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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-25
DERANGED NERVES
DISTRESSING TROUBLES LEFT By
ST. VITUs AND GRIP.
Woman Afflicted for Years by Strange
Spells of Numbness and WeaAhess
RECEIVERS Perfect Health.

Woman Afflicted for Years by strange
Smells of Numbness and Weakness
Receivers Perfect Health
When she was fourteen years old, Mrs
| Ida L. Brown had st. Nltus dance.
She finally got over the most nosacesDis
features of the strange ailment, nus was
still troubled by very uncomfortable sen
satioas. which she recently described as
follows: -
stOne hand, half Of my face, and haI1
Of my tongue would get cold and mum ..
These feelings would come on, last ZOE
about ten minutes, and then go away
several times day. Besides would
have palpitation of the heart. and my
strength would get SO low that coula
hardly breathe. AS time went on these
spells kept coming oftener and growing
worse. The numbness would sometimes
extend over half my body
aHoY did you get rid of them p
ssIt seemed for a long time as II never
could get rid of them. 1t was not until
about six years ago that ] found q remedy
that had virtue enough in it to reach my
case. That was DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, and they have since en-
tirely cured me. .
aDid it take long to effect cure? ?"
stNo! hadn't taken the whole OF the
first hex before ] saw a great improve
ment. Sol kepto OH using them, growing
better ali the time, until had taken eight
boxes and then I was perfectly well, and
I have remained in good health ever
since with one exception. :
What was that?
"Oh that was when had the grip.
was in he'd, under the DOCTORS care,
for two weeks. When got up I had
dreadful attacks of dizziness. had to
grasp hold of something OF I would fall
right down. was just miserable, and
when saw the doctor was not helping
me, began to take DR.. Williams Pink
Pills again. In a short time they cured
eof that trouble too, aud I have never
had any dizzy spells since. =
Mrs. Brown lives at No. 1905 Dewitt
street, Nation, Illinois. Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills are without an equal for the
rapid and thorough cure Of nervous pros
tration They expel the poison left III the
system by such diseases as grip and are
the best of tonics ill all cases Of weak
ness. They are sold by every druggist.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-25
RAILWAY RUMoR.

The German government railways en-
ployed $50, 451 persons IN 1903: the num-
Der of locomotives in use was 20,845.
The total length of the Russian rail-
way system on January II was 81, 571b
miles. In 1904 there were thrown open
to traffic 679 miles.
The final spike in the railroad from
Canton to samshui was driven the other
day. But before it had been driven
down "a hours it was stolen by the Chi
nese.
English railroad directors give prizes
to station masters who keep the best Gull
tivated flower beds at their respective
stations. Some Of the gardens thus
maintained are beautiful.
In 1898 the butter hauled over the MIN
neapolis & St. Louis railroad was 400
600 pounds. Last year 1t wal nearly IA
100000, the gain coming wholly from de-
yeiopments OF ereS.Lleries along the rail-
road.
a report from Teheran, the capital OF
the shah's empire, is to the effect that
the Persian government is negotiating
with Russia for the purpose of building
q railroad from the Russian frontier to
the capital of Persia.
Traffic through the railway tunnel at
Port Huron, Mich, will soon be handled
by six electric locomotives. The third
rail system will be used, with the rail
placed at the side of the tunnel to avoid
accidents to Workmen.
Thomas Fitzgerald, who has been ap-
pointed general manager of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad. entered the serv-
Ice of that corporation as water boy in
1867 and has never left It, He was born
OF Irish parents in Fairmont w. Va.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-25
TIE. TRICKS
Coffee Plays On Some.

