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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-04
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice.

To the delinquent subscribers to the capital
stock of the Donaldsonville Bridge Co.:
At meeting of the Boa rd Of Directors OF
the Donaldsonville Bridge Co. held May %.
1881, the following resolution vas adopted:
Rcsolced, That the Secretary bo and he
is hereby instructed to notify bywriting all
subscribers to the capital stock Of the Don
aIdsoavlle Bridge Company to pay on or
before the 10th day of June, 1881, into the
hands,of the Treasurer, the assessment OF
3d. per cent levied by this Board on the
23rd day of April, 1881, on each share Of
stock by them subscribed, under penalty OF
forfeiture; be it further
Resolred, That this resolution pc printed
in the Dona,dsonyille CHIEF.
A true copy: PAUL LECHE,
Secretary,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-04

The Darrowyille lot which VIC men,
toned last week as having been sold for
$3.50 cash, was originally purchased of
Mr.. Ben. Gibson by Mr.. w. w. Butord
for SO; Mr.. Buford sold to Mr.. VIM.
Payne for $11O about two years ago, and
MI Payne sold in turn to Mr.. Augusta
Hohensee Of Port Barrow for $3.50. The
value Of the property, therefore, more
than quadrupled inside Of three years,
fact that speaks we'll for the prospects Of
the growing little village across the river.
Subscribers to the capital stock of the
Donaldsonville Bridge Company who
have not paid the first assessment OF 33t
per centum, are required to do so on
or before the 10th inst, according to
a resolution adopted last Saturday by
the Board of Directors. See the adver-
tisement OH this subject in another col
umn. Mr.. Bernard Lemann is Treasurer
of the Company, and the assessment is
to be paid into his hands. number OF
the stockholders have already responded
to the call. and it is desirable that the
others should do so promptly, III order
that the corporation may be i'll readiness
to make the first payment on its contract
with the bridge construction company OF
Cleveland.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-04

Mr.. s. Goctte is duly installed in his
new shoe shop on Railroad Avenuc-at
nothing in pronouncing it one of the
ncatcst places of business in town. Mr..
Gocttc's gentlemanly son, Familiarity
known by his friends as Tony, has charge
of the shop and always gives the most
prompt and courteous attention to the
wants of customers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-04

GRAND CoNCEET.-Sstturday evening,
June Is, grand vocal and instrumental
concert will be given at St. Joseph's
Academy, in this town, for the purpose
of raising funds to pay the balance due
upon the new organ purchased for the
Catholic Church last year. The manage
ment of the affair is i'll competent hands,
and an extremely attractive programme
has been arranged for the occasion. The
artistic merit aud worthy Object Of the
concert shou.l insure a large sale Of
tickets and i crowded house. The adj
mission price vi i'll be fifty cents; children
under twelve half price. Doors open at
i. O'clock performance begins at ;.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-04

Our sturdy young friend, +. Philip
Schiller, Esq, has completed tho building
of new blacksmith shop on the site of
the old one destroyed by fire in April,
and is hard at work again trying to make
up the loss which the fire inflicted upon
him. He solicits continuance of the
favor Of his former customers and asks a
trial from all others who desire any thing
done in his line.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-04

The lightning mail packet Morning
Star makes the run from Baton Rouge to
Donaldsonville in three hours and fifty
minutes, landing at thirteen post offices
Gu route.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-04

Capt. Surls having been summoned to
New Orleans on business, Mr.. ]. Rumsey
Duke, the efficient assistant Postmaster
at Donaldsonville, has been filling the
Captains place as route agent on the
daily mail packet Morning Star. RunseS
is az fat in matters pertaining to the
distribution of mails and we have no
doubt the temporary service lie is per-
forming will be as well done as if the
yeteran Can't. Surls was at his post.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-04

Parties visiting New Orleans may pro-
cure comfortable rooms and good board
ut reasonable rates by applying at li5
Race street. near Magazine. The loca-
ton is very pleasant. and those who stop
II Mrs Stelllc's ifouse will certainly have
cause TO congratulate themselves upon
the selection.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-04
LOCAL JoTTINGs.

yMr. Allen f. Mavor will visit the
local patrons of the CHIEF with bills for
their indebtedness on account of sub
scriptons and advertising. We solicit
for hin, pacific reception, and tender
thanks in advance to all who kindly
favor us by payment of the claims he
will present in our behalf.
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
i SrlTESuAYS PEcULI4EITlES.


