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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
IS TIE YOUNGEST EDITOR.
Only Nine Years Old, Yet He Pub
fishes a Newspaper.

Lexington, Ky-The youngest ed
itor in the United States, If not in the
world, is Thomas OYerstreet Davis,
and he is nine years old. He is the
son of r. Lee Davis, a newspaper
man. When school closed in June
for the summer vacation young Davis
told his father he wanted to learn
to set type. His father humored him
and made arrangements at local job
Office for the boy to be given q case
to play with" But the boy was
deadly in earnest, and every morning
he would go to the shop and stick
type.
Before his father knew that he had
even learned the ease" he surprised
him one day when he cine home to
dinner by flashing a copy Of the Lex
ington News" which he had gotten
out with his own hands, writing the
locals, personals, society, setting the
type and kicking off the paper ON
a small job press. It contained news
of the street upon which he lived The
boy gets out the paper regularly. It
is two-colunn folio. It has 200 sub
seribers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
The DOnaIdsonviiIIe Chief
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DoNALDsoNVILLE. LOUISIANA
An Odd Cure,

Are you a sufferer from indigestion?
Here is curious remedy. Rev. John
Spencer CT Duluth has brought back
with him from Ceylon one of the most
curious presents in the world. Riding
on an elephant" he said the other day,
behind a native prince on a hunting
expedition, the conversation CHANGED
to turn on indigestion, to which / said
! was subject The prince at once
pulled out q black leather button kind
OF thing, which he was wearing on a
string round his neck, under his
clothes. What's that?' said L A n.y.
ena's snout,' was the startling reply.
What for?' TO cure Indigestion How
can it do this?' IT is very simple. A
hyena gets its living by digging up and
crunching old bones. Now, it pos
sesses in it's snout this peculiar virtue.
that when its nose approaches any
thing hard, such as bones, those tough
substances instantly grow soft, and
enable the animal to eat them with
comfort and benefit So you will find
IL you keep this charm hanging round
your neck the proximity of the hyena's
nose, though dried up and lifeIess, will
soften your food, however indigestible,
to such an extent that you will never
again suffer from indigestion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
Educating Newsboys.

Boston has an association of news,
boys which has begun to establish a
fund for educating at Harvard one or
more among them, and has raised al
ready $4,000 toward the necessary
amount. This lively association, says
Golfers Weekly, has already been adj
dressed by President Eliot more than
once, and Its latest step shows how
full of high ambition these boys are.
There could be, we gratefully believe,
no more sterling proof Of opportunity
and of character IN America than
these self-supporting youths now give.
In what other nation would boy born
in poverty, earning each day his food
and bed, set out cheerfuIy to pass the
examinations of a great seat of learn
ing, and, once in, to master to the full
its manifold weapons for adding to the
tconquests of his life? Criticise it how
we will. and should, we may well glow
always for our land of the free. Now,
as ever, since the pioneers ak fought
its battle with the wilderness, is it the
home of Opportunity and of her aaugh.
ter. Hope.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
MINSTREL WHO GAVE LAvisHLY
NOW PEMNtl. Ess.
Generous Acts OF "BiIlys Williams
Remembered by Friends-How He
Aided the South During
Fever Plague.

