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of gentlemen, but such instances are
comparatively rare.
Frank, open American confidence in
humanity is seldom misplaced. We
may occasionally waste good sub
stance on scalaWags, but in the ma
jority of cases we are encouraging
genuine hospitality and good will
among men. We are continuing the
precedent established by our fore
fathers when the country was new
and acquaintance were necessarily
fewer than they are now, but the
principle is a good one, and it should
be fostered. It may require more tact,
but there are ways Of entertaining
our friends besides placing at their
disposal lot of air space inclosed
with expensive walls and fancy
drapery, There are many arguments
in favor Of building smaller houses
1t is not necessary to tie up a great
deal of money il a house and homo
unless a person has the fashion
craze, and in that case it is better
to take treatment and try to overcome
the disease.
A great deal of comfort may be
taken in little cottage like this. It
is better to display good taste in
making it just as attractive as pos
sible than to spread ones energy over
a large structure and worry about
the interest coming due on the mort
gage.
This little house is fitted with
double outside doors for winter.
Screen doors are fitted to take their
place in summer. Not ordinary t1fmsy
affairs, that rack 20 pieces in a week
Or two, and never shut tight, but
good, solid screen doors, with well
made frames and springs sufficiently
heavy to keep them shut both at the
top and bottom, and If each window
is fitted with a fly screen the full
size of the opening, SO that both
sashes may be moved up or down, the
probabilities are that the house will
be airy and comfortable in summer,
and the inmates will not be pestered
to death with flies.
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Miss Florence Bowen, a pretty
Chelsea girl, saved the life of her six
year-o1d nephew when they were well
out at sea. The little lad fell out of
the boat in which the two were row.
ing and sank. When the child came
to the surface he was some distance
from the boat, and Miss Bowen saw
there was not moment to lose. She
sprang into the water and swan to
the youngster. She got finn hold of
him and piIoted him back to the side
of the boat
Eleven-Year-oid Heroine.
And this brave deed was equa1ed,
if not surpassed, by the achievement
Of little Mary Edick, age IL, grand
daughter of United States Commits
sioner Shields, in saving the life of
her playmate, Tommy Williams, age
ten. It was in the Hudson river, off
Grand View. Tommy had swan out
into the river a long distance-much
longer than he had ever attempted
before and then discovered, out
there all alone, that his strength was
failing. That discovery brought panic,
and, with scream for help, he sank.
At first Mary, watching his pranks
from the shore, thought he was still
playing. When he rose to the sur
face only the back Of his head showed,
and again he disappeared. Instantly
Mary dived from the pier and swan
with all her strength toward the rip
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20
British, Officer Tells of Exciting Time
with Wild Animal.

Here is tale of a panther shot by
Col. Rumble in his own bungalow in
India. The incident occurred in the
middle Of the day. The colonel says:
" was sitting writing in my veranda
when my wife came out and said that
she had seen the tail of panther
protruding from behind very large
coil of mating which was standing
on It's end in a corner of the room. ]
prepared the ground by removing all
the furniture from the adjoining room
and closing the doors of the room IN
which the panther was apparently
soundly sleeping. I took a rifle my
self and armed my wife and a battery
rough rider, also with rifles. We de-
cided on shooting the panther in the
room. Opening the door just suff-
GENTLY to get my rifle through, fred
through the grass mating roll at the
spot which thought most likely to
be fatal to the panther. The crack
of the rife was followed by a whough
and a growl, and out came the beast
straight for the door behind which
was standing The angry brute
passed me within a foot or two and
I had just time to see it was badly
wounded in the stomach. It immedi-
ately proceeded to bolt into an adj
joining room.
Each room in turn was carefully
reconnoitered, the blood tracks being
very copious, showing exactly where
1t had gone. In one room halt had
been made opposite a large mirror, in
which the panther. which afterward
proved to be a female, must have
seen its image. as the presence Of a
very large pool Of blood showed that
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20

