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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
NOT THE ONLY COUNTRY.
The United States Is Beginning to
Realize That There Are
Others.

Up to few years ago We, the people
OF the United States, thought we had the
greatest country on earth (Which Ws
have), but We were SO swollen by vail
and unjustifable ovefestimation of our
selves that we did not give proper credit
and consideration to other people, says
the Kansas City journal. We looked
upon ourselves as great beyond compar-
ison in the exploits Of war and The
pursuits of peace, and nothing quite sc
much tickled our vanity and eonceit
as to sit and listen by the hour to
politicians making thu eagle scream
and extolling our achievements as such
as never had been and never could be
rivaled in the world.
But a very meritorious change has
come over us. We have begun to ex-
anime and compare ourselves with other
people, and we take no offense when we
find that what we have done has been
equaled and sometimes surpassed by
the deeds Of quieter and less boastful
nations
japan has done in so years many
things which it took us 200 years to
do. Russia has constructed railroads
through astretch of territory far more ex-
tensiye than the old Great American
desert. opened it to settlement, and built
big cities in it. But Russia did not
claim to be the greatest nation on earth
on that account. England is building
railroad through the entire length of
Africa and she has developed millions
OF acres in the wilderness of that cont.
nent, but she is not going into spasms
OF self-praise over the matter.
These instances mentioned are only
few of the mighty things accomplished
by nations other than the United States.
Current history shows that we have not
much more than shared in the general
progress Of mankind. Our material
progress and prosperity have been
rivaled in almost every particular else
where, While we have contributed only
a small portion. Of the learned and en-
tertaining books which have been writ
ten, and of the engines and devices which
have been invented for the comfort and
necessity of the human race during the
last SO years.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
An Expensive Eduea zion,

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, the venerable
author of the Battle Hymn OF the
Republic" who received the degree OF
LII. 2. recently, listened philosophical
y the other day to the complaints
OF woman whose sons education az
Harvard was costing great deal OF
money.
MANY sons educations cost a great
deal of money said Mrs. Howe. t.And
yet it is the most expensive education.
usually, that is the least valuable.
Il had this fact brought home to
me a short time ago. / was VISITING
a certain family, and one morning al
breakfast the father said. as he handed
his son, a sophmore, a $40 bill.
Your studies are costing me a
great deal
81 know 1t, father the son an
swered. And ] doa'S study very hard.
either"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
Ignorant School childnar,

In class in Manchester school not
one of the children knew what a bee
was, This statement was made at Nor
witch the other day at the conference
of the Museums association by Mr..
Pritchard, of Boston. America. The
ignorance in his own town was even
greater. Statistics showed that II DER
cent. Of the school children there had
never seen a crow. ST per cent. had never
beheld frog, 20 per cent. had not seen
a butterfly, 81 per cent. did not know
an elm tree, rs per cent. did not know
what season of the year it was, and so
per cent. could not say what butter was
made of.-London Tit-Bits.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
BUILDING FOOD
70 Bring the Babies Around

When little human machine 9pr Q
large one) goes wrong, nothing is SO
important as the selection of food
which will always bring it around
again.
MY little baby boy fifteen months
old had pneumonia, then came brain
fever, and no sooner had he got over
these than he began to cut teeth and,
being SO weak, he was frequently
thrown into conyu1sions,'' says %
Colorado gaother.
Il decided change might help, 30
took him to Kansas City for q visit.
When we got there he was SO very
weak when he would cry he would
sink away and seemed like he would
die.
When reached my sisters nome
she said Immediately that we must
feed him Grape-Nuts and. although
had never used the food, we got some
and for q few days gave him just tbs
juice of Grape-Nuts and milk. He got
stronger SO quickly we were soon
feeding him the Grape-Nuts itself and
IN wonderfully short time he fat
tened right up and became strong and
well.
That showed me something worth
Knowing and, when later on nv girl
came, raised her on Grape-Nuts and
she is strong, healthy baby and has
been. You will see from the little
photograph I send you what a strong,
chubby youngster the boy is now, but
ne didn't look anything like that be-
fore We found this nourishing food.
Grape-Nuts nourished him back 70
strength when he was SO weak he
couldn't keep any other food on his
stomach Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
All children can be built to a. more
sturdy and healthy condition upon
Grape-Nuts and cream. The food con-
talns the elements nature demands,
from which to make the soft gray
nliing in the nerve centers and brain.
A well fed brain and strong, sturdy
nerves absolutely insure . healthy
body.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book, "The Road to Wellvigle."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
WHEN STAMPS WERE NEW.
Postmasters Had Trouble in Getting
People to Stick Them on
the Envelope.

