The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1741, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 19, 1909 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DAILY LEADER
VKRNOR & ABNEY. Pub*.
LAMPASAS, TEXAS
Wages are going up.
Here is where all the idle railroad
rolling stock begins to roll.
Since water is so scarce on Mars
perhaps they fill the canals with kero-
sene.
The next feat is now to discover a
means of communication with th€
men in Mars.
There are sharks off Atlantic City,
though so far as is known no hotel-
keepers have taken to the salt sea.
If you want to get into the nobil-
ity keep away from Prussia. To be
made a duke you have to pay a tax of
$2,400.
Santos-Dumont flies with wings con-
taining only nine square yards of sur-
face. They will yet be reduced to
vest-pocket size.
Spanish General Weyler says a pol-
icy of foresight would have avoided
the Catalonian trouble. He knows
how it was in Cuba.
As flying comes into general use a
better term than “aviation” will, no
doubt, be found. That term is too
high-toned for general consumption.
If the skating season would only
follow immediately upon the heels of
the swimming period the happiness of
the small boy would be augmented.
The old-fashioned gumdrop has only
held its’s own in recent years, but it
may be expected to boom now that it
is so intimately connected wdth the
polar discovery.
The report that the young shah of
i Persia is in a despondent frame of
mind is followed by another that he
is about to be married. No relation
between the two statements is indicat-
ed, however.
Limiting telegraphic code to ordi-
nary dictionary words will check the
inventive genius of some senders, but
it will save wear and tear of operat-
ors’ brains in puzzling out long and
strange combinations.
The czarina of Russia, consort of
the only modern civilized autocrat
with a vast empire and a vast fortune
under his sole control, is a prey to
melancholia. This shows the seamy
side of human greatness.
General Wood was particularly
pleased with the behavior of the sol-
diers during the recent maneuvers in
Massachusetts. There was no drunk'
enness, and the discipline was ob
served excellently. In fact, the neigh
bors want the boys to come again
This is a fine commentary on the gen
eral improvement of manners. Amer
ican citizenship, with its emphasis up
on the dignity of the individual, has
given a newr type of soldiery.
Something like 2,500,000 babies were
horn in the United States last year,
and the increase in infantile popula-
tion is probably proceeding in like
proportion this year. With so many
youngsters growing up, it is small
wonder that the schoolhouses are be-
coming overcrowded. The authorities
must take note of the rapid increase
in school children and provide ade-
quate facilities. The housing equip-
ment of ten years ago will not do to-
day.
The fight against flour bleached
with nitrogen peroxide in violation of
the pure food law in now on. At
Mazomanie and Madison in Wiscon-
sin seizures have been made of car-
load lots by the United States mar-
shal for the western district of Wis-
consin acting under instructions from
the United" States district attorney.
The milling company which shipped
the flour has evinced a disposition to
bring the federal statute to test in
the courts.
The capture of a four-pound salmon
by fishermen near Sheboygan has con
jured hope that the salmon fry plant-
ed in LakS Michigan 12 years ago will
give the much-prized fish a start in
these waters. It would be highly
beneficial to fish consumers along the
lakes if the salmon should get a start,
but the fact that only a few of the fish
have been caught since the fry were
planted has almost convinced the fish-
ermen that the experiment wrill be
without result.
The man who deliberately sets about
to wreck a train, as in the case of
the B. & O. disaster, is a greater
menace to the general public than the
man who in a moment of passion
takes the life of another. It is mur-
der in either case, but in the former
the crime is conceived in cold blood
and perpetrated with diabolical de-
light, while it is invariably a pure
matter of chance that the victims do
not number hundreds. The law
should know no mercy for the train-
wrecker.
CHATEA
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CfiATJTAU
\ \ 7 OULD you give millions
% Jk j for a chateau besieged
\ / \ / by royal ghosts, vainly
W V haunting the scenes of
’ " their old loves and
crimes?
The ghosts are dread French kings,
from Francis I. to Charles IX., with
beautiful but cruel Diane de Poitiers
and Catherine de Medici, the terrible
queen-mother. Even the unhappy
Mary Stuart knew the lovely scene.
