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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04
4 Ffttinx Penalty.

"What penalty do you think a man
ought to have for losing his head when
he falls in love?
81 would suggest marriage as a capt.
tai Observation-Disclosures American.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04

A French psychologist has devised Z
new way to sterilize milk by exposing
1t to the ultraviolet rays of a mercury
fapor lamp.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04

Over fifty years of public confidence
and popularity. That is the record of
Hamlins Wizard Oil, the worlds stand
ard remedy for aches and pains. There's
a eason and only one-MERIT.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04

EITC St. Vitas' Dance and Nervous Diseases
1 l Permanently Cured by DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE 81. 90 trial bottle
and treatise. Dr.. r. II. Kline, Id, 931 Arch St.
Philadelphia, Pa.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04
Pettit's Eve Salye

No matter how badly the eyes may
be diseased or injured, restores normal
conditions. All druggists or Howard
Bros, Buafflo, N. Y.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04

The man who uses a falseho0d for
policy, is like the woman who uses
powder; soon gets In the habit OF
using too much.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04

It is not probable the Standard OIL
Company will discharge any OF It's at
torneys for incompetency.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's
soothing Syrup the best remedy to use
for their children during the teething
period.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04
The Fight Is On

Every moment Of your life, when
you are at homo or abroad,
awake or asleep
Between the poison germs that are in air,
GOD and water, everywhere in fact,-
and the billions of your invisible friends,
the little oldier-corpusclesi nyour blood.
If these little soldiers are kept strong
and healthy by taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, you need have no fear of dis
ease. Begin using it at once if you are
at all under the weather, or have
troubles of the blood, stomach, liver
and kidneys. Get it of your druggist.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04

Jerry.
The cassowary is a bird
That's hard to capture, very,
Folks hunting for her plumes have made
The cassowary wary.
kansas City Times.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04

: Boston has indicted four business
for collusive bidding. If that be-
comes a habit, there won't be enough
business men left to constitute a quo
rum.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
elothIna and rernperature.

The whole theory of clothing and It's
relation to temperatures is condensed
by DIR. Wachenheim in the following
paragraph, which will probably sug-
gest where many mysterious colds
come from: The nude body OF a
healthy adult, when at rest, maintains
its normal warmth of SO degrees most
easily at an air temperature of about
80; this may be called the Indifferent
temperature, and Is reduced by very
light summer clothing to about %, by
heavy winter dress to about % de,
grees; under these circumstances we
feel just comfortable when lying down
or otherwise Inactive
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
n..,,,.,Iaa ,.,a.ah Nyhlta.

Consider whether we ought net 70
be more in the habit of seeking honor
from our descendants than from our
ancestors; thinking it better to be
nobly remembered than nobly born;
and striving so to live. that our sons
and our sons sons, for ages to come.
might still lead their children rever-
emily to the doors out of which we had
been carried to the grave, saying
Look, this was his house, this was
his chamber '-Ruskin.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Teach : Valuable Lesson.

There are ten European museums Oh
safety and sanitation, located in Bef-
lin, Munich. Paris, Vienna, Amster-
dam, Milan, Stockholm, Zurich, MOS
COW and Budapest. The Berlin museum
of safety covers $4,000 square feet OF
floor space, where are exhibited de-
vices for the protection of the danger
GUS parts of machinery or processes IN
all trades and occupations.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
coI4 and the Amateur.

The abolition of the amateur defini-
ton would not alter anything that is
of any value to golf. 1t need not even
mean the abolition of the amateur
championship if clubs simply excluded
from their membership those VINO
were or had been professional players,
and it would certainly clear the game
Of many iniustiees, abuses and miscon,
ceptions to which the definition gives
rise.-Chambers Journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
cod tver Oil for plants.

A woman who owns two splendid
looking rubber plants which keep
green and vigorous though their
habitat is an apartment, says that she
attributes their good health entirely
to an occasional dose of cod liver oil.
she has found a large spoonful Of this
medicine, from time to time, better
than any of the fertilizers usually adj
yised, and not more expensive.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Recollectfo1s Of Tour.

IN London drawing room recently
the hostess said to a comfort able-look-
ing lady, the widow Of wealthy Mid
land manufacturer. who had been tour
ing during the winter in the sunny
south: OF course. you went to Rome.
dear Mrs. Dash % sRRome!" replied the
widow vaguely and meditatively, did
we go to Rome. Ethel ?s-to her
daughter this. Yes. ma, you know
we did. that big place where bought
those lovely silk stockings. .
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
one Of the Few.

