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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
WEIGHING AN AUTOGRAPH.
Mechanical Adjustment So Delicate
as to Detect the Mark Of
a Pencil.

Scales are now made of such nice
adjustment that they will weigh the
smallest hair plucked from the eye
brow. They are triumphs of mechan-
ism, and are inelosed in glass cases, as
the. slightest breath Of air would impair
their records. The glass case has a slid
ing door and as soon as the weight is
placed in the balance the door slides
down.
The balances are cleared and made
ready for further use by pressinga but
ton. which slightly raises the beam, says
the New York Herald. Two pieces of
paper of equal weight can be placed on
the scales, and an autograph written in
penciI on either piece will cause the
other side to ascend, and the needle,
which Indicates the division of the
weight even to the milIionth part of
mound or less, will move from its per-
pendieular.
4 signature containing nine letters
has been weighed and proved to be ex-
actIy two millogrammes or one fifteen
thousand fFe-hundredt part of an
ounce troy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
KITCHEN DoN'Ts.

Don't use knives for scraping the
table and pots.
Don't crumple up your dish towels.
Rinse and hang them in the sun.
Don't black a stove while it is hot.
Il takes more backing and less polish.
Don't put damp towels and napkins
in the hamper. Dry them first or they
will mildew.
Don't put egg dishes into hot water
it makes the egg adhere. Soak the
dishes first in cold water
Don't put tin pans on the stove to
dry. They become heated, the solder
loosens and they soon leak.
Don't pour boiling water over china
packed il a pan. It will crack by the
sudden contraction and expansion.
Don't put a greasy spoon on the
table 1t leaves stain which re-
quires time to erase. Put It in a.
saucer.
Don't litter up the kitchen when
getting a meal, because it will take
hours to clean up after the meal la
over.
Don't pour boiling water and soan
on greasy spots. Moisten the spots
first with a cold saturated solution of
soda, then scrub them with the grain
Of the wood, using cold soapsuds.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
DOG FINDS RICHES IN GEMS
Canine Gets Mixed Up in Rapids and
Is Disentang1ed with Pearls
C1inging to Him.

Two French Canadians and blue
nose citizen of New Brunswick, who
have been hunting along Lobster stream
in Maine for three weeks with small
success, returned to Bangor, carrying
half a pint of pearls, all of them taken
from Lobster rapids one rainy morn
ing in a manner described below. Up
to the present time these three have all
been citizens Of unimpeached veracity.
They had taken a setter dog to camp
to help them in shooting partridges,
but they found SO many f1eas upon him
that he was compelled to stay outside
in disgrace. One morning about a
week ago they heard the dog yelplng for
help from the stream. On going to his
assistance they discovered that he was
attached to some object under water
which threatened to drown him. 1t re-
iquired a strong pull to free the dog
from the rocks. On taking him 10 camp
the party discovered that his long, red
hair was thiekly spattered with the
shells of mussels, which had closed upon
his coat SO tightly that he could not get
free. On opening the shells in order to
free them from the hair, they uncovered
nearly so large pearls, all of good color,
and fairly free from blemishes. At the
lowest estimate the citizens think that
the pearls they have secured will sell
for $500. enough to pay for hunting trips
for several years
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
MANNIsH WAYS A MISTAKE.
Women Will Never Win Alteration
from Men by Adopting
Them.