The contrast between Il great man rs he ap
pears TO the world and as he appears private life,
was never more strikingly illustrated than III the
IS When he was at Walmer we are quoting
Lady Hester Stauhopc's Memoirs -" he used to
90 TO "A farm where hay and corn were kept for the
horses lie had a room fitted up there with table
and two or three chairs. Oh, what slices Of bread
and butter have seen him cat there, and lunches
OF bread and cheese big enough for plougmnan
lie used to say that whenever he could retire from
public life he would have "A good English woman
cook. To see him at table wit vulgar sea captains
and ignorant militia colonels with two or three
servants in attendance-he who had been accus-
toned to "a servant behind each char. TO all that
great aud distinguished in Europc-Onc might
have supposed disgust would have worked some
change in him; but it was always the same. On
one occasion Sir Edward Kuatchbull took him TO the
Ashford ball to show hun of to the yeomen and
their yves. Though sitting IN the room IN all his
senatorial seriousness he observed everything and
nobody could give a more lively account of the bail
Than he. He told who was fond OF certain cap
tam how Mrs. X was dressed how Miss Jones.
Mis- Johnson or Miss Anybody, danced"
We find him in another passage drinking out of a
lady's shoe and experimenting his sisters toilet
Lord Chatham model of domesticity. The
pride, bordering upon insolence, IN winch he
showed himself encased 10 the world. says
any effort to put it of, he crossed The threshold
of his own door lie was however, always studious
to maintain his dignity, and il was noticed that
when he read Shakespeare in his family circle h0
invariably passed the volume on TO someone else
when he came TO the comic passages, resulning II
again when the serious portions RECOMMENDED.
We have often been struck with the significance
of an anecdote which Mr.. HoOkam Frere once re-
lated TO his nephew about Canning: remember
one day going to consult Canning a matter of
great Importance to me. when he was staying at
Enfield. We walked into the woods to have a Quiet
talk, and we passed some ponds was surprised
to find that it was new light TO him that tadpoles
turned into frogs Now, don't YOU he added. 80
and tell that story 10 the next fool you meet
Canning could rule, and did rule great and civ.
ilized nation but people are apt TO fancy that a
man who does not know tue natural history Of frogs
must be an imbecile in the treatment of men,
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
THE MILKY WAY.

Many astronomers from Hcrschel downward
have spent much time in observing and specn-
latng upon the structure and functions of the
great stellar streams known as the Galaxy or
Milky Way. This part of the heavens has re-
Gently been made an object of careful study by
NJ. lIouzcau, of Brussels Observatory. He has
indicated its composition by means of curves
of equal luminous intensity. Looking casually !
at the Milky way, one might be disposed 10
think its luminosity nearly the same through
out. But NJ. HJuzeau finds in il series OF
luminous plates or masses to the number OF
thirty three. each diminishing in brightness
outward from the centre. These are arranged
almost exactly along a great circle of the ccles-
tial sphere. The solar system is nearly in the
plane of this equator" and probably near its
centre,
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
4 BARGAIN IN PETTIcOAELAYE.

From All Ire year hOuHd'
/ am taken into little shop, where treasures vi
clothing are displayed, and at prices that are cer
tainly amazing for chcapness :" Why, they WASH
made for the money" cries William when we hau
left the shop let alone the material ana tle cut
ting out" And then we watched young man. GER
tainly very shabby and seedy to begin WITH as ne
bargained with one of the Jews in the street ior
much superior garments. Presently he departed
quite metamOrphosed :,
There's good deal of style about that coat,
said William reHcctivey; but then you're HtOle
10 be took in by the finish knew young cnip
once who found his Sunday coat getting seedy hee
came TO the Lane and gave five bob and tho ol9
coat for a newsh One-but Bob went for style, anu
there was u wrinkle about the back, aud so he came
back here next Sunday and give another hYe DoD
and the new coat for another one, regular glossy
one and fitted him like his skin. Well, Bop gels
home and was stroking his new coat up ana doWn, M
when he feels something IN the lining, as he hopes
might be ve-pOund note, and he has II OUT ana 10
aud behold it's the pawn-ticket OF Bohs uerulah,
silver watch, rs he put MP moron year ago, anu
never thought no more Of That was the Identical
coat he'd parted with fortnight ago. only done up
TO look like neww William ohucked heartily over
his story. and then, as II he feared ne mgnt T g4i
promise the Lane in my eyes. he added : me hey
don't take you in like that If you goes In Tor ouaiiS
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
SPANISH PRoTERBS AB0Ur WJNEN.
From me 81. Jamcs's Ga-efie.

