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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
PREPARING FOR CLOVER CROP
On Thin Soil It 10 Well 60 Break the
Ground Preceding Sprins-arow
FertiIizing Crops.

II the aim is to get clover and grass
on thin soil 1t is often q good plan
to break the ground the preceding
spring and to grow g. fertilizing crop
during the summer that can be cult
waited and then disked into Che sur
face soil. When cowpeas can be
grown they are excellent for this pur-
pose. On very thin land / have got
ten the finest clover sod in this way.
Expensive way? someone asks. Well,
any way of covering thin soil with
a heavy clover sod is not inexpensive.
like the plan. The tillage kills weed
seeds and frees fertility. The vines
are chopped in the surface before they
become tough. The humus is Just
where 1t is needed, and the soil is
firm. II one prefers, rape may be
sown the first Of September, and then
the land fitted for clover in the spring
without the plow. Leave the vege.
table matter at the surface Or, tim
othy may be sown in the fall, and clio
yer added in the spring. Or wheat
may be seeded and cclover in the
spring.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08

Capt. Oliver n. Brooks, an old
time coastipg skipper and for thirty
one years, from 1851, keeper Of Faulk-
ner Island light, died the other night
ut the home of a nephew In Derby.
Conn. A deed OF daring on the night
OF November %, 1858, when the
schooner Moses F. Webb went ashore
on Goose Island. near Faulkner, in a
heavy gale, gained for him the name
of Hero Of 1855" Despite the storm,
he put out in an open boat to the
stranded craft and took off safely
i've men, one at time, as the high
seas permitted. This feat brought
him national notice. The Life Saving
Benevolent Association of New York
awarded him a gold medal and citi.
zens of New Haven presented him
with purse of gold He was twice
q member Of the general assembly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
HEATING JTons

The Chinese method Of heating irons
ts certainly a labor-saving device and
one well worth trial In the house
hold. The irons are heated to tenn
perature far beyond any possible use.
They are then plunged into cold wa
ter till the surface Is at the proper
heat. They are now ready for use.
But as only the surface has been
cooler the surplus heat keeps coming
to the surface, and until this is all
exhausted the iron keeps hot. Il Is
contended by some that this super
heating injures the irons. AS q mat
ter 81 fat, those Who have practiced
&c do not find It 30. Should the irons
be merely superheated and then set
aside to cool, injury would certainly
result, but as it Is the plunging in cold
water is an annealing process, and In
reality partially tarng the sron into
steel.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08

try homes TO the town, with their
bags and baskets on their backs, or
In sledges they draw along with them.
Skating is as easy and natural to them
as walking, and they skim over the
ice with such speed that the eye has
some difficulty in following them. In
former years wagers were often laid
amcng the most swift Dutch skaters
as to who could keep up with q stated
train, skating upon the canals that
run parallel to the railway, and in
most cases not only did the skaters
keep up with the engine but they
would at times shoot forward and
keep ahead Of 1t for few minutes.
People skate from The Hague to Am
Bterdam and back again the same day;
the Utrecht university students leave
that town In the morning, dine at Am
sterdam and are at home before night;
the wager of going to Amsterdam 70.
Leyden in little more than an hour has
several times been laid and Won. And
&c 81 not onls the wonderful speed Ellsf..
the unerring surefootsdness with
With such long journeys are accom-
plished that is worthy OF admiration.
There are peasants who skate by
night from one town to another.
Young men go from Rotterdam te
Gouda: at Gouda they buy a long pipe
OF chalk and skate back to Rotterdam,
carrying it safe and sound in their
hand. Sometimes as one is walking
by a canal a human figure will be seen
20 shoot past like an arrow.
Here, indeed, is the place to enjoy
winter. The dry, feathery snow de-
scends, but no one needs it. We turn
I'D our coat collars and drive on.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
START HORSE RADisH EARLY
Make Soil Loose and at Least to
Depth of Ten Inches-Work In
Well-Rotted Manure.
CIV r. G. WEATHERsroNE.>

(By r. G. WEATHERsToNE)
Horse radish should be started very
early in the spring. It consists of one
large root from which springs the
crown and large number Of smaller
roots.
These roots, small as lead pencil,
or larger, are cut off into lengths Of
from four to six inches and should be
placed in the ground with the thick
end up.
The should be planted about three
inches deep and the soil above them
pressed down firmly to prevent water
from reaching them before they start
to grow.
sl1e soil loose and at least
g. depth Of ten inches. Work into it
plenty Of Well-rotted manure. Set
horse radish In rows about three feet
apart and at intervals Of about Is in
cIes.
Then keep the weeds away from
them and the top soil loose with FREE
quent cultivation. A row six feet
long will supply a family with all it
needs. The plant will be ready for
use early in the fall and it makes it's
best growth then.
It should be dug late in the fall after
all other crops are of, the small root
tops removed and stored in sand in
the cellar or buried in pits in the
ground until wanted for use.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
ceYIon Tea.

