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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
WHEN MARRIAGE IS AN EVIL
Haphazard Choices and Foolish Esca-
pades Result in Tribulation
and Divorce.

While socioIogists and others are
considering the grave problem OF the.
divorce evil in this country they
should not neglect the positive phase
of the case, that bearing upon mar
riage. The prime question, it would
often appear, is not whether divorce IS.
too easy, but whether marriage IS NOT
too easy. Here is case in point, says
the Washington Star A man was ar
raigned in court in New York charged
with bigamy. He frankly admitted the
charge, and sought to excuse himself
on the ground that he clean forgot
he had wife already when he mar
RED a second time. However criminal
his aphasia may be, the story told by
his victim sheds a bright light On the
evil of unfortunate marriages. She
said:
I met that man in Central park,
July 8. | was sitting on a bench and
he came and sat by me and began to
talk. He had uniform on, and
seemed nice. We visited while, and
then he asked ne to marry him. ]
was engaged to another man and
didn't think I ought to, but he tease6
and threatened me till said would.
We were married that night and lived
together two days Then he skipped
out. l don't like him, anyway, and
only married him for fear he would
kill me-
Extreme though this case plainly is,
it is nevertheless suggestive of the cir
cumstances of many marriages in more
conservative and conventional social
circles. Haphazard choice, foolish es-
eapades, thoughtless surrenders to the,
persuasions of a strenuous wooer.
these are some of the ways by which
women are led into the matrimonial
toll, from which they will later at
tempt escape through the divorce
court. In this particular case the
marriage is, of course, void, but the
woman is grieyously the victim never
theless. It is SO easy for a couple tc
marry in these days Of civil ceremo-
MES, and even of ceremonies per-
formed by fee-thinking or complainant
cIergymen. If the home is the foun-
dation of the state, surely the materi-
ais composing it should be more judi
ciously chosen, and the process Of
their assemblage more jealousy
guarded.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
FACTS ABOUT APPENDICITIS
May Be the Result of La Grippe or
tbs overuse af Meat, Says
This Authority.

There is no denying the fact that
appendicitis is of frequent occurrence.
1t seems clear also that the number OF
cases are constantly increasing, says
Medical Talk for the Home
In our opinion, this is due to two
causes. First, the repeated epidemics
OF la grippe. La grippe is a disease Of
the mucous membrane, and attacks
with special virulenee the tonsils, the
glands of the stomach and bowels. Il
so happens that the structure Of the
yermiform appendix is very similar to
the structure of the tonsils. Every at
tack Of la grippe undoubtedly inf1ames
the appendix and it suffers along with
the tonsils and the glands of the stom-
ach and bowels. This produces a
chronic catarrhal condition of the ver-
inform appendix, which undoubtedly
paves the way for numerous cases OF
appendicitis.
There is still another thing tha!
causes appendicitis-the overuse OF
meat. Whatever can be said in favor
Of the use of meat, at least it must be
admitted that the meat contains the
detritus and effete matter that is al
ways circulating through living bodies,
The consumption Of meat Hberates
within the intestinal tract gases and
acids which in many cases prove to be
q constant source of irritation
Meat eaten once q day, in moderate
quantity, probably would do no harm
but there are people who eat meat
three times a day and in enormous
quantities These people need not be
surprised if they experience bad re-
suits from such diet The vermiforn
appendix is irritated by that condition
of the bowels which is produced by the
presence Of meat
In Porto Rico where they have no
epidemics of la grippe and where the
diet is mainly a. vegetable diet, appen.
dicitis is unknown
Thus, in our opinion, there are two
causes at work to account for the
alarming increase of the number OF
cases of epidemics of la
grippe and the enormous consumption
of meat.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
published Weekly.
THE TIDE.

