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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Nothing Sure.

You can't always tell what will hap
pen. For instance. here is story OF
a man who determined to commit sui
eide. He went to store and bought
rope, can of coal oil, box of mat
ches. a dose OF arsenic and arevolver.
He went to the river and pushed his
boat from the shore and rowed down
to where limb hung over, tied one
end of the rope around the limb and the
other around his neck, saturated his
clothing with the coal Oil, lighted
match and set his clothing afre,
swallowed the arsenic, put the re-
volver to his temple, pushed the boat
from under him and pulled the trigger.
But the bullet glanced and cut the
rope above him. and he fell kerwallup
into the river, and the water put out
the fire, and he got strangled and
coughed UP the arsenic, and rose UP
and waded out and declared himself a
candidate on the reform ticket.-Ex.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Parer Making From Sugar Cane.

The claim of sugar planter on the
island of Trinidad that he has dis
covered practical method of making
paper from the stalks Of sugar cane,
after the juice has been extracted, has
attr acted attention. The claims of the
inventor are set forth in report to
this government by Consul-General
Richard Guenther of Frankfort, Ger"
many.
The increasing scarcity of spruce,
which is the wood most used for
paper making, is we'll known. Active
search is being made in many parts
Of the world for materials to take the
place of pulpwood. Enormous guam.
titles of ground sugar cane go to
waste at the sugar factories. Some of
it is used for fuel under the boilers,
but a very large part is left to rot.
From time to time experiments have
been made to convert the bagasse, or
cane refuse, into paper, but with linn
tied success commercially, unless the
Trinidad planters claim is well
founded. He is confident that he has
made q valuable discovery and has
built an $500 paper mill as an adj
iunct to his sugar factory. He has
turned out paper worth $24 ton,
according to Consul General Guen-
Their A hout q ton and a nuartRr of
cane makes a ton of pulp. 1t is re-
ported that the process of manufac-
ture is comparatively inexpensive.
The planter claims that it will pay to
grow cane for paper alone, leaving
the sugar as clear profit,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
The Merry Widow.

A Kansas paper gives the following
plans and specifications for building
a "Merry Widow" hat: Take one cart
wheel. Superimpose on the hub awaste
paper basket. Stitch on cover of white
fishing net over green mosquito bar
from your last seasons camping out
fit. On this crown bank few sun.
flowers and daisies, brown roses,
cerise and crimson chrysanthemums,
a bunch OF tall grass, spray of Law
ender lilacs, Alice blue hyacinths,
stalk of hollyhocks, purple and vari-
egated petunias, pink verbanes and
candytufts interspersed with blue and
brown forget-me-nots. Next take So
yards Of lavender colored ribbon all
edged with cerise, and construct a
number of loops for either side of the
front of the crown to outer edge of the
brim, using as braces or stiffening long
strips OF bamboo. In the center of
this dainty bow place the garden gate,
the latest fad in Merry Widow hat
buckle. Should the ribbon not be
forthcoming, two canoe paddles Sc
cured by the above mentioned buckle
and appropriately tinted will serve
satisfactorily. A golf stick, garden
rake and flag pole will give a jaunty
effect as hat pins. These are only a
few hints in regard to the material for
the home manufacture of the popular
Merry Widow hat. Any changes may
be made or fixtures added to suit the
maker, for anything is in style, if the
size is maintained.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

Mothers should guard their children
from nervous exhaustion, form of
fatigue which often manifests itself
after concentration on the part of the
child either in play or work It's
chief indications are languor, indiffer-
ence, or irritability. Children should
not be allowed to do for any length
of time work which requires much
concentration, and should be taught
how to relax. This is an easy thing
to accomplish and is of the utmost i'm
portance for children of highly
strung nervous temperament.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Woman Eavors War.

Society is ina process of growth,
has not yet arrived at it's maturity, or
its equilibrium of forces, and, there
fore, must have it's public and pri-
vate war until social adaptation be
complete, and war thereby come to an
end. It IS well that the so-called
peace advocates" are in magnff-
cent minority, since with a whole ma
ton of peace men you would have a
people like the Chinese.-Mrs. Halde-
man in Modern World, Denver.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
For chIldren's Amusement.

Children. as rule. tire much soon-
or of their toys than they do of their
playthings which they make them
selves out of any oddments which
may be at hand at the moment. If a
child possesses sufficient imagination,
8 lump of modelling clay. a piece of
punched cardboard. and wool-thread-
ed needle will take number Of new
forms which will satisfactorily &C.
Cupy lengthy afternoons.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

Cheap Tony {Col, A. D. Vega is re.
eeiving daily beautiful line of lawn,
organdie, baptiste, soisette and other
new style dress goods. Also COM
plete stock of Merry Widow hats, belts
and ties, including all the latest novel
ties. Ladies', misses, and mems
Shoes notions, hats, etc. Prices
cheaper than ever. Give him u call
before making your purchases else
where.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Eternal Feminine.

