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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Some Mosquitoes.

"Yes," said the traveller who had
Just returned from South Africa. "1
was one day so annoyed by mosquitoes
that was compelled to take refuge in
an old iron safe which lay discarded
on the yeldt.
my first emotions of JOY at my
happy deliverance were hardly over
when the mosquitoes, seeming me, be-
gan to drive their stingers through
the safe. Fortunately, | had a ham
mer in my pocket, and as fast as their
stingers came through the iron /
clinched them, until at length such
a host of them was fastened down in
this way that, when they started to
fly away, they carried me and that
safe miles.
Then, one by one, they died with
the exertion, and was able to come
out with safety. Yes, wonderful
things happen in foreign parts. -
Ideas.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Traveller Is Unable to Take Along
Supply Because Duty Is High
Customs Officers Alert.

New York.-"The cigars you buy IN
France are notorious" said a smoker
recently who has lately come back
from Europe, land it is really impos-
sible to get a decent cigar at retail
at anything like fair price. | know
of three places in Paris where you
can get good cigars by the box, one
which for many years was under the
Grand hotel and is now across the
boulevard from it; another in the
Rue Ste Honore, near the bottom OF
the Avenue de rOpera, and the other
in the Champs Elysees. a little below
the Elysee Palace hotel.
when I started for Paris from Lon
don l had forty cigars in box which
had cost me just SO. I had bought
them in London, thinking that as in
the past I would be allowed to take
forty cigars in at Boulogne free OF
duty. An American who lives in
London told me on the channel boat
that new law prohibited the admls-
But he added, the duty Is so small
that you need not be alarmed
Nov, long experience has taught
me that the moment you declare any
thing to French customs officer you
lay yourself open tS trouble. rsyou
tell him you have anything dut1able
he is very apt to make a thorough
search. remember that once |
bought a box of twenty-five cigars at
Baden Baden and declared them when
/ reached French Agincourt, with the
result that not only did the customs
man 60 minute1y through all my hand
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
ME,ETZE LADY
MEETS SUCCESS
In Curing Herself Of Serious Fe-
male Ailments, by the Use
of Cardui.

Meetze, va.-Mrs. J. c. Green, In q
letter from this city, says: Il SUI
fered with womanly troubles, SO that /
could hardly sit up. Two OF the best
doctors in our town treated me, and I
tried different medicines, until I gave
up all hope of ever getting we'll.
One day, decided to try some Car
dui. 1t did me SO much good that I
ordered some more, and 1t cured me!
Today, feel as we'll as ever did In
my life.
The pains and the trouble are all
gone. I feel like another person, in
every way. I wish every sufferer
could know what Cardui will do, for
sick women"
Thousands of ladies have written,
like Mrs. Green, telling of their really
remarkable recovery, from various
forms of weakness and distress. Car
dui brought relief, after other rem
edies had failed to help.
Isn't it likely that you will be helped
by Cardui, this remedy that has been
In constant successful use for more
than half century? Its record, OF
years of success, in relieving troubles
such as your own, is proof that 1t will
help you, too. Try it.
Get a bottle, from your druggist, to-
day.
N. B.--Write to: LADIES' Advisory
Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat
tanooEa, Tenn, for Special Instruc-
lions, and 64-page book, "Home Treat-
ment for Women sent In plain wrap
ser, On request
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
RASH ALL OVER BABY's BODY
Itched So He Could Not Sleep

