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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
BEES IN A FARMERS HousE
Rafters Are Filled with Honey and
Family or the Bees Must
Move.

Thomas ShilIington. a Wright. county
farmer, living near Dayton, partly
shares his house with a lot Of honey
bees that have constructed their hive
and home in the rafters. The bees have
now been living in this part of the
building for six or seven years and have
laid up an immense amount of honey.
Mr.. shi1lington Is afraid to go after this
storehouse Of sweetness for fear OF
being stnng to death. The bees, having
filed the upper part of the building near
the rafters with honey, have COM
meneed to work under the caves, and
perfect coating of honeycomb IS now
visible on the outside. Mr.. Shillington
desires that some one come to him
with an offer to remove bees, honey and
honeycomb for the honey. He does not
want to tear down or mutilate or de-
stroy his home, and is thinking of NOV
ing-E1dora Ga.1 special IN n. 7.
World
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
NOT SUCH A FUNNY TRICK.
Drummer's Joke on Waiter Turned
Out Costly One On
Himself.

az suppose there comes to every man .
desire 10 do something smart on an oc-
oaa4on,R said the drummer, as . sigh took
the place of his smile, according to the
New York Times.
Well, such q desire came to me as
was. leaving a certain southern city after
a week stay. The waiter at my table
had called me tGineraP and been at great
pans to care for me and / made ZIP my
mind to reward him with S. bill. 1t was
counterfeit with which I had been stuck,
but I thought it would be the biggest kind
of a Joke to work off on Bob.
Il had got hundred miles away when
I vas arrested on telegram for passing
counterfeit money, and when t taken back
I was arraigned in United States court
and had to give bail and appear on three
different occasions. I had lawyer and
other expenses, lost a good three weeks
altogether and Just escaped prison by the
skin of my teeth. In addition to this
had to make good to the waiter, who sor,
rowf1lly shook his head when he received
the money and saia:
TIE sorry for you, Gineral, but dis may
be de means of savin' your contemplate
soul from the gallus.,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
BURRs IN THE WOOL.
This Is the Time of Year to Get Rid
Of the Sticky Things and
Increase Profits.

The selling price of wool in Indiana
is Very seriously affected by the pres
ence Of burrs Light, bury wool is cut
from one to three cents a pound, while
hard, bury wool is oftentimes cut
more than one-half in price The sheep
gather these hurrs in the fall. Burrs
are now setting on, and the first frost
will cause them to dislodge easily from
the stem and attach themselves to the
wool
At slight expense of labor consid-
cradle Improvement in the quality of
wool may be made by Kidding the pas
ture of burrs Careful going over the
pasture once or twice, and then keep
ing up the watch in passing among the
sheep, VIII tend entirely to rid the
field Of burrs. Burrs make a puny
growth in thick pasture sod. #
sheep are kept in the field they will
eat the young burr plants. They will
finally rid the field of burrs, If a new
supply IS not constantly reseeding the
field, for they carry the matured seed
away IN the wool and kill many young
plants and prevent others from making
q healthy growth. Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
FOOLS SET TING HENS.
Minnesota Man Thinks He Has Sure
Method Of Breaking the In
cubating Habit.

Timothy Xarney, who lives three miles
cast OF lie Sueur and keeps about 200
hens. has been greatly troubled, as have
most people who keep hens, by the per-
sistent desire manifested by the fowls
to set in season and out, on eggs, stones
or doorknobs or anything else that comes
handy, says the st. Paul Pioneer Press:
but he has got hold of plan now which
he has quietly tried this season with per-
feet success, and which he warrants will
cure the worst light brahma eluck that
ever vexed the heart of man of all de-
sire to sit, and all in less than three
hours.
The cure consists of a cheap watch,
with loud and clear tick to it, inc1osed
ii case that is white and shaped like
an egg. When a hen manifests de-
sire to set out of season he gently places
this bogus egg under her sheltering
| breast and the egg does the rest. It ticks
eheerfu1ly away, and soon the hen be-
gins to show signs of uneasiness and
stirs the noisy egg around with her bill,
| thinking. perhaps. that it is already time
| for it to hatch. and there is chicken IN
| it wanting to get out. She grows more
and more nervous as the noise keeps up,
and soon jumps off the nest and runs
around awhile to cool off, but returns
again to her self-imposed duty. It gets
worse and worse with her, and she wig
giles about and caekles, rufdes her feath-
ers and looks wild, until at last, with a
frenzied squawk, she abandons the nest
for good and all. That incubating fever
is broken up completely.
Mr. Varney finds use for half dozen
Of these noisy eggs. and claims that they
pay for their cost over and over during
the year by keeping the hens at the bust
ness of laying and not permitting them
to waste the golden hours in useless IL
cabating.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
THE POWER or KINDNESS.
BaIky Hsrse Conquered by a Woman
and It's Driver Taught
Wholesome Lesson.

