend who saw you deposit
the last hundred and demand your
money
When confronted by the witness
and asked for the money which he
had seen him take, the landlord was
very indignant and insisted that he
had returned it; but the dealer stout
ly denied this. When the landlord dis
covered who had the case he reluet-
antly gave up the second hundred.
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Carving Out the Comparison

DO you take me for an ostrich q,
cried the fussy husband who has Just
found cherry stone il the pie
NC" replied the fearless young
wife An ostrich can hide his head.
You can't hide yours because your
ears are too long"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
able Talk.

What is the difference between a
portrait painter and a dull scholar?'
asked the thin boarder.
Have to give it up," replied the
fat boarder, trying to fish safety pin
out of the stew.
zone makes a study Of faces, while
the other makes faces at study And
then the table groaned.-Yonkers
Statesman.
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CHERRY TREE ON CHIMNEY.
Remarkable Freak of Nature in Mas.
sachusetts Town.

One Of the freaks of nature in In
dian Orchard, Mass, is cherry tree
growing on top of an s0-foot chimney.
It is a thriving tree, standing ten feet
above the cap of the chimney, and it
has grown rapidly despite fierce winds
which have bent it almost double on
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
JoFn H Price Superintendent

John Il. Price, Superintendent of
the Gold Reef mines, at Philipsburg.
Mont. has just finished shedding his
skin It is a peculiar piece of ma
lures work, the cause of which the
medical profession has SO far been
unable to explain.
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routed out the wolf and the animal,
for the purpose of protecting its young,
had made the hard and determined
fight which wild animals know how to
make under such circumstances.
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Soon Toid.

why is a wildcat bank SO called2"
asked the doctor.
Because" said the professor, sit
usually has a short tale"
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Men and Money,

some of US, says a Georgia phil-
osopher. are Just rich enough to be
miserable. ana others just poor enough
to be resigned. Atlanta ConstItu-
lion.
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PROGRESSING.

Tom-How are you getting on with
Miss Slippery
Dick-Great!
Tom-see much Of her?
Diek-No, but I've got her mother
and her father and her little brother
down pat, and now I'm eultiyating the
dog. After that, getting her consent
ought to be a einch! Detroit Free
Press.
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money at cards, but the greater part
of his wealth went in land invest
ments and in loans on worthless Sc
curities. He sent good money after
bad in the hope of recovery.