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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
Death of george R. Mullet.

/ George r. Mullet, a native of AS,
cension parish and one of the most
prominent residents of Port Barrow,
died at 8 O'Clock p. m. last Sunday
/ aged 81 years, after an illness of only
| six days with acute pneumonia. The
funeral services were conducted in the
Church of the Sacred Heart at 5
O'Clock Monday afternoon, interment
being made in the Donaldsonville
| Catholic cemetery. Mr.. Mullet fol-
| lowed the occupation of carpenter,
and was an upright, popular and
exemplary young man. He was very
fond OF hunting and enjoyed the repu-
tation of being one of the best shots
and most thorough sportsmen in this
community. In company with Judge
Paul Leche and J. J. Leche, he left
here Monday morning Of last week
for hunt on the east bank of the
river, in upper Ascension. The gentle
men spent the night at the residence of
Robert Blouin, intending to continue
oiio iuHe uOAt udy. GutluS the night
Mr.. Mullet became Ill and Tuesd ay
morning his condition was SO serious
that his companions deemed it adj
yisable to bring him home right away.
The patients sickness developed into
acute pneumonia, and despite the best
OF medical attention and the most de-
voted nursing he grew rapidly worse
and breathed his last at s o. clock Sun,
day night, surrounded by the members t
Of his family and number of loyal |
friends. Mr.. Mullet is survived by a |
wife and four young children, mother. I
three brothers, Charles, ames and
Henry Mullet, and three sisters, Misses
Blanche, Alice and Sidney Mullet.
The Chief joins the many friends of
the lamented young man in extending
deepest sympathy to the bereaved
family
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
Hold Fast to That Which is Good.

Ii is to be hoped that the good citi-
zens OF Donaldsonville, irrespective
OF political affilations-and especially
the good citizens who are Democrat.
/ Will d1scountenance and defeat the re-
/ ported movement on foot to lug party
polltlcs again into our town elections
oy the nomination of a Democratic
ticket to be voted for on the first Sat-
urday of May. : -
| Donaldsonville has tried both WAYS.
Years ago our candid ates for munic-
| lpal Offices used to be selected by par
tlsan political methods, and It seems
Incredible that anyone having the well
| Iare ana interest OF the community at
| hearb and remembering the character
~ bne campaigns conducted under th at
system, as contrasted with those of
more recent years, can advocate or
lend countenance TO a proposition to
put the town back in the old rut.
Inere is absolutely no necessity or
provoeatlon for such retrograde
movement. Ii cannot be said that the
plan OF nominating municipal candi-
oates IA open mass meetings of the
tax-pay1ng citizens has worked to the
detrlment OF the town in any par6icu-
lar; nor can it be truthfully urged th AT
any other plan-and least of all the
one now being agitated-will effect any
improvement in respect to the ability.
efnclency Or personal standing of the
men CHOSEN to administer the munich
pal government. Such contention
would be gross and an unwarranted
renectlon upon former Mayors E. N
Pugh, oidonius Goette. Paul Leehe
ana u. Kline, present Mayor Gao n |
Flchard ana the many men of like high |
character and public spirit who were
selected by non-partisan methods to |
NIL the other town Offices under the adj
mlnlstratlons OF the municipal chief
executives We have named.
What possible benefit, therefore.
- TO De derived by Injecting the virus
OF party politics into our town cleo
lions. Isn't it enough that we shonId
have national, state and parochial
campaigns impregn ated with the ran
Tor and bitterness that break friend
ships, sever family ties and create mo
md OF heart-burnings and Injustice,
Without dragging our municipal affairs
MO the same vortex?
S1ne 1amely maxfms, "Let we'll
nough alone. and "Hold fast to
hat which IS good. are full OF sound
ogic and common sense, and their
.pplicabilitg to the Question under
iseusslon should be apparent to the
ullest mind. The proposition 10 rel
gate the nomination OF town officers
party methods ought 10 be Eigor-
usIy opposed and signally rejected
the people OF Donaldsonvillg. If
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11

Mary Guedry, wife OF ]. T. Conway,
an Industrious and well-liked colored
resident Of this town, died at her home
In Railroad avenue al 5:45 o'clock b.
%. Thursday, aged 50 years and
months. Death resulted from heart
disease after an illness Of only few
days. The funeral took place at l
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. with serv-
ices and interment in the Catholic
church and cemetery, and was at
tended by the members of the Hope
Society, of which deceased was a
member
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
Killing In The Eighth Waaa