It hardly pays to laugh before you
are certain of facts, for it is sometimes
humiliating to think of afterwards.
When | was a young girl I was a
lover of coffee but was sick Sc much
the doctor told me to quit and I did.
but after my marriage my husband
begged me to drink it again as he did
not think it was the coffee caused the
troubles.
so / commenced il again and con-
tinued about s months until NV
stomach commenced acting bad and
choking as If had swallowed some
thing the size of an egg. One doctor
said It was neuralgia and indigestion.
One day / took drive with nv
husband three miles In the country
ana drank cup of coffee for dinner.
thought sure / would die before /
got back to town to a doctor. I was
Drawn double in the buggy and when
my husband hitched the horse To get
me out into the Doctors Office. misery
came up IN my throat and seemed to
smut my breath off entirely. then left
at IN a fash and went to my iaeart.
Inc doctor pronounced it nervous
heart trouble and when I got home i
was SO weak could not sit I'D.
MY husband brought my supper to
my bedside with nice cup Of hot eaf-
fee, but said: Take that back. dear.
1 Will never drink another cup Of coSs
Tee Il you gave me everything you are
worth, for it is just killing me- Ha
and the others laughed at me and
said:
body
Well said, it is nothing else
but coffee that is doing It,
In the grocery one day my husband
was persuaded to buy a box of Postum
which he brought home and / made IL
for dinner and we both thought how
good it was but said nothing to the
hired men and they thought they haa
drank coffee until we laughed and told
them. Well we kept on with Postu7n
and it was not long before the color
came back to my cheeks and / GOT
stout and felt as good as / ever did In
my life. I have no more stomach
trouble and know I owe II all to-
Postum in place of coffee.
Ny husband has gained good health
on Postum. as well as baby and /, and
we all think nothing Is too good TO
say about Il" Name given by postunx
Co., Battle Greek. Mich.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-25
Oldest Known Tree.

The town of Kos, the capital Of the
small Turkish island of that name ly-
ing off the coast Of Asia Minor, pos
sesses the Oldest tree in the world.
Under its shade Hippocrates instruct
ed his disciples in his methods and
views concerning the healing art 1000
years ago. Tradition carries the age
of the tree back to the time Of
Aesculapius (of whom Hippocrates was
a 1ineal descendantl, which would add
some 400 years to its age. "A great
part Of the trunk is built around, and
there is a fountain known as Hippo
crates fountain. The circumference Of
the trunk is 80 feet, and there are two
main lower branches, which are sup
ported by masonry columns.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-25
Temperature of the Bath.

Opinions differ as to the relative
merits of cold or hot bath. The
individual constitution must be con-
suited. Medical authority maintains
that children and elderly persons ought
never to battle in water below 10 de-
grees F. Where cleanliness is the
main object the water should be from
~ degrees to SO degrees, Where the
bath is to serve as a powerful stimu-
liant, as in cases Of illness. it should be
from SO degrees to 115 degrees
Washington Star.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-25
Made q Serious Mistake.

she-They say that little learning
is a dangerous thing.
He-Yes, / guess it is. / tound 1t so
once. stopped investigating when I
found out how much property my first
wife's father was supposed to have
without going ahead and making in
quiries as to his debts But I'll never
get taken in that way again. Y.
Press.
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tsO 0o .ed Weekly.
PNV1LLE. LOUISIANA
DOM.
PEACE.

Not rest we ask, where efforts cease
We long for peace, deep-hearted peaces
That inner fortress, where the soul
Serene may sit, and view the whole.
Peace is the crown to conquerors given.
The last best guerdon dropped from
heaven.
Peace that hath felt all ills. and knows
The cyclones center of repose.
Not to be taken from the strife
We ask not to be freed from life;
But mid the smoke and battle-din,
Peace, the mistaken peace, to win.
The toll, the struggle, ne'er is done.
Each day the crown is lost or won.
But this we count life's perfect best
Still while we fight, to be at rest.
The peace that holds the spirit still,
Let shock and tunult rage at will
This is the wreath that victors wear,
Light resting on their shining hair,
Elizabeth French, in Springfield (Mass.1
Republican.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-25
Then Trouble Reean

young man" said the irate father
to the sutton, my daughter is not the
kind of a girl to live with pinhead. }"
81 agree with you. SIR replied the
suitor. That's the reason I want to
take her away from you. -Kansaa
City Times.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-25
Adhering to the STANDARD.

Uppyn de Ayer-Do you-a#-think
it makes any difference to a girl who
really loves man whether the engage
ment ring is gold or silver?
Carrie A. Bigstick-I do I consider
the gold standard irreyocably estab-
lished. Chicago Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-25
There are two irnDor.

There are two irnpor.
tant questions about pos,
sessions. They are Why
10 you want them? How
do you get them We
are always being exllort-
ed to seek snnlethin q
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-25
Clever Work by Campaign Secretary
Politics a Business Which Deals
in Public Jobs and Contracts-Po-
litical Feudalism - City Hall as
Asylum for Incompetents.

