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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07

It is with unbounded pleasure that
we report the complete recovery OF
Master Frank {"Boobee') Weber,
whose alarming illness following ar
operation for the removal of adenoids
and tonsils, performed at the Touro
Infirmary on the 9th ultimo, was re-
norted in last weeks Chief. The little
fellow returned home Wednesday
with his mother and was cordially
welcomed by his host Of friends,
grown-ups as well as youngsters, all
of whom were deeply concerned be.
cause of his illness and are as high
" elated over his happy recovery. Mr.
Weber, who had also been at the bed
side of the little patient, came uF
from New Orleans Sunday, accom-
panied by his elder son, Caleb, Jr.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07

u f. Landry writes US to change
.ha address of his Chief from Gary
, s' to Lutcher, and adds, keep the
snod old home paper coming along. =
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07
For SALE.

1917 model. fve-passenger, 6-eylindei
a Saxon. Practically new. having run only
1900 miles. Extra tire Tire. ana sea- At covers ma
jacksonville. La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07

Miss Ollie Duhon, of this city, Is
attending the girls military camp at
Mississippi City, Miss. The camp
was opened last Sunday and will con-
tinue three weeks. Twenty young
women are enrolled, all being from
New Orleans except Miss Duhon.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07

Henry Ursin, the 17-year-old negro
who burglarized the postoffice at
Gonzales Wednesday of last week,
pleaded guilty in the United States
court at New, Orleans and was SEN
fenced to four years in the National
Training School at Washington, DC.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07

Rocco Savoia and Charles We'll, two
Of the gallant Donaldsonville boys
who have entered the service of their
Uncle Sammy as members of Com
pany H, First Louisiana Infantry,
paid flying visit to the home folk
last Sunday and were warmly greet
ed by their many friends. They are
both looking very well, and speak in
enthusiastic terms of army life and
Its benefits.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07

A demonstration of the use OF
Wear-Ever utensils in cooking will
be given in the high school building
next Wednesday afternoon between
the hours of and o'clock, by rep
resentatives of the Wear-Ever Alum
anum Co. Every lady attending will
he presented with souvenir.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07
oAT.srRAW HAY WANTED.

yYyILI. BE IN THE MARKET for 100 tons
w Of good baled oat-straw hay. for June
or July delivery. Would IKE to near
BLACK. Newman Farm. Donaldsonvllie. La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07
FOR SALE.

Nix-CYLINDER, seven-passenger Overland
~ automobile Guaranteed to be in first
class condition. Apply to W. 5. CAk1t
Doualdsonville, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07

Section q Be It fufthsF .. attached
that said bonds ann and .ne in the follow
ing i"ihi $4,000
$4,000 cTATE
UNI nF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Or
VI ASCENSION.
Estate Emblem)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07
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SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917.

c.ove Weber, Of Baton Rouge,
o st tuesday here with relatives.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07

Montero & Brande aided in the cele-
bration of the Fourth of July locally
by erecting a 30-foot iron fag-pole on
the roof of their Opera Cafe, and dis
playing therefrom the Star Spangled
Banner, with the Red Cross flag be
meath. An electric searchlight in
stalled on the roof illuminated cold
Glory" after dark, producing an effect
that elected admiring comments from
passers-by. Messrs. Montero q
Brande have long been noted for their
enterprise and public spirit, and must
now be commended for patriotism as
we'll
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07

Little Miss Edith Royce was sue
cessfully operated on recently at the
Touro Infrmary in New Orleans, for
the removal of adenoids and tonsils.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. A. Aucoin, grand
parents of the little maid, accom-
panied her to New Orleans and Mrs.
Aucoin remained there with her the
period Of her recovery.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07

A party of gentlemen of this city
and vicinity will leave on the 18th
instant for ten-day iaunt to Grand
isle. The trip will be made in large
and fast motorboat, by way of Bayou
Lafourche. A. w. Brande, who IS
supervising the arrangements, says
there is room for few more good
fellows who may desire to participate
IN the outing.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07

The Chief learns with profound
sorrow that Sam. j. Boote, of Burn
side, is critically i'll at the Hotel Dieu
in New Orleans, from the effects of a
recurrent attack of paralysis with
which he was stricken recently. Late
advices from his bedside are to the
effect that there has been no improve
ment in his condition, and his re-
covery is regarded as extremely
doubtful by the attending physicians.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07
President Police jury. Parish OF a
cension, State of Louisiana.