Weiss dropped her apron, half filed
with flowers, vau1ted over the four
rail fence and ran to the middle Of
the road. She seized the bride of the
horse as it got abreast of her, and
held on, s.Waying back and forth and
saving on the bit, for more than a
hundred yards.
Quite similar to this was the dar-
ing act Of Mrs. George Corwin, of
Stamford. She seized the bit of a
frantic horse dashing toward a crowd
in the main street of Bridgeport, and
by her courage and presence of mind
undoubtedly saved the lives or limbs
of more than one person.
Miss Annie Barner hesitated not a
moment to risk a horrible death IN
der the wheels of a Pennsylvania rail-
way train at Elizabeth, N. J., to save
the life Of tWo-year-old Edward Cope
land, who had wandered to the track.
The speeding locomotive was almost
on him when Miss Bafner climbed up
the steep embankment, seized the
child and drew him out of danger.
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for half dozen years sudUssssy went
mad It pursued Annals fve-year-eld
brother Harry into the room in which
she was sttting and had sprung upon
the boy to bite him. Instantly the
drew the dog to herself, and fierce
fight for life ensued. The girl got
her hands around the beasts neck and
chung and choked him with desper-
ate grip. She held on until she had
strangled him to death.
The summer has produced many
little girl heroes. The prompt and
brave action of 11-year-old Fannie
HaskoWitz, of No. 81 Hopkins street,
Brooklyn, saved the life of her four
year-old sister Julia. The children
were crossing the street, when Sum-
ner avenue care bore down on them.
Fannie had crossed safely, when she
saw Julia knocked down by the fender
of the car and carried beneath it to
the swiftly moving wheels. Fannie
was instantly down at her little sis
ters side, dragging her forward and
out until she had pulled her away
from the wheels. Julia tainted, and
when the ambulance came it was
found that one Of her legs was broken
but her little-mother sister had saved
her life
A still younger heroine is Madeline
Spinello, Of New Haven, who rescued
little boy playmate who was drowp-
ing in the river.
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Frantic Struggle for Life.


Then came a frantic struggle for
life. She struck the boy in the face
and tried to choke him. His weight
and her heavy clothing bore them far
under the surface When they rose
again she put forth all her strength
to drag their weight nearer the shore,
where the shadows would give her a
foothold. Her efforts were successful
and thus she brought the boy to land,
and together they fell on the beach,
exhausted.
Y At Lake Hopatcong Miss Edna Hart
man saved the lives of four drowning
persons on as many occasions. Miss
Hartman is only Is years old, very
pretty and a splendid swimmer. An
other heroine Of Lake Hopatcong il
Miss Ef1e Field, of Rutherford, N. J.,
who plunged into the water in her
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20

Sunday fiery and rescued Walter
Hutchinson, 12-year-old boy, in the
nick of time.
Mrs. Frederick G. Ware has just
added another rescue to the IA she
has made in the nine years that she
has lived near the canal at Ansonia,
Conn. She has saved six boys, four
girls, three women and two men from
drowning. Her latest rescue, and one
Of the most difficult, was that Of Mrs.
Charles Cahill, who fell into the canal
where the water is Il feet deep. Mrs.
Ware 1eape6 in after her, fully
dressed, and after a hard struggle in
the presence Of several men, who
were too frightened to give aid,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20
Dragged Sister from Flames.

And think of Rena Etson, five years
old, who walked into a fire in the
street near her home at Battle Creek,
Mich, and dragged her three-year-old
sister from the flames. The brave
deed was done with a cool delibera-
ton not often found in older persons
on similar occasions. She did not
call out when she saw the danger to
her little sister, because she was
afraid she would scare her to go
further into the fire. The baby was
scarcely injured, while the little he
rome was severely burned about the
face as1G okest.
Another little mother" Of five
years, Hannah LAWN, of No. TIA East
One Hundred and Fifty-seventh street,
was left alone to care for her two
baby brothers while the real mother
went to market. When Mrs. LAWN
returned there were fire engines and
an excited crowd in front of the house
and smoke was pouring from the win
doWs Of her fiat. She swooned in at
tempting to make her way through
the halls, suffoeating with smoke, to
the third floor, where she had left her
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20
They Looked Like Sinners.

On the occasion Of the last football
match between Yale and Harvard,
which took place at New Haven, the
crowd that came to witness the
match, estimated at over 10000, so
filed the streets Of the Elm City
that there were large groups Of PEG
pie everywhere.
The little daughter Of q weIlknown
clergyman was, on the day Of the
match, taking walk with her mother.
When she saw the great throngs OF
neopla all around her EheraYer she
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20

times when the earth considered SMALL the it small
eetua and u other Now larger world produces larger
larger N BRAN and Ideas and larger God God has always been great
but mans knowledge Of him has been growing gradually And that
knowledge grows we and spiritual
not material being We look He by
side much anywhere.
we are Gods children by virtue Of capacity containing
The capacity Jesus Christ for holding infinite and we should
as much as possible endeavor % initiate him
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A 1unmtrr Mulurrap
utt0 i UHtnpr Htnfn1t
=====
By REV. DIR. JUDsoN ELLSWORTH.
Milwaukee.