From The S. Jdmcs's GG-ehe.
Toward women at large indeed, the public voice
ip the Peninsula extremely severe. and IT rs
painful to have to note what their father, aud
brothcrs tell Of their oil experience. " Dos hias
con su madrc tres diahols para el padre q" Two
daughters with their mother are three devils Tor the
fatheT y reaches the top and crown OF lniSogyhy
La muger Y In p-Ta, la que Gala Z" he woman
and the pear. take the one that Is silent II -,
the pear tat gives nOlseleSsly TO the trclhl j. Il
phrase repeated III many variations, Oi Wihch per
hans the most picturesque is Mula que hacc hin.
hin. mugcr que sabe Latin, nunca hlclcra bucn I'm W.
&" The mule that whlnnles, the woman iEit knows
Latin Ii e., has learnlngl Fever made Il good chd ,.
Ninas yinas sOu NAL a guardian 4" GITla ana
vines are bad TO guard y speaks of ages OF anxiety
in respect to these two chief objects OF care m
seIni-O Oriental. winc-grOwIng country. BcndIta
sea la puerla por do sale la ha muerta' ' Blessed
be the gate whence the dead daughter goes ont ,
Is a ruder form of the same feeling. Casa 81 mo
cuandO quisIeIe la hlja CuandO pudieTe 4" Marry
the son when you will and the daughter Wien YOU
can >" is sentiment more forcby If less trrsely cN-
messed in III hO de tu vecinO. qulttlc cl mOcO V
casale con tn hia" (" Wipe thy neighbOrs sons
nose and marry him TO thy daughter'J.
To the sex at large the allusions are uncomplI
mrntary De Ia mar la sal de la mugcr mucho
NAL {" From the sea salt, from the woman much
iii ," is even surpassed in lack of gallantfy by the
more sweeping De la mala tc puaTda, de ia huena
no ies NADIA O. OF the bad woman beware, III the
good trust ne'cT shrewd saving IL another,
despite of its unk ndncss FL cOnselO de la nuger
e, POGO V el que no tOma cs loco l' Woman = ad-
vice is but little and he who takes II not - a
fool ~ The sum of all the experience III tins matter
Of Spaniards if their proverbs are to be bcleved ~
contained in the OIaCular sentence: End la Nlha
de muger tres salidas ha de haccr T." Ia woman s
on are necessary: To baptism, to marriage and
IN
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
SCRAP-BAG.

BRIOCHE STITCH.--In the description of bnoche
stitch in the Scrap Bag last week there was an error
of arrangement. Instead Of slip /, over knit to-
gether," IT should have been: over slip !, as If
about to purl knit 2 together" II Is the " over
lying across the slipped stitch which brings together
the two to he narrowed in the following row.
FLANNEL TmMHNG.-MrS 7. j. Jones will find
the directions she wants in Extra No. G2, page -,
under the name of &c Torchon Lace The Extra will
I've sent to her from this Office on receipt Of 20
cents.
WANTs.-Mrs NJ. o. ID. wants dir ctions for
knitting over-drawcrs for child two years olagc-
f. II. A. asks for a pattern of gentlem1ns cro-
cheted scarf-H W. +. writes; "Will some one hc
kind enough to tell me how to knit ribbed woollcn
mittens for a lady wearing Ga kid glover | asked
for information. in the Sd of August number IN re-
gard to the Herring Bone Elgng contributed by
L. E. D.; never received any replies; | was very
anxious to knit the edging and am yct perhaps
L. Z. D. overlooked the question or there was some
mistake; if she VIII give me the information l
desire shall be very thankful
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
\ NEW TEXTILE MATERIAL.

