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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

Steel sIeepers will be manufactured
near st. Petersburg for Russian rail.
roads.
Mosquitoes and other knats furnish
almost the sole food for a very large
family of insect-eating birds. known s
hy-catchers.
A Frenchman living at Gonesse, near
Paris, has an asylum for domestic ami
mails. Among them are q pig aged Is,
COW aged SO. and mule aged "a years.
Statistics collected in Germany
showed that more than so per cent. Of
the cases of consumption could be
traced to the habitual breathing of
dust tainted with injurious substances.
One kind of wasp found in Brazil and
Guiana makes its nest of brilliant
white pasteboard, suspending it from
the highest branches of the trees, SO
Is to escape the attention Of the
monkeys, which, in those regions, have
troublesome habit of investigating
everything, even hornets nest.
n. 0. Leighton, health inspector of
..AoA' sc.air, ~. ", declares that he has
found bacteria to be quite abundant in
clay that has been used and reused for
modelling in schools. An attempt to
steriiize the clay showed that the only
emcient way of accomplishing this was
ny the use OF superheated steam nm
oer pressure Of Is to 20 pounds for As
minutes.
The weight of electrical machinery
N proportion to its output has been
studied by Herr Seefehlner. The re-
suit OF his observations, which he has
from IS different sources.
ENDS to show that up to a certain size
inc weight OF materials per unit Of
power decreases rapidly with increas-
ng capacity. but for higher capacities
me weight per unit of power is very !
nearly constant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30
THE SINGING OF THE sRook.


A little brook runs from Its source.
And down messy vale it springs:
II chatters on Its sparkling course
And over sands and pebbles sings.
1t runs beside grassy lawn.
Where loiter little children gay,
And as they hear 1t ripple on,
Its song TO them Is joyous play.
Two lovers go their happy way,
While cioudless Is the sky above:
As by the singing brook they stray
1t sings to them song of love.
A weary farmer homeward comes,
And as deep sigh heavcx his breast
He pauses by the brook that huns
To him gentle song of rest
"A war-worn soldier passes BY,
But still the brook doth never cease;
The sternness fades from out his eye
AS comes to him Its song Of peace.
A wandering pilgrim. bent ana gray,
Who DER the world IL used to roam,
Beside the brook stops In his way
1t sings to him song Of hcme.
So ever comes Dame Natures voice
With some sweet musing to impart,
In language soothing. calm and choice.
To suit the thoughts Of every heart.
Thus Natures grand. unrivaled lays
Doth this beguiling brook rehearse:
1t ever sends its note Of praise
To Him who planned the universe.
M H Frederick. In Louisville Courier
Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

VOU CAN marry him il you like
Mandy, but he's no good, !" SAID
old John Scott, as he sat on log out.
side his cabin door one warm morning
In June.
"Ain't you little hard on him, Dad.
dy?" said Mandy. tall, 1.-THE girl OF
IS, who stood near him.
Il guess not; . Teller who can't
shoot when his mark is plain and his
finger is on the trigger lacks sand, and
won't do to tie tor
'sMaybe he didn't want to kill How
ard" said Mandy.
"What the thunder did he take his
boss for, then?"
Mandy looked down at her bare feet
without answering, while her father
continued to smoke his pipe. Finally
he said:
mo use talking about it now. but
I'll watch him clost after this"
Mandy went about her household
duties troubled by her fathers words.
for she thought she loved Sam VIII
liams, the subject Of their conversa-
ton.
The Williams and the Towards were
At feud, and at the county seat the
day before her sweetheart, to- show
his contempt for all the Towards, had
led away Abe Towards horse, which
nc found tied to the rack by the court
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30
SAVED By DREAM.
VIE Of the Late Bishop whipple Has
. Strange Vision, which IL
Verified.