Chicago-A pathetic story comes
from Topeka, a story of the most fas-
chatting human interest, Of unse1fish
leeds, of sthoughtfGllness Of others, of
brilliant success and sad twilight
hours. The man IS one who in the
hey-day of his prosperity gave freely
OF his fortune for the cause of kinds
ness and for the Wiping away of
tears. To-day, with two Of his chile
dren, broken in health, very close upon
the verge of last resting place, he is
waiting patiently in poverty and dis
tress fer the one clear call
The man is Billy" Williams, once
he minstrel king.
Born in Dublin, the son of a success
Jul and wealthy physical, he ran away
from home, came to New Orleans, and
N time took up his chosen profession.
He was an intimate of Dan Rice, the
famous clown and acrobat; of Jim
Hayes, the dancer; Of George Themp-
son, who wrote odd Black Joe,'' and
Of many other famous men of that
time, and with them Billy Williams
sang and laughed and danced himself
into the hearts of countless thou
sands.
But great as was his art, it was
far exceeded by his generosity. His
benefactions aggregated more than
100000 When the dark days Of the
fever plague smote all the southland,
be gave s21, 900 to the city of Mem
phfs alone, and to another district he
sent 900 barrels of -four. costing S.
900. He inherited a fortune of $751;
000 from his fathers estate, and with
what lavish hand he gave of It is
written down only in the remembrance
Of the recording angel
When in New Orleans, the plague
was at its worst, and children were
being buried in trenches for lack of
collins, he purchased and brought to
the city 80 collins for the little ones
whose hearts were SO much like his
own. It is doubtful whether in his
whole career there came to him a
single cry for assistance that was
not answered promptly. Pope Len
Kill, deeply impressed by these acts
Of almost unparalleled goodness of
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
cRUcIFIx IN LAW COURTS.
Brazil Restores Symbol of Christianity
to Former Place.

On the first proclamation OF tho
republic in Brazil the pace was forced
in the direction of the secularization
Of everything. There was to be lay
neutrality in the schools. civil mar
riages, civil hurials, and on the same
principle the crucif1x was removed
from the courts. A few months ago
movement arose for the restoration
OF the crucifix to its time-honored
place over the judicial bench in the
law courts. This movement quickly
spread from town to town, and short
time ago Rio de Janeiro was the scene
OF splendid demonstration of enthu-
siastic faith
4 procession Of some 10000 persons,
representing all classes Of society,
marched from the cathedral to the
music of two military bands through
the principal streets of the city.
Crowds Of people we're massed on each
side Of the way, and every window
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22

dent OF Paraguay OF eac for keepng
head that of the president of Bolivia
fgures
the chief
tive $4,000 salaries OF the executive office 5000; contingent expenses
fuel for greenhouses stable $4,000 and maintenance OF
lighting the grounds fuel laborers greenhouses
I, $4,000; $265,S40
There several minor items such $4,000 for the and ann
which 270000
The total for the present year are much larger than in
$4,000
the executive mansion which developed some bad leaks after the 100000
would ordinarily would reduce the expenditures
chargeable White $4,000
A
the comptroller.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
Oddities In Stamina.

The largest postage starsp ever is
sued measured four by two inches.
and was the old United States five-
cent stamp for packages of neWspa-
pers. The quarter-shilling stamp of.
Meck1enburg- sehwerin, issued in 1856,
is the smallest postage stamp ever
produced. being less than. one-fourth
the size Of the British penny stamp.
There are 1900 different kinds of
postage stamps issued in the various
countries of the world Some of these
are made only for collectors by eoun-
tries wishing to make money easily.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
TONES Bull ABOVE GROUND.

the floods come, the tombs were built
above ground Consequently they are
like nothing seen in other parts Of the
country
What the beautiful Pere la Chaise
is to Paris the old st. Louis cemetery
is to New Orleans. It's tonabs are ar.
ranged in tiers above ground. many
Of them beautifully ornamented and
carved, looking like stone cabinets in
some vast treasure garden.
Within these ton1bs lie the most
aristocratic dead of Louisiana, repre-
senting many old-time French fam
lies of that historic city. The photo
graph shows a section Of wall thickly
lined with single vaults. Most Of the
Inscriptions are more than a century
old. Vines have grown up, almost
conceaIng the quaint French inscrip-
tons of love and consolation. Wreaths
OF immorteIles garland others. A
small shrine Of the Virgin is at an
other, and in places vases of faded
flowers are the tributes Of the last
feast day. Virginia creepers hang in
festoons over the sealed and barred
doors guarding the dead. Along the
walks are vases still luxuriant with
flowers and vines of a century's plant
ing.
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last had drawn nobody outside White House
and auditors The president however has
Knot his that
Panama trip costly the
president
hunting
n
the superintendent Of public buildings
who
funds those the executive
buildings handles
presidents salary is dsbused directly the which
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
Best Kind Must Arouse Reflection and
Build Up Ideals.