"On July 27, 1909, we left Boston for
a trip to England and Ireland, taking
baby with us. After being in Ireland
few days a nasty rash came out all
over his body. We took him to doc
tor who gave us medicine for him.
The trouble started in the form Of a
rash and was all over baby's body,
head and face, at different times. 1t
irritated, and he would scratch it with
all his might. The consequence was
it developed into sores, and we were
afraid it would leave nasty scars on
his face.
when we reached England we took
baby to another doctor, who said his
condition was due to change of food
and climate, and gave more medicine.
The rash got no better, and it used to
itch and burn at night so bad that the
child could not sleep. He was COM
pletely covered with it at different
mother advised us to try Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. After using Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for
about nine months the places disap
peared. There are not any scars, or
other kind of Disagreement, and baby
is completely cured by the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. We have no fur
Their trouble with baby's skin. Moth
ing stopped the itching, and allowed
baby to sleep but Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment" (Signed) Mrs.
Margaret Gum, 20 Burrell ST., Rox-
bury, Mass, March II, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to Cuti-
cura," Dept IA K, Boston.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
French Cigars Are Costly
luggage, but actually searched my

luggage, but actually searched my
pockets.
However, at Calais I declared my
forty cigars and handed them to the
sdouanier,' at the same time remind
ing him that ten cigars were exempt
He Immediately demanded to see
the cigars and carried them off in
triumph to the head official. Then
he came back and probed my valises.
well, they soaked me s2.37 duty
on the thirty cigars, which was &C.
tually more than they had cost me.
When | reached Paris and the officers
asked me if there was anything duti-
able in my trunk said, No. and it
was not opened.
"The next day l was passing the
cigar shop opposite the Grand hotel
and was surprised by the cheapness
of cigars that were exposed in the
show windows. I went in, filled with
remorse that I had even condemned
the French method of selling cigars,
and found that the cigars in the win
dows were in sense a hoax. The
retail price was quoted, but you could
not buy at that price unless you took
a box
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
This One IL on Eiuol1.

when came into the Union sta
ton the other morning, after travelling
all night said Hugh Reilly, at the
Commercial club, 81 went into the
barber shop. When you spend the
night on sleeping car said to the
barber, it doesn't improve your per.
sonal appearance, does it?'
"tWell,' said he, as he looked me
over, 81 don't know how you looked
when you started, but perhaps you're
right. '"-Washingto Herald.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Home Medicine Company,
Nashville, Tenn,
Not in Circulation There.

An error of a new clerk in the mail
ing department of an eastern publish
err was responsible, the other day, for
the mailing of a prospectus to a world
famous statesman, who had been dead
for some years. The letter was re-
turned few days later with the fol
loving Endorsement: I'm Heaven, -,
1911. Gentlemen: AS your publica.
lions are not permitted to circulate
here, I believe it would be useless for
me to subscribe for them. Yours re
spectfully," and here followed the
name Of the famous statesman.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Remarkable Nest OF Wasps.

Liverpool.-A remarkable nest Of
wasps has been discovered on the
Bedfordshire estate of Lord Ampthi1l,
where a man, using three wire wasp
traps has caught over 1000 Wasps.
The nest consisted of six tiers,
which stood six and a half inches
high, and measured eight and half
inches across.
The cells contained grubs and
young wasps in different stages of
growth. An elm tree near byS was
covered with wasps in clusters vary
ing in size from that of walnut to that
of q. tennis ball.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
HOURS ON A PRISON ROOF
Fnsh "Covle," Trying to Escape,
|nnases Pedestrians With Songs
and Other Antics.

81 hours of liberty"
els Jail roof, prisoner who eluded
sgllance Of his wardors while at
ause and clambered up a fall-pipe,
i surrendered. hungry, tired,
much subdued in spirit. The only
rue mad had during his long out
oaslsted of a few apples which
Eas In the crowd whom he enter
s threw to him.
snley jail, Leeds. was the scene of
sange escapade. The man, said
Ivy mad some naval training,
nv up the water pipe to the roof
ae agility of a monkey.
ssace ne stationed himself on the
Z turreted air shaft standing Is
spoFe the roof. Warders who
ssa MS recapture he kept at bay
Il yates he had stripped from the
Ae time the officials had decided
s,aIslng him out a considerable
n Jag collected In the street. The
= intervals amused his audience
INA. songs, hornpipes, spiritedly
On the narrow ledge of the tur-
l.atlons of cutlass drill, soma
Eb,. s,saailng, swimming, etc. DC.
ls ne addressed the crowd, de.
N us ne was "on strike"
Il, q, 3 not until late in the after.
IN slst ne broke his fast. Then he
m sSa % catch two or three apples
4 ,s, ~ out for q few hours longer
", Jug not faceI another hungry
NE air-shaft ledge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
|nand for Good Teachers
|Greater Than Ever Before.
ss,oenino of Schools Shows That De-
|lre for knowledge Has Kept Bet
Ter Than Abreast of Growth
In Population.

