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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-12

Miss Mary Whiteman entertained
the U q. u Euchre Club and a
number of other friends very charm
lngly on Tuesday evening at her
home in Smoke Bend. Miss Mia Sims
and Wesley Profits were the fortu-
nate winners of the guest prizes, while
tie club prize was presented to Miss
Flossie Babin. At the conclusion of
the card games delightful refreshments
were served. Those present were:
Misses May Harding, Flossie Babin,
Freda Singer, Althea Fortier, Maud
Weber, Pearl Folse, Mary Whitemau
Bertha Dalferes, Lucille DeRusey, Iaez
Greenwood, Catherine Kearney, Be-
a.rice Matthew, Bertha Michel, Nita
Sins, Eleonote Blouin, Mary Co
meaux, Aline Ayraud, Rosebud Kern
AMI Hazel Sharp; Messrs. Hiram ana
Wesley Profftt, Sidney Harp. Melville
Dixie, Leslie Israel, Wallace and
Arthur Lear, Henry Hun 'ey, Louis Du-
lftz. S. Bleiden, NJ. and O. Folse,
Tom Lagarde, WiIred Landry, Law
renee Babin, Leroy Ssockwell; Geo.
DeIsussey, "A sc Samusisnn aud .laffrey
Vega; Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Weber,
Mrs. r Singer and Mr.. and Mrs. Fl.
G. W itenan.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-12
Wanted.

SITUATION as cane-weigher, sugar-weigher or
y timekeeper for the grinding season.
A. B.. Burton. La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-12

HARRY T. HOWARD, Vice President.
JOHN b. FERGUSON, Cashier.
EDWARD II. KEEP, Assistant Cashier.
RfAURI1I PYk, Assistant Cashier.
CIIAs. r. BAISLEY, Mgr. Foreign Tx
change Department.
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f,,E. BENTLEY, Editor and Proprietor
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-05

NEAT MARKET.
Best location in city; $50 day store trade guar
anteed; rent $50: 5 years lease; full inyestiga-
ton and trial given; price $75o; come today
UNION INV. CO., S32 Market st.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
New Record in Timber Cut Established

might be thought that the amount
actually manufactured must have been
greater in the earlier year. This. how
ever, would be too hasty Inference,
for it is almost wholly among mills
of small individual output that the
gain in the number of establishments
reporting has been made.
Before the year closed the general
business depression was severely felt
in the lumber industry. 1t was not
however the most important cause
of falling of in the production of
the year where a falling off occurred
For decline in production took place
only in certain regions. The south is
the region of greatest activity in lum
Der production, and yellow pine the
most important wood. forming 80 per
cent. of the entire cut of the country
The cut of yellow pine reported shows
an increase of Is per cent. over that
OF 1906. In the early part of the year
many of the southern mills cut SO
heavily that, in spite of the curtailed
output which followed the business
disturbance later, the total was great
err than ever before. But in both the
lake states and the northwest a
smaller cut was reported than for
1906, though the number of mills re-
porting increased
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

e 1GURES of the lumber cut in 1907.
compiled by the bureau of census
and the forest service, showed the
largest total ever reported in the
United States. exceeding by over
seven per cent. the cut reported for
1906. until then the record year. This
does not necessarily show larger
actual cut than in 1906, for the re-
turns obtained last year were more
complete than ever before. The fig
ures disclose some interesting facts.
In 1907 2s.S50 mills made returns.
and their production was over forty
billion feet of lumber. This is be-
lieved to include 50 per cent. of the
actual cut. In 1906 22.39S mills re-
ported about thirty-seven and one.half
billion feet. Since. according to these
figures. nearly 20 per cent. more mills
reported last year than the year be-
fore. while the increase In production
was little over seven per cent. 1t
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
Diplomatic Row Is Recalled by Death

A few years ago Lord Sackville
created a sensation by publishing a
pamphlet, for private circulation
among his friends. in which he vindi.
Gated his diplomatic work in the
United States. The newspapers OBJ
tanned copy of this publication. In
1t Lord Sackville explained with much
picturesque detail that the trap into
which he fell in this city was Fenian
conspiracy; that the Fenian organiza-
ton harassed him during his residence
In America, kept spies after him and
plotted to assassinate him. Few OF
the diplomats friends took this story
seriously. Most of them regarded It
as the imaginings of a disappointed
old man who was brooding upon what
he considered his wrongs.
The minister was given his pass.
ports by the president after his recall
had been requested by the American
government, which request was not
acted upon by the British government.
The occasion of the diplomats dis
grace was that he had been trapped
into writing a letter. written as he
supposed to an Englishman, favoring
the reelection of Cleveland. This let.
ter was used against the president.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
WHEN YOU GET RICH.
Only Then Are You Appreciated for
Your True Worth.