Tho tide runs down unto the see
At pace no human powr can stem,
But wait a bit and thou shalt see
The tide as quick return again.
So runs the tide of life indeed
Sometimes its rapid downward sweep
Gains as it goes at awful speed
But who can say its course will keep?
And who can say the Whirlfng soul,
Replete with error though 1t be,
Will not at last reach fairer goal
Than that which seems its destinys
TOO late? Since downward sweeps de-
fin'6
Oh, say not go, unkindly world
The tide may change. AS God is kind,
And lifts what man has downward
hurfd.
AYE, man has downward huTfd when he
Refuses aid to drowning good
Submerged far more as it doth see
No help to fight, If fight it would,
No one to give a helping hand,
All going by the other way
Oh, hep the fallen one to stand,
Nor simply far off for him prayl
Come near and next the gasping form
Whirld'd in the torrent of sin,
Teach him that hope is forlorn,
Although the stream he cannot swim.
Aye, foil the tide tho it seem hard
(F'or it seems harder than it is),
The proffer'd hand may save the marr'd /.
There is no miracle in this!
Lawrence r. Deutzman, In N. Y. OBJ
server.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Our Misnameei oua;I

Americas typical game bird, the
quail, is not named correctly at all, ac-
cording to DR.. Sylvester D. Judd, the
government ornithoIogist. He says
that the real quail is the quail Of the
Bible, and that this is bird belonging
exclusively to the old world. The true
quail does not occur in America at all.
In many parts of this country the
American bird is known as partridge,
but the American partridge is really
the ruffed grouse; and the true
partridge again is another old world
bird and not American He thinks that
the name given to it in many local
tiles, Bob White" is as good as any.
The name comes from the cry of the
bird, which is something like Bob
White, Bob White, Bob Whiteio
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
EVILS FOLLOWING DIVORCE.
Truancy and waywardness Of Chill
dren as Shown in the City
of Chicago.

Divorce is the root of crime and tru-
ancy among the juvenile delinquents OF
| Chicago. This conclusion has been
reached by w. Lester Bodine, sqperin-
tendent of compulsory education, after
investigations extending over e year,
reports the Tribune.
Arrests made by the truant officers
and court records, Superintendent Boz
dine declares, show that a great major
lty OF the boys and girls who "go wrong
are the children of divorced parents
By testimony taken in his Office and in
court, these children have shown, he
says, that they first lose respect for
their quarrelsome parents, and when
the parents separate the child has only
the influence OF one.
superintendent Bodine. after collect
ing statistics from court records and
other sources, declares that there are
$4,000 divorced women in Chicago and
nearly as many divorced men. A ma
jority Of these divorced people ha.r
children, he has found On his esti-
mate of two children for each couple,
the number of children of divorced
people in Chicago would be nearly
10000
The superintendent quotes statistics
to show that many of the boys COM
nitted to the parental school, the John
Worthy school, the jail and other cor
receive and charity institutions are
half orphans through divorce DEGREES.
The same holds true, he says, of the.
girls committed to the various indus
trial schools and institutions for way
ward girls.
Other statistics collected by Superin-
tendent Bodine show, he says, that
marriages and births are increasing and
divorces decreasing among the large
and growing foreign-born population
while marriages and births are decreas-
ing and divorces are increasing among
the Ameriean-born population.
Superintendent Bodine,s annual re-
port to the board Of education will
show that there are only 865 boys OF
school age not attending school in Chi
eago.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
DISTURBED BY VOLCANO.
Towns in Neighborhood of vesuvius
Are Kept in Continual State
of Inca SiYesS

