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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-07-03

r. From all sections of our parish
comes the report of a fine crop pros
pect. The rains seem to come just at
the time desired.-Bastrop Republ-
can.
u Several fine showers have fallen
in this vicinity this week. They
were timely, and we're welcomed by
all. Crops are coming on as we'll as
could be wished. Never better.-
Brashear Ne,cs.
II A bet of $500 has been made in
Washington that if Hayes beats Allen
for Governor in Ohio next fall he will
he the Republican candidate for Vice
President, and the Republicans will
carry the presidential election.
~ Bastrop Republican, June Oath !:
While Masters Eugene Brodnax,
Benny Gray and JEFF Grant were out
cunning in the vicinity Of town on
Tuesday evening last, the accidental
discharge Of Eugene's gun killed him
instantly.
u Baton Rouge has declined to
blow its brass band against the Don
aldsonville band, aud the CHIEF
claims victory for their boys. One
thing certain, there is heap of wind
in the Donaldsonville brass band men,
aud all they want is an opportunity.
-AtsAEapas Register.
~ We hear from reliable author
ity that the name of Hon. Thomas G..
Anderson of Opelousas will be put
forward as candidate for Governor
of the State of Louisiana, at the next
general election. We hail the news
with pleasure and are glad to hear
that his candidateship is endorsed by
all the Influential men of our parish.
--Plaqaeaines Obaesuer.
~ Since our last issue the plant
ers have been blessed with much
needed rains, throughout the parish.
The earth had become parched. but
aiuce the showers vegetation has
taken vigorous life. If the crops are
NOT good this year, many hope
which is now we'll founded, viii be
blasted, for the tielfs. while clean Of
grass, are green with growing cetto.,
and corn, and give great promise Of
an abundant harvest this Fall.-Car-
roll Watchmae.
- The Terrebonne Republican Of
Saturday last chronicles this peculiar
incident:
On last Sunday morning, June 90,
Squire Watson, Of Bayou du Large,
was on his way home from church
when he surprised his immediate
friends by becoming speechless. He
was conveyed to his house and the
physician sent for, who, upon his ar
rival, pronounced the illness to he
lseyere case Of sunstr0ke. Mr.. Wat
son fingered speechless and insensi-
iis until Wednesday night, when
death relieved him of his sutferincs.
II Jolley, the titly named special
agent Of the post-ofiice department.,
who abides in New Orleans. aud edits
the Brashear Register, says in his pa
lAr Ut last week:
Won't a1;udtler Rite, OBJ de Ta'bone
Publican t4ease send lis the exchange
of his papah" to the city instead Of
Brashears We wish to peruse those
sarkastick articles that the Donald
sonville Cs1EF speaks of i'll its last
issue. Do 50. Rate, aad We will give
Yen y large !" stage plank for dinna,
;.lid feed you Oh catfish when you
visit"Tuckpart"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-07-03

Agents for the Chief:
ASCENSION PARISH.
WIN. G.. Wilkinson, Donaldsonville, La.
DR.. John Dominique, Dominiqne's Landing
Augustus knight, Linwood Plantation.
DIR. A. B. Robertson, Dutch Stores.
John Dixon, New River.
j. b. Hebert, 9 =
Alex. Meyers, Manciac and Port Vincent
Elsewhere.
Thes. Mcintyre, New Orleans, La.
Geo. z. Rowell & Co., New York.
P. H. Walker & Co., Baltimore. Maryland.
Rowell e. Chesman, St. Louis, Missouri
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Transient advertisements 81 90 per square
first insertion; each subsequent insertion,
IS cents.
All official notices 81 90 per square each
publication. -, ~
Editorial nstices-in local columns, 20
cents per line.
Brief communications upon subjects Of
public interest solicited.
Ne attention paid to anonymous letters.
Tho editor is not responsible for the views
Of correspondents.
Address: CHIEF, Donaldsonville, La.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-01
HOME INTERESTS.

