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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Youth-"Your crops amt lookin'
very fresh" Age-"No, not as fresh
Is you, sonny."-Indianapolis News.
She-"Oh, here you are, Mr.. Alison,
I won't be two minutes getting ready"
And she wasn't. She was nearer an
hour and a quarter.--Sommerville
Journal.
that pity unto love is kin, as they
say?" "Well, an old-fashioned coun-
try cousin, perhaps. Detroit Jour-
nal.
She-"I've heard it said that music
al people are not very bright, and
sometimes I'm tempted to believe it."
He-"My dear, you shouldn't judge
of them from what they write about
music. Boston Transcript.
saw, really, Miss Pert, it's rather
rude to say you don't like my face.
Why don't your" sOh! Because"
Because? There's no reason in that
answer" Neither is there any in
your face. "-Philadelphia Press.
Stage Manager-'Miss Pinkcheeks,
you are discharged" Miss Pink
cheeks-"O, my dear sir, what have
done?" Stage Manager-"Nothing,
but you're better looking than the
leading lady; what further grounds
are necessary?"-Ohio State Journal.
She was rather plain, but wealthy.
He had proposed and requested
kiss. "O!" she giggled, girlishly; II
don't like to kiss a man with mus
tache." Nonsense" he replied; II
don't mind. Your mustache isn't very
heavy, really."-Philadelphia Record.
swell, that's enough to try the pa
thence of job" exclaimed the village
minister, as he threw aside the local
paper. 'Why, what's the matter,
dear?" asked his wife. Last Sunday 1
preached from the text: BE We there
fore steadfast,'" answered the good
man, ''but the printer makes it read:
BE We there for breakfast elias
Cow Evening Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08

One Lyons House Handles Over 3D.,
OOO,OOO Pounds Of the Nuts
Annually.

Chestnuts are almost as common
In France as beans are in Boston.
Growing chestnuts and preparing
them for the market, form a good,
big industry in France, one estab-
Iishment in Lyons handling more
than 25,0OO,OO0 pounds annually, re-
ports an eastern paper.
John c. Covert, United States con-
sui at Lyons, is anxious to see the
cultivation of chestnuts introduced in
to America. He writes that the trees
grow best in gravelly soil. Trees are
often planted on hillsides which are
subject to washouts. The spread of
the chestnut plantations on the
mountain slopes of the Cevennes has
greatly decreased the loss from in
undations in that district.
Fine French chestnuts are an ex-
pensive delicacy in this country, but
in France the chestnut is so popular
that if the people cannot afford the
big fat marrons they will ta,S the
humber chataignes and think it q
treat. There are ever so many ways
of cooking chestnuts. They can be
roasted on Goals or in a Theoretically
sealed pot or boiled with celery. 1t is
as common thing in France to stuff
n turkey with chestnuts as it is here
to use oysters.
OF course, millions of the nuts are
candied. These are fine big narrons,
which are as large as horsechestnuts.
The poorer varieties are prepared in
some parts of France as American
mash potatoes, and are eaten almost
every day.
Mr.. Covert visited large chestnut
establishment where $50 girls and
women were employed. Here the
nuts were peeled, boiled, peeled
again, placed for three days in q
vanila-favored strip, then drained,
and finally coated thinly with vanilla
and packed for shipment. He saw
scores Of boxes directed to the diff
ferent large cities of Europe, to the
United States and to South America,
and, like good American, he began
to wonder why America could not
raise her own chestnuts.
There are many places in the
United States" he writes, "along the
shores of Lake Erie-near Cleveland,
for instance-where the ground is adj
suited for the growth of
these trees. AS sugar is so per cent.
cheaper in the United States than in
France, and as machinery would GER
tainly replace human labor, the
candied product would soon
undersell that of France.
AS the marion trees do not yield
well under ten years, however, there
seems to be no immediate prospect
of cut in the price of maroon glaces
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08

