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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-10

whfned the voice from the sheets.
Then as LeDuc, with an Indifferent
shrug Of his shoulders, arose as If to
depart, the lean hand of Uncle Abner
shot from beneath the coverlet and
hooked itself to the tails of his coat.
Very we'll, If you must take ad-
vantage of sick man, suppose will
have to submit. I'll be lucky il I don't
die in the poorhouse after ALL the way
everybody imposes upon me-. That
LeDuc was half inclined then and
there to throw up the proposition IN
disgust I could tell by the curl OF his
lip, but after a second of reflection
he turned to me with little smile
which told me that he had made his
allowance for the nature of the man
with whom he was dealing.
every well. Sign this agreement
them" he commanded shortly, as he
handed the quibbler paper and
fountain pen Carefully Uncle Abner
ran his colorless eyes over the printed
| form, inserted the necessary words
and figures and affixed his signature.
| LeDuc thrust it into his pocket, and
= first having his new Silent repeat
what he had previously told the po-
lice, turned his attention to the room
without comment upon the statement.
The safe he examined with infinite
sttention to detail The hole that
had been drilled in the combination
/ occupied his attention for at least ten
minutes in itself. He measured 1t,
peered into it as a terrier peers into
a rat hole, examined it by the aid OF
a magnifying glass and actually
smelled of it. The shattered pieces OF
lock he examined slowly, bordering
over them for many minutes as he
slowly turned them around and
around in his hands. AS for the room
itself, the floor and the walls, he went
over them inch by inch, and having
at last finished that task asked me
to show him the closet in which had
found the old man. In the hallway
saw him suddenly stoop and pick uI
some small object which he thrust
hurriedly into his pocket without
went over the house for a full hour
and then at his suggestion returned tt
my room where we seated ourselves
asked him if he had discovered any
thing.
Eyes. The explosion occurred a
% minutes past three" he replied, a:
he blew long cloud Of smoke. / de
r,anded that he tell me how he knew
that.
"Simply because the clock on The
mantle stopped at that hour. l gave
it little shake when I noticed tina
it had stopped and it started up agai1
as merrily as you please, so | guess
the conclusion is what put it out o
business temporarily he smiled. Sim
pie and obvious as this fact had bee1
I had not noticed 1t in my survey o
the room, and not particularly fatte1
ed at my own lack of discernment.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-10
Other Fish to Fry.

Mrs. Tuthill has reputation or pro
longing her calls. One Sunday, after
an hours visit at friends house on
her way from church, she said. play
fully, to the eldest child:
Il am going now, Willie, and want
you to go part of the way with me
and be my own little boy"
II cannot" answered serious WIZ
liam. I'VE are going to have lunch
as soon as you Observation-Disclosures
Magazine.
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CHAPTER viIl--(Continued.)

had won handsomely. my spirits
we're effervescent and my old feeling
ot assurance predominant. I assumed
the attitude Of critical man OF az
fairs whose confidence In his own
Judgment has been verified by his sue.
cesses In many jousting bout with
the great knights Of the financial
arena. I leisurely rambled afield
amongst the larger topics Of the pub
He press as I sat In the easy chair
which she had bought for my especial
comfort. referred hazily to my pres
ent Investments and diagnosed the
condition of the business world: the
Russian wheat crop: the boil weevil
In Mississippi cotton; the machina-
tons OF the trusts. She did not seem to
be particular Impressed and made few
comments. At times even imagined
smile came Pickering about her lips.
but proceeded with careless assur-
ance until the time came when | re-
marked that must be departing. She
DID not press me to stay. In fact.
seemed to be thinking about some
thing else; and 1t was then that I
played the card that had been lead
ing up to throughout the evening.
! opened my pocket-book casually.
BY the way, Matte" ! remarked half
atonizingly. Il put little down
ior you the other day on some stock
mat thought was a good thing. 1t
went up, as had expected, and
closed you out Ii lie profit. Here is
your share" tossed clearing
mouse certificate for $500 before her,
She glanced at it with d quick side
sohg fash Of her eyes and her hand
came stealing over mine. "Why. Tom
! cont know what to say--it was SC
seherous-so thoughtful Of you You
aoh Know how much appreciate il
ao1 the money. you know, but the
consideration that prompted 1t. Yet
tsaly do not feel like accepting il
#hen took none of the risk. You ha6
sestef Keep 1t for reinvestment-"
laughed lightly as backed away, tell
As her that 1t amounted to nothins
aua mat she should keep 1t for pir
money.
one picked 1t up. folded IL carelessl,
aad tossed 1t into a drawer of hel
secretary. Very we'll, il you SO wisf
y but | shall not spend it, shall
Ssep y for luck. You once told me
Aat J was an enchantress. We shall
see' ! am going to use all my blacl
sss towards the con1uring Of you
,of'ane With this magic check as
sas,s ! shall work wonders" TIL
snlie she gave me as she closed tn.
1aWer was certainly that of an en-
saahsress. She went on almost with
oat pausing.
5ou must have few mouthful
.sa me-nothing but coffee and sand
a'cnes' you know. was Just abou
= order them when you spoke OF &C
1 demurred perfonctos4sy. ss:t
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-10
Almost Spoiled IL.

