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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

ICES. 1t is impossible for anyone to de-
termine the influence the census fig
ures will have upon the educational.
political and religious interests OF the
people. These numerals will affect
every state, county, city, town, village
and hamlet in the union. The size OF
the United States senate, as well as
many state senates, will be iumedi-
ately enlarged, and in a few cases di-
minished. The national house OF rep
resentatives and state assemblies win
also share in this change. Even states
will be bounded differently, and the in
ternal outlines Of the present map Of
our country will undergo most drastic
alterations. Governors of certain
states are anxiously anticipating sub
divisions of their respective domains.
Each fears the setting up of another
state government On the east, west,
north or south of his present undis-
puted territory The size of our army,
the strength of our navy. will be
shaped into accord with the findings
OF the household of Uncle Sam.
Millions of books are being held
over in the press until such time as
the exact and official information Of
this census is made public. Absolute
" nothing which the government does
seems to have SO far reaching a power,
and exerts such an influence on the
destinies of the nation as the taking
of the census; and nothing is accept
ed with such calm indifference by the
people concerned in its findings. Like
the Passion Play, it is in evidence
every ten years and not unlike the
business inventory which takes place
every year, 1t establishes untold
changes, causes many unforeseen alter
ations, and brings to the surface val
liable details of both retrogression and
progression.
Trivial and profound themes alike
receive earnest attention. Even the
oft recurring argument that the CAPT
tol of the United States is not central
ly located will be thoroughly threshed
out In many columns Of space ere the
official report Of the census is sent
broadcast through our land.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29
DECISION LEFT WITH JUDGE
international Tribunal Is Compared
With Unsatisfactory Case Of Hyp-
notism In Murder Trial.

! s \
P. ]. Corcoran of the western avia-
ton circuit said at a recent banquet
in Salt Lake:
THE international tribunal has de-
cided against us in the Grahame White
claim. Well, that international trib-
unal is always unsatisfactory, anyway.
1t is almost as bad as the hypnotist
in the murder trial.
In the days when hypnotism fig
aired in every murder trial, d famous
hypnotist offered to hypnotize the
prisoner and get a confession out OF
him. This offer was accepted.
Accordingly, after thrilling scene
in the courtroom, the accused man
fell back stiffly In a trance, the hypno-
fist ceased the weird movements OF
his white hands. and there was a
tense pause.
We'll, said the judge in a low
voice, you've hypnotized him, hav-
ent you? What are you waiting for ?
".I am waiting, the hypnotlst an
swered. till you tell me whether I'm
to make him confess that he did 1t or
make him confess that he didn' t.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29
Ar Eve for compositIpn.

An artist In Chicago tells of a WON
an in that town. who, Withshar maid,
went to purchase stil1-life seizure for
her dining room. She selected a caEa-
vas on which were painted bunch of
flowers, a pie cut in two, and a roll,
and was about to pay s25 for 1t, when
her maid approached to whisper in
her ear.
Excuse me, ma'am, said the aerv-
ant, but you are making bad bar
this sold the other day for SIS
And was 1t as good as this :"
Better, ma am. There was good
deal more pie in it --Lippincott's
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

According to Lincoln the census of
1910 should net 1873 ,91S,526 people, but,
like Jefferson, "Old Abe" was millions
too high in his estimate The latest
census returns from Washington, sub
ject to further correction, places the
total at 91,972,266, which would show
Lincoln's calculation to have oyershot
the mark by 46,946,260.
However, it Is only fair to remem-
Der that Linco1n's estimates were
based on the possibility Of the war
coming to sudden termination after
the people had learned of his inten-
TONS regarding the slave purchase.
But the death struggle went forward
relentlessly, and nothing was done
toward carrying out the life-saving
and humane policy advocated BY the
great president. Therefore the above
decrease from his estimates must be
allowed to his credit, since hundreds
OF thousands of the male population
were killed outright on the battle
fields, and others died later as a result
Of their wounds, or disease contracted
through the privations they suffered.
It was the flower of youth that was
offered as sacrifice to the War-god BY
both north and south, and it is an m
teresting surrnise as to what extent
the contamination of the fraticidal
strife decreased the population. "A SUI
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29
4 Preaching Gross Restored. !,

