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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
Queer Denizens of the New York
Aquarium ThatN Interest the
Visitors.

The great green morays and the
smaller spotted morays at the aquari-
UNI glide through and to lie in sections
OF drain pipe that have been placed
on the bottom OF their respective TANKS
to add TO the comfort and naturalness
Of their surroundings. These sections
of pipe, says the New. York Sun, give
them refugees such as they might find
in the perforations through the coral
rocks of the waters of Bermuda,
whence the morays came.
There are always visitors looking IN
at the big green morays and the spot
ted morays in their pipes, and scarcely
less interesting than the sight which
these mcrays thus present is that OF
presented by still another moray here,
a young green moray in still another
tank, which spends good part OF its
time hanging supported on a little
ledge of rock which juts out from one
side of its rock lined tank.
The young green moray's tank is
lined with tufa rock, from up the Hud-
son, a rock that might by those unfa
miliar with it easily be mistaken for
coral Perhaps the young green mo-
ray, which is about 80 inches long, and
which came from Bermuda year ago
last August. SO mistakes it and finds
enjoyment IN it accordingly. At any
rate. it seems 10 like to hang itself on
that projection.
There are FIVE other jutting out
places in the rock lining over which 1t
might lie but this is its favorite one,
which il prefers TO all the rest-a spur
Of tufa three On four inches in length
and perhaps six inches wide, which
sticks out from the right side wall OF
the tank about three-quarters Of the
way up from the bottom. Over this
spur the young green moray hangs it
self, with the middle section of its
body resting on the shelf and its head
ard that section Of its body hanging
its tail section hanging down from the
other: tits like tippet thrown across
and hanging down from a bracket on
s wall
And there the young green moray
will hang for hours at a time, as it
might hang itself over some coral
branch in it's native waters. with many
visitors pausing to lock at it. When
It is hungry it will come down from its
bracket of rock and glide around
on the bottom in search of food. Or
If it were hanging on the spur. with
head and tail suspended, when the at
tendaat that feeds it comes along with
the food it would, when the Wire screen
over its tank was raised, lift and curve
upward its head and that section of its
body ready for its dinner. The young
green moray has become more or less
tame, as very many fishes do in cap
tiyity, and it will take food from the
hand.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
FURNISHING THE MATERIAL
An Exhibition of Native American
Freedom for a Possible Forth
coming Book.

The two men were seated at table
in the farthest corner of the restaurant
relates the Chicago Tribune.
May / ask you for the score card?'
said the one with the bristling NOUS
tach, pointing to the bill of fare.
You may, sir" replied the other,
man with closely cropped hair, but
that's all the good it will do you. I'm
not waiter.
Maybe not, sir, returned the other.
abut if you had requested such IA
yor of me I should have taken pleasure
in complying"
Quite likely. Some men are born
that way. They'd Just as lief be taken
for waiter as not
And some men are born Doors
They couldn't be gentlemen if they
tried"
Think you'd know a gentleman If
you happened to meet one"
T think I should. He'd look as diff
ferent from you as he possibly could
How do you know anything about
what a gentleman would look Iike?'
I'm intimately acquainted with sew
eraI and they don't any of them act
like YOU
That SO? Say, who began this con
versation, you baboon-faeed-''
Il did, you bullet-headed barbarian.
| asked you in q civil way if you'd be
kind enough to hand me the bill OF
fare, and you insulted me. You haven't
the manners or deeency of a waIrus.
You're a hunk of mule meat in a shape
something like a man, with a.
You cant talk that way to me and
live. I'll
Don't You do it! If you move your
hand one inch nearer your hip socket
III MI you full of holes right here!D
But the other did. not sthop.
He thrust his hand into his hin
pocket, pulled out a silk handkerchief.
wiped his eyeglasses, picked up a paper
and began to read it.
Then the man with the bristling
mustaeh turned to the unmistakable
Engllshman who had been sitting at
the next table and isteniag with hor-
rlf1ed establishment to the Converse
ton. 49,
we thought you'd like to have a
h1ele exhibition of our native freedom
OF manner he said, pleasantly, TO
use IN your forthcoming book. don't
you know
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
TEA DRINKING TREMENs.
Shattered Nerves Resulting from
over-Indulgence in the
Beverage.

