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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
Her FIRST RAILROAD RIDE.
Old Lady Follows Instructions of
Misehievous Boy and Makes
Trouble.

An old lady from Beaver county lately
took her first railroad trip, relates the
Kansas City Journal She noticed the
bell cord overhead and, turning to a boy,
she said: Sonny, what's that for?''
That. Marin. he said, with misehiev-
Gus twinkle in his eye, is to ring the bell
when you want something to eat"
Shortly afterward the old lady reached
her umbrella up to the cord and gave it
a vigorous pull. The whistle sounded,
the brakes were pulled on, the train be-
gan to slaeken its speed, windows were
thrown up. questions asked, and con
fusion reigned among the passengers
The old lady sat calmly through it all
little dreaming that she was the cause Of
the excitement. Presently the conductor
came running through the train and
asked: Who pulled the be1l?t' I did. =
replied the old lady, meekly. What do
you Want?' asked the conductor, impa-
tiently. Well. said the old lady. medi-
tatiyely, you may bring me some ham
sandwiches and cup of tea, if you will. 2
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NOTES FOR The sIexRooM
The Invalid Has Need That Those in
Charge Look After Smallest De
tails Conducive to Health.

Keep all medicine bottles out of the
room. or at least where the invalid can
not aee them.
Tea and coffee, where a patient is al
lowed to have them. Should always be
taken Immediately after they are made.
Food for the sick should be Of the best
quality, neatly and delicateIy prepared.
Every meal should be a surprise. and it is
good. plan to leave the patient alone
while eating, and never bring him more
than he will p00bahly want.
Of course, every one knows that plenty
OF ventilation is necessary, though there
should be no draughts of air directly
blowing on the patient.
Each individual disease should have
peculiar diet Of its own.
It is well not 10 heap much bedelotn-
ing over an invalid. Down cemfortab1es
are desirable, because they are so light,
and at the same time SO warm There
are not many things more annoying than
to lie under the weight of heavy blank
cts and eomforters. It is a good plan 10
wrap an old baby blanket or shawl
around the feet to keep them warm.
Another small blanket to lay against
the back will be appreciated
No food or drinks should be allowed TO
remain in the siclzroom. They should
be kept in an adjoining room oron the
outside of a window. carefully covered,
and where they may be kept perfectly
cool
Where one is Just recovering from q
long illness or is a chronic invalid. it is
often good plan, if permissible 10
move him from one bedroom to another,
week perhaps in one and then week
in another. This will give variety. Tor
an 3ngalid tires of seeing the same fur
nishings and bric-a-brac in the same
place day after day and week after week.
It has been suggested that an invalid or
patient who is convaleseing. and can
be moved, might sleep in one bedroom
and spend the daytime in an another.
Never tell horrffying stories or any
thing unpleasant to any invalid This
would seem like an unnecessary injunc-
ton. but it is a common s11ing done by
many Well-meaning. thoughtless people
Talk to the patient only about agreeable
cheerful or uplifting topics. Boston
Budget
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
AN OLD TIfdE RAILROAD.
The Old Portage Road in Pena-
syivania and Its Picturesque
Equipment.