Said bonds shah be registered by the sec
retary of state of the state OF Louisiana
AMI there shall be endorsed thereon the FOL
lowing words: .Tlncontestible. Secured by
| tax OF IS OF mill on the dollar OF as: as
ssssea valuation in the parish OF ascension
st.ia If Louisiana Registered this -...s..---
day Of ...;.... ~ t.s
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19
DECIPHERING WORLDS OLDEST LOVE LETTER AT
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

upon an obscure law in the great law code of
Babylonia, which bears the name of Hammurabi.
In 1t we have reference to the custom of blowing
horn at the village gates to notify the shepherds
on the plains that the grazing season was over.
These rural villages in which the peasants con-
gregated from the surrounding plain appeared to
have been arranged that the village buglers
were able to make the shepherds and farmers
hear the sound of the horn in every part of
BabylOna.
land has here visual commentary" Doctor Lang
don adds, "and see how the peasants lived to-
gether in villages, having village commons for
their focks and municipal marsh to furnish a
most necessary article of domestic life the cane
reed. Assuming that the orientaton Of the map
is the ordinary one employed in other Babyonian
maps one is able to trace the several features of
the country and their details. The skeleton Of the
plan is made by the canal which enters from the
northeast corner of the district, flows south-sOuth
west and turns in rough parabOlic curve to re-
treat at the same angle toward the north-north-
west. At the center of the district marked by the
end Of the parabola enter from the south
east and southwest corners two canals which
unite with the main canal.
Inscriptions on the tablet give the names of the
various canals, the villages and hamlets. Thus in
the extreme northeast corner is the town of Bit
Kar NuSku and the northeast wing of the canal,
on which this town lies, is called Nar-bilti, or
"Cana Of the Burden" indicating that agricultural
and other products were carried upon it..
'This name and Others says Doctor Langdon,
"show that these canals were arteries of trade
as well as streams to supply the fields with water.
The town Kar Nusku is mentioned in temple &C.
counts of the city of Nippur supplying sheep
and grain for the support of the temple priests.
In the northwest corner, the left branch of the
canal is the town of Hamri also mentioned in the
accounts of the temple at Nippur. Therefore, the
northwest branch of the canal bears the name
Mar Hamr According to references in Assyrian
inscriptions, hamru designates place where the
cult of the fire god was established"
Another canal bore the name of Belsunu, rich
man. whose estate is supplied with water for irri-
CATION purposes. Unfortunately, the estate itself
lay outside the limits of the map, so it is impos
sible to get any description of Belsunu's country
house. In the opinion of Doctor Langdon the
point of chief interest in the mind of the ancient
map-maker was the conelike space at the end of
the parabola which is about the center OF the
map The following inscription is cut into this
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19
LAMPsHADE BAG IS NOVELTY
When Properly Constructed 1t Can BE
Made to Look as Though It
Came From the Orient. "a

Bags have come to be important ac-
cessories of dress. Nowadays a wOm-
an has as many bags as man has
pockets; but, of course. she is priyi-
legged to carry but one bag at time.
The creative ability has surely been
overworked by some persons, accord
ing to the variety Of the bags seen on
the market. There is scarcely shape,
a material, design or combination
Of colors that has not been brought
into service.
The novel thing of the moment is the
lampshade bag. This, as it's name i'm
plies, is made of a lampShade, the
wicker variety. The shade, Of course,
is inverted, the narrower end forming
the bottom of the Fbsg. The inside Of
the shade is lined with silk of any
color one prefers-the handsome fig
ured silks are very good for the pur-
nose. Allow sufficient silk to form a
deep bag. If tina shade is not very
deep the silk can make up for what
the shade lacks In depth. Finish the
ton with a hem and through it run
cords to form the handle. Weight the
ends of the cords with bead tassels
and put one of the tassels at the bot
tom of the bag. The result will be a
bag that looks as though it came from
the Orient.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19
ODD GIRDLES USED
Are Designed to Take the Place
of DraperieS on Skirts.
Some of Them Closely Resemble Lit
tie Waistcoats Formerly Worn as
Suit Accompaniment.

