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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-07-15
NEGRO in THE WILD STATE
Tuskegee Traveller Thinks the Blacks
Of America May Help to Re
deem Africans.

Horace Greeley Griffin, one of the
three young negroes of Tuskegee train,
ing whom the German government
borrowed and took to west Africa tc
show the wild negroes how to grow
cotton, is at his Texas home again,
He has had enough Of west Africa. He
doesn't like the wild negroes much bet,
ter than he likes the tropical rains.
Some of them he suspects Of cannibal
ism and the men are not SO strong as
they look, and honest toll is hateful
to them.
sOne southern negro who has beer
used to labor, q correspondent quotes
young Griffin as saying, can do nere
work in one day than wild African
can do in a week. The wild African
looks ignorant. brutal and repulsTe
and in truth they are brutesrr they
worship the devil and bujla mud idols
to the devil: They believe in the ez
istenee Ola God, but they think thai
he iss~~too good to be of any use tt
th9m. They say that God will not
fight for them, while the devil is s
good fighter and loves a fight above
anything else.
II think that the institution Of slaly.
cry as We once had it in the Unitee
stateswas a blessing-a Gods blessing
The negroes of America have been tie.
deemed by it from hell and degrade
ton, and it may be that God has pre-,
pared them to redeem the dark confi.
nent.
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and it won't take ne ten minutes to
finish the job. I'm going out, / say
a.d ifiyou want me to 90 free and start
life over again, you go on praying and
keep quiet!''
A thousand things passed through
the preachers mind, but he was help
less. He fell forward. burying his face
il his hands. and went On praying.
jim crawled across the floor. and tax
ing a wire saw from his shoe, began
the task that he had Iabored 50 hard
for many nights First the saw passed
through the soap that hid the tiny
crack in the bar, then with a steaIthy
sound, like the gnawing of a mouse, It
ate into the hard metal The desperate
mans hand few back and forth almost
with the rapidly Of lightning, while
the sweat that streamed from his face
glittered on the iron. With click the
saw passed through the bar, and the
sound aroused the White-faced man
who was kneeIing in the corner OF the
cell
Abner raised his head and the gaze
Of the brothers met. The preacher
started to get on his feet, but the muir
derer was at his side in an instant.
stAb, I'll kill you like a dog if Sel
move or make a noise!' Jim growled
ID a hoarse whisper. DO you want them
to hang me and send my soul to hell,
Or do YOU want me to go out Of here
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GAME OF PLAYING SCOUT
Pleasant Pastime for the Young Folks
When Out for a Summer
Froiic,

Boys and girls who live in the coun-
try, and those from the city who will
visit in the country this summer, may
have great sport playing scout. The
only thing necessary is patch Of
woods, says the Washington Star
Any Of the counting OUT plans may
be used to see who will be Indians
and who will be scout Those who are
counted out are Indians, and the last
one left is the scout.
When everything is ready the scout
hides his eyes to count 200, while the
Indians scamper off through the
woods and hide. 1t must be agreed.
of course, that no one shall go beyond
certain limits.
The scout may set out on his
search with shout and rush. or he
may steal along noiselessIy, hoping
to surprise the Indians. To be caught
an Indian has only to be seen. The
scout calls his name. and the Indian
must come in as a prisoner. However.
a prisoner may do all he can to throw
the scout off the trail
When all the Indians have been
spied the enc who was caught first must
be scout and he hides his eyes and
counts while the others run away again
IS Indians, Each game starts at the
spot where the last Indian Is captured
A whole day may be delightfully."- spent
IL the woods at this game.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-07-15
DISHES REVOLVING DOORS
Lawyers Man Trying to Serve Sum
mons Was Defeated by
Them

Revolving doors are q very nice
thing for most people, but l don't like
them said man who follows the IN.
popular calling of serving summonses
and who according to Stray Stories, is
employed by many lawyers because he
seldom fails to catch his man
L was after man one day. he con.
tinued, and hearing that he was in a
hotel, l went there and looked in
through the glass of the revolving door,
He was there, and the moment / caught
sight of him he saw ne.
He knew | wanted to serve him, and
as took my place IN one section of the
door he darted into the other, push
ing the door along and forcing me to
go with it.
when we were both securely Gagged
he made faces at me. As soon as there
was room, he slipped cut, ran down
the steps, and was off round the corner
like shot.
81 had kept on around with the door,
and would have given him a run for his
money; but three women had started to
come in, and, as women generally do,
all three insisted on getting into one
compartment.
They shuff1ed along, treading on each
others heels, and finally got out, but
that delay was fatal. He was out Of
sight, and have not been able to lay
eyes on him since"
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Ignorance Of Food Values.

