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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
SPEEDING The MAIL
Automatic Mail Clerks in Use in
New York.
First Plant for Handling Mall by Ma
chinery Now in Operation In Penn.
eyivania Misunderstanding
OF Seconds Valuable,

New York.-The first corpfete me.
chanical system for loading mail mat
ter into cars, providing for its hand
ling entirely by automatic appliances
from mail wagons to train, has Just
been installed in this city.
The apparatus is part OF the equip
ment OF the new Pennsylvania terni-
nal. through which passes 40 per cent.
OF the mail matter leaving New York.
The saving even Of seconds is valu-
able, and from the time when the
wagons from the post office deliver
the pouches at the street level until
they enter the mail cars waiting on
the level Of the tunnel, 70 feet lower
down. human labor is supplanted by
nine rapid mechanical devices.
There are three stages in the pro
cess Of getting the sacks Of mail from
the street to the mail cars. Some time
before the fast mail train to western
points, consisting Of perhaps half
dozen cars, is scheduled to leave the
station, it Is shunted to the mail
track. Into these cars there shortly
begin to drop automatically delivered
pouches coming from some unseen
source. AS the moment OF departure
approaches the pouches come in more
rapid succession, until they are shoot.
ing into the cars In a constant
stream.
Rising slightly above the floor Of
the station at the point where the
mail wagons make their deliveries are
a number Of huge hollow sheet-iron
cylinders. Into these the pouches are
dumped. and slip down to point Just
above the roofs of the waiting cars.
The pouches do not fall in a direct
line, since this might injure their con-
tents, but they go down on spiral
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
LONG HOURS ARE NECESSARY
Reasons Why Some Are Compelled 70
Work Many Hours in Order to
Make Living.
(By G.. II. ALFORD-1

Many farmers claim that they can
not make living without working
about Is hours per day. That is true.
1t Is necessary for them to cultivate
three acres Of land in order to obtain
one bale of cotton or 40 bushels OF
corn. They have not removed the
stumps from their land and conse-
quently cannot use labor-saving farm
implements to good advantage. They
do not diversity their crops and raise
good stock and for this reason they
are exceedingly busy at one season
and idle at another season Of the
year. They are always behind time.
and as a result must make nine
stitches instead of one. They do not
thoroughly prepare the land before
planting time; they do not select their
planting seed In the field in the fall:
they do not give their crops frequent
and shallow cultivation; they do not
use fertilizers In the most economical
manner. Such farmers are barely able
TO exist by working Is hours per day.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Earn This Suit i'm One Hour!

Your profit for an hour or two as the represents
atlvo OF our great tailoring house pays for q
special made to measure suit for you tho
handsomest, the most stylish and the most dur
able ever made. Just show two or three Of
Jour friends the samples OF our hne wool suit
tngs, take two or three orders and you have
earned the suit You can't Sail to get orders.
Our go beautiful samples create q sensation
wherever shown. No one ever saw ouch mater
!als ut the price before. You take no risk
Everything Is shipped on approval, subject to "a
hours examination. Customers try goods ON
and must be satisfied with style, at and gu aIity
before paying. We Pay Express on Every
thing. You can undersell everybody. Ges
clothes for your friends at less cost than they
pay anywhere else and make wholesalers, Job.
ber's and retail dealers profits. That means
the Hwellest, cleanest and incest business In
Americal A Big Business that more than
doubles your earnings. We want you to repre-
sent us now Don't wait until somebody else
takes this great business. No experience nec-
essary We furnish you our portfolio with 60
samples Of the latest weaves, fabrics and coli
ors, absolutely free. Do you want this swell
made toorder suit and this remarkably easy
money making business that will make you
rtch? A postal or letter mailed to US once gives
you swell clothes and big business. Write
us now. a postal card Will do. Or tell your
friends about 1t. fse
PARAGON TAIL RlNG CO., Dept 80, Ciltcaao. iii.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
SPINAL CORD is sEWED UP
Remarkable Surgical Operation Per-
formed on Policeman and Re.
stores Him to Health.

