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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-10
Ramssy,s sagacioous Boosters are
the Terror of Mice.

will interest chicken fanciers and
arouse the envy of some writer's OF
snake stories. 1t is to the effect that
game chickens can be taught to
catch mice. and that when one Of
brood once acquires this knowledge,
al the others readily take it mp. Mr..
Ramsey says that no mice can live
around premises when game chickens
nave once learned to kill and deyour
them.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-10
U S. SOLDIERS ON A BEE HUNT

were located on either side of the
door of the house, a small one-story
building containing two rooms. We
decided that one Of the boys should
engage the old man In conversation
and keep him to the rear. I was to
stop up the holes in the hives and
keep a lookout for the lady of the
house. in case she tried to interfere
with our operations. and the third
man Morgan. was to take the bees.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-10

c. Childs, company I. Twenty-seF-
enth Massachusetts. tells the follow
ing amusing incident of his war ex-
perienees in the National Tribune.
One hot day at NeWbern, N. G.. in
1862. when our regiment was doing
picket duty at Deep Gully, about eight
miles up the railroad from Newbern,
two of my comrades came up and
proposed that we so and get some
haRaE. We took two pals ans left
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-10
Ranned an ANGEL.

1t was night time. and man was
passing Crawford Parish churehyard
with his gun over his shoulder, when
he saw what he took for ghost.
He Ieveled his piece, and fired, but
his aim was wild. He had failed to
wing his quarry. investigation
showed that the ghost was a scu1p-
tured angel on a tomb, and he had
shot of one of lis toes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-10

camp for plantation about one mile
out. We arrived safely and found ten
swarns of bees but as luck would
have it the owner of the insects, his
wife. daughter and a bloodhound were
watching them. Though We tried, we
could make no headway with the
vigilant watchers, and finally resolved
to move on and try our luck at an
other pIa atafion where knew there
were two 5warnns of bees. The hives
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-10
lt,s Different There.

II read somewhere the other day
said the sweet young thing. that one
Of the Russian grand dukes grated to
the extent of s35,ooo,0o0 in one year
Yes, replied the ex-insuranee Off
ciaI, "over there man doesn't have
to divide up with SO many people IN
order to get them to keep their
mouths shut Chicago Record Her
aid.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-10

The panic can hardly be fancied.
Men and women shrieked together in
the utter amazement of the thing.
They laughed aloud, some of them.
Others cried out in terror
They 1eaped and sprang back and
forth, to this side and that, in the
vain endeavor to dodge the innumer-
able streams. Some slipped and al
most fell, carrying down others with
them. And all were doused.
Then, as suddenly as it had started,
the food ceased.
well, God bless my SOUL" ejacu-
lated Mr.. B1odgett, putting up hand
to wiring his collar. What in Heay-
ems name haRpened?"
Great Caesars ghost!" said Haw-
I1ins' voice behind me.
He had returned from his trip to
the top floor extension.
tits all right" he called with
CHEEKY Indifference to the contrary
sentiments of two dozen people
There's no danger. It won't hurt
you
"But it does. It bites.' cried the
girl from Jersey. What is it.?
Where did it come fron1?"
Eyes, it does bite! 1t smarts awful
1y! BY Jove! The stuff's eating me!
What is it, Hawkins? Oh, Mr.. Haw-
kins, wherever did it come from?
Why, it ran out of those dots-I saw
it, What is it," echoed from different
parts of the room.
tits only my sprfnkIer-my fire.
extinguisher," Hawkins explained.
ct went OF by accident. you see.
There's nothing in 1t to hurt you. It's
a.ea=aa9Nasar sNesauaaaaN
Everything worked well. and soon !
saw Morgan running across the field
with one bee hive. In those days
hives were made of hollow logs, with
boards nailed on the ends and holes
cut in them to let the bees go in and
out. / followed him as soon as pos
sible, first notifying our other COM
panion that we had the bees. When
/ caught up to Morgan / discovered
that one end OF the bee hive had
come off and he was having a hot
time. I threw my coat over the hive
and asked for the pals, quick. In our
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-10

