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Seemed Likely.

Mrs. Chugwater say young
Spiddlekins has lost fortune in
bucket shop dissipation. What is buc-
ket shop dissipation?
Mrs. Kajones-I don't know, but l
think it must be drinking the pail ale.
I've sometimes heard my husband talk
ing about it.-Chicago Tribune.
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The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
THE OLDEST SONG OF ALL

When life Is youth. and skies are glad.
And everything Il young.
o. listen. listen, lass and lad,
Unto the song that's sung!
When every sound you hears tune
That seems your heart to call.
When every gift of Gods q boon.
And loves the best of ALI
There's green around and blue above
Wherever you are bound;
It's then that first you feel 'tis love
That makes the world 60 round!
But when your world grows gray and sad,
When care the heart has wrunE. ~.
o. listen. listen. lass and lad.
Unto the SONG that's sung!
When smiles have turned 10 tears and
sighs.
When hands you clasped are cold.
And those whose love has been prize.
Are weary, worn and old.
II one dear gift. the rest above.
Still by your side be found.
IT'S then you know. indeed. tits love
That makes the world go round!
Clifton Bingham, in London NAH.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
BxrRRll1LY PoLlrx
4 Fsat q Csurfesv sueh = ss vsry
namely BxAfhstsa - Thss

Many Of us have heard Of that polite
Partisan cocher--driver who, during
1 long afternoon in which he drove an
American lady about the gay capital to
see the sights, responded quits nm
rufiied and without AZ much As mus
Gle twitching, to her constantly r.
peatcd orders to cochon- to drive
her here or there. Indeed. Foreigners
receive our mistakes In their language
much more courteously than wc re-
ceive theirs in ours. Two ladies' In Italy,
we are told by correspondent Of the
Companion, had this fact recently
.borne in upon them," ss the Friends
say. with especial directness.
In the morning their italian teacher
made slip in her Engiiah, and in reply
to an inquiry concerning the oddly
twjnkling fire embers in her little brass
stove. informed them that the fuel she
employed was small wigs"
They laughed heartily at the mis-
take, and presently the lady herself
corrected It to twigs, and was amiable
enough to laugh also. But that same
day they went to see the homeless cats
of the city fed in the cloister OF San
:.
Gallo, and were not sure that they had
come at the right time. One OF them
turned to the custode and inquired in
italian, as she supposed: when will
the cats eat?" but what was really
asked was:
"When shall we eat the cats?"
"Thcre is no systematic hour, sig-
NORMA" he replied to this surprising
query, in a manner as politely matter
of-course as II it were quite the Gus
tom there to serve kittens on toast to
foreign ladies'! Not flicker of ex-
preston showed that he perceived the
mistake.
Such steady countenance under
such circumstances, they agreed when
they discovered II themselves, was =
feat of courtesy very rarely exhibited
by an American.--Youth's Companion.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
HE MUST LIVE.
a Patient who Was hound TO Last
Long Enough to Draw HIS
Pension.

It would be in vain to attempt to
describe the sympathy for the poor and
suffering which William Stokes could
throw into his voice. says his biogra-
pher. One of the stories he used to tell
is of peculiar interest, not only for it's
revelation of human kindness, but as q
proof of the power of the will in pro-
longing life.
An old pensioner was patient of
Stokes in the Meath hospital. His life
was despaired of, and in fact his death
was hourly expected. One morning,
having the patients to care for, and
believing that the pensioner was un-
conscious and past help, DIR. Stokes
passed his bed without stopping. The
patient was greatly distressed and cried
out:
Don't pass me by, docther; you
must keep me alive for four days"
"We will keep you as long as we can,
my poor fellow answered Stokes;
"but why for four days particularly 2"
because" was the reply, "my PEN
sion will be due then, and I want the
money for my wife and children. Don't
give me anything to make me sleep, for
if l. sleep shall die"
On the third day after this, to the
amazement of Stokes and the others,
the patient was still breathing. On
the morning of the fourth day he was
alive and conscious, and on entering
the ward, Stokes saw him holding in
his hand the certificate which required
signature. As the doctor drew near the
dying man gasped:
"Sign, sign!"
The doctor quickly complied. and the
man sank back exhausted, and within
few minutes crossed his hands over
his breast and said: "The Lord hive
mercy on my SOUL" and quietly
breathed his last. Youths Companion.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
lro Re Continued
Another Explanation.

