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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
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savina Your s,ster.jn-Lav,.

esince one of their ancient sages
could decide nice ethical point with
notable good sense-perhaps even with
Hrking humor-there is promise that
the people of China today, in the con-
ilct between barbaric tradition and
the growing sense of a woman's right
TO life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
plness, may have the grace to make
wise decisions. The following comes
from THE Changing Chinese" of Prof.
3. A. Ross:
A woman never thinks Of shaking
hahds with a man # gentleman
wishes to give lady a fan he does
tot hand it to her, lest their hands
tcuch, but places it beside her.
This sort of thing has been made
so Eucn of that about the time of
aristotle local prude asked Mencjus:
II mans sister-in-law is drown
ing, ought he TO draw her out with
the hand?"
10 which he sage senably rc,,jed.
il is wo.fish not to draw out a
browning ftster-in-law." Youths
Companion. :
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
GeonranhI of lia,lor.

Mayor Gaynor, discussing city gov
eminent in his wonted illuminating
and brilliant way, said in New York:
I'VE must not have one reform law
for the rich<and another for the poor.
1t is as bad for the millionaire to gam
BILE in his club as for the laborer to
gamble in a stuss joint. It is as bad
to become intoxicated on champagne
as on mixed ale.
Too many reformers, so-called.
think that when a man is drunk on
Fifth avenue he is i'll, and when a
man is i'll on Third avenue he Is
drunk 2
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Hospital on Wheels.

The new French Schneider arnbu.
lance is a veritable portable hospital,
being truck of probably the largest
size yet constructed and having an
operating room in the middle part,
with two smaller rooms at the ends.
L contains an electric plant which
is used for lighting, water pumping
and sterilizing and for surgical mo-
tors Water is pumped in by hose
from a well Or pond, and. after pass-
ing through the ultraviolet ray steri-
lizeT, it is stored in a tank. When
the ambulance is brought to the spot.
for instance, on battlefield, a wing
in the shape of tent is formed by
a tarpaulin on each side OF the wagon,
and the two tents are electrically
lighted through windows in the sides
of the car.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Blood Temperature Of Athletes

There have been made at the Lon
don college hospital some curious OBJ.
servations on the blood temperature
of athletes. The normal blood tenn.
perature of man is about 98.11 degrees
Fahrenheit. A young man. after a
run of 200 yards, showed tempera.
ture of 10076 degrees; another tenn
perature of 100.94 degrees; a third
a temperature Of 1922 degrees after
run of half mile A mile run pro.
duced an internal temperature of 1928
degrees with one athlete, and 1856 de-
grees with another After a three
mile run one young man had tenn
perature OF los degrees, but this run
uer's normal blood temperature was
1o1 degrees, although he was In per
feet health.-Harper's Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
ITALIAN VILLA LIFE
No Sense of Effort There, But
Everywhere Are Flowers.
Tuscan Homes, Where Medieval Cue
toms Gradually Are Giving Way
to Modernity-Rsst Is to Be
Found at Florence.

Florenee.-Life an Italian villa
sounds an idyllic experience to those
In teeming cities. and these old
world gardens, nearly always built
on charming sites, do possess an at
traction distinctive from that OF or
binary country houses. The luxuri-
ance of the flowers, with their bril-
liant coloring and easy growth, says
a writer in the Christian Science Mon
ftor, helps the restful atmosphere
which Is SO characteristic: but the
graceful manners and pleasant ac-
'ceptance of work and burdens by the
servants have also considerable part
OF the charm. The sense of effort is
as lacking as the sense of rush, and
yet there is perpetual gentle activity
manifest everywhere. Every villa
of Importance, for example, has
farm attached to 1t, where maize and
the vines and mulberries and fig trees
flourish; no ruthless noises of ma
chtnery disturb the peace OF these un-
hedged patches, wreathed from tree
to tree; the plaintive folksongs of the
peasants rising and falling like q
Gregorian chant, alone are heard with
the incessant murmur of the grill or
cicadas, and when the stream runs
near, the brek-kek-kek of frogs.
Most Tuscan villas are built on
hills and nowhere are they loVelier
than round Florence. There are few
more fascinating experiences than Wis
fting these villas. Behind forbidding
walls over whose tops masses of
Banksia roses clomber, such unex-
pected vistas wait; and even when the
villa stands out the center of COM
handing group of expresses, one may
be certain OF surprises as one wan
ders up and down its terraces.
The patch of lex that makes SO
sharp blot upon the hillside turns
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
FORECASTS MADE LONG ACC
Literary Works of Other Days Make
Curious Reading in the Light OF
Modern Inventions.