Upton Sinclair, the novelist, was
talking about wealth at Lake Pla-
cid.
1T is pleasant to be rich" he said.
Nobody can deny that. Many of the
pleasures of wealth. though, are false
and mistaken ones.
when | was making my living by
the comp6sition of blood and thun-
der tales for boys-and I could turn
out my 5000 words day knew
pale, bent, inkstained old chap who
wrote love stories.
His stories did not pay; he was
very poor; but an aunt died. and sud
denly the old fellow found himself a
millionaire.
He saw me one afternoon on Broad
way. He stopped his red car and we
chatted about old times.
"'And is 1t pleasant to be rich?'
asked.
Yes, 1t is he answered, as he
lighted a Vuelto Abajos and handed
me another. And do you know what
Is the pleasantest thing about it? You
have an opportunity to make real
friends, friends who can understand
you. You get at last to know people
capable of esteeming you for your own
qualities alone. You find, sir, that
you are at last appreciated
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

WASHINGTON.-W will become
w of Mr.. Roosevelt's mice young
men" if Mr.. Bryan is elected? This
problem is really giving serious CON
Germ to the pleasant, and notably the
dinner-giving aliens sojourning tempo
rarily lin our midst 1t seems an
odd sort of thing to worry about. but
Washington is an odd sort of place,
unlike other cities in many of its as
poets, and its residents, both perma-
nent and fitting. have anxieties and
responsibilities unknown to urban
jewellers where the social population
is less transient and changing than 1t
is here.
Hostesses aver that a shortage ex-
lists in Washington of presentable
young men who can be called upon at
short notice to fill vacancies at a
dinner table. In the face of an eager
demand, Mr.. Roosevelt has done much
toward creating an available and Wis.
ible supply.
Diplomatic and official society has
taken most kindly to Mr.. Roosevelt's
lmportations. They are commonly
spoken of as the presidents nice
young men, The possibility of their
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
Capital Hostesses Fear the Election

departure for other fields of activity
outside of Washington. and tucoming
actual, though obscure, workers in
the vineyard is viewed with alarm.
Toward the end of the winter ap-
prehension was expressed at many
dinner tables lest Mr.. Bryan came
to Washington. bringing with him in
subordinate capacities youths from
the corn and hograising states who
might be addicted to the prudent
usage of MASKING their peas.
Over the imminence of this dire
possibility there has been sad shak-
ing of heads. Active and persistent
dinner-g ivers in the diplomatic, cab
met and senatorial sets" as well as
among the merely rich people, who in
increasing numbers are making Wash
ington n place of resort in the winter
months, have found Mr.. Roosevelts
nice young men" almost a necessity
In making their social plans for enter
tainment and amusement.
In any event, it is realized that the
tennis cabinet, as such, is doomed.
1t will dissolve into its constituent
elements and fade away from the
SC ne of Washington activities, social,
political and sporting. after March
next.
Whether Mr.. Taft or Mr.. Bryan is
elected, the tennis court in the rear
of the executive Offices seems certain
to become once more flower bed
for the display of geometrical figures
of early blooming crocuses or a play
ground for children.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

On the coast OF Holland. Belgium
and Northern France the fisherwomen
are a familiar sight, with their great
hand nets and quaint costumes. Many
of the towns have distinctive costumes
by which their women can be recog-
aized anywhere. Those OF Mana-Kirke.
near Ostend. wear trousers and loose
blouses, while their heads and shout
ders are covered by shawls. They
carry their nets into the sea and scoop
up vast quantities of shrimps and
prawns. with an occasional crab or
lobster and many small fish. They
often wade out till the water is up to
their necks. and they remain for hours
at time in water above their knees.
rarely returning until their baskets
are full.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
AVOID RISK IN BUYING PAINT.

You take n good deal of risk If you
buy white lead without having abso-
lute assurance as to its purity and
quality. You know white lead is often
adulterated. often misrepresented.
But there's no need at all to take
any chances. The Dutch Boy Paint
er" trade mark of the National Lead
Company. the largest makers of gen.
uine white lead, on n package of
White Lead, is a positive guarantee
of purity and quality. It's as depend
able as the Dollar Sign. If you'll
write the National Lead Company,
Woodbridge Bldg, New York City.
they will send you simple and GER
tain outfit for testing white lead, and
a valuable book on paint, free.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

A remarkable machine made by a
lately deceased member of the RoyN
Microscopical society for writing with
diamond seems to have been broken
up by its inventor. A specimen OF its
works Is the Lords prayer of 227 let
ters. written in the 1927. 900 OF a
square inch. which is at the rate of
53,SS0,090 letters or Is complete
Bibles. to single square inch. To
decipher the writing 1t is necessary to
use 1-l2-inch objective, which is the
high power lens physicians employ for
studying the most minute bacteria.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

THE recent death in London of Lionel
Sackville Sackville-West, second
Baron Sackville, recalls the diplomatic
row which resulted in his dismissal
as minister to this country.
Lord Sackville was born in 1927.
He was British minister to the United
States from 1881 to 1888. being dis
missed by President Cleveland in Oc-
tober of the latter year.
Lord Sackville's dismissal by Cleve-
land practically ended his diplomatic
career. for since 1858 he was never
intrusted with any important diplo-
matte mission. He lived quietly the
life of country gentleman and sell
dom appeared in London society. He
always retained a grudge against
America and Americans, and 1t was
his custom TO avoid any meetings with
travellers from this side.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
FiDo BROKE A TOOTH.