Tea tren1ens is a recognized disease in
China It's victims are the tea tasters
the judges of the Chinese teas. These
men never swallow a drop Of tea, but
nevertheless they become afflicted with
a ma1ady as distressing as insomnia.
Tea tremens. said a dealer is. in
a word, shattered nerves. The victim
of tea tremens can't sleep, can't eat.
cant sit still Furthermore, he is I'M
happy-as unhappy as a man who was
drunk the night before-aId his mind
fingers on the thoughtof suicide.
Tea. tasters of China are English
men. Their employers are Russians.
Russia is the great tea-drinking coun-
try, and it is to Russia that the best
tea goes. Some of this Russian tea is
worth $40 to s12 a pound. The Rus
sian tea firms employ English tasters,
because tasting is an art that requires
great abstemiousness: alcohol must not
be touched, and only the simplest foods
may be taken, The Russian is any
thing but abstemious. He is a. great
eater and drinFer. and the largest sal
airy would not tempt him away from
the festive board Hence his tea tasters
are all temperate Englishmen.
In tasting tea you don't swallow,
you only roll upon your tongue the
liquor Nevertheless you get tea ire
mems. The powerful aroma of the
herb, after a month or SO of tasting.
wrecks your nerves, and first you have
headache and then insomnia attacks
you.
But the disease is durable. Tea
tasters. after a vacation OF a week or
two. are as well as ever again. It is a
good thing for them that their calling
only mas to be piled a few months in
the spring. 1t would inevitably kill
them otherwise.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28

Interesting "reminiscences Of an In
diana Lawyer, a Pupil of Sew
enty Years Ago.

Curious and interesting details con-
educational life come now and then to
the surface, says Youths Companion.
When / went to a log cabin school
down ii Harrison county, said an elder
ly Indiana lawyer, we had no regular
reading books, or readers. as they are
now called [ learned first to read a.
home. by the 1o2-cabin fire of pine knots.
lying on my breast on the floor, with ny
elder brothers, pouring over the gro~
tesque print and hair-raising pictures OF
| Davy Crockett's almanac. In schoo.
| afterWard. when We got older, we reac
from the Life of Daniel Webster Life
Of Daniel Boone and the New Testa~
ment
Every child who came to school had
| to bring a reading book of some descrip-
ton. When my wife first went to school
she carried a small dictionary. Some
/ Of the older scholars laughed at her for
bringing a dictionary and this wounded
her feelings SO that she returned home,
and did not go to school again for six
weeks. When 'Murray's English Read
| Err canleinto vogue, all classes alike read
| from it; and small boys who should have
been in the Primer stumbled painfully
over the big words, but could not under
stand them
Grammar was almost unknown terri
tory them but when it came into the
log-cabin school curriculum | did three
days work on a mans farm to earn
money enough to buy myself a Kirk
hams Grammar
Before | was 20 years old I myself
was a log-cabin school teacher. My pu-
pills all brought Testaments to read in
The print was too fine. therefore trouble
some-and | bought the school McGnf-
| fey's Readers with my own slim earn
ings.
| In 1849 I first saw bIackboards in the
schools of larger settlements, then went
back to my own school and had one
made. It consisted of boards blamed
smooth, nailed to the wall, and painted
black. This curious innovation was
booted at by my pupils, large and small.
and l came to my school one morning
to find the door broken in. and my
precious new blackboard chopped into
l1indling wood. Ny hair was red in those
days. I had another blackboard made
at once. and told my school thatifi it was
destroyed | would shoot the person who
did il, if I did did not find him out for
ten years. This sufhced; the blackboard
was not molested
In those days, when a boy began to
cipher. as they then called it, he was
given a broken piece ofslate, with a piece
clipped off the corner for a pencil |
never owned any other kind of slate. MY
first 'ciphering, or figuring, as it was
also called. was done on our rough,
wooden log-eabin foor-a puncheon
/ foor-by cutting marks with my jack
knife. The problem was this, which l.
"a quite small boy, heard my big
brother and another boy trying to solve.
How many heads, tails and legs woule
ID dozendogs and a no-tail pup havoc
My answer proved correct. and my
father, who was then the 1og-cabin
teacher Of the district decided that if ]
could do so we'll / was big enough to quit
play and go to school.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
DELlcATEssEN.