An elderly lady tells a story in Our
Dumb Animals that will be very inter-
esting for YOU boys and girls to read.
because most of you love animals and
hate to see them ill-treated.
Says this lady: We were going from
a to S. one daf. My nephew. a lad Of
Il, was driving; beside him was grand
child. and before, q pair of favorite
horses. We came round sharp turn in
found a. quadruped and biped. The
former was a noble-looking horse, the
latter an unmistakabIe brute. The
horse was harnessed to farm wagon,
containing perhaps half ton: the man
was beating him and shouting loud
enough to be heard mile away. / told
Eddie to stop. and I said TO the man.
Please don't whip that horse any more
He answered churlishly that he thought
he knew his own business. thought he
| did not, but kept it to myself. kept
talking to him pleasantly, as wished to
gain time for the painting horse After
a few minutes, said: You think, prob
~
manage a balky horse, but have been
accustomed to ride and drive ever since
| was Il years of age. If you'll allow
me, would like 10 try your horse, and
| if fail with him. | will help you up
the hill with my team. He looked an
Inoyed. but after little hesitation said:
All right. you can try I stepped from
my carriage and went at once to his
horses head, which loosed from the
vile check. He dropped his head, and,
as if he knew ] was his friend, he turned
his face toward me for a good look. |
patted him on the neck and face for a
minute. and we soon were on the best
of terms. Soon mounted the wagon,
and indicated my wish By slightly pull
ing one rein, and saying: Come He
started promptly, and went straight up
the hill TO the top. when stopped him.
His owner followed. 70 his credit be
it said, he removed his hat. helped me
from the wagon, and said: / thank you;
you have taught me a lesson.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
"A DOCS WISDOM.
story of How Nero obeyed His Mas
ter at the Sacrifice Of
d Shirt.

Stories Of dogs are so plentiful that
ane more or less doesa't seem to make
much difference, and yet the cumulative
eYidence OF canine reasoning power is
piIlng up high.
Nero was U st. Bernard owned BY a
man in Virginia. One day while in the
yard cleaning his gun the master told
Nero to go in the house and bring him
rag. Nero bounded off, and was OBJ
served by d woman to be searching for
something. Interested in his motions,
sfte watched him. After looking every
\ mere in the room he went to the closet,
and finding on the fool, his master S
shirt. shifted at it, took it up, hesitated
4 moment, then evidently satisfied that
Was not a rag laid it down and
~snt. back empty-mouthed. His mas
reproyed him sharply and said:
.sIsa now and bring me ragsD
running slowly. the puzzled dog went
4.|a the house again. still watched by
I. 49, WON an who had heard the order.
u went To the closet, picked UP the
s5,irt in his mouth and started to go out,
mon evidently reasoning that Whole
garment could not properly be called
80 rag, be placed his foot on the por-
I'm that trailed on the floor and DELHI
ssafely tore out a piece, with which he
,eturned tr5umphantly TO his master
lnfcago Reeord-Herald
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
,IszEIIEIzE. IS
Glsa 80 -
CHICKS FROM EGG SHELLS.
You Car Create Lots OF Surprise and
Amusement by Making Flock
of These Birds.

