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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-04

The Chief acknowledges receipt of
complimentary tickets to the merchants
carnival ball at Plaquemine next Tues
day night, when King Cypress and his
regal consort, together with the royal
attend ants, will be seen in tableaux at
Hope opera house. The tickets were
accompanied by a letter from Chas.
E. Schwing, the talented editor of the
1berville South, who has probably
done more than any other citizen OF
the Iberyille metropolis in working up
the carnival celebration and giving
publicity to the display. We return
thanks to Mr.. Schwing for the courtesy
and trust that the success of Plaque
mines celebr alton will prove greater
than Is expected by even the most
sanguine OF its promoters.
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\ SBV6Fe COlU 1OF IhFee MOnIhss
The following letter from A. j. Nusbaum, oil
Batesville, Ind, tells its own story 7 suffered
thrse months with severe cold. druggist
prepared me some medicine, and physician
prescribed FOR me, yet I did not improve.
then tried Foley's Honey and Tar, and eight
doses cured me- Refuse substitutes. Sold al
the X-Ray Pharmacy
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-04

Imported Mardi Gras masks for men,
women and children, from q cents up.
Assorted cloths for Mardi Gras suits.
at 5 cents per yard and upwards. See
Cheap TonY.
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Eiolen SoIms Hannenings.

Mrs. G. B. Reuss was recent Wis
itor to the Crescent City, where shs
was the guest OF her sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Duhon spen
last Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. j. T
| Many.
MIR. and Mrs. V. E. Landry, for,
merly of Bowie, have removed to Belle
Helene, where they expect to make
their home for some time.
E. D. Millet, O. G. Duhon and Miss
Laeta NJ. Duhon visited st. John as
the guests of Mrs. A. +. Horn, and
were the recipients OF much social at
tention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. G. Won Berries are
being entertained by friends il New
Orleans.
NJ. L. Duhon, r. c. Duhon and
Misses Louise and Emma Duhon were
visitors to Whitecastle last Sunday.
The engagement is announced of E.
d. Millet, formerly OF St. John and
now a resident of this parish, and
Miss Alice Knoll, a popular young
lady of Lutcher. The wedding will
take place in early summer.
George Harrison went up to Tber-
vile last Sunday and spent the day
with relatives and friends.
Among those who will visit New Or
leans for the carnival are Mir. and
Mrs. G. B. Reuss and little daughter,
Gussie. MIR. and Mrs. T. j. Duhon and
son. Theo,. Jr., and Miss c.. Edna
White.
Robert Thibodau was the guest OF
relatives at Hohen Solms this week.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-04

The Harmony Handicap will be run
the first Saturday in May.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-04
EN- u. JUIlEN, SBGfSI5F.
F,aNn Arr1rE
New Orlaan La Ian. 2i-

New Orleans, La. Jan. 81 1905.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has fled notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before Jas. s.
Barman, clerk Of court, at Donaldsonville, La,
on March 10, 1905. viz: JOSEPH BouRGEo s, of
st. Amant, La. who made homestead entry No.
20,675 for the W Il of n W u, sec "a, tip 9, s
3 9. sc d of river. He names the following
witnesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation fsssaid land, viz: James
Gore. Louis Lambert, Bernard Hebert, John g.
Hebert, all OF ST. Amant, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-04

