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her great temple was her chief glory.
The glory OF that which was Thebes
are the ruins Of that temple, erected
for the worship of Ammon. the Unre-
vealed, holder Of the Sceptre of Power
and the Cross Of Love. late the zeus
eof Greece and the Jupiter Of Rome.
What is left CT 1t is colossal; what It
must have been In its full magnid.
cence many have sought to imagine:
that which exists Is but q tenth part
of that which has persisted.
The encircl1ing wall OF raw bricks,
some parts OF which are still visible,
enclosed q space OF over $40 acres.
The first entrance, from the interior
OF which this photograph was taken, Is
about 367 feet wide and about 1876
feet In height. It stands before the
large court shown In the foreground.
On either side Of this are columns;
then comes the great columned hall,
Its entrance guarded on the right BY a
stone Pharaoh In the inner court
stands an obelisk OF Thothmes |. Ths
huge doorWays ieadings from court to
court are particularly fine. The tenn
pie was one OF the wonders Of the an
clent world.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08
FLIPPED COIN FOR MILLIONS
Men Buy Land Where Little Silver
Piece Falls and Are Rewarded
by Fortune In Oil.

San Francisco-Four thousand bar
rels of oil day are gushing from an
old oil field in the Bakersfield coun-
try that was discovered through the
Tipping Of a silver coin The owners
Of the gnsher are Clarence Berry,
John D. Spreckles, Jr.; William Ma
guire and Charles Holbrook, said to
be worth millions. Recently offered
an option on oil lands they were
dubious about the prospect.
Which bit Of land to buy we don't
know said Spreckles, so ret us toss
a coin and see where 1t falls. Wen
buy there"
The other agreed. 4 coin was spun
high in the air. The place where it
fell was marked out The property
was acquired. Engineers were put to
work. The first boring made was at
the spot whore the coin fe-,.,. In less
than week oil began to squirt. Now
the CHIEF concern of the investors In
the land is to supply enough barrels
to lake care Of the gushing oil.
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Hurryinu lJp Thinas.

Eyes, in this business we have To
hustle some" said the drummer, "but
occasionally run across a man who
can beat me at hurrying up things.
For instance, got off at a small town
in Indiana a few days ago and, dis.
covering a good-loolsing girl, hirted
with her BIT and received an invite
to call at the house that evening. Be-
fore had been seated ten minutes the
mother looked into the room. Five
minutes later the old man took peep,
At the end of 20 he entered and asked
my name and prospects. Before the
hour was up he was back to ask IL |
loved his daughter had TO answer
yes. and what do you suppose he did r.
It's hard to say" was answered.
He telephoned a preacher and
brought him in to perform the mar
riage ceremony, and when / begged
for day to think things over he
bumped me out of the house, and next
morning saw that took the train. He
said he was born hustler, and he
didn't want a son-in-IaW who wasn't
the same
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For Self and Wife
BY IZOLA FORESTER
(copyright. Ig1z. BY Aasoeia.ed Literary Prsss.l

