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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

An amusing story is being told in
London of the duke and duchess OF Con-
naught. A few nights ago they visited
London theater. They drove in ROYAL
carriages from Buckingham palace, the
duke and duchess being in the first
and Col. Egerton, who was in attend
ance, in the second. The royal coach
man made the extraordinary blunder
OF driving to the gallery entrance, and
the duke and duchess alighting, pro-
cceded up the stairway, not knowing
they were wrong. They had passed the
ticket Office, when the ticket seller
called them back. He did not know who
they were. All he saw was two per-
sons about to enter the gallery without
tickets. Meanwhile, COL Egerton. who
had been set down at the proper en-
trance, and had been frantically rush
ing about in search of them, discovered
the duke and duchess at the timely mo-
msnt when the ticket man was also
about to discover them. The duchess
laughed merriiy, when the mistake was
explained, and the duke also took the
bluDder in good part.-PhiladeIphis
Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09
PIsA's LEANING TOWER.


In st. Nicholas John Ward writes Of
'srhe Bell-Towers OF Italy," Mr.. Ward
says of the most famous of them all:
Pisa seems like sleeping city, as she
lies SO quietly and silently along the
two bordersof the River Arno. She
fell asleep several hundred years ago,
after she had struggled valiantly for
her independence and had won renown
during the fierce contests between the
Guelphs (partisans Of the popc) and the
Ghibellines (par.isahs of the emperor).
Though Pisa has long since forgotten
the days CT her greatness, the world
cannot forget them when it looks upon
that wondrously beautiful group of
four marble-white buildings standing
apart in the sacred corner-the ca
thedral, the baptistry, the Campo
Santo Tor burial ground and, what in
terests us most of all, the remarkable
Campanile, so well known as the LEAN
ing Tower" This famous tower was
built in l174. Its construction il Pc
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09
ON THE TURN OF A CARD.


Two of the boarders at Fashionable.
uptown hostelry are pretty Spanish
woman and a prosperous young Phila-
delphia business man. Several months
ago, or before the destruction of the
Maine made the situation between this
country and Spain a serious one, the
two became engaged, and, to their cred
1t be it said. the affair was love match
pure and simple. Well, when the war
began the young business man was in
continual hot water. He is patriotic to
the core, and yet he thinks there is no
girl in the world equal to his fiancee.
She, despite her promise to become an
Americans wife, is as Spanish in her
sentiments as she could possibly be-
and she has not hesitated to speak right
out in meeting.
Finally things became so warm that
the young fellow could stand it no
longer, and he told his fiancee so. She
received the news gravely at first, and
then laughed: 'I1l tell you what let's
do she said. "You love the United
States and / love Spain. But we both
love each other better than either of us
loves our country. Have you got pack
OF cards?" The young man, just a lit
lie DIT bewildered over the queer turn
affairs had taken, hunted up some
cards. Now" continued the young
woman I'm going to deal until /
turn up jack. If you get it you give
up your American sentiments for INV
sake. If get it, I'll give up my love of
Spain for your sake. Will you agree ?n
The young man demurred at first. but
finally catching roguish CLEAN in his
fiancee's eye, consented. The cards
we're dealt, and 10! the first lack fell
to the young woman. .Henceforth ]
am an Americana" she exclaimed.
throwing herself into her lovers arms.
and those who know her say that since
that day she has been as good a citi-
zen OF the United States as any woman
can be.
The Spanish girls intended has con.
fided to friend that he doesn't know
exactly just how it all happened, but
ne has good reasons for believing that
MS fiancee dealt the jack to herself from
the bottom OF the pack or had it up beI
sieeve.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

