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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

Dr. Piercc's Pellets, small, sugar coated.
easy to take as candy, regulate and invigoas
ate stomach, liver and bowels and saSs ean
stipasion. Adv.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Chains of Black Velvet R;hhan

Black velvet ribbon chains, with
slides OF metal aud semi-precious
stones. are very pretty and fashion
abs for . sorgnetts or watch.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
False Adams.

They say that Wombat is q gen
ius''
Nothing to that story. It's a
canard. I loaned him dollar once
and he paid me back all right
enough"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

The man who consults beauty
doctor evidently has leaky brain
box
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

Turn on the back-biter and say ii
to his face.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

'fWill you take my card to your sis
ter and tell her I would like to
speak to her on a very important mat
ter?'
You'll probably have to take is up
with her secretary
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Words of the Aviator.

SO you took a flyer in the s.ecg
MARKET"
Yes answered the regretfullook,
ing man, land hit an air pocket"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

When suffering from form Of feminine
disorder is told that operation necessary it of
fnghtens her.
The very thought of the hospital operating table and the
surgeons knife strikes her heart and wonder
where operation is the only resource, but thousands q
have avoided the necessity Of operation by taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. This fact
aested by the grateful letters they write after their
health has been restored.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
These Two Women
Prove Our Claim.


Cary IaineaI faniy 81
what Pinkhams Vegetable health medicine
compound dd Mrs
4 found myself "a erb saffere
had both
times very
appetite
would
do ne
and thought would
better until submitted
commenced taking Lydia
Pnkhans
tite do N
Now answer this question if you can. Why should uo
submit surgical operation without first giving Lydia
E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound tral1 You know that
1t has saved many others-why should it fail in your easel
cd For 80 Years Lydia E. Pnkhan's Vegetable Gn
male male nls No one SIX yith woanaas ailments
medicine made from herbs it II YY vi IL
has restored suffering Ky H
EaSRWrfte EPIHKHlM MEDICINE CO.gA ~ HI
- lC0NFIDENTIAL) LTEE, KAgse MN GzgzsN
Your letter will
and held
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
orioin Of tn. T Rail.

Robert Livingston Stevens smiled
from New York to Liverpool before the
advent of the ocean steamer. In those
days the passage took two months. and
Stevens passed many an hour. jack
knife in one hand and piece OF wood
In the other. brootling over problem
that had often worried him-how TO
run a railrnnd without stone stringers
for trucks. He wanted to get AN iron
rail that would hold aud would take
the rlace of the thin strips fastened
to the chair of the rnadl~d lust he
fore he REACHED England his whiting
revealed TO him the solution Of his
problem. and TINT solution took the
form OF T rnll with broad bnse thai
could he applied direct to solid wo'd
support That T rnil is still In use on
all the railways Of the world.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
Dir. Road Improvement.

In 1900 this country Ind 2.19O.G
miles of public roads, of which S.tB
per cent had been Improved by the
nse of gravel. burnt clay. macnda m.
brick. etc. The percentage of highly
Improved roads was. Of course, much
less than this. In the five year period
1000 the proportion of Improved
roads increased from TIA per cent to
S.G8 per cent. At this rate II will he
q long time before even half of our
mileage is improved. Road building ID
too big a physical and financial prob
lem to transform the bulk Of our dirt
roads In one genera lion. In the mean
time more attention should In. paid to
the systematic iRtterment OF dirt roads
with our present resources. Much can
lie done by i,etter drainage. Including
more cnlvertr. by better grndes. by ,lse
of the drag. etc. and Il can lie done
without adding to public debts or in
creasIng taxation.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
tn. Androm.d. N.buis.

