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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26

other tribes. He can press the bulb
and make an exposure as well as any
amateur kodaker.
With the introduction of the type
writer and the camera the entire method
of living in the savage Islands will have
to be changed. The charming sight OF
plump, healthy women, pottering
around, barefooted, in the rice paddles,
cultivating the meager but sufficient
crop, will be no more. Instead, the
whole rice field will be properly irrl-
gated, drained when the heads are ripe,
and harvested with great machines. No
more will the women pound the hard
white grains in the mortar. There will
be rice mills, run by strong men, if the
people continue to eat anything so prim-
tive as rice More probably they will
acquire a taste for imported trufies and
caviar, and the vast revenue from their
farm lands and mines will be exchanged
for indigestion. BY that time the women
will be handling the political situations,
because the men are too busy earning
money And all because of a seven
months soiourn at the worlds fair in
1904
EMILY GRANT HIJTCHINGS.
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Peculiar steed.

At little dinner the other night the
statement was made that the colored
race had longer memories than white
folk. Mark Twain, who was present,
agreed with the remark. and to prove It
told the following:
Some years ago, when south, | met
an old eolored man who claimed to have
known George Washington. | asked
him II he was In the boat when Gen.
Washington crossed the Delaware, and
he instantly replied: tLor', massa, /
steered dat boat Well said l, do you
remember when George took the hack
at the cherry tree?' He looked worried
for minute, and then, with beaming
smile. said: Why, suah, massa, drove
that hack mahself.' IN. Y. Herald.
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WHO IS MORE ouLLIgLE7
The city Man Is Not Bit Behind His
Country Cousin in This
Respect.

Is the man of the country more gulli-
BILE than the man of the city," ASKED
an ohservant man, in the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. There is suspicion
that an answer in the affirmative would
fit the case. Yet, 1t may not be so.
An Interesting experiment has recently
been made, according to story that
comes out of New York, and the result
seems to have been a 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 jail
sentence for college student employ ed
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 reyerses sustained by the
family compelled him to seek work in
the city, and he became conductor not
long ago. In July a friend of the con-
ductor residing In Maine received q
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 a 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 of
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 gullibility OF
the man from the country now and then
we run across happening which shows
he has an element of shrewdness which
will often put the city man to q hard
test OF his wits"
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GIRL AND WOMAN
naPr Welded AT THE CHANGE
~ rRoI ONE TO TIE OTHER
MANY Life Spent In Suffering assasss
Troub.es Were Allowed TO DessAop
Al Thsn Time