Johnson Washington. colored came
to town yesterday morning and sur.
rendered to Sheriff St. Martin, STATING
that the preceding afternoon he had
shot and killed Fred. Hill, also col
ored, at Levi James store at Hobart
postofice. According TO WASHING
tons statement, Hill and another ne
gro named Babe Shine were belabor-
Ing Washington's 1T-year-old son
With couple of big sticks. and when
Washington approached TO invests
gate the cause of the trouble one of
the negroes said, ssWe'd better kill
that niger before he reaches us. y
W ashington promptly pulled his re-
Volver and fired, the bullet striking
Hill and killing him almost instantly.
Deputy Sheriff Lucien Aeosta this
morning appeared before Judge Maui
rIn and swore out an affidaviG charging
Washington with murder, and the ac-
cnsed vas remanded to jail subject to
the action of district court.
. free bottle OF III. Thacher's Liver and
Blood Syrup viii be sent to any reader of
this paper who will write to the Thacher
Aedicine Co., chattalaooga, Team.
Il
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
The nomination of Hon. Georqe

Cortelyou to be postmaster general
in President Rooseyelt's cabinet was
promptly confirmed by the senate and
congratulations have been showered
upon the new member OF the chief
magistrates official family because
OF the attainment OF this fresh aistinc-
ton. Mr.. Cortelyou has demonstrated
that he possesses executive ability of
a very high order. and it is confidently
believed that this faculty will enable
MIN to conduct the intricate affairs
OF the postoffiee department with de-
gree OF efficiency and success unsur-
passed by any of his predecessors.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
FOR SALE!

Eureka Plantation of $50 acres
on the west bank of Bayou
Lafourche, seven miles be-
low Donaldsonville, with all
buildings thereon.
? so h.-p. Portable Boilers.
| Is hip. Portable Boiler.
1 6 hip. Portable Boiler.
| Atlas Engine.
2 Pumps.
2 Oil Burning Plants, COM
plete.
| Thresher, latest improved.
/ Sandwich Hay Baler.
| Is hip. Engine.
2 Heal e Sisco 12-in. Pumps.
Between 400 and 500 #. of II
and l5-in. Siphons.
One Lot of Betting.
All in frst-class order. Ap-
ply to Carroll Barton,
Paincourtville, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
Strikes Hidden Rocks.

When your ship Of health strikes the hidden
rocks of consum ,tion, Pneumonia etc., you are
lost if You don't get help from DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption. j. w. McKinnon,
OF Talladega Springs, Ala. writes:.'I had been
very II with pneumonia under the care of two
doctors, but was getting no better when began
to take Dr.. Kings New Discovery. The first
dose gave relief, and one bottle cured me.
Sure cure for sore throat, bronchitis, coughs
and colds. Guaranteed at j. j. Leche's and f.
L. Irepagnier's drug stores. Price soc and ST..
Trial bottle free
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11

Mrs. Thos. B. Pugh, of Napoleon
Vile, state president of the U. D. c.,
will arrive here tomorrow morning
and in the afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
will address the members OF Hubert
Treble Chapter, Q. D. c., who have
been called to meet in the rooms OF
the Mohawk Club. While in DON
aldsonville Mrs. Pugh will be the
guest Of Mrs. Jos. ". St. Martin,
state historian Of the u D. G.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11

Chas Maurin has just received a
shipment of FIVE carloads Of seed pota-
toes, consisting of such wel-known
varieties as Boston Peerless, New
York Early Rose and Tennessee Tri-
unnh
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
Louisiana Patents.

