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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-25

The New Orleans city council has
a commission of seven
prominent and public-spirited citizens
with authority to preserve and beau,
tify the historic tPlaee d'Armes,' .
commonly known as Jackson Square,
and the St. Louis cathedral facing the
square is to be renovated with funds
provided by contributor who wishes
to remain unknown.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-25
1t was characteristic of/fhe quar-

1t was characteristic of/fhe quaint
originality Of the st. Helena Echo to
make such a weak" excuse as the
following for falling down on the
job" of keeping tab on Greensburg's
floating population: .sThe Echo has
made no effort to note all the visitors
to town this weak. We didn't like
their looks"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-25

If our space permits, the Chief will
publish next week a complete re-
capitulation of the results of the first
call, including lists of those accepted
and not claiming exemption, those re-
jected for physical disqualifcations,
those failing to report for examina
ton, exemption claims granted, and
exemption claims unfavorably acted
upon. In the same issue will appear
the findings of the exemption board
as result of Thursdays and Fridays
examinations of second call men.
Later on, when exemption claims ac-
cruing from the second call have been
finally disposed of, we shall endeavor
to present in one issue the combined
statistics of both calls.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

PLANTERS AND FARMERS, now .t g.
time to raise your short-term. A., OH lend
and improve your holdings. We &c VIZ ~ ten
you from $1,000 to 100000 on hFe ooyan1er-
year terms. Loans also made on sS II oger
cial and residence property IN IN ,sa,,x Dom
aIdsonviile and Plaquemine. This Ts,c1tsR 5I9TIEs
P Plrsas Co. HENRY j. SAVOY, Agent r.
courtville or Donaldsonyille, La.
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Are you saving your money to IN
vest in the second Liberty Loan?
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FOR SALE.

EIGHT GOOD sEcoND-C CLASS MULES.
l. Easy terms. but good security desired
Thoroughbred Barred Rock eggs, $3.50
per setting Of Is. Address w. C. HAY
WARD. Hohen Solms. La.
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DREssMAKING SCHOOL.

Make your own garments, expert de-
 signs; instructor VIII open private classes; ladies each; subject, Cut ting, Fitting, Practical Dressma king at your residence; lesson 75c. Call 4s Cannon street. Dressmaking School Ias.s4
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HOUSES FOR SALE

HOUSES FOR SALE-East Side near William St. family double house, 15 rooms, improvements. Price S6,- 900, part cash. M. B. Loller, 83 Fairfield avenue. Tel. 2553 B.
 T29 all
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LOST AND FOUND

Terrier-rnale. Finder will receive reward. Bridgeport Veterinary Hos--tal Phone or call, Barnum TIT. G 27 s%
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FARMS FOR SALE
FOR SALE, FLORIDA
DAIRY FARM FOR sALE-Most

DAIRY FARM FOR SALE-Most modern uptodate Dairy Farm in New England. TO head of first breed milk cows. large barns, 2 mammoth silos, 1 pair horses.
 wagons, harness, farming tools. Nearly new room house, 225 acres productive soil, one milking ma
 chine, engine, etc. 4 miles from Shelton. For terms apply to J. I. Andrews. 53 Laurel Ave. Phone Barnum 627. G stf
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No matter what you want try The Farmer Want Col umn.
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DIR. MAESFTELDH Specialist, .-Ths Feet" Arches Fitted. HOT Main street, over Dtllon'.L Hours. 12 noon to p. na.: Sundays, to 5 p. m.
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CARPETS CLEANED by the old re. liable Bridgeport 9teem CarDse CleaniI.s Co., Tel. Barnum 4S6G.
 . a2e
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FURS REPAIRED, altered. and dyed We sell furs at retail wholesale prices. A Tesiny Fur Shop, 11@9 Broad street. up stairs.
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TRIO Concert recital and wedding receptions o R. asr- -ison. 46 Cannon St
 B7 eds
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AIICKELSON. the well known tailor has removed to l04 Bank St. Ciean- ing, pressing, repairing. Ful fress suits to rent.
 ssa all.
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AUTO REPAIRING

