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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-22
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After glancing over It In mastery
way, he leaned back in his chair and
bestowed upon me an explosion of sar-
donic, superior, collegiate laughter.
well, you are fool. Jim." he said,
when he could speak.
why am fool?' I asked. Buried
treasure has been found before in
many places"
Because" said he, I'm calculating
the point on the river where your line
would strike, you neglected to allow
for the variation. The variation there
would be nine degrees west. Let me
have your pencil"
Goodloe Banks figured rapidly on
the back of an envelope.
"The distance, from north to south,
of the line run from the Spanish
mission said he, is exactly % miles.
Tt was run by pocket compass, ac-
cording to your story. Allowing for
the variation, the point on the Atlantic
river where you should have searched
for your treasure is exactly six miles
and nine hundred and forty-five varas
farther west than the place you hit
upon. Oh, what q fool you are, jim! :"
He smiled in his superior way: and
then / saw come out in his face the
singular, eager, consuming cupidity of
the seeker after buried treasure.
Sometimes" he said with the air
of the oracle, .'these old traditions Of
hidden money are not without foun-
dalton. Suppose you let me look over
that paper describing the location.
Perhaps together we might"
The result was that Goodloe Banks
and /, rivals in love. became compan-
ions in adventure. We went to Chico
by stage from Huntersburg, the near
est railroad town. In Chico we hired
a team drawing covered spring Wag-
on and camping paraphernalia. We
had the same surveyor run out our
distance as revised by Goodloe and his
variations, and then dismissed him
and sent him on his homeward road
1t was night when we arrived. fed
the horses and made a fire near the
bank of the river and cooked supper.
Goodloe would have helped: but his
education had not fitted him for prac-
tical things.
But, while worked he cheered me
with the expression of great thoughts
handed down from the dead ones of DID,
He quoted some translations from the
Greek at much length.
The next morning was bright June
one We were up early and had break
fast. Goodloe was charmed He re-
cited Keats. think 1t was, and Kelly
or Shelley, while broiled the bacon
Goodloe was looking at old Rundle's
document when he ripped out most
uncollegiate swear-Word.
Come here" he said, holding the
paper up against the sunlight. Look
at that he said. laying his finger
against 1T.
On the blue paper-a thing had
never poticed before Il saw stand out
in white letters the words and fig
ures: Malvern, 1898"
What about it," asked.
tits the water mark" said Good
loe. aThe paper was manufactured in
1898. The writing on the paper is da-
ted 1863. This is a palpable fraud"
aOh, don't knew said I. The
Rundles are pretty reliable, plain, I'M
educated country people. Maybe the
paper manufacturers tried to perpe-
trate q swindle. :
And then Goodloe Banks went a.
Wild as his education permitted He
dropped the glasses on his nose and
glared at me.
I'VE often told you you were q
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-22
BEST LOVED MAN IN AUSTRIA

Undoubtedly the best.lovoa
broad Austria is not cross ~ - man Ia
Franz josef, but his stllI ol Ssu a \
and councillor, Archduke Raina, 'Oo
er is very, very old: and he -
as "the Rainier" When clor u Aa0
lawyers on their way to the Tnns
pass his little place in Fara
strasse, end see pressed 10 tho
dow a white face, white hair
white beard and long white mns, y
they do not say, "That is tha
duke" They say, Look at tba ~
err" and they repeat some en :"
tale from the Neue Freie Presoo - :.
the Rainer's immemorial antiou,t,.
The Rainier is indeed terriblS 4
He was born and grew up in the J.
when Austria owned Venetia %
there his papa, another Arrba'.|
Rainer, ruled; and this papa was IL
away back in 1888, almost in tba i
coco age of Vatican shepberdes,1
Rosenkayaliers and George WASN'T
ton. But as if to mock at hi, -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-22

the
books
The believe
than conducting Though tailored suits and her dime
outside all the round rel
modelling those daughter
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-22

remained with that papers local staff He with the World
and constitutes of the wheel the famous Pulitzer
zation.
native of Indiana having Union county Mr. A
activities regus
in matters pertaining United States senate
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-22