G. A. Snow g. Co., patent attorneys
of Washington, D. c., report the fol-
lowing patents granted to Louisian-
ians during the past week: Felix Nor
man, Patterson, loading machine; Au-
gust skoog, Shreveport, ere furnace.
For copy OF any of the above patents
send ten cents in stamps, together with
the date Of this paper, to Snow g. Co.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11

Every time you catch glimpse OF
some Of the pretty little school-ma ans
that are ia town for the institute. don u
you wish you were child again?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
Rishon Mallalien n nnntaa 81 -

Bishop Mallalieu is quoted as say
Ing that Boston is the dirtiest and
wickedest city in the world, but the
Daily Item files protest on behalf OF
New Orleans. which yields the prize
TO no city for genuine dirtiness. /. The
Item alleges that there is dirt on
Canal street that was carried there by
Bienville, and many of the streets
haven't been cleaned since the battle
Of New Orleans" No one who visits
the southern metropolis will deny that
there is much reasop to boast OF her
filthy thoroughfares, but it is doubt
fnl If The Item is justified in Dragging
about them SO inordinateiy. OF course
your town is good and dirty, neigh
Dor, but you're not the only mudhole
in the road. There are others quite
as nasty, and some perhaps little
more 80.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
Cough Settled ON Her Lungs.

Ny daughter had a terrible cough which
settled on her lungs, says N. Jackson, of Dan.
vile, ILL., We tried a great many remedies
without relief, until we gave her Foley's Honey
and Tar, which cured her" Refuse substi-
tutes. For sale by the X-Ray Pharmacy
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
The teachers gre in to@a.

Move these teachers institutes be
held every day.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
A Fayorite Remedy for RabIes.

IFS pleasant taste and prompt cures have
made Chamberlain s Cough Remedy favarite
with mothers Of small children. It quickly
cures their coughs and colds and prevents ang
danger OF pneumonia er other serious conse-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
Raw or InfIarned Lungs

Yield quickly to the wonderful curative and
healing qualities Of Foey's Honey and Tar It
prevents pneumonia and consumption from
Ray Pharmacy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11

See Comstock's line of musical in
Struments.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11

mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used tor over 90 years by millions of mothers
Tor their children while teething with perfect
allays All pain cures wind cello, and is the best
remedy for diarrhDa. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer immediately. Sold by druggists
u every part OF the world Twenty-Five cents a
bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow' :
Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11

Five carloads of Tennessee Triumph,
Boston Peerless and New York Early
Rose seed potatoes have just been re-
ceived BY Charles Maurin, the Missis-
sipUi street orones - -
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11


That put US in good shape for the six
hours ride to Cairo. While we were
breakfasting a party of four, evidently
actors, came in and took seats at a
table next to ours. The group con-
sisted OF tall, ungainly man of mid
ole age, younger man, a petite, good
looking young woman and a pretty lit
tieglrl. There was something strangely
attractive and familiar to me in the
tall mans appearance, and as | noted
his peculiarly shaped little head with
its ducking forward movement, his
long arms, big hands and wrists, it
suddenly dawned upon me that he was
Bob Fitzsimmons, the famous prize
lighter, at one time the worlds cham
p1on in the noble art of knocking out
his fellow man, and formerly known
ny his friends as 1.-THE Austr allan kan
CARGO. After we were aboard the
or ain we consulted the theatrical adj |
in the morning Globe
Democrat and found that Mr.. Fitz- |
simmons was booked to appear that
afternoon and during the ensuing
week in the thrilling play entitled "a
Fight for Love- The leading scene
n this very melIow-drama is appro-
oriately cast in a tuenty-four foot
ing where Hero Fitzsimmons lays his
ival low with fve-ounce mitts and
walks of with the stakes in the shape
i the shapely heroine.
We pulled out Of the Terminal Sta
ion at 7:45 a. N. and reached Cairo
t 1:20 p. M. enjoying a fairly good
Inser and changing from our day L.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-30
WRITING OF "BEN HUR."
Interesting Facts Concerning the
Story Recalled by Death Of
It's Author.

The death of Gen. Lew Wallace calls
renewed attention to the many interest
ing facts connected with his writing OF
Ben Hur," the novel which published
in 1880, is still selling in as great num-
bers rs years after it's publication as in
the year following it's FIRST appearance.
The book has never been issued in a
cheaper edition than tie one in which
1t was first published, while, on the other
hand, IA luxurious editions of it have
been brought out. Translations have
been made in language .fter language.
1t seems most remarkable that when
Gen. Wallace wrote the book he had
never been to the Holy Land, but worked
out the minute topography Of the coun-
try as it is presented in the story entire
ly from maps and reading. The author
once said to his publisher that when
eventually he did visit Palestine he was
himself surprised at the absolute ac-
curacy Of his descriptions, which tailed
exactly with the actual conditions, and
he was fond of telling how he found the
very stone which he lad imagined as q
resting place for Ben Hur at a certain
point in the story. The book was writ
ten in all sorts of strange places-on
boats, railroads, in carriages, wherever
the author found opportunity. afterward
revising and correcting with great "a
thence and q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-30
GO IN FOR EXPENSIVE MUSIC
Los Angeles Man Has Piano Made for
Him at Cost of $1O,00O-or-
gan Cost $4,000.