The scene is outside wondrous
Cheaonceau, said to be again for sale
—unless already sold—in the division
of the Terry estate.
It you can pay the millions, take the
ghosts as an extra attraction. They
cannot harm plain Americans. Here
ts a mystery. The ghosts cannot en-
ter the chateau so long as plain, un-
titled folks live in it. The potent in-
fluence of its — builder—an untitled
business woman of the renaissance—
will keep the royal robbers out in the
park!
Go back a century. Claude Dupin,
plain tax-farmer, purchased Chenon-
ceau in great dilapidation for 300,000
francs in 1733 and spent 14)0,000 francs
in restorations. Here the Dupins held
a brilliant literary court, with Buffon,
Voltaire and Rousseau; and the
chateau went peacefully to their de-
scendants from whom Wilson’s
daughter bought it.
For the strong business woman of
old days, who built the unique pal-
ace; Catherine Briconnet descended
from a small shopkeeper’s family of
Tours, fostered to greatness like so
many other “little people”—>Barthe-
lots, Pouchers Bohiers—by democrat-
ic Louis XI. Behold Catherine Bricon-
net, daughter of a banker who died
archbishop, married to Thomas Bo-
hler,' a farmer general, and rich
enough to buy the marques’ fief.
While Thomas-financed the armies
of two kings Catherine left at home,
built Chenoneau.
Catherine’s husband, Bohier, died in
the rout of the French army in Italy.
Catherine died a year later, **Francis
I., finding his treasury emptied by
Italian wars, brought suit against
all the crown’s - financiers. The ob-
ject, was not to judge, but to grind
money.
In five years the rich family of
Bohier was ruined and Catherine’s
son, Antoine, was glad to humbly of-
fer Francis I. his chateau of Chenon-
ceau at a valuation of 90,000 livres
as a quit claim. (It had cost his fa-
ther 60,000 livres, or $120,000 in our
money. Some 40,000 livres remained
of the king’s claim. The Bohiers
were sucked dry. v
Francis visited Chenonceau twice,
an ill, melancholy man, and died a
nasty death. But Diane de Poitiers
had seen and liked the chateau of
the waters.
Diane de Poitiers, celebrated in
French history for her beauty, grace,
crookedness, wickedness and unlimit-
ed influence over. King Henri II., was
married at 15 years, to the hunch-
backed Louis de Brezy, grand senes-
chal of Normandy, who was 60. Two
years later her father, implicated in a
plot, was being led off to the Place de
Greve, Paris, to have his head cut off,
but youthful Diane was talking with
the dauphin. The father was re-
prieved at the last moment, and Diane
became a political vfigure.
On the death ofprancis I., her first
act was to have The dauphin become
king, dispossess her old rival, Duch-
ess d’Etampes, of all her property.
Finally, by letters patent, Diane ob-
tained “our chateau of Chenonceau.”
Here is one of the crimes of Che-
nonceau. A young gentleman, La
Chateigneraie, knew too much about
Diane. Another De Jarnac, married
the sister of her old rival, Duchess
d’Etampes.
“Ask De Jarnac how he dresses so
well?” paid Diane to La Chateigneraie.
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“My mother-in-law helps me out,”
explained the unsuspecting De Jarnac.
On which Diane caused the hateful
whisper to go round:
“Do you know what La Chateign-
eraie says about De Jarnac and his
mother-in-law ?”
They fought with swords and dag-
gers in the presence of the court.
Like Iago. “Which one kills the other,
I care nothing,” thought Diane; but
she felt safer when, to everybody’s
surprise, De Jarnac suddenly seemed
to slip, fell to one knee, and ham-
strung his superior adversary with a
back pull of his sword. La Chat-
eigneraie bled to death. To-day a
“coup De Jarnac” means almost a
foul; but the maneuver was perfectly
regular, if new.
