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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
THE BUTTER BILLS.
Two Ways in Which They Can Be
Materially Decreased.

A thrifty housewife declares that
her butter bills have fallen off one.
quarter since she began serving her
butter in the form of butterballs.
Apart from the economy Of the thing.
there is no question as to the com
paratiye daintiness and attractiVeness
of serving butter in one wholesale
lump, and in a collection of dainty,
symmetrical balls. Abroad, where
fresh, unsa1ted butter is served as
matter of course. it generally comes
on the table in a sequence Of little
dabs or long, shallow roll. People
who have acquired the fresh butter
taste find it hard to go back to the
salty product Of the American cream
cry, and there is no reason why they
should provided there is some one in
the family with sufficient leisure to
make a little butter two or three
times a week. A quart of double
cream will make nearly a pound OF
butter, and any child with strength
enough to use a rotary heater can
do the rest.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
WOMEN IN STATE DEPARTMENT
Are Assigned to Responsible Work
and Do 1t Well.

There are not many women en-.
p1oyed in the department of state
probably half a dozen at most. Be
sides Miss Margaret Hanna there is
Miss E. Sheridan, whose important
duty it is to transcribe the treaties for
the American government. These are
usually written in parallel columns in
several languages. This work calls for
extreme accuracy, linguistic ability OF
a high order and beautiful penman-
ship.
Then there is Miss NJ. MacNaugh.
ton, who translates into French for
the bureau of American republics.
Every month this international de-
partnent publishes periodical IN
three languages, English, Spanish and
French, and Miss MacNaughton, who
was educated in Paris, does the great
er part of the work.
Nor must we omit Mrs. Emma Wat
kins, who audits the accounts OF the
| foreign and colonial money orders. AS
the reports from Porto Rico and the
Philippines comes in Spanish, and are
| often careless1y prepared, one may
realize what capacity Mrs. Watkins
must possess. Asked as to which re
ports she sound most troublesome sht
replied: Those from arctic Alaska
where the postmaster is too ofte1
transitory and migratory, and vii
often mail his resignation and disap
pear into the wilds, leaving his &C
counts in awful confusion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
it Was Over Piece of Mining Groun
Shooting an incident.

The first case ever tried in Montana
was a mining suit, according to Nc
Cures. Both parties to the suit
claimed a certain piece of mining
ground. The community had elected
president. DR.. William E. Steele, after
ward mayor Of Helena, and now res
ident of that city. The regularly elect
ed Judge of the community was wit
ness IN the case and, according to tbs
unwritten law, the case had to be
tried before the president.
It was winter time, but the case was
tried in the open air on the foot slopes
of the mountains. The occasional
balmy winters of that portion Of Mon
tana were a revelation to the gold
seekers then. as they are to the visitor
to-day. During the trial the plaintiff
moved among the jury and the speeta-
tors with box of cheap cigars. treat
ing the crowd. while the defendant,
not to be ousdone in hospitality. went
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
Witnessed Marriage from Afar.

Getting a man to witness a mar
rage ceremony at long distance by
looking through two windows and
across an area between adjacent
buildings is rather novel way OF
obtaining a witness, but it served the
purpose at Portland, Ore, recently
Of legally and securely tying the mat
rimonial knot that made Manuel Pires
and Grace Sophia schuster one. The
ceremony was performed In the law
Office Of Justice Wa1demar Seton, on
the third floor of the Commercial
building. w w. Espey, real estate
agent, was at work at his desk across
the area and Justice Seton asked him
to look across while he made the
couple one The mother Of the bride
was the other witness. When the
knot had been tied Espey noted that
the bridegroom failed to kiss the
bride. Hi, there, young mani he
shouted across the area; you for
got to kiss the bride" 'sShe won't
hold still long enough" shouted back
the bridegroom. Then Judge Seton
brought the marriage certificate
around to Espey and secured his sig
nature.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
New Presbyterian Brotherhood