Vesuyius, which Of late has excited
wonder and apprehension by areneWa1
| OF activity, is the scene of comparatively
frequent demonstrations of this kind,
says the New York Tribune. Eruptions
have been reported to be in progress
| there at least half a dozen times since
1877. One occurred only last year, in
July. The outbreaks differin violence, to
be sure, but they usually effect breach
In the rim Of the crater, and are attended
by explosive phenomena which greatly
startle the residents OF adjacent cities
and villages. Vesuyius, like Pelee, be-
longs to class of volcanoes which are
conspicuously unlike another, of which
Mauna Loa is a notable representative
The former make a tremendous racket,
but do not eject much material. The
latter have larger output, but conduct
operations far more quietly.
The destruction wrought by volcanic
action is accomplished in variety OF
ways. When Krakatoa, on tiny islet
near Java, blew up in 1888, many thou
sands were drowned on adjacent shores
by an enormous tidal wave which fol-
lowed. st. Pierre was ruined and her
people were almost instantly killed by
tornado blast from the side of Pelee
AN incident that is apparently unique
in history. Much more common is the
burial of villages, people and cattle in
ashes and lava. Finally, in many in
stances, the earthquake shocks which
tons work greater havoc than any other
feature of the disturbance. Such was the
case at the tinae of the outbreaks of Col
ina, in Mexico, and Santa Maria, in Qua
temala, in 1909.
AS yet it seems to be impossible to OBJ
tain any useful premonition of these
great catastrophes or even of less
formidable developments. Predictions
are frequently made by men who have
no standing in science, and who never
appear to be abashed over their repeated
failures, but that sort of prophecy does
not count. Others who are better quail
fled to form an opinion occasionally ex-
press it, but afterWard have reason for
regret. An Italian expert was sure We
suvius would be greatly disturbed in
1902 Nothing happened until Septem-
Der Of that year and the outbreak was
trif1ing compared with the one in July,
1903. A certain Harvard geologist con-
f1dent1y expected to see Pelee exhibit as
much violence in Septembr, 1902, as it |
did in tn preceding May, but he was
doomed to disappointment. For two or |
three weeks before the sudden annihiIa- |
ton of st. Pierre, Pelee had been behay- |
Ing very much as Vesuvius is behaving
now. A resumption of activity after an |
interval OF half a century naturally gave |
rise to much anxiety, vet the shrewdest
advisers Of the governor of
Martinique assured him that flight was
To what extent an official
warning would have induced the popu-
lace to seek safety by running away it
IS not easy to say. but a Trustworthy
basis for such proclamation has evil
IDENTIFY not been found.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
keepfng Dry.

Down in Bermuda. where life is easy.
it is a poor excuse that will not ac-
count for a days idleness. A New
Yorker who was having some under,
water work done by diver on the
foundations for an island house had
been much annoyed by the sloWness
with which it progressed.
At last. when his patience was ex-
hausted, he saw the diver in a shop in
Hamilton on a showery day.
Here. diver he exclaimed, why
are you not at work to-day.
Begin your pardon, sir" was tbs
reply, but I had to stop, sir, on az
count Of the rain"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Earth Roundp ola. No.

The Amish people have Withdrawn
their children from the Troy school
district and established a parochia1
school. They refuse to send their chill
dren to the public school because it
teaches them that the earth is round.
Their church holds it to be a plateau.
The children, who constitute more
than half of the school population,
were frequently arrested for truancy.
Columbus TO- Dispatch, in N. Y.
World.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Legacy to safan

Lava Huilariene, Finn who had the
reputation Of being an exceptionally bad
man IN the community Of Pielisjarvi,
in which he lived, before his death re-
corded warranty deed to plot of land
he owned to Wintahausu-t that is. 10
sasan-and the courts Of Finland have
recently decided that the transfer mus1
stand. The land will therefore relapse
into wilderness.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Judicial Indignation

Police Justice-You are charged with
being drunk and trying to pass yoursel1
of as campaign spellbinder. what
have you got to say?
Scholarly Prisoner was intoxicated
your honor, but was not atfenanfinp ~.
put on any airs above my station. Ne
sutor ultra erepidam.
What's that! fine you SIS for swear
ing in this court! Chicago Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
aTas& Ran,,ns4

Dying Husband-Have you no request
to make Of me before depart this life?
Heartbroken Wife-Just one, my be-
loved. When you reach the spirit-land
won't you communicate to me their
recipe for angel cake?-Judge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
A Friend in Need.

Jagg1es-Does ne regret the time he
spent as waiter while working his way
through college?
Waggles-I should say not! Since he
graduated it's the only thing that has
brought him in a living Judge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Exclusive.

Mr.. Remnants (pompo y)-I-ah-
have a very large carriage trade.
Mr.. Caters (more pompouslyl -Ah'
We cater solely to e-an automobile
trade now!
Mr.. Remnants actually 1oathes Mr..
Gaiters.-BrookIyn Life.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Peace and Ear Trumpet,

The number Of gray boards, false
fronts, wigs and ear trumpets to be
seen at the daily sessions of the peace
congress is probably greater than has
been witnessed before at any other
gathering in Boston-Boston Record.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Then He Heard son,a+h;.,

Mrs. Gusehley remarked to me that i.
must be pleasant to be married to cleve,
man. said Proudley's wife.
And zshat did you say?" aueried
ProudIey.
Il told her, of course, that / didn'i
know; that I had only been married
nce'-Catholic Standard.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Gesture Language

Far away from civilization gesture
language is still extant in Australia.
Some of the tribes possess such an ex-
cellent code that It is almost as eff
Gent as . spoken language.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Literally Speaking

Jenkins-You can't get around a
girl this winter
Tompkins-Eh? Why not?
Jenkins-Beeause her fashionable
dress will be SO feet in circumference.
Town Topics.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Aged Woman Ferriar-

4 woman aged 70 years, a great.
grandmother, runs a ferryboat ON thu
Flakensee at Erkner. near Berlin. Shs
j. always ready, day or night, to TAX
over passengers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Nahodv H1frt.