and will remain Tor several weeks.
Mr.. Barton has visited Spain, Africa
and other foreign countries, and ex-
poets to tour Europe on his next
cruise. He Is looking extremely we'll
and seems to have been materially
benefited by his life on the open sea.
AT the expiration of his term of en-
listment MIR. Barton will return to St.
James and take up his residence with
his mother and her family.
The steam ferryboat Ascension,
owned BY the firm OF Bragard & Con-
stantin and formerly operated between
Dona1dsonville and Darrow, has been
taken to Amesville, Jefferson parish,
and placed in commission between tha
point and Napoleon avenue. in New
Orleans. The Amesville ferry FRANCHISE
is under lease to firm composed OF
Bragard & Constantin and the Mar.
zero brothers, of Jefferson. After the
Ascension went out Of commission at
this place she received thorough
overhauling and was placed in first
class shape, and it may be taken for
granted that the boat will give salts
factory service ia her new field OF
operation.
The March meeting Of the Ascension
Club went by default Wednesday, tie
lack of a quorum being attributed to
the fact that the delayed work of cane
planting il in full blast on all the
plantations in this vicinity, which
rendered it impracticable for the
country members to come to town,
while the revival of business in Dom
aldsonville under the influence of
favorable weather conditions pre-
vented the attend ance of several of
the town members who can usually be
relied upon to aid in making q quorum.
DIR. W. NJ. McGalliard, vice president
of the club, authorized the secretary
to announce the appointment of the
following well-known sugar and cot
ton planters as delegates to the joint
convention OF the State Agricultural
Society aud Louisiana Stockholders
Association, to be- held at Shreveport
March ID, Is and Is: e. Fl. Barton,
Geo. B. Reuss, R. Mccall, DIR. w.
P. Miles, E. D. Dixon, O. A. Bullion
and s. II. Rarnan
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-04

The family medicine in thousands of
homes for So years-Dr. Thacher's Liver
and Bleed Syrup.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-04

See Comstock's lie OF musical In
atruments.
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Homestead Notices.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
LAND OFFICE,

iAND orEiCEs
New Orleans, La, Jan. Is, 1905.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
IN named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before Clerk of
Court at Donaldsonvilie. La. on March II.
1905, viz: JOSEPH BATS, Of Acy, La, who ma de
homestead entry No 1888 for the Il sec 4, tp
10 8 "A 9, Q d 9 OF river. He names the follow
ing witnesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of said land VIZ: Henry
8. Martin. Of Aey: La. Dixie Rogers, of Acy,
La; John 4. Walker, of Gonzales. La; Allen
w. Martin. of Acy, La.
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o soiumo VI business ana doing an
amount OF work that would put manv
stable town to the blush. From 5000
to 5000 people are said to have visited
the Anheuser- Busch plant daily DUR
ing the period OF the fair last year.
aud it required quite large force of
guides to conduct this army of sight
seers through the main buildings and
explain to them the functions and
operations of the various machines
contrivances and processes employed
in the extensive industry that has
given St. Louis the familiar sobriouet
OF "Anheuser- Buschville. y Visitors
are always accorded a courteous re-
ception, and polite uniformed attend
ants are on duty at stated hours 10
give them attention. As the Donald
sonville Ice Company is one of the
innumerable agents for the sale OF the
Anheuser-Busch products, and Mr..
Goette is president and manager of
the Donaldsonville Ice Company, he
is "hail fellow well metz with all the
leading spirits OF the big St. Louis in
stitution from Adolphus Busch down,
and our particular party might have
had almost any special concessions
We could have asked for, short of
taking the brewery home with Us, but
We we're satisfied with the little souye-
Mrs and free refreshments that are
dealt out with generous hand to all
tourists and sight-seers who choose
10 enter the hospitable doors of the !
Alb. B. A.
We wentto tbs Worlds fairgrounds |
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-13
Shin on Fire Nine Months.

A most extraordinary story OF a
derelict which has been burning and
floating about on the eastern seas has
recently come to light.
The Fannie Kerr was a four-masted
bark of 2,426 tons, built Of steel. She
left Newcastle in April, 1902, with a
cargo of coal for San Francisco. Aft
er she had rounded the Horn in safe
ty her cargo took fire somewhere
in the Southern Pacific, and after try
ing for more than a month to extin-
guish the flames, the ship became SO
hot that the captain and crew were
forced to abandon her and take to the
boats.
This was on June 6. They landed
at Kauai, an island of the Hawaiian
group, and made their way to Homo
lulu, where the captain made his re.
port and the crew was discharged.
On March 10, 1903, the captain OF
the steamship Heathdede, bound from
Yokohama to Formosa, sighted a YES
sci adrift from which smoke seemed
to arise.
Steaming forward, he found that she
was the long missing Fannie Kerr,
which had been gradually drifting
westward several thousand miles for
nearly nine months, and with her
cargo still on fre.-New York Herald.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-13
The Cost Of census.Iakinu.

