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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

The Chief has received a draft Of
I'LL which is to be offered in the
next session Of the legislature to reg
ulate the practice of optometry, to
create d state board Of optometric
examiners, provide for the qualifica
tons Of its members, regulate their
fees and emoluments, and do many
other things. The term "optometry'
means strictly the measuring of the
range and power of the eye, but il
the proposed bill it relates to the
furnishing and sale of spectacles
and the various sorts of eyeglasses
The business is to be confined e&
clustyely to those persons who shat
b. authorized by the said board, I'm
Or penalty of q fine Of from $50 K
$500 or Imprisonment from one tx
three months, or both.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

Z ist OF L. efterS

Remaining In the postoffice at Don,
aldsonville, for week ending May IL:
Joseph Bernard, J. F. Caldwell,
John Cary, Edna Davis, Mary Orena
Fletcher, Gus Forcha, Elizabeth Fow-
Ter, Leo Gregory, John Holland, Eva
Johnson, Alice Johnson, Georgia
Joseph, Emily Landry, Mrs. Geo. A.
Leemon, Alex Lee, Dennis McClaw,
Mary Martin, Ed. Menuet, Billy
Moore, Jules Montecino, D. L. Nor
ris, Rev. L. V. Oselen, Alice Parker
Louis Price. Mary Prayer, Real
Smith. Gustave Sourita, JOS. Schwartz
Alex Tillman. Simson Teddle, Sarah
Talamany. Bessie Victor, Tennie VII
liams. g
When calling for these letters say
advertised. If not called for in two
weeks they will be sent to the Dea,
letter office at Washington, D. c.
]. J. LAFARGUE. Postmaster
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
sHERlFF's SALE.
State of Louisiana Parish o. Z. =
sion-Twenty-SeVen Jaa'.
cial District Court.
sobral vs. he 60
No. 2Ol3

ASte. .s0I q
ID Y VIRTUE Of aud il opsal "
1D an order Of seizure allass c.
sued by the above named s '.'',s
the above entitled and WI,
cause, and to me directeu, 10
seized and taken into my posss s
and viii sell at public auction
last and highest bidder, aesof aass
law. at the principal ifonS ~ II
The courthouse Of inc pal1 l'assIj N;
eension. IN the town d oas'1
vile, on
SATURDAY. JUNE re. 8.
at II o'clock q. M. the follow
scribed property. to-Wit I'D
4 certain lot Of gro'll1i'als m 81
with all the buildings and ssI u
| r mem thereon and ,hetsanto y
Ing, situated IN the Town 81 g ',1,,,'
sonville. parish Of Aseens III
isit.ra. IN the square ooalses ID
| me. street. railroad s i
E,oImas street and Claiborne Is,
| d ,s...zrtst On The plan q saa
as. - , 3 number nineIy-siz
| ing Opalonsas street, oesss
rood avenue and IIounlas
| .oI,ntlea on one side BY lots rs
| and i57, and on the other ss 81
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
ha fret ive-c ent Counter.

When "a mere boy on the farm, e.
w. WoolWorth, the founder OF the
great five and ten-cent business, had
an ambition to be a merchant. he
was even buying and selling things
for his mother when a child, and was
delighted on the days when the ped
Ier's wagon arrived. He started a
fiye-cent counter as a clerk ID water
town. New York. 1t was found thdt
everything on the five-cent counter
was moving and they had TO keep
enlarging that counter until it had
become the most popular part df the
store, even if remote from the front
display windows. Here the young
clerk from the farm had his object
lesson. 1t was simply a sewing ma
chime table, three by Give, where a
| few goods marked Five cents Were
| placed for sale-and they sold.
From this germ of an idea grew a
new chain of retail stores. now 40
| ing an annual business OF upwards
Of sixty million dollars every yeaf.-
! National Magazine.
1 IL, r Ii M
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

More than 200 bodies of Victims d
the Titanic disaster were recovered
from the ocean, but some efghtEt-ffiiVe
Of the number We're weighted and re-
turned TO the depths because OF Iach
Of embalming facilities and imposs:-
bility OF Identification. Among the
identified bodies recovered were
those of John Jacob Astor AND
seorse Widen8r, the New York and
philadelphia capitalists.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
HEARD IN A SOUTHERN HOTEL
Little Girl Explains That Young Lady
Is "ffer Papa's NeW step
Mifen

