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The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10
Show True American Grit.

During the disaster the good humor
and self-possession of San Francis
cans astonished tie world. Now, in
the long tug of disposing of the
ashes and rebuilding the city, this
good humor never deserts them, and
they are as confident as though they
were beginning city for the first
time. There is inspiration in num-
bers, comfort in common trouble, and
q spirit of brotherhood that has not
deserted them, although It is not as
marked as it was during times OF
danger. The love of good cheer in
the way Of eating. drinking and lis
tening to music is as strong as ever.
The climax is a continual tonic. and
invites to hard work. The very size
Of their disaster seems to nerve the
San F'raneiscans to hasten the recon
struction of the new city They come
very near to boasting when they show
their ruins, and some of them display
remarkably fresh memory of his
tory by comparing their disaster with
the fate of other cities that have per-
ished by earthquake and fire. and
risen again. According to these men.
who cite history while making il.
the only bonfire that excelled San
Francisco's was that which con-
sumed Rome in NerRs time The
great fires of London, Boston, Chi
cago and Baltimore were mere hints
of what a real confagration can do.
So say these dusty, smiling, tireless
San Franciscans, who revel in the
advertising that their city has OBJ
tanned. Their belief in the speedy
reconstruction Of the city is absolute,
and they are backing their belief with
money and energy that ba1ks at
nothing.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10

city needs 10000 skilled men and
could employ 10000 unskilled labor
ers. Some of the shreWder unskilIed
men have dubbed together and form
ed little companies Of their. own. They
take a contract to remove debris for
a price, and perform the work during
the noon hour and in the night. AS
unskilled labor is getting 81 a day,
these willing workers who put in
extra time are getting more money
than they ever saw before In much
of the burnt district work is carried
on by electric light
VIII San Francisco ever be rebuilt?
is the question asked by people in
the east. The answer is that San
Francisco is now being rebuilt It is
not question of the distant future.
The process is visible to the naked
eye. Every steel building that was
under construction at the time of the
disaster is being rushed to compile
tlon Other buildings have been con-
tracted for, and with the removal of
debris and the arrival Of materials
the work will proceed. Nothing could
be more absurd than to doubt the re
covery Of San Francisco from its
great misfortune, in the face of the
work that is actually in progress.
The contract for the reconstruction of
the Palace hotel on it's old site, on
a grander scale than ever, has been
let The st. Francis is now complet-
ing its great steel annex. Business
houses are arranging to build newer
and stronger structures than those
which succumbed to the confagration
Of April IS to q. The city will not
be rebuilt in a day, or a year, but it
will go up with a remarkable quick
ness.
"city Beautiful" Must Wait.
There has been much talk of a sseity
beautiful with winding avenues
about the hills, broad boulevards, park
and SO on It was thought
that with the buildings leveled to
the ground the opportunity was open
for the construction Of model mod
ern city, uniting utility and beauty to
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10
All Looked Alike

Uncle Eph had long boasted that he
had never needed the services of a
doctor, but now he was i'll, and his
neighbor felt that the time had come
when a physician should be called.
Come now, Uncle Eph,' said she,
I'VE will call whomever you wish
you know there's a good allopath and
good homeopath, and there's a new
doctor, an osteopath. Now. who'll you
have?"
'@Wal," draWled Uncle Eph, 1T dun
no ez it. matters-they do say that all
paths lead to the gravel"
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10
Cement for Broken Glass.

PIaster OF paFIs, mixed into a paste
with white of egg, makes q strong
cement for mending broken glass or
china; and another excellent cement
is made as follows: Into small bot
tie press as much isingIass as viii fill
it, then pour in by degrees uusweet-
ened gin, which will gradually dissolve
the isinglass if the bottle is kept in
warm place.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10
Letter from School.

