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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

we're engaged, il you don't mind,
please: only and Katherine burst
into tears and flung herself into a
corner of the couch. Only-We were
going to do 1t all so differently, YOU
know; we had seen each other SO Of
ten at Sally.s and at Thanksgiving
too; he came up to the school-and
couldn't help caring-hut, OF course.
you didn't know him or anything, SO
we thought it would be better not TO
say anything yet; but he would call,
just as an acquaintance, and maybe
you would like him and invite him
again during the holidays, and then
when you knew him little he would
talk to you about it-all proper-and
everything!''
By this time Katherine was weeping
convulsively md through her lncoher-
emit recitatt ID her astonished parents
heard the soft opening of the front
door, the 1cw-toned inquiry for mother
and daDkhter, and thu pushing aside
of the yortiere. Mr.. and Mrs. M1l- ray
rose simultaneously and faced the
new conner, who proved to be sturdy
sort of a fellow, with pleasing grey
eyes and freckIed nose. He stood
silent moment; then, as he realized
that Katherine was sobbing, he walked
across the room, lifted her head from
the cushions, and sat down beside her,
saying cheerily:
81, OH oh daaT OrifI 2
Come; tell me"
But his lady-love only collapsed in
a moist heap on his coat collar, while
her mother found sufficient voice to
remark:
Henry; are you aware Of the fact
that man you never saw before is
over there with his arms around your
daughter"
.sYou forget said Henry feebly, "my
friend, Mr.. Butler.'
Mrs. Murray burst into shrieks OF
hysterical laughter. After moment
Mr. Murray Joined id, and Katherine
changed her imbecile tears OF grief
into equally imbecile tears of mirth;
while Theodore 3. Butler eyed first
one and then another as though fear
full for their sanity.
A couple of hours later Mr.. Murray
was saying to the younger man, with
all the pride Of a collector:
Eyes, my dear fellow; we bought
that study of yours at an auction
for fifty cents"
*.You don't mean it, exclaimed the
disguised artist. It's worth more
than that anyway; though I admit 1!
is not worth much. It is one of lo'
7 left on the coast when broke uT
my study in Frisco and went over t.
Paris nine years ago; but I'm glad te
see it again. / am indeed, and I'm glat
you have it. sir. Same old redwood
frame, too. y
Eyes, I bought it because Of" be.
gan Mrs. Murray, and then stopped
| short
| 1T is a very good thing. I always
said so,'' Mr.. Murray maintained
stoutly.-Pearson's Magazine.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
sKlLLFuLNEss OF GUIDE.
Striking Instance of the Keenness Of
Western Woodsmen in Lo-
eating Spots.

Mr.. Miller tells of an incident that oc-
Cured one afternoon while he and Mrs.
Miller were hunting, that illustrates ths
wonderful instinct which the guides
have for finding their way over noun
tain and through forest, relates the Sal:
Lake Herald.
A pause was made early in the after
noon on the particular occasion referred
to, in order that the guide might scouI
the surrounding country for game with
Mr.. Miller's fine binoeular. A herd Of
elk was finally discovered several miles
off. and the three turned their horses il
that direction and proceeded to go after
the game.
About six O'Clock when the party
started to return to camp. the guide dis,
covered that the field glass which he had
been carrying was missing. As the last
time it had been used was when stop
hid been made several hours before Mr..
Miller mentally babe good-by to it. The
guide had been leaning against a tree
while using the glass. tree that differed
in no wise from thousands OF others
IAae 5SofSAod eiie uiountdliis. II mere Hds
no travelled road to follow to regain the
valued binocular, no particular atten-
ton had been paid to the locality, and
yet when some distance from camp the
guide informed Mr. Miller that fe
though by switching off the road Hs
might be able to find the spot. This was
done and few minutes later the guide
was sure he could see the tree. A rids
to this spot was rewarded, the glass be.
ing found where it had been left on tbs
ground after being removed from III
case.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
LIVING IN ST. PETERSBURG
Different Phases Of Life, Dwellings,
Shops, Etc, in the Rus
sian Capital.

