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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16
PINE OF FUJI. AGED TO.
Japan Has the Oldest Man, IL Eating
Bear Fat Gives Lona Lie.

Bear Fat Gives Long Lie.
Does the nature faker exist In Japan
as well as in America? Here comes
the Yorodzu Choho, a reputable paper
Of Toxic. with the announcement that II
has discovered In Kosaburo Fujimatsu,
a resident of the province of Chikugo,
the Oldest mar In the world.
Fujimatsu Is just 40 years old, says
the Yorodzu Choho In ideOgraphs that
are childlike and bland. Fujimatsu was
born In Yamazaki, Chfkugo ptoyince.
He saw ars of the feudal dfanyos,
participated in the Satsuma rebellion
and watched the reconstruction or the
empire and the establishment OF tho
Meiji era with the seating Of the pres
ent emperor In real power at Toxic.
He was the father OF seven SONS, no
had eighteen grandsons and forty-six
great-great-grandsons. One of his
MISREPRESENTATION lives with Full
matsu now.
THE old gentleman's physique is still
very good" says the Yorodzu ChohO,
His eyes are penetrating and his teeth
are all good. He bears up well under
his age. His record honors his name,
which is Pine of Full"
When one of the enterprising report
ers Of the YoTodzu found Fujimatsu
making a religious pilgrimage through
Shikoku in the footsteps of the great
Buddhist disciple Kobo Taishi, he asked
him how he could account for his
longevity.
my great pleasure when a youth
Of 80 and 40 year was to hunt bears"
replied the old man. II neglected
to eat all Of the bear fat I could. which
kept me always warm and healthy, 10
that I did not have to wear any thick
coat in winter time. I never took q
dose of medicine"
Painful as II Is to cast reflection on
the veracity OF n OF Tokio's reputable
Journals, the coincidence that this
hoary nature faker also hunted bears
suggests the question whether, despite
his euphonious name. Pine OF Full
should be called by a shorter and uglIe'
word.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16
ARTIFICIAL c
Romance Of the Aluminium Nose-Eng.
land a Pioneer in the Industry.

- y tSsfSSN ~ NaS
The entire reconstruction OF O HUI
man face by artificial apparatus, which
has been achieved In Paris is prob
ably unique. But there Is no need to
go to Paris for artificial faces. All the
necessary details-eyes, ears, noses, up
per and lower jaws, and ever artifl-
cial cheeks and cheekbones-can be
procured I'm London, says The Daily
Mail.
A visit to the London hospital showed
O Daily Mail representative that Eng
land, in fact, Is q pioneer in this indus
try. New noses are the features most
In demand at the hospital Finsen Light
department. Most OF the cases have
been disfigured for years. and as they
watch the progress of the cure under
the lights rays the patients vanity,
which may have been overwhelmed for
years by the Disagreement of the dis
ease, comes to life again.
The noses are. made out OF alumni
mum. and are daintily tinted to suit
various compilations. They are minute
Iy stippled, and a few fine venules
make them closely resemble nature.
The inventor n maker is an ex-
cabinet maker In Yorkshire, who, hay-
ing lost his own nose by lupus dis
ease, was forced TO find an artificial
substitute. The result of his inven-
ton was so satisfactory that now he
has given up cabinetmaking and de-
votes all his time to making aluminium
noses, ears. ETC., chiefly for patients
from the London hospital There are
four general styles of nose: .
The ordinary English" .
The aquiline.
The classic Greek. "
The slightly retrousse.
According to one OF the nurses In
the Finsen light department, patients
do not always follow their original
type of nose, but choose one whose
shape appeals to them.
A soldier, whose whole lower Jaw
! was carried away by a bullet in the
( South African war. was a few years
ago provided with a new jaw, teeth
lowsr lip and chin. In this case most
OF the apparatus was made of soft
\ rtahhar a"sU
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16
A STORY OF