r.ea soent In Suffering Rscaass
aAsa $3.50 . . were Allowed to Develop
At This Time
rev. mother Of 8 growing girl shonso
rana,nber that there Will CONS .as.As
when her daughter will pc q gni ~
, i noe Init viii share with her the oIesg
rs s ~ womanhood. Unless nonrasa'
n nan Iaeps pace with growth the founaa.
L:s,aoS . life Of suffering are lad - :
49, $;na Mrs. John MacKinneys o.
No A7e Thirteenth street, Detroit hA1szss'
writes timely word. She says: a..
IT did not get proper care ~ inc mss
critical time in my Life and foE agssns
t - Years suffered as result. M.
dry spells, felt constant Tear sLlas
s dreadful was about to happen
ed s,oa5 was afraid TO go ont alone. ~
hreathing was very short and mao pa. :
s,;tat;on Of the heart 80 badly that
could not go up stairs nor WalR Even .,as
moderately fast. I was 50 nervous sa.As
oo,sld not hit still. At different slnea
Sor vears I was under the care OF sas
host physicians in Detroit and srleo
nn7,,bar of advertised medicines. Noun
inc he1ned me until, on the advice OF
ne i I tried DR.. Williams Ping f .
for Pale People. / felt relieved oeIors
the first box was finished ana Repe o1
fa]king them until was cured.
ssIast winter my little girl had sneo'
,,etisna and I gave her DR.. Williams, E1ns
pills and she got well right away. ny
niece was thought to be going INTO con.
sumption and, upon my advice. she trged
the pills. They cured her cough and sns
Is now vel and strong. Ny entire lam,
;ly are enthusiastic over DR.. Williams
pink pills for Pale People and we can
not say enough in their praise
These pills effect such cures %
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. Ihey naVs
nroved themselves to be an unfalllns
snecific Cor all diseases arising from I'M
n,,ra blood and weakened neryes-tWo
fr11itful causes of nearly all tho
ills to which humankind is heir. DE-.
williams Pink Pills for Pale People arc
sold in boxes at so cents q box, or sl1
boxes for $3.50, and may be had OF all
druggists, or direct from DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, ny.
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house and senate, the ballots are
opened one by one by the president of
the senate, who presides at the joint
session, and handed to the four tellers,
previously designated, two from the
senate and two from the house. These
tellers announce the ballots and make
list of such votes until all have been
disposed of. All the votes having been
ascertained and counted, the result is
delivered into the hands Of the presi-
dent of the senate, who thereupon an
nounces the state of the vote, which
announcement shall be deemed suffi-
cient declaration Of the persons, ii
any, elected president and vice presi-
dent of the United States.
Should there be a tie vote, as has
occurred twice in the history of the
nation, the contest is thrown into the
house, and that body Is intrusted with
the duty Of electing a president and
vice president. 1t must make its Sc
! lection from the three highest on the
list Of those voted for as president. The
vote must be taken by states, each
state having one vote. A quorum for
this purpose must consist of mem
Der or members from a majority Of
the states, and majority vote of all
the states is necessary to choice
| Jefferson was elected to his first term
in this way and Adams election was
also decided in the house. he singu-
lar feature Of that national campaign
was the election of Calhoun for vice
president by large majority. while
| there was no choice for president
| The Hayes-Tilden contest in 1876
while it did not throw the election into
| the house, was one Of the most sensa
| tional and critical episodes in the po
| litical history of our country. The flnal
result hinged upon the returns from
| Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina
| On the morning after the election the
newspapers of all parties announced
the election of Tilden, but a murmul
of the coming storm came at the same
time when the national committee o.
the republican party announced the
election of Hayes.
An electoral commission was ap
pointed by special act Of congress as
a tribunal of last resort, to determine
| the disputed election. This was finally
done in favor OF the Hayes electors
| and he was declared elected. The very
close battle between Garfield and Han
cock four years later, and the Cleye
land Blaine struggle Of 1884 tina
turned upon HOO majority in vote o.
nearly 100000 in New York state
demonstrated the necessity of having
some definite statute providing for the
determination of disputed electora
votes in the states, by which such dis
/ putes would be practically eliminated
from the powers of congress. Thi:
| necessity bore fruit in the law which
was enacted in 1887 and which i
| known as the electoral count law
1t provides that tribunal appointed il
and by each state shall determine Wha
/ electoral votes from the state are legal
and if the state has appointed no suel
tribunal. the two houses of congress
shall determine which votes lin case @
| double returns) are legal.
WILLIS S. EDISON.
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woman's Odd Reason for Paying Big
Price for an Almost Worth
less Coin.

"That there are other reasons for the
increased value of an old coin besides its
scarcity was well 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, l
came across a Wel1-Worn half-dollar Of
1884, in which was good-sized hole.
The shopkeeper asked me how much
I 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
it's 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, I will give
you ten dollars for it.
1.-The dealer replied that he could fur
nish such coin, and the woman said
that she wanted hole put in it, asking
how much that would be extra The
a pretense of putting 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 a coin that actually wasn't worth
| more than quarter that asked:
Excuse me, Madam; but would you
!! mind telling me why you have paid
more than $40 for 50-cent piece?'
Not at all was her answer You
see, that was the year of my mothers
birth, and she had given me a half dol
! lar Of that date, with a hole in it, which
l had worn around my neck ever since
I was little girl A short time ago
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"
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I'm THE PHILIPPINES
WOMEN WILL DEMAND THEIR
RIGHTS IN THE FUTURE.
RESULT or VISIT TO FAIR
They Have Learned the Ways of Amer
lean Civilization While at the st.
Louis Exposition-Us Mod
ern Convenienees.