When postage stamps first came
into use" said veteran postal clerk,
the public didn't know how to handle
them" relates the Galveston Tribune.
You remember how, when tea and
coffee first appeared among us, the peo-
pie fried the tea leaves and the coffee
berries and served them with salt and
pepper? Well, the people treated their
stamps as absurdly in 1854.
Some folks would put the stamps
inside their letters, out of sight. Here
is the official notice that we issued to
stop that practice
The clerk took from the drawer an
aged bulletin that said:
The stamps upon all letters and pack
ages must be affixed on the OUTSIDE
thereof, and above the address thereon"
He put back this bulletin and drew
forth another one.
People would pin the stamps On
their letters, instead of cumming them, .
he said, "and when they did gum them
they would not do it right. Hence this
second bulletin" and he read:
6 Persons posting letters should af-
fix the requisite number of stamps preyi-
GUS to depositing them in the letter re-
ceivers, as when posted in damp state
the stamps are liable to rub off and
thereby cause the letters to be treated
as unpaid. Do not pin on the stamps.
STILL said the clerk, 1.-The public
didn't understand Think of tit
didn't understand the simple matter of
sticking postage stamp on letter. So
We got out a third bulletin
The third bulletin, in big, impatient
letters, said:
"The simplest and most eRectual
method of causing stamps to adhere
firmly is, first to moisten veil the out
side of the stamps and afterward the
gummed side slightly, taking care not
to remove the gum -
The clerk said that a philatelist had
offered him s12 apiece for these three
queer bulletins.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
SONG or THE bayfield,.

sTis pleasant TO see the meadows bow
To the sweep Of the modern mower
The sWaying fields % the long, keen
knives
Their plu1nes and iances lower.
But oh. for the sweet, prosaic past,
And the scythe's old-fashioned song;
For the rare, rich smell of the grasa
which fell
In the billowy windows long:
Mayhap the haying is now but play,
With the aid Of modern skill;
Mayhap it takes but day and day
The roon7y old barn TO ill;
But oh! for the scythes old-fashioned
swaths
For the mower who went a~ffelo,
and the muscles strong as they swung
That their bsasny arms revealed!
What though IL required month Or
more,
Instead of day ana day?
s7he hours were glad and ahe heart was
strong.
And the labor was as play;
Then on, for the sweet, prosaic past,
And the seythe's oId-fashioned song,
For the rare, gich smell of the grass
which fell
In billowy windgo9s long!
--F. III. Sweet, in Farm journal. VIA
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
Train Son g Birds.

Yorkshire has at Huddersfeld novel
English association which promotes
the singing of larks. Captive birds are
trained by being taken ii boxes into the
fields, where they are left to pick up
the notes Of free birds as best they can.
Competition for prizes have just been
held at various public houses, birds
singing for ten minutes or longer with
out a break In this way &c or G7
in small prizes have been distributed,
and the contests. from their sheer
novelty. have proved an infinite source
of amusement if not of profit. The as
ISOLATION has been in existence abour
80 years.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
Successful Effort.

The head of matrimonial combine
glanced at a bill from his Wife's dress
I-aker.
when 1 proposed to you less than
two years ago. he said, Il was rather
wild, and you said you considered it
your duty to marry me for the pur
pose of making something cut Of me,
did you not2"
YES, john answered the wife.
Well" he continued, your Efforts
have not been in vain You have
succeeded
I'm so glad she said, What have
I made of you, dear?'
Once more he glanced at the bill.
a pauper," he declared with a deep
sigh-Chicago News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
Oil to Law Dust.

