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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
I'm The PHILIPPINES
WOMEN WILL DEMAND THEIR
RIGHTS IN THE FUTURE.
RESULT OF VISIT TO FAIR
They Have Learned the Ways of Amer
lean Civilization While at the st.
Louis Exposition-Us Mod
ern Conveniences.

st. Louis.-There is likely to be
revolution Of an important character in
at least one section of the Philippines
after the natives get home from the
worlds fair II will not be a contest
between Americans and sayages, for the
Filipino, to a man, has concluded that
America is the greatest country on the
globe, and that it is a pretty good eoun-
try to tie to.
This new revolution will be of more
serious nature than any contest be-
tween man and man. It will be con-
test between man and woman. Its aim
will be at the very root Of the social
order and, as in previous contests of
this nature, the women are sure to win.
What they will gain in happiness re-
mains to be seen.
t In all savage countries, the man is the
fighter and the woman is the toiler.
The Igorrote husband, when he is not
out trying to cut off the head of some
enemy, is lounging around the house,
attired in his superb brown skin, smok-
ing or otherwise amusing himself.
Meanwhile his wife is busy, attending
to her rice paddles, grinding the ripe
rice or weaving gayly striped cloth for
her own skirts and jackets or for her
lords handsome fringed breech-clout.
In such occupation the Igorrote
women have in all probability been
much happier than the average petted,
INDUCED American woman. They have
!,
have sought no other pleasure than that
which comes from rendering service to
those they loved. 1t is the men who
have been vain and selfish, accepting
at their right the homage and service
of their women.
The visit to the worlds fair has given
both the men and the women a new
viewpoint They have discovered that
in civilized countries it is the woman
who is the ornament, and that the man,
at least while he is in love, finds his
greatest JOY in toiling like a slave in
order to crafty the whims of his wife.
They have probably not learned, what
is equally true, that there is more pleas
ure to be derived from genuine, con-
genial work than from smoking, dane
ing or decapitating enemies.
The labor-pill has been Delightfully."-
sugar-coated for the Igorrotes at the
worlds fair They have been intro
duced to the subject from the most in
teresting side It began with the tele-
phone. Antonio, chief of the Bontocs,
discovered that DR. Hunt, his mentor,
his ideal of dignity and manhood, had
a talking box" in his Office. Immedi-
ately he requested that one be put in
his imperial hut. Accordingly the
chiefs dwelling was wired, and the tel
ephone was installed. In few min
utes Antonio learned to Hello Central
call for the proper number and carry
on an animated conversation with the
governor up at the Office. The poisonous
seeds of civilization had been implanted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
WHO IS MORE GULLlBLE7
The City Man Is Not Bit Behind His
Country Cousin in This
Respect.

SsIs the man of the country more guilt
bic than the man of the city,? asned
an observant man, in the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. There is a suspicion
that an answer in the affirmative would
fit the case. Yet, it may not De So
An interesting experiment has recently
been made, according to story that
comes out of New York, and the result
seems to have been little disastrous.
According to the story this attempt TO
prove that the residents of the country
districts are more gullible than those
Of the city has nearly resulted in 8 Jail
sentence for a college student employed
as street car conductor in Brooklyn.
He is said to be a member Of we'll
known family in Maine, and was q
student at Brown university in the class
Of '06.
Financial reverses sustained by the
family compelled him to seek work in
the city, and he became conductor not
long ago. In July friend of the con-
ductor residing in Maine received o
letter offering to sell him, at low rates,
counterfeit money made in Mexico.
The Maine man turned the letter over
to the secret service officials and the
conductor soon after was arrested. He
was indicted and has been in jail since
July. The prisoner explained that the
letter was only joke and an expert
ment in sociology, finally giving the
district attorney his true name, which
he formerly had concealed. Investiga-
ton proved the story to be true, and
when the case came before Federal
Judge Holt the district attorney ex-
planned. The judge ordered the joker's
plea of not guilty to be withdrawn
entered one of guilty and then suspend
ed sentence. He warned the student or
sociology, however, to be more careful
in his future experiments
But this does not by any means set
tie the important question, and despite
the common belief in the gullibillty OF
the man from the country now and then
we run across a happening which shows
he has an element of shrewdness which
will often put the city man to a hard
test Of his wits"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26