Chance phrases in the literary works
of other days describe with uncanny
exactness inventions OF far later times.
For instance, we find in the Prolusions
OF Strada the Roman, which were pub
lishsd in the year 1917, what might be
held to- embody a crude description Of
wireless telegraphy.
Str2da represents tive frieaSa AS
carrying On a correspondence by
means OF "ceFtaia le&dstene which
has such virtue in it that Ii it touches
two needles. when one IT the needles
begins to move, the ether. although at
ever SO great distance. moves at the
same time and ia the sane manner"
In 1874 Robert Hoeks published q
work whereia he observed that, as
glasses improve vision, SO ways might
be found to improve cur other senses.
1T is Ret impossible" says he, ito
hear q whisper distance Of furiong,
and perhaps the nature of the thing
would not make it Impossible although
that furlong should be ten times mul-
uplled. This seems to be a fair fore
cast OF the telephone.
la Gulliver's travels Swift causes
his hero to relate, In the voyage to
Laputa, that the astronomers there
nave likewise discovered the two les
ser stars or satellites which revolve
about Mars" This has been held to
constitute q satire on sham science.
Nevertheless, Prof. Asaph Hall q few
years ago discovered the two tiny sat.
elites.
1t WAS more than seventeen hundred
years ago that Lucian gave an &C.
count of the manner wherein the in.
habjtants Of the moon drank "air
squeezed or compressed into COB
let" 80 that it formed a kind of dew.
This clearly suggests liquid air.
The same writer, in Vera Histor.
lea" humorously and at some length
describes an aerial ship the sails OF
which were inflated by a whirIwind,
thus lmpelling it through space to the
Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25

" gave way completely when one had
the temerity to stop right in front OF
him for adiustment-and adjustment
there was. Dobbin suddenly became
all legs. He climbed into the car
filing the air with bits of flying glass
brass and wood; he kicked the lamps,
tore of tire and shredded the up.
folstery; he made junk Of the metal
trimmings, when with a final kick OF
defiance he clambed out and permit,
ted himself to be hitched up, and pre-
ceeded serenely on his way.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Problem In Pnlsics.

A native of T., on the coast of Scot.
land, when the contract for the build.
ing of the first three steamers fitted
with electric lights at the local ship.
yard was completed, formed one OF
the social party gathered to entertain
the electricians. says Ideas. In a
burst of candor and conradeship, he
was heard to say to one of the wire.
men:
Mon, Peter, efter workin' VII you
on they boats, believe could put in
the electric LIGHT masel'. but there's
only one thing that bates me-
Aye, aye, Sandy, what is that??"
inquired his interested friend, willing
to help him If it lay in his power.
''Weel. mon.' replied Sandy, tits
just this: | dinna ken hoo We get
the lie tae ran alang the wires
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
AWFUL THOUGHTS
QUICKLY BANlsHED
Thought, al Times, that She Woasd
Die. Saves Herself, Also
Young Girl Whose Troubles
Were Similar to Hers.