Men say that women's friendships
are not as staunch and true and last
ing as mems because a woman is SO
ready to believe all that she hears
against her best friend, while a man
will only judge his friend by what he
is to him, not by what the world says
of him. Is this true? If so, it will re-
main so just as long as average charm
ers see in man nothing but possible
husbands, escorts and gift-giVers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
In Praise of the Novel.

Novels are sweets. All people with
healthy literary appetites love them
almost all women; vast number
Of clear, hard-headed men, Judges,
bishops, chancellors. lnathematicians,
are notorious novel-readers, as well as
young boys and sweet girls, and their
kind, tender mothers.-Wi1liam Make
peace Thackeray.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Self Satisfied Parrots.

Parrots are very sensitive to praise,
and also have an excellent opinion of
themselves; and it is by playing on
these two feelings that they can be
taught such wonderful tricks. The
one thing they cannot bear is to re-
main uDnoticed; and you can throw
a parrot into passion of jealousy by
pretending not to hear it, and by
talking to another bird.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Horse Flesh as Food.

Horse flesh has been priced as food
in China for six centuries. but in Eu-
rope was first eaten 100 years ago by
the Danes. At Liege. Belgium, 1000
horses were slaughtered in 1905, and
the rapidly increasing demand prom
ises to open new market for Ameri-
can horses. Only young animals ars
sent to the slaughter houses.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
As II Was.

The giants of intellect, men who
rendered the world possible to live
in, eras ago were in the habit of con.
sulting the aged. The oracles were
old men of experience, and their wis.,
dom was accepted as if it came direct
ly from God. Aspiring young men
sat at the feet of Gamaliel. Even
Caesar asked this pundit pointed
questions
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Wooden Garb.

Wooden hats, coats. carpets. towels
as well as wooden shoon" are prom
ised by Prof. Emil Clayiez Of Dresden,
who is said to expect to teach all hui
man beings to wear wooden clothes.
After being ground into pulp as for
paper the wood is impregnated with
chemicals and woven into yarns.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Young Editors.

In the United States to-day are IS
Juvenile magazines edited and man
aged by girls less than 16 years old,
and about 80 weekly newspapers run
by boys. All of them appear to be
doing well. In most cases the editor
sets all the type and does his own
hustling for advertising. Some of the
best weekly newspapers in the coun-
try to-day were first started by boys.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
MAY Change Conditions.

A process has been discovered by
a Shanghai scientist of softening and
degumming the ramie fiber, by which
it becomes superior to cotton yarn
and much like silk. A secret process
does the work in ten minutes. This
is likely to revolutionize the textile
trade of China and to affect the United
States cotton exports
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Unincumbered.

In the course of an examination OF
negro witness in the Jackson, Miss,
chancery court a few weeks since, the
attorney asked: care there any In
cumbrances on your land?' Nav,
sub" responded the witness, "nothin'
but pines. Law Notes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Good for Everybody.

Norman R. Coulter. prominent architect in
me Delbert Building, San Francisco, says: I
:Illy endorse all that has been said of Electric
Bitters as tonic medicine 1t is good for every
sody. 1t corrects stomach, liver and kidney dis
orders in a prompt and efficient manner and
builds up the system" Electric Bitters is the
counter; as blood purifier it IL unequaIed. SOC
It all drug stores
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Harmless Amusement.

Many persons with refined minds
are apt to depreciate happiness. espe-
cially if it is Of "a low type" Broadly
speaking, it is the one thing worth
having, and low or high, if it does no
mischief, is better than the most spir-
itual misery.-Mark Rutherford
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

Chronlite Mines In United States.
The only active chromite mines in
he United States are in California,
here two mines furnish small
,roduct, used crude, for lining copper
furnaces
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Teach Children Love q Mature

Teach Children Love Of Nature.
A love of nature should be implant.
cd IN the mind of the youngest child.
4 beautiful sunset gives pleasure to
the tiniest tot whose attention is di-
reeted to it To love flowers. trees.
oooks, and all the wonders OF nature
Is one OF the main things for a child
to learn at an early age. Science and
analysis should have no part in his
education at this tina.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Beware of Loauaeity.

The curt old doctor who told a
nervous patient to stop talking and
she would get well was more truthful
than polite. There is no doubt that
constant talking wastes vitality and
wears upon the nervous system. Often
one of the first signs of nervous
breakdown is unusual Ioquacjousness.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

A japanese saying runs: Woman is
an unmanageable creature; fatter her,
she is e1ated; thrash her, she weep
eth; kill her, her spirit haunts you.
We would suggest that the best rem
edy is to love her-Japan Times.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Property.