The chief began to look around for
other things that smacked of culture.
He watched the typewriter beside DR..
Hunts desk, saw the keys as they
clicked under the fingers Of the deft
operator and listened to the translation
of the letter the young lady had written.
Hitherto Antonio had proested against
being compelled to learn English. It
looked too much like work to suit his
indolent. comfort-loving nature. But
now he must have typewriter, and in
order to operate one, he must know
English, not merely to initiate the
sounds of the human voice, but to write
the words, yes and spell them. If An
tonic succeeds there he may come back
to America in a few years and do mis-
sionary work in the public schools. AL
ready he has acquired large number
of combinations Of letters, which he can
click off on his machine as rapidly and
as accurately as any trained operator.
And he knows what he is writing, too.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26

has a majority OF the votes of the
country and still goes down in defeat,
it is a circumstance which is not clear
ly understood by many. Here is where
the electoral college gets in its per-
functory work.
And now what is the electoral col
Iege? This Technology is used to des-
ignate the presidential electors which
have been selected in the various states
to elect the president and vice president.
Each state is entitled to number Of
electors equal to its representation in
congress. According to the present
law, the electors of each state are
obliged to meet on the second Mon
day in January following the election,
in such place in each state as the legis-
lature shall designate, and cast their
votes for president and vice president.
These votes properly signed and sealed
together with the credentials of the
electors, are sent to Washington,
where, on the second Wednesday in
February, at a joint session of the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
GshIike.
Peculiar steed.

At a little dinner the other night the
statement was made that the eolored
race had longer memories than white
folk. Mark Twain, who was present,
agreed With the remark, and to prove 1t
told the following:
Some years ago, when south, I met
an old colored man who claimed to have
known George Washington. asked
him IL he was In the boat when Gen.
Washington crossed the Delaware, and
he instantly replied: sLor', massa,
steered dat boat Well said |, do you
remember when George took the hack
at the cherry tree?' He looked worried
for a minute, and then, with beaming
smile, said: Why, guah, massa, drove
that hack mahself' IN. Y. Herald.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
No Chance to learn

The family was planning at the break
fast table to attend, later in the day, the
funeral of deceased neighbor, but Isa-
bel, aged six, was, very much to her dis
tress, to be left at home.
But I've never been to funeral, ;, the
little girl pleaded. q want to go to one
just dreadfully."
Never mind, sis" said the little
maids brother, consolingly, perhaps
you can go to your own some day."
Well" flashed Isabel, Indignantly.
IF don't have a little practice shan't
know how to behave even at that one. !"
-Lippineott's.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
TALL STORIES OF the KAW

James A. Cameron is a cattle breeder
of near Topeka, Kan. His place is on
the Kaw river. The Kaw ambles serene
Iy-sometimes-thr Kansas City,
Kan. and. Mo. They tell . few stories
about the Kaw And most of them
are true, said Mr.. Cameron, especially
the one about the steamboat that got
caught in the KaW one dry season anc
had to be pushed out by an excavator-
have never known the kaW to be real,
downright muddy, but sometimes /
wonder why people want TO travel to
Vesuyius to look at sluggish lava oed
when they can get about the same effect
Oh the banks of the KaW. Now ana then
a log or something will get stuck III the
water and stop the current. Then they
have to plow it loose and turn it over TO
get the liquid side on top. HAD q horse
that tried to cross the river once. but
every time he took foot out OF the water
the shoe was pulled of. He finally ac-
complished it comfortably by lying
down on his back and rolling over. But
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
EMILY GRANT HUTcH1NGs.
JUST WHAT she WANTED.
Woman's Odd Reason for Paying Big
Price for an Almost Worth
less Coin.

