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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
MAN BARKED LIKE A DOG
Thought He Was Holding Skunk at
49, Bay-Anlmal Fast in
Trap.

Winsted, COMFY Initiating the.
bark of a dog for a whole hour a.
Mount Carmel man standing behind q
tree thought he held skunk at bay
for that period, but when his brother
in-law, e. J. Richmoald, arrived with
gun and dispatched the animal It
was discovered that a polecat was
fast in q steel trap.
Richmond and the formers bull ter
rier were out In the country when the
dog espied the skunk, the loud bark
ing of the terrier prompted the man
to investigate, and they found dos
and skunk facing each other, but
some distance apart. Richmond vol
pnteered to go back home, half
hours walk, for a gun, and left his
brother-in-law and barking dog on
guard over the skunk. On noting its
masters absence, the terrier aban.
doned it's post and started post haste
after him. Then from his position be-
hind the tree, the brother-in-law began
initiating a barking dog, and every
time the skunk moved he barked.
When Richmond finally returned
with the gun, his brother-in-law ex.
claimed hoarsely: Kill that skunk
quick and he did as commanded, %
The chagrin of both men.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
TURNS CLOWN FOR
LOVE Of HER CUB
Lioness Sacrifices Feminine Hor-
ror Of Becoming Ridiculous.
KEEPER TELLS STORY
After Watching the Antics Of the Mo
ther and the Delight of Her Prog.
eny He Humanity Concludes to Re
unite the Family.

New York-Pompey, one Of the
three lion cubs born a few months ago
in the zoo in Central park, has been
put back in the cage with his mother,
according to Bill Snyder, head keeper
and oriental researcher into the mar
yelous Of the animal kingdom. Sny-
der gave out this statement as one Of
the weeks happenings in the zoo. Bob
Hurtoh, his assistant; Keeper Cunning
haLa, Pat Keenan,, In charge of the
monkey house, and Andy Smith, the
veteran policeman, knowing that there
must be more 70 come, waited patient
ly while the head keeper took his seat
on bale of hay in the playhouse. says
the Times.
1T was a case Of either putting
them together or else sending the mo-
Their to the hospital" began Snyder.
1T was remarkable demonstration
Of mother love on the part Of the
lioness, and her affection was SC
strong that in manifesting it she had
lost even the feminine dread Of max
ing herself ridiculous.
1T was decided some time ago that
the cubs were able to shift for them
selves, and so the mother was taken
from the cage and put in the next one.
The cubs did not appear to mind the
change much at first, for they could
see their mother through the iron
bars which separated the two cages.
After while, though. Pompey seemed
to want his mother.
Then the Noness became aware
that Pompey was grieving over his
separation from her, and did her best
to comfort him. She would push her
muZzle through the bars and lick her
cub. This did not seem to help mat
tiers much, though, for the cub still
whimpered and refused to take an in
terest in life. / noticed this, but de-
cided not to interfere, for I believed
the lioness would find way to cons
quer the situation. And she did. The
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
GREWsOME BOOK BINDINGS

Books bound in leather from human
skins are not SO unusual as one would
imagine, and many men seem to have
had the ambition to possess samples
of this peculiar kind of binding, says
writer in Die Bibliothek How Ca
mile Flammarion must enjoy looking
upon his copy of his own "Cie1 ct
Terre,' which is bound in leather
which was once the skin Of a beauti-
full noblewoman whom he had com
plimented on her fine complexion
When the woman died she willed him
her epidermis on conditions that it be
used to bind that particular book. In
looks and texture the human hide
book coverings resemble calfskin so
closely that it takes an expert to find
the difference
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05

Sixty or more years ago The wild
pigeons were here by the millions.
They fairly covered the skies when
they flew over In focks. They sold
in those days at five cents dozen,
and they were the best eating in the
world; far superior to the tame pig
cons We have now. Suddenly they
disappeared, ind in year or two not
q pigeon was to be seen anywhere.
They seemed to have been driven
away by cruel treatment. They re-
scented their bloody slaughter. There
has been q strong desire to get them
back. It was reported that pair
had been seen near Ansonia, Pa, and
q reward of $4,000 was offered to
anyone who would secure the pair
alive, says the Ohio State Journal.
Thousands Of people spent last Sun
day securing the woods In that vicin
ety, but no one succeeded In finding
the pair. They are an extinct species,
not exterminated by the evolution Of
Nature, but by the deviIution Of man.
But what change from five cents a
dozen to $4,000 a pair and none to be
had at that.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
SNAKE GOBBLED IRON BUNNY
So Badly Handicapped by Its Weight
the Reptile Could Not MakeS
Escape. -..

