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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-09-02

while he was playing cards with a
party of friends in saloon called
"The Chamber Of Death" because
so many had died there with their
boots on.
Mccall was the tool Of worse
scoundrels, but, like the man who
killed Jesse James in Missouri, he
thought the murder would make him
hero, and he put up the defense
that he followed Hickok from Kansas
in order to kill him in revenge for
the murder of his brother.
The reputable portion of the COM
munity were out in response to an
Indian alarm at the time Of the
assassination and the gamblers called
a jury of their own number who, hav-
ing heard McCall's defense, promptly
brought in a verdict of not guilty,
furnished him with funds and pro-
vided him relay of horses to get
away before Hickok's friends re-
turned to town; but Colorado Char
lie," California Joe," who was a
teamster on the Custer expendition,
and two or three others trailed him
to Laramie, where they caused his
arrest. He was taken to Yankton,
tried for murder and hanged on the
day that Rutherford B. Hayes was
inaugurated President of the United
States. At the trial Mccall put up
the same defense of justification. He
testified that Wild Bill had killed his
brother in cold blood in Abilene,
Kan, and that he had sworn ven
delta. He declared that, his VOW
having been fulfilled, he was willing
and ready to die; but this bluff did
not win the jury; and the prosecut-
ing officer produced witnesses to
prove that he never had brother.
1t is an interesting historical fact
that Frank Towie, foreman of the
coroner's jury at Deadwood which
originally acquitted Mccall of the
murder, was a notorious road agent,
and few weeks later was shot while
trying to hold up the Deadwood stage
Of Russell Thorpe & Co.
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by public subscription.

No man had truer friends or more
devoted admirers. Wild Bill was no
saint, but he was honorable in all his
dealings, never felt the sense OF fear
never did amean act; and had one Of
the kindest hearts and most gener-
+ous dispositions Of any desperate.
He had a very attractive personality,
and at Abilene, Hays City and other
frontier towns where he lived, and
on several occasions served as sheriff
and marshal, he was thoroughly re-
spected by the reputable portion o.
the community and feared By the
other class. He secuted for sheri-
dan and Custer, and Mrs. Custer,
in her charming book Of army life,
FOLLOWING the Guidon," tells more
Of him than can be found anywhere
else In print.
George Ward Nichols Of Cincin-
natl, who was a member OF Sheri-
dams staff during the Kansas Indian
campaign Of 1888, discovered Wild
Bill and first made him famous. Rob
ert Bonner Of the New York Ledger
sent Ned Buntline from New York
to Kansas to write up Buffalo Bill,
who was then looming up on the
western horizon, and shortly after the
publication Of his hair-lifting achieve
ments Nichols wrote an article for
Harper's Magazine which added Wild
Bill to the menagerle Of frontier
lions. wild Bill was not SO good q
business man as Buffalo Bill and
lacked the sagacity to take advantage
Of the opportunity. and for that de-
feet he remained on the frontier
while his friend and comrade became
national character.
When wild Bill came to Deadwood
in the summer Of 1876 this town was
in the control Of a gang Of grafteri
and gamblers who were robbing ev'
srybody, blackmailing the mining
companies and "skinning" every ten
derfoot who came into tae district
All great mining camps and frontier
cities have passed through a similar
experience. and wild Bnl tanned two
or three Of them. The gang became
alarmed By a rumor that be was to b
appointed city marshal, and hiret
lack Mccall. > worthless, drunkel
dssporado 70 tho0t him N The bael
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-09-02
Wild Bills Grave in
DeadWood Cemetery

William e. Curtis, the well known
correspondent, thus writes from
Deadwood, s. D., to the Record-Her-
aid of Chicago: On steep hillside
overlooking Deadwood is Mount Nor
iah cemetery. where the tomb OF that
frontier knight and hero known as
wild Bill" is visited by all strangers
who come to this city. According to
the early traditions, the climate of
Deadwood was SO healthful they
had to kill man to start grave
yard" and it was located down in the
gulch. Mount Moriah cemetery is
modern and represents the second
strata of civilization.
In a conspicuous spot near the cen
ter Of the cemetery is high Frame
work of wood sustaining wire screens
of small meshes, watch is necessary
to protect from the vandals, who chip
ped away a previous monument, a
rude statute in red sandstone in
tended to represent Wild Bill. 1t is
a good deal Of a caricature, but was
well intended, has been greatly adj
mired and brought considerable repu-
tation to local artist who chisled
It out Of a block Of stone from
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PARKER WILL HAVE FIRST
AEROl'ILANlG III THE WtEs'T.
Leaves for New York City to COntract
For Flying Machine.