king, and drowned 5000 or 10000
people there and in adjacent waters,
and now disaster comes to our own
land again and Mobile and Pensacola
are nearly destroyed by one of those
hurricanes for which the Gulf of Mex.
leo and the West Indies are notori.
Gus, and even New Orleans has sui.
fered heavily. Philadelphia Record
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He is the owner of a game rooster
that has taught mice killing to a brood
OF about SO game chickens. Where
the rooster acquired this knowledge
Mr.. Ramsey does not know. He was
first apprized of it by finding the roos-
ter almost ehoked to death as the
result of trying to swallow q mouse
that was too large for his throat.
Following this discovery he watched
the chickens more closely. As the
young ones grew up they acquired
taste for mice, and now they are ali
wonderfully expert in catching these
little rodents, and hunt for them with
as much show Of zeal as cat eyhib-
its in the same pursuit. These chick.
ems have not only rid his fathers barn
Of mice, but they engage in hunting
expeditions in the neighberhood.
Mr.. Ramsey Is the son Of Col
George C. Ramsey. a well known poll
tician, and a big tie and timber con.
tractor. He resides with his father
in the southern part of the city. and
is a great chicken fancier. He says
he will pit his old game rooster against
any cat in the country in the matter
of killing mice. both in number OF
mice killed and in quickness in catch
ing the same.
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gaesaun'1ganee asssaaa12fAea

excitement we had entirely forgotten
them, and Morgan offered to go back
after them. / guess he was glad
enough to get away from those pesky
little bees. By the time he got back
! had killed all the bees, and We
hastily flied our pals and hurried
of to camp. The old man came to see
the colonel next day, but we had Gov
cred our tracks wen, and he found
nothing suspicious about camp As
soon as he went ne boys took tbs
colonel some Of the best honey
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1age In 1sw months time she and
Lumpkins were accepted lovers.
Finally the young people became
secretly engaged: The village people
say it was upon a Christmas eve that
Walter Lumpkins asked Albert 0s-
borne for the hand of his daughter.
It is said that there was a scene
which ended in the father ordering
the young man from the house, de-
spite the pleadings of the daughter.
Il will never speak to you or any
other man again Neither will look
at or allow any man to see my face
were the words that Bakersvil1e peo-
pie say Caroline spoke to her enraged
father.
A long illness followed, and when
she grew well the roses had fed from
her cheeks, never to return For
many years the girl did not leave the
house.
Lurnpkins is now wealthy mer-
chant in a city not far from New
York, and has wife
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-16
Barge Line Contemplated From
st. Louis to Kansas City.
Prominent shippers Take vig-
OrOus Action to Reduce Rates.
WILL FIGHT TO FINISH
Means Much to Business In
terests in This State.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