I'd expected Now take us UP TO the
rooms, Thomas"
But in the vestibule he paused.
is that the rack where the coats
hang, Thomas?" he asked.
"Yes. sir"
"And where Mr.. DrysdaIe hung HIS
coat that night?"
Yes, sir"
Did you happen to notice. Thomas.
when he came I'm. whether or not the
top button OF his rain-coat was miss
ing?"
Eyes, SIR" answered Thomas slowly;
II thought about II afterwards. and it's
mighty funny. sir, but I'd swear he
had his coat buttoned up tight around
his throat. How could he a-done that
if tn top button wasn't there2"
How. indeed?" unused Godfrey. gaz-
ing at the rack with eyes intent.
Then they softened. frightened; his
face broke into a smile.
"Of course" he said. half to himself;
"how dense OF me not to have thought
of 1t! Now, Thomas. wen go up-
stairs"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16
Memory Was Bad.

For more than In hour a witness for
the defense had lodged questions. His
faulty memory was particularly exas-
perating 10 the counsel for the plaintiff,
who was seeking to recall to the wit
nesses's recollection an event Of o or
Ave years previous. Eventually the man
remembered something about IT,"
'Ah," continued the lawyer for the
plaintiff, what did you think of It at
the timer"
Really said the witness, speaking
before the lawyer for the defense had
time to interpose objection, 1T was so
long ago 1 can't recall exactly what !
thought OF IT,"
WELL" shouted the cross-examiner.
excitedly, IF you can't recall exactly.
tell us what you think low you thought
then"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16
Looked Over the House.
From the New York Times.

. =. . -
Leaving the key OF an empty house with
a neighbor In order that likely tenants
may inspect the premises is common. The
owner of a house on Lexington avenue has
for good reason decided to keep the key
of his house himself for the future.
Hearing that some one had been "look-
ing over the house. the andlord called
ON the old woman who a been entruJted
with the key. ~
well, Mrs. --," he said. $50 you've
had a party after h house?'
'I'm not too sure" was the reply.
Want time to think 1t over. maybe?"
"No, I don't think ne does. What he
wants is an opportunity. When he got
the key he went across the street. and as
1 heard nothing from him for In hou or
SO, / followed. He'd taken all the door
knobs and every ounce of lead about the
place, but he'd left the house. Maybe he's
| coming back for that, too, as he didn't
return the key"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16
AIso From Thers.
From the Chicago News,

From the Chicago News.
The Northern Michigan farmer was
shout to sit down TO breakfast when
two frazzIed, dilapidated, forlorn way
farers knocked at his kitchen door,
Were half starved" they said.
-Our balloon came down In q ~cornfieid
about six miles from here. and we've
tramped through the mud until Were
tired out. Can't you give US something
to eat2"
Your balioon?" said the farmer,
Where are you from"
From st. Louis"
'St. Louis In Missouri"
Yes"
well" said the farmer, cycling them
with suspicion, I'm from Missouri, too,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16
couIdnt HELD h.

-|-". NEWHt tHO HIFIUStPIHd LCNBNtF
A man being examined In an I'm
portant case, counsel found 1t extreme
ly difficult to extract the whole truth
from him. His ingenuity and ignor-
ance combined enabled him to evado
the questions. At last the lawyer, los
Ing all patience, exclaimed:
Why, sir, do you prevaricate 20
much?"
The witness, supposing he referred
to his peculiar OF utterRnce,
convuised the court by replying, indiE.
nantiy:
II would like to know how n fellow
can help prevaricating when he has
lost three OF his front teeth?"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16
They stuck 60 IL

They were discussing the fragility Of
New Year swearoffs.
"And yet" said L'Oignon, 'I know
personally OF IL pampered millionaires
who swore of at the beginning OF 1907,
and who are still firm to their OATH
Come. come" sneered Tete de yeau;
impossible. And what did they swear
Off" ss..
Their personal property tax" said
LOignon.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16

William r. Smith, a Scotchman by
birth, Is about to complete his 65th
year as superintendent OF the botanical
garden in Washington. He says he has
served the federal government In the
same position longer than any other
OF its employees.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16

From the Washington Herald.
You are too dissipated to make
good husband"
but. sir, I love your daughter"
$50 do Il"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16
Proof Positive.
Fr0n illustrated Bits.