The difference between the cost OF
securing the returns from the six
simple questions asked in 1870, and
hat of the extended inquiry made
a century later, is illustrated by the
per capita cost. which in 1890 was
1.13 cents, and in 1900, 1915 cents. In
1890 Virginia was the most p~opulous
state in the Union. having 747,61
inhabitants. The records OF the
Treasury department show that at
the first census, the cost Of making
the enumeration in that state was
$7,553.90. Moreover, at that enumera-
ton, the underpaid assistant mar.
shals supplied their own blanks. an
item which was of considerable i'm.
p~ortance In the days when all paper
was made la%boriously by hand. In
1900 the population of Maine-about
zoe, O0O-most nearly approximated
that Of Virginia in 1870.
At the twelfth census the cost Of
actual enumeration in Maine, fnclud.
ing the pay Of supervisors, was S34;-
560.9 0 or more than t~hree-fourths OF
the amount expended for the enu.
meration Of the entire United States
in 1870. though the pay OF an
enumerator in 1900 did not exceed
the wages Of an. intelligent day
laborer.-The Century.
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Which Was It?

The old gentleman was a most en-.
thusiastic amateur artist, and he had
invited Dave and Tom Barry to din.
ner under the mistaken impression
that they were brothers Of the brush.
Dinner was approaching it's finish and
both Dave and Tom were e~xpectantly
looking Nor the wine to make it's APP
p%earance.
"Do you like Botticelli?" the old gem
tleman suddenly asked Dave.
This was indeed a poser for Dave.
He knew no more Of the famous old
artist than he knew of the Grand Lama
of Tibet.
Sounds something like bottle" he
unused. Suppose it's some sort Of
wine."
Thanks" he said aloud. II prefer
champagne, il you don't mind"
The elderly pre-Raphaelite shut up
like a knife, and soo after intimated
that he would prefer to be alone.
II suppose l vexed the old chap over
Bottle-selli," said Dave, as they we're
walking home.
"Of course you did, you stupid"
said Tom. Fancy taking it for a wine
when every idiot knows it's a cheese"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-13
Hymn to the City.

Not in the solitude
Alone may man with heaven.
or see
Only a savage wood
And sunny vale, the present Deity;
Or only Lear His voice,
Where the winds whisper and the waves
rejoice.
Even here do / behold
Thy steps. Almighty!-here. midst the
Through the great city rolled.
With everlasting murmur deep ana
Choking the ways b wind.
'Mongst the proud piles, the work OF
human kind.
Thy golden sunshine comes
From the round heaven, and on their
dwellings lies,
And lights their inner homes.
For them Thou filrst with air the un-
bounded skies,
And givest them the stores
OF ocean,. and the harvest OF It's shoreA
Thy Spirit IS around.
o%uickeninE the restless a that
sweeps along;
Voices and footballs Of thesnumberless
Like the resounding sea.
Or like the rainy tempest speaks OF
Thee.
And when the hours Of rest
Come. like q calm upon the mid-sea
flushing nt''i it: billowy breast
The quiet Of hat moment. too. Is Thine;
The vast and helpless city while 4
william Cullen Bryant
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mi

