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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
TELLS OF AUDIENCE

He asked a question, evidently Who
helped to work it?' for he stopped to
the little girl and petted her on the
cheek
Then he took up the bambino and
asked another question. The mother
got red and made an expression of
acquiescence. But No, no. came from
the little girl He had surely asked
Is this a present that you have
brought for me?' At the child's No,
no. he turned round and threw back
his head and laughed.
What a humorous laugh! I never
knew that man could laugh SO sweet
ly. He looked old no more. He has
teeth set far apart, lucky teeth. And
his eyes have the kindly wrinkles
about them and love of children in
them. There, too, was the understand
ing that found ready answer in the
great eyes of the child.
"She smiled back at him; it was a
joke about taking her bambino; she
had known it all the time; she clauld
trust that face. now grown SO calm
and grave as he bent down to her that
she might kiss his ring.
8:Then the pontiff passed to the two
rooms beyond for few minutes and
came back to us. He noticed specially
as he passed a girl Of fourteen, and he
stopped and spoke to her, as if to
make up for having made no exception
before.
"The audience was over. We rose TO
our feet. I looked back along the cor
ridor which led to the private apart
ments, the dining room for the food
that costs him but five francs a day,
the bedroom with the camp bed, and
caught last sight of him. He was
talking to a chamberlain covered with
orders and decorations; he was tell ong
little story. I saw him shake his
head and put out his hand. He was
mimicking the little girl saying, No,
no. and saw his gentle, whimsical
smile again.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13

That men of wealth in increasing
numbers are deserving the ranks of
s'the idle rich and devoting their
time, talents and part of their
money to useful public service, Is one
of the encouraging fruits of democracy
in this country. The charge has often
been made that very wealthy men do
mot bear their just proportion of the
,ublic burdens, and possibly many of
them do not. Possibly many Of them
lack a sense OF responsibility. During
the past quarter of century, how
ever, there have been In American
public life, or In semi-public life, a
great number Of men who feel that
riches, as well as noblesse, oblige,
says the Boston Globe. It would be a
IBuperhu0us task To eIu1neT ate tie them
the men in whom social conscience
has been developed and who find the
performance Of public duties more at
'tractive than polo or golf.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
Safety Valve for Vesuyius.

An Italian scientist proposed to sup
ply a safety valve for Vesuvius by bor-
ing tunnel in the base of the noun
tain and letting the lava escape into
the sea. His idea is to bore the tun-
mel while the crater is in a state Of
coma, and he believes that when the
volcano becomes active such a chan
mel would be sufficient to carry away
the lava, says Popular Mechanics.
His whole proposal. however, is not to
let the lava escape altogether, but to
run it into molds and make it into
blocks for use in the streets and quays
Of Naples.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
COLUMBUS BORN IN sPAIN7
Village Near Madrid is Said to Be the
America Discoveries
Birthplace.

London.-The Madrid correspondent
Of the Daily Telegraph telegraphs:
According to provincial newspaper,
the Correo Gallego, which quotes the
eminent Galician historian, Senior Gar
cha de la Riega, who has devoted many
years to studying data relating to the
birthplace Of the discoverer Of Ameri-
ca. 1t now appears that Columbus Ger
tainly was not born in Genoa, as has
always been affirmed.
"Riega says he possesses documents
proving that Columbus was born at
Porto Santo, small village near here.
"Riega Is a person Of considerable
authority and formerly was in the
colonial Office"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
Pen Picture Of Pope Plus x.
Shows His Kindly Nature.
Little Girl at Vatican Who Feared
PontIff's Admiration Of Her Barn.
bino, Replica Of the
Infant Christ.

