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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-02-13
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TOO LATIN ~ OAA00AR
The Honorable Guy T. Helvering'
ongressman-elect from the Fifth
district, came to town today. A
young army of Democrats who have
aspiration for the postOffice appoint
ment met him at the train dressed
in their best bibs and fuckers.
And It may be added that quite q
number Of the fellows who met him
this morning with enthusiastic
shouts-Oh Helvering putting
the accent decidedly on the first
syllable this afternoon.
The hotel men at Topeka are
complaining of the Democratic
farmers" who were elected to the
legislature last fall. Many of these
Democratic farmers" have brought
their wives with them, are doing
light housekeeping and are telling
the extravagant hotels to go to.
It can hardly be said that Joe is
doing light housekeeping"-his is
simple patching" stunt. He finds
its mighty hard to be compelled to
rush home after a hard days work
in the senate chamber and fry his
own spuds Tor supper, but Joe 10
determined not to get exposed to
any Of "the1n city airs" and he's
sticking II out. Joe sure knows how
to pull strong with his country con-
stituents.
A bill has been introduced in the
Missouri house prohibiting all fe-
males from wearing garments that
button up the back unless the but
tons are above the size OF 25-cent
piece. And we have been thinking
all the time that no good thing
.ould come out of Missouri.
The commercial club at Lawrence
. taking great pride in "a very sig
lificent letter" from Ambuoy, Illi-
lois, in which 1t is given credit for
,eing the liyest organization in the
vest. In the meantime tbe people
4 Kansas are wondering what in
hunder that club is going to cut
'ut its bluff and get some decent
vateF for the students of the uni
ersity. Kansas has been pouring II
undreds Of thousands Of dollars in-
0 Kansas university every year for
good long time and the city Of
,awrence has been dIshing out slop
0 the students who have been sent
here to school. Right now the
,ater company has a big damage
uit on its hands in which It Is
harged with killing a whole family I
trough typhoid germs in its dirty
'ater. Every few weeks the chan
sllor Of the university is compelled
} warn the students not to drink
he water until II has been boiled.
he people Of Kansas who are pay
lg out their good money to keep j
awrence on the map and who are ]
ending their sons and daughters I
here 10 school would be much
blIged 70 the Lawrence commercial J
lub If these @sIgnfAieent letterE J
,uld be kept under their hats and ]
Iomething done 20 furnish pure
ater for the student body.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-02-13
BOUQUETS AND BRICK BATS
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II may be added that besides be-
ing mighty proud Of Sand Springs
water Abilene "points with pride"
to the length Of life Of her citizens.
Our people are born young and they
die old, Last month ten Of our citi-
zens heard the call OF the reaper
and outside Of two infants the aver
age age 81 those who died yah 6ss
years. It's such a. fine place To- lives
here that our people hate to change
their residence to the other side OF
the river. .,9sNA
II wasn't a funeral that drew such
large crowd Of representatives Kan
sans to Wichita yesterday-ft wass
the annual convention Of the Kansas
postmasters. 1t was very sad afr
fair, however. -~uwgF 1'' \
AAA -aE7vnxali
Herington ID the latest town to
lay claim to relationship with the
freak at Hoisingtop who hasn't cht
his hair or shaved since Bryan lost
in his first race for the presidency.
And Herington is welcome to all the
consolation 1t can get out of 1t.
AAA
The editor OF the Dispatch, SO.
cialist paper at Dexter, has opened
his columns for a discussion OF So
cialism to Colonel Bill Hackney.
Tom McNeal says: The colonel opens
up with a mild article in which he
strongly intimates as sort Of pre-
liminary that the editor of the Dis
patch should be hung. As the dis
cussiOn warns up we expect to see
Bill recommend something more or
less drastic.
Here's grief enough for one day.
New York woman before she died
asked that her son and his fiancee
be married before she was placed
In the tomb. Standing by the. side
Of the casket with their relatives
grouped about them the young peo-
pie were undergoing the wedding
ordeal when the old man (who had
MS handkerchief to his eyes) felt
a a
rouser pocket. He let out howl
If thief" and the guests fell on two
strangers who had come to see the
ceremony. Answering the riot call
he police found one Of the thieves
and the mourners sit
ing on the other. Quiet was re-
tore after which they passed around
he bier.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-02-13

