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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
Beard Sweeps the Ground.

HiaWatha, Stephen Lamber-
son, Of BlaehhaWk, Col, who is Visiting
his brother, Moses Lamberson, has a
beard which reaches to the ground when
combed out. It is the product of more
than 50 years growth. Mr. Lamberson
is u years old and is very proud OF his
long, silky beard, butrather than attract
too much attention on the streets, he
braids it and keeps it coiled under his
vest When his brother, Moses Lamber-
son, last saw him the beard only
reached to his knees. That was 80 years
ago.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
Went the Same Road

DO you know where NY poor little
ugly dnekling is2" asked the distressed
mother-1uck.
All! madam, replied the polite but
still hungry fox, 4 have inside in
formation on that point; you will soon
meet your little one''-Philadelphia
Press.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
Measures Often in Use

A cup means the common size of
white cup generally used in hotels and
restaurants, that holds one-half pint of
liquid. Tin and ename1ed pint and
half-pint measuring cups marked in
quarters and thirds can be bought at
house furnishing stores and it is de-
sirabIe to have several for use.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
Making Impartial Choice

Ruby. who was dining with her elders.
was given her cheice of her fayorite des-
serts.
Which will you have, Ruby, ice cream
or jam?'' her indulgent father asked.
After a moments hesitation she said.
Give me little Of each and a lot oil
both. "-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18

One fashion authority declares seam
stresses the country over are now en-
gagged IN turning last seasons sleeves
upside down, and while this is rather
emphatic statement vet it has consider
able truth about it. We are glad to say
that this. topsy-turyy treatment of
sleeves is comparatively simple, last
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
An Early Start.

Brown see BY the papers that Ard
upp has just celebrated his golden wed
ding.
Green-His golden wedding. Why, he
was only married yesterday.
Brownies; but he married an heir
ess.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
Amer Imposes Awful Penalty.

Peshawar.-The ameer Of Afghanfs-
tan has ordered Risaldar samin Jan,
the murderer Of the German engineer.
Herr Fleiseher, to be blown from a
lannon's mouth on the spot where he
committed the crime
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
PRETTY THEATER WAIST.
One of the Newest Designs and Best
Liked Is the Tight Bodice with
Pulled Sleeves.

Fashion has established that we ars
to have the close-ftting waist, draped
more or less, and that much fulIness
shall dominate the upper part Of the
sleeves. The design here shown is suit
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
Lace Cuffs.

Tiny ruff1es of valeneiennes lace make
up whole deep cuff that is charming
" delicate against the background of
soft, deep velvet, of which the gown was
made.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
Sleeves Make or Mar Dress

ERTAIN tha9 your sleeves are
right, You can EEL quite COM
Portable. They are not all to
be cut from one pattern, but
should follow the same gem
eral principles; bigness, and
hisrnaSS af fho +on
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-21
A. A. Lowery returned Monday from

A. A. Lowery returned Monday from
pleasure trip in Alabama,
Mrs. Thomas Lawrence of Golden,
visited her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Medlin, Monday.
Rufus Loomis and sister Miss
Maude, of Makanda, We're guests OF
Mrs w. w. Wiley, Tuesday.
Mrs. Joe Rendleman and daughter,
Miss Myrtle. of Golden, We're guests
If Mrs M. w. Brown Tuesday.
I Mrs. G. H. Bosley of Cairo, is Wis
iting her mother. Mrs, H, r, Wilson,
Mrs. c. N Burris, of Mt. Carmel,
Ill, arrived Saturday for a visit with
Anna friends.
Mrs. G, H. Segar of East ST. Louis.
spending a few weeks here with
Mrs. August Segar
Miss Ora Anderson Is visiting Mrs.
w +. Clark at Delavan. ILL.,. this
week
William Carlock and Miss Ina
Harness Of Dongola, were married here
"Wednesday at $3.50 a. m. at the home
Of A. M Stone. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. J, A. Carter of the
BAPTIST church.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-21
MOUND CITY.
) . . . - . . . . . .
December 20, 1905.