In designing skirts for fall and
winter, plated and straight-line eff
fects are shown in far greater num-
Der than are the draped skirts. Vir-
tually the only kind of drapery fea-
tured consists of low placed loops on
either side, with the skirt proper mar
rowing to the hem.
Odd girdles and belts are designed
to take the place of draperies, and in
addition to the clever Spanish girdle
here shown, another is the waist
coat" girdle. This closely resembles
the little waistcoats that were shown
by some dress accessory designers
during the past season as suit accom-
paniments. OF course when designed
as part of skirt it is attached
to and becomes part of the skirt.
It slopes up over each hip and is cut
in points in front. Frequently two
rows of buttons are set on to give
double-breasted appearance, and
again & single row of buttons CEN
tering the front of the girdle aids in
the Waistcoat stimulation.
= =
The actual fastening of the girdle
is at one side. Usually it is equipped
with one or two tiny change"
pockets.
Another odd and very attractive CIR
die shown on one side of the new
satin skirts is 6-inch wide section
of the fabric laid in very fine knife
plaits.
Rows of stitching hold it in the CEN
ter, and at the upper and lower edges
1t flares. Of course girdle of this
kind could be worn becomingly only
by very slender woman, where line
rather than curve was the dominant
note.
Plaids and stripes are being used
extensively in the development Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19

him to longer continue in the growing of wheat
alone without also keeping live stock to help pay
the living expenses.
Accordingly, two years ago, he decided to In
vest in flock of sheep, and it while driving
these home that he made the discovery which he
has since turned to such good account.
Along the road the Mansfield farm the
salt-bush grew in abundance, and to Mr.. Mans
fields infinite surprise the sheep began feeding
upon it greedily He figured upon the spot that
he had destroyed $500 worth of good sheep feed
that year, besides wasting great deal of labor,
in trying to get rid of the weeds
Last summer he pastured his entire flock Of
1000 sheep the saltbush with the most as
tonishing results. The sheep not only
ceedingy fat, but their wool was of superior
quality. Several neghboring farmers with small
docks of sheep followed Mr.. Mansfeld's expert
ment and their sheep, also were in much better
shape than those that were taken to the
tains during the summer.
During period of two weeks last summer Mr..
Mansields flock Of 1000 sheep was kept on less
than five acres Of ground that was growing Aus
tralian salt-bush and they did not clean the feed
all up at that. These five acres of land two
feed yards where he had fed stock for years and
consequently they grew immense amount of
the weed, but ordinarily dry land which practical
ly will not grow anything else will produce this
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19
NEW FASHIONS ARE KINDLY
One May Find Something to Meet Her
Requirements Whether She Be
Stout or Thin.

The woman who is not grateful for
the delightful things fashion bestows
upon her this season is unworthy of
her good fortune, declares a writer In
Vogue. Be she svelte, the straight
lines with the long close-buttoned
sleeves and dropping shoulders will en-
able her to feel that she is akin to the
haunting Botticelli women. But if she
be stout, these same straight lines will
do all they can to prevent her betrayal.
Also, she may rejoice either in
moderately short costume, or in one
wherein the long coat and the over
skirt are in collision to produce the
new double tunic effect. And her more
severe sister may prudently cover her
ankles and select the unbrOken lines
which are also correct.
And fashion DEGREES velvet for street
costumes, in black or in some dark
shade of brown or red or blue: and the
narrow landings of fur will be, prefer
ably, of nutria, kolinsky, gray squirrel
or coney.
dating as to length, but they even offer
the pleasing diversity of broken line
about the bottom. And, to add to this
infinite variety, one may go belted or
unbelted, as one pleases.
Best Of all, however, the thin neck
may retire from view and the full
throat may display it's charms.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19
TO STENCIL PAPER SHADES
They Can Be Painted in Designs and
Stripes to Match General Deco.
rative Scheme.

