The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 3, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 May 1928 — Page 2

ALFRED SORENSON HEN Andrew Jackson ventured into Tennessee in 1798 to seek fame and fortune as a lawyer be found that frontier country a vast wilderness. The- settlements I were few and far between and hostile Indians • roamed at large throughout that region. The prospects for a professional man

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could not have appeared very brigjit to young Jackson, but he was by no means discouraged. Opening an' office in Nashville he soon secured a large share of the legal business not only of that town but of the state. He made his home with Mrs. Donelson, who kept a number of boarders, and there he became acquainted with her daughter, who was living apart from her husband, Lewis Robards, a resident of Kentucky. Robards had become .jealous of his wife, a beautiful charming woman, and had written to her mother to take her home as he did not intend to live with longer. Mrs. Robards’ brother was accordingly sent to Kentucky to escort C her to Nashville. Robards was censured by his own mother for his action, and he soon regretted what he had done. Shortly after his wife’s departure he became convinced that any suspicion that he had entertained regarding her. conduct was entirely groundless.. Through the efforts of a' mutual friend he became reconciled to'his wife and was living with her ai the time Jackson became a member of the family circle. Within a few months Jackson’s courteous and innocent attentions to Mrs. Robards excited the jealousy of her husband, and, this fact becoming known, the result was much unhappiness in the Donelson family. In the fall of 1790 Robards took steps to secure a divorce under a law of Virginia—whose jurisdiction included Tennessee —providing that a man, convinced' of his ‘ wife’s infidelity, must obtain the passage of an act of the legislature authorizing a grand Jury Investigation, and a dissolution of the marriage in case the woman should be found guilty. Robards went before the legislature and charged that his wife had deserted him and was living with Andrew Jackson. Upon this statement the legislature passed' the desired act, but Robards failed to proceed ih accordance therewith. In the course of time the news of this legislative action was received in Nashville, and It S was the general impression that Robards had been decreed a divorce by regular procedure. Learning in the spring of 1791 that her husband, now divorced- as she believed, Intended to come to Nashville with a view of compelling her to go with him back to Kentucky, Mrs. Robards decided to avoid him by visiting friends in Natchez. Jackson, whose friendship had now ripened into love, accompanied her thither, and at once returned home. In the summer of the same year he again visited Natchez, married Mrs. Robards, and brought her back to Nashville. The couple received the hearty congratulations of their many friends, and their happiness was not disturbed until two years later when they, learned that Robards had not completed his divorce case in Virginia, but had recently revived it in Kentucky and obtained a decree, in accordance with the act of the legislature. This was indeed astounding news to Jackson and his wife, but to prevent any further complication they were remarried. Their social standing Sn Nashville was not lowered in the least by the predicament in which they had found themselves. Jackson was the owner of a race horse named Truxton which he stood ready at any time to heavily back with his money. In the, fall of 1805 a race was arranged between Truxton and Capt. Joseph Ervin’s Plow Boy for a stake of $2,000. The stake money was to be put up in personal notes, payable on the day of the race, but Just before the race was to be pulled off. Captain Ervin and his son-in-law, Charles Dickinson, a prominent lawyer and a popular young' man, paid a forfeit of SBOO and withdrew* Plow Boy, the affair ending amicably. A short time after this event Jackson was Informed that Dickinson had made some remarks

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“Datas, the memory man,* is com- : Ing over here next winter, maybe,” said an impressario. “You can’t floor Datas on dates, and you . can’t floor him when It. comes to joshing and back-chat either. &“One night in London I heard a man ask Datas where the prince of' Wales had his first drink. \ “‘ln the queen’s arms,’ said Datas, quick as a flash. ‘Next question,

