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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-28
One Effect OF the Parcels Post.

One of the immediate and most
beneficial effects Of the new parcels
post law will be a general reduction
in express rates in an effort to meet
government competition. That the
government has taken the first step
toward breaking up what is known as
the express trust seems certain,
and the result of the healthy COM
petition between the express COM
panies on the one hand and the post
office department on the other will
be awaited with deep interest.
Already the announcement is made
from Washington that the express
companies are preparing to meet the
rates that will be put into effect on
January under the parcel post law.
They will compete for the parcels
that come within the scope of the
Bourne act. 1t is the purpose Of the
express people to try to hold their
business in the towns and cities. The
cannot deliver their parcels in the
rural districts.
If the express companies cut their
rates to compete with the parcel post
law, starting with New York as a
central point or basis, the following
reductions must be made: From 25
cents on a one, two or three-pound
package, within fifty miles of New
York, to 5, s, or IL cents; from 80
cents on four or five-pound pack
age, to Il OF II cents, and from 35
cents on d six, seven, eight, nine,
ten or eleven-pound package to 20,
% 26 49, 80 or 35 cents
Six pounds, about the medium
weight for a parcel, will be carried
by the postoffice department SO
miles for 20 cents, 100 for 26. 200
or 800 for 80, 400 or 500 or 600 for
50 cents, 1000 for A. For the
same service the express companies
| would charge: 100 miles for 35 cents,
| 200 for IS; 300 Or 400 for SO, 500
for So, 900 for so, 700 or 800 or 900
for 70, and 1000 for so.
The parcel post package cannot
weigh more than eleven pounds, but
one can send sixty-six pounds in six
packages fifty miles for 1920, for
WHICH the express companies charge
| $305. A comparison Of aggregate
charges shows the express companies
charge $51.50 for what the parcel
post win charge $aS,2S, The parcel
post rate reduction from the present
express charges is 1857 per cent.
| In order to meet the competition
| better the express companies will in
crease their delivery force and EN-.
! Dloy the most modern equipment. The
contest is to be spirited
Before the express companies can
put into effect their competitive
rates they must give three days no
tlce to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. This, 1t is said, will be done
Just after Christmas day, SO that the
new rates can go into effect January
| |, at the same time the parcel post
law becomes Observation-Disclosures
| Times.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-28
pasheen for Food

The dasheen, a starchy vegetable
which promises to Guido the Irish po-
tato both in point of abundance and
cheapness, is enthusiastically exploit
ed as food product by w. J. McGee,
chief chemist in the United States
Food and Drug Laboratory at New
Orleans, who thinks it will some day
be universally popular. Mr.. MCGEE
has grown a quantity of the new
vegetable in his garden, and re-
Gently lectured on it at a meeting OF
the New Orleans branch of the Amer
lean Chemical Society.
In taste the dasheen is sort OF
cross between boiled potatoes and
boiled chestnuts It is also some
what similar to the artichoke. It
grows in the ground like potatoes,
but is more. evenly shaped than the
potato, and bears a sort of a fringe
ON its coat This decoration resem-
bles that on the cocoanut shell. But
the potato is the dasheen's nearest
chemical analysis.
1T has no insect enemies and is
not susceptible to disease, said Mr..
MCGEE, laudatory Of the new vege-
table. t'The dasheen may be cooked
like potatoes fried, steWed, baked,
scalloped or in any other manner. Il
lis cheap, and its yield is enormous. I
The dasheen was discovered in the
West Indies Successful experiments
in growing it were made in Porto
Rico, and it was then turned over to
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. In a North Carolina ex-
pertinent station a sixth of an acre
tract yielded fifty bushels.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-28
APPEAL FOR AID.