The girl who stencils will recognize
in her oiled stencil paper a possibility
for making one Of the new paper lamp
shades. The oiling of the board Of
paper makes it translucent. They can
be painted in designs and stripes tt
match the general decorative scheme
Used in the natural old-gold color
they are equally lovely, especially If
the base of the lamp is Of a solid
bright color.
Another way to treat the paper
shade is to paste cut-out designs from
cretonne on the paper and paint in the
background with black enamel thinned
out as much as possible. This method
makes the light shine through the col
cred designs and leaves the back
ground opaque. Such a shade should
not be used, however, where there is
only one lamp in the room and where
plenty Of light is needed.
A clever way of mellowing the light
from these more decidedly designed
paper shades is to cover the outside
with a layer of delicate gauze in Q
deep cream or rose color. This will
not interfere with the effect Of the de-
sign. but will prove to give q much
softer lighting effect than TIE plain
shade.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19

upon an obscure law in the great law code of
part of the tablet:
Field between the canals, the contents (?) are
eight gul Ga measure of area in the Cassite and
Assyr1an Inscriptions field of the palace"
Therefore the mapmaker wished to give ac
curate drawing of the field belonging to the royal
estates" says Doctor Langdon land may
that he did his work at the kings injunc-
ton, and that the tablet has down to us
from the royal archives at Nippur. The Casste
kings nomnally held court at Babylon, the
capital of Babylonia
Forests unknown in southern Babylon,
and the natives had to use reeds for making bas-
kets, household furniture, fireWood, hedges and
for the writing stylus. Accordingly, a mu-
nicipal marsh was an essential, and one is shown
on the map at the university museum Another
feature of no little significance which sheds light
for the first time the origin of the customs that
sprung up in the middle ages of endOWing mon
asteries with estates to provide for their tables
is the field of the table of the Baru priest" On
this phase of the diagram Doctor Langdon says:
'"The Baru priest the seer of the Babylon
ians, whom they invariably consulted about all
future events. This learned priesthood was at
tached to all the great temples and, see
here, owned valuable landed estates. The idea
of state-supported order of seers seems pre-
posterous to us, for divination is considered il
legal, but Babylonian religion supercharged
with magic and mystery. Kings and laymen I'M
dertook important tasks launched impor-
tant ventures, without consulting these sages of
the liver omens of Oil omens and of every con-
ceivable kind of divination They formed i'm
portant part of the priesthood and hence we find
them on our map in possession of estates more
valuable than those of the king himself.
"In the extreme corner of the northwestern part
of the district is the village of Hamr situated In
q field which bears name, perhaps the mu-
nicpal property. South of this is the field in
which we find village with the curious name Til
amel HASA, or Hill of the Fifty Men. The local
history of this town. which would elucdate it's in
teresting NAME is unknown. The field itself bears
no inscription and probably village COM
mon also. A small canal separates the two vii
lage properties. The large field OF the table of
the Baru priest is bounded the north by the
canal of the table. These names refer to the
properties settled by royal decree upon this re-
ligious order for the support of their table, in
precisely the same way certain lands in Europe
became the property of monastic orders in the
middle ages" .-Philadelphia Public ledger.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19

on it, Sheep, he adds, must be confined on II
day or two before they relish it. Then they go 10
1t with avidity. They do not, however, eat
enough of it to make them sick and die, as they
do on alfalfa and great many other plants Dut
they get exceedingly fat on it.
The Australian saltbush is described as mucn-
branched perennial, which forms thick mat over
the ground foot or Is inches in depth, the
branches extending from five to eight feet; one
plant often covering area of 10 to ~ square
feet. The leaves about an inch long, broadest
at the apex, coarsely toothed along the margin,
feshy and somewhat mealy on the outside. Inc
fruits are tinged with red fattened and PUPPY,
but become dry soon as they fall from the
plant. The seeds terminate better if soWn on
the surface which should be planked or t1rmed
by driving a flock of sheep across it. When COW
cred to any depth the seeds decay before germl-
nation.
The plant will grow on black alfalfa land that
is really of no value for anything else on earth.
Mr.. Mansfield states that there are millions OF
acres of such land in the United States, which. II
sown to this seed, undoubtedly would keep sheep
enough to produce more wool and mutton than is
now raised in the entire United States.
Mr.. Mansfield adds that if cut for hay the salt
bush should be cut while the branches are soft
and tender and the second crop will make con-
siderable pasture and re-seed the ground.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19