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. It will not be contest
between Americans and saVages, for the
Filipino. to man, has concluded that
America is the greatest country on the
globe, and that it is a pretty good coun-
try to tie to.
This new revolution will be of more
serious nature than any contest be-
tween man and man. It will be a 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.
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
had their minds fully occupied, and they
have sought no other pleasure than that
which comes from rendering service to
those they loved. It is the men who
have been vain and selfish, accepting
at their right the homage and service
Of their women.
The visit to the world 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
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
PERFECT WOMAN IN JAPAN.
She Must Be in Every Particular ODE,
dent to Both Husband
and Parents.

In the Madame, Gala J. Harrison
relates the following japanese folk
tale as illustrating the native ideal Of
perfect WomanhOod:
Kesa filled the eighteen require
ments of beautiful woman. More
over, she was peerless in character as
well. Before her and her loyer-ius-
band, Wataru, life seemingly stretched
a long, happy road. unfortunately
they fell in debt to Morito, neigh-
boring samurai, whose evil eye 1ell
upon Kesa and he coveted her with
all his soul. He wished kesa for MS
wife, but while Wataru lived this could
not be with honor. But an enemy
life was but a small hindrance-one
stroke of the keen samural,s SWORD
and kesa could be free. SO, MGrlto
reasoned and pressed this plan upon
Kesafs old mother, who in turn Plead
ed with her daughter, till Kesa found
herself between two fires. flial versus
conjugal love and duty,
At last after bitter weeping sne con-
scented and plans were laid. On a GER
tain night Wataru would return from
journey and after his bath would
lie down on his own pallet among the
sleeping ones in the family hall,
Morito could easily find him, lor his
hair would be wet from the bath.
On the appointed night Morito crepi
through the hall, lit only BY the
andon's dim light. He found Wataru's
place; his hair was wet and his face
muffled in the covering. Hastily ne
spread down a napkin by the pillow,
then with one sharp, swift stroke OF
his sword severed the sleeper's head.
Gathering it up in the napkin he TED
There was no pursuit, and when he
had gained his own room in safety he
sat down to gloat over his prize. As
he turned the head to get good view
the sight froze him with horror, for it
was the sweet piteous face of Kesa,
She had sent her husband far from
harm, cut off her hair and prepared il
to initiate his and meeEly lay down to
die that she might be true to both ties
dying, she fulfilled her duties as a
filial daughter and d faithful wife. In
those stern and cruel times, many
women had done excellently, but
Kesa outshone them ALL
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
THE ELEcToRAL COLLEGE
AND THE POPULAR VOTE
The Relation the One Bears to the Other Is not
Always Understood

has a majority OF the votes of the
country and still goes down in defeat,
if is a circumstance which is not clear
" understood by many. Here is where
the electoral college gets in its per-
functory work.
And now what is the electoral col
aege? 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 q joint session OF the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26

Does anyone suppose that he is going
% permit the women of the Igorrote
nation to use the typewriter? No, this
IS mems work. In this particular An
tonic will improve on American custom.
He will have no cutting Of prices, no
Introduction of cheap labor. The ladies
will remain at home and continue to
weave until the improved American
loom is introduced into the Philippines
and all cloth is factory made. Then
they will have nothing to do but care for
their personal appearance, make them
selves charming for the benefit of their
husbands and sWeethearts and finally
take to women's clubs to save themselves
from dying Of ennui.
Some American women have made
the camera source of income as well
as of pleasure: but this means Of killing
time is to be denied the Igorrote ladies.
Singwa, the fiVe-year-old pet of the viii
lage, has already secured monopoly
on the photographing privileges of the
islands. He has been appointed official
photographer for the Suyoes, and is pre-
pairing to control the business of the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26