The life OF q tradesman is about two.
thirds that of farmer.
Roentgen rays act on the skin, burn.
Ing it brown like sunlight, a. d even
clustering it if long applied.
A novel use has been found for the
cinematograph, which has recently
been employed at the Imperial institute
for the purpose of illustrating farm
ing operations in Canada.
Berlin pays salary to professional
birtl-catcher,. who keeps scientific insti-
buttons supplied with birds, nests and
eggs. He is the only man in the en-
pire permitted to do so.
A new kind of cloth is being made in
Lyons from the down of hens, ducks
and geese. Seven hundred and fifty
grains of feathers make rather more
than square yard of light, waterproof
cloth.
The C. Arthur Pearson company of
London, which publishes II weekly
periodicals and one monthly, is said to
be an ideal establishment in it's treat
ment of employees, who are given all
Saturday for holiday, and an annual
festivity. -
A Swiss firm has brought out rib
bon saw worked by electricity which is
able to cut logs over yard thick. The
electric motor is of six horsepower
and the saw runs at speed of more
than 100 feet per second. The saw it.
self can travel along track and cut
the logs from end to end as it goes.
Important experiments with the use
Of the electric light for coast-defense
purposes were recently carried out at
Portsmouth. 1t was found that beam
of light, sufficient to detect the presence
OF a torpedo craft, could be projected
from the forts for several miles over
the water, thus covering Spithead, the
Solent and Southampton.
The director of the agricultural schoo.
atNeisse, Germany, reports that the best
way OF preserving eggs is to keep them
in soluble glass, and the next best
method is to coat them with vaselinc
and keep them in lime water. He con.
dennis unreservedly the practice ia
which many people pin their faith
OF keeping the eggs in brine. They dc
not decay, but become unpalatable
from being saturated with salt.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09
A RACE FOR LIFE.

when Harry ran toward him and spoke
to him he swung his tail about bravely
and uttered feeble bark.
''Wag, Wag, you dear old fellow, YOU
saved our lives" said the boy, gathering
him in his arms. His leg is broken!"
he announced to Maude, who had hur-
ried toward them.
They caressed the poor dog, who. in
spite of his suffering, licked their hands
and made an effort every other moment
to be true to hiS name. Looking about,
presently they found their wheels close
together and not greatly injured.
Maude rode hers to the next house and
came back later with q light wagon.
into which were loaded both wheels and
Wag. Then the twins climbed in also
and drove home through the dusk. The
news OF cyclone had preceded them.
and they met number of people hurry
Ing to the scene. Their parents were
wild with anxiety until they came
marching in, carrying Wag, upon which
there was great rejoicing, and for wag
q mighty triumph. Mr.. Leslie, who
knew something of surgery, set the poor
fellows leg. Then he was given de-
Hcious supper and luxurious bed in
the sitting room.
The next morning brought the news
that, so far as known, no lives had been
lost in the cyclone, which fortunately
had swept over sparsely-settled strp
OF country, but everywhere in its track
lay fences, timber, orchards and out.
buildings in hopeless wreck. Harry
and Maude rode over on their wheels.
and 1t was with great difficulty that
they coald reach the spot where thew
had fished the day before. Trees vera
twisted and tangled and the path was
lost. When at last they had climbed
and crawled to the place they found
their string of fish in the water. as live.
~ and fresh as ever, but there was M
trace OF their rods. The path Of the
storm was less than half a mile w;de.
and they had raced ON their wheel,
little more than quarter. 1t had taken
them perhaps less than minute to Gov.
ep that distance, hpt to both II had
seemed an eternity, They could think
and talk OF nothing but their narrow
rscape and the Intelligence ana nohl1,
!sesl q wsx,-N, \, Hefal1, ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

