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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-01

MS many IflendS.
John Maher, of New Orleans, is in
town for the weekend, attending to
matters of / 5iness.
DR.. Sidney I ega went to New Or
leans Sunday afternoon on business,
returning Tuesday morning.
Miss Adele Blum returned Sunday
afternoon from a several months
stay in New Orleans with relatives.
Little Miss Josie Wee St Martin
was a recent visitor to Baton Rouge,
where she was the guest Of relatives.
Mrs. Michael Tobias and her sis
ter, Miss Gertie Badt, of New Or
leans, were in town for the day Tues
day.
Miss Olivia Munson passed through
town Wednesday afternoon en- route
to her home on Glenwood plantation
after brief visit to New Orleans.
Gott1ieb Wild and Klebert Oubre
wellknoWn local butchers, went TIC
Alexandria Tuesday forenoon to pur.
chase cattle. returning Friday morn.
ing.
1T. Guyton. the genial manager OF
the Old Hickory Company's group OF
places in lower IberVille and upper
Ascension, was business visitor to
Donaldsonvi1Ie Tuesday,
Ward GuilIot came up last Saturday
evening from New Orleans, where
ne is employed, and remained here
until Monday morning as the guest
OF MS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. A.
Guillot.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. 3. Cobb and fam
NY, who have been residents of this
Guy for the past several years, LETT
during the week for New Orleans,
Wnere they will make their home
henceforth.
:, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Vacca announce
me approaching marriage of their
daughter, Cora Acosta. to Freddie
bourgeois, the ceremony 70 take
pace Monday, March 8. No cards
nave been issued.
Il Vernon Sims. who is attending
me Tulane Medical School, will come
up from New Orleans tonight for a
niieI visit to his parents. Mr.. Sims
WI DC one of the several candidates
70 De initiated into the Elks' lodge
tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Katie Droege. Of Cincinnati,
~ oh. SISTER Of the late Mrs. Robert
o IN arrived here Wednesday
aasernoon. and will spend a couple Of
s MEAS with her nephews and niece,
mas asorge and Thomas Chap
A4ah and Miss Theresa Chapman.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-15
MOTHERS SHOULD KNOW HOW
TO PASTEURIZE MILK

There are times when families are
obliged to use milk secured from I'M
known sources. Although milk can
not be made perfect by pasteuriza-
ton, the dangers from it can be les
sened by this process.
1t is estimated that one-third of
all children born die before. they are
three years old, and one of the chief
causes of mortality among infants is:
unwholesome milk. For these very
reasons it is fitting that mothers
should know the simple way of pas
teurizing milk.
The following brief directions will
serve;
Plug bottles nearly full of milk
with absorbent Or other cotton.
Place them in an upright position in
a vessel which has a false bottom
and which contains enough water to
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-15

How can we prepare for the COM
ing of the ships?" asks a Los Angeles
editor. Get harbor, old scout!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-15

rise above the milk in the bottle.
Heat the vessel until the water is
1876 degrees Fahrenheit, or to boiling
point if special precautions are re-
quired, but do not let it boil more
than moment.
Remove from the fire and keep
tightly covered for half an hour. At
the end of that time take the bottles
from the vessel and cool as quickly
as possible either by cold water or
ice. Keep in cold place.
Milk prepared in this way will
usually keep about twenty-four
hours and is best used within that
time.
A covered tin pail may be utilized
as the vessel, and an inverted /pie
pan with perforated bottom may be
used as the false bottom.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-15

VIRTUE BY INJUNCTION
distinguished
and high business phanhrophy the
pckng months
Now A
bill which
And S
declares which committed,
and citizen into injunction against
the
L. after immortality enjoned anybody the place commits it, the cu
5000
$1,000 jailed
furniture gambling
ITO
believe that Nip here poue tendency
there and call reomingnt
do love with little
But
TALLY silly and pfng the Philadelphia plan
leading citizens poketng
leased for prostitution few rouhed and powdered
DANES the
lust and cruelty to quicken by tf the with which mercess
society already o on.
futile
ina underpayment of young il industry!
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
SxSxNSSNsSszSzyZzSzSzS NzSNNNNN
in The PHILIPPINES
Story of a Tragedy in the Depths
of the Bamboo ThicketS of
the Tropics.
By FRANK II. mELooN.