The late Bishop Whipple, "apostle
TO the Indians" told a friend the fol.
lowing personal experience a few
weeks before his death:
The bishops first wife believed in
dreams. She seldom dreamed. but
when she did the dream came true.
On Sunday morning in October. At
Fairbauit, many years ago she aroused
the bishop and told him that her SON
the bishops stepson, who was then in
New Mexico. was dying. She had seen
MIN in dream. and there could be
no mistake about it. She described
him as he lay on hard bed in 4 mis-.
cradle adobe hut and declared that
his serious condition was due to in
attention. She urged the bishop to
proceed without delay to New Mexico
and rescue the boy.
A few hours later Bishop WhippIe.
obedient to his wife's wishes. was fiv-
ing southwark as fast as steam could
take him. He followed directions to
the letter and reached his stepson's
side just in time. The scene was Just
as Mrs. Whipple had described it.
1t was apparent that the boy could
scarcely survive another day in such
surroundings. Bishop Whipple had
left in such hurry that he had neg
Iected to bring any more money than
he needed for his bare travelling ex-
penses. In his dilemma he went to
the bank and told his story to the
cashier.
The cashier was impressed with the
bishops recital.
Anyone could tell by looking at
your face" said he, ''that you are
bishop of the church Of God and that
you speak the truth. 1 win be glad
% accommodate you. How much do
ron want?"
The bishop drew on the bank for
500 and he and the sick man were
'oon on their way north. The moth
RS dream saved the boys life and
he loan was repaid as soon as the
bishop reached Faribault.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

Beat four eggs; add pinch of cav.
enne hnd q teaspoonfuI of minced
parsley. and green onion minced
line. Bone a red herring; broil and
mince it very fine; add to the eggs:
put into q saucepan with a small
piece Of butter or tablespoonful Of
salad oil and cook until the eggs are
Get. Serve on toast with slices Of
lemon Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

The largest forged anchor that has
ever been constructed in the world
has been completed ct the CharIer-
town navy yard and win nnd : place
on one Of the new battleshipe Of tie
United States navy. This mammo<h
anchor from fits crown to the end of
the shank e = feet inchea lone ana
its Width from pee to pee is 8 feet 5
ineAex. Its length over Ill Is IS feef
: Ineee1. snd y weighs aearly seven
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

house. He had called 70 a.. af.nd,
LEADING the bor.e ana hsd 49, anuy !:
his feat, saving that Ahe - :. :,
..a,,,s 49, '.s 'na. hoe howard
or plav the co,v.rd .rd Sn s.1 =; ses nur'
Mandy felt : pride ~ hs~ , -. ~. 81 =
her father had nodded annrov;rr,s '
Two hs.. 49, su pP1oslng'y'
mn - ia a.s, .s - AZ llowsrd rode
s;s - 'ns cso'n On borrowed animal,
sam,s $1,000. ~ snu n sP'se OF
away ne even stcrrsa nsu ieu u
n cvt az Mai. -s:p svne enough
which STOOD ne -; ;-s :. Sam morse
hurled - NJ. srsr.- ' $3.50 ~, anu ne aiso
epithets A. that ti,rs ss.s ~: .su,'ane
the mounts,n a,ss-ss. :aS,Onaoie 70
stood il the csb;r 49, r.. sc. sem nag
ed At How.rd hrt - .;, AZ 80 :. 1 ~ pony,
his host had noticed : s' ss ~ts n' IAN and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

her way, with her sunbonnet furne,
so as to hide her face from him.
Presently she heard the sharp re
port of rifle, and, looking, she saw
Abe throw up his arms and tumbl,
from his horse to the ground, wher,
he lay as IL dead. A thin puff of smoke
among the trees at the roadside
showed from whence the deadly hui
let had come. The form of man came
from behind the smoke. and she saw
Sam Williams emerge and move to.
ward the body of his fallen enemy.
Suddenly the apparently dead How
ardsprangt to his feet. Like the Leopard
knight in SCOTS ''Talisman," he had
pretended to be dead in order to draw
his enemy within his reach. He was
apparently unarmed, but he did not
hesitate to rush on his enemy.
Sam presented his rife, but it was
seized by the muszie, jerked from his
hand, and broken against a tree. Sam
turned and fed. Howard sprang on
his horse and followed, fourishinR the
remains of the rifle.
Mandy shrank to one side Of the
road ga ~. ,.-,,
te--n- 49, 80 4.s .a'e 4l.'o vain
She d..ssr,;a 49,. ~ :. " a.s seeing ner'
and sprang into the road in front of
his Pursuer, shouting and waving her
arms. Howard checked his horse and
brought him to q standstill.
please let him GO. Abe, he's so
scared" pleaded Mnudv
"Sartin. II Won est = uo,av.a
he erinned ana threw ! ~. = az 49, -.
gun. '-'S = oe'
She ,ook.a mn "a
form clad IN homespun shirt 40
trousers. q straw hat. and one van
suspender. His brown ewes Ma
merry twinkle In them and he .rr-
burned face was far from forb;dd;nr
Tr.v.~ r..-.~ e.
thought Mandy. "And he's got lots az
sand, sure"
While she was locking at him he was
admiring her.
She's as purity as Kentuck f,IIv y
he said to himself, as he noticed h.r
magnificent form, covered bv a calico
dress. Her mass of brown hair had
down, and as she took OF her
to knot it up. she f]jsclosed
the full beauty Of her pr.v ewes .nS
red cheeks.
where you going, Mandy % he |
asked.
"Over to see Aunt Nancy Styles
"Can I give Won = l;ft %
She hesitated, and before she could
make up her mind whether to refuse
'r accept his invitation she found her
elf lifted behind him.
They had = very pleasant ride Int
Sam Williams was not mentioned. He
old her of his farm. the new cabin he
lad just built, and mentioned the good
Qualities of another horse he md "a
lome-
She told him Of her ch;ckens aud
low much butter she had made from
Bloss, her COW, her very own, for
)ncle George gave it to her when it
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are e..
Ter to use and color more goods brighter
and faster colors than any other dye.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