Hotel Clerh-say, you called No. Is
an hour too early this morning.
Porter-Did he get up?
Partly. He got his back up''-Chl-
cago Daily News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
WoMEN's RUBBER MODEL.
Dressmaking Continuance Which win
Do Away with Necessity
Of Being Present.

what the pneumatic tire has done
for transportation the pneumatic form
as exhlblted at the convention of the
National Dressmakers' association. in
New York, is expected to accomplish
for the art of painless dressmaking.
AS exploited by Mrs. Sharkey. the
pneumatic. form, which is of rubber
and which is inflated with a bicycle
pump, with any atmosphere that hap
pens to be at hand, will go a long
way toward making dressmaking easy
for both the artist and her customer.
The rules for the use of the new
appliance are as absurdly simple as
q guide book on automobiling to
novice. The woman who is seriously
contemplating the contract for the
building of a new gown need no long
er worry about the long, tedious
hours that were once spent in sit
ting"-for there is the pneumatic
form.
To secure this luxury of the pres
emit, which bids fair to be necessity
OF the near future, the woman simply
goes to the nearest place where such
things are made and orders pneu-
matte form, which, when complete and
in working order, is nothing less than
an exact duplicate Of herself in rub
Der
Then, instead of going to her dress
maker, the woman sends her "other
self, as it were, and spends the day
shopping
Fitting by proxy. the lecturer as
sured her audience. will surely become
popular. It is not beyond the bounds
Of speculation that an industrious, So
Der, pneumatic form which has re-
NAMED useful, unpunctured and unex-
ploded for years, might almost come
to be regarded as one of the family.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Capacifv

Knicker-How big is your auto7
Boeker-FiVe-horse power running
and ~ baking. N. Y. Sun.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-19
Horrid Thing o.

Patience-They always ask me to p1ay
when they know can't play without my
music.
Patrlee-I see.
t'The next time go there I'll take nv
music with me-
Just SO they won't ask you to play, /
suppose. ''-Yonkers Statesman.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-12-15
Missouri Patents

Granted this week. Reported 10y
G. A. snow & Co., Patent Attorneys.
Washington, ID, c.
Henry Flynt. Kansas city. timers
mandrel. Edward Lane. Kansas
City, steam boiler. GeOEge ID. Log
gett, Carthage, plate or pan litter.
AttllIo PBsterla. ST. Louis. pleasure
waterway. Emile Rlsse, ST Louis,
n~on-rchllable bottle. Fred A. Slew.
erling. Kansas City. puneture plug
for pneumatic tires Peter Stein
huuer, 81. Louis, automobile drlv-
ing gear. William II. Thomas. Full
ton, post sharpener, driver and pull
er. For copy OF any Of above pa
tents send ten cents In postage
stamps with date Of this paper 10
q. A. SuvV & To-, wagbiDgpws Do
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-12-15
The January smart Set.

The contents page of the January
Smart Set 10 the hFst indication OF
the excellence which Il TO mark the
magazine for 1905. The Smart Set
wa long since conceded the title OF
''the magazine Of eleverness." and
it, plans for the coming year already
embrace "A list Of new contributors
whose names stand for the very best
- ITO ocuou a2d vcra3 VI The day.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-12-15
a rAN oAsE.

A lew days ago a friend asked
US to look up a matter Of delin.
quen, taxes for him. He had
learned that seine one who form
erly owned his land had been sued
Tor delinquent taxes and he want
ed 70 know something about It.
We did as requested and here 10
what we found: The T~reasurer's
tax books showed his place delin-
quent for sI.65 for the year 1901,
and on tie margin of the tax
book this legend-Sued. We then
went to the Circuit Clerks office
and found the suit pending in the
name OF a former owner with this
bill OF costs taxed up against the
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-12-15
Voting Machines a Good Thing.