In French journal devoted 10 textile indus
try, NJ. Border Ia, lately pointed out the ait
yintagcs dcrvablc from "a plant indigenous in
south America and known in France by the
name of the .fdJciORe II abounds IN the vi d
state in France, and in other parts of Europe,
especially Italy where there are several varc-
ties of il. Ii il an Asclcplas, or milk weed
with opposite leaves, and simple stem ana me
flower, comCOscd OF two ublong petals nclosing
the seed, is crowned with an aigrcttc OF white
silky hair. In Italy, several attempts have
been made to utilize these hairs, but with little
success for, it il said, they are too short ana
brittle to be spun and woven alone and m
mixture with other lbIcs they weaken the
stuff. Now, according to VI. Border il is not
these hairs that should bc treated, but the stem
from which an excellent fine white resistant
fibre may he obtained capable OF replacing
silk. NJ. Border says the fibre is superior to
that of jutc, of which French commerce i'm,
ports annually, by England, quantity valued
at sixteen to eighteen million francs. The
stem of fafctonc has the advantage of being
lncOrruptblc by water. These important
statements by NJ. Border will doubtless be
fully tested.
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
ADMITTED TAM O,sHANTER.

For crocheted Tam O'Shanter caps very full m
structions have already been given in THE TRIBUNE
and may be found in the Knitting and Crochet
Extra No rs. Here are directions for knitted cap
which some may prefer to crochet
Take needles No. Is. and ounces of SaNony
wool. Cast stitches on each of ne dies and KNIT
with the 9TH needle. Knit around plain.
lst round In the first stitch increase by knitting
stitches. pur the one at the front knit the one AZ
the back of the loop knit in the next stitch IN
crease, repeat from.
2d FOUND: Knit l. purl @ repeat from.
Sd round Increase in the first stitch on each
needle, KNIT /, purl 1, repeat from.
4th round 4: Purl the knitted stitch of last row,
knit the purl stitch
9th round A: Increase in the first stitch on each
needle then knit the purlcd stitch of last row. purl
the knitted
Repeat these 9 rounds-untl the work is 1S in
ches IN diameter: then knit rounds of purl, l
plain alternately, keeping the pattern as before ;
after this decrease by knitting together athe be-
ginning of each needle in every alternate ronnd un-
til you have knitted to half the depth of the top OF
the cap this decreasing portion of the work being
the under part then knit rounds plain, and 10
rounds of 2 plain, 2 purl to form a ribbed piece
round the edge cast off loosely and fasten Off
For the rosette east on again II stitches on a
needle knit row.
I'd row: Knit 1. purl l, repeat from more
times leave the stitches and turn, work back TO
match the head.
Sd row: Knit /, purl l, repeat more times leave
4, turn. work back
4th row Knit /, purl l, repeat more times,
turn knit back a before.
9th row: Knit l, Purl l, repeat twice more, turn,
knit back.
9th row: Knit 1, purl l, repeat once turn' KNIT
back.
7th row: Knit /, pur /, to the end of the row,
then knit back Repeat this row once more, then re-
peat from the 2d row, and knit until you have a
circle of it, when You cast of and sew the two sides
together whip the edge, and stuff with bits OF
the wool cut very small. or n little pad covered
with silk Sew the knittngOver it, then sew to
the middle of the cap the head of the cap shonld
be lined with silk.
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
EARTH AND MOON.

In Il recent lecture at birmingham 10y lDr. X.
= Ball, the able Astronomer Royal Tor Ireland
and author of Il little work on astronomy pub
lishrd lately by Henry Holt y Co, OF tins city,
is an interesting sketch of the action and Icdc-
ton of the earth and moon, and the effect Of
this upon the length OF the day. While the
day said Dr. Ball, was gradually lcugthcnlng
through the moons action on the tides, the
earth reacted ON the moon, and drove 1t
farther and farther away. The circle described
by the moon was, the ciorc, gradually IHcrca~-
ing. and thus the day was getting longer ANA
longer rs the moon was TcCcdlug laItucr ana
farther. II thcy looked back To earlier periods
the moon must, therefore, have been closer aud
closer 10 the earth the farther they went back
AT one epoch, which hc put at about
80. 600 900 of years, the moon must have
been yer, close {" the earth and then tie day,
instead of being tWcuty-tOur hours, WunId
only bc three hours long. The closer the moon
was to the earth the more quickly It TcvulNed :;
and, looking back To that remote period, they
had the extraordinary state Oi thing, IN which
the earth was spinning round once IN every
three hours, and the moon rotating once M three
hours also. At that time the earth WI, really
a mass of scml-mOfcn matter, and II the oceans
were there at all, they were suspended IN Napor
around it, DR.. Ball showed that the nearer the
moon to the earth the greater was tie rise OF
the tide aud he calculated that, when the
moon was so near TO the earth, the tides must
have been 2 q times a. great aS ~ the present
time Rising 30 feet high, the tides would
have washed over the whole Of England.
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
SOME VULGARIuIS or GOOD SOCIETY,"