Time has been very kind TO you.
he said when they met. after the lapse
of years.
''It is very good Of you to say So
she replied, making no effort to cons
ceal her pleasure.
mot at all. not at all. One ls all
way= justified In straining point IL
necessary to spread hap mean
couldn't truthfully say anything else
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-10
An Illustration.

Courage Is often the result OF igno'
rance
How do you make that out?"
'eWhy do you suppose the mice the
other night would have got your hair
arrangements on the door and torn
them to pieces If the nice had knoWn
they were rats ?"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-10

Perhaps fewer bachelors would
make fools Of themselves il they had
wives to do 1t for them.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-10

DR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
sugar-coated. tiny granules, easy to take
as candy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-10

He who never stole a kiss doean'C
know what he has missed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-10
The Meanest Man.

Kntcker-Why has Smith set up q
windmill?
Cocker-To drift the snow of his
walk onto mis- neighbours
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05
AID IN STUDY OF BOTANY
California Newspaper Pleads fos Es-
Enlistment Of Special Garden
for the Purpose.

The especial necessity OF Q botan-
ical garden must appeal to vi all.
Every one having a 80 or 100-foot lot.
who Is trying to establish a beautiful
home among us, must have wished at
some time to make this home attrac-
tive by planting choice trees and
shrubs about It. and would like the
plants to be a little different, perhaps
more beautiful, than the common ones
to be seen around him. Not, however.
having seen more than an occasional
tree in q neighbours garden that he
particularly fancies, and having no
means Of learning the correct name.
he must be content with what the
nurseryman chooses to offer him. and
II 1t should be some new and rare
variety, he is ignorant az to what size
It will attain. whether he will like the
flowers. what space 1t will require to
fully develop its individual beauty.
and under what conditions It will
flourish.
All these questions would be an
swered by a visit to a botanical gar
den. which would be a botanical die
tionary with the most exquisite and
truthful colored plates. colored by the
hand Of nature. A lettered board
would give the name. family. species
and native home. We would learn
how very few Of the thousands OF
beautiful things we here enjoy.-Los
Angeles Times,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05
DEMONSTRATION FARMS
VIII Be Established BY the l. C. Along
Its Line in Mississippi.


Jackson.-Ine office of commissioner
81 agriculture at the state capitol was
the scene Of an extremely important
meeting to the people OF this section,
when J. c. Clair, land and industrial
commissioner of the Illinois Central rail-
road, informally addressed some of our
state officials and others vitality in
terested, on the proposed establishment
of demonstration farms" along the
route of the railroad company running
through Mississippi
MIR. Clair announced that the Illinois
Central would begin this work of cstsb-
fishing demonstration farms in the ear.
ly part of 1919, and that the plan is to
contract with the land owners to farm
forty acres of their land according to
plans and instructions of the agricultural
college, in order to prove how much car
be made on q farm, cultivated properly
with proper rotation of crops, and with
such variety as will produce as nearly
as possible all the food stuirs required
while at the same time increasing the
productiveness and value of the land in
stead of robbing it of its natural fer
tility.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05
CONFER ON FREIGHT RATES.
Agents of Railroads and Shippers Meet
at Jackson.