~HE worlds oldest love letter and the
worlds oldest map far found-these
are two interesting discoveries just brought
I to light by DR.. Stephen Herbert Langdon
of the University of Pennsylvanias Museum Oh
Arts and Sciences.
The love letter. on q tablet of clay, was, accord
ing TO Doctor Langdon, written about the time OF
the patriarch Abraham
1t is true that in the translation romance gives
wav TO commercialism, but nevertheless there Is
nothing of the kind in any other museum Inc
tablet was decphered and translated by Doctor
Ungnad
Personal letters of this type written by the
ancient are generally found inclosed IN clay en-
veIopes so Fashioned that while they cover the
writing completely and hold the tablet itself Sc
cure they do not obterate the synDols, Out ratiei
protect them.
So much for the love letter, but Doctor Lang
don leading Sumerian scholar Of all time, seems
much more interested in the ancient Babylonan
map which he has just finished reading
The map proves concusively that the compre-
hensive city planning, heard so much OF In recent
years, is almost old as civilization
Not only did the Babylonians plan the building
of their towns and cities, but, according to this
map or diagram, they laid out villages and ham,
lets along preconceived plans to give residents
sail the advantages of city life.
Nothing like the map just discovered at the
university ever has been found before by arch
biologists and evidently it is only one of many. Ii
it can be taken as fair sample of the fore
thought exercised by ancient Babylon in building
up her outlying domains, then the whole country
must have been connected by the most elaborate
system of canals in the history Of the world.
Babylon had no telephone or telegraph. but for
certain fundamental purposes Of protection it had
something just as good" For Doctor Langdon
has translated some of the numerous small IN
scrptions on the tablet bearing the map to indi-
cate that the particular section here described
was so laid out that persons living in any part OF
it could hear the blowing of q horn from the CEN
trail common. 1t was an old custom in the country
TO blow horn at certain season of the year,
after which grazing was no longer permitted The
reason for this is lost in antiquity but examina-
ton of other tablets at the museum some day may
reveal it.
The exact age of the map is not definitely
known Doctor Langdon believes it was made in
the Cassite period about 1900 years before Christ
Concerning the horn-blowing custom, Doctor Lang
don says: "rThe map throws a welcome light
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19

This tweed suit is a veritable Louis
Seize affair, so far as the length is
concerned, and is rendered more in
teresting by being effected in big
bold check. For general utility dark
pepper-and-saIt rough tweed is the
choice that commends itself, with, for
the waistcoat and side pieces of the
skirt, a gray and black plaid, over
checked with fine lines of powder
blue and yellow. The coat is cut on
severely straight lines, although the
adept tailor knows how to introduce
just suspicion Of shapeliness with
out detracting from the elongated ele-
gance. A collar that is part of the
Waistcoat plays a decorative part.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19
ALszl9ALLAW 81 ElNSH RASZZZ2E

weed. Later in the summer Mr..
Mansfield made some hay of the
weed, but on account Of the
scarcity Of labor was not able to
haul it in out Of the shock. He
had TO turn his sheep through
this hay to the stubble >held,
where there was plenty OF other
pasture, and they would stop and
eat this hay. They cleaned II
all up and saved the trouble OF
hauling 1t in.
Mr.. Mansfield is not only very
enthusiastic about the saltbusn
as a food for sheep, but believes
it is good feed for other stock
also. Hogs, cattle and horses, he
states, eat it soon. and he be-
lieyes that they would learn TO
like it as well as the sheep 40 II
they were confined short time