Subscriptions Requested to Fund for
Relief of Balkan War Victims
and Refuaees-Misery and Want
Follow in Wake of Mighty Con-
fIict.
The war that has devastated the
Balkan peninsula has brought in its
wake untold suffering. Constantine
pie has become the center Of dire
misery unknown in our day The
battles of million men have brought
there the wounded of nine weeks of
conflict. A quarter of million ref
ugees have been swept in from a
wide territory, including great null
titude of women and children.
Cholera, typhus, famine and cold
have come, with tens Of thousands
OF victims. individuals of all faiths
and Of all the races of the Ottoman
empire are in this utmost need. The
Red Crescent represents in that en-
pire the same noble philanthropy as
the Red Cross, with which it is in
ternationalIy associated.
The Red Cross, with international
impartiality, divides its aid between
five belligerents. The Red Crescent
is the channel for the relief extend
ed by all those in Constantinople able
to work and to give. All classes of
society from the highest to the low
est are nobly cooperating to as
suage this misery to the measure Of
their power. But it is evident these
resources will be insufficient to cope
with the demand that has SO sudden
" come. Even though active hostil-
tiles seem to be at an end it must
be remembered the misery and want
that follow in the wake of war are
often more severe and trying than
they are during actual hostilities.
This appalling need exists in a
land where more has been expended
for education through contributions
from America than from any other
country. Six American colleges and
a great multitude of schools repre-
senting every element Of our popu-
lation are to be found throughout
the Ottoman empire The work OF
widespread education for Turkey in
peace should now be supplemented
in war by special contribution in
this moment of extreme human SUI
fering.
Subscriptions are earnestly request
ed to the American Constantinople
Relief Fund. I All will be applied to
aid the work for the sick and needy
in Constantinople and vicinity by
the Red Crescent and the Red Cross,
neither Of which makes any distinc-
ton as to religion, race or national
ity. Contributions in answer to this
appeal, which should be designated
as such, may be sent to Jacob H.
Eschiff, treasurer. Of the American Red
Cross, No. 50 William street, New
York City.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-28
Natives Eat Earth In West Africa.

NATIVES OF EST AITlca, III FRENCH
Sudan, practice 1geophagy," Although
the practice is common In many parts
Of the world, this particular case Is re-
markable for the systematic way In
which the dirt Is collected, and for the
fact that 1t occurs in a well cultivated
region, where food is abundant. The
earth consumed is clay. which is
found intercalated among the grits Of
the region in beds Of various thick
ness. The deeper layers are preferred,
and for this reason the natives dig
galleries, which are SO crudety con-
struetsd that falls Of earth frequently
occur. sometimes with fatal results.
When an unlucky miner Is thus buried
no attempt is made to rescue him, as
1t is believed that the diyinities OF
the mines require an annual victim. It
is stated that individuals not infre-
quentIy consume seven and half
pounds of clay daily.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-28
In sox slsno vinces.

Judge--Jones answered an aayer.
tisement and sent a dollar for four
pairs Of socks. When they arrived,
Jones looked them over and then
wrote the advertiser:
asocks received. The patterns are
vile, / wouldn't be seen on the street
with them on.
Back came the answer:
sWhat are you kicking aboutf
Didn't we guarantee that you Woaldns
wear them out? ?"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-28
Cure for Reaches and Ants.

Disheartened housekeepers, weary
with long struggles against the pres
ence of bedbugs, cockroaches, fleas,
clothes moths, ants, house flies, rats
and mice, may take heart, for the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture has found a remedy. It is. hy-
drocyanic acid gas. DR.. L. O. How
ard and G. H. Popenoe, the discover
ers, acknowledge it will drive out al
SO the human inmates of the house
in which it is used, but they may re-
turn later.
In a brochure issued by the de-
partment, the scientists explain how
the gas may be generated and how
it is to be applied. Grave warning
is given against careless handling of
the compound, which is a mixture Of
sulphuric acid and cyanide of potas-
SUM, for a few Whiffs of the power
full fumes would probably end the
handlers existence.
The mixture is cheap, easy to han
die and deadly, say the scientists.
They declare further it has the for
tunate effect of driving mice and rats
explosiVely out of their holes to die
in the open. The circular has been
printed as a department document.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-28
what Commission Government Does