GAINESVILLE, Tenn.-Mrs. II. L. Ma
son, of this. place, writes: II want to
write you few lines in regard to
your medicine, Cardui, the Woman's
tonic.
Before my marriage / lived in Ev-
ansville, Ind. I suffered very much
with womanly trouble. / thought, at
times, that I would nearly die with
pains in my stomach, and backache.
| saw your medicine advertised, and
sent and got bottle. The first bottle
helped me, and l haven't been both
cred with any Of my old troubles since.
After my marriage, I lived in Mt.
Vernon, Ind, and one of my neighbours
girls suffered like did. | told them
to give her Cardui, the woman's tonic,
as it would help her, and 1t certainly
did, right away,
will surely recommend Cardui to
all women, for think it Is good med
ictne for all kinds OF womanly
trouble"
If you are suffering from any Of the
ailments peculiar to weak women,
such as headache, backache, sideache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, etc., we
urge you to give Cardui, the woman's
tonic, trial.
It should surely do for you, what 1t
has done for thousands of others, In
the past half century, who suffered
with similar troubles.
Begin taking cardui today. Your
druggist sells it.
N, B.-g,sss 10: ChaHanoosa Medicine Co. Ladies
Advisory Department. chattanooga, Tennessee, for
Fscssnent for Women. sent in plain wrapper. ADV.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
BLAME PLACED ON PHYSICIANS
Growth Of Drug Habit in United States
Alleged to Be Due to opiates
Ordered in Prescriptions.

That SO per cent. OF all the cocaine
and morphine manufactured in this
country ia used by persons who have
formed the drug habit through physi-
| Clans prescriptions is the startling
statement made By DR.. L. F. Keller,
Chief OF the Division Of Drugs, Depart
ment OF Agriculture. This statement,
concerning the appalling growth OF
drug addiction the United States,
was made by DR.. Keller in an address
at Washington, before the American
Society for the Study of Alcohol and
Narcotics.
Dr.. Keller is quoted by Washington
papers as having declared that drug
using had increased 100 per cent. in
the last 40 years, and that American
medical men were not discriminating
enough in their use of opiates. Their
overlndulgenee to their patients, he
said, is creating thousands Of drug
users every year.
1t Is very sad thing to say that
our physicians areadoing the greatest
work in promoting the use OF cocaine
and morphine" said the doctor. Estate
laws are not saving the public from
the grip Of the drug habit, and the
American public is sinking tighter
and tighter into the black abyss OF
the morphine and cocaine fiend.
sThe worst Of it is that the impor~
tation Of opium into the country is
becoming larger and larger year by
year. I have heard it said on reliable
authority that SO per cent of the CO
caine and morphine manufactured in
this country Isl used by persons who
have formed the habit through doe
tors prescriptions"
Almost simultaneously with DR.. Keb-
lers address, DR. J. A. Patterson, at
Grand Rapids, Michigan, in a public
statement said that 10 out Of every 90
patients who come to an institution
with which he is connected for treat
nent for the drug habit owe their
downfall to physicians prescriptions.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Peanut as CiviEizer.

The peanut seems to be playing the
part Of "civiliZer" IN some of the Co
lc.rial districts Of Africa. Traders
give a negro pushed of the nuts for
seed on condition that he returns four
bushels from his crop, and since the
yield in good years is twenty-fold the
black man generally has a surplus
that he can sell at the rate of a shil-
ling bushel.
From a single station in senegam-
bia there were shipped in one year
20, 900 tons. Small boys and scien-
lists have long been in agreement as
to the value of the peanut; now
statesmen also will have to do it
honor, since it seems likely to lead
the native African Into the paths OF
agriculture
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Roses in Medicine.

Roses at one time figured prom.
inently in the pharmacopoeia. Pliny
gives 81 remedies compounded OF
rose leaves and petals Sufferers
from nervous complaints used to seek
relief by sleeping on rose pillows and
one is told that Helogabalus used to
imbibe rose wine as a pick-me-np
after his periodical gormandizing
hours. The flower was also served
at table, both as garnish, II the way
parsley is now used. and as a salad.
and rose water was largely used for
favoring dishes. Roses as food have
gone out Of favor among western ma
tons, but the Chinese still eat rose
fritters.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Balanced.