Mt. Vernon, NJ Y.-Patrolman Pas
quail J. Ruffalo Of this city, who was
shot. through the spine in saloon
brawl a few months ago. has been dis
charged from the hospital completely
recovered, thanks to the unusual OPP
Grafton which was performed on him.
It consisted Of stitching together
two-thirds OF the spinal cord, which
had been shot away, and sewing up
the envelope which covers the cord
The surgeons at the hospital mar
vel at the recovery of the policeman,
because he was seized with paralysis
in the lower limbs, and 1t was general
" believed he could not live.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Corn Prizes.

Senator Robert L. Owen Of Okla,
homa will give the following prizes
to the Boys Corn Club OF the state If
oklahoma: $500 to the Country Corn
Club making the best showing: 5000
to the Country Corn Club making the
second best showing; 5000 to the
Country Corn Club making the third
best showing.
A country club must nave at least
40 members to contest for the prizes.
Clubs having more than 40 members
may select 40 members making the
best showing.
Thousands of dollars ought to be
offered for prizes for the Boys Corn
Clubs in the south. This is a great
opportunity for philosophical citizens
to be Of great benefit to their peop1a
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Mrs. Robert Burdette Scores
0verdressing.
Young Woman Should Choose Style
Of Dress Best Suited to Her Fig.
ure and colorina-Men Also
Come In for Advice.

Chicago.-A word picture OF the
model young woman-a fashion dis
daining persons sans store" hair and
French heels-was drawn for the
benefit OF Lake Forest university CO.
eds by Mrs. Robert Burdette, ex-
ponent Of "the revised simple life
While the masculine members of
student body and faculty smiled
broadly and the inundated votaries OF
fashion flushed deep, deep red, Mrs.
Burdette criticized the girls who buy
their appearance ready made-com
plexion. coiffure and figure-in the
marts Of trade.
When she had finished her remarks
concerning the habits Of women Mrs
Burdette availed herself of the oppor.
tunity to aim shaft at the male
members of the faculty, most of
whom are bachelors. She said man
never can be at his best without a
helpmate
"Girls and women should forget all
about fashion," she said. What suits
one will not be at all becoming to
another, and therefore the basic prin-
ciple Of fashion is wrong. A young
woman should choose the style OF
dress best adapted to her figure and
coloring, and have each succeeding
dress made In the same way by the
same dressmaker
Powder and French heels are
abominable, and woman should make
use Of neither. Colleges should have
q special course on the art Of dress
ing. and require each girl student t,
attend. They should be taught not to
paint or to wear those ridiculous high
heels, and should take private les
sons, II necessary. in choosing their
clothing.
Girls vie with each other in fol-
lowing fashions blindly for two rea-
sons. They wish to excite the jeal-
ousy of others of their sex and they
want to attract men.
Live simply. Do less dancing and
One can't live purely
social life and amount to anything.
| advise you. girls. to get married as
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
FASHION IS WRONG
soon as you can. Man or woman can
not do the best work without a help

soon as you can. Man or woman can
not do the best work without a help
mate"
Several members Of the faculty who
evidently had been enjoying the dis
course and the discontinue of the CO.
eds bit their lips at this point. The
smiles of the male undergraduate,
Beau Brummels Of the campus, wild
ened perceptibly, but were effaced
when Mrs. Burdette calmly resumed.
men as well as women dress too
extrayagantly. see before me many
who Nigh. be classified as college
dudes College boys will not be so
extravagant In matters Of dress when
they begin to pay for their own
clothes. They will find then that silk
woven neckties, spats and other ex-
pensive accessories Of the wardrobe
are not SO necessary as they now
seem"
Mrs. Burdette's address created a
stir such as the university seldom
has experienced, and which probably
will be intensified at chapel, for Rev.
Robert Burdette, husband of Mrs.
Burdette, in whose church in Pasa-
dena, CAL, the revised simple life"
was born, is on the program to deliver
more advice"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Hand and Machine MiIkinu.