HERE are many kinds Of
fools. Now. will every
body please sit still until
they are called upon spe-
officially to rise?
| had been every kind
of fool except one. had
expended my patrimony
Unattended my matrimnnY
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-22

punishment in his territory - years
oaman Singh is only twenty-eight =. ss be
imself in the council champel G,a,c,,tta,
i've Council for two years at s ..aion 10
Anand Marriage bill. In addl l1'step
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
HEARS PRAYERS; DIES

in the Jewett street house. The old
man had other valuable property.
among the realty pieces being man
sion In Duncan avenue that he sold
last April to Edward J. Edwards, state
controller. Several times since then
he regretted the sale of this house.
Two weeks ago with his daughter
in-laW he went to Cypress Hills Gene
terry, in Brooklyn, where he made ar
rangements for burial plot for him
self and also ne picked out one for
Mrs. Elsey. He admitted to Mrs.
Elsey he had made all his plans for
death. However, there seemed to be
no change In his spirits after that
time. He seemed cheerful as he list
ened to several chapters from his
newest religious book, Prevailing
Prayer. After he was found with two
bullets In his head in the bathroom he
never recovered consciousness.
II don't know why he should have
killed himself" said Mrs. Elsey. HE
and I have lived to ourselves for
years as fine as princes. He had plen.
to OF money to last him all his life
but he werrii loneys ne had
lost and about the sale of the Duncan
avenue house. Then he has not been
the same since he gave up his bust.
ness"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
IN PLEA FOR GUADALUPE
Henry Beranger, French Senator, Sees
Great Future for Colony In
the Antilles.

Paris, Henry Beranger, the French
senator representing Guadalupe, the
French island colony ID the Lesser An
TILES group in the Atlantic, has issued
public appeal in behalf OF that ISL
and, which he has just visited.
Senator Beranger foresees . great
industrial and agricultural future for
Guadaloupe, but he declares that the
island is now too heavily burdened
with taxes.
He points out that in the last ten
years the population has increased
from 100000 to 100000, and Guada-
loupe has maintained her output OF
sugar, the coffee production has
tdpled and the production Of fruit
flavorings has steadily mounted.
What Guadalupe needs, says SEN
ator Beranger, Is a chance to work By
herself and for herself She needs 20
be freed from excessive taxes levied
by the mother country and the great
variety OF fiscal charges which stiffe
the efforts OF planters and fishermen
and which together constitute bur
den which discourages the admirable
enthusiasm of the islanders to develop
into successful and brilliant colony.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
The Creature sprang From the Water.

when asked what they thought the
thing was.
The creature measures 5 feet q
inches from the head to the end Of the
tail. The tail alone measures 8 feet.
The head resembles the head Of q
large snapper" and Is not unlike that
Of an alligator. It has twenty teeth,
some short and ragged, while those In
the front are shaped like dogs,
long and pointed.
On its broad dgray back are scales
from one to two inches in length,
which overlap one another. The crea-
ture has four feet, like those of an al
ligator. When standing 1t would be
about foot from the ground. The
tail, shaped like huge cone, resem-
bIes the tail of an alligator.
A number Of the Oldest fishermen
believed at first that the creature was
a lizard more than two centuries old,
while others declared that the thing
answers to the description of the "Jer-
sey DEVIL which several years ago
gave the entire eastern states fright.
The thing will be kept by Mr.. Miller
at his bath house and placed on exhi.
bition for a few days. In the mean.
time the scientific authorities at
Washington have been asked to exam-
Inc the creature and pass judgment az
to what it may be.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
Suicide Of an Eccentric Religious
Enthusiast.
Wealthy Fish Merchant In Washing
tor Market, Manhattan, Retired
From Business and Intended
to Spend Life In Ease.

New York.-After picking out q
burial plot, making his will and carry
ing out other arrangements for his
death, John Elsey, II years old, whose
eccentricities had made him one OF
the city characters, committed suicide
In his home, So JeWett avenue, Jersey
City. Just before firing two bullets in
to his head he had his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Augustus Elsey, read to him sew
eral extracts from prayer-book. He
sent her to her room to do some sew
ing and said he was going to take q
short nap. Instead he went to bath
room, where ha Filled himself.
Elsay seysrsssa1 ss.yyaafs ago was one Of
the wealthiests asa seh In sNzash
ington Market, Manhattan. He sold
out his place for $3.50, 900 and then de-
cided to devote himself to a life Of
religion and ease. Religion was his
main interest In life. One Of his chill
dren died 20 years ago and he found
ed the Elsey Chapel, in Jewett ave-
nue., as memorial Before that time
ElSSy AStu G11l1SQ LIS ~ ICAAE5I OuS - q
searches to the point Of making fire.
quent changes in his faith. When the
chapel was opened he was among the
seyenth-Day Adventists.
He became convinced not long aft
erward that the Salvation Army work
ers were the opponents of his favorite
doctrines and he gave the chapel to
the Salyationists when he was con-
verified. Subsequently it was occupied
as the Church of the First Born, by
the Faith Cure sect and then went
back to the Salvation Army. Elsey
frequently talked from the pulpit and
delighted to tell the Influences that
had worked to convert him to a new
faith.
He was married twice. His first
wife divorced him and the second
died in 1900 The widow of his son,
Mrs. Augustus Elsey. and Mrs. Jessie
Tulley, housekeeper, lived with him
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
Chinese Highbinders Threatan !.
Slave Girl for Telling 4
SWeetheart's Murder
SHE SAW HIM KILLED
Missionaries Will Endeayor Il s..
tect the Woman, Aided NJ orssss
Authorities. but Fear she VIM Nj
Violent Death.

