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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Famous Old Toll House Which seog
Will Be Raced.

the corner. The old building was used
as the dollhouse for over so years un.
til a change In the highways in the vi
entity necessitated its abandonment
and the erection OF a new house fur
Their up the road, at IssinIng avenue.
The old house has been the property
OF one family ever since it was built.
It was built by John S. Lawrence, the
first tollkeeper, whose grandson,
John Fl. Lawrence, recently sold it to
the theatrical concern
Mr.. Lawrence was born in the
building and remembers his mother
collecting tolls at the doorway. For
many years Mr.. Lawrence used 1t as
an Office for his coal yard. It was
not far to the east of the old toll-gate
that Porter, the highWayman, robbed
the United States mail coach in the
early part OF the last century for
which he was hanged at Bush Hill,
near Seventeenth street and Fair
mount avenue. Another important
building at the time which was close
sly associated with the dollhouse was
the Moss Cottage Hotel, which was
built before the Revolution and stood
a short distance west.
1t was the custom in the days OF
the dollhouse not to collect tolls from
hearses and undertaker's wagons, nor
funeral carriages on the way to a
church yard. Funerals on the way to
cemetery, however. were compelled
to pay. Carriages conveying persons
to church services also were exempt
from the toll. The rate was liz cents
a mile for each horse and cent TO,
each head of cattle and swine.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Nose to Nose With Brother.

and when the moth-eaten horse fol-
lowing in its wake came to halt the
driver promptly dropped off into slum-
ber The siesta was not for long Sud
denly there were nervous tremors
from his steed. Then agitated quiv-
ers. The charger was nose to nose
with brother. He nodded So did
the brother He twitched an ear in
unembarrassed comradeship. A friend
~ ear tWitched n sympathy Then fol-I
lowed q varied and Wierd program Of
Joyous ssyrats ons some COMMA
some sportiva, 81 with surprising
abandon. Il took a frantic rnanipula-
ton Of the lines to break up the hap
py performance before the mirror was
shattered. When the long line Of stall
ed vehicles and street cars again
moved on its way, the animated steed
was proudly prancing In the wake
OF his new found friend. who, strange
to say, was proudly pranclng In per
feet unison.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
@BEWITcHED MULE, AMUck
Breaks Down Front Door of House
and ssnashes Up the Fur
niture.

Spartanburg, s. C.-Aroused from
their slumber at three o'clock the
other morning by furious battering
on the front door, Charles Chapman,
a farmer of near here. and the mem
bers OF his family had no sooner aris-
en- from their beds than the door fell
In with a crash With snort Mr.
Chapman's mule plunged into the
room and cavorted around. The mule
lunged and pitched about the house,
letting fly his heels and kicking fur
niture into smithereens. The little
children OF Mr.. Chapman were in con-
slant danger of being struck by the
iron-shod hoofs Of the rabid beast.
After the family were removed In
their night clothing into the frosty
open, Chapman made q desperate at
tempt to capture the animal. Failing
In every attempt, he got his shotgun.
At the first shot the mule gave bel
low and plunged about like whale
struck with harpoon. The fifth shot
dispatched the animal
At daybreak neighbors were sum-
moned and helped drag the carcass
out of the Chapman parlor. The mule
is said to have been beWitched By
negro "cunjur doctor" who had
grudge against Mr.. Chapman.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
NEWS for tie
YOUNG
PEOPLE
pAsTIME FOR YOUNG AND OLD
Swedish Paper Describes interesting
Game 60 Be Played on ,ee--Ur-
pire Is Needed.

a novel and interesting winter game
for young and old, described rs a
novelty by Swedish paper, is played
as follows:
Two poles of convenient height are
erected on the ice: II skating on q
shallow pond they may be driven
through the ice and into the ground,
but IL the water Is deep. holes must be
bored through the Ice and the poles
will soon freeze solid1y in them. A
rome is stretched between the poles at
such height as Is suited to the size
s,f the players or as agreed on to make
the game more or less difficult, and on
this are strung a number OF pieces Of
hoard. A, each having ring of spring
steel B. attached to It's lower end. The
Inurpose Of the game is to run at good
speed btween the poles and catch
ring on spear, each player being en-
titled to make certain number of
nuns and the winner being the one
who can catch the most rings.
The spears may be made Of broom
handles tapered toward the end, and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
JAIL TERM AS A "BRAcER"
New York Court is Lenlent to Prison
er Who Stole When starv.
inc.