Westrumite, mixture of the heavy
oils of tar emulsifed by ammonia, is
added to ten or 20 times its volume of
water, and applied to roads by an ordi-
nary watering cart, three or four con-
secuflVe applications giving a perma-
aent laying Of the dust. It seems to De
less slippery than tar or tar oil, and
may be applied without waiting for the
road to become perfectly dry. tits gain
ing u favor in France, and, to test it
thoroughly, half of one Paris avenue
IS treated with it and the other half with
tar,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
a Corner on Ice.

An extra piece Of ice was wanted
says Lippincott's. An ice wagon was
at neighbor's door. but there was no
small coin in the house whereWith to
pay for the desired article.
We'll, never mind said mamma;
"you run out, Blanche. and get nick.
els worth. The man will trust you un.
til tomorrow
Now, Blanche was not accustomed TO
dealing on credit. and did not take
kindly to the idea, but was moving
very slowly to do her mothers bidding
when some words in large letters on
the top of the wagon attracted her at
tention and suggested an unansWerable
objection.
But he won't do it, mamma! Look
there on the wagon. It says: Not in
the trust y
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
In England.

A lady Of New England met lady
of Old England while in England.
The American lady, wishing to i'm
press the English lady, volunteered
the information that her ancestors had
been Knickerbockers.
.Kniekerbockers? % repeated the
English lady b1ankly.
Yes, Knickerbockers, reiterated
the American lady bland1y.
And who were the Kniekep
bockers?' inquired the English lady.
Who were they?" cried the Ameri-
can lady. Haven't you ever read the
History of the United States? .
No" said the English lady. .tWho
wrote it?"-Exchange
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
In No Position to Interfere.

your daughter plays a great deal of
classical music in a rather original
way remarked the man With gold
glasses
Yes" answered Mr.. Cumrox, regret
fully. "she bought the piano and the
music out Of her own spending money.
and | suppose she feels that she has a
right to do what she pleases with
them. '-Washington Star.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
Cost Of Mail Distribution

The United States employed 1855
men in distributing mail last year. The
eost, distributed among 1.400 lines,
was s63,5s4 900. n 373 accidents to
mail cars, Is clerks were killed and rs
seriously Injured.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
Water.

Hicks-He hasn't been in Wall street
iong, but he seems to be quite at home
sLere.
N'icEs-Yes; he takes to stock-job-
bing like a duck.
You mean like a duck to water
Yes, hut why be tautologieal?"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
Z Clever Point.
80 years.

The University of Freiburg had q
grand celebration the other day-pro-
cessions, fireworks Examinations. ad-
dresses, the occasion being the rounding
out of the number of students to 1000
One of the speakers referred to the fact
that the number 1000 was reached in
1885, and he was much applauded when
he pointed at a babe in the arms of a
nurse as the future four-thousandth
student
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24

3.-What d'you think the sly old bog
did? Bowed if he didn't go and put on
her very best hat, knowing that she
daren't touch him while that was On.
Brainy chap-Comic Cuts.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24

Why did you marry your divorce4
wife again? Old love comes back
No. By the time paid her a1fmony
7 had nothing to live on, and so mar
ried her for her money."-Judge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24
When Il. Was Rubbed II.

Eminent Astronomer-Haye VOC
never felt that you were an utterly
Insignificant atom in the vast cosmos
"a thing of no Importance In the
economy of the universe, mere mote
il the amending procession OF the
years?
Littleton-Yes, indeed, / have! 4
went to my wife,s club meeting one
night, when they discussed mems
qualifications for the suffrage.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24

z. And was just about to severely
bump her lord and master, when he sud-
denly lodged her and ran upstairs
Come back here and let me HE you,
coward" screamed Mrs. S.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-24

