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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

ready bafore, because none Of the
maids would enter the room after
dark. Besides. needed the next day
1or certain little preparations of nv
own which necessitated my running
up to town to make some purchases,
| Whlle | was gone, the housekeeper
swept asd garnished the haunted
room where the Red Lady walked
BY luncheon time l was back, and
then, taking Viscount Ashley into the
secret, put in couple of hours max
ing ready and installing some simple
apparatus.
Again at dinner that night led IN
to the theme of the ghost, printing
Lionel" with just enough liquor to
make him boastful and garrulous, and
joking him about his coming ordeal.
Greatly to my delight he evinced
no symptoms of backing down, and
about half-after eleven we two gravely
escorted him down the long dank.
smelling corridor and into a large and
gloomy cRmber whose chief article
OF furnitn4 was a big old-fashioned
four-posts balanced bed. We looked
around, {eief our candles so as to
make &c il shadows, then civilly
wished tb Thpostor goodnight, pur.
posely LEI him with only one
candle. s1oN
My pafIill, be show was scheduled
TO begin sfaine o'clock. There was a
wide stol Hcony outside the only
window 6 haunted room. From
the roof I'd, lowered 12-foot lad.
a der and nd pu besi tts d nlachened every
in the cell ter. Ashley had himself re.
moved ting window-shade, leaving only
a pair of Thin muslin curtains.
When The time came | climbed
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14
FRYE IS NEsToR Of SENATE

Senator William Pierce Frye Of
MAJ maine is the Nestor of the United
states senate and but few have had a
longer record in that body. The late
Senator Merrill of Vermont served "a
years in the senate and II in tho
mouse OF representatives, while sena.
tor Allison Of Iowa. for many years
before his death senate leader SIT
IN congress 4s years.
Senator Frye ranks next to Mr. Al,
iison In length Of service, entering the
house OF representatives in 1871 and
serving continuously either in that
body or in the senate ever since IN
a Secent Wednesday he celebrated his
thirtieth anniversary as senator T.
was on March Is. 1881, that he was
elected by the Maine legislature to
succeed James G. Blaine and a.
often as his commission has expired
1t has since been renewed.
The senator 10 now
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14
REASONED IT OUT
ana round Change In Food puk
Him Right.

A man does not count az wasted n.
tlme ne spends in thinking over h,a
business, but he seems 10th to give
inc same sort Of careful attention tn
n,msell and to his health, And vet
us business would be worth little
without good health to care for # A
BUSINESS man tells how he did him
sen good BY carefully thinking over
MS physical condition, inyestipat,n. ~
nna out what was needed, and them
changing to the right FOOD
1or some years I had been bother
ca a great deal after meals NV sood
seemed to lay like lead in my stomach
paouuelne heaviness and dullness and
s .~ positive pain. OF course
tms rendered me more or less mntt
+ +~ business, and I made up my mind
'n at something would have to he done
49,, nenection led me to the Conclusion
.nat over-eating, filling the stomach
,or .1 r, .noleestible food, was responsible
10. 10 many Of the Ills that human fash
ou"ures, and that l was nun,sh,n.
myself In that way-that was what
was making me so dull, heavv and 1u ,,n.
~. and unfit for business
Nuta s inca meals concluded to try Grape
me. ~ coulo 90 Tor
r,ol u have been using it for som.
: months . now. and am glad tn saw ' thot
90 not suffer any longer after sa me sass
an, 1000 seems to assimilate easily
ana perfectly. and to do the wow sas wy
"m :, 1t was intended. " = ~
80 nave regained my normal ve,.,t
,neo ma that business is a pleasure
n !. moroccan take more Interest N
alert" er and moro
ma. Name given by Postum e. p...,.
Creek. Mich. " Co., Battle
,k read .r The Road to MELVILLE" in
ms. there's Reason" -
ne Appears esss the fes,.. . bow: letter, A new
at I'D reee,taiae' true, ass e se,, f'n =: They
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14
Women In UpIift Movement.

