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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
BANDIT A POOR Al"
Excelsior Springs Boomers Decry
Nearness of James Home.
Story of Jesse's Death Told by c, E,
Flanders Who Sent First Mes.
sage of Ford's Act
to World.

Excelsior Springs, Mo.-Oficers oil
the Commercial club, who are desir
Gus OF making Excelsior Springs a wa,
tering resort riValing the pretentious
ones Of Europe, are not particularly
pleased with the proximity of the old
Jesse James home, because of which
they find their city associated with
outlaw exploits in the minds of thou.
sands of persons in all parts of the
country. And this impression was
helped along, they say, by the widely
Home of James Mother,
reported visit of six Chicago aldermen
TO the bandit stronghold several weeks
ago. Though Excelsior Springs is a
busting, up-to-date city, it is in the
heart of the Missouri cracker" coun.
try and abounds in the old-time types
A story which Mrs. Zurulda Samuel
mother of the James boys, tells to
many visitors to her farm near here is
the shooting of Jesse James by his
cousin, Bob Ford. An interesting
description Of that occurrence is given
by c. E. Flanders, one of the leading
merchants of the town.
AT the time of the shooting Mr..
Flanders was young man and the
only telegraph operator in ST. Joe.
Mo-, where it occurred. He sent the
t1rst message to the outside world, tell,
ing of the occurrence. Jesse James,
with his wife and two traitor cousins,
Bob" and Charley Ford, were living
there. A reward of $4,000 had been of.
fered by the governor for the outlaw,
dead or alive. The story of how
James when asked that fatal morning
by his wife to hang a picture in the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

Mrs. Dickinson, his son, J. M. Dick.
inson, Jr., Gen. Clarence R. Edwards,
Mrs. Edwards and daughter, Miss Bes-
sic Edwards, Mr.. and Mrs. Larz An.
derson, Lincoln R. Clark, confidential
clerk, and George Long. a messenger.
The secretary inspects Pearl Har-
Dor and the Notifications at Honolulu
and is due to arrive at Yokohama
July Is, and will be in Japan until
July 20, going overland to Nagasaki.
where they will sail for Manila.
The party is scheduled to leave Ma
Mia on September 6, returning via
Hongkong, Peking and the Trans
railroad to Moscow, thence
to Warsaw and through to France,
taking the steamer at Cherbourg
about October s or 10. They will ar
rive in New York about October 15.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
TENDING TO PITcHU's TEETH
One Of Latest FreakIsh Fads for Paris
Is Dentist Who Cares for
Canine MoIars.

Paris is an incessant incubator Of
freakish fads. One Of the latest is
that Of patronizing a dentist for dogs.
An imaginative young man named LIE
Veau- which, unpoeticaIly translated.
means the Calf-has set himself up as
a tender OF canine teeth. Handsomely
goWned women may be seen nearly
every day carrying some beribbored bit
Of shivering dog flesh solicitously from
q brougham or lacquered automobile
up the stairs to the dog dentists of
fee. Here Pitchu or Dodo or whatever
the poor pets title may be, is reduced
to Inconsistencies by gas or chloro-
form and NJ. LIE Veau's sharp steel in
struments go scratching and probing
among the pointed molars.
You really must see that his teeth
are cleaned oftener, madam" is the
frequently given advice of the profess
sional man.
And meantime he sets about the
work which may result in the sun gilt
tering gayly on little Jou-Jou's gold
bridge and flIingG next time the dog
pauses to yawn on the Champs
Elysees.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
DICKINSON ON WORLD TRIP
Secretary of War Starts on Journey
Which Recalls Taft's "cupid
voyage"

Washington.-Secretary of War
Dickinson is of on a trip that will
take him around the world. Several
years ago William H. Taft, while the
head of the war department, made
such voyage and it came to be
known as the Cupid voyage" At
least two weddings resulted from that
long jaunt, that of Miss Alice Roose-
welt and Representative Nicholas
Longworth being among them. In
this trip of Secretary Dickinson's,
however, the party consists mostly of
married folk.
The objective point of Secretary
Dickinson's trip is the Philippine
Islands, where he will spend five
weeks familiarizing himself with con
ditions there.
On the steamer Siberia, on which
he sailed from San Francisco for the
Philippines via Honolulu and Japan,
the secretary was accompanied by
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
UNIQUE GAME OF sALMAGUNDl
Differs From Other Progressive
Games in That Different One Is
Played at Each Table.