One of the most astonishing objects
In the heavens IN the great nrbuin In
the constellation AnIr0neda. which r.
visible IN n misty sIsHk to the mixed
eye. II hns long puzzled astronomers
because. Willie Its striiure--n series
Of vast rings sirrnindin. rentra'
mass suggests IL gaseous constitution
It's spectrum IL continuous. resembling
thut OF the sun II b,s been suggested
that 1t muy lie composed ar Stars con
shutting u universe extrrnnl I" OUR
Studies OF its pAr'illnx. however IN
dicnte that II IL nenrer to us than some
of the well known STARS such as Ca
peila. and Gore the English astron
omer. points out thai II the Androne,ia
nebuia were assumed TO he AN external
universe. having IL diameter eonlrhr
able with thnt OF the Milky way. Its
mass would he forty million million
million times the mass of the sun. This
Ia regarded M Incredible ind 40 may
I've taken as an additional argument In
favor Of the view that this neiuln Is N
member of our system. -tlnrper's
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

In the production OF II play there IL
an important person who IL never seen
and should NOT he heard by the audi
ence. and yet he may spenk more lines
than the principal actor II IL the
prompter Here IL II description Of
Il prompter's iabors. written by one OF
the genus:
Il. az prompter. had been kept very
busy throughout the piece. In nddi-
ton to keeping the actors on their lines
1t was my duty to make all the outside
noises | had screamed 'Helpr ! had
shouted XIII him.! l had dropped
plunks to cover up deficient pistol re
pOr,s | had Numbered. hniled. rAined
sung Hike II woman. marched like an
army and howed like nm infuriafed
rabhle inflaied by drink. The last
straw came when the hero. supposed
to he pursued by hounds. sidled TO the
wings and Missed.
Bark. yon fool. bark! Why don't
you bark. van Idiotg" - Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
shakespeare Gloves.

Among the stage relics left by DR..
Furness, the Shakespearean authority,
Is Il worn pair Of Shakespeare's stage
gloves with an unusually definite pedi-
gree. They were presented to John
Ward when he played Othello at Strut
ford In 1148 for the benefit Of fund
for repairing Shakespeare's monument
In the church by William Shakespeare,
a poor workman whose father and
our poet were brothers' children" John
Ward gave these gloves to David Gar
rick In 1769. who bequeathed them to
his widow. who left them to Mrs. Sid
dons. She left them to her daughter
Cecilia. and Miss Siddons presented
them to Fanny Kemble. who gave them
to DIR. Furness In 1S74.-New York
Press.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
RoADwAYs AND WATERWAYS.
Good Roads Advocate should Get More
Money.


II It IL sensible for the federal gov
ernment tn issue l0nds to improve
water transportation facilities then It
Is equally sensible to do SO for the i'm
provement of highways.
The millions expended on waterways
may be Of advantage to some Of the
people. hut II few dollars for highway
Improvement will benefit all the people.
Why is 1t that congress and public
men generally did not long ago see
that the Improvement Of transportation
between city and farm. the producer
and the market. the farm and the rail-
road. the farm and the harbor or the
river wharf. Is of ms much Importance
MS the deepening of harbors and rivers:
II bonds are issued by the govern
ment then half of the proceeds Should
go to the construction OF roads. and a
large percentage of the moneys law
ished on rivers and harbors should be
diverted 10 good roads.
Good roads advocates in congress
should organize mt once and get ut
least as much money for ronds ns goes
to waterways.-Jesse Taylor In Good
Roads.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
GOOD ROADS WILL
BUILD UP BUSINESS.
Thsy Will Increase Population and
Benefit L.eal Tradssmsn.

To no one more ti,np the business
man ls the question Of good roads n
vital Issue. The spreading of the doc.
trine OF good roads will mean large
increase In the volume Of business.
will lead to great Temps In the develop
ment of this nIrendy rich country aud
Will make money for every man In
mercantile lines. While directly tho
h - Of good roads will benefit the
farmers md stock raisers perhaps
more than any one else nnd will raixe
the value OF every farm reached by
good roads. still the business men como
In close second.
Good roads will increase the pro.
iuctivity of the land because they will
give the farmers better outlet for
their marketable stun and Will lend to
such an increase In population that
there will he more workers per square
mile than there are under the old roads
system. Good roads will open for set
Element and cultivation land now lying
out of the radius OF profitable fnru,.
Ing. They will put more square miles
Of territory within trade distance Of
your town. Hs-
The business men of any town are
interested in bringing tn that town
trade from greater distances than are
easily covered on our present roatls.
Good roads increase business. and
every man in business In the COM
munity receives bis share Of the bene-
at. The farmer Ia able to haul his
grain and produce to market at less
cost and makes a greater profit per
year from his labor. This additional
profit ia represented by the additional
amount of cash he has TO spend with
the home dealers. When the farms
are made to pay larger dividends more
settlers will come to your ncighbor-
hood. and all Of them will have to
spend money with you and your fellow
business men. So. directly and indI-
rectly, the business men are benefited
by the building Of good roads.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26