representative Pujo was talking in
Washington about the currency.
ut must balance" he said. ...It
must balance automatically and deli
cately. 1t must resemble the Christmas
husband"
Oh. John, DEAR said this chaps
wife, I'm SO sorry you've got all those
heavy parcels to carry!'
well, you see.' John painted, re-
assuringly, my pocket is very much
lighter now 50
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
ABUSE Of THE AUTO.
Punishment Sure to Follow Mania
for Speed
Tax on Eyes and Nervous System Ia
Too Great-Even Passengers Are
Not Immune to Most Serious
Affections. .-

The twentieth century may fairly
be called the age Of speed. The troll
lev ear, rushing through city streets
and country roads, replaces the jog
ging horse car and rumbling stage;
the fast steamers take you to England
In Ave days; tAe 1000 between New
York and Chicago Is covered In Il
hours: and mankind has almost fer
gotten the joys OF a quiet saunteT.
Distances have been shortened by the
bicycle. the automobile and the power
boat and the aeroplane Ia to outspesd
them all
Although much Is gained, perhaps.
the physician knows that something
Ia lost The uses and benefits OF the
automobile, for example. are great il
IT is sensibly used, but when it Ia
abused the danger to those In and eat
Of the car is even greater. Driving
a high-power car at full speed Ia a
pIeasurable form of intoxication, but
like all intoxication it has it's penal
ties, and they are heavy.
The drivers eyes and nervous sys-
tenn may suffer seriously, although
there are numerous minor ills to
which he Is liable that may come
first and teach him moderation.
The tax on the eyes Is enormous,
for they are kept at constant strain,
looking for obstacles and inequalities
In the road The wind and dust in
spite OF goggles often cause a trou-
blesome inflammation that yields only
to rest in a darkened room and ap-
propriate medical treatment.
A not uncomon affection of the
eyes is failure to focus properly,
the ciliary muscles become exhausted
and suddenly cease to act-a tenn
porary paralysis that causes sud
den blurring of the vision. Il that
comes while the car is going at full
speed the driver is fortunate If he can
stop it in time. The only course for
the driver who has had this affection
is to give up the wheel, for If it has
occurred once it may occur again at
any time.
Another ailmant that mag affect the
passengers as well as the driver is
painful, stiff neck caused by uncon-
scious muscular tension. But the
most serious penalty that follows
abuse of the automobile is neuras-
thenia or nervous breakdown A man
whose brain is fatigued with business
cares cannot with safety substitute
another form OF mental strain for the
needed reIaxatien.-YoHth's Compan-
ion
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Our Children.

an Europe regards our children
e.aaea,is as the worst-ts led children
y. ealsh Ihey are, or. to put it bet
.es' the least-trained They have
.-loie freedom OF action, room to ex
r -, IN, practice in responsibility
ihes do not make the worse citizens
- ulis' their Intelligence is keen.
SAa they are as amenable to law and
49, VIA grown as in other coun-
, ,a.s, Oily II the law and order do not
ST. st;s,.. ,l'e1n they are more ready to IN.
,sr :, NJ" laws and different or
@r.-Iae Farerunner
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Bull Gorsd fsorsss 70 Dash

Fallsville, Pa.-Rreaking an iron
chain D. which he was fastened to the
trunk OF q tree, an infuriated bull
owned by Earl Ralstron, broke down a
fence that separated him from two
horses taat were grazing in an adjoin
Ing field and gored item to death.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Doc Went IS Miles for Aid

Gueda Springs, Kan.--Mrs John Rio
ords, was awakened by dog scratch
gng on her front door She discovered
the family pet OF X father at the
door and, thinking something was.
wrong, mounted a horse and hurried
TO his home. Is miles away. She
found her father dying,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Surprised Him.