Major Tracey's opinions OF the
Treaty of Paris, which gave the Phil
ippines and their ten million brown
heather over to the civilized in1u-
ences of American arms, would hardly
have borne repeating in the presence
of his superior officers of the war
department at Washington, D. c., as
he unused in front of his attempting
quarters in the enervating afternoon
heat of the little island village of Ma
Jon.
Lieutenant, captain, major, colo
mel, general" the major kept repeat
ing. Well, he unused, he had reached
the halfway mark of the five grades
at a very decent season of life, the
other two being more often attained
by age than by merit.
In Manila the majors battalion had
found life endurable. There were
means of entertainment, if one could
call it by that name. In the Philip
pines anything that diverts ones at
tention from the humdrum round of
daily existence is termed entertain
ment; but after a sufficient time has
elapsed, everything fails to turn the
mind from its wearying contemplation
of the eternal sameness. Then it is
that man goes out into the bush and
musters himself out of service. The
official records are generally kind
enough to lay it to the natives.
The major looked past a clump of
bamboos and saw Captain Manson
lounging lazily on the ground. which
was baking around him like the clay
moulds il a brick kiln. Captain Man
son looked intoIerabIy old and ugly.
He was smoking a misshapen Filipino
cigar. He had been in the Philippines
seven years. He had come as a sec
ond lieutenant, appointed from civil
life, with one of the first companies to
cross the Pacific in leaky transport
after Dewey's memorable May cele-
bration in Manila Bay. After all, re-
fected Major Tracy, fortune had been
more kind to him than to Captain
Manson. Had not DR.. Carey whis-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
WOULD SPEND 1T ALL AGAIN
Blind and Broke" Man Has No Regret
for Squandering His S25o,ooo
Fortune.

Kansas City.-Jack Rickart, after a
life of riotous living during which he
got rid of $3.50, 900, is aow st fifty-two
bind, pennies, rheumatic and under
jail sentence for selling beer without
a license, but not repentant-
AS he sat in the station, awaiting
his parole, he was asked:
If you had your life to live over
again what would you do?"
A smile broke over the wrinkled
face.
Let me tell you, boy, she would go
the same old way" he said Pros
porous times can't last always, and
when the tide turns I'm willing to take
mine with the rest
Il started life out in California dig
ging sewers. In those days everybody
drank and gambIed. I followed the
rest. 1 was still young when 1 came
to Kansas City. I started in the gam
bling and saloon business. Later
moved to the West Bottoms and open
ed The FTeighter' in James street
Money came in like water. Life il
those days was worth living; hundred
dollar bills were no more than 50
much dirt.
1.-TWO friends and myself took trip
around the world. 1t took Is months
and about $4,000 apiece It is better
than a good square meal TO me just 70
think of that trip"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19

dates back nearly as far as that of the
oil of sassafras and has developed
until the industry at present is of con-
siderable significance The oil pro-
duced from sweet birch is almost
identical. for all practical uses, with
that of the oil of wintergreen, al
though the plants are entirely unre-
lated
The bark of the trunk and the small
branches Of the sweet birch are used
for distiIlation, being previously cut
into small pieces and allowed to
macerate with water before introduc-
ton into the still A yield Of three
tenths to three-fftks of one per cent
Of oil is obtained Owing to the strict
enforcement of the pure food and
drug act a more active demand for
the natural oils of sweet birch and
wintergreen has resulted, and the
price of these products thereby ma
teriaIly advanced. Birch bark will
bring from one to three cents per
pound
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19

one OF the first volatile oils distilled
in America The range Of the tree is
from Florida, where it was originally
discovered to Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania, and even as far north as New
York and the New England states. It
is quite abundant in the south5centraI
states, especially Kentucky, Tennessee
and Arkansas. The production OF this
oil attained commercial significance
early in the last century, and it is dis
titled extensively at present in Ken
lucky. Tennessee, Pennsylvania. Mary
land and Virginia, also to less ex-
tent in Ohio, Indiana and New York
Although the distilIatiOn of this
very fragrant oil, which is obtained
principally from the bark of the root
Of the tree, has assumed strong COM
mercial aspect, the tree has not been
grown, strictly speaking, for oil pUr-
poses.
Sassafras bark is used for its tonic
properties 1t forms a popular do
nestle spring medicine" and in the
spring market women and men dis
play their bundles OF sassafras on their
stands, or sell them along the streets
of cities to be made into a tea, by
many people regarded as a useful
remedy.
The distiIlation of the oil Of sweet
birch is a further example of a wild
aromatic plant furnishing oil in suf-
6cient quantity 10 supply the trade
Sweet birch occurs largely from the
New England states and northern
/ trail states to Georgia, Florida and
4 Alabama The distillation of this oil
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19

