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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
NOTED BIZ NATUBALIsTs.

Birds, however wary, are curious, and
will approach a strange object at the
risk of their lives, as wild-foWl shooters
know.
Brazilian ants make little gardens In
the tree tops and sow them with pine
apple and other seeds. The gardens are
found of all sizes, some containing a.
single sprout and others a denseIy grown
ball as large as a mans head.
There are several species of fish, rep
tiles and insects which never sleep in
the whole of their existence. Among
fish it IS positively known that pike,
salmon and goldfish never sleep at all.
| also that there are several others in
| the fish family that never sleep more
than q few minutes month There are
dozens of species Of flies which never in
dulge in slumber.
In the proceedings of the Philadelphia
academy Miss 4. NJ. Fielde records three
| Instances of curious traits displayed by
ants kept under observation in the
laboratory at Woods Holl, Mass. IN
| the first case the actions recorded
suggest something akin to hypnot-
ism, while from the third there seems a
possibility that these insects may be
able to remember and recognize indi-
yiduals of their own kind after a sep
aration of several years.
| The anneIid. Podynce cirrata, is a
mean-looking worm about an inch and
half in length. of fiattened shape. blunt
| at both ends, apparently covered by a
smooth skin Of dull brown color. On
being touched it throws itself into ele-
! CANT serpentine curves, and then what
| appears to be the upper skin is seen TO
| be composed Of a great number Of round
| fiat membraneous plates or shields, ar
ranged in two rows. overlapping each
other. These, though of larger size,
are attached to the body By a small
point in the center Of their sides, 50
that when the animal moves the edges
OF the shields are lifted and reveal their
live structure. sliding upon each other
| In a singular fashion.
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FARM NOTES.

In the making of eornstareh about
10000, 900 bushels Of corn are now used
annually.
There is nitrogen in snow. but some
of us would like to receive 1t asa gift in
some other formi
The corn plant is deep feeder, and
the soil on which it IS grown should be
Ioosened deeply.
The area Of corn land eaanot greatly
increase, but what We have can be made
to produce twice as much IS it does At
the present time.
Our farmers must learn to utilize
every resource ana utilize it completely
This is the secret that has made many a
manufacturer rich =
BY proper preparation of the land ana
judicious cultivation Of the growing crop,
It Is possible eto greatly increase the
yield of any crop grown on the farm.
The department Of agriculture found
by tests that no corn planter will drop
evenly unless the grains are graded e
size. This has led to the invention OF
corn graders. When they are used thu
planters Go accurate work.
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ELEVATION AND CLIMATE.
All Are Familiar with Relation of One
to the other-Eacts and
Figures.

Every body is familiar with the fact
that elevation affects the climate. In
California snoW-capped mountains are
numerous in summer, while in the
plains below snow seldom falls in the
coolest weather of winter But how
many readers can tell at what rate ele-
walton produces change OF tempera-
ture? In Diapers great work of The
Intellectual Development Of Europe. .
Vol. /, page %, referring to the general
elevation Of Europe since the tertiary
period of more than 1000 feet, he re-
marks that an elevation of $50 feet is
equal to one degree of cold in the mean
annual temperature, or to G. inches on
the surface northWard." At this rate
the top of a mountain $1,000 feet high
would be almost 43 degrees colder than
the general elevation at the base: and
SO when the thermometer shows tenn
perature of S. degrees at the base it
would be ten degrees below the freez-
ing point at the top or % degrees Fahr-
enheit. With the temperature at 100 on
the plains, it would be only ST at the top
of the mountain. The temperature at
mountain resorts may easily be deter
mined in this way, if the elevation is
known, as compared with that of Les
Angeles, for example.
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distance The listener applied to his
head large ring-shaped device. or
crown, from which reached down metal
lie rods, terminating in telephone ear
pieces. IN some pulling manner the
music got into thecrcWn. and SO was dis
timely heard, thought faint Careful
search failed to reveal a connection be-
tween the visible and adjustable head
piece and any circuit leading to the or
cbestra, and there really was none
However, hidden ia the roof Of the
booth, only a few feet above the hearers
head, was large coil of wire and a pow
erful battery, These were connected
with the enormous transmitter that was
suspended over the distant musicians.
The unseen coil induced a current in an
other one within the crown, and the lat
ter conveyed the music to the listener
The accompanying Illustration is taken
from the Electrical World and En-
gineer
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arm should be about ten inches long.
Bore a hole through the post under
the board near the edge of the post, put
the threaded end Of the bent iron
through and screw on the nut Have
the same arrangement at the lower
part Of the gate. When the gate is to
be closed turn the bar SO that it viii
not be il the way, and SO wheE the
gate IS closed It will rest on the bar.
Then turn the bar back 50 that the up
right piece will be in position over tie
board. #. after q while, the bar works
too readily. nail may be placed in po-
sition against which the bar will rest
when it is turned
The illustration with the drawn de-
tails shows the whole plan IN such q
clear manner that anyone can con-
struet such a gate and attach the
latches.
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TIE SKIN OF A FROG.
It Is a Most Delicate and Wonderful
Breathing Machine in Addition
to Ordinary Breathing.