2. The organization OF ushers az
soeiations.
5. The organization OF classes foe
the study Of missions.
1. The promotion Of intelligence
regarding the boards of the church
S. The establishment OF batR
rooms and gymnasiums, reading
rooms and libraries. employment ana
boarding house bureaus, sick and re-
lief funds, savings banks, classes FOR
physical culture, athletics, edueationaI
classes of various kinds.
s. The promotion of civic reform
7. The creation and promotion OF
temperance sentiment.
s. Work for boys.
At the present Gme there is an or.
ganization in the Presbyterian
churches of Chicago Of 5000 men.
made up of mems Bible classes in the
different churches, and in extend
ing the scope of the movement it Is
proposed to do it through the medium
of organized Bible class work
Mr.. Andrew Stevenson, who is
president of this Chicago brother
hood. is prominently identified with
those in charge of the arrangements
for the convention in November, and
in speaking of the plans, said:
s.The prevailing theme of the con-
vention will be brotherhood and serv-
ice, and we will have three popular
meetings in the evenings. The first
night the principal speaker viii bs
William Jennings Bryan, the second
night, Grover Cleveland. and the third
night, John Wanamaker. Coupled
with them there will be one strong,
spiritually minded man who will tell
about the work Other speakers at
these popular meetings viii be men
like Robert E. Speer, President Wood
row Wilson, ]. Macdonald. editor or
the Toronto Globe; Justice John NJ.
Harlan. Cleveland H. Dodge, Robert
c. ogden, Morris K. Jessup, Cyrus H.
| Mccormick, H ]. Heinz, John Willis
Baer. John Fl. Holiday. Daniel R.
Moves. Hon. H. B. f. McFarlane,
Judge Howard HOLSTER. Charles
steizle, Marvin Hughitt and Rear
| Admiral j. =. watson.
One point of difference will distin-
guish the Presbyterian brotherhood
| from similar organizations in the
other denominations in that It is pro-
posed to make the former an organic
mart of the church organization.
While the Brotherhood of st. An
drew, in the Protestant Episcopal
church, the Brotherhood of st. Paul
and the Wesley Brotherhood of the
Methodist church, and the Brother
hood of Andrew and Philip in the
Reformed and other churches. are all
approved and recognized by the high
est courts of the denominations. mona
have any organic relations with the
churches, and it is proposed in or,
ganizing the Presbyterian brother
hood to have it on a broader basis.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08

Next to man the dog undoubtedly
takes the foremost place in saving life
in sudden peril. In this case it Is q
big, handsome Newfoundland, and the
story is related from the experiences
of certain engine driver.
CHANGING one day from his engine
box, the driver felt suddenly the hot,
oily atmosphere that surrounded him
transformed to the iciness of winter.
The train was approaching village,
and in a few seconds would be cross
ing the dusty high-road. The gates
were open. No danger doomed ahead.
Yet the drivers eyes were riveted, ter
fortified, upon the cleaning lines be
fore him.
Eighty rods ahead a tiny girl was
toddling gayly straight in the path OF
the fast approaching train.
With a cry of horror the driver
eprang to the brakes, whilst with his
other hand he released the whistle.
The train rocked under the sudden
check of the brakes. With hand still
on the whistle, the driver glanced
again through the window. The child
was still toddling on, unconscious OF
the fast advancing train.
Now only a few yards lay between
the baby and the groaning engine.
The train could not be stopped II
time. Suddenly the driver turned
away, covering his eyes with MS
hands to blot out the tragedy.
The train drew up.
Some one laid a hand on the
drivers shoulder, and the fireman
voice rang out, demanding to know
what had occurred, and why the traiT
had pulled up. Speeches. still witt
horror, the driver gazed absently into
| the grimy face of his comrade, VINO
shovel in hand, returned his glance
| with amazed eyes.
Perceiving that something had hap
pened, the fireman, leaning outside TIT
coach, looked down the line.
Then a roar of laughter fell on tht
| drivers ears.
We'll, 7 neveri" he heard the NAL
exclaim, as he turned half-bewilderet
| to the scene.
There, few yards ahead, and slow
" making toward cottage, was
great Newfoundland dog bearing i
its mouth the little child.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
FRUIT INSTEAD or DRUGS,
Remedial Qualities May Be Preserved
by Home Manufacture.