Women are never more largely and
gorgeously mistaken than when they
:hink that they make winning WITH
men by trying to make imitation men
Of themselves. The fallacy that men
pine for women to be little brothers to
them has gained ground Of late and
found many adherents among women
who affect masculine sports, discuss
risque subjects, and endeaVor to wipe
out the sex line. Never was greater
folly. It is Woman's un1ikeness to man,
the difference OF her point of view, that
makes all her charms and lends pi-
quancy to her society. Il a man wanted
the ideas Of another man on a subject,
he would seek one who had been born
to the masculine estate, not one who
has merely understudied the role.
Men like what we call the old-fash-
toned virtues in women, says the Chi
cago Tribune. 1t is the fashion now for
women to be bIase and cynical, but there
is no man SO hardened that he does not
shudder away from a hard woman. Ee
may never put his foot inside Of
chureh, but be wants q woman to be
pious- He may disbelieVe in everything
in heaven and earth, but he wants q
woman to have childlike faith in every
thing, and no matter how much he laughs
at her for her credulity, he loves her the
better for it. He may Judge the world
mercilessly, but he wants a woman to
be full Of tender and unreasoning SYM
pathy and pity. No man ever loved d
woman who did not cry. or who was not
tender to little children, orWho wouldnot
give to a beggar and investigate his
needs afterwards. The girl who thinks
it smart to sheer at dom esticity and de-
claress that she will never debase her tai
onts BY learning to cook or sew, who
hates children and mocks at religion, no
matter how brilliant or beautiful she is,
does not attract men.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31

SELF-PROPELLED SLED.
Device of Two New Workers Which
Anybody Would Be Able to Adapt
to the Ordinary Sled.

We give herewith the description of
an invention applicable to the winter
months, when the snow reaches us. 1t
is the invention of two New Workers,
which they term self-propelled sled.
Anybody could build one, or, for that
matter, construct one cut Of an ordi-
nary sled, using the top and runners.
with a cross-bar Or footrest connecting
the runners at the front, the latter be-
ing on plane slightly below the seat.
Two aetuating levers are piyoted upon a
bracket or support upon the front posts.
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make the whole affair balance when
you take your hands off it.
This is a good deal easier to say than
to do, but it can be done, though it may
take more than one pair of hands to do
it-at least, at first.
So far you have accomplished a strik-
ing and '.ticklish" balancing feat and
that is all. SAYS the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Now attach q bullet, coin or any
small heavy object to a thread and care
fully lower it into the water in the lit
tie glass. As soon as the coin touches
the water the glass begins to go down,
the knives turning like seesaWs on the
corks, and lower goes the glass. so that
If the coin is large you will have .
smash before it is half under water. But
you can pull It up at any instant. As yen
do so the glass follows as If it were
glued to the coin. and SO you can keep
it seesaWing up and down.
Perhaps the reason Of this is not clear
to you. The coin is held up by the
thread and does not touch the glass, SO
how can it affect it? Well, the coin is
not held up by the thread alone. The
part that is under water is held partly
by the thread and partly by the water.
which buoys it up with force equal to
the weight of an equal bulk of water.
The coin there presses the water, and
consequently the glass, downward with
an equal force.
Now when you pull out the coin this
extra weight is taken of, SO the glass
rises to its original position.
You might make the glass bob up
and down by pressing it with your
finger, but it would be a tieklish expert
ment, while with the suspended coin
you can move the glass SO very delicate
II and safely that you can even make
it dance in time to waltz or polka
played rather slowly on the piano. So
it makes a very pretty little trick, es-
pecially if you substitute for the coin
a tiny human figure or doll.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31

Propel1ing rods are connected to the
levers and the rear posts, the extreme
forward end being threaded and bent
inWardly at right angles, so as to pro-
vide a pivot pin which enters one of
series of openings in the lever and is re-
tanned in position by nut. A bracket,
provided with vertical slot, is at
tached to the rear post, in which loosely
slides stud through which the propell-
ing rod passes and is guided in its 'actu-
ating movements. Wound around the
propelling rods is spiral coiled spring,
which rests against a lug secured to the
rod. To prevent undue Earring Or
bouncing of the sled caused by the
rapid striking Of the end of the propell-
ing rod against the ground, a. cushioned
device is provided, which is formed Of
a vertical spring secured to the brack-
ct. The rear end of the propelling rod
is shaped into a slight point to readily
penetrate the ice or snow. In opera
ton the person seated upon the sled
places his feet against the front rest
and manipulates the pivoted levers.
which operate the propelling rods, the
resistance to the ground pushing the
sled forward, the strokes being regu-
lated by the holes in the levers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
BITTER WITH THE SWEET.
Incident Illustrative of the Unpless-
a1t Possibilities Of Early
Matrimo11y.

