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

Congressman Frank L. Dickson. OF the
Twenty-third Illinois district, is ex-
tremeIy youthful in appearance. He
was travelling recently from this city to
Rock Island, and when he handed up his
pass the conductor said: See here,
kid, this don't go. People are not elect
ing boys to congress nowadays Mr..
Dickson protested and showed letters
addressed to Congressman Dickson.
The conductor was threatening to put
put the legislator off when friend
whom the conductor knew came into the
coz and settled the troubIa.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22

Something unusual is expected from
Congressman-eleet William r. Tindall,
Of Sparta, Mo. He is a school teacher,
whom the Missouri landslide swept
into office. He has arrived in Wash
ington and frankly AYERS that he did
net decline the republican nomination
fer congress simply because he did not
think it worth the while to spend the
cost OF a postage stamp on it. His
ray as school teacher in that Sc
Guided section was $40 month. He
had never seen an elevator till a few
weeks ago, when he visited St. Louis.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
Londcn,s First omnihna.

The first London omnibus was really
much more gorgeous than its successor
Of today. 1t was an imposing vehicle,
beautifully decorated and painted,
with accommodation for twenty-five
passengers inside, and was drawn by
three handsome bays, driven by a
smart coachman in livery, and its con-
ductor was gay in blue cloth uniform,
like midshipman This conductor, by
the way, was the son of a naval cap
tain and spoke French so we'll that it
was quite common for the poke bonnet
ed young ladies from Paddington to
ride as far as the city and back with
the object of improving their French
by chatting with him. The fare from
the Yorkshire Stingo, at Paddington,
to the Bank was a shilling; halfway,
sixpence, and newspapers and books
were provided for the passengers
London Globe.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
Lower State Tax.

Taxpayers, says the San Jose
Herald, will be pleased to learn that
in the opinion of member of the
state board of equalization, who
desires his name withheld, the state
tax rate this year will be under 80
cents on each 500 worth of taxable
property.
Last year the state tax rate was
fixed at 531a cents. The present in
dication Is that the property in the
entirest at @ has been increased by
over 500, ,OOO,O 600. The exact figures,
however, cannot be given until the
reports are received from all the
counties IN the state.
1t is believed that the new law eX-
empting from taxation all personal
property will have the effect of reduc-
ing the tax roll, but increase in other
directions will raise the roll, in the
opinion of the member quoted, by
800. .O00, 900.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
A WONDERFUL. CHILD.
Gohn Stuart Mill WAS a Genius al
Three Years of Age.

GOhn Stuart Mill WAS a Genius al
Three Years of Age.
At three years of age John Stuart
sIill began the study of Greek, with
arithmetic qs an evening relaxation,n
as Samuel Wellington puts it in the
Westminster Review
At eight he began Latin, Euclid and
algebra and had 20 act as tutor to the
younger children. He was a stern and
efficient tutor.
At twelve he began scholastic logic
and political economy-the latter his
main lifework.
At fourteen, while paying long Wis
1t to Sir Samuel Bentham in southern
France, he learned French as a rela1a.
ton from studying two or three hours
before breakfast, five hours between
breakfast and dinner and two or three
in the evening. Being for the time
master of his own hours and not sub
ject to a stern father, he took lessons
also in his spare hours in music, sing
ing, dancing, fencing and riding, but
never became proficient.
At sixteen Mill could speak in debate
with adults with ease and freedom.
At eighteen he contributed to the
Westminster Review At twenty-one
he was made assistant in the India
Office and received large salary for
those days.
But Mill was bald at twenty-five.
He did not marry until he was forty
five. He himself said: 81 never was
a boy. It is better to let nature have
its own way"
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18

Equally fictitious is the venerable ira
dition, which heraldIy itself has dis
couraged, that the pelican feeds her
young with blood from her own ma
ternal breast. The youngsters of the
pelican family are brought up on
hash, as are the small cranes and her
on, the titbits coming out of that re-
frigerating pouch arrangement with
which the mother has been fitted. 1t
is fact, however, that the old bird
holds the fish against her breast in
feeding her young, and the crimson
bill does indeed appear like blood
spot on the snowy feathers. Hence
the story.
In all the instances of too easy cred
ibility mentioned there at least have
been the animals themselvse existent
to give some slight color to the FAIRY
tales; but there are plenty of good
people who still stoutly believe in
weird creations which have never
had any other foundation in fact than
the imaginations of travellers and ro-
mancers. The hoop-snake is case
in point, reptile which takes his tail
into his mouth and rolls himself
along with astonishing swiftness,
eventually striking the prey he has
pursued with a whip-Iike blow of that
same most useful tail, suddenly re-
leased from between the Jaws.
And there is the basilisk or cock
atrice, from which tabled monster the
town of Balse, Switzerland, takes its
name-a strange mixture of bird and
serpent, able to slay with both his
foul breath and his deadly sight. Said
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
DEMAND ThE BQAND