Here is another crime of Chenon-
ceau. Diane, having finished the
bridge-wing at a cost of 9,000 livres
($18,000 to-day), built Italian gardens
in the style of Passelo de Mercogliano
The archbishop of Tours lent her a
remarkable young gardener, Nicquet
to train up her fruit walks. Nicquet
was handsome, distinguished, seduc
tive, innocent; the court was at Blois;
there was a passing escapade of a
summer’s afternoon or two; and ther
the handsome young gardener died oi
alleged cholera.
Of all Diane’s crimes, this one stuck
most. The victim wasja-servant; and
the vengeful clan whispered the tale
to their masters far and wide. Later
when Henri II. lay dying it became
the pretext on which Tavannes offered
the queen to go and cut off Diane's
nose. Instead, the philosophical Cath
erine De Medicis offered to spare the
fallen beauty’s mutilation—on condi
tion that Diane should give her Che
noneeau.
Catherine de Medici got Diane’s
clear title to Chenonceau by the os-
tensible trade of mortgaged Chau-
mont. (An American woman, Esther
Alexander, legal French wife of Rob-
ert de Broglie, is, with him, co-heir-
apparent to the latter historic chateau
at this moment.)
H^r first great fete at Chenonceau
was a triumphal entry for the new
king, her son, Francis II. and his
young, wife, Mary Stuart. Arches,
obelisks, columns, statues, fountains,
antique altars, fireworks, music and
300 cannons made a wondei’ful effect
These were the happiest days of Mary
Stuart.
A dowager duchess of Vendome dy-
ing without children in 1718—“killed,’
says Saint-Simon, “by abuse of strong
liquors”—long abandoned and neglect
ed Chenonceau passed by inheritances
to the Prince de Conde, who sold it tc
the plain, untitled business man, Du
pin.
A business man, an untitled middle-
class man, at last again owned the
fairy chateau of the water for which
kings, queens and favorites com-
mitted crimes.
The ghosts of Chenonceau fled th
interior.
Voltaire, visiting Dupin, saw Diane
de Poitiers kissed by La Chateigneraie
in armor, in a thicket by the river.
Grevy, president of the republic
visiting the sister of his son-in-law,
sat in the park at midnight watching.
He beheld a rabble of pale shades be-
sieging the chateau. They could not
enter STERLING HKTUG.
JOBLESS. OFFERS TO
8I¥EHIMSELF AWAY
PENNILESS STRANGER IN ST.
LOUIS ADVERTISES WILLING-
NESS TO WORK FOR NOTHING.
St.. Louis.—-Maui-ice F. Sullivan, a
young man of intelligence, good man-
ners and spirit, wants to give him-
self away.
When Sullivan found himself with
70 cents between himself and the sort
of poverty which must demand char-
ity, he decided on a novel scheme. He
had foreseen this when he caused this
want ad. to appear:
YOUNG MAN.—EDUCATED, REFINED,
traveled extensively, unable to find po-
sition, will give self away l'or three
months. Box B-139, Post-Dispatch.
“When I came to St. Louis three
weeks ago looking for a job I wanted
rzi
izr
There’s No Work in St. Louis for Me
something clean and not too hard,”
Sullivan said, with a smile. “I had
done work in Mexico as a chainman
for an engineer In the field, and I
liked that work. I had a good recom-
mendation, and I set out to see civil
engineers.
“When I found I couldn’t get the
work I wanted, I wasn’t so particular.
“I tried stores, factories, mills—
every place where they might need a
man. It didn’t do any good. There’s
no work in St. Louis for me, and I
haven’t got the money to get away
from here.
“So I put that ad. in the paper as
a last resort. If that doesn’t get me
something, I don’t know what I’ll do
I mean every word of it. Anybody
who will take care of me three
months, until I can tide over this hard
place, can have be, and I’ll show ’em
I can work.”
Returning from Mexico, Sullivan
lived for a time with his uncie, Dr.
H. P. Bierne, in Quincy, 111. He looked
for work there, but could not find it,
and for several months worked on
a farm his uncle owns near Moberly,
Mo., he says.
LURED TO DEATH IN DREAM
Aged Woman Follows Beckoning Fin-
ger of Her Dead Husband
to Fatal Fall.