A captain in the regular army made
a gallant reputation during the late
war, but at home he resigns command.
He was at home for q few weeks
awaiting orders. and his linen was
consigned to his wife's bureau, usual
ly occupied by her own things solely,
but at this time jointly. The captain
is not q patient man, and when he
wanted a clean shirt and went to the
bureau for it he formed q plan Of pull
ing the drawers out, tipping them over
on the door till he got what he was
searching for. OF course, his wife re-
m~onstrated. and then there were some
scenes"
One warm, clear day when we were
all sitting on the piazza, the wife read
the heading In a newspaper:
Trouble in the Presidents Bureau"
WELL" said she. II wonder what
that means?"
"Oh, replied the captain. Il suppose
the president wants q clean shirt"
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1t was like passing from death
unto life to come out of these caverns
into the light and glory of the west
ering sun, to feel it's warmth, and see
it's brave colors, and hear the cuckoo,
like a wandering voice among the
trees. Soon they were at the river
stairs, and as they passed through
the city they were instantly aware of
great excitement. 1t was impossible
not to feel that something of great
moment had happened, or was going
to happen; and when Jane entered
the hall at Sandys and saw Doctor
Verity's hat ard cloak there, she ex-
pected that he had come with in
formation. The next moment Mrs.
Swaffham came hurriedly forward.
Mother" cried Jane, what is the
matter? What has ~happened?" And
Mrs. Swaffham answered.:
1.-The strangest thing that eve hap
pened in England"
Even while she spoke they heard
Gen. Swaffham coming up the steps,
the clatter of his arms emphasizing
his perturbed feelings. He had
scarcely entered the door ere Doctor
Verify came into the hall crying:
SIS it true, Israel! Is it trGe?'
"Quite true"
"And well done?'
"Well done. | am sure of it."
Men and m went into the par.
lor together, and a servant began to
remove the Generals cavalry boots
and spurs. II told you, Doctor, this
morning, that a settlement of some
kind must come to-day. When ]
reacheds Whitehall / found the Lord
General waiting for Sir Harry Vane
and the members who had promised
to come and continue the conference
relating to the bill early in the day
The General was occupying himself
with a book, but as the hours went
by he grew restless and laid it down
Then he turned to me and said
Truly these lei are long in coming;
are you ready, General?' and before
| could answer he asked again ready
) and willing? told him a wore
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-13
SAYS FACTS WILL NOT LIE.
Great Jurist Declares Circumstantial
Evidence Often Only Proof.

Sir Henry Hawkins. a brilliant ad-
vocate and one Of England's greatest
criminal judges, expresses the follow
ing opinion in his recently published
"Reminiscences:
Let me say a word about circum-
stantial evidence. Some writer's have
spoken of it as a kind of dangerous
innovation in our criminal procedure.
It is almost the only evidence that is
obtainable in all great crimes, and it
is the best and most reliable. / have
witnessed many great trials for MUIR
der. but do not remember n where
there was an eyewitness to the deed.
How is it possible, then, to bring home
the charge to the culprit unless you
rely on circumstantial evidence?
"Circumstantial evidence is the evi-
dence of circumstances-facts that
speak for themselves and that canEot
be contradicted. Circumstances have
no motive to deceive, while human tes-
timony is too often the product Of
every kind Of motive"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-13
GIRLS, WATCH YOUR HATPiNS.
Young Men Have Fad to Make Collec-
ton of Them.

bSAtiS WSh law ! NA y ''~'
ton of Them.
81 can't find my hatpin," said the
red-haired girl at the matinee.
Here, I'll lend you one," replied
the girl who was with her, passing
over a cheap, black-headed hatpin,
such as sell three for five cents.
But | don't want to lose NINE"
said the red-haired girl. "It was a
souvenir gift, and the top was solid
silver"
care you ready?" inquired Mr.. Tick
er, who had taken both girls to the
matinee. 1--WE will leave word at the
box office about the hatpin. 1t is sure
to turn up all right"
started them on their homeward jour-
ney to Harlem. while he remained in
the Broadway theater district.
81 thought you knew" said the red
haired girls companion, about the
foolish fad sentimental young men
have for saving Cor stealing is the
word) hatpins from their girl acquaint-
ances. 1t is worse than the fad for
stealing gloves a few years ago, when
every girl found her dressing table
heaped with a supply of odd gloves.
It's candy to coal that your hatpin
is tucked away in Mr.. Ticker's over
coat pocket, and will soon be added
to a collection in his rOOm."-New
York Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-13
hARpy's IDEA FOR .TEss.-
Tragic incident fingered Long In
Authors Memory.