It wasn't a funeral that drew such
a large crowd OF representative Kan
sans to Wichita yesterday-ft waks
the annual convention of the Kansas
postmasters. 1t was very sad afr
fair, however. -vm,n,,pt sr--f-' 7 :
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-02-13

The Honorable Guy 7, Helvering'
congressman-elect from the Fifth
district, came to town today. A
young army of Democrats who have
aspiration for the postoffice appoint
ment met him at the train dressed
IN their best bibs and fuckers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-02-13

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
Baron de Retz, the Story's
Historical Original, Now Proved
to Have Been Brilliant Scientist
Misled by Over-Zea1 into
Torturing Women and Children

base metals into gold, the idea that
absorbed nearly all the students of
the Middle Ages.
He shut himself in his castle of
Machecoul, admitting only a few re.
pulsiye retainers to HIS confidence.
Among these the leaders were two
men named Henriet and Potion, and
woman known as la Meffraie."
Gradually terrible stories began to
spread through the thinly settled
countryside concerning the lord of
this great castle. Daughters of
peasants and even of citizens of the
towns left their homes and were
never seen again. The woman LA
Meffraie," was found to have spoken
to them before they were lost.
Then children of all ages began to
disappear for miles around the cas-
tie.
The Baron de Retz was vivisecting
these victims in the great inner hall
OF his castle. Walls eight feet thick
protected him from intrusion. and
prevented the cries of his victims
from reaching the outside world
Surprise has been expressed that
the story teller should have made
Biuebeard murderer Of his wives
Wnen the historical monster Baron
&c Retz. did not find his victims
among them. The difficulty Is now
cleared up for 1t appears that De
Retz vivisected at least one woman
who expected to be his wife. This
victim was his young kinswoman
and ward, Isabelle de Craon. who
doubtless went to the castle unsus.
pectingly on account of their reIa.
tionship. probably ACCOMPANIED nv
forgotten female attendants whose
blood and bones helped to fatten the
charnel house. '''e
The new document brought 10 LIGHT
consists OF diary closely written nm
ancient yellow parchment. in which
ne Keeps lengthy record of his ey.
perlments in medieval Latin In
one place In his diary he writes:
I give thanks to my guardian
demon that I have completed rerv
marvellous and ingenious operatinn
upon my young kinswoman. JsabelIa
ue Graon, who was brought TO the
castle In the expectation that u.ouid
her. mage with
II removed the right arm 81 =.
nele and grated in it's nlace ID Ia
right arm OF the dark mai na me
ceived from Brleux on W., re-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08

l pound Isabelle to the bench with
oroao straps so arranged as to hold
her still while not stopping the move.
ment of the blood. (Apparently the
Baron de Retz had a good idea of
the circulation Of the bloody I
gagged her because her outcries in.
terfered with my work and she
several times essayed to bite me.
divided the arm between the
shoulder joint and the large exter.
nal triangular muscle with knives
which | have constructed for this
work. having tried this operation
many times before arriving at NV
present perfection. I removed the
arm of the dark maiden in a similar
manner having previously remarked
tnat 1t was. OF suitable size. I then
joined the dark maiden's arm to the
stump Of Isabelle's arm, fitting a
wedge-shaped projection of the bone
into a corresponding depression in
the stump. I joined the muscles
and nerves OF the opposing flesh sur.
faces with fine gut obtained from
human intestines and preserved in
a mixture of salt.
Il then covered the arm with q
mixture of potters clay, which
have prepared so that it dries and
hardens within the hour. This made
any movement of the stump what
ever impossible.
i proceeded to other operations
upon the dark maiden, and as the
outcome of them she gave up the
spirit at the end of three days. In
the meanwhile, l had left Isabelle to
recover from her wound. took
great care that she received the best
OF nursing and food which would
conduce to her speedy recovery.
AT the end of eight days broke
the clay covering and found the
grated arm was we'll knit to the
stump. The damsel moved it as
though it had been her own arm. 7
doubt not that had she lived longer
she would have been able to use
TINS arm which I bad given her as
well as the one with which she was
born. On the ninth day, unhappily,
she manifested high fever, which
resisted all my efforts TO assuage II.
She regarded me with unconuuer.
able aversion, screaming most pierre
ingly Whenever I came near to give
her medicine and necessary atten-
uon. doubt not that this perverse
state Of mind helped greatly to bring
on her lamentable death, which
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
BY William Lee Howard. M. D.

