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The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17

ute some simple apparatus which
would be needed In making some sim
pie tests of the truth of the state
ments made In the books
With lamp chimneys, thin muslin
and some hat-bottomed pans. they
planned to find out for themselves
how rapidly different kinds of soil per-
mitted water to pass through them.
After tying the muslin on the bot
tom of each chimney they filed one
with very black soil (humus), one
with clay, one with loan, and one
with sand teach containing the same
amount OF sosI1 to the upper part OF
sach chimney tied strira llIeh
served as balls through which to run
q broomstick
Each end Of the broonnstick rested
on the seat OF desk. The pans were
placed beneath the chimneys At the
same time, exactly the same quantity
Of water was poured on the soil in
each chimney.
Through which do you suppose the
water ran most quickly?
w u1Su WoS Lie AttSt " pSIu1iG IL W
run through?
Which one held the most water?
Which one retained the least wa
ter?
On another day, they filed the same
chimneys with the same kinds of soil,
-humus, clay, loan, and sand,-and
set each one on two small chips on
the bottom of the fiat pans.
Instead Of pouring the water into
the chimneys, they poured the same
quantity into each pan. They did this
to learn from the experiment which
soil would allow water to arise most
rapidly. Through which do you think
it rose most rapidly?
The next Friday morning, each boy
had common thermometer and
good sized tin can. Into each can was
placed the same kind of soil. In the
center Of each of two cans the ther-
mometers were placed deep enough
to allow the freezing point to be just
above the soil; in the other two they
were deep enough to allow them to
remain upright
At the first recess, the temperature
Of each was read and noted. Into the
can containing deeply-covered ther-
mometer and into one having the ther-
mometer not SO deeply covered, the
same quantity Of water was poured.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
"ooH, LA, La, La" sMAcK!I
Judge Gives Prisoner 81 and Freedom
and Receives Resounding Kiss
From Happy Peddier.

Aurora, Ill-Another blow at tn,
dignity OF the bench was dealt the 9th.
er day.
It was struck when an Aurora jus.
tice Of the peace, tempering justice
with mercy, was kissed In open court
by man he had dismissed. The re-
sounding smack upon the Justices
cheek was delivered before anyone
could interfere and after that every.
one was too startled to do so.
Frank de Cook, arrested for ped.
ding without license, was the man
who introduced the European method
of expressing gratitude into an Amer
lean court. He had told Police Magis.
trate Thomas Barlow such an affect
ing hard luck story that the justice
not only dismissed the charges against
him, but called him to the bench and
gave him one dollar.
Then came the kiss.
The justice refused to say whether
he considered it in the light Of o
bribe
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
YOUTH WHO KILLED
FATHER is FREED
coroner's Jury Exonerates Boy
Who Saved Sister.
WAS TROUBLED HOME
Hearing Parent Well "PlI XIII you,'
Youngster Grabbed Rife and Let
Fiy-vEetim Not Drinking Man;
Just Hot Tempered.

Chicago.-Charles Scheibler rushed
upon his ffteen-year-old daughter the
other day with butcher knife be
cause the girl would not stop laughing.
Scheibler's son, Peter, shot and killed
his father. Afterward Peter called a
policeman and gave himself up.
At the coroner's Inquest, held sew
eral hours after the tragedy, the boy
was exonerated for the shooting.
Witnesses testified the boys father
continually scolded members Of the
family and found fault with every
thing they did frequently, it was
said, Mrs. Scheibler and the children
were forced to fee from their home
to escape his wrath.
The Scheibler home is at 5S06 South
Fairfield avenue. It has been a trou-
bled household of late. The father, a
house painter, has been idle. The
mother has been intermittently ILL
she was in bed when the shooting oc-
Cured. Peter has had only few odd
Jobs. Fffteen-year-old Helna has been
the little mother" doing the house
work and caring for nine-year-old Mar
tina and four-year-old Marie. The
younger son, Louis, has been working
downtown.
Trouble started at breakfast. The
cakes that Helma made had not quite
the same quality as her mothers.
In rage Scheibler arose. No wit
ness remembers to have heard just
what he shouted. All agree that he
snatched a butcher knife from the
table. The children ran. Martha and
Marie were near the outside door and
they went out. Helma ran instructive
ly to the pantry. Peter instinctively
ran after her to shield her. They
slammed the door and braced it.
"Then / heard him yell I'll kill you
Ill kill you! said Peter. And some
how I seemed to know he meant it.
He was raving at the door, pounding
and showing; we couldn't hold it. Il
grabbed the rife and pointed it at him
through the crack as It was widening.
thought It would bring him to his
senses. But It just made him wilder.
He rushed right It the barrel ana I
shot =
That was the story. HeIma said
the same thing. The other children
agreed on the facts Of the breakfast
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
MAGNETIC NAVY is AMUSING
Mysterious Movements Of Little Boats
Caused by Magnet and Concealed
MagnetIzed Needles.