Ralph Bingham is telling this good
one: The citizens of a thriving town
Of about 10000 people arranged for a
chautauqua assembly last summer.
They held the meetings in a big tent
about q mile from town. and the at
tendance was large from the first day.
An enterprislng circus man heard Of
the large crowds and landed In the
town on the third day with a steam
merry-go-round. which he located half
way between the town and the chau-
tauQua grounds.
Along in the afternoon young man
from the country. coming from the di.
rection Of the Chautauqua. was accost.
ed by citizen of the town who knew
him.
well. Ezry. suppose you are in to
the chautauqua?"
II shore are. Just come from thar
now"
How'd you like it?" asked the
townsman.
Fine ez fiddle: rode on the durn
thing nine times.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
rh. eehe.. d e.aIe,. Ne.t.

The most wonderful echo IN the
known world II that heard from the
Eagles nest In the nike regions Of
ireland. The rock known us Engle's
nest IL the most prominent peak to
he found among the heights TINT sur
round the Killarney lakes Its apex is
1.22.N feet above the surface of the
wntpr. nnd the extraordinary echo is
henr,, to the hest advantage from a
spot 100 feet to the west from an open
ing called the Devils mouth AT that
point the effect of the re-echOed sounds
Is absolutely stnrtling. the slightest
whisper being repeated rs often az
l.Mn times The rebound IL always
clenr and distinct and appears to come
from the crags. cliffs and peaks which
surround the experimental on ull sides
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
kissing In Russl..

In Russia it is crime for lovers to
kiss in public, and recently two young
men and two young women were ar
rested in Odessa for having been guilty
of this offense. They had all been din
Ing together In a restaurant and kissed
on parting. They were condemned to
short terms of imprisonment, and the
sentences were confirmed on appeal.
The general fine in Russia for kissing
in the open street is 1915. For kissing
In tramcar the fine may be anything
up to $625.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
MONEY THAT WILL TALK.
Speaking 0anknstss % Protection
Aaainst cauntsrfeits.

Against ecu ntsrfeits.
The question Of protection against
counterfeit banknotes IL one which is
being discussed In England just At
present A member Of the Royal 60
ciety recently showed the results Of
discovery which he made, and by this
means he Ii able to initiate copper or
steel engraved banknOtes 30 perfectly
that the president Of a large bank was
unable to pick the single genuine bank
note out of lot of ten, which includ-
ed nine OF the kind reproduced by .the
author. This was intended to show
the error of the prevailing opinion that
banknotes cannot be Initiated.
At the same time that this some
what disconcerting news comes out a
new remedy against counterfeit notes
liz proposed. this being the speaking
banknote. and should a system Of the
kind he adopted the note will not only
concern the eye, but will assert its
genuineness In a loud and Ineligible
voice should 1t be placed In Il phonO-
graph.
In fact, the note carries given
phrase, which is inscribed on the edge
JUST as on photograph cylinder.
using specially prepared paper for
this purpose. Any kind of phrase can
naturally be used, and its purport is
of little importance, as 1t Is designed
simply to have check upon the quail
ty of the banknote by the use OF the
voice.
All that is needed Is to put the note
into properly designed phonOgraph,
when 1t will speak for itself. according
to the present idea, while counter
felt remains silent. The method il
certainly an original one, but 1t would
not seem very hard matter to coun-
terfelt the photograph record as well
MS the note itself.-Scientific American.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
Dark Hole. In the Sky.