Maude meanwhile was folding up her
rod and preparing to start for home.
Suddenly there Was a crashing in the
brush and Harry came rushing back,
his face as white as paper.
"Maude, MaudeF' he shouted.
There's a cyclone coming straight in
this direction and not more than mile
away. Drop everything and comet"
There was no time for question. The
twins seized their wheels and hurried
to the road.
Straight across the prairie, at right
angles with the road, there was moving
toward them towering black column
that rose from the earth to cloud above
that was as black as midnight! Their
only hope was to ride out of its path be-
fore it reached them. Harry had said
mot more than mile away" but the
distance had been probably much
greater. Now, however, it was even
less than that. and there was a hum
ming sound in the air that was rapidly
becoming mighty and terrifying roar.
The air burned like the breath of an
oven.
The boy and girl sprang to their
wheels without an instant's delay and
fied away in the direction of home,
which lay across the path of the storm.
Wag kept ahead of them for some dis
tance and then abreast, running like
mad. Every other second the riders
turned their heads toward the APP
preaching tower of darkness, which it
seemed they could never pass. 1t was
like racing with the moon that keeps
abreast of the flying train. Like it and
yet unlike, for the black, whirling death
seemed to widen as it approached and
night came down on the world. The
roar was now so loud as to be almost
deafening.
The riders bent forward over their
haEdle-bars and raced as they had never
raced before. They were evenly
matched, for Maude, though girl. was
a thorough athlete. Wag had gradual
ly dropped behind in this frightful
struggle. All at once it grew SO black
about them that they could not see the
road or each others Then, as if seized by
mighty hands, they were lifted from
the ground and flung aside like toys.
Dust, dirt, leaves and branches show.
cred about them, and they were whirled
over and over in helpless confusion.
Then suddenly they were left lying,
dazed and stunned, in heap of debris.
The roar grew less terrifying and the
sky lightened. The cyclone had
passed!
Harry was first to recover his voice.
''Maude!" he called, ''are you hurt?'
The girl half rose, resting on her
hand.
'Oh, Harry, don't know!" she an
swered. II am so whirled and blown
to pieces can't tell"
''What an escaped" said Harry, sol
EMMY, suddenly looking at the tangled
and splintered woods. "And see,
Maude, there comes Wag!"
Sure enough, from drift of wreck
age little way behind crawled the
noble Wag. He dragged one leg on the
ground and seemed in distress, but
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

In Kentucky town there died six
years ago a man who was noted for his
Kindness to animals. Among his other
pets, he had large white cat. and the
day after the funeral this cat disap-
peared. The gentieman's daughter con-
tinued to occupy the house, and while
the cat was missed, as weeks lapsed into
months and months into years, it was
finally given up for lost and forgotten.
One day recently, while the family was
seated at the dinner table, the white cat
appeared as suddenly as it left six years
before, and climbed up on a chair to be
fed. Since then the most careful search
and elaborate inquiries has failed to re-
veal where the cat has been during this
long interval.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

suggest, humorously, that the more
learned word might be taken as ''desig-
mating an animal whose tail puts all
the rest of him in the shade"
The female squirrel is pattern of
motherliness. 1T is delightful to watch
her behavior when the nearly grown
brood has begun to make short excur-
sions, and is undergoing instruction. All
the other families m the grove take an
interest in the proceedings, and chatter
about it at a great rate.
Every morning lessons in climbing
and nut-hunting are given, and pretty
scenes are enacted. The pride of the
little mother as she leads her train out
on some aerial path is very notice
able. They are slow and timid about
following. Squirrels must learn to
balance themselves on the plant limbs
by slow degrees.
1T is many long day after they are
able to chase one another up and down
and under and around a rough oak
trunk, in the liveliest game of tag ever
witnessed, before they can skip about
the branches and leap from one to the
other with confidence in their security.
"The patient mother understands
this, and encourages them very gently
to try, try again. I remember one
such lesson. The old one marched
ahead slowly, uttering low notes, as if
70 say: Come on, my dears. Don't be
afraid!' Every little while she would
stop and the two welI-grown children
following would creep up to her, and
put their arms around her neck in the
most human fashion, as if protesting
that it was almost too hard task"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

work outdoors in Your shirt sleeves for ten
months in the year, and where your stock
can forage for itself all the year round? II
70, write to p. Sid Jones, Passenger Agent,
Birmingham, Ala, or DR.. X. B. Crawford,
Travelling Passenger Agent, 9 Rookery
Building, Chicago, Ill.
Do you want to 60 down and look at some
of the Garden Spots of this country! The
louisville 4 Nashville Railroad provides the
way and the opportunity on the first and
third Tuesday Of each month, with excur.
sions at only two dollars over one fare, for
round trip tickets. Write Mr.. C. p. At
more. General Passenger Agent, Louisville
Ky, for particulars.
Do you want to read about them befors
going! Then send ten cents in silver o.
postage stamps for a copy of "Gardes
Spots" to Mr.. Atmore.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

Aliens Foot Ease, 4 powder for the feet
Il cures painful, swollen, nervous, smartinR
feet and instantly takes the sting out OF
corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery of the age. Allen Foot Ease makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot. tired, ach-
ing feet. TN Il to-day Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, CSC, Trial package FREE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