T" G. W.. Parker leaves tonight for
New York City to place contract
for an aeroplane for his shows next
year. He will visit the Wright
Brothers and other makers of flying
machines and place an order for the
best he can find. He expects to be
able to get one for $4,000 or less
and it will be the first one in the
west. That is the kind of citizen
to keep in town. No wonder Lea
venworth wants him.
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Businessmen For 1arker.

A petition to the council asking 1t
to rescfnd the order that the Parker
factory must be moved off an un-
used street simply because some per-
sons have 1t in for him is in circula-
tion and every businessman practical
Iy is signing It. If the council wants
to. please Abilene now is Its time
to act.
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wild Bill, ]. B. Hickock ;
Foully murder by J.sMcCan
July 2, 1875
We shan meet in the Happy ;
Hunting Ground, Pard

When the old cemetery was aban-
doned wild Bill's body vas one Of the
first TO be removed. and an eastern
man named De Lancey a "lunger"
Who came here looking for q climate
ana was q great admirer Of the char
acisr Of VIA Bin although be never
1nsE Ain. placed a. expensive mar
De rhafi surn0untsd hy . bust ossf
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ueighboring quarry. A full length
figure is shown in short jacket
and buckskin trousers with fringes
down the seams, which was the hero's
usual costume, and his long hair iS
coiled around his neck as II it were
a rome intended to hang him. The
ewes are set with white marble, which
gives the face a sinister expression
and a broken sIx-shooter is clasped
in the right hand.
At first we thought this was IN
tended as a symbol Of his career for
he was probably the best marksman
with a revolver in the country ana
once killed a man by shooting over
his own shoulder, taking aim from
. reflection in mirror hanging over
a bar, But closer examination showed
that the remainder Of the barrel OF
the revolver Is attached to his coat
and a section has fallen out.
There is NO epitaph, but a foot
stone Of white marble is inscribed;
......s..'' ''''
WILD BILL 1:
j. B. HICKoK, ::
rw1r 1OHR
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WILD BILL
]. B. HICKoK,
DIED JULY 2, 1875

A few days after his murder while
he was playing cards in a Deadwood
gambling house Wild Bill was buried
in the original cemetery in the gulch.
His funeral was a public demonstra-
tion and a tribute Of honor to his
memory. Charles B. Utter, one OF
the most prominent gamblers in the
west at that time. familarly known
as Colorado Charlie" put up a
wooden headboard on which he paint
ed. with his own hands, the words;
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District Court Docket
for September Term

District court will open for the
September term Monday, Sept. 1S.
The cases for trial are as follows;
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toOasiausd Ou lass passl
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
MAKING Of Ysnear.

The best veneer is sawed, but a
great deal is sliced and still more
is rotary cut" By the last named
process logs Of the desired wood are
steamed until they aresoft and then
fixed in Z lathelike machine, ii
which they are turned against !
wood knife. As the log rotates
against the knife veneer Of the de-
sired thickness is peeled off in a
continuous slice, as if you should
pare an apple, going deeper and
deeper at each complete turn, until
nothing is left but the core. The
center Of the log left after the We
neer is cut is also called score"
A good deal of waste occurs in the
manufacture Of veneer. It is al
ways a problem, for instance, what
use to make of the cores left by the
rotary process. In many cases these
are used for pulp wood, pillars or
panel headings, and they are largely
used also for fuel, excelsior, crates.
boxes and baskets.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
u, MATS; Houle Companion
for October.