Absolutely dark spaces among the
stars have puzzled astronomers since
the time of Herschel. In Milky way
photographs DIR. Kopff has noticed an
almost complete absence of faint stars
Immediately around certain nebulae,
with an abundance of such stars with
in the nebulae and far outside. A
late suggestion by Rev. T. e. Espin is
that the margins Of such nebulae may
he too diffuse to become illuminated
and yet dense enough to absorb light
II such nm assumption be made he
finds that 1t explains not only the
blank surrounding spaces, but the
dark holes and lanes within the bright
nebulae.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

The position OF instructor In cooking
having become vacant in a school for
girls In faris, the directors agreed to
engage the cook who could pass the
best practical examination" Twelve
women applied, Of whom six were ex-
amined on the first day in beefsteak.
omelets and apple cakes. -Four of the
six. according to the report, were
failures" On the next day the re-
manning candidates prepared noun-
ders. roast mutton and plum pudding.
The jury found that only two OF the
second group were competent and that
of the twelve not one possessed all the
necessary requirements.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
Not the Sam. one.

And men tell tale Of an Irishman
who went to the postoffice and asked
for his mail at the general delivery
window. In the line in front Of him
was another Irishman on similar err
rand.
"What name?" asked the clerk of the
first man.
migrant
"Nothins here for you. Next-what
name?"
dennis Malone" said the second
Irlshman.
Didn't you just hear me say that
there was no mail for Dennis Ma,
lone?"
But. sure. amt tile same Dennis
Malone. I'm another wan entirely.
Look an see If there amt none FIR
me."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
"NoIsELEss" REvoLvERs.
Hiram Maxim Says They Exist Only
Upon the stage.


There are two reasons, says Hiram
Maxim. why the firearm silencer is Of
no value to the criminal who wants a
nOiseless revolver.
In the first place. 1t won't "silence"
revolvers. and, in the second place.
such attempts to use 1t are extremely
dangerous. In the old fashioned re-
volver the crack between the cartridge
chambers and the barrel renders muz-
zle silencer useless. and In the auto
matic pistol the imprisoned gases rush
out Into the face of the shooter with
disastrous results when the breech au-
tomatically opens.
Besides. even in rifles the silencer
does not eliminate the ''crack" of the
bullets passage through the air. except
where the musxle velocity IL below
LOO feet per second. The only rife
with 30 low muxxle velocity ms this
is the 20 caliber. popular for small
target shooting. In other rifles the
flight of the bullet causes a sharp
sound like the cracking Of . whiplash.
a sound not heard until the powder ex-
plosion is silenced.
Therefore. says Mr.. Maxim. when
You see a stage burglar within few
feet Of you noiselessly shooting down
lamps, people and other stage proper
ties with a ''silenced" revolver or pis-
tol or even with a grownup rifle don't
take him too seriously. He has to be
reckoned with only behind the foot
lights.-New York Post.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
TEMPERED COPPER.
Metal Experts say Il Nsvsr Was Msds
and Never Will d.

Metal Experts Gay u Never Was Msds
and Never Will d.
Science and even the ordinary prog
ress in the arts and crafts are each
iconOc!ests in their way-that IL, they
tear down and destroy ideals long pos
sessed and generally cherished by man.
Just now 1t Is that delightful old claim
that the ancients knew how to temper
copper to the hardness Of steel.
For years this has been a general be-
lief, and many story and not few
serious articles have been written de-
scribing how the men Of the period Just
following the stone age used to mine
copper and by a secret process temper
1t and make wonderful knives and 9TH
er weapons and tools from 1t. 1t was
called .lost art"
But now not only scientists, but skill
ed craftsmen In metals come forward
and declare the ancients never temper
ed copper, and their reason for making
this declaration Is that copper does not
possess the properties that will enable
1t to be hardened by any process what
ever.
ut is safe to declare" states one ex-
pert. writing for a mining publication.
that copper has never been tempered
at any time by any one, as 1t does not
possess the necessary properties. Cop
per can be hardened in a number of
ways, the easiest being to plunge the
finished article into molten antimony
or arsenic. The resulting alloy formed
on the surface is exceedingly hard and
brittle. Recent research in Mexico has
shown that the tools there supposed to
Ike made of hard copper were made by
smelling mixed ores Of copper, nickel
and cobalt. The resulting alloy was
naturally hard. None Of these old tools
are of quality equal to those which
can now be made."-New York Ameri-
p0n
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
FORCE OF Big WAVES.
Fearful Power That 10 Exsrtsd BY an
Angry Sea.