lockwood, Pa.-Up at his home
near Cresaptown, Nd, Gibson I'm.
stott, a Wealthy farmer, has a cast
iron rabbit painted in the natural
colors of bunny, which is used to
hold the front door open.
The other night Umstott heard a
humping noise on his porch and go
ing out was astounded to find a mon
ster blacksnake in the act of swallow
ing the cast-iron rabbit Soon the
snake completed the process of swal-
lowing the iron rabbit, but could not
escape with it. He was badly handi-
capped in his efforts to squirm away
and was easily captured by Umstott
and his hired man.
Umstott, taking the big reptile by
the tail with the help of his man
finally forced him to disgorge the rab-
bit. Then taking a silk handkerchief
he pulled the snakes teeth rendering
him harmless. He then took the
snake to the distillery In Cresaptown
and fed him rye mash, causing his
snakeship to 60 to sleep.
Umstott later brought the reptile
here and turned 1t over to the police
where it was measured and found to
be nine feet and one-half inch In
length. The reptile was pronounced
by Chief of Police Warren to be the
largest blacksnake ever seen in these
parts where big snakes are common
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
KITTEN PLAYS THE PIANO
Prefers Thinking High Notes as u
Scampers Up and Down the
Keyboard.

Gentry, Mo.-A kitten belonging to
the family of John Ellis of Gentry, ID
, so fond Of music it tries to play the
piano.
The cat first showed it's liking for
music by sitting near the piano when
some one was playing, listening In.
tently. One day, when no one was ID
the parlor, the cat sprang upon tns
keyboard 1t walked over the notes.
Members of the family, hearing the
sounds, fastened to learn the cause.
From that time, whenever the kitten
was permitted to enter the parlor,
Immediately began practicing on the
piano Instead of walking slowly, as
it did at first, it now runs swiftly from
end to end of the keyboard.
She likes the tinkling Of the afgb
notes best
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05

Why is sleep? Now, please. don't
answer this question right off the bat,
&c to say, by remarking that 1t is an
instinct OF q necessity or anything
like that. For Drs. Legendre and
Piedron Of London, in experiments on
dogs have discovered that sleep is due
to G. toxic substance in the blood de-
veloped by loEg periods of wakefuh
ness. There you have it, you see
the longer you stay awake the surer
you will be to sleep. And you may
know CT some persons who have ar
rears OF sleep due and uncollectable
for various reasons, and others who
have long overdrawn their accounts
All OF which goes to show that sleep
Is rather an unevenly distributed
thing and-O. well. what Of it?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
ELOPERS STOPPED BY
A BLACK ALLEY CAT
Runs in Front of Prospective
Bride Who Considers Act an
III Omen.

Wellsburg, W. Va.-A big gaunt
alley cat as black as the night was the
cause Of bitter tears and the indefinite
postponement of love match mar
rage here the other night when
Harry Sanderson, q young coal opera
tor Of Dawson, Pa, driving big car
had outdistanced the machine driven
by the father Of his fancee, Miss
Julia Albright, and with her was about
to enter the home of the minister
where the ceremony was to have been
performed.
Sanderson and his f1ancee had a
good hours start On Henry Allen Al
bright, her father. Just a few min
utes before the courthouse closed the
big car containing Sanderson and
Miss Albright halted in front of the
building and the young couple hurried
ly secured license. After securing
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
lDLiNG IN SCHOOL.
PUBLISHED WE EXILE