James A. Cameron is a cattle breeder
Of near Topeka. Kan His place is On
the KaW river. The KaW ambles serene
Sy-sometimes-thr Kansas City,
gxan. and Me. 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 anu
had to be pushed out by an eScaVatoF. /
have never known the KaW to De real,
downright muddy, but sometimes l
wonder why people want to travel 70
Yesuyius to look at sluggish ava ped
when they can get about the same efIeet
On the banks OF the Kaw. Now and then
. log or5 something will set stuck all ffas
water and stop the current fhen tiles
have To plow III loose ana turn lt over W
Get tile liquid side On top. had 3 horse
that tried to cross the river once, put
every time he took a loot ont Of the water
the shoe was pulled off. He finally ae-
eomplished it comfortably by lying
snwn on his back and rolling over. But
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
TEACH BIRDS FOR LIVING.
Dwellers in English Towers Who
Make Business of Tutoring
Songsters.

There are thousands of working men
and other lovers of singing birds who
lave only limited time in which to look
after their pets, and to the aid OF such as
these comes the bird tutor, the man who
day by day superintends the edu:atiOn
Of the songsters that are to trill. so de
| ightfully on special occasions, says
London Tit-Bits.
In general, the bird tutor lives within
easy distance of some great wood or
forest. With number of cages so slung
about him that he can carry such Tally
| of birds as seems incredible to the Ron-
expert, the tutor proceeds to the chosen
ground. As a rule he very well knows
| the likely spots where certain species
are to be found. He gets one of his small
| ages and puts it with its occupant at
| spot where it can listen to the singing
| of a free bird Of its own species, and
| then he retires and does the Same thing
with another of his charges The bird
| tutor, in fact, goes straight to nature,
| ,or he knows that no creature on earth
can teach bird to sing so well as can
one Of its own species.
Some of these bird tutors succeed in
much greater degree than do others, and
| they are proportionately in request for
The training of birds for singing contest
purposes. Few amongst the general
public know how many Of these contests
| there are, or realize how enthusiastic are
| the owners OF the birds and how val
liable, in a small way, are the prizes
| IN the East end of London these con-
tests are usually held once week dur
ing certain season, the most extrava-
CANT prices being quoted when prize
| bird changes ownership.
But even the Londoners are equaled
in enthusiasm by the dwellers in certain
provincial towns-Huddersfe in
Yorkshire, for instance. where dozens
Of contests take place every week,
where a clever bird tutor is paid, and
where a $50 prize list is quite common.
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Much of a girls nature is betrayed by
the little act of brushing speck off
mans coat If she picks off the thread,
or imaginary bit Of lint, very carefully
between the thumb and forefinger, 1t
is an indisputable sign that she is q
woman Of a very practical and executive
character, says the Chicago Journal
On the other hand, if a girl should
brush the coat lapel Of her fiance very
softly and tenderly with the second and
third finger of her hand in her endeaVor
to remove an invisible speck, it Is a
sure sign that she is more sentimental
than practical. The man who marries
her will live in a continual atmosphere
Of romance and bad Housekeeping.
There is still another type Of a girl,
who will brush the speek off mans
coat with a broad sweep of the hand,
iii which all the fingers and thumb play
part. She is il all probability an attn
letic Girl, who exeels at tennis. golf and
the links, and who will prove a high
spirited, strong-minded woman after
marriage.
Then, again, the girl who puts flow
ee in mans coat with her hand held
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-26
Bv Wire and Air.

An accidental experiment in the veloe-
ity of sound is recounted by Q CORE
sDondent. He went to his telephone
and just as he put the receiver TO has
ear he heard the click Of another tele-
phone. Another receiver had been re-
moved and the line was open. Then NJ
heard through the telephone 2ne SHREK
OF q locomotive whistle, and q few Sec
onds later the sound came through the
open window In the usual way. Looking
up, he saw locomotive half 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 trav-
eled through the air. Youths Compan-
ion
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No Chance to Learn

The family was planning at the break
fast table to attend. later IN the day, the
funeral Of a 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. Il 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.
We'll" flashed Isabel. Indignantly
eff l don't have little practice I shan't
know how to behave even at that one. .
-Lippincott's.