,offee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You
can drink Grain-O when you please and sleep
ike top. For Grain-O does not stimulate;
it nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
IL the perfect drink. Made from pure
grains: Get q package from your grocer to-
day. Try it in place of coffee. Is and sc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

whats the matter, Uncle Rube~
Use insulted, sab; dat Cap'n Jones done
all me nigger!"
well, aren't you sniggery~
Eyes, sab; OATS jest it!"-Truth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09
THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA.


cunar. !nere Is IN the center hollow
c,ick 'uoe OF cyhnuer' around TINS
pam rouna over the architects quilt
eisnt STORIES Oh open galieries' with
Deautiiui' slender columns OF white
n,arDie supporting semicircu'ar arches
me general eHect is one OF great dell
c'cy nna .igntness' q iairy-iike tower o.
"cnuerlui grace. ne summit Is l79
rect from the ground. Asyou an know,
'ne tower leans 10 feet out OF the per
pendicular, ana looks as II IT would
surely iah over AZ any moment; out,
as the center OF gravity Is still within
rs pase' II is as safe as II II were erect
J. ne iounaations were PROBABLY imper-
ieetiy Duiit al the start, 1or the tower be-
gan 10 lean before It was halt finished;
ana we can see where at one point the
builders trled 10 Drlng II back as much
US possible 10 the vertical line by maxi
ing tne columns on Inc low side higher
tuan me others. ne walls, TOO, are
strengthened win iron bars. Fancy
'ne cons'ernation OF the arcnitects
wnen tDey saw their beautiful tower
leaning over and Its foundations sink
ing IN Inc ground! 1t requires very
s'eaoy nerves 10 carry us to the top.
ana we ma ourselves clinging to the
wall "nen we are on the leaning side.
inis Is what Cnaries Dickens says
shout the tower in his Pictures from
itaiy; In the course OF the ascent
~ the Top the incination Is not very
Ann4T6nfs n ~ t<o<,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

Mimic fights with tops are common.
Two players wind and throw their tops
SO that they will come into collision, and
he whose top is damaged or stopped
from spinning Is the loser. The tops for
these fights are made of very hard wood.
and are iron-clad with . heavy metal
ring. Some Of the more ordinary spin
ming tops are OF light make. A singular
kind of top is made of a one-vaive she'll
filed with wax. Musical tops. made 10
produce notes IN different keys. are
general tavoritep, and the whipping ton
also = laewas-lds ylsass Aodnstt, IL
81 hioAQ|ass :
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

use Piso's Cure for Consumption both in
my family and practice. DR.. G. w. Patter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

To Cure = Cold In one Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund money il it fails to cure. Csc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

He-Wealth will not buy happiness.
She-No, but it viii purchase coronet.-
Up to Date.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

Give . woman book on chafinR-iish
cookery il you want tc make her believe thai
there Is no place like home.-Ch Chicago Timer
Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

In the port of New York lies an
American bark, recently arrived from
Egypt, and on board is the youngest
sailor on record. He is only six years Of
age, and he has been twice around the
world, and made other long voyages
besides. This young sailor is the cap
ta1n's son, and, as the captain owns one
third OF the vessel, he takes with him
on his voyages his wife and child. Ben
ny is a good sailor, and was never
known to be seasick. He has q suit Of
oilskins, rubber coat and sou'wester,
SO that he can come on deck in rainy
weather. In heavy gales, Master Ben
is kept below, much to his chagrin, az
he has no fear of any storm that blows.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09

The gift of silence is often more valuable
than the gift of speech. Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-07-09


Same state
of affairs
continued.
/" After .
time I was
taken with
. flooding,
that / was
obliged to
keepmybed.
Finally, in
despair. /
gave up my
-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-03-30
THE DEATH RECORD.