Contrary to what might be expected,
even st. Petersburg has its January
thaw," and furs are expensive. I ar
rived in. st. Petersburg on January !,
writes a traveller, according to the Chi
cago Daily News, lin a drilling rain.
Exceedingly oppressed by the heat, I
drove through foot of melted snow and
for a moment the vision Of furs faded
from my mental horizon, while wished
| had not left my umbrella in London.
Next day there were Is degrees OF frost
and I set forth with blue nose to seek
for furs had no pelisse-aecordlng to
my ST. Petersburg friends you must
have pe1isse in Russia or desc here
was my chance for furs. Fur stores are
plentiful, and behind the thick plate
double windows with padded sides are
furs of every kind-furs thathave Tuft1ed
serenely amid arctic SHOWS and icy
winds now stifie in stoye-heated shops.
Astrakhan is most largely represented
thick, black and curly, or thick, black
and Wavy. Tibet sheep, glossy white,
marten tail, bear, wolverine, skunk,
beaver, lynx, fox of all sorts and sable
at all prices, ermine and wolf, badger and
mole, all that may be trapped and shot
in Russia's measureless wastes. Here
one may surely, I thought, by judieious
haggling, purchase a pelisse-a real bar
gain that will fill my admiring friends
with envy, to the end of my days. These
happy anticipations were doomed to be
nipped in the bud. On the same prin-
eiple that you get the cheapest fish away
from the seaside, l found that could
have bought my pelisse for less money
in London
TN st. Petersburg nearly everybody
lives in flats and in the Easements OF
these fat buildings are shops. If you
live at the top Of a fiat building you
go down an endless stone staircase
elevators are as yet almost unknown
out of the double doors into the street
and at your feet in the basement be-
hold a shop. Say you enter it, in nine
cases out of ten you will find yourself
in a provision shop, probably a baker s
"a German bakers. But, although
there are many German bakers shops
there are also dozens of itinerant Rus
sian bread sellers. who carry about on
their heads in baskets and trays thei1
wares-large fiat cakes, the size of q
pudding plate, that often form days
sustenance for the moujik, costing ten
kopecks (about six cents1 and requir-
ing ten sets Of teeth to get through
them. These men do a brisk trade. Be
fore the peasant makes his dinner OF
the frozen cake you may see him stow
ing it away in the breast Of his Rattan
where it undergoes the process of gen,
tie thaW.
Next door to the baker there is 9
wineshop. Here there are yodkas Of al
kinds and all prices, the very best abou'
Sc cents bottle; the very worst abou
% cents. Vodkas brown and yellow
vodkas green and red, yodkas favored
with fruit and herbs and flowers, alst
| common or garden vodka, innocent il
appearance as gin, but on which tn,
moujik can get most gloriovsly DRUM
| for six cents. Good vodka when mixet
with soda or setter water makes ;
very enticing beverage"
A
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
ToBoGoANINo IN THE ALPS
Fine Sport Enjoyed by Residents
and Tourists in the En-
gandine.

St. Moritz is one OF the highest wis
lagos in the Engandine, having an alti-
tude Of about 5000 feet, and is a great
center Of winter sports: it is consequent
ly much frequented by English and
other nationalities who enjoy the sports
of skating, curling, tobogganing
and handy, which can here be OBJ
tanned under the best conditions. Good
tobogganing can be had in many other
places, but at st. Moritz it is carried
to fine art, and only an expert can
expect to compete successfully on the
renowned @Cresta" toboggan run, with
its wonderful curves and banks. The
name Cresta is derived from small viz
1age of that name near the finish of the
course, says the Electrical Review.
The course is a little over three-quar-
ters of a mile in length, with a differ
enee of elevation, from the start to fin
ish, of about 600feet; the gradient varies
at different points, being most steep at
the church leap.
As only one toboggan can occupy
the track at a time, the races are all
decided by the time taken to complete
the course. The record time from the
start to the finish is at present 81 Clio
seconds, this entailing a speed of 60
miles an hour or more on the fastest
parts. The curves of frozen snow are
built up with high banks accurately
shaped to allow the tobogganer to go
round them at the greatest speed, the
highest bank being about Is feet in
height. These different banks have
we11-known names, such as the Battle
dofe and Shuttlecoek, Seylla and Cha
rybdis and Bulpett's Corner. The
whole track is practically of ice, and
after passing the finish it has for short
distance steep upward gradient, the
great momentum obtained carrying the
tobogganer uphill.
The toboggans used are of the ssskele-
ton" pattern, with steel runners, the to-
bogganer lying in a prone position and
steering with his feet, by means OF
spikes attached to the toes of his boots.
The principal race run on the Cresta is
the Grand National, which takes place
at the end Of February, or the begin
ming of March, and might be called the
Derby of tobogganing, competitors COM
ing from Davos and other places to
take part in this contest.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
TO MEET AGAIN.