Of all progressive games none is
more popular than this. AS in all
others, small table is provided for
every four players, but Salmagundi is
distinguished from other games in
that different game is played at
each table.
Games Of cards may be chosen, If
preferred, such as he2rts. euchre, five
hundred. sniff, ETC., or such games as
domfnos, jack straws. lotto, helma,
pit, fish-poles. The rules for playing
these are supplied with the game
when purchased. There is no rule
against such games as Patent Medi-
cines,' 'Menagerie," etc, which GER
tainly contribute to q merry uproar.
The winners progress at sound of
the signal given at the head table,
and play new game. The losers
keep their places and must play the
same game over again
The introduction of variety adds to
the pleasure, and as there is a change
of partners at each progression
everybody meets everybody else.
When every couple has made the
round of the tables and played all
the games, the prizes are awarded
and refreshments served.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
On Being Solemn.

Dignity is not a garment that may
be put on or taken off at will; 1t is
a coat of paint that never wears out.
It is applied by solemnity, which is
a wrath that dogs the heels of the
man who has acquired dignity. Solem-
nifty lifts a cold finger and chokes the
jest within his throat; it drives the
smile shuddering from his lips and
makes him regret the sunshine that
dances through rift in the clouds.
The only time to be solemn is when
you are dead. That Is a solemn occa-
sion.
But If you adopt the craven face
and the matter-of-fact word, other
folks will come to regard you as they
do one who slips Ice down the backs
of their necks.
Thus you see, 1t Is q very solemn
thing to be solemn.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

trailing fringe Of green and white
leafed vinca vine Grapes down a foot
or more around the edges of each.
The flowers and vines are planted in
wire baskets, semi-cireular in shape,
so that two just fill each urn. When
the flowers in zone lose their fragrance
1t is to be replaced Immediately by
another. A sufficient number of bas.
kets are being tended by gardener so
that fresh flowers always will be in
the urns. The flowers were chosen he
cause of their ability to Withstand the
sun and winds, and It Is not expected
to be necessary to replace the baskets
more than three or four times In the
summer. The insides Of the iron urns
are lined with moss to protect the
roots from the heat Of the metal.
The idea to have the flowers on the
poles was obtained from public build
ings in Europe by Henry G. Flower,
president Of the Fidelity Trust com.
pany.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

Cd and the movement of one affects
the other by means of q series of cog
wheels operating in relation to each
other. The feet of the mannikin have
grooves running transversely to en-
gage the wire or cord on which it
walks. A rod with a weight on the
end, forming a pendulum, is attached
TO the hand Of the figure. AS this
pendulum swings it moves the arm
back and forth and the correlated
togwheels cause the legs to move
backward and forward and the figure
to walk as if human. The ease with
which the mannikin retains its bal
ance is one of the most spectacular
features of this entertaining perform
snce.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
FLOWERS ON LAMP POSTS
Kansas cry Bank Follows Europeas.
Custom OF Decoration
of Streets.

Kansas City, Mo.-Every one who
passes the corner of Ninth and Walnut
notices the flowers and vines in the
urns on the ornamental lamp posts in
front of the Fidelity Trust building
There are eight of the poles, four on
the Walnut street side of the building
and four on the Ninth street side. The
urns are just underneath the lamps.
Blooming geraniums, lantana, archa-
MIA and hibiscus fill the urns, and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