An freshman was IN trouble abou.
a gun found In his possession. The
law. unfortunately for him, adopted
the unkind suggestion that I've mad
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-16
aUININE"

Only One 'TBR0MO QUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE. Loot
for the signature OF Il. w. GROVE. Used the
World over to Cure a Colo In One day. &c.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-22
New manufacturing Company Organized.

The Union Manufacturing Co., Ltd
is the title Of new corporation just
organized In this parish, with its DOM
iefle at Sorrento Postoffiee, in the Sc
yenth ward. The objects and purposes
of the concern are to conduct gen
eral cotton ginning, sawmnl and corn
milling business; to build, buy or
lease and operate cotton gins and
their accessories, saWmiHs and their
accessories and corn mills and their
accessories, in the parish of As
cension and at such other places as
the corporation might determine; 10
gin cotton, saw timber and mill corn
for the general public and to charge
and collect fees therefor; to buy and
sell cotton and cotton seed; to buy and
lease cotton and other lands and to
sell and let out the same; TO cultivate
cotton and other crops on its own
lands and on leased lands; to buy
and sell lumber and timber and timber
lands; to manufacture timber into
lumber and sell the same: TO buy and
grow corn and to manufacture it into
grits for public sale; to make advances
on cotton and other crops growing or
to be grown, and also on timber and
timber lands and on lumber. The
capital stock is fixed at $4,000, di-
vided into five hundred shares of the
par value of $40 each, and it is pro-
vided that the corporation shall be a
going concern as soon as $4,000 of the
capital shall have been subscribed ard
paid for. The officers are: r. NJ.
johnson, president; William LIE Blanc,
vice president; G. S. Stuckey, secre-
tary, and Joseph Trabeau, treasurer.
These officers, together with the fol
towing, constitute the first board of
directors: James McAlister, Wallace
Frabeau, Felix Leblanc, e. C. eau
sey, G. Y. Abortion. AL the organ
izers of the company are members of
the Ascension branch of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union,
and are successful farmers and prom
inent citizens of their respective CON-
munities.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-22
Weather and Cron Notes.

lie weather turned cold last Wed
nesday after having been balmy and
spring. like for several days, and dur.
ing the night the mercury dropped be.
low the freezing point, ice being plenti.
fully in evidence to early risers Thurs.
day morning. A clustering north
wind prevailed on Wednesday, inten-
styling the cold to a marked extent and
making the day unusually disagree
able, but no prettier or more desirable
weather could be imagined than that
which has characterized the last three
days Of the week.
Many people are of the opinion that
the present cold snap is the last of the
season and that winter is about Ia
pass out for good and be su,ceeda
by glorious spring, but others who are
WISE to the yagaries and peculiart-
lies OF Louisiana's climate are inclined
3 lookupon this prediction with Doubt
and point to records of former wears
rs proof conclusive that some of The
coolest and most bitter weather ever
known in this section OF the SUNNY
south has been experienced during the
extreme latter part of February and
even as late as the middle of March.
Cane planting is progressing under
difficulties, owing to untavorabie me
neurological conditions, aud on many |
places hereabout it has been found /
necessary to abandon the work alto
gether pending change nthe weather.
Nothing but good reports are heard
seneerning the quality and condition
u The seed, and once the cane is in The
sround II should do some tall sprout-
az and growing always providing
be man above gives II half
aance.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-22
At the recent annual election of di.

At the recent annual election of di.
rectors of the New Orleans City Rail
ways Company, Messrs. e. G. Foster,
C. II. Hyams, r. M. Walmsley, A. B.
Wheeler, A. Baldwin, Pearl Wight,
r. E. Craig, F. T. Howard and j. B.
Levert we're chosen to serve for the
ensuing year. All these gentlemen
we're on the former board except Mr..
Wight, who is not only president OF
the firm of Woodward, Wight & Co.,
Ltd, vice president of the Whitney
National and Central Trust and Saw
ings Banks and vice consul OF Sweden,
but member of the Republican na
tional committee for Louisiana. He
is one of the best known business men
and fnanciers of the south, and his
presence in the directory should tend
tostrengthen that body materially and,
1t is TO be hoped, hasten sadly needed
Improvement in the street-car service
of New Orleans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-22
Ganzales Nates.