"We were married in that hasty
wny," explained the girl who had
eloped, because we objected to the
display and the Bother and the cost OF
a big wedding, you know
"Indeed?' answered the girl who had
hoped to be married first, speaking in
n most ;nsinuating voice. "I'm glad
&c hear that. 1t disposes of that foolish
rumor."
''Whnt foolish rulnor?" asked the
girl who had eloped.
THAT you didn't dare give him time
to think it over."-Chicago Post.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23

Probably: but thought that coral,
diatcmaceae, and fora minifera depos-
tied perpepdicularly ON these volcanic
atolls?"
That's 30. If the wreck lay in =
bold position some Of her side t;mbers
might still be exposed, or at least COW
cred very thinly. Harry. what crazy
notion have you got in your head?
There isn't cne chance in million Of
an attempt to raise that treasure be-
ing successful. 1t would be folly TO
think of trying 1t without a fully
equipped wrecking steamer. and even
then you'd have piracy to contend
with among your crew."
swell, became interested In the
story. And then the idea occurred to
me that, being ont Of . Job, there would
be nothing to hinder my investigati ting
the thing little. Just for the sake Of
Argument. now-we might as well
amuse ourselves with this a. anything,
suppose were to leave the ateamer
at Guajan; that's the biggest and most
Then suppose should happen to get
hold OF Fray Ignacio's account Of the
shipwrecked officer, and should hnd in
1t just where the gallecn went down
I'D very likely get myself into serioui
scrape. but just suppose I should man
age to gee the document after all. Then
suppose l took little trip some day
on one of those flying catamarans-
they make % knots sometimes. II re-
ou,hor cnrranxIv-orI .yrraadaA L.,
locating this reef. Suppose I had a
diving suit with me; there probably
isn't such thing between Frisco and
the Yokohama navy yard. but imagin-
alton is cheap. Suppose l actually
found something that looked like an
old wreck, crusted over with coral, and
tried dynamite cartridge on it. Sup
pose found something there. and
slowed 1t away until you could Join me
eh?"
Halstead was filing his pipe as
spoke, but his fingers trembled little
He took several long, meditative puffi
without saying u word. Then he go,
up and began to pace the deck. up and
down, back and forth. Presently he
cleared the table and spread upon It ar
Imray chart of the western Pacific be
tween New Guinea and Japan. After
studying this closely for several mo
ments. he took down Findlay's Direc
| tory of the North Pacific, which he alsl
consulted. The conversation hat
drifted casually into this channel from
Its association with the Ladrone voy
age, but the subject was taking holt
of us with the grip that such seeming
impossibilities often will; and all sort
of wild absurdities flashed through my
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
Nut Riuws.

Sft one pint -four with one teaspoon
full of baking powder; stir one-half
cupful butter with one cupfnl sugar
to n light white cream. add the yollxs
of two eggs and one white, the grated
rind of half lemon. three tablespoon
fuls of milk and the -four; work ull
into smooth dough; break off pieces
of dough the size of a walnut. roll into
finger lengths. Joining the ends; brush
them over with beaten white of egg;
roll lump sugar coarsely and mix it
with chopped almonds and little Gin
namon; dip the rings into this SO they
are entirely covered, lay them on but
tered tins and bake in slow oven.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23

