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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-09

Many young girls are unfit for active life. and
thousands of mothers drag out a miserable
existence on account of peculiar female weak
ness which they absolutely refuse to cure
weak, frail creatures irregular each month
with pale faces. glaring eyes, shattered nerves.
and almost worn out constitutions. A power
full combination has been prepared by the
medical profession for tn cure OF these serious
female complaints, and It's action is pronounced
wonderful. 1t is known as DR.. Dromgoole's
English Folnale Bitters.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-09
AL1rEKARY CURIOSITY.
A Poem to Which Thirty eight
Authors Contribute Line Each.

A Poem to Which Thirty eight
Authors Contribute Line Each.
The following very remarkable little poem is
the pen of Mr.. II. A. Deming. The reader will
see that each line is quotation from some one
of the standard authors of England and Amer
lea. This is the result Of years Of laborious
search among the voluminous writings Of thirty
eight leading poets of past and present. The
number of each line refers to its author below:
l. Why all this toil.for triumphs of an hour?
2. Life's short summer mans flower.
f 3. By turns we catch the vital breath and die.
4. The cradle and the tomb, alas! go nigh.
5. To be is better far than not to be,
Q. Though all mems lives may seem tragedy;
7. But Light cares speak when mighty griefs
are dumb,
g. The bottom q but shallow whence they come.
g. Your fate is but the common fate of all;
~. Onmingled joys here no man can beIalI.
Il. Nature to each allots g proper sphere;
IL. Fortune makes folly her particular caro-.
ID. Custom does often reason overrue,
IA. And throws cruel sunshine Oh fool.
15 Live well; how long or short permit to
heaven;
49, They who forgive most shall be most for
II. Sin may be clasped So close we can not see
it's face
49, Vile intercourse where virtue has no place.
49, Then keep each passion down. however dear,
q. Thou pendulum betwixt smile and tear.
q. Her sensual snares let faithless pleasure lay,
q With craft and skill to ruin and netray.
23 Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise,
o. We masters grow of all that we despise.
25 Oh, then, renounce that impious sef-esteem!
o. Riches have wings and grandeur is a dream.
u. Think not ambition wise because it's brave,
g. The paths Of glory lead but to the grave.
%. What is ambition? IT'S glorious cheat
90 Only destructive to the brave and great.
81. What's all the gaEdy glitter of a crown?
S2 The way of bliss lies not on beds OF down.
SO. How long we live not years but actions tell
81. That man lives twice who lives the first Life
well.
a5. Make, then, while yet you may, your God
your friend.
81. Whom Christians worship, sat caz not COM
prehend.
81. Tie trust that's given guard and to yourself
be Just.
SO. For live we how we can, die we must.
!, Young; @ DR.. Johnson; 8. Pope; 1, Prior
Scott; 8, Longfellow; 10, Southwell; II, Con-
greve; II. Churchill; Is, Rochester; IA, Arm
strong; Is, Milton; Is, Bailey; II, Trench; 10,
Someryille; 49, Thompson; 2O Byron; Il, Smol-
lett; o. Crabbe; %, Massingcr; "a, Cowley; Is.
Beattie; 26 Cow per; q, Sir Walter Devonant;
2s, Gray; %, Willis; 3O Addison; 81. Dryden; 80,
Francis Charles; 33, Watkins; 81, Herrick; 35.
VIM. Mason; 36, Pill; 81, Dana; SO, Shakespeare.
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Good Advice.

You will prevent and cure the greater part of
the ills that affiict mankind In this any sec
ton. if you keep your stomach liver and kid
neys in perfect working order There is no
medicine known that does this as surely rs
Psrker's Ginger Tonic. 1t viii keep your blood
rich and pure, and give yon good health at little
cost. See other column.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-09

The Georgia Legislature has decided
not to accept Senator Browns proposed
donation of $50, GOO to the State Uniser-
sity at Athens, owing tothe Dat,re of the
conditions attached to the gift.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-09
MILLINERY.

MFRS. \. BLUM. Milliner, Mississippi
Nl street, between Lessard and st. Pat
rick. Latest styles of Bonnets, Hats. French
Flowers, etc.; also, all kinds Of Ladies' Un-
derwear.
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MATTRESS MAKER.

DETER WAGNER, Spring and Moss
Il Mattress Mandatory, Mississippi st.
Repairing and cleaning furniture special
ty. All orders promptly attended to.
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DRUGS AND MEDICINES.