The remedial properties Of berries,
all of which are of great value in djf.
ferent diseases, may be preserved
through the home manufacture OF cor
dials, shrubs, vinegars, etc, and ~
drying, III which state they are to
be stepped, strained, and the water
used as needed. Cherries, greengage
plums, peaches and apricots share IN
this value with the berries. Grapes
are second only to figs for use in dis
orders which arise from torpid or
congested state of the intestines.
Health depends so largely upon the
regularity of the functions of the
bowels that attention to them is OF
the utmost Importance. An excellent
fig preparation is an effusion BY steep
ing one ounce of SIENNA in a pint OF
boiling water; select one pound OF
plump, dried figs, and, having placed
them in layer in an earthen dish.
pour over them the We1l-steeped and
strained SIENNA tea. Place this in
a moderate oven and allow them to
remain until the fruit has entirely
absorbed the liquid Put this ii a
closed jar, and for use, one fig eaten
on retiring is dose for any or
binary case Of constipation. Pine
apple, while of especial worth in some
diseases when taken with other food
should never be eaten alone, as, fail
ing anything else to work upon, It's
acid attacks the lining of the stomach
itself. It is claimed that it has ar
especial value in certain forms o.
dyspepsia and in diphtheria, as its
juices will cut away mucus that moth
ing else can remove.
All fruits, however, do not affec
all persons alike One should seeE
to know what is suitable in his owl
case. and not eat fruits merely be
cause somebody has told him it il
good for him" Owing frequentl.
to idiosyncrasies, as we'll as to Ger
tain physical conditions, fruits ar
often the worst things one can eat
Each person must be "a law unit
himself il this matter.-The Com
! moner.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
RRokE UP SENATE TRADITION.
Speech Made by Idaho Statesman
Paralyzed Ednunds.

II is one of the amiab1a traditions
Of the senate of the United States
that no new senator shall make q set
speech till he has served q year or
longer. Old senators are very impa-
tient Of the assumption of Importance
by newcomers.
The late George E. Edmunds, Of
Vermont. once allowed it to be under
stood that he would soon retire from
public life Idaho had Just been ad-
mitted as a state, with the privilege
of e1eeting senators, the one for a long
term and the other for short term.
A Mr.. Mcconnell drew the short term,
and, having but two months to serve,
proceeded to make the best of it. The
day after he had been sworn in he
took up a position in the middle aisle
and in a foghorn voice made his
speech.
While he was holding the fort Mr..
Ldnunds entered the chamber. He
stopped short and gazed at the speak
Then he made his way to his seat
and, leaning over to the senator next
to him. asked: Who is that person"
"A senator from Idaho.
You don't say SO! When did he
Gomez"
He was sworn in Yesterday
Sworn in yesterday, and making a
speech today" mused Edmunds.
We'll, well, if that doesn't beat all.
It looks like it's time for me TO quit.
And in a few days he resigned
Success Magazine.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
Practical Women's Club.

Ia WATERFOWL, Mass, the Won1an's
club, through its forestry committee,
is paying the expenses and managing
the business of aourishing farm gar
den, where 40 children are cultivating
plots of ground varying from 8 feet by
IS to 9 feet by 80, raising not only
vegetables, which they can do any
thing they like with, but several OF
the more popular flowers. The classes
meet twice week for an hour each,
and if a pupil is absent q substitute Is
sent. Another Of these school gardens
is run by the Homecrofters' Guild, in
connection with the social experiment
which George H. Maxwell has Initiated
at WATERFOWL.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08

New York.-TWo men were held
prisoners inside the new reinforced
concrete chimney at a steel plant at
Mariners Harbor, S. l., for 51a hours
the other afternoon. They were on a
plank six feet long by two feet wide
ten feet from the top of the chimney,
which is 164 feet high
Their rescue was effected after
long struggle by other employees and
members of the fire department, who
were called to aid in getting the men
down. The prisoners on the chimney
were Harry ToWyne, foreman of the
job, and Conried Briol, his assistant.
Both are expert chimney builders.
The work had been practically fin
ished when the men went up to do
some cementing near the top. : lad
der 168 feet long in 12-foot sections
had been rugged up inside the chin
ney. Towyne and Briol climbed up
this at one o'clock.
They cemented the top or rim of the
chimney, then climbed down to a
scafolding that had been built ten
feet below the top, when a small lad
der they had used in reaching the
top dropped ToWyne and Briol began
to rip up the floor OF the scaffolding.
They had ripped up all the timbers
but one-the Iargest-the centerpiece
of the scafold They stood on this
as they dropped the last of the other
boards
The last plank they dropped didn't
so straight to the bottom, but struck
on the side Of the chimney and, glanc
ing, crashed heavily into an upright
ladder some distance below the two
men. The force Of the plank snapped
the ladder and the upper half Of Il
tumbled in heap below.
The two men found themselves ma
rooned high up with only a plank
two feet wide to stand on. They
cried for help for what seemed te
them days. About five o'clock the
other workmen around the plan
walked into the chimney ground leve
and heard the cries of the two pris
oners
News Of the mems plight spread
quickly. Soon large crowd was a
the bottom of the big fue. Ali sort.
of schemes for getting them dow1
were advanced
While the crowd was collecting
among them members of fire com
pany, the marooned men were trying
to help themselves. They made thet
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
pREseYTERlAns PLANNING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
Big Convention 20 Be Held in No
vember to Garry Into Effect
the Elaborate Plans
Formed.

