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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
SEAS WINTER DEATH TOLL
One Hundred Vessels Wrecked and
1875 Lives Lost on North Atlantic
in Severe Storms.

Boston.-Fully 125 persons per
ished In accidents which befell New
England, Canadian and Newfoundland
vessels, or other craft which met dis
aster in western upper North Allan.
tic waters during the fall and win
ter season now ended. 1t is impos-
sible to announce the exact number
of lives lost as missing Gloucester
schooner, the Ella M. Goodwin, with
her crew of ten men may yet be af1oat
in northern ice fields, and as statis-
tics of lost Newfoundland fishermen
are incomplete.
In all 100 vessels were ashore.
sunk, abandoned, burned Or in col
lision during the last six months. or
the number rs were schooners,
seven steamers, seven barges, three
barkentines, two barks, two brigan.
tines, two tugs, one a $4,000 auxil-
iary steam yacht and one a power
boat. sixty-fve Of the 100 were total
wrecks, the majority hai1ing from
New England ports The loss of life
on stranded vessels was greatest en-
the Massachusetts and Newfoundland
coasts
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
Shows Danger in Digging Wells.

Shows Danger in Digging Wells.
saloon, styled himeslf as destroyer
Of men,
Such occupations as "pouncer," in a
hat factory; stobies." a maker Of
stogies; whittier" in a straw works;
dock walloper,' a longshoreman; wi
orator In clock factory; "tonger,'' in
connection with oysters; "teaser." in
glass factory; scabbler,' in quarry
ing; "aosser," in a corset factory, and
"dubber,' in ship building, are all
unusual occupations that must be
listed
In Washington especially are there
large number of persons who earn their
living by performing unusual tasks. The
majority of them are employed by the
government. There is a young man in
the National museum-Henry Hendley
who is known as the official portrait
bust maker Of Indian features for a
unique portrait gallery Of the North
American redskins.
!. B. Millner Is an expert modeler in
papier mache of things past, present
and future for the National museum.
Along similar lines Is the work OF
Edwin Howell, a maker of maps. In
his workshop he evolves relief maps of
certain sections of the country which
not only indicate rivers and mountains
and towns, but all the minerals, rocks,
flowers, trees, and varying soils to be
found there.
One of the most interesting of his
maps was made for the marine hos,
pital and public health service. 1t is
intended as warning against allowing
| people ignorant of geological condi-
tons to dig. wells, and as a plea for
| the artesian well.
! There are expert tea and coffee tast-
! ers in the treasury department who
| tell the value and grades of these com
modities by placing few grains on the
| tongue. And in the department OF
agriculture there is a squad of young
men who eat drugged foods to deter
mine just how poisonous they are.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20

height. At reaching the stature OF
manhood he also filled out rapidly I'M
til at the age Of 20 years he stood six
feet tall and weighed 176 pounds. In
1879 he married and at once began to
pile on the flesh He was a brass
worker by trade, and in the shop was
constantly on his feet. The long
hours of labor, however, never re-
duced his flesh. AS he grew older he
grew rapidly bigger. At the present
time Jackson weighs 532 pounds and
is still on the gain. Last October he
was put on the scales and tipped the
beam at 518 and since that time he
has added the rest. Besides his ac-
tiyities Of years as an expert brass
fnisher, jackson has been great
lodge man in his time. He is a mem
Der of John Abbott Lodge of Masons
of Sonerville, l. O. o. f. Lodge 220
of Cambridge and Charles River En-
campment No %. He has been
through the chairs of the Odd Fellows
and encampment, and is a past dis
trict deputy grand patriarch OF dis
trict No. /, which embraces all Of
Boston and vicinity.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
MORE HORSE POWER NEEDED
More Economical Feeding Of Work
Stock on Southern Farms Of
Primary Importance.
fRY s. A. KNAPP.