While Perks is home from school
At st Louis, to spend the holiday va
cation.
Mrs. Dave Quarters of Mounds, was
N our city Tuesday shopping.
Word has been received from Mr..
and Mrs NJ NJ Mccartney at Vienna
hat owing 10 the Illness of their old
est girl with scarlet fever, they will
be unable to spend Christmas with
Mound City relatives and friends.
Miss Anna Henderson, who has been
visiting the family OF Harry Mertz at
Carbondale, has returned home.
The Blum store had Its holiday OPP.
ening Tuesday. Besides the regular
force OF clerks, the Misses Bertha
Walker, Mabel Adair, Rose Mulrooney,
Florence Sims. Jessie Schiller and
Kate Darrah are assisting. Souvenirs
we're given to the ladies', gentlemen
and children
c. b. Powell. the colored physician
who until recently resided in Mound
City, has located at Bailey, /. T. An
operating chair and other office fix.
lures we're shipped to him at that
point this week.
Jake Blum was a Cairo visitor Sun
day. M
Tuesday night about s clock the
large belt at the Electric light plant
was torn into, and thus causing the
lights TO go out. Repairs were made
at once, but it was not until II O'Clock
that the lights came ON.
Pearl Freeman. the electrician al
the light plant. met with an accident
and using his language for it-he does
not know whether he was shot or cut
with a piece of glass. lie threw
pail OF water out of a window. and as
the machinery was 10 motion c1nsii
cradle noise was made. thus prevent
ing him from hearing report OF
gun. In case one had been fired. Then.
too. the window was party hoisted ana
Il was possible that he could have cut
his hand on broken glass. The wound
was not discovered for sometime after
ward. the trinkling Of the blood draw
ing his attention. II is not a serious
wound, but he is carrying his hand in
a sling.
Editor Palmer was in Cairo Wed
nesday on business.
Joe Martin visited Cairo Monday,
looking for Santa Claus.
Mr. and Mrs. q. A. MeCracken we're
married % years last Monday. and In
Of the event number Of
THAT croEdD their friends gave them
q surprise The usual wedding march,
kissing the bride, and the good things
fer the inner man were INDUCED IN
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-21
!! saaaaaaaaaeaaaasaaaaaaassa
:N6WS or THE RIVERS {
sySsysssssssssssysssssssss

The river gauge yesterday at"4, p.
m. registered 21.2 feet showing a fall
OF or feet during the proceeding "a
hours.
The Charlotte Boeckeler arrived
from Hickman at | p, m. yesterday
with barge of wood for this point
and one for Cincinnati,
The Ranger depftted for Cincin.
natl yesterday morning with 7 empty
barges and l empty model.
The r. B. Finley departed yesterday
at 10 a. m. with tow of % boats. 2
barges and models for Cincinnati.
The n. III. Davis arrived from Joppa
yesterday al a. m, returning at 10
a. m.
The Clifton. arrived from below at
$3.50 a. m. yesterday. ~
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-21
December, 20, 1906.

l December, 90, 1905.
Miss Bessie Carlisle il spending this
week with her brother Fred Carlisle
in East st. Louis. inn \, .a.
Mrs. Bert Lawrence Of Golden, was
shopping in Anna Monday. !. ...s
Mrs Harry Menaugh of ST. Louis, Is
visiting her mother, Mrs, James
Brooks.
Mrs Allie Miller Golden, was
the guest of Mrs. I, A. Carlisle Mon
day.
Miss Lulu Bizzel of Makanda spent
a few days this week with her moth
er, Mrs. A. j. Bizzei
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-21
River Forecasts.

The OhioAt Evansville and TN
Vernon, will continue rising during
the next two or three days. At Padu
cab and Cairo, viii continue falling
during the next 3G hours. The Ten
nessee-From Florence to the mouth
not much change during the next 3d
hours, probably followed by a rise
The Mississippi--From below St
Louis to below Cape Girardeau, nc
material change during the next 3f
hours.
p. II. SMYTH,
Local Forecaster.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-21

Stage at Cairo December 20, 1904
AZ
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14
Slavery in Massachusetts.

In 1854 there were nearly four hun.
dred and Atty slaves il Essex County,
Massa cnusetis, alone. The preseE-
constitution OF Massachusetts was es-
tablished in 1850. The first article o.
The declaration OF rights asserts thas
al men are born free ana equal, and
this was generally supposed TO have
reference &c slavery, but il was poins
or which 81 did not agree. In 1881,
however. 81 the court II Worcester,
an Indictment wcs found against q
white nan .or assaulting, beating and
inprisoning black. His trial took
place at lie Supreme Judicial Court,
1883, and The defence was that The
black man was slave, and the l5eat-
ing, e. cetera, was the necessary cor.
-eclion OF his master. This defence
did no. avail; the white man was
found gully and fined, and this de-
cision was he ieath-wa1ran. fc- s'av-
cry in Massachusetts.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14
FTSHl1.lF
:Sk@DGoEI&E/es