The last thing we need to be anx-
ious about is property. 1t always has
friends or the means of making them.
If riches have wings to fly away from
their owners, they have wings also to
escape danger-Tom Lowells Address
on Democracy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Expensive Municipality,

1t costs nearly as much to pay the
salaries of the municipal servants in
New York city as it does to support
the entire army of the United States
The salaries amount close to $70,.
100000 annually.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Fn0lSran

The word foolscap is a corruption of
the Italian folio-eapo (folio-sized
sheet. From the 18th to the 18th
century this sort Of paper was water
marked with a fools head, with cap
and bells.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Joy in poino Good.

Never did any soul do good, but It
became reader to do the same again,
with more enjoyment Never was
love, or gratitude, or bounty prac-
ticed, but with increasing joy which
made the practicer still more in love
with the fair act.-Shaftesbury.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Plants That Are Poisonous.

Many harmless plants contain
poison. Daffodil and narcissus pick
ers are troubled with skin disease
known as "daffodil poisoning Gath
erings form under the ingernails.
They are caused by minute crystals
in the juice OF the stems. The bulbs
of the white Roman hyacintA have
similar unpleasant properties.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Pure Metals.

Lead and tin can be obtained pure.
Good brands of commercial lead con-
tain 1905 per cent. lead, and are often
even purer. Lead is the purest metal
which is made commercially. Good
brands Of tin are 1913 per cent pure.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
kinIinu's School.

Rudyard Kipling said to me once in
conVersing on the subject of an ex
change of ideas: Why, all ever
anew somebody told me."-Robert
s3arr in Detroit Free Press.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Turnino of the Cat.

There is a cunning which we in Eng.
land call THE turning Of the cat in the
PAM" which is, when that which
man says to another, he lays it as if
another had said it to him.-Francis
Bacon.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
HIs Warming.

Il hope" said the young orator,
that my speeches make people yearn
for better things" They d. an
swered the relentless critic. ''They
make me yearn to be at home, asleep"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
National Chinese Costumes.

Regulations regarding the national
costume of both officials and ordinary
people have been duly compiled and
there are nine different grades Of COS.
tunes. Shanghai Mercury.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Latest Methods.

Now that they are making engine
7.tvers by the correspondence method
=. ext move will be to teach the breth-
IN how to attend the furnace by mail.
IN. Y. Herald.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

Brief communications upon subjects OF public
7terest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters
The editor is not responsible for the views OF
? respondents
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
The Lucky Quarter

the one you pay out for box OF Or; klng ing, 5
,re precious than jewels. Try them for heaqs
he biliousness, constipation and malaria: II
/ ,ay disappoint you the price will be cheertuliy
=. funded at all drug stores.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Real Hardship.

We speak of hardships, but the true
hardship is to be a dull fool and per-
united to mismaHage our life in our
..yn dull and foolish manner.-R. L.
stevenson.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Curious Japanese Tax.

Bears are liable to taxation in some
japanese villages. The origin of this
curious custom is unknown.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
a Wonder to Her.

No woman is able to understand
how a man can be comfortable with SC
much on above the waist.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

Transient, official or legal advertisements 81
yer in IN first insertion each subsequent tnser-
ion, 30 cents per inch.
2ea4ing notices, first insertion. Is cent? per
lie: subsequently, 10 cents per line
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Jest and Earnest.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.
but the majority of lies are uttered in
dead eaEnesk-Judge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Diamond Rino Not Necessity,

Diamond Ring Not Necessity.
Nine out of ten happy marriages be-
s-ags There Is no world-old supersti.
ton about the diamond.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

The dose of Ayers Pills is small, only
one at bedtime. AS rule, laxative doses
are better than cathartic doses. For con-
stipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, sick
headaches, they cannot be excelled.
Ask your doctor about this.
-aEsde BY the J. Q. Aysx Co.. Lowell. Nass.--
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
LIST OF LETTERS,