To use more horse power and less
man power per acre or to quit farm
ing is necessity confronting the
south.
There should be more mares on the
farm. IN the future few small farm.
ers will find 1t profitable to keep
mules; the colts must pay for the ex.
pense Of using more horse power. In
this connection, the more economical
feeding of work stock ON the farm is
Of primary Importance. Feeding q
horse or a mule on pulled corn fodder
and corn is so expensive and out OF
date that 1t is surprising to find any.
one doing it. Farmers have fully
proved that pasture for summer and
well-cured hay for winter should be
the main reliance. BY pasture Is
not meant a brush patch or field OF
weeds. but tract Of land well set In
nutritious grasses and well located SO
as to be able to be disable at all times
The best results are obtained by
providing two pastures, In order to al
ternate in their use, and especially to
\ - ! z ,
allow one to have quite a growth OF
grass for late fall feeding. Some
farmers use one pasture for late fall
and spring. and the other during the
summer and early fall months; Others
believe that the best results are OBJ
tanned BY alternating the use OF these
pastures every month It Is just as
Injurious to the rapid growth Of grass
to keep It closely grazed as it would
he to a bush to cut it off every morn
ing. It Is estimated that three or foul
! iimesAas many animals can be kept
on a gwen number OF acres by divid
ing thE land into two pastures an6
using Them alternately for grazing. i
Is cer4ain that the stock does better
under such conditions.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
HAREM SKIRT DANCE LATEST
New Terpsichorean Feature, sor-
rowed From Orient, Is introduced
In France-HoW Executed.

ris.-Almost every importan
change in the fashion Of gowns il.
Paris means the introduction OF
new dance, or at least one compare
lively unknown to the western world
As is natural, the orient has been
drawn upon for a terpsichorean fea-
ture in keeping with a trousers skirt.
This dance, which is called La Che.
rouille," Is said to have been long
popular in Turkey, Syria and Arabia.
A dancing masters description OF
how it is done follows:
Place the right foot behind the
left. Slide the left foot to the dane
er's left. Cross right foot. Raise leg
sideways without bending knee, toe
pointing to floor"
This dance is said to be impossible
Of execution In a hobble skirt. French
dancing masters in general hail with
JOY the advent Of the trouser skirt, as
it will, they say, force women and
girls who heretofore have been CON
tent to be pulled around ball room
ito pay proper attention to their steps
With the trouser skirt every move
ment Of the feet is noticeable.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20

mas played great role as grande
dame, and has managed the affairs OF
the Red Cross society and handled its
money 1t remains a mystery whether
her disgrace is caused by a political
intrigue or by the disappearance OF
Red Cross funds.
More than 100 students have been
arrested in St. Petersburg during the
last week simultaneously the stu.
dents have been in conflict with the
police in Kieff, Kazan, Moscow,
Tomsk and Odessa. It was almost 8
pitched battle in Odessa; six persons
were killed and SO wounded.
Four men, masked and armed,
seized, bound and gagged the agent
at the Babianitza railway station.
Pollen, at midnight. They robbed the
safe of $4,000 in cash and destroyed
all the tickets and documents in the
office. Twelve desperadoes, armed
with the best repeating rifles, halted
a train near Tcheliabinsk in broad
daylight, bound the engineer and
postal agent, stole $500 from the pos
tai car safe and escaped.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
WAVE Of CRIME
SWEEPS RUSSIA
Criminals of Every Class and Sex
Run Amuck in Empire.
CITY PRISONS ALL ARE FILLED
Mobiles, Officials, Students, Outlaws,
Police, All Are Carried Along in
the Vicious Flood Which To-
Spreading Through the
Country.

st. Petersburg fresh wave OF
crime and violence is sweeping over
the Russian empire; in its food are
carried afistocrats, officials, students,
desperadoes-all alike. The prisons
overflow with political and other. prisr
oners; in almost every university, col
lege and high school collisions be-
tween the students and police con-
stantly occur Daily revelation is
made Of bribery and theft by the high
est officials, some of whom have been
the czar's favorites. Of all this not a
word is published by the press, but
the news spreads-travels under
ground among the revolutionaries;
travels over the heads OF the people
to those in the court circle.
Gen. Benebott, chief of police Of
Moscow, friend of the car, was ac-
cused of forgery and of protecting dis
reputable houses. An investigation
by Senator Neidhart proved that the
police functionary had been taking
brides and committing other crimes.
The czar has permitted his friend to
resign.
Ten million dollars has disappeared
from the Golfers of the Siberian rail-
way. Several railway officials are
under suspicion, and an investigating
committee is trying to learn what has
become of the money.
Princess Lebanoff-Rostovsky has
been placed under technical arrest
and her mansion has been searched.
The grand duchesses and grand dukes
have been guests of the princess, even
the car has visited her. The kins.
woman of former influential cabinet
minister, Princess Lebanon Rostovsky
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
some QUEER TRADES
Unusual Occupations Revealed IL
Census Report.
Kansas City Man Who Bottles Smoke
Unique Task Performed by Gov
eminent Employees In Washing
ton-Raise Frogs for Profit.

