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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22

So ne set himself to find ont If tnefs
was anyone in BALKAN who seemed to
be prospecting exceedingly without do
ing much work. Finally he became sus-
pieious of Hifst, who, though he posed
as a private detective, didn't appear to
have many clients. and yet lived OF the
fat Of the land. So he got in touch with
Hirst's landlord and eventually got per-
mission to visit the detectives rooms.
In the fireplace he discovered a torn
checkbook which had formed a part of
the proceeds of recent burglary. Then
he arrested Hirst and made more care
full search OF his. establishment, when
articles of jeWelry and other valuab1es
were found relating to II cases of theft.
Not the least remarkable thing about
Hirst's case was the plea on which,
after his conviction, the gentleman
burglar" asked not to be sentenced to
penal serVltude. Through his counsel
he issued written petition to the judge
IN which, after stating that his relatives
were highly respectable and that he had
received a good education. he said: L
have during my remand seen enough OF
the ordinary prisoners to see what they
are like. and | can assure you that it
IS my earnest desire not to associate
with such class of people. pray you
not to send me to prison to mix with
such an ordinary class of criminals. =
But aestheticism didn t appeal to the
Judge, who gave Hirst the maximum
sentence
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tendants had gone to the repair shop
near by, he leaped into the cab and
pulled the throttle wide open. Both en-
gineer and fireman heard the iron steed
as the wheels raced around and rushed
to capture it, but suddenly getting a
firm hold on the rails, the locomotive
darted forward into the darkness.
Seeing wild engine running at break
neck speed, Of which he had not been
notified, Jake Olson, toWerman at
Eighty-third street, scrambled from his
tower and telephoned to the South Chi
cago police, who in turn notified the
Woodlawn station. Patrol wagons from
both stations were sent out and officers
from the Woodlawn station soon sight
ed the rushing machine as it neared
Seventy first street and Jackson Park
avenue at Parkside. The big engine
slowed down, a man sprang from the
cab and disappeared in the darkness.
while the engine. which had been re-
Eersed, soon left the policemen stand
ing alone on the tracks
At Ninety-third street the wild en-
CINE crashed into another switch en-
CINE standing on siding ready to be-
gin the work of moving the heavy meat
trains to the stock yards. The engineer
and fireman of the dead locomotive
were approaching it when the collision
occurred and escaped injury from the
flying debris.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
CHILDREN AFFECTED
By Mothers Food and Drink.

Many babies have been launched
into life with constitutions weakened
by disease taken in with their moth
er's milk. Mothers cannot be too care.
Iul as TO the food they use while nurs-
ing TIER babes. The experience of a
Kansas City mother is a case in point:
was q great coffee drinker from a
enid, and thought I could not eat a
meal without it. But t found at last
IL was doing me harm. For years ]
haa been troubled with dizziness. snofs
before my eyes and pain in my heart,
g which was added, two years ago. "a
chrome sour stomach. The baby was
oofh months ago, and almost from
Inc beginning, it, too. suffered from
sour stomach. She was taking it from
mel
N my distress consulted a friend
OF more experience than mine and che
told me to quit coffee, that coffee did
nor make good milk, have since aseer-
tanned that it really dries up the milk.
30, ! quit coffee, and tried tea and
a. lase cocoa. But they did DOT agree
with me. Then turned to Postum COT
lee with the happiest results II
o. to be the very thing t needed,
- nor only agreed perfectly with baby
ana myself, but it increased the flow
" my MIX. Ny husband then quit
conee and used Postum, quickly got
vel OF the dyspepsia with which he
aae been troubled. / no longer SUI
Ter from the dizziness, blind speIlg.
pan pan N my heart or sour stomach.
Postum has cured them.
nov soM We all drink Postum, from my
husband to my seyen-months-old
baby. 1t has proved to be The hest b Da1s
drink we have ever used. We would
not give up Postum for the hest eof.
Zee we ever drank Name given by
81 Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason.
x,y ast the the little book '.The ROAD ID
MELVILLE" in each pkg.
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AMONG PEOPLE OF TITLE.