Tea plantations in Ceylon have been
in existence only 80 years, yet the an
nuai exports of blaek tea amount to
nearly SIC. 900, 600 in value. Formerly
coffee cen l''eyl on. j mai n
dusfry, but after a disease Of the plant
in 1880 its cultivation was discontin-
ued. Many planters, however, re
'couped themselves by tea and rubber
Thanks chiefly to the former article,
the islands old prosperity revived. To
day Ceylon boasts 1900 plantations.
Plant necessary to tea cultivation is
costly but very labor-saving. The
work itself Is not hard: only the eli
mate makes it irksome. What is
wanted mainly of employees is to
watch machinery and feed it from the
stock OF tea leaves awaiting treat
zment. The workers are not Sing
ha1ese, but natives OF southern India.
A laborer's wages vary from eight to
sixteen cents day, while a foreman's
salary averages $500 month.-Har;
per's Weekly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
PERUNA FOR
COUGHS AND COLDl

to do great injury. After the expect..
ton has been properly removed the e.ss
will stop itself. That is the only nsos =
way to step a cough.
Occasionally a cough depends upaa J.
irritable condition of the larynx d IL.
chial tubes, in which there is little s
e1pectoration.
The problem of stopping such es,,I
is slightly different one. Even il ss y
cases Peruna ought to be taken. but 8,
times it is Necessary that local treasns.
be added. -
But in any case Peruna is needed S.
do not have to stop to write me 8.
Peruna at once and commence Il Kin Z
You can get rid of that cough seons, ],
believe than in any other way.
Should you wish to consult me Il
time while you are taking Peruna Won &
at perfect liberty to write me. our 81
tiers will be held strictly confdentia, 3,
you win receive prompt answer.
I want to stop that cough of yas,
I want to stop it before it really BAN.
want to stop it before it has Cha
to injure your lungs. an injury thai. s.
may not recover from during your Mi,
life. Yes, I do. You do your part
will do mine. No. 81
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
MANURE FOR CABBAGE
Deep, Rich, Mellow Soil Is of
importance.
Winter Variety is Mostly Grown on
Early Potato Ground-Hotbeds Are
Prepared in February and Seed
sown In Frames.

Cabbage fixes a deep. rich. mellow
soil. For summer cabbage, mellow.
sand loam will bring the earliest
crop The early June cabbage that
Is shipped to the Baltimore markets
Is mostly grown On the deep river
bottom lands Of the lower portion of
Baltimore county, says the Baltimore
American. A larga portion of this
cabbage Is grown from night soil
which, after fermentation. is sprinkled
along the rows, just before the plants
are set in the fall If this fertilizer
Is thoroughly mixed through the soil
Il is said not to iniure the quality of
the cabbage. For the fall and winter
cabbage crop, plant on deep, mellow,
red clay soil. AS the value Of the
cabbage is in large solid heads, the
best fertilizer to use is that Of rot
ted manure from granted horses and
cattle, with the addition Of 1000
pounds Of high grade vegetable
guano sown to the acre and well har-
rowed In before planting. Winter cab
bage is mostly grown on early potato
ground. This land, being heavily
dressed with fertilizer for the potato
crop-not more than 600 to 800
pounds of fertilizer will be needed for
each acre planted. The fertilizer is
nearly always soWnsin the drill. The
drill rows are then covered in and the
ridges rolled. Large growers now
use the planter; the machine sets
and waters each plant, very few
plants fail to grow. Plants set by
machine are better f1rmed in the
ground than plants set by hand. The
old method of starting early plants
in the fall and wintering them in a
cold frame has now been abandoned
in favor Of sowing the seed in a hot
bed The hotbeds are prepared in
February and the seed sown In the
frames by the middle of the month.
When the plants are two inches in
height they are transplanted into cold
frames. The plants are given abun-
dance of air in the middle of the day,
but well protected by glass and thick
straw mats when the weather is cold
and stormy. In the New England
states early plants. are raised in hot
houses heated by not water. Expert
gardeners grow large quantities of
early and late cabbage for their retail
trade. Truckers greW for the whole
sale markets. Their principal crops
are kaIa sninanIl frTnAfaes conn and
aggpIants.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
QUITE EQUAL TO EMERGENCY
How Resourceful Young School Teach
er Procured Eggs When the Out
look Seemed Dark Indeed.