ASKING questions private aud personal, is one
vulgar habit. ana telling your own business, which
no one wants 10 hear, Is another Asking the cost
OF present that has been made to you; PUMPING"
n serv mt to hear what has been given by way of
parting vail; loud talking in public; hard staring
at tahle lnsolen dsrespect to husband, wife, sister
or brother; showing temper in trlles and making
scenes IN public; showing an cmbaTraSs ng amount
OF fOndness and making love III public; covert
sncers of which people can the animus If they
do not always understand the drift persistent ego
tsn which talks forever OF ITSELF itself itself only
itself, and cahnOt even fegI the most passr 9 lu-
terest IN another; detraCtiOn of friends and 1t may
be of relatIOus-a husband telling of his wife's
pleaSantness, a vile complaining of her husbands
fauts; the bold assumption of superiority, aud tho
scrvIle confession of infinite unwOrthIncss; all
these are Signs and evidences of yulgarIty-vul-
garltv of Tar worse type than that which eats IT'S
fish " th steel knife, and says You was' and
".each Ol the men were
In fact, true vuigarlty resolves itself INTO that
central lout of evIl-soitishnes- The unseliish
never be fcally.yulgar They may he uncout b. but
they cannot be more; while the best tOp-drc,sIug
OF manner to be found IN the whole world cannot
make the substance refined, where that one foul
cankcr ot egotlsm and Indifference To- others lies at
the heart of things.
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
RAPID TREE GROWTHS.

=, According to report of the Horticultural
society OF Madras two trees in the Botanical
Garden the redisplay the marvellous rapidity. Of
tree-growths i'll tropical countries. The rain
tree Pithec0 obiCm saman) in the gardens, the
measurements of which were given in the pro-
ceedlngs OF the Society 7th of August, 1873,
and then believed to be under six years from
the seed, continues in spite of its having been
necessary to amputate some of the largest limbs,
to grow enormously. Measured on the 30th OF
July last 1t gave IN girth nine feet four inches
at the ground, six feet three inches at three
feet nigh, and five feet nine inches at five feet
hlgh; IN spread about cighty-fiye feet from
north to south, and a total height Of about
forty-Slx feet A reference to the former
measurements shows that the girth at three
feet from the ground has increased in the last
three years two feet two inches. The age of
the tree is if anything overestimated; but
search Is being made for traces OF the receipt
OF the seed which it is believed came from
Ceylon about 1872. \ casuarina tree standing
alongside, which was the specimen of its order
when that part of the ground was laid out at
the Botanical Garden, and is therefore known
to he about ten years Old, now measures at five
feet from the ground only two feet eight and
half inches, though it is about eightytwo feet
hiUh
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20

mex. slip stitch repeat from to end OF row. WIN
silk work row of DC stitches down either SIDE at
edge of the scollops, beginning at the bottom OF
cape on one side, and beginning at the neck on the
other side Thread the holes at the neck IN ana
out with one yard and a half of satin rDboh 10
match the silk iii color and use the noDon 10 Tic
the cape with bow and ends at the neck &c"
three hooks on side and three eyes on the other
al the end of 3d. 9Th and 9h scollop, to fa5en cape
down the front
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
REMOVING INK-STAINS.

An article in the Journal de Pharmacie Il
pyrophosphate of sodium, which does not de-
stroy cellulose, and yields colorless compounds
with ferric oxide. Before treating the spot
with this salt, it is recommended to let few
drops of tallow, from a candle, fall upon the
spot, and then to wash III a solution OF the
New-York tribune., 1881-11-20

Once, when somewhat under the influence of
drink q certain citizen OF Windhsni, Conn., wandered OF
into the fields went TO sleep On rising he forgot 10
nt on his old cooked Some boys found and took
Il TO him. thinking TO cover him with confusion :" In
Mr. whites pasture, near the barn." well, boys, 30
tale IL right back, that Is my plsce " keep 1t"