Alternate hand and machine milking
was tried with two COWS at the Ma.
Draska experiment station, but the re-
SUITS were not satisfactory. When
machine milking and hand milking are
carried On irregularly and interchange
ably the machine will not draw all
the milk, and, in consequence, more
strlppings are obtained. In the case
OF hard mixers, the sphincter muscle
at the end Of each teat was treated
with dtlator until the milk could
easily be drawn by hand, yet the ma
chine was unable to remove the milk
Inc teat cups and mouthpieces need
to be changed as the lactation period
advances.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Justice is more Christ-like than char

Justice is more Christ-like than char
ity.
Have you a little cooperation In
your home?
It's wise chick that knows its
own incubator.
Faith that won't work isn't worth q
plugged nickel
A screen in time saves many fly in
the milk pitcher.
Variety Of interest in the things of
life is mother of contentment
Walk a mile, and you'll smile; but
If you walk ten, you'll not soon walk
again.
Justice is the first thing we cry
for, and the last thing most OF us
really want.
God is liberal with beauty Even
the bloom Of the despised weed has
pleasing color
Religion and democracy-the kind
you write with a small 'd"-are one
and the same.
The Agricultural Credit society Is
a success in Europe, why not introduce
it in America?
The average man who takes pride In
his family tree had better chop it down
and then saw wood
In almost every town there are
houses to let, a condition which does
not extend to the farm.
When one hand washes the other, It
is all right; it is when both hand wash
neither that mother objects.
Poverty is splendid training for
life-and an advantage we are all will
ing the other fellow should enjoy.
The trouble with lot Of people
is that they deliver their power to
the whistle instead of to the drivers.
1t is somewhat annoying to the
farmer who drives into small town to
find hogs and cattle making their beds
In the middle Of the road.
A fence has three reasons for exist
ence--ft adds beauty to the landscape;
1t keeps the stock In and out; and 1t
marks the extent Of mans property.
Children should be taught that to at
tain the greatest success, superiority
brings its own reward even in the
duties and will be of greater
value to the child than wealth.
1t has been said that one cannot
rise above ones ideals. How impor-
tant, then, tina: children should have
placed before them, and one cannot
begin too soon. high ideals Of self re-
lance, helpfulness, excellence, and
never for an instant be satisfied with
lnferiority or mediocrity.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
DUDE DOG Is BURGLAR ALARM


YARD. Williams went down to the
kitchen to see what was the matter.
He heard the dog scratching at the
BACK door and Whimpering. He opened
the door and was surprised to see that
1t was his own dog. When Sam saw
him ne ran to the back gate, turned
around and barked, ran back few
steps and then ran to the gate again.
something wrong down to the
store said Williams to his wife. He
got into his clothing and went with
the dog. At the shop he found the
front door open. Thieves who had en-,
tered by prying open a back window
with jimmy had stolen two suits of
clothing, and in their stead had been
left two shabby overcoats.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
AMERICA ExcELs IN ROSES
English HorticuIturists Claim, How.
ever, That Their Lilies Are
Better Than Ours.

Phlladelphla.-"Ph Philadelphia Is 1t, as
you Americans say, both as city and
all that is best in horticulture, so far
as we have been able to judge from
our limited VISIT said one of the
members Of the company of visiting
English florists, last evening. when
we return from visits to other cities
we hope to be able to speak more in
detail of city which offers such at
tract1ve inducements to a student OF
horticulture
The visitors, WHO were CHARTERED at
the Colcnnade hotel, include twelve
or the most noted nursery men and
authorities on horticulture In Eng
land. and the party is in charge Of
!. s. Brunton Of the horticultural
Trade Journal of London He is also
head OF the British Carnation society.
While you Americans surpass us in
roses and carnations, we beat you in
lilies and the harder garden plants"
SAID j. S. Gum Of Birmingham.
When an Englishman admits YOUR
superiority In roses it means more
than the mere words express" added
another of the party.
The visitors spent the day seeing
Philadelphia. The guests of w. Atlee
Burpee, they lunched at the Harris
club. where ex-Congressman Wanger
addressed them. After the luncheon
they were driven to various points of
interest throughout the city, reserving
more detailed inspection of the city's
nurseries and horticultural establish.
ments for return visit, which they
will make before returning to England.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
WOMEN LUCKY RACE BETT0Rs
London Bookmakers Say That They
Are Able to Pick Long Shots
One Big Winning.