The preaching cross ira2sthe q aa1s -
of burlington, situated amid To- = g
surroundings on the northern SUI - :
the Mendip hills, has, by ne $50 ses . ~
tty Of Col. Evan Fl. q .leWeiiy z. 80 :,
restored. It is recorded thaI 60 = =
1905 the handsome fifteenth CENT
base. of the cross--aH tnatL HlnS.'1 -. =.
NAMED OF twas removed anu ~.
lized ia building a new house rt iot 40
then parish clerk Happily, .ne = e na
mental dial stone did not share the
same fate, and this has been Moor
porated into its original position -
the new cross. Three broad ana Mas.
sive steps carry the old socket upon
which rests tall monolitn snal =
which is crowned by one q mess
lantern shaped canopies SO peculiar %
the west country. From the Lohaon
Standard. 81
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29
Increase

He then added: 1T is seen that the
ratio Of increase at no one of these
periods is either two per cent.
below or two per cent above
the average, thus showing how infiex-
ible and consequently how reliable
the law Of increase In our case (coun-
try is. Assuming that it will con
tinue, it gives the following results:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29
Gz.be1Zs- Q6I7lE, 1I4ss1l101l1Y, a. G

| we know to have been very great, we
may safely say we are above four mil
lions"
Thomas Jefferson personally as
sumed the responsibility Of correcting
the first census, and with red ink made
increases In figures, as well as sup
plying such other numbers as he
deemed correct He then, in his Off
cial capacity, Informed the world
through our foreign representatives
that the federal count was incorrect,
tons could be relied on.
When the second decennial count
was completed Jefferson was presi-
dent, and letter written by him In
1901 contains the following assertions:
"You will perceive that the increase
of numbers (popu1ation) during the
last ten years-179O-1800 proceeding
In geometrical ratio, promises rapid
growth and the prospect 1t holds up to
us, not with view to the injuries 1t
may enable us to do others in some fu-
ture day, but to the settlement OF the
extensive country still remaining va
cant"
This second census was intensely
gratifying to Jefferson and he assumed
the role Of prophet again, but proved
over-enthusiastic when he declared
that the American population would
continue to increase at the same ratio.
Such was not the case, nor is there
any such definite thing as an exact
ratio in population increase. In 1873
he wrote to Humboldt:
In fifty years more (1863l the
United States alone will contain fifty
millions Of inhabitants
But the population in 1863 was fig
ured at 33,21S,117, showing that Jeffer-
sons reliance on a definite ratio in
crease led him about 100000 too
high. In 1915 we find Jefferson writing
as follows to Mr.. Maury:
Forty millions in forty years, and
in sixty years eighty millions! This
would be 1915 plus so, making it in
1876 as $4,000, 00O.'
But at that date the enumeration re-
suited In 44,386, 2O7, or about IS 900 900
below Jefferson's estimate. Jefferson
was a careful student of natural in
crease in the human family, but his
knowledge as to what death, marriage
and immigration would do for nation
was meager II that great statesman
could not form fair calculation, it is
safe to say that it would be hopeless
job for anyone to indulge In predic-
tons of what the population will be
fifty years hence. according to geo
metric ratio Abraham Lincoln was
another chief executive who andeay-
ored to solve the population puzzle.
Like Jefferson, he attempted to indi-
cate the exact figures, but acquitted
himself with more credit In the prob
lem of human fluctuations. Lincoln
at one time practically proposed an
amendment to the constitutions of the
United States, with view to enamel
patfng the slaves. and paying the
southern owners reasonable pur-
chase price. He pointed out that after
the slaves had passed into the posses
sion of the federal government they
could be liberated. and the dreadful
civil strife thus be brought to a close.
IN endeaForing ~ further this project
Lincoln set out to foreteII the great.
ness in population of the federal union
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29
Quit Whiuina.

