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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-04-20
The Ghrnmic1e.
coLFAx. y 7 LOUISIANA
A STORM.

Athwart the sky a gruesome feet Of murky
clouds is sailing:
Among the leafiess boughs the wind Is
ominously wailing
Low-lying in the western skies,
The moon, silver shallop plies.
Beneath. a crimson thread is spun
The parting glory of the sun.
Dark grows the sky and darker yet. while
evening shades descending.
Obscure the landscape and feel the chill
Of storms impending.
Borne on the ever-strengthening breeze
hear the soughing Of the trees;
And sounding from the rocky roar.
The angry oceans sullen roar.
With curtains drawn and bolted door,
mock the tempest's raving;
Tho all without Is cold and dark. sweet
peace my soul Is LAYING.
! hear the fusillade of leaves,
Hurled upward to my cottage caves:
Then loud against the lattice pane.
The fury of the driving rain.
Serene lay me down to sleep-lulled by
the oceans surges;
The sounds that are my lullabys may be
another's dirges.
Tho Death and Peril walk abroad,
fear them not. but trust In God.
care not for the Storm Kings wrath,
Safe sheltered by my cottage hearth.
-Geonrey Jenries. In Lewiston (Me.) Jour-
nal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-04-20

"Why, what's the matter, daugh-
ter? Been married but brief month
and weeping SO bitterly! Tell me
what is the trouble. Surely you and
Jack haven't quarreled already, have
your"
mo, mamma"
"And he hasn't gone away and left
you, I'm sure"
"Oh, no, mamma! Jack wouldn't
be quite as mean as that"
"Then what in the world can have
happened to make you so miselnble?
Is Jack in trouble-I mean. has he
met with any reverses?"
Yes, mamma, that's it! His re-
verses. When he was counting me he
never left the house till ~ o'clock or
after and now he's reversed that rule
and never comes home till about that
time. Richmond Dispatch.
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EVERY MAN HIS OWN PROPHET
Head of weather Bureau Tells How
to Make Guesses About the
Weather.

Willis L. Moore, chief of the United
States weather bureau, has published
an almanac for the guidance of the
public, entitled "An Almanac and
Weather Guide" Mr.. Moore declares
that anyone, by studying weather
maps and getting the hang" of
them, can predict the weather for
himself. He says:
IF the student of the weather man
will pay close attention to it day by
day he will see that the highs and
the slows" move across the country
from the west to the east in almost
regular succession. If the high be .
decided one it will cover a territory
1000 or 1000 miles in width, the
weather within its influence will be
cold and clear and the winds will have
q general tendency spirally outward
from the center. The low is the CD
posite to the high in almost all of its
characteristics. It is usually attend
ed by clouds, rain or snow and high
winds. The winds within the infiu-
ence Of low blow spirally inward
The lower the barometer and the
sleeper the gradient the more rapid
is the whirl of the storm eddy.
Storms of like class take nearly the
same course and produce nearly the
same results; but they do not always
move with the same rapidity. No ex-
act rule in regard to them can be laid
down. Empirical reasoning and init
mate association with the charts day
by day and year after year in the
main equip the most successful fore
casters, but, as previously stated, any
intelligent person can, with little
study, make profitable deductions.
Low pressure areas which an
proach from the southwest are req
sonably sure to cause precipitation.
while many from the northwest will
pass with little or no rainfall. = .
The approach of storm center from
the west is attended by warmer, east
erly winds and unusual precipitation,
and its passage is followed by colder.
winds and fair weather.
Mr.. Moore, in speaking of the hot
test and coolest places in the world
selects the Colorado desert as the
hottest place in the United States,
and mentions recorded temperature
there lat Mammoth Tank of 1913 de-
yrees. The lowest temperatures in
the United States occur in the ex-
treme northern portions of Mime
sofa and North Dakota where so and
IS degrees below zero are common.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-04-20