San Francisco, CaI.-Missionars.
who are working among the Chimes
in Portland, Ore, and the local &c
thorities are facing a problem NM
are finding hard to solve. It ,s III
protection Of OF. Sen, a Chinese sIasa
girl, when she shall have been II
leased from custody after testiiyIur
against two members of the poWar,al
Hop Sing Tong. They are facIps
death for killing a young Gilman
Of modern ideas who tried to rescdsa
the girl from slavery.
Members of their band have thresk
ened the girls life and declare sbat
some day and somewhere no matter
what the authorities may do high.
binder will reach OF Sen and she viii
be slain. The Hop Sings hsys
branches wherever there are gbi.
nese settlements, and it is known thss
viii protect members and take VIZ!
geance on anyone who transgresseg
their code.
OF Sen was a slave 81 Wong ii
Sam, whom she describes as high.
binder and Ratchet man. on thaS
witness stand she asserted that Ne
quently members Of the Hop Sing
Tong gathered In his room and tailed
over assaults and murders. Seid Nlah
Bing was her friend and SWeeahaaYA
He aimed to get her away from lei
life OF slavery. Members Of ths Hob
Sing Tong learned of his attentions
and finally decided he must die. She
warned setd, but he laughed and saal
he was not afraid. s#
On the night Of the murder Wong
and Loo Soon attacked him With ]
razor. Ratchet, a knife and d club
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
ARMED THUG TREATS
MAN He HELD UP
Robber Makes Bartender Give
HaIf-Dollar at Time an9
Then "sets EN- Up.*

Chicago. Henry Johns, a bartender
at 634 South State street, is Of the
charitable sort, SO he readily complied
when a burly individual entered his
place Of business the other night and
demanded a drink.
He wasn't much concerned even
when the thankless patrons asked for.
and consumed another without pro-
ducing any money. But his astonfsh-
ment grew when the fellow asked him
to give him half a dollar.
Il can't give you half" said
Johns.
aoh, yes, you can" came the an
swer in an ironie tone, as the man
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
PUNCH BOWL CENTURY OLD.
Relic of Early New York to Be Placed
Ia Metropolitan Museum for
Safe-KeepIng.

New York.-The Morton punch bowl,
an historic piece Of rare LoWestoft
porcelain which was presented to the
city of New York by Governor Jacob
Morton in 1912, has just ended a 100
year sojourn in the governors room
of the city hall, and will now be con-
signed for safe-keeping to a glass case
in the Metropolitan Museum Of Art.
The bowl is nearly six feet In cir
conference, making 1t the largest per-
feet piece of the ware In existence.
It's ample interior carries huge birds
eye view Of New York city in 1903, to-
gether with the seals of the nation and
state, the frigate Constitution under
full sail, and presentment Of a ship
yard. It's inscription reads:
Drink deep. You will preserve the
city and encourage canals
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
New Jersey Fisherman Lands
Queer Specimen Five Feet
Long After Hard Fight.
TWO ROWS OF TEETH
The Monster That is Cross Between
Alligator and "Jersey Devil" VIII
BE Sent to Smithsonian Institution
to Be Identified.