There is a man in our town, and
he is wondrous wise; when he writeth
to the editor he dotteth all his is,
And when the is are dotted, to prove
that he's the cheese, he punctnates
each paragraph and crosseth all his
It's. Upon one side alone he writes,
and never rolls the leaves: SO from
the stern blue pencil man a smile ne
oft receives And when a question
he doth ask (hess truly wise guy,
a two-cent stamp he never fails to in.
close for the reply.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Woman's Weapons.

If a woman has soft voice, if her
dress is only the right kind of sim
plicity, if she knows how to look down
and look up at the psychological mo-
ment, if she has only mastered the art
of combining the wisdom of the SER
pent with the gentleness of the dove,
she can outWft a dozen of the stereo-
typed brand of adverturesses.-La dy's
Pictorial, London.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
could psresiys onIy the Music.

The first Italian music master who
went to Edinburgh one day was pass
ing the Iron church as the service
was drawing to a close. The lonely
italian drew near the door and was
startled. He said to the beadie:
What is that horrible noise hear?"
The beadIe, much scandalized, an
swered: That's the people praising
God" The sad foreigner rejoined:
tsThen their God must have no ear for
music" and, sorrowfu1ly shaking his
head, he walked away.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Sheriff's Sale.
State Of Louisiana Parish of Ascension Twenty
Seventh Judicial District Court.
PICARD 8 CESSNA r, ltd.
ys.No. 1887
AIMEE IsTTT{ n a 1T 81 ais


10y. VIRTUE of and in obedience TO an order
-R9 of seizure and sale, issued hy the above
named court in the above entitled and numbered
suit and to ME directed, lave seized and taken
into my possession, and viii offer for sale at
public auction, TO the last and highest bidder, at
the principal front door of the courthouse of the
parish of Ascension, in thetoWn of donaldson
Yille on
SATURDAY, MAY Is, 1909,
at II O'Clock a. M, the following described prop
erty, te-Hit:
First-A certain tract of land situated in the
parish of Aseension4 state of Louisiana, con-
tanning - acres and 12-1G0 of an acre, and be
ing the northeast quarter of the northeast quar-
ter of section So. township 8, south range east
southeast district cast Of the Mississippi river
together with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon and theIeunto belonging.
Second-A certain tract OF land situated IN thc
parish of Ascension, state Of Louisiana, con
tanning ~ acres and 23-1o9 of an acre and be
ing the southeast quarter of northwest quarter
of section SO. township 8, south range 2 east
southeast district east of the Mississippi river
together with all the buildings thereon or there
unto belonging or in anyWise appertaining.
Terms ash in United States currency.
il. C. HANSON,
Sheriff Parish of Ascension.
Donaldsonvilie, La, March 3. 1909
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
haa+atli,roical.

A man with bronze complexion
went up to a girl with a silvery VOICE
and had the brass to attempt 70 KISS
her She resisted and, giving him
stee1v glance, called loudly for cop
nor nor .one of the finest quickly ar
lived on the scene and. with irony In
his voice, made the man his prisoner.
a "a cried the unfortunate, my
happiness is ore!"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
BURGLARS League.

Rules of Burglars League, OF
which he was president, were found
on Jean Relauci, who was arrested re-
Gently at Lyons. One provided for the
exclusion of amy member who shows
incapacity for the profession, and Is
arrested thrice in succession: anotn-
er provided for an admission test; and
a third insisted on the equal division
of the snoiIs.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
When Whistler Scored.

A patronizing young lord was seat.
ed opposite the late James Mcneil
Whistler at dinner one evening. Dur
ing a lu11 in the conversation he adj
justed his monoc1e and leaned for
ward toward the artist. "AW, y know,
Mr.. Whistler" he drawled, Il pahssed
your house this mawning." Thank
you, said Whistler quietly. THANK
you very much
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Tow Made Advertisement.

For the amusement of children Of
first-class passengers travelling long
distances the Great Northern Railway
Company Of England is providing toys,
consisting Of models of the company's
rolling stock An engine, three coaches,
a station, signal box, tunnel, with
porters, neWsboys, etc, make up
complete model railway terminus.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
The s3.e8 Kind.

Some consumers wonder how GER
tain city retailers can sell chinchilla
sets, evidently composed Of several
skins, for s398, when reputable fur
riers tell them that one chinchilla skin
is worth about $40. The should con
suit Br'er Rabbit, for an ancient writer
tells us that the comics are wise
folk Fur News
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
To Remove Glass Stopper.

To remove an obstinate glass stop,
per which not only resists force, but
the usually prescribed hot cloths and
everything else which ingenuity could
devise, use a drop of sweet oil. Put
it on the rim of the bottle where It
will settle around the stopper. In ten
minutes the top lifts out.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
RreakInn the News Gently.

