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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05

waite I2 acres the first year and
four acres additional each succeed
INK year lie did not accept tho
lease
There are two points ! wish 70
make: First. Mr.. Axes experience
does not prove there is no demand
for farm land-raiher the opposite.
Second. II We had the single tax
system. such farms as this would
not lie Idle and unimproycd. nor
would Soattles vacant lots remain
long vacant
JOHN CARMICHAEL.
Editor The Star: In Fridays is
sur OF The Star there appeared an
article from Olympia In regard TO
Mrs Axtells bill repeating the cor
roborsiiye evidence bill.
Perhaps Mrs. Axtell means we'll,
but did she or any OF the other
members OF the legislature stop TO
consider for one moment what n
powerful weapon for blackmail
they are placing IN the hands Of all
immoral women? Before the en-
actment OF the corroboratiye evil
dence amendment all that was nee
esEary to send any respectable man
to the penitentiary was a fallen
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05
SKYGACK FROM MARS

HE TAKES WIRELESS OBSERVATIONS Nore OIL
CusTOMs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05
JOSH WISE
SAWS

JOSH WISE
SAYS:
Bert c a m p
hire. who carried
n bullet In his
hip since tn civil
war. had Il re-
moved last week .
ne needed . sink
err fer his fish
lire"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05
FROM DIANA'S DIARY


posai Leslie an Young Man, WHO
Choice
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05

Seattle doesn't any "piu poke" indicated
the indefinite bridge bond proposit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05
How Much DID W. t,av.r

Mrs. John BaYard. formerly OF
Avon. but living nov on n farm al
Industry. had the misfortune n few
DAYS ago TO fan down stairs and
break her cousin. -Galesburg I'm
Republican.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05

Cap Larsen has challenged a
man 10 launch race down
Niagara river The trips down
Niagara never interest US. Years
ago we offered prize 10 the man
who would make trip up the
rivor. but II IL still In our posses.
sion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05

ordered the portraits Of poro osr replaced
walls OF the national palace Maybe thinks they make good
during The bombardment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05

Councilman got his famous chicken ord
got
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05

And once again fake citizens COMMITTEES" state was
spnters.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05

zapsta any " his men admitted Into N
with full rank AS most OF Iapatas men are general
asking much. much
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-05

Road Hog latter mishap in which
puppy had been run over Madam
will replace the animal.
Indignant Owner-Sir. you fiat
ter yourself.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
Strange Isn't 1t?

The average business man, when
the water pipes in his house, office
Or store spring a leak, does not hike
around to all the plumbers and get
bids on repairing the same. If he
tried it On the first plumber he
struck would probably invite him to
so to Halifax. Similarly, the average
business man, if he has need to con-
suit lawyer or requires the services
Of physician, will select a member
of either profession in whom he re-
poses confidence, and when the bill
is rendered for services he pays it
like a man. But the same average
business man, if he has a tWo-dollar
job of printing to be done, is quite
likely to spend half a days time
haggling with every printer within
reach, pitting one against the other,
in the hope OF saving a quarter on
the job: Why is this thus ?-Pointe
Coupee Banner.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
PROCLAMATION OF ELECTION.

HGREAS, a petition of electors
equal in number to twenty-five
per centum of the qualified electors
OF the town of Dona1dsonville. parish
OF Ascension, petitioning fer the sub
mission of the question Of organizing
as city under Act No. 207 of the
general assembly of. the state of Lou
lsiana for the year 1912. has been
presented and filed with me as mayer
OF the town of Donaldsonville;
Therefore, /, CHARLES A. MAU-
alN. mayor of the town Of Donald
sonville, by virtue of the laws OF this
state and especially by authority Of
section two of said Act No. 207 Of
1912. do hereby proclaim that on
tuesday, the oath day of March
1918, in said town Of Donaldsonville.
there viii be held under the laws Of
this state a special election fsG the
purpose Of submitting to the electors
OF said town the question:
Shall the. proposition to organize
tie city of Donaldsonville under Act
No. 2o7 Of 1912 of the general as.
sembly of Louisiana be adopted
Witness my hand and seal of Of
flee at Donaldsonville this 14th day
of February, 1913.
CHAs. MAURIN,
Mayor. Z
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
FOR. LARGER PUBLIC
SCHOOL STUDENTS.