BY AN Ex-MAYOR OF ONE OF THE
LARGEST AMERICAN CITIES.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

|, Mrs. Bowser patted him ON the head,
and the cat came and rubbed against
his leg, but it was five minutes before
he could go on.
'"They wouldn't listen to my address,
but howled me down and shouted for
beer. There was bout fifty fellers, and
they made me buy bout two kegs of
beer. When l said | wouldn't buy any
they rolled me on the floor and pulled
ny coat tail off. Think Of that. Mrs.
EOwSher..'
Yes. I'm thinking"
Think of a great big loafer grabbing
hoA OF me and swinging me around
ald tearing my coat tail Off! Don't you
l.link l a have him sent to prison for
that? And they didn't stop there. They
lore all the buttons off my vest ana
rode he around the on a bench,
How dare they do such things to Mr..
Bowsher-how dare they?'
We'll, you are not fatally injured,
during which the tears chased each
other down his cheeks.
Il guess not I've got about forty
bumps and bruises, but [ guess l will
live through it. But what about my
feelings, Mrs. Bowsher-what about
my feelings? I shall never get over it.
They make me buy two kegs of beer.
They roll ne over the floor. They tear
Off one Of my coat tails. Then they
shing a song bout Bowsher and Tow
sher and Wowsher, and everybody
laughs and yells. Mrs. Bowsher'-
But what did you drink" she inter
rupted.
"Nozzing t all. 1 got mad and
| wouldn't drink, and then they held me
down on the floor and poured beer
down my ~neck-poured almost a keg of
beer down my neck"
"And have you had enough of the
Unsophisticated InnocentsT
Fl have, Mrs. Bowsher-I have. From
this time forward whatever you tell
me to do / shall do. You know best
about all things. You-you are i wise
womans, and Tm-T'm a fool. Mrs.
Bow-ow-sher, 1 never in all my life
loved you ash 1 do-do''-
He rose up with the intention of add
ing an embrace to his words, but
lurched aside and sat down on the floor
with a great jar, and, leaning his back
against the wall. he was o sound
asleep. Mrs. Bowser left him there and
went to bed. At what hour he followed
! her she did not know, but she certainly
| expected to find him in a humble and
contrite mood when she awoke. A sur
prise awaited her. AS he got out of
bed at the usual hour he PAID:
"It seems a mighty funny thing that
I can't go out to a club of an evening
without this house being all upset.
| Here we are, half an hour late this
morning."
81 believe you did join the Unsophis-
ticated Innocents last night she re
piled.
"Of course I did, and I never had
such honor and Difference paid me be
fore. I was It with the biggest kind OF
IN l, and I suppose you viii be jeal-
CUB about itr" II. QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17
CARDS FOR SMART PUPS
English Fad That Threatens New
York's Aristocratic Dogdom.

a man. accompanied by a little
black spaniel. walked up the desk of
the clerk at the Hotel Nethehland re-
Gently. and inquired if Mrs. - were
in.
"Will you send her a card?" asked
the clerk.
The caller drew two cards from u
case and handed them to the clerk.
Who sent a messenger upstairs with
them. The answer came down by teIe-
phone that the caller would be receiy-
ed, and he started for the elevator,
the dog accompanying him.
At the elevator the dog was refused
admittance. The gentleman protested,
but the elevator boy "a firm.
Later the woman to whom the cards
had been sen came down &c the Of
fee.
Did a young woman call 10 see me
about half an hour ago." she asked
the clerk.
mo. madam" was the answer
But / received some young woman's
card at the same time the mans was
sent up" and she produced n tiny bit
Of pasteboard.
The clerk took it and read, Miss
Minnie - Then a light broke in
upon him.
Visiting cards for dogs are indeed
a new fad and one that promises TO
come int considerable vogue in New
York.
The dogs cards are not generally
understood to be intended for the
young lady or whom its mistress is
calling, but for the dog OF dogs of the
family. The fad is imported and
comes originally from London.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17
I'LL SAW He HAD BEEN WEEPING.