The trials of newly married couples
have been the theme OF comment from
almost time immenorfal, and the
honeymoon is not always ass8Weet as
it appears on the surface. says the
Saunterer, in the Boston Budget. An
illustration Of this mingling of aioes
with the product Of the bee came I'M
der my observation lately, when I
went to attend a dinner given by two
turtle doves Of my acquaintance.
arrived early and found my young
hostess in tears Her maid-of-aI1-
work had deserted her that morning.
aud as there was no help readily
available the newly married woman
was obliged to prepare the meal
alone as best she could Luckily, most
Of the guests were her girl friends.
and when they arrived, with feminine
intuition they took in the situation az
a, glance, and proceeded to assist III
making things comfortable. When
the boyish host came on the scene.
late, as usual he said. as he took his
place at the table, Where is Sarah
Ann?o Shes gone, answered his
spouse. denurely She Ned because
was going to have company, and she
had planned to work for only two.
The inexperienced husband was dumb
founded for q minute, but he quickly
regathered his wits and, with nascu-
line selfshness. exclaimed Wei.
Molly, # these girls offer to help Wash
the dishes, you just let 'em never
was any good with a towel
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31

bath, and nothing is so comforting or
less trouble.
Usually the little housekeeper is too
poor or too frugal to patronize the hair
dresser, or to indulge in a shampoo at a
dollar or half a dollar at one of the hair
dressing establishments And so, in an
irregular, off hand sort of way, she
washes" her hair when it is dirty" or
sticky" For this wash she uses any
soap that may happen to be about the
house. rinses quickly and dries her hair
over the radiator Such treatment will
kill the finest hair in a few years.
You should decide upon a regular in
terVal for shampooing your hair, and
you should Shampoo it. If you have
very dry hair. do not wash it oftener
than every three weeks, and you might
let it go for four weeks with prudence.
# your hair is oily you may indulge in
a shampoo every two weeks, but not
oftener. Some girls. during the rage
for fluffy hair, were in the habit OF wash
ing their hair, once a week or oftener,
a process which took all the natural life
and oil out of the finest locks and left
them dry, hard, dead, and ready to fall
out at the first sign of Ill health Use
for your shampoo good tar soap or
plain CASTLE soap-nothing else except
warm water Do not make the bath
too hot, and do not put ammonia in it.
To attempt to burn your hair out in this
~ a II s q ia NJ mi Sta15a GorI4h h rrc,1o-i,
", rubbing the scalp well and washing
the hair as you would a piece of cloth
Above all, rinse the hair thoroughly in
warm water, and be sure that every
particle of the soap is removed, SO that
the pores are free to breathe. Dry the
hair in the air and the sun. Fan it, if
you like, and rub it with the towel, but
avoid the 1ife-killing, hot air from the
radiator or the gas stove, If you do not
want to rot and ruin the best part Of your
locks.
Nearly half Of your life is spent in
bed, and thus nearly half of your life
your hair is in. tight pigtai1s and curl
papers. This is unfortunate for many
reasons. First of all, it keeps the scalp
from the air and is not good for the
roots of the hair. Secondly. it would
drive the most devoted man to the other
woman or the uttermost parts of the
earth. Take quite as much pains as
you would for party. Do not attempt
to put it up eonventionally, but dress it
picturesquely. One of the prettiest night
arrangements is the Marguerite fashion
of two plaits down the back, loosely
woven and gracefully parted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
CLEVER BALANCE TRICK.
How Your Friends May Be Enter~
tanned After the Dinner
Is Over.