mind as watched the captains face.
After what seemed an hour of calcula-
tion over the chart and directory, he
said:
THAT reef hasn't been found by any
vessel since 1740, but it isn't safe to ac-
cept the fact as conclusive evidence
against its present existence. II is a
difficult matter to fix the position Of
any ship exactly on q chart. Compass
deviation, or trifling errors in the ad-
justment of a sextant, may easily make
a difference Of several miles. Then.
again, these islands are probably the
most unfreQuented portion of the
earth's surface. don't know of spot
so seldom visited as the Ladrones; the
government itself only communicates
with them four times year. Now,
that galleon would have been ap-
preaching from almost due east, max
ing for Guajan-Port San Luis d Apra.
The prevailing winds, being no'theas'
TO cas-, would drift the coral frag
ments over to west'ard, forming shoal
lagoon and breaking an entrance to
it on the lee side. In that case. ship
under fair headway would either drive
firmly on to the first bold ledge or
shove herself over the ridge into the
lagoon. So that. reasoning from pure
theory, the chances are against her
having sunk along the more precipit-
Gus face. which may go straight down
thousand fathoms or more. The same
prevailing no'theasterly wind and
waves which break and scatter the
coral grit to leeward would have
tendency to crumble the deposit on
hulk in the same direction, leaving one
side, or one end, more or less exposed.
If Nuestra Sonora de Sevilla was head
ing about west when she struck, with
the intention of just clearing Cocos
reef at the south end of Guajan, and II
she lodged firmly in that position when
she sank, her for'ard part would be
pretty we'll sealed in with coral, but
the high poop, where most of the specie
was carried, might not have more
than nm inch or two of incrustation.
theoretically, the possibilities of re-
covering any of that money amount to
this: If the Santa Rosa reef exists to-
day as 1t did in 1769, il that galleon
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
Fruit Pun Pudding.

Mix well one pint of -four and 1H tea
spoonfuls baking powder and little
salt. Make into soft batter with
milk. Put into well-greascd cups a
spoonful of batter. then one of straw
berries or any fruit preferred, then
add another of bntter. Steam 20 min
utes. Serve with liquid sauce.-Cincin,
natl Enquirer.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23

~An communscat,ons for snis paper saouA
b accompanied BY tho name of ths author, not
neccesaIIiy for publication hut - An svidenes
4 good fAith on the part of the writer. wnts
snly on one side OF the papsr. b particularly
careful In giving names and dates . have tbs
Isstsrs and hgures plain and distinct
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
HI. Intcntion. serious.

'.Do you think his intentions are seri-
ous?" asked her best girl friend.
altogether too selious,' was the re-
ply. "He asked me only yesterday IL
would consent to have my life insured
in favor of my husband when mar
Eied.'-Chicngo Post.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
CHAPTER H.-CosrIsuED
CLARENCE HERBERT NEW

Copyright. rss,. by J. B. lippineo.. Col
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

No one can say how it began. The
first the lo,ngers on the bench saw was
his body borne ruthlessly aloft on the
crest of the breakers, where it was
twisted for moment in giddy gyra-
tions and then dashed violently to the
beach and pounded and pummeled, buff
feted and worried by the merciless
waves.
Eager bands snatched him beyond
reach of the brutal breakers and APP
piled restoratives. For long, long
minute hope struggled with fear; then
the blue lips painfully parted. and he
gasped. while his eyes slowly Enclosed:
sQuit now, Maria, quit. Darn It. Ill
get up in minute! IN. Y. World.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

An automobile street-cleaniug ma
chine is in successful operation in St.
Louis.
Only one person IN every four OF the
Inhabitants of London earns more than
one pound q week.
Torquay has the reputation of being
one of the three most beautiful towns
in Europe. The two others are Venice
and Edinburgh.
According to a famous musician about
30 per cent. of the German nation uni
derstand music, as against two PEI
cent. of the British.
Mont du Lion, which overlooks the
battlefield of Waterloo, has on its sum-
NIT a memorial to the Prince of Orange.
who was wounded on the spot on which
1t stands The lion is cast from metal
which was captured from the French.
Laxey, in the Isle of Man, is the head
quarters of the lead mines of the is
lands, more than half the ore being OBJ
tanned there. 1t is celebrated also for its
great wheel, which was erected in 1854.
Its diameteris 72 feet, and SO splendidly
Is it set that there is no oscillation, and
1T has been going practically ever since
Its erection.
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woysH OUTLINE MEN.
AZ Least xhfs II Said to he the Case
In the City of San Fran
cisco, Cal.