The queen of Greece is the possessor
of a volume holding the confessions
of almost every crowned head.
The emperor Of China has bestowed
upon President Diaz the first grade
decoration of the Order of the Double
Dragon.
Sir Frederick Bridge. =, noted Lon
don musician and conductor, says one
of the most discriminating critics Of
his acquaintance is a eabman.
Lord Charles zBeresferd, whose life
has been for the most part spent on the
water, is So. He Joined the navy as long
ago as 1859, and became commander in
1875.
Of Princess Charles of Denmark it is
said that she can hind a book. steer a
boat, pull an oar, knit a stocking, take
a photograph, play chess and speak five
languages.
Count zu Gutenberg. the kaiser's prin-
ciDal chamberlain, has just received his
seTentyffth decoration, which is a
record even for Germany Count Won
Bulow can wear only about 40 stars and
crosses.
The kaiser has just been appointed as
a captain general in the Spanish army.
There remains now no European force,
military OF naval. in which he does not
hold honorary rank. He possesses at
least $50 uniforms.
The crown prince of Siam was edu-
Gated in Europe, and speaks and writes
English, French and German auently.
He studied history at OXFORD and pub
lished well-Written book on THE War
of the Polish Succession. .
Emperor William has followed the
example of his uncle, King Edward Of
England, and announced that officers OF
the army are under no eompulsion to
drink toasts in alcoholic beverages. but
that his health is well drunk in cold
wafer
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
Temper and Health.

One of the most difficult things to do
IA the world sometimes is to keep ones
temper. A calm serenity of temper and
self-eontrol which keeps a person IN
RULED amid the petty annoyances and
lies Of everyday life, says the Chicago
Daily News, indicate the possession Of
perfect mental health. Nowadays PEG
pie are very fond of seying 50 -and-so
was just mad, meaning very angry:
but it would be well if temper were
more often seriously regarded as mad
ness. 1t may be preventable madness.
but madness it is while it lasts. and
there is seldom anyone who is made
more unhappy by it than Che person
who gives way to it. In our treatment
of the ilI.tempered the cultivation OF
Che art of not hearing will be very
helpful. It is a useful art all through
life.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
MATCHED III POLAR WINTER
Bird Of tbs Antarctic Region Which
Has But Recently Become
Known.

DR.. b. F. Wilson's lecture at the
Royal Institution on the emperor men,
gum was illustrated by skins, eggs and
number Of lantern pictures Of the
birds and their rookeries, reports the
London Telegraph Of recent date.
This fine species. larger than the
king penguin, which has been exhib-
tied in the Geological gardens, was
discovered during Capt. Cooks second
expedition, but until the return re-
Gently of the Antarcie expedition.
nothing was known of its life history
or habits The curious thing is that
the birds are Matched il the depth of
the Polar winter.
4 single egg is laid, which is brood
ed between the birds feet and the soft
plumage Of the body. The chick is
clothed il graEish white down. which
is moulted after five months. ana
when about year and half old the
immature plumage Is exchanged for
that OF the adult. One young bird vas
taken on board the Discovery and ken,
alive for fge months.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
EYEBALL LENsE FOR ACTORS
oculistic Boon to Performers Who
Are Afflicted with Near
Sightedness.

The enterprising optician has come
| to the rescue of stage folk who are at
flicted with near-sightedness. Glasses
fitted with tiny lenses are now made
for use of the actor SO afflicted, and
who, in Difference to the character ne
is portraying, may not wear the fegu-
lation eyeglass or spectaeles.
These special glasses fit close to the
eyeball and are hardly distinguishabio
from the front of the house, save
when the footights are at their nigh
est pitch of illumination. The nose
piece, or bridge, connecting the lenses
is covered with d fiesh-colored mate
rial, which aids the illusion, states the
New York Press.
1t is said that Richard Mansfield is
responsible for the innovation OF the
oeulistic boon. At any rate, he IS
credited with being the first actor OF
note to wear them. His example has
been followed by others, and at pres
ent there are few theatrical offerings
in which there are not several pairs
OF the new glasses worn. The care
less observer of Harry Davenport in
1t Happened in Nordland' will catch
an occasional CLEAN Of CLASSY reffec-
ton as the comedian cireulates about
the stage in his successful efforts to
entertain.
Chorus and show girls are de-
barred from the privilege of wearing
glasses. 1t is no uncommon thing for
the visitor behind the scenes to see
several members Of the musical play
wearing eyeglasses, but when the cue
is given for appearance On the stage
the glasses are dropped down in bod
ices or placed in convenient place to
be picked up at the exit. In the blaze
OF light to which minor members of
theatrical companies are subjected
eyeglasses would be an ineongruity
And oftentimes the afflicted ones are
put to great Inconvenience. Deprived
OF their artificial source of vision, they
are almost helpless and depend, to a
large extent, upon their coworkers for
guidance.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
UNKNOWN INSANE MAN
STEALS A LOCOMOTIVE.
Runs at Breakneck Speed Near Chi
cago and Ends by Wrecking
Another Engine.