agey York.-"The schools OF the
Satry are opening this month and
M an increased attendance which
ktEs that the American thirst for
ration has kept ahead of the
gTth in population" This was said
n manager of the largest teachers
sacy In the country, who from the
are u his work is in touch with the
Rational situation all over the
}atry. incidentally, he added that
Sa times were ahead for the mem
HI of the teaching profession.
44lia last school census showed that
100000 were enrolled in the various
ltutions Of the country. While NO
Hes for the present year are OBJ
Esble, 1t is estimated that common
8bbools alone have at least 100000
|zlls.
8Igt Of the public schools in the
MA and east open soon after Labor
d The exceptions are some schools
eewrthern New England, where, ow-
Rio the hard winters and the diff
sfles Of transportation, sessions are
u only in the spring and autumn.
gIa the far south the heat delays
afnl openings, and in some districts
sfs do not return until November.
latest Institutions to begin the
sss work are some of the southern
Saon schools, which depend mainly
III teachers from the north. SEES
S there are postponed until late in
lall, so that the northern teachers
II not be subjected to the unaccus-
20 climate.
sas1t OF the colleges and universities
e nave begun work by the first of
DER. AS rule the state universe
u and normal schools start earlier
IA the universities privately en-
a and have longer terms.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
a Reader Cures His
Constipation Try II Free
Simple Way for Any Family the Good Health Members

The editors OF Health Hints and
Questions and Answers have one ques-
ton that is put to them more often than
any other, and which. strangely enough,
That is Flow can cure my constipa-
tion?''
DIR. Caldwell. an eminent specialist in
diseases of the stomach, liver and bowels
has looked the Whole field over, has prac-
tised the specially for forty years and is
convinced that the ingredients contained
in what Is called DR.. Ca1dWell's Syrup
Pepsin, has the best claim to attention
from constipated people.
It's success in the cure Of stubborn con-
stipation has done much to displace the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
POMONA
Stops Rayages
of tuberculosis

A tissue building compound that re-
neves the system.
Working upon the theory that tu-
berculosis Is aided by run down sys-
tenn the opposite view presented itself
In the assertion that a healthful body
could not harbor a diseased or con-
sumptive lung.
Then the scientific fight demanded a
tonic or tissue building medicine.
POMONA, a purely vegetable COM
pound containing neither narcotics nor
chemicals, seems to have been the
great restorative wherever it has been
taken at time before all possible
hope of recovery was lost.
The letter below from Mr.. A. B.
Stark, WisWell, KY, gives you in a
concise statement exactly the wonder
full results that are daily being OBJ
tanned by those who are in the hold
of the great White Plague.
June Is, 1911.
Home Medicine Company,
Nashville, Tenn.
Gentlemen
/ had the measles and they left me
with bad cough, and hardly able to
get about. had heard of your won
derful remedy, POMONA. I have
taken one bottle of it, after which I
feel as good as I ever did in my life.
can safely say that it is the best
remedy for coughs and general debil-
ity that can be had.
On sale by all druggists.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Eoas Laid TOR 1900 Miles.

