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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-09-15
THE MECHANISM OF THOUGHT
singular Illusions Produced by the Sense
of Feeling.

singular Illusions Produced by the Sense
of Feeling.
A person shuts his eyes of his own
free will. We take his hand, we cross
the forefnger and the middle finger
one over the other, and between them
we slip little ivory ball. A singular
illusion Immediately arises. The per.
son believes he feels two distinct balls
And why? No doubt because under
ordinary conditions, when the fingers
are not crossed, one ball would not
simultaneously touch the right edge OF
the forefinger and the left edge of the
middle finger-two balls being neces-
sary to produce the double sensation.
Such is the experimental fact which
we all possess in our memory without
being conscious of it.
By an artificial arrangement of the
fingers, one ball may produce these two
impressions, and the mind, not taking
into account this artificial disposition
of the fingers and interpreting the inn
pressions by the ordinary rules, arrives
at the Illusion of touch which has just
been described. Nothing is simpler to
bring about than this illusion, because
the sensory impression from which it
is derived may be modified at Will,
without any necessity of speaking te
the subject under experiment Is II
the same with an idea? Evidently not
For in order to communicate an ides
one must speak to a person, and make
ones self understood; so that as he be
comes informed about the object o.
ones inquiry, illusion is impossible
Eortniohtlv Review.
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friendship too much to let her think
me cad enough to sell my self-respect
and sink my identity in Miss Char
rington's husband for the sake of the
heshpots of Egypt. You can drop the
subject, Amyot."
81 won't go near her for a month,
said poor, proud Dick to himself as he
walked home. 81 must accustom my
self to doing without her."
A week passed. week of over
strung nerves, of cold detection, OF
feverish desire. Then he had shock
She was ill, she had been ill for sew
eral days, and her understudy had
taken her place in the opera.
There was something wrong with
her throat, reported the Comet, in the
most fowery and grandiloquent of
| journalism. She would never sing
again. Her glorious career was cut
short in the bloom of her youth, the
nightingale would be dumb tor ever.
Then the Comet, waking sapient,
painted a realistic" picture of her
probable future. Public performers
were VIGOROUSLY improvident, and
saved much. In all likelihood she
would sink into insignificant poverty
drag out her days as a snubbed gov
erness or companion" That, with
embellishments, was the gist OF the
paragraph.
Dicks face went white. He called
hanson and drove to Palace Man
sions
She received him in her boudoir and
tca-gown, and his over-anxious eyes
magnified a slight pallor and ad-
ditional languor into heaven knows
what.
SIS it true that your threats bad?''
he asked her. I've just read it ir
The Comet"
Quite true" she said.
He gulped.
Cynthia, you're a woman all alone.
If you would let me take care OF
Won. | wouldn't have asked
before, but now that your pros.
poets have changed so disastrous
ly. :. Hang it! what shall
say to you? I hardly know. When a
, fellows poor, and no better than
other fellows, he hasn't much to Offer
to woman. 1t just amounts to this
dear: I'm earning a decent salary
} thanks to you-and ] could make
things smooth for you. Cynthia, could
you, would you-?'
She held out her hands to him with 9
: charming gesture of surrender. II
/ you want me, Dick-"
Y MY darling, you are so good t.
me-"
D but / think you are laborinf
D under little mistake" she said
: demurely There is nothing seriousl,
wrong with my voice. I've only had I
r bad cold"
+ Then the Comets information wa
v incorrect?" he gasped.
o Quite So"
r "And-and you do not need me a
G ALP
s II need you very much" she said
e that's why worked that paragraph
IS You see knew, if i didn't do some
e thing, that your horrid pride woul
spoil our lives. Don't be mad with noe
e Dick, or / shall cry"
But she tlushed instead-for
It reason. Black and White.
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"work to do and left her with his
brain on fire. He had suddenly real
lied fact that frightened him.
On his way home he bought photo
graph of her and hung it up in his
room. He had scarcely done so when
he tore it down again with wrath in
his eyes.
I'm fool-an ass! Because WON
an behaves like an angel to my l for
get that I'm poor devil of journalist
and she's-Cynthia Charrington."
He made bonfire of it in the empty
CRATE, and watched 1t crack,e and CURL
in the tongues of fame, with a fierce
delight in his own agony. Then he
went out, on wet night, and bought
another to take it's place. The little
incident was typical of his frame OF
mind.
For who.e fortnight he never went
near her, then flesh and blood could
bear it no longer, and he tramped to
Kensington one Sunday afternoon.
"What have you been doing with
yourself?" she demanded. II have
missed YOU"
ut is very good of you to say so,' he
said, gloomily.
While he was there a man he knew
called, and, by and-by, they left to-
gether.
'Do you go there much?" asked his
companion. after they had turned the
corner and lighted up.
"Pretty often" replied Dick, putting
at his cigarette and staring at nothing
particular. -.
"Hum!" said the man. II thought
So"
He smiled. Dick scowled.
what the deuce are you grinnin2
at?''
"Dicky, you're hass! You don't de.
serve your luck. That woman's fond
of you, and you're eating your heart
out because you can't see it."
"Rot!" said Dick, grufiy. But ne
caught his breath and his eyes glowed.
"You have the ball at your feet and
you won't kick it. 1t doesn't come to
every man to have a Cynthia Charming
ton in love with him"
II tell you she doesn't care a hang
for me in that way. You mistake what
is merely platonic interest for-the
other thing. don't And value heI
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puNoENr PARAGRAPHS.