Miss Earline Marchand went to
Baton Rouge Sunday morning and re-
turned home Wednesday night. Dur
ing her stay in the capital city she was
tbs guest Of Mrs. I'd. Delaune.
John A. Marchaud made a flying
business trip to Cornerview last Mon
day.
Elders j. j. Bailey and D. w. ALI
fred, of the Church of Latter Day
Saints, arrived here. last Monday to
conduct mission in Gonzales and vi
entity.
Andrew Leblanc, who for some time
past has been located in New Orleans,
is again among his numerous friends
iD this community.
j. j. Stefhens, of Acy, the efficient
elumsrator aud collector for the third
district road board, was here on busi-
ness Thursday afternoon.
John Sasario, a prominent young
farmer III Acy, visited Gonzales
Thursday on. business.
Pr',f. L. B. Silowatser, parish SUI
peiilteGdent 1T EDUCATION, tent sew.
eral days here during the week visit
ing the Gonzales graded and other
schools ID this section Of the parish.
S. B. Barnan aud S. r. Barman,
of ST. Amant, were business visitors
TO Gonzales on Tuesday last.
E. P. Daigle went to Donaldsonviile
Wednesday on business.
Germain Nargassans and Joseph
Pertuis, of St. Amant, were transact
ing business here last Monday.
L. A. Landry, Jr.. candidate for as
SCISSOR, was mingling with the voters
of this precinct during the latter part
Of the week.
P. q. Fairbanks went to Bait n
Rouge Thursday morning.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-22
Big Dranage Canal.

Work on the big drainage canal
which the Lemann Co., Ltd, proposes
to construct through It's Crescent plan
triton IN this parish has been begun
and will be pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible. Whenever the
weather is too rainy to permit of cane
planting, the field forces of the vari-
Gus Lemann properties are put to
work on the canal with scoops, and in
this way considerable progress has al
raady been made. A big dredgeboat
has been purchased and will shortly
begin operations, commencing at the
Bayou Lafourche end of the canal and
working its way through the fields to
connect with the Company canal 10 the
rear OF the Lemann Company's Peyta
vim plantation. The new waterway
will drain a large aud fertile territory
and prove of inestimable value to its
builders and numerous other planters
and agriculturists in the section ira.
yersed,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-22
Dutchtowa Notes.

George Minor, OF Sugarland, Tex,
is visiting friends here this week.
Misses Marie Genre and Sullivan,
of Cornerview, were the guests of Miss
Poche last Sunday.
Charles Mo1lere was a welcome Wis
itor at the home of Armand Leblanc
last Sunday evening.
Mrs. John Girshefski and daughters
left Thursday for New Orleans to at
tend the wedding of relative.
Bent Lively, Of Baton Rouge. vis-
tied friends here during the week.
Vincent Leblanc, of Geismar, spent
Sunday here as the guest of Miss An
gellne Landry.
NJ. Baird enjoyed a visit to Con
tales last Sunday morning.
We regret to hear of the illness %
Mrs. Herman and join her many
friends 10 wishing her speedy re-
GOvnrp
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-22
Benefit Performance

The DonaldsonYille Dramatic Club
will present the interesting four act
comedy-drama, sEsmeralda, = at the
Gondran Theatre on Wednesday night
of next week, the 26th inst. for the
benefit OF the fund being raised with
which to build fence around the
grounds of the Donaldsonville high
school. The members of the club, who
are locally famed for the excellence
and artistic finish of their acting, have
been zealously rehearsing their vari-
Gus parts for the past several weeks
and have attained a degree Of profici-
eney that gives assnranc of a splen-
did presentation of the beautiful play.
Tickets are on sale at Dufel's station
cry store, and may also be obtained
from the pupils Of the high school and
members of the company. It is to be
hoped that the attend ance will be in
some measure commensurate with the
merits of the entertainment and the
Worthiness of the cause.
Following is the cast:
John Drew. New York business man
......R. N Slator
Esterbrook, gentleman of leisure. Wifi, Landry
Old Man Rogers, North Carolina farmer
........... ....... Richard Melancon
aiddy Ann ms wife. .Herminie Nicaud
Esmeralda, his daughter. ........ Maud Harding
lave hardy, young farmer. ALLEN Lear
Jack Desmond, an American artist in Paris
;-.....-..,, Hiram Proffitt
Nora Nora Sisters ...........=..-... Berth Green
Marquis de Montessine, a French ad-
Venturer. ......................R N. Slator
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-22
Coco Hot in the Coeonut.