Auhrey Beardsley, the artist, is dead.
Karl Teverstierna, the Swedish poet,
is dead.
Admiral Popoff. aide.de.camp of the
GEAR. is dead.
Matilda Joslyn Gage, the pioneer
woman suffragist, is dead.
General Bjornstierna, the former
Swedish minister of war, is dead.
Ri. Hon. Thomas Ball, LII D., D. @.
l., lord chancellor Of Ireland from 1875
to 1880, is dead.
Samuel Tassig, syrup broker and
one Of the members of the glucose
trust, is dead at Chicago.
DR.. George S. Newell, one Of the
best known practitioners in South
western Wisconsin, is dead, aged 50.
The funeral of Mrs. Senator Thurs.
ton, who died on board the Anita in
Cuban waters, was held at Omaha
Sunday.
Wenzel Toepfer, well known through
out the United States as manufac-
turer of iron supplies for brewers and
masters. is dead at Milwaukee.
Colonel Frederick W. Coffin. brother
of the historian and novelist, Charles
Coffin, is dead. Colonel Coffin was
born in New Hampshire in 1916.
Allyn Cox, one of the best known
railroad men in the United States and
long identified with the Vanderbilt in
terests, died suddenly in New York
dty.
Miss Lucy 9. Benedict, pioneer
newspaper woman of New York and
tor the last II years agricultural editress
If the American Press Association, is
dead.
The Duke of Talleyrand and Sagan is
dead. He was born in Paris in 1911.
His second wife was daughter of the
late Marshal Boniface, Count de Cas-
tellane
S. A. Harper, since 1894 president of
the State League of Republican Clubs.
died at Madison, Wis, of pneumonia.
Mr.. Harper was about 45 years of age,
and unmarried.
The funeral of General Rosecrans at
Los Angeles was of an imposing nature.
After services at the cathedral the mil
itary took charge of the funeral, accom-
the remains to the cemetery
and firing salute.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-03-30
Q A5To7TA.
Rasrs the 1.-The Kind You Have Always BOugf
Signature os I/zNAztzM<
DiscOnsOlate.

Mr.. Blykins had been suffering
with dyspepsia and had, as is his
custom at such times, taken ocCa-
sion to discourse on his i'll luck and
to criticise this earth and all of it's
inhabitants whose names are cur
rently mentioned III the newspapers.
AS a remotely but adversely affected
individual he had strenuously OBJ
iected to the manner in which all
business, both private and public, is
conducted and had with difficulty
curbed an Impulse to hold his wife
personally responsible for the whole
trouble.
II am very sorry, DEAR, she had
said for the nineteenth Or twentieth
time, and her gentle patience at last
made an impression on him. While
the bitterness of his mood did not
abate, he began to comprehend its
unreasonableness, and as his asper-
ity abated her own forbearance be-
gan to flag.
I'm afraid, dear, - she remarked,
with the exceeding mellowness of
tone which sometimes betokens sar-
casm, "that there is but one way in
which you could possibly be happy. "
"What do you mean1'
"You ought to be king"
His face frightened for an instant,
and then he frowned once more.
"No, = he sighed, ''it wouldn't be
Of any use. Not the slightest in the
case of man who has my habitual
i'll luck, Even if I were a king /
could perceive my finish. Somein-
iquitous ace would loom up and take
me the first hand round. Wash
ington Star.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-03-30
FINANCE AND TRADE.

Heavy frosts have done much dam.
age to fruit in California.
The Almeda is on her way from Aus.
tralia with So, 800, 900 in gold.
The steamship Etruria from New
York for Europe took out $4,000
ounces Of silver.
The Home Savings bank of Sioux
City has assigned. Assets are placed at
100000; liabilities, 100000.
The Mantascheff (Russia) petroleum
business, valued at ST., 100000, has
been purchased by an Englishman.
John Lambert of Joliet, Ills, presi-
dent of the Consolidated Steel and
Wire company, has been elected presi-
dent of the new nail and wire COM
bination.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-03-30
LOVES Young Dream,

Hand in hand they strolled In TIT
quiet evening, happy in themselves
and their surroundings.
Suddenly the girl halted and said
percy, what is that5
Percy, without releasing hel
hand, stopped and said:
"Gladys, darling, it's snail. -
And SO they wandered on for 6
sweet half hour longer when the
maiden again said:
"Percy, look, there's another
snailr'
Percy again bent his manly form
and, looking up, replied:
"No, Gladys, It's the same snailr'
New Orleans Times-Demoerat.
MISS marU1la v=a=5, JusO from Ire'
land, has brought with her the genoa.
logical tree of President Mckinley.
The rumor that Andrew Carnegie is
dying, or that he is seriously i'll, is de.
MED by officials of the Carnegie Steel
COMPANY.