New York.-Justice Ste1nert in spe-
cial sessions sentenced Albert F. Nor
gan to thirty days In the Tombs to
brace him up" Morgan had pleaded
guilty to the theft of q violin worth
SIS from his landlady, Mrs. Marie
Hardt, of 391 East 40th street.
Il had a position in Washington, %
he said, until three months ago. Then
got in with gay crowd and spent
more money than I should and finally
came to New York For two days
had had nothing to eat, except some
rolls stole from a doorstep, and FIN
ally stole the violin. I was desper.
ate and down and out"
After a brief conference with Jus.
tees McInerney and Salmon, Justice
Steinert announced the sentence "You
are on the verge of breakdown he
said, land it is for your own best in
terest that I send you to the city
prison for thirty days.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

.ried to raise the other tribes against
American control, were one by one
subdued, mostly by the great force of
personality Of Colonel Scott and his
tactful handling of the natives. Dur
ing his campaign against the pirate
Panglima Hassan he was terribly
wounded at a fight near Crater Lake.
Although his wounded hands had to
be strapped to his breast while his
pony was led by an orderly, he re
NAMED only few days in the hos
pital, and again took the field in the
chase after Hassan. His wounds
were open for more than three
months, but, Notwithstanding all this,
he kept on the train until he ran
down the fanatic and killed him. AS
q reward he was recalled from the
Philippines, and in 1906 made super
intendent OF the military academy at
West Point.
Colonel Scott believes that this
new plan of maintaining revenue cut
tiers in the Philippines will be more
effective against piracy than any JET
tried.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
WINTER EllEENlfl RICK
Allow Person to Think OF Card and
! Then Make lt Appear Where Com
pany May Decide Upon.

To allow a person to think OF
card and to make that card appear at
any number in the pack which the rest
OF the company may decide upon:
After the cards have been thor
oughly well shuf1ed offer the pack to
one Of the spectators and ask
him to select any card he
chooses and to remember the
number at which it stands from
the bottom OF the pack. This done,
you offer to make the card selected
take any position in the pack that the
rest Of the company may choose to
name. We will suppose the audience
to decide that they wish the card to
appear at number eighteen. Careless
iy remark that it Is not even neces-
sary for you to see the cards, and hold
the pack either behind your back or
beneath the table, while you rapidly
count eighteen from the bottom of the
pack and place them on the top. Then,
producing the cards, you ask the a&ldi-
ience to tell you the original number
of the card, as you will begin counting
from that number.
Suppose they tell you that the num-
Der of the original card was fourteen.
You commence counting, calling the
frst card fourteen, the next fifteen.
the next sixteen, then seventeen, and
last Here, in order to make the trick
as impressive as possible, it would be
as we'll to pause and say: Before
turn 1t over will you kindly tell me
sne name Of the card selected"
me card being named, you turn it
up, and, to their utter establishment
the company perceives that It Is the
right one.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
HORSE SAW f2MSELF
AS OTHERS SEE HIM
Produced Wonderment, Chagrin,
Anger, Pleasure, and All Other
Equine Emotions.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-To see himself as
others see him, probably for the first
time in an uneventful existence, pro-
duced wonderment, chagrin, anger
pleasure. and all the equine emotions
combined, in decrepit specimen OF
horsefiesh which the other day was
given its first opportunity TO gaze into
the fmpid depths of mirror All OF
which caused mighty merriment to
an admiring gathering OF Penn ave
nue. folks and consequent amazement
to an astonished driver. It happened
when huge moving van. stalled by
street car blockade, in turn held up
behind it the dilaptdated outfit OF q
junk peddler
Jauntily balanced on the rear OF
the moving van was a huge mirror,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
SICK MAN BATTLES WITH LION
Shot Beast Three Times Before te
Dropped Fifty Feet From Him
attic Occurs az Hecla, Wyo.