She was not highly cultured.
For grammar had no use.
She never heard of Browning,
Nor studied themes a.bstruse.
She had no ear for Music.
Could not a rhyme repeat.
But knew the art Of cooking
Good things Tor US TO eat.
She could make an apple custard
With knaek of sure success
With pies Of nince and pumpkin
The family would bless.
Her angel-feod was mama
To feed the hungry heart;
Her go1den-crusted doughnuts
Paid tribute To her art.
The black bat indigestion
Nicer settled on her roof,
And the medicine dispenser
Her presence kept aloof
Shes still on earth and hearty
But oh, the aching void!
For in a school of cooking
Our former cooks employed
Mrs. M H. Payne, in Chicago Record
Herald.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
Vesuvius Restless.

After all these years and just as POM
pei has been nicely excaFated, old
Vesuvius has begun to getrestless. No
doubt the venerable Italian volcano re-
sents the recent Mount Pelee disturb
ance and has decided to do a little more
.1erupting' Just to hold the champion
ship frm.-From In the Trail OF the
Traveller, in Four Track News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
For 1905.

Father Time was observed getting his
hair clipped.
What is that for?" asked the friend.
why, people are going too rapidly
these days explained Father Time,
and want to fix it SO they can't take
me by the foreIock. Chicago Daily
News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
Tnnn Bonn

a curious eample Of artistic evolution
is found in the case of Sig. PueeIni's
opera. Madame Butterfly" Originally
an American book, twas converted into
an English play, from which it became
the libretto to an Italian opera, and now
it Is being returned toIts original tongue
10 1T Sig. PueclnIs music.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
The Pona.s portrai+

On q recent occasion, when the pope
was having his portrait painted, he was
shown a profile sketch of himself. After
expressing his disapproval of it, the
pontfff remarked; II want to be look
ing right out of the canvas, / like to look
a man straight in the eyes,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
r cal Proh1en,

Nordy-That chap Hedison gems to
be an ingenious fellow. It's /. wonder
he's never tried his hand on an airship.
Butts-Oh. he wouldn't fool with any
simple, easy problem like that. He's
busy now on a window shade that will
roll up straight and a rug that won't
curl at the edges.-Louisyille Courier
Journal
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
The Manly Men

What, asked the female s,,fgra.,a
$3.50 as'ssa win Inc square chin, has be-
come of our manly men %. - y
some Of then. replied the meek and
loNly citizen, have married woman1V
women, ana are now engaged in brine
ing up childish children. 80 tents
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28

"Ten me what you eat. and / will
tell you what you are
We'll. / s'pose I eat more weiner-
wurst than anything else. Now. cor
found you, go on with your theory If
you've got the nerve. Chicago Rec
ord-Hera1d.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
BaIIBearing Cannon

To prolong the life of big cannon an
American has invented a method of
substituting spiral grooves of balls. like
ball bearings in a bicycle, for the rife
grooves. A Glasgow man had fitted ball
bearings to the projectile, which is said
to be the cheaper method of the two.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
To Re sura

Ike to turn my wife.s pug dog, my
daughters cat, and my mother-in.-Iaw's
parrot al into one room and let EN-
kill each othert'' -
Cleveland Leader. 80
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
Achilles .cnnsn1aa

Achilles ehuckled.
ah,a yes s.. said he, my heel is vulner-
on the Ice = o : os'8 I
;, Iobogganing down his front stems
ne started to basiness.--N = SIM 'eps'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
ParkIass Sausage.

Of IS samples of sausages examined
by the government analyst at Mel
bourne. Australia, not one was found uny
adulterated. In the s5-eaIled pork sau-
sage not a particle Of pork could be dis
covered.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
Thav aInnnsf Tn

You'd make a big hit if you could
compose the words Of a popular song"
Z guess that's right; all have ever
heard or seen needed composing. -
Houston Post.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
Change of Business

ftrst Colorado citizen-Wat yer do.
mines? s7ssietn
;, second e Colorado citizen-No. ,sault.
IN traTelers.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28

ofRorke-'Tis queer, but wfi6eyer r
ieel ln.me pants for me knife It's always
4as McIo o. why don't yez always
feel IN the other pocket nrstva foo15st,'
man?-Piasburg Post looi1sA
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
Artificial Fas+ 81.