The frogs skin is a breathing ma
chine. The supply of air is necessary
addition to that taken in by ordinary
breathing. The skin is most remark
able for its powerful absorption OF
water, due to the numberIess minute
pores He can soak up half his weight
of water in an hour.
AS the skin perspires quite as freely
as It absorbs, we can comprehend why
contact with moisture is necessary.
Bsides the loss from evaporation there
is the stopping of skin breathing also,
because the skin must be kept moist and
soft to absorb fresh air and give off used
air from the system. You have noticed
the cold, elammy feeling Of the skin Of
the frog when you have handled him,
says the Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une. The soaking of water is the cause.
# you put a redhot iron On a frogs
flesh he will not feel it, simply because
Of the cold water in his skin. which the
heat turns into yapor. escaping under
the iron, but if hot water be dropped
upon him he will instantly Jump from
pain, as it Immediately strikes into the
skin.
This moisture is a safeguard against
drying up. and there is still another,
which is an interior sack for storing
water. Like the camel. it thus keeps a
supply which carries the amphibIan
over many dry place when it would
otherwise lose all its moisture and die.
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exact direction in which the vessel IS
going. In the diagram SHOWN herewith
the high key is represented by YER
teal dash and the low key by horl-
zontal dash. the diagram being read in
the direction of the arrows.
IF the ship is going north it gives a
low. high. and low whistle; II it is
going west-nerthWest it gives three
high whistles and one low or deep wh1s-
tie It is seen at a glance that all the
signals from north to south by way OF
the east begin with a deep Or coarse
whistle. and all those from the north to
the south by way Of the west begin with
a high or Keen whistle. This arrange
ment permits one to tell the principal
direction of the vessel by the firstsound
that strikes the ear.
The instrument proper consists of a
box containing a cogged drum which.
somewhat after the manner Of the keys
in wind instrument, determines
whether the sound be high or low. A
retarder, controlled by crank, causes
the rotation Of the drum, SO that two
sounds cannot be blended or confused.
The crank turns once every second.
In sailing vessels the signals are
produced by bells.
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THE VEGETABLE CELLAR.
A Suggestion to Farmers Who Eav
Furnaces-How cne Man
Managed.

In the winter is the time the farmer
takes to lay his plans for the future
We think that nothing will be bet
ter worth his attention this winter
than the question Of a storage cellar
for potatoes, cabbages, squashes and
other products Of the field. There was
a time when the cellar under the farm
house was cool enough in winter to
keep most of the vegetables that it
was desired to keep for some months.
But little by little the big furnace has
invaded the home of the farmer, and
the cellar is no longer the good storage
place 1T was. says the Farmers Re-
view. The night temperature now runs
to SO degrees and the day temperature
70 20 degrees and higher.
Al farm vegetables begin to show
deterioration IN a few weeks from be-
ing stored. The cabbages ard beets
wilt and the potatoes shriyel and send
put sprouts. which have to be broken
off again aud again to prevent tbs
nourishment and moisture IN the po-
tato being drawn into the sprcut. 4
is evident that the man with a fur
mace will have to arrange his cellar in
some other way than by leaving it one
open space.
Recently a professor il one Of our
agricultural colleges was describing &c
the writer a most admirable cold stor-
age room in his cellar He has a fur
mace, and. as is common, the furnace
must have a supply Of cold air. Ht
has had a brick partition built across
one end Of his cellar. and the cold ali
for the furnace is drawn through this
room. 1t has one aperture opening tt
the outside while on the inside the all
goes into the cold al pipe OF the fur.
| mace.
There is a window il the cold sSor.
age room, and Of course a door sd
naits from that into the other part q
the cellar. On cool days, when the
temperature is not SO low as to freeze
the vegetables, the professor opens the
window wide and fills the vegetable
| cellar with cold air. and then closes i
enough to admit Of only the amount o.
draft necessary to keep the furnaae
going.
The results are found TO be admira-
bic. and all vegetables stored there, az
we'll as the apples. are kept in a perfec1
state OF preservation till used.
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RUMoRED OF ROYALTY.