tof some time prior TO 1890 travel
across Pennsylvania had been in canoes
and in river barges propelled by po4es
Or along the shores of rivers by horse
and foot and by intervening portages ON
Indian trails. connecting points on the
different rivers The Philadelphia
PIttseurg national pike was built upon
such q substantial basis that wherever
undlstuFbed one finds the gracefully
modelled arches of solid masonry almost
intact, after more than a century has
passed, The completion of the Old Port
age railroad by the state of Pennsylvania
IN 1884 put an end to the time honored
eoaeh and six with the many pictur-
esque and commodious inns and taverns
along the line of this broad macadamized
toll road, which with its substantial con-
stfuctIon was, in point of endurance. sec
ond only to the Roman military roads OF
Great Britain, says the Chicago Daily
News.
This Old Portage road was construct
ed from material brought from England.
The British government sent over ex-
perlenced engineers 30 instruct the
Americans in the running of the sta
tlonary steam engines used upon the in
cHned planes of the road in the Allie
gheny mountains. The railroads high
est point was about 100 feet above sea
level; being only 200 feet lower than the
neIghboring hill, which is the highest
point OF the Allegheny mountains in
pennsylvania. The road consisted of ten
planes. i've Of which were on either side
OF the mountain and intervening levels.
In 1885 the canal boats We're so construct
ed that they could be taken in sections
and hauled over the mountain on fat
cars, without disturbing their cargoes.
The rails were secured to stone sleepers
20 inches square, which were sunk in the
ground.
On the Old Portage road the best time
ftr the 40 miles between Hollidaysburg
and JohnstoWn as Il hours. Express
trains on the Pennsylvania railroad now
run a closely parallel distance over the
Allegheny mountains in trifie over one
hour. The passenger traffic on the road
ID those days was usually limited to one
car each way day, with capacity of 50
passengers.
IN 1854 the Pennsylvania Railroad
company bought the Portage road from
the state Of Pennsylvania Common ru-
NOR says that at this time the state 1egis-
iature was creased and that not a cent
OF the SAT COG, 600 which was to have been
paid for the road was ever received into
the treasury of Pennsylvania
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Say, now, honest, did you put that
chunk Of ice il the stove the day YOU
skipped out Iast2"
Sure Miket9 said the boy, as he ran
the shovel under the cat that was
sleeping by the stove, and tossed her
into a barrel of dried apples. What are
you doing with the map CT the seat Of
war;
"Oh, was only trying to figure out
the plan Of campaign. and find cut
where the japanese would so to when
they are licked, said the old man.
This thing is worrying me. I want
to see Russia win, and I think our
government ought TO send them all the
embalmed beef We had left from the
war with Spain. but if We did you
monkey japanese would capture it,
and have a military funeral over it,
and go On eating fish and rice. When
this country was in trouble, IN 1864,
the Russians sent feet of warships
To New York and notified all Europe
to stand back and look pleasant, and,
by the great horn spoons, 7 am going
TO stand by Russia or bust. ! would
like to be over there at Port Arthur
and witness an explosion of a torpedo
under something. Egad, but l glory in
the smell OF gunpowder. Now, say,
here is Port Arthur, by this barrel Of
dried apples, and there is Mushapata,
bY the az handle barrel, see2'
well, YOU and 7 are lust alike, said
the boy Let's have a sham battle,
right here in the grocery. Get down
that can Of powder
+" faint against the law, is it?'' said
the old man as he handed down tin
canister Of powder. 4 want excite
ment, and valuable information, but I
DON'T want to unduly excite the neigh
l,ors."
"Oh, don't worry about the neigh
hcrs,n said the boy, as he poured q
little powder under the barrel Of dried
apples. Now, as you say, this is Port
arthur. This chest Of Oolong tea rep
resents a japanese cruiser outside the
harbor. This box of Goldfish represents
a Russian fort, see? and the stove rep
resents a Russian cruiser This barrel
of ak handles is the Russian army, en-
t1enched behind the bag of coffee.
Now, we put little powder under all
Of them, and lay a train from one to
the other, and now you get out a few
of those giant frecraekers you had left
over from last Fourth of July, and a
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Baked White Fish