A good example of the extremely
courteous in public correspondence
was the notice sent to Charles James
Fox that he was no longer a member
of the government of George the Third.
1t read thus: His gracious majesty
has been pleased to issue new COM
mission, in which your name does not
annear,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Canned.

There never was any benzoate of
soda in the canned things they used
to put up when you were back on the
farm. But, then, for that matter, it
would never keep either unless mother
hid it somewhere so the children
couldn't find Indianapolis News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
AItruisnn Of the Jew.

When anything happens to Jews
anywhere they help one another, be-
cause no one else viii. Against the
barbarism of anti-Semitism, which af
fects them all in common, they are
united.ADr. Bloch's Worehenschrift,
Vienna.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Ia Keen Shoe Laeea lied.

A way to keep the shoe lace tied
is to make bow in the ordinary way,
then insert button hook underneath
the center Of the bow and draw one
loop and one end through (under-
neath), thus turning the bow practic-
ally upside down Or draw one hoop
through the other and pull the AN
swering" end, so that the loops are
knotted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
DOCS Good Sense Saved il.

In the big flood which recently per-
yaded the Almond Valley, near Perth,
Scotland, ploWman suddenly remem-
bered that he had left dog in a
shed. He hurried to ifs rescue and
was gratified to find that the dog had
shown the sense to get into a wash
fng-tub. and was comfortably floating
about in its ark.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
In Disguise.

For verse / swear / do not care;
am plain, blunt man, and so all
verse, however terse, I dodge whene'er
/ can. But now and then, like other
men, am befooled by those who take
a rhyme from time to time and dress
it up like Erose-Kansas City Journal
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
The Psychology of Arbitration.

Different nationalities are SO afraid
of what they might do to each other if
their blood was up that they make
provision beforehand for third party
to rush in between them in case of
dispute. Don't let me at him or /
will murder him" is the feeling all
round.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Only NAV TO Wealth.

The way to wealth is as plain as the
way to market; it depends chiefly on
two words-industry and frugality-
that is waste neither time nor money
but make the best use of both. With
out industry and frugality nothing will
do and with them everything. Frank
lin
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
trade with South America.

Nearly all the civil, mechanical and
electrical engineers, architects and
statesmen in Chile are Europeans, and
they are naturally in sympathy with
European products. This is one rea-
son why America gets SO small a
share of that country's business.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Modem Works Not Lasting.

A scientific periodical calls attention
to the fact that not only water color
but oil paintings of the last half cen
tury seem doomed to fade, entirely,
and that typewriter documents will
ultimately be blank paper.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Thnro,tahlu Suhdued.

1t is believed the most thoroughly
subdued man in the world lives in
Atchison. His wife has him 50 thor
oughly squelehed that, although he
has respectable, well-behayed kin,
when he brags it is about his wffe's
kin, some of whom are in the peniten-
tiary-Atchison (Kan.l Globe.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Mutual 1n1odation.

Where is the good of having right
to make both yourself and your neigh
bors miserable? Mutual accommoda-
ton is the law of the world, or it's in
habitants would all be wretched to-
gether.-Mrs. Gatty.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Merely Local.

Young Thomas, afflicted with
green apple pain in his midst, thus ex-
planned his condition to his mother:
Mother, I've got an awful bad pain
right III the middle of my stomach,
but the rest of me feels fne!"-Lip-
pincott's.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Found.

An English paper has stumbled up
on the missing word. Newspaper
writer's never know precisely how to
designate the lady who takes the
chair at declarations and other meet
ings, but, by a misprint, the needed
word is born! It is Chairman.
Mrs. Chairman, if you please!
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Grsdations of Life,

He who has hundred, longs for a
thousand; he who has a thousand,
longs for a hundred thousand; he who
has gained a hundred thousand, longs
for the kingdom; and, having posses
sion of this, he looks to heaven. Sun
day Magazine.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Eins4 ldaa of BANKING.

The rise of banking in London may
be said to date from 1872, when the
king conascated the amounts out
standing at the credit of the wealthy
goldsmiths, said Charles WEIGH re-
Gently. speaking at the London insti-
tuition.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
malIT That's Different.

Meeting a king is well worth the
price" says a prominent Philadelphia
woman. That's all right, but did she
ever meet one with three others p
philadelphia North American.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
plenty of Other Names.

In the Wentworth lunch counter
case the court said: NO one would
ever speak of a cook as manufac,
turer." Which would seem rather
bold assertion when one thinks OF the
great variety of things cooks have
been called1-LaW Notes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Great Inv of Life.