his knowledge God All the early eooans
We must look eas of God and heaven and hell from
spiritual standpoint Our greater knowledge OF things have changed
ideas location of heaven and hell We formerly thought heaven
was above head and hell the earth
son Milwaukee and martyr China going heaven would travel
in opposite directions
In people thought God held the the palm
of his Others thought the world supported By pillars and the
Greeks instance thought the earth held the shoulders Of Atlas
All these ideas have gone roomier has taken their place
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20
A KENTUCKY WOMAN
Haw She Gained Fifteen Pounds In
Weight and Became Well by Taking
DR.. Williams Pink Pills.


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Mrs. d. @. Wedding, of Hartford. KY,
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cultles which afflicted her:
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freely, my liver was inactive, my heart
beat was very weak and had dizziness
or swimming in my head aud nervous
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II was under the treatment of several
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to do me any good. After suffering for
two years learned from an Arkansas
friend about the merits Of Dr.Willians'
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made me feel better and when I had
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weighed fifteen pounds more than when
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health. have recommended DR.. VIII.
Iams Pink Pills to many people on ac-
| count of what they did for me, and feel
that I cannot praise them too strongly"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills restored Mrs.
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IN full vigor every function Of the body
| is restored, because the blood carries to
every organ, every muscle, every nerve,
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ding will want our book, ''Plain Talks to
Women, . which is free on request.
All druggists sell Dr.. Williams Pink
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six boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
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went, she showed her early religious
training by exc1aiming:
What is it, mamma-Resurrection
day?"-IIarper' Weekly.
Not ENCOURAGING.

q have called" said the party with
the unbarbered hair, ito see if there
is vacancy in your joke depart
ment."
There viii be-. replied the busy
editor, as soon as the Office boy gets
time to empty the waste basket.
Chicago Daily News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20

children. But meanwhile little Han
nah had worked her way out Of the
burning fiat, little three-year-old Joe
clinging to her skirts and the one
year-old baby in her arms, covered
with an old shawl to shut out the
sight and suffocating smell of the
smoke. Willing hands were ready at
the last flight Of stairs to help the lit
tie heroine and her charges.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20

doesn't prescribe the shape Of the lot
Or the lay of the land, but to be
high priced it must be in a fashion
able neighborhood, and the lot must
be decorated with an expensive struc-
ture. Fashion will smile pleasantly
on an ugly house, providing only that
1t is expensive. If the house is cheap,
no matter how pretty it may be, the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20
VIII Train Office Boys.

C1eon C. shon, of Cleveland, has IN
dertaken the gigantic task of conduct
ing a class for the training of office
bows in the boys department Of the
eity's 7. M. G. A. He will teach them
proper department and office duties.
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lronclad fashionable conditions are
not fulfilled and the lot is not as
valuable as it would be if topped out
with an expensive pile of stones
heaped up in some sort of a grotesque
shape to meet the fancy of ignorant
Bnobs. This is the general condi-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20
.IeMalers Lament.

British jewelers. complain of great
depression in their trade. Persons
who wear good ieWelry are wearing
less of it, and many are eoatented
with the imitation, much of which is
very good of its kind now.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20
Women in Business Life.

A number Of women, both in this
country and Europe, are successful
heads Of large manufacturing estab.
lishments, although there are said to
be more in proportion in France and
Belgium than elsewhere.
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What we think about
God depends upon what
we think Of the universe.
When q child begins to
ask about things around
him he is beginning to
look for God. AS mans
knowledge Of the uni
verse grew his idea Of
God grew. He obtained
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20

Chinese Send Much Money Home.
It is calculated that Chinese living
and working. in other countries aow
send home not less than s50,ooo,00o
annually.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20

When married woman throws a
hint it is reasonably sure TO strike her
husbands pocketbook.
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Last of Revolutionary Widows.
Mrs. Esther S. Damon, of Plymouth,
Vt, is the only living widow of any
revolutionary soldier. She is 80 years
old
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20
Fought with Mad Dog.