I'm positive It's Ralph Vera
leaned forward In her steamer chair
to get a good look at the man who
had just passed. He has marched
around about 40 times so far this
morning, Phil, and do wish you'd
find out for me-
didn't know you were SO keen
on digging up Ralph" Phips tone
was mere grunt Of disgust, from
the depths of his rug. Didn't that
die out at Pinehurst last fall?''
Didn't what die out?" Vera
looked meditatiVely and innocently
out to sea.
Weren't you engaged?s
Not exactly"
Not exactly? Upon my word, Vera,
you girls get on my nerves. You
think loves a polo game When a
chap comes cropper, you lift your
eyebrows, and ssay It's too bad he
can't play right. You know Ralph
was awfully cut up after you left,
and-when did you see him last?"
Vera rose, smiling mysteriously.
Phil, itfwouldn't be right for me
to tell you. It's bad enough to en-
courage those-er-polo players, but
it's worse to give a description Of
how they took the tumble. Go and
find out from the ships list if 1t Is
Ralph: there's a dear. And If It IS,
look him up, and be nice
Most unwillingly Phil obeyed In
structions. There was over six years
between Vera and himself, and an
elder sister has rights which even q
fellow of eighteen has to recognize.
Carefully he went over the list Of first
cabin passengers, but found no such.
name as Ralph Maynard.
He's In stateroom D, promenade
deck, because asked a steward"
Phil protested. who's got that room
can you tell?"
Somerset Lane, for self and wtee,''
the purser told him. II think they're
Just married, and on their honey
noon
Il don't believe it, Vera said,
calmly, when Phil brought back the
news. 1T is Ralph. know. now,
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must now be content with short con.
stitutiona1s limited to the city streets
and adjacent rural roads. He has bid
regretful adieu to the centuries
OF decade ago when he was but a
septuagenarfan and less matured
than the present day.
81 Mr.. Davis is now living in retire.
ment at his home in Peoria county
and Is fond Of recalling his early ex-
perience as a Wheelman. He was 81
years of age when the craze for bicy-
cles swept over the country. He be-
came intensely interested and invest
ed in one OF the early type with the
mammoth wheel in front and small
wheel behind, known as the aordi
naries. He made the switch to the
safety type as soon as the latter was
introduced and has ridden many ma.
chimes since, running up a mileage
close to 10000. greater than any 9th.
er man of his years.
At the age OF q he had ridden 10o,-
900 miles and earned a remarkable col
lection Of medals In various COMPETE
TONS The medal which he prizes the
most was given to him By the Century
Road Club Of America for riding {, 030
miles IN 1902, more than any one per.
son In the United States. n 1896 he
covered 12,4oO miles and was then
ninth on the list. The fact that be
was in the front rank III 1902 with a.
900 miles less. Indicated the decline OF
the wheel as medium De sport.
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because bowed to him as he went
by the forty-hrst time, while you
were gone, and he knew me. Why
should he ship under an assumed
name?"
Maybe It's secret marriage, .
suggested Philip archly. Hes a wise
old dog, anyway
He is not, Phil. If ever there was
an open-and-above-boar straightfor-
ward boy, it's Ralph Maynard Did it
give the wife's nameg
Phil shook his head.
Just said for self and wife,
sBut where's the wife? If he were
on his honeymoon, would he be tramp
ing the deck madly hour after hour.?'
Maybe she's seasick," Phil sug-
gested brightly. Il saw him talking
to that old chap from Virginia in the
smoker this morning, SO on the way
back.up the companionway / ran into
him and asked if he knew Somerset
Lane. He said he did, that he was a
bully young chap, and 1t was a shame
his wife was SO delicate that she had
to keep to her stateroom Sall through
the passage over"
Vera's face was study. She
froWned and pursed her pretty lips
tensely. Some way, she could not
picture Ralph's wife at all She could
only remember the last night at Pine
hurst. It had been in September, and
the Carolina beach looked wonderful
II fair in the rich, golden moonlight.
Hatless, they had mounted horses and
gone for a canter at low tide along the
wet sands, far, far out, to what they
called Lovers Leap. It was a iutting
head1and Of rock that cut Off the:
beach And 1t. was here that Ralph
had taken his chance with Fate. She
could see him still, bending toward
her from his saddle, his face bit
hard and tense in the cool moonlight,
his eyes fill of yearning. She had
said no, OF course-every girl does
the first time she Is asked by man
and If he had been older he would
have understood the challenge In her
eyes and Words and fought the game
out with her to Its winning. She had
wished him to win, but the next
morning when she had risen she got
the news Of his departure for New
York on the first train out
And now he was on board, under
an assumed name, In a stateroom
for self and wife"
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Little Girls Lona viciI.

Forty hours on a cold, lonely noun,
tain by the side of her disabled col
lie, was the vigil kept on High noun
tain, N. T., recently by Anna Martin.
FIVE years old. Annals protector had
been rendered helpless by big boul-
der which broke both his hind legs
and held him pinned fast to the
ground. The rock was too large for
Anna to move; but hour after hour she
stood by her stricken pet, giving what
comfort she could in endearing words
and caresses and bringing water to
him in her hat from an adjoining
spring. On the second night, after
Vainly waiting to be found, little Anna,
tired out, went to sleep, with her
arm about the neck OF the injured pet.
Thus they were found by searching
party next morning
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08
THREE CURED OF ECZEMA