There was afellow who proposed to
all the girls just for fun. He had no
idea Of getting himself engaged but
he enjoyed the preliminaries. So he
was disagreeably surprised once and
served him right.
Miss Evelyn" he said soulfully.
do you think you conld love me well
enough to be my wife?"
Yes. darling" she cried
"Well-er-noW I know where to
come in case should want to marry
Detroit Free Press.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
keepinn Her Word

Josephine-Do you know to whom
Stella is engaged?
Margaret-Yes, but ! promised I
would not tell. However, l don't
think there'll be any harm in my writ
ing his name on a piece of paper for
you.-Satire
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
SeIf-ADareeiafion

How do yef know your speech
made such a profound impression o.
asked the doubling friend. e"rhere
wasn't very much cheering
That's just the point replied Sen
ator Sorghum. 7 am one of the ora
tors 90 whom my constituents would
rather listen than hear themselves ap-
plaud."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
GOT EVEN WITH OLD ENEMY
Dobbin Had Stood Much, but Wine,
He Finally Refal;ated He Made
Things Good and Even.

Old Dobbin, property Of Mrs. Jesse
Owen, of Missouri, had his nerves SO
rasped by the buzzing and snorting OF
flery-eyed automobiles that they final
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Pleasing Sounds.

What is more delightful than the
careless prattle of child?' asked the
fond father?"
Have you ever heard the rattle Of a
train for which you had been waiting
nine hours at a lonely little station
$50 miles from homer replied the
travelling man.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25

I don't Want a woman to weigh me
in a balance; there are men enough
for that sort of Work.-Oliver Wen
dell Holmes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25

Many man performs his work as
though he thought he was doing the
boss a favor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Struggling Along.

rs that a monthly rose?'
1T looks noreHaake weakly one
to me-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Which

Have you hal much experience in
hooking up"
Horses or waists?''
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
.Wd dined out last evening. Pa dis
graceg us, as usual

HOW 50. :
got to the end of the dinner
with three forks and two spoons still
unused
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
UnusuaI.

"a candlemaker combines ex-
tremes.''
How so?"
His business is both cereous and
light
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-25
Its Class,

That was a raw deal"
What WASP"
1.-The plot they cooked up"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-06
The Union Meeting

The union revival services continues.
Congregations are good. A number of
the laymen are taking active part Last
Sunday there was a special service for
men and boys only. On next Sunday
afternoon at a church yet to be selected
there will be another men and boys
meeting. The following subjects will be
discussed by the laymen OF the churches
at this meeting
''The church's need of men,"
1.-THE kind of men the church needs. :"
'Man's need of the church."
"The kind of church man needs"
"Man and the church's need OF Christ. I"
At the same hour in the NJ E. church
there will be woman's meeting led by
Mrs. McCutcheon.
The public is cordially invited to these
services.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-02-06
PYTHIAN HOME
May Be Located In BeIingtOn
----
Every Effort is Being Put Forth By the
Local Lodge and BelingtOn
People to Secure Il.
so FAR BELINGTON is IN THE LEAD.

An interesting meeting OF Belington
Lodge, No. 104, Knights of Pythias, was
held last Friday evening Several visit.
ors were present, among whom were
Messrs. Leslie Swick, W. b. Wilson, j.
@. Mcdonald. Delton Swick and f. S.
Mclean, OF Junior Lodge and Steven
Goverditch, Howard Right, James Rifle
and Hunt. OF Weaver At the coming
meeting Of the Grand Lodge the ques
ton Of location for the Pythian Home to
cost 100000 will be brought up fer de-
cisou and will be given to the town or
city offering the best inducements; the
question Of health being paramount.
As the majority are in favor of central
location, Belington stands fine show Of
having this home located here. Beling-
ton has not only one of the healthiest
locations in the state but she will meas
ure up to all the requirements as to rail-
road facilities, agricultural surroundings
and the size farms procurable.
The Belington Lodge has already the
pledged aid OF Junior and Weaver Lodges,
and it is thought that majority Of the
subordinate lodges will be lined up for
Belington. Terra Alta is in the race az
well as one or two other towns of the
state, but the sentiment over the state is
favorirg Belington provided all require
ments are met
Special effort is being put forth to give
certain inducements that merit the oea-
ton at Belington. The farm land cannot
be beat everything considered 80 with
other natural advantages and contin-
ual hammering the local lodge feel hope
iul 81 landing the home
Busineas men Of the city are taking to
the plan favorably and everything looks
bright for the location to be made in
Belington.