AUTO REPAIRING of every descrip- k1on- No job too difficult Mag neto end bearing work . specially Expert Motor Car. Repair Co. g, Charles 9t-. Barnum 4o3e.
 Tt1S ails
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LADIES GUARANTEED PLACER OFFER-Ladies', Boys, Girls our guaranteed Qlacers pays s6 dozen. Trial dozen forwarded any address $15 Independent employment. Stevensons Institute, Bridgeport, Conn. P 21 stf
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Special Free Christmas OFFER
 Free sample portrait to any person presenting their small l:cture for en- largement at our studio. Stevenson,o Studio, 104 Bank Street. IaSs1e
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FINE WINTER COTTAGE, Myrtle Beach, just completed, uptodate, improvements, low expenses, will take as part or all payment, build ing lots, automobile, mortgage, se- curity, war bonds, anything valu- able. Address Box 1000. Care T Farmer. G E3 t*
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FLUFF RUGS-Made from old oozs oets. Call us Barnum 3S8k.
 aas
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NO SOHED or damaged goods by our work. Speciality in ladies' washing. Dyeing and cleaning. Erenc'1-Axner- ican Aano Laundry. 34S Eaar1lsid
 I'll asst
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I PAY HIGHEST prices for second hand furniture and merchandise of every description. GA East Wash ington Ave. near East Main. A Moot. Phone Noble 4s. 11sall.
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JENNIE BALL BENHAM, Specialist Graduate N. Y. School of Derma- tology. Growth of hair on face, warts and moIes removed by elec- tric needle. Facial massage and scalp treatment. 40 Independence Road. Milford. Conn. T 30 all
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SCREENS, doors. windows. veranda and balcony screens to order. Henry C. Aoffn3Sl & Co. Si Lswis st Phone sQl-e.
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Af &AxO0900 xO kkkENV
 LIST HOUSES AND STORES to rent with ua. we have numerous appH- eants all the uma. Fred c. Jon4 nings. Room 4ok Warner building ss Fairfield Ave. Phone Darnum k3se. l3 ale
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Advertise in The Farmer I
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and drums are preserved in the lib
rary at Suva, while others were sent to
the British Museum in London
The British at once began to cul-
tivAte the land, which they found
unusually fertile. They brought
coolies from India to work on the
plantations and gradually the native
for the energetic English settler, and
so, like the Hawaiian, the Fijian is
passing and his land is being peopled
by the men of other lands.
Origin A Mystery.
The origin Of the F'ijian race is
shrouded in mystery, for they in COM
mon with the Polynesians have no lit
erature and even the legends handed
down from father to son contain no
hint Of their origin. The Fijians
themselves believe that they have al
ways lived upon the islands and in
the language of a converted native
"All are said to have been born Of
one pair of first parents. The Fijian
was born first, but acted wickedly, and
was black; he, therefore, received but
little clothing. The Tongan (another
born. He acted less wickedly, was
whittier and had more clothes given
him. White men came last. They
acted well, were white and had plenty
Of clothes" From the natives appear
ance it would seem that they are a
link between the two distinct types
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of people-the Eastern and the West
ern Polynesians, and it would seem
certain that tho original stock of the
Fiji people contained both African and
Asiatic blood.
The natives are strong, we'll built
people with keenness of sight, a
sensitiveness of touch and smell, and
a power of fhearing which is little
short of marvellous. Their power of
endurance is not great and while they
could hardly be called lazy they are
spasmodic workers and labor best
when in a crowd of workmen. Then
they try to excel each other. They
are resourceful in many ways and will
make rope for tying baggage from
bamboo by cutting it with the sharp
edge of a shell. They will make a
rain-roof covering of banana leaves
and twigs in a few minutes. They are
proud of then birth and vain as to
their personal appearance. They in
variably carry small mirror in their
pockets and frequently stop to comb
their hair and admire themselves be-
fore it. Those natives who have taken
to European clothes are exceedingly
foppish. They are polite to their SUI
periors and not over-truthful in their
statements.
They love feasting and the dance
above\ all things. and on every occasion
there is a feast. Few have learned
to use the dishes Of the civilized races
and today when one sits at a Fijian
feast he will find food cooked in crude
earthen ware in an oven formed of
hot stones. Mussel shells serve as
soup spoons. fingers take the place of
knives and forks, while the drink is
served, in cocoanut shells. Roast pig
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Miss Hyde is a woman of fine and
strong personality, and her work.
which requires calculations and COM
executed with. the rapidity and eff
cheney Of trained experience.
"A Civil War Nurse.
DR.. Caroline A. Grant Burghardt.
partment of Comm cree, entered upon,
Government service in the Treasury
Department half century ago. With
the Bureau of Lighthouses, with which
she was connected for many years,
she was transferred to the Depart
nent of Commerce. and is now render
ing Uncle Sam capable service in the,
Bureau of Navigation, with which she
has been connected since 1913.
DR.. Eurghardt, who holds her NJ. D.
degree from Washington university,
is a native of Massachusetts,, descend
ing from some of the famous old stock
of that State. AS little more than
girl she served as tutor in the family
Of William Cullen Bryant, but with the
wars outbreak, she went to Dorothea
l.. Dix, in charge of the nurses of the
Civil War, and begged to be permitted
to nurse the soldiers.
She was much under the age limit
at the time, but Miss Dix yielded to
her pleading and she did noble and
notable work for the boys in the field
all through the four years strife.
Emerging from this heroic work at
the close of the war she was awarded
the only certificate Miss Dix issued,
because in the words of this document.
"a record so fair and unbroken as that
which embraces the labors of Miss,
Caroline A. Burghardt, Of Massa-
chusetts especially claims honorable
notice"
Through the request of her friend,
William Cullen Bryant, Miss. Burg
hardt was given a position in the
Treasury Department in 1866. land in
this and in the Department With which
she is now connected, her trained in
telligence has rendered work for the
past half century which has been a
credit to herself and to the Govern
ment which she has served both in
war and in peace. ' -Nf -
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Helped Her Widowed Mother.