Money paid for education is the
best investment; stime thus spent Is
wisely used Time is money and OPP
pertunity as well if it is used
Alright. Business men work during
the summer; farmers do the same.
Then what's the use of big boys and
girls spending their vacation in idle
ness. Most ambitious boys and girls
would rather spend their vacation in
learning something that will fit
them to earn a good salary or work
their way through college or uniyer-
sity. He who cares more for sue
cess than heat, goes a long way
ahead Of him who waits until cool
weather to study.
With our famous Byrne systems
we can give a thorough, complete
course Of bookkeeping or shorthand
or a good course in telegraphy dur
ing your summer vacation. This was
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systems now used in other schools,
which required twice as long for
their completion as do our modern
systems.
Write for our large, beautifully IL
Illustrated catalog, read what others
have done in summers vacation,
then decide in a business-like man.
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the statements of our former stu
dents, showing how our courses of
bookkeeping, shorthand and teleg-
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08

highways and roads situated within
the limits of the First Road District
of the parish Of Ascension, together
other appurIenances and acc ssories
incident thereto.
For the purposes of said election,
and in accordance with said ordi-
nance, the polling places are hereby
designated at E. P. Dominique's store,
in the first ward of said parish; 1t
E. P. Melancon's store, at smoire
Bend, in said first ward of said par
ish; at Cassard's warehouse, in the
second ward CT said parish; at the
courthouse, in Donaldsonyille; at Es
neault & Boston's saWnlill, in the
fourth ward Of said parish, and
Messrs. A. R. Dugas, Rodo1ph Landry
and Emile Dominique have. been ap-.
pointed commissioners. and Ernest
NIelancon clerk, to serve at the Dom
Unique store poll; Messrs. p. Mel
aneon, Henry Dugas and S. F. Bras
set have been appointed commission
ers, and G. Alonzo clerk, to serve at
the Melancon store poll; Messrs.
Adonis Cassard, Julian Diez and Paul
JUDGE have been appointed comnis-
sioners, and Jos. Corbo clerk, to.
serve at the Cassard warehouse poll;
Messrs. K. A. Aueoin, Wilfred Guigou
and Leon Levi have been appointed
commissioners, and Whitney Com
stock clerk, to serve at the court
house poll; Messrs. Emile LeBoeuf,
G. H. Landry, r., and L. A. Landry,
Jr., have been appointed commissions
ers, and Philip Hebert clerk, to serve
at the Esneau1t & Boston saWmill
poll. And all of said commissioners
and clerks of election shall serve
without compensation
do further proclaim and give nos
tice that at Il o'clock a. m. on Fri
day, March %, 1913, the said police
jury of the parish of Ascension, state
of Louisiana, will meet at the court
house in Donaldsonville, in the par
1sh of Ascension, Louisiana, and in
open session proceed to open the bal
lot boxes, examine and count the
ballots in. number and amount. exam.
inc and canvass the returns and de
clare the result Of said special cleo
ton, which result they shall there
after promulgate by publication in
one issue of the official journal OF
the parish.
Done and signed at Donaldsonville, |
IN the parish OF Ascension, state of
Louisiana, on this 21st day of Feb
ruary, in the year of Our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and thirteen.
ADOLPHE METER,
President Police Jury, Parish of AS
cension
Attest: G. G. WEBER,
Clerk Police Jury, Phi. of Ascension.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08

The buy at home" argument ap-
plies to all branches Of industry in
community, without exception. Give
US a chance to fisAlre on your print
ing before sendingaW for it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
LEARN MUCH At CORR ssHI|aaIH.
CONTINUED from page one.)