Lady Muir Mackenzie, wife Of the
senior member Of the governors coun.
Glib Is said to be the moving spirit of
Tue Women's club, Of Poona, India.
AT q recent exhibition Of women's
work In the clubrooms she made a
speech In defense Of the women of In
dia and their dissatisfaction with pres.
ent day conditions. She held that this
dissatisfaction was not confined to
India alone but was q world move
ment including every civilized nation.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

cen's pound for the whole cron n,
SOL sou 1or the beds is prepared in the he
t open ar and is drawn in wagons tue ~
the place where 1t is used. eons 70
Attempts have been made to rails.
n mushrooms li.9o in coal and iron m,n a,s.
out without success A small 1a.
similar to that mentioned :. sala es.
w ya.su IN an old gypsum mine in Nav
YORK and these two are proba ~ New - '
only places in the world wbs tne
fo OA. tha mines are successfully utilized aI
zine. sunday Maya
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

couth half-profane phrases, all pro.
claimed the cad and the bounde,, lust
as Gerald Ashley had said. | needed
no further evidence-for l know a
cultured Englishman when I see and
hear him-and then you must remem.
Der that | met this precious Lionel
with an unbiased mind. Before LADY
Ashley had risen from table nv
verdict was ready-the pretender was
that and nothing more. No tongues
OF men or angels-not even the Door
deluded half-blind dowager-could
have convinced me otherwise, Rut
the thing to be done was to prove the
man a fraud, and a self-confessed
fraud, If possible. All that night and
the next day l pondered the problem
but without success.
The viscount had introduced me in
my right name as an old school friend
so there was no danger of the pseudo
Lionel taking alarm. By the second
dinner time we were the best of
friends. During the day l had tramped
over the park with him, and he had
spoken his mind pretty freely, taking
1t for granted that l was familiar
with the situation.
AS we were returning Lionel"
stopped to take a swig from his
pocket-hask and then lighted a vile.
smelling brtar pipe. AS we started
again the noble old pile of Fairlie
Castle came into full view.
"A beautiful place." said I, stopping
to enjoy the scene.
"Blarsted old rat-hole," growled nv
companion. Yer won't ketch me liv-
in ere much, not on yer nat'ral I'd |
sell it damned quick if could
ghostses an ALL"
But at the word "ghostses" I |
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14
SEEKING ANIMALS FOR F00D

The time may possibly come when
residents Of Louisiana may shoot hin.
popotami from their back porches and
settlers in the Rockies may chase tho
nimble Gland and springbok-all ami.
mails now indigenous to Africa. For a
year or more considerable study has
been given to certain wild animals OF
Africa as a source of food supply and
the proposition has been seriously ad.
vanced to stock the marshes and
bayous Of the south with hippopotamt
In this way some enthusiasts have
seen a way for getting even with tho
beef trust, oblivious of the fact that
the trust might corner the hippopota.
mi equally as the wild western steers.
The idea Of stocking certain parts
of the country with animals from AZ.
RIGA, which might prove valuable a. a
food supply, is now to be tested. One
of the notable globe trotters of Eng.
land and a man who is as familiar
with Africa as he is with London.
III
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

Shy.
"Gustave's letters to me are exceed.
tngly dull and commonplace" said one
fair girl.
Don't you know why1" responded
the other.
mo"
"Gustave once served on the Jury
Of breach-of-promise case"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14
Gardening in a Mine

Seventeen acres Of garden, 800 feet
below the surface Of the earth. Is the
unusual sight presented by an aban-
doned gallery of gypsum mine in
Michigan. This has been transformed
BY the owner into profitable mush-
room garden.
It Is well known that mushrooms
grow most freely In the dark Con-
sequently. arches and tunnels for
their culture are constructed in many.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

parts OF the world. This fact ON.
gested to the owner Of the mine ne
idea OF attempting to cultivate mush Oh
rooms In the gallery. A
Hsi first attempts were discour,
cling; but after several years, worr an =
the expenditure Of much money bs
brought his odd garden to paying con.
dition. He is able to place several
hundred pounds of plants on the mar.
ket each week. and readily secures 20
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14
ROSE FROM PINBOY TO BOSS