OF particular moment to the business
interests Of Topeka and in fact of all
localities in the state which trade to
any extent in Kansas City is the an
nouncement of the determination of the
prominent merchants of the Missouri
town to organize a company for the
ablishment Of barge line from st.
Louis to Kansas City which will reduce
greatly he freight rates between the
two places.
Twenty of Kansas City's largest
shippers of merchandise attended a
meeting of the general committee of
the transportation bureau on Saturday.
when W. F. Trickett, the traffic COM
missioner OF the organization said:
Gentlemen, our fight for a reduced
railroad rate from the east to- Kansas
City has reached the stage where we
are compelled to take radical action.
How many are willing to subscribe to
company that will operate a barge line
between st. Louis and Kansas City on
the Missouri river and make the rail-
roads come to time on a reduced freight
rate for Kansas City,"
Every one of the 20 men expressed
himself as favorable to the proposition.
No definite plans have been made,
said Mr. Trickett after the meeting,
but barge line from St. Louis to
Kansas City is our salvation If the
railroads do not grant us the rate we
have asked for. Action will be taken
next week. If we do not get the rate.
the big shippers of Kansas City pro-
pose to operate a barge line of their
own on the Missouri river between st.
Louis and Kansas City. 1t will take
about $4,000 to launch the project and
that amount of money can be raised in
q hours"
The following table shows COMPARE
son between the railroad rates from St.
Louis to Kansas City. and the proposed
rates on the barge line. This arrange
ment would make a through railroad
and barge rate OF S1.17 on frst-class
freight from New York. The through
railroad rate now is $1.47 a hundred
in first-elass freight. The railroad rate
from New York to St. Louis is 81 cents,
first-class-
RATES FROM ST. LOUIS TO KANSAS
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Kansas City Much of our line viii
be ready for operation south of Wich-
tia by that time.
This was a statement made by A.
E. Stilwen, president of the Orient line
in Kansas City on Saturday as he left
on a special train with a party of 10
CAPITALISTS from the east for a trip
through the territory tapped by the
orient This is the seventh party Mr.
Stilwell has taken out and during the
trip an inspection. will be made of
such portions of the Orient line as have
been cem2leted. It will take over two
weeks to make the trip
It IS understood that the traffic ar
rangement referred to by Mr.. Stilwen
will be made with the Missouri Pa
cifc and it is the ultimate intention of
Mr.. SttlweH to make some arrangement
with this road so that Orient trains
can be handled into Topeka.
"All surveys for our line were COM
Melted two months ago Mr.. Stlwell
said Trains are being operated 16I
miles south from wichita Kan, to the
North Canadian river The big bridge
there will be completed within six
weeks. This bridge is one of the larg-
est in the west It has q spans and
/ the cost of it's construction viii be more
/ than $500. 600. Workmen have been
| hammering away on It for six months
The Canadian river bed is Quicksand,
4 and the stream is treacherous, so work
4 on the bridge was necessary slow.
! THE Orient is IN o2eratsou 81 miles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-16

Lawrence. Kan. April 16.-Fred Brett of
the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, won the
second annual fraternity debate over the
representatives of four other fraternities
of K. u. for the Ewing Herbert loving
cup.
The cup must be won three times by q
fraternity in order to be permanently
held Paul Wall won the decision for the
Sigma CHS last year. The other repre-
sentatives were: Arthur Relihan Sigma
Chi: George E. Guernsey jr, Phi Gamma
Delta; Theodore Afford. Sigma Alpha Ep-
silOn. and Bernard Sheridan, Phi Kappa
Psi
Brett chose the affirmative of the ques-
ton: Resolved. That the United States
should establish a fiscal prOtectOrate over
South America. Central America and the
West Indian republics. which shall man
fest a chronic failure to meet their f1nan-
cfal obligations. granted that neither these
republics nor any foreign nation shall OBJ
4o1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-16
RIO GRANDE's EQUIPMENT.
VIII Be Increased This Year by Expen-
diture of $2.5OO.OOO

Denver April 1.-TWO and one
half million dollars will be expended by
the Denver & Rio Grande for new
equipment. according to information
from the east. A. c. Ridgway. general
manager of the company has been in
New York in conference with Rio
Grande directors relative to placing the
orders for equipment
On account OF the great demand for
cars and locomotives and the flood of
orders pouring into all manufacturers.
it is doubtful whether the Rio Grande
can secure much of its new equipment
before the latter part of the year or the
first of next Ordinarily equipment for
future delivery must be ordered at least
six months ahead
Ten locomotives. 1000 box cars. IF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-16
FROM ST. LOUIS TO KANSAS
CNTrrX

Since the first of the year the trans
portation bureau has. been hammering
the railroads for a lower rate from
New York and the east to Kansas
City. Chicago and st. Louis each have
one. The present rate on first class
freight from New ork to Kansas
City is $1.47 a hundred pounds. KAN
sas City has asked for a rate of $1.27
to apply only at Kansas City and not
at intermediate points. To st. Louis
the rate is 81 cents Kansas City's
present rate is the rate to st. Louis
plus the local rate. So cents. from
there to Kansas City.
The contention is not for a change
of the local rate from st. Louis. but
for through rate from the east di-
rectly to Kansas City.
Regarding the proposed barge line
on the Missouri river between Kansas
City and St. Louis, Mr.. Trickett said:
THE plan is practicabl The gaso-
line engine is the solution of the whole
problem. Years ago Kansas City had
a river freight line between here and
ST. Louis, but that was in the day of
the big. cum bersOme steamboat that
cost about $500 a day to operate. Even
the boats themselves were not con-
structed for the Missouri river. They
were too big, too expensive and too
hard to handle
"A tow boat propelled by the gas
producing gasoline engine could be
used to draw two or three steel bot
tom barges. The carrying capacity of
each barge would be about $50 tons.
With this kind of equipment there
would be no trouble from high water
shallow water or low bridges. The
expense of operation would be com
paratively small. A hoti1a of power
boats and barges would save the ship
pers many thousands of dollars every
year.
mo perishable freight would be
taken by barge. That and all other
undesirable freight would be left to
the railroads. They have to carry it
while a boat does not. To prevent the
railroads from driving the barge line
out of business by cutting rates the
Kansas City shippers will be required
to sign contracts binding them to give
the barge line enough business to pay
expenses regardless of railroad rates. .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-16
WILL BE a REMARKABLE ROAD.
Hills New TranscontinentaI Line Has
Striking Features.