parlor unstrapped and laid aside his
two revolvers for the first time in
months and Ford, entering the room
shot him through tn back of the head
is we'll known. - 5
lie D r.IIsvsII my
was report whisbg ST lead around
town that Jesse Jaags N JAS dead, said
Mr.. Flanders. For months reports
had been coming in almost daily that
he had been killed or captured in this
or that part of the country, but we
paid little attention to them. /
stepped to the front door and looked
at the big house on the bluff where
the man we had known as Mr.. How.
ard had lived. The. hill looked like
an anthill with men swarming I'D its
sides from all directions.
Before / could start for the scene
two men came into the telegraph of.
fee. They were the Ford boys. Charley
kept nerVously pacing up and down,
pulling his little black mustache, while
Bob started laboriously filing out
blank. He was having considerable
trouble with it and l said to him:
Shall I write 1t for you?
I can write 1t myself, all right,
he growled.
He wrote out two kilograms. One
was addressed to the governor and
simply said: We've got our man. The
other was to the chief of police OF
Kansas City and said: We've got our
man; will bring the body
"As ! took them Bob Ford pulled
out revolver at least eighteen inches
long, broke it and dropped out an
empty shell on the floor. The bullet
from it had killed Jesse James. / was
young then and inquisitive and deter
mined to find out who was shot.
Have some trouble, up on the
hill?' said
"'Yes,' he vouchsafed.
Anybody hurt?' 1 insisted.
Killed man, that's ALL he re-
piled.
"Ry that time Charley had nerv.
Ously edged Bob as far as the front
door.
Who was it?' / shouted.
ga horse thief who got gay
growled Bob If any answer comes
10 the telegram send 1t to US. Wen
be uptown
II was too excited to get any more
definite address than Uptown and
he two went out and gave themselves
Up to the police. They told their story
Ind an undertaken went up the hill
md took the body to his shop. At
}. m, when it was laid out in state
md he opened the doors, everybody
or miles around was waiting to pass
through and see it.
That was the last seen of the Ford
oys around there They took the re-
yard and went west, where Bob was
hot in dance hall, possibly by some
eyengeful member of the old gang,
nd Charley committed suicide, both
few months later"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
Conedy,

SOHtSu1s
The comedian tried to get laughs with his
lines
But the people in front of delight gave
no signs;
They were solemnly still while he worked
at his best
With the witty retort and the obvious
jest.
Though he piled them with all of his
thespian art
There was not response, and he quickly
lost heart
While the atmosphere took on the chill
Of frost
And the manager wept for the money
he'd lost.
The comedian then took tumble down.
stairs
And he swallowed some ink and he fell
over chairs
And he crashed through a door with q
terrible slam
Then he turned with q wink and said
seberly: "Damn!"
o, the audience rose with a salvo Of
cheers
And it laughed and it laughed till the
aisles ran with tears
And the papers next day praised those
antics of his,
For they said that HE knows what pure
comedy Isl
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

wv servant Identified Caller on His
@'ssfess--Loft Sunbeam In
His Heart.

e o. US would be more SIR.
- 49, tnan pleased If we knew the
Az IS sss,oas We make on the minds of
s,s s VINO know us only slightly. How
49, y you girls are remembered as
-. as was the lady described
y following incident?
sl,. 10y called at the house Of a
INV, soOt on an Grand; but, as the
!. were away. she asked the hired
so5ld ISL Ills employer that she
81 eau again. Being in a burrv
10y thinking but that the man
ss.s ao sae was, she did not leave
ass l Ss,o, The ., lady Of the house re-
i. os'oFe the rest of the family,
y man told her that a LADY had
se who said she'd call again.
N was it?" inquired Mrs. H.
- . don't know her name" re-
7, =, you should have asks, 80, ;.
bsss s q. SO We would know who
aiag \ lere. Can't you tell me anv.
sAsss aieh | can know who came?
d, a ,s know" said the man ~,,,+
sDsss oa ! that always smiles when
4 anti look and the courteous
ss,, which the lady had spoken ra,
aheras 1 mad been noticed and
man, leaving a sunbeam in
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
TO TRAIN CRIPPLED CHILDREN
Bodily Defects Sometimes Entirely
Cured by Physical Exercises
Directed by Teacher.