When a child. / suffered eight
years with eczema. / could not sleep
at night, and had sores all over my
chest. We had doctors and none
could do any good, until my mother
saw the advertisement Of the Cuti.
cura Remedies in the paper. We used
the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Resolvent, and they cured me OF
eczema. ! also used them on my Ave
children. Two OF them had eczema
very badly. When my children had
eczema, I was not worried at all. as
4 knew the Cuticura Remedies would
do their work. They had sores all
over their heads, their hair would fall
out, and they would scratch all night
and day They had It ON their heads.
face, and In back of the ears SO that
thought their ears would drop off. 7
washed their heads and bodies with
Cuticura Soap and they are as clean
and Ointment also cured my children
Of ringworm j would not be without
the Cuticura Remedies. They are
wonderful" (signed) Mrs. Violet
Cole, rs s. Redfeld st.. Philadelphia,
Pa, Oct. 20, 1910.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are
sold throughout the world. Send to
Potter Drug & Chem Corp, sole
props. Boston, for free book on skin
and scalp diseases and their treat
ment.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08
Crops Grown cheaply and Sue
cessfuIIy in Coal Regions.
Some Bright Person Who Knew Some
thing About Plant Discovered That
Dark Underground Chambers
Were as Good as Cellars.
Tho |. !

New York.-''Do you see these?"
remarked man who raises mush-
rooms. as he pointed to pile Of
mushrooms. We'll, happen to know
that those mushrooms came out Of a
coal mine In Pennsylvania.
Seems funny, doesn't IT, that mush-
rooms and coal should come from the
same place, but the fact Is that quite
3 few Mushrooms are taken out Of the
mines now. Occasionally they help
to glut the market, too.
or course, as everybody knows,
mushrooms are raised In cellars, and
wo essentials are proper fertilizer
carefully applied and an even tenn
perature. Some bright person who
knew something about mushrooms
discovered that when 1t came to grow
ing them artifcially the dark cham
bers of mine we're as good as the
ordinary cellar, and that you could
raise mushrooms at less cost In them.
In the first place, the mules fur
nished Just the right kind Of manure
for nothing, and then the temperature
OF d mine is always even, SO that 1t
cost nothing to supply heat. There
are lots Of places in the Pennsylvania
coal mines which can be used for
growing mushrooms, and before long
mine mushrooms are certain to be
quite q factor In the market. be-
lieye.
THE largest part of New York's
supply of mushrooms comes from
Pennsylvania anyway and some OF the
large growers are located in the coal
vegions, hence 1t Is not strange that
the idea Of growing them In mines
should be taken up there.
Nowadays the profit In raising
mushrooms for the market Is not
what 1t used to be. Formerly the
mushroom grower could easily get 81
q pound for them and was always
sure Of getting his crop taken as fast
as It matured. Four thousands pounds
OF mushrooms might be called a fair
crop for the man who makes busi-
ness Of growing them and as you can
get q crop every six weeks with care
10
full planning you can see how profit
able 1t was then.
THE number of mushroom raisers
has Increased tremendously in the last
few years, Awith the result that last
week. for example, you could buy the
best mushrooms for Is cents a pound.
The mushroom market IS uncertain,
because IL isn't regulated at all. There
are no seasons for mushrooms and no
combination Of growers. Hence at
times the market Is glutted with
them, while at other times the amount
brought ii Is small and the price goes
up. s5,5s
= lot of people have CONS into
zasalasoom farming with view OF sup
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Doc Has Gold Tooth.

New York.-Dr. Fred seibert, den.
list, 135 Sherman avenue, is looking
for his first patient, now missing from
home.
The habits Of this patient were not
always Of the best He drank beer
and smoked cigarettes.
The patient consented to allow the
doctor to put in q front gold tooth
while the doctor was student. Il was
a long gold crown and made the pa
stient the most aristocratic dog In its
neighborhood.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08
Girl In PaIamas on Car.