to be Matched by serpent out of a
cocks egg, its head and shoulders
were represented as those of a COM
mon barn yard rooster, with the
vipers tail, and of course no feet.
The best way to kill these gentle
creatures, according to old TopselI,
of ''The Historic of Serpents'' fame.
was to go among them wearing
mirrors all over one's body whereby
their own shapes are reflected upon
their own faces, and so they die.''
There Is homely old fable which
falls apropos of all of this. A New
Hampshire version of it runs that a
skunk and rattIesnake one day met
each other, and stopped to swap news
and gossip. 81 heard a horrid story
about you the other night, remarked
the serpent.
Huh, was the skunks reply. 81
dare say I've heard it myself-l've
heard enough of them anyhow I'm
tired of being painted worse than L
am. L intend at the next general
convention of the beasts to introduce
motion that all persons found
guilty telling lies about any of Gs
shall be attacked and killed. Will
you support me?'
"ln minute!" cried the rattler.
"The truth is bad enough without
adding falsehood to it,.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
Aunt Chloe and the Dinner.

Mrs. McJarvis had invited a num-
Der Of friends to dinner, but the cook
left her on the morning of the appoint
ed day without a moments notice,
says the Chicago Tribune
In this emergency she hunted up an
old friend of the family, Aunt Chloe,
wife of Uncle Ephraim, and asked her
to take the cooks place.
'Tll cook de dinnah, missis," said
Aunt Chloe, eff you'll give me wot's
left"
Mrs. McJarvis agreed, and within
a few hours the dinner was well under
way.
Later in the day she visited the
kitchen.
''Why, Aunt Chloe" she said, 81 have
only five persons to entertain, and you
are cooking everything there is in the
house! What is that?"
81 want to make sho', missis," said
auntie, "dat dere'n be sunni lef'."
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
TIE OWNING ROD.
It's First Recorded Use Was For Lo-
eating Mineral Lodes.

It's First Recorded Use Was For Lo-
eating Mineral Lodes.
Professor W. T. Barrett. F. R. S.,
says that the birthplace of the mod
ern divining rod, whether used to locate
minerals or water, was in the mining
districts of Germany, probably the
Harz mountains. Its first recorded use
was in prospecting for mineral lodes.
The first mention of the use Of the
modern rod was in the latter part of
the fifteenth century. Books published
in the sixteenth century have pictures
Of miners searching for. mineral veins
in very businesslike way by noting
the dipping of hazel or willow rod,
the forked ends of which are held in
the hands of an expert.
German miners brought the forked
rod into England toward the end Of the
sixteenth century for the exploitation
of the Cornish mines. Professor Bar
rett points out that the dropping char
acter of the willow was probably be-
lieved to have something to do with the
minerals concealed in the ground and
that sit was but natural to cut light
branch from one of the trees and to
see if it dropped in prospecting for
ores" Thus the "dowsing rod" came
into universal use among the miners Of
Europe, although it was soon believed
that only certain persons had the gift
of using the rod.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
A Russian Sentry.

In 1859 the Russian emperor saw a
soldier in the middle of Il grass plot in
the palace grounds. Why was there a
daily guard, relieved at stated inter-
vals? No one knew. Curiosity was
aroused, and at last a veteran was dis
covered who remembered hearing his
father say that the Empress Catherine
she died in 1727-once saw a snow
drop in bloom at that point unusually
early and asked that guard be sta
toned there to protect it. And there a
sentinel remained for at least 132
years; no one knew how much longer
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
Care of HQrness.