Judge A. V. Coco of Avoyelles par
ish, who will contest IN the second
primary for the Democratic nomfna-
ton as attorney general against Judge
W alter Guion, present incumbent Of
The Office, is not only s'hot in the col
Iar,'' but also in the acoconut' and
all over. The cause OF the Avoyelles
candidates high temperature is the
action of the New Orleans ward bosses
in holding a caucus and deciding to
support Lambremont for lieutenant
governor. Capdeville for auditor and
Guion for attorney general. as against
Bailey, Frazee and Coco, who are as
piring to the same three places on the
state ticket.
The New Orleans Daily States, or
gan-in.chie of the bosses combina-
ton, charges that the indignation Of
the up-country candidate did not de-
velop until the failure of his persist
ent efforts to WOO the wicked ward
rulers into an Endorsement of himself
rather than his opponent, and that the
improperly of the caucus would never
have been invoked as part of the cam
paign thunder Illuminated by Judge
Coco If the decision had been in his
favor instead of Judge Guion's.
Not being ambitious to fill the place
of either bottleholder or referee in this
Democratic scrap, we shall not stop to
investigate or discuss the merits of the
question at issue between Judge Coco
and the champion of the bosses, but
will simply quote the language in
which the judge gives vent to his feel
ings:
Il have just come down to the city
from hurried trip through the north
ern parishes, and I am we'll pleased
with the condition as I found it there
10 respect to my candidacy. But
there is one thing want to say,
and that is that I consider it
wrong for the New Orleans leaders to
endorse candidates in the primary.
AT the beginning of the campaign
the various candidates 10 announcing
their names made the public deelara-
ton thar they were RAINING on their
individual merits, that they had made
no combination with any other candi.
dates or sets Of candidates, that they
were not the candidates OF any poli:i- !
cal factions or clzques or combination
of men and that they would not SO be-
come.
THE recent action of the ward
bosses of New 0rleans 10 nominating
o, end 9rsing candidates is rot coz
sistent with these declarations. Its
deliber ale attempt to control not only
the politics OF New Orleans, but of the
state as we'll. In doing so they pro-
pose to strengthen thsir machine BY
men of heir own choice who |
are ia accord with their methods.
'The inter ton Of the primary law
was to do away with these methods, to
encourage the people To aspire to
public Office aud to enter into public
service, to inspire u spirit of independ /
ence in The electorate and to destroy
political dictatorship. Now the ques- |
ton is will the people u the state /
submit t. this action or wili tlley IL
sent i? will have more to say oe
~ In
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-22
S1eriff's Sale.
State of Louisiana Parisl1of Ascension
Twenty Seventh Judicial District
Court
Succession Of Pierre U. Iunonville.

Succession of Pierre u Jutnonville,
No 554.
A CITING by virtue of and IN. obedience
a to an order emanating from the
Honorable the Twenty Seventh Judicial
District Court in and for the parish of As
censioR, State of Louisiana, and to me
directed, / will sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the store
of the late Pierre U. Ju1nonville, in Smoke
Bend, La, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY %. 1908,
at IL O'Clock a. M, the following de
scribed property, to-Wit:
All of the stock of general nerchan-
disc contained in the said store of the
late Pierre U. Jumonvi1le
The store and Office fixtures in said
store
One horse, one buggy and three wag-
ons.
One lot of open accounts.
As per inventory on file in the above
numbered and entitled canse.
Terms-Cash in United States currency.
S. H. ST. MARTIN, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, parish Of Ascension, La,
February Is, 1908.