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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
DEER JUMPS INTO CARRIAGE
Frightened Animal Greatly Enlivens a
City Mans Vacation in
Maine.

Bangor, Me.-Francis F. Mitchell, a
New York man, vacationing in Maine,
had the surprise Of his life, while
driving along road a few miles from
here. He was sitting back IN the seat
enjoying the beautiful scenery when
he was startled to see a frightened
deer spring from the forest at the
roadside and leap into the carriage,
falling between the dashboard and the
horse.
The latter kicked until the vehicle
was demolished After both the horse
and deer had kicked about for three
minutes the child of the forest man
aged to extricate itself and ran back
into its retreat, apparently none the
worse for it's experience.
The story when told was not cred
tied by some, but the eloquent testi-
mony afforded by the wrecked car
riage was convincing.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
RATS WERE FRIENDLY WITH
GAYNOR'S WOULD-BE SLAYER
HOW GALLAGHER MADE PETS OF
sWARMING, LoNG-TAlLED
DOCK RODENTS.

New York.-Inquiry into the life OF
James ]. Gallagher, the man who at.
tempted to murder Mayor Gaynor, re.
Veals him as one of the queerest and
most uncanny criminals who nave
/ ever fallen into the hands of the po-
lice. Specifically man of religious
devotion, who has the appearance of
intelligence, he is shown TO be under
| the surface person with weird
domination over rats and other de-
testable rodents. He was constantly
at war with his fellow workers, al
| though he sought every assistance
from them-a man of whimsical hui
| NOR and yet murderous1y morbid Not
in all the years Of his life in New
York did he make a sincere friend,
but he drew soIace in his companion
| ship with rats.
His character as unfolded shows
him to be a person of moods that gov
erned him for days; of habits that pre-
dominated his life. His was an ego
exaggerated to the utmost, and be-
cause of his feelings ofSuperiority he
made himself universally despised and
a subject for mockery Despite his
unpopularity Gallagher viewed his so
cial ostracism as joke and through
utter perverseness would demonstrate
his strange power over animals.
For this trait he was feared when
he worked in the appraisers stores as
an opener and packer In 1893. Gal
lagher was appointed in that year and
often boosted that political pull had
led to his selection from the third
grade list Of the custom house.
The old stores building was over
run with rats and they were the one
abomination of the men uncrating and
wrapping the stores. They possessed
no terrors for Gallagher. however. He
delighted in their coming. He often
demonstrated his peculiar command of
his voice to his fellow laoorers and
seemed to get any call he desired from
the throat region.
One day the tide drove many of the
dock rats among the barrels and boxes
in the stores office. They ran for shell
ter to the heaps Of wool in the section
where Gallagher was working, and in
fright the packers deserted the room.
The stocky Gallagher laughed at their
alarm and pursued the rats into the
wool piles. They were about to attack
him when weird call issued from his
throat
His fellow workers looking in Upon
him saw the rats gather about him
with squeals of affection that sounded
similar to the noise that Gallagher
made. They crept upon him from all
sides. He stroked the rodents as he
continued the chuckle, and they
all over him.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
THE OTHER
GIRL

There wasn't a particle of doubt that
Hassardy belonged to the other girl.
| by all signs, tokens and wireless mes
cages caught on the fly. Estelle should
have been assured of this. Moreover
she was assured of it and this made
her subsequent conduct all the more
reprehensible.
Hassardy was not to blame though
he was pIaSlU ticketed by the ether
girl for observing Estelle's complexion
and the fascinating tilt of her head
when they all arrived at the house
party. Hassardy was only mortal
man after all. Estelle doubtless would
have failed to notice that he was on
earth except for the fact that she and
Bob had had little quarrel on the
way down. Bob plainly needed dis
cipline and Hassardy providentially
appeared at the opportune moment
with admiration in his eyes.
The other girl dawned on Este1Ie's
consciousness later.
The other girl was the sort that
make a man remember all the heights
he was going to scale when he was
reading his graduating essay and
abashes him with sense of his own
unWorthiness. She had big serious
blue eyes under beautifully straight
brows and childish mouth that could
droop heartrendingly and her hair
looked beautiful when merely parted
and waved down over her ears with
out any rats or puffs. This alone
would convince any other woman that
she was irresistible
After Estelle got a good look at the
other girl she wondered why on earth
Hassardy was such a goose as to
glance at any one else She also saw
that the other girl, with all her charm.
was one of Ae kind who is helpless in
the hands of her own sex She didn't
in the least know how to fight back
when a man was being snatched from
her. If Estelle had not been so irri-
tated at Bob this might have IN
fuenced her, but at a certain point
any girl will sacrifice any other girl
ruthlessly to further her own ends.
And Bob NEST certainly had to be dis
eiplined.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
sAeAcIoUs DOG.