Los Angeles, Gala piano that, so far
as known, is the costliest in the world
has been placed in the music room Of
Edward L. Doheny's handsome home
in Chester place. 1t Is a concert grand,
the case fashioned in Louis XIV. style,
and heavily enameled in 14-carat gold
leaf.
More than two years elapsed between
placing the order in New York and its
delivery in Los Angeles. The instru-
ment is so exquisitely tuned that its
bell-like clearness and depth of mel
ody would distinguish it instantly among
a score of fine pianos. 1t cost 10000.
The case is the work of Edward Dow.
dali, of New York, noted as a master
of DECORATIVE. art. The face of the lid
is adorned with an allegorical scene
Apollo, with his harp, surrounded by
~goddesses and cupids, central among
them being the face of Doheny's o
and heir, from studies made when the
boy was two years of age.
A local factory has about completed
for Mr.. and Mrs. Doheny a Sis, 900 or
gan, the pipes of which will be gold
enameled, like the piano. An electrical
attachment will make possible the play
ing of both organ and piano from either
the first or second floor of the house.
These attachments will be connected
also with Organ chimes" on the open
staircase and an echo" above the stairs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-30
A SHOPPING
DAY
nv met at a hotel, and l thought her
Wv one of the most charming women
b y r. N H

NV E met at a hotel, and l thought her
Wv one of the most charming women
| had ever seen.
Refined and almost representative,
she struck me as being a woman OF
breeding and distinction. Yet on the
few occasions when, as our acquaint-
ance ripened, | visited her at her smart
and elegantly appointed fiat, l felt an
instructive aversion to the friends and
acquaintance l met there.
OF her people she seldom spoke-hec
parents were dead, she told me, and her
husband was abroad, but might be home
again at any time.
She was always exquisitely dressed
in the latest fashion and money seemed
abundant with her. She was an adept
shopper, quick at knowing what she
wanted, and quicker still at seeing it,
and | was very glad when she offered to
pilot me through the difficult mazes of
the winter sales.
| am not possessed of a large dress
allowance, and my wardrobe for, the
coming season depends somewhat on
my successful purchases in sale times.
Mrs. Vereker vas Just the guide to help
me through. She possessed such perfect
taste and l felt quite safe in her hands.
We sat one evening arranging what we
were to buy.
1T is better to go now when the first
rush of the sales is over" said Mrs. We're
ker. Il went the first three days my
self, but the crowd was awful, and
there are still plenty of things to be
had"
Did you pick up many things?" |
asked.
She laid down the list she was maxi
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-30
LOOKING UP STANDARD OIL
Inc Cautious Individual Will Not
Grow Hilarious Until Further
Developments.

Fol ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain, Standard Oil is com
monty credited with leading all other
corporations, says the Detroit Free
Press. This fact of itself tempers the
enthusiasm which might otherwise he
aroused over the proposed investiga-
ton OF it's course by the bureau of
corporations. But when it is announced
that the method of procedure will be
similar to that followed in the in
quiry into the operations of the al
legged beef trust there comes a feeling
OF distrust that will not down.
The Standard Oil company has for
years been one of the most fragrant Of,
Tenders. Its unfair practices have
been a matter of common knowledge
yet efforts to fasten any guilt upon
1t have been rewarded with an indif-
ferent degree of success. Charging a
corporation or individual with a crime
is n thing; securing a conviction,
even though the burden Of proof may
be upon the one against whom sus-
picion is directed, is an entirely DIFF
ferent matter. The elusiveness OF
Standard Oil has long been recog-
nized, and it's ability in escaping the
clutches Of those who seek its down.
fall furnishes little encouragement IN
the present instance. Commissioner
Garfield proposes making the inquiry
into the operations of the oil trust
as comprehensive and exhaustive as
possible. He has the sanction of the
administration and the assistance of a
dozen or more states. Everyone will
wish him we'll and share the hope
that there may come out Of the inves-
tigation something tangible upon
which to base action against the trust.
But in the face of the beef trust
finding, the cautious individual will
restrain his enthusiasm for the pres.
emit and refrain from shouting unit,
there have been further developments
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-30
RUssIA's PRAYER