Washington.-As part OF the task
Of compiling the thirteenth census OF
the United States, the bureau will pub
lish report on the various occupa-
lions by which men and women In this
country earn their daily bread. Though
it will be many months before this re-
port will be given to the public, a
conservative estimate places the num-
Der Of classifications of industry at
between 1000. and 5000.
It seems safe prediction to state
that there will be found but one man
in the entire country making living
from bottling the smoke Of burning
hickory wood. This man, who lives
in Kansas City, contends that his bot
tied smoke, let loose In an air tight
compartment in which meat has been
placed, will produce the same effect
upon the meat as though cured by
hickory smoke in the usual manner.
Nor would the uninitiated expect to
find profit in raising bullfrogs for their
legs. Two New Jersey women, how.
ever, are making a good livelihood by
SO doing and certain California WON
an obtains over $100 an ounce whole
sale for the seeds Of petunias.
In some Of the reports Of the census
enumerators In the field are found tab
ulations so unusual that they require
no end Of labor in properly classify.
ing them at the bureau. One man
frankly asserted that he was booze
fighter and another. who works in a
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20

The barking dog carries no bones.
EVIL wishes, like chickens, come
acme to ro8st.
Money has no occasion to use a
aphone when 1t talks.
Being self-satisfed is what you
would call eonceit in others.
. One way to keep boys on the farm
ls 70 hire more pretty dairy maids.
It's always impossible to tell where
an orderly woman will put things.
One never realizes how elastic the
truth is until the gossips get busy.
Why most Of us really wish to visit
IS to have some one listen while We
talk.
Men often swear to keep from cry
ing, and women often cry to keep
from swearing.
Selling the best breeding stock one
has is a quick way to the stock breed
ers scrap heap.
What a lot Of time we waste IN
wondering about things that are none
Of our business.
It Is the fellow with weak nerve
W Aao - ZAol CpCA A04liu5 ap LIE SlEEfG
and showing his muscle.
There must be something wrong
with the vision Of some people who
do their duty as they see 1t.
The sheep-ki1hng dog has been with
us too long Let us invite Burbank
to invent a dog-killing sheep.
The man who buys clothes for his
wife is a joy. The woman who buys
her husbands suits is a joke.
A well-knoWn educator insists that
q cigarette consists of a fire at one
end and a vacuum at the other.
Avoidance of waste IS far more es.
y aential to the welfare Of the pocket
book than increase Of production.
Just because one has made a good
many mistakes Is no reason for his
getting in the habit. The way to sue
coed is to profit by our mistakes.
The time Will come, and we hope
1t is not far distant, when 1t will be
considered a great honor to be called
g. good farmer Those of us who en-
JOY the blessings that farm life gives
regard farming as worthy OF the best
efforts OF our lives. Only the ignorant
regard it below other occupations,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20

wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. In
9 short time had gained my average
weight and am now strong and well. )"
Mrs. SALLIE STEVENS, r. F. D., No.
s, Box 81. Waurika, Okla.
Another Grateful Woman.
Huntington, Mass was in a ner-
vous, run down condition and for three
years could find no help.
s'I owe my present good health to
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Blood Purifier which / be-
ieve saved my life.
My doctor knows what helped ms
and does not say one word against II. -
Mrs. MARI JEANETTE Bates Box
1874, Huntington, Mass.
Because your case is o difficult one,
doctors having done you no good, do
not continue to suffer without giving
Lydia E. Pinkhan1's Vegetable Com.
pound a trial. It surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
flammation, liberation, displacements.
| fbroid tumors, Irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing down
feeling, and nervous prostration.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
CHEW YOUR WATER IN PARIS
Pretty Actress Directed TO Masticate
Draughts from Seine River to
Preserve Health.