A remarkable story of a dogs hom-
ing instinct and sagacity comes from
Tarbert, Scotland. Several months ago
a dog was obtained from a Tarbert
tady and taken by its new owner by
steamer and train to Clydebank. The
animal has just turned up at its for
mer home at Tarbert in much ex-
hausted condition, but showing unmis-
taxable signs of its JOY at meeting
old friends At is was not observed in
any Of the steamers and arrived very
late at night, the inference is that 1t
iourneyed all the way from the city
overland, 100 miles. The mystery is
how it found it's way back alone by
a circuitous and almost trackless
route round the heads of the long
Clyde ioehs.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
HOUSE BUILT FROM ONE FIR.


A fourteen room, two and a half
story house, built entirely of the 1um-
Der from a single FIR tree, was recent
ly finished at Elma. on the west
coast.
The tree was a giant Douglas FIR
and was fe1led west of the town. 1t was
marvelously straight and when scaled
was found to contain 10000 feet of
servfceable lumber Inside the bark
the stump measured seven feet and
nine inches in diameter, and the total
height of the tree was over 300 feet.
At the standard price of SIS thou
sand the lumber in this tree was
worth more than $1,000 E1ma is in
the midst of the great fir timber belt
on the west slope Of the Cascade
mountains
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
BIGGEST OF APPLE TREES

On the farm of Trembley brothers,
near Albright, w. Va, is growing
what is claimed to be the largest APP
pie tree in that state. The tire is II
Feet in circumference four feet above
the ground. It has four limbs which
are from four to six feet in circum-
ference, and has one branch four and
nne-half feet in circumference 20 feet
from the ground. The tree has spread
81 feet and is 40 feet high. The esti-
stated age of the tree is 125 years. It
Is 81 fine, healthy condition,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
LEASE RUNS TO FINAL DAY

Remarkable terms of a lease grant.
ed by a Welsh landowner to the trus-
tees of a Congregational chapel and
graveyard at Beulah, near Cardigan.
have just been disclosed. In 1860 the
lease was made out for ninety-nine
years. but recently the landlord was
asked to extend it. so that they might
not be disturbed in their last resting
place, at least. before the Resurrection
morn" He asked If the afternoon of
the Resurrection Day would not be
better, and acting upon that sugges-
ton the lease was made to run to the
afternoon of tie last day.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
A BOX OF MYSTERY.

A rather creepy thing happened at
italy, Tex, one day recently A large
square box which was unloaded by
mistake more than year ago and had
been stored all that time in the freight
house Of the railroad, was opened by
the station agent to ascertain it's con-
tents and see if they could give any
clue as to the owner. The agent got a
queer shock when he opened the box
and its CHASTITY contents were revealed
to him. 1t contained the naked and
mummifed bodies of a woman and
child.
The mysterious box was unloaded
from an express car at Italy because
the address upon 1t had been obliter-,
ated. An effort was made at the time
to discover the person who had
shipped it but the search was unsuc-
cessful
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
He oBEYED THE SCRIPTURES

Obeying in very literal sense the
seriptural Injunction, IF thy right
hand offend thee" W. A. Gaffney, sery.
ing a sentence in the Atlanta (Ga.)
stockade, cut off his left hand not long
ago. Il don't know why / cut off my
hand except that ever since killed a
man everybody seemed to think hard
of me-" he said, and since my hand
had offended it seemed things might
change If cut it off" Gaffney was
tried on the murder charge and was
acquitted. Afterwards he came to At
lanta and got into trouble, as a re.
suit of which he was sent to the stock.
ade,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
DIVORCE THE CLIMAX OF
4 CARVING IN SOCIETY
MRS. cUDAHY is NOW FREE AND
GETS 5000 ANNUALLY
FOR LIFE.