It is possible to get most amazing
amount Of interest out OF practical
articles, when they are handled like
those which APPEAR in the WoMAN's
HOME COMPANION Cor October.
| Such an article is that containing
William Armstrong; advice to the
ambitious music student who wants
to study abroad. Mr.. Armstrong has
made careful special investigation
aud his advice is to study at home
| first.
In "Short Cuts to Health," DR.
Woods Hutchinson waves a danger
flag over many popular od-fashioued
remedies.
Why I Left the Ministry" is a
startling confession by a country par
son, who IS anonymous tor obvious
reasons.
Far from the county parson lies
the theater Of action of Kellogg Dur
lands story of Queen Elena.
Marion Harland At Chinon has
written her b.g-hearted woman's story
Of Joan Of Arc.
Besidea these, there are eleven
speclai articles in this issue, every
one q which ought to be read and
preserved.
Mothers will be pleased with two
new departments dealing with the
bringing up of children, which begin
with this issue These are conducted
by Jeyn Williams, NJ. D., and Mary
Louise Graham.
The Idea Cinb viii! prove source
of wealth to many q church aid
society.
But perhaps the best thing in the
whole issue is Nyra KelIy's "Games
IN G&rdeus' that woDderfel humor-
,>t never wrote anything funD,er than
this. There are also good stories BY
Mary Z. Wilkins Freeman, Kstherene
Holland Brown, Temple Bailey, Mrs.
John Van Worst and Kate Douglas
Wiggin.
"Choice Cake Recipes" "The For
NAL Dinner" How 10 Furnish the
Boys ROOM" the Big Fashion De-
partmeDt-each has in it something !
for every woman.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
Spinning the Eaa.hell.

Moisten the rim of a breakfast
plate merely the outer edge,
but all the raised portion. Place
the half Of an empty eggshell on
the vet surface, the shell being
broken evenly, 50 as to form a little
cup. Nov, il you hold the plate up VI
and tip i slightly, the egg may be
made to not merely slide, but spin
along the rim, and by continuously
altering the inclination angle Of the
plate you c,.n cause the shell to spin
all the way round it. It will not
spin rapidly, like q top, but as it
goes round the plate it Also revolves
slowly about its own axis in the
same direction. Now, this, you
know, is just what the earth does in
travelling around the sun, so here
you have an easy and pretty lesson
N astronomy at the breakfast table.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16

east are upon us like plague
of locusts. We have yielded
an inch and they will take an
ell, nay, a league. If we de-
nand a single dollar unjust
ly they will deman ! millions
because we have ceased to Oh.
pose their crookedness.
If it BE- objected that the
interests already have a tariff
that is the highest in history
that the republicans won in
the national elections in 1896,
in 1900, in 1904 and in 1908,
the answer is that because
Big Loot has won for the
time being is no reason for MS
to make its victory perpetual
by departing from principle
and beginning to demand
Little Loot. In 1892 the dem
ocrats won on the tariff re-
form issue and they can win
again on it if they do not
complicate. it with inconsis-
tencies which the dissatisfied
republicans, who are already
lear-democrats, and the in
dependents will be sure to in
;erpret as bad faith. -(Edi-
:orial in Houston, Texas,
5hronicle.)
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
How PaIiN Saved the Pi.te.

An old lady had a parrot, which
she had bought from sailor friend;
and on taking it home, much to- her
establishment, she found Polly could
only say three words, Get the
gum
One dark night, when all was still,
burglars broke into the house. The
silver was kept in the same room as
Polly. They crept in as quietly as
possible, but before they had time
to strike light deep voice from
the other side of the. room said,
"Get the gun!'' The men were 50
frightened that they ran off as fast
as their legs could carry them. And
so Polly savefher mistress silver
Home Notes.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
Who Mas Jack Rob;nson%

Jack Robinson has long been a
tayorite synonym for rapidity of
speech or action, but possibly few
people who use the phrase are aware
that Jack Robinson was q real Eve
person.
"As q politician" says Lady Dor
othy Nevill in her "reminiscences. y
"John Robinson was o great favor
ite with George I'll. His political.
career was long, for be was q mem
Der for Harwich during twenty-six
years, being on one occasion bitter
~ attacked by Sheridan, who, de-
nouncing bribery and its instigators,
replied to the cries of Name!
Namep by pointing to Robinson or
the treasury bench, exclaiming at
the same time, Yes, I could name
him as soon as I could say Jack Rob-
inson, and thus originated the. saw
ing still current at the, present day."
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
BY Wholesale.