ton of the head, lungs, and stomach,
generally called catarrh. 1t alleviates
pain and soreness, increases the appe-
tite and SO tones up the entire sys-
tenn that the patient quickly regains
strength and health.-Mrs. w. A. Alli-
son.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DIR. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, O.
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Mrs. Edward Stevens, of Carthage,
N. Y, writes as follows:
Il now take pleasure in notifying
you that my husband has entirely re-
covered from catarrh. He is a well
man to-day, thanks to you and Peruna.
He took six bottles of your medicine
as directed, and it proved to be just
the thing for him. His appetite is
good and every thing he eats seems to
agree with him. His cough has left
him and he is gaining in flesh, and
seems to be well every way. ] hope
Others will try your medicine and re-
ceive the benefits that we have."-Mrs.
Edward Stevens.
When the catarrh reaches the throat
it is called tonsilitis, or laryngitis.
Catarrh of the bronchial tubes is
called bronchitis; catarrh of the lungs,
consumption. Any internal remedy
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

There are on an average 500 blast
furnaces working in Great Britain,
and 300 idle.
The entire horsepower of British
steam engines is 15,000,000, equal to
Germany and France combined.
Against $500, OO0, 900 gallons of oil
yielded from borings and coal the sea
supplies but 100000 gallons.
Glycerin is by-product of soap and
candle factories, and something like
100000 tons of this commodity are
made yearly.
Buttons and trimmings to the value
of $1,6s3, 1863 were imported into the
United States from Paris in single
quarter last year.
Excluding g., 600 small craft, the COM
merce of the world is carried on by
by $4,000 vessels, with a carrying ca
pacity of 57,6OO,0OO tons.
The production of tobacco in the
United States is now about 725. 000, 900
pounds, of which about one-half is con-
sumed by our own people and one-half
exported.
A folder issued by southern rail-
way shows that at the end of 1900 there
were 495 textile mills along the lines
of its system, being gain of "a mills
with 22,1S5 looms and / ,137 500 spindles
during the year. Of these mills &C are
in Georgia, 80 in Alabama, 159 in North
Carolina, and 102 in South Carolina.
the others being in Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Missouri and Virginia.
1t has been calculated with refer
ence to British Colombia that at the
present rate of consumption it would
take 20 years to exhaust the more
available supplies of timber, and as.
under the husbandry of nature, for
ests will renew themselves in less than
20 years, the calculation is merely a
way of indicating that the timber re-
sources of the Pacific coast arc practic-
ally inexhaustible.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08
MEMS MACMURRAGH. newly

nENIS MACMURRAGH, newly ar
IL rived. was standing in front
of the post Office, near the corner
of Nassau and Liberty streets,
gazing about with bewildered in
decision. Two weeks before he
had left his quiet home in the
north of Ireland, and since then
his life had been an uninterrupt-
ed succession of wonderful sur
prises. But neither Belfast nor Liv-
erpool, nor his long journey across
the water had thrilled him as did this
hurrying, intense, absorbed mass of
humanity that was surging abou.
him. 1t fascinated even while il
caused him to draw back toward the
building, as though he feared to be
caught in its relentless grasp and
borne away.
In his own home he had been ac-
customed to take of his hat to every
woman he met on the country roads,
and to wish them the stop of morn
ing" or the "luck of the day." or the
kind protection of some especially
benignant saint or fairy, but here
women seemed to be only an unrec-
ognized part of the confusing whole.
They hurried pas. the men, and the
men hurried past them, and they
crossed and recrossed with absolute
unconcern and apparent unconscious
ness of each others existence.
But even in this place of busy,
heterogeneous humanity the crowd
found time for more than one admir-
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The Chronicle.
coLFAx. I, z LOUISIANA
NOT TO HAVE BEEN.


People call me pessimist. and II 1t Is pes
simlsm to think, with Sophocles, that mo
to have been born Is best" then do no
reject the observation-disclosures Hardy.
II l had not been born to take
The place God gave me here
To do my best for some ones sakes
To make my presence dear
To others who must fare along
To distant isles Of rest.
To ne'er have heard lovers song
Oh. would 1t have been best?
The lark is singing on the bough
In honest ecstasy;
The world were poorer even now
But for his tuneful glee.
"A rose Is fastened in the hair
OF one whose heart is gay,
And by Its fragrant cleaning there
Lends gladness to the day.
o am less than rose or bird
That i should sit in doubt?
! And have / meier by act or word
Spread happiness about?
All, mean his aim and base his lot
Who harbors In his breast
The feeling that II he had not
Been born 1t had been best!
IS. K. Kiser. In Record Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08