Chicago.-An insane man played
havoc on the South Chicago branch Of
the Illinois Central railroad early the
other day, Stealing a switch engine
standing near Ninety first street, he ran
It recklessly and at top speed to Park
side, Reversing tbs lever, he leaped
from the locomotive, which retraced the
route it had just covered. and wound
up it's fight by crashing into another
switch engine standing near Ninety
third street. Both were thrown from
the tracks, badly damaged.
Shortly before three a. n. employees
eft the Illinois Central were preparing
for their days work. Engines were run
out into the yards. with steam up, while
the engineers and firemen cleaned and
polished them. Through the gloom stole
the figure Of man Reaching the side
OF one of the switch engines. whose at
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
As Others See Us.

The American man is more consist
emily considerate OF and generous to
women than any fellow on earth, and
in no country does he get sharper
snubbing for his pains, says a writer
in the London Chronicle. The hand
ling of husbands by wives in America
amounts to an art, profession, al
most science. Based on the theory
that the more one has to do the more
one can accomplish, ladies who have
hard working, enterprising spouses
simply retire from active life. # he
manages his office and business salts
factorily, why not take over the house
and servants? What is known as "a
good husband" in the states is a first
class, non-tiring money-making ma
chine, who gives everything, asks
nothing and brags ceaselessly Of his
wife's projections. Should he presume
to criticise a charred chop or fat
souffie Or complain at the size of the
Diapers bills, he is set down as a
brute, and the wife is pttied as first
class martyr! For such sins as the
above two men of my acquaintance
were forced to live in hotels a year at
time. They had committed the crime
Of finding fault with the impeccable
sex, and were reduced to subsection by
having their homes taken from them.
For my part think the Briton's way
is best,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
FACTS ABOUT CORAL BEADS
The Genuine Are Full of Imperfec-
tons and Are Still High
in Price.

1t you wish to buy coral beads re-
marked the jewel enthusiast, according
TO the Philadelphia Record, you must
go to reliable dealer Why, even cell
luloid may be SO shaped and tinted that
the average person would not know the
difference. There's one way to tell, how
ever, if the chain be, cheap. In this case
the very perfection of the beads will
convince the Would-be purchaser of
their spuriousness. A string of small
beads, at, say. S. or $40, will be full of
little imperfeetions, if they be real. The
larger the bead of real coral the more ex-
pensiVe. The old carved coral jewelry
of long ago went out because it was imi-
tated in celluloid till you couldn't tell
the difference between pieces that cost
three dollars and $50 Just because the
pretty beads in delicate pink are SO ex-
pensiye most persons fancy that branch
coral chains, five feet in length, that sell
at one dollar and less, are not real. But
they are, and they are cheap because
they are made Of the tip ends of the
coral branches. which are too small TO
be carved into anything at all. All
along the Italian coast these chains are
sold for lire and half GO centsl. Sor-
rento being the favored purchasing
MACE
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
Could See Something Comic.

A waitress in restaurant in north
ern town is known to the members of
the establishment for her ready wit. An
occasional customer went in the other
day for dinner. After receiving his Or.
der the waitress handed him news
paper to while away the time that would
elapse before dinner was served. He
looked up after few minutes and said:
Il say, miss, have you nothing comic
to look at.
Well, sir replied the waitress, with.
out a smile, there's a lookingglass
straight in front Of you, sir. Comic
Cuts.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
The DoDaIdsOnviIIe Chief
Published Weekly.
DoNALDsoNvILLE. LOUISIANA
Awful Cost of War.

