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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-28
CAUGHT BURGLAR, HELD ON
Pretty Rising Sun (ohio) Miss 40
cIdentaIiy Captures pusky Sec
ond-Story ProWisr.

Rising Sun, Ohio.-Mary Peoples lis
a pretty miss who sleeps in second.
story front room of her fathers house
on Sandugky street. The weather was
sultry last night. and she retired with
her window wide open. Some time In
the night she awakened, and thought
she would lower the window sash, az
she felt draft. Noise1essly she slip
ped out OF bed and pulled downward
on the sash. Before 1t reached the
bottom she found there was an OBJ
struction A mans head was there.
Realizing that some one w2s climbing
into her room she bore down hard and
screamed. She had the sash on the
fellows neck, but he had one hand
and arm inside the room and with this
he tried to trip her. But she held on,
bore down and screamed all the hard
er, and soon her father and brother
rushed into the room with a fight.
Then Mary tainted. But the Peoples
1len the Ii ssftszs rider Et1,
negro, aged twenty-four, who gave HIS
name as Sam Waller. His object had
been burglary, and seeing the raised
window, followed the line OF least re.
sistance. But he had not counted on
the bravery Of a Rising Sun girl. The
Peoples men took the fellow to the
nearest magistrate, first tying his
hands behind him with ropes. From
there constable started with the
dawn for the jail at Bowling Green.
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cult question, at the present stage of our work:
but should say that it will
I'VE are deeply interested in the laying out OF
cities. Much more depends on 1t than beauty,
valuable as that is. Yes think that If our plan
natures thereg will be need for ugliness In
our citfes-at least not that ugliness which comes
from ignorance
I'VE need ideals of public service In municipal
governments, and we need ideals of plain business
efficiency. When we get them shall begin to
have some idea Of how much city's government
controls its whole social and political destiny. :
said Mr.. Bruere.
"As matter of fact, suppose do not need
to dwell at any length On the value of good mu-
nicipal administration I not apt to find any
body who would dispute the fact with me. But
I think can allow myself to insist upon one fac
tor in it's value which I do not find to be very
widely known.
s'If you say to the average man that the affairs
of the city should be conducted with as much
business sagacity and economy as the affairs OF
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Miami when he picked up rusty
boarding pike" He rubbed the rust
from 1t and set it aside as an addition
to his collection of relics. That night
In his hotel he looked over the pike,
noted that it had peculiar marks upon
it and began to study them under a
microscope. For nights he looked at
the pike under the microscope before
he noted that the marks and lines COM
bined to form chart. Then he rush
ed to the island.
It was easy to decipher the figures
when he was on the ground indicated
on the pike. One line indicated the
number OF feet to be measured In
from the waters edge. Mr.. Cole made
this measurement and stretched a
line. Then he called his friends and
they began to dig.
For several hours the men, led by
Mr.. Cole, dug vigorously in the sand
and finally they were rewarded when
at six and half feet below surface
their spades struck hard. They washed
the sand and dirt from the hard sub
stance and found the objects were gold
and silver. Mr. Cole Is planning q
systematic search of the island. as he
believes treasure Is buried there.
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It'll A0CnR12Uu NMEYRzR1 RZA1Ss