A youth skunk into the dentists Of
flee with panied expression on his
face. His hat was gone and his smart
attire showed evidence of struggle
The dentist stepped forward with
professional air. What can I do
for you?"
The youth glanced apprehensively
at the door. Il wish to have a
tooth removed"
Very well, please be seated"
Shutting over to the chair the youth
crawled into 1t on his hands and
knees. The dentist looked on in
amazement.
Great heavens!" he cried, whats
the matter with you? Are you
crazy?"
well, you see I went to call on
Miss Neverhome, and-and-"
And WHAT"
''Fido bit me.'-Judge.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

The population of the Chinese en-
,ire IL largely a matter Of estimate.
There has never been such census OF
the empire as that which Is
taken every decade in this country.
But the estimate of the Almanach de
Gotha for 1900 may be taken as fairly
reliable. According to that estimate,
the population of the empire Is. in
round numbers. about 400 100000. 1t
is probably safe to say that If the
human beings on earth were stood up
Chinaman.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

CraigenputtC2k. where Carlyle's
"Sartor Resartus' was written, has
Just been the scene of notable we'd
ding. The bride was Mary Carlyle of
Craigenputtock, a grandniece of Thorn
as Carlyle, farmer, of Pingle, Dunn
friesshire. son of Thomas Carlyle's
favorite nephew. Pingle is about four
miles from Ecciefechan, Carlyle's
birthplace. and this village IL tho
original of the Entuphl of "Sartor
Resartus'-London Standard.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
Congress May Take Up Hazing Cases

he spoke without having personal
knowledge simply assuming the re-
ports given out by Acting Secretary
Oliver and Secretary Loeb to have
been accurate.
The understanding here is that Con
gressmen from the districts in which
the cadets live will introduce bills au-
thorizing the president to restore the
dismissed cadets to the academy and
take the order of suspension from the
six who were found guilty of one thing
and punished for something not speci-
fed in an accurate manner.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

A RMY officers and at least one prom.
"A inent civilian official of the war
department expect the disposition of
the cadet hazing cases to result in the
creation of jolly row in congress
next winter. They base their belief
upon the fact that the six cadets sus-
guilty of anything other than hazing.
for which the only penalty is expul-
sion.
The query has been going around
among officers who think the six
should have been dismissed as to what
answer Secretary Wright will make
when congress asks by what authority
those cadets were suspended. Such
an inquiry is firmly expected.
Assistant Secretary oliver, 1t is
well known at the war department,
does not agree with his superior as to
the wisdom of the action taken by
him. Gen. Oliver took great pleasure
in announcing that the president had
closed the case by approving the find
ing of guilty and directing their dis
missal. He left Washington. thinking
that the case had been closed and
that the order Diminishing the cadets
would be issued as a mere matter of
routine. He did all he considered nee
essary to bring about such an ending.
When the papers came to him he for
warded them to the president. When
they came back Endorsed with the
presidents approval. Gen. Oliver an
nounced the fact. So did Secretary
Loeb. Both were invited to join the
Ananias club. Secretary Wright es-
capped by saying that when he spoke
of the finding as having been approved
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
500 Reward. 500,

The readers OF this paper will be pleased To learn
that there Is at least dreaded disease that
has been able cure all its stages, and that IA
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only positive
now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrf
being n constitutional disease. requires a consttu-
uonai treatment. Halls Gatarrb Cure Is taken In
ternaly. acting directly upon the blood and
surfaces of the system. thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease and giving tho patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature IN doing its work. The propretorr have
much faith IN Its curative powers that they orer
One Hundred Dolars for any that Il falls to
Send for list OF Testimonials
Address y. ]. CHENEY a CO. Toledo. o
Sold by all Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

CT Doan's Kidney Pills and began us
ing them. One box made me stronger
and freer from pain. kept on using
them and in three months was able to
get out on crutches, and the kidneys
were acting better. improved rap
idly, discarded the crutches and to
the wonder of my friends was soon
completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
DEEP CRACKS FROM ECZEMA
Could Lay siate-Pencii in one-Hands
in Dreadful State-Pcrmanent
Cure in Cutjcura.