It is said to have happened IN
southern hotel, where these VINO seek
perpetual spring spend the winter. Inc
usual number Of idl3 and curious oio
ladies sat upon the great v3randa' dls.
cussing everybody but themselves, ana
attention was suddenly attracted by
handsome coupe that passed through
the hotel corridor, followed by httie
girl, who, small as she vas, appeared
to be too old to be the daughter OF
the lady in the case. The handsome
couple entered a motor car, ana, way
ing an affectionate goodby to the little
girl, sped out Of the hotel GROUNDS
with a loud whirr and disappeared up
the distant roadway. The little glTi
watched them until they were quite
out of sight, and then turning around
| she sought out a chair not tar IRON
the group of gossips. 1t was not long
before her loneliness was noted oy
one of the ladies, who called out
pleasant greeting.
Il don't think ! have seen you here
| before, my little girl" she said, with
| a gracious smile.
mo, ma'an," said the little girl
we only got here last nignt.
And do you like 1t here2" she WaS
asked
Very much she replied TITS love
II here"
And you didn't go motoring witt
/ your papa and mamma, did you?" SAT-
the good lady, subt1y.
mo, / don't like motor cars" sai'
the child. TT makes me seasick T.
ride in them
your mamma is 8 very young 1ooH
J ing lady to have SO big a Child as 20
are said the good lady.
"She isn't my real mamma" sal
: the child
"Oh. indeed said the good lady.
, NO" said the little one, grayel7
"she's my papa's new steDwife. ''-I1o1
, ace Dodd Gastit,. il Judge,
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8 n I: Il 4 / "a l. !: /
State of Louisiana Parish q
cension went -SeYenth 4
dicial District Court.
John P Sa1assi & Co.
VS.. No. 1883
Ad. Hudson

X VIRTUE OF and in obsalaII
AD to an order Of seizure and a. ss5
issued by the above named coaF1
the above entitled and 1lllm la
cause, and to me directed, y
seized and taken into my pos 'sssI
and will sell at public auction -. ~
last and highest bidder, aeeof lslllsI
law, at the principal front d ','a
the COURTHOUSE Of the parish a.a.1
cension, in the town OF DonallsI
vile, on
SATURDAY, JUNE 81 7 llssiz'
at II o'clock a. m, the folloWlns.l
scribed property, to-Wit::
North half of the southeast daa l
of section twenty-five, in town. town
ten, south of range three v v.
| st. Helena meridian, soiltns ~,
district east of river in Loals.I
containing eighty acres, togetneIG1
all the buildings and inp foss "
thereon and thereunto belonglasI
Terms and condition s-eash9
| United States currency ,sasi
I q. G. ANl1s V-l
/ Sheriff, Parish Of Aseea ~.
Donaldsonyille, La, May Z, s
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
To Probe the Money Trust.

The national house of representa-
tives adopted BY vote OF 241 to %
a resolution offered by Congressman
pujo of Louisiana, empowering the
committee on banking and currency
Of which Mr.. Pujo is chairman, tc
make a sweeping investigation OF
the financial interests of the coun
try, the relationship between the in
dustrial and banking interests. anc
10 what extent their relations ma5
constitute "a money trust. Samue
Untermeyer of New York and Edgar
FL. Farrar Of New Orleans have beef
employed TO act as the committee
attorneys for the purposes Of thi;
investigation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
Rasfori,o taste to Boiled Water.

After drinking water has been boil
ed. it has a flat and insipid taste.
This may be entirely obviated by
pouring the water rapidly from one
pitcher to another, holding the pltch--
ers some distance apart This pro
cess restores the natural taste.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
How He Judged.