Clean fish, bone, sprinkle with half
teaspoonful salt inside, stun and sew.
Shape with skeWers. Place on creased
fish sheet in dripping pan. Sprinkle
with Tablespoonful salt aud dash Of
pepper and brush over with melted
butter; dredge with flour. For dress
ing use cup cracker. crumbs. ene-quar-
ter teasp9onful salt. one-eighth spoon
pepper. Serve with olive sauce made
Of two tablespoons butter, three table.
spoons -four. one and one-half cups
water, one tablespoon lemon juice, a
dash Of salt and pepper, few drops
kitchen bouquet, ten olives. diced or
grated. Melt butter. add -four and
seasoning and lemon juice, then water.
Stir until thickened ana add olives.
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Roman candle. and we can illustrate
tie whole business so Alexoyitch and
Ito would take to the woods .
The boy lit the Roman candle. got
behind a barrel Of potatoes and
turned the suffering Roman candle
Oh the giant freeracker under the
stove, and when he saw the fuse Of
the firecraeker was lighted, he turned
tie torch on the powder under the bar
rel of dried apples and in a second
everything went kiting; the barrsI Of
dried apples with the cat in it went
up to the ceiling. the stove was blown
over the counter the cheese box and
the old groeerynlan went with q crash
Id the back end Of the store, the front
windows blew out on the sidewalk, the
store was full Of smoke. the Old man
rushed out the back door with his
vhiskers singed and yelled Fire. =
while the had boy fell out the front
door with his eye winkers gone. and
his hair singed. the eat got cut with no
hair to hrag Of, and before they could
breathe twice the nre department
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said he wanted to go fishing and get
tanned up, SO we hired a boat and
[ rowed while dad f1shed I asst him
e by he didn't try that new prescFip-
lion to raise hair on his bald head that
I read of in a magazine, to go bare
headed in the sun. He asst me if any
body ever raised any hair on bald
head that way, and | told him about
Mr.. Rockefeller, who had only one
hair on his head, and he played golf
Bareheaded and In two weeks had to
have his hair cut with a lawn mower,
cause it made his brain ache. Dad
said if Rockefeller could raise hair by
the sunshine method he could, and he
threw his straw hat overheard, and
began to fish in the sun for fish and
hair. Well, you'd a dide to see dads
head after the blisters began to raise
First, he thought the blisters was hair,
Int when we got back to the hotel and
Le looked in a glass, he see it wasn't
lair worth a cent. His head and face
looked like one of these hippopota-
muses., and dad was mad. II / could
have got dad in a side show | could
have made a barrel Of money. but he
won't never make a show of hisself,
not even to make money, he is so
proud There is more proud flesh on
dad than there is on any man | ever
nnsed Well, dad asst me what was
good for bIisters, and I told him lime
juice was the best thing, SO he sent
ne to get some lines. They are a.
little sour thing, like a lemon and
told him to cut one in two and soak
the juice on his head and face, and
went to supper, cause dad looked so
disreputab1e he wouldn't go to the
dining room. When / bought the
lines the man gave me a green per-
slmmon, and of course dad got the
persimmon instead Of the lime, and
when I came back to our room after
supper dad was in bed. yelling for a
doctor. Say, YOU know how a persim-
mon Fuckers your mouth up when you
eat it, Well, dad had just sopped
himself with persimmon juice and
his head was puckeTed up Ike the hide
cf an elephant and his face and
cheeks were drawn around sideways,
and wrinkled SO I was scarf I gave
him mirror to lock at hisself. and
when he got one look he said: Hen
nery, it is all over with your dad, you
might Just as well call IN a lawyer to
take my measure for a will, and an
undertaken te FL me with stuff so I
Will keep till they get ne home by e1-
Jress, with handles On. What was that
Eoa called that fruit I sopped my head
WITH and he groaned like he was at
a revival. Well, I told him he had
used the persfmmen instead of the
lime juice l told him 10, and thai J
would cure him, 50 got a cake Of
dog soap and laundered dad. and put
On stuff to take the swelling out, and
the next day he began to notice things
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15