High school students In Boston an"
elsewhere are greeting the spT'he ny
striking against two school Seasons
It cuts up the day better 20 devote tne
forenoon 10 school ana the afternoon
90 elegant leisure. Much may be saAo
for abort sessions for young children.
But the trouble with most students III
high school and the higher gramnef
grades 10 that they do nos WORK
enough. Misyead tradition Is partly
70 blame, aays the New York World
The old district school had 'ohg
summer vacation so that the oo5s
could work on the farm. q whole
holiday on Saturday and easy schooi
work gave time to do chores lie
city high school student mas ho
chores. Much OF che time he saVee
from study 10 noe even deVosed u
athletics. Why should q high schooi
student have Q whole holiday Satnr
day any more than an ONCE oos'
Why should he have two months va
cation In summer when che average
worker gets two weeks? Why should
a high school girl have one session
day any more than stenographeF!
1t Is part OF the lavish waste OF
American life that 1t wastes the time
of children in school. Every city
teacher knows that the children OF
immigrants work harder than natives
High school students graduate TWO
years behind those OF Germany. Inc
student who has ambled through
grammar and high school represents
when he begins professional work
Two years later than he should,
grave loss to his parents and the coa'
nunity.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
AMERICA MOVING WESTWARD

1t may be news to most people that
North America has travelled from Eu-
rope across the Atlantic to its pres
ent position on the globe, and that it
is still moving toward China
According to the calculations OF
Professor Wegener of Marburg, Ger
many North America IN the last
twenty-six years has moved 295 feet
away from Europe, and Greenland in
eighty-four years has travelled the ap-
preciable distance of 3,083 feet, also
away from Europe Professor Veg
ener believes that this movement
westward is due to surface pressure
exerted by ice. Not only does this
pressure force the continent or island
upon which 1t Is exerted to sink, but,
just as lot of cakes Of ice lying upon
each other in pan OF water move the
lower strata of the ice cakes side
ways, so does surface pressure of ice
force an island or even continent to
move sideways. Greenland, SO much
smaller than the North American con-
tinent, and loaded down more heavily
with ice because of its northern lati-
tude, would move much more rapidly
than our own continent, as it actually
Does If Professor Wegener's computar
tions be correct
II Professor Wegener be right, then
1t Is not merely possible but probable
that America and Europe were at ons
time either one and the same CONT
nent or so close together than even
the rude craft and meager seamanship
of the early Hebrews and Phoenicians
could carry men and women from one
continent to the other.
The average braaAth of the Allan
tic ocean is aboue $4,000 miles. Each
mile contains $3.50 feet. A simple
arithmetical problem gives US the ex-
traordinary result that, supposing
North America to have travelled at
the same speed in the past as in the
present, 1t took our continent 1,39S,000
years to accomplish the journey to it's
present site. The idea is a fantastic
one. 1t suggests that in about 2,000,-
900 years, If the present speed be
kept up, the Pacific coast of America
may bump against Japan and China,
thus obliterating the Pacific ocean or
leaving it merely a chain Of lakes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
His Jaws Refused to Come Together.

His Jaws Refused to Come Together.
fused to come together, and all efforts
OF the dentist to bring them together
failed.
Price and the doctor became fright
ened. There was Ihason for fright
The doctor worked frantically for aid
when a happy thought struck him
He braced his feet against the wall
placed two thumbs into Prices yaRn-5
ing mouth and gave sudden and m
usual jerk. The jaws snapped togeth-
err with sound like pistol shot and
the dentist came near being loser
pair Of thumbs by the operation.
Price declares that he never wants
afrepetition Of the experience, and
the doctor shudders when he speaks
of 1t. The jaws were locked just
forty minutes by the clock in the dem
lists Office.
Aside from soreness in both jaws
Price was all right the next day.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05

the license, young Sanderson called
up minister known to him, over the
telephone, and made the arrangements
for the marriage.
Hurriedly entering the big car San
derson and his fancee were but few
minutes in reaching the home of the
clergyman. Both had alighted on the
sidewalk and were about to step on to
the front porch of the minister's house
when big black cat dashed directly
in front of them, hesitated a sec
ond and then scampered away. In.
stantly Miss Albright was In tears.
BeWailing the cats act an i'll omen
she refused to either enter the house
or to have the ceremony performed.
Sadly young Sanderson turned his
car and headed back to Dawson.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
cows THAT GO SWIMMING