And men relate a tale OF a brave
and resourceful little schoolteacher IN
one of our suburbs who supports her
mother and three young sisters on
her by no means muniicent salary.
Last week her mother called her up
by telephone. Listen, walled the old
lady, ga whole bunch of relatives is
coming TO supper tomorrow evening.
I'll have to make cake, or something,
and haven't an egg in the house. And
the grocer won't trust us any more,
and there won't be any money until
next week, and
Never mind, mother-Im fix it, .
answered the young teacher, cheerily.
Then she turned again to her. class
Now, children" she said, atomor-
row we will have the beautiful story
of Columbus, and how he made the
egg stand on end Each of you will
please bring an egg to school tomor-
row. The class is dismissed. '-CleVe-
land Plain Dealer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
AS TO FAVOUR.
Found Her Favorite Again.

A bright young lady tells how she
came to be acutely sensitive as TO the
taste of coffee:
MY health had been very poor for
several years" she says II loved
coffee and drank it for breakfast, but
only learned by accident, as it were,
that it was the cause of the constant,
dreadful headaches from which I suf-
fered every day, and of the nervous
ness that drove sleep from my pillow
and so deranged my stomach that
everything | ate gave me acute pain
(Tea is just as injurious, because it
contains caffeine, the same drug found
In coffee.)
My condition finally got so serious
that / was advised by my doctor to go
to hospital. There they gave me
what supposed was coffee, and
thought it was the best | ever drank,
but have since learned it was
Postum. gained rapidly and came
home in four weeks.
Somehow the coffee we used at
home didn't taste right when / got
back. tried various kinds, but none
tasted as good as that I drank in the
hospital, and all brought back the
dreadful headaches and the .sick-aIi-
over feeling.
One day got package Of Postum,
and the first taste of it took, J.
said that's the good coffee we had In
the hospital. / have drank it ever
since, and eat 1Grape-Nuts for my
breakfast. have no more headaches.
and feel better than / have for years.
Name given upon request. Read the
famous little book, 1.-THE Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs. There's a reason
Postum now comes In concentrated.
powder form, called Instant Postum.
It is prepared by stirring a level tea
spoonful In cup OF hot water, adding
sugar to taste, and enough cream to
bring the color TO golden brown.
Instant Postum is convenient.
there's no waste: and the favour is al
ways uniform. Sold by grocers-4s
to 50-cent tin SO cts, 80 to 1oo-cup tin
SO cts. -
A Soup trial tin mailed for grocer.a
name and 2-cent stamp for postage.
Postum Cereal Co, Ltd, Battle Greek.
Mieh.-Adv
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
PLEA OF THE LITTLE ONES
Lines Spoken by Character j" Play
Bring Tears to the Eyes OF
"Grown-ups" te audience

There is a moment In 'The GOOD
L4ttle Devil" the fairy tale for grown
ups written by Nine Edmond Rostand
and her son. when all the big people
I'm the audience go through the buss'
ness OF swallowing Jumps 1t Is at
the moment when Charles McLanes
the good little devil, steps over the
footlights and pleads for the child.
Mothers, fathers everybody do
not be unkind.'' he says, stretching out
his hand as though 20 bring them
nearer to his heart. 1--WE are chill
dren for such little while. Love is
very fragile: children very SMALL
can't you hear the cry that is raised
in all the land, the cry Of those who
are gcolded without reason without
Justice? All. do not be unkind. The
cry is In the palace. IN the village in
the howell. Listen. Can't you hear
It? am no longer Charles: no long
er child in a fairy play. am all
children. And children who are
wounded and hurt, whose lonely
hearts are broken by punishment and
neglect.
"All the children In the world have
asked me to speak for them tonight,
and all the grown-up children, toe!
the men who have failed, who are too
weak, too dumb with sorrow, to speak
for themselves, all the bewilderings
the neglected, the terrified, the forgot
ten-alf have asked me to speak for
them tonight. am no longer Charles;
/ am just little boy laying bare
his heart to try to make you under
stand.
You may punish your children
with severity and hatred, but never so
will you win them to be coed. No, the
hands that are holding these old world
Weapons are growing feebler and
f6ebler every day. They are dying,
they are dying-they are dead, and
love is coming into the hearts OF
men. New York Evening Sun.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
MARY SCOOPS" HER RIVALS
n1onias "Ad." Personally While
Others Write; She's Accepted.

