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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03
Decisions by Court of Appeals.

"a regular session OF the court OF
appeals for the Second district oil
the first circuit was convened here
Tuesday forenoon, with Judges Paul
Ieche, Julian Mouton and Stephen
D. Ellis on the bench. This was the
first sitting Of the appellate body
held in this city since the election
of Judge Leche as one of the mem
bers of the tribunal, succeeding
Judge L. P. Caillouet, of Thibo-
daux. A second session was held
Wednesday forenoon, when decisions
were handed down in the cases
which had been argued before the
court ON Tuesday, as follows:
1berville Bank and Trust Company
vs.. Philip S. Postell and others, judg-
ment affirmed in favor Of plaintiff
for 5000, with interest at s per cent
from June %, 1909. It was decreed
that the property purchased by Mrs.
Alice b. Postell in the town of
Plaquemine was acquired with her
separate, parapherna1 funds, and the
plaintiff was ordered to pay $500
to cover costs OF the litigation and
writ Of attachment.
Bay Shoe Company VS.. Latino G
Co., ct ais, Judgment appealed from
reversed and suit dismissed as to
Latino & Co. and John and Peter
Latino. Plaintiff and appellee or
dered to pay costs Of appeal and
costs of lower court SO far as said
firm and the individual members
thereof are concerned.
Planters Fertilizer and Chemical
Company VS.. NJ. Hanlon Sons ct ais,
judgment of lower court affirmed
All the above cases were appeals
from the parish of Ibervi1le.
In the suit of Holmes & Barnes,
Limited, VS.. Jules A Caryille, the
ten-day limit fixed by law for the
filing of an appeal not having ex-
pired, the case was continued until
the next term of court
Among the visiting attorneys in.
attendance at Tuesdays session
We're Hon. Clarence S. Hebert, col
lector of customs at the port of
New Orleans; Paul Boron, Fred.
Wilbert, Jr., ]. H. Pugh and Jules
Carville, of PlaqueNine, and /. D.
Wall, of Baton Rouge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03

The Chief is the best advertising
medium in this section Circulation.
1900.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03

The world can so on with its or
binary business now. Ty. Cobb has
at last signed the contract for an
other seasons play with the Detroit
Tigers. szSs s.s
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03

Sir Charles Day Rose, member OF
the British parliament, president OF
the Royal Aero Club, breeder OF race
horses and an enthusiastic yachts
man, died of heart failure at Hen
don, England, Aprile Is, while going
home in an automobile after enjoying
his first aeroplane flight as pas
senger. He was 66 years of age,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03
Extracts from "The Echo"

The S. ]. G. I. commercial depart
ment has added new member to
the roll of its commercial students.
Delmayne Hanson will take up book
keeping. asa speciality. The merits
Of S. J. CT bookkeepers have been
well established, and we hope Mr.
Hanson will be among those to up
hold the future honor of this import
ant item.
In recent issue we published an
article on early tomatoes We said
that Mr.. J. p. Forcha had ripe toma-
toes ON the vine at this time Some
OF our readers took this article as
an April fool. We, however, meant
what We wrote and are willing to
vouch for it. Any one desiring to
see for himself, like St. Thomas of
old. may call at Mr.. Forcha's, who
will be glad to satisfy their curiosity.
One advantage of the high water if
no other is that those crossing the
river have a longer ride for their
money. The landings are up to the
leyees, thus making the distance
much further than when the river is
low.
II. ForAaa, Jr., a former S. G..
I. student ia visiting his parents this
week. Mr. ENoreha has been away for
over a ysar.-EE-S.J G. I. Echo.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03

Ascension Day was observed Thurs
day with impressive services at the
catholic and Episcopal churches,
large congregations attending. At
the Catholic church masses were
sung at z and 8 O'Clock a. M, and
at the Episcopal church services
were held at Il o'clock.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03

Whitenan Bros tug Vanguard,
with two bfrges loaded with 1900
ash logs, aggregating more than
100000 feet=ef lumber, passed through
the PlaqlenAine locks last Saturday
morning. 7 he barges will be towed
to st. Louis by the Monongahela
Coal Company's steamer Pacific. 1t
would require two trains of thirty
cars each to carry these logs.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03