Willie-'I think could die listen.
ing to Miss Triller sing" Cy Nick
"Oh. You may feel like dying, but
you'll pull through; I've been through
it often. columbus CO., State Jour-
nal.
Observation-Disclosures, your poe
try sounds pretty, but / haven't the
least idea what it means" He
Eureka! Then / may hope to get
into the leading magazines. "-Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
Stranger-"It seems rather strange
that you should complain about your
best friend because he took your
part" Hamphat-'I'm an actor, sir,
and l wanted the part myself
Philadelphia Press.
"A Pennsylvania junk dealer sold
his wife to the ashman for so cents"
swell, If she's that sort of a wife,
I'll bet the ashman will be around in
few days, asking pay for carting
her away."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Why are those benches blocking
the fire escapes?" the manager was
asked. "They are only there tenn
porarily. To-day's performance is so
crowded we took them out to make
more standing room."-Philadelphia
Times.
Mrs. Greene-'T suppose the Chit
lings are awfully stuck up since they
got that money from Mrs. Cuttings
uncle?" Mrs. Gray-"Not so much as
one might have supposed; but mo-
tice that when they have mince-meat
on the table they call it croquettes;
it used to be plain hash."-Boston
Transcript.
"See here, SIR" exclaimed the sue
cessful manufacturer to his dilatory
bookkeeper, 'you are not as attentive
to business as you might be. 1t has
been my rule through life to be at
my desk early and late, and" me,
too" replied he. Sometimes 1 get
there early and sometimes late."-
Philadelphia Catholic Standard and
Times.
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Some scientists assert that the pur
est air in cities is found about q
feet above the street surface.
OF the 1000, 900 yen (silver dollars)
which the Japanese state railways
took in in the season of 1S96-99, 5000,
600 were for passenger traffic.
A ton of Atlantic water yields
after evaporation, 81 pounds of salt;
of the Pacific, 20; of the Arctic and
Antarctic, IS, and of the Dead sea
1877.
A German engineer has built an en-.
CINE for flying machine whose total
weight, including that of fastenings
is only five pounds. Nevertheless, il
is seven horse power.
Oysters, after they have been
brought away from the sea, know by
instinct the exact hour when the
tide is rising and approaching their
beds, and so, of their own accord,
open their shells to receive their
food from the sea, as if they were
still at home.
There are several species of fish,
reptiles and insects which never sleep
during their stay in this world.
Among fish it is now positively known
that pike, salmon and goldfish never
sleep at all. Also that there are sew
eral others of the fish family that
never sleep more than few minutes
during a month. There are dozens
of species of flies which never indulge
in slumber, and from three to five
species of serpents which the natur-
alists have never yet been able to
catch mapping.
One of the largest Holsters ever
caught in the vicinity of Calais, Me-.
or in any other place, as far as
known, was recently captured off
Grand Manan. The monster weighed
rs pounds, measuring AZ inches from
tip to tip, having claws 20 inches long
by seven wide. The age of this giant
lobster is, of course, only conjectured
Up to two or three years of age it is
easy enough to determine, but after
that it becomes more difficult. 1t is
believed its age must have been at
least so years.
One hundred and sixty miles an
hour is the speed aimed at by a new
electric railway company in Germany
under the direct patronage of the en-
peror. Cars with accommodation
for 50 persons each are now being
built and will be tried on a 3O-kilo-
meter track. 1t is intended to use
only for the express pas
senger service, as for freight and
local traffic steam is expected to re-
main the power for long time.
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THE RICE INDUSTRY.
Another and Rapidly-Gr0wing
Source of Wealth to the
Southern states.

The coast country of southeast
assumed new Importance since the
recent development Of the rice in
dustry. The many streams, with their
waters but few feet below the gem
eral level of the vast prairies, afford
ed fine facilities for irrigation, the
great desideratum in profitable rice
farming. But as some of the inn
mcnse centrifugal pumps in some of
the largest streams exhaust the water
faster than the SIRENS supply it, it
became evident that the acreage
irrigable from these sources
was necessarily limited. Then came
the discovery that s-inch bored wells,
$50 feet deep, would each supply 100
acres of rice with all the water re-
quired; also, the fact that gangs of
wells could be made and connected,
and all worked by one pump and en-
CINE. This solved the irrigation ques-
ton for about 100000 acres of land,
and the result is that this section of
country is being bored full of holes,
with full assurance that either wa
ter or oil in paying quantities will be
secured. There is very little uncer-
tainty about the matter. If you bore
to water and don't like the taste of
it, go deeper and get gas; and if gas
is too light, go on downward and get
oil. You can bore your hole and take
your choice. The result is, that rice
growing on the gulf coast has had
more rapid development than any
agricultural speciality ever had in any
country or in any age. The simple
facts that SIS to SIS per acre, net
yield, is about the average, and that
100 acres can be prepared and grown
to maturity by one man with team
and tools, makes this more profitable
to the grower than any other stable
crop.-Texas Farm and Ranch.
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HERE AND THERE.