THE absolutely balanced human being,
r from machine point OF view, ALWAYS
has periods of laziness-days of neces.
sary Incidence. BY this | mean if we could
nave life free from worry. forced work or un.
reasonable activity, would have periods of
rest. But progress toward higher state of
mental and physical living prevents any such
return TO the old days OF our savage ancestors
when there were weeks of overactivity followed
by weeks of Incidence In those DAYS action
and work were governed by The seasons and
festivities; the moonlight feasts. famine mi
grafton and stagnation. Men did only that
which was necessary for existence and Meas
ure. Nights of overlooking we're followed hv
lean days, and ther the work of hunting and
foraging went Oh t another lazy period in.
tervened. "
This trait is still kft in all of us-the impulse
20 WORK, oveTworK. and then the desire TO loaf
with the man or woman engaged in the strife
OF living. of getting on, this natural impulse to
be lazy at times is overcome by the higher
mental activities, which urge on. ever on In
more work and the effect has been In iurious
1t has caused too great strain upon nerves
and mind, with the result only too we'll known
TO all OF us. =
1t is not natures way She has periods Of
growth and activity; then she becomes lazy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
Why We OUGHT to Be Lazy---Sometimes

and recuperates. What tremendous differ.
ence between the rush Of development in Spring
and the restfu Incidence Of Winter!
She has not lazy bone in her body" says
the farmer Of his wife True; every bit of re-
Operative power in her has been exhausted
She has no Springtime Of radiance; no Winter
PERIOD TOT storing UP useful energy. She is
worn out before her time because che had no
opportunities 10 be lazy And the working girl
is no better off. She should have her DAYS
OF ia2lness for the sake OF the future race.
me boy or girl accused of being lazy at
umes is only demonstrating the ancestral sense
OF storing energy Give the so-called lazy how
something to do in which he is interested-then
watch him work. He rushes ahead vigorously
accomplishing his task. When it is nniebed he
becomes lazy for a while, until another task 10
taken up 'a'A 10
ms is natural state, and only when he
outgrows,or rather submerges It. does he cease
10 nave lazy periods This means a loss N
energy IN time. Drive him from ono taeL -
ahotner; push, rush him on the same dai,v
Weekly labor without periods of laziness ~
pay and we get that depIorable SAD ynuth
N Mno grows TO be dissatisfied. useless or
haA'hess is as necessary for the bealtb 40
co o,n, Gu. as in all things 1t must be properly
eonlloiied and the reason for it's being mart
OF mans life understood pait
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08

made my glorious experiment q ,ses
evident and demonstrable sucress
than | could have desired"
Inc Baron de Retz speaks of his
attempts to transplant the kidnevs
Oh one person to another. These ey-
periments he claims to have been
great successes, although sooner or
later all of the victims appear ~
nave died. Apparently he was able
TO remove a kidney without causinc
immediate death. This alone would
show that he was over 400 wears in
advance of his time as a surgeon
tie mentions many curious exper,-
mehts, some wanton and useless
and others indicating valuable
compensation of surgery and
anatomy. He speaks of removing a
gland In the neck (evidently the
thyroid) from a child and finding
that growth of the body ceases. He
watches the child for two years He
tries the same operation on
woman and finds that she becomes
an idiot 'e'
Many OF the operations are of
nature that cannot be even hinted
at IN lay publication. They are
o m p icated with stranre
blasphemies and insane nrac.
L.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08

meal ardor into carelessness of hu.
man agony. and physician who
achieved in the fifteenth century
much knowledge that has been lost
until the present day. In his expert.
ments In the transportation of or
CANS he was rival of his country
man, DR.. Alexis Carrel. now the
chief investigator of the Rockefeller
Institute, New York, and in his OBJ.
servations on the ductless glands, he
was a predecessor OF Professor I.o-
rand, of Paris.
Giles de Retz was a noblemau of
great birth and tremendous posses
sions. He lived at the height of the
feudal period, when great lords we're
able to defy the king. He held
great domains on the borders of
Brittany and Normandy. and was
allied by birth 10 the most powerful
feudal houses of France.
He held the strong castles of
Machccoul. Chamtoce and Tiffauccs
and immense territories around
them. One of these castles, Mache.
coul, still exists, a magnificent ruin.
De Retz fought vaiiantly with Joan
OF Arc, played an important part in
helping her raise the siege of Or.
leans and was made a marshal for
his services in driving the English
out of France. After that event he
disappeared from public life and
plunged into scientific and mystical
researches within his domains.
A genuine desire for scientific
knowledge seems to have combined
in him with a yearning for the secret
that would enable him to transmute
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
Paris. June I