Kansas City-One of the most SEN
sational domestic scandals in the his
tory of the country reached its climax
when Mrs John P. Cudahy secured a
divorce from her husband. the son Of
Michael P. Cudahy, the millionaire
Chicago meat packer.
Readers will recall the carving in
polite society last spring, when John
P. Cudahy, aided by his chauffeur,
seized and bound Jere S. Lillis, a bank
Or, whom he found in his house, and
cut streaks over his body. Lillis
might have been cut to pieces were it
not for the appearance Of a policeman,
who had been summoned by Mrs.
Cudahy. Cudahy was arrested and
then released In 800 bond. He was
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
Wireless Telegraph Detector.

The torstonal or twisting vibration
of a fine iron wire under the action of
magnetic lines of forces having a
spiral direction is the basis Of the
novel wireless telegraph detector of
Professor Rossi of Turin. The wire is
stretched very near two permanent
magnets with like poles adjacent. It
is also placed in the center of coil
IN which helica1 f1ux is set up, and
on rapidly alternating the current
through the coil the wire twists back
and forth. or has a reciprocal rotary
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
RANCHER FOLLOWS
WOLVES INTO CAVE
AFTER ONE rs SHOT, INTREPID
HUNTER is sAvAGELY At
Tackled BY ANOTHER.
THREE ARE FINALLY KILLED
Men In Dark Cavern Engage In
Rough and Tumble Fight With
the Ferocious Beasts Before They
Are Shot.

Sioux Falls. s. D.-To crawl into a
wolf den with a rifle and fight life
and death battle with gray wolves
those pest of the range-Was the ex-
perience of George Porch, a rancher,
living in the region between the Mis-
souri, river and the Black Hills, in
western South Dakota.
The gray wolves of that part of the
state are unusually large and fierce,
and when the region was devoted to
cattle raising, it was nothing uncom-
mon for the wolves to attack and kill
half-grown steer. The 1osse of
stockmen from the raids of these
pests being greater than from any
other cases, not even excepting the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15

fierce storms of winter when great
herds Of cattle were turned loose on
the open range to shift for themselves
until spring.
Recently the small ranchers, who
have supplanted the big cattlemen,
have suffered considerable loss from
the depredatfons of gray wolves, and
Porch and four neighbors started to
run down and kill the varmints which
had been particularly active in killing
their cattle and sheep.
The five men came upon the trial
Of four full-grown wolves, and after
following the trail several miles,
killed one of them on the open
prairie. The other three animals were
cornered In cave. Porch, however,
when the party reached the opening
to the VOLTS den, did not hesitate. but
entered the cave after the wolves.
He crawled a mile or more into the
side of the high bluff before he
reached the lair
It was necessary at times to en-
large the hole which, while large
enough to admit Of the passage of
the wolves was not large enough at
some points for man to pass. One
of Porch's companions did part of
this work while engaged in enlarging
the passage. Porch suddenly saw
ahead of him, in the darkness, six
sparkling bright eyes. But there was
no stopping short of securing the
three wolf pe1ts which he had set
out to capture Some more trimming
out of the hole and he was near
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
Alarm Clock Rinn Is Fatal

Rockford, Hl.-Mrs. Marie Engdahl.
who came to Rockford from Sweden
recently, was awakened by an alarm
clock the other morning, and when
she Jumped up to shut off the alarm
the shock affected her heart and she
fell back dead. Her eight-year-old
daughter slept with her, and in falling
the mother struck the sleeping girl.
The latter was almost suffocated be.
fore she succeeded in arousing her
brothers. Mrs. Engdahl had suffered
with heart disease for years, and the
awakening by a method new to her
was too much for the weakened organ
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
FINDS FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH"