Jacksonville general freight agents
Of nearly all the railroads in Mississippi
gathered at the office OF the railroad con,
mission to talk over the situation with
shippers and growers of Mississippi
fo~odstutfs, and the growers and dealers
in hay, corn, wheat, peanuts, etc. As
Mississippi has never in the past export.
Cd any Of these commodities, always i'm.
porting them under the regime Of cot
ton as the one crop, it did not matter
greatly what the outbound rates were,
Now that Mississippi is shipping car
load after carload of sweet potatoes, Of
Irish potatoes, molasses, corn, hay, pea
nuts and such other stuff, it is found
that the rates are such that they hinder
development in this line. Capt. John A
Webb, president of the railroad com
mission, suggested the conference of the
general freight agents and the growers
and shippers, and the railroad men re
sponded with heartiness.
A representation will likely be made
to the interstate commerce commission
for a voluntary reduction on outbound
rates on farm commodities from Mis-
sissippi. The meeting was fairly wei
attended, and the growers and shippers
were much pleased with the attitude o.
the railroads and their desire to d.
right.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05

With the general use OF the automo-
bile came the demand for the best Of
streets and roads, a demand that can
not be suppressed and will not be de-
MED. The more one loves nature. the
more he appreciates that which en-.
ables him to see the most and best OF
II. In the automobile, on a good street
or road, one is able to enjoy the beau
ties OF both garden and field. unham-
pered by clouds of dust OIL the rude
j%ostlings incident to travel over
"natural"(?) dirt roads. We have to
thank the automobile for our present
good roads, and many have to thank
the good roads for having an automo-
bile ~(intact).
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05
PECAN INDUSTRY GROWS.
Oyer 100000 Pounds Shipped From
Natchez During Year.

Natchez.-That 100000 pounds of pc.
a n have been shipped out of this city
this year is the statement made by sew.
eral business men interested in the pc
can industry in this territory during
the last five years. The entire crop
this year is estimated to have been over
half a million pounds if all had been
harvested.
This year was a three-fourth crop;
last year was also a poor year, but
the prevailing opinion is that if the
people would take care Of their trees
and father them regularly the amount
shipped every year from this city
would nearly double what it has been
In the past.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05
Deputy Sheriff Shot.

Winona.-Deputy Sheriff Lee Gray,
while trying to arrest a negro by the
name of Allen Harvey, was wounded.
Mr.. Gray had q warrant for the ar.
rest of the negro for selling goods on
on which there was a lien, and in COM
pany with his brother, Wallace Gray,
went to make the arrest. They found
the negro at home and read the warrant
to him, but the negro, instead of sur.
rendering, started behind his door. Gray
covered him with his pistol, and in get
ting the negro out of the house he
jumped on Mr.. Gray and tried to take
the gun away from him. At this time
Wallace Gray anne from around the
house, and in attempting to shoot the
negro, who was at that time on Lee
Gray, shot his brother through the leg.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05

I tomary speed, Daylight paid them
their wages in advance and arranged
the purchase Of the supplies, though he
emptied his sack In doing SO. He was
leaving the Sourdough. when he sud
denly turned back to the bar from the
door.
Got another hunchr" was the
query.
Il sure have" he answered.
"Flour's sure going to be worth what
a man will pay for 1t this winter up
on the Klondike. Who'll lend me
some money!"
On the instant a score OF the men
who had declined to accompany him
on the wild-gooss chase were crowd
ing about him with ~proffered gold
sacks.
How much -four do you want?"
asked the Alaska Commercial Com
pany's storekeeper.
About two ton"
The prof1ered ~gold-sacks were not
withdrawn, though their owners were
guilty of an outrageous burst Of merri-
ment.
What are you going to do with two
tons?" the storekeeper demanded.
"I'l tell you-all in simple A. B, c
and one, two. three" Daylight held
up one finger and began checking OF.
"Hunch number me: a big strike COM
ing in Upper Country. Hunch number
two: Carmack's made It. Hunch num-
Der three: amt no bunch at all. It's
a cinch. II one and two is right, then
-four Just has to go sky-high. II I'm
riding lunches n and two, l just got
to ride this cinch. which is number
three. II I'm right, -four IL balance
gold on the scales this winter"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05
Hometown
MAKING THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
Some New ideas That Have Beea
Adopted by the Municipalities
Of Europe.