This is one of the neatest and moss
curious of balancing tricks.
Cut the tops to two long corks into
wedge shape, insert the eorks firmly in
the necss Of two bottles Of equal height,
and place the bottles on the table about
ten inches apart, With the edges of the
corks parallel to each other. Now. t.-F
to balance a table knife on one of the
sharpened eorks. II you succeed, re-
jeet that knife and try one With q
heavier handle, for we must have two
knives that will not balance unaided.
Having found two such knives. hold
them level on the eorks with their
points almost in contact, moving the
bottles if necessary. and set on their
points a small. thin wine glass or tuIn-
bier containing Just enough water TO
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
q Soothing Ointment

When the skin is irritated because
Of some application, soothe with zinc
ointment. which IS prepared as fol-
lows: Add one part of the oxide of
zinc. in very fine powder. to six parts of
simple ointment and mix IN an earthen
Or marble mortar. This simple ONT
ment is composed Of spermaceti. two
and one-half ounces; white wax. one
ounce; almond oil. one-half pint. Mix
the first two ingredients in a double boil
err over gentle heat, and when they can
be smoothly teraamed" add the almond
oil, drop by crop, stirring the mixture
with q silver spEoA Or fork.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
USEFUL UMBRELLA CASE.
= Very Handy and Economical Ar
ticla for Every Traveller
to Have.

An umbrella will last twice as long
# used with care and properly treat
ed. Although it of course looks much
neater to carry when folded, when put
aside it should be undone to prevent
the folds from cracking. When trav-
cling, however, both parasols and um-
brellas should be rolled up and packed
in a case to prevent their getting
rubbed or soiled. Our illustration
shows one which is designed to be
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Vast Riches IN Corr.

Tia greatest hoard of the yellow
metal ever gathered in any country
could not buy one years harvest Of
the American corn and wheat. To buy
one seasons corn crop would take all
the gold minted in this country In six
years. In the last seven years all the
gold mines have produced only enough
to buy one years yield Of our six lead
ing cereals.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31

made from cloth or waterproof mate
rial from As to So inches wide. About
three-quarters yard would be needed,
one-half yard OF which forms the
foundation, which must be turned in
all around and machine stitched. The
remainder is employed to make the
receptacles for the umbrellas. These
also should be stitched after having
beer carefully tackled in position, and
shouid be placed SO as to leave enough
of the foundation to turn over and
protect the handles The whole is
Tied up with two lengths of ribbon.
which should be sewn neatly to the
back of the foundation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Very Annavin ..

1t was very careless leaving the par
rot in the par1or on Sunday evening. but
she never thought anything about it I'M
til Monday morning. when he reused the
whole house by making smacking noise
and crying:
Darling Katie! Darling Katie.
He kept it up all day, too, and the old
folks are much interested in the case
Smiths Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
sn,,ree Of Coal Waste.

A square foot of uncovered pipe, filed
with steam at 100 pounds pressure, will
radiate and dissipate in year the heat
put into 33.7f6 pounds of steam by the
economic combustion of 1913 pounds of
coal. Thus, ten square feet Of bare
pipe corresponds approximately to the
waste of two tons of coal per annum.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31

E have here the set
ting Of a war
drama. The oppos-
ing forces are seen
drawn up in order
for the battle The
sound of conflict is
heard, and now one
side and then the
1, other is seen to
yield. Uncertain
is the issue and
back and forth the
strife is waged.
Such is the picture
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Trrioa.fian in IA knfa

A proposition is now on foot to irr1-
gate certain parts Of North Dakota ana
eastern Montana whereby the goyern-
ment is to put in irrigation canals and
the settlers are to pay SIS an acre for
the service, parable IN ten annual in-
stallmenfs OF $3.50 each.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Avoiding the Cuss Word

Grayce-War! War! war!
Giadys-What on earth are you hol-
Ieging war" about?
Z Just struck ny thumb with the.
hammer.
Well, what's war get to do with it?s,
Don't ron know what war isg.-
Louisville Courier-JournaI.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
he Warfare
With Self
81 Sermon BY the Hishwav and q.
Byway" Preacher. D
-,
stoESr1shr, 1904, by ). IL, Edsonzl
EradaHIlec

Chicago Sunday. Dec. Il. 1904
z r.. by the Spirit ana " shall
~ aes Ia.i1ll the lust Of the flesh. For the
So. lus1eth against The Spirit and tie
t..ts. i against tne nesh; for these are CON
e y the one to the other; that We NAV not
- me things that Sc would cal. 5:1e-17
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
STRONG MAN uNDEvELopED
extraordinary Case Exciting Interest
and Amusement Among Loa-
don Physicians,