London.-A bookmaker confirmed
the report that he had paid a society
woman $4,000 on a bet on the City
Suburban. This led to an inquiry
among bookmakers and at latter
sails in regard to women betting. All
have the same story to tell
All agree that with few exceptions
the women bet small amount and go
for long shot. They seem to get
the first wind of a good thing when
there Is one going, and they are bad
payers.
Some OF the bookmakers will not ac-
cept their accounts unless they are
guaranteed by their husbands or other
references.
One big bookmaker said that many
women were clever and get excellent
tips, SO that he is chary Of commit.
ting himself deeply about even the
rankest outsider when any one OF a
score or more women he knows takes
a fancy to back 1t.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Advice to Dairymen.

think dairymen should breed their
own COWS, SOW lots of clover, read
farm papers and be sure to ill the
sllo, says writer in an exchange,
Last spring I cut crop Of clover
and plowed the stubble under. I
planted cattle corn with corn plan
ter in drills, one kernel in place six
inches apart, and harvested a good
crop and filled the silo with it the
last week in September, and now am
feeding 1t, with excellent results.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
GOAT MAKES BED IN A TREE
Animal on Farm Near Fulton, Mo-,
Goes to Roost NlehtIy-No
Danger Of Falling.

Fulton, Mo.-A goat roosting in a
tree is the newest bit of scenery on
the farm of Robert Rogers, two and
one-half miles northeast of Fulton.
Recently Mr. Rogers shipped load
of goats to St. Louis, and upon count.
ing them missed one of the animals.
The other day pedestrian discovered
the strange retreat of the missing
quadruped. The tree projects from the
bank in slanting fashion, which en-
ables the goat to scale it. The branch
on which the goat makes his nightly
bed Is curved in a peculiar fashion,
making 1t possible for his goatship to
lie down without danger Of falling.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10

A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw
Pills will be sent free to anyone on re-
quest. Address Professor Munyon, SD q
Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. If you ara
In need Of medical advice, do not fail to
write Professor Mnnyon Your commune
cation will be treated In strict confidence.
and your case will be diagnosed as care
fully as though you had personal inter-
view.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are unlike
all other laxatives or catharttcs. They
coax the liver into activity by gentle
methods. They do not scour, they do
not grippe. they do not weaken. but they
do start all the secretions Of the liver
and stomach in way that soon puts
these organs in healthy condition and
corrects constipation. In my opinion
constipation is responsible for most all
ments. There are 26 feet OF human
bowels, which il really a sewer pipe.
When this pipe becomes clogged the
whole system becomes poisoned, caus-
Ing biliousness, indigestion and impure
blood, which often produce rheumatism
and kidney ailments. No woman who
suffers with constipation or any liver
ailment can expect to have clear
complexion or enjoy good health. II
I had my way I would prohibit the sale
of nine-tenths Of the cathartics that arc
now being sold for the reason that they
soon destroy the lining Of the stomach.
setting up serious forms Of indigestion.
and SO paralyze the bowels that they re.
fuse to act unless forced by strong
purgatives.
& IA go
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are tonic
to the stomach, liver and nerves They
inyigorate instead OF weaken; they en-
rich the blood Instead OF impovertsh
it; they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put
into it.
These pills contain no calomel, NO
dope; they are soothing, healing and
stimulating. They school the bowels
10 act without physic.
Regular size bottle. containing As pills,
% cents. Munyon's Laboratory, SD &
Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
To Fly Up Broadway.