Take the harness to a room where
you can unbuckle it and separate the
parts completely. Wash each part well
In lukewarm water to which has been
added a little potash. Scrub well with
a brush until all the grease and dust
have been removed. Work the pieces
well under the hand until they become
supple. 1t won't do to oil until it be-
comes so. Let the parts dry in a place
where they will do so slowly. When
just moist, oil. For this purpose use
cod liver oil. 1t is the best for the pur-
pose. Besides, if you were to use meats
foot the rats and mice are your enc
mics at once, while they will not touch
q harness oiled with cod liver oil. Give
a good dose of oil to all parts, then
hang up to dry. When dry, rub well
with soft rag
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18

full mother nature, remembering that
he was to be a professional tunneler,
set them deep into little protecting
muffs of fur. After hours, or at Iun-
cheon time, or on his rare days off,
these keen eyes may be brought for
ward just as the beaver S or badgers.
There are Munchhausen stories told
of these fellows, too. The badgers S
legs, however, are not shorter on one
side than the on the other, nor does
that clever workman beaver use his
broad tail for a trowel. The still
older yarn that he also brings it into
service to carry mud and stones to his
dam is not now believed in as once it
was-as matter of fact, the cute lit
tie mason of deserted streams is pretty
smart to tote his plaster about, as
he does, between his chin and his
diminutive forepaws.
Need it be added that the domestic
cat has not nine lives? that the bee
does not die if deprived of his sting?
and that the stolid little earthwoIm
does not arrive here, falling with the
raindrops?
Going farther afield, one comes
across as many more mistaken ideas.
1t is only Mrs Bear. for instance, who
torpidly sleeps away the winter; MI
Bruin never loses the consciousness
of his enforced but temporary widow
hood. The dying song of the swar
may possibly be her sweetest, but II
is far indeed from harmonious. Tht
jackal does not guide the lion to hi
prey.
1t is said of the king of beasts, b.
the way, and with equal truth, that b
is provided with sharp spnr in tn
end of his tail, with which b
lasbes himself into fury. The az
pendage is there surely, but it
7 skin only, and would never for tw
: minutes stand such harsh treatment
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
Fairy Tales
RetOld.

The immense amount of present day
nature study to the contrary notwith-
standing, there is to be met with in
nine cases out of ten, an amazing ig-
norance of animal life. By this is
meant an ignorance of every day facts
about everyday beasts-about moles
and bats and tadpoles and guineapigs,
tor instance-an ignorance, moreover
based almost wholly upon old beliefs,
unwise saws, or even arrant supersti-
tion.
How many small citizens of this
land of common schools and univer-
sity extension courses, and how many
larger ones, too, firmly believe that
guineaplgs came once upon a time
from faroff Guinea? that the tadpoIe
sheds his tail? that bats love above
all things else to entangle themselves
in ones hair? that moles are blind?
Yet not one of these things is true.
Squeaky miss guinea-pi no more
came from the French or Portuguese
colonies of that name than Mr. Nor
way rat came across the seas with
other Morse immigrants. The tad
poles tail does not drop off, it de-
velops with time into proper part of
his more mature body. If panicky
bat gets into your hair, he is as dis
tressed about it as you are yourself
and it is the vilest of libels upon al
eccentric but harmless beast which
declares that bats body is the in
variable abiding place for vermin il
general and for bedbugs in particu
lar.
AS for the mole, he has the usua
complement of eyes, and exceedingl
U bright and clever ones; but thought
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
MutnatROns.

That mutilation should ever have
been adopted as penalty by the Chris
tian church one finds it difficult to be-
lieve, yet the ecclesiastical authorities
inflicted it for comparatively trivial Of
fenses, and several councils emphatic
ally attempted to suppress it. Thus the
thirteenth canon of the council of Meri
da, in 666, deprived bishops and priests
of the right of mutilating the servants
of the church The sixth canon of the
council of Toledo, in 675, while forbid
ding bishops to exercise exclusive ju-
risdiction in offenses involving the cap
ital penalty, also interdicted them from
ordering mutilation of the limbs, even
in the case of their own serfs, and or
dained that bishops violating this law
should be deposed, eXcommunicated
and denied the last rites of the church
when in articulo mortis. The eighteenth
canon of the council of Frankfort, in
794, forbade abbots to blind or mutt
late their monks whatever might be the
offense.-Pearson' Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
The Fishing Frog.