To build this navy thin pieces of
cedar or pine wood and some mag
netized sewing needles are necessary
Cut the pieces of wood into lengths a
little longer than the needles used
and about one-fourth of an inch in
width. Make one end Of each boat
pointed for the bow After the boats
are all ready turn them upside down
and lay a magnetized needle upon
each where the keel should be-. Now
light a paraffne candle and let drop
Of hot paramne fall upon each needle
and boat Take hot nail and smooth
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
SCENE WAS TOO REALISTIC
Victim of Hazing on Stage Sues the
PlaywrIsht-used Clippers on
His Hair.


Columbus, Ind.-Too much realism
has caused trouble for Roy W. Emig
Of this city. Bert Kocher, who took
the part OF the whitecapper In Emig' g
play. "Scalplock Of Stony Lonesome. =
has sued Emig for 500 damages. In
the play, which was produced here.
Kocher had the role of a Brown coun.
ty whitecapper. After a bunch OF
make-believe Indiana university stu
dents had tied his hands and feet they
':hazed" him. To make the scene
more realistic they used clippers on
bis hair. kocher filed suit in jus
tice Kinney's court asking damages.
He says the hair cutting gave him a
cold, and that he was humiliated 10
the sight Of his friends.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
RIDDLES.

Why is a steam engine at a fire an
anomaly?
Because it works and plays at the
same time.
What word is it of five letters, of
which two being removed, only one
will remain?
Stone
Why is a fly taller than most men
Because he stands over six feet
without shoes OF. stockings.
What kind Of anchor does a drum.
ken sailor like best?
An anker of brandy.
Why should a false friend never
leave his house?
Because you might look in and find
him out"
When is man hospitable and q
cheat at the same time?
When he takes you in.
Why is aadivinity student like a
merchant?
Because he STUDIES the prophets
(profits)
In what part Of the church do they
ring the beliefs?
AT the altar
What is that OF which the common
sort is the best?
Where did Noah strike the first nail
In the ark?
On the head
Why Is an accepted suitor like a
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
Wells Now often pIaearded.

Wells are very much less worn than
they used TO be In past seasons. They
are less easy 70 wear with very small
hats. for the simple reason that they
may easily touch the eyes or at least
the eyeiaahes; but, since the extreme
~ small hat IL specially reserved for
the very young woman, she may well
permit herself to meet the full glare
OF daylight IN the street without any
softentng veil. Besides this, some ny
gfenic people pretend that the veil Is
harmful both to the complexion and
the sight, and, while it is also true
that the contrary opinion is held, the
devotee of fashion will follow her own
personal opinion without bothering
her head about any other.-Paris Edi-
ton Of New York Herald.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17

quarrel, and told OF the butcher knife
Mrs. scheibler told Of the words she
had heard spoken, of the sudden
scraping of chairs, the slamming OF
the door, the screams Of the children.
My son is telling the truth said
Mrs. scheibler. My husband had a
terrible temper. He would fly into a
rage over the least little thing. He
tried to kill me about year ago
actually shot at me. but missed, and
then cooled down. He wasn't drink
ing man, just hot tempered. Once he
was arrested for cutting woman with
pair Of scissors because she criti,
cised his work.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
THE WALKING FAD.