They were talking about boarding
schools, and lawyer drew, a letter
from his pocket.
my son." he said, started in at q
new boarding school last week, and
here is a letter that / got from him
this morning"
The letter was passed about. It
said:
Dear pa I think I have got apenda-
seets. The boys at this school are
not very nice, but 1 will try not to
larn eny bad habits. I do not think
the food is good, but I would not mind
IL was a little stronger.
ttThe piece of meat enclosed is
what we had on Sunday, but on 9TH
er days it is tuffer. Do not mind my
being SO uncomfortable, as I do not
think I will last long. Please send
me a dollar as owe boy dollar.
Your wretched son. JOHN =
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10
dttflr uuttr Iragutt
tu 4 Star
BY MICHAEL I. pADDEn.
Registrar of Water supply. New York Civ.
Dress as well as luck win let you
The coat doth often make the

me coat doth
The hs Ine OF that what makes hit with about
ten ee more OF the same evo-p style of word coupling came
70 through The mails Persian prince who private Yacht
the harbor at the time that unoverng front ar
gratis and happened TO be IN position help him get daily
supply Of water board without having pay toll
He sent letter Of thanks he eo
his election district he this g-tme string philosophy
which take compliment nasnuch especially translated
for me-.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10


Hitch your wagon to a
star,
Or just as rear it as you
can;
Be gentle, il the world
will let you,
For the morrow always
plan.
Dontt be tinid, don't be
bcastful,
Don't borrow coin Or
cooking pan;
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10

Kidney trouble kept
me laid up for a long
time, and when I
was able to be up I
had to use a cane.
I had terrible back
aches and pain in
the shoulders. The
K d n e y secretions
were dark colored.
A fter doeforioo in
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10

written by relation that fellow Omar
Khayyam, who the historians say poetry
for the that the clown fellows when
they having beefsea parties along that they were
teaching Cleopatra to nursing bottle
thing forciby that YOU can't
put any the truth that will stronger was
when those chaps writing philosophy without the aid typewriter
and interyieWers to give them boost.
The higher you any game you hit
something and all trying to make Of kind life
If anand doe.nt his own aims ghnaon els zzil
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10

vain, began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Three boxes cured me entirely,
and am glad to recommend them"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10
Remove Stains from Enameled Pans

Fill with water and a tablespoonful
of powdered borax and let it boil well;
then scour with soap rubbed On a
coarse cloth. rinse thoroughly and dry.
Damp salt rubbed on the stains win
also remove them.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10

cisco. There was q time, indeed,
when the stuff piled up to such an
extent as to para1yze the operation
of the roads. Five thousand cars of
freight were congested at San Fran.
cisco and Oakland. BY heroic ef-
forts the lingering freight was dis
posed of and q serious situation re-
1ieved. Now that the railroads are
able to look after their own business,
they are expending great sums in
permanent improvement, which will
facilitate the reconstruction of the
city.
insurance Situation Hurts.
The insurance situation at San
Francisco is exasperating to those
who happened to have policies in
shaky or dishonest companies, but
on the whole the lapses Of these COM
panies have not affected the city
as seriously as early reports indi-
Gated. Nearly one-half of all losses
has been paid. Considering the fact
that insurance records, as Well as
everything else, went up in smoke,
this is fairly good showing for five
months. Payments are being made
through the banks at the rate of near
ly s1,000,000 a day. The money goes
into circulation for the most part,
and the resulting activity overshad-
ows the fact that hundreds of other
policy holders are waiting for a set
tlement.
The people of San Francisco per
sonally and through their commercial
organizations, are watching the insur-
ance companies with a jealous eye.
Companies that come to the front
with money are reaping a harvest Of
new business, while those which
fought for time or actually repudiated
their obligations in whole or in part
will be made to smart for it.
The chamber Of commerce is max
ing up list of honest and dishonest
companies The California delegation
in congress will have something to
say on the subject next winter. The
names of defaulting companies are
to be sent broadcast through the
world, and the opinion is universal in
San Francisco that in the long run
the defaulting companies will dis
cover that they played losing game
when they defrauded policy holders Of
their rights.
Insurance litigation promises to
become great. Policy holders who
have money enough to fight are not
slow in invoking the aid of the courts.
One Or two important cases already
have been decided, but the critical
question is yet to be passed upon.
This question is as to the part played
by the earthquake in causing fire
losses. Policies are variously word
cd, but in the main they provide that
payment shall not be made if the
loss is caused directly or Indirect
y" by earthquake OF other act of
Sod. Of course. if there had been
10 earthquake there would have been
10 fire, but the man whose house was
consumed three days after the
quake does not think the indirect !
cause is quite close enough to the
effect to justify the insurance COM
oanies in repudiating all liability.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10
It takes lot of common sense to
get man out of trouble a little non
sense got him into.
HAD TO USE 4 CANE.
Weakened Kidneys Made an EIwocd,
ind, Mans Back Give Out.