The same year his only son, a youth
Of eighteen, enlisted as a private in
the ranks of the Union Army, giving
his age as twenty-one. He was killed
in This first engagement by a shell
from the enemy's camp near Peters
burg, Virginia, July 80, 1864. This
left the widow and mother without
means and with two little daughters
to support.
In those days there was neither
Civil Service nor Child Labor Laws,
and little Emma, through the efforts
of the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, was given her position. From
her first duties, that of making pack
ages of the old fractional paper cur
rency known as "shin plasters," to her
present position, forewoman of the
trimming division, Miss Browns adj
vancement has been due to her own
merit and the efficiency with which
she has performed all duties assigned
to her. 3i
Likes Her Work.
Mrs. Margaret Ash, of the Examin-
ing Division, is the fourth woman in
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, who has given her full fifty-year
tenure of service to the Government
She began her work fifty-three years
ago as a printers assistant when the
Bureau was in the Treasury Depart
ment After working for fourteen
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years in this capacity she was pro-
served there for several years. In
1910 she was transferred to the Ex-
aiming Division. and has since con-
tinued in this branch Of the work.
mo, never get tired of my work, :"
said Mrs. Ash, in reply to the inquiry.
ION the contrary. 1 am lonesome and
dissatisfied when I am obliged to stay
away from the Bureau. I can say in
all truth ttat all my chiefs have been
kind to me. and Mr.. Ralph is the best
Director to the old employees the
Bureau has ever had
Has Served Nearly SO Years.
The only woman in the Treasury
Department who has rounded out fifty
continuous years of service in that
building is Miss Ella r. Hyde. in the
office Of the Comptroller of the Cur
reficy. Miss Hyde entered the Treas
ury Department as an employee on
December 20. 1864, and has rendered
term Of close upon fifty-two years
Of Nunbroken and efficient service for
the Govern: ent.
''The fact that 1 have kept my posi-
ton in this Office for a longer time
than others only testifies to the fact
that I have had health in my favor.
1 have always enjoyed doing whatever
work was given me. and have felt
grateful % u Higher Power that 1
have been able to earn my living"
said She }ee 4, ss
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is the favorite meat although the large
turtles so numerous about the islands
are also frequently found on their
menus. Vans, which grow in abund--
ance, as we'll as bread fruit, are also
favorite dishes. Their old drink is
little used on account of it's effect. It
is known as "yaqona," and made from
the root of q plant and has peculiar
narcotic effect. The root is pounded
at present, although in the old days it
was chewed and spat in bowl. The
English physicians put stop to this
filthy practice and it is now pounded
in the bowl and mixed with water.
The solid matter is extracted by fibre
brush and a muddy looking liquid re-
mains. This is drunk from cocoanut
shells and the shells are then spun
back to the bowl to be refilled. Drank
in moderation the beverage has no ill
effects but when taken in large guam
titles it produces Inflammation Of the
eyes, a numbness of the limbs and a
scaliness of the skin. The British
Government forbids it's use to any
great extent.
Their dance is known as the "meke"
and is danced to song. At present
it is a tame affair as war clubs are not
used, and only limited amount of
the native drink may be obtained, so
there is no "encoura cement" by which
the dancers can work themselves into
frenzy. Some of the movements are
not unlike those of the Maori dancers.
A native band furnishes the music by
using strange tom-toms made of hol-
low bamboo.
And Drrs1H
As a house builder the Fiuan has no
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Began As Child OF Eleven Years.