Il love you more than anybody III
the world" she whispered, as she sat
on hubby's knee, her lips close to MS
ear.
Don't add hypocrisy to unfaithful-
ness" he responded sternly. pushing
her away.
why, what do you mean, dear!'
she asked, ready to cry.
"You care more for some other man
than you do for mel" was the bitter
response II don't know his name,
but / think he is a Chinaman."
"You must have fever, dear. Do let
me, call doctor" Her face was white
with anxiety ana the tears were fall.
ing fast as she started for the tele'
phone.
no. Sit down and explain-if you
can. You wear a lock of my hair In
your locket-iust one little lock-"
Eyes"
"And the entire queue OF sons Chi
paaan on your head! PUCK.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
TIMELY WARNING TO CAL0nEL
PUSERs.
calomel Is a Form Of Mercury, and
If II Stays in the Human System,
Ito Effect is Terrible. Ask Your
Doctor.

Doctor.
An physician will tell you that
mercury, if it remains in the body,
will soften and rot the bones, a dis
ease doctors call necrosis Of the
bones. Calomel is form, OF mer-
curry, and to keep clear of danger it's
q safe plan to take no calomel at
all. especially as there is a better
remedy.
Both children and grown people
will find perfect substitute for cal
omel in Dodson's Liver Tone, pleas
ant, vegetable tonic that induces the
liver to act and which never has
any bad after-effects. In fact bod
sons Liver Tone will do everything
that calomel does without any of thu
dangers of calomel A large bottle
costs only fifty cents, and the X-Ra,
Pharmacy will refund your money
you are not satisfied.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
For SAILS

White orpington eggs, 81 per set
ting of fifteen Apply st No. 500 81
Patrick street, or call up teiepllon'
No. 80.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

Jules Vedrines, the most daring OF
French aviators, fell from his mono
plane at ST, Denis, suburb OF Paris,
April 20, and was thought to be
fatally injured.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

Twenty one towns in Oklahoma
were more or less devastated by a
tornado last week, and between forty
and fifty persons were killed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

Homer Davenport, the, noted car
loonist, died from the effects OF
| pneumonia in New York city, May 2,
aged Al years. He stood IN the
| front rank Of Americas newspaper
caricaturists and his work has
amused countless thousands Of PEG
pie.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

We would like . chance to figure
IN your next order Of printing.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
substitute for Canned Peaches.

Wash dried peaches thoroughly,
then put them in clean water ana
let soak for two or three hours, when
you can remove the indigestible out
eide peeling. As YOU peel them, place
In a stew pan, strain the water in
which they soaked, and add enough
more to cover them;,le stew until
tender, sweaten just before remov-
Ing them from the fire. The fruit
VIII be better favored, just as nice
&c look at, and at the same time
much heaper-National Magazine.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

Rev. Samuel S. Kee1er, presiding
elder Of the Monroe district, Loulsl
ana Methodist Conference, and a son
of the distinguished Bishop John z
Keener, died at Hammond, La. Aprl
81. of Rright's disease. The remains
we're conveyed to Crowley for inter
laeat. Y
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

The United Confederate Veterans
held their twenty-second annual re-
uaion this week at Macon. Ca, pre-
SIDED over by Lieut.. Gen. c. Irvine
Walker Of Charleston. S. c., COM
nander-in-chief of the organization.
II is estimated that the host of visit
ors entertained by the beautiful and
hospitah1e Georgia city appropriated
sc. 900, and many stirring and paEhet
ic scenes attended the gathering O
the gray and grizzled heroes OF thf
lost Cause.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

The s'buy at home argument" ap-
plies to all branches of industry in
a community, without exception. Give
us a chance to figure on your print
ing before sending away for it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

"Oh, indeed said the good lady.
NO" said the little one, graye1y
"She's my papa's new steDwife. ''--11or-
ace Dodd Gastit,. il Judge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
The DDDaldsOlville Cllet
Texas & Pacific Rally
Time Table