@ uSSp, idHh heuleaQ, the
blacksmith, at a sign from Murphy.
waved his fiddle aloft as a signal for
attention, while jim. regardless Of the
condolences going on between the Juliet
O. the stage and the Romeo in the
audience, sprang to the front, and be-
gan: Ladies and gents" in arm.
measured tones, i don't want to scare
nobody; in fact, there amt no need
fer gettin' scared; but the wind has
turned to the north, an the fire is
comm our way, an if it jumps the
rayine We'll all have to vamose."
An instant's hush fell upon the
house, then a stampede ensued for
doors and windows. Almost as the
speaker finished, a light began to glow
down the bend. A grave apprehension
seized the hearts of the mountain peo-
pie at Jim Murphy's words, while the
sensitive shoulders Of Eloise Adelaide
eflnged at his superhuous negatives.
1t can't possibly jump the ravine."
the engineer raised his voice to saw 70
the huddled women.
- ahs rate, don't start out now till
you see whether the wind is settled in
the north, some one else said. to allay'
stampede
Inc blacksmith grabbed his fiddle
and began on his one waltz tune lit
Sober Last August" had lost its
charm. White faces turned, spell
bound, to the windows. and fear-nalsiaa
limbs refused 70 move.
We'd better # out, Murphy com
manded. and ali snstinctiveIy waited Fl
follow his commands. Them supar
pines il The raFine is tall. and the
gorge is narrow at the bend" he ex-
planned in undertones to the engineer.
Why don't you stop here and back
fre?s asked 'ttimber-cruiser," who
knew nothing OF Its terrors.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-18

and he FASTENED over to the factory.
Closed"
That is what met Mr.. Bins eyes.
Continued From Page 10.)
The next day he learned that Heza,
Squeeza G. Co. had been closed down
by the trust, and Mr.. BIN and 900
others were out of work.
Mr.. Bins vacation lasted seven
months, and then he found a job at
starvation wages in little shop on
the other side of the city. But during
those seven months Mr.. BIN read and
studied and thought, and when he met
Mr.. Heza some weeks after finding the
new job he merely nodded.
Hello, Mr.. Bim." saIG Heza. Say.
wish you would help us IN orr
plan for sending Unison to congress
this fall"
Mr.. BIN grinned. then winking his
left eye he said:
Nothing doing, Heza I'm voting
with my eyes open now."-WiIl M.
Maupin in The Commoner.
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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
Expressive Ewes.

The eye reveals character, but UNI
fortunately not so clearly as the other
features, though the contrary is sup
posed to be true. People are too much
influenced by the color of the eye,
which is, after all, no guide, and they
are too much influenced by the size
and the lustre, whereas neither is any
indication whatever of character says
the Chattanooga Times
Character is revealed in the eye by
the expression, by the softness or the
hardness, by the glow. by the appeal,
by the way Of looking at you.
There are people who cannot look
you full in the eye, and these are the
people who are not frank, the people
whose strategy, whose duplicity, whose
methods and whose means are not the
best in the world.
Dark eyes are supposed to belong to
the best type of soul. But this, also,
is a fallacy. Dark eyes are more ex-
pressive than light eyes. They are
more capable Of showing the emotions,
they can say more than light eyes.
But they do not denote any better
character. On the contrary, there are
many people who argue wholly in IA
vor of the light-eyed person, and say
that blue eyes are true eyes and that
black eyes and brown eyes are full Of
duplicity.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
ncentx Tons Of Aet.ers.

One thousand one Kindred and
twenty-eight mail bags, )equaling TWEEN
ty tons weight of correspondence pc
tween America and the United King"
dom. we're landed on Sunday morning
at Plymouth from steamship Philadel-
phia, which stopped for the first time
at that port on her way to Southamp'
ton. There is nothing unusual In the
magnitude Of this correspondence AT
Plymouth alone there have been two
deliveries every week not to speak OF
Liverpool and the other ports of call.
What is new is the present extension
Of the plan introduced by the enter
prise of the Great Western railway by
which London gets her mails three
hours earlier than if they went by
Southampton as formerly. The ar
rangement has been in force for some
time past, and two steamers have
been calling regularly every week,
landing both mails and passengers.
With third the advantage to mer-
chants is greatly increased. The rail-
way company, in view of the fact that
the farther journey to Southampton
in foggy weather-which at this sea-
son Of tho year is not novelty-fre-
quently involves a delay of six hours,
attaches great value to the develop
ment of this public service. The mails
are sorted on the way to Bristol,
where the train is divided, one half
carrying the South and East of Eng
land letters to London. and the other
half distributing to the nearest CEN
tres the mails for Wales, the Midlands,
the West and North of England.-Lon-
don Telegraph.