The Presbyterian church, inspired
by tie example of the other four
great UNCONVENTIONAL brotherhoods,
has decided that it, too, will organize
its men, and to this end plans are
now under way and convention
called to meet at Indianapolis Novem-
Der 14-17. At the last general as
sembly of the church, held at Des
Moines, the matter was taken under
AMUSEMENT, and then heartily in
dorsed. At the present time the men
In the individual churches are being
organized into local brotherhoods pre-
paratory to forming them into the
national organization, the plan or
ideal upon which the movement is
based being the federation of exist
ing organizations.
Rev. DR.. John Clark Hill, of Spring
field, o., is the prime mover in the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08

tom. A gang OF six men work at each
maehine-two filters, who attend to
the filing and weighing Of the bags,
two sewers, who seal the bags, and
two truckers, who take the bags out
on a hand truck to the boats moored
to the dock, which is on level with
the mixing room. The emn engaged
in this work are Poles and Italians.
They take turns at being filters, sew
ers and truckers.
Getzner, who was a trucker, was
doing on pile Of bags at $50 o'clock
waiting for the sewer to finish his
work, when another workman slipped
a rope over his right leg and threw
the other end over a shaft about
eight feet overhead and secured it.
The next moment shrek of agony
made the men desert their machines
and stand back horror-strieken at the
CHASTITY sight which confronted them.
Dangling by the rope from the shaft
was a human leg, and further an arm,
clutching the rope with convulsive-
ness of d death grip. Below on the
floor lay the bleeding body of Getz-
ner, horribly mangled, with the face
battered almost beyond recognition.
The men turned away sick at heart.
The shaft kept revolving with the
CHASTITY evidence attached to it. Final
" one man broke away from the
group and running to the engine room,
yelled to Engineer Alexander Schiller:
stop the machinery! A man has
been killed.
Schiller stopped the machinery and
then went back with the man to the
mixing. room. By this time the fore
man had appeared The workmen
were busy cutting down the leg and
the arm from the shaft. When they
i had completed this work they were
sent back to their machines. Then il
was found that No 203t was miss.
| ing Immediately the crime was fas
tened upon him.
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undertaking, and over a year ago he
was appointed chairman of special
committee on mems societies. He
has made an exhaustive study of the
subject at home and abroad, and is
very enthusiastic over the Inaugural
ton of the movement. He claims
that a quarter of million men will be
speedily enrolled. The principal OBJ
jects of the brotherhood are:
1. Plans to increase the efficiency
Of the Sunday evening service, by
publicity, by looking after strangers
and providing for the general social
intercourse of the men of the congre
cation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
The Library of conuress.

The annual report of Herbert Put
nam, librarian of congress, shows
that the library contains 1884, SIS
books, S2,744 maps and charts, 1885,
T24 artistic prints and 410,352 pieces
of music. The manuscripts, which
form a valuable collection, have not
been enumerated pending their group
ing into volumes. Many of these are
of great interest and of permanent
value
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
The FIRST MONTANA LAWSUIT.

around with a bottle Of what was
known as Valley Tan whisky.
product of the Mormon settlement to
the south, in the region Of Salt Lake.
DR.. Steele had appointed Charlie
Forbes clerk Of the court. While the
case was going on two Hayes
Lyons and Buck stfnson- stepped
up and whispered something to
Forbes. Forbes replied in an audible
tone. Wen kill him" He rose and
the three walked out to the edge OF
the crowd They called to man
named Dillingham; to step out from
among the spectators. Dillingham;
stepped out to where Forbes and his
companions stood and was instantly
shot dead. Forbes had fred the shot
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
Resembles Or. Mary Walker.