Do you whine 3 Do you find fault
with everything and everybody Then
make an effort to quit it. You are not
only harming others, but what "
worse for d selfish person OF your
stamp, you are harming yourself -
atehison Globe.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

New York doctors are preparing to
diagnose disease by studying the pa
tents dreams. The phantasmagoria
caused by an iniudicious mixture of
lobster Newberg and mince pie would
indicate defective judgment. or we
have eaten things in vain.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

a New England sea captain died as
the result of being iabbed with a hat
pin worn by a Boston woman. What
an irony of fate it was that after fac
ing death on the waters for many
years he should be impaled on the
point Of effeminate fashion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

The New Hampshire legislators are
trying to stop eavesdroppers on party
telephone lines, and they may become
SO foolhardy as to ask congress to
request postmasters not to read postal
cards.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

4 Brooklyn widow who advertised
that she was a good cook of both
plain and fancy dishes, and wanted
husband, got 145 proposals. This
looks as If the cynical clubwoman's
recipe Of making a happy home by
feeding the brute is near the mascu-
line ideal OF welded romance.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29
Would Compel Homework.

Frau Woerner is the German suf-
fragist who would make course in
.houseWork compulsory for every Ger
man girl. Just as military training is
compulsory for the boys. She Is try
ing to interest the men in the project
by telling them. that they win reap
the benefit, as all the German house
wives will soon be good cooks.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

The auto truck may be commercial,
but 1t is also humanitarian, as any
one will witness who has seen the
struggles of an underfed horse with an
overloaded wagon.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

An eastern club woman who claims
to have investigated, reports that men
love fluffy girls. Perhaps they do, but
they generally want the girls to get
along with their own tufts.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

One of the Johns Hopkins professors
announces that poverty will be abol-
ished. twill not be possible, how
ever, to get everybody to be pleased
on account Of the abolition Of power
ty unless work can be abolished along
with it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

The news that radium is to be the
future competitor OF coal as a heat pro
ducer inspires the coal dealers with
considerable confidence in boosting
their prices.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

The news that the kaiser has IN
creased his string of motors cars to
thirty causes one to suspect that Will
liam intends to go some in the near
future
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

One of the aviators recently went
up several hundred feet in the dark.
He probably had an idea that it
wouldn't hurt any more to fall in the
dark than In the daylight.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

There is no more delightful reading
than the story of a romance in real
life that ends happily; no more dis
tressing reading than such a story
that ends the other way.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

Al man in a Massachusetts, town was
arrested for kneeling On the sidewalk
and offering prayers. The magistrate
before whom he was brought decided
1t Is no crime to pray in the streets.
The executors OF the law certainly
have some queer ideas of wrongdofng.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

Jail sentences for women snug
glers seem hard. especially when the
women smugglers can better afford
money than time.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

An American has just paid 100000
for one of Rembrandt's paintings. In
emphasizing the artistic temperament
that is going some
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

A domestic in 81 years of service
saved $4,000. 1t would be interesting
to know how much her employer
able to accumulate in the same pc
Rod
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

In spite of the fact that prisoner
In Washington Jail earned $4,000
while behind the bars, we still hold
that jail is good place to avoid.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

Another college professor has come
to the front with a plan to regulate
marriages. What has become of the
old fashioned professor who taught
In school?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

The government has ruled that the
trousers of an official cannot be pressed
at public expense. We look for more
baggy trousers in Office henceforth.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

Germany's rapid increase in popula.
ton leads us to believe that the stork
continues to be more popular there
than the military bird
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

A theatrical manager says there are
no pretty girls in New York. We can
afford to pity the poor metropolis.
There are no ugly ones here.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