George B. Cox, the political boss OIL
Cincinnati and Hamilton county, who
Is now under indictment on the chasgs
Of perjury, is essentially a self-made
man. Success has crowned him in
business and politics and the reason
he assigns for this is that he has never
broken his word.
Born amid humble surroundings In
the West end Of Cincinnati, he began
life as a pinboy in a bowling alley.
Then he drove a delivery wagon and
became one Of the best known young
men in the Eighteenth ward, then a
Democratic stronghold. There was
rebellious sentiment against the kid
glove" element, and Mr.. Cox was NOM
mated for the council and elected as a
Republican He had just reached his
majority. With friend he started a
saloon and billiard parlor and laid the
foundation of his political leadership.
In his power over government in
Cincinnati and Hamilton county Cox
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

through coalition outside
into state and national politics. and is today reckoned the
niost 1eclnd political entity in Ohio
w. IS oaay
o"n Is Dig stakeholder electric telephone
manufacturing including
determined character governors
distinguished politicians when they
IS worth having is asking
ADVICE must call
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

object bringing them to this e 10 ca to capture wild animals with tho
WIN n ~ n enterprise John Hays Hammond one of associated
o. was one Of the chief scouts Of tho pr; famous
inc po war ana Is familiar with army
Africa eet r aano TO- the s
much diversified and the Texas the table
mails Of less ~ Au'eiican nog ami
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14
.ment indeed

- .suH ran oyer tina kae,snsfsS:
~ kspuof my memory before startin,
.ssAcIloI the appointment with al
lorus-s- SOME six years earlier tn,
lite had come to him as the nephew
OF the tenth viscount Ashley. WHIT
had presumably died without issua
! use the term presumably" for want
q better. The old nobleman once
mad son, a ne'er-do-well, who had
disappeared 20 years before and
was long since given up as dead by
all save his mother, the dowager Wis
countess. now an old woman of seven
ty and over.
But an old woman's fond fancies
could not be allowed to stand in the
way OF the heir.at-law, and when
Lionel Ashley failed to appear, though
MS fathers demise was widely her.
aided, the law assumed that he was
dead. the nephew, Gerald, succeeded
was confirmed in the title and estates
Dy the house Of lords, since ENJOYING
undisturbed possession.
however. about six months before
came into the case on that JUNE after.
noon, a claimant" had appeared in
the person Of a fellow who inserted
that he was Lionel Ashley and the
rigntful hefr-as of course he was
II his proofs were good. But Al.
tnougn the claimant bore a strong
physical resemblance to the missing
neir and was in fact acknowledged az
ner long-missing son by the dowaeer
and sundry old family retainers: de.
spite the fact that he showed re-.
markable knowledge of detail con.
corning the family history and his
own boyhood; and notwithstanding
tnat ne told most specious tale IA
70 MS 2O-year wanderings, there were
enough suspicious circumstances about
the man and his tale to cause cons,d.
cradle doubt among those most inter.
ested and who were unblinded hv
maternal love and unbiased through
iancied old associations. Among
these, naturally. was the present vis. !
count, my correspondent, although 7 |
Judged him too fair-minded and honor. !
able to dispute just claim properly
presented.
These, then. were the scanty facts
IN my possession when closed INV
desk, called hanson. and directed
the cabby to drive to Kensington Gar.
dens. ] was too old hand to let nv
mind be biased by mere newspaper
talk, so was prepared to meet Wis
count Ashley on neutral ground, II, as
supposed, his family affair" con.
cerned the Claimant"
Nor was mistaken. l was scarce.
" seated when my client plunged into
The matter nearest his heart-for Of
course the case meant to him every.
hing In the world-wealth. position
md political preferment.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

year ana entered public life half century
Maine legislature After BODY he was e,oots ne
MS native city, Lewiston later became attorney general Of the state anS
entered upon his long the leadership -
senate Senator but he capable
onros duties OF that position and the burden viii
other His expire March T. 1913 "'A ~ 70 an
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14
Probably Hidino On.