Much gossip was occasioned last
week in this town by the. annual re.
port that the dam across the bayou
at DonaldsonVllle was giving away,
was gradually weakening. and that
the bayou would be filled to over
flowing with water. Of course there
was some reason for worry, if no at
tent1on had been paid the dam, but
with the proper attention the alarm
was useless. Many of our folks
made trips to DonaldsonvilIe last
Week to visit the dam, and convince
themselves: None of them saw any
cause for immediate. alarm
daux Comme Reial-Jeurnal
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03

Why don't you advertise? 1t pays!
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03

River Patrol Work Well Organized.
With the approach of the crest OF
the 1913 flood, the field organization
of United States army engineers for
high water protection and emergency
work in the fourth river district has
been perfected, and preparations
made for any emergency or eombi-
nation of emergencies that may arise.
Every mile of the great river is
being watched on both sides by en-
gineers under the general supervi-
sion of Captain c. O. Sheriff., who
has his headquarters in New Orleans.
At different points on the river
quarterboats, barges, tugs and steam
ers are in readiness to leave for
danger points within a moments no.
tice. Mounted inspection service in
some of the. more sequestered sec
lions allows great stretches of the
rivers banks to be observed sew
eral times a day, and postoffice, tel
egraph and telephone service keep
touch with the inspectors.
t. M. McCarroll, junior engineer.
is IN immediate charge of the levees
from the Plaquemine locks to the
lower jefferson parish line. He has.
barges Nos. Il and So loaded with
the usual high water protection
materials to be moved from place to
place at short notice, and three
mounted INSPECTORS, w. j. Keegan,
from Point Houmas to. st James sta
ton; L. w. King, from st. Paul,s
store to upper line of Esperanee
levee; J. F LaNoue, from Alice
plantation to Fairview. The inter
venlng stretches are taken care of
by the Lafourche 1evee board.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03

The Baton Rouge Country Review,
devoted to agriculture, education,
immigration, rural development and
political economy, rounded out the
first year Of its existence last week.
Editor W. G. Chevis. Publisher Joe
Ramires and their associates have
kept the Review up to high stand
ard, and their paper deserves a much
larger measure Of appreciation and
support than it has vet received.
Every teacher and farmer in the
state ought to invest a dollar a year
in this 16-page weekly, for the
trifling cost is bound to be returned
many times over in the useful in
formation afforded.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-03

Dan. D. Cline was elected city
Judge Of Baton Rouge last week to
succeed Judge Dudley Weber; who
became disqualified and resigned.
The contest for the place was very
close, Mr.. Cline receiving 573 votes,
while his opponent, Justin G. Daspit,
polled 568. Both candidates an
nounced themselves in favor OF the
commission form of governqgaallt. and
Baton Rouge may be regaBfated as,in
line for that improvement.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02
run FOR
MO1ORCYCL|sTS

Fargo, Sept. lover rs members
of the Motorcycle club OF Fergus
Falls, Mimi, came through Fargo
Sunday, taking dinner at the Wal.
dorf hotel, then returning by way OF
the Meridian road through Wahpeton,
Breckenridge and Foxholm. Among
the riders were Leonard Ericsson,
president of the club, a we'll known
lawyer; Mauees Stovtson, vice pres
ident; Harry Beyexeed, secretary;
Harvey Bertleson, treasurer, son slOf
the we'll known machine man. The
machines best represented were the
Val, Harley Davidson, Excelsior, In
diana, and Pierce. The entire club
is the third largest in Minnesota, St.
Paul and Minneapolis only being larg-
er, and is composed of IT'S members.
Although the roads are dusty the
boys expect to travel about 200 miles
before reaching home. The IS miles
to. Fargo ;WeEESs made in about three
ssNssSSSSSRss&sa ,4 a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02
Wren's Bomb For St. Paurs.

st. Paul's-old st. Paul's-once knew
the effect Of a bomb that actually ef-
ploded. After the great fire it was at
first thought that the ruins might be
repaired. but too much damage having
been done it was decided to pull the
fabric down-a task In which many
lives were lost. To put an end to the
tedious work Wren bit upon the idea,
OF inclOsing eighteen pounds OF gun1ss
powder in a wooden box and explod.
ing it under the central tower. The re-
suit was to lift the arches some nine
inches. 50 that the ruins suddenly
jumping down made a great heap Oh
ruin in the place without scatteringMs
The architect proudly boosted that BY
powder box had lifted 5000 tons an
saved the labor Of 1000 men.-LondOMI
Graphic. s@S
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02
CHAMPION LAZY PEOPLE.
kongo G~Iuttons Who Do Little Else
Than Sleep and Eat.