reflecting 'on the character of Mrs. Jackson. When Dickinson, who frequently indulged in the flowing bowl, was interviewed regarding . his aspersions, heo told Jackson that if he had made them he must have been, drunk at the time. Further explanations seemed to be satisfactory to Jackson, who parted from Dickinson in a friendly nianner. This, however, was not the end of the disagreeable matter.. Soon after this meeting, Dickinson, while drinking' in the barroom of a tavern, publicly repeated his offensive words, which were carried to Jackson, who thereupon urged Captain Ervin to advise his son-in-law to quit his scandalous talk before it was too late to avoid trouble. From this time the enmity between the tw’o men increased in bitterness. A report was spread by 'Thomas Swan, a young lawyer, that Jackson had said that the notes paid as a forfeit in the horse race were different from those agreed upon. Jackson emphatically denied that he had said anything of the kind. Thereupon a voluminous and abusive correspondence ensued between the men. In one .of his letters, Jackson said: “There are certain traits that always accompany the gentleman of . truth. The moment he hears a harsh expression applied to a friend he will immediately communicate it, that explanation may take place; while the base poltroon and cowardly talebearer will always act in the background. You can apply the latter to Mr. Dickinson and see which best befits him. I write it for his eye, and the latter I emphatically intend for him.” Jackson declared to his face that Swan was no gentleman and that if he dared to issue a challenge he would cane him first and then give him satisfaction. Swan, however, sent Jackson a note of defiance - in which he demanded “that reparation which one gentleman is entitled to receive from another,” and authorized the bearer of the cartel “to make complete arrangements in the field of.honor.” Jackson did not reply by letter, but answered in person, assailing Swan in a barroom with a pistol and telling him to “draw and defend himself.” The fracas, ended without bloodshed. Swan’s next move was the production of proofs going to show that he was a gentleman, who held himself responsible for whatever he might The letter that Jackson had written to Swan, abusing Dickinson, and carrying" a threat of a challenge to him, brought a caustic reply from Dickinson, who immediately departed on a trip to New Orleans. When Dickinson returned from New Orleans he wrote a scurrilous attack upon Jackson, , and presented it to a local newspaper for publication. Jackson, upon beiflg informed of this A forthcoming assault, called at the newspaper office, and -upon demand was shown a copy of the article. He immediately sent a challenge to Dickinson, who had no hesitation in accepting, as he had expected it. The duel took place May 30, 1806. at a rendezvous some considerable distance from Nashville. Dickinson had the reputation of being the best shot in 'Tennessee, and was known to have plugged a target the size of a silver dollar four times in succession at a distance of twenty-four feet. The betting odds were' much against Jackson, although he was regarded as an expert handler of the pistol. When the combatants came on the field they appeared to be. cool and determined. Jackson bore an ineradicable enmity to Dickinson for the unforgivable slurs that he had cast upon his wife, and Dickinson felt .that he himself had been Insulted. All arrangements having been completed, they faced each other at twenty-four feet, each hplding his pistol downward. At the given word, Dickinson quickly raised his pistol and fired first. A small cloud of dust arose from Jackson’s left breast, and lifting up his arm he placed Mt across his chest for a moment The witnesses thought he had been hit. But he stood firm, and the next instant took aim and pulled the trigger. The pistol failed to go off. The hammer had stopped at half cock, and while Jackson was recocking it, Dickinson exclaimed: “My God! Have I missed him!” Again taking steady aim.

please, and make it snappy.* “When were walking-sticks invented?* a man shouted from the gallery, “ ‘ln the year 4003 B. C.’ said Datas. *when Eve presented Adam with a .little Caln. Next question.’ “ ‘When fras beef highest?’ bawled ’ a red-faced man. “‘When the cow jumped over the moon,’ said Datas. ‘Any more questions?’ ” —Detroit Free Press.

The Discriminating Inquiry “What are you going to do with all your money?” “The question has gone beyond thht,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “I am in the hands of the juries. What I want to know now is what all my money is going to do frith me.” • Radio Tunes In on Street Pedestrians In one of the busy streets of Glasgow, Scotland, recently were amazed by sweet strains of mu-