e comparative estimate of the
losses of Russia and Japan in the
first year of the war is given in 9
recent issue Of the London Daily Mail.
The total casualty list on both sides
is set down at 0000, of whom 10000
were killed Or drowned at sea, ire
spectiye Of those who died of disease
or priyation or were taken prisoners.
The figures for the Manchurian cam
paign are given as $3.50 japanese
and III, 900 Russians killed and
wounded, the prisoners being esti-
mated at 600 and 3,483, respectively.
IN the Port Arthur operations $500
japanese and 1l,400 Russians were
killed or wounded, and $4,000 Russians
captured. In addition to this, 1,799
japanese and 2,527 Russians were lost
at sea- OF superior officers, the Rus
slams have lost eight generals lin
Guiding Count Keller and Gen. -Kon-
drachenko) and one admiral, while
eight generals and four admirals sur
rendered at Port Arthur. So far as
is known the japanese have only lost
two generals. In regard to material,
the Russians have lost $40 guns, seven
battleships, 13 cruisers and quantity
Of other vessels of a total value Of
G16, 500, 600, while the japanese have
lost Is guns, one battleship, four pro-
teeted cruisers and two coast-defense
ships. Finally, the total cost Of the
war is estimated at 9160.000,000, Of
which a107,0O0.000 falls to Russia
The figures are tremendous, and it is
difficult to read them without GER
tain sense of shame at the way in
which our trifing losses during the
Boer war were written and talked
about. Our excuse must, we suppose.
be that minor operations often cause
more pain to patients than those which
are great and serious.
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Cotton-Plant's Counter-sfroke.

Studies of the cottoa-bon Weeril by
the department of agriculture's experts
have established the fact that the cotton
plant, in some of its varieties, has de-
veloped practical means Of resisting
and destroying the weevil larvae. The
defense made by the plant consists of
the development in the young buds that
are attacked of an emulation which fills
the cavity eaten out by the larvae, and
either smothers the latter or starves it
by surrounding it with a watery tissue
from which it cannot derive sufficient
nourishment. The process is analogous
to that by which gals and other yege-
table excrescences are formed. Mr.. @.
F. Cook suggests that the general plant
ing of variety Of cotton possessing
this defensive process as a constant
character might exterminate the weeyil.
Youths Companion.
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Sells Wife for $40.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-When John Black
more was arraigned before Alderman
Atkinson, Of Carbonate, the other day.
in company with the wife of John Perry,
he showed Atkinson a paper. It was
contract by which Perry had disposed
Of allright, title and interest in his wife
to Blaekmore for SO, The woman
vouefed for the agreement, and said she
was satisfied, and as Perry did not APP
pear to press the charge the couple were
released.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
4 GREAT MEDICINE
BRINGS HEALTH TO THREE MEM
BERs OF SAME FAMILY.
f,nrea . wife,s Debility SITES Malaria, 2
highlands rheumatism. a Daughters
n-arrnns Ernstration.

f.,res n wife,s Debility Astes Malaria .
u..hautl,s g1euraatism, a Daughters
Nervous Prostitution.
II have recommended Or. Williams
Pink Pills to many people, SAID Mrs.
Gossett, g because ! have seen such gooa
results. time after time, igh5 II lny.oEVn
family. There are three of us VINO nave
M doubt about their merits. We Go not
need to take anybody, word on the SUP
iectfor our own experience has taugiit Us
how well they deserve praise.
sit was Just about ten years ago fnaG
r first read about DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, and bought my first box. ! was a5
that time all run down, weak, nervous
and without ambition. I had been doc
toring all summer for malaria and
stomach trouble. Everybody Aaought=1
was going into consumption, as my
mother had died Of that disease.
esThanks to DIR. Williams Pink PILLS,
T am now alive and hearty. began to
improve as soon as began to take them,
and when had taken three boxes ! was a
well woman, Everyone wonders how I
keep SO well and am able to care Tor my
home and six children without help
Dr.. Williams, Pink Pills explain it.
..My oldest girls health began to fail
when She was about fourteen. She was
nervous, complained Of sharp pains IN
her head, would get deatl1y sick and
have to leave eschool room to get fresh
air to revive her. I gave some pills to her.
She took only few boxes, but they cured
her troubles, and caused her to develop
into perfect picture Of health. Then my
husband took them for rheumatism and
found that they would cure that too. So
you see we have all got great good from
using them, and that is why we recon-
mend them to others. =
Mrs. Minnie B. Gossett lives at
Uhrichsville, TuscaraWas Co, Ohio, and
is we'll known, as she has resided III the
same neighborhood for more than thir-
teen years. Her story, shows that a
medicine which makes the blood sound
and the nerves strong, oyercomes Yar7-
ETY. of diseases and should be found II
every household. DR.. Williams 'PinkPil1s
are sold by all druggists everywhere.
They have cured anaelnia. and all forms
of weakness, also the most stubborn
cases of dyspepsia and rheumatism.
They are indispensable for growing gtrls.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
found that the intruder and goodly
number of her most valuable trinkets
had disaDpeared.