Paris. June 1.
4 SEARCH OF the archives of the
~ castle of Nantes has revealed
some astonishing new facts
concerning the career of Giles de
Retz, or de Rails, one of the most
amazing and dreadful figures in all
history.
Giles de Retz is believed to have
been the original of "Bluebeard,"
the famous old French story by
Perrault. In the story he is described
as monster who has murdered six
wives and has just taken seventh.
He gives ber the key Of room in
his castle and says That is the one
room which YOU must on no account
enter"
OF course, she enters and there
che sees the heads of her six muir.
dered predecessors. BY great good
luck she escapes from the castle.
The Baron de Retz. who served as
the original of this story, was exc
cuted at Nantes in 144O for the hor-
rible murder of many children, but
he had also killed number of
women, although they were not his
Wives.
The new discoveries indicate that
De Retz was really pioneer of
science, misled by his enthusiasm
into criminal ways vivisectionist
Of great ability, carried by his tech.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08

would have required an army to take
1t by force.
The Baron de Retz records the
lact that he is beginning to find
chlldren more interesting as sub
jects of experiments than women.
He speaks of the large numbers
brought in by his confcderates and
later complains that they are be-
coming scarce.
1t is calculated that de Retz de.
stroyed 513 human victims by vivi.
section during the nine years in
which he was engaged in his scien.
tihc researches. Scores of bones.
mostly those OF children, have been
discovered beneath the castle of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08

tiSCo. rs makes
a pact with Satan,
who meets him at
midnight in a desc
Grated chapel and
promises him the
secret of making
gold and creating
life. The consider
alton is that Baron
de Retz shall give a
hundred pure young
souls to Satan.
The Baron speaks
of a young woman
who escaped from
his clutches after
seeing his still living
victims carved al
most out of human
semblance, and the
many horrors of his
great vivi section
chamber. This girl
lis rescued by her
lover and a band of
CO m p a n ions, who
reach her prison by
an underground pas.
sage. The castle was
so strong that, it
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08

Machecoul.
So powerful was de Retz that no
lay authority could lay hands on
him. but a brave and determined
bishop, after years of struggle,
brought him to trial at Nantes. To
the charges of murder were added
accusations of sacrilege and bias
phemy OF the most dreadful charac-
Ter, thus ensuring his coniemna-
ton.
The judgment of the court was
that he be hanged and burnt 10
death at the same time. He met his
end with great dignity and calrness.
HIS Two leading accomplices suf-
Tered the same fate with him.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-19
Friday. SEPTEMBER 10 1913

The report Of the youngest criml
nal in the annals Of criminOlO9y of
Wisconsin is in the daily Press and
tells of the Incarceration Of six
gear o,d boy to the reform school
until he reaches his majority, for
having committed number of
crimes ranging from petty larceny
trr oueh BURGLARY highway robbery
TO assault with intent to kill with
deadly weapon.
Who will say, that this sn...,s ;,
who ought to be al home VIZ, ris
snother, if ne has on is to b. -r.sc e,
his condition.
IL is not human nature to com
.s.s,asi cxjme znd if nature is perverted
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-19
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED
IN TRUST.