TIE PICTURE OF Show that there
s SOLID COMFORT. was something IN
He came to some of US one day AMI
with an air Of great secrecy asked if We
believed in spiritualism- we immedi-
atelF assured him that We did. Then,
one BIZ one. he drew of and proposed
that We form small circle. as he
called it, and there converse with the in
habitants of the spirit world that he
claimed to be able TO eonjure up. We
entered into the spirit Of the thing with
"a whole heap of zest and assured the old
gentleman that we were ready to begin
al once.
We rented q room At the hotel. and
that night we held our first meeting.
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ean4e catering up 70 q hyarant anu
soon turned the hose inside the gro
Gerry. There was not very much IRE.
and after tipping over every barrel
ana box that had not been blown sky
hugh the fremen gave one last look at
the inside Of the grocery, one last
squirt at the burned and singed cat,
that had crawIed into q bag OF clnna-
| mon on the top shelf. and they went
away, leaving the doors and windows
open; the crowd dispersed, and the
EaG boy went in the front door. peered
! around under the counter, pulled the
| cork out CT bottle Of olive oil and be-
| gan to anoint himself where he had
been seorched. Hearing a shutting, as
of arctic overshoes filled with water, IN
| the back shed, and a still small voice,
saying, Well, I'll be condemned, he
| locked up and saw the red face of the
Ole groeeryman peeking in the back
door
Come in, Alexandroviski, and rub
some of this sweet oil on your coun-
tenance, and put some kerosene on
your head, where the hair was. Gee!
bet you are a sight. Don you go out
anywhere and let horse see you, or
BE will run away
stHaye all the forts and war ships
come down YETI" said the cid man,
looking up toward the ceiling, holding
up his elbow to ward off any possible
descending barrel or stove lid. Il now
~ !, - g 70
mark that war is hell. Gosh! how it
sfnarts where the skin is burnt OFT
Give me some OF that salad OIL and
tie old man sopped The oil on MS lace
ana head, and the boy rubbed his lips
and ears, and they looked at each
other, and tried to smile two cracked,
and wrink1ed and scorched smiles,
across the counter at each other
Now, you little japanese monkey, /
hope you are satisfied, after you have
wrecked my store and fitted me fer
The hospital, and I want you to get out
of here, and never come back.
Say, you are unreasonable. Do
you think l win go off and leave you
to die here under the counter of blood
poisoning, like a dog that has eaten
a loaded sausage? Never! I am going
to nurse you through this thing, and
bring you out as good as new. l know
how you feel towards me. Dad felt
the same way towards me, down in
Florida, tee time he got skun. You
Old people don't seem to appreciate a
boy that tries to teach you useful mol
lie.''
What about your dad getting sEun
il Florida? I never heard about it, 2
said the cid groceryman, as he took a
hand mirror and looked at his burned
face.
Why, that was when we first got
down there" said the boy. looking at
the old man and laughing. Gee! but
you would make a boy laugh if his lips
were chapped You look like a creased
pig at barbecue. Well, when we
struck Florida, and dad got SO he
could assimilate high balls, and eat
oranges off the trees, like a giraf, he
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"A
DEAR FRIEND. ed that We hold an
spirit would tell US something OF him
self. That night we met. But we pre-
Eiously bored a hole through the wall
and put q piece of garden hose through.
At each end of the hose we placed a
funnel, and at the end of it in another
room we stationed one Of our men. We
had little grudge against the news
paper correspondent of the town, and
we told him that we were having an in
teresting time at our spiritualisJlc meet
ings and invited him to join that night
He grabbed at the chance and was bad
" excited when we got to the room,
That day one Of the boys had borrowed
a skeleton from a doctor and carried It
to an old straw stack about a mile from
town and buried it in an old pine box.
We held the circle and soon got the
spirit on the line. All OF us asked qaes-
tons in a rather loud voice. and which
were easily overheard by our man in the
next room. He Immediately answered
through the garden hose telephone ant
his voice sounded so unearthlg that Il
made little chills run up and down olr
backs The spirit told Us h had been
murdered years before and his body
buried in the old straw stack. It said it
recognized old man Brown as a former
very dear friend, but knew none of the
others. Well, sir, old Brown was just
hopping. He wanted to hike out right
away for the old straw stack, and the
newspaper correspondent was just as
bad. We got 9 lot Of lanterns and
started. We took the worst road We
could find. and by tine time We got there
all were pretty muddy. Then We found
that we had left town without spade to
dig with The correspondent walked
that long muddy mile back to town for
the spade, and he certainly made rec
ord time When he at last reappeared
we voted to let him do the digging. He
dug over the whole territory before he
at last located the skeleton. Dragging
it out, he looked at the innocent old
thing and says. Boys. I've got a beat
Don't say a word. we shouIdered that
old skeleton and waded back to town.
It was placed in the window of an IN
dertaker's shop. and people came from
ali over the country to see the remains
of the victim of horrible murder. The
papers from one end Of the country to
the other were full of it.
we let it run along about q week,
and then let Up. was sending out a
little stuff To newspapers once II awhile
myself, and wrote. up the hoax. And
all the papers printed that. None Of
the papers reached here then except
what I received. and kept them hid
den so old man Brown would not sec
them We we're wondering how to pur
him on. when one of the boys saw him
coming up the street Grasping that
little gutta-percha skeleton. he walked
down. the street swinging it between his
fingers. The old man saw il, and turned
white. He came tip to where we were
and ! handed him paper with the
whole thing in it. He read the article
through. and then turned around and
looked at each of US individually and
collectively. He walked away. and
never spoke to one of US again.
Where is he now? Down in the
Lexington asylum, where he ought to
have been long time before. kansas
City Star.
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Demand for Machines.