Colonel James Fisk was once call
ed to meet woman who, recalled
his fathers days as pedd1er and
DETAINED him. He had lied to her
about . yard Of ninepenny calico, so
she asserted, but Fisk did not think
the old man would tell lie for 1917
cents, although possibly che. might
tell eight for ST." It is said that the.
elder Fisk refused to subscribe for
the erection Of a fence about the
cemetery at Brattleboro, the home.
OF the Fis!ss, on the ground that
none was needed, because no man
That was out Of it wanted to get in
md none of those who were.in could
get out.-Argonaut.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
THE AGE Or MONEY.
a Pull on the Reins In the Wild Rso.
ror Riches.

a Pull on the Reins In the Wild RAJ.
ror Riches.
In the earlier ages Of the world
there was time when fishes domi-
mated all else. Biologists called thi,
age of fishes the devonian period.
Later vegetation supplanted the
fishes, and there came the carbonif-
erous after the devonian, and coal
was stored up which W use for onz
needs today. Subsequently there
followed an ege of reptiles, an age
of mammals and finally an age of
man, and the age of man has been
variously subdiyided until we now
have the age of money.
In spite of the fact that it has
been pointed out upon the very
highest authority that the love Of
money is the root Of all evil with
which the world is charged, it's value
and power have now grown 50 very
great that in our day and genera
ton it is worshiped by high and
low, the rich and the poor. The
good, old fashioned morals of for
mer days are relaxed in order to OBJ
tain it, and defalcations constantly
grow because of the modern creed
that reads, Get money-honestly il
possibla but get it il any ent. :
Luxury Increases and extrava-
gance grows. The idea of slow ae-
emulation of money saved during
the productive againt the dec1in-
ing years, when the earning power
decreases, no longer obtains. We
would all be rich, and we veuld be
rich quick. Speculation arises, and
q long train Of evils marches con-
stantly before us, because our age
has become an age Of money ire
spective of all other considerations.
It is exceedingly pleasant to have
wealth. When we, see the beautiful
palaces at Newport and their gar
lens and the countless Injuries that
money spells anywhere and every
where only the anchorite turns
aside and will have none Of it.
Horses, steam yachts, European
;ravel, entertaining, various art
PRODUCTS and thousand and one
Kings beckon to the rich man and |
ure him and tend toward making
him forget that the conquest of the
World is not worth the loss of a soul. !
We of this age Of money need to
that there are certain
virtues that will linger
vhen stock and other exchanges are
10 more, and in ages yet to come
money will be replaced by some
hing higher and better than COM
modify that can upon occasion take
n a taint.-W. g. Bowdoin in
'rooklyn Citizen.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
What = Water se.tl. Can. "a

An entomologist Of authority
writes thus: II selected a common
black water beetle weighing 4.2
grains and found that he was able
to carry load Of shot in small
bag, the whole weighing exactly
S14 ounces, Or exactly $50 times the
weight Of the beetle. II i man
weighing 1870 pounds could curry as
much in proportion, he could shout
der forty-tiye ton locomotive and
then chain 3 train Of railway car
rlages together and take the whole
lot across the country at five mile
an hour gait y
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
A Woman at the Head.

Chicago has turned over
the management of her $50,
900, 600 school system to a
woman. She is of course an
unusual woman, but all the
same she is a woman and has
displaced man. Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young was elected
superintendent of schools in
that city July %. Her salary
was placed at $4,000, while
that Of her assistant, John D.
Sharp, was half that amount.
There were unusual circum-
stances about this remarkable
selection. In the first place
the Office of the superinten-
dent in Chicago has been a /
customary source of tnrbu-i
lence for many months, and |
yet a woanap was chosen to
'ubdue the uuruly factions.
II the second place Mrs.
Young is 81 years old. She
8 vigorous and alert, bat II Is
ertain that no aan a. that
&c would have Deen elected.
And in Tie taisa place Mrs.
Dung was the Que woman in
list Of sixty educators Sc {
'cted by a special committee
, fitted for the place. --Octo- {
or Outlook. t
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
Frishtful Fate Averted.