Hymn from the German of Ernst Won
Feuchtersleben about 1861
1t is the Lord of Heavens behest,
That each from what he loves the best
Must parted bel
Though nought in couese of earthly thing
Such grief and sorrow ever brings
AS such farewell
All me, farewell.
II here some opening bud thou firLa,
Oh, tend it with a loving mind;
But be thou ware.
The rose that bursts at morn in bloom
Lies Wiehered in the midnight gloom
OF this be ware,
All, be thou ware!
The love thou fondly callcst thine,
With watclfu1. miser care enshrine
Within thy hearth
A little while thy joy Is left
And then, thou are again bereft,
To weep alone,
All, weep alofies
Yet see thou understand it right:
Yes, know Alright!
When here we part, each In his
way,
."To meet again. we fondly say,
To meet again
Yes, meet againi
Alfred Edersneim, in n. z. Observer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Our Trade with Japan.

While its volume does not attract at
tention the Increase of our trade with
japan is significant. That increase, Of
course, will show great gains when the
returns for the last fiscal year are made,
for our exports have been enormously
increased by the war. tits probable that
nearly 100000 of japanese trade has
been centered in San Francisco in the
last year, or has been carried through
here ard exported on our Pacific liners.
With her natural expansion permitted,
the foreign trade of that empire will
be greatly enhanced. Especially in
foodstuffs we may expect a large share
of the increase.-San Francisco Call.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Knew the Game.

Friend-You didn't seem at all fiat
tered when Mrs. Barney compli-
mented you on your beautiful child.
Young MotherNo, can remember
the way T used to tell my friends how
pretty their children were, when they
were Just as ugly as they could be, Sc
that now when they tell me how won
derful my baby is. don't believe ITEM
at all.-Detrait Free Press.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
When the Filipino Strikes.

An American army officer, recently
returned from the Philippines, says that
the Filipino Invariably emits snake
like hiss before he strikes. This seems
to be just as instructive with him az il
is with snake. There is a sharp, IN
drawn breath that comes as a warning
and gives man seconds time to drop
fiat or to throw up an arm If the an
tagonist is within striking distance with
Chicago Daily News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Willing TO Give Up.

,rhe beggar approached the bald head
ed man who was enjoying his after-din-
ner cigar on the yeranda.
please, sir, said the mendicant,
have you a copper you could spare?''
Sure replied the man behind the
weed. you'll find him On the back
porch making love to the cook. Chi
cago Daily News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Largest Conner mines

Butte, Mont, furnishes seventh
Of the worlds supply of copper and the
Calumet C Hecla mine in Michigan
furnishes nearly one-eighth. These
are two Of the six largest copper mines
in the world. Four of the six are in
the United States.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
FOREIGNERS in Coal Region,

A student of the population of the
anthracite region of Pennsylvania re-
ports that there are 100000 people in
habiting that section, of whom 43o 900
are foreign born. Of this latter num-
Der more than $4,000 cannot read or
write.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Raw Material as Yet.

Naggus literary editor)-Got that
new story of yours finished?
Borus persistent author)-It isn't
all written yet. It's only in the rough.
I've got it in my head, though.
81 see Only partly blocked cut,
Chicago Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
wealth in Agricul+,1re.

Agriculture this year will add about
1000, 600, 900 to the country's wealth,
and foreign customers viii pay us not
far from 5000, ooo, 900 for our agrieul-
tural products shipped to them over
the sea.-N. 7. Herald
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
automatically Stated.