Prince Eugen Of Sweden, youngest
Of King Oscars four sons, is regarded
rs one Of the most accomplished land
scape painters on the continent.
Nineteen pianos, every one OF which
was a wedding present, are in the pos
session of the prince and princess OF
Wales.
The sultan of Morocco has the pleas
ant habit of turning about 20 lions
loose in the eourtyards Of his palace
every night. He thinks they guard his
5000 wives more safely than soldiers
could.
Queen Wilhe1mina In appointing a
Roman Catholic, Jonkherr Van Green,
as her private secretary, puts one OF
that faith in a responsible position IN
the royal household for the first time
since the reformation.
Queen Elena of Italy Is said to be-
heEe In the Monteaegrfn superstition
that 1t is unlueky for child to sleep
In room into which any light pene-
trates, and light-proof shutters are the
order in the nursery at Rome
In one respect at least Prince Ed
ward does not take after his father,
He is fond Of making little speeches
when opportunities present them
selves The prince Of Wales. on the
other hand. dislikes nothing more Shan
having to deliver a speech.
Apropos of the kaiser's latest per-
Torrance as a conductor OF new
opera at a dress rehearsal in Berlin,
his patronage of music is something
as magnificent as are his excursions
into the realms Of art. mechanics and
chemistry. 81 do not think many Ger
mans know said the emperor at a
dinner at Count Won BueloWs few
evenings ago, "that i spent last year
out Of my private income $1,000, 0oe
On operas aud theaters. ;,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
A WINDMILL AUTO.
Machine Which Will Run Over Roads
by Means Of Power Generated
by Windmill.

The picture shown is redraEEn from
an engraving in Popular Mechanics.
Farm Implement News thus describes
the auto
The frame on which the tower is
built IS triangle. the center beam is
2 BY s, - feet long. resting on the
guide wheels at the front. and on
the axle at the rear Two 2 by rs
extend from this beam. at about half
the distance to the outside Of the rear.
Ten inches in front Of the asle IS an
other 2 by 6 extending crosswise and
resting on the beam and side bars,
thereby forming a triangle that will
not rock. Two legs CT the tower rest
on each beam. The wheel is an 8-foot
steel pu1nper, remodeled into q geared
mill by using some old gear. The
windmill is all built Of an old gear,
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U !d|PPQlllRH1A
TIE GuRLER MILK Pail.
- r Invention, Free to the Public
winch Is an Aid to Keeping
Milk Clean.

q IL Garter milk pail, which is shown
H y Illustration, is a pail conceived by
80, !, 7 afieF, OF De Kalb, Ill, who has for
$50 sa.s peen making high-eIass Of SAM
- a,s nllk for Chicago Infants and in
saa1es, Il is not patented. neither do I
49, NV OIL anyone manufacturing it for
,ae afaaes says DR.. Nj. TWitchelI. ii
view York Tribune Farmer. / have had
: NUMBER made BY q local tinsmith. at i
80. . va complete. as shown, and Of
ne eoEer IS removed from one pail
- ne hooks where the gauze is At
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
MATURITY OF THE APPLE.
A Distinction Which Some Eorticu1
turists Are Making in the Con-
dition of the Fruit.