The best thing to do when You
make mistake is to make it teach you
something. Rams Horn.
The first printed books had their
leaves printed on one side only, the
blank sides being pasted together.
-"Is it possible the colonel is rum
ming for Officer" mo; he hasn't run
since the war. Atlanta Constitution.
Nearly one-half of our voting
strength in 1899 was either foreign-born,
native-born of foreign parents or col
ored.
-Muggles-"Say, old boy, I've Just
invested in chalk pit" Jones-"Do
tell! And I'm running pump factory'
why not start a milk route?"-Arkan-
saw Traveller.
$50 you feel you cannot marry
him." "Yes, l am fully decided
'Avhy, don't you like him?" 80, like
him well enough, but can't get him
to propose. brooklyn Life.
"A Disastrous Landing. = Dusty
Rhodes-''I was shipwrecked on the
Coney Island coast, an lost every cent
l had - Mrs. Dogood-''But you got
ashore?" Dusty Rhodcs-''Yes; that's
how came to lose it."-Puck.
There is more pleasure in giving
than receiving" was the proverb that
a mother was trying to instill into 8
| Youthful mind. That's true about cas-
tor oil, mother" was the answer she
| got.-Tit-Bits.
Hicks. See that lady over there
that's making such simpleton OF her
self over her dog?" Wicks-"Yes."
"Well, wouldn't you like to give her q
piece of your mind?" Not much. She's
my wife. Inter Ocean.
| Want Him Back.-''The lunatic
asylum authorities are looking fol
Joslyn." 'Why, thought he was dis
charged cured last month" $50 he
was; but they've just heard that he's
trying to start a newspaper. Judge
-Ye Editor Gets 50. OO.-In the settle
ment of an estate recently S205 was al
lowed the undertaken and $500 was
granted to the monument maker, but
the poor newspaper man who perjured
himself by half column eulogistie
obituary never got cent. It's hare
world to live in and an easy one Il
leave. -Arlxansaw Traveller.
Teacher to boy whose father keep
corner grocery)-"Johnny, If you
father has hundred eggs, and twenty
of them are bad, how many of then
does he lose?" Johnny-"He doesn
lose any of them. He sells the bad one
to the restaurant keeper. "-Texas Sift
ings.
Suddenly, to his horror, a large por
ton of the log detached itself from tn
parent stem and, in the shape of BIZ
snake, evidently ready for dinner, mad
straight for the toothsome spectator
, The naturalist withdrew to his base
supplies, some thirty yards away
seized his gun, and con sidered tn
, situation. The snake was approachin
| rapidly; fight impossible. So h
| stood his ground and put charge c
E heavy shot square into the reptile
E brain. The snake recognized that thi
was his cue to die, aad he proceeded
5 do so in manner that left no room fc
$ criticism He took seven hours
' finish the scene, dying at the rate {
0 six feet an hour.-Rochester Democrat
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Juvenile Bargaining.