According to NJ. friedman. a Ger
man traveller and historian recently re-
turned from the Kongo, there is a tribe
Of natives down in one Of the interior
parts Of that region actually so stuffed
all Of the time with food, three or four
times as much as they have any need
Of, that they are continually in a dull
and almost unintelligent stupor.
They do little besides sleep and eat.
They are too lazy to do any individual
hunting. and it is the disliked and I'M
popular member Of the family that is
forced to do the food providing for the
relatives. The women are quite as lazy
as the men and work only when it is
absolutely necessary to eat.
The only time when the natives
rouse themselves is at marriage or ut
death. Both Of these occasions are eel
ebrated by eating more than on ordi-
nary occasions even. and the after ef-
fects Of both events are often disas-
trous, as one or two OF the party are
sure to eat so much as to be seriously
and often fatally sick, which only
means another celebration Of q differ
ent kind.
The few missionaries who have pen
etrated the interior sufficiently far to
meet with these tribes own to their be-
Ing practically hopeless as far sasss any
regencrating is concerned. They seem
to have been stupeied through the
centuries and to have become utterly
degenerate and useless members of So
iety.-Chicago Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02
! ainol. Lin. Poet.

Every man has the streak Of poetry
in him. and probably every man could
write one line Of poetry out Of his life.
as any man has one novel in himself.
But we were talking at large the other
day. and a man quoted the line, "A
rose red city half as old as time" And
then came the question, Who wrote
that line that everybody knows? One
man said it referred to Damascus. But
no one knew who wrote it.
There are single line poets as there
are "Single Speech" Hamiltons, and
here is perhaps the only instance in
which the. Newdigate prize poem at
Oxford has produced a living line. for
the author was the Rev. ]. w. Burgon.
who won the prize in 1916 and doubt
less recited portions Of his poem in the
Sheldonian theater. But that allusiOn
to Petra. the Arabian rock city. has
lived.-14UndOn Chronicle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02
According to Passport.

Prince Metchersky, who is Il journal,
lst by profession, was commissioned by
tho czar to investigate certain agrarian
troubles. The prince went to Rouma-
MIA and thereffUbtained one Of the per
mits necessary for taking live stock
across the frontier. Then he went to
a Russian frontier post and presented
the document to the official as his war
rant to pass, The official could read
but little in Russian and knew no Rou-
manian, but the big document. with
coat of arms and seal, greatly i'm
pressed him, and he cheerfully put the
Russian official stamp on it. His inves-
tigations endef,tt the prince went back to
Moscow and at the first opportunity
presented the passport to the governor,
saying: a:a.rs..s
with this document l entered Rus
STA and Travelled about for five months,
yet you must admit that the descrip-
ton of me is scarcely correct or fiat
tering." RI. s
The amazed governor read that the
prince was zone black SOW. full grown.
with one ear partly torn away"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02

NE' ~. IL ,.-a--
prsssmaking- on the Backwards.
This picture Of life in the French
capital Is givengin Frankfort Sommer-
ville's I'm the Spirit ofIParis:"
An industrious woman at q newspa-
per kiosk sat making q jacket il the
intervals between customers. A sleepy
cabby, with a cigarette IN bis month.
watched her at her. work. Presently
she put on the coat and began to ct 1t
and Ok it with pins. She was exam
lining the sides to see how they hung.
She stopped to plant = pin. But the
cabman strobe up. bent and 6xsd It
for her, with a VOLTA, madam" tslrned
to the other side. measured the dis
lance with bis eye and inserted an
other pin. Travelled thus round the gar
tnent. doubled clumsy pleat. mum
bled ITS too big here" at which she
nodded. aud then stood back to see the
effect.
"Merci. monsieur" she said. took OF
the jacket aud sat down. A fare
oau,e lp: the cablpan. jumped to his
ssat. cracked his whip and was Oh.
Et#a Pr LEL AE
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02
~NApoLEoN'S BAD OMEN.
No Was Superstitious, and HE rre'
sentiment Came True.