European cities are discarding the
checkerboard street plan. says the
New York World. Paris led the var
in Napoleon Ills time when Baron
Haussmann. project Of the Seine.
build great boulevards and venues By
the hundred. laid out diagonal avenues
between important points and con.
structed engirdl!ng b~oulevards. The
sum Of $240.0 00, 900 was spent In this
work. and last year II was decided to
devote SITS. 000. 900 more thereto.
London has done a similar but
smaller work to King's-Way. The
German cities are following neither
the checkerboard nor the radial I'VE
nue.. ring boulevard plan. Their new
streets wind ~perceptibly 90 as to open
fresh vistas and permit Of collateral
effects Of parking and statuary.
Instead Of locating their public
buildings at random. the capitals OF
Europe arrange them with relation to
each other and to some park. open
space or boulevard. so that they con-
tribute to one central effect. The nm
est Is the Ringstrasse Of vienne. and
other notable examples are Berlin's
Inter den Linden and Lustsartens
Moscow's Kremlin, Dresden's Twin
ger. the Louvre region OF Paris and
the Grande Place Of Brussels.
In Dresden citizens have undertak.
on to induce every landlord and ten
ant to decorate yards, buildings and
easements with plants, vines, shrubs
and window boxes. The authorities
have co-operated by decorating muni-
cipal buildings. and at q small expen-
diture the summer aspect OF the city
has been transformed.
The color sense has been INDUCED
in all Russian cities. Building ex-
teriors are Of plaster to protect the
brick from the frost. and every year
these are repaired and reprinted. and
red, blue, buzz, green. white and gilt
diversified with mosaics are success
fully employed.
Every important European city has
regulations restricting the height Of
buildings, the width Of balconies. the
projection OF cornices, the size Of win.
dows, and the character Of lamps,
signs. awnings, fences and doorways.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05

gold from the g~rass-roots. n VINO
had PANIED the rim at a hundred 9th
err places up and down the length o.
the creek and found nothing. was Gu
rious to know what lay on bedrock
He had noted the four quiet men sink
ing a shaft close by the stream. and
be had heard their whip-saw goins ..
they made lumber for the sluice boxes
He did not wait for an invitation, bu'
he was present the first day they
sluiced. And at the end Of FIVE hours
shoveling for one man, he saw then
take out thirteen ounce and a half o1
gold. 1t was coarse gold, running from
pinheads to a twelve-dollar nugget
and It had come from of bedrock
The first fall snow was flying that day
and the Arctic winter was closing
down: but Daylight had no eyes fol
the bleak-gray sadness Of the dying
short.lived summer. He saw his Wis
ion coming true, and on the big fa'
was upreared anew his golden city o.
the SHOWS. Gold had been found or
bedrock. That was the big thing
Carmack's strike was assured. Day
light staked a claim In his W name
adjoining three he had purchased with
plug tobacco. This gave him a BLOCK
two thousand feet long and extending
in width from rim-rock to rim-rock.
Returning that night to his camp al
the mouth OF Klondike, he found In II
Kama, the Indian chief he had left a
Dyea. Kama was travelling by ca
noe, bringing in the last mail Of the
year. In his possession was some two
hundred dollars In gold-dust, which
Daylight Immediately borrowed. II
return, he arranged to stake a claim
for him, which no was to record when
he passed through Forty Mile. Wher
Kama departed next morning. he car
ried a number Of letters for Daylight
addressed to all the old-timers down
river, In which they we're urged tc
come up Immediately and stake. Also
Kama carried letters of similar import
given him by the other men on 30
nanZa.
1T will sure be the gosh-dangdes'
stampede that ever was, Daylight
chuckled. as he tried to vision the ex
cited populations of Forty Mile and
Circle City tumbling into poling-boati
and racing the hundreds of miles W
the Yukon: for he knew that his word
would be unquestioningly accepted.
One day in December Daylight filled
a pan from bedrock on his own claim
and carried 1t into his cabin. Here
fire burned and enabled him to keer
water unfrozen in a canvas tank. He
squatted over the tank and began Il
wash. Earth and gravel seemed to al
the pan. AS he impaired to 1t a cir
cular movement, the lighter, coarser
particles washed out over the edge
At times he combed the surface with
his fingers, raking out handfuls Of
gravel. The contents Of the pan di
minished. At IL drew near to the
bottom, for the purpose Of fleeing and
tentative examination, he gave the
pan a sudden sloshing movement
emptying 1t of water. And the whole
bottom showed as II covered with but
tar. Thus the yellow gold flashed
mp as the muddy water was filtered
away. 1t was gold-gold-dust, coarse
gold, nuggets. large nuggets. He was
! ell alone. He set the pan down for .
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05
Uniform Planting.