well, little GIRL" said the grocer
"what can do for you?"
81 don't want to buy anything, re-
piled the little girl. mamma told me
to find ont the prices and then come
back. How much will have to pay to
get dollars worth ofsugarg'-Chicagc
Tribune
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UNFORTUNATELY summer musicians ara
not all of good, sound Acknowledgements
Courier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-09-15

TIE sole end Of life-Under foot-Rura'
New Yorker.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
Gypsy Encalnpment.

The gypsy gang mentioned in yes
Tuesdays issue arrived Wednesday
and pitched their tents on First
street. just this side Of p w. Hayes
place. There isabout thirty of them
and the dirtiest looking pack of vag
abonds we have seen in some time.
They have been driven out of all the
towns between here and ST. Paul
and the Little Falls authorities
should notify them to move Oh. -
Soon after their arrival in the city
two of the women called upon May
or Staples and informed him that
they had a monkey and a hand
organ. They wished his permission
to play ON the street. The mayor did
not think the people were suffering
to- be lulled to sleep by the mournful
strains OF a hand organ, neither did
he think they were dying to- see a
NANCY monkey, SO he kindly but
firmly told the females to move on
and sent a policeman to notify the
whole gang to "git."
While they may be experts in
handling organs and monkeys they
can't monkey with the head Of the
city, and will have to go.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
A Runaway.

Joe Adams. Of Ripley, was in the
city Friday and his team gave an ex-
hibition of what the could do in the
line of stirring up the town. They
were hitched in front of the Rhodes
block when the expressman came
along and unlOaded crate with q
dog in it. The horses not being ac-
customed to this sort Of thing, broke
the strap and started down the
street when Mitch Burton caught
them One of the animals, struck
him with his front foot aud Mitch
let them go. They then ran around
Herron's corner on the sidewalk and
collided with G.. e. Beale's buggy
near German & Covey' sbarbershop.
They left the wagon there, ran down
the alley and around ON First street
where Mitch Burton stopped them.
The pole OF the wagon was broken
and parts OF the harness are still
missing.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
Married.

Jones' oss, in Christ church, Red
Wing. j une 90, at high twelve, by.
the Reverend A. a. u oss, rector Of
the Church Of our Savior, assisted by
the Reverend A. a. Butler, rector Of
Christ church, Red Wing, DIR. AlVah
Wilder Jones, late Of Washington,
d. G., and Mary Harrietta Joss, Of
Red Wing. The usual wedding
march was played and the organist
accompanied the voices Ut heclergy-
man as they said the solemn and q
Impressive marriage office of the
church. The church was beautifully
decorated with roses and ferns, and
the gas Jets let on ia the chancel. The
large church n as filed with the
friends Of the contracting parties,
III. and Mrs y ones Will ma Re Red
Wing their home for the present. Nc
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
Public Library.

At meeting of the library board
held Saturday afternoon it was
voted to appropriate the sum of $I75
out Of the library funds in the hands
Of the city treasurer for the purchase
OF books, and a committee for select
ing and purchasing books to that
amount was appointed. This com
mittee will meet the last part of this
week to make out q list and patrons
Of the library are requested to make
out lists OF books they would
like to have added to the library.
These lists may be handed or mailed
to Mr.. Bushey or Miss Sadie Fuller,
or left with the librarian, Miss
Guernon, at the library rooms at the
court house before Saturday next.
While it can not be promised that all
the books in all the lists sent in will
be selected the suggestions will be
followed as far as possible, and
kno wing the desires and tastes Of the
reading public, the commit tee will be
enabled to select such books as will
please the patrons Of the library
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

Within the past few years num-
Der of valuable hunting dogs have
been stolen and seldom if ever recov-
fered The sportsmen are talking of
a scheme now that will put dog
thieves where they belongif it works.
The owners of hunting dogs in Little
Falls and surrounding towns will
club together for the protection Of
each others property and when a
man steals a dog the other members
of the club will chip in funds and see
to it that the dog thief is punished
to the full extent of the law. Here
tofore the owner felt very well salts
fed ATTENDING his property and did
not wish to go to the expense of pro-
scouting the thief:
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
Hurt While Playing.