Paris.-That Parisians drink no wa
ter except mineral water is known to
every visitor to the French capital.
Apropos of the shocking reputation at
tached to city water a story is being
told of a pretty actress who met her
doctor at dress rehearsal in a boule-
ward theater.
Look here she said, 81 am quite
sure that all this mineral water
drink, since you have forbidden wine,
is dreadful1y bad for me. want your
permission to drink filtered Seine wa
ter now
Every WE'LL sand the doctor, IF you
insist, But, mind you chew it WE'LL
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
PRIZE FAT Man
Of The COUNTRY
Jackson Is Six Feet Round, Six
Feet Tall and Weighs 532.
EARTH SHAKES UNDER TREAD
Wears a No. 9 Shoe and His Collar
Looks Like Life Preserver-ln
Good Health and Still Piling
on Fat-Great Lodge
Man.

Brockton, Mass-Charles H. Jack
who in perfect health now tips the
scales at 532 pounds is believed to be
the heaviest man in the world.
When jackson walks, the earth lit
orally trembles beneath his tread. For
years his clothes have been made to
order, and owing to the tremendous
expanse of cloth required to cover his
enormous body, the cheapest kind OF
clothes bought to make him a suit
costs $40 or $50. Every bit of furni'
ture to which Jackson intrusts his ter
rife weight has to be made to order.
Were he to sit down in an ordinary
chair 1t would splinter and crash into
kindling wood in moment. On his
feet are shoes constructed of the
heaviest sole leather and which are
also made to order. Everything about
Jackson is Gargantuan. Except for his
comparatively short stature-he is
only six feet tall-the Brockton man
Is probably the most enormous human
being in the world. Not only is he
enormous, but he is constantly grow
ing bigger. In fact, since the day OF
his marriage 81 years ago Jackson be
gan to put on weight and he has never
stopped since piling on flesh, some
times at the rate OF rs pounds
month
Jackson was born in the year 1859
AS a small boy he was Of ordinary
size and weight. He grew rapidly
and at Is was about his presen
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
The Water TrougE1s.

u, y rraer weather causes the water
.ro,,ehs to collect algae and slime. T
5ss VOL TO Whitewash the inside Of the
t,.,,,ah and let IT dry a day before
turning In more water. the cows
must be watched, for, although the
a 49, Il ! clean animal, she will drink
IN =. water ii she can find i1l # Mud
I ,, s,sls il the pasture must be fenced
$3.50. 8 8. ma cows will leave the clean
\ 80 S 81 8. ii drink the green stun. and
this ID what typhoid germs enlass = al es,a
When once the nailk Y sAposeu : -
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
One In 275 Is Insane

New York.--one out Of every 275
persons in New York city Is insane,
according to DIR. Albert w Ferris,
president Of the state lunacy commits
sion, .gFEo is delivering course of lee
lures before the New York School of
Philanthropy. The state hospitals for
the insane now house $4,000 patients,
and private institutions care for IL 900
more. New cases admitted to the state
asylums average about $50 a week.
The cost Of caring for an insane pa.
ttient Is approximately $500 year.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
HOE NOT HARMFUL TO TEXAS
sjin'' caIian, Well Known Cattle
Rsiser, Tells OF Need OF. Com
hination With Live Stock.

Jim Callan, now ex-president of
the Cattle Raisers' association and
big land owner and cowman all his
life, does not believe that the man
with the hoe is hurting Texas, says
the Texas Stockman and Farmer
Here is what he said on that subject
In San Antonio recently in his address
to the cattlemen: II am DEPRESSING
here, because | deH't want airy man
to say that our position is based upon
one OF pure selfishness. We believe.
In what is best for the prosperity of
the country. 1t has been the policy
OF this great new country of ours,
whenever we cut off the trees down
here TO 60 on to the next lot, and so
on, to other lands. conserving moth
ing. They tell US that the man with
the hoe is driving us out Of the. busi-
ness. Don't the man with the hoe
save more cows than he ever killed?
Land never gets too valuable In the
rural districts to raise cows on; they
belong there If you care for the fer
Utility OF the soil, for the staple and
substantial growth of the people, you
must have a combination with the
live stock interests. And think moth
ing of that politician who is always
interfering differences between the
cattle barons and the man with the
hoe. If they would come out and
stay all night with us In our environ
ments they wouldn't accuse us of be
ing barons, il they lived on the grub
we do. clothed themselves as we do
and worked Ia hours day as we do,
thew would discover that 1t was only
our f.ugality that saved us. The
producer Is the most underpaid labor
en- Id this country and always has
been, and instead OF further reducing
the price Of country products they
had better let the thing adjust itself
#If IL is so profitable to produce wheat
and all those other commodities. the
penple will come back, and they had
better lei them come back and till the
. soil III our own country than to de
lyn1onz that III Honduras and elsewhere
Il want. to ask you, gentlemen, did the
man with the hoe drive the STOCK
business out Of the state OF Ken
& fuclyv2 Go back to old England, tina,
tight little island where they never
had anything bigger than hoe te
work with. and there you will find the
,no,har OF every breed Of domestic
animal on earth worth the name.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
stufF Rabbits With Quail