1T Is reported that a youne; Art
student in Rome hasn't been seen n
some time"
Poor fellow' He must BE- fes.
fully IN debt"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14
WAS ONCE "A CABINET-MAKER

The career Of Gov. George ~.
Donaghey, twice chief executive of
Arkansas, shows how success comes
70 the man who struggles for it and
Is Is worthy of it. Not MANY yoarc
ago Mr.. Donaghey was an obscure cab
met maker in an Arkansas village. He
oranched out as contractor and
earned for himself a splendid reputa-
tlon as square-dealing business man
by the erection Of many public build.
lngs In Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Texas. N
Some ten years ago it was decided
10 erect new state house in Arkan.
sas. Donaghey was one of tho hid
ders, but the contract went to anoth
er' Then and there he vowed that ha
would be the first to sit under thu
dome of the new capitol as governor
or the state. He had never been N
pollt1cs, and had all to learn ahon.
that intricate game. While the odds
vera Qp1inaf hin, l.. AS
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

.. Mis. Newpop-Mrs. Jones says that :
o oa.y oue woman in a thousand is ca,
paDle OF bringing up children
mr. Newpop-I'll bet she thinks aha
10 one of the ones. '''
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

A %0re s. Than Shakespeare Knew.
.,, s onaAespeare could never hsvs
written n a drama like yours. laws
mentary. wy oomplL
- Ao a'l. str'nsem-Not st all. Tai.
a ie instance =, nee that electric tram a CO..
Bits. ondon Tt
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14
Copyright, 1910, by w. G. Chapman)

He private official diary
of Darrell Callister, man.
aging man for Bull
livants Limited in the
London office, con.
tanned nc more curious
and interesting entries
than those relating to
the celebrated Ashley
case. BY virtue of the
story teller's ON mis- :
cience we are enabled
to transcribe these
notes, weaving there.
from the followi
...,,o H.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

and ] and made that he was
returned fo ne run again there hardly doubt that ha would h
and ne entered office the capitol was involved IN
Gov nonsh se mat had delayed construction for several -
o OF the situation ~.
the direction Of the himself and on January u %
lined halls ees ne assembling of legislature in ito arha
dome. $3.50 eo'e'nor 70 SIT beneath finished
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14
Nearer the rr,,..

.c,, Nearer the Truth.
orloDie says he has an art,s+,o -.
permanent" tlstlc ten
Hookworms.'. ~ say!
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-14

Ing one of the cleyerest attempted i'm.
pastures Of recent times Perhapsit will
help the clarity of the story if we allow
Callister to be his own narrator, sim.
ply promising that while as a gen.
eral rule he seldom went out ION a
case himself, yet in matters of mo-
ment or OF special emergency he &C.
casionally did so, and usually with
signal succession he was one of the
cleVerest secret agents of Bullivants
Limited-the leading investigating
agency OF Its day and generation. So,
without further preamble, Darrell Cal.
lister tells the story.
On the 18th of June, 1898, l was sit.
ting in our King William street Office.
1t was near closing time anyway, and
business being dull, was about to
close my desk and betake myself to
croydon, wife, and babies, with per-
haps tour of the links before din
ner, when the postman on his final
round for the day dropped letter in
the box.
The envelope was large, square.
and OF heavy texture; the flap bore
coronet and 1t was addressed to me
personally, care of BulEiyants. With.
IN was a double sheet of coroneted
paper on which in an exceedingly
clerkly hand were the following lines:
Darrell Callister Esq.-My Dear Sir.
Gould you do me the favor to call at II
hehslngton Gardens this afternoon about
TOUR according to your convenience?
WISH to consult you personally on a most
urgent and distressing family affair.
Yours obediently,
ASHLEY.
! recognized the signature as tba.
OF one OF the best-known names in
the English peerage-viscount Ashley
Baron Scarlet, and l don't know how
many more titles, belonging to one
OF the half-dnzen oldest earldoms
Some inkling of the trouble also
bad come to me through the Morning
Post though SO far in the most
TSprx 81 manner. since, the impending
L., IN high life was not yet com & /.
II - V.E
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-03
War Against the Slums.