| A unique service is that of Miss
Emma S. Brown, who was born in
1854, and yet has served the Govern
ment for f1ftytwo years, which means
! that she has been in Uncle Sans
employ since she was a child of eleven.
and that she is the youngest person
who has been in Government employ
for half a century.
Practically all the life she can re-
member has been spent working for
the Government, and In the Bureau
! of Engraving and Printing. too. In
remarking upon this long service, her
colleague, Mrs. Rollings, said: ct
well recall the coming among us of
this little mite, with long. dark hair
streaming down her back. So eager
was she to help her widowed mother
that she had no thought but to do all
that she was set to do in the best man
I.ner.''
Again it may be said of this woman
that time and work have dealt gently
with her, for she has the appearance
and manner and interests of one many
years her junioT. Miss Brown is chief
of the trimming room, and has super
vision of the work of 106 men and
women who trim the sheets of all Gov
eminent moneys of all denominations
from one dollar up to ten thousand.
Miss Brown was born in Philadel-
phia sixty-two years ago. Her father
was a contractor in that city, and he
was given the job of wiring the United
States Treasury building during the
Civil War to make possible the de-
structfon of the money vaults by an
electric spark in the event of the Con-
federate armies capturing the Ma
he was subjected in this work resulted
in his contracting pneumonia, from
which he died in 1864.
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place to linger it is not Fifth for the
real Fiji is in the forest and up the
wonderful rivers with their queer fish
and strange birds. Isl
The climate is, of course, tropical.
but comparatively cool considering it's
proximity to the Equator. Mountain
hotels make life enjoyable even in the
hot season. During the. entire year
the thermometer rarely sinks below
sixty degrees or gets above ninety de-
gress. During nine months of the
year little Inconvenience Is found by
the heat as the Trade Winds from the
Southeast keep the atmosphere fresh,
Sometimes there is a hurricane with. a
terrific rainfall. Indeed, Fiji holds I
the record in this line for on August
6, 1906, thirty inches Of rain fell dur
ing one night.
Beautiful Scenery. ,.s.~+ !.
The flora of the country is one, greats
mass of richness, especially. in palms.
and creeping plants, which fairlyy
choke the pathway of the traveler.iT
Some excellent wood is also POUNDS
there. These forests are like somep
land Of enchantment and the traveller e.
who has time should getinto one Of thers
big canoes and let the natives carry,4
him through this fairyland of naturaiw
beauty. The beds of many of thesess
rivers are of coral and SO clearsis tfes
water that fishes of all kinds may beu
seen cavorting about the water and
scurrying away at the approach of thess
boat SHA
TO those who love the sea ratl-cra
than tho inland rivers there is a nevef-ns
ending Joy in the FiJis, for there onevr
may skirt the coral reefs in motors
boats visiting numerous caves wherax;
the octopus can be seen waving angryAg
arms among the gentle anemones,s the
flower of the sea, and also gaze upenetE
the huge, lazy star-f1sh. In facts
everything that lives in the water CAM
be seen among these reefs. Fights
between a strong Fijian and an octo-@
pus are part of the tourists amuse-ni
ment. tza
Fiji at present is getting on the 4
commerce map in her production Of
cocoa, vanilla, sugar cane, bananas
and cotton. AS yet her trade is mainly
with Australia, but when the war is
over the opening of the Panama Canal,
is expected to aid materially in bring =
ing the islands to the front both COM
-.~-~i>'i- and an a rasnrt tar tAuzi->'-
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show. I came into this division in
June 1866, and my first work was that
of murderer