Mr.. William H. Beers, a wealthy
view 4ofh broker, whose pet ST Ber-
nard dog had its fore foot crnss 81 49, -
2 car has ordered an ARTIFICIAL fe' -
cost. 2 = = als7ss o.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
lovs of Matrirnonv.

Fred fafter long ABSENCE SO you and
Agnes are now married and happy, ehs
Joe-Yes; er-that is, / am married
and she is happy.-Chicage News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
Weak Defense.

Ia defense to a charge Of selling milk
wholly devoid Of fat an English cow
keeper said that his cows had been eat
ing cabbages. but the defense did not
aid him
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28

S}sssaesasaaasssasssSE5sG15S
,o,,oans membranes. Then catarrh dis
annears. Then catarrh is permanently
cured.
If YOU do not derive prompt and satas-
factory results from the use OF PefHEa,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q d
full statement of your case, ant Ne VIII
be pleased to give you his yalusple ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman sanitarium, Columbus.
Ohio.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
Not superstitious.

Busy Nan-Don't you see that sign,
Keep out?"
Caller-0h, yes, / see it; but I'm not
in the least superstitious.-Judge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
MEDICAL EXAMINER
OF the United States Treasury Recommends
Pe-ru-na.
Another Prominent Physician Uses
and Endorses Pe-ru.Ela.

m r. LLEWELLYN JORDAN. MeaI-
- cal Examiner of the u. S. Treasury
Department. graduate of ColumGaa
College, and who served three years a.
West Point, has the following to say OF
Peruna:
seAIioW me TO express my grafi-
fude to you for the benefit derived
from your wonderful remedy.
One short month has brought
forth vast change and ] now
consider myself well man after
months ofsufferfng. Fellow sur
ferers, Peruna viii cure you.
A constantly increasing number Of
physicians prescribe Peruna in their
practice. It has proven its merits SO
thoroughly that even the doctors nave J,
overcome their prejudice against social
ed patent medicines and recommend II
to their patients.
Peruna occupies a unique position IN
medical science. It is the only Internal
systemic catarrh remedy known to the
medical profession to-day. Catarrh, as
everyone viii admit. is the cause Of one
half the diseases which afffict mank1nd
Catarrh and catarrhal diseases affl1ct
one-half Of the people of United States.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-12-14
RuDELY INTERRUPTED.
College "Frats" Planned n Big Banques
but Guest Failed 10 Arrive.

Yankton, $. D.. Dec. l2-Thc customary
,auict and ordcrlincss OF the student body
OF Yankton college was somewhat dis
lturbcd Saturday night when the Thcgn,
rhe senior society. undertook TO give a
banquct on thc quiet. something inexcus-
able OF course to those not let into the
secret. Tn first the Thegns knew that the
Opposition was on the warpath was when
the lady guest OF honor failed TO show up.
Inquiry revealed she had been spirited
away In "A cab. After nearly two hourE
delay the lady was rescued and three OF
the ringicadcrs were captured. tied fast 20
chairs. their faces blnckcd and the trio
turned face to the wall while the banquet
went on mcrriiy. At the close OF the BAN
quct the services OF the photographer was
secured and the three students were mug.
gcd' as suitable souvenirs OF the occasion
Matters were interesting for a while and
the police dropped in TO see that tho limit
was no; exceeded. As ths banquet took
place at the Harris hotel on the main
street quite a large crowd gathered TO view
the class ml~up.
The longest term Of court held Ecre IN
ten years Is nj last adjourned, after the
clcanin up OF n calendar OF hfSy cases,
about evenly divided between Grim
.inal and civil suits. \ number
of local gamblers got fines OF
80 zach and three men were givcr
lcrms In the state pen OF from one 20 four
years. tho longest term going TO sam Carr,
4 colorcd Sh%ocblack convicted OF man
daughter for killing an old colorcd cook.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-12-14
WHAT ONE WoakN DID.
Lived Alone on Priirie Homestead n
Raised Good Crops.