ID RYBISKI, Apothecary and Druggist,
d. Mississippi street, between St. Patrick
and st. Vincent streets, adjoining Gondran's
store.
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Lingering leucorrhesa or whites So common
among females all over the South. are iinme-
diately cured by the use of English Female Bit
tiers.
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UNDERTAKEN.

GCHONBERG'S Undertaker's Establish
- ment, Railroad Avenue, between Iber-
vile and At.akapas streets. All kinds Of
burial cases. from the pine coffin to the me-
tallic or rosewood caskct.
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M TOBIAS, dealer in Groceries. Dry
Nls Goods, Clothing, Notions, Boots and
Shoes, Hats, Furniture. Hardware, Crock
cry, Trunks, ETC., corner Mississippi and st.
Patrick streets and No. "a Railroad Avenue.
Everything at lewest figures.
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1OSEPH GONDRAN, dealer in Clothing,
ID Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Groceries,
Wines, Liquors, Boots, Shoes, Hardware,
Paints, Oils, Sxddlery, Crockery, Furnitu,e 9
and oil kinds Of House Furnishing Goods,
Blue Store, MississiDufs1trect.
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SODA WATER MANUFACroRY.

SODA ~ <AIER NIASUFNCIUIS1.
CODA WATER MANUFACTORY, II.
y Hether, proprietor, No. IL Mississippi
street. Soda. Mineral, Seltzer and all kinds
of aerated waters manufactured, and sold
ut lowest prices.
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nERNARD LEMANN, dealer ia Western
ID Produce, fancy and staple Groceries,
Liquors, Hardware, Iron, Paints, Oils, Carts,
Plows, Saddlery, Stovesand Tinware, Fur
niture, Crockery, Wall Paper and hoOse
Crescent Place.
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DoNALDsoNvlLLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. Etc.

u LANDMAN, dealer in Dry Goods,
HI Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Wines,
Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, and General
Merchandise, corner r. y. Avenue and
Taylor Streets, one block from Railroad
DeDot
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TNO. 4. PARK, dealer in Staple and Fan.
q CT Groceries, Provisions, Plantation and
Steamboat Supplies, Canned Goods, Wines,
Liquors, Bottled Beer. Ale, ETC., Dry Goods
and Notions, corner of Mississippi and Chet
imaches streets, opp. River Ferry.
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HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
~ INGRY, THE PAINTER, Crescent Place,
NJ opposite the Market-House. House,
Sign and Ornamental Painting in all their
branches. Best work ut lowest prices.
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A d. VEGA, Agent, dealer in Dry Goods,
A. Notions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes,
Hats, Groceries, Liquors, Furniture, Hard
ware, Tobacco, Paints, Oils, Glass, Lumber,
Bricks, Carts and Wagons; Loeb's corner,
Railroad Ayeunc and Mississippi street.
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~ KLINE, corner Crescent Place and
We Houmas street, dealer in Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots aud Shoes, Groceries, Pro
visions, Corn, Oats and Bran.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
maches street, opposite the Court House.
EDWARD N. PUGH, Attorney at Law,
Square. Visits Napoleonviile on Mondays.
DAUL LECHE, Attorney at Law and No
II tary Public. Donaldsonville. Office !:
One block below the Court t-11ouse, on At
takapas street. je25
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& MAS. a. RA0UiE,
~
ATTORNEY ar LAW.
nnlhnville. In.

Practices in the 22nd and 26th judicial
Districts, comprising the parishes ot Jeiier-
son, st. Charles, st. John. ST. james and
Ascension, and before the Federal and
i,upreMs Courts in New Orleans.
Special attention paid to the collection of
commercial claims.
Address: Hahnville P. O., st Charles. LA.
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BARBER SHOP.
r l.. FERNANDEZ, Barber Shop, Mis-
Lie sissippi Street. near corner Lessard.
Shaving, hair-cutting, slrampooins, etc, in
most artistic style
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AF ISRAEL T. CO., dealers in Dry Goods,
Nls Clothing, Boots, Shoes, saddlery,
Bnggies, etc., corner Mississippi street and
Railroad Avenue.
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rNO. sOLOZANO, dealer in Groceries,
- Wines and Liquorss Crockery, Tinware-
Notions. etc. No. 81 Railroad Avenue, be-
tween Conway aud St. Michael streets,
Donaldsonville.
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NE LEVY, dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth
Me ing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries
Furniture. Hardware and Plantation sup.
plies, ut Lemann's old stand, MISSISSIPPI
-strcet. G. FEITEL, Agent.
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TINsMITH.

r QUIS j. RACKE. Tins.niti,, Mississippi
IL street. at Lemann's old stand. Orders
attended to with dispatch and satisfaction
insured.
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INSURANCE AGENCIES.