Schopenhauer said: The surest
way Of having no thoughts OF our own
is to take up a book every time we
have nothing to do That is not the
popular idea, for reading is generally
regarded as the generator of thought
and character. But it is not SO of
itself. One must do something be-
sides read. He must digest what he
reads. He must increase the range of
his perceptive powers. start up d new
set of relations and draw some fresh
conclusions. There are people who
read a great deal more than other
people. but know a great deal less.
They read Just to read--to put in
time; for a pleasurable sensation that
one gets lying IN hammock or drink
ing a glass of soda There is no di-
gestive force in it that builds up brain
fiber. It is the sort Of reading that
sustains insfpid talk and makes one
n q little social circle turn away in
disgust when serious subject is re
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22

An ambassador Of a weIIknown Eu-
ropean monarch was riding In the
streets of Constantinople when one Of
the sultan's carriages rolled by. See
ing it was guarded, his curiosity got
the better of him, and when the car
triage reached him he was daring
enough to peep in at the passenger.
He was surprised and panied to re-
ceive a blow in the face from an at
ttendant in charge. Mad with rage, he
demanded audience of the sultan The
sultan listened attentiye1y, and for
a moment appeared lost in thought.
at last he spoke: my dear -, Il
have gone carefully into the case, and
see exactly how it stands. You are,
OF course, a gentleman, therefore you
would never have committed such a
breach Of good manners as you allege
to have taken place Therefore no
attendant could possibly have struck
you The whole affair seems to be a
product of your fancy. Let US dis
miss it's
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and balcony was filed with respect.
ful. sightseers. n the middle OF the
long line of the procession, under a
rich canopy, the cords of which were
held by six magistrates and officers.
walked the parish priest carrying the
erucifix, and at the end came q bevy
Of young girls representing the 21
Brazilian states and decked with rib
bons Of the national eo1ors. The
priest bearing the cruciax entered the
great hall of the court where he was
received by the presiding judge, who
took the image into his arms, and,
after devout1y kissing the feet, re.
stored it to its old place above the
bench.-The Tablet.
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" an All-Wise Spirit will see to #
that the man who gave so freely of
his own for others viii not be permit
ted to come to his last hour of I'M
happiness and want
Pirate of your stately buildings
erected in the name of charity. won
der at your glorious facades and halls
dedicated to the cause of learning. ac-
claim the multi-millionaire rho gives
a 1.-THE of what is his for the dissem-
ination of knowledge and the perpetu-
alton of his name-but think with
pulsing heart and with eyes clouded
with tears of love upon the minstrel,
Billy Williams. and the golden deeds
OF such a life. For the end of that
man is peace
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22

Gertrude and Agnes Lynch, twins
and telegraphers at Omaha, are great
puzzle to all with whom they come III
contact in connection with the BUSH
less Of the Western Union Telegraph
company, by which both are employed.
One OF them tells that their mother
one day lost her distinguishing mark,
addiI >: She puzzled over it for long
time and finally shut her eyes and
grabbed up the first one she touched
and tied the pink ribbon on. So YOU
see really do not know whether / am
Z mes or Gertrude
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22

Bill Wright is country storekeeper
~ PENNSYLVANIA, and went to Philadel-
phia to purchase stock Of goods. The
goods We're shipped Immediately and
reached home before he did. When
the boxes Of goods were delivered at
his store by the drayman his wife hap
pened to look at the largest; she IT.
tered loud cry and called for ham.
mer, = neighbor. hearing her screams,
rushed to her assistance. asking the
cause of the trouble. The wife, pale
and faint, pointed to an inscription on
the box which read as follows: Bill
inside
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22


ship provides for l2neh and the other for II 2ne
side the consideration of Il 12neh The
the 2oooton ship provision is made 12hers mounted
battery - fvneh be
2o5ooton there
all Of the
provision being made the
The
defense the battery be protected by inches
be fred astern
vulnerable
against attack
pare
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
ITEMS NOT CHARGED TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