A revival Of interest In pedestrian
ism is reported from New YORK.
where, probably, the "automoolle
knee and other ailments new and olo.
due either to the craze for automooli-
ing or simple neglect of ordinary
heaIthful exercise, are to be found at
their worst In any event the walking
fad has taken q strLlg hold on the
metropolis and many walking CLUBS
are being formed The value of walk
ing as pleasurable and health-pro-
noting exercise cannot be denied. The
trouble with most people Is that they
do not walk enough to realize Its ben
efts. Automobiles for those that
can afford them and the trcll1es for
the 1ess-fayored many offer tempt
ing case Of transportation that Is
hard to resist AS result there
are few men who can engage In
brisk long walk without becoming
overfatigued. The present revival OF
walking, II 1t does not prove to be
only a passing fad, may accomplish
great good in getting men away from
the dreary monotony of paved streets
and the dust and smoke-laden at
mosphere OF the cities, out into the
clean, pure, invigorating air OF the
country, refreshing their lungs. ton
ing up their circulation. driving away
many Of the minor Ills that annoy and
giving them cleaner and better out
look on life.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
SETTING FOR TOILET TABLE
Various Dainty Accessories Are Of
fered for the Fancy Of the Wom-
an Who Likes Pretty Things.

Il 8 5 8 Z a II
Very lovely are the cut-glass salt
bottles with square stopper Of en-
ameled on silver gilt In the datntiest
and most artistic designs. while the
large cut-glass perfume bottles have
enamel shoppers and tops, the enamel
generally toning with the prevailing
color of the room.
A silver ruler with inch and cent?
meter measurement, which holds rub
Der, pencil and pen when the end is
taken of. also finds place in the
boudoir. And q new paperweight in
the form OF ruler with handle In
the center. the inch and centimeter
measurements being marked thereon,
is amongst the latest of useful femi-
nine trifes-
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
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ONES
BOYS TEST OF SOILS
interesting Experiments of Four
Ohio Youths.
Most Impressive Lesson Learned Was
from What They Did Rather Than
from What They Read-Re-
suits of Trials.

(By PROF. A. B. GRAHAM, Ohio Col
lege Of Agriculture.)
Four boys who were members of
the same country school had read
about how the soil had been formed
by glaciers; they had seen the soil on
the hillside farm gradually removed
by tiny streams and deposited on the
nearby level farm.
They had noticed the effects Of
freezing and thaWing on high banks
and the sides Of the bitches. But
there were some facts about soils that
which they knew only by what they
read. Each one resolved to contrib
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
ceston In Nsttlssa.

One bride Ia making her colss III
ers in an unusual way, says -
Housekeeping. She incloses saS d
ton batting in mosquito netSns ~
ing 1t here and there. Then p ~
this into It's outside cover. y &
the cover is soiled 1t is very sss, .ss
rip open one end and remove " IL
ton and also as simple 70 ps.
whole togethar again.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
MA KEs
III Cherry Red Cloth I l,Is cessnlgsaa
Would BE FIT for the Adornmellt
of Any Moman.

For this house dress might be 81
lected red cloth Of fine texture.
The skirt is made with a panel
down back and a wrapped seam down
front, which is rounded of at the
foot to show q small panel OF braided.
satin in delicate shade of gay.
The bodice has a yoke and deep.
cuffs Of this; the sides and upper
part of sleeves are cut Magyar and
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
The Magnetic Navy.

the parahne out over each needle.
The boats are now ready to place in a
large vessel of water where they will
act very queerly toward each other.
says the Popular Electricity BY hold
ing a magnet near the boats they may
be made to move about in mysteri
GUS way.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
Must Have Certificates.

Passaic, N. J.--Rev. Hugh D. Wilson.
pastor Of st. Georges Episcopal
church, announced that he will refuse
to marry couples who cannot present
certificates OF phEsicaaaaeaan mental
health.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17

Knitting is being taken up by some
OF the British peers as better means
of killing time than solitaire. because
you have something 70 show for II"
This may be the germ OF an idea OF
going to work
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
Recovered His Reason.