BROWN paper is an excellent thing TO
polish tin with.
If you are buying a carpet for dura-
bility, you must choose small figures.
WAsH-BoILERs that are inclined TO rust,
may be washed with sweet milk.
A BIT of soap rubbed on the hinges OF
doors will prevent them from creaking.
THERE is no better way than cleaning
a spider in which onions have been cooked,
than TO boil ashes and water in it.
In packing a trunk the contents can be
put in TO better advantage, if they are
folded fiat, without wrinkles, and laid in
smoothly.
AFTER windows are fresh and free from
all dust. rub them with old, soft, erumpled
newspaper. The glass will be as clear as
crystal.
OLD papers are excellent to put the finish
on neWly-polished tinware, cutlery, silver
spoons, and to renew the polish OF stoves
that have been blackened some time.
PLAIN CAKE cups of sugar, of milk
8 eggs, cup of butter, teaspoontuls oil
cream of tartar, of soda, cups OF Hour.
Makes lOaves.
MINUTE LoAF CAKE.-3 cups of flour,
II cups of sugar, cup OF milk, l cup OF
raisins, cup of butter, teaspoon cream
of tartar, teaspoon soda, egg. inns
makes large loaf.
DOOR MATs.-Mats should be laid out
side of all doors, TO stop the currents OF
of cold air that come from under them
and they should lit the doors exactly, for
/ if they do not they are rather more orna-
mental than useful. The Large, square
| MATS are now seldom used, excepting in
] loro ha doors
| demand them: but the narrow mats, only
/ twelve or eighteen inches in width, look
best in limited space, and serve the requl-
site purpose.
Coon TARTs.-Pare and core about q
dozen nice apples, put them into sauce
pan to stew, adding little water; stu
them frequently, and when they are
cooked to pulp, add pound OF currant'
and enough sugar for sweetenlng nicely
To this add a teacup of rich cream, flavor
ed with vanilla. Line a deep tart disf
with puff paste, pour into it the apples
and ere m, and cover it with another piece
of paste of the same thickness and size, anC
press the edges closely together. PLACE
in the oven and bake to a rich brown
Serve with wine sauce.
How TO USE CHLORIDE OF LIME
Eckstein, a technical chemist OF Vienna
after comparative tests with the other dis
Injecting agents, recommends chloride 0
lime as decidedly the best for water clos
. cts, eesspools, etc, and attributes It's eul
cacy and its rapid action in decomposinn:
hydrogen compounds. such as ammoniss
sulph1reted hydrogen, etc. He regard
as the chief objection to its general use
its unpleasant effect on the organs OF res
piration, and states that this can be RENE
> died, and it's action regulated, by enveloT
ing it in a bag of parchment paper, whic
5 acts osmotically, and is decomposed slow
\ lV bV il,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-01
The Grandest Canyon on the Continent.

The most Interesting feature Of the sum-
mer's exploration, in the estimation OF
Prof. Gannett, is the great Canyon of the
GunnisOn, whose perpendicular walls rise
in many places to a height of 4 GOO feet,
and for distance of fifty miles viii aver
age over 5000 feet. The course of the
river seems to have been sculptured as if
by drifting rocks, and along its almost
straight course the white walls, separated
only few yards, loom up towards the
clouds. 1t makes one almost dizzy to think
OF it. Standing at the top of the highest
wall and looking down nearly three-tOurths
OF a mile. lies the bed of the stream, the
waters swift current dashing and foaming
through the narrow channels. but so far
down that it can scarcely be seen, and its
roaring never heard. Here is something
that rivals the wonders of the Yellow
stone, and is grander than the YOse-
mite.
The point where these great precipiCes
begin to loom up is about 100 miles north
west of the Los PinOs Indian Agency.
The Indians, as far back as the time of
FrCmont's explorations, gave indications
that such wonders existed well down this
slope, beyond the Uncompahgre Noun
tains. but the wild region has been left al
most uneXplOred TO this day, and it is left
for Gannett party to give the people of
this country the first real knowledge of
the wonderful canyon and its awful preci-
pices.
They have made drawings at some of
the highest points, and taken in the full
/ topography Of the region; but words will
be weak to convey an adequate idea Of the
sublimity and awful grandeur of this
Canyon OF the Gunnisou. q .-7' ID {
Il seems probable that the stream of
tourists that found their way over the
range into Middle Park this season for the
! first time, to testthe virtues of IFS famous
hot salplsIr springs, TO angle in its brooks,
and indulge in the pleasures of the chase,
will another season find their way into
/ the Uncompab@re Mountains and to this
wonderful region.
The greatest depth ofthe Grand Canyon
1 of the Yellowstone is but ,00o feet, and
/ the averagefor miles along the deepest
part is NOT over GOO feet. Clear Greek
/ Canyon, in Colorado, which Grace Green
wood, Bsyard Taylor, and other travellers
! have praised as rivaling the Yellowstone.
I is but little over LOCO feet at its highest
point. Prof. Gannett declares that there
4 is nothing in America that equals the new
I wonders OF the Grand and GunniSon. The
/ white walls, contrasting strongly with the
others in the neig hborhOod, in MANY places
cut and Scared into curious and fantastic
shapes, spires, towers and minarets,
I standing out above, add to the startling
picturesqueness and awful grandeur of
the scene. Here and there, along the lower
sides of the canyon, may be traced strips of
cOloring.
This is due to-the mingling waters from
soveRd springs that line the river banks,
iron Strings producing the red colCrs, and
sulphur springs the yellow.
The river bed is shallow, and the water
clear.-Dr. Hayden.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-01
The Strong Women of SaxOny.