New York.-Albert Fileux, the mar
who Travelled by the air route from
Paris to London with the late Jonn B
Moisant of Chicago, is In New York
with a -50-horsepower Gnome engine
Bler1ot of the latest type. He said he
planned to be the first man to hy
down the whole length of Broadway,
circle the Statue of Liberty in the bay
and return uptown to Van Cortland
park without ston.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
EiffeI Tower Wireless.

Paris.-The new musical transmit
ter or the Eiffel Tower wireless sta
ton has proved It's superiority over
the old system by enabling the oper-
ator to transmit messages to Canada.
with the old apparatus the Eiffel
Tower was able to receive marconi-
grams from Glace Bay. Nova Scotia,
hut had been unable to send messages
itself over that distance.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
GentIeness Toward Cows.

It will mean a loss to the farmer ta
have a COW afraid of him. It is a loss
every time she is frightened. To run
cow to pasture is like throwing
money away. A cow in any way wor.
ried will not do her best. The COW
that is made a pet of will make money
for her owner. The milk OF the fright,
ened or abused COW is unWholeso1na.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10
Dirty Windows.

Dirty windows in a henhouse don't
Ehake a happy hen family. And an UNI
hapDy family won't lay we'll
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10

Teacher-Tommy, what Is CO.
quette?
Tommy-It's thing you make out
Of what's left of the stewed chicken
laughter viii keep the doctor OF
your doorstep.-Witche
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-10

Regular size bottle, containing Is pills,
% cents. Munyon's Laboratory, SD &
Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-30
TWO AIRsHIP FLIGHTS At
CHARTER OAK PARK
Turpin Of Ohio Gives Severn Minute
Exhibitions.

Hartford, May 29.-Under weather
conditions. decidedly unpropftious.
Clifford Turpin of Dayton. O., made
two flights in a Wright bfpIane at
Charter Oak park this afternoon. The
flights were spectacular and thrilling
Because of the wind which freshened
during the afternoon, and ON account
of his lack of experience in hfzh-v1nd
flights, Oscar A. Brindley, Tfrpin's
partner, did not make g. flight. and ths
other events were postponed until to-
morrow.
Turpin made two 7-minute flights.
On the first ascension he rose TO .
height of about 500 feet. flew to the
southwest corner of tina field and turn-
ing toward the center flew down fhs
field again, landing easily In front Of
the grand stand. The second fight
was similar to the first, save that Ttrr-
pin rose to higher altitude aboszt 7co
feet In front Of the spectators he
made series Of dips. The heavy gusts
of wind made it extremely danzerors
and for a moment 1t hooked as though
the machine would land heavily. but
however 1t took an upward turn, ana
landed easily in the west end Of thA
field.
Tomorrow there will be . ten-snf3@
race between an automobile cpenats1
by Frederick W, Dodd Of this city
and Turpin in his aeroplane The
course will be around the track.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-30
FALSE TEETH MADE
ENTIRELY OF WOOD
Marvellous Piece of Workmanship by
the Japanese.

Spokane, Wash, May "a package
containing a specimen of Japanese skill
and of great interest to dentists has
been received here by the customs post
Office bureau in the parcels post mail
from Japan.
Tt consists of a full set of false
teeth made entirely Of wood. The
carving of the teeth shows marvellous
skill and the art is carried to the
point of initiating the peculiar blush
color Characteristic of the Malay race.
The teeth are made for use and are
pronounced by dentists to be perfect
in conformity with the human jaw. 1t
is their theory that the teeth have
been made after the pattern of a, cast
and are designed to fit particular
person.
In every detail they resemble the
ordinary set, except that in place of
the back teeth or grinders, nails sim
liar to the ordinary hobnail have been
substituted.
The teeth are set and cemented in
the plates by some unknown process.
The wood could not be identified, but
it is believed to be a native japanese
wood of extraordinary hardness.
The only defect that could be found
by dentists is that they might prove
unsanitary by absorbing the juices of
the mouth. They are consigned to a
japanese in the east.