While playing last Monday g.
year-o old son Of T. O. Berg met with
quite-a painful accident. With some
other little boys he was playing
horse, having a stick in his mouth
with a cord attached to each end OF
it. He was running with the String
dragging behind, when some one
stepped on it, trippingthe little fell
low up. In falling a number Of the
front teeth We're knocked out and
the lower jaw bone fractured. DR..
Wright attended him and he will re
cover without being disfgured.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
Z u Million Friends.

"a friend in need is a friend indeed.
and not less than one million people
have found just such a friend in DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs, and Colds-H you
have never used this Great Cough
Medicine, one trial will convince you
that it has wonGe rful curative
powers in al diseases of Throat,
Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is
guaranteed to do all that is claimed
or money will be refunded. Trial
bottle free at =. II. Browns Drug
store Large bottles 80 and 81 90.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
Hurt. by Stove Pipe.

While doing some work in the
wood shed Monday A. Heron
met with an accident which will lay
him up for several days. He was
driving some nails and Jared shelf
so that it let down, several lengths
of stove pipe which was piled ON it.
They fell, and striking Mr.. Heron
on the head, cut a cash five or six
inches in length. A: physician was
called and dressed the wound. He
found that the scalp was cut through
to the bone and it-required a number
of stitches in dressing it. ->G
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
Married.

Mr.. !. w. Schenck and Miss Lola
Butterfield were married ION We'd
nesday evening, June Goth, at the
residence of the brides mother at St.
Paul Park.
Mr.. Schenck was for a. number of
years a resident of Little Falls and
quite prominent in society circles.
He is now a railway postal clerk.
running between Sank Centre and
Park Rapids
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
In the Wrong County.

The boys are telling an awful
story ON Ben Thiegs. The other day
a couple of fellows came in town
and Ben tackled them like an old pol
itician and worked them up to
where he thought was the fusing
point when he told them he was a
candidate for sheriff and would ap-
preciate their help. They then in
fromed him that they lived over in
Morrison county.-Todd County
Argus. -...
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

A bolt Of lightning had a whole
lot OF fun with Ed. Whitfield, opera
tor at the Great Northern depot,
Sank Centre, the other day. The
Avalanche says: DAY OPERA tor
Whitefeld was near the table where
the bolt entered. and he was knocked
uncOncious. His face and side were
burned and his pants punctured in
three places. The chair he was sit
ting upon was set on fire. 1t was a
close call. The. bolt spent itself by
going out on the ground wire which
is completely melted, and it also tore
up several plank on the depot plat
form. This is the third time that
Ed. has suffered from lightning
twice at this station and once at
Hamline.''
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

Sunday was clildren's day at the
congregational church and services
appropriate to the occasion were
held. In the morning Rev. Moore
delivered Il sermon to- the young
people and in the evening the Sun,
day school took charge Of the ser
vices. The little ones sang and
gave recita tons, and were aided by
the young peoples choir. The
church was handsomely decorated
with cut flowers and ported plants
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
At the Fair Grounds.

Messrs. Pullman & Close will have
a celebrate ton at the fair grounds on
the Fourth Of DULY. There will he
trotting and running races between
local horses. The event OF day will
he the race between Phi. zNeuman's
mare Queen and Pullman's old W heel
horse, Long John, for $500 a side
There will also be foot races, base
ball, bicycle races and numerous
other sports. Admission to all 2;
cents.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

From all reports crops along the
Swan River have suffered more than
those in any other part OF the coun-
ty. While other parts OF the county
have been getting OCCASIONAL showers
just when they were needed, the
towns along the Swan got none.
Swan River and Culdrum towns
have only had one or two good
rains since the seeding was finished
and parties from there say that the
wheat crop in those two towns will
be failure this year.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
Axe and Clothes Line.