No Was Superstitious, and ms re-
sentiment Came True.
Napoleon the Great was exceedingly
superstitious. The following Is told
as one of the illustrations of this:
When Napoleon, in the spring OF
1899, was lying before Acre ne was
anxious for news from upper EGYPT,
whittier he had dispatched Dessaix IN
pursuit OF d distinguished Mameluke
leader. Not many. days after a cour-
tier arrived with favorable dispatches
favorable in the main. but reporting
one tragical occurrence on a smal'
scale that to Napoleon outweighed the
public prosperity.
The commander as a brave man felt
that any fate that awaited him would
be better than to fall into the hands
Of the enemy. He set fire to the pow
der magazine. The vessel blew up
and the crew persisted.
For all this Napoleon cared little
but one solitary fact that was IN the
report which struck him with secret
alarm-this i'll fated boat was called
L'Italie. and in the name Of the vessel
Napoleon read an augury or the fate
which had befallen the Italian terri
tory. He felt certain that italy was
lost, and Napoleon was inconsolable.
But what possible connection, it was
asked. can exist between this vessel
on the Nile and a remote peninsula or
southern Europe?: mo matter" re-
piled Napoleon. my presentiments
never deceive me. You, will see that
nil is ruined. | am satisfied that my
Italy. my conquest. is lost to France
So, indeed, it was.-Ncw York Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02
Got Even with the 4Lawyer.

Many years ago there lived in Cam
den. Me-, two neighbors, DR.. Huse and
Judge Thayer. The doctor had occa-
sion to sue a man and of course en-
,ployed his neighbor, the judge, as his
counsel. After a session Of court he
met the judge and asked about his
case. The Judge said 1t was continued.
Meeting him again after another ses-
sion and asking again about his case.
the same answer was given.
Z AS 1t cost s. or So each time it was
continued, the doctor thought BY the
time it was settled, after paying the
Judge, he would get nothing. 4
Some time afterward the judge was
afflicted with a felon and, Of course.
employed his neighbor, the doctor. Aft
or suffering awhile lie met the doctor
and said: Doctor, this thing is get
ting along very slowly. I have walk
ed the floor nights for q week. What
are you doing tosit??'.
The doctor. who stammered, loud
~ replied, "Co-co-continuing It, by
GeOrge!"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02
CASSEI7ON TO
HAVE corn SHOW

Casselton, N. d., Sept. 1.-With
pendants and buttons Casselton is
strenuously advertising its corn show
to be held the 9th, 10th and 18th Of
October. 1t is the first corn show
ever held by Casselton, and it's citi-
Zens are out to make it as much a
success as their other grain and veg
etable exhibits in years past have
been. The plans for the exhibit
originated with the Commercial club
in June, and now, late in August, the
arrangements are rapidly being con-
pleted.
Over two thousand dollars already
has been raised among the business
men, and five hundred will be given
in the form of cash premiums, the
rest of the premiums being in the
form OF merchandise, contributed by
the various business men.
There will be a horse department.
a poultry and a grain department, a
vegetable exhibit, a display of fruits,
and another of canned goods, jellies,
jams and buffers, one of baked goods,
of butter, and an art department and
q showing of plants and flowers.
Plans are not yet mature and are
constantly subject to change, but 1t
is expected that the vegetable show
will take up two blocks of space, and
that the horse show will take as
much space between the Cass County
block and the city hall. Corn will,
of course, be featured. The woman's
department, to which belong exhibits
in sewing, canned goods, etc., will
be held indoors. At least two hum
dred exhibits are expected.
Entries must De owned In Cass
county, and will be taken a week be-
fore the opening Of the festival and
up to noon the first day. The Com
mercial club is backing it heartily,
and the work is being actively car
ried on by the chairman of the Com
mercial club committee on the corn
show, W:n. McRoberts. Information
regarding details Of the show may
be obtained from Mr.. McRoberts or
from w. P. Baldwin, president Of the
Commercial club, OF r. T. Terrence,
secretary. Ion
There are six committees In charge
of the work. Rev. H. P. Cooper is
chairman of the corn festival connia-
tee, w. j. Bell is chairman of the
committee on the attraction, celebra-
ton and privileges, and F. W. Nc
Roberts is chairman of the advertis-
ing committee.
Band concerts, parades and sensa-
tional free acts designed to amuse
the residents of the county for miles
around will be sandwiched between
the more serious business Of the ex-
hibit. insuring to visitors three days
of ~cOlorful entertainment.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02
DOOMED TO A LIVING DEATH.
French Convicts Leave Hope Behind
When They Enter Cayenne.