st. Paul, Minn.-TIred OF single life,
Paul Wirrer studied his bank account,
and then inserted an advertisement In
8 newspaper in Vienna, his native
town, saying that he was in position
to furnish happy home in America
for the right woman.
Realizing that hundreds of other
women would answer the advertise
ment by mail, Mary Schlesinger, q
pretty Austrian girl, purchased a
ticket for ST.. Paul, and Immediately
left Vienna, arriving here recently.
She was introduced to Wirrer, whom
she found porting over large stack
OF pictures and letters from pzospec-
tive brides.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
Old Partisan Relic 10 Go.

Another relic OF bygone Paris is
being demolished, house in the Rue
Observation-Disclosures This lis the
pension Vauquet of Balzac's "Pere
Goriot." Readers of the story viii re-
member that Balzac describes the
house as being situated near steep
rise In the street. avoided as far as
possible by drivers on account OF the
strain upon the horses.
The house had three floors and an
attic, and was coated with fawn-col
ored wash feature of Paris houses
OF an older date which BaIzac seem
angiy did not appreciate. Some photo
graphs of the pension have been Sc
cured for preservation In the Aiugee
Carnavalet.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
HANGER FOR AL S, FaN TOOLS
Notches Cut in Board Afford Convent.
ent and Safe Place for All Kinds
of Implements.

Means should be provided to have
a place for all tools used in and
about a barn. The forks and SHOW
els are usually stood up in a corner,
but they can be more conveniently
taken care Of by making a hanger for
them. The illustration, from Popular
Mechanics, shows how a hanger can
be easily made and screwed to the
wall of a barn.
The hanger is cut from a piece of
board and has hole bored into it
the size OF the handle on the fork or
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
OVERCOMING DRAFT ON SIDE
FourHorse Evener Arranged So That
Mo Horse Would Need to Walk
on PloWed Ground.

In reply to query for an arrange
ment Of four-horse evener on plow SO
that no horse need walk on the plow-
ed ground the Farmers Call and
Breeze prints the following.
Many three-horse eveners do not
overcome side draft. The power is so
far to one side that the two horses
push the tongue over against the one
horse. Here is remedy for any num-
Der of horses on one side of tongue
and one horse on the other:
Put the tongue hole, or pull pole, in
evener SO that the length of shorter
end will be to the length Of the longer
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
FEAT Cost HIS LIFE
Writer Tells Of Tragedy That 0c-
CURED in the Alps.
Swiss Workman Wins Wager, But
Through His Own Folly He is
Dashed to Death Over
Giant Glacier.

Berne, Switzerland.-"Th There is re-
grettable modern tendency to disre-
spect the difficulties OF some Of the
great Alps, especially those whose as
cents have appealed to popular favor.
The Wetterhorn, or Storm Peak, that
huge Observation-Disclosures sentinel OF
the Grindelwald giants, Is the most
notorious example of this writes Mr.
George d. Abraham in the Pail Mall
Magazine; truly even on mountains
familiarity breeds contempt. 1t has
been lightly named The Ladies Peak
but with far too terrible frequency q
fearful revenge has been extorted; its
death roll is equaled by few of the
Alps.
1.-THE following tragedy OF 1908 liz
typical Of many others. A young Eng
lish lady, aided by the best of guides,
made one Of the earliest ascents OF
the season, and innocently left a silk
en- handkerchief Huttering in the sum-
NIT breezes This was noticed through
the large telescope at Grindelwald,
dLU d W 156 WO4hu1SsA. Ao0Soo Uy rSAAo
sight, wagered forthwith that he
would bring down the trophy single
handed. He won the wager, but lost
his life in the winning. Common
sense prevailed to the extent Of his
taking companion as inexperienced
as himself, and fortune smiled upon
them until they almost reached the
foot of the Great Couloir on their re-
turn. There the young workman I'M
tied from the rope and. waving the
trophy Of success in his hand, started
to glissade direct down the snow
slope to the glacier.
1.-THE friends example and advice to
follow the usual descent by the rocks
at the side Of the couloir were utterly
disregarded. At express speed he
rushed downward until suddenly he
saw the end Of the couloir overhang.
ing nothingness, and the glacier some
hundreds of feet below. 1t was too
late. With a shrek Of warning to his
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
MOODY LADY
NOT MOOD
For Five Years Miss Davis of Mech
Was in Terrible Plight, But SSls
Is Now In Fine Spirits.