Rome.-A delightful picture OF Pope
Plus K, illustrating his profoundly ge-
NAL nature and exhibiting his love OF
childhood, is given by John Savile Judd
In an account Of an audience with the
pope, one of those gatherings to Whlch
large contingents Of the faithful are
admitted. Among those waiting In
the audience chamber was little girl
of perhaps six years old; she stood
next to her mother, who held on
metal dish figure OF the infant Jesus,
wrapped around as the Italian pea
santry wrap their children today.
1.-THE effect OF it" said Mr.. Judd,
.'was rather as IL a doll had been
stuffed into a white satin embroidered
pincushion and a cardboard halo add
ed. But the care that had been taken,
the reverence in the care to produce
bambino worthy ofsa blessing, was
beyond all reproach and abundantly
evident, since the big eyes Of the little
girl were constantly ,aised to the dish,
and now and then little hand reached
I'D to touch9it as il to make sure that
1t was still there.
Suddenly a chamberlain made a
sign for all to kneel and Plus K. en-
tered, followed by a clerical chamber
lain il a purple cassock. He walked
slowly along the side Of the room on
my right and the eight people in the
row that he would come to last were
motioned to stand.
II scarcely saw his face at first; he
walked as an old man would walk, his
head bowed. He is seventy-seyen
years old. Straight, soft and nearly
white hair came an inch over the col.
lar Of his waste cassock. He gave
such person his hand; each kissed his
ring. He stroked the curly head OF
q boy in sailor suit.
when he walked down the row op-
posite still could not see his counte-
nance, for the kneeling figures were
facing me and he bent to each Of them
ministering.
"Then he turned to the row at right
angles to me and came to the woman
holding the metal tray with the bam.
bino in her hand. He touched the poor
embroidery work as If In admiration
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
He HUNG ON SPIKE IN WELL
superhunan Acrobatics Finally Re.
leases impaled Man-collapses
After RsacllInu Safety.

Allentown, Pa.-As John Dougherty
was chasing chicken he ran across
an old well so feet deep, whose cover
ing crushed beneath his weight,
BY rare luck rusty spike In a
beam, which did not go down, caught
in his coat, and he was enabled to
grab the beam.
Nobody was about and his cries for
help were unheard. He hung by the
rickety old beam for ten minutes,
when, by the exercise Of superhuman
strength, he managed to perform &C
robattcs which landed him OF top Of
the crosspiece. He then crawled to
safety. SO unnerVed that he collapsed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
PROTECTION FOR THE SHOES
Leather Guard Keeps Motorists Foot
gear From Being Rubbed and
Worn by Pedals.

Those of us who are fortunate
enough to own automobiles know how
hard they are on shoe leather. This
sounds paradoxical, but it is true
where a man drives his car himself.
In using the pedals and various other
foot mechanism mans shoe gets
badly scuffed along the sides and on
the heel. A California man has de-
signed a shoe protector to prevent
this. A leather Hap with broad, stud
ded ends fits under the ball of the
foot and comes up on both sides, a
narrow end crossing over the top Of
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13

bic Compound has done more for me than
all the doctors. / feel it my duty to tan
you these facts. My heart is full a
gratitude to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound for my health. Mrs
HARRIET E. WAMpLER, 52A S. Ransom
Street, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Consider Well This Advice.
No woman suffering from any form
of female troubles should lose hope IN
til she has given Lydia E. Pinkharn's
Vegetable Compound fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinalin.
gradients Of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for nearly
forty years proved to be most yalua-
BILE tonic and invigorator Of the fs.
male organism. Women everywhere
bear willing testimony to the wonderful
virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
If you want special advice write I'd
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.. (confl.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter viii
be opened, read and answered bY d
woman and held In strict condolences
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
Clothes and the Man,

a colporteur in South Carolina.
walking many miles through mud, ac-
costed a passerby and suggested the
purchase of the Bible He was re-
fused. The next day, says the Record
Of Christian Work. after nights rest
and cleanup, he set up his stand n
town and had the pleasure Of selling.
q Bible to the very man who had ~.
fused to purchase the day before q
met muddy man yesterday with
Bibles said he, who looked like q
Methodist tramp. When buys q b
BILE I buys 1t from a Baptist gentle
man.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
Juvenile Books a Century Ago.