"A
The following comment on the bper-
atoms of the commission form OF gov
eminent IN one great city-the most
swiftly growing and most thorough
going progressive city in the south,
Memphis-is quoted from the columns
of the Daily States of New Orleans.
Read it. It gives interesting food
for thought to those in Baton Rouge
who glance forward to the election in
this city which, some time during the
coming year, at moment unconnect-
ed with individual candidates., will
enable the people here to decide for
themselves the system Of government
under which they would have their
municipal business transacted.
Here is the clipping:
Memphis is the largest city which
has had commission government with
gratifying results for three years,
though it has been in operation in
Galveston and other smaller cities for
much longer time. The record
shows that for 16 years out of "a IN
der the old aldermanic system, the
city tax rate was more than So, aver
aging about s2.35, but in 1903 it ran
up to S2.9S. Under the commission
form, it was $1.75 in 1910, $1.59 in
1911 and only $1.5S5 in 1912,
Tn spite Of the fact that the tax
rate is decreasing the city is getting
more and better paving, better light
ing and cleaner streets. Today the
boast of the Memphians is that they
have the finest central police head
quarters in the world A mounted
police force has been created. crime
has decreased, automobile fire en-
gines adopted, miles of smooth
streets laid and sewers and water
works improved.
sThe people of Memphis claim
they have the healthiest city in the
south, with one of the lowest death
rates in the United States. This is
the same Memphis which was once a
pesthole of disease, and was almost
wiped out of existence by yellow
fever. +"
BY the side of Memphis New Or
leans, over twice it's size, has the
appearance and wears the habilimenss
Eof a second rate urban community
Baton Rouge New Advocate.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-28
sHERlFFs SALE.
State Of Louisia Parish of Ascen
sion-i,W e1ty-Seyenth Judicial
District Court.
", e, Park
Us. No. 2054
Chas. j.. Leblanc

e z VIRTUE of and In obedience TO
A an order9 of seizure and sale is
sued by the EaboVe named court in
the above entitled and numbered
cause, and To me directed, ] have
seized and taken into my possession,
and will sell at public auction to the
last and highest bidder, according to
law, at the principal front door Of
the courthouse Of the parish of As
eension, in the town Of Donaldson
vile, on
SATURDAY, JAN. Is, 1913
at Il o'clock "a. M, the following de-
scribed property, to-Wit:
A certain tract Of land situated in
the parish Of ascension, state Of Lou
isiana, on the left bank of Bayou La
fourche about two miles below the
town of Donald containing
seven acres more or less and bounded
as follows: above by land of Mrs.
George E1isns and below BY land.
formerly or longing to F T..
Garmouche; hing the Same property
acquired BY tf said Mrs. Ada Cole
man from A6lan Ruiz by act before
B. MsGulloh Rotary public, Sept. 5,
1902, and recFded In book No. 433,
folio 402;; togsher with all buildings
and improvements thereon and there.l
unto belonging
Terms and condi tions Cash ax
United Statese
T.. &c. HANS On,
sherf. Parish Of Ascan
Donaldsonvae, La, Dec
For local nas read The
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-28
interesting Agricultural Exhibit.

From three thousand miles across
the continent there will be brought
to the Fifth National Corn EXPOSE
ton at Columbia, S. c., next month
an exhibit in which corn will not be
featured. This exhibit will come
from the agricultural experiment sta
ton in the state of Washington, and
among other things, will feature mod
ern methods in the growing, hand
ling, packing and marketing of fruit,
including demonstration Of the
penetration system of spraying; the
plant breeding work at the station in
wheat, oats and barley; and some of
the work on moisture requirements of
crops.
This exhibit is a striking illustra-
ton of the fact that the National
Corn Exposition is not, strictly speak
ing, a corn exposition, but deals fun
damentally and edueationaliy with all
phases of agriculture, demonstrating
graphically the results Of expert
mental and research work of various
state agricultural institutions, the
federal department Of agriculture,
and other agencies in rural improve
ment work. The exposition will open
on January 81.
The Washington exhibit is being
prepared under the. supervision of
R. w. Thatcher, director of the
experiment station. Mr. Thatcher is
president Of the American Society of
|Agronomy. He is being assisted in
making up this exhibit by Alex.
Carlyle, station cerealist, and J..
T.. Dumas, who is a member of the
extension force Of the college, a di-
rector of the National Apple Show, a
former president of the State Horti-
Ecultural Society. The two last named
gentlemen will accompany the exhib-
1t to the exposition, to demonstrate
I it and explain to all visitors points
of interest and value.
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Useless