Remaining in the postofice at DonaldsonyiIIe
La, Saturday, May 80. 1908.
Babin, Bertha Louis Edward
Berrot, Leon LAWS Rosa
Bentley, Emma Moore Milton
Brown, Emma McGlaw, Sarah
Bourgeois, Albert ~ Miller, Mary
Bourg, Theodu1e Morris, Jane
Couslnard, Louisa McElroy, Jim "
Cage, Julius Divide Margaret
Dugas, George Pinket, Walter
Elliot b Snipes Bros
Brown, Sam Shorty, Mandy
Hicks, Ophelia Shorter, Parish
Holland John Scayamazza, Savasino
Holmes, IN Slmoneaux, Charles
Harris, olive Shield, WINS (3)
Hail. Susie Tyson Boss
Jones, Margaret Thomas, e A w
Joseph, Williams Jordan ~
King, Henry Webster, r B
Kelly, Rocky Williams Mandy
Leblanc L Wright. Helen
We'll, Emma
FOREIGN.
C!rslonclone, LllIlo Salvatore Giuseppe
Ciaccio, Antonino Suaves Antonio
When calling for these letters say advertised.
II not called for in two weeks they will he sent
to the Dead Letter Office at Washington D. G
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

Poorly Compensated Laborers.
Chinese coolies employed in build
ing railways in Japan get only Is
yen (s7.47) a month and food.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

sugafhoqse Chinneys, Heavy 1Ta5
chinery, Etc. Satisfaction guarantee
and charges low. Also maker ~ besa
and cheapest tarpaulina. ::
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

.s s..ss. s CONTRACT E,aHas Il II
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

Rope Splicing a Specially
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
FOREIGN.
Watch chtldren,s Nerves.

When calling for these letters say advertised. |
If not called for in two weeks they will he sent
to the Dead Letter Office at Washington, d. G
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

The managers of the Madison Square Gardens mining exposition are insisting that Globe make a mineral display. The chamber of commerce has decided that Page and Pickens and goodly quantity of printed matter will give the district about all the advertising necessary at this time. The worlds rock drilling championship in itself will be about the biggest advertisement on the pike.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06
whooping Cough.

''In February our daughter had the whooping cough. Mr. Lane of Hart land, recommended Chamberlain s Cough Remedy and said it gave his GUS toners the best of satisfaction. We found it as he said, and can recon mend it to anyone having children trou- bled with whooping cough" says Mrs. A. Goss, of Durand, Mich. For sale by all druggists.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

The agricultural department has ruled that on.y pure Mocha coffee shall be so hbeled. The department makes this reprehensible ruling because nineteen- twentieths of the coffee so labeled in this country nowadays never even heard tell of that section of Arabia from which genuine Mocha coffee comes.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

Senator Money of Mississippi pre- diets war with Japan, sooner or later, lover something" There is some con solation in that, however; for time it looked as if we were to be forced into war with Japan over nothing.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

The "Merry Widow" hat has become a campaign issue in Michigan town; one candidate staunchly upholding it, the other denouncing it from every
 point of view. We should think the former ought to win; certainly "Mer- ry Widow" hat platform would seem large enough for everybody to get on.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

And who is going to take the initia- tive in this Fourth of July celebration matter. If the chamber of commerce don't care to tackle the proposition, let some live business men call mass meeting and the thing will go booming.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

A Massachusetts town clerk complains bitterly because he has issued only thirty-six dog licenses this year, as against l36 last year. One by one the parties hard hit by the late panic are bobbing up.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

of the business of this pay day should make an early bid for it. The Silver Belt goes to every home in the Globe district, and the people now-a.day are guided largely by the announcements in the advertising columns of newspaper.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

Too much anxiety to sell, and too lit tie to please the customer, is a fatal attitude, for it is usually altogether too apparent. Reverse the condition and you will find that your list of daily custom CTS is daily on the increase.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

A contemporary carries department headed "Jlarified Jokes" We are not sure just what it means; but if it means the jokes printed therein are only such ones as have been able to pass muster in some sort of clearing house for fun nyisms, We think it may be all right.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

A movement is to be inaugurated for a quicker passenger schedule between Chattanooga and New Orleans. As the route to be travelled leads through Ala bama, passengers inclined to grow thirsty every time the train passes a water tank will not object.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

A Texas man has a front yard 800 acres in extent. Think of that, you city growiers, who fuss all over the place be- cause of your little 2x4 patch of grass that needs trimming occasionally dur ing the spring and summer.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

If a merchant doesn't invite your trade you can safely conclude that he doesn t care for it. Look over the col umns of the Silver Belt and note the business men who are really anxious for your patronage.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

Doubtless the sultan of Turkey would not take any 'sass" from the republic of San Marine. That independent little nation is about two miles square, and has g standing army of some seven or eleven soldiers.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

"It is not necessary to understand the meaning of the Latin phrase 'ha- beas corpus in order to keep out of jail, ," says territorial paper. No; but it frequently is in order to get out.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

"Amerieans cultivate the European aristocracy because they have been too busy to build up one like it for them- selves" says Mime. Anna Gould. Build down one like it, she means, perhaps.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-06

The April pay roll in the Globe dis trict will be fully 25 per cent higher than any previous month since last Oc- tober. Merchants who want portion