'sThat there are other reasons for the
increased value of an old coin besides its
scarcity was we'll illustrated to me the
other day in Scranton, Pa, +" said an old
coin collector, according to the New
York Times while looking over the
collection Of coins Of a secondhand
dealer, in odds and ends at that place, I
came across well-worn half-dollar OF
1884, in which was a good-sized hole.
The shopkeeper asked me how much
/ would give him for it, and told him
just exactly Is cents, for the date was
a very common one, and, besides, the
hole would have greatly detracted from
its value, even if it had been rare
issue.''
did you say an 1884 half-dollar?"
asked a woman, who at that moment
entered the shop. IF you can get me
a 50-cent piece of that year, will give
you ten dollars for it.
1.-The dealer replied that he could fur
nish such a coin, and the woman said
that she wanted a hole put in it, asking
how much that would be extra. The
shopkeeper told her 25 cents, and made
a pretense Of putting a hole in the half
dollar, after which he turned the coin
over to her. She paid the S10.25 without
another question and started to leave
the store. My curiosity became SO great
to find out why she had given so much
for coin that actually wasn't worth
more than a quarter that asked:
Excuse me, Madam; but would you
mind telling me why you have paid
more than SO for a 50-cent piece?'
Not at all, was her answer. You
see, that was the year of my mothers
birth, and she had given me half dol
lar of that date, with a hole in it, which
I had worn around my neck ever since
I was a little girl A short time ago
I lost the coin, and ever since have
been looking for another to replace it.
but have not succeeded until just now
And she left the shop in the highest
state of satisfaction, while the dealer
Rugged himself with joy.
THE chances are that it was the iden-
teal coin she had LOST"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
Nv wire and Air.

An accidental experiment in the yeloc-
ity of sound is recounted by CORE
spondent He went to his telepnonss
and Just as he put the receiver TO his
ear he heard the click OF another tele-
phone. Another receiver had been RS
moved and the line was open Then he
heard through the telephone .ne shrek
of locomotive whistle, and a few sec
onds later the sound came through the
open window In the usual WY. Looking
up, he saw a locomotive half 9 mile
away, passing the house Of friend.
The mystery was solved. The telephone
that was open was that at the distant
house, and the sound Of the whistle had
come through Its transformation into an
electric current quicker than 1t had tray-
eled through the air. Youths Conpan-
Ion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26

nl&P votes for either of these candi-
dates, and yet great deal is said
about the popular vote. and the singu-
lar condition has arisen of the defeat
ed candidates being credited with the
majority of the popular vote, while
they have failed to secure the majority
of the votes of the electoral college.
Such conditions prevailed in the Jack
son-Adams campaign OF 1924, Jackson
being defeated although he had over
$4,000 more votes than were accredited
to Adams. The Tilden-Hayes contest
of 1876 presented fhe same singular
features. as did also the Cleveland
Harrison campaign of 1888.
To all intents and purposes, however,
the voter casts his ballot directly for
president and vice president, and he
never thinks of it or views it in any
other way His vote goes to swell the
popular vote, and when one candidate
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
GIRL AND WOMAN
nARE NEEDED AT THE CHANGE
014-1 rRon ONE TO TIE OTHER
Many a Life spent In suffering Because
Troub1es Were Allowed TO Develop
At This Time.