Corrective physical training for
crippled children is of great import
sneei ~ bodily defects can be partly
Zines entirely cured By spe-
al PHYSICAL exercises under the d.
Eeetion Of . trained teacher.
IHehty-three such classes for Grip
pied children. with an enrolment of
ever $50 children, were carried on
nee Of charge in New York last year
~ the Peoples University Extension
society Of No. los East Seventeenth
Erect.
alnety.six free classes in annual and
aonestie training were given to an
enrolment of about nine hundred crip-
pea children by the same society. be-
aloes y free classes for mentally de-
aetiVe children.
me manual work taught included
asketry. bookbinding, chair Gaming
economic cooking, dressmaking, ele-
asasary carpentry, embroidery, cord
ToiK, sewing. shirtwaist making and
8 ssaglns' One badly crippled boy of
= % learned chair Gaming so quickly
va. e. ae soon hung out sign for
eaairs to cane.
one Of the largest departments of
= wofk OF this society is supplying
- : secures by physicians to meet
]. " q tenement mothers, giving
s ssu SIMPLE practical advice about
= care OF children and prevention of
~, @asag 9 and other disease. More
49, ~ 0,,oVV mothers were given such
II s1 'c last year in English, Ital-
= German and Yiddish
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
And Then She BIushed.

Eyes. that Mr.. BIBLES was here
last month";" says the fair young
thing.
Hes handsome chap observes
the other.
isn't he? It's too bad he has an
artificial arm"
The idea! He has not"
But he has. 1t is such a perfect
imitation that you'd never suspect it
until time when you would think he
would use both arms and then"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
Burbank Produces Two Blooms,

San Francisco-Luther Burbank
plant wizard" of Santa Rosa, an
nounces the perfection of AN immense
poppy-a combination of the shirley.
the tulip poppy, and species found
in the mountains of North Africa, and
an evening primrose, white, five inches
IN diameter"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
TENT REQUIRING NO POLES
Minnesota Man Invents Handy Ar.
rangement for Boys on Camping
Out Tour.

A novel form of tent that is just
the thing for boys on camping-out
tour. or for hunter a. 8 ~ trips has
This tent requires no poles on which
to hang and can be put up in a few
minutes, making an abode as substan-
tial as any one would ask for tempo
rary occupation. The tent when in
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
my WIRE WALKER IS UNIQUE
,.,,ikIn,s Legs Move Back and Forth
70 - Arms Do, Like Pendulum OF
Ordinary Clock.

~ automatic tight rope walker has
IN invented by a Tennessee man.
Mt gsi toy marches along slack wire
=. oord with all the assurance of an
mort euuilibrist. its legs moving
ssokward and forward in response to
-. ga swinging of a pendulum. The
rms and legs Of the figures are joint
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
No eenzlne Then.

"out, damned spot!" cried Lady
Macbeth.
Don't lose your temper, my dear"
said Mac, coming In at that moment
Gust send the dress back to the
cleaner and tell him you won't pay
his bill unless he gets the spot out"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

place resembles a pyramid bisected.
It's four corners are fastened to stakes
driven in the ground and attached to
the apex is long rope.
It is necessary to pitch the shelter
close to tree and throw the rope
over convenient limb. The rope Is
then hauled On till the tent is drawn
to an upright position and the free
end Of the rope is fastened to a fifth
stake on the other side of the tree.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

Good morning. How are you, my dear?
I'm quite surprised to see you here
why, Mrs. Brown! How do you do?
l never dreamed Of seeing you
near thereu be an awful crowd"
They say he dresses awful loud.''
For goodness sake! Look over there
That creature with the bIondined HART"
Ssh! That's his aunt from Bunker
Vile
They say he's mentioned In her WILL
The bridal party must be late"
My hat feels like It's not on straight"
How long were they acquainted?" 20,
But for the last two months or so'
I thought as much. He's not aware
That she has temper, and to spare"
%. we'll, I've heard folks say he drinks
And stays out late and cuts up jinks''
Just So I've said time and again,
You never know about the men,
Hush! Here they come. Look at her
waist!
MY gracious! but that girl is laced
Her mothers nonsense-you might
guess
That girl is trained to overdress.''
well, for this once she looks real sweet"
Yes, but she has tremendous feet"
"Ah. there he comes. There Is the
groom
He looks like going to his tomb"
II wonder who the best man is?'
They say some sporty friend of his.''
There. Now it's over. Let us rush
And wish them Joy. Just see her blush!''
My dear, dear girl! am SO glad!,s
You've won the sweetest girl we had Is
\ Al FL. WASH he All awkward leut re
Hers. throw silis slice. They're eoIng
out
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

There. Now it's over. Let us rush
And wish them Joy. Just see her blushw
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

MY dear, dear girl! am SO gladn'
You've won the sweetest girl We had
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