Examples Of glazing ignorance Of
food values may well he culled from
the notes of these experts who have
visited the poor of the different cities.
In the slums Of Chicago, states John
Elfreth Watkins, writing in the Reader
Magazine, it was found that q woman
whose husband was out of work and
whose family was living on few
cents a day bought lettuce, a food SO
innutritious that, at least when out Of
season and high IN price, it is a luz
ury even for the rich. This woman
sacrificed the inexpensive but nutri-
tious classes of foods, such as found
in the list given above, for leaves con
timing over SO per cent. Of water and
IS per cent. Of refuse 1t has been.
truthfully said that a man would soon
starFe to death on a diet Of lettuce
alone. Pitiable improvidence was found
in the New York slums. A Waterman
was feeding his family at the rate Of
4 ta2tSSnts per person day-all that he
could Aafford; yet his wife bought e2-
pensive> cuts Of beef instead of the
equally nutritious cuts Of lower price,
also largo quantities Of butter whole
value might have been invested il
dried beans and more bread. She also
wasted money On soda crackers and
jumbles costing two or three times as
much as bread and containing no more
nutrition. tt was estimated that his
vtfe might have obtained about eight
times as much nutrition for her money
had she substituted dried peas for
green peas. Another large saving
would have been the substitution Of
fresh for condensed milk.
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NO FoLlcE GRAFT IN JAPAN
Acceptance of Gift by an Officer Is
Followed by Loss Of
Caste

William II. Shelton, the artist, re-
turned recently from a visit to Japan.
While there he was impressed nuch by
the japanese police, says The Wash
ington Post. He came away with the
idea that thes japanese police depart
ment was much superior to other po-
lice departments. principally owing to
the apparent elimination of graft.
While I was at Nagasak... he says,
Capt. Barker, the Americas quarter
master there, lost a very fine uncut dia-
mond He hadn't any idea where he
had lost it. He sent word to the police
and a regular policeman came around
and made inquiries about the stone.
With the politeness that is eharac-
teristic Of the country, the policeman
announced that it would give the po-
lice great pleasure to find it il they
could. Several days later he appeared
with the diamond, which must have
been very hard to find owing to its
being in an uncut state.
He handed it to Capt. Barker with
bow and walked away. True to his
talIiSi!SG1H ii1otlnSSs Adtl, 1octl MI SeSAaSo
him back, reached down into his peck
ct and pulled out couple Of yen,
which he offered him.
THE policeman seemed to be both
surprised and offended. 1t was against
all the rules Of the police, he said, to
accept such gratuities from anyone.
Il found later just how serious it
would have been if he had taken it, 1t
seems that the policemen III Japan are
recruited from the middle class and
punishment for anyone caught graft
ing means much more than dismissal
from the service or imprisonment, It
means loss Of caste.
"A man dismissed from the police
department for such an offense, no
matter what his previous rank in 50.
ciety, becomes a marked man and is
regarded as a eoolie, the lowest class
of society. As a coolie nothing is lett
to him but hard labor for the rest OF
his days.
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; Il a. l,nga6oos of mun 6nne