forests, and moving pictures Were
| shown in connection, showing how
forest fires are fought by the Rang.
! ers, whose business it is to protect
I the forests. Lectures were given on
The waste of forests by the people
and the dread effects that follow.
The Iowa booth was to SHOW the
good results obtained through the co,
operation of farmers in selling their
products.
There We're also some good exhib-
its Of different kinds Of agricultural
implements and many could be seen
| in operation.
1.-THE live stock exhibit was not
large, nothing being shown but cat
tie, but these were the finest of
their type.
THE value of dipping cattle to
rid them of ticks and other parasites
was shown by one beef that had been
kept free from ticks and another of
the same age, tick-infested. The
difference in their weights was $50
pounds in favor of the former.
Lectures were given telling how
easy it is to get rid of the cattle
tick, and its life history was illus
trated by moving pictures, which were
very interesting and helpful
another interesting thing to be
seen was the instrument sent out
by the weather bureau at Washing
ton. There was an instrument to
show the velocity of the wind, one
to gauge automatically the rainfall,
and another that automatically regis
tiers the number of hours that the
sun shines in one day.
BY the way! Little old Louisiana
made as good showing as any of
the other states The exhibit was
mostly of rice, sugar-cane and it's by
products, and corn that did not
come far behind that of Kentucky,
Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana
eve Louisiana boys felt proud
indeed when we viewed the magnif-
icent showing that our state made,
and even though We had spent a
wonderful week We were glad when
Mr.. Richardson announced it was
time for us to depart for our ma
tive land-Louisiana.
"Other Louisiana boys who came
before we departed were John Henry,
winner of the national prize in corn
for 1911, and j. Cobb, who won the
national prize in 1912, and stopped
over in Columbia on his return trip
from Washington.
The night before We left Mr.
Richardson and Miss Kelley treated
us to a fine suppeE.
So when we left Columbia to
come back to dear old Louisiana we
had come into contact with boys
from nearly every state east of the
Rocky Mountains and had seen the
agricultural exhibits of as many
states, and we felt also that we
knew something of their agricultural
possibilities
But had We our choice of the
different states there is not one of
US but who Waaass have said tLouisi-
ana is good enough for me, thank
you. BENTLEY B. MACKAY,
Ascension Parish.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
II
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

Donaldsonville, La, Feb. q, 1913.
. URsUANT to an ordinance adopt
Il ed by the police jury of the par
1sh OF Ascension, state of Louisiana,
at a special meeting held at the
courthouse in Donaldsonville on Fri
day, Feb. 81, 1913, /, ADOLPHE
METER, president of the police
jury of the parish of Ascension, state
Of Louisiana, by virtue of the author
ity in me vested and in obedience
and compliance with said ordinance,
do hereby proclaim that a special
election will be held of the property
taxpayers, qualified under the con
stitution and laws of the state of
Louisiana to vote at said election, in
the First Road District OF the parish
OF Ascension, Louisiana, on Tuesday,
March %, 1913, between the hours of
Z O'Clock a. m. and 5 o'clock p. m,
Tor the purpose of obtaining the
sense of the property taxpayers en-
Titled to vote on the following prop
osition:
To authorize the police jury of the
parish of Ascension, state of Louisi-
ana, for and on behalf of the First
Road District Of the parish Of Aseenv
sion. to incur an Indebtedness of
thirty-five thousand ($35 ,00O) dollars,
and issue negotiable bonds therefor,
sad bonds to bear interest at the rate
OF five per cent per annum payable
senai-annually, and to run for a Pc
ROD OF not longer than twenty years,
Tor the following purposes, to-Wit:
mat OF establishing, maintaining,
and repairing the public
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
Printing 10000 Stamps a Minute.