the honor of belonging to it is some
thing to be coveted. My name went in
a full year ago, and they have just got
a member of the q. I. club than be
mayor of the city or any other officer
of Importance"
Mrs. Bowser said no more until din
ner was over, while Mr.. Bowser's dig
nifty and pomposity seemed to grow
with every minute. Before the meal
was concluded it was plain that he
looked upon her as very small potatoes.
"And so you mean to go to this I'm
sophisticated thing this EVENING" she
queried as they passed upstairs.
please give the club it's title or do
not mention it at ALL" he sternly re-
piled.
But you are going?"
"Of course I'm going. You might
as we'll ask if I would take the Office
of president of the United States if
elected. Be kind enough to lay out my
dress suit"
"And you-you are sure about it,"
Sure about what?"
THAT this is a nice club and that this
letter is not a joke. That title makes
me fear that-that'-
Madam, are you getting daft all at
once? You have but to ask the first
man you meet to learn hat the Unso-
Dhisticated I%nnocents are men of the
highest standing. Joke with me! Joke
with Mr.. Bowser! Do l look like a
man to take liberties with? You seem
to have queer ideas about things"
No more was said, and half an hour
later Mr.. BowSer came downstairs in
his dress suit and prepared to go out.
"Do you expect to be called on for a
few remarks?" she asked as he was
drawing on his gloves.
Certainly. l shall make an address
from twenty minutes to half an hour in
length. They may not be satisfied with
one but want two or three of them"
and are you prepared at such short
notice."
81 am always prepared to make an
address, deliver a lecture or get off Il
speech. You seem to forget who l am.
Don't sit up for me. 1t may be day
light before I return. What the devil
is that old wall eyed cat looking at me
in that way for?"
The cat had been taking a nap under
the lounge and had come out to see Mr..
Bowser in his dress suit. The look
complained of was one Of comic horror,
but there was III club handy, and she
escaped punishment. When Mr.. Bow
ser had departed the feline turned to
Mrs. Bowser, and, though no words
were uttered, she was understood to
say:
"Now, what we want to do is to get
ready for high old jinks. When the
Unsophisticated Innocent comes home.
you'll hear things creak"
Mrs. Bowser did not go to bed. At
midnight, as she sat reading her book.
she heard a great shutting and sup
pressed laughter on the doorstep. and
as she opened the door three men ran
away and Mr.. Bowser iurched In. She
assisted him along to the sitting room
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17
Fraud Exposed.

4 few counterfeiters have lately
been making and trying t. sell inlita-
tons of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, and
other medicines. thereby deT"auding
the public. This is to you TO be-
ware of such people. h seek to
profit. through stealing the reputation
of remedies which have been success
fully curing disease, for over IS years.
A sure protection. to you. is our name
on the wrapper. Look for it, on all
Or. Kings, or Bucklen's remedies. as
all others are mere limitations. H. r.
BUCKLEN & CO., Chicago, ILL.,, and
Windsor. Canada. f. r .Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17
Seeing is Believing.

~
1t is often easy for a man to con-
vince himself that he believes a GER
tain thing but to act on the belief
sometimes requires a powerful faith,
says The Youths Companion. That was
evidently the quality lacking in a col
lege professor who went with Simon
Lake into the diving compartment of
his submarine BOAT. The story is re-
lated in Submarine Navigation" by
| Alan Burgoyne.
Every one knows that IL an uncorked
bottle filed with air is placed in wa
ter, mout down, only as much water
will enter it as is required to compress
the air in the bottle enough to equal
| the pressure OF the water. If the air
( pressure could be otherwise increased
no water at all would come in.
For more than half a century this
| principle has been made use of in sub
marine boats to provide a mode of
| egress for a diver. In the Lake boat
| there is al lair chamber" forward in
| which the air pressure is made a trif1e
| greater than the water pressure out
| side. When q door in the bottom Of the
| car is opened no water comes in, and
| those in the Boat, reaching dow with
a short rake, are able to pick up oys-
ters, sponges or whatever they see on
| the bottom Of the ocean.
| The professor was a learned man,
| and he knew all about the theory of
the case; but still he had not quite
faith enough to trust himself under
water in a bo%ktonless boat. Mr.. Lake
l took him into the diving compartment
to exhibit it.
After closing the air-lock door he
noticed beads of p~erspiration standing
on the professors forehead. When the
| compressed air came in with a great
noise, the professor grabbed one Of
| the frames and looked longingly at the
| closed door.
by the way, professor" said Mr..
Lake, turning off the air, are you
troubled with heart ~disease?'
why, yes, he said, my heart is a
| little affected"
We'll, never mind said the inven-
tor. This little distance will not dis
+! turb you. If you feel any pain swal-
| low as if you were drinking, and the
| professor began to swallow. During
| the half minute or so following, while
the pressure. was increasing, he swal-
| lowed enough, the inventor said after
ward, to, have drowned himself. When
the pressure was right, Mr.. Lake stoop-
ed and began to unscrew the panel in
| the floor.
"What are you doing?" demanded
| the professor.
Il am going to open this door SO yoa
| can see the bottom
mo, no. said the professor, throw
ing his hands, don't do hat.
would not put you to all that trouble
| for the world"
Just then, however. the door drop
| ped open. The professor, who had
| turned deathly pale, started forward.
| Not a drop OF water entered. AS he
/ saw the calm surface Of 1t there be-
| meath his feet as unruffled as If it had
| been the very top Of the ocean, instead
| of almost the bottom, the color came
| back to his face and he drew a great
| sight.
Well" he exclaimed. We'll. OF
| course I knew it wouldn't come in. ]
| know why it doesn't come in. But II
1 a not seen it I should never have
l believed it,"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