IKE to see discovered, standardized and codified
In Washington
There is one, and only one best way for
cleaning streets; one best way for arranging
school curricula; best way for conserving
the public health These beAt ways once they
are discovered and firmly established, are just as
sheacious in form Of city government as they
are In another
There is not, at the present time, one city in
this country which is systematically finding and
using the best ways for conducting its various
municipal departments.
We believe that the only reason for this scat
Tered and disorganized state of things lies in the
anaDillty OF our many cities to find a common
meeting ground on which to thrash out the good
they have discovered from the bad they have not
known how to avoid
As Things are at present, we offer the distress
ing and unnecessary spectacle Of whole people
struggling with universal problem in sporadic
patenes, incoherent and unrelated; and Of ma
@oh which has failed to make common cause
among It's separate parts of question which Is,
1oTe than almost any other, national one.
We need cooperation. We need concentration
ne nave failed to establish central reservoir fer
sAe knowledge, Independently come by OF the
many cities solving their difficulties In their own
way: we have failed to provide a central source
70 which these cities, beset by problems they are
Aot able to solve, come for help.
oAAoiSeMSut Involves b "ooIS
asfe are countless cities all the country,
pslfaeely setting to work to make themselves
sfealt to their day and generation. which follow
~ uncnarted way to excellence in some one or
sWo particular branches Of government.
one city learns, Well say, how to run fire
department with the minimum of waste and the
Ia1imum OF efficiency. Another turns up a good
sofAlng solution Of checking the spread of dis
vase. Still another learns how to lay pavements.
ife
Each OF these cities has discovered for itself
= : iact CT primary Importance to all cities yet
usy cannot give it even to their neighbors, be-
sause they have no official place Of exchange!
Sc. me situation is absurd that which OBJ
A1hea IN the dawn of economic interrelattons,
"nsh every man caught and cooked his own food,
.p.epared the skins for his own clothing and was,
- - every phase Of his activities sufficient unto
himself
NOW what We want to do is precisely analogous
~ Tue secondary economic period. when two men
seiasd their labors. and one caught and cooked
a. aourlshment for two and the other Per.
~. ,ueo like service in clothing the pair. Each
4aveo Ms effort, and doubled his result.
: n In facsA remarkable to me that this much
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+o,nod co,n,,u,;tv want Some Of these wants
will best be supplied with the cooperation OF prl
vate enterprise Satisfaction OF others necessarily
will be deferred until methods to meet them can
be evolved or additional sources obtained. But
it should become the city's business to have them
supplied either by public effort or private effort,
under terms and conditions that will adequately
protect the public interest
"Granting these things -then-and they have
been pretty we'll established as fact by the work
of the bureau-it would seem that even II city
government along constructive lines were dihculf
to get it would be worth making fight for, But
we in this country are in the position of standing
starving in the midst of plenty for lack OF the
enterprise to reach out and take what we need.
Countless cities all over the country, even ham
pered as they are by want OF codined and acces-
sible traditions ahd precedents, have contributed
out of their dearlybought experience improved
and tested methods of conducting city. These
methods in practice now In these several
cities. Many more would come In their turn II
sufficient interest were aroused, but even without
waiting have embarrassment OF riches
fit to our hand
"And yet, in all the United States there is not
one governmental bureau of information, not one
available source Of finding out these things under
either state or federal government When man
goes into office and Is idealistc enough and en-
thusiastic enough to want to fill his office well,
and with benefit to him and 1t, he must write to
the bureau OF municipal research mere, prlVate
agency, and ask what he may do. We are here
for that purpose, it is true, and we are working
with might and main to prepare ourselves for his
questions; but the fact remains that he should
be instructed under the authority Of the govern
ment OF which he is part. and not by an INDIE
pendent and unofficial bureau.
Now you will begin to see why We are SO anx-
ious that President Wilson will agree to sug-
gestions about Washington
There, in city already under federal control,
where local politics do not exist, and where ma
tional politics are not subject to yearly or BIZ
yearly upheavals-there Is the finest kind of an
opportunity for putting theory to the test OF
practice.
eminent to conduct research for which
would have to pay millions Of dollars, and for
which they would not have to pay cent, and to
conduct it under men trained to observe and to
coordinate significant and important facts
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Bound to Get IL.


Tommy, after going to bed, became
thirsty, or thought ho did. Hin called
out:
Ma, / want a drink
The mothers voice answered back:
Tommy, you go to Sleep
Tommy grunted, turned over. and
was silent for ten minutes. Then
again:
Ma, want drink
Tommy, you go right to sleep. was
the reply.
Intense silence again for ten min
utes. Then:
Say, ma, want drink
Tommy, If you don't go right to
sleep I'll come and spank you"
More silence, this time for about
two minutes. And then:
Say, ma, when you come to spank
me won't you bring me drink?"
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Saved Boys LIE.

Lake Charles, La-Miss Estelle My.
hand, the principal of the Second
Ward school, probably saved the life
OF six-year-old Ralph Dupree. The boy
had been playing marbles, and when
school began after the morning re-
cess. picked up his agate and put It
in his mouth. After reaching his seat
Miss Myhand saw him clutching his
throat and his face livid. She In
stantly ran to him and asked him
what he had swallowed. The boy
could not answer, but others told her
1t was marble With the assistance
OF others Miss Myhand Immediately
grabbed the child. turned his head
downward and grasping him by the
heels, shook him violently until the
marble waa diasnaaaa
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SOMETHING.
ar tie
l,ITTLE()NES
RURAL SCHOOL HAS MISSION
Where One BusheI of Corn Grew Be-
fore Two Are Now Secured by Meth
DDS just Brought Out.
(By RAY P. SPEARl