pered only the day before that the
captains chances of living another
twelvemonth were slim? The cap
tain knew it, too. A weak heart liza
bic to be aggravated by excitement
is not nice thing to have inside ones
ribs in q country where one is liable
to be popped at from the scraggy bush
at any moment, like a jackrabbit.
I've nothing to go home for. If I
had had, I would have gone long ago.
If I've got to die soon, I'd as lief it
would. be here as anywhere" Captain
Manson had said.
DR.. Carey had told the story to the
major with an unfeeling brutality that
had Jared upon his nerves, rendered
tense and irritable by the internal
! heat Of the sun.
Assuredly thought the major, he
did not like this DR.. Carey, who had
come from no one knew where. DR..
Carey never volunteered any informa-
ton about his past life. His appoint
ment to the army. it was known, had
been due to civil service and a pri-
! vate pull in congress. DR.. Carey was
| undeniab1y handsome. He had an
I ali Vi Refinement NHlCI the dO-
| mitted to himself jealousy. no one
else in the battalion could acquire. DR..
! Carey had cut wide swath among
the bellies of Manila, and his evident
chagrin at having to depart therefrom
had been the one consolation the
other officers of the mess had found
for coming to Majon.
And now Major Tracy's thoughts
went back to the day from which he
had ever since computed time-the
day he had met Rita, who later had
/ become his wife Rita was a slender
city-bred girl of the east with face
exquisitely feminine in the Puritan
delicay of its outlines and expression
Her father was the descendant of E
family which had acquired the found
alton of its permanent fortunes by re
ceiving and vending the wares o.
smugglers in Colonial days He haC
married a favorite cousin.
His thoughts Of Rita alone in Ma
Mia took effect that evening, when b,
preached the subject uppermost in hi
mind to Captain Manson and DR.
Carey, telling them of his intention II
write the next day for his wife II
come out into the hill country ant
join the battalion
She'll break up this deadly emu
that's come over US ALL" he COZ
Guided.
Aren't you afraid to have her com
out here?'' objected Captain Manson
, 1.-The little brown devils are mos
dangerous when things appear mos
quiet on the surface"
"I guess they'll leave US alone unit
; the rainy season" replied Major Trac
= | easily. We're in such force that
] | don't apprehend any trouble befor
| then, but I'll have her return I
, Manila before that sets in, even if "
. aren't ordered back there ourselves b
| that time"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
NIAGARA IS GRAND
Nothing Can Mar Grandeur of
This Natural Wonder.
Regardless of Hotels and Refresh
nent Rooms the Falls Retain Their
Wonderful ImPassiVeness and
Charm to the BehoIder.

Buffalo, n. Niagara has been
described thousand times. Dickens
did it in mastery fashion. The first
effect" he, says, in the course of an
eloquent passage, and the enduring
one-instant and lasting-of the ire
mendous spectacle was peace 9th
er writer's, visiting this celebrated
pilgrimage-pIace at later dates, when
hotels and refreshneent rooms had al
ready begun to batten upon its fame,
have brought away recollections far
from peaceful. The falls, they de-
clare, are spoiled, defiled, not only by
the catering for trippers and honey
mOOners, but by the electric power
houses and factories which have
grown up around the gorge Wheth-
er these severely utilitarian, but none
the less interesting, erectiOns are a
dehlement or not is debatable; one
thing is certain, Niagara can never
be spoiled" 1t is one of the two
supremely majestic natural wonders
of the world, one of the few show
sights which must always justify their
reputation. Perch a cheap eating
house on the very brim Of the falls,
and the falls would remain magnifi-
cent. Probably the clearinghouse.
yelled in drifting spray, overhung by
fra1 rainbOws and shaken by the
thunder of the cataract, would have
its banality turned into some strange
effect Of subtle loneliness. Even if its
ugliness were unassailable, it could
not, by its presence, make the falls
ugly.
A short distance below the falls an
iron bridge leaps the gulf from Amer
lea to Canada. For myself, 1 happen
TO think the bridge an object ex-
hibiting real beauty, in its curve and
in its pattern; but apart from such
personal prejudices, no one can deny
that the falls, weaving a tremendous
gauze of vapor athwart the rigid spi-
der's web Of metal, do indeed beautify
1t and throw round its arch a glamour
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
FRANZ J0SEF'S KIND HEART
Little Incident That May Explain Why
Ruler of Austria Is Loved by
His Subjects.