The Georgia legislature enacted a
law protecting hooking birds, then
refused to pass law curtailing the
abuse of child labor in the factories.
1t protects cur dogs and kills provi-
sion for the spread of agricultural
knowledge through farmers insti-
tutes.
Every one is interested in having
good roads. They are public bless
ing, free and open to all. Business of
all kinds is benefited by easy, safe
and rapid communication. i,
With all the abuse that can be
heaped upon fat hen because she
does not lay, she brings more in tho
market than any other kind of pcuL
try, except turkey, and at times the
difference in favor of the turkey ID
very little.
1t must be that the wonderful in
ventions for increasing the effective
ness of human labor are not better
for humanity than those of our grand.
fathers, but they must be used. That
is the law, and he WHO does rot obey
it must pay the penalty.
AS consumers are willing To nav
good prices for fat hens, It is hest 10
sell them as soon as they cease Law
ing, If in a very fat condition. as the
time required to get such hens TO the
proper coidition for laying again may
be weeks Or ever. runuxbs
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PREHISTORIC BODIES FOUND.
mains That May he Of Set
entiAc Value.

A large number Of neolithic flint
implements have recently been found
in the neighborhood of Unteris ling
near Ratisbon, and according to Prof
Steinmetz they are of such great his.
torical Importance that they will
probably serve to upset existing the
cries.
Another very interesting discovery
was made not long ago in Alsace,
where an immense axhead, more than
. foot long and four inches broad,
was found. 1t is apparently composed
of light gray and clear green jade,
and was discovered in the vicinity of
Drusenheim. The most remarkable
thing about it is that in the middle
of one of the broad sides of the ak
head is the representation of a hu-
man form, skillfully chased and still
clearly visible.
The figure is Is centimeters long
and seven broad, and the lines
are from one-half to one centimeter
deep, says the London Standard. The
face is large and long, with clearly
perceptible eyes, nose, mouth and
chin, but without ears or hair. The
arms and hands are extended as if in
prayer. There are parallel lines
crossed by others, similar to those
on the neolithic burial urns found
near the left bank of the Rhine, now
preserved at Worms, and described
by Herr Mehlic in his work on 1.-THE
Ligurian Question"
The figure now discovered is be-
lieved to be meant to represent some
Phallic deity from Egypt or Phoenicia.
An essay on this axhead and the
other discoveries mentioned above
will shortly be published by Herr
..ehlic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-04-20

Queen Victoria was profoundly re-
iigious. She believed in the efficacy of
prayer. She was regular Bible read
er, and frequently used well-worn
Bible that belonged to Gen. Gordon,
and was presented by his sister to the
queen, who acknowledged the gift in
IN autograph letter. At the same time
she did not permit her religious con-
victious to influence the subtle In.
tricacles OF statecraft. Chicago Rec.
~
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to take your place. You know as
well as do, Henry, that YOU couldn't
attend to your onrus dooties as
chambermaid an VALET loaded down
with your responserbilerties an
four or five 3s-caliber balls. That nd
be expectin' too much of you.n
'You hain't got no idee, 1 don't
reckon. what I'd be doin' to pass the
time while you was pumpin' them
thirty-eights into me. have you?" in
quired the stock tender, sarcastic
ally.
1--WE won't pursoo the subiec', Hem
ry," said the old bull whacker. 1T
own up free that hain't none sorry
for this little accident, an III tell
you why. AS they conclooded down
to the Pizen Oak lyceum last week
there's q heap more pleasure in an
ticerpation than what there s. n
reerlization. an I've ben settin, here
watchin' the reflections of vonr cola
en- dreams ON your face as Won 'wux
a Within away at that chin an,
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n Feou Remarks on
n LANGUAGE r.