R. A. Pugh, transfer business, 2o20
North B street, Elwood, Ind. says:
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10

A man to for place as bookkeeper
in big place where friend Of mine had some IN
huence, and / said: @1ou can't be bookkeeper.
You are only a porter and he replied
We'll, let's start for the bookkeeping Job and
maybe we'll land on some job between that and
cold throW-doVn'
He had the s1hiteh-your-Wag -Wagon-to-a-ztaro idea
all right.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-11-10

The acts OF this life are the destiny
Of the next.-Eastern Proverb.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
A Partisan Hardening.

Yvette Gilbert. the noted French &C
tress, at dinner in New York had
been complimented rather awkwardly
"Your intention was not bad" said
the actress, good humoredly, in her
quaint English. But you were awk'
ward; l will admit that.
$50 awkward you were that am re
minded of a happening, a Partisan
happening. Listen; this is it:
"A Partisan gave a dinner. All the
world was there. Jewels glittered on
white threats. Orders and ribbons
crossed white shirt bosoms-in word
elegance complete.
and after dinner, when the ladies
had gone upstairs, the men, over their
coffee and cigars and liquors, talked,
as men will, of love.
"And all of a sudden the host cries
in a loud voice:
az will tell you, gentlemen. this is
the truth: l have kissed the dainty
japanese girl. | have kissed the south
sea island maiden, I have kissed the
slim Indian beauty, and the girls Of
England, of Germany, even of Amer
lea, 1 have kissed, but it is most true
that to kiss my wife is best of ALL
'"Then young man cries across the
table:
by heaven, sir. you are right
there New York Tribune.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Nine. Bernhardt will spend the sum-
mer at her Chateau on the French coast.
near Trouville.
D. L. Don has been engaged TO sup
port Montgomery and Stone next sea-
son In The Red Mill"
Thompson & Durdy will next season
present Edward Abeles in a dramatiza-
ton of "Brewster's Millions
IL Aiglon" and Hamlet" are Bern
hardt's favorite male roles. She plays
"LAiglo9" as a sort Of toy Hamlet"
Richard earle writes his own lyrics
for his comic operas and proves himself
to be a verse maker of much facility.
Walter D. Nealand has been re-en-
gagged for next season by John P. Slo-
cum as manager of 1.-THE Yankee Con-
sui"
Charles Frohman has obtained the
American rights for new version of
"Brigadier Gerard" by Sir A. Conan
Doyle.
Charlotte Hunt. the charming leading
lady of the Bowdoin Square theater,
Boston, has been on the stage since she
was four years of age.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
At THE THEATERS
Vaudeville at the Phillips.

When one considers all that is be
ing given at the New Phillips this
week for ten cents it is not surpris
ing that the patronage is of the most
liberal nature and it is surprising tC
those who are not next to the thea
trical business how it is possible to
keep first rate bill running week
after week at such admission. There
is no denying that it often looks as
though too much is being given for
the money but Manager Murray pre-
fers this to the idea that he is trying
get as much as possible for as little
as little as possible. This the bill
embraces work on the Roman rings
character representations and imita-
ton, singing and dancing. illustrated
songs, blackface monologue, bicy-
Gle novelty act and the motion pic
lures. Friday night the amateurs
will have an opportunity to show
what talent they have.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
THE HALL OF FAME.