Russia mu have 4 bic sinking
fund Why =, see she's been bly,
ing three or tour new warshio:. 60
Chicago Rec rd-HeralG.
though poem may her fame strike.
The chap who tolls and writes hem
Ne'cr NOV 4 girls affections like
The fellow who recites them.
Washington star.
Denilam-":;'s 4 good thing Cor
some people hat this country never
restricted immigration Henham-
Why" Denham-"|hey'd have been
rather short of ancestors. Town
Topics.
Mr.. Lingerlong- VIVA. mai-es your
little dog howl so:'' Hiss Vince
Garr-"He always Aowls liSe that
when he thinks it is time to shut Vi
the house for the night. ''-Chicago
Tribune.
How kind b is of all the stars
To stay awake at nigh
And watch us when we GO to s.eep,
And sec that all is right.
This is their work-it's all they've 80.
10 GO-the tarS SO DrlSnt!
M j. T., in Lit ,e Lo.ks.
"M- daughte. has developed Il per.
rect passion for music said the
woman next door. "-es?" renlie1 Mrs.
Snappe. III bet it isn't circum
stance to the passion your daughters
music arouses in my hushand.'-
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Now, my ch d." said the calnibal
mother to her younges. hoDefui. -
want you to be on your goou behavior
and not make pig OF yourself
"v'nat orr" demanded The .ounG
savage. because we're going to hay
hat new minis err or dirner." -Thila.
lelphia Press.
Servant-"Mrs. Grace, there's i.
boy " il he near tree, eating pears
at great rate" 1Irs. Irace--''lQ
YOU know who he boz is?' Servant
ats he Garter boz who lives net
door," Mrs. Grace-"Oh, well, IN that
case, let the dear listle fellow eat all
&c wants. those aears are hard as
u-itkbats.'
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14
s NEW.STYLE CASKET.

An Innovation Which Does Away With
the observation-disclosures Coffin.
1t is not so much what you pay for,
nor what you pay, but what you get
that needs your attention in the selec
ton Of a casket, for the genius Of tile
twentieth century has been just as
busy in the way Of funeral furnish
ings as in other line, until today
the styles Of caskets are quite differ
ent from what they were fifty years
ago and changing every day.
This is especially true in Metallic
Caskets, the cid style heavy cast iron
goods having given away to the more
up-to-date copper Innings which are
neatly fitted into the best grades Of
vanished or cloth coyered work.
One Of the latest designs as recently
brought out by the National Casket
Co., is what is designated as a Couch
Casket which has the appearance Of
comfortable couch when open, yet re-
tains all he requisite outlines Of the
best styles i'll regular casket work
when cicsea,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14
Looming Pigeon ..

Before HE days OF the telegraph anu
telephone he hominG pigeon was the
quickest carrier Of news, ana great
fortunes were acquired by those who
made Gaily use Of these birds Cor carr.
i.ic commercial! messages. N the
franco prussian Wa the par played
Dy homine pigeons wa 50 important
hat thu attention OF The whole world
Yves drawn to these wonderful crea'
lures and The great European powers
spent lars SUMS in establishing and
maintaining pigeon posts for use in
times o. war. NOWADAYS no one PIE.
tends tina; The homing pigeon is o.
INCH use. but for dvellers in he coun'
Try. who are not in close touch with
telephone II .elegr lph office, there
may arise many occasions whom
pigeons can be employed 10 ADVANTAGE.
.AD- country doctor with an extensive
practice can readily appreciate the
pra ct;cal galue of a few weli-,ra med
birds IS & means IF communication
with his home when The saving O..
lives is at issue. Country life in
America
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14
HAPPY GILL OHOOC.
Right Food Makes Happy Chiidrcu lie,
cause They Arc Healthy.