Chicago is becoming excited be-
cause so many of its manageable
young men go west. But can you
blame them?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29
EDN54RD lAlX4 DLlRAXls
DIRECTOR OE me
cE1XeSLi<S %

interchangeable zeal to
count ard systematize
the census Of 1910. An
army of experts is ca
gerly toiling to bring
forth t4e figures in
which aot only AmeH-
cans, but the world at.
I large, is interested.
Upon the result de-
ponds more than the
~. - - E5e :, a r~NT
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

.sThe heart is a small thing, but &c
sireth great matters; 1t in not sum.
cient for kites dinner, yet the Wofid
is not sufficient for it.-Hugo.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

mimic their clothes SO long as they
remain womanly in action.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

Seattle is to have History build
see and put in its pipe and smoke.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

The harem skirt has displaced the
hobb1e skirt. and it bids fair to become
popular
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

Eggs can become SO cheap as to
arouse suspicion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

Radium is being boosted for heating
purposes. and there is no telling how
high it's price will go.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

has given me much trouble for six
months. II was 50 bad that
couldn't walk sometimes for a
week. / tried doctors medicine
and had a rubber bandage for my
leg, and bought every thing that I
heard Of, but they ali did me no
good, until atlast was persuaded
to Try Sloan's Liniment. The FIRST
application helped it, and in two
weeks my leg was well. "lA T..
HUNTER, Of Hunter, Ala.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-29

T I :
Freedoms established reign, cities and men
Numerous as sands upon the ocean shore,
And empires rising where the sun descendsl
The Ohio soon shall glide by many town
OF note! and where the Mississippfs stream
BY forests shaded, now runs sweeping on,
Nations shall grow, and states not less In tam
Than Greece and Rome of old,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-28
A New ceodetic Are.

All scientific and accurate surveys
are based upon primary arcs deter.
mined by careful triangulation An
arc of this kind of great future i'm
portance has been completed by the
coast and geodetic survey. 1t extends
from central Texas to a point near San
Diego, on the Pacific coast. a length
of more than 1900 miles. Not only
will this arc be of the utmost use IN
the survey of the regions adjacent to
it, but It will also add valuable facts
for the investigation of the true figure
of the earth. There are now about
1000 miles of primary triangulation
in the United States. Probably no
other branch of engineering is so ro-
mantle as this, the engineers having
to traverse all kinds of country. fash.
Ing their signals from hill to hill ana
from mountain to mountain. and ei,-
during every vicissitude of weather
and climate.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-28
Too stean For Moraan.

There were disconnected Americans
who used to complain because Mr..
Morgan left so many of his art posses
sions in England. The former secre-
tary of the treasury, Leslie A. Shaw,
once asked him point blank why he did
not bring his pictures and miniatures
and other beautiful things to America,
where the American people might have
q look ut them.
Mr.. Morgan said, 81 can't afford to-
81 knew you were a poor man. said
Shaw, but / didn't realize you We're
as poor as that +"
"Mr. Shaw returned Morgan. "how
much do you suppose the duties on my
collections would amount to If should
bring them to New York;
perhaps two or three hundred thou
sand"
"They would amount to at least six
millions. n-Metropolitan Magazine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-28
Another Great Tunnel.

Another wonderful tunnel is being
driven through the great mountain
range between the towns of Gray
mouth and Christchurch, New Zealand.
1t was begun in 1908, and the con-
tractors are allowed five years for its
completion. The work of drilling is
done by the latest compressed air
methods, and the work at each end is
progressing from five to ten feet each
day. The tunnel will be about five and
a half miles in length. 1t will be fif-
teen and one-half feet above the rail
level and is in the form of a horse
shoe 1t is about fourteen feet in
width at the rail level and is to be
lined with the very best cement tube
structure. 1t is one of the great feats
of engineering and will be one of the
very best tunnels in the world when
completed. 1t will make a wonderful
change In the mode of travel in the
section of country where it is being
constructed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-28
SeasonabIs Satins.