{ A corr spendent whe has been travel
ing in Sax0ny has this to say of the wo-
men IT that region -. Here,womep show
NOR strength and endurance thin many
of then husbands and brothers do. They
carry on their backs for miles heavier
weights than i should care 20 lend my
shoulders to. Massive are their legs as
the Banyan root; their hips are as the
bows of a three-deeker. Backs they have
like derricks rough hands like pile-drivers.
They wear knee short skirts, sleeves at
elbows. handkerchief. As a rule they
possess animal good nature and vacant
amiability.T Seen from distance IN a
hav-field. woman's motions and postures
have often an admirable grace IN rskng'
STOPPING. tossing the hay. her action is
supple and easy. AS she labors in the sum
She keeps up continuous good-humored
chatter with her companions. Her bare
arms and legs are bTenzed by summer
exposure TO heat-ahd dirt, and her visage
is Of a color almost Ethiopian"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-01
A Desperate Duel.

A correspondent of the Chicago Times
writes as follows from Fort Bayard, N.
NJ, Feb. 81: A startling episode OF lie
on the border occurred in Arizona, about
forty miles from here, last week. A short
time since a quarrel arose between no.
tOriOus desperate named Patrick Muther-
way and William Clark, a young man who
recently came from Illinois. To settle the
ill-feeling, it was proposed to fight 1t out
with fists, and that the winner take purse
of 800. The fight came of as agreed, ana
Mutherway, being much the strongest,
punished Clark severely. Smarting under
the disgrace and loss of his money, the lat
ter challenged Mutherway to fight duel
with pistols, which was accepted, distance
fixed at 20 PAGES, fire and advance, coHtin-
ing firing until one or both were killed.
The duel took place as agreed, Mu' herway
winning the choice Of positions. Taking
their places, the word 10 fire was given,
and. on the instant, both weapons were
discharged. For amement neither antag-
onist showed signs of being struck, when
Clark's pistol dropped from his hand, and
clasping his hands over his breast, he tell
into the arms of his second, who laid him
upon the ground. His coat and vest were
opened, and it was at once seen he had re-
ceived his death-wound. The ball from
Mutherway's pistol had entered in the
neighborhood of the heart, severing an
artery, and in less than ten minutes the
young man was corpse.
Mutherway, who escaped without a
scratch. is well known in this section and
elsewhere as a desperate character, horse
thief and highwayman. He is the keeper
of dance-house just across the border, in
Mexico, the resort of the cut-throats who
infest that region. 1t is understood that
prior TO his advent in this country, he was
chief of gang of train-robbers now led by
the James and Younger brothers, and
lated largely in Missouri, Kansas and
Texas.
Of Clark, knew but little, except that
he formerly lived and has relatives in Hi
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-01
Cooking Food For Stock.

The writer of an essay published in the
Reports of the Nebraska State Agricultu-
raj Society, says: know by experience.
that there is a saving of fully one-thlrd
the quantity, and, when we consider the
thrift and rapid improvement of the stock
-one-half of the value, of cooked material
over raw. Most people think it too much
trouble. and a loss OF time, to cook their
stock feed, but this objection is largely
imaginative, and soon overcome by the
healthy growth of the stock. An econom-
zeal and prac teal cooker can, easily be
made after plan of Mr.. S. III. Clay, OF
Kentucky, who builds an oven or pit on
the ground, of brick, six toeight feet long,
three feet wide, and two feet high. Il
think eighteen inches better height,
with chimney at one end. The pit is
covered with a box of two-inch plank OF
the above dimensions, with sheet-iron-
bottom. This pit. if closely banked up,
will hold long time, and cook a large
Quantity of materials with very small
amount of fuel, and the whole cost will
not exceed six or seven dollars. lnever
feed more than my stock will eat up clean ;
after few times the feeder will learn to
graduate the amount TO the needs OF his
stock and no more.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-01
The Right to Deposit Money.