Stun conditions exist in some of the
alleys of Washington. Conditions have
improved in recent years, but there is at
present no particular reason to indulge
IN congratulations. The Star this evening
publishes plan promoted by the Monday
Evening Club, through it's housing COM
mittee, which promises TO make life
cleaner, healthier and happier for the
alley jewellers of the capital. The pro-
posed system would create clearing
house for complaints of insanitary con-
ditions, and would interest every person
devoted 10 civic betterment in registering
complaints against overcrowding of ten
ements and other evils more or less COM
mon in the alleys of the city.
The various social working OrGaniza-
tions using the services of agents, nurses
and volunteer workers will be encoura ged
to send in complaints of insanitary condi-
tons which they encounter, and these
complaints will be forwarded by the
housing committee to the proper city Of
ficer. \ card furnished the social work
ers makes it easy to accurately report
the evils complained of.
The plan was originated several years
ago in Philadelphia, and has been sue
cessfulIy operated there and in other
cities. Good results have followed its
use, in that a large number of social
betterment workers are enlisted as aids
of the local health department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-03
Senator's by the People.

AS popular election OF senators is on
the House program for the extra session.
it seems likely that, at last, We shall
have favorable congressional action on
that issue. 1t failed by only four votes
in the Senate in February, and the Sem
ate now shows such changes as should
register a different result at its next
presentation to that body.
New York furnishes the latest argu-
ment supporting a popular expression as
to that office. It is nothing to the real
point to say that Mr.. O'Gorman is good
man, with the ability to make a good
senator. There can be no dispute about
either the man or his record. He could
not have reached the bench. and held his
place on It for SO long a time-eighteen
years-without merit: and while his serv-
ice there has not prepared him for serv-
ice in the Senate, it must have broad
ened his views Of public questions and
strengthened his faculties. AS COM
promise selection he is much above the
average.
The fact remains, however, that the
voters Of New York had nothing to say
about the selection. The contest was be-
tween a very few politicians, and some
of them of very unsavory kind. They
fought for weeks, with the energy and
the vocabulary Of sluggers, with thoughts
only Of selfish ends.
Meanwhile, nearly all legislation was
held up. The people had been promised
measures without conditions as to the
senatorship. But the days went by, and
no measures were forthcoming. Every
thing was blocked by machine poll
ticians with schemes of one kind or
another radiating from the question as
to who should succeed Mr.. Depew in the
Senate. Albany was the theater Of Jug
Cling which had no reference to any
thing but machine politics.
Now, legislating is to begin. But will
it be free from the bargainings Of the
senatorial deadlock? Is 1t not q fact that
the insurgents. who were SO vocal about
principles and high purposes, at last
made 1t a condition of their surrender
that their measures should not suffer be-
cause of their course toward Mr.. Shee-
han. nor themselves be opposed by ma
chine influences in their campaigns for
denomination? What the people OF New
York will get in the way of legislation
must pass through the hands Of men
strong-smelling Of negotiations about the
senatorship, and some Of them concluded
in a corner.
Mr.. OGorman might have had the
strength to win had he resigned from
the bench and entered upon a popular
contest for Mr.. Depcws seat. He might
nave issued the same frank declaration
of principles then that he now has done.
But the voters in that case would have
had a voice in the matter. and the SEN
atorship been kept off the bargain coun-
ter of traders and discredited political
manipulators. The proper choice is the
popular choice. assuring, as it does. full
knowledge of aspirants, and a limitation
at least OF the power and activities or
party bosses.