show. I came into this division in
June 1865, and my first work was that
of murderer.
Same Position For Al Years.
You see what mean by number
ing, she explained taking up pack
age of 500 bills which lay on her
desk. Observe the serial number in
red. This is one of the last operations
on the note, and IT is now done by the
latest process in electric machinery.
In the early days of my work the ma
chimes were operated by hand and I
managed a numbering machine in that
manner for about a year, and until I
was sent to a table to examine the
numbered work.
Then l was promoted to a desk
with clerical work, and gave out the
orders for the handling of the work
and kept a record of it. From that
position advanced to assistant super
intendent of division. I served in that
capacity for about three years, when
1 was made chief Of the division,
which position I have occupied for the
past forty-seven years."
In this capacity Miss Roe has charge
of all the Government currency, in
Guiding silver, gold and United States
notes, with Federal Reserve notes. All
of these are numbered, sealed and sep
arated and made ready for issue in
this division. From this division are
delivered millions of dollars every day,
the amount ranging as high as SILL
100000.
mo, I cannot say that I have found
my work monotonous," said Miss Roe
SSvTyr-
much of variety and interest in it.
So much is involved in it's perform
ance by every one concerned that one
hardly has time or opportunity to
think of anything but the matter in
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- HE average person thinks only
of cannibalisn hen the Fijis
are mentioned. for this terrible
mania SO common years ago
among the Fiji people has been ex-
plotted in history to such an extent
that 1t mas completely overshadowed
any good qualities that the natives
might possess. But the cannibal days
of the Fijis are over, and today they
are living the simple life Of the aver
age South Sea Islands-and under the
British flag.
Early History.
The Islands first came into history
about the middle of the seventeenth
century, when the celebrated Dutch
navigator Tasman, published the log
OF the adventures of his ship, "Heem-
shirk. - Tasman merely sailed around
the islands, and it was century or
more later before the white man set
foot upon them. The famous Captain
Cook, who lost his life in the Hawaiian
\ Islands, also saw the land now known
as the Fits, and learned something
of the native commerce between the
islands. In 1896 Captain Wilson, sail
ing on the Duff" narrowly escaped
shipwreck on the Fiji reefs and
brought back only slight information
concerning them. In 1927 the French
ship "Astrolabe' was sent to the
South Seas on an exploring cruise and
after seventeen days among the ma
ives some accurate, information was
obtained The United States next took
a hand in pryi into their secrets
for in 1898 Commodore Wilkes was
sent to chart, the waters Whereabouts.
Three years before this, however, a
few Wesleyan missionaries had ar
rived on the islands, and were trying
to Christianize the savages. Canni-,
balism in its worst forms prevailed
and many of these good people suf-
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dexterity of machinery, and she makes
the double examination of from 1000
to 4,500 sheets a day with apparent
ease.
Mrs Rollings' appearance bellies her
seventy-five years of life, and she
might easily pass for younger by ten
years. She is of a cheerful and kindly
nature and very modest as to herself
and her distinction of having served
for the longest term of any woman in
the Government.
OF Rare Capability.
Time has also dealt gently with Miss
Annie r. Roe, chief of the mum boring
division Of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, who. has given ffty-one
years of continuous service to Uncle
Sam. Miss Roe is a woman of rare
capability, and her age is about the
last thing one would consider in TAX
ing a glance at the calm, strong, eff
cient figure seated serenely at her desk
amid the flying wheels doing their
full part in the daily output Of the
nations wealth. Here Miss Roe di-.
reefs the last stage in the many pro-
cesses which turn raw pulp into Unit
ed States currency, having the work
VI AAS men anu WOIHeu uHuer Her
supervision.
Miss Roe superintends the number
ing, sealing and separating of all
United States notes. which is the final
act in their creation before being
taken to the Treasury of the United
States to become the legal tender Of
the nation. She has held this re-
sponsib1e post for forty-seven years
Miss Roe also is modest almost to
the point of reticence in regard to her
work. and it is with difficulty that she
can be made to speak of it. IT have
tried to do my duty she said<on the
occasion Of a. recent interview, ''and
my record has nothing renla rka hi to