Does the modern child count his
blessings in the matter of Christmas
books? What would he say If, instead
Of one of the healthy, brightly written
stories that now crowd the booksell-
ers' windows, he received a copy of
one of the books for juveniles in vogue
q century ago? The very titles of
some of these old volumes would rouse
the back Of present day youth-"The
Advantages of Education as Elucidat-
ed in the History of the Wingfeld
Family" Elizabeth Ann Doves Tales
Of My Pupils, or, an Attempt to Cor
rect Juvenile Errors" s. VS. "a Visit
to Farm; or, an Introduction to Vari-
Gus Subjects Connected With Rural
Economy" (this reached a fifth edi-
ton In 1911, and sandham's "Peram-
bulations Of a Bee and Butterfly, in
Which Are Delineated Those Smaller
Traits of Character Which Commonly
Escape Observation. London Chron-
icle.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13

TO some, each new, spring comes
with the freshness Of first one, and
there is an evanescent charm about
1T which no other season possesses.
EIt is a long series Of progressions,
beginning with the first soft southern
breeze, the melting of the snow and
the earliest MARBLE of the pioneer blue
bird, tiny patch of sky flown down
to earth, the unlocking Of mountain
streams, the soft pussy willow buds
and the twilight piping Of frogs. There
is premonition and expectancy in the
air. Then, with alternating showers
and sunshine, the dreary-looking earth
takes on little by little fresh robe
of verdure, pale green at first, half
hidiLg the skeleton outlines of the
trees and wrapping the landscape in
"a misty dream Of beauty. There are
varying shades; here and there where
there are oaks, splotches of brownish
purple, and along the hillstdes great
masses OF blossoms, dogwood and
Judas tree and billowy reaches OF
white and pink orchards. All along
the way in dooryards are white and
purple lilacs loading the air with
fragrance, and the fields are spangled
with golden dandelions
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
DOCTORS SHIFT.
Now Gets Along Without IL

A physician says: Until last fall !.
used to eat meat for my breakfast ana
suffered with indigestion until ths
meat had passed from the stomach
y Last fall I began the use OF Grape
Nuts for breakfast and very soon
found could do without meat, for ny
body got all the nourishment neces
sary from the Grape-Nuts and since
then have not had any indigestion
and am feeling better and have an'
creased in weight. J,
"Since finding the benefit der1vea
from Grape-Nuts I have prescribed tno.
food for all my patients suffering ffon
indigestion or over-feeding and aiso
for those recovering from disease
where want food easy to take ana
certain to digest and which Will MOI
overtax the stomach.
II always find the results ] look loI
when I prescribe Grape-Nuts. so :
ethical reasons please omit my name.
Name given by mail by Postum ~
Battle Creek, Mich.
The reason for the Wonderfa.
amount Of nutriment, and the eas,
digestion Of Grape-Nuts ts not nafd y
find.
In the first place, the starcny pals
of the wheat and barley goes tnrousa
various processes Of cooking, 20 e..
fectly change the starch into dex.los Z.
or grape-sugar, In which state y =
ready to be easily absorbed py sth'
blood.
The parts In the wheat ana pais.
which Nature can make use OF LOT e.
building brain and nerve centeIs 81
retained in this remarkable food, aas
thus the human body is supplied W.
the powerful strength producers, e
easily noticed after one has eavsa
Grape-Nuts each day for q week =
ten days. NJ.
There's REASON" and u y
planned in the little book, "Tne ~
to MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. glae5
ONE appears from time 20 tine ne r,,,rras
nre genuine true, and fsA % -
smtereat.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
The First Consideration.

At st. Andrews some years ago an
old farmer and his ploWm-n were
carting sand from the seashore. They
were behind the target on the rihes.
range, but hidden by a bank OF SAND
from a party Of volunteers, who were
then on foot, at practice. A stray b y
let struck the ploWman on the 70,
and he Immediately dropped, exclalu.
ing: "Im shot"
Without more ado the farmer
scrambled up the bank and, waving
his hand to the volunteers. shouted: .
Hey, lads, stop that, will yeF
You've shot a man, and 1t MIGHT nae
been the horge!"- London Tit-Bits.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13

The courts and the imperious ruler
|by divine right do not always pull to-
Igether. as appears from case In Ger
many, where tenant of the emperor
sued his landlord and won in two
courts. There was a precedent for
this In the reign of Frederick the
Great, who wanted to remove a mill
that spoiled his view from Sans Souci,
but the courts upheld the sturdy
miller through controversy which
Carlyle celebrates over several pages.
lStill such things occur infrequently
enough in Germany to get into print
when they do happen.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
The DonaIdsOnYiIIe Chief.
DoNA1DsoNyLLE, f: LOUISIANA
MEM AND woMAN's CLOTHES.
Published WEEKLY.