Elizabeth, N, J.—Lured by the beck-
oning finger of her dead husband ap-
pearing to her in a dream, Mrs. Mar-
garet Wilson,. 85 years old, unfastened
a window in the bedroom of her home
in Clark place and tumbled to her
death on the ground less than four
feet below.
The fall awoke Mrs. Wilson and be-
fore she passed away she managed to
tell her story. She said she had
dreamed of her son, who died 11 years
ago of a fall from a bicycle..
In the dream had appeared the fig-
ure of her husband, who died about
,a year ago, and who seemed to beckon
her on. She sustained internal injur-
ies and a fractured hip and lingered
hut a few hours.
Billion.
In America, as in France, “billion”
means a thousand millions. In Great
Britain it means a million millions-
The word was originally invented in
France in the sixteenth century to de-
note the second power of a million,
trillion and quadr'llion being formed
at the same time to denote the third
and fourth powers of a million. In
the seventeenth century the arithmeti-
cians changed the use of the words,
and “billion” came to mean a thou-
sand millions, trillion a million mil-
lions, and so forth. England, not be-
ing a revolutionary country, clung to
the meaning of the word that had the
oldest pedigree. America, being a rev.
olutionary country, followed France.
A Requisite.
Staylaight—Oh, Miss Wobbins, may
I come to see you again?
Miss Wobbins—Well, I cannot see
how you can very well, unless you go
this time!—Life.
NOT A FAIR QUESTION
Mrs. Henpeck—John, what’s you?"
honest opinion of my new hat?
Mr. Henpeck—Don’t ask me, Mary.
You know you’re much bigger and)
stronger than I am!
Starch, like everything else, is be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years-
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat-
est discovery—Defiance Starch—ali
Injurious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in-
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
proached by other brands.
Reaching Life’s Goal.
If you want to be somebody in this
world you must assert your Individ-
uality and assert it in the right direc-
tion, so that it may lead to a goal ©£■
honor for yourself and be an example
for others. Find out what you ought
to do, say to yourself: “I must do it,'"
then begin right away with “I will dc?
't,” and keep at It until it is done.
How’s This?
W* offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
rase of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Haim
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheaop
for the last 15 years, and believe hin:
srable in all business transact
able to carry out any obligations made by h
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting
llrectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
lystem. Testimonials sent Ire
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for
constlpatloi
Parental Loyalty.
“Did the father of the bride give,
her away?”
“Far from it. He told the bride**
jroom that she had the disposition oS
in angel.”
A Rare Good Thing.
"Am using Allen’s Foot-Ease, and caars
truly say I would not have been without.
It so long, had I known the relief it would,
give my aching feet. I think it a rare good
Drug Store Color.
Geraldine—My face is my fortune.
Gerald—I can see the color of your
noney.
Por Colds and Grfpp—Capudlne.
The best remedy for Gripp and Cold* te
Hicks' Capudine. Relieves the aching an®
feverishness. Cures the cold—Headache*
also. It’s Liquid—Effects Immediately—10L
16 and 50a at Drug Stores.
Never take a mean advantage ot:
myone in any transaction, and never
>e hard upon people who are in your
lower.—Dickens.
Don’t think Wrigley’s Spearmint is.
inly good for indigestion. It gives you,
in appetite besides.
Young man, beware of the peaefe.
who is the apple of your eye. She may
prove to be a lemon.
BE JUST TO YOURSELF
»nd keep well If possible. Check that cough wit*,
.he harmless and efficient remedy, Allen's Iauis
lalsain. All druggists, 25c, 50c and $1.00 bottles.
The average man thinks his bump
if generosity is at least three times as
.arge as it actually is.
Lewis’ Single Binder, the famous*
ftraight 5c cigar—annual sale 9,000,000.
The only way to get something for
lothing is to start a fight about iL
FAMOUS DOCTOR’S
PRESCRIPTION.
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WEAR THE BEST WAISTS MADE
Hzolustve New York Style* a season ahead. BoK
reot from maker to you. tost half w hat yo^.
out-of-date kind. Base
: samples.
Dept. 8, St Louit, M*.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1741, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 19, 1909, newspaper, October 19, 1909; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth910574/m1/2/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.