St Paul. Mimi, April 16.-An official
of the Great Northern in speaking of
the physical characteristics of the new
Hill transcontinental line which is to
be built through Canada, says:
1.-The work will be easy until we
reach the Rocky Mountains. We are
prepared to finish six miles of road a
day I'D to that point However. the
engineers have found a very short route
through one of the valleys of the Rock
les and we hope to cover the six miles
in an air line with nine miles of track,
which is 80 per cent better than the
Canadian Pacific has done. 1t is esti-
mated that we can move over this
grade 80 freight cars. loaded, whereas
the Canadian Pacific can move but
seven with four locomotives
I'VE shall need not more than two
locomotives for the nine mile run with
80 cars. Those are all the steep GRADES
to encounter on the new line until we
reach the vicinity of Nelson. B. c.
and here the engineers are working for
a lower grade than they found on their
first survey. However. our contract is
from Winnipeg to the Pacific coast and
whether t be I'D or down, we must
complete it within one year and are
due at Edmonton in time to move the
fall crop of grain
The Grand Trunk Pacific in its
westward course. has reached Ednon-
ton 500 miles west of Winnipeg The
Great Northern plans to build west.
ward from Winnipeg and to reach the
Pacific coast ahead of the Grand Trunk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-16
ST. PAUL AND Up. FRIENDLY.
Evidenced by Earrings Election tC
Directorate of Latter.


Much comment has been occasioned
in railroad circles. and financial ones as
well, by the election os A J. Earring,
president of the Chicago Milwaukee &
ST. Paul to a place on the board of di-
rectors of the Union Pacific railroad.
The relations between the Union Pa
cific and the St. Paul have been v1iy
close for the past three years, but the
ST. Paul recently announced that it
cific coast, and it was regarded as
some what extraordinary that the presi-
dent of the St Paul should enter the
Union Pacific board just at this time.
While the election of Mr.. Earring to
the Union Pacific directorate is said to
be without special significance, inquiry
concerning his entrance into the Union
Pacific directorate has brought out in
teresting statements in regard to pres
ent and prospective relations between
the Union Pacific and the Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul. The general belief
since the announcement of the St.
PauHS extension to the Pacific coast
has been that the new line would be-
come a competitor of the Union Pacific
as well as of the roads further north,
the Great Northern and the Northern
Pacific.
It appears, however, from statements
made by those in a position to speak
authoritatively for the Chicago. Mil
waukee & St. Paul that the officials Of
that road expect no lessening Of the
friendly relations between their road
and the Union Pacific, as a result of
the construction of the new line to the
Pacific coast. The statement was made
that in all probability the interests Of
the Union Pacific will in no wise be ad-
versely affected by the determination
of the st. Paul to own its own line from
Chicago to Tacoma and Seattle.
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O'Brien Entertains shooters.