II mag be laid down as a general
rule that the ordinary man never
knovs when woman's dress fits OK
not-unless. OF course. II is an eXtraof-
binary misfit. His replies to inquiries
on that point are. as practically al
husbands will attest. based on WhaC
he thinks the woman thinks OF II.
When a wife. for instance, comes into
the room wearing new dress. WIN
smile on her face. and turns around
several times and asks him what ne
thinks of the fit. he replies without
hesitation that it Is all right-tnat ne
likes the pattern exceedingly ana that
he doesn't think he ever saw her wear
anything more becoming. If, on the
contrary, she comes In with corrugated
Ebrows and inquiries In distinctly dls'
satisfied tone what he thinks OF the
dress. he instantly remarks that,
though It looks fairly nice. yet there
1g still something about 1t that ne
doesn't ike. he can Bay eAoe1A'
what 1t Is that seems out Ut keller.
but there is certainly something
wrong with that dress and 1t ought to
be altered at once. But 1t is only
Just to the men to say that their igno-
rance of what constitutes the 1T OF
dress is paralleled by the feminine In
ability to realize what goes to make
up well-ftting suit for male per-
son. AS rule, woman's advice
with respect to mans suit Is the
most dangerous thing man can take.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
Making Steel Float.

go ahead and prove that steel will
float.
some fine steel needles, perfectly dry.
Lay the needles carefully on the sur
face of the water one at a time. II
you are careful enough about 1t they
will float.
The needles are held up by the
surface tension" Of the water, just
as are the skip-jacks that run on the
surface Of ponds.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13

can best be followed by trying it with
pair of scissors. First stick your
fingers through the handles, with the
scissors points down and your palms
facing up, as In the top picture. Then
by movement of the hands you can
force the scissors upward and around
till the points are near your chest, as
in Fig. 2. Now is the time to take
your fingers out for an instant. You
continue the rotation by holding the
handles between your palms and put
yoyr fingers back through from be
hind, thus allowing the points Of the
scissors to come up when the hands
are placed back to back as in Fig. 8.
It must be practiced SO it can be done
quickly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13

the foot and buckling to the other
side. A strap also passes around the
heel and buckles to the back part Of
the one side guard Thus the automo.
bilist's shoe is amply protected from
rough wear and he may wear much
better shoes than he would otherwise
care to do.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
Punctuation.

Father asked eight-year-old Alice,
returning home from school, ARE you
good at punctuation r
Yes replied the father
well, tell me, please, how would
you punctuate, The wind blew five
dollar bill around the corner?'"
why, daughter, would simply pus
a period at the end of the sentence"
81 wouldn't" said Alice mischiep
ousIy, IT would make a dash after the
f1ve-dollar bill"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13

There have been several cases late
iy Of doctors being sued for sewing
up surgical supplies In the bodies
OF their patients. Perhaps, after all,
a trust to raise the prices VI doctors
outfits would not be bad thing.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13

A Boston clergyman says that
American women wear too many
clothes at summer resorts Either he
has never been at seaside resort or
sanGaher church trial is imminent.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
IOWA WOMAN
we'll AGAIN
Freed From Shooting Pain,
Spinal Weakness, Dizziness,
by Lydia z. Pinkharn's
Vegetable Compound.
Ottumwa, Iowa.-"For years / -.
almost constant sufferer from farala Z

trouble in all its
Dire adful forms:
shooting pains ali
over my body, sick
b e ada ch 9, spinal
weakness, dizziness.
depres sion, and
everything that was
horrid. ! tried r.lany
doctors in different
parts of the United
States, but Lydia q,
PinkhaY's Varrot.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13

A Chicago boy fell from a fourth
story window and struck on a cement
sidewalk without being seriously In
dured. This may be regarded as a
strong recommendation for cement
sidewalks.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13