Sense of humOr is another strong
trait Of Emperor Franz Josef One day,
unannounced, Franz Josef visited the
military academy at Wiener-Neustadt,
entered a classroom and, saying to the
officer hearing a recitation Don't let
me disturb you" took a seat On the
bench behind him he put his generals
hat. crowned with its bush Of long
straight feathers. a boy eyed the
green plumes, then sIyly stretched his
hand out and plucked one Emboldened
by success, he took four, and would
have taken the rest had he not
touched his emperoT's arm in the
process.
What are you doing that for?"
asked Franz Josef, viewing the de-
pleted bunch
For a souvenir" the boy suffered
But why so many?''-
Ny comrades would each want one,
too" was the frank response
We'll, 1 suppose there is no way out
Of it but to give you the whole lot,
said the emperor, by this time laugh
ing heartily as he tore loose the bush
Turning to the teacher, whose froWn
Of horror had been lost on the small
boy, his majesty remarked, But, cap
tain, you must kindly lend me your
cay to go home in Pictorial Review
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
Had Not nIsobeYed.

Robbie is q Washington boy, and
many degrees removed from an angel
Not long ago his father bought him =
bicycle, on a solemn promise that he
would be good for at least year
One week later he wss detected In
some particularly fragrant act, and his
father, to punish him, forbade him
to ride his bicycle for a whole week
Robbie promised, but as his father
neared home next day he saw his son
whiriing along on his wheel.
Robbie said he, more in sorroE
than in anger, didn't tell you not to
ride your bicycle for a Week?''
Yes, sir" said Robbie, cheerfuIIy,
and I'm not going to disobey you
This isn't my wheel It's one I Dor
roWed''
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
COWS SHIPPED BY EXPRESS
$4,000 Load of Jerseys Travel by
Electric Railroad to New
England Owners.

Coopersburg, Pa.-One of the most
notable shipments ever made by cleo
trio express was a $4,000 load of
fancy Jerseys that was sent from the
Linden Grove farm of t S. Cooper to
New England purchasers who had
bought them at the sale on Memorial
day As the Philadelphia division Of
the Lehigh Valley Transit company
passes through the farm, Mr.. Cooper
preferred sending the cattle by cleo
trio car rather than hauling them to
the railroad Within an hour after he
had called up Superintendent Edward
c. Spring at his Office in Lansdale,
Mr.. Spring had one of the 5O0-horse-
power electric cars at COopersburg.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
LIKE THE BOOK OF GENESIS
Woman's Recital of Family History
Just Little More Than the Mag
istrate Could Stand.

A woman appeared in court, and the
magistrate noticed that the family
name OF the complainant was exactly
the same as that of the defendant
Are you any relations?" asked the
magistrate.
Z am" said the woman. 4 am the
defendants stepmOther and his moth
er-fn-law-"
''What?' asked the astonished mag
istrate- How can that beg"
Well, your honor said the woman.
you see his father is my husband; but
before his father married me he had
been previously married, and by that
marriage his father became father Of =
son. being him-William-as II were
Now, you see, I had also been previ-
ously married, and being married had
a daughter by my first husband And
as a widow I married this boys father,
my husband. and about the same time
his son married my daughter And
then"
Help" gasped the magistrate
London Tit-Bits
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
PLANTS OF FRAGRANCE
Those Used for Volatile Oils
Largely Scattered.
sassafras Bark Also Quite Popular AZ
Domestic "SPring Medicine"-
Sweet Birch Found in Many
of Eastern States.
Ry RARAKO


Possibly the number of wild aro-
matte plants which are used in the
manufacture OF volatile oils exceeds
that Of those which are at present cul-
tivated. The extent of the production
OF the oils is much less. chiefly be
cause OF the more or less scattered
condition of these plants, and there
fore the difficulty of gathering them
in large quantities. Usually these
wild aromatic plants are distributed
over wide areas confused largely with
other volatile or nonvolatile species,
thus causing the rapid collection OF
the plants to be seriously hindered.
A specific example of an important
uncultivated plant which yields a
volatile oil of considerable value is
the sassafras tree. Sassafras oil was
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
BRAKEMAN IN A WILD RIDE
CIings to Roof of Runaway Freight
Car for Twenty Miles and
Escapes Injury.