and into a chair, and under the gas.
light she saw that he had been weep
Ing. That was not all. His hat and
gloves and cane were gone. He had
been rolled in the dust, and one coat
tail vas missing. His trousers were
torn and the buttons ripped off his
vest, and no man could have looked
more dilapidated.
"Well:' she queried after giving him
a long looking over.
at was just as you said" he replied
al the tears started afresh.
"You that the Unsophisticated
~Innocents were a lot of jokers:"
"Yesh. / was in a room over Il sha-
loon, and they-they joked with me.
Mrs. Bowsher, I was never sho insult
ed in my life. | would have given a
thousand dollars to get home, but they
wouldn't let nee. When I wanted to go,
they rolled me o. the floor. Think of
it, Mrs. Bowshcr, rolling NE, your low
ing husband, Mr.. Bowsher, on the
floor"
Didn't 1 tell you it was all a fake?"
"Yesh, you dtI, but I didn't believe
you. I thought you didn't know moth
ing. Oh, it was awful, Mrs. Bowsher-
perfectly awful. They asked me to get
up and shpeak, and when | rose they
pelted me wiz onions and taters and
yelled me down. Think Of their hitting
me on my bald head wiz a tater!w
A wave Of emotion swept over him at
the recollection, and he sobbed aloud.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17
Bowser Joins aClub
ls Elected a Member of the Unsophisticated Innocents and
Thinks 1t a Great Honor-Goes to Meeting In State,
but Returns In Sorry Plight

Copyright, 1906. by T. c. Mcclure.l
"S7 RE2E is something that came
for you By mail this after
u Il noon," said Mrs. BCwser as
she handed Mr.. Boyser an
r.-.=.ai envelope wien he came up to
i.H:Ier the other evening. Il hope you
lave not been drawn on Il jury again"
Mr.. Bowser opened the envelope with
great deIiberation and at once conn
meIiced TO grow G~ign:fed. lie drew
himself up. 8veiied out his chest, and
when Mrs. Bowsar asked what tie com
m~unication was he loftily replied:
Il have rather been expecting the
honor, but didn't know exactly when
it would come"
50 you have been hOnored: z"
Il call it an honor, indeed. This is
TO notify ne that | have been elected
a member of the Unsophisticated limo
cent club and that ] am expected to ap-
pear there this evening and make a few
remarks and pay the first quarters
dues"
The what kind of clubY"
"Ihe UnSOphlStlcated lnnOcentS."
Some one is playing a joke on you.
No club of any standing ever took such
q name as that"
my dear woman, no n ever at
tempts to joke with me-" replied Mr..
Bowser as he folded his arms across
his breast and thought of Napoleon
crossing the Alps. "The Z. I. club, as
I happen to know, is composed of art
lists, poets, authors and statesmen, AMI
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17
PoisonS i'm Food.

Perhaps o don't realize that many
pain poisons originate in your food, but
some day you may feel a twinge Of
dyspepsia that will convince you. DR..
Kings New Life Pills are guaranteed
70 cure all sickness due to poisons of
food-or money back. 25c
at z. r. Bellamy's drug store. Try
them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

The New York legislature proposes
te put a stop to the tipping evil by
imposing a fine upon the man who
gives the tip" There is no informa-
ton of purpose to interfere with
rafting. Observation-Disclosures.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17
Agonizing Burns

are instantly relieved, and perfectly
healed. by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. c.
Rivenbark, Jr., of Norfolk, Va, writes,
IT burnt my knee dreadfully; that 1t
blistered all over. Bucklen S Arnica
Salve stopped the pain. and healed 1t
without n scar Also heals all wounds
and sores. Csc. at r. r. Bellamy's.
druggist.