Scotch rarebit, it is explained, tif
fers from the Welsh, and is made b.
adding to half pint Of white sauce
q tablespoonful of anchovy paste and
pinch of red pepper; cook this fol
moment and add six hard-b boiled
! eggs cut in rather large bits. Sim.
mer the whole for three minutes and
serve on buttered toast, says the
Washington Star.
A bright woman of expedients, who
wished to carpet her large dining.
room with something that would
wear like iron," but at the same time
be artistic, decided upon Brussels car
peting with border to match. Real
lzing that the border is always the
most expensive, she bought a center
OF hit or miss" Brussels and then
> stair carpeting to match. This last
she cut in two, to serve most excel
iently well as border. A man was
employed to make and lay this car
pet, and its entire cost was lust SIS.
Il am often SO puzzled in writing
letters" confided one woman to an
other, ITO tell in such words as per-
ceive. conceive, besiege, believe, etc.,
which comes first the or the e.
i used to be-" said the other, "un-
til l heard simple rule that bears
passing on. The syllables that com.
mence with take eli after it. Other
consonants are followed by ie."
The very best lotion for tired and
aching feet may be made at home Of
mutton tallow and camphor. Cut the
clear fat, which may be the trim
mings from chops or the kidneys
into small pieces and add to them q
piece OF raw potato. peeling and all.
Cover with water and fry out in the
oven. When nothing is left of the
rat but cracklings, strain, add few
drops OF camphor and pour into egg
shells or small jars. Druggists aver
that there is hardly a salre in the
market but that mutton tallow enters
into its composition.
A dainty bassinct quilt noted lately
was made of white silk and wool |
flannel, embroidered with rosebuds. |
A@S upper CIlu was tur0e0 over ABOUT /
Xix inches, and on it was embroidered !
The motto that ornamented Oliver !
sromwell's baby cap in 1899: "Cry
lot, sweet babe The quilt was |
inished with lining of delicate
link sateen and bound with ribbon.
At a wedding breakfast or luncheon
he guests are seated about the room.
md not at the table, which is simply
o serve from. The menu should be
ainty and simpler than for formal
neal.
The popular English ale passet is
made in this way: Melt one table
poonful of butter in the chatting dish,
id one tablespoonful of -four, and
men melted and bubbly pour on
radually one cupful of milk mixed
18th one slightly beaten egg. AS
BON as the mixture begins to thicken
id little by little one cupful of ale,
Eirring constantly. Season with
at and cayenne and serve with
pasted crackers and cheese.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

What literature needs is a man who can
write an undramatizable novel; Hartford
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
q cough cure; w O'Brien, 322 Third
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

Actors, vocalists, Public Epeakerrpraiso
Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

Bad lives am like pipestems--hollow, foul
an easily wrecked. = Arkansaw Thomas
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

The man who has character that mud
will stick to u always uneasy Elijah p.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

For Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, Neural
gia, Cramp, Pleurisy Lumbago, Sore
Throat, Bronchitis, Soreness. Stiffness.
Bruises Toothache, Headache, Backache.
Eeetache, Pains in the Chest, Pains in tie
Back, Pains in the Shoulders, Pains IN tie
Limbs, and all bodily aches and pains, Il
acts like magic. Safe, SURE and never fsil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

Experience Is not running kindergarten
and viii not 80 out Of the way to amnse
pupils.-Puck.
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Shiney Patches--Lady, can you rixc
me my breakfast for day before yes
terday?
LADY, What! Day before yester-
day?
Yes. lady. 1 overrlept that morn
ing: and had 70 start o. with dinner,r
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eago Daily News.
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Uncle Tom, what ID cbarity?"
Charity, Tommy, Is finding good ex.
cuses for the faults u people We don't like.
Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-11-30

Jasrles Why do they start the organ -
soon a. the sermon is over?
Waeeles Why, to wake up the consreear
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-04
NEW YORK'S GREAT CYCLE
SHOW.