It is a fact not generally known
that the United States has at Wash
ington, D. c., one of the largest and
best equipped printing plants in this
or any other country. Uncle Sam may
be safely said to hold the world
record as a printer, not only in size
Of plant, number of employees and
extent Of output, but also in up-to-
date scientific management, efficien-
cy and economy.
An interesting example of what this
sort Of modern efficiency means is
a machine which prints, gums and
perforates 10000 postage stamps a
minute. Figuring on an eight-hour
day, this is a production of 100000
two-cent stamps, worth $115,200, as a
days work for two operators required
on the machine. The stamps are
shot out-there is no other way to
express it-at the rate of 70 feet
minute. This means over six miles
of postage stamps a day.
The machine eliminates nineteen
separate operations required by the
previous method of printing, and has
effected a saving of 81 per. cent in
cost. The whole apparatus, which is
three feet wide, twenty-five feet long
and seven feet high, is driven by a
Croker Wheeler motor. One man
and q girl are able to operate the en-
tire machine and the perforating de.
vice connected with it. B. R. Stick
ney, mechanical expert Of the United
States Bureau of Printing and En-
craving, is the inventor who develop
ed the machine for the special use of
the government printing plant
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
List Of Letters

Remaining in the postoffice at Dom
aaldsonville for week ending March g.:
s. 3: Alleman, bertha Bedar, Ar
thur H. Browne, jeremiah Brown,
Caroline Campbell, Ella Grant, J..
Gessian, Theresa Fernandez, JOS
eph Moore, Dorestine Curse, Reuben
Pettus, Celia Sanders, Isaiah Woods,
R. r. Shepherd, Lizzie White.
Win calling for these letters say
advertised. Il not called for in two
weeks they will be sent to the. Dead
Letter Office at Washington, .. C.
]. j. LAFARGUE, Postmaster.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08

The Largest Magazine in the World.
Today's Magazine is the largest
and best edited magazine published
at SO cents per year. Five cents per
copy at all newsdealers. Every wo-
man who appreciates a good magazine
should send for q free sample copy
and premium catalog. Address. To-
days Magazine, Canton, OHIO.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
HookMorm.

Hookworm is widely scattered
through the Unitad States. It is
known to prevail in ffty-three par
lshes in LOUISE La II1oKWorm does
not often dir4ctl u cause death, but
it lowers vitality. Eradication of
this disease would mean fewer
deaths from tuberculosis and other
maladies which play & large part in
high mortality
AS the disease is. contracted from
polluted soil and ground itch" is
the first manifestation, the follow
ing rules published by the Alabama
Board of Health are helpful:
Never go with bare feet unless
the ground is perfectly dry.
Never so with bare feet through
muddy places.
Z Always wear shoes when it is
raining.
always I, wear shoes when the
ground is wet.
Always wear shoes when the dew
is on the ground
IF you get ground itch, have it
treated at once,
Always take treatment for hook
worm disease within three months
after an attack of ground itch -
Board Of Health Bulletin.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-08
CIVIL SERVICE EXPLANATIONS.
Opportunities for. Obtaining Employ
ment Under the Federal Gov
erament.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the following
Examinations to be held on the dates
given below, andzcirculars containing
further informal ton relative thereto
may be seen at. the office of this
paper:
March 81 chronological drafts
man (n1ale), Department OF Agricul-
ture, Washington D. c., $1400 per
annum, Age limit, 20 years or over.
Competitors will not be required to
appear at any pace for examination,
but will be rated on training, expe-
rience. etc.
April Assistant in crop accli-
matization (maleg Bureau of Plant
Industry, Department Of Agriculture,
5000 to $500 per annum. Age lin
it, 20 to 40 years. The duties Of this
position will be to carry On the work
III the breeding and the acclimatlza-
ton Of corn and cotton in the south
west.
Assistant in dfy-land agriculture
(male), Bureau Of Plant Industry,
Department of Agriculture, $1,000 to
$4,000 per annun1. Age limit, 20 to
40 years. The persons appointed to
these positions will be stationed on
experimental farms located west Of
the Mississippi river.
Aid (male), Bureau Of Standards,
Department of Commerce and La
Dor, 5000 to s72d per annum. Age
limit, IS years or over. The work
Of the Bureau of Standards is scienti-
fic and technical in character, con-
sisting principally of physics, chemis-
try, and mechanical and electrical en-:
cheering.
q Dental inferno lmale), Government
Hospital for the Insane, Washington,
D. c., 5000 per annum with mainte-
nance Age limit, 20 years or over.
April 9-10-Teacher, Indian Ser
vice, 5000 to $720s per annum. Age
limit, 20 to so years. Quarters are
furnished, and it is expected to fill
vacancies at the following places
from the register resulting from this
examination: Round Valley school,
California (femaleE Pine Ridge day
school, North Dakota male, mar
ried); Fort Totten school, North
Dakota (male); Truxton Canyon
school, Arizona. (male); Walker River
day school, Nevada (female); Birney
day school, Tongue River Agency,
Montana (maIe, married.; Browning
day school, B1ackfeet Agency, Mon
tana (male, singleJ; Moqui school,
Arizona (female).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
For That
Lame Back