Almost every day very unusual
scene may be witnessed on Loeb
Dutch, Ross-shire, N. B., where a.
number of COWS swim over to an is
land in the loch, about 200 yards from
the mainland, feed there, and return
in the evening. They are never driv-
en-, but take their bath entirely Of
their own free will. If the wind Is
against them on the return journey
and the sea is rough, 1t is sometimes
necessary for man to put out in a
boat and help them over in turn by
holding his hand under each cows
chin, as they get dazed if the sea
dashes in their faces and swim in CT
cles instead of going straight ahead.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
MOUTH STAYED OPEN
FOR FORTY MINUTES
Both Dentist and Patient Wara
Greatly Relieved When Jaws
Snapped Together.

Chico, Calf. M. Price. proprieto.
of Prices candy store on Broadw.r
knows how it feels to have lockiar,
He suffered for forty minutes with d
and lives to tell the tale. And his AZ
perience is one that he is not desi,
Gus of having repeated.
+. Price had some teeth that needea
fixing, and sought the services Of :
local dentist. The tooth manipulate.
spent fifteen minutes at the Job. wh;.h
required Price to keep his mouth w,aa
open-a good deal wider than he is II
the habit of doing.
When the job was completed ana
the dentist gave the customary II.
structtons to 'expectorate, please.
Price refused to expectorate. He sim.
ply couldn't. that Is all. His Jaws 70.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05

whole trouble was that the cub want
ed to. be amused. The lioness pro
ceeded to supply the remedy"
At this point Snyder paused
THE whole thing is so surprising"
he said, that hesitate to relate the
result of my careful observations"
go on, BILL cried his friends in
chorus.
las l said before, it was the lioness
that first discovered the trouble with
Pompey," contirSed Snyder after his
friends had assured him that his repu.
tation for veracity was proof against
skepticism.
Il shall never forget the shock 1
| suffered when as l approached the
cage after the crowd had departed
! from the lion house the other day and
discovered the lioness, usually a most
| sedate animal, trying to stand on her
head In corner of her cage. With
his little head pressed against the bars
and standing erect on all four feet was
Pompey in his cage. his teeth showing
and looking for all the world like
happy youngster laughing at a clown.
Get down. I commanded the mo-
Their, and as she scrambled to her feet
Pompey began to whimper, Just as
though he was protesting at my inter
| ruption Of the fun
Il could not understand the object
Of the lioness at first" he said. but
after little observation the whole
thing was clear to me. That lioness
was cutting up all sorts of unidentified
antics just to keep that cub from pin
fng. At one time saw her waltzing
about to the great enjoyment of Pom
pey, and at another time saw her
walking on her hind legs and growl.
Ing, while Pompey quivered all over
with pure enjoyment. Every time the
lioness would stop for any length OF
time Pompey would Whimper, and his
mother would do some other stunt to
amuse him. l figured out that the
lioness would wear herself out unless
something was done, and so I put
Pompey back with his mother. Now
he is contented, and both are getting
rest"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
.duguri
+. 81

Here is sign post, remarkable for
its decorative qualities, which King
George has had erected near VOL
verton on his Sandringham estate.
The post is surmounted by a device
in oak, carved, painted and gilded,
depicting the god, Tyr, trying to
wrench his arm from the jaws Of Fen
rlr, the great neurological wolf of
the old Norsemen, after whom, it Is
supposed, Wolferton was named. The
wolf was symbolical of Fate. In the
background is representation Of the
gilded roofs of Asgard. The design
is certainly pleasing departure from
the usual type of fngerpost seen Cd
country roads.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05

Application has been made to tn,
municipality Of Buenos Ayres for a
eo-year concession to erect on city
property the 'ToEre Rivadavis"-a
sower similar to the Eiffel tower In
Paris. 1t is to be 1907 feet high,
topped by 106-foot statue bearing a
Mght of 100000 candlepower, making
a total height Of 1,173 feet. The tow.
or is to be. Of steel construction and
TO have facilities for social gatherings.
cafes. restaurants. library, billiard
rooms. gymnasium, as we'll as a wire
less felegraphic station and q me-
THEOLOGICAL observatory 1t is also
contemplated to install 40 immense
electric clock.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
MARROW ESCAPE or CHILD