Cheyenne, Wyo-Battling with one
Of the largest mountain lions ever
seen in this section, George Fisher, a
sufferer from tuberculosis shot and
killed the animal, weighing 275
pounds, which he found feeding on a
steer. The battle occurred at Hecla,
in Laramie county.
Fisher shot at the animal wounding
it. The lion at once gave up his
beef and started for Fisher in leaps.
The man retreated, sending another
bullet into the beast While it seemed
to take effect, it did not stop the
lion. A .hird bullet entered the ami
mails head. and as II was within so
feet Of Fisher it dropped dead.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
FIGHTS CATAM0UNT AN HOUE
Beast Attacks Pennsylvania Hunt
er, Killing Dog Before 1t
Is Slain.

Pottsville, Pa.-El1sworth Mining.
returning to his home at fremont
about nightfall after a hunting trip,
accompanied only by his dog, was at
tackled by one Of the largest cata.
mounts ever seen in this section. He
felt the animal leap from the limb of
tree, as If by intuition, and stepped
aside. just In the nick Of time. The
animal Immediately engaged in a fight
with the dog, which was killed. In the
meantime Mining repeatedly emptied
a shotgun into the catamount's body,
and after an hours struggle the ami
NAL was slain. 1t weighed exactly n
pounds after it had been drawn.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
WILL fight P|RATEs|
Philippine Government Is Building
Navy to Suppress Outlaws
Moros Of sulu Island Still Raid Nesah
bors TO RepIenish Stock Of Pro-
visions and FIJI s4arens
With Slave Girls.

Manila, P. Piracy has again
broken out in the Philippines. The
Moros Of the Sulu islands have taken
up their old pastime of raiding theis
neighbors to replenish their stock OF
provisions, to fill their harems with
sisve giris and to get other slaves to
till their farms. They are doing to.
day what they have done for centu,
ries past, only in smaller way. So
soon as the heavy hand Of Uncle Sam
% lifted, as II was recently when the
government withdrew some OF the
gunboats that had been patrolling the
Islands for the purpose OF suppressing
piracy, the Moro pirates Immediately
got busy and started out In their
praus with the familiar skull and
crossbones tackled to the masthead.
To provide for future emergencies
OF the Kind the Philippine government
is now proceeding to build little
navy Of It's own. Plans have been
made for the building Of number of
revenue cutters, to be operated along
the lines now followed by the revenue
cutter service Of the United States.
In the Philippines the principal work
OF the new service will be that Of pro-
tecting the people OF the islands from
the piratical raids OF the Sulu Moros.
A contract has been let for the build
ing of the first vesesl, which will cost
about 100000. This vessel when fin
ished will carry number of rapid
fire guns and two speedy motorboats
All of the new vessels Of the NINA
eure navy will be equipped with mo-
torboats, so that they may be used
in pursuit OF the buccaneers when
they seek to escape by sailing their
light draft craft into shallow creeks
and rivers where they cannot be fol-
lowed by larger vessels.
Col. Hugh L. Scott, of the Third
Cavalry, was the man given the task
Of suppressing piracy in the sulu
islands. He held the Job Of governor
from 1903 to 1905.
It was not long after he took
charge that number OF hostile chiefs
Of Jolo, who at different times had
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
OLD LANDMARK TQ3BE RAzED
Torn Down-Wll. Be laepsaced
With a Tf1eateF.

Boston.-A structure Of much his.
eoric interest, which viii soon be torn
down to make way for a theater, is
the old dollhouse at the northeast
corner Of Oxford street and Ridge
avenue. The building, which is OF
frame and one and half stories in
height, was the first dollhouse on the
famous old Ridge Road which was the
first improved road leading from thig
city to Norristown. It was built IN
1911 by the Ridge Road Turnpike
Company and Is the last Of the old
toil-houses remaining within the city
limits.
The building consists OF two parts.
the original structure and an addition
built about 1860, which adjoius 1t on
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
RIDDLES.