God Of the Monarch. hear me-mins Is a
woeful case;
Hearken and heed my crying-Dsath IN the
foe l facet
Death to the things I stand for. death to
the thing called Ne
Fear as l cry in terror up to the strength
of Thee"
Blu. the God who heard
Was a God unstirred
BY the m~an-oppressor's cry:
And the monarch's prayer
That was uttered there
Rang through a responseless sky.
GOD of the shackles. hear me-God Of the
noisome mine
help Divine.
Mtne is the desperation born Of an utter
need
Hearken to mel need Thee more than the
backs that bleed!'
But the God above
Is a God of love,
And He pitied the peoples plight:
While the bad prayer fell
To the neither hell,
Where ruleth the Beast Of Night.
God of the bird untrammeled, God of the
bloom and bee,
God of the broken shackle, set all Thy
children freer"
This is the supplication sobbed through a
rain of tears
Such are the supplications God in His
mercy hears.
IS. G. Gillian, in Baltimore American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-30
Why HE sPEARED TIE FISH
Poacher's Ready Answer to a Game
Warden's Accusation of Vio-
lating the Law.

"Game wardens lead a strenuous ex-
~istence, it is said, and l know that some
Of them have to be pretty shrewd to
carry out the work for which they are
appointed" said a Milwaukee man re-
Gently, according to the Sentinel.
Il was told a story in a little town
out on the other edge of the state the
other day which bears out this state
ment.
"A game warden found a man spear.
ing pickerel through the ice. At the
side of the little shanty in which the
fishing was done lay a large pickerel.
The game warden stole to the hut md
threw open the door.
did you spear this piekerelY he
asked.
81 did that
Did you know it is against the law.
well you see that the fish isn't dead, ,
was the assured response. I have been
spearing catfish, and that pickerel kept
getting in the way. l had to jab it
lightly and lay it on the ice until l fin
ished fishing. Then l will put it back
THE gar>a 1910 --ru-o1 off"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-30
F1Np1Nes.

At a meeting of the Royal Microscop-
lcal society, in London, recently, an inn
portant Improvement of the microscope,
was exhibited. 1t is called the com
parascope. By its use two objects both
under the glass are shown separately,
side by side.
A suggestion that a shaft be sunk IL
miles for scientific exploration has re-
Gently been made, but it has been cal
culated that at that depth the pressure
must be about 40 tons to the square inch,
which would prohibit s~haft-sinking by
any known method.
Both Rontgen and radium rays have
given DR.. M. Koernicke a marked &C
ton on plants. Seedlings were retarded
and eventually ceased growing, but in
termination of bean and turnip seeds
was accelerated at first, beans ceasing
to develop after a time.
The intense heat of the electric arc is
not the highest produced in the work.
shop. Probably the highest tempera-
ture yet attained is that of A. G. Himal-
ava, a Portuguese, whose method con-
sists in concentrating sunlight, and who
by this means readily volatilizes every
known substance. In his st. Louis ex-
periments 5000 silvered glass mirrors
were used to throw the rays on a single
point.
Common clear glass. left exposed in
certain desert regions of the earth, soon
changes greatly in appearance and &C
quires color, sometimes rose purple and
sometimes amethyst. This change has
been attributed by some observers to
alkaline soils, but others maintain that
such changes occur where there is no al
kali, and that it must be due to the great
activity of the actinic rays of the sun
where the atmosphere is very clear.
In a paper on "a Possible Explana-
ton of the Formation of the Moon"
read before the Royal Society of Edin-
burgh, recently, Mr.. G. Romanes showed
that there never had been sufficient
heat developed in the interior of the
moon by gravitationai compression to
account for volcanic action on its sur
face; and he explained how lunar mark
lngs could be accounted for on his
hypothesis by the impact of meteoric
masses.