A well known proVerb says that you
cannot eat your cake and have it too. It
- equally true that you cannot eat your
eggs and hatch them too. but you can
eat them in the form of sponge cake and
convert the empty shells into very life
Like chicks or little birds.
The shells need not be blown out, says
the Chicago Inter< Ocean, but may be
enptied easily through fairly large holes
ct both ends. Plug the hole at the small
end with Jump of putty. dough. or fresh
bread, sell squeezed, making the project
lng part ofthe lump larger than the hole
4 and round to represent the head OF the
chick. A sharp pointed wooden peg i'm
oedded in the soft mass, with the point
outward, forms the bill, and two beads
OF taeks serve for eyes. The tail is 9
bunch Of feathers glued around the hole
T IN the large end Of the shell, and con-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
Fruit for Horses and Cows.

We are asked if it pays to feed fruit
to farm animals. Does it pay for you
ane your family to eat apples and 9th
aer fruits? If It does. It will pay to
feed fruits to your horses, cows. etc.
Our horses and cows are crazy for ap-
pies, and as we always give them some
fruit they always have an expeetant
look wheu We come near them. TN
feeding afp1es to cows they should be
spaded in half to avoid choking) True
pound of apples will not neurish a
horse as Will a pound of oats. but this
~ 40 reason why fruits may not be
helpful to animals. It is said that no
gems car exist in the stomach while
fruit acids are present. Yes, feed your
animals fcuits. but not i'll excess, and
do not fred green fruits. since you
would noz eat them elf-Mfdland
Farmer
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
KEEP STEERS COMFORTABLE
Esa the Stock Raiser May Increase
His Profits Materially Dur
ing Winter Months.

At q Wisconsin convention a cattle
feeder said: you must. keep a steer
comfortable. One time I had my
steers weighed in, and one had gained
only ten pounds during the month,
while the others had gained from so
to so pounds. each. I thought of course
the boys who had weighed them had
made a mistake. The second month
that steer gained only Is pounds. while
the others had gained so pounds. I
examined that steer and found he
stood where the floor had worn down
and that he had stood on his toes, and
his legs had become sore. took him
out Of that place and put him in a box
stall. and he gained 80 pounds a month
for the next three months At another
time I let the steers out for the winter
and they ran hard, and one steer hit
and cracked his horn. He gained only
Is pounds the next month. The rest
gained 80 pounds each"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
Found at Last.

Hensley, Ark, Dec. 26th.-(speeia11-
That sure cure for Backache would be a
priceless boon TO the people, and especially
the women of America, is admitted by all
interested in medical matters, and Mrs. Sue
Williams Of this place is certain she has
found in Dodd's Kidney Pills the long
looked-for cure
81 am IS years DID, Mrs. Williams says,
ssaad have suffered with the Backache very
much for three or four years. I have been
treated by good physicians and got no relief,
but thanks TO God, hive found a cure at
last and it is Dodd.s Kidney Pills. have
taken only one box and it has done me more
good than all the doctors in three or four
years. I want all sufferers from Backache
to know that they can get Dodd's Kidney
Pills and get well.
Kidney Disease. Guard against Bright's
Disease or Rheumatism by curing it with
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
JUST LIKE PRISON ROUTINE.
Boastful Traveller Brought to q Pause
by a Very Embarrassing
Question.

The scene was a third-elass smoking
compartment, FIVE on side. The speaker
was stout, ford, with shortcut gray hair,
and was very self-satisfed. The efem-
mate degeneracy of modern young men
was his theme, relates London TiteBits.
Look at mel Sixty years of age-never
had a days illness in my life, and can do
my four miles an hour Why? Because
from when I was 20 to when / was over
40 lived a regular life. No delieaeies
for me! No late hours! Every day, sum
mer and winter, I went to bed at nine,
got up at FIVE, lived principally on por-
ridge, worked hard-hard, mind you, from
eight to one, then dinner, then an hours
Beg your pare. n, guy nor, interrupted
a young working man sitting opposite,
but Mot was YOU in for!2
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14