MiddIetown, Conn, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
W. Kirkham, Jr., and their four chill
dren have just arrived here by wagon,
completing a trip Of 1000 miles from
Staples. Mimi, which they left on June
%. Seventeen Minnesota chickens
carried in a small COOP under tbs
wagon, were hale and hearty, having
laid thAr usual average of eggs all
the way.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
w. N. u, MEMPHIS, NO. 41-1s11.

and such things. Syrup Pepsin, by train~
ing the stomach and bowel muscles 20
again do their work naturally. and witaa
nerves. brings about a lasting cure
Among it's strongest supporters are MR.
John Graveline of So Milwaukee Ave.e
horna City and thousands OF others. ri
can be obtained OF any druggist DIT fiftA
cents and one dollar a bottle, or Il YOU
| want to try 1t first a free sample bottl@
can be obtained by writing the doctor.
For the free sample address DIR. w. I'D
Caldwell, 2ol Caldwell building, Montia
| cello, I'LL
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Woman Builds House Unassisted.

Wakefield, Mass. = Although she
never drove a nail until three months
ago, Miss Henrietta Boyes has just
completed the building of a bungalow
unassisted The building has five
rooms and bath, hardwood floors
throughout and all modern improve
ments. While engaged in the heavy
carpenter work Miss Boyes donned
oVeralls and jumper.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
a Sunerios Person.

F. H. Elliott, the secretary Of the
American Automobile association,
was talking about a somewhat super
cilious and conceited millionaire.
He's a very superior person" Mr..
Elliott said, smiling. Hes the sort
of person who would be sure to go
to horse show in motor car and to
an automobile show in monoplane.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
II.

MARY" said a mother to her quick
tempered little girl, you must not
get mad and say things. You should
always give a soft answer
When her little brother provoked
her an hour afterward. Mary clenched
her little fist and said, "Mush! 81 The
Watchward.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04

The talent Of success is nothing
more than doing what you can do
well, and doing well whatever you do,
without a thought of fame.-Longfel-
low.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Mule Scalps Boy.

Louisville, KY : Eleven-y ear-old
Charles Polk, playing in the garden
of his fathers home at Jefferson. got
too close to the steel-shod family mule.
Today his scalp was sewed on. Fiji
teen stitches were necessary to hold
the warlock in place.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
az have only one friend on earth

You can't tell how much money a
man is making from the clothes he
wears. You must get q look at his
wife's.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Overheard in Venice.

isn't it romantic, John, DEAR" said
she, as they sat in the little Venetian
garden, ito sit here and listen to these
Italian troubadours singing their bal
lads bathed in the moonlight"
Yes, DEAR" replied John, with a
deep-drawn sigh "But l sometimes
wish they'd battle in something be-
sides moonlight, don't you. It might
less romantic, but it would be a
darn sight more hygienic." -Harper's
Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04

1t is still about as easy to find a
man who will sell his birthright for
a mess of pottage as it was in the
time of Esau.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Not KNOCKING SIattery.

Mrs. Coogan-An' the little thing is
the devils own image Of his father.
Mrs. slattery-Yis, but don't nnoind
that so long as he kapes hflthy.-
Puck.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inaammar
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc bottle.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04

If the average man has occasion tc
generate good, hearty laugh once a
month, he is playing in great luck.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04

AS dawn precedes the sun, st
should acquaintance precede love
Du Bose
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
A Perilous Duty.

"My position" remarked the emf
nent physician, sis one requiring the
greatest tact and diplomacy"
What is the trouble?"
Il feel conscientiously obliged to
tell several of my most wealthy and
influential patients that they overeat."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04

TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS
Chill TONIC. You know what you are taling.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing it is simply Quinino and Iron in tastelesS
form, ana the most enectual form. For grown
people and children, 50 cents.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Lauohinq Down a Within.

"The bluff, CHEEKY optimism of Sen
ator Frye" said Lewiston divine,
could not brook a wilmer. Once at
a dinner here in Lewiston a wilmer
seated opposite Senator Frye said
dolefully:
81 have only one friend on earth
my dog.
why don't on get another dag?'
said Senator Frye.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04

Mr.. Chumpleigh-My, but it's hot in
Eere, doncherknow. feel as though I
were being cooked.
Miss Causteque-Broiled lobster
isn't so bad.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04

Not Grape.
The head partner of fourishing
firm had recently died. A few days
after the funeral an old friend called
at the Office and said:
I'm grieyed to hear you have sus-'
tanned such a loss in Mr.. and
can see you all feel 1t very much by
hanging Grape on the wall
THAT'S no GRAPE" replied the clerk;
fsthat's the office boys lowell
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NO PAY ply M % % PAY
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-02-16

Embryo Man-of-War's Man at Least
Convinced officer He Was At
tending so His Duty.