One Of the bugaboos OF mundane
gstence is the early to led ana GBss1
10 rise" sdags, which has troubled the
eouscseDces of so many millions OF
people Chat tantaIizing Old jing.e
about early rising making a man heal
thy, wealthy and wise is responsible
fGr more misery il the world than all
She other good behavior maXims and
rules f0Y SUCCESS put together; but its
is gratifying to observe, says the Roch-
ester IN. ~ Post Express, that the
present generation is not 50 complais-
ant in obeyiag the rule as the good
but misguided, men and women Of
yesterday. The early-rising fad is not
much in vogue now in the cities, and
it will not be many years before the
benefeent reform Will take root in the
country. The cause OF this change, Of
course. is IN the change from early
TO late hours in thickiy settled locai-
tics. The urban population occupies
its evenings in pIeasurab2e pursuits
and fetires at an hour that IS not IN
harmony with the advice That was in
culcated daily in the minds of our
grandmothers and grandfathers. An
other great change is the increase Of
occupations that require night work,
for 10 every large city there are thous-
ands Of men and women who work at
night and sleep during the day. The
theater is also an important factor in
keeping people awake until midnight.
In olden times there were not 50 many
amusements AMI distractions in the
daily life, and after our grandparents
finished their days work there was
nothing better TO do than go to bed.
IN these days Of rushing business and
varied pleasures, however, humanity
Just begins TO enjoy itself when dark
ness falls from the wing Of night,
when the pale blue rays of the cleo
tries drill holes in the eDon atmos-
phere. and the noises of the downtown
thoroughfares fall on the ear.
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resume a luxurious life in Paris. It
was at this time that he happened to
meet a rich and beautiful German
countess, whom he married. The wed
ding ceremony was performed in Italy
by an archbishop, and among the
witnesses were a genuine duke and a
representative of the Roumanian gov
tied in Switzerland, where they led a
peaceful life as long as the countess
funds held out.
In the extremity of having to do
honest work for living, Manolescu
returned to his ancient trade of rob-
coup at Lueerne and sentenced to sew
eral years in prison. AS soon as he
was free again he went to America,
intending to rob jewelry stores. In
San Francisco, being suspected of a
large burglary, he turned detective, and
was given charge Of the case by the
police officials. In another instance,
when accused by a jeweler, he was SO
plausible that he convinced the man of
his innocence when his pockets we're
bulging with the precious stones he
hadssto1en When he had accumulated
nearly 100000 he returned to Europe,
and established himself in Berlin un-
der the name Of Prince Lahoyary, and
started again to rob hotel rooms. The
Berlin police, however, caught him in
the act, and as it could not be easily
explained how a nobleman with a large
bank account should rob, the Judges de-
cided he was insane and sent him to
an asylum at Rerzberg, near Berlin.
After few months he found a way
TO escape, and took refuge in Austria,
where he is now.
He tells how he lost nearly half
million dollars at Monte Carlo. He
now intends to let gambling alone and
start a new life.
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POLAR BEAR TRIES
TO EAT LITTLE BOY.
seven-Year-old Chap Drawn Into q
Cage at Philadelphia Zoo and
Badly Injured.

Philadelphia,-C over tbs
railing around the polar bears cage in
the geological gardens in Fairmount
park the other day Willard Kyle. seven
years old, was drawn inside the cage
by the white monster and so terribly
mangled by the great paws and teeth
that for time his life was despaired
Of
His clothing was torn like paper and
the flesh ripped wide open. Without APP
parent exertion, the bear drew his VIC
tim through the bars, which had to be
sprung a little to admit of the passage
of the childs body
Young Kyle's first scream attracted
the attention of he other children,
who ran here and there in a panic,
shrieking with terror Three keepers
heard the commotion and ran to the
bears cage. Armed with spades and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-07-15
LIVED HIGH BY
ROBBING PEOPLE.
PRINCELY RAFFLEs WRITES a
STORY OF HIS LIFE.
He HAS DECIDED TO REFORM
High-Born Criminal Of Berlin Issues
Warning to Other Youths
Robbing Jewelry Shops
He Sneni l+r
His Speciality.

Berlin.-A Raf1es in real life has
Just published his memoirs, which are
of special interest because they an
nounce his intention to reform and
to start a new life in America, to
which country he will be accompanied
BY a person who has undertaken the
work Of his reformation.
The author. who is only "a years of
age, has been known under the names
Of the Duke d'Otranto and Prince of
Padua, but is, in fact, a Roumanian
named George Manolescu. His father
was an officer in Roumanian cavalry
regiment when George, at the age of
16, was expelled from the naval acad-
envy and took refuge in Constantinople.
In a short time be was in trouble
with the Turkish police, and had to
seek refuge in Athens, where 'le ap-
piled in vain to the Roumanian en-
bassy for his fare home. He attempted
suicide with a revolver, and was taken,
seriously wounded, to the public hospi-
tai, where the Queen of Denmark, on
a charitable visit to the Institution,
took All interest IN him, paid for his
care and furnished him with sufficient
morey to return to Roumania.
His family sent him to Paris for a
university education. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that they supplied only SEQ
a month for his expenses, he was soon
living the gayest of lives in the French
capital, where he owned d magnificent
villa and even race horses. 1t did not
take Ting for The police to discover
that the brilliant young man was the
author of many burglaries of Partisan
jeWelry shops, Sc of which were cred
tied TO him, with a net profit Of half
a million. He was sent to prison for
four years.
According to his confession, on being
released he spent several years in ia
pan and America, and afterWard in
London, in which countries he led a
splendid existence by robbins5 guests in
hotels. He soon had sufficient funds to
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-07-15
Elixir Of Youth.