" MAURIN, General Fire Insurance
Y Agent, Mississippi street, over Fer
nan ndez's barber shop. Represents tirst-class
companies with ever $50 100000 Of capital.
Policies issued directly from agency with
ont delay. ---------
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HOTELS AND 1soARD1Na-HousEs.

DORT. e. LEE HOTEL, at Marx Israel's
III old stand, corner Mississippi and Les
sard streets. Jos. Lafargue, proprietor Bar
and billiard room attached. First-class en-
tertainment and accommodations.
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HITY HOTEL. P. Lefeyre, Proprietor
~ Railroad Avenue, cor. lberville street.
Bar supplied with best Liquors.
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RlAL4ARD IL Saloons:
TIME PLACE, Gus. 1srael, manager,
i Corner Lessard and Mississippi streets:
Billiards, Lager Beer, Best Wines and
Liquors, Fine Cigars, etc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-09-28
Saving Vegetable Seeds.

Dr. George Thurber gives, in the
american Agrtcaltu1Tst for August, the
following valuable facts concerning the
.'mixing'' of plants and its effect upon
seeds: If there are many varieties of
the same vegetable in garden, it is
impossible to save the seeds of some in
an unmixed state. Sweet corn and all
the squash family are sure to ''mix."
On the other hand, peas and beans rare
ly cross. If one saves seeds of any veo-
etable, let it be of the best. Instead of
leaving the last peas on the vines for
seed, set apart portion of row for
seed, and let none be picked from it.
By proper care thu quality of vegeta-
BILE may be improved, In saving Lima
beans we have for several years selected
only those with four beans in the pod; as
consequence the greater number of
pots in the whole crop now have four
beans. The selection of the first-ripened
and best-formed tomatoes for seed will
have marked effect upon future crops,
and this is the case with all other yeg-
etables. If one has choice melon p
would preserve In its purity. the surest
method Is to fertil;.ze a few female flow
ers. IKE male flower that is she'd
olng Its pollen, remove the corolla to
expose the stamens. Select a female
flower that is Just ready to open, but
has not been visited by insects, open it,
and apply the stamens to the pistil of
that flower. Cover the flowers thus
operated upon by bit of muslin until
the fruit begins to grow.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-09-28
Three Thousand Hooks on One Line

lit amt the lack of fish that worries
us but it's bait, said q red-faced, yellow
bearded fisherman as he overhauled a
long trawl in snug little cove near
Biddeford Pool, Me. cit does require
a dretful sight of bait to set line prop
er. Naow here, for instance" pointing 9
to coil of line three feet high, ''there' 5
a medium trawl; it's cod line, over a
mile and quarter long, and every
three feet is cod hook fastened to it..
Let's see; two naughts is naught an
two's a two. Wall" musingly, s'there' S
about 1000 or 5000 hooks to be baited
with herring, CLAIMS, squid or what we
kin get. 1t takes half day to bait the
trawl alone, and as fast as it's baited
we coil it up in one of these 'ere bask-
cts. Sinkers are put on each end and
corks, and, when the end is over you
jest row or sail off, slacken up until the
end comes; then let go and stand by
for an hour or so. You see you've
covered mile of ground, and if there S
any kind of fishin' you ought to get
from 200 to 900 pounds of cod, haddock
or hake. A cent and quarter pound
is what we get; then the cod liver and
hake sounds brings up the price, Dog
fish, kind of shark, is very common
jest about now, but their livers hardly
pay for them" sDon't large fish tear
your GneP" we asked. ''No. That's the
beauty of trowl; you kin hook 800
pound halibut, and he'll soon drown
himself on the line that gives jest so
much and can't break. To get bait for
travis we set these herrin' nets up and
down the coast, and we git a good
many squids on 'em. "-NeU York San.
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Judge Parsons and the Juror,