Philadelphia by a mystic
fious creature, variously described as
a "monstrous amphibious animal and
a FURIOUS freak fish," Daniel Miller, a
shad fisherman, was rescued from
harm by his companion, Harry Taylor,
in the Delaware river off Gloucester,
N. j.
For five minutes after the creature
had been hauled into their boat It
gave battle. Until Miller became ex-
hausted he fought the attacks with his
fists. Taylor, who was operating the
boat, was afraid to leave his position
while the battle waged, for fear the
boat would capsize.
Miller, who is one of the oldest fish
ermen in Gloucester, accompanied by
Taylor, set out with nets for shad
early this morning. Shortly before
noon, when they We're preparing to re-
turn home with their supply Of fish,
they pulled in, the net.
AS they brought it to the surface the
weight became noticeably heavy.
There was a constant jerking at the
ropes. AT last they were unable to
pull the net any higher and dashed It
to the side Of the boata. When Miller
opened the net the creature sprang
from the water at him. The force
sent Miller spraWling into the middle
of the boat. The creature, which had
two rows Of long teeth, snapped at
him viciously.
When the fishermen finally landed
their sscatch" on land, hundreds Of per.
sons focked to see the creature. Il
was taken to Miller's boathouse. Fish
ermen who have seem and caught
many kinds Of fish shook their heads
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
speck Of Dust In Court.

Los Angeles, Cal.--Thouga 3 4.
Owen s. Gorhsm fees g. 81 Il
attorney and the cost Of filing u, ~
he acquired one-vigitillionfh g. an I'd
of property purchased By u, ~. ia
dell in 1894. At tax sale ue. ~.
quilted title to 1t in Judge noass
court. ,,,,at.
In 1894, prior to Gorhans oTa y,
ship, certain property Ia GaT V NJ
sold for delinquent taxes. ~ Ill
provided that a purchaser coula XII 4.
as much Of the property % Tous 81
compense him for paying e. & ii
Truesdell paid $13 and was sns IS IL
one-yigitillionth of an incn ae.s Xii h
front Of the property. THIS aa ss,,a Il
land is sufficient TO put 9 eD1's
the title.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17

How Postmaster Is 70 End Practice
He Regards as EyiI--To Give Let
ters Parents.

Flushing, N. IA new and effective
scheme for curbing misuse of the post
Offices general delivery window has
ben put into effect by Postmaster
Thomas B. Lowerre here. He will
henceforth confscate all general de-
livery letters addressed to young girls
Of the village and turn them over to
their parents or some male member of
the family. Mr.. Lowerre said he
recently became aware that some OF
the girls of the village were receiv-
ing mail which he thought would stand
inspection by their parents.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
Wong and Loo Soon Attacked g e

and after cutting him to pieces plasea
the dismembered body IN OF = s 1a
trunk and compelled her 70 cheek sas
remains to Seattle, Wash, after pe1 ia'
an eye witness to the crime.
For several days OF Sen renalasa1
In hiding with Wong 81 Sam. WY
the trunk was found with her nalas
upon it she was ordered to eanaas'
AT Billings. Mont, she was ofasas ~
placed under arrest and taken w. y
to Portland. At first she refused w u
make statement. Then so W. y
to commit suicide, stating sle vs. I.
been warned that II she testlils 's 1. 8
court she would be tortured ana IT, g.
Later she was told that the e1's Il
would be fixed upon her 4 sas u
not tell all she knew. Il
The authorities believe thar 81
SENS testimony will send fae ay
brothers to their death. 4 y " I.
able the authorities will use ~ 81. 4
identify other highbinders q ip
land. aSs
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
MOTHER URGES SONS DEATH
Witness Says Woman Saw Boy MUIR
dered by Another Youth In
Baltimore.

Baltimore.-That Mrs. Emma Bam-
berger saw mortal wounds inflicted on
her son and encouraged Albert Pat
terson to kill the boy was the startling
testimony in the police court as the
gruesome aftermath OF a terrific strug-
gle in which young Bamberger lost his
life late the other night.
THAT woman ran across the
street" said a witness. She slapped
the boy in the face and said Kill
him"
Other witnesses corroborated that
testimony.
Albert ]. Patterson, who did the cut
ting, was held pending the action OF
coroner's inquest, while Mrs. Bam-
berger, the dead boys mother, was
held as an accomplice.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
Only Half Body Persplres.

Central Village, Conan EN-.
ployee Of one Of the factories here,
AIMED Van Nessa, has furnished a puz-
zling problem for the doctors. The
man perspires on only one side OF
his body, the other side being dry as
a bone. Asked what he thought was
the reason for this peculiar condition
Van Ness said: well, my father was
French and my mother German, and
possibly the German dried up the
French part OF me-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
Victim Of Disease Of Eyes Also Is En-
abIed TO Memorize Article
at Sight.