London physicians are interested in
singular case of a man who possesses
extraordinary strength, VET has no
muscular Development. The man. a
German. Herr Georg Lett, is only i've
fget II height and weighs but 40
mounds. bat he can lift something like
as times his own weight
The worlds record lift IS LOO
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Eyes of Birds

The sight of birds IS extraordinary.
and the simple fact that the eye Of d
hawk or pigeon is larger than their
whole brain gives some idea of what
their powers Of sight must be- tgS1d Of
how easily they can fy hundreds Of
miles If they have marks to guide
them.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
CLOCK BUILT OF PINS.
Tirnepieee and Tower Which Contains
Between $1,000 and co.
600 Pins.

A clock made entirely of pins, the
work of J. G. Dickerson, Austin, Chiea-
go, is on exhibition at the st. Louis ex-
position There are between 1900 and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
An Apology

We must apologize to the poet 1au-
reate for having, By mistake, referred
in these notes to his recent poem on
the war as being q long one. It seemed
long when We were reading it
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Mathine Alarming.

Ministers Wife-Wake up. There
are burglars in the house. John.
Minfster-Wel1. what Of it? Let
them find out their mistake them-
seIyes.-Smith's Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31

10000 pins in the clock. of all sizes and
shapes, soldered together into one mass
and placed with infinite care to make
the frame symmetrical. The clock is
run by electricity and requires no Hind-
ing.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Pretty Stale Bee

The best examples Of old Roman bread
have been found at Pompeii, a town t,.ae
was DESTROYED BY an eruption of VesaTius
II the rear Is a. d. Forty eight leaves
Were dug oat ct enc bake asop.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31

dark hues he can find He tries to go
aistort and twist the 18th that you will
turn from the voice of God ard the plead
ing Of the Soul Self fears in the pres
ence Of God. He wants not that God
should rule over your life. He himself
wants to be It's only master. And how
long is the struggle sometimes. How
grieEous is the process before man Will
yield and receive Go6's. gift Of eternal
life. Dear friend. out Of Christ, fight no
longer against God. Let Gods work CT
grace be wrought in you! Let your Soul
pc awakened By the touch of the Spirit
He. Souls Enemy Eeyealed-Tne
l dweller in the valley has a mar
roWed vision. He can see the fanlil-
lar objects which surround his dwell
Ing but he cannot take in the extent
OF Verdant fields and woodland which
stretch off in the distance. He IS too
nearly on a level with that which he
up the mountain side until he gains a
vantage point way up above the fruit
ful and beautiful valley, and behold
the whole scene is spread out before
MIN like a great panorama So it is
with man. From mans level let him
view man and his vision is limited. He
can see man only in his nearer aspect
He cannot see him as God does But
let him rise on the wings ct the quick
ened soul to the mountain top of Gods
presence, and he will then find new
picture spreading itself before him 1t
has been said that mans greatest en-
envy is self. But how few really realize
or believe it. And yet it is true, and
If man will only let God touch his
eyes and open them so that he may see
clearly, he will realize that the natural
man is at enmity with God He viii
begin to understand what IS implied in
our text when it says: For the flesh
lusteth against the Spirit, and the
Spirit against the flesh; for these are
contrary the one to the other" And
until Self is revealed as the enemy OF
the Soul, it cannot be expected that
man will seek to bring it into subiec-
ton. This is the reason so many Chris
tians live on such low sensual plane.
This is the reason why they argue them
selves into the belief that many world
ly pleasures and indalgenees are right.
They have not yet sighted the enemy.
They have not yet let God reveal to
them that the thing that must be over
come first is the natural man and the
desires of the flesh.
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pounds. yet Herr Lettl lifted an anchor
weighing $50 pounds, with four men
standing On It, thus exceeding the rec
ord BY about $50 pounds He can pull
backward a 16-horse power motor car
running at q speed Of IS miles per
hour. and, standing between two eight
horse power cars placed back to back.
he holds them together BY Sheer
strength Of finger tips when their en-
gines5 are working at full speed.