After having experimental for sew
eral years, a Copenhagen chemist
has succeeded in producing a nate
rial called "solicum," which possesses
qualities that will render it of
the greatest Importance to the
caoutchouc industry. 1t is produced,
1t seems, from asphalt, and can be
used for the manufacture of limo
leuin, rubber, insulators, etc. 1t is
also claimed that the material can
be used as paint, in all colors, and
that it is absolutely waterproof.-In-
dustrial Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08

Ing glance toward the colossal,
strangely appareled figure near the
post Office. Denis lowered head and
shoulders above most of them, and
his strong, beardless face was in
closed by a shock of curling, yellow
brown hair which had seen little of
brush and comb, save his fingers and
the thorn of his native Fermanach
thickets. 1t was almost as il some
wild god of the ancients were stand.
Ing there, appalled, and fascinated by
the seething modern life around him.
Presently there was slight ripple
in the stream, and some of the eddics
wavered under the momentary inn
pulse of curiosity. A hungry woman
had filchcd an apple from stand,
and policeman was dragging her
along the sidewalk. But only a few
steps, then massive figure hurled
itself through the crowd like a cata-
putt, and strong grasp fell upon
the policeman's shoulder and sent
him whirling out toward the middle
OF the street, twisting and turning
and trying in vain to grasp somc-
thing for support, until at last he
fell prone upon the pavement. And
after him roared an angry: .Yc
graceless omadhoun! Let that tache
yez to keep your sacrilegious hands of
woman!"
Back on the sidewalk Dennis was
bending over the crouching, sobbing
woman.
did the spalpeen hurt yex, ma
amp" he asked, gently.
The crowd snickered little at the
gentleness applied to the wretched.
barefoot creature on the sidewalk
but their mirth was quickly checked
by the blazing face which was turned
toward them.
mo. sir; II was hungry, and
Hungry" the voice quivered with
astonishment and indignation. eHun-
cry! Wild all these people near yex
wearin' kid gloves an silks?" He
rose to his full height and glared
around. ~ though he would annihi.
lats he sntirs srswd, then the hlass
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08

MdtrOn OF the
Peoples Hospi-
tai. She has the
following to say
about Peruna:
~ have had FREE
quent opportuni-
ties to observe
t h e wonderful
curative effects
of Peruna espe-
cially on persons
suffering with a
couOested condi-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08
QUEER PENSIONS GRANTED.
EngIand's Roll Contains Some Odai.
ties which Would BE Dimcult
to Match.

"Once paid, always paid" is the hap
py condition of thousands of govern.
ment employees. Hundreds Of thou
sands of pounds are paid from. he pub.
lie purse every year to people who dc
nothing at all for it, says the London
Express.
They may have sat on government
stools years and years ago; they may
have cooked prison food at D;-rtmoor:
they may have been judges or chap.
lains in some little corner of the EN-.
pire, where they are no longer wanted
They may have been housekeepers,
laundresses, jailers, laborers, minis
tiers, governors, consuls. 1t matters
not. Our generous government COM
pensates them all.
1t gives us a very kindly feeling to-
ward our government system to re-
member that the crown is still paying
about 6 100 year to laundresses and
housekeepers who lost their washing
and housekeeping through the re-
moval of the law courts from Westmin-
ster hall 20 years ago.
There is a field laborer somewhere
who has received 1917 guineas a year
for a quarter of century because the
official surveyors of the United King
dom had nothing more for him to do.
Even the house of lords abolishes
something sometimes, and II years
ago it made up its mind to really big
effort and abolished the housekeeper
of its crown Office, who has received
E13 a year ever since.
And the queens sweep, too, whose
Office was demolished to make way for
the parliament street improvements
was given the handsome sum of ESQ
in spite of the fact that he may still go
on sweeping the chimney at Bucking-
ham palace and Windsor castle, as his
family has done for ~ centuries.
The abolition of consulships, chap
laincies and judgeships abroad during
the last 30 years is still costing the
treasury several thousands year in
compensation, and it is surprising to
find that the public purse is still feel
ing the strain caused upon it by the
changes consequent upon the setting
up of the divorce court in the SOS.
The courts of justice, where changes
have been frequent, pay a good deal
more than 100000 year to men who
have been thrown idle by changes in
the administration of justice. The
chancery division, for example, has for
several years past sent check for 6 IS
to an old man who, through the opera
ton of some new act, was deprived of
the privilege of selling forms at the
court.
There are on the compensation list
Of the same courta preacher at rolls"
receiving f100 a year, though he never
breaches sermon; housekeeper who
has not kept house for II years. but re-
ceives ELS year, and a caretaker,
who draws ten pound Bank of Eng
land note for annually taking care
of nothing.
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as Peruna does. Four bottIes cOm-
pletely cured me of catarrh of tho
head of several years standing, and
if my husband feels badly, or either
of us catch cold, we at once take PEI
runa, and in day or two it has thrown
the sickness out of the system Mrs.
Frederick Williams.
Mrs. w. a. Allison, of 759 Sheffield
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, is the Assistant
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08