Il wonl3 have been cripple for
life. from terrible cut on my knee
Gag. writes Frank Disherry, Kiilher,
MINI. "without Rucklen's Arnica
Salve, which soon cured me-" 1nfaIli-
Bile for wounds, cuts and bruises, it
soon cures Burns, Sca'ds, Old Sores,
BoiIs Skin Ernptions. Worlds best
for Piles. 25c. at all Druggists.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16

ris;ns above the SUBMITS Of the in.
tcrrenins Jura mountains. 1t look
ed like cloud floating in the air.
/ It was a sunless day, bit the ali
was extraordinarily limpid, for all
the dust in it had been washed out
bv the rain that had fallen every
day in the month.
/ It is most unusual for Mont
Blanc to be seen from the railroad
track at Dion, 1876 miles distant, in
plain less than 800 feet above the
sea. It is visible at times from the
heights around the city.
It is of interest to travellers in
France to know that Mont Blanc is
normally always visible from Lyons,
80 miles distant; Macon, 102 miles,
and Chalon-sur-Saone, ia miles.
Whether or not the mountain can
be seen from many points in south
eastern France from day to day is
popularity regarded as a weather in
|dication.
OF course if yoa are standing on
q considerable elevation and there
are no obstacles in the way you may
see Mont Blanc from greater dis
tances. The mountain is in view,
for example, from the heights that
dominate Mafseilles.
uy@de Dome, in France, 4, 790
feet high, i. 1873 miles west Of Mont
Blanc but the great snow mountain
Is visible from the top Of the lower
summit. The mountains Of Forez
bar the way between them, but it
happens, .curiocsly enough, that
there is a deep depression in these
mountains just along the line Of
sight between the tops of Puy Do
Dome AMI Mont Blanc, and through
this abrupt lowering Of the range
the suow mountain may be seen.
This is believed to be the great
est distance that can be seen with
the naked eye in the climate Of
southern Europe. Here are q num-
Der Of mountains and the distances
at which they may be seen out at
sea:
Vesuvius, before the last erup-
ton, 81 miles; Ventoux. 105; Cant
gou, 1873; Etna, 1888; Tenerife, 1877;
Fujiyama, 100; Kamerun, 165;
Chimborazo, 1911; Aconcagua, POL.
Most Of the giants of the Andean
even those that are q
distance inland, can
be seen from out at sea. The first
new shows them only as little ele-
Eations above the horizon, and thu
over mountains around them are
lot in sight. But as the land is
approached the great SUBMITS are
,radually revealed in all their splen-
lid proportions.-New York Sun.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
To The Public.

Th,boaaux, La.,- May 20, 1909
Notice is hereby given to the prn
perty owners of the parish of La.
fourche that the listing Of the pro
perry of said parish has been colnpIet.
ed aud the estimated valuation made
therein by th" assessor III accordance
with the law, and that the said lists
vii! De exposed in the office of the
assessor f,r inspection and correction
for the term OF twenty days, begin
ming on the 10th day of June, 1909.
s j. Foret,
Assessor.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
Qusensiand's Upas Tree.

Queensland, Australia, has curl,
Gus tree which ensnares and kills
insect If. and sometimes birds also
A traveller says Of it: "The seed
vessels Of the Queensland upas tee,
'allmoo' Of the blacks (Pisonia bru-
non>ana), which are produced on
spreading leafess panicles, exude q
remarkably yiseid substance ap-
preaching birdlime in consistency
and evil effect. Sad is the fate Of
any bird which, laundering in its
flight, happens to strike against anv
OF the many traps which the tree in
unconscious raligaity hangs out on
et-af side Ia such event the seed
sllassss q tic feathers, tie Wigs be-
s~A4- 1..ll. 10 tie s.1eS, 80. .....A.xss
bird falls TO the ground and as it
struggles heedlessly gathers more of
the seeds, to which leaves and twigs
adhere, until by aggregation it is
lnclosed in a mass Of vegetable
debris as firmly as mummy in it's
-1c4has
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
Trepass Notice.

The public is hereby notified not t.
hunt, fish, or otherwise trepsss ON my
properties 10 Terrebonne parish. form.
rr)y owned by L. LeJeune aud Jos.
Tabor. Violators will he deadt with
according to law.
EMELEUs THfBoDAuy.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-16
SEEING LONG DISTANCES
a'ont biane Visible From Mount,;,
f2S Miles kwsy.

7tv7eT
One oi the fast trains between
Paris aud Ma5eaii5a Nas mss feaq-
ing the station at DIXON in October
last when a passenger in great ex-
cltement called out:
There is Mont Blanc!"
Inc other passengers looked out
OF o, the windows, and sure enough
they saw away to-. o the southeast the