81 once heard" said j. F. Clarke.
this anecdote of Judge Parsons, the
great Massachusetts advocate and law
yer. 1t is said that being about to try
mercantile case, he ordered jury to
be summoned, and among the names
was that of Col. Thos. II. Perkins, the
leading merchant of Boston in that day.
and personal friend of Judge Parsons.
when the officer made his return he
lald down $50 bill before the Judge.
"'What is thatP' said Parsons.
"'Col. Perkins says he is very busy in
deed, to-day. and prefers to pay his
fine'
'.'Take that back to Col. Perkins, ;
said the Judge, and tell him to come
here at once; and if he refuses, bring
him by force
when Col. Perkins appeared the
Judge looked sternly at him and said:
What do you mean. sir, by sending
money when you were summoned to sit
on this iury9'
"Col. Perkins replied: I meant no
disrespect to the court, your Honor; but
!! was extremely busy fitting out ship
Tor the East Indies, and thought that
II paid my fine might be excused
Fitting out ship for the East In
dies. sir' shouted the Judge; and how
happens it that you are able to fit out q
ship for the East Indies?'
Your Honor, do not understand
you?'
81 repeat, then, my question: How
is 1t that you are able to fit out a ship
for the East Indies?' If you do not
know | will tell you. 1t is because the
laws of your country are properly ad-
ministered. If they were not. you would
have no ships. Take your seat, sir, with
the jury"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-09-28
A River of Hot Water.

The great Sutro Tunnel, cut to re-
lieve the celebrated Comstock mines at
Virginia City, New, of the vast quanti-
ties of hot water which is encountered
in them, affords an outlet to 1900, 600
tons every twenty-four hours. Some of
the water, as it finds its way into the
mines has temperature of 1875 degrees,
while four miles from the mouth of the
tunnel the temperature ranges from 100
degrees to 135 degrees. To obv ate the
inconvenience which would arise from
the vapor such vast quantity of water
would give off, the fow is conducted
through the entire tunnel, four miles, in
tight fume made of pine. At the
point of exit the water has lost but sew
en- degrees of heat. Sixty feet below
the mouth of the tunnel the hot water is
utilized for turning machinery belong
ing to the company, from whence it is
carried off by tunnel 1,100 feet in
length, which serves as a waterway
Leaving the wasteway tunnel, the wa
ter flows to the Carson River, a mile
and half distant. This hot water is
being utilized for many purposes. The
boys have arranged several pools where
they indulge in hot baths. The miners
and others use it for laundry purposes,
and arrangements are being made
whereby 1000 acres belonging to the
company are being irrigated. 1t is pro-
posed 20 conduct the hot water through
iron pipes, beneath the surface of the
soil, near the roots of thousands of
fruit trees which are to be planted, and
il a similar manner give the necessary
warmth to a number of hothouses to be
used for propagation of early fruits and
yepets bleS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-09-28
In Nelson's Time and Now,

The three opening days of August,
1888, witnessed Nelson's splendid VIC
tory over the French fleet in Aboukir
Bay-the most glorious naval victory
since the defeat of the Armada. The
opening days of August, 1882, find
an English fleet once more in Aboukir
Bay with hostile intent. But the coin
cidences of the situation are not more
remarkable than its contrasts. Less
than century has elapsed since the
guns of the English and French fleets,
engaged in deadly conflict, awoke the
echoes of the Egyptian shore. Yet, in
that limited period SO great change
has come over the style of naval arma-
ments that if Nelson could return to
witness the transformation we may i'm
agine his perplexity to be equal to that
of a coachman of the old school if sud-
denly confronted with the apparatus of
railway. We neither travel nor fight
after the manner of our forefathers, and
the difference between stage coach
and locomotive can scarcely be great
er than the contrast between Nelson's s
flagship and that of Sir Beauchamp
Seymour. In one respect, indeed, our
"aio ioIIpo VI eue present. udy ulIectiy
violate a principle laid down by the
departed hero. ''In naval action"
said Nelson, something must be left to
chance, and those who fire the largest
number of shots must have the greatest
number of chances But had Nelson
been called upon to destroy the forts
of Alexandria, his array of ordnance
would never have disposed of those de-
fenses in that shortness of time and
with that completeness of overthrow
which signalized the bombardment of
the other day. The victory which shed
glory on the British flag on August /,
1898, and which was consummated in
the two following days, was won by
means of tactics adapted TO the arlna-
ments of the period, but which would
be almost entirely inapplicable now.
The old hammer and tongs" principle
may still underiie our naval tactics, but
the development of that idea viii have
to be governed by circumstances differ
ing essentially from those Of the past
era.-Londo1a Standard
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Old Customs in Thibst.