Florence, Kan, April 16.-The pro-
fessiona1 squad of trap shooters on
their way to Great Bend to attend the
state shoot, stopped at Florence as the
guests of Ed O'Brien, who arranged a
$50 target programme for the Occa-
sion. Three handsome prizes were do
mated for the three high guns and
were won at follows: Ed O'Brien. IA;
Charles Young, 142; Chris Gottlieb.
lao.
The squad will shoot at Peabody to-
day and will arrive at Great Bend
Monday evening. After the state shoot
They will attend the big three days
tournament at Wichita, April 26. 81
and IS, then the territorial shoot at
From there to Tulsa, I. T.. NAV and
g. From there to CoffeyviIle, KAN
where the second Missouri and Kansas
league tournament takes place May 10
and IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-16
WANTS OF MINNEAPOLIS.
Must Have a New Opera House and a
Brass Band

Must Have q New Opera House ana
Brass Band
The fruit crop is safe up to date.
The crying need" of this city-is
more residence houses.
The Democrats of this section are
quietly booming Harry Mcmillan for
congress.
A number Of new houses are in pro-
cess Of construction. Some Of them are
business houses.
Minneapolis has a fine common school
building, also S25, 600 high school
structure, nine church edifces. two
Touring mills, three hotels. three grain
elevators, two telephone companies, fine
waterworks, two newspapers, an cleo
trio light plant, etc, but no opera house.
Crops of all kinds are making full
time. Ottawa county is booming in
green things just now.
Governor Riddle, of the Messenger,
is a good man for our town. He en-
ploys more people in his business than
does any other man or company in the
city or county.
One of the first moves by the new
mayor. Harry Mcmillan, is to have a
city band At a recent meeting lead
ing citizens subscribed literally toward
the enterprise.
The county Sunday school convention
closed an interesting and profitable
session first of the week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-16
ALL We ASK IS A TRIAL

We know what your decision viii be
and you, with thousands of others, will
agree that D-Zerta Jelly is superior in
favor. clearness and delicacy to any
Jelly dessert You ever used. Dissolve
the contents of one package in pint
of boiling water and set to cool Every
navor tastes like the fruit itself and
1t is so easy to make attractive des-
serts by simply adding nuts. fruits,
bananas, etc.
If D-Zerta Jelly does not please you
write US and get your money back.
Five fruit f7avors- Raspberry, Straw
berry. Lemon, Orange. and Cherry.
At grocers. 10 cents. D-zerta. Roch-
ester. n. 7.
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and she is often the ead-winner of
the family. Whether she is sick or
well, whether it rains or shines, she
must get to her place of employment,
perform the duties exacted of her
smile and be agreeable.
Among this class the symptoms Of
female diseases are early manifest by
weak and aching backs, pain in the
lower limbs and lower part of the
stomach. In consequence of frequent
wetting of the feet, periods become
painful and irregular, and frequently
there are faint and dizzy spells, with
loss of appetite, until life is a burden
All these symptoms point to q de-
rangement of the female organism
which can be easily and promptly
cured by Lydia z. Pinkham's Vereta-
bic Compound.
Miss Abby F. Barrows. Nelsonville.
Athens Co. Ohio, tells what this great
medicine did for her. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
I feel it my duty to tell yoa the good
Lydia E Plnkham's Vegetable Compound
and Blood Purifier have done for me. Before
| took them I was very nervous had dull
headaches pains in back and periods were
irregular, had been to several doctors, and
they did me no good.
Your medicine has made me- well and
strong can do most any kind of work
without complaint, and my periods are all
slght.
4 am in better health than I ever was.
and know it IS all due to your remedies.
recommend your advice and medicine to all
who suffer
It is to such girls that Mrs. Pink
ham holds out a helping hand and ex-
tends a cordial invitation to correspond
with her. She is daughter-in-law of
Lydia E. Pinkham and for twertv-five
years has been advising sick women
free of charge. Her long record of
success in treating woman s ills makes
her letters of advice of untold value to
every ailing working girl. Address,
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
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teen passenger coaches and other
equipment VIII probably make up the
order These will be used mostly on
the main line CT the Rio Grande. In
addition, there Will be some new equip
ment bought for the Rio GTande
Southern.
Mr.. Ridgway will not return to Den
Yer before the latter part of the present
week It is understood that he has in
sisted on snewsTolling stock for this
year, if contracts can be made with the
manufacturers for its delivery. In the
event that this cannot be done. it is
likely that the Rio Grande will be
given equipment under contract to.
other roads of the Gould system which
do not need it so badly.