,srrcrR TRAINS GOING EAST.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

"And the entire queue OF SONS Chi.
nanaal on your d!"--Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
CNIAR ANTnr CpEw US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

sheds, SO that each of the states may
work in harmony with the other states
drawing their water from the same gen
eral source. Furthermore. the wording
of the law is such that pollution. either
directly or indirectly. of the navigable
streams and lakes of the United States
may be investigated and in this way
one state can be prevented from doing
harm to another state by pollLting the
water supply within its borders. This is
of far-reaching value. Many of our great
rivers are at present little better than
vast sewers, into which are daily poured
want quantities of raw sewage and fac
tory waste. 1t is hoped that the state
and federal health services. by WORKING
together. will correct this evil"
How will you go about it,"
"In the first place We must investi-
gate, and from the data secured by such
an investigation we must evolve practi-
cal plans to control this nuisance and
menace to the health of the people. The
very investigation itself will have an
enormous educational value; and, further
more, we must. as the law provides,
issue information in the form of publ
cations for the use of the public In
this way it is hoped that the minor as
we'll as the major pollutions of our water
supplies may be prevented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22

in the United States last year. Most of
these persons were young adults, whose
deaths mean. in the aggregate. an enor-
nous loss to the nation. 1t is the bust
ness of the United States public health
service to assist in the eradication of
this disease.
Everybody knows of the suffering and
sorrow and misery which tuberculosis
causes, but did you ever stop to realize
that. in the aggregate. tuberculosis costs
more money every year than was ex-
pended on building the Panama canal?
1t may sound rather cold-blooded to eX-
press the value of human life in these
sordid terms of dollars and cents. but
this is an economic age and We think in
tangible commodities
Also / feel that there should be an
investigation into the causes of the nigh
mortality among negroes The white
plague. the red plague and the germ of
laziness Ohe hookworm are great
causes Of the high mortality among
negroes. I feel that We owe d debt to
these people quite as much as We do to
the Indian. The one was deprived of
his land against his will while the other
was an enforced immigrant Further
more, We owe it to ourselves, as a meas
ure of protection. that We look after the
health of every person in the nation,
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NnecdOte8 Concerning
Well-kn0Wn People.
The Sinner.

ar the late Bishop Charles {. Grafton.
~ a Fond du Lac man said the other
day:
Bishop Grafton was remarkable for
the neatness and point of his pulpit ut
terances.
"Once. during a disastrous strike, a cap
italist of Fond du Lac rose in a church
meeting and asked leave to speak. The
bishop gave him the floor, and the man
delivered himself of a long panegyrfc
upon captains of industry. upon the good
they do by giving men work, by booming
the country. by reducing the cost of pro-
ducton and so forth.
When the capitalist had flnlshed MS
self praises and flushed and satisfied.
had sat down again. Bishop Grafton rose
and said with quiet significance: -
lis there any other sinner who would
like to say a word
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22

especially to those who come in close
contact with us in our homes.
Infant mortality is another very Sc
rious question to which we will give Our
attention. Already the public has been
awakened to our appalling death rate
among these innocents, and there has
arisen a great national movement or
baby saving and child welfare 1t is an
awful thought that out of every 100. 600
babies born in our cities at least 5000
perish before they are one year of age.
The government must lend it's strong aid
in the prevention of injury to its best
crop
What will you do to prevent the pol
luton of interstate and navigable wa
ters?"
THAT is specifically provided for in the
BILL said DR.. Blue. Sanitary surveys
of the great lakes and our various rivers
will be completed. All this bears a very
close relation to the eradication of ty-
phoid fever and other water-borne dis
eases. 1t is hoped that in this way there
may be furnished to the various state
boards of health correlated facts regard
ing water pollution in the great water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
From the Heart.

MFRS. HUMPHREY WARD and her
1v4 voluminous and heavy novels were
being discussed at the Franklin Inn in
Philadelphia. a poet said:
81 met the Humphrey Wards during the
last London season. Poor Humphrey
himself is rather overshadowed by his
wife and | think he feels it. At dinner a
lady said
".In olden times men claimed that 1T
was possible for them to make themselves
invisible.
...That is still possible, madam said
Mr.. Humphrey Ward in his grave, sad
way.
Possible for a man to make himself
invisible' the lady cried. How on earth
can he do it?
by marrying a celebrated wife was
the reply
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22