II has been decided by a Chicago
fudge that the earning capacity Of
performing monkey is $500 a week.
IL it Is impossible for one to be bail
player one may still be a performing
monkey.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
Truant Officer Wins Bows

in swimming and getting better &C.
quainted. I have grown to know all
OF the live wires among them init
mately, and / think they are my
friends"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
HUM0R In PRISON SENTENCE
Man Sent TO Jail for Beating Wife
Mercy Asked as to Mother-in-
Law,

Pittsburg, Pa.-"For beating his
wife, guilty as indicted; for beating
his mother-in-law, recommended to the
mercy Of tho court" On this verdict,
returned in court recently, Joseph No
jedly, machinist, was sentenced to
pay the costs, fine OF Ga cents, and
serve 30 days in JAIL
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
Had Them.

do you keep motoring acce DO
rtes?" asked the man entering the b
partment store.
ooh, yes" replied the foorwalker,
with a bow, we keep arnica and
witch hazel Drug department, second
aisle to the left, pleased"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
HOW TO MAKE STEEL FLOAT
Needles Held on Surface Of Water by
"Tension" just as Skip-Jacks
Run About on Ponds.

Will steel float on water?
Ask this question in a crowd and
almost everybody will say mo" Then
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-13
His Choice.

This enterprise is a promising one.
rs it? But what I'm lookink for ID
q paying proposition
Williams news., 1912-02-24
Kindness Pays

There's nothing pays 80 well as kindness. A man may spend his money .-and in proportion as he ex- pends it he reduces his principal; ; but kindness IS entirely different, for in proportion as you spend kindness your principal increases. Kindness is an attractive thing. l. brings around you many persons who think kind thoughts of you and say kind words for you; and this subtle, potent influence of hay ing a lot of friends help you by their actions and their works is 30 very valuable that it is surprising so many self seeking people kEow so little of it's value.
 People are glad to recognize kind- ness in au individual No man eau act the part if he is not sincere He must cultivate kindness if he has little of it in his makeup. He ! must take an inventory of his qualities and if the weeds of mean are erowding out the deli cate flowers of kindness he should pull up those weeds and give the flowers chance to grow.
 Lincoln said: You can catct more flies with a drop of honey
 than with gallon of vinegar" l Lincoln was an exceptionally
 kind man, and his examples Q
 kindness have been of great valu'
 to millions of people, You re member, he said, "when they la,
 me away. let it be said of me tha
 as travelled along life's road l al
 ways have endeavored to pull ul
 the thistle and plant rose in it
 stead"
 Life at best is short. and the onl.
 things we really get out of it ar
 health and happiness. Money cal
 not buy these. But kindness can I-Albuquerque Herald.
Williams news., 1912-02-24
Officers Salaries
AbsoIuteHp Pure

The board of supervisors of this county has arrived at a decision of salaries to be paid where not set by statutory enactment, anu which comprise the sheriff, and his depu- ties, the clerk of the superior court and his deputies.
 The salary of the sheriff will be $5OOO per year. until the legisla- ture enacts otherwise. The chic deputy will receive $500 per an
 nun, the chief field deputy $l5O0. and all other field deputies $lOO per month. The jaiIof of the county will receive $100 per month. The clerk of the superior court
 will receive a ga ary of $24OO per annum and his deputy $500 per tannum.
 Under consideration is the salary
 of justices of the peace, and it is
 stated all will be paid the same
 mount. without regard to centers
 of population or the volume oi
 business to be transacted.-Jour-
 nal Miner.
Williams news., 1912-02-24
OFFICIAL VOTE OF
 COCONINO COUNTY

Following is the official vote for state and county officers:
Williams news., 1912-02-24

A young man took his sweet heart to ball She wore her party dress, As they began to dance he noticed what he thought was 6 rsv- cling sticking out of her sleeve. He tugged at it. It came easily, and during the remainder of the dsncs, having started to wind up that rsv- cling, he kept at it, It wasn't un- til the end of the dance that he had finished winding. Next morning the girl said to her mother: "Maw. an awful funny thing happened last night You know 1 went to that dance. Well, when gut home and gnt ready for bed found my union suit had disappeared.- Exchange.