THE stock tender, who was con.
sidered "somethin' NV a dood''
and had a pronounced taste for hair
and leather bijouterie, had been oc-
cupied most of the afternoon put
ting the finishing touches to a scarf
holder which he had carved out of a
blue poker chip in quite a delicate
filigree. He was seriously annoyed
when it slipped from his fingers and
broke. At least the old bull whacker
surmised that he was from the ma
ture of the expressions that he used.
ut pears to tickle you to death, +"
he said, savagely, turning on the old
man, after q long interval of silence.
I'D know why you should assoom
that, Henry" said the old bull
whacker, with mild seriousness.
did whoop an holler? Did slap
my knee? Did / say anythin' at all,
or so much as crack a smile?"
NO" admitted the stock tender,
you didn't, but 1 know derned well
you was tickled to death Jest the
samme. That was the agrervatin'
part of it. Why didn't you say
sunthin'?"
"You seemed like you wuz pluggin'
along tol'rable well by yourself
'thout any of my help. reckon you
wanted the sweet solus of addressin'
your remarks to me personally, but
l never was no hand to tend horses
an I don't want to have the stage
delayed on account of the agent
havin' TO rustic around for live boy
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One of the most significant conse-
quences of Queen Victoria's death has
been the remarkable demonstration of
personal grief by the natives of India.
Mohammedans, Hindus aud other sects
displayed as much zeal ia this respect
as the official Christian congregations.
This feeling was more noticeable in
the large centers of Mohammedan pop
ulation, because great masses of the
people had assembled to take part in
the ceremonies on the festival of Id,
and in every case, apparently, the Null
labs recited prayers for the queen in
the presence of thousands of worship
ers. The orthodox Hindoo leaders d.
rected special worship to be held in
the most sacred temples and shrines~-
n. Y. Sun.
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A Feline SLAP.

Tess-It's quite likely that INV
uncle will leave me quite fortune.
He's dying, you know.
Jess-Oh, isn't that distressing?
"Er-yes, do feel sorry for the
poor old"
Nonsense! was sympathizing
with you, dear. To think that all
this wealth should come to you when
it's almost too late to do you any
good."-Philadelphia Press.
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Eippe-My wife worried all last
week for fear should die.
Tuck-Were you sick?
mo, but my life insurance policy
ran out and IL was several days be.
fore got Il renewed."-Philads lphis
Evonina Bulletin.
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time he upset some hot coffee in his
lap, an after squirmin' around
spell an remarkin' how it hurt him
he got up an went outdoors an
seen him streakin' fer the barn. He
wuz gone about five minits, an when
he came back he looked as If he wuz
feelin' good. / didn't say nothin',
but day or two after that he wuz
milkin' in the corral an mean one
horned COW had kicked him galley
west, with the milk on top of him.
/ symperthized with him an said it
wuz too bad, an he agreed with me
in his mild way. Then he said he be-
lieved he would go to the house.
~ follered him that time, havin,
my suspicious, an when stopped at
the door an listened 1 found that
they hadn't ben misplaced no ways.
What you said awhile back, Henry,
wuz honey an merlasses to what
that kid was sayin' about that COW.
After that little INGREDIENT we got to
know each other better, an our con.
versation wuz more general an free.
liked him furst-rate, an he wuz the
best poker player ever went up
against"
Say" said the stock tender, look
ing up suddenly, II want you to tell
me just what she said to you am
what you said to Chicago
Daily Record.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-20

Of Thirty y-hfth-st. and Sixth-ave. for which
Henry McAleenan is said TO have paid a record
breaking price a square foot several Inonths
ago According to the report Of the sale OF the
building bought by McAleenan. the price
square foot was S132 "a. said to be the highest
sum ever paid a square foot up to that time FOR
property In Sixth-ave. near Thirty-fourth-st
The name Of the buyer Of the Tabernacle ana
Parrish properties was not made pubhc last
night Mr.. Sherman refused to tell who he was
or TO give a clev that might reveal his Identity
He intimated that he had given his WORD not
10 tell the name Of the buyer. William Ives
Washburn could not be found either at his
Office his home Mr.. Bliss said ne was not
in position at present TO make pubic the
Of the buyer. He confirmed the report
that the church property had been Sold and
further said:
The church will continue TO worship in the Taber-
nacie until about May J. In the mean uIne the
board Of trustees will look for new nome Ior 2 uhe
congregation We have not yet taken UP Ile SUD
Acct Of a new home, because the proper une Ior
New-York tribune., 1901-12-20

and the Parrish parcels was about Sl,oouoe1
About 100000 is to be spent in building the
hotel. so the amount really involved in the
transaction is about S4,500O0O.
In the hotel building will be a bank, trust
company and safe deposit vaults. Owing to the
shape of the plot there will be entrances to the
hotel in Thirty-fourth and Thirty-ffth sts- ana
Sixth-ave In the church parcel there are 1o,oSo
square feet, and about $500 square feet in the
Parrish holdings. The Broadway Tabernacle
Society bought its site IN 1857 for S7S500. Par
rish took title to Nos. 6S and 20 West Thirty
afth-st in June, 1901. The records show that
he received title to No. 20 West Thirty-hfth-st-
for a. stated consideration Of S5OOO0, and the
price paid for the other was not given.
Two brick houses are between the Parrish
houses and the building at the southwest corner
New-York tribune., 1901-12-20
BROADWAY TABERNACLE SOLD.
/ TWENTY-sToRY HOTEL. TO COST s8.0oooO0 TO RISE ON
SITE
SOCIETY ACCEPTS 81 3oOOOO-THE OLD DIFFERENCES
TWENTY STORY HOTEL.
THE SITE.