There are more women than men IN
San Francisco.
In a population Of 100000 the fe-
males number nearly 100000.
The men die in ratio of two to every
one woman.
The death rate per thousand among
the white population is 1918 per cept.,
the Chinese rate being 37.63 per cent
More people die each year IN March
than in any other month, but the win
ter months between December and
March keep close behind in their death
rate.
June is the month of the least deaths.
but the most suicides.
Although the men of this city die in
larger numbers than women, their av-
erage age is much greater. Mans
greatest mortality occurs between so
and so years, woman's being under
one year and between 20 and 80 years.
Male deaths are in excess until so
years are attained; the proportion
after that IS 90 males to 90 females.
From 90 to 100 years the numbers are
ten males to IA females.
OF the "a people who lived more than
90 years, according to statistics COM
piled by the health department Of San
Francisco Tor the past fiscal year, Ire
land leads in longevity. Next in order
are Germany, the United States, Scot
land, Italy and England. All of these
aged people have been married.
Twice as many men die from nervous
disorders. alcoholism and diseases OF
the circulatory system as women.
tuberculosis is the commonest cause
Of death. Next in order of fatality are
heart disease, pneumonia and brain
troubles.
DIR. j. NJ. Williamson, who assisted
In compiling the last health report OF
the city, says:
II think the higher proportionate
death rate among men is due to lives
they lead and to their business expo
sures. In the lists of occupations given
are bakers, laundrymen, laborers, boil
ermakers, cooks, butchers and clerks
most of whom encounter more or less
exposure, working in overheatcd and
badly-ventilated places. Women art
more comfortably situated at home and
better able to take care of themselves
physically"-San Francisco Examiner
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THEY GATHER CIGAR ENDS.
A Queer Parisian Clan That Proposes
to Form n Business
Syndicate.

Every visitor to Paris has observed
the ragged individuals who perambu-
late the boulevard and peer in among
the tables and chairs in front of the
cafes in search of cigar and cigarette
ends, which they deftly harpoon by
means of bent pins on the end of stick.
The megottiers, as they are called, are
now trying to form mutual protect
ing syndicate. Their reason is that the
police interfere with them too much.
considering that they are peaceable
folk, and that the craft, never a lu-
crative one, is thus rendered almost inn
possible. Such, it appears, is especially
the case in summer, wien the streets
are clean and the best customers of the
megottiers pick up their own tobacco.
The fact that this is the bad season
probably accouLs IS for the present little
agitation.
This singular trade occupies three
classes of persons-the picker, the
cleaner and the salesman. Everybody
has seen the picker at work, and OBJ
served how he combines begging there
with. In the evening the pickers meet
at low wineshoPs in the Fauberg de
Temple, where they find the cleaners
awaiting them. Newspapers are spread
on the table, and the cleaners set to
work to undo the cigars and cigarettes.
Meanwhile the pickers eat their bread
and sausage, and by spending two half
pence ON glass of wine obtain the
right to sleep in the establishment as
best they can until two o'clock in the
morning. At that hour the wineshops
are closed. But they open again al
three, when both pickers and cleaners
enter, and by taking another glass Of
wine may sleep till the morning.
During this interval of closing and
opening the tobacco, put up in packets
has been handed over to the salesman
who disposes of it in the workingmen''
quarters like the Place Maubert as Thu
men pass on their way to work. Thu
purchasers consist chiefly of masons
| who all come from the country district,
Of L;mousin and Grouse, and are de
lighted to get large packet of tobacc'
| for twopence. There exists, moreover
| real tobacco shop keepers who purchas'
the vile stuff and mix it with goot
tobacco, the profits derived therefron
being naturally considerable. Thi
practice does not, however, exist to an.
great extent.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28
OUR PROVERBS GERMANIzED,

