The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-08-30

= The latest news is that Billy McGIor,
after his release experienced q change o.
heart, and was going to open MlssioI
like Jerry McAuiey's $, where the Magdale1
and the tramp might be brought to sense
of their lost condition. But just as the
goody- goodies got ready to give Billy q
welcome and reception, Billy went off or
tear with the boys. He set up the cham.
pagne for the crowd, got as tight as q
brick, and the conclusion is forced upon us
that the day of his salvation is yet far off.
One of Her Majesty's Own got laid by
the heels here last week, and had novel
and unpleasant experience In our great and
noble country. He left England on three
months furlough, intending to unit Hin
dians and buffaloes. He had scarcely
landed in New York when he set off to see
the elephant. He saw Jumbo, and though
he started out Hell dressed gentle
man, with fine watch and a couple OF
hundred dollars in his pocket, yet lie
landed at IL o'clock aInight in the vicinity
of the Five Points, NOT only minus his val
uables, but also minus his clothes. When
the policeman lugged him off to limbo, he
looked like the worst kind Of tramp. He
wandered about the town for three days
till he was almost starred to death. At1ast
he found his way to Castle Garden, where
he made his story known. It is probable
that Lieutenant Campbell Of Her Majesty S
Own will in a few days be floating ON an
even keel, but he won't forget his expe-
rience among the blarsted Yankees in a
hurry. He may not carry back many In
dian scalps or buffalo horns, but he will
have heap of valuable experience which
will prove of much practical service when
| he goes hunting in fofeign lands.
Philanthropy takes queer freaks. Al
most every week in the winter time You
will see some membeSsof the Society for
| the Prevention of Cruelty to Children make
raid on the little children engaged ID d
rustic dance Or singing in a fairy chorus in
the theatres. All of these children are we'll
| fed, well clad, well housed and well cared
| for, and better paid for what they do and
are injured by it less than any other c.lil-
dren who have TO earn their living on this
planet. Yet the Society drags them off
| from their occupation and deoms them to
idleness and consequent poverty. Yet
around all the docks, ferries and steamboat
landings little ragged half-starved girls
| swarm selling papers or whatever they can
find to sell. There are thousands of these,
varying from eight tosfourteen or fifteen
years of age; they are many of them little
homeless waits or the children OF drunken
parents; they are constantly associated with
the most vicious class OF ruffian hoodIums,
but the Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Children never stretches out hand
to save them.
One Of the healtful signs of the times is
that the intolerable nszsance, the Salvation
Army, is gradually dwindling away in New
York and Brooklyn. A few months ago
their street parades were forty or fifty
'strong. One night last week met halle
lujah. company on the street, and there
were only six all told. The two Salvation
Iasses who were beating taInbourines looked
more like street trampse than gospel dis
pensers, while every one of the males looked
like hopeful candidates for the peniten-
tiary. Why it is that this nuisance has been
tolerated is a mystery. Every time they
appear upon the streets they attract crowd
of gaping rufians and create riot. Let
US hope that the Salvation Army, with its
disgracefui mummery, will soon be among
the things of the past.
If any one imagines that Governor st.
John is going to ride into the White House
on Prohibition car, he would be quickly
disabused of that idea If he could have seen
the parade of the Liquor Dealers and
Brewers Associations in Brooklyn, the City
of Churches, on Thursday, August IA. The
procession was fully two miles long, and
the horses alone, exclusive of the wagons
they drove, and the costly freight of beer,
ale, gin, rum, brandy, ETC., ETC., were
worth over quarter OF million of dollars.
All the liquors beneath the sun were rep
resented, from the vodki of the Rus
sian to the sacki of the Chinese. Water
found no place in the entertainment ex-
cept as medium for washing out their beer
vats and basis for the beer. In its origi-
nal corrupt state, full of microbes and
other pestiiential animalcula, no sensible
anti prohibitionist would think of endan-
gering his life. You have no idea how afraid
they are of microbes, and if the microbe
only waits till he gets into some of these
anti-prohibition stonachs in a drink of
cold water, he will be starved to death.
This is all very well for the rum drinkers,
but it is mighty hard on the microbes.
Since the shaking up that we received
from the friendly earthquake, fats in the
fifteenth and sixteenth stories of our mod
ern houses have been at discount. A fe-
male friend of mine, who only lives in the
eleventh story, says she felt as if she had
been shaken on the top of a bean-pole.
Now while this experience is novel, it is
not pleasant, especially when examined
from the roof of a fourteen story house.
The idea of going to bed at night almost
in companionship with the stars and waking
up in the morning to find yourself landed
in the cellar is full of the most unpleasant
possibilities.
Another woman has entered a suit for a
damaged husband. He is very badly dam
aged. wealthy widow ran off with him.
The original owner of the property wants
the worth of the goods, when they were in
frst-class condition. The injured wife
wants $4,000; the uniniured widow says
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