Some Of our hortieultnrists are max
Ing a difference between the mature
apple and the ripe apple. though the
general public recognizes no such dis
tinction. We will let our horticultural
friends have their way, however. The
apple IS mature when it has attained its
full growth. It is not ripe till it has
become mellow with the operations OF
sunlight. heat and time. The mature
apple is III the best shape for picking,
If it be left on the tree till it is fully ripe
it will be a short keeper, while il it is
picked at the time Of maturity 1t will
keen for a long time even under usual
farm conditions As different varieties
of apples mature at different times it will
easily be seen that the mixed orchard is
a hard one to keep track Of. The old
way of harvesting was to begin to pick
the appIes on a certain date and then
take all as they came. the long keepers
and the short keepers. the mature apples
and the immature apples.
The mature apple is a thing we have
IN Get acquainted with if We are TO know
when it is mature. II It is a Ben Davis,
il is mature very late, SO late indeed
that in the vicinity of Wisconsin it gem
orally has to be picked before it is ma
ture. This is the reason the Ben Davis
has lost its reputation with many peo-
ple. Having been picked before It was
anature It could not follow out the usual
processes of ripening, and was always a
hard. poor favored apple IN regions
where it has had time TO mature before
picked it develops into fruit Of good
flavor and texture, ripening naturally,
1t takes a study Of fruits to know
when each one natures, and this is a
subject that has up to the present time
received little attention. Men have
grown apples of certain varieties for a
lane time and have never given the
question any consideration. The ma
thrifty of the apple is at last coming
N for its share OF discussion, and the
tight IS beginning to shine in a dark
,laee-Farmers Review.
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tached can readily be seen. The absor-
oent cotton is spread between Two lay
eFs Of gauze. and the whole is attached
pJ eaIehIng over the hooks On the cover.
Inc pail is emptied through the covered
spout, so that it is not opened until the
= mining is completed The expense for
sauze= and cotton is slight, and these
should be used fresh every milking. Al
the same time it must be distinctly I'M
Garstood that this is not a lazy or shift
less mans pail. It is not built to re-
lleye from any obligation resting on the
dalryman, but is one Of the essential
steps toward clean, sweet. pure milk, to
be observed along with each and every
other # a high-eIass product is desired
Cows n lst be brushed, udders= kept
clean, tIe-ups made healthy and good,
sound sfood provided, and if anyone is
neglected the pail can surely have no
place, for it accompanies those steps of
thoroughness which give Mr.. Gurler and
few others national regulations and
success in the production of sanitary
milk. BY all means get the pail and
milk through absorbent cotton. hut let
this be daly the measure Of neatness
manifest at every step. When we reach
this standard of dairy work the poor
cream will be eliminated, barn odors
viii disappear. filth will not be found ii
the separators. and better demand and
higher prices will be realized by the In
diyiduaI producers. IN the cry now
going UP for pure food products the first
step is to guard the milk supply if for
no other reason. than that it plays such
an important part in saving the lives Of
The lIffla@n ones
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Yr,,;at7e Hanging Basket.

Nothing, III its line. can exceed in
roa,,4v or attractiFeness a sponge has
leI Procure q large, coarse sponge,
net # thoroughly with warm soft wa
ter then press It gently to expel the
ss part Of the water. into the
dan damn openings Of the sponge push
s Good of naiIIef, barley, grass, oats, rice
: :, ], clever It is now ready to be hung
up in a sunny window and T thIs i
kept moist for q week, tiny shoots VII
neein 10 appear ere long 8 beautiful
green foliage will cover this basket on
I'll ii SIDES and fall down in q most
fascinating ). manner. & carefully sprin-
l,I ne clever will bloom, and al
though i may not be 9 Joy forever,
4 q certainly be "a thing OF beau
=, = Magazine.
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and it was quite a task to find the
right sizes and kinds. At first the
vane was used. but as this would not
Hold the wheel in the wind when it
was pulling hard, the gear was at
tached in such manner that now the
wheel can be regulated with the left
hand, and the speed also. There are
times when both hands are needed
and SO screw is used for a steering
device, and it will stay where it is
set.
The machine runs best against the
wind. OF course, it will move side
wise to the wind or with it. but al
ways the best against it. n a good
wind it will move about three miles
an hour, and t could be made to run
faster.
The machine is z feet long, 9 feet
wide, and IL feet high. weighing about
500 pounds. The inventor does not
take the machine on the road often as
it frightens horses.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
SPREADING THE
NEWS BROADCAST.
That Dodd's kidney PiI1s Cured HIS
Diabetes-After Long Suffering Mr..
G. CIeghorn Found Permanent
Relief In the Great American
kidney Remedy.