The portly President of the State Ma
tionaI Bank sauntered leisurely forth from
his private Office in the direction of the
front door. Arriving at the counter, he
was confronted by stalwart son of Affi-
cas- sunny cline, who, judging from the
stream of water ooZing from his garments,
had been standing at the door in the rain
for several hours. dispose yer name is
Williams, is it?" +" My name, sir, is Mr..
Williams" OATS what 1 axed you
me'nt no harm dis is de bank, de State
Bank, isn't it ?'' ayes, sir, this is the
State National Bank" And &c cibbie
rites is dun and pass'd, isit!" "The civil
rights bill is said to be the law Of the land,
sir" Oats what axed you. no harm
me'nt; and amt, cullud pussons got as
much rite to post .mOney here as de white
folks ~ "They have the same privileges
as the white people in that particular, sir. >
Well. den, just take dis pile ober dar,
and put it again my name on Gle book"
quilting from mis- inside pocket about $500
in currency. Like "a sensible man as he is,
The President yielded to the majesty of the
law, and took the money on Deposit
PaIe;nb Ne,rs ar
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-01
The Manufacture of India Rubber.
rhe iniee Of the caorIfchonc tree uhder

The Juice OF the cd0utcn0nc tree uluef-
goes many curious mutations before II De
comes merchantable sheet. In large
building, filled with great iron troughs
and Odors far from spicy, many men are
at work on the rough rubber, which IS
first cut into pieces and then partially
macarated and washed clean from impure
ties, emerging al length in the form OF
long strips of -tiirty-white color, not un-
ike fragments of Hnbleached Turkish
toweling. 1t is now ready for the mace
rating mills, wherein il is worked up with
hot water till it assumes the appearance OF
chewed india-rlbber dear to schoolboys.
As the maceratOr slowly revolves, it
squeeZes from its capacious jaws dark
looking yiscid mass, only TO seize it again
and repeat the operationnntl the material
! becomes homogeneous. when it Is ready
for the cylinders. in these il is squeezed,
under heavy pressure, through sleeves OF
exceeding fineness, which take up every
remaining particle of dirt or grit, and the
rubber is new readyto be rolled into thick
or thin sheets-or applied TO cylinders UNI
| der which pass miles Of silk or cotton
cloth, until, after some half-dOZen applica-
tons, coating of sufficient thickness to
make it waterproof has been deposited on
! the fabric-or TO be cast in molds into
valves or buffers. ''WasherS" and such
small deer are cut out of the heavy sheets,
which are also employed for making the
mats now so much in use. These are
produced by singularly beautiful pro-
cess applied to sheets of vulcaniZed
caoutchouc. This vulcaniZing operation
is simple enough, consisting merely of the
the addition of quantity of sulphur
often combined with cOlOring matter-to
the wet paste of rubber, followed by bak-
ing in large iron ovens filled with lime
Charged with sulphur the rubber Is rolled
into long bands, of about half the width Of
the proposed mats. These mats pass on &
travelling bed under machine furnished
with sharp cutters, which intlict stabs a
regular distances. and finally cut OF The
band into lengths. These are mex
stretched on a frame so as to tear th'
] wounds into almost loZenge-shaped open
ings, forming a perfect pattern; process
far superior in point of economy TO that o
punching out the interstices, and thus in
volving waste of labor and material
, Stretched on frames, the mats are nov
duly baked. and on leaving the oven re
i tain perfectly the form imposed upol
them. To this process of vulcaniZing
, rubber owes much of its adaptability 4
: many uses of modern life. The addition
: of sulphur, followed by baking in lime
imparts to the material the power OF IT
: sisting heat, and has extended the area G
: India-rubber goods to the torrid zone
: Carried step further, this process pre-
duces ebonite, a material of great hardnes
and density, of which all kinds of article!
, useful and ornamental, may be made
. among which may be mentioned the chea
) limitations of jet, which have the advantao
! of being far more durable than the hydro
/ carbon imitation.-Au the Year Round.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-01