aYour wife has fled suit for divorce.
Are you going to contest it?''
mo. It wouldn't do me any good.
I've lost every argument ever had
with her. Detroit Free Press.
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Only yesterday my neighbor said:
Il must take Charley out Of school,
he does not seem very we'll With the
dawn Of a new era the parent will
say: Charley has not been very
we'll; he seems to be pale and sick
ly; / must send him to school more
regularly, for that is the place where
they keep him well. arthur 2.
Dean.
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SHERIFF e 8 & I
State OF Louisiana =
eension went q y
dicial District oslfE
$50 lF M ~
Louis Pfister
VS.. No 2
Antonino CarreT9

AnL0I11Ub sCGlI u 49, q
pY VIRTUE or and If al's
- TO an order Of seizure all' "
issued by the above names sgs'
the above entitled and l's'
cause, and to me direct
seized and taken into my esss'
and will sell at public ctle Il
last and highest bidder g ee. as'
law, at the princi pal fro 1s|
the courthouse OF the na f ~
cension, in the town 'asa1
vile, on
SATURDAY, JANTlTsAlsR Y 4
at IL O'Clock a. N the iolapsa1 Il
scribed property. tow
Lot number five 6 n ~ ssa . \
Der four al and lot 'ilaps If
"a in square number rlii1e MA
uated in the east half q ss'I
quarter, section tWent I -nl sy','ss
ship nine south, and q tfla ss'
OF northwest quarter see wv
eight. township nine sosl as.s..sf
three east, south eastern !. &C. Al I;a
of river, st. Helena merl1la1ssss sn n
Iisiana, and on record NH ,,la
Gown, being the same Es
a,,lired by the MORTGAGE, & llYl 4.
- Bros. On January I'VE ' sss
with all the h 60 S 's
D and thereunto pe'0'i' \
and eond tio sR
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Why Do You Scratch?

Royaline letter Ointment will stop
that itching or your money back. so
cents.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-28

When quality and price are the
considerations, We believe it is to
your interest to let us figure on
Your printing.
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Short Circuits.

Short Circuits.
The first cable was laid at Birm.
ingham, England, in 1897.
Wireless communication between
airships has been successfully tried
lin Germany.
A speed exceeding two miles a
minute has<been made by cars on a
short German electric railroad built
by army officers for experimenting
The horse-car system Of Constan
tinople, operating 80 miles of track,
is about to be. electrified The city
is also to have telephones and cleo.
trio lights.
Pekin has an extensive telephone
service
/ The suburban system of Paris is
being electrified.
A church at Nuremburg is heated
/ by electricity
Ozone is to be used to sterilize the
drinking water at st. Petersburg.
Eighty-fiVe million incandescen1
lamps were made during the past
/ year.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is in
|
anna Canal station.
More than two million electrical:
horsepower is used throughout Color
ado every day.
Fine signals sent out from the
Elffel tower are received throughout
France and Switzerland.
Naples is about to build a subway
to be completed in four years.
Seven electric motor trucks will be
purchased by the Manila postoffice.
Operated much like a job printing
press is a new rapid printing ma
chine for photographs.
According to recent expert est
mates hina produces almost 10000,
600 tons Of coal a year.
The first electric plant in Arabia
has just been installed in the palace
OF the Sultan CT Oman, at Maskat.
Group.
Group is an ordinary cold located
/ in the windpipe, with some swelling
and some nervous spasm as a com
plication. The air tubes are irritated
by the .scold,' and they contract and
become smaller in certain places.
Certain nervous children develop
this feature when they catch cold
Other children do not. 1t Is often a
family popularity.
Group should not be confused with
dlphtheria, which it often resembles.
Many children die with diphtheria
because their disease was called
Group for the first few days-Dr
Evans.
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news topics, subscribe to The Chief
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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-04-18
AN IDEA OF OUR LEAD PRODUCTION.