Day Raffety of Portland believes
that he has found "the fountain of
youth" on the two-acre tract he re-
Gently bought on zigzag river, on the
Mount Hood road. DR.. Raffety came
out and on examining his land with
view to having it cleared for sum-
mer home, discovered a living spring
which possesses mineral qualities Of
high order He placed a large sign
over the spring, Fountain of Youth. :"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15

the scene of the battle and massacre
of the River Raisia, where 1000 Amer
lean troops, mostly Kentuckians, were
surprised by English and Indians. The
bodies were left where they had fal-
len, and were buried later by set
tiers
The interment of the bones was for.
gotten, and thoae who buried them
passed away, SO That none of the pres
ent generation knew the location of
the old cemetery.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
Alarm Clock Rina Is Fatal.

Rockford, nl.-Mrs. Marie Engdahl.
who came TO Rockford from Sweden
recently, was awakened by an alarm
clock the other morning. and when
she jumped up to shut off the alarm
the shock affected her heart and she
fell back dead. Her eight-year-old
daughter slept with her, and In falling
the mother struck the sleeping girl
The latter was almost suffocated ba.
fore she succeeded in arousing her
brothers. Mrs. Engdahl had suffered
with heart disease Cor years, and the
awakening by a method new to her
was too much for the weakened organ
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15
QUEER PHOTOGRAPH.

Herr Lehman, Swiss farmer. who
was struck by lightning during Sc.
we're thunderstorm not long ago, has
recovered now, but his left side has
been beautifully tattooed by the light.
ming, the skin being entirely covered
with prints" of oak, chestnut and fir
leaves. The doctors say the strange
photographs will never wash out.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15

motion. A mirror at the center of the
wire reflects beam of light upon !
screen Vibration stretches the re.
Election out into a line and with an
antenna connected the osciIlatory cur.
rents set up therein cause variations
in the vibrations Of the wire and con.
sequently in the length of the re-
fected line. As the wire has natu-
raj period of torsional vibration, trans
hitting instruments may be SO az
tuned as to produce maximum effect
on the receiving screen.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15

From the pot here pictured victims
for sacrifice were made to drink a
magic draught in order to kill" their
souls before their bodies persisted, SO
that the souls could not be set free to
take vengeance upon the living The
pot came from the place of slaughter
at Namugongo, Uganda.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15


The origin these houses is unknown but the tradition is
outlaws Others the of Robin Hood himself and his
American visitors that district make point
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15

There has Just been completed the company
the engine
which
@ 4 revolutions per minute developing 1000
fuel and otherwise by the adding
action the
Sherre - s0 = aA4t
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-15

Hassardy sat next Estelle at dinner
and his devotion was apparent After
ward they sat in a corner and brazen-
ly looked at a book of kodak pictures
upside down, while every one else
was playing bridge or stolling outside
on the brick terrace. He held her
hand fraction too long when he said
goodnight and she let him-because
she knew Bob was watching them
where he was distractedly listening
TO his host talking tile drainage and
soil enrichment.
What was more, the other girl saw
it, too, Then she went upstairs with
her head held high without letting
Hassardy say goodnight to her.
BY the next day, when Hassardy
and Estelle played golf together, rode
together and sang together, it was evi-
dent that Bob was crashing his teeth
with wrath and regretting his insub-
ordination. Not that Hassardy openly
deserted the other girl-he gave her
what time was left. You see, he really
was very fond of the other girl but he
was quite sure of her, and that makes a
difference.
The other girl was very unhappy
You could tell it by the way she
laughed and chartered and pretended
she was having the time of her life.
Occasionally Estelle's conscience
would smite her and then she would
remind herself that she wasn't really
having a good time, either.
When you are so mad at the man
you are in love with that you are driy-
en- to endure the love-making of an
other man who doesn't mean it. any
how, that situation alone is sufficient
~ irritating without the added prick
of knowing you are making another
girl miserable.
The other girls accusing eyes and
determined laughter got on Estelle's
nerves. Wasn't she having trouble
enough of her own without this added
worry? Why couldn't the creature
fight back instead of submitting to a
superior force in this meek way? 1t
would serve her right to take Has
sardy away from her for keeps
maybe she could do it.
Then Este1le, who was not unkind,
but just human, began to worry in
earnest after she ran across the other
girl having nice little cry by herself
in sheltered nook Besides, Bob by
that time had been roasted to a turn
and was nearly done and she was get.
ting tired Of Hassardy, anyhow.
When finally Estelle and Bob made
up and she snubbed Hassardy, and put
him in his proper place she felt quite
a righteous glow, because she reflect.
ed, the other girl could be happy
now 1t was really mean trick TO
poach on another girls preserves and
she was glad she was above it. And
it was atrocious in Hassardy to wan.
der in his affections. Estelle felt very
noble and self-sacrificing. She told
herself she was glad she had done the
right thing.
But deep down in the heart of the
other girl was a spot that would ever
rankle and slowly grow and blight all
happiness for her-because she had
learned in these few days to think
She had Hassardy back, but she
couldn't help wondering whether he
came back because he wanted to or
because there wasn't any other place
for him to go.
As long as she lives she'll never
ind out Still, perhaps It's a good
thing for her to have something with
which to occupy her mind on rainy
days
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-28
THE AGE FOR SCHOOL.