(By RAY P. SPEAR)
Inc training Of country children to
grow two bushels of corn where one
bushel grew before is a commendable
thing. To bring this about many
changes may be made in the pro
grams of most country schools. Arith-
metic problems may be worked out in
terms Of corn and potatoes and COWS.
Reading may be largely confined to
the subjects of interest to country
boys and girls. Essays on farm top
les may be written in place of the
usual parsing and other grammar
work. This will lay a foundation for
much practical work in the later
years of school life
Older students trained in the ele-
mentary principles Of agriculture
could conduct termination tests of
corn and grain. Herds could be test
ed, rations could be worked out for
live stock, records could be kept of
poultry, garments could be made fer
home, and the art of cooking could be
cultivated. These and many other
practical things could be worked out
with she school house as a center.
Added to this is the social pleasure
that could be obtained by everyone in
the community when a permanent in
terest in the school was established.
Basket socials, evening entertain
ments, picnics, school house fairs, lee
lures, and moving pictures would
make the rural school a real factor
in the social improvement of the
school district. The country school
has mission which should not be
neglected.
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needed cooperation among cities all striving to-
ward the end has not been undertaken long
ago. Perhaps 1t Is because heretofore the rank
and file have not realized how much power for
good does lie In city government, and how pos
sible it is by a sane and rational use Of this
power, to rid the world of countless burdens.
eve have evolved, it seems to me, very prac-
ticable and sensible plan. You will find, in the
report which we have sent to President Wilson,
that ask first for survey of the city looking
to precise knowledge Of just what it needs, and,
second for the presidents influence to be put
upon the three commissioners of the District Of
Columbia to have put into practice there all the
valuable things discovered In all the American
cities.
"By this MEANS we hope to produce scheme
of government for Washington which will not only
meet its needs, but will, by its adoption else
where, work similar benefit.
"The Importance Of the preliminary survey
must not be overlooked. We do not want to go
down to Washington and construct an ideal city
out Of mans head. We want to ind, by
the most scrupulous and exhaustive search, what
it is that Washington stands most In need Of;
and We propose to snnn1y her lacks by means OF
the Information have collected in other cities.
THAT Is to say we do not want to do 1t our
selves. Mr.. Bruere and myself have no ambition
to get the job, nor even the supervision OF It.
We want merely that President Wilson will lind
reasonable enough-and promising enough-to
set out along the lines we have suggested; and
that when the need arises for expert service in
the execution OF the plan, he will be able to get
the best brains Of the country to assist him.
- "Will the project have outlined affect the
physical aspect of cities? That is rather diff
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-28
FIND PIRATES GOLD
BURIED IN THE SAND
Chicagoan Discovers Trove ON
Florida Coast After Careful
Study of Iron Figures.

Miami, Fla.-The treasure cache Of q
pirate chief has been discovered by IL.
the Florida coast. Large chunks OF
gold and silver plate and jewelry have
been unearthed They have been melt
ed and then battered into squares. AS
says have proven that the gold Is pure
and that the silver Is OF very high
quality. How long the treasure has
been buried under the sand of the is
land near this city is uncertain. but
Mr.. Cole is hopeful that he will un-
scover still greater wealth.
Mr.. Cole was selecting a site for the
erection of cottage on the island near
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sRruidical CirIe Stonea,

How many stones In the Druidical
circle at Keswick, England? One an
tiquarian says forty-eight, but other
mathematicians give different and
varying estimates. A favorite number
is thirty-eight. Superstitious natives
declare that the lofty circle Is haunt
ed by fairies, who bring to naught the
Efforts Of the nrnfana to take a census
of the megaliths. "They can't be
counted" says the guide, however
long you try
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Parrot Listening.

teaching is by the employment of the
telephone, says the Popular Electro
city.
With the feathered pupil perched
upon a stick in the instructors hand,
telephone is held in such position
that Polly may readily distinguish the
words OR sounds emitted, and whether
from the oddly Of the thing or from
some other cause the bird invariably
pays strict attention.
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What is the difference between q
pastry cook and btllsticker?
One puffs up paste, the other pastes
up puffs.
What is the difference between q
hungry man and glutton.
One longs to eat, the other eats too
long
Who was the first whistler and what
was his tune?
The wind when he Whist1ed Over
the Hills and Far Away"
Why Is a cherry like a book?
Because 1t Is read (red).
If you suddenly saw house on fre.
what three celebrated authors would
you feel Inclined to name?
Great Gcott, Hewitt, Burns (Greas
Scott! how it burns!}
Why Is the interior OF theater ever
a sorry sight? E
DSCalse Ing OoASS okc Always lD
tiers.
Why is a spendthrift's purse like .
thunder cloud?
Because it is continually lightning
Why do gypsies never become IN
sane?
Because they lead no-mad lives.
.
Why is photography antagonistic "a
portrait painting?
Because it is Photographic art.
=
What is the difference between q
man going upstairs and one looking
up?
One is stepping up the stairs, the
othe- Is staring up tho steps.
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Not Unlikely.