Canton, :. D.. Dee. Mrs. Mary GILL
gan returned recently from her farm west
OF the Missouri about forty miles west or
Chamberlain. and what she has done dur
lu; the past year Is an indication OF what
one woman can do when she goes a. II
right. She went out west and took n
claim last year. and lived on IL for = shore
time. returning 20 Canton for the winter.
in the spring rho returned TO the farm.
hired ton acres broken, and put that piece
OF land into fax except a half acre which
she retained for garden. On the garden
plat she raised potatoes. bccts, rutabagas
and other vegetables. not only for her own
consumption, but enough 30 that she had
some fer market. and yuld several dollars
worth. From the fax crop she realized no
bushels. which she will sell for N-D per
buHhei for seed 10 her ncighbors. Mrs
Gilllgan has returned TO Canton for tho
winter. having perfected her title last
week. She viii remain In the city until
early spring whcns she viii SO TO her farm
again. have another ten or fifteen acres
broken ana put IN the new breaking TO
fax and the old sod TO wheat. She a
thc idea that IL viii ray 20 raise wheat
the coming year. and there will be plenty
OF thrcsh!ng machines m that section by
that time.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-12-14
GETS TWO YEARS.
Interesting Wire Tapping Case Ends IL
Potter County.

sioux Falls. $. H.. Zee. i2-Thc local
authoritiss were greatly pleased TO learn
OF The conviction IN the state circuit court
for Potter county 81 u. ". Durham. alias
J.. -. Miles. 81 Minneapolis. on the charge
81 attempted bank %rwiudling. and the Inn
posing upon Him 90 4 term OF two years
Imprisonment; la the Sioux Falls peuitcn-
tiarN.
Durham crime had itS inception Ia
Sioux Fails. AMI hlS detection and arrest
was duF 10 thu work % local men. Ito
appeared ln Sioux Falls last September
about 'Er time OF the strike OF telegraph
operators on he Great Northern railroad.
DurilE his stay here hr became acquainted
with ~ e.. Wright. ono % the striking
OPERATOR. aud 90 him proposed thar they
,uEAE, ,u Tho swlndliaE 90 a hank az
,hAmb,l ia ~ myans 90 tic %!rc tapping
saAt M.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-12-14
THE Time LIMIT WILL
have TO Be EXTENDED
Work OF Completing Irrigation
Project at Belle Fourche
Is Delayed.
WEATHER rs THE CAUSE
Heavy Rains During Summer and Fal
and the More Recent Cold Wave
Resulted in Stopping Pro-
gross OF Concrete Work.

Belle Fourcne. s. D.. Dee. ,3.--It In
now certain that the contractors who
are engaged In the. work OF construct
ing the diversion dam and inlet canal
on the great irrigation project ear
this place. for which the secretary OF
the interior has set aside 81. loo. 900. Will
not be- able TO complete the work with
In the time fixed by the contracts.
The contractors hRv been necessarily
delayed by excessive rains during the
summer and fall and 10y the cold wealth
or which has been experienced at In
tervals thus far this winter. This has
resulted In the stopping OF work on n
considerable portion OF the inlet ~
Work Mas discontinued during the cold
est days. with the intention Of rcsum-
Ing again when conditions were more
favorable. but when the weather had
temporarily moderated aud efforts We're
made to resume work IL was found
thai the earth had been frozen to such
q depth hat II was almost impossible
to proceed.
As "A result. most of the teams and
lnborers on the main portion Of the
canal have been laid of. and indica-
tions are hat so far as work on the
main portion of the canal IN concerned
u will not be resumed again In full
force until The frost is out OF the
ground mex; spring.
The work. however. u now quite well
advanced. and as the contractors have
been granted an extension of time In
which to complete the work. W.
months of good weather Ia the spring
will enable them TO practically COM
plete the inlet canal. Work is still
progressing with the steam shovels In
the cuts. and II Is hoped and believed
they can be kept In operation all win
ter.
An accident TO the steam shovel
which Is 1T work In the big cut near
what Is known ms Giles ranch has ne
cessitated hauling away the dirt by
team for the present. The cable or one
OF the cars broke. letting the car roll
back into The shovel. but fortunately
without doing great damage or caus-
Ing the loss OF life.
The work of hauling material for the
completion Of tho diversion dam Is pro-
crossing very satisfactorily. and by the
time spring opens up all the necessary
material for It's completion will be on
the ground. About one-half the con-
crete work has now been completed.
but II ~ probable no further attempt ut
concrete work VIII be made until next
spring. The contractors who have this
part OF the work on the great irriga-
lion project also nave been granted an
extension OF time I'm which To complete
the work provided for In Their contract.