The muscles of the back
are more susceptible to
lameness than those of any
other part of the body.
Now, lameness of any
sort is caused by an OBJ
structed or imperfect cir
cuiation, and the best way
to treat it is to FORCE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
pROLONGING CUT FLOWERS
By ]. EARL CLAUSON

might not react to solution that would
sustain the tender stalks OF lilies Of the val
ley. The experiments were begun with vio-
lets, the narcissus, iris aSperula, marguerite,
snapdragon. and primrose. Before they
were ended Il hundred varieties had been
tried, with an average of hundred cXpcrl
ments for each and several notebooks were
filled with the results observed.
ONE Of the first discoveries was that a mix
~ ture of mineral and organic materials
was never so good as either alone There was
great danger Of making mineral concentra
tons too strong, part to ten thousand
was most advantageous, while with organ
lC substances concentrations OF one to ten
per cent. were favorable. Among the ma
tcrlals that, IN proper concentrations, pro-
longed the life of flowers were, in addition
to sugar, choral, llmewater, potash, ether
lied water, nitrate OF potash, KANT "a
German potash compound), sulphatc Of
potash, phosphate of potash phosphate Oh
ammonia, Chord of calcium, glyCerin, and
alcohol.
The primrose, for instance, which in
water showed a duration of fifteen days
lasted up to twenty days in solutions of
caustic potassium, limewatcr, alcohol, sui
phate of potassium, and other substances.
The myosotis. which lasted thirteen days in
unchanged water and seventeen in water
changed every day, gave twenty-five days
OF freshness in a solution of ten thousand
grams of sugar to the hectoliter of water
The marguerite, enduring fifteen days in
unchanged water, lasted twenty-four in a
potash concentration of ten grams TO the
heCtollter.
The myosotis, by the way, in lasting four
days longer IN water changed daily than in
unchanged water. cOntradicted experiences
with other flowers. which for the most part
did quite as well in water that WAS never
changed. The only gain in changing water
appeared to be delay of what botanical
chemists know as putrid fermentation,
which quickly kills Il flower. If this does
not develop, it IS unnecessary to provide
fresh water daily for flowers, and may even
prove injurious.
One practical principle learned was that
the duration of the flower WAS in proportion
Of the amount Of the stem in the water.
The nearer the surface Of the water is to the
blossom, the longer the latter will last.
RUT the result OF I'll the experiments
- showed that sugar was the best prcscrva-
tive If cut flowers vet discovered. Some vari-
cites notably the lilac, lilies. and sweet peas.
did less well in a sugar solution than in
fresh water. Some, among them marguer-
ties, chrySanthemums, ana tulips, did no
better. These are the flowers for which an
other preventative must be found. But the
great majority were much benefited, and
some even trcblcd their life because of the
employment OF sugar.
Too much sugar proved as bad as too
little Great care is necessary in establish
ing lust the right degree Of concentration.
The solution that helped varied from two
to he