Mineola, Ill.--In fit of insanity Ed.
ward Gorham jumped from a window
Of the William H. Ross sanitarium
and was seriously hurt Then he re-
covered his reason and won verdict
for $500.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17

Somehow the impression mas gone
abroad that Boston has invented a
new slang word, and that the same Is
"fudgy," says the Boston Post. Even
the usually well informed New York
Herald remarks that from the rare
fed air OF Boston new bit Of slang
has been evolved, a poor, anemic word,
'fudgy,' used to indicate that every
thing Is as it should be. It will doubt
less prove convenient term In Bos-
ton, q city In which a vast number
o. people look upon them with COM
splacence and declare that the town
could not be improved upon. But it
will never take root in city like
ours, which is always being reformed
and uplifted and rebuilt and investi-
gated" The Herald and all other
newspapers that mention the matter
are barking up the wrong tree.
tFudgy" Is not Boston slang and never
win be. II is unheard. save perhaps
from tho lips Of few noodles who
are sa.lid A thsIr dane
insg vocabulary with the word But
they amount to nothing; they can moi
make slang. Slang comes from Other
and abier quarters
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17

laid on with wrapped seams; lass
rial fills In the space below yoEs : :
black satin ribbon Is taken rouna e =
waist and arranged 10 hang % "
and end In front. s.
Materials required: S1s ysrds % 4
4s inches wide, ss yard sam s
inches wide. 8 dozen yards na'l,
yards satin ribbon.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17

maste. goes fishing along the shore
of a lake, he will grab up the pole
VIXEN the bob disappears in the water
and run along with it until the fish is
on land
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17

What's the matter with the girls
these days? Can't they hold the at
tention of any yne? Is it necessary to
keep repeating the word listen in an
ordinary talk where the "talkee" Is all
attention? A miss Of perhaps seven
teen years asked for certain brand
of face powder in drug store re-
Gently, says the New York Sun. This
ts fair account of what she said:
Listen! want a box of yuh face
powder. Listen! Do you keep that
there kind that comes with-with a
mirror? You know the kind mean.
Listen! What shade do you think
need? Is Raychel (Rachel) too dark?
Listen" That was as much as ]
heard. But 1t was enough. II girl
has q toothache. or wart on her
finger, or headache, 1t is Listen, lis
ten. nsten." to the patient or in many
cases impatient drug clerk No miss,
it seems, considers her vocabulary up
to date unless 1t is bnrdened with
listen" Girls. take a tip. Put listen"
on the shelf.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17

ute some simple apparatus which
would be needed in making some sim
pie tests Of the truth of the state
~
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-10-17
MoSlem PRAYER Ruos.

Prayer rugs We're evidently invented
for the purpose of providing the wor.
slippers with one absolutely clean place
on which to offer prayers. 1t is not
lawful OF Moslem to pray on any
place not perfectly clean. and unless
each one has his own special rug he
is not certain that the spot has not
been polluted 1t does not matter to
these followers Of Mohammed how
unclean a rug that is on the floor may
be. because over it they place the
prayer rug when their devotions begin
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-10-17
Anatomy Of a Violin.

Taken to pieces violin would 10
found to consist Of the following parts:
Back, two pieces; belly. two: coins and
blocks. six; sides. five; side Innings,
twelve; bar, one; purflings. twenty.
four; neck. one; finger board, one; nut,
one: bridge. one: tailboard, one; but
ton for t2ilboard, one; string for tail
board. one; guard for string, one;
sound post, one; strings, four: pegs,
four: total. siXty-nine. Three kinds Of
wood are used-maple pine and ebony.
Maple Is used for the back, the neck,
the side pieces and the bridge. Pine is
used for the belly, the bar. the coins
and blocks, the side Innings and the
sounding post. Ebony is used for the
finger board, tailboard and other parts.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-10-17
Better Quality Wanted.

Little Elsie, given her first glass OF
mineral water, made very wry face
over It.
"It tastes that way dear, because it's
charged" said her mother
II guess, mamma said Elsie, push
ing it aside. 'I'll ju>t have some OF
the kind you've p; ID for."-Boston
Transcript
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-10-17