The fishing frog buries himself in the
mud and lies partly concealed in
weeds, where, with his huge mouth
open, he fishes for his dinner. On the
back of his head there are three spines,
the longest of which he bends forward
in front of his mouth, gently swaying
it in the water. At last it attracts a
young fish, which makes a spring for
the supposed worm, when-snap-the
mouth is closed and Mr.. Fishing Frog
has had his dinner. The archer fish
catches his dinner in quite different
way. Just out of his reach on the leaf
of a plant growing on the rivers brink
rests a fly, basking in the sunlight.
Suddenly a little stream of water
strikes it; i loses its balance and falls
only to be caught by the cunning little
archer below.-Field and Stream.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
InsnIted Ms I.ers-

Apropos Of knee breeches a CORE,
spondent of the London Express quotes
an anecdote from Captain Gronow's
'Recollections" which puts the whole
case in a nutshell. The baillie de fer
rette was always dressed in knee
breeches, with a cooked hat and a
court sword, the slender proportions
Of which greatly resembled those Of
his legs. do tell me, my dear bail
lic," said Montrond one day, "have you
got three legs or three swords?" Soon
after which, we should imagine, the
hail1ie went home
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
For Sore Thrnnt

Those subject to sore throat will find
the following preparation simple, cheap
and highly efiicacious when used in
the early stage: Pour pint of boiling
water on thirty leaves of the common
sage and let the infusion stand for an
hour; add vinegar sufficient to make it
pleasantly acid and honey to taste.
The mixture should be used as a gar
gle twice a day. There is no danger
If some of it is swallowed.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18

A tablecloth may be made to do ser
vice even after unsightly spots dis
figure its dainty appearance. Simply
rub piece of chalk over the spots,
thereby concealing them. If the spots
are of grease the chalk absorbs them,
so that when the cloth at last goes to
the laundry it is impossible to tell
where they we're.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
Disappointnent on Both SIDES.

"You said the house was only five
minutes walk from the station" COM
planned the victim. "To say the least,
I'm disappointed in you"
"And I'm disappointed in you," re-
piled the agent. 81 thought you were
a very rapid walker" "-Philadelph
Press.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
S@N[@ZILMZIl ZI lhmM mMZwHl@Z@Z@ZII| |LIZ
NuqqetS from the "MOther L0de"|

Did you ever play tramp? If you
have not l would advise you to try it
some day. 1t will take more years
off ones age than can all the hair
dyes or other outside youth restorers
in Christindom.
For we grow old from the inside.
We grow old for the want of new
things to think about. We grow old
for want of new interests to excite
our feelings. We grow old because
we trudge the same routine paths day
after day. We get ruts in our faces
just like the ones in which we travel
The folks who travel the worry
paths get two big worry ruts each side
the face, from the nose to the chin.
The ones who travel the fretfuI,
martyr paths, get martyr ruts across
the forehead. The worry woman and
the martyr woman are old at thirty.
l say "woman" because 1 am writing
this for woman, and no one can feel a
greater sympathy for the worry
woman than l.
1t is a monotonous thing to get
three meals three hundred and sixty
five days of the year. 1t is a more
monotonous thing to have to wash up
the dishes for all those meals. A
woman must have whole lot of love
to perform cheerfully the many tasks
of her home, and without getting
wrinkles.
We read big newspaper stories
of heroes. Poems are written to their
praise, and monuments erected to
their everlasting glory. But, after
all, there are more heroic deeds per-
formed every day, in thousands of
quiet homes, than are many of these
more exploited triumphs. 1t is the
every day heroism-the heroism that
poets do not immortalize, to which no
monuments are erected, that gives to
the world the greatest values. 1t is
the heroism of the wife and mother
in her daily round of duty that has
built up the real power of nations.
But the mother owes it to herself
and her children to get out of these
daily ruts once in whiIe-to get new
things to think about, She cannot
afford to starve her mind and soul
while she is working her body. For
it is this poverty stricken soul that
looks out through t1etful eyes, and
sounds in nervous, fretful voice.
When you hear that tone in your
voice, or note that look in your eyes
say to yourself:
"I must give my soul some
attention. -
Then go and take tramp. Then go
to the great mother nature and be
fed. Read James Whitcomb Riley's
poem which he calls ga Summers
Day.
"The Summers put the 1dy in
My head that I'm boy again;
And all around S so bright and gay
l want to put my team away,
And jest get out WHARF can lay
And soak my hide full of the
day!"
We took such tramp last Sunday.
1t does not have just the same effect
to drive; for that does not give the
same freedom. One does not want to
be hampered in any way, but wants to
feel that he can 60 any place where
he sees something of interest. He
wants to feel himself a child again,
and forget his years: and it is in
childhood that we must enjoy the use
of all our muscles. We must not
carry the tretful thoughts with us,
but just drop every responsibility
and start out, without any rule, to
find new things of interest in the
world.
Last Saturday evening we planned
our party, and selected the Indian
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pro-
truding Piles. Druggists refund
money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure
any case, no matter of how long
standing, in 6 to IA days. First ap
pIication gives ease and rest. SOC.
If your druggist hasn't it send SOC in
stamps and it will be forwarded post
paid by Paris Medicine Co., ST..
Louis, Mo.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
Mixed.