Sometimes milk does nos agree Eith
rue Of Other articles o. 200. What
agrees with one sometimes does no.
1gree with others.
But food can be SO prepared cha. j,
viii agree with the weakest stomach.
Is an observation-disclosures. 40 matter
how weak the stomach. can eat. relish
and digest Z nice no. cup OF Postum
coffee with Il spoonful or two OF Grape
Nuts pos:Ted in. and such combine :
lion contains nourisnment 10 carry one
number Of hour, for almost every
particle of IL will be aigesteG nnG
taken up b. tho system and De made
Use OF.
i lady writes from .Ic land OF The
Magnolia and the knocking bird waY
down in alabama and says: II wa
lee to drink Postum because coffee
gave me sour stomach anG made ma
nervous. .Aeain Postum was recon-
mended by two sell known physicians
for ny children, and fee. especially
grateful 70. The benefit derived.
Milk does not agree with aiiher
child. so to siie eldest. aged four and
one-half years. 1 give Postum with
plenty Of sweet cream. II agrees with
her splerdidly, regulating her bowels
perfectly. although he is o. consti.
paied habit.
For the youngest, aged two and oae-
half years, use one half Postum and
one-half skinned milk. have not
given any medicine since The children
began using Postum, and they enjoy
every drop Of 1t.
"a neighbor of mine is giving Pos
sum 20 her baby lately weaned. with
splendid results. The little fellow is
thriving famously' Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum agrees perfectly with chill
dren anG supplies adults with the hot,
invigorating beverage in place of
coffee. Literally thousands OF Amer
leans have been helped out of stom-
ach and nervous diseases by leaving
OF coffee and using Postum Food Cof-
fee. Look in package for the little
book. "7'he Road to lYeryjlle,r
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14
An EXPLOSIVE.

Inventors. with al their originality
aud brilleace. are often naive, child
Ike and impractical said General
Wallace 7. Randolph, Of the general
staff OF the army.
An Inventor caliel, O., rae one day
10 talk about IN eZplosiYc he had o.
iginated.
"It is Tho NOS. powerful explosive
The world has Evec seen he said, and
1t is my idea 70 send it up in a bal.
loon, With & lighted fuse attached to
it. The balloon will b. sent over tho
camp OF the enemy. ths explosive viii
so off, and victory will be OURS
"'Yet, sale !, but suppose q current
OF sir should blow the balloon bac'-
over our Own army. What them
Then sait. the inventor, iaying
his hand OF NY arDa. I tell you VIVA.
1t is, general: cur army would have "a
get UP and run Cor all it was worth.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14
THE LITTLE COUNTRY PAPER.

It's no sixteen-page edition that expresses
big mems views,
And its not filed up with pictures, nor
with telegrahpic news. a..
It isn't printed daily, with an extra
every hour,
And the editors not Dragging OF his an
tlucncc and power :.
1t may have faults and errors, bit all
these | will forgive.
For it's printed in the country, way back
where | used to live.
It is only issued weekly end it. not made
up for style,
But when it arrives | gladly put the daily
by for awhile.
| don't read IN It's pages what the wise
and great men say,
But ! see that ''Silas j.gcers brought
some wood to town to-day,
And that "Grandma Parks is better o.
that "O.d Bill Jones is dead
And it tells just what the parson il his
Sunday sermon said.
( see again the faces OF the friends /
used to know
In the dim and distant fGnc;cs " the
happy Long Ago;
And | read up in one corner that the
fall winds howl and blow.
And that "Enc.e Nathan Smith predicts
an early fall of snow:
Or that our debating cub VII! GlTc q
sociabe next week,
At which our wtownsman, -HDncr
Brothertol, will speak
There are never learned essays on the
questions of the da:-,
But it says that folks arc looking for a.
Other rise IN hay;
/ can see no Caring headlines OF he last
election fight.
But it says that Tom Shaw margies LA
Edgerton tonight
And nv thoughts somehow grow fonder
when TIE Old folks names see,
Telling that reverend ,'Tonpkins ~as IA
vited there % tea.
IT may e crude and ho,nc.y -tna. same
little count sheet.
And the makeup OF lis pages may >"
rather obsolete.
1t is damp when 1 unfold 1t. aad snc PRINT
is sometim y blurred,
Yet its Always more than welcome. and
read its ever word.
And no reading 20 & city nan greater
Joy can give,
Than the little country weekly, prin,cd
where he uset 10 live
dorchester Democrat and Chronicle.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14
In the Other Pocket.