Why are there three objections to
aAing glass of brand y?
because there are three scrun,es tn
dram 80 ~
tive? o 4o'oA'o
because she sends of the sparks
s Transports the mails and has q. train
Following her. : ''NA
what are the most unsociable things
IN the world? 'S
m M stones, fer you never see two
of Them together.
why is the letter F. like deathe
r because it makes all fall.
When may man be considered m
90 really over head and ears in debs7
", mush ne owes for his wig.
what is 1t that gentleman has not
lady? 80 ean s1se " q
A husband.
.o' What fruit does a newly married
eonpis resemble? ' 'e0
a green pair (peSr).
what Is the differsace between
MUSE a and q young ady?
- ans naTms the cheese, the other
eaaras the hes. V A
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Player in Action.

with a shield made Of tin and attached
at q suitable distance from the thicker
end (Pattern c.. The line Is fastened
lat the top of one pole and run through
q pulley, D, at the top Of the other,
thence to a weight or line fastener.
Each player should start from the
same base line and pass between the
poles at such speed that he will
glide at least 100 feet on the other
side of the poles without pushing him
self forward by the aid Of the skates.
Twenty runs are usually allowed each
player, or ten players may divide into
two parties, playing one against the
other etc An umpire will be needed
to see that fair play is maintained and
settle any disputes that may arise.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
CIGARS HOLD OFF WOLVES
Man, Unframed, illustrates Hungry
Pack Of Animals With Lighted
Weeds Until Rescued.

Duluth, Minn.John Bergman Of
Palmer, Mimi, today told OF an attack
by wolves the other night. With only
four cigars as weapons, he successful
Nv held wolf pack at bay until as
sistance came from the camp where
he is employed.
He went to Palmer on the afternoon
train and was walking to the camp
when the pack began to close in.
Lighting all four cigars. he iabbed
the lighted ends at the wolves, only
stopping long enough to puff them to
keep them glowing. When he finally
came within hailing distance OF the
Camp he was exhausted. Men ran out
with guns and the wolves gd.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
GAME FOR WINTER EVENING
Disks F'ipped Upon Cardboard Blocks
OF Various VaIues-variation Of
Tiddie-de-Winks.

A new kind Of game that is sort Of
variation Of the old game of tiddle-de-
winks, and will afford much amuse-
ment for a cold winters evening, has
been devised by a Pennsylvania man.
A fiat rectangular box has spread out
over the bottom lot of cardboard
squares, each bearing the picture of an
animal and certain valuation. Inter-
spersed among them are other pieces
representing fines. The player is pro-
vided with two disks OF different sizes,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
BOYS WHO LACKED TRAINING
interesting Investigation Made by
Juvenile Protective Association
Few Had Trade.

Failure properly to train boys for
useful work is a prolific source of
Vagabondage and crime. An investI-
cation made by the Juvenile Protec-
tive association Of Chicago and re-
ported by its president, Louise De-
Koven Bowen, in the Survey, davea-
oped striking facts A study was
made Of cases selected from among
1,s2s confined in the Cook county jail
in 1911. Mrs. Bowen writes:
The investigation emphasizes the
fact that only three out of the hum
dred boys had trade. Only six had
been allowed to work at the occupa-
ton which they really desired. Most
of them had been put to work at
anything attainable Sfxty-six had
begun to earn their living at fourteen
years Of ago or younger. According
to the government reports, the wages
Of unskilled laborers who leave school
before they are fourteen increase
slowly from SO to SO per week until
they are twenty years Of age. Here
they remain stationary until they are
forty years Of age, when their earn
ing capacity again begins to decline.
Out of the 1928 boys in the jail,
TIL had been engaged In unskilled oc-
equations. Nineteen boys had wished
to become machinfsts; out OF this
number four drove wagons, one was
farmer, three were messenger boys,
one an Office boy. four were Iahorers
three were errand boys In stores, one
was chauffeur and were gro
Gerry clerks. 8 ss
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

the larger one to be used In Tipping
the smaller one into the box Each
player counts the value of the piece he
lands on, OF If it happens to be fine"
he subtracts that amount. There can
also be penalty provided for failure
to enter the box at all and a number
Of rules may be- made to add to the
interest of the game or make 1t more
difficult.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Proof.

Tommy went home one day with
nice new golf ball.
Look at the lost ball found on the
links, father!" he said
"BuBt you are sure. Tommy" said
Mr. Traddles, that 1t was lost ball
really?"
'Oh, yes said the boy. II saw the
man and his caddy looking for r.
London Opinion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Waikover.