But when one is so absorbed in his
work, so dedicated to his mission, so
full of great purpose that he has no
thought for self; his life is one of I'm.
alleged joy-the joy of self-saeri1ce.-
LYMAN Abbott
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
DC aaue Lllnt to stop.

Speaking on Domestic Surgery" at
Raylefgh, Essex. Miss Violet Dering
stopped when she saw her dog yawn.
she explained that he invariably ac-
companied her to her meetings and
yawned when he thought she had
SPOKEN enough. = London Evening
Standard.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
The WAY He cleared the Court.

The Way He Cleared the Court.
An English gentleman relates this
little incident: In Cork remember
a supernumerary crier, who was sub
shutting for a sick man, trying to
clear the court In loud voice he
cried. All ye blackguards that isn't
lawyers lave the court at once, or by
the powers I'll make ye."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
sure lest.

Caller-'.We're going abroad and
I'm trying to place my cook. Are you
in need of one" Mrs. Perry m not
positive. Excuse me a moment and
I'll find out I'll tell ours we're going
to have dinner guests. Brooklyn
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08

where the Little Town Scores
az good thing about living in III
tie town: When the hearse gus ho q - in
the street everybody Knows +" ~
che che coffin-Atchison Globe.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Recina for Goodness.

Half Of the wickedness of life is
owing to misery. Make a man happy
and he is good. He revives, like a
flower refreshed by the dew o.
heaven; he becomes sanguine, enthusi,
astic, energetie-London Graphic.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
New Idea for Society.

Suggested as a new style of personal
for newspapers Mrs. John Smith
has gone to st. Joe to collect what is
due to her from a friend who visited
her month last summer. She will re-
main four weeks. Cincinnati En-
n1irer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
TIE Raaliv Good Time.

what is good timer" asks the
New York Evening Mail. 1t is the
time that elapses between the hour
when the alarm clock goes off and the
hour when you actually get up.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
OF Happiness.

No man can live happily who regards
himself alone, who turns everything to
his own advantage. Thou must live
for another, if thou wishest to live for
myself Seneca.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Feminine Peruersitx.

Who can account for the perversity
of feminine tastes? The homeliest
man in New York is said to have re-
ceived ~ offers of marriage. He evil
IDENTIFY is an example of the fascina-
ton of ugliness.-CleVeland Plain
Dealer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Something New for the glshep.

A distinguished bishop of the Epis-
copal church arriving late at a small
town one night, found the hotel closed,
and hammering at the door for admis.
sion, a neighbor stuck his head out of
an adjoining window with, Say, stran-
ger, knock like hi" to which the
bishop replied Il don't know how"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Mistakes.

Ordinary hard luck never ruins peo-
pie. It puts them in mood to learn
a thing or two. Everybody makes
mistakes With some 1t is a regular
occupation. but to make a mistake
and vail about It is to make two.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Mot seIf-collected.

"A young man has telegraphed me
that he has just welded my daugh-
ter" Il hope he's a good. practical
man. 4 guess he is. He wired me
collect. Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Is This True Z

Walter Savage Landor writes NC
friendship is so cordial or SO delicious
as that Of girl for girl. No hatred Is
so intense or SO immovable as that Of
woman for woman.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Milady RountifuI.

No matter how hard lady may try
to conceal her increasing embonpoint,
the moment a little nickel-plated BATH
room scales reaches the house she
Just can't help giving herself weigh.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Avaunt.

Now" said Sentimental Sue, the
kitchen scullion, as she separated the
ingredients of the egg. now, Sir
White. release thee from the tyran-
nous yolk.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
polIaraus.

Any man who thinks more of dol
lar than he does of his. selfrespect is.
in the insult-proof class Chicago;
News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Meant for Satire.

Man was arrested here the other
day says the Philosopher Of Folly.
stbecause he confessed that he had
one wife too many And it proved
that he wasn't d bigamist, after all
Cleveland Leader.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Not In pursuit.

Snow insists that he never runs
after the rich widow" That's true.
Every time see him, he's trotting
alongside The Bellman.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Immense Wealth Hidden Avav,

midas accumulated boards Of
wealth locked up in strong iron boxes
and secreted, amounts to 81, SOC, 900 600
and this vast sum is being augmented
annually to the amount of $50, 000,-
OO0
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Ifonized.

About the only person we ever heard
of that wasn't spoiled by being lion.
ICED was Jew named Daniel George
Denison Prentice.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-08
Present Duty.

He who is false to present duty
breaks thread in the loom. and will
find the flaw when he may have for.
gotten its cause. Henry Ward
Beecher.