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Jackson fired the shot that ended the life- of bls enemy. Dickinson staggered and fell to the ground, the bullet having passed through his body below the ribs, causing him to bleed to death in a few hours. Shortly after the duel’ it was noticed that Jackson's shoes were dripping with blood. Dickinson’s bullet had struck him in the left side, breaking a rib and scraping the breast. Jackson, although suffering severe pain, had striven- to keep his wound a secret in hopes that no one would know that he had been hit.. It was not a dangerous injury, and he was soon on the road to recovery. It was claimed by Dickinson’s friends that Jackson had taken unfair advantage by clothing his slender figure in loose garments. They maintained that.if he had been dressed in close-fitting clothes, such as he usually wore, Dickinson would have made a sure-death shot. He had -aimed at the spot where he- supposed Jackson’s heart- was located, and was surprised that he had not killed him instantly. However, one of the comments regarding this alleged unfairness was that “at any rate Dickinson deserved killing for slandering an upright woman.” For some considerable time this affair militated politically and socially against Jackson. He was a quarrelsome, quick-tempered overbearing man, always carrying “a chip on his shoulder” and ever ready to fight “at the drop of the hat.” His affair with the'Benton brothers is a fair illustration of his bellicose nature. Capt. William Carroll, an intimate friend of Jackson, became involved in a quarrel with Jesse Benton, who challenged him. Jackson endeavored to have the affair amicably settled, but Benton would not listen to anything of the kind and demanded A meeting on the “field of honor.” Jackson acted as Carroll’s second. Benton fired first, and then weakened. He stooped and turned partly around to avoid Carroll’s shot which struck him in the rear, Inflicting a painful but not serious wound. Thomas Hart Benton, who was in Washington to save Jackson from bankruptcy, upon his return to Tennessee became indignant at Jackson, whom he charged with having conducted the duel in “a savage, unequal and base manner.” Jackson responded with a threat that he would horsewhip Benton at their next meeting.. Jackson went on the warpath and trailed Benton to the City hotel and pointing his pistol at him, said: “Now,.you d —d rascal, I am going to punish you. Draw and defend yourself.” Benton backed away. Jesse Benton now appeared on the scene with his pistol loaded with two bullets and a slug, and shot Jackson in the shoulder and tn the left arm. Jackson fell in a helpless condition. Captain Coffee came to his rescue and fired at Thomas Benton, but missed him. Clubbing his pistol he advanced on Benton who stepped backward and fell down a stairway. Jackso n ’s party was at this stage of the fight reinforced by his nephew. Stokely Hayes, who attacked Jesse Benton with a sword cane, the slender blade breaking in pieces upon striking a burton. Hayes now drew a dirk, threw -Jesse to the floor, stabbed him in the left arm, and inflated several slight flesh wounds. - A bystander leparated them, and others Interfered and stopped further bloodshed. Thomas Benton, surrounded by a few friends, denounbed Jackson as a defeated assassin and defied him to come forth and renew the battle. Picking up Jackson’s sword, which had dropped on the floor, he went out to the public square and broke It in two. Jackson never fully recovered from the wound in his shoulder. '

sic Issuing apparently from a young woman, who was blushing furiously. She had just bought a portable radio set that had not been shut off when she left the store. While she was on the street the Glasgow station began broadcasting, and she did not know at first how to shut off the machine. In National Parks Service Approximately 500 under civil service and from 500 to 1.000 outside of the civil service comprise the service personnel of the National Park service.