Il can't quite make your change"
said the couEtry storekeeper, pain
fully recounting the piles CT pennies
in his hand. ITS a cent out of the
way"
"Oh, never mind" returned the
rlunihcent summer bOarGer.
Put it's ny cent" was the moving
rejoinder.
Sometimes it does happen to make
a difference if we know who owns tho
cent The New York Press tells this
story of man who. early Oh Monday
morning, came to the assistant treas
urer of church.
Il attended service yesterday" said
he. and | made a mistake when you
took up the collection. had a penny
ard a fve-dolIar gold piece in my
pocket | think"
Here he stepped 70 take breath. and
the ether man interrupted him with
some Impotence. He had heard just
that complaint before. Somebody
was always hunting a five-do!lar gold
piece.
Il think you are mistaken said he.
1--WE had no five-dollar gold pieces in
Sundays collection"
That's just what am trying to get
at," said the old gentleman. You
ough. to have had one. / meant to
put mine in the basket, but made a
mistake and dropped in the penny in
stead Here is The gold piece"
Ela-a-D,d You have pleasant wealth
or at the springs this summer?
Dora-No. It was hot, Greadfully
SO.
Really uncomfortable, was it?"
"Awfully. Why, the weather was
so warm than when man with cool
million proposed to me l accepted him
80 o,oo Now YOr'- Wankly
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14
When The Dean Took Heart.

Dean Hole The noted English clergy
man who died recently, was on one &C.
casion crossing the Channe! after y
visit to the Continent, the fovage be.
ing very stormy.
The Dean was lad sailor and had
suffered a great deal on the Trip. 4.
Dover he was looking over the railway
company's rules on the station wall az
q passenger came up. Said tie dean.
After that stormy voyage we have
at least one advantage in making the
subsequent "trip to I4ondoi. J see the
company carries returning empties al
reduced Fates."-Iondop World.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14

The especial advantage Of the Couch
Laskct is found il is relic. rom tina
stiffness usually noted in all otler
designs, and inpressing .he minds Of
the friends as well as that Of The fam.
lily with a feeling Of peace and res
fulness not known before.
If it is desired 70 retain all OF the
preservation qualities as found in tie
copper Innings, the Couch Casket can
be enclosed in meal li,ea outside
box, which will then answer the dou-
BE purpose OF preserving 10th he
casket as well as the remains.
All undertakers in he south SHOULD
be in a position 20 furnish 4hese lateS,
improved gccds, IS tn National Cas-.
ket Co.'S. large plant It Nashville,
Tenn, has been especially fitted VI
for furnishing them IN short notice,
and large sales already proves ,ha.
their efforts are being appreciated -
the best class OF people everywhere.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14

For a time l was unable to walk at
all, and every make shift / tried and
all the medicine took had not the
slightest effect Ny back continued to
grow weaker until | began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills, and l must say
l was more than surprised aud graft
fed to notice the back ache disappear
ing gradually until it finally stopped"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by ali
dealers or mailed on receipt of price,
30 cents per box. FosterMil5urn Co,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14
The Care OF Plants in Winter.


Give plants all the fresh air yoa
can. Open doors and windows at
some distance from them on pleasant
days and give them chance tc
breathe in pure oxygen in liberal
quantity. Give ell the sunshine you
can. And aim to keep the temper
ature OF the room between 20 desreea
BY day and IS at night. 1t will proba,
bly, exceed these figures in both di.
rections, but try to regulate ii in such
. way as to avoid the extremes of in.
!enee neat and dangerous cold. Use
water literally on the foliage OF yout
plans. BY washing off the dust il
keeps open the pores OF the leaves
through which they breathe. and il
campers Che hot, dry atmosphere pre-
FALLING in the uving-room. The caly
way 10 modify this condition is to
keen water evaporating on the stove
or -egister and make frequent use of
the sprayer.-Lippincott Magazine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14

On the occasion OF TIE l.nndrcdth an
niversary Of The dealt. of Schiller
(aiay ., 1862 the Swiss Government
intends TO give every pupil in the pub
lie schools Il copy Of that poets play,
William Tell" Thc sum OF $4,000
has been set aside for this purpose.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14

+ q Y S: "A
severe cold
@ttled in
my kidneys
and dcvcl-
o p g d S O
quickly that
l was oblig-
ed to lay off
work on ac-
count Of the
aching in
IN y b a C k
and sides.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14

The most effective policemen for the
enforcement or the laws against it,
legal automobile speeding are auto
mobiles themselves. AS sportsmen
The most strenuously insist upon the
observance of the game laws, no chauf-
feu.s should be foremost in condemn.
alton OF chose who violate the laws
regulating che operation Of mechani.
cal vehicles.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-01-14

Iiso's Cute is INC tcs. medicine We ever use
Tor all affections OF throat Hnd lunSs.-NN.
.. ENDsLnY tanb:ren md Feb. IL, tJeJ.