"One characteristic of the coal
MINER" says a member of the mine
workers organization, .is to transmit
the occupation from sire to son,
through many generations, until they
have become almost distinct class by
themselves, and which their peculiar
surroundings have only served to EN-.
phasixe."
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words of praise
for Peruna from
973 Cuyler ave-
nue., Chicago, Ill:
my home is
n e er without
Peruna, for /
have found dur
ing the past six
years that there
is no remedy that
will at once al.
leviate suffering
and actually cure,
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that will cure catarrh in one location
will cure it in any other location. This
is why Peruna has become SO justly
famous in the cure of catarrhal dis
eases. 1t cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated. It's cures remain. Peruna does
not palliate; it cures.
Mrs. Frederick Williams, President
of the South Side Ladies' Aid Society
of Chicago, ILL.,, writes the following
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08
HANDY
SAYS
: CheeTfu|Iy Recommend Peruna to All
Who Want a Good Tonic and a
Safe Cure For Catarh.'

their
them ro"
speakers
life
Among the of noted
al take pleasure acknowledging the curative encfs o.
Peruna At the solicitation of friend used your remedy dno
cheeu Peruna all who want good onf0
and safe for - James A. Handy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08

Mrs. O'Callahan-Oi don't see whoV
oil paintin's are SO very expensive.
Mrs. O'Hoolahan-Nor Oh, but they
are! Oh had to buy whole box av
soap before the groceryman would
give me that wan ever the mantsil--
1reeklYn Earle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08

Ohio had the larges. number Of
smallpox cases last year., 6oe, Ten
nessee coming next with 1,sos aud
Minnesota with o7k
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08

Il guess we may as we'll go ahead
and predict warm weather." said one
employee of the weather bureau.
"Have you made a scientific exam
nation of the conditions?"
NO. 1t isn't necessary. 1 know
the temperament of our janitor. He
keeps steam up in our building all
the time now."-Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-06-08

Mamma-Now, say your prayers.
Tommy-No; / don't believe it does
any good.
ssWhat?"
mo; I'm jes' gittin' Disguised. /
bin prayin' all this time to make lit
tie brother Jack good boy, and he's
just as bad and selfish as ever
Philadelphia Record.
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An Irish Gentleman
By Frank H. Sweet.

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hungry women"
"Thin lave thin alone. There'd be
plinty other work for We. Why, mon,
ye'd be aqual to dozen common Off.
GERS down on Water street. The
sight o. thin big shoulders would
sind livery law breaker skurryin'.
An there'd be no trouble about get
tim yez the job. The INSPECTOR mar.
ried me own cousin, an the captain
himsilf is an Ulster mon. An be.
sides. they're always looLin' out for
big, sthrong recruits. They'd snap
We up on sight. An there's another
thing, Towering his voice, ssthe b'ys
round here vote for the mon they
like, an there's plinty o. thin have
heard O. the MacMurraghs. The
foorce1l be good place for We to
sthart from, but wild the b'ys behind
there's no tellin' where yen bring
up. A MacMurragh, wild the Mac
shoulders an head an
sthrong ways an finder heart, could
do anything wild the folks that knew
him."
He hesitated moment, and then
went on with some constraint: "we'll
say no more about arrestin' We. It's
me own person recaved the offinse,
an I've the right to settle it wislopt
calm In the law. But about the
foorce. Shall recommend yer"
Denis looked down at him thought
fully.
Eyes," he answered; "but rs exc
cutin' the law in : dassnt way III b.
1nins"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01