There are a number of salaries that properly
belong to the White House, although carried on
the rolls Of other departments. The two secret
service men assigned to the White House at all
times are paid by the treasury. The salaries of
about 80 police officers are paid by the district.
gress appropriated directly for the salaries of
these men the total appropriations for the White
House would mount up to over 100000 for the
present year There are IS privates and two
sergeants of police constantly patroIling the
White House grounds. In addition there are
about ten police officers assigned to duty at the
White House as doorkeepers Most of them have
been soldiers or sailors in the army or navy and
have been selected by the district authorities for
their strict attention to duty and general good
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
Dying IN Poverty and Want.


heart, had struck a medal of gold,
suitably inscribed, and this the aged
minstrel wears to this day
Then his health broke Physicians
ordered hin west. IN 1900 he went to
Denver, and for several years conduct
ed there theatrical school and ex-
change. AT last his old trouble re-
turned with double malignity. Mis-
fortunes shoWered upon him. His wife.
lies between life and death in st.
Louis hospital. Five children are with
her, and they have scarcely the ne as-
stiles of life
Do you think this is the end of Billy
Williams? No. Kind friends are try
ing to do something fo him, and sure
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22

An engineer from Sunderland was
spending q few days in London with a
friend, and after busy morning sight
seeing the Londoner chose large res
taurant for luncheon, thinking it would
be novel experience for the man
from the north. The visitor appeared
TO enjoy his luncheon, but kept look
ing in the direction Of the door. What
are you watcfing?s asked his friend,
rather annoyed. .'Well,' was the quiet
reply, AS keepin' an eye on ma top
coat oh, don't bother about that"
said the other, you don't see me
watching mine No. observed the
guileless engineer. thee has no call
tots ten minutes sin thine went,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
Aaed kInsnan Of cen. Putna.n.

Samuel Putnam, Of New Salem.
Mass, Einsman Of Gen. Isaac Put.
nam, who directed the continental
troops at Bunker Hill, and Of Gen. Ru.
fus Putnam, chief engineer Of wash.
ington's army, celebrated his one hun.
dredth birthday recently. He has
voted at nineteen presidential cleo.
tons, the first vote being cast fos
John Quincy Adams IN 1921
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
From Nation 5 Capital
What Il Costs to Keep the President Of tie United StateRe
cent Panama Trip Inexpensive Powerful Batlehp in tn.
World to B Built for Our Navy-Eepaan: Problem Solved

WAsHINGToN.-It is difficult to determine
precisely what it costs his fellow citizens to
keep the president Of the United States, but it is
safe to assert that it does not figure up more than
tWo-ffths of cent for each person in the country
man, woman and child. Compared with the cost
of maintaining the head rulers of many imperial
istic nations the expense attached to keeping the
chief executive of this country is small The royal
families of England, Germany and Russia spend
millions of dollars of government revenues every
year and besides have set aside for their use large
domains Of lands and costly buildings
Among the presidents of republics the one
who costs his countrymen most per capita is the
president of Hayti. The citizens of that nation
pay 1922 of cent each for the maintenance OF
their ruler while the fellow citizens, of the pres-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
Horses Artificial Foot.

The veterinary profession is much
interested in surgical operation
which has been accomplished by Prof.
Udriski, one of the STAFF of the veter.
mary school at Bucharest Having
anputated a horses limb at the fet.
look Joint, after several failures he
succeeded in fitting a leather boot or
artificial limb that enabled the animal
to walk about and take exercise.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
White as a Point of Interest.