Well, my boy" said the visitor TO
Bobby, Il suppose some day you ex-
pect to step into your fathers shoes
"Oh, I suppose so,'' said Bobby,
gloomily. 1--we been wearin' out
everythin' else he wears since mother
learned how to cut EN- down for
me-"
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The Ghost and the Meat.

We have all heard of the French
schoolboy who, asked to translate
into English the French of ITO be or
not to be- evolved this: ITO was or
not to am
Another schoolboy has equaled this
translation in recovering from Ger
man the text, 1.-THE spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak" In the
form: 1.-THE ghost, Of course, is ready,
but the meat is feeble. ~ outh's
Companion.
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ScckIess,

Bonnie was looking ovNr his broth
er's shoulder at the pictures in new
geography.
What are those men with the
bushy hair?" he asked.
Those are Australian aborigines,"
replied Ben
Don't they wear any more clothes
than that?''
That's about ALL"
Dear mel" exclaimed the little
brother, what in the world do they
hang up on Christmag?"
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AMUSEMENT FOR DULL DAYS.
Wolf, in Search Of Prey Enters Outer
Circle and Makes His Way Around,
Closing the Gate.

The illustration represents in the
simplest outline primitive wolf trap
The dotted line is gate opening in
to circular enclosure. How was the
trap set and the wolf caught?
The trap consisted Of two circular
fences higher than wolf could scale,
with a gate as was shown on the for
mer diagram. To set the trap lamb
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TELEPHONE TEACHES A BIRD
Most Original Method of Instructine
Parrots in Art of EIocution EN-
ployed In london.

London has school of elocution for
birds. Trained parrots are made
teachers of other parrots by being
placed near the pupils cages. While
whistles and various musical instru-
ments are used In giving instructions,
one Of the most original methods of
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private industries, he will
naturally say yes. OF
course but II you go fur
Their and suggest to him
that a sound municipal
regime can save him more
than money and time; that
1t can lift the whole level
Of his social community and
that it can help to conserve
everything about him, from
his business interests to his
health and his peace OF
mind, he is apt to think
either that you are trifing
with him, or that you lean
toward paternalism' and
should be subdued.
"City government should
and can be made to mean
much more than clean
streets or a capable fire de-
partment. It means the es-
adjustment and preserva-
ton of healthy relationships
in every phase of the city's
existence.
"It has in its hands the
health, the intelligence, and
economic capacity of every
eitizen. It can be SO organ
lied that 1t will take leader
shin in filing eyery ascer-
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MUM.

A mollusk came to our first parent to be
named.
'tEr--oyster!n announced Adam, after consid-
ering moment
Now, divers other creatures, having got theirs
were lettering about to pick up what of con-
ISOLATION they might, and number OF these
burst out laughing hereupen.
"Just think how mum you'll have to bel" they
jeered.-Puck.
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Wise Brother

What's stepbrother 2" asked little
Mabel Of her six-year-old brother.
a stepbrother," he replied, is me
sitting on the front STEP
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QUITE REMARKABLE.

big production that musical comedy"
Eyes; and remarkable thing Is that the cast
OF characters is even larger than the list Of
authors"
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So They Are Friends,

Those two girls tell each other everything"
Everything but what they really think % eaas
etheg."
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made his way round, and presently
pushed aside the gate, which closed
with 8 spring and shut OF all escape.
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RIDDLES.

What is the difference between q
pastry cook and a btllsticker?
One puffs up paste, the other pastes
up puffs.
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~
6enf of the board of aldermen of New York who
With Henry Bruere, director Of the bureau of
municipal research, has just submitted to Presi-
dent Wilson plan whereby the national capital
can be used as guide, philosopher, and friend to
all other American cities.
"There are certain fundamental processes which
all cities must adopt irrespective Of their several
forms of government he continues, "and it is the
hest Of these. each after Its kind that we would
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-06-28

T cannot happen in a day, nor
month, nor year; but one national
administration should allow time
enough to make of Washington
standard of efficiency among cities;
a giant laboratory for municipal re-
search: finished product of the dis
titled municipal wisdom gathered
here. there, and the other place, by
lesser cities, working independently
to find solutions to civic problems"