Mother-Now, do be careful how
you act about that young man or
people will think you are running
after him.
Daughter don't have to do that
mother; can win In a walk.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Marriage TanaIes RELATIONSHIPS,

Poole, Pay the marriage Of Noel
Garrad and Miss Mary Collins, and
Daniel O. Mellen and Miss Nola Gem
try, ali OF Poole, Pa, curious tangle
in relationship was brought about.
Garrad is the uncle OF his wife's cou-
sin, as well as cousin by marriage.
His wife is the aunt BY marriage to
ths husband Of her COUSIN
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Sues for poo'a Board.

Boston.-Fee;: the Partisan oodls
dog, which has figured in several OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart PhelpR Wards
short stories, is now the cenaaI fig.
ure in suit brought against Mrs.
Ward'e estate for board for the dog
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Surgical t-ere.

Father, what is q minor opera.
tion?'
"a minor operation. my boy, Is one
for which the patient cheerfully pays
the BILL
"And a major operation?''
ooh. that's one for which the bill
Is settled by the heirs. Judge
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
sure Enough aTiesgad. p

chicago.-Miss H. Ffaherty has
brought suit against Mrs. Fred Shall
ton for ten cents back rent. she also
asks that her tenant be elected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
,lv and conyincingIy and pleasingiy what

MY and conyincingly and pleasingiy what
he thinks.
Since speech is the medium through
which we communicate with one another
all life is really then bound up in this
question of our speech
Whether It be the child standing before
his teacher, telling what he has Learned
on a subject assigned whether II De
promoter trying to persuade you that THIS
special tract Of land contains fortune
for YOU. whether 1t be clerk behind
counter q nurse at bedside, minister
I in a pulpit or a suffragette on cracker
hox-the ones who know how to express
their thoughts convincingly and pleasing
" are the ones who win and hold atteh-
ton.
nasal voice, unpleasant mannersms,
n tone that fails to carry, enumeration tha'
IL indistinct, awkward use OF the BODY
lack of poise-all are serious handicaps 10
anv one. whether 1t be man VINO meas
ures his living by his power to convince
mr. whether II be q woman whose success
I'm the social world depends upon her
powers of conversation and charm.
The whole struggle Of the soul from the
cradle to the grave is to express ITSELF
To do this effectively, to reach other IN
diyiduals and make ones self understood
is all.
II is remarkable to note the change that
takes place In a boy or girl. young man
or young woman who has had even
few months Of dramatic training-the
clearer speech, the improved carriage, the
increased confidence are unmistakabie.
Each year brings to New York an IN
creasing number Of young persons eager
to go on the stage" hoping for pubic
career-most OF them, / am safe In say
ing II. hopelessly unprepared, Astounding
in ambition, but crude as to technic.
They nave studied music. as they
showed, every one Of them. II only to give
them a finer appreciation; they have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
The Elnor csmstock Music scha.
REGULAR OR SPECIAL COURSES
Piano, Harmony. Composition.
Leschetizky Method.
Catalogues. 1000 Madison Avenue

studied the foreign languages perban.
they have, In short, studied a little ~
everything except the one thing needfu
II they are to earn their living by it-tbs
proper use Of the speaking voice and AIDE.
quate expression Of the body, the reyealer
of the soul they are undertaking to in.
terpret.
The general impression conveyed nv
the word "elocution" is usually the un-
provoked assault on unwilling ear drums
with vociferous intent to say nothing, but
fortunately for the tortured and helpless
public, a new era has arrived, when thu
vocal Interpretation of the written word
commands growing respect.
With the change OF the inadequate
name "elocution" to Interpretation" or
expression" there has mercifully passed
the ranter, whose chief ambition was to
make the unskilful laugh careless that
he made the judlclous grieve.
The elocutionist who tolls like bell,
whistles like steamboat or means like
the wind has passed, together with
"Lasca," "The Polish Boy" and ASLEEP
at the Switch" not to mention our re-
vered friend "Curfew Shall Not Ring
Tonight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
SPEAKING VOICE ESSENTIAL

are purple in the vain effort to be impress
sive.
Effective speech is an art, and. like all
other arts, il must be studied--its technic
must De mastered-one must learn to use
and control voice and body, and the place
to begin is in the schools, their training
supplemented by the invaluable assistance
of hearing correct speech at home, where
unfortunately, 1t Is not always to DE
found There is probably no time In the
age OF boy or girl when he stands In