This Is the story of one of the mem
bers OF the Massachusetts Naval Re-
serves. On the second night of the
cruise Of the San Francisco one OF
the amateur tars was on watch. The
night was clear, and myriads of stars
twinkled In the sky, but there was no
moon. Suddenly the reserve sang out,
Light ahoyl" Where away?" asked
the officer of the deck Far. Tar
away replied the would-be man-of-
wars man. When the officer had re-
covered from the shock occasioned by
this unseamanlike answer he looked
over the rail In the direction iDdicat-
ed by the reserves finger, and then
he had another fit, What's the
matter with your" growled the officer.
Cant you recognize the rising moon
when you see it?" moon! moon!"
stammered the embryo sea dog II
beg your pardon, sir" Then he
shouted, as If making amends for his
error, Moon ahoy!"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-02-16
SYNOPSIS.

Al the expense OF a soiled hat Robert
Cfme saves from arrest a girl in a black
touring car who has caused traffic lam
on state street, He buys a new hat and
~ given in change five dollar bill with
remember the person you pay this to-"
written on it, A second time he helps the
lady in the black car, and learns that in
Tom and Bessie Wallingham they have
mutual friends, hut gains no further hint
OF her identity, He discovers another in
ecrlpuon on the marked bill. which, in a
futile attempt to decipher 1t, he copies
and places the copy in a drawer in his
apartment. Senior Poritol, South Ameri-
can, calls, and claims the marked bill
orme refuses, and fight ensues in
which Poritol is overcome. He calls in
senor Alcatrante, minister from his coun-
Try, TO vouch for him. Orme still refuses
to give up the bill. Orme goes for walk
and sees two Japs attack Alcatrante. He
rescues him. Returning to his rooms
Orme is attacked by two Japs who eff
rect forcible exchange of the marked
Dill Tor another. Orme finds the girl Of
the black car waiting for him. She also
wants the bill. Orme tells his story. She
recognizes one of the Japs as her father $
butler, Maku The second inscription on
the bill is the ley to the hiding place Of
Important papers stolen from her father.
Both Japs and South Americans want the
papers. Orme and the Girl" start out in
the black car In quest of the papers. In
the university grounds In Evanston the
hiding place Is located. Maku and an
other Jap are there. orme fells Maku
and the other Jap escapes. Orme finds In
Maku's pocket a folded slip of paper. He
takes the girl whose name is still I'M
known to him, to the home of friend in
Evanston. Returning to the university
grounds Orme gets in conversation with a
hear a motor boat in trouble in the dark
ness on the lake
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-02-16
CHAPTER VII.
A Japanese at LARGE.

What was the girl doing out there
in mid-lake in the company of her
enemy? Orme had seen her enter the
house Of her friends in Evanston; had
hidden her goodnight with the I'M
derstanding that she was to make no
further move in the game before the
coming morning, She must have left
the house soon after he walked away.
Had she known all the time where
the Japanese was? Had she hunted
him out to make terms with him? If
that were the case, her action indi-
Gated a new and unsupported distrust
of Orme himself. Her failure to call
for help when Orme and Porter came
UP in their launch seemed to show
that her presence in the other boat
was voluntary. And yet Orme could
not believe that there was not some
simple explanation which she would
welcome the first chance to make. He
could not doubt her
The immediate thing to do, how
ever, was to find out just what she de-
sired. Suppressing his excitement,
he called out:
Girl"
At the same time he turned the Ian
tern so that his own face was H.
Illuminated.
"Mr. Orme!" she cried, rising from
her seat. you here?"