Satin petticoats, some plain, with
only scant ruffle or two to relieve
them, others trimmed with lace and
embroidery that a generation ago
would have been considered quite ele-
gant enough for the trimming Of the
handsomest party" dress will be worn.
Satin "knickers" or scant boomers
will match the color of the gown.
Princess slips of satin for wear under
the robe of lace and embroidery, satin
trimmings of infinite variety. satin
wraps embellished with gold embroid-
cry and jeweied lace and dainty jewel
studded slippers of satin viii grace
milady's form.
Hats of satin. caps of satin and lace,
designed for the theater, satin scarfs
and satin muffs will all be seen in
varying styles.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-28
SELECT CULLINCS
BerIin's Niqht Life.

Berlin. the city which never sleeps,
has long since outdistanced all its Eu-
ropean rivals as a city of night life. In
addition TO it's all night cafes, day.
break restaurants and theaters which
open their doors only at midnight
Berlin has a magnificent bathing estab-
Iishment which is open every hour IN
the twenty four. The newly built Ad-
mirals Bad in the Friedrichstrasse,
which has recently been opened, is ono
of the finest bathing establishments in
all Germany. Its swimming baths,
both women's and mems. are resplend.
ent in the finest maiolica marble and
beveled glass, while the Roman and
Turkish baths are more than oriental
in their luxury. a small army Of mas
seurs and attendants is constantly on
duty, and the great doors of the estab-
lishment are never closed. Attached
to the baths is large aud up to date
restaurant, where Berlin night revel-
ers, after enjoying a swim at o'clock
In the morning, may be seen eating an
early breakfast in their bathing dress.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-28
Guidanosts In Germany.

An artistic substitute Cor the old and
often misplaced aud misguiding guide
post has been introduced in some Ger
man highways. A French tourist who
had "seen" the country from a motor
cycle says: "At a crossroad | came
upon what looked like d man with Il
scythe. Nearer by | saw that 1t was
the figure of farmer with jolly face
whose scythe. pointing south, bore the
information in the dialect, One Hour
to Giersdorf.' Another equally artistic
guidepost was a rustic post ten feet
high. the top of which had been carved
to represent schoolboy. His left hand
pointed south, and his right hand held
a slate inscribed, To the Fullner Kolo-
ME- So much favorable comment has
been created by these guides that a
rivalry as to who should have the best
has been created in the various rural
communities.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-28
judicial Sale.

NO 14,37o-ln the First Judicial Dis
trlet Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Succession of William Sims.
by virtue of commission to sell
to me directed from the Honorable
the First Judicial District Court of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in the
above numbered and entitled cause,
VIII offer for sale at public auction
Tor cash and according to law, at the
principal front door of the court
mousse OF Caddo Parish, La, during
The legal hours of sale, on
SATURDAY, OCT. Ia. 1911.
Lot eighteen 49, block "B" io-acre
lot thirty-five t35) of the CITY of
Shreveport, Gaddo Parish, La. with
lall The buildings and improvements
] thereon; an undivided one-half in
terest Ill lots twenty-nine and thir-
", i0-acfe lot seven, Allendale Sub
division of the City of Shreyeport
Caddo Parish, La; lot 7 block 2 Tai
DOT q Perrin subdivision, less 30 feet
OH OF lot seven lying next to LOT six
DOCK two, said subdivision sold to
Diek thompson by William Sims on
April 20, 1909, as per act recorded in
conveyance book fofty-nine. page
5oi, OF the cenveyanees of Caddo
raLisn, La with all the buildings
and improvements thereon. Said
property lobe sold for cash accord
Ing TO law for the purpose of paving
debts. i EToITpNGv
Sheriff. ex-0flicio Auctioneer.
Caucasian Sept. 10. 1911.