by the artificial limitations which no one
seems to mind.
Il made a visit To New York city re-
Gently, and the race who inhabit the sky
line appears a different one from that
which loves the open. free life of the
west. | felt inclined to pity such people
and thus returned the compliment which
New Workers always prOffer to western
ers. l have been pitied so often because
| have to live way out there, as the tersN
goes that il affords me keen pleasure to
offer condolences to people who see only
a square foot of sunlight or moonlight
ann to whom the noise of T. trains IS
u necessity.
Il confess that | cannot comprehend
the viewpoint Of those who choose to live
in roaring city like that when they
might have green grass and growing
things and know what it is TO hear a
sonybird at dawn. Still. ] am broad
enough to allow that the entire race OF
Americans cannot turn farmer, though L
rejoice to hear that the number OF COM
muters is growing tremendously, and that
every one who can seems to be nElng
to the green hills of Jersey for home.
My opinions are but another echo OF the
impossibility of the east and the west
ever meeting.
::
II presume even the most provincial of
the Atlantic seaboard jewellers know OF
the VdStneSS ana Importance Oh w ASH
ington state. We are at the other end of
the continent. but we are heard from all
the time The salmon industry is one of
which we boast loudly. anu l rejoice to
find that whenever the delicacy is can
ned the favorite brand is from Wash
ington. Salmon makes less impression on
us than the Potomac shad does on the
native Washngtonian. We are used to
this splendid old staple of sea food, and
accept the good gift indifferently. Fine
fish Is the comfort of the homekeeper.
and can get many varieties fresh and
pure at all seasons of the year.
Grabs CLANS and shrimp are plentiful.
and oyster culture is nearly extensive
as on the Atlantic side Game fish make
our streams the delight of the sportsman
and il may be roughly said that at some
time every resident of the state fishes
Fishing parties fill the forests during the
open season, and in this way the busy
man and woman get health and strength
for the strain of the business for profess
sional life.
.One variety of our state industry in
which am interested, though not in the
commercial sense, is our growing devo-
ton to Pomona. Apples from Washing
ton are becoming as famous as those OF
our sister state Oregon Whenever l see
an especially good apple i ask whether
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il comes from the Pacific coast and then
ask where. Sometimes dealers will say
Oregon, for the magic of the name clings.
but closer questioning often brings out
the fact that they have been shipped from
Seattle or Spokane. I wish 1 could have
the magic carpet of the Arabian tales and
bear my friends here and in New York
away to Spokane to see our apple show.
X 4
I'VE have such an exhibition every au-
tumn. and when L say that our armory is
about twice the size of Convention Hall
here and that the exhibits fill it and four
smaller buildings which had to be OBJ
tanned for the overflow it will be seen
that Washington can raise apples. Cen
erous prizes are offered and the exhibits
are divided in two sections those who
raise the fruit for commercial purposes
and the amateurs who have apple or
chards about their homes.
The sight is most wonderful. l do not
think rose show offers more
beauty and fragrance. Then. certainly if
any fruit l. poetical as we'll as useful, it
is the one which tempted Mother Eve. II
! should attempt to discuss size / should
be accused of local prejudice, though
can on occasion produce photographs of
some of the apples which took prizes with
their dimensions and weight officially re-
corded.
This section OF the country about Spo-
kane is naturally as good an apple coun-
try as ours. but I find that east and west
can never meet. because We of the west
are methodical, scientific, ceaselessly in
dustrious, while the leisurely ways of the
east preclude these qualities. 1t may be
the remnant of the pioneer but western
man who takes up farming would be a
subject of ridicule if he did things In Il
haphaZard way. Certain experiments
have been tried and the wisdom of his
predecessors is at his disposal. Fruit is
planted scientifically and it is tended
during the tender years. after formula
as exact as that used by those who breed
blooded stock. Consequently, he gets the
best results
"One tree properly taken care of will
yield more apples than twelve neglected
ones. In every division of life l find
that western people get better results for
the work of their brains or of their hands
Certainly in creature comforts we can
show the east how to enjoy life
Mrs PoindeNter has lived all her life
on the Pacific coast except for the travel
which is part of existence for the cultured
and since her husbands election to Con-
gress. Senator Poindexter served one
term in the House before the legislature