a
Troubles Were Allowed % 0SsoF
At This Time.
Evarv rnotherof q growing girl shoule
raroanber that there viii come tlIas
when her daughter win be . gir! nc
,a mos, bnt win share with her the bless
mos of womanhood. Unless nourash'
roent keeps pace with growth the Ionnoa.
t;ona of q life OF suffering are LAID Oh
that time. Mrs. John Maeklnney, o.
No. A7s Thirteenth street, Detrolss hlS''l1.'
writes a timely word. She says:
ibid not get proper care &c ene nrSs
CRITICAL time in my life and for seven.
teen years suffered as resule. 1asa
dizzy spells, felt constant tear saas
something dreadful was about TO happen
and was afraid TO go out alone. ny
breathing was very short and mao pals
nitation Of the heart so badly that
conld not go up stairs nor WALK even
moderately fast. 7 was 80 nervous Gnas
r could not sit still. At different times
fo,, years I was under the care OF the
hest physicians in Detroit and ] tried
number Of advertised medicines. Moth
inc helped me until, on the advice or
neighbor. I tried DIR. Williams Pink Pllh
for Pale People. felt relieved before
the first bog was finished and ! kept on
taking them until I was cured.
last winter my little girl had rhsa'
natis1n and gave her DR.. " illiarns' Pins
pills and she got well right away. MY
niece was thought to be going into COM
sumption and, upon my advice, she tried
the pills. They cured her cough and sha
is now well and strong. MY entire fam.
ilv are enthusiastic over DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and we cam
not say enough IN their praise,
These pills effect such cures b.
cause they go to the root Of the disease.
Other remedies act on the symptoms
these marvellous vegetable pills remove
the cause Of the trouble. They hava
proved themselves to be an unfailina
snecifc sor all diseases arising from inas
pure blood and weakened neryes-two
fruitful causes Of nearly all the
ills to which humankind is heir. Dr..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are
sold in boxes at 80 cents a box, or sin
boxes for $3.50, and may be had OF all
druggists, or direct from DR.. Williazaa
Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26


SA quently heard during these
" 1M days Of the national politi-
SAWMIty cal campaign are 1.-The cleo
toral college" and "the pop
- ular vote" Just how much
they mean to the average citizen ana
voter it would be hard to determine,
but it is reasonably certain that there
are great many who have not clear
understanding of just what the cleo
tOrai college is, and do not appreciate
the relation of the popular vote to the
electoral college and the successful and
the defeated candidates. Certain 1t Is
that if the plans and purposes OF the
organizers of our government had been
realized, and freedom and independence
from party domination had been pre-
served to the electoral college in the
discharge of its duty of e1ecting the
president and vice president the voter
to-day would have had clearer under
standing of the functions OF this body.
The early patriots Of this country,
whose province it w0s to frame the
laws governing the selection OF the
men who should serve the nation as
president and vice president, never
dreamed that the electoral college, the
machine which they devised for the
work of filing the highest Offices in the
gift of the nation. would become a
mere fgurehead, a mere cog in the
machinery, instead Of being the ma
chine itself. The fact is that govern
ment by means of popular franchise
was an experiment at that stage of
the history of the country, and it was
not deemed safe or wise to commit
the selection of the CHIEF executive of
the nation and his assistant into the
hands Of the people.
For this reason the electoral college
was provided and it was expected that
the Wisest, and most trustworthy lead
ers of the various states would be Sc
lected as members of the electoral col
lege, and that unhampered by pledge
Or other prearranged scheme, they
would assemble and cast their ballots
for the men who, In their mature judg-
ment, they deemed best qualified and
able to fill the high and responsible
Offices.
But the country has long since lost
sight &C. the fact that che electoral col
lege is a factor in the national presi-
dental election. 1t is safe to say that
majority of the voters who cast their
ballots for president and vice president,
do not realize that they are not, strict
1y speaking, voting for such candidates
at all, but for the long string of names
which are indicated as electors. There
is no law, except the unWritten law of
custom, to prevent the electors chosen
from selecting a candidate other than
the one named on the ticket. Such vio-
lation of party pledge has never been
known and undoubtedly never will be.
It is fact, however. that the voter
never has the privilege Of voting di-
rectly for president or vice president.
He votes only for electors who are
pledged to support the candidates
which the party has named at it's con-
vention prior to the election. The
term, popular vote" therefore, in
some measure is a misnomer. If there
is no vote cast directly for president
Or vice president. there can be no pop
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
Nothing Great.

A very plain mar. whose holaely
features Whistler. the famous painter,
had depleted with incorporating fideI-
ity, came to him at the end OF the last
sitting and said: Come, come. Master
Whistler, you can hardly tell me thai
that is a great work of art" Perhaps
not" said Whistler, nonchalantly, ''but
then, my dear sir. you can hardly tell
me that you are great work OF nature"
London Mail.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
Vicariously Useful.