1t can be said without fear of successful contradiction that
the tons of lead produced in the state of Idaho dur
ing the year 1911 the great Occur dAene mining district
contributed than IS per cent of the total The largest
producers the Bunker Hill Sullivan Federal Mining
Smelling company, Hercules Heca Stewart Caledonia and
the Gold Hunter This is increase in production of 35
and according to the table of statistics the of Idaho
the second largest lead producer and also ranked second
per cent of increase of production The average price
pound for lead during the year New York As cents
The statistics the production of silver "copper" zinc and
gold have yet been compiled but it safe say that this
district will rank among the leaders, In the production Of
this metal there paid out wages alone to the aborng
by the six largest companies than three and
million dollars annually and i samoun does not include the
expenditure of other companies the amounts
pended for machinery and supplies which will doubt
than double the total.
On account of lack of advertising very little is known
of the great opportunities Of the district but there local
y in the country than offer better inducements to the in
vestng public than the Occur Aene mining district
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-04-18
OF SHERlFF'S SALE UN-
DER EXECUTION.

In the District Court of the First Ju-
dcial District of the State of Idaho.
William Mccullough, Plaintiff, vs.
Snowstorm Deep Mines, Limited,
Defendant.
By virtue of an execution in my
hands, issued out of the above entitled
court in the above entitled action
duly attested the 10th day of April
A. D. 1912, have levied upon all the
right, title, interest, property, claim
and demand whatsoever of the Snow
storm Deep Mines, Limited, the de-
PENDANT named therein, of, in and to
the following described property, sit
uated in the county of Shoshone, state
of Idaho, to-wit
The "Ophir" Regina" Camp"
"Stauffer," Copper Queen" Copper
Bronze" and "Camperdown" lode min
ing claims, situated in Hunter Mining
District.
Notice is hereby given that on We'd
nesday, the Sth day of May A. D. 1912,
at the hour of o'clock p. m. of said
day, in front of the Bank street door
of the County Courthouse, in the city
of Wallace, county of Shoshone, state
of Idaho, will sell all the right, title,
interest, property, claim and demand
of the said Snowstorm Deep Mines,
LluIlleu, ueleIludHt, ol III anu 10 llle
said above described property, at pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder for
cash in lawful money of the United
States of America, to satisfy said exc
cution and all costs. The amount of
the judgment Is $13S0.25.
Dated April IS, A. D. 1912.
MICHAEL ]. MAHER,
Sheriff,
BY JOHN w. CONSTAN,
A1S-M2-3t Deputy.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-04-18
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the Blue Wing Mining Com
pany, Wallace. Idaho. January 10.
1912
Notice Is hereby given that at Il
meeting of the board Of directors of the
Bobby Anderson Group Mining Com
pany, held at the office of the COM
pany, in Wallace, Idaho. on the 10th
day of January. A. ID. 1912, an assess
ment of / mill per share was levied
upon the capital stock of the corpora
ton, payable on or before the 14th day
Of February. A. d. 1912, to Herman j.
Rossi, secretary-treasurer of the COM
pany. a his office, sos Bank street,
Wallace. Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 14th day
of February. A. d. 1912, will be de-
linquent and advertised for sale at
public auction and unless payment is
Is made before will be sold on the nth
day of March, A. d. 1912, at 10 o'clock
a. m. of said day, to pay the delin-
quent assessment thereon, together
with the costs Of advertising and ex-
penses of sale.
HERMAN J. ROSSI,
Secretary Treasurer Of Bobby Ander-
son Group Mining Company, sos
Bank Street, Wallace, Idaho.
Jan 11-Feb 8-5t
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SAFEGUARDING INVESTING PUBLIC.

The Northwest Mining Bureau whose headquarters are in
Spokane has started advertising campaign and also bur
eau of information which will be Of great benefit to those seek
ing information relative to the mining industry Of the north
west and British Columbia. All who interested in mining
are requested to assist those charge by sending in detailed
statement the development work done their properties for
the benefit of those who may make inquiry about them
The idea good and should receive the support of
the mining men of the entire Occur dene district Forms
have been printed containing questions to be answered which
will give anyone seeking information intelligent idea OF
the amount of development work done and the extent of the
ore bodies if any, together with all equipment and improve
ments owned by corporation This bureau of information
will have the effect of giving protection to the investing public
and the honest promoter and Of the best that has been
suggested in recent years.