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(Prepared bv the National Geographic Society. Washington. D. C.) THE strip of Syria and the Holy Land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean sea has ever been a stage for momentous world events. There the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Asia Minor met, their armies marching and countermarching. A few miles north of Beirut, at the point where Dog river enters the sea. the foothills of the Lebanon come down to the very shore of the Mediterranean. and since soldiers and armies have always sought to travel on th'e level, whether they have fought that way or not, the passage of this point where sea and mountain meet was always a difficult feat. One army after another cut Its path along the towering cliffs, and when the passage of this narrow defile was thus insured, the commanders left the record of their passing. Who the first men were no one knows, for the troops of Napoleon 111, in passing this point, were too lazy to turn over a new leaf; they simply inscribed their record on a limestone page from which the record of some ancient Egyptian had been erased by the hand of time. But the first record that still stands was left by the armies of the most famous of the pharaohs. Barneses the Great, when they were on their way northward to wage war against the Kheta or Hittites. The £reat Assyrian, Ashurnasirpal. left his record here and his successors, Shalmaneser and Adadnirari. did the same. Then there was a lapse Os more than a century, from 812 to 705 B. C„ when Sennacherib and his son. Esarhaddon. had their names chiseled in this stone book of history. Railways on Old Caravan Routes. If political conditions become definitely stabilized in this part of the world. It is not too much to believe that heavy trains, fired with oil from the Persian fields, will thunder along trade routes which plodding camels marked out when the world was young. Already, one may dine in Cairo and have luncheon the following day in Jerusalem. The step to Aleppo, Mosul, and Bagdad is short and all but 300 miles of the line is now open to traffic. However, popular the route through central Europe along the famous Berlin-to-Bagdad line becomes, the safety of the British empire demands that the railroad which follows the old line of communication between the valley of the Nile and the valleys of the Euphrates and the Tigris shall be kept in a state of perfection. There will be no Amanus or Taurus tunnels on this trail of the modern caravan, and an absence of heavy grades throughout a large part of the right of way will make it possible for the hoped-for Cairo-to-Cal-cutta express to beat the fastest sea route by several days. The Hauran, south of Damascus, has long been a granary and the massive ruins of Baalbek dominate a plain whose fertility was once sufficient to make possible lavish local expenditures and at the same time return large taxes to imperial Rome, which used Syria not as a sinking place for public funds, but as a source of revenue for the treasury on the Til>er. When Rome ruled, this remote •province had enough and to spare; but not for long did golden eggs from Syria enrich the greedy Turk. Water holds a high-place, not oply in the view of the abstemious Mohammedan, but of the Syrian Christian as well. The main attraction of the Damascus case is a tiny fountain, whose sight and souifd delight the son of the desert vacationing in the urban oasis, or the Sart of Samarkand, wearied by his desert march to Mecca, who stops here and dreams of his distant Zerafshan. From Abraham to Allenby. Dan and Beersheba are popularly considered the termini of Palestine, as they formerly were of Hebrew territory. One grew up around a source of the Jordan, the other owed its existence to the age-old wells whose limestone rims have been grooved and polished by a million bucket ropes. No hotel register attests so long and distinguished a line of guests. From Abraham to Allenby, the ropeworn signatures that rim Beersheba’s seven wells bespeak romance and passions broad as ’ human life. Here

Playing Safe An Instructor called on his women students referring to them as “Mizz” Smith or “Mizz” Jones, etc. After class one of the men asked the instructor whether “that Smith woman was Miss or Mrs.” “I am sure I do not know,” said the Instructor, “but I found In other classes that if I said ‘Miss’ when I should have said ’Mrs.’ the poor lady tViIS insnhed and when I said ‘Mrs.’

Abraham arrived with Sarah, his wife, and being unused to town ways and fearing them, they registered as brother and sister. Later Sarah induced Abraham to drive Hagar and Ishmael out into the desert to die. Evidently cross-roads life did not improve Sarah’s character. Here Abraham, the father of his race, received a message to kill his only son. Isaac, and from this spot he set out with heavy heart to accomplish the task which he was saved from completing.. Here Jacob robbed Esau of his birthright by methods that remind one of Launcelot Gobbo, and here he later stopped when, as an old man. he was on his way to visit his famous son, Joseph, in Egypt. ■ A single spring determined the site of Nazareth, and Jacob’s well still provides water in an otherwise thirsty land. To the tired traveler from the hills of Moab, the dirty Jordan seems a blessed refreshment after the dry ride; but Naaman, the leper, because was accustomed to the crystal streams of his native city, scorned the coffee-colored flood which had been recommended to him as a cleansing agent. Water bounds Syria on the west. The lack of it defines the eastern and southern boundaries. Many of the most pleasing pages of the Bible ripple with the songs of running brooks or praise the “still waters” of wells which have long marked the resting places of weary flocks and heavy-laden caravans. In -Lebanon there are scores of springs and rivers gushing forth direct from the rock. The whole countryside facing the Mediterranean suggests the passage of a miracle-working Moses, practicing in these glorious dells the more difficult feat he was to perform in parched Sinai. Even on the hot plain between Mount Hermon and the Lake of Huleh the water which bubbles up from subterranean sources is very cold. At Shiba, high up on the sides of Mount Hermon, the water emerges from the rock with a temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit, and at Banias. where a temple to Pan once stood, and where Herod’ the Great erected a temple over the spring in honor of Augustus, the sparkling water has a temperature of 42 degrees. In summer, after a long hot walk across the plain, it Is most refreshing to sit in the shade of Honey valley and eat- luscious Lebanon grapes, cooled by dipping them in the living water of the stream. Bathing in the Dead Sea. The Jericho region is supplied with three kinds of water, and this prodigality, coupled with the historic fame of the Jordan valley, has furnished a regular formula of bathing for pilgrims to this hot depression; nearly a quarter of a mile below the level of the sea. Os coui-se, every tourist has to bathe in the Dead sea; it is the thing to do. Lucky is the man whose skin does not crack in the heat of the valley, for Dead sea water on a cracked skin or the film of the eye reminds one of boiling oil and the Spanish inquisition. Having performed the necessary rite and dutifully completed an experience which can be recorded in the diary of the trip, the poor pilgrim, laved with a tenacious fluid that seems to be composed of salt, kerosene, and lye, drives off to the Jordan and seeks relief in the muddy waters of that river. Then, as night rapidly settles in the deepest wrinkle on the face of Mother Earth, the tired traveler rides between the miserable hovels which constitute modern Jericho and dismounts at the Sultan’s spring, once sweetened by Elisha. » The traveler who is wise will not try to sleep in the hot hotel, whose confining walls seem to radiate discomfort, but will stretch his bed beside the still waters of Sultan’s pool. Water or the-lack of it must always affect the development of Syria, but the supreme value of the land as a link between the production centers of Europe and the population centers of Asia must always make trade routes and cross-roads of traffic the locations for largest growth. ’ No amount of commercial travel, however, can cloud the importance of the heights where Judaism rose and declined and where Christ lived, taught, healed, and died.