Moody, Tex.-In an interesting II
ter from this place, Miss Cora DAM
of R. F. =. No. s, Box 20, writes d
follows:
q had been taking different mss
cines for the past five years, witlas
any relief, and last spring my syssssa
was SO completely run down, and
felt SO tired and nervous all the tliag
hardly felt like staying out of bed
Friends advised me try Garaul
woman tonic, and after Ia king
bottles, i d ell
person.
I was relieved Of my nervous
and bad headaches. and could asss
soundly all night, some thing ! ha1nI
done for years.
also gained Is pounds in WeIssa
after. taking .Cardni. and am In bestsll
spirits, and feel better, than Ial|
felt for five years.
cannot say enough In behalf q
Cardui. It Is the grandest 1nsdeaSl
ever discovered, and God-send q u
suffering women and girls. "
We do not ask you to accept 2
statements as to the merits OF Cardas
the Woman's tonic.
We receive thousands OF lessea8
similar to the above, from grams
ladies, every year, telling what THU
medicine has done for them, and gh
ing us permission to publish Their "
ters.
These letters speak for themsslFa
n. B.-Wyiss TO-. Chattanooga Medicme DE
sS1srfai {syfyaftsons on your case and 64 naga as
Home Treatment for Women. = cent d ll
wrapper. Adv.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
RUINED CITY is sABkTTA
Place Found by BaIloonists in Tripoli
Identified an Former Flourishina
Roman Colony.

Ron1e.--The ruined city In the
midst Of the sand wilderness beyond
zavia, in Tripoli, discovered by two
Italian engineering officers while re-
connoitering in dirigible balloon.
has been identified as Sabatta,
dourishing colony In the days Of fm-
perial Rome. Photo graphs tsken by
the airnaen, received e.t the war office.
show imposing, well-preserved ruins,
including numerous marble statues of
exceptional beauty.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
Ruckwi1eat Crops.

No other crop will bring in better
return in the northern states for the
time it occupies the ground than
buckwheat It is put In after the
other crops have been planted and
are growing. It is the best grain to
raise to subdue patch of trouble
some weeds and to starve out worms
in the soil. It comes handy to sow
on vacant pieces or ground which
have been left because too late to
be sowp to some other crop. 1t is q
valuable crop to pillow under TO enrich
the soil and give humus.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
SKATERS RACE WITH TRAIN
HoIIanders Travel Over Ice From The
Hague 20 Amsterdam and Back
In One Day.

Amsterdam.-sir Arthur Conan
Doyle tells how he learned and how
be crossed an Alpine pass on ski in
an entertaining little volume of com.
pilations on winter sports.
e. de Amicis contributes to the vol
ume an article on skating in Holland,
In which he says that it is not merely
favorite amusement, it is a common
mode of y1ocomotion. The peasant
skates to market, the mechanic to his
work, the tradesman to his business,
whole families skate from their coun.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
Wheat Fertilizer.

Phosphoric acid and potash gave 8
greater profit per 81 invested In ferti-
lizer than complete fertilizer on both
corn and wheat in some Indiana ex-
periments on clay and loan soils.
Fertilizer gave greater average pro-
1T per acre on wheat than on corn,
and was profitable in a much larger
percentage Of the experiments.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
Maucots in Wounds,

Should maggots get in the animals
wounds, kill the pests by q light APP
plication OF chloroform. After the
wounds have been freed Of maggots
and made perfectly clean, apply freely
q mixture Of one dram of iodoform
and six drains Of boric acid, and re-
peat the application two OF thres
times a day.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08

Yes, I mean what say. 1t pre-
vents cough. A cough is an effort to
expel catarrhal discharges in the bron-
chial tubes There would be no catarrhal
discharges in the. bronchial tubes if Pc
runa was taken at the beginning of a cold,
therefore there would be no cough. Don't
you catch the point?
After the cough begins Peruna will
stop it just as quickly as it ought to
be stopped. To stop cough before all
of the expectoration has been removed is