Paul Hemech, yard man at the
American House, met with an acct
dent Monday which will cause him to
carry his head in a sling for a day OF
two. He was splitting wood d.
rectly under clothes line The axe
caught in it, flew back and struck
him on the head, causing quite a
severe scalp wound. In dressing it
several stitches were necessary.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

The Braineru and Staples excur-
sionists returned from Glenwood
Saturday evening about s o'clock.
They report having had u very en-
jOyahle time, but the rain storm
made it rather disagreeable for
about an hour.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

When the first number of the Zeal
lery Of Players issued by The Illus
trated American, Nos. s and East
Sixteenth street, New York city, APP
peared, we were surprised that such
a magnificent album of stage favor
ties could be put on the market for
twenty-five cents. But the second
number is even better than the first.
1t contains twenty-five fuu-page
pictures and over one hundred por
traits in character of such we'll
known actors and actresses as Her.
bert Kelley, Julia Arthur, N. c..
Goodwin, Eleono.a Duse, Marie
Wainwright and Julia Marlowe.
The critical text is the work of Mr..
Charles Frederic Nirdlinger.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
Got Cav.

Some parties kicked up quite row
on thestreet Tuesday night and after
ward @cfeated disturbance at q
private dance at Germania hall.
For some of the parties there may
be an excuse, but for the leaders
there is none, as they are thoroughly
conversant with the city charter
and ordinances. No one was pulled,
but revolvers and fists were used
and had any .one of the offenders
been killed they would only had
themselves to blame for it. - H.
Warrants were issued for nine of
the parties and they plead
guilty and paid fines. while one
plead not guilty. ~. p. i.
! If dull, spiritless and stupid; II
your blood is thick and sluggish; Ii
your appetite is capricious and un-
certain. You need a Sarsaparilla.
For best results take De Wits. 1t
itself. L. d. Brown.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
Wanted.
49,
D 4 9

negotiated on real estate,
Life insurance or any other good
securities on longl time and reason
able interest. Prompt attention to
collections i'll all parts Of the United
States s. Canada !. Local and county
managers Wanted. Address The
Bankers Loan 8 Investment Co.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

The Easements. for the new school
building and the addition to the
Columbia are about completed, and
at the former the men are at work
putting in the furnace. They have
also commenced the brick work on
the first story Of the building in the
Second ward, but may have to sus-
pend opera tons for a few days on
account of the non-arrival of frames.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

John Wetzel is having an addition
erected on the rear Of the building
occupied by Mr.. Sellers as restau-
rant. Mr.. Sellers business has in
creased rapidly of late and more
room was required.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

{. w. Bouck and son Albert re-
turned from Faribault Thursday
night. Albert. who has been attend
ing the Shattuck school during the
wintera and spring stood high i'll his
studies and came off with honors.-
ROyalton Banner. -: 49,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

William Thompson, of Leaoux,
says he thinks the wheat and oat
crop will be failure in that town
this year on account Of the drought.
they have not had as much rain as
in other parts t,f the county. Corn
and potatoes are locking first rate.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

The Liberty boat club went out to
Fish lake in Agram town Sunday
where they had launched their new
sail boat Liberty" the night before.
She floats like 4 duck and the boys
are well satisfied with their invest
Inent ..~.. 49,.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

The NJ. p. church has been liberal
II supplied with fans, for which the
officials Of the church desire Mr..
Turner, Of the Turner Dry Goods Co.
to accept ( heir hearty vote Of thanks.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

There are some people around here
who are ''spilln" to have some fel-
low show up and try to work them
on a confidence game so they can
get even. We wouldn't advise the
icon" man to come around just now
but wait week or so until they for
get about the last one.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

Some thing wrong When you tire
too easily. Some thing wrong when
the skin is not clear and smooth.
Something wrong when the blood is
impure. Every thing right when you
take De Wits Sarsaparillia. 1t
recommends itself. L. ID. BROWN.