ceaIing II. the legs ere match sticks, fas-
tened to the shell with sealing wax.
This is ali that is strictly necessary,
4 but you can paint OF draw the wings Il
4 you choose. or cover the whole body with
down or fine wool, fastened On with glue.
For newly Matched chick no tail IS
needed There should be only one hole
III the shell, which should be entirely
covered with soft down.
So far so good, but your bird or chick
lis lifeiess and helpless thing and can
not even stand up. You can make 1t very
much more Iifelike and interesting in
the following way: Bend one end OF a
short piece of fine wire into a ring, at
right angles to the rest of the wire, and
make a hook on the other end. Now fas-
ten the ring with sealing wax to the IN
der side Of tile bird just behind the legs
Put a cork. little block of wood or
some ether small weight in the hook and
perch birdie on your forefnger. bending
the wire to make him balance perfectly
New you can set him rocking forward
and backward, and he will not fall of
i his perch.
You can create a good deal Of surprise
and amusement by making flock OF
these little birds and perehing them on
A the trees, the potted palms, and the rub
Der plant. so that the weights are hid
& den by the leaves, or by setting row Of
them swinging on the edge of an upright
card, with the weights hanging behind
unseen. II your birds are chicks, they
will look all the funnier in such posi-
tons, for chickens, as you know, do not
troost' until they have good sized tails
and wings
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14

the feat, and the time for your trick has
come.
Fill a. tumb1er with water and COM
pleteIy cover the top with a stout sheet
OF writing paper. BY pressing the paper
firmly against the top Of the glass you
may safely turn the whole thing up
side down, !, on inyert it. Rest it on a
table, and the top Of the table will press
the paper so firmly against the edges
of the glass that not q drop Of water
will come out.
Now you carefully withdraw the pa
per, as shown in the picture, and tbs
water is still kept ia the glass, this time
by the table top alone. When anyone
tries to lift the glass the water will at
once come out and you have made good
your statement at the expense Of all
those who claimed the ability to lift the
glass.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
A SOD CHICKEN HOUSE.
How Good Shelter MAY Be Pro
vided at a Very Small
Expense.

Those living where alkaH grass
abouuds, will find poultry house made
rom the sod much cheaper and better
Than frame building. II the walls are
laid from two to three feet thick and a
good roof added, 1t will stand from II
% Is years before beginning to crumble,
and many more before becoming useless.
It is well when laying up the sod to
place pieces Of 2x4s into the walls, as
shown in the cut, to which to attach the
roosts. Make the ends come even with
the inner side Of the wall. SO they can be
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
OUTLINE OF SOD CHICKEN HOUSE


plastered over and leave no hiding place
for vermin. Do not plaster until the
walls have settled. or the plaster will
crack and fall of.
One house Of this description which
has given entire satisfaction for several
years, is built 14x20 feet, with three-foot
walls. Walls Of this thickness seldom
settle crooked, while narrower ones
often lean so much as to make propping
necessary. The house has four win
dows with frames set within one foot OF
the outer edge. This leaves space enough
to set busting pan. The walls are
plastered and the hard dirt floor Gov
cred with gravel, so 1t is easily kept
clean. Buffalo sod can be utilized for
the same purpose, but will not stand so
long, the sod lacking the long tough
roots which are SO characteristic Of the
alkaIi grass.-Farm and Home.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
The Use ofLine.

Lime, ef itself. is not fertilizer. :"
1t unloeEs other elements combined IN
the soil, enabling The plants to absorb
more of them; but. when that is done.
the soil is poorer by the amount of
plant-fo7d unlocked. and the need OF
fertilizer is greater than ever. This is
sbook-farming," true enough. but it
is tbs sort that is well to knoW.-Mid-
land Farmer
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14

a creep or opening large enough for
the lamb, but not too large for a ma
ture sheep. The feed for the lambs
must be placed in a trough covered to
keep out rain If in an open lot ane
to prevent the lambs. getting into il
and soiling the feed. The illustration
shows a cheap covered. trough which
can be constructed any desired length.
It Is made Of inch boards. Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
A Cropfor Every Soil.

Some crop is adapted TO almost every
condition of soil On the great SEMI
arid plains of the west, sage brush and
cactus grow luxuriantly. The world is
explored for useful plants that will have
the Characteristic of the plants men
toned as to ability to grow in arid
places, but have at the same time some
economic value. Considerable success
has already been obtained.-Farmers
Review.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
A PARTY TRICK.
Easy Way IN Which You Can Trap
Your Boastful and Rash
Acquaintance.