Beginning on Saturday, January
18th, and ending on Saturday. January
10Th, Madison Square Garden will be
occupied by the Sixth National Show
given by the National Cycle Exhibit
tion Go. The showing of cycles, motor
cycles and automobiles at the coming
exhibition will give some entirely
new improvements, which every rider
of wheel, and every admirer of an
auto will desire to see. The bicycle
is now a necessity for business or
pleasure The chainless wheel was
an experiment. few years ago, now it
is a certainty in its accomplishment
and every manufacturer is trying to
improve upon it. The 1901 models
will be revelation. The motor cycle
has come into vogue and is asserting
it's Importance, as a labor-saving ma
chine, for long distances. Expert
riders on the motors will show them
in action at the Madison Square Gar
den. A hydrogen and an autoette
will also be novelties, and the exhi-
bition will be complete in everything
that appertains either to cycles,
motor cycles, autos and accessories.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-04
.n.le sam,s Trensnrx.

Uncle Sam begins the century with his
cash box in very satisfactory conditi
AT the close of business Dec. 81 the
books in the treasury showed an avail
able cash balance in excess of all reserve
funds of $144, 141, 4T4.65. The treasury
year begins July l, and the receipts fol
the first six months of the fiscal yeal
have been $201 .S41 1851 % against $2S4,.
1913, 494.S5 for the corresponding months
Of the last fiscal year. The expenditures
have been $273, 800, 533.62 against $263
676.500.52 last year, and the surplus OF
receipts over current expenditures has
been $1S,4S1 ,327.61 against $21, ZIG,
994.33. Both the receipts and the ex.
penditures have been larger in the last
six months than during the corresponds
ing months of last year, but the expendi.
lures have grown faster than the re-
ceipts, and the surplus for the first six
months of this fiscal year is less than for
the same time last year. a
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-04
THE PRESS ALMANAC FOR
fQOf

Presidential year and census taking
time offer unusual opportunities for a
almanac and the advent of new CEN
fury accentuates them. Judged by
the great possibilities before it 1.-THE
Philadelphia Press Alamac" for 1901,
which is now ready, is invaluable; its
pages must be consulted daily by the
thoughtful man if he would appre-
ciate in the fullest degree the hap
penings near and far which his paper
brings to him The wealth of facts
and fancies, of statistics and records,
contained in 1.-THE Press Almanac"
illumine current happenings as no
other book can. 1t is an encyclopedia
of the past year, a guide to the future.
1t contains everything which a work
of it's standard should. The % cents
for which it can be secured from any
newsdealer or by addressing 1.-THE
Philadelphia Press" will yield bet
ter return than any other Investment
which can be made in this, the open
ing year of the Goth century.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-04
LAckAwANNA NOTES.

The present system for lighting
Lackawanna cars by electricity which
has for it's basis the generation OF
the current from the car axles, is to
give way to more satisfactory me-
thod. The cars thus equipped will
be refitted with new lighting applian-
cesat the Dover Oar Shops.
The trains of the Morris q Essex
now run over the new track on the
lower grade at Washington. The
upper station is being taken down and
will be removed to New Village and
again be used. The long gangway
that had connected the upper and lower
stations and caused passengers chang
ing from the main to the Morris &
Essex trains to take a weary climb,
has been removed and the tracks are
now on level.
The trunk lines that will enforce the
full fare rule which requires clergy
men and religious workers to pay the
regular rates are the New York Gen.
trail, the Erie. the Delaware, Laoka-
wanna and Western, the West Shore,
and the New York, Ontario and Wes-
tern. Half rate fares are still in
force on the Pennsylvania, the Read
ing, the Lehigh Valley and the Central
Railroad of New Jersey.
The enormous traffic on the Lacka-
wanna has compelled the calling olt
of passenger crews on several occa-
sions recently to man freihtg trains.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-04
NORRIS COUNTY NEWS.
MADISON.