Every age sees its earnest scientists
still seeking how they may discover
tie elixir or the force which will give
Us the energy, the vitality and the APP
pearance Of youth A German who has
been struggling with the subject is CON
WINGED that the secret lies in keeping
sound our blood vessels We are just
as old as our hearts, he declares. and
this is no pretty poetical sentiment,
but a cold, scientific fact. AS years
creep On, our arteries and the heart
lose vigor, and We then begin to age. .
Now we can train this organ, it ap-
gears. TO work better than it does. Like
an old clock, if treated judiciously, Il
WiIl so on as we'll as new one, but
it does not do TO give it any of the lib
critics of the latter. We must care
fully regulate the exercise we take, the
food We eat, the mental efforts We
make, the muscle work we do. We
should neither walk too much nor too
little: We should get as much air as
possible, yet never oversleep; We
should never coddle, still less should
we be rash about colds, fatigue and
So on.
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picks they entered just as Bruin was
biting a piece out of the boys neck.
By that time the child was almost I'M
conscious from fright and loss of blood,
for each stroke Of the ponderous paws
cut deep.
At first the bear was not inclined to
give up his prey. Evidently he intended
to finish his meal. Snarling and opening
wide his mouth he awaited the attack
The fact that he kept his paws on
Willard enabled the keepers to deal
with him to better advantage, and few
Well-directed blows with shovels en-
barassed him sufficiently to make him
back off for a spring.
That was all the keepers wanted. One
of them snatched the boy, and all three
beat hasty retreat.
A hurry call was sent for an ambu-
lance. The boy was carried to the home
of superintendent Brown, where he had
medical attention.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-07-15
ONE FLAW IN HIS COURAC
Evelyn's Papa Was a Man Withou
Fear Save That of His
Better Half.

Evelyn is the little daughter of a Ma
shall county family, relates the Kanss
City Journal. She is very timid, HI
father, finding that sympathy only il
creased this unfortunate tendency, d
cided to have a serious talk with his Ill
tie daughter on the subject of her foo
ish fears.
Papa, she said, at the close of d
lecture, when you see a COW amt 20
'fraid?"
NO; certainly not, Evelyn"
When you see horse, amt 70
'fraid?"
NO; of course not
When you see dog, amt 70
'fraid?,'
NO! with emphasis.
When you see bumblebee, amt 70
'fraid?"
.No."-with scorn.
'.Ain't you 'fraid when it thunders?o
mol" with loud laughter oh. yo
silly child
Papa, said Evelyn. solemnly, ain
You 'fraid Of nothin in the world Id
mammal"
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Chinese Invention

China has apparently started diggin
at the top of the heap Of Improvement
made during her centuries Of lethara,
The first patent the Chinese goyeus
ment has ever granted is for an
trio lamp invented by an inhabit 60
Marking, the old capital of the
who describes his invention
bright moonlight" and as
far superior to the foreign
hitherto sold at Shanghai
cities. Further indicat
pres awakening are
ing of an American
building Of the frs
in the vicinity of
chinery including
ated furnace chargin
Tribune.
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THE BLACK
ONE
By WADE MoUNTFoRTT
% I'm, here's a visitor to see YOU
ID said the taller,