Here is very simple way to quen a
boaster or anyone who is showing OF, 7
as some youngsters are prone to do
when a party of several are together.
says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
You start the thing going by declaring
that you do not believe any Of those
present can lift a glass full of water and
carry it five feet in five seconds without
splitting most Of it. OF course several
will at once claim the ability to perform
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
Earned Living from Ace of Two.

Mr. Lewiston, a San Francisco at
t.rney. is perhaps the only person liy-
s;aa who earned his own living from
10 tender age Of TWO years. and that
d course. was with help, When he
,.sas but two years old George Lewis
an an manned out about $1,000 worth OF
rold in q California stream, with his
ss4her holding one side Of the pan. As
! s has been estimated that the cost OF
s.sring a boy is $1,000, it is safe to
- that Mr.. Lewiston was self-sup-
.ssrting from the age Of two yeara.-
newer Republican.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
Plaster for the Chickens

Feathers contain good deal of sui
phur and the quilts PHOSPHORUS and
line. Sulphur is found in lime and #
is 30. a bad thing to take those old
bits 81 piastering that you knocked OF
the esssk kitchen last year and put
theu where the chickens can get
thesa.-Znland Poultry Journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
Perfectly Satisfied.

crack Boat Builder-Ah! How de do.
a. RieHman? How did that roWboat
zsr,a6le You last simmer suit?
Ir. Riehman
.aAh! I'm glad TO hear it always
IKE to give satisfaction. Suited per
fsetly, ela.
s..5se al. Summer, and every scalawag
5,.ri,o tried to steal it got upset Or
srayred. ~. Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
Gaining the Captains Ear.

Captain-Well, what do you want:
Tramp-Gaptain. believe ne, I'm Nc
ordinary beggar. was at the front.
Captain with interest Really
Tram p-Yes, sir; but couldn't make
anybody hear. so / came round to ths
back TTit-Bits.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
Too Much to Expect.

sssee here, landlord, must / sit here for
ever before | get the hall chicken that |
have ordereds"
..Oh, no.. sir. I'm only waiting till
Of course, I can't kill half a ehiclen!''-
Ehegende Blaetter.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
TO HASTEN GROWTH.
Lambs Should Be Provided with a
Little Feed Besides the
Mothers Milk.

To hasten growth lambs must have
bran, oats and maybe very little corn
in addition to their mothers milk. This
extra feed may be given in a small pen
or room adjacent to the general feed
lot, and connected with It by means Of
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14

If a man shows genius in killing and
manning thousands Of his fellow creatures
adulation, but leave those who by patient,
unselfish toll with 1neager remuneration
bring benefits to all mankind to plod on,
unrecognized and Observation-Disclosures
ENQUIRER
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14

The hen patiently sets only through
the overpowering pressure of a mysterious
creative impulse that masters her restless
impulses to be outside scratching and eack.
ling instead Of working for posterity.-
Boston Herald
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
TIE TEN PARAs.

nemorate the coronation OF King Peter,
while those Of 5, 10. Is, rs and 50 paras
bear portraits of the king and his grand
father, Karageorge- The three and i've
dinars. the highest values. are identical
in design with the one dinar.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14

There is a wide difference between the
voting machine and machine voting. The
one resembles, mechanically, a cash regis
ter, indicating money received; the ether
often registers cash disbursed-a vital dis
tinction.-Y outh's Companion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
Further Explanation Needed,

Possible Purchaser-What is the title
of this painting?
Artist-That is "a Ship in a Storm,
Would-h 'm-would you mind telling me
which is the ship and which is the Storm"
Chicago Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
Real Acting.

Old Friends your part very difficult
Barnstormer-Well. rather. I'm living
on one meal a day and playing the role
Of man with the gout.-Detroit Free
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
Enough for Her.

Myra-But am told your fanee has no
education
sign checks for at least half a million
Chicago Daily News. 49,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Your druggist viii refund money II PAzo
OINTMENT fails to cure in to Il days. 50c-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-14

It is Partisan doctor who insists that
love is the result of q mierobe. Then let
science take warning and leave the ten
der germ undisturbed. Cleveland Plain
Dealer