Inc queen Of Italy is noted for he.
acts of kindness to her poor subjects.
At Portland, Me-. Franklin II. Reeves
was ordained and married at the same
service.
The dowager empress of Russia is
extremely fond OF the Danish black
or rye bread, such as is baked for the
soldiers.
Achille J. Oishel, New York law
yer, who was born in Italy and was
formerly the Marquis de Sauyia, says
he would rather be an American citi-
zen than any sort Of marquis"
At the Harvard commencement the
oldest graduate in attendance was Rev.
Robert H Harlow of Quincy, Mass.
who is in his ninetieth year and who
graduated sixty-five years ago.
S. NJ. Watson of Biddeford, Me-, was
kicked by a horse recently. This fact
is noteworthy because it is the first ac-
cident of the kind Mr.. Watson has had
IN all his twenty years experience as
a horseshoer.
Walter Graham Blackie of Blackie e.
Sons, the Scottish publishers, died the
other day at the age of ninety-one. Be
sides Latin and Greek. he read Ger
man, French, italian, Spanish, Danish.
Morse and Dutch.
Charles Santley, the famous baritone,
who is still singing at the age Of sew
enty-two. is probably the greatest lin
guist in the concert world speaking
fuently French, German, Italian and
Spanish, and has q wide knowledge of
Greek and Latin.
The young sultan of Johore possesse5
one great popularity. Many years ago
an accident with 4 horse resulted In
nearly all his teeth being knocked out
These have been replaced by teeth of
solid gold. in each of which a large
diamond has been inserted.
John Ward, the Labor member fo-
Stoke-on-Trent, is one OF the most pic
turesque figures in the house of con-.
mons. He is six feet high. with pow
erful physique gained from his early
work in the navy. He holds the Egyp-
tan star and the medal for tie Suakin-
Berber expedition of 1854.
Arthur J. Baifour, in spite of the dis
asters which happened to his party a.
the general elections, is still at the
head of the largest and possibly the
best political body IN the world. a
grand master Of the Primrose leagu.
Mr.. Balfonr is virtually the leader q.
1,122 So members who have now bee.
enrolled
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
COLLEGE AND SCHOOL.

David Ranken, Jr., Of Tarkis, Mo-,
will found an industrial school in st.
Louis to be modelled after the Massd-
chusetts Institute of Technology and
will be one of the finest industrial
schools in the country.
Professor A. w. Wright retires from
active service as professor of expert
mental physics and director Of the
Sloane physical laboratory of Yale col
lege at the close of the present aca-
demic year. He graduated from Yale
in 1850.
Professor Charles f. Johnson, who
has for twenty three years been pro-
fessor of English at Trinity college,
Hartford, has rendered his resignation,
to take effect at the end of the year.
He is the author Of a number Of books
on the teaching of English.
Professor W. r. Hart of Nebraska in
a recent address took the ground that
the study of agriculture in our public
schools would afford the best possible
material for mental discipline. He
said: What knowledge the country
child has is certain and vivid. He has
been dealing with realities instead Of
with symbols and abstra ctions."
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
Brown crushed by
Well Merited Criticism

"V OU young scoundrel"' exclaimed
the unwilling father-in-law,
Mr.. Brown, when the clipping
couple presented themselves for paren-
tai forgiveness and a place to live.
You constituencies scamp. You stole
my daughter away and disregarded all
the conventionalfties of society. And
yet you ask forgiveness!'
you old scounGrel. What did you
do?' retorted the new son-in-law.
What did you do? You let us elope
and did not pursue us on horseback
with a shotgun. You have shattered
Ill the traditions of Opponents and
nave blasted all the romance of the
affair for us. We might as well have
got married to the rumty-tum -tum OF
the church organ and let you pay the
bill. You haven't a spark of appre-
citation in your makeup
Crushed by the merited criticism, the
father-in-law invited them in to sup
Der, for they were rather hungry
Baltimore American.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
Parade a Feature.
Tbs Artificial Lie.

a 8 little child he lay
ga In an artificial crib,
Z u Took his artificial ruiik
In an artificial bib.
Had an artificial mother
And artificial aunts.
And in time they put him
Into artificial knickerbockers.
To an artificial school
And an artificial college
Went this artificial youth
After artificial knowledge
And he loved artihcially
An artificial maid
With an artificial blush
And an artificial braid.
They are dwelling today
In an artificial home.
With an artificial porch
And an artificial dome
And an artificial fireplace
Tiled In artificial blue;
The chairs are artificial,
And the rugs are too.
They dine on many
An artificial dish
On artificial broth
And artificial fish
And artificial fowl
And artificial filiets,
And they fight their dyspepsia
With artificial pillets.
An end will come
To the artificial life
OF this artificial man
And his artificial wife.
An artificial tombstone
VIII rise above the sod,
And the artificial daisies
VIII nod. nod, nod.
Newark New
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
The Grewsome Mahratta.