What are you good for, anyway? 2"
asked the hedgehog. you have no
originality. no snap, you're too insig-
nificant for a pet, you can't fight worth
shucks. and you're no account for food
or anything else"
That's all you know about it, . re-
torted the indignant guinea pig. I'm SO
much like a human being that the doc
tors try all their medicines on me first,
and the surgeons cut me up when they
want to find out what ais some million
aires nerves. Chicago Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
SIGNS TELL GIRLS NATUnE

jauntily upturned from the wrist, and
the flower held in the tips of her fingers,
is sure to be something of coquette.
while the maid who gives you only the
tips of her fingers when she greets you
in the draWing-room or public street is
probably an ambitious girl.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
Modern Enterprise.

Homer Sanders. the grocer. is tbs
most enterprising chap 7 ever met.
Nixon What's the answer?
Homer-He adyertises To give away {
parachute with each gallon Of kerosene
he sells.
Nixon-slashem. the barber. is equal
ly as enterprisiag
Homer What's his scheme?
He has a card in his window, offering
a package of court plaster free With eack
shave Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
Votes in Belgium.

Under the Belgian law unmarried
en- over rs have one vote. married
men and widowers with families have
two votes, and priests and other per-
sons Of position and education have
three votes. Severe penalties are I'M
posed on those who fail to vote.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
Good Thing.

Church-Why, he loved that girl
when she was only baby on her moth
ers' knee!
Gotham-Oh, then, he knew she was
going to come into money all along!-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26

there IS one SANDER about the Raw thai
ought to be nailed"
Whats that?"
why, the one about all the eattls
grazing On the banks of the KaW having
their mouths fitted up with filtration
plants
1T isn't true?''
1T most positively is not, said Mr.
Cameron, solemnly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
Just Comfortable.

Uncle-Bobby, suppose you've been
q good little boy?
Bobby-No, haven't.
why, hope you haven't been very
bad?"
ooh, no; just comfortable. Smiths
Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
Big Gold Nugget.

One of the largest gold nuggets ever
found in Colorado was recently picked
TIP at the snowstorm placer, in Park
county, between Alma and Fairp1ay. Il
weighs 100 ounces and has a market
value of S2,000.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
In Paris.

Monsieur-Does that pretty American
over there speak French f1uently?
Madam-Oh, yes, she talks 7uently
enough, but nobody understands her
Detroit Free Press.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
Liberal Appropriations.

.'Of course, we spend a great deal Of
money on education
"Oh. yes The schools cost US nearly
as much as the police. Brooklyn Lie.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
TAKING NO CHANCES,

Cholly-I say, if we weren't in thia
roWboat, i'd kiss you.
Carrye-Then I insist that you row
me ashore Observation-Disclosures
Democrat Chronicle.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26

4 WO phrases which are FREE
quently heard during these
days Of the national politi-
ca. campaign are 'Sthe cleo
a toral college" and "the pop
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-02

The following young people enjoyed
jolly serenade drive to Nekoosa last
night in roundabout. They carried
gospel organ with them which one
of the party played. Crossing the
old. "WiSconSe" over the wagon bridge
they sang "In the good old summer
time" They sang all the way down
to Nekoosa stopping at several places
enroute to serenade people and bust
ness places. After they tired OF
serenading the merry crowd promen.
AIDED through the village of Nekoosa.
They also were well supplied with
refreshments of which they partook
most heartily. making their spread on
steps or platform in front of Kellogg
Bros. Lumber Company's Office. After
luncheon they returned home. Every.
one of the party reports a most
enjoyable time. Misses Eva and
Ethel Nilsson, Ruby st. Amour, Inez
Wltter, Elizabeth Herschleb, Liva
Stoddard, Blanche and Bell Harding
George and Kate Kellogg Messrs
Sam Jackson, Edgar Kellogg, Elmer
Harmon, Carl Winger, Selmer Chose
Clay Lamberton and Carl Odegard.