A rather striking story of the origin
of Hardy's "Tess" has just been told
by Neil Munro, author of John Splen-
did," who is n of Mr.. Hardy's init
mate friends. 1t seems that when
Hardy was a boy he used to 60 into
Dorchester to school, and he made the
acquaintance of a woman there, who,
with her husband, kept an inn. She
was beautiful, good and kind, but mar
ried to a dissipated scoundrel who was
u%nfaithful to her. One day she dis
covered her husband under circum-
stances which SO reused her passion
that she stabbed him with a knife
and killed him. She was tried, con-
victed and condemned to execution.
Young Hardy, with another boy, wit
messed the execution from a tree that
overlooked the yard in which the gal
lows was placed. He neve forgot the
rustic of the thin black gown the
woman was wearing as she was led
forth by the warders. A penetrating
rain was falling: the white cap was
no sooner over the woman's head than
it chung to her features, and the moose
was put round the neck Of what
looked like a marble statue. Hardy
looked at the scene with a strange
illusion of it's being unreal, and was
brought to his complete senses when
the drop fell with a thud and his com
panion on a lower branch of the tree
fell fainting to the ground. The
tragedy haunted Hardy, and at last
provided the emotional inspiration and
some of the matter for 'Tess OF the
D'UrbervilleS."
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would move my troop as one man
IL that word came from himself, and
he waited silently a little longer.
Then Lord Cluny Neville came in
very. hastily, and said q few words, l
know not what they were, and he had
scarce gone when Col. Ingoldsby en-
tered, and there was no secrecy then.
my lord!' he cried, Parliament
il sitting at this moment. and Sir
Harry vane, Sidney and Henry Mar
ten are urging the immediate pass
age Of the bill SO hateful to the
whole nation.
Then Cromwell reused himself
like an angry lion. His passion at
this ~perfidious conduct leaped into
fame, he shouted to Lambert and his
own troop Of Ironsides. He gave me
the signal l understood, and We went
quickly to the Parliament house.
"But what them" asked Doctor
Verify, his face burning with the
Eager soul behind It.
II stood at the door watching him,
my men being In the lobby. He
went to his usual seat, but in a
very great and majestic manner. and
for q little while he listened to the
debate. Theh he beckoned Major
General Harrison and told him he
Judged It was high time. to dissolve
this Parliament And Harrison told
me this afternoon, that he advised
Cromwell to consider what he would
DO, for It was . work great and dan
gerous, and who. he asked, is sufh-
cient for it?' And Cromwell answer
Cd, The Servant Of the Lord, he, is
sulncient,' yet he sat down again.
looking Il me az he did so, and l look
"a back straight into his eyes that
/ and mine could be depended on.
SIN ) few minutes the question for
passing the bin was put, and the man
could be- restrained no longer. He
stood up. took on his hat, and looked
around tho House, and it quailed
under. his eyea, every man in it shift
ed On his seat and was uneasy. He
Vbeean to speak, and It was with q
Stonguo of name. He reproached
mem for their self-seeking and their
shypccrisy md oppression, and a. he
vent a.. there Wa the roar Of . Hon
~ his voice. and the members. being
~ M@ MI
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CHAPTER v,lI.-(continued.)


There was no use prolonging a
conversation so hopeless.
She was both angry and scornful,
and she sought out her mother and
found her resting in her own room.
7 get tired socn in the day, Jane
she said, II think it is the London air,
and the strange life, and the constant
fear OF some change. No n seems
to know what a day will bring forth.
Did you see Stephen"
Yes
1T can't be. ] suppose?"
You know it can't be, mother"
She was hurt at the question. 1t was
2 wrong to Cluny. and she said with
some temper, "it could not be under
any circumstances. The man is mean,
he has just threatened me. If | had
not been a woman / would have given
him hS threat back in his teeth. I
would rather be Cluny's wife, if Cluny
had a crown"
The next day Cymlin went to Jew
cry Hollse and reported on his return.
its forforn emptiness. There were
only two or three servants there, and
they had no idea when the family
would return.
About a week after Matilda's de-
parture Guny called early one even
Ing and asked Jane to go with him to
Mr.. Mnton's house in Petty France.
They saustered through st. James
park, and soon lost sight OF all hu.
manity. and were conscious only of
each others presence. So much s o
that they never noticed a figure
which emerged from behind q clump
Of shrubs. and stood looking at them.
Il was the Lord General. His face
was gEave, but not unhappy, and
when he saw Clury and Jane he
stood st1Q . moment, and then quietly
withdrew into the shadow he had
left. a smile was round his mouth,
and His afQs moved in words OF bless.
Ing a. he took another path to the
gate he wished, and there was q
feeling of pleasure yet in his heart
when he entered the sombre apart,