Omaha, Neb.--Dressed in a suit Of,
blue silk patamas and wearIns tbs
thoughtful air Of a somnambulist, Miss
Sadie Allen. pretty tWenty-one-yea1
sid Omaha girl. boarded Harvey
street car at midnight the other night
came down to the business part Of the
city and was finally awakened by ply
sicians, who took her In charge. When
with the aid Of glass OF Ice water
she was brought to consciousness she
went into Mysteries. She was wrapped
IN tableclothg from O nearby cafe and
taken home In an aatonobila
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f. 4 say, Vera. here he comes, Phil
said suddenly. m going. Good
luck, sis. You might offer my con
ordinations with your own. They
say lemons are good for seasickness."
The next moment Ralph Maynard
stood In front Of her, cap off, very
erect, and on the defensive, but with
the same splendid brown eyes that
could plead a cause better than all
the lips in the world, she had once
| thought.
81 would have spoken before, but
you didn't seem to remember me,
| Miss Chalmers
We've only been out one day.
She looked up with a smile, but it
was not an encouraging smile. A
girl does not feel sunny and sweet
tempered toward a man who takes
unto himself a wife six months after
he has made love to her. i had not
noticed you before.
May take PhiIs chair for a
while?''
Surely, If you wish She waited
a moment, then said gently, very gent
~: How Is your wife, Mr.. Maynard n
Good Lord, I'm not married,
gasped the boy. How can you ask
that, when you know / never loved
any woman in the world but you.
Vera? Why, I heard at the last min
ute you and Phil were sailing on this
boot fo,r fb, TI,tt1<, .,1<,d dinc ~ n ondo
and caught It at the last minute, Just
for the chance Of even looking at
you"
Haven't you a wife in stateroom
D, who is seasick and unable to ap-
pear during the voyage?''
He met her clear blue eyes un-
flinchingly and tried to speak, but she
went on. Didn't you tell the old gen
tleman from Virginia, In the smoker,
that your wife was delicate? Aren't
you registered on the list as Somer-
set Lane2 Oh, Ralph, | never thought
you could do such a thing! And then
to make love to me-"
She tried to rise, but he caught
both her hands and held her firmly.
Listen, sweetheart" he said. Il
was fool enough to let you get away
from me last fall at Pinehurst, but
you wont this time am registered
as Somerset Lane Don't struggle,
please, TILL get through, and the
passage was booked for self and
wife ;"
Then where's your wife?s she
flashed back.
She's myth" he laughed. 1T was
too late to engage a regular passage
on this boat. Everything was taken.
So hustled to the brokers' offices
and landed a ticket and booking for
Somerset Lane and wife"
But who are they?"
WHO cares? I took the double
booking, of course, for the chance Of
crossing with you. And had to
carry it out, didn't I? am Somerset
Lane, pro tenn. II my wife isn't sea-
sick, where is she? / have to tell
something about her, or they'll accuse
me of having thrown her overheard.
Don't you seer
Her eyes were full OF mirth. Its
very suspicious"
Not half SO suspicious as It will
be when come backson another boat
under my own name, with another
wife. Can you risk it, Vera?''
She hesitated and sighed, then
laughed again.
Il suppose that is really as near as
you'll ever get to a proposal Ralph,
so I'll have to say yes. You may
book passage for self and wife on the
return trip, but don't you dare take
it on this boat. Z"
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APPALLING Excuse.

This is the fifth time you have
been brought before me this term.
said the Judge, frowning severely upon
the prisoner at the bar.
Yes, your honor said the prisoner
You know q man IS judged by the
company he keeps, and like to be-
seen talkin' to your honor for the
sake Of me credit
All right" said the Judge. "Ofieer,
take this man over to the island and
tell them to give him credit or 80
days. TIarper's Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08
III AGED ILLINOIS MHEELMAN
Bicycle Rider Is 81 but Is Still Able
to Take Frequent Long
spins.

Bloomington, II Thomas W. Da.
Wis, 50 years Of age, and distinguished
as the worlds oldest wheelman. has
impatiently waited for summer wealth
er Sc that he could resume his daily
spins upon his bicycle.
Acquiring the bicycling fever at the
age Of 81, he has been an enthusiastic
deVotee since and has no equal in the
world Of wheeling. The feebleness in
5cident to age, has prevented his long
distance rides Of other days and he
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08

glad did, for it has cured me.
II know Of SO many cases where wo.
men have been cured byLydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that Il can
say to every suffering woman IL that
medicine does not help her, there is
nothing that will. Mrs. JANErzKI,
2oes Arch St., Chicago, I'll.
This is the age Of substitution. and
women who want cure should insist
upon Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound just as this woman did, and
not accept something else on which tho
druggist can make little more profit.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any Of those distressing ills pc.
culiar TO their sex should not lose stght
of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
which is made from roots and herbs.
has been the standard remedy for fes
male Ills. In almost every community
you will find women who have been
restored to health by Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08
TIE Second Dimension.