Crystal Falls, Mich, May 20, 1901
A regular meeting OF the city council was
called TO order by Mayor Richard
Wehse. All the members were present.
Minutes OF previous meeting were read
and upon motion were adopted as read.
Moved by Either, seconded by Webb,
that the street commissioner be in.
structed TO build cross walk at the
southwest corner Of Bird street and
Michigan avenue. Motion carried.
Moved by Webb, seconded by Hassel.
strom, that the mayor appoint i com
mittee Of three members TO examine
where the above cross walk shall be
built and report at next meeting.
Motion carried
The mayor appointed John IIassel-
strom, Jacob Bauer aud j II. johnson
as such committee.
Moved by Webb, seconded by Ormon.
royd, that the CITY attorney be in.
structed to draft an ordinance to create
a license for shooting galleries and all
such devices. Motion carried.
Moved by Webb, seconded by Ormon.
royd, that the city clerk be il, tracted
10 make out n bin 20 the c. ca. o &
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01

OUR sidewalk article of last week,
especially that part dealing with a side
walk from the foot OF Superior avenue
To the Great Western mine, has caused
considerable comment and the people OF
the First ward are enthusiastically in
favor Of the walk being built Among
he city officials there has been some
hesitation, not because every member oil
the council is not in favor Of the plan
but on account OF the financial straits
That the city is in at the present time.
Where are we to Get the money for the
initial investment, is the question asked.
The council is adverse to plunging il.
debt and, IN that, they are receiving the
general support Of the people OF the city.
But, that does not do away with the
fact that the people Of the First ward
are entitled to a fair proportion OF the
money spent on streets and sidewalks.
Vow, II the council finds that they are
not in position 70 build this walk out Of
the present funds we would suggest that
poll tax be levied and that every cent
OF such tax collected in the First ward
be put into the building Of this walk
II this plan is carried out faithfully and
honestly there will be plenty OF money
collected in the First ward alone TO
cover the expense 81 such walk. And
II is no more than Justice that such
procedure should be resorted to. We
have in the city, and especially III the
First ward, scores of single men and
also men OF families, that do not con-
tribute one cent to the cty's welfare.
They have the benefit OF all the i'm
provements; the children OF these people
are educated at the taxpayers expense,
so why should there be any injustice in
requiring such persons TO pay little
towards the permanent Improvement OF
the city.
We believe this a very good way TO
help the people oi the First ward and
suggest that the council and city
officials look into the matter and see il
such tax can legally be collected and il
30 collect one.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01
50, 20 and III according 10 the recorded
plat Of Crystal Falls.

RESOLVED by the Council OF the City
OF Crystal Falls that Mrs. u. +. Dunn,
owner al occupant OF the premises here
matter described, be, and hereby IL,
required, at her own expense, TO repair
a sidewalk In the public street adjacent
to and abutting upon said premises,
which said sidewalk ehall be constructed
In accordance with the provisions OF
Sections 2 and 3 OF an ordinance OF the
City oi Crystal Falls entitled San or
dinance relative to the building, rebuild
ing and maintenance Of sidewalks and
crosswalks in the City OF Crystal Falls, :"
approved Nav /. 1899, which said side
walk shall be completed on or before the
fifth day ot June, 1901.
AND BIZ In FURTHER RELoLvED that
the citv clerk be, and he hereby il, re-
CURED 10 serve copy OF this resolution
upon said owner or occupant by deliver
Ing such copy personally 10 her, and
tile an affidavit OF such service ia his
Office, not less than ten days prior TO
the date last aforesaid.
The premises hereinbeiore mentioned
are situated in the City OF Crystal Falls.
County of Iron and State OF Michigan,
and described as follows: Lot mum
bered 273 according TO the recorded
plat OF First addition TO the Village OF
Crystal Falls.