Children at the age Of eight are
often supposed to be too young or
too delicate for school. They are
not, if they are sent to a school
where there is proper amount Of
supervision and care Of the indi-
vidual without coddling. In the
stages of late childhood health is al
most at it's best. The disorders OF
early infancy have been avoided OF
recovered from. Many Of the spe-
cifc fevers may have been satisfac-
torily passed through. The records
of our hospitals for children show an
extremely low mortality at this
period. The brain has almost reached
its adult size, perception is acute, the
mind restless and inquiring, the
memory good and lasting, and the
senses keen and alert. There il
great endurance for short stretches
wonderful vitality and extraordinary
activity.-Ihe Hospital.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-28
pioaeer Citizen of Iowa Passed Away.

James Storer, who. for nearly a
Quartz. of century has done more to
mould events and Developments Of
Ward Nine than any other citizen III
it, passed to his final reward Satur'
day night. Ii little after nine O'CLOCK
from the home OF his son, Joh1
| Storer in Lake Charles. He had been
in failing health for several months
but his indomitabv will kept him up
until few days 80, when he was
taken to his bed.
Deceased was born in Ne" biging
Scotland, Nov. q, 1920, being there
fore in his eighty.tirst year at the
time of his death. Mr.. Storer was
born to life of labor, and by his
indomitable will and energy has, by
the means of lis labor attained q
position OF power and influence in his
community reached by but few in any
locality.
In 1857 MIR. Storer took as his
bride, Miss Annie Moncrief Richie,
three sons and three daughters were
born of this union, Mrs. Storer and
son John survive the husband and
father.
MIR. Storer moved his family to
America in the year 1887, moving
first to Canada, afterward to Wis
consin, later to Iowa, and finally to
Louisiana, locating at Iowa Station
in the year 1889, since which time he
has been the central figure in the
business enterprises OF that flourish
ing little village. About year ago
he retired from business in Iowa and
moved to Lake Charles, where he re-
NAMED until his death
Uncle Jimmie" as he was ELECTION
ately called was q friend and advisor
to practically all who knew him and
hi, death will bring note of sadness
to many hearts aside from the immed-
late members OF the family.
The remains were removed tC Iowa
Station where the were inferred among
the triends that had surrounded him
during life. Rey. Gonzales of Port
Arthur preached the funeral seryi.
ces.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-28
Vermont Merchant Sets Example for
Dealers in Rice Belt.

A copy of a quarter page advertise.
ment which Rutland, Vermont, mer-
chant is using came into our hands
this week, that would tend materially
to solve the problem of increasing the
consumption of rice. In this adver-
tisement. the dealer sets forth figures
and statistics showing the real value
OF rice as an article of diet. Then
following the statement that Rice at
l0c per pound is q luxury, but at three
and four cents per pound it becomes
= staple article of diet, he quotes the
following prices:
s pounds broken rice 25c
7pounds part broken rice 25c
6pounds fine whole rice 25c
If more of the dealers in the rice
belt would he satisfied with fair
profit on rice, the consumption would
doubtless show an upward tendency.