The average inland American who
has never seen the ocean has no real
idea OF the force of Its waves. He
reads about the storm. of boats being
carried away and bulwarks stove, but
he does not realize the steam hammer
blows that may be struck by mere
water.
A recent storm on the British coasts
received the official designation Of a
storm Of extreme force" A picture
taken In Hastings harbor shows the
coneussion with which the waves
struck the sea wall. sending the spray
apparently higher than the buildings
along the street. Blocks Of concrete
and iron railing were torn from the
new parade extension at Caroline
place and tossed back into the road
way as IL they had been bits Of
plank. Timber work that had with
stood the stress Of years was torn
apart and carried away. Easements
were flooded along all the seward
face Of the town.
Such storm when 1t sweeps over a
ship will sometimes carry away al
most everything on deck. Deck houses
are often smashed, and the lifeboats
nre often stove in and ruined.
Various attempts have been made to
devise motors to develop power from
the force of the waves. The amount
of energy wasted through their lack
Of success is beyond estimate. II the
power OF the sea could be used It
would drive tho machinery Of an I'M.
limited number of plants.-Exchange.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
Ancient Water Drains.

Surprising discoveries have been
made in the effort to excavate the vast
baths Of Caracalla at Rome that have
lain hidden under 100000 cubic me-
tiers of earth. In this latest excava-
ton 1t has been found that under
nenth the baths proper was subter-
ranean city. consisting Of over 1900
yards of vast galleries used by the
slaves and attendants and for mar
velous hydraulic. heating and venti-
latlng systems. The drainage is de-
scribed as splendid. and but for the
rise in the level Of the river Tiber.
which makes 1t impossible sufficiently
to slope the pipes. these same drains
could still be used.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

pIants grown In profusion at the green.
house. but others us well. privet and
forsythia cuttings are planted during
the winter under an open shed In fats
filed with sand, In March these are
sent TO some of the schools. with In
struclions as to how they should be
planted Several schools today can
boast of attractive hedges surrounding
the grounds planted by the children
themselves and obtained from the de-
paStment greenhouse.
The ne;,rness of trees to nil the
school buildings has been OF consid-
cradle service. Tree seeds have been
collected from these during the autumn
months and kept in sand during the
winter In the spring ground is pre-
pared by the students with u hand
plow. the seeds planted In accordance
with directions issued by the bureau
of forestry of the department. nurs-
cry containing several hundred young
trees was obtained on the Potomac
fats. but when the department Of ag.
ricuture abandoned the land the nurs
cry had to be discontinued
Landscape gardening Is also taught.
In order to make practical nppii-
cation of the principles taught In re-
gard to landscape gardening the
ground around the Franklin school
bnilding. In which the normal school
Is located. was improved. The best
plan of those submitted by the mem
bers of the class was followed. The
north side of the ground had been so
long neglected that not even blade
OF grass grew on IT'D The ground was
first fortified. the boys of the school
doing this work with tools brought
from home. The part designed for
planting was apportioned among the
schools and permanent shrlbbery
planted as background. Sufficient
room was left to allow each child to
plant II seed purple Towering beans,
morning giorIes and dwarf nasturtiums
being chosen.
That was the beginning. Today as
soon ns the first warm days betoken
the approach of spring an eager army
of vOluntecS workers Is easily muster
ed to do the necessary work. AT the
close OF school the gardens are 10 at
tuctive that 1t is equally easy to SO
cure the services of children to cara
for them during the summer months.