iM, u6f6 q S4SiLoI W see you,
ed said the jailer.
Jim Pitts sprang up and stared
| through the bars.
| The visitor grasped the prisoners
hands and exclaimed: "Oh. James,
james,"
Sorrow was written in every line OF
| the visitors face; the countenance of
the one in the cell was sullen.
Hello, Ab!" said the prisoner.
The men eyed each other a moment.
The jailer felt that he must say some
thing.
Anyone would know you were bro
theirs, said he You are enough alike
to be twins"
The prisoner seemed embarrassed.
coughed and replied Yes, we do re-
semble; the whole family does, but
He looked at the floor. But | reckon
I'm the black one Of the flock" Then,
turning to his brother, he asked: How
did you leave everybody at home, Ab?'
The Rev. Abner Pitts was SO over
come that he could not reply at first.
He pressed handkerchief to his eyes
and leaned against the bar, sobbing.
The jailer moved away,
They are all heartbroken, but mo-
ther, and she-she doesn' know,
James, . said the preacher trying to
suppress his emotion.
Tiger-like, Jim Pitts. began to pace
his cell. There was no sign of remorse
on his face Once he glanced at his
brother with an expression Of disdain,
then he stopped and said:
What did you come for?'
I came to look after your souls sal
yation, James," replied the ether. u
came to pray with you and offer you
the consolation of my religion"
why didn't you go to see the COVER
nor and ask him to commute my SEN
tence? That's what wrote you for;
that's what ! wanted you to do"
THAT would have done no good
James" said the brother. Your crime
has put you beyond the pale Of earthly
clemency, James, you can only look to
Heaven now, and think of your immor-
tai SOUL"
You might have got a respite for
me: that would have given me some
chance to think about religion. Its
only eight days now. Tomorrow night
they will put on the-the death watch!"
The word caused his brother to shud-
der; he lifted the handkerchief to his
eyes again. .-s-@
The ja1ler came and let Abner into
the cell, It was hight. The brothers,
who had net seen each ether before in
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MISS GENEVEVE MAY.
CATARRHOF STOnAC|
CURED BY RUN

Miss Genevive May, 1917 S. Meri
St.. Indianapolis, Ind, Member Sc
High School Alumni Asstns- writes
t.Peruna is the finest regulator
disordered stomach Ihave eveffo
1t certainly deserves high praises to-
it's skiIffuIIy prepared.
Il was in a terrible condition from a
neglected case of catarrh of the stomach.
Ny food had long ceased to be of any
good and only distressed me after eat
ing | was nauseated. had heartburn
and headaches, and felt run down com
pletely. But in two weeks after1 took
Peruna was changed person. A few
bottles of the medicine made d great
change. and in three months my stom-
ach was cleared of catarrh, and my en-
tire system in a better condition. =
Geneviye May.
Write DIR. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio,
for free medical advice. All cores
pondence held strictly confidential.
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and live an honest life? You know
have never had any show. got start
ed wrong. Everybody said | was the
black one. Give me a show, Alb; if you
don't there will be murder at your own
door!" .-
Abner put his hand on his brothers
arm and tried to draw him closer that
he might plead with him, but jim
pushed him away.
Now the saw was piled vigorously to
the other bar, and in few minutes
Jim Pitts began the final preparations
for escape With almost superhuman
strength he bent the bars aside, leaving
an opening that seemed scarcely large
enough for child to crawl through.
Standing up the murderer drew off his
shirt and rubbed soap on MS bare
arms and shoulders. His muscular body
glistened in the dim light that filtered
into the cell. AS Abner started up from
the corner where he was kneeling, he
saw his brother standing over him like
some Internal apparition. He stood up
and faced the desperate prisoner. They
were breathing hard and glazing at
each other Abner was about to cry
out when Jim caught him in tight
embrace. The murderer jerked the
handkerchief from his brothers pocket
and drew it tightly across his mouth
the preacher was gagged. In s1lother
minute Abner was strippeG Of his coat
and his hands were hound behind him
with a sheet from. Ktne cell bunk.
Now Abner lay upon the floor watch
ing the movements Of his brother. jim
craWled 10 the bars and listened, pant
ing~Iilze a hunted animal. He thrust
-4Abner's coat, hat and Bible out. then
he Slowly worked his body through the
breach in the iron cage. Abner saw
the crouching prisoners shadow dimly
outlined against the dark walls Of the
cell, then it vanished.
The preacher Writhed upon the floor
and struggled hard, but be could not
free himself or cry out. His soul was
filled with anguish, and the text, But
if any man walk in the night ran
through his mind. He closed his eyes
in a torrent of tears and prayed in
silence.
AZ dawn Tim pitts walked mast tho