The grewsome mahratta wadkah, the
weapon OF the Hindoo assassin, is
shaped like a tigers claws and fas-
tened to the fingers of the right hand
BY rings With a treacherouS embrace
the murderer clasps his victim and
tears him open, leaving him mutilated
in condition that leads the discover
ers of the body to believe a tiger or
some other wild beast has clawed the
man TO death.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
Siiencen -

John" began Mrs. Stubb after sup
per. what in the world is that you
have on?''
That. madam" replied Mr. Stubb
impatiently. is 4 jacket. 1 bought it
70 lounge around the house in
But. John. il doesn't set right II
isn't straight
Isn't straight. Ell? Well. madam.
do YOU expect TO see your husband
wearing straitjacket in his OWL
home ?'-Eoustoa Post
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30

trACGU 10 The klUlGNA
but now Rioder0
science proves THAI
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder OF
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30

Yes said Mrs. Starven, "he's u
millionaire now and they say he rose
from practically nothing"
Yes remarked the sarcastic board
er, that's what | rose from-at the
breakfast table this "-Phila
delpha Press
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
rhe Proper Adjective.

Miss Mobile-Well. Martha. how is
your husband now?
Martha-Po'lr. ISIS, poly He's got
that exclamato-y raeumatism.
Miss Mobile-You mean inflammarory
rheumatism, Martha. Explanatory is
70 cry out.
Martha with solemn convictionl-
That's il. mum. that's il. He don't do
uothin' but holler-Christian Register
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
Not Mentioned.

You haven't mentioned in your pros
pectus any of the difficulties that this
invention may encounter
Certainly not answered the pro-
moter. 1T is my business to exploit
its advantages. Its difficulties will be
discovered by the investors. Wash
ington Star.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
Explained.

Jaggsby e a. NIL shay. offisher, is
thish (hic) Blank street?
Policeman-Yes
Jaggsby-Wish you'd (hicl direct me
Z AL. Coin [ (hicl tend lecture there
Policeman-What. Attend a lecture
at this hour of the morning?
Jaggsby-Yesh; thash's where | Chicl
live, an I'm married. Shee Chicago
News
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
Accounted For.

ITS strange" said the piano teacher,
that you can't learn TO run the scales
correctly"
That is probably one of the traits
inherited from father" replied tho
young lady pupil. He made his mon
ey in the grocery business, You know
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
Party from New Paris.

New Paris, Aug. % Spl)-A large
number of Methodists went TO Eaton
today to attend the quarterly conven-
ton in session there. Thirty-five
cent rates to Eaton and return were
given today.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
Bombay.

In 1903 Bombay was visited by fire
which destroyed buildings to the value
81 $1,000 900. The Indians regarded the
visitation IS a mark OF the anger Of
the god silva the Destroyer. and peni-
>Etial offerings were made while the
fTe was in progress to stay his venge-
full hand.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
Certainly.

(which side do you wish your hair
combed on;" asked the barber, who APP
peared to be trying to make hole in
the customers head with his comb.
''On the outside, please. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
Not an Ornament, Though.

The nervous young man backed into
the nearest chair. The fair girl glared
at him. You're a bird" she cried
sarcastically.
''Why-er-what?' he gasped
You're on my hat," she fairly
shrieked.--M Minneapolis Journal
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30

Why wait for your friends
friend to come and look at
your house week after next?
You can sell it with a To Let
ad in The Palladium.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-30
FACTS FROM FRANCE.

Esperanto is to be taught to the ca,
diets at the French military college Of
st. Cyr.
In consequence of the increasing
abuse Of opium its sale IN France har-
Dor cities has been forbidden.
I A boy of twelve in the custody of the
Paris police told them that it is their
business to find out his name and adj
dress
The French people are the greatest
consumers Of cheap wine in the world.
1t is used more generally than milk in
the United States. Even the little chill
dren drink it. The public schools give
1t to the pupils. The servants insist on
the daily allowance for wine.
Yellow spectacles for weak eyes were
recommended by DR.. Metals in a paper
he read before the Academy of Medi-
cine at Paris. The doctor declares that
yellow is very soothing to weak eyes
and that for fifteen years he has pre-
scribed glasses Of this color with ex-
rs