Casey-'Tis hard luck about Kearney.
OF hear he had to have his leg cut off
bechune the ankle an the knee. Cas-
sidy-Ay, the docthers decided that to
save the whole leg they'd have to cut
off part of it.-Philadelphia Press.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18
All Settled.

you're wasting a lot of time and
money trying to capture that widow"
'sWhy? Don't you think she'll marry
me?"
"Sure. She told me the night she met
you that she was going to-"
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18

sioner's little home. 1t is as neat
as water and broom can make it, as
is the whole house. And Mr.. Grist
is keeping bachelors hall now, too;
for his daughter, who is his home
maker, has gone away on visit.
An immense maple tree shades the
porch, and in the air is the fragrance
of flowers and the songs of birds.
There is always something hospit-
able IN an old porch, and this one at
the Indian commissioner is particu-
larIy suggestive. 1t shows how things
have changed. Not so awfully many
years ago our ancestors were building
block houses and stockades to protect
themselves against the Indians. Now
they can build hospitable porches.
I Defiance has given away to invitation.
An old porch is like the first hand
clasp in the meeting of friends.
1t was on this porch that we finally
ate our lunch with Mr.. GIist for
company. He brought pail of cold
water from that beautiful spring, and
we ate and talked. He told us some
thing about his work among the
Indians. l have always been pre-
judiced against Indian commits
sioners but L know that these Indians
have friend in Mr.. Grist, am sure
of it because of my knowledge of
huamn nature. Only kindly men
have voice and eyes like his.
After lunch Mr.. Andrews and MI.
Sinclair had smoke, and we just
basked in the soothing influence of
that porch.
Then Mr.. Grist showed us the gar
dens where the Indian women are
doing just what the white women in
jackson are doing in their flowers
expressing their wife and mother
hood thoughtfulness, though in peas,
beans, corn and fruit. Sadie, whose
voice was soft as music was nursing
her baby under tree, and watching
her apples dry in the sun. Five more
of her children stood near her, and
it was pleasure to near her speak to
them. Many another mother, in
civilization with harsh, initiating
voice might take lesson from her.
1t was fascinating place to stay,
hI1f hod od0 n u
home by way of the Experimental
station. Mr.. LGrist acted guide,
taking us through another picturesque
road, and leaving us within half
mile of the station. And then fol-
lowed novel experience. We just
found ourselves in "a garden of Eden,
where no fruit tree seemed to be
for hidden.
An Italian who could speak very
little English, but who could smile
in many languages, acted as the
tempter, and urged us to eat. He
lead US to grape vines, to fig trees
and brought us peaches and plums,
and we finally left him smiling
goodbye.
s
The tramp from the station back to
jackson was dusty, but 1t also had
its interest. We found that we had
walked twelve miles, to say nothing
of the tramp around the reservation
and the station. But we we're tired,
as somebody has expressed it 'on the
right side''-a good healthy tired.
The day had been full of pleasant ex
periences, and we can never forget it.
Take my advice and when you are
tired and worried just put up lunch
in box, aud take tramp. Get
away from the ruts of life. You
can throw the box away and there are
no dishes to wash after lunch. When
you come home with your blood full
of sunshine, life will take on a
brighter aspect.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18

In case of sickness, or when a dull
light is required, putIfnely powdered
salt on candle till it reaches the
black part of the wick. In this way a
mild and steady light may be kept all
through the night by an intnitesimal
piece of candle.
Amador ledger., 1905-08-18

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contracted, nervous and chronic dis
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