New York.-Visua1 power by which
a man can read the entire page of an
ordinary book at glance and repeat
every line word for word is the sub
ject Of an article by DR.. George M.
Gould in the current number Of The
Journal Of the American Medical as.
ISOLATION. That this power is due not
to normal visual conditions, but to q
disease Of the eyes, Is DR.. Gould's con-
tention
The man with the remarkable eyes
is designated as Mr.. G." This man
can read several books each evening,
and usually he can repeat all he has
read without error. He is fond OF
poetry and novels, and a quick glance
at the pages suffices to Ak its contents
tndelibly In his memory.
The case was easily explained by
those who have knowledge OF the ply
sioiogy Of binoeular, or two-eyed Wis
ion, DR.. Gould says. Some time dur
ing the middle years Of the mans life
the central part Of the retina, the
"macular" region Of the right eye, was
destroyed by an Inflammation caused
by eye-strain The fixing" part OF
the retina was ob1iterated, leaving
there i blind. round space or hole.
The left eye was not diseased and con
tinued the usual perfection Of ma
cular or central vision.
BY long, unconscious and forced ex-
ercise,' continues DR.. Gould, the
healthy zone of the right retina sur
rounding the macu1ar was educated to
such a degree that II could. when I'M
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
Exhibited TWO Large REVIEWERS.

pulled back his coat and by turning
slightly one side Of his body and then
the other exhibited two large revolv-
ers bullying from his pockets. Johns
acquiesced. The man pocketed the half
and said:
Guess you'd better give another"
Johns agreed The burly solicitor
repeated his demand for coins Of the
haIf-dollar denomination until Johns
hands were weary with punching the
cash register and the till was empty
of coins. A stranger strol1ed IN.
Have q drink, stranger" said the
man. S13
for ary. : was the A.
ply
'.oh. yes, Tou do,'' and the man
went through the performance Of ex-
hibiting his Weapons.
I'll take d beer" said the stranger.
The armed man became affable. He
invited the bartender to drink with
him, and shook hands agreeab1y all
around.
A few moments later Patrolman j..
FL. Loeck walked in while the man
was shaking hands with Johns again
seized and disarmed him.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
THEFT WEIGHED ON Her MIND
Converted at a Revival Meeting, sf's
Asks Forgiveness Of the
Storekeeper.

DEVILS Lake, N. D.-Remorse for
having stolen an apple from the Quai-
ity department store Of this city 20
years ago, when she was schoolgirl,
caused st. Paul woman, who signed
her name as Mrs. F. G." of Dayton's
Bluff, ST. Paul. to send the local
merchant a letter asking forgiveness.
The owners of the store say they
know who the woman Is, but refuse 20
disclose her Identity.
More than 70 years ago, says the
St. Paul woman, T was q schoolgirl
living in Dakota, and you We're run
ming the store at the trading point,
now DEVILS Lake. While on my way
to school one day I saw that no one
was looking and took a big apple
from a basket Il front Of your place
Of business. / converted last Fri
day night ii al wal meeting being
held In one of churches in this Vi
cinity and I WI to make my wrong
right both wit md my maker. s
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
Germs Busy After Thirty Years.

SESTfIF0 HSsSy UT u
Rising Sun, Md.-Scarlet fever
germs that had been in the house
for thirty years, physicians claim, are
responsible for the illness of Stanley
the young son of Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
McCarde1l of New Valley. Several
deaths from the disease have occurred
in the house and recently when the
interior Of the house was altered In
the dust under the old wall paper
DR.. Ernest Rowland of Liberty Grove
found living fever germs.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17

8
shop, and was engaged in relating his
Gettysburg experiences.
"Our infantry charged the enemy.
We were driven back inch by inch;
our gallant captain urged us on; we
made another rush and to the music OF
the band, and the roll OF the mus
kerry and the booming Of cannon
In the meantime one Of the employees
with a leftover cannon cracker slip.
ped up behind Mr.. McClevern and at
the critical moment applied the match
and carefully and noiselessly placed 1t
under the chair. Cannon. was the
soldiers last word: he was lifted
nearly to the second story Of the barn
and was stripped Of hat. coat and vest
in his flight.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17

Another modern wonder overlooked
by those college professors is the fact
that the Washington baseball team is
attracting more attention than the
White House.