Topeka, Kan Stufing cleaned rab-
bits with quail and shipping them out
Of the state has enabled many hunt
ers to eyade the quai1-shooting law il
Kansas this season. Prof. L. L. Dyche,
state fish and game warden, who has
lust obtained proof of the violations,
said warrants probably would be
sworn out for the hunters.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
Resists Their Fiercest Struggles.

worms employed are raised near Tore
Annunziata, at the foot of Vesuvius.
The caterpillars are killed just as they
are about to begin the spinning of
cocoons, the silk glands are removed
and subjected to process of picking,
which is a secret Of the trade, and
afterWard the threads are carefully
drawn out by skilled workers, mostly
women. The length of the thread
varies from a foot to nearly twenty
inches.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
S FRIEND OF FISHERMAN
Humble sill<worm Furnishes cat-Gut
Much Used by Disciples OF
isaak Walton

Rome, Italy.-It Is doubtful whether
the average rod and reel fisherman
who angles with flies and hooks strung
with fine translucent cat-gut is aware
of the invaluable friend he has in the
humble silkworm. The cat-gut is the
most unbreakable substance that
holds the hooks against the fercest
struggles of the struck fish and comes
from silkworms. The principal center
of the manufacture Of this kind Of cat
gut is the island of Procida, in the
Bay of Naples, but most of the silk
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
Beautify Farm Home.

1T is wonderful what change can
he wrought in the appearance Of a
Main. unattractive farm house by the
simple expedient Of building a porch
around it, or on one or two sides and
pIanting some climbing roses. Many
an unsightly home has thus .seea
into a thing Of beauty
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
Noted Inns to Go.

New York-TWo of New York
ci1ys famous Notes.-The Hoffman
house and the Gilsey house--will
close their doors Immediately. The
Gilsey house will be converted to-
business purposes. Both hotels IN
their day have had the names Of
many men Of national prominence
upon their registers
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
HOW TAME CRATES ARE FED
Keeper Climbs Tree In Order That
Animals May Eat In Easy
Manner.

New York-The giraffe in captivity
is one of the most delicate of animals
and requires the closest of care on
the part of the keepers. Aside from
necessity for cleanliness IN their hous-
ing, the most important feature in
caring for them Is the selection Of the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
Bars "HobbIesv for Girl Grads.

Minneapolis, Minn--Hobble skirts,
extreme tube skirts and harem SKIRTS
have been placed on the don't" list
by Superintendent Jordan OF Mime.
apolis public schools 10 announcing
nlans for graduation
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
Solely TO Blame.

Who is that singing SO dread.
fully out of time?
Restaurant Proprietor-It is my
wife.
Perhaps the accompanied
plays out of tune.
R. She Is accompanying herseleg
London Opinion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
AFTER
YEARS
SUFFERING
( Was Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Waurika, Okla.-sI had female trou-
bles for seven years, was all run down,

d LII . - uSE YUuS 4
could not do any
thing. The doctors
treated me for diff
ferent things b u 9
did me no good. ]
got so bad that I
could not sleep day
or night. While in
this condition / read
of Lydia T.. Pink
hams v 9 ge Ia ble
G N po un d, and
hogan its use and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20

Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favor.
tie family laxative.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-20
His Limit

Joshua had made the sun stand
still.
Zine, but we bet you can't make
Willie Jones do It," we cried.
Herewith he acknowledged his linz
itations.-H arpers Bazaar.