Congressman r. B. Macon of Hell
ena, Ark, has thin, effeminate face.
though he is by no means Eomanish
in manner Mr.. Macon was delivering
a speech when ex-Congressman Loud
Of California happened to be on the
floor. He was much interested in the
Arkansas mans remarks and when the
speech was ended asked Jim" sher-
man of New York as to the orators
identity. His alias" said Sherman,
is Macon, and he claims to be from
Arkansas, but he really is Dr.. Mary
Walker" AS asmatter Of fact, the re-
semElance between Congressman Ma
con and the noted woman sufragist is
remarkable.
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The Men IN Turn Slid Down the Rope.
ing one end Of it out Of the top Of the
chimney and having it anchored 70
something solid.
But when they threw the end over
the top of the chimney it stuck IN the
soft concrete and would not bulge
either way
When the men had got the rope
they thought themselves all right and
dropped their shirt-n1ade line. Their
knives went with it.
They were nonplused for minute
Then they began making another line
out Of their undershirts. With this
the drew up fshline, then another
inch rope They successfully threw
this out the top of the chimney and
the end was fastened to railroad
track on the ground.
The men in turn Slid down the rope
but badly burned their hands in doing
so.
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his eyes. He was thinking of his own
little girl miles away at home.
What would his feelings have been
II she had strayed in front Of trains
and there had been no gallant New
foundland to come to the rescue2
Meanwhile the big dog trotted Sc
dately home with his burden to a
neighboring cottage. Here the child's
mother held up her hands in aston
ishment to see her daughter come
home in such an extraordinary man
ner.
How did Carlo come to carry you
home like that she exclaimed.
Before the child could reply, q por-
ter came running in:
e+WelI, num- he said, you've got
to thank your dog that your baby
amt killed. He picked her up right
in front of train, and carried her
away. The driver was nearly fright
ened to death he'd killed her, until
he saw the dog,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
That Foolish Book.

He tive years after)-All this gush
about love is extremely foolish. Wher.
ever did this stupid book come from?
I must say the person who selected
ii showed a very insipid taste.
she (quietly)-It's the book you
gave me during our honeymoon, John;
we read it II times the first week we
had it.-Tit-Bits.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
sqfasaaae2N Aaea~a' a's0
MINISTERS, SONS WIN HoNoRs.
FAR Above the Offspring of Other
Professional Men.

-5..z= FrofeSSioHdt welt
The bishop marked the names OF
those whom he deemed worthy OF
remembrance for some service. per-
formed in religion or politics or lit
erature or science or art or commerce
or philanthropy or warfare, OF some
other aspects Of the various life o
the nation OF such names ne found
1870 who were the children OF clergy
men or ministers. taking no account
of those who were grandchildren OF
clergymen or more remote descend
ants. OF the children of lawyers there
were $40, and of doctors $50. The
sons of clergymen who became them
selves elergymen were $50. He fur
Their asserts that the superiority
which the clergy enjoy, IN respect e
their children, to the other profes-
sions. lies beyond dispute.
The superiority has been not OF mum
bers only, but of degree. From sc1er-
feal homes have sprung more distln-
gushed sons than from the homes
of. any secular profession. Leslie $
Weekly.
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wears old, Russian, who has been in
this country only two months plan
ming to make a home for MS wire ana
four children, was the victim. no.
eos whose name is believed to be
Lucia, is wanted by the police to ex-
plain the death Of Getzner.
The mixing room, N which the men
were working, contains within radi-
ne of about So feet about four ma
chimes. which mix cement and pour
It into six bags attached to the bot
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-08
Mioht Be seasick,

Charlie (about to go on a sea trip
How delightful 1t will be to tread
the bounding billow and inha1e the in.
MIGRATING oxygen Of the sea. the sea,
the boundless sea! I long to see it,;
to breathe in great draughts of life
giving air! I shall want to stand
every moment with my mouth wide
open
Gertie-You probably will. In fact.
many ocean travellers do.-TIt-Bits.