Nh. DEsPERANDUM.-Ar real healthy man
or woman is rarity and what wonder!
when we realize that it is the custom to
overload the stomach, and then produce
chronic disease by the use of spirituous
| liquors, tsronics," " Appetizers, " Re
storatiyes,'' etc. Having first produced
disease BY indiscretion, the victim wonders
why nothing does him good" just so;
and the reason is that they all, or nearly
all, find basis in aleohol-or POISON. To
all thus discouraged, we can conscientious
/ ~ say, make one more trial." Discard
| spirituous medicines, and give NATURE a
chance, aiding her in the struggle by using
one of her own pure and unadulterated
herb remedies, in the shape of VNEGAR
BTTTERs. The diseOyerer, DR.. }. WALKER
of California, is ne pretender, but an hon.
orable practicing physician, and his dis.
/ covery is the result of ytarS of labor and
study. The wonderful cures effected by
them of Dyspepsia, Fevers, Rheumatism
and many other terrible diseases, are almost
! incredible.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-01
TN IJSE.
AQlaTtGr Of a CgHtlFy'S Trial has
Demonstrated Their Superiority.

"WHEELER& WILSON'S NEW NO.
d N4CHINE must eG6atHally sUPerSede all
Otters nor run riM ,rtict ii comes IN coblpe-
tiiiOp. We recommend fer 1t the highest
G,edrd arhiclt Il is IN tie PO5ner Of the IAStI-
tllte to bGst0D."-From the unanimous Re-
port Of the five Judges of the American
Institute, New York, 1874.
The Board of Managers unanimously APP
proved the report, anC recommended for
This machine the Gold -Hsddg Of TIE Institute.
The Board OF Direction unanimously
approved this recommendation. and
awarded the Gold Medrg to Wheeler s.
Wilson, the only gold medal awarded for
Sewing Machine by the American In
stitute for many years.
The austrian Official Report Of the Ven
M ErpositiOa pronounced 1t " tte nadrceI q
tie Exposition" and added, "hfs uniUersdi
machine SescS tie hea0iest leather harness and
he finest gdtze nth a trpl, pearL stitch"
The Grand Medal Of Progress toaS Gaoara
cd for it.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-01
After the Funeral.

I 1t was lust after the funeral. The be-
'reaved and subdued widow enveloped in
millinery gloom was seated in the sitting
room with few sympathizing friends.
There was that constrained look, so pecu-
liar to the occasion, observable on every
countenance. The widow sighed.
''How do you feel, my dear" observed
her sister.
r "Oh, / don't know" said the poor wo-
man, with difficulty restraining her tears.
But hope every thing passed off well.'
Indeed it did," said all the ladies.
sit was as large and respectable afuner-
al as | have seen this winter" said the
sister, looking around upon the others.
"Yes, it was,' said the lady from next
door. II was saying to Mrs. Slocum, on
tly ten minutes ago, that the attendance
coulda't have been better-the bad going
considered &sh Asfs-s ~ ~st -
"Did you see the Taylors % asked the
widow, family, looking at her sister.
''They go so rarely to funerals that was
quite surprised TO see them here"
"Oh, yes, the Taylors were all here
said the sympathizing sister. "As you
say, they go but little; they are so ex'
] elusive"
II thought l saw the Curtises also, y
suggested the bereaved woman, droop
ingly. 2k95
"Oh, yes" ehimed in several. f'sThey
came in their own carriage, too" sale
the sister, animatedly. And there were
the Randals, and the Van RenSalears
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, had her cousin from
the city. with her. And MIS-. Randall
wore a very heavy black silk, which | an
i sure was quite new. did yon see Col
HAYWOOD and his daughters, love?"
II thought | saw them, but WASH
sure. They were here, then, wer
they?"
Eyes. indeed" said they all again, ant
the lady who lived across the way OBJ
served: la- -4s. -sE+aa
1.-The Colonel was very sociable, and in
duired most kindly about you, and tn
sickness of your husband.n
! The widow smiled family. She wa
sratified by the interest shown by til
Colonel.
The friends now rose TO gu, each bic
ding her goodbye, and expressing tn
hope that she would be calm. Her siste
bowed them out. When she returned
: she said:
"YOu can see, my love, what the neigi
i, bOrs think of it. | wouldn't have la
} any thing unfortunate happened for a goo
deal. But nothing did. The arrang
ments couldn't have been better"
81 think some of the people in II
f neighborhood must have been surprise
=. to see so many of the uptown Peep
: here" suggested the afflicted woman, tr.
s ing to look hopeful.
, "You may be quite sure of that, "asse1
/, ed the sister. IL could see that pla
> enough by their looks
e "Well, 1 am glad there is no occasiC
= for talk said the widow, smoothing Il
skirt of her dress.
And after that the boys took the chat
home. and the house was put in order
| Da7b7s,.U NeaDs -f