It was on a little branch railway
In southern state that the New
England woman ventured to refer nD
the high rates. TT seems TO me ave
cents a mile is eytortion," she sai@,
with frankness, to her southern oou-
SIN. #
tits a big lot OF money to pay IL
you think OF 1t by the mile" said
the soutnerner, In her soft draWls
'.but you just think how cheap It 10
by the hour, Cousin Annieonly
about 80 cents. Youth's Companion.
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Consolation.

Mrs Newgold I'm the picture gal
lery) This, Aunt Eunice. is real
old master.
Aunt Eunice-Well, shouldn't care
II It was; It's just as good as some Of
the new ones.-Life.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08
RUINS OF TEMPLE OF T..lEBEs
Great Building Was Egyptian city's
Chief Glory In the Days Of the
Pharaofls.

Cairo, Egypt-When Thebes Of the
Hundred Gates was the favorite resi-
dence Of the Pharaohs Of Egypt, and
the seat Of government, when she
could furnish 10000 chariots, fully
equipped and fully manned for war,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08

The happiness OF our lives depends
much less on the actual value Of the
work done than on the spirit In which
we do Prince Leopold.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08

Who hath not known misfortune
never knew himself or his own viz
tue.-Mallet.
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SHE GOT
WHAT she
WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but il Paid
Chicago, T1l.-stI suffered from q fe-
male Weakness and stomach trouble.

and L went to the
store to get Il bottls
Of Lydia d. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound, but the
clerk did not want
to let me have it--
he said it was no
good and wanted me
TO try something
else, but knowing
all about 1T / ina
sisted and finally
got it, and I am so
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08

appointed
Ill Republican candidate
Philips
1891 1893 he Joined law firm Of which Ehu Root
southern district
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-08

Wrath and zine unYeil the heart ag
friend 10 friend -P1utaroh.
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AIRS. ELLA WILSON, the mayor OF
lY1 the little town of Hunnewell,
Kan. has started In to s.clean up" the
place. She has fled several of the
most important offices with women,
and the experiment is being watched
with interest Exchange.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19
SOUTH SEA WAVES

We all remember with what fire.
auency in the old narratives OF expert.
ences in the South Seas reference Is
made to the heavy swelIs OF the ocean
which impressed the navigators with
the idea of their remoteness from
land. The great size Of the set waves
in high southern attitudes has beer
explained by the fact that south Of
the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn
there is neither windWard nor leeward
shore, and the prevailing wind in all
iongitudes is westerly. Thus when a
west wind springs up it finds a long
westerly swell. the effect OF previ.
Gus wind, still running The newborn
wind increases the steepness OF this
swell and so forms majestic storm
waves which sometimes attain a
length OF 200 feet from crest to
crest. The average height attained
by sea waves in feet is about half the
velocity OF the wind in miles an hour
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19
Bed Cross Christmas Seals.

A statement denying the recent re
ports abouc the abandonment of the
Red Cross Christmas seal lie has
been issued by the National Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention Of
tuberculosis. The statement declares
that not only will the sale be held
this year. as in the past three years,
but that it VIII be conducted on broad
er lines than ever before. tn. only
order issued by the postofIlce depart
ment which bears on the sale of Red
Cross seals was sent out on July !,
and prohibits the use of the mails to
letters and packages bearing non
postage stamps on the face, and also
% any mail bearing seals which re-
semble postage stamps, If used either
on the face or back. The Red Cross
seal TO be used this year has been
submitted to the postofce depart
ment and approved. and thus may be
used, but only on the back Of letters
and packages. The design to be used
this year depicts prett. winter scene
embossed In heavy red circle. The
corners are white, thus giving the eff
feet when affixed to a letter or a
package Of a round seal.