when 1 should have said ‘Miss’ It made her mad, so I compromised by calling all females ‘Mizz’ when addressing them. That’s halfway between the two and they couldn’t tell which I meant, so everybody’s happy.” Peace Signed . That November 11 was the date on which was signed the Armistice which ended the World war Is universally known, but fewer people may be sun* of the date the Peace treaty was signed—June 28, 1919.

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How Terrible! Betty—l stood up in the tub. reached for the bathroom light and when 1 turned it on I got a fearful shock. Jane —Who was in there? Indubitably During a lull in the game Spottswood perpetrated this one: “Why is the three of spades like a shirt bosom?” “I’ll bite,’’ said Garrison. “Why?” “Because it looks like the deuce with a spot in the middle of it.”

Don't Make aloy Out of Baby -Babies Have By Ruth Brittain ( A X V LA • .A*Much of the nervousness in oldet children can be traced to the overstimulation during infancy, caused by regarding baby as a sort ,of animated toy for the amusement of parents, relatives and friends. Baby may be played with, but not for more than a quarter of an hour to an hour daily. Beyond that, being handled, tickled caused to laugh or even scream, will sometimes result in vomiting, and invariably causes-irritability, crying or sleeplessness. Fretfulness, crying and sleeplessness from this cause can easily be avoided by treating baby with more consideration, but when you just can’t see what is making bab/restless or upset better give him a few drops of pure harmless Castoria. It’s amazing to see how quickly it calms baby’s nerves and soothes him to sleep; yet it contains no drugs or opiates. It is purely vegetable —the recipe is on the wrapper Leading physicians prescribe it for colic, cholera, diarrhea, constipation, gas on. stomach and bowels, feverishness. loss of sleep and all other “upsets” of babyhood. Over 25 million bottles used a year shows its overwhelming popularity. With each bottle of Castoria, you get a book on Motherhood, worth its weight in gold. Look for Cllas. H. Fletcher’s signature on the package so you’ll get genuine Castoria. There are many imitations. Passing Observation Nothing is impossible. The radio’s been invented, the sea’s been crossed by airplanes and people even can learn to economize if they try .hard enough. • ■ c Ask for SUNSHINE RAISINS. Seedless. Rich in Iron and Vitamines. Create energy. Good for children. Full pound. All grocers.—Adv. One Method The Artist—One can’t Realize how much art owes to women. Friend —Weil. I suppose one could find out by asking the landladies in Greenwich Village. Burned money means sifted ashes.

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