North Carolina, jackson County.
By virtue Of the power vested in
me and the authority conferred
upon me, the undersigned, W. r.
Sheriff., trustee, in a certain deed
n-trust, executed by Curtis E ties
and his wife, Laurazonia Estes,
bearing date of January 7, 1911
and said deed-in-trust being record
ed in book 5 of deeds of trust at
page 595 on the 10Th day of Janua-
ry, 1911, in the Office OF the Regis
ter Of Deeds for Jackson County,
North Carolina, reference to which
is hereby made; default having
been made in the payment of the
debt secured by said deed Of trust,
the same being now past due and
! do1and having been made by the
der of said note, secured by said
<sccd-in-truSt and demand having
been made on the undersigned to
execute the powers contained in
said deed-in- trust.
II |, w. r. Sheriff., Trustee, will on
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-19
more or less.
SECOND TRACT

Beginning on a double maple
corner No. 400 and runs with En-
sley's line southeast course 10
poles to a chestnut; thence N SIS
degrees East to stake on top Of
the dividing ridge; thence down e
top OF said ridge TO stake whelc
it bluffs of 10 the creek, thence a
straight line 40 poles to the mouth
OF small branch near J. R. Buch-
anans spring house: thence a
straight line 80 poles to a hickory
corner of first tract; thence 40 poles
to the beginning containing II IL
acres more or less.
W. R. SHERRILL.
Commissioner of the Court.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-19

it is due to some outside influence.
II parents keep Their children at
home where they ought to be and
ava from The concentrating infIuen-
ces Of the streets and back alleys,
the children will be alright, if the
influence, Of the home is what it
ought to be.
Give the boys and girls half a
show and they will MAKE good.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-19

Saturday, the 18th day Of October,
1913, at l o'clock p. H.. in front Of
the Court House door, in the town
Of Webster, N. c., offer for sale. and
sell at public auction for cash to
the highest bidder the following de-
scribed real estate to-WiI:
FIRST TRACT.
Beginning or a double maple, the
northeast corner Of No. 490 and
runs N. SIS degrees W 100 poles to
stake, John E. Ensley's corner;
thence N SIS degrees E to a stake
on top Of the first dig ridge, near a
tree which was struck by lightning;
thence down the top of said ridge
Is poles to a black oak; thence S
"A degrees E 20 poles to a hickory
on top of a ridge below road
thence Oh a degree east of south S.
poles to a cucumber 3 or poles
from the beginning corner; thence
S SIS degrees w 3 poles to the be.
ginning, containing 80 IL acres
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-19

II you knew the real vaiae 6;
Ch,mber-lains Liniment for lame
PACK soreness of the muscles
spralns, and rheumatic pains, YOU
would never wish to be without #
For sale by ALL DEALERS
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-19
Sylvia Collegiate Institute.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Not long ago investigation made to the
ord Christian Colleges Read the record and then ask
yourself the question: Does Christian education pay?
Eight of the nine Justices of the Supreme Court of the
United States college men; seven of the eight
from Christian colleges.
Eighteen of the twentysx presidents of the United
States college sixteen of the eighteen from
Christian colleges
Eighteen of the twentysx Masters in American letters
college of the eighteen from
Christian colleges.
Of the members of Congress in 1905 receiving college
education and who prominent enough be mentioned
in Who's W o." twothirds graduates of Christian
colleges
A TEACHER.
Of course you want to be great one. You to
climb high towards the top in profession You
to be of the very best. You the r lining
that will best fit you for your ifes work.
Let me ask you carefully examine the catalogues of
every great school in Western North Carolina and for
yourself if great majority of the teachers in those schools
did receive all part of their education in Christian
schools If you find this to be true is it not powerful
gumen the Christian school training place
for the teacher
BIBLE STUDY
We give special attention to the study of the Bible
The for this year studying McLeans Old Testament
History and along with that the Old Testament itself We
hav had trouble in getting large number of students
to take this Many of them anxious do
We have of study Classical and Historical. BIZ
BILE study compulsory Any student who prefers
may the Classical and leave off the Bible
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER-TRAINING
The school also offers Sunday School Teacher Train
ing Several have already taken this nd
our this year will be large The Sunday School
Nashville offers diploma for the completion of this
work and students seem anxious to win it.
BIBLE BANDS
Rev. j. c. Owen recently visited school and gave
great address on Bible study Several young men and
young ladies have organized themselves into Bible Study
Band They study the Bible fifteen minutes every
ing and Monday afternoons discuss the chapter
studied during the week
ENROLMENT
We do not have many students Others
are wanted But do have steady growth. The enroll
ment for year 1928 lacked only students of be-
ing double the enrolment Of the year 1911-2 We have
had large increase in the number Of students this year and
we think enrolment at Christmas will almost be equal
last years total enrolment
We to send you q catalogue.
j, c. INGRAM. Principal
SYLVIA n. c.