Medford, Ore.-CIinging desperately
to the roof of a runaway Southern Pa
cific freight car, Brakeman J. A Fow-
Ter dashed through the Medford yards
at a 75-mile-an-hour gait. piuckiIy
swinging his lantern to give what
warning he could Of his meteorIike
approach. The car travelled twenty
miles over the main line from Ashland
to Gold Hill without accident. round
ing several sharp curves, and finally
stopping on a long ascent The opera
tor at Ashland gave warning of its
coming, and freight train was side
tracked barely in time to escape the
ear. It's first twelve miles we're Gov
cred in eleven minutes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
s5,o25 FOR FRANKLIN BOOK
Americans Dissertation on Liberty
Brings Liberal Price at
London Sale.

London. England.-A copy of Benja-
min Franklin's "A Dissertation on Lib
erty and Necessity, Pleasure and
Pain" was purchased at the sale of the
HUH literary for e1.O05 (5.025) by
Henry Stevens, grandson Of the man
who once bought, the book for half a
crown and then~fTied unnecessarily
to sell it to the British museum for a
guinea The only other copy Of the
book is the property OF the govern
7aent at Washington.
Starting the bidding for sentimental
reasons at half a crown, Mr.. Stevens
fought for possession OF. the book with
Bernard Quaritch of London.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19

which il would otherwise lack. Even
the much-abused power houses down
the gorge are not unpictorial in GER
tain lights They rise against the sky
on the cliff summit like fantastic mod
ern rendeTings Of mediaevaI fortress
es Of barons' burgs on the Rhine:
capitalistic robbers castles, as may
be some indignant critic would name
them. enthrCned to plumber both ma
ture and man.
Nobody, l conceive, can screw up
much admiration for the trippery and
parasitic portion OF the town of Nj
agara Falls itself. The odor of its too
blatantly hospitable restaurants,
greeting the newcomer on his emery
ence from the railway station exit, the
Tag-time of its gramOphones and 9th
er musical entertainments, are abOm-
Unable: but these offenses are kept at
a proper distance by the park reser-
walton which surrounds the actual wa
terfaIl. One the platform which
overhangs the American fall one can
be alone; and, indeed, imagined that
the most sociable soul would here de-
sire solitude For, without wishing
to indulge in any false rhetoric, one
cannot but describe this spot, with all
due reverence, as a place of worship.
The view which the eye encounters is
/ overwhelming impressive, and the
roar which beats upon the ear contrib
utes superbly to that impressiveness.
| Outspread before the spectator is the
sumptuous panorama of crushing
/ liquid, finging itself in kind of az
| ony of struggle to the brink, and then
! by contrast, almost sereneiy-sink-
| ing sheet, upon sheet, down the drop
/ into the cauldron whose depths are
concealed by veering, billowing steam.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
Care Of the Colt.

It frequently happens during the
hottest weather of the summer the
colts navel viii become in1amed.
Colts ranging from few days TO three
or more months old are susceptible to
the trouble. A variety of things may
be the cause. Cleanliness of the
quarters, however, is one Of the best
preventives. A mixture Of one ounce
Of sulphate of zinc and a quart Of
water well mixed and sufficient applied
to the affected part three times each
day will usually bring relief.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
Aerial ANALYSIS.

If the late Wilbur Wright ever had
q romance he managed to keep the
secret, and no one seemed to know
However, he was not without views
on the subject. Once reporter
asked him why he had never mar
ried. It's the easiest thing in the
world to drive. an aeroplane." he an
swered, "and it's just as easy to get
married" Then he added: Women
and aeroplanes are so much alike that
you can't analyze either until yOu get
them going"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-07-19
cEYLoN GIRLS TEA PIcKERS
Women Become Very Rapid and Ex-
pert In This Kind of Work
Wages Very Low.

London--The accompanying illus
tration represents the type OF tea
pickers found on the big plantations
OF CeylOn- During the tea picking
season on these plantations large
numbers of Ceylonese. women and
girls, are employed to gather the crop.
They become very rapid and expert
in this kind of work, while their wages
are very low as compared to Ameri-
can standards, yet are amply sufficient
to meet their wants. A loose cotton
gown open at the shoulders and sides