Ais veil dot ends veil, but some dings
ISIS bedder as veil.
When voomans schmiles look oudt.
but when she cries look more oudt.
A WOOL may make money, budt i'd takes
wise man to shpendt i'd so dot de vools
don'd git some.
A friendt do efferypody iss friendt
to nopody, budt When he dies he iss apt
do hat pig vuneral.
When a man looks wise und he amt
wise, iber his face is buildted dot way or
he has cramps in his shtimmick.
Peaudty ISIS budt shkin deep, but II
yo. DOM expecd do eadt it dot is choost
so deeb enough as you vandt it.
All are nod dthieves dot dogs park ad,
budt it ISIS choost as veil do geep an eye
on der man What dog don't like.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

"Your wife, believe, is a strongminded
woman "0h, l don't know. ! should
rather regard her as brittle-minded?" Brit
tle-mindeds" "Yes; she's been giving me
pieces Of her mind for several years.
Household Words.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

Accuse woman Of extravaganza, and
she will remember that she saves all the
that her conscience is clear. = Atchison
Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

A loveless marriage isn't circumstances
to one that will occur in Atchison shortly;
the bride has borrowed an elder sisters lin
gerie for three months. when she will go
back to her own CID elothes-Atchison
Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

Tomewell-"It's wise man who knows
when he's we'll of" Page-"Yes?" Tome
well-"Jackard told me that everybody was
talking about my new book; Page."And
enough to ask what they said. boston
Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

Hoax-"Salary been reduced, Ell? That.
hard luck. Made you feel mad, didn't it =
Joax-"No, but it made me feel cheap"
Philadelphia Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

Miss Upperten--Clara," began the young
man, you have no doubt noticed that my
attentions of late have been more than that
Of a mere friend, love you, Clara, and
me for interrnpting YOU" said the practical
maiden, "but has the lot you wish me to
share q good house on it with all the mod.
ern improvements" PC Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

"What we need in this world is nature"
she said. "We have too much artificiality.
For my part, simply adore nature. That's
why l got my husband to buy country
place" but you haven't been there this
summer" ''Oh, dear, no; certainly not
We won't be able to go there fos two or
three years yet. 1t will require all of that
time for the landscape gardener to set 1t
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

'sHello!" exclaimed the Hsh. Here to
etayr mo" replied ths worm; x TT
dropped n for ) bite" - PhllsdelpAip
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

A salute of Is guns is bang-up affair."
Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

wiring 20 MIS- F1nKnam at Lynn MaSSs
MRS. CORA gibson. Yates. Manistee
Co.. Mich. writes:
DEAR MRS. PINKHAAf-Two years ago
began having such dull, heavy. drag.
ging pains in my back, menses were pro-
fuse and painful and was troubled with
leucorrhna. l took patent medicines
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-28

unable to become pregnant but since have used It my
health is much improved and have big baby boy Joy
and pride of our home"
The Meeker herald., 1899-07-08
ro.p.e. Of . Rattle.

Manila, July 1.-1O:4O a. ma col
lision between the two armies at San
Fernando seems inevitable soon
The Insurgents are active all around
the town and can be seen working in
the trenches to strengthen their po-
sition. Day and night forces are at
work.
1t is estimated that 5000 men were
seen marching in the road north Of
town yesterday morning. The Ameri-
cans turned out and manned the de
lenses, expecting an attack. The sol
iiers sleep in their clothes and break
fast at 4 o'clock in the morning 20 rs
to be ready for an assault
The commission of three Spanish OF
fcers who entered the insurgenf lines
l fortnight ago to make final attempt
to arrange for the release Of the Span
sh prisoners have not returned Their
song absence has occasiOned alarm.
Reports come TO Manila that they
we're received by Aguinaldo at Tariac
md entertained Hospitality. 1t is said
hat Aguinaldo gave banquet in their
aonor. all the leading families OF the
rebel leaders and the present cabinet
attending. hence the Spaniards IN
Manila hope that the mission of the
commissioners will he successful.
General Ovenshine is in the hospital
suffering from fever. General Grant
commanding his troops on the south
.ine.