Because Of the enlistment of large
numbers of japanese worlingmen IN
the armies operating in Manchuria
many women are forced to sustain
themselves by means of industrial
work in their homes. This has created
a large demand for the lighter kind Of
machines which produce salable com
modities and can be manipulated by
women. Sewing machines, knitting
machines and hand looms are reported
to be in great demand.
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there and nothing THAN YOU,
was doing. Then KIND SPIRIT"
one of the boys lifted up his voice and
asked Mr.. Brown by what sign would
the spirit manifest itself if by chance
one did happen to come il to get look
af #us. The old man answered that the
spirit would give q loud rap % the
table to signify that II was with U.s.
Tnen. If we desired to ask questions,
# would answer YES or no by means Of
raps. One rap signifed no and two
raps said yes. Well. it was not very
long till a rap was heard. Mr. Brown
said. Thank you, kind spirit, and
averv fellow followed suit. Then an in
ferssting conversation took place. Old
man Brown asked many questions as 90
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Best Position for Sleep.

According to DR.. Fischer, of Berlin,
the most effective position Of sleep for
obtaining intellectual rest is to keen
the head low and the feet slightly ele.
waited. Failing this the body should
at any rate. be horizontal. SO as to ir-
rigate the brain well. The habit OF
sleeping with head low and feet high,
is, according to the doctor, a remedy
for brain troubles and some interna!
maladies. It can be adopted grad.
uaIly.
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Tf,a s,lv
- lossi11gi the rain wa sets
ea u, ms Lady their
ii aYa Ter - s'l=ll
aboard sa 8sss safely
weather z,s3. much seasiekt II spite Of the
A. : lsf erarflIsed quarters: they,a foaa
g. thlngs We're lovely Wien so,,aal-
-Aefe rushed from the galley = rahh,a
TIE
b iitfaa,5slpliea-yes, like a warren of rab-
grain Numbered the pantry. desoured the
t,s M Ners their simply unspeakabIe
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..Dare-Devil Train !,

One Of the big railroad companies
in the west is testing its tracks by
sending a dare devil train over its
lines. This train is run by a crew
which has instructions to turn the
wheels as fast as steam and power
will permit the idea being to find
any weak spots that may exist This
may be an effective way of discovering
defects. but what is likely to happen to
the train and crew in smash-up2
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IA Old AS11o "
called Il 5 to order
and had US sing d
little. and then
ranged us around
the table with the
little fingers of
each hand barely
touching. Then the.
room was dark
ened and the fun
was ready to be-
gin. For a long
half hour we sat
-
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A SPIRITED
IOAX

HE old colonel was sitting with his
n legs spread out in front of the fire.
8 ana with carpet slippers on his feet was
the picture of solid comfort.
HoWdy, son.. he said. Il was just
thanking OF the time in the latter SOS
when ! was a member Of club that had
l oeen organized here shortly before and
4 known as The Knockers. 40 matter
what came up we always Knocked it,.
Every man had a little hammer.
We had great deal Of fun out Of our
cub and had many peculiar experiences.