The principal food of the country is
called jamba. To make it a quantity OF
powdered tea is cooked for several
hours. after which it is poured into
churn, when salt and butter are added,
and the whole is stirred until a complete
mixture is effected. The broth is then
divided among the hungry ones, each
of whom gets his share in a wooden
bowl, after which sack of roasted
barley-meal is brought out. Every one
takes handful of meal from the sack.
puts it into the tea and mixes the mass
into a shapely lump, and swallows his
dough with keen appetite. After the
meal is over. the wooden bowls are lick
ed clean with the tongue and worn on
the breast next to the skin as something
precious.
Polyandry is practiced, not on oc-
count of any lack of women, for there
is no such lack, but as 3 measure of
economy. When the oldest son mar
ries, his wife becomes also the wife of
all his brothers. The custom does not
lead to so many difficulties as it might
be supposed it would, and the chief
trouble arising out of it concerns the ia
therhood of the children. The house
wife occupies rather a commanding
than subordinate position.
Three ways of burying the dead pre-
vail. The poor sink their dead in one
of the mountain streams; those of
better class hang the bodies upon
tree, where they are consumed by birds,
and the bones are afterwards thrown in
to the river; the rich cut the bodies up
into small pieces, pound the bones and
mix them with jamba, and then carry
the remains to the mountains, where
they are left for the birds. These are
old customs and have no connection
with religion.
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s'I wish to make contract to sell
strawberries here" said she, resolutely.
so many quarts day. At the market
price,
Miss Bensonr'
1t was Hugh Allyn himself, who, put
ting the clerk gently aside, stepped for
ward. Carrie colored to the very tips
of her fingers. but she never finched.
s.Are you the owner of this new build
ing, Mr.. AllynP" said she. '.But you
see that we can't all be as successful as
you are. My brother has bought
farm about mile away, and it has
proved, so far failure, so we are tax
ing to fruit-selling viii you be good
enough to examine my wares9"
"a farm, near here? Not what they
call the Hollies?
Yes" said Carrie, ''that is the name
of it,
Then" said. Allyn, laughing, Il have
a mortgage on it. Or, at least, so my
lawyer told me this morning. 1t is part
of some property which has passed into
my hands"
..Are you our ruthless creditor?" de-
manded Carrie, with sparkle of au-
dacity.
MAY come and see you?" said Mr..
Allyn
Couldn't you answer my question
about the fruit now?" said Carrie, lit
tie reluctantly.
1T is busy time, ''said Allyn, with
glance at the clock. 1--WE are expect
ing large influx of guests to-day. l
could not talk the matter over as circum.
stantially as l want to do. / will drive
up to the farm this afternoon. But first,
Miss Benson, allow me to beg you to
believe that | have endeavored, by ey-
cry means in my power, to discover
your address during the past year, and
my brother sent you his address,"
Carrie said, "when he first left Lon
DON"
'But | never received it."
That afternoon, when Mr.. Allyn drove
over to the Hollies, Clara came out to
where her sister-in-law was feeding the
ducklings by the brook.
Carrie" said Mr.. Allyn, with as
sumed gravity, ''this looks very much
as if you were running away from me!
But you will run no further" said Mr..
Allyn, as Carrie, in some confusion rose
from the fallen tree, on whose trunk
she had been seated. '.Y on win have
to stand still now, Carrie, and hear me
tell you how dearly love you, and
plead for one answering syllable OF
loven'
What was Carrie Benson to do? She
did exactly right. She owned to Hugh
Allyn that she loved him, and she prom
ised to be his wife.
''But, oh" she says, confidentially, to
her young husband, show miserable
was all that year, when fancied that
you had forgotten mer'
''And how bitterly my pride was
wounded" retorted Hugh, ''when was
compelled to believeIhat you had delib-
erately deserted me, without leaving any
clue or address,"
ut would have seemed riddle, in
deed" says Carrie. IF Clara hadn't dis
covered the very letterin Phirs old over
coat-pocket, last week-the letter con-
tanning the addressr'