FL. WASH he All awkward leut2
Here. throw Siiis sIlos. They're going
out 2
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

He looks like going to his tomb
II wonder who the best man is?''
They say some sporty friend of his.''
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-12

sponses are truer because she is
closer to the center of moral gravity.
This makes her the burden-bearer.
She is closer to the center of truth.
The genesis Of life has been dis
closed to her as not to man, and so
she has the intuitive sense that, after
all. is but the keen registry of the re-
alities of life. thought and experience.
The gaug of her intuition is love;
everything in her life finds its focus
here. and so love is to her the fulfill
ing of the law.
Is it any wonder then that she has
always been of a religious temper? Is
1t any wonder that she bears her light
mate burden Of affection-even with
the imposed load of misunderstanding
and mistreatment-with spirit OF
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-12
JEANNETTE
COOpER

1.-THE world isn't very large after ALL" he said.
ut is the proper preface isn't It, for saying you've
met some one that some one else knows"
Diana. forgetting her dual role, looked pleased
interrogation. did you meet some one that we
known" she asked
'Yes, met Mr.. Sinclair"
Diana gave a start and stared her face growing
crimson. Peter murmured an exclamation Grace
spoke up exctedly:
why, you couldn't" she said and stopped.
u 81 happened to sit beside him the train"
he explained in answer to her contradiction. land
we got to talking about this place. He was good
enough to tell me his name and say that Mrs. Sim
clair was staying here. 1t was rather odd, wasnt
It? | had supposed that Mrs. Sinclair, like you and
Peter, was from the West" He had kept his eyes
from Diana during this speech. Now he turned to
her again mr.. Sinclair told that he expected
to run up Sunday"
The open-eyed horror with which this was re-
ceived was too patent to be ignored Mr.. Gresham
turned to Peter. who was purple with repressed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-12

The woman who remains in the
house, who bears the petty exactions
of its routine. who sustains the chief
concern for the health and welfare OF
those in it, is at all times beset with
dreams for the future, for the we'll
being of her brood, with fears that
at times overweight the spirit and with
forebodings vague, but, nevertheless,
finding place in the protective in
stinct of the mother. The wife shares
with her husband his burdens and his
cares In addition to the things that
sne cannot share with him, for they
appear to be either petty or else are
SO out of the range of his thought and
interest that he cannot weigh them
IN the fine scales of her acute mental
ity. She bears and forbears. and then
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-12
EDITOR Got the PrintIno.

rne voard of elections in small
Ohio town advertised for bids for
printing election ballots for members
Of the school board, and when the sue
cessful bidded asked for the copy he
was told by the clerk of the election
board that thert were no candidates
It was a thankless, payless job, that
no one wanted it and advertising for
bids was merely a matter OF form.
The editor had furnished the bond re-
quired and spent his time giving the
estimate. and when he returned TO his
Office he announced bis name in his
paper as candidate for member
OF the village school board and, OF
course, secured the job Of printing,
but withdrew his name before the
Gate set for the election. Exchange.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-12

joyousness. provided that some glim-
mermgs of the heroic nature of her
devotion is felt by the one for whom
she bears the load? Woman has new
er asked for tightening of the real
exactions of her existence; she has
only pleaded for relief from the ex.
traneous exactions made of her, only
that as burden-bearer she shall not
have the way of life made hard and
dreary, only that she shall be per-
mitted to swing cheerily the lamp OF
love in the highway of her passage.
Given this and she is glad to assume
with her natural partner such portion
of his labors as will tighten his task.
This Is the real woman question; it Is
the spirit Of unselfish sex seeking
co-part nership with man.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-12

with prayer takes up again the burden
of lie. 1t is not a matter primarily
of riches or poverty. No woman
worthy of the name has ever exacted
of a husband worthy of the title that
he shall bring her riches, that he
shall adorn her with the garb of luxu-
ry and surround her with the factors
of exclusive refinement, as much as
these things may have entered into the
dream of her life. She only asks OF
him love. she only desires of him con-
sideration, she only wants to feel that
as he goes about in the world of al
fairs he thinks of her, longs for her
company, VOWS to her fealty, ~ that
as she cultivates the cheerful mien In
order to hide the little anxieties that
seem almost amusing to her in the