Cure in Cuticura.
Il had eczema on my hands for
about seven years and during that
time had used several socalled rem
edies. together with physicians and
druggists prescriptions. The disease
was so bad on my hands that could
lay slate-pencil in one OF the cracks
and a rule placed across the hand
would not touch the pencil. I kept
using remedy after remedy. and while
some gave partial relief, none relieved
as much as did the first box of Cuti-
cura Ointment. I made a purchase OF
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and my
hands were perfectly cured after two
boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one
cake of Cuticura Soap were used. w.
H. Dean. Newark. Del, Mar. 2s. 1907"
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

Embarrassed in the fashionable
restaurant by the menu written in
French. the Wall street man of bust
ness exclaimed:
Hang these froids. entrements and
hors d'oeuvres-bring me plate OF
good plain hash. If you've got such
thing on the premises"
you mean an ola podrida. sir.
said the waiter, in a tone Of digniied
reproach And afterwards?"
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

cure any possible case of DISTEMPER,
PINK EYE, and the like among horses
of all ages, and prevents all others in the
same stable from having the disease. Also
cures chicken cholera, and dog distefnper.
to manufacturers. so cents and 81 90 bot
tie. Agents wanted. Free book. Spohn
Medical Co, Spec. Contagious Diseases,
Goshen, Ind.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

Finding nothing of a portable nature
in the unguarded freight car except a
box of soap the hobo picked 1t up and
carried 1t away.
1T lessons de visible supply he
said. as he dumped IL in the'river.l a.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
General Demand


of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits Of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufacture by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
Not So Bad.

Mr.. Subbs latter engaging cook)-
There's one other thing l suppose you
should know, Miss Flannigan-my wife
Is a chronic invalid, confined to her
room.
Miss Flannigan-That's fine! I wor
afeerd she might be wan Nv thin
chronic kickers that arr confined T.
tn kitchen, begobs!
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

paralyzed me and
affected my kid
neys. My back hurt
me terribly. and
the urine was bad
ly discolored. Doc
tors said my right
kidney was practi-
cally dead. They
said j could never
walk again. ! read
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

after all. you know, man is only
as old as he feels
Yes. How about the fellow who
feels like a two-yearold? "-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

Its hard to lose the savings OF
lifetime"
"Oh, not so hard. know of dozen
men with schemes that you could go
into"
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD.

Pinxit-I have Just finished the late
Mrs. Peck's portrait. It's a speaking
likeness.
The Widower Peck-Would 1t be
too much trouble to-er-change 1t a
bit in that respect?
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
Hone.

There seems to be no one SO hard
to discourage as the person who can't
sing-Atchison Globe.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums redueor IN
nsmmauon. anAys pain, curss wind collie 23c bottle
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

II Cures While Yon Walk
Aliens Foot Ia Sc for corns and bunions hot
ralluus aching feet. l,c all Druggists.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23
ONE KIDNEY GONE
But Cured After Doctors Said There
Was No Hope.

Sylvanus o. Verrill, Milford, Me-.
says: Five years ago a bad injury
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

He has no force with men who has
no faith in them.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

Love does not stop at the boundaries
of liking
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

g. g.. 70 .:sS "a ess c :: ss''
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

Do not wait TO cool the milk until
all the milking is done. AS fast as
you milk one COW pour into can and
set can into tub of cold water. The
high temperature in the summer time
causes the germs in the milk to null
tiply rapidly.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

On fields where the clover crop was
almost a failure. the Ohio experiment
station tried lining with good results.
The lime was burnt and then ground
Dand spread over the ground at the
rate of one ton per acre.
The Lamar register., 1908-09-23

Stagnant pools and mud-holes around
the pasture make poor watering places
for the cattle. Remember that.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-06-26
Mad Doqs and Others.

Now that hot weather is with us
there will be the usual scares about
mad dogs, especially in the great
cities where an occasional case of
rabies makes no end of sensation.
Nothing causes a street panic more
quickly or causes sensible people to
lose their heads more completely than
the cry of "Mad dog!" AS a matter
of fast a mad dog has no more in
clination to bite a person than a dog
which is not mad, providing he is not
interfered with or annoyed. More
over, mad dogs do not froth at the
mouth, the popular conception to the
contrary notwithstanding. Again, a
dog is just as likely to go mad in the
winter as i'll the summer. A dog does
not get hydrophobia on account of the
heat or because he is overfed or un-
d,rfed. He can only be infected as a
posed to be mad when in fact they are
only suffering from indigestion or some
other cog sickness, and no doubt there
will be more deaths from balloon acci-
dents this year than from bites from
mad dogs. OF course, all this is not
saying that there is no such disease as
hydrophObia, because there is such a
disease and it is a most terrible one
1t was known to the earliest writer's on
medicine but owing to the extreme
rarity of authenticated cases most of
the Impressions which have grown up
concerning it are false