The trees upon each street should
be Of one kind. equal distances apart
and, II In ordinary parkways, in a
straight line. When we get really
sensible in street building we shall
have narrow driveways in residence
districts, with correspondingly wider
parkways. Then shall We have infor.
NAL paintings of street trees and
shrubbery masses. with all subjects
enjoying perfect health through beins
in nearly natural conditions as regards
air, water and surrounding vegetation.
grass. etc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05
Cannot Demand Jury.

Jackson.-Attorney General s. s.
Hudson, in an official ruling issued to
the county attorney of Coahoma county,
sets that official clear as to the right
of trial by jury in felony cases, and
holds that where a person is charged
with felony the preliminary trial must
take place before a magistrate, and the
accused has no right to demand hearing
by jury.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05

moment and thought long thoughts
Then he finished the washing. and
weighed the result in his scales. AT
the rate Of sixteen dollars to the ounce
the pan had contained even hundred
and odd dollars. 1t was beyond any.
thing that even he had dreamed. His
fondest anticipations had gone no
farther than twenty o. thirty thousand
dollars to a claim; but here were
claims worth half q million each at the
least. even II they we're spotted.
He did not 60 back to work In tho
shaft that day. nor the next, nor the
next. Instead, capped and m%ittened, a
light s~tampeding outfit, including his
rabbit skin robe. strapped on his back.
he was out and away on q many-days'
tramp over creeks and divides, in
specting the whole neighboring terri
tory. On each creek he was entitled
to locate one claim. but he wan
chary in thus surrendering UP his
chances. On Hunker Creek only
did he stake a claim. Bonanza
Creek he found staked from mo,ith TO
source, while every little draw and
pup and gulch that drained into 1t wai
likewise staked. Little faith was had
In these side-streams. They had been
staked by the hundreds Of men who
had failed to get In on Bonanza. Tht
most popular Of these creeks was
Adams. The one least fancied was
Eldorado. which flowed into Bonanza.
Just above Carmack's Discovery claim
Even Daylight disliked the looks Of EI
dorado; but. still riding his bunch. he
bought a half share In one claim On II
for half a sack Of -four. A month
later he paid eight hundred dollars for
the adjoining claim. Three months
later, charging this block Of property.
he paid forty thousand tor a third
claim, and, though It was concealed
In the future, he was destined. not
long after. to pay n hundred anc
fifty thousand for a fourth claim 90
the creek that had been the tAast liked
Of all the creeks.
In the meantime, and from the day
he washed seven hundred dollars from
a single pan. and squatted over 1t ant
thought a long thought, he never again
touched hand to pick and shovel. Az
he said to Joe Ladue the s1ght OF that
wonderful washing:
Joe, l amt never going to worn
hard again. Here's where l begin to
use my brains. I'm going to farm gold
Gold will grow gold II you-all have
the savvee and a get hold OF some
for seed. When l seer them seven
hundred dollars In the bottom OF the
pan, | knew I had seed at last
The hero of the Yukon in the
younger days before the Carmack
strike. Burning Daylight now becaIns
the hero OF the strike. The story Of
his bunch and how he rode 1t was
told up and down the land. Certainly
he had ridden 1t far ano away beyond
the boldest, for no Ave Of the luckiest
held the value In claims that he held.
And. furthermore, he was still riding
the bunch, and with no dimlnution o.
daring.
To BE coNTINUED)
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-05

Forty Mile and Circle City. The few
that possessed sufficient faith to re-
main we're busy building log cabins
against the coming Of winter. Car
mack and his Indian relatives were &C.
cupied in building a sluice boz and
getting q head of water. The work
was slow. for they had to saw their
lumber by hand from the standing for
est. But farther down Bonanza were
four men who had driited In from up
river, Dan McGi:yary. Dave Mckay.
Dave Edwards, and Harry Waugh.
They we're a quiet party. neither ask.
ing nor giving condolences, and they
herded by themselves. But Daylight.
who had panned the spotted rim OF
C.-mack's claim end shaken ccarse