iNNa w - oii
son, Jessie Ellis, Hugh Wright.
People. Helen Conger,
Maude Early. Helen Tilton,
Doris Carpenter and Dorothy
Marshall
Conrtjers Theodore
Fiechtner, Thomas Thompson.
song. ............ Columbla
Recitation What Pa Don't Know
Gerald Sanders
Recitation Boys Wanted
Hugh Wright
Recita ion. October Gave Il Party
Earnestine Clark
Song Paddle Your Own Canoe
Recitation . My Little Boy Blue
Evelyn .lohnson
9
Zella Hand, pupil in the sixth
grade, was absent this week ON
account of sickness.
90
Herschel Joplin, new pupil,
took up the fifth grade studies this
week.
Mabel Balm left for Lyons. Iowa.
where she will attend the Sisters
School.
Herbert Winkel, of the sixth
grade, is absent from school on ac,
count of ear trouble.
69
George Lintelman of the eight
grade was absent this week.
Myrtle Lee Of the scN cath grade
was absent Wednesday.
,5%~S
ne girls or the seventh and
eighth grades, with their teacher,
Miss Dewey took their supper and
roasted wienies at the river We'd
nesday night.
The seventh grade completed
their booklets of South America
this week.
Some transfers have been made
from one school to the other owing
to change of residence on the
part of some pupils.
6S
Supt. w. Il. Thompson was
called away Thursday, by special
message. to attend the funeral
OF a very personal friend. T. Il.
Magee at Ashton, 5. ID. Mrs
Thompson accompanied her hus
| band
Exhibits Of work by the pupils
of all grades were prepared this
week for safe keeping and may be
seen ut the office. Knowing these
were TO be permanent fixtures tic
pupils took extra care in preparing
their work.
Who visited the schools tbi,
week! And the bleezes answered.
Nay
Clocks have been installed il
most all or the rooms this v-eel
which makes it more convenien
for the teachers and schoiats.
90
The teachers Of th1 diftcren
rooms aud high school girls ha,
3 marshmel!ow roast Monda
night on the bank of the livcy ives
of town. They report having pen
a very pleasant evening.
90
The stoves in tie ea t side build
ing have been moved to more suit
able parts of the rooms and tn
change is very helpful.
. 90
Two new desks were inslalic
.his week one iii the suIcril
tendent's room aud the otter i
| NT.oc - Il, ,,,ttf., ,Ann.
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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-10-02
PLANTING TREES AND
SHRUBS IN THE FALL

Not only do many rursery cata-
logues offer stock OF fruit and other
trees for autumn planting but In
some cases representatives Of nurs-
cries have gone through this state
selling such stock and recommending
that fall planting is just as safe az
spring setting. II Is usually urged
that prices are lower than in spring
and this. together with the fact that
most people are anxious to get an
orchard started at the earliest possi-
bic moment. has led some persons In
to buying and planting n, this season.
While It is possible to plant success
fully in the fall in some regions. In
Colorado It II at least very hazardous.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-10-02

a tree in order 10 20 through our
usually dry winters needs to have n
we'll developed root system such a.
takes at least one growing season to
produce. II young trees are planted
In autumn. they must endure the most
trying period of the year with little
or no root growth TO make up In some
measure that lost by evaporation.
hence winter killing by drying out Is
the usual result. There might be
cases In which trees set In the fail
would survive and make n good
growth the next season. but the ex-
periences Of those who have tried IT,
as reported In the state horticultural
reports for this state. show fall plant
Ing of fruit trees to be very unsafe
Why take any risks in the matter,
therefore. when little or nothing is to
be gained?
Late summer or fall is often said
to be a good time to set strawber-
ries and other small fruits. but this
also is thought OF unfavorably by
those who have tried II here and this
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-10-02

agrees with the writer's experience.
The strawberry may. however. be
planted in the latter part OF the sea-
son more successfully as a rule than
other fruits. and n partial crop Sc
cured the acxt season This Is TO be
recommended. however. only In cases
OF small gardening operations and
with strong plants either pot-grown
or taken from nearby piats.
IL Is sometimes possible to trans
plant small shrubs from one part OF
the yard or neighborhood to another
by digging up a large ball OF eart,i
containing the roots. This should be
lowered carefully into a hole CON
tainIng some water and the earth
firmly packed about H. Some prun-
ing should then be given TO restore
the balance between top and roots and
when the ground freezes a wrappins
in straw or burlap will help to pre-
vent drying out
d. o. LONGYEAR,
Colorado Agricultural College. Fort
Collins, Colorado.