The Morris County Gardeners and
Florists Club will hold its second
annual smoker in Masonic Hall next
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. TN. Peck and Miss Peck have
gone to Mentone, California, where
they will spend the remainder of the
winter.
On Wednesday evening the'members
of Madison Lodge, No.93 F. & A. M,
conferred the third degree on Naylor
Harrison, king of the Harrison tribe
of gypsies. The degree was also coz
ferred on his nephew, Morris Harrison
on the same evening.
The fair held under the auspices of
S. Vincent's Church in Fagans Hall,
this week, was a great success and the
treasury of the church was increased
materially. ---, -. - So
Mrs. W. E. German, of Bridgeport,
Conn. has joined her husband, who is
the popular drug clerk at the Park
Pharmacy.
Mrs. Kaufman, of Staten Island, is
visiting her daughters, Mrs. Eugene
Muchmore, Mrs. Robert Green and
Miss Marie Kaufman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-04
STIRLING.

The silk mill did not run on Monday
so the people had three days rest.
DR.. Bebouts house is nearly ready
for occupation.
Chris. Danswalder has his new
barn completed and the cellar walls
built for his house on the land he re-
Gently bought at the corner of Main
street and the Valley road,
1t is reported in town that the in
surance people are going to replace
the hotel burned recently. but guess
the owners would rather have the
money.
Mrs. Rosa Lerger was buried
last week. Two little children--a boy
and a girl-are left to the care OF
relatives; their father having died
some time ago.
Frank Motfett and his sister, Mrs
Bebout are taking the Pasteur treat
ment at New York, pet dog which
had been bitten by one supposed to be
mad having bitten them. The dogs
are dead now and it is hoped that the
official dog killers may have success in
Kidding the village of good many
more. There has been corner" in
dog chains since the event.
P.O'Reilly is having steam heat put
in his store.
Ortman Bros. have new barn back
of their store.
Landlord Alland of the Stirling
House has some new sheds and is
raising the store at the corner.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-04
COUNTY AND VICINITY.
Items Cleaned from Different
Sources Condensed for Busy
Readers.

There is a movement on foot to es-
tablish a Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION at Clinton.
The Lord property at Somerville
has been purchased for S., 500. 1t
will be used as hospital.
Kittatinny Hose, of Newton, is
figuring on having an auto hose car
riage, run by storage battery.
The State Board Of Health now
fumigates the books of the State s
travelling Libraries as they are sent in.
-.Stanhope is to have a new post
master. Postmaster Mcdonnell is to
give up the office and John Wills is
slated as his successor.
The water level at Lake Hopatcong
was never so low in the winter as at
present, being six feet below it's nor
NAL mark.
Thomas J. Allen has donated a lot
5Ox15O feet to st. Michael's Church,
Netcong, and Father Carew hopes to
build parish hall thereon.
In the last decade, Hudson shows
the greatest increase in population of
the counties of this State, gaining
ITO, 922. Salem county showed the
least gain, 379.
The Senate has confirmed the ap-
pointment of G. O. Hinchman, as
postmaster of Dover, vice-postmasterc
George McCracken, whose term of
Office expires on January IL.
Railway enforced the "blue laws on
Sunday last and after 10 a. m. all places
of business were closed except restaur-
ants and drug stores, by order of the
Mayor. The drug stores were also
limited as to their sales and customers
could not buy a cigar or postage
stamp.
At present in New Jersey there are
1000 condemned criminals, of whom
/, 100 are in the State Prison, 325 in
the penitentiaries of Essex and Hud-
son Counties and the remainder in
the county jails of the State. This is
about 1 to 1000 of the population in
the penal institutions of the state. :.
The discovery of a kit of bank
burglars tools Monday night I'M
doubtedly frustrated an attempt to
rob the Tradesmen' Bank of Vine
land. The exit was found snug
ly slowed away in corner of an old
box only few feet from the Trades
mems Bank. The directors believe
that the cracksmen were after the
$50, 900 in cash which was brought
down from Philadelphia yesterday to
be paid out by the municipality in
the purchase of the city waterworks
from Charles Keighley & Sons. The
recent deposit of the 800, 600 Markham
legacy to the New Jersey Training
School for Feeble minded Children of
Vinnland in the Tradesmen's Bank
may have invited the attention of the
burglars