Franklin Matthews, telegraph editor
Of the New York Sun, tells Of his
first meeting with William Allen
White, of the Emporia Gazette. Mr..
Matthews was doing the west for !
monthly magazine. Finding himself
at Topeka, Kan, one Sunday with
nothing to do he decided to 20 down
TO Emporia to meet the distinguished
editor. re found Mr. White at home,
and, after telling him who he was
said that he had come to Emporia t.,
see the town.
Well" replied Mr.. White, there
are just three things in town to see
I'm one Of them. and Mrs. P1umbss
new house and Charley Cross Here.
ford bull are the other. You can look
me over, and then we'll 60 and see
Wild Tom and the town mansion. ~
Saturday Evening Post.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
MONSTER BAT7LEsHlp FOR OUR NAVY.
Either of the

Either of the plans submitted by the bureau
of construction and repair for the new battleship
which is to be constructed, if carried out will give
the navy of the United States the most powerful
battleship in the world, according to those who
know what the plans are.
The plans, together with others submitted by
outsiders, are now under consideration by special
board appointed by Secretary of the Navy Bona
parte. One plan provides for a vessel of exactly
10000 tons displacement, and the other for a float
ing fort of 10000 tons displacement.
Either plan. it is confidently expected, will
give to the American navy a warship far more
powerful than the famous English Dreadnought,
which has started all governments to rush the
construction of huge ships.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22

IN Massachusetts, the illegal sale of
street railway transfers is made nun.
ishable by q fine not exceeding $50 o.
imprisonment for not more than so
days.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22

The bugle which sounded the charge
at Balaclava was offered for sale BY
auction in London, but was with
drawn, the highest bid being $500
and the reserve price $500. Two
Balaelaya bugles, previously sold, real
lied respectively $50 gufneas and
$500.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
Good and Bad Reading

ferred to- The fact is the only kind
Of reading that is worth the time EN-.
pIoyed is that which arouses refec-
ton and builds up ideals.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
Different.

He takes whatever comes cheer.
fully
YES, of course; but Won ought to
hear the roar he makes when any
thing goes. '-Houston Post.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
New Orleans Cemetery That Suggests
Old World Scene.

New orleans.-The accompanying
picture suggests a scene in the Old
World, INSTEAD of one of that most
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
UNCLE SAM SOLVES ELEPHANT PROBLEM.

novel plan has been found by treasury Off
Gals to save the government the cost of feeding
four healthy elephants several times daily during
the next four months When the officials, in en-
forcing the law against differentiation were com
PEELED to coniscate the four elephants owned by
a Snowman named Thompson, the problem of feed
ing the animals until the next auction sale of the
confscated goods presented itself. It was solved
by permitting Thompson to give bond for the safe
return of the animals. He was permitted TO take
the animals on the road and the officials are hop
ing he will make enough money exhibiting them
to pay the penalty for his ofense and recover the
elephants.
The four elephants In question are Of the real
cireus variety that can stand on their heads. fire
off cannon. watt. and sit around table and eat
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Reynolds
He
in he his
and the $4,000 valuation them
rected, that resulted in their seizure
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HER LUMINOUS HOUR
BY NELLIE CRAVEY GILMORE
TqVvvV gvyyqVV qVyq4S

Mrs. Maynard flushed, paled ana
flushed again. She had never known
her husband so critically insistent.
sof course have cared she re-
turned quickly, more than you viii
ever know-or guess. Across her
mind flashed visions of her early mar
ried life, with all it's cherished pic
lures of a happiness that had seemed,
alas, too great to be enduring Then
the first lonely nights, and long, tire
some days-the slow bitterness that
had worked it's way into her life.
She wondered vaguely what had
come over him, and with sudden
heart-throb fancied she saw in his at
titude a return to the spirit of the old
days.
A long silence was finally broken
by Maynard 7 want to beg your par
don," he said, IF / have seemed IN
reasonable. A man, wei, / suppose I
did expect rather much. Only, man
kind of hates to be disappointed, you
know. You'll kiss me now, won't
your