Voting Machines a Good Thing.
At the next session of the legisla.
ture a bill will be introduced by
Senator Dare, Of Evansville, max
ing the use OF voting machines com
pulsory. The saving by the use OF
voting machines in Nanderbufg
county in the recent election was
nearly one-half. The cost by ma
chine voting was $3,SSS agains,
$6,9Is IN the previous election
The number Of precincts was re-
duced resulting in a saving of sal
anes OF precinct officers. who also
served a less number OF days than
under the old system. The increase
in accuracy, the assurance Of cer.
taintY and the prevention Of fraud
and mistakes were also an import
att item,
The indianapolis News says,
Voting machines have become
sufficiently well known to cease the
tentative attitude in regard to them.
They are certain to be adopted in
time. But it is apparent that un-
der the permissiye Low, as we have
il, Indiana, Is '1eetle slow" and
IL would be far wiser 20 take the
short cut aud make the use of ma.
chimes compulsory at the next gem
eral election. We should have.
money enough ia a few elections to
pay for them and We should save
almost everything else that is de-
sirable to have with elections.
New Albany lInd.) Trigans.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-12-15

Judge Clark Wix was a pleasant
caller on Monday while on bis way
to his post in Springfield. We
learn that he has rendered his res.
ignation in the Revenue department
a position be has filed with credit
for several years, 10 take eifct Jan.
uary ist.-Ba,ss Co. Record,
Here Is a chance for another
Bates county man bat "you'll have
to hurry" # you catch il.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-12-15
The Rev. Irl Il. Hicks 1905 Al
manRc.

The Rev. Irl. X. Hicks almanac
for 1905 Is now ready, being the
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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-12-15

Reys. w. c. Coleman, a. D..
States, and DR.. T. II. Hageriy
and others, want to pray for the
house Of representatives during the
coming session. They are all good
men and as ''ihe prayer Of the
righteous availe,h much" we hope
one Of them will get the plum.
This house being Republican, we
think the prayers will be more efiec-
tive than heretofore.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-12-15
Real Estate Trnnsfers.

Frank Cox to Fred Cox Is a sec
IS Walnut $500.
Noal Cox to Fred Cox rs a sec
is Walnut $500.
NJ F Ferguson tc Elias Baldwin
10 acres, section IS Eas, Boone,
5000.
JW Kissick to Alonzo Ellis 30 a
sec 6 Howard 81,
w r Marshal to F Hacker lots
Ia7 * IsS Adrian $3.50.
Nellie Bosnia to J c Harrison p,
lot , blk , Williams ed ad Butler,
5000.
c A Emerson to A w Towers 40
a sec 6 Charlotte $1,000.
WE Duvall to Fred Prey So a
sec S Summit $4,000.
A McElroy to J 7 Thaeher II9
q sec 20 Homer ST..
g c Wills to John Clark lot J blk
is Altoona $50.
Western Realty Co to Mary L
Cradock und = int $50 a sec ~ and
l27 New Home 81.
Western Realty Co to Seowell
Realty Comply undivided y iuters,
$50 acres sec - * y New Home
81.
Z Harrison to Mary Harrison
lot ~ Adrian SO n sec 81 Grand
River ST..
ElIz Andrews to Addie Drake oS
a sec - * IS Mingo $1,000,
Jennie Stubblefeld etal to Mary
Craig und int so a sec 20 Spruce
$500.
Mary L Craig TO T d Smith "a a
sec 40 Spruce $500.
Martha a Bewley to Jennie
S,ubbleftelj 50 acres sec IS Spruce
$3.50.
WIN Bagby to Jos Ashley blk Il
Refs al Rich Hill SI7S.
PB White to II L Curtis lots rs
IS and 40 block Reeses ad Hume
ISI75.
w p Jackson to { NJ Thomas 10
a sec g Lone Oak S4s6.
L Deshv to Hiram Vail pt lot o
blk o and 10, II block 70 Rich Hill
5000.
Geo Wysong to Henry Bale 20 a
sec d L Boone $4,000.
Z NJ Dickinson to Z A Head lots
and 5 Reeses addition Hume
$4,000.
Z A Head to L NJ Dickinson 30
a sec n Howard s. part Reeses ad
Hume $500.
Nora Shoup to Albert Thorough.
man tract sec g Mingo 81.