The Fierce Fel1ow-So you wouldn't
say that LongfelloW was liar, Ell?
The Mild Man-No; but If he were
conducting q. newspaper should not
hesitate to assert that he had an exelu-
sive news service. Louisville Courier
Journal
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
The Main Thing

suitor-I fear it is a great presump-
ton on my part, sir, to aspire to your
daughters hand, as only keep a shop.
Her Father-That does not matter,
young man; the question is, does the
shop keep you ?-smith's Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Rafora and Alter Sleenine

Bailey-What time were you UP
Sunday morning?
Gailey-Four O'Clock.
What! Do you mean to say you
got up at that hour?''
ooh, when did 1 get=up? That's diff
ferent. Ha1f-past Il. "-PhiladeIphia
Ledger.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
MANY saeh.

The greatest coward Is the one who is
afraid Of being charged with fear. Chi
cage Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
SEEING, YET SAW HE NOT.
Beautiful Example OF Compassion
Given a Master by His
Servant.

At the centenary anniversary OF Haw-
thorne's birth in Salem, DIR. Edward
Waldo Emerson, of Concord, said
apropos of sympathy and compassion:
4 used to know an aged man SER
want whose hart was singularly kind.
In him the G lily of compassion, of
sympathy, OF tity, was brought to
nearly perfect b -ve1opment.
This man v irving his master
and me through ~ country on a GER
tain winter day.
tAs we approached new house that
the master was building we saw an
aged and bent woman peep forth at us
from an unfinished window. She rec
ognized us, and i1 a shamefaced way
went sinking off. She had been TAX
ing little wood. There was bundle
Of wood under her old shawl.
1.-THE master tugged excitedly at his
servants sleeve.
sssJabez, Jabez,' he cried, do you
see that old woman taking my wood 2
'tJabez looked with pity first at the
old woman, and with scorn at his
master.
No, sir he said stoutly, I do,'t
see her: and, what's more, I didn't
think that you would see her, either =
such Outrageous Profits.
A well-known London shopkeepe1
had a shooting near Loeb Carron
One day he paid visit to little shoE
kept by one McAfee.
so you're Mister fra lLun-
non? Man, it's a gran place, Lunnon
And you've a store there-a big store?'
Yes, it's pretty big"
You'll pardon my asking you" sait
McAfee; but if it's a fair question
what sort O profits do you max il
Lunnon e.
70, as for that. on some articles
! flv per cent; on others 10 per cent; or
| some 20 per cent.
Twenty per cent; man, it's awfu'!'
but don't you?" asked Mr.
Nav, naw!" exclaimed the shop
keeper. 81 can only make one pei
cent just buy a thing for q shulliE4'
and ] sell it for twa! Stray Stories
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Hisfnrin ncf,,ra

The original of WIZARDS stirring
picture, Yankee Doodle, /" which has
become familiar through reproduc-
lions in all parts of the country, hangs
in Abbott hall, Marblehead, Mass.
The painting was presented to the
town by Gen. j. H. DeVereux, of Cleve-
land. "a years ago.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Poor Time for Call

Mr.. Lovett-G Good evening, Tommy;
is your sister at home?
Her Brother Yeh, but SO is pop, an
he's got Indigestion. You'd better skip,
-PhiIade1phia Ledger
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

Every good thing" was Mr. ingalls,
verdict, after studying the shady
nymphs. Who is it by? Butler, you
say? Oh, he is a Californian, isn't
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-01


Again the NTH schoolhouse looms
A tling Of teeniiug life and Joy:
Again is door IS open wide
To lauehine girl and r0gush boy
There's buzzius ia the hallway where
The little dinner pals have landed
Lne tiny ships returning home
From ports with beaches golden sanded.
She dainty narkeeu pantalettes
Vie with the knickerbockcrs trottins
Adown the narrow aisies the while
TIE pedagOEHe is swiftly iotdug
flere on the old blackboard his screed-
All! Time. sou never can erase IT.
vile is earnest. life is real.
All me. again tutn 20 face Il.
shore on The front row touching toes
Upon the floor heels cannot rC'ch it,
Tie short-leegd lads ana ,aSSicS sic
Awaiting fame; an. who shall teach itI
Algauged behind the rearward desks.
Desks carved 10y many an artist siNlys
Tie robust gfown-ups Of the farms
Exchange warm eiances swift ana ShNiy.
The clutteriug feet are stiled al last,
Each whispered message has been
spoken:
Tie pedauoete taps on his desk
Mith his griin awe-iuspiriug token.
Clcn silence Gals: there knowledge stands;
Dr. him IL centcrS an6 intenses
Av holds the KEY to ope the door
The oid-tiu,e country school commences
s-IIutsce Sea mcur Ncier. 3" n y sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-01
He Knew His Business