Port Huron, Mich, jar. 3oth.-(special)
Tortured with Diabetes and Bladder Dis
ease from which he could apparently get
no relief, Mr.. 6. Cleghorn, briclSiayer
living at l19 Butler ST., this city, has
found a complete and permanent cure in
Dodd's Kidney Pills and in his gratitude
he is spreading the news broadcast.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills made a man Of
me" Mr.. Cleehorn says. u was SUI
ferer from Diabetes and Bladder Disease
/ was SO bad l could do no work, and the
pain was something terrible. 7 could
not get anything to help me till I tried
Dodd's Kidney Pills They helped me
right from the first, and now | am COM
pletely cured. I have recommended
Dodd's Kidney Pills TO all my friends.
and they have found them ali that is
claimed for them"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney
ills from Backache to Bright's Disease.
They never fail to cure Rheumatism.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11
ALL-ARouND FARM GATE.
This Tells How cne May Be Bulls
Which win Do Away with
All Sagging.

When safe s Of considerable
length, as farm gates must be to let a
wagon pass through. there is always
danger that they will sag. and mainly
because the device used for the latch
is faulty. Try the following plan Of
constructing a latch and see # it does
not work well, says the Indianapolis
News. Have the blacksmith bend a
piece Of half-inch round iron in T
shape, making one arm one-quarter Of
an inch longer than the thickness Of
the post and the gate-board; the other
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Protection for Apple Trees.

The following from the report Of the
secretary of agriculture for the year
1892 has proved satisfactory in my
case in keeping rabbits from hurting
apple trees: "A piece of closely woven
wire netting about lexis inches bent
around the tree and fastened by a wire,
makes d sure protection and costs
about three cents It will also stop
the eating of tne bark by mice and
prevent the beetle of The round headed
horer from laying eggs. and Will last
for several years. bunch CT soft
material stuck ii the top viii keen y
in proper position and allow he chatting
Of the tree In my experience the
wire lasted Until the trees we're 50
large that the rabbits did not trouble
them
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A NEW FOG SIGNAL.
Device By Which Vessel in q Fog
May Indicate the Direction
of Her Motion.

A device by which a vessel in a fog
may indicate to all within hearing the
direction of her motion has been IN
vented by French mariner, Capt. Bas-
roger. The following account, from a
report by Thofnwell Haynes. United
States consul at Rouen. is published in
Consular Reports, Washington:
The signal is given by a whistle or
whistles emitting two sounds. one in q
very high key, the other very low.
These sounds. adapted to the Is prin-
eipal points of the compass. signal the
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NeM Motor Forge

The new motor forge Of the Unitge
States army is q vehicle 12Iz feet long.
driven BY 2z-horse-poW gasoline en-
CINE, and carrying oil Tor travelling 800
miles at 70 to Z miles an hour. It IS
fitted up with a. small machine shop,
blaeksmith's shop and saddler's shop,
while it carries spare parts likely to be
needed by a light battery on the march.
An auxiliary engine OF one side oper-
ates a dynamo. lathe and grindstone.
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BABY CAME NEAR DYING.
From an Awful skin Humour-
Scratched MIl Blood Ram
Wasted to "a Skeieton-speed-
lily Cured by cuticura.

when three months old my boy brooks
cut with an itching, watery rash all over
but he grew worse, wasting to skeleton,
and We feared he would die. He slept
only when in our arms. The first appG
cation Of Cuticura soothed him SO that
he slept in his cradle for the first time in
many weeks. You don't know how glad
I was. One set of the Cuticura Rene
dies made a complete and permanent
cure. fSigned Mrs. IL. G. Maitland
Jasper, Ontario"
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MYSTERIOUS TELEPHONY.
Novel Electrical Demonstrati ton Which
Puzzled the Most Investi-
eating Mind.

Pittsburg had an annual exposition a
few weeks ago Of which electrical APP
paratus constituted an important fea-
ture The Bel Telephone company had
in its booth a number ct curious things
One was called a wireless telephone. It
enabled a person to hear the perform
anee of Damrosch,s orchestra IN another
part Of the grounds and at q considerable