Carried 500 yards in an under
ground stream, a five-year-old boy,
William George, had a narrow escape
from drowning at Blaenavon, Mon
mouth, recently. The child, while
playing, fell into the stream which
passes underneath Blaenavon In a
bricked cu1vert and was carried to it's
extreme end, about 500 yards. He
was recovered by workmen uncon-
scious and rather badly injured, but
physicians restored animation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05

A new method OF conducting bond
sales has been adopted in st. Paul,
where u department store has Dur
chased one hundred thousand dollars
worth OF city improvement bonds and
will dispose Of them over its counters.
They will be sold to customers ct
cost. but it Is presumed that buyers
who expect to get trading stamps with
Sheir purchases will be disappointed
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
Prince Spent His Allowance.

London.-An Oxonian, who vouches
for its truth, tells the following story:
Frequently when undergraduates
make up a dinner party preceding a
visit to a theater it is understood that
each pays his own shot.
One day a Magdalen man, on meet
ing the prince of Wales, asked him to
join party for dinner and play.
Il should love to CO." the prince said
"but the fact is l haven't the three
shillings."
''Why don't you write home?" the
friend asked.
Il have the prince replied, but
mother says must make what I have
do until the end of the term"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
HALTS COURT TO BURY A DOG

When a dog belonging to Judge
James Trefoning Of Evans, Colo,
failed to answer call during a suit
which Judge Trefoning was hearing,
an investigation disclosed the fact
that the animal was dead.
Court was adjourned for the day,
and the judge made a coffin for his
pet. Witnesses and jury, as well as
spectators, attended the funeral.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05

New York.-ln returning a marriage
license to the city clerk Tilted sutton
wrote: This is no use to US. We are
not going to get married: please send
the one dollar fee II Eeturnable to
her"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
Sweet Desserts Banned,

Boston.--Pie, pudding and otner
sweet desserts are banned at Memorials
hall and the 1900 Harvard students
will now eat CEREALS as dessert "
build up their bralns."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05
NICKEL IN BREAKFAST EGG

When Mrs. George Simphon of Cam
den, N. j., opened a chicken egg at
breakfast a scent piece fell out
The nickel was Of the issue of 1900,
and embedded in the center Of it was
a large black shot
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05

4 couple in New Jersey have just
been married after q courtship OF
nearly fifty years. IT is well not to
be too hasty about such an import
ant thing as marriage, but then, IL
is Just as well also not % go to the
ether extreme
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-05

Says an exchange: Over 40 rate
were Mexicoed." In referring to a
rat extinction party. 'Mexicoea"
can therefore be accepted as Q new
verb.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-08
CHAPTER XII.
I'VE Were In Peking Together"

I'VE Were In Peking Together"
At my evening conference with Eve.
lyn Grayson, reviewing the days
events, | dwelt with some insistence
upon the singularity Of that episode at
Yup Sings.
at was impressively significant" |
maintained, "even if 1t was only q
coincidence Incidentally it convinced
me that nothing escaped Mr., Yup's OBJ
servation. I had no intention Of re-
ferring to my discovery. chose rath-
er to have him think had not noticed
the figure the child was painting. But
my choice was not to be gratified. He
knew that had seen and noticed II:
and so, to relieve the situation, he
frankly directed my attention to the
symbol. explaining that what had re.
garded as mysterious was most com
monpIace TT Is one of the first things
that Chinese babies learn TO draw
he went on. 1T is like the pothoOk and
hanger OF the American primary
schools. First they draw houses, then
ships, then men; and the houses. tho
ships and the men are all alike, Just
ms arc your AS, your Rs, and your
Us. And when signed TO letter.
queried, what does your ship stand
for" He shrugged his lean shoulders
In n manner almost Calllc. "Who shall
say?' he returned"
"And DO YOU believe tho pothook
and hanger cXplanaUon?" Evelyn
asked, pointcdly. 1t was her way TO
probe at once 20 the heart OF a matter.
81 can't say that l am altogether
convinced" L answered. non.cummit-