When They Enter Cayenne.
Cayenne-red pepper to tie world at
large, hell to the few thousand o. son.
victs transported to this isolated
northeastern corner Of equatorial South
America. Here. It was rumored. exist
ed one Of the worlds most antiquated
and revolving penal systems. where
thousands of men are exiled and doom
ed to a living death. Men from French
Guiana had intimated conditions which
We'd with the cruelties Of the old con-
vict ships.
Groups Of convicts lounged about or
lay sick and incapacitated on the We
randas. At night the barred iron door
Of each dormitory is locked, and out
side PAGES a guard. revolver in hand.
Sometimes under cover OF darkness the
inmates settle feuds. Occasionally to
establish leaders rival gangs fight with
cudgels. knives and " paving stones.
Some disabled. others dead. the most
indomitable are reconciled and form'a
tyrannical secret society.
Many a poor wretch breads the
night hours. and one suspected Of in
forming may be set upon by an en-.
ragged pack. Occasionally murder is
committed in profound silence. and
daylight finds a dead or dying convict
in the passageway or entrance. Cues
tioning is useless, and few guards will
risk life in entering the barracks when
smothered cries and cursings warn
them OF internal strife.
, All the men I talked with were we'll
disposed toward me. n in particular
q tall, well educated nan with q pair
of dark trimmed glasses and large eyes
fearfully strained through inability to
secure proper lenses.
"You must not lose hope" I told a
group and almost swallowed my own
words. "Hope" burst out the rich,
tremulous voice Of the tall a 1T is
always the same; there is no hope
here" mo; no hope here" was the
echoed murmur Of his comrades
Charles Wellington Furlong in Har-
per's Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02
SPLIT ON A TOOTHBRUSH.
Their Points Of Wow Couldn't Agree;
Hence tho Clash.

" VeVC0 ITO NldSVs Iat FAX.
When the tall girl found the mistress
Of the six room fat washing dishes she
asked what had happened to Mary:
Mary has left" said the housekeep.
er. II insulted her yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock, and at II she packed her
trunk and skipped.
I'VE had a row over toothbrushes.
Mary exhibited an unparalleled interest
in toothbrushes. Every brush she
came to was taken up and turned over
and wei and commented on admirfng-
ly or the reverse.
FINALLY she came to mine. l could
e at once that she liked it. .,,E
Whose is this? she asked.
Mime ! said.
She poured out a glass Of water and
dipped the brush in.
"'Oh. WE'LL she said, i won't be
afraid to use it, then
For q moment 1 stood there literally
stupefed, but soon I saw that prompt
action was necessary. and ! caught
Mary's arm In a painful grasp.
Put 1t down this instant 1 com
manded. Put 1t down.
Mary drew back and withered me
out Of TIL corner gylEs
Dear me- she said. how touchy
some folks are! T. never work for
tOuchy folks
And 50 we parted. She seemed I'M
able to get my point Of view on tooth
brush etiquette. and 4 seemed unable
to get hers. SO we thought it best to
sever our relations."-New York Times.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-02
ROMANCE OF A DRAMATlsT.
Jean R~iehspln's Flight From I Lite a.
Drudesry TO Fame.

0rvdssry to Fame.
The story Of how Jean Ricl,epin
came to adopt a literary career is pic
turesque. For SOME time he had pick
ed up a ~precarious livelihood by doing
''odd jobs" including such prosaic &C.
equations as that Of bOOtblack and
,casuia, porter on the Quai Marseilles.
One dhy he was engaged by a gentle
man to carry to the railway station a
heavy trunk, Arrived at the station.
there was an instant mutual rccogni.
ton. They were old college chums.
What are you doing here" asked
his friend.
Carrying your trunk, l believe" said
Jean.
why do you do this?
Because. l must
where do you liveT
Come and see" replied Richepin.
The future dramatist took his friend
to his dwelling-a miserable room in
an attic in the poorest quarter Of the
town. Upon the table lay scattered
heaps Of manuscripts-Jean's incur
sions in the realms Of poetry when
the more prosaic duties Of the day
were over. Looking through them. his
friend was astounded at their quality.
why do you carry trunks and blacken
boots when you al do work like
tbis% he asked. Richepin had never
given the matter a thought. He had
never deemed these products Of idle
hours worthy Of publication. Pub.
lished they were however. in q very
few weeks and created IN immense
sensation. From that moment Jean
Richepin never looked back. = West
minister Gazette.