A lady going through a hospital
during the last war saw a couple
of soldiers saving and hammer.
ing and said; What are you do
ingW ''Making a coffin; that's
all" ga coffin, indeed, and who is
it fOr?" "That fellow over there, y
pointing to a cot. The lady looked
and saw that the man was alive
and watching what was going on,
"Why," she said, in a low voice,
that man is not dead, and per.
haps he won't die" ooh, yes" in
sisted one of the men, "the doctor
told us to make the coffin and
guess he know'd what he Civ
him."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-01
area. Country for Wheat.

The delta of the Tigris and the
Euphrates, now partially a desert
and partially a swamp, contains
over 100000 acres of land. Per-
haps no region of all the regions
Of the earth is more favored by
nature for the production Of cere-
ais. 1t is claimed that wheat in
ita wild, uncultivated state has it's
home in the semiarid regions, and
that from there it has been trans
ported to every quarter of the
globe.
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HAsITs 81 THE JAoUAR.
Interesting Chapter on the Most
Stealthy and Ferocious
of Felines.

The trails of the jaguar are
many, but they nearly all lead to a
river, for water appears to be
more needfnl to the tiger than TO
any other member of the cat fam
lily. And this is not that he ac-
tually drinks more, so far as / can
earn, says awriter in Outing, but
rather because along the water.
ways he finds an easy and abund
ant food in the river hog, in the
small deer that come down to
drink and in the fish that swim
pIentifully in all these. streams.
In the Rio de la Plata. just of
BuenOs Ayres, is an island where
at one time number Of jaguars
lived and thrived practically on
the fish they caught, for there was
nothing else on the island, and
none ever heard of their visiting
the mainland, because of its set
Element and not on account of the
distance to shore, for the tiger is 4
strong, bold swimmer and minds
no river of South America, not the
widest, if he wishes to reach the
opposite bank. He is patient, un-
erring fisherman, watching for
long periods from some vantage
point, which may be either fallen
tree trunk extending into the
stream or at the banks edge, until
a victim appears-when with a
lightning blow he hurls the fish
out on to the bank or clutches il
as he swims past.
While the swampy jungle and
the water courses are his habitat.
yet the jaguar will make incur
siOns upon dry ground if cattle OF
horses or poultry offer, and river
food happens to be scarce or for
the time being more difficult to Sc.
cure. heard several trustworthr
accounts of cattle and colts killed
by the jaguar, though his ravages
are not so frequent as once they
were owing tn his further inland
habitat. His method of killing
animals of this size is literally TO
stall them up wind, that no seen
may reach the victim. and then to
spring on their back. fastening
teeth and claws in the neck; With
animals the jaguar
springs for the neck at once, and
to prefer the hind quarters
10 the. stomach, which is left for
the vUltures that are omnipresent
in the open country
Tigre is q much noisier animal
than any other of the feline fam
lily, particularly at night, and
'Oams the jungle disdainful of
other beasts in his manifest supe
riority. And he is without doubt
absolute king Of the South African
forest; there is literally none to
dispute his, domain, none even
worthy to do him homage, for the
puma, which is fairly plentiful,
has as little the courage of his con
in South as in North |
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-01
When They Can.

Some men adapt themselves to
circumstances, while some others
adapt circumstances to suit them
selves. Chicago Daily News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-01

VII. T- '-.'-' - n -sil tt, ~
sDu're sure She wiil'
"lnite. Qllitcsult'. : said "A voice.
Something in the words struck
me. She looked up at me with a
mile Then | began to under
stand.
''Katew | cried.
Isn't il beautiful day?1 said
Nate.-Black and White.