VG9Est WIFI EFtaU IOSs y Wa
The terror that a mad dog inspires
in the mind of a young woman did not
cause Miss Anna Winters, II years
old, to hesitate when the moment
came to do brave act. AT her home
in Prescott street, Jersey City, a mon
grel dog which had been Ia the family
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20

Prefer Cash to Religion.
Some people never seek religion as
long as there's dollar in sight.
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enclose tWo-cent stamp for reply.
A cottage house "a feet wide by 46
feet long is shown in this plan. It is
q little house for a small family, and
may be built for 81 1000, if the owner
does not insist on too many fancy fin
ishings. There are great many
similar houses in the smaller towns
all over the country There is a de-
mand for more houses of this charac-
ter where lots are not too expensive.
It is not customary to see cottage
houses on high-priced lots in any
community. The value is not in har-
mony with the land. According to
real estate men a low cost house is
simply an incumbrance to an expen-
give lot. It very often happens that
q vacant lot will sell for as much as
similar lot with a house on it, if
the house is small or old. Fashion
has a good deal to do with the value
of houses and real estate. Fashion
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Poets and students of astronomy
have a faraway look.
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plea AS Tommy came up she seized
him by the hair. Holding him at
arms length and swimming, sailor
fashion, with the other hand, she
made for the shore, crying for help
Mr.. Edick heard her calls and helped
her 1T the shore to take the uncon-
scious boy from the water and TO re-
store him to life.
The summers deeds Of the girl hero
include the capture of many burglars.
The record of her accomplishments in
this line have made many a pretty
story. The World Magazine has told
how Mrs. Esther Evans, the plueky
little janitress at the apartment house,
No. 128 West Twenty-ninth street, has
captured since June 30 seven burglars
and turned them over to the police.
Seized and Held Burglar.
Then there was Mrs. Margaret
Hayes, who found a man ransacking
the rooms of a boarder at No. 907
East One Hundred and sixty-ffth
street. What are you doing here?"
she asked him. Tim looking for a
girl" he said. What is that in your
hand?" she asked, pointing to a gold
watch. He dropped it and tried to
push past Mrs. Hayes. Instantly she
grabbed him by the throat In the
struggle the fellow dropped Sim
my" Her calls brought aid. and the
burglar was arrested.
But the interest always comes back
most strongly to the woman who
rushes voluntarily into danger to save
the lives of others. Near Cedar Grove,
N. J., a horse attached to light run
about became frightened at passing
auto and dashed at high speed alcng
the turnpike. In the carriage were
two girls, and in her fright the one
who was driving dropped the reins,
The horse was on a dead run when it
approached field in which Miss
Pauline Weiss was picking daisies.
The two girls were clinging to each
other and crying out in terror. Miss
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Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rfence as Editor, Author and Manufae-
turer, he Is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
1S4 Fifth Ave, Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose tWo-ceut Stamp for reply.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-28

teacher In Kansas. He has completed
At years Of actual school work, having
begun in 1855 and continued as an
educator except for bis army service.
He has taught 81 years in Dickinson
and adjoining counties and has at
tended every institute ever held here
He is II years old but much younger
than that in ability and energy. He
holds certificate good for another
year but sets the teachers good tx-
ample by attending the institute just
the same and taking an active part in
its work. He has q record to be
proud Of and ought to receive q life
as a recognition Of his
excellent work.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-28
DON'T BOrHRR DICKINSON.
Wheat Harvest IL Being Cared for by
Home Talent.

The harvest hand problem does mol
affect the farmers Of this section great
ly. The farms are so well arranged
and wheat so widely distributed that
although 100, 900 acres will yield II
million bushels, it will be generally
cared for by the farmers themselves
and the help secured from neighbors
A dozen harvesters we're In the park
here the other day. When farmer
went to them, asking for laDorers,
they asked 81 day. I'm give sl.76,"
was the reply and the men laughed Of
him.
"We can get 81 ard 81 80 out in
Russell county and even closer than
that, they declared.
Most OF the itinerant workers are
bound for the western part Of the
state, where they are expecting high
or wages. The wages in this county
have not been high. Some men have
received 81 day but generally about
$1.75. The harvest is well along and
no outside help is needed.
1t is probably that this county
could have used 200 men for few
days il they had been on the ground
and in touch with farmers, but mot q
bushel OF grain would be lost If no
outside help came. Much Of the
wheat already has been cut and the
remainder is being handled with home
help. A leading implement dealer Of
Abilene who has conducted for years
a sort Of an employment agency, said:
"Last year l had great many APP
plicants for helpers in the harvest.
thus far this year | have only one and
he wanted to hire help below the mar
kst wages and decided to get along |
without extra help. The farmers are
we'll provided with machinery and are
doing their work themselves. Extra
hands are not 60 badly needed in Sec
tions where the self-binderS are used
almost exclusively and where the
fields are Of moderate size. The grain
SO far cut is yielding an average crop
and will be better that many ex'
pected."