found that the intruder and a goodly
number of her most valuable trinkets
had disappeared.
Hirst had particularly ingenious
way Of getting into houses and one
which greatly puzzled the police. who
could never find that locks had been
forced or windows broken. He had a
wire with a loop at the end of it par
TALLY wound with cotton wool and so ar
ranged that if put through letter drop
it could be used to pull back the catch
of the door lock. Hirst got rid of his
.swag" to dealers in stolen property,
whom he met by night at some specially
chosen rendezvous. He eorresponded
with them by means ofcipher messages.
TnIuckily for this amateur cracks
man. he had an uncemmonly clever
member of his former craft on his trail
in the person of Detective Fipp, of
Scotland Yard For months while the
BALKAN burglaries we're going on and
Hirst was playing the part Of society
butterfly on the proceeds therefrom
Fipp worked on the mystery.
At first the authorities had believed
that an organized gang was at work,
but after while Fipp satisfied himself
that the series of crimes were commit
ted By one man He decided. too, that
the robber must live in the district.
which he evidently knew like book.
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Gives Own Funeral Grafton,

sandusky, O-On a phonograph record
which is locked in safe deposit vault
is recorded the funeral GRAFTON spoken
into the monograph by Benjamin T..
Goodsell, an aged resident of Ashmont,
this county, to be delivered at his own
funeral. Goodsel is an unbeliever, ana
desires that his funeral shall be con-
Quoted without the services of a clergy
man In his obituary. which he has pre-
pared, he has set forth a record of his
Life
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THE HOPEFUL WORKER.
Tnat which you DO to-day may seem

That which you DO to-day may seem
So perfect in its every part,
50 fine, Sd splendid, that you deem
It's sure to win men praise. Your heart
Is filed with hope, and In your pride
You see the near enchanting CLEAN
or sweet success, long, long denied.
Tomorrow, when you turn 10 view
The work you proudly do to-day
a hundred flaws may stare at you,
But bravely yeu shall work away:
Tomorrow task will then appear
To give the promise, to renew
The hope that triumph still is near.
Thus day by day our hopes are slaiav
And day by day new hopes arrive
We lose, but spIendidly we gain
AS long as pride IS kept alive.
Though glory never may be WOE
We triumph still while hopes remain
To urge US as our tasks are done.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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The seriousness Of fire losses in the
Emitted States becomes conspicuous as
one gets down to details. Here is an
interesting comparison: The revenue
Of the state<of Maine in 1903 was, in
round numbers, $2,55o,oo0; the damage
done BY fires in the state during that
year is estimated at $4,000 more than
that sum, without taking into account
the destruction by forest fires. which
would have added n2pRe than ST ,0o0 900
on the wrong side. Doubtless almost
any ether state would make quite as
had a showing; but such figures,
wheresoeyeT found, are full Of SUCCESS
ton.
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Candida

Mrs. De Voreee-You are the fifth
manager to offer me an engagement,
Lear me! 4 N puzzled. don't know
how to act!
Manager-oh, we don't expect you to
act It is the way you have acted that
makes you an attraction The Gas Man.
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Women Independent in Siam

The position Of women is high in
Siam; they enjoy both IN business mat
ters and social life a great independ-
ence. Though polygamy is permitted.
1t does not exist amons the great
mass Of the people, and in no way Of.
fects the position Of women.
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Custom in Russia

In Russia it is not considered prop
er for a girl to dance whole waltz
or polka with one partner. Three or
four men dance round or two each
with the same lady. returning her to
her original partner at the end of the
dance.