The Broadway Tabernacle church property. at
the northeast corner Of Thirty-fourth-st. and
sixth-ave., was sold yesterday by Herbert A.
Sherman for Cornelius y. Bliss and William
Ives washburn. as trustees OF the church cor
poration. Many times in the last two years has
the property been reported sold. The Broadway
Tabernacle Society obtained title TO the plot in
1857 and held it till yesterday. The site on
which the church stands, the size of which Is
lo0x150 feet. will form part of plot on which
will be built twenty story hoteI.
Mr. Sherman also sold to the buyer Of the
church parcel Nos 6s and 20 West Thirty-fifth-
.t TWO four story houses owned by James c.
Parrish. These houses are on plot 35-6XlUO
feet and this and the church parcel complete
the hotel site. It has been reported for some
time that the asking price for the Tabernacle
property was S1.350,0O0. It was sold for 81
seo coo. The total purchase price OF the church
New-York tribune., 1901-12-20
CAB FEELS WIFE OF JUSTICE
MRS. JAMES A BLANCHARD SEVERELY
INJURED IN FIFTH-AvE.

Nrs SALLY NJ Blanchard the wife or JUSTICE
rar,,es A blanchard Of the Supreme Court was
-un down and severely injured late yesterday
e+ E.ifth-ave and Twentieth-st, by horse at
..cbad 70 cab occupied by Mrs. jules "A.
,,o,+ant of No SO West Forty-ninth-st MIS-
blanchard received contusions of the back a
-DossihIe injury to her spine and q severe snocN.
Sba was taken to the NeW-York Hospital MT
Montant got into another cab and was driven
home. ,,.. ~ 1arres
cavanaeb of No. 1909 Sixth ave. employed py
Jackson Joslyn. of No. 1oS West Flrty- y-tLliu- u,
81 from whom Mrs Montant rents the CAP pS
the month . u,s.b ays on
w. wav home at No. II East Eightieth-st Sne
~ neariv fifty-two years old In trying to be
csreful Mrs Blanchard was caught IN the maze
oF carriages and automobiles. Cavanagh says
~ did moi see her until she was within TWO
feet of the horses head. He tried TO pull the
aairoaI m quickly, but he slipped. ana MIS-
1Iarchard was knocked down. She uttered a
,arninS shrek Policeman Walsh. of the
ERroodyTay SQUAD, heard her and ran to her ald'
stonning the vehicles that were pressing on
Gaysnagh tried to make his horse go on, but
uroIsh seized the bride and made Cavanagh ger
6oUn from his seat. Mrs Montant WaiReo
cab. -. .ora
walsh carried Mrs. Blanchard into store;
,rbraa women who knew Mrs. Blanchard, helpeo
her while an ambulance surgeon was coming
fror, the New-York Hospital Walsh asked
M, blanchard II she wanted to make COM
he arrested for driving so recklessly. she was
,aten away In the ambulance. Cavanagh was
,apad mn in the West Thirtieth-st. police sta
ton.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-20

wear. On February ., 1898. call was extended
to the Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, pastor Of the
Central Congregational Church. at Chelsea,
Mass. He accepted the call, and since then he
has been pastor of the church.
The sixtieth anniversary celebration or the
Broadway Tabernacle Church was observed
from January 16 to January D. 1901 1t did
not however. mark with exactness the coIL-
pIetion of sixty years Of existence by the churc'
as the church was organized on July 80. 1910.
The celebration was deferred until January
1901 as it was thought best not TO hold 1t in the
summer of 1900 On January q, 1901 Dr.
Jefferson took occasion after he had delivered
a sermon at the church to map out what In his
Judgment the future OF the Broadway Taoer-
nacla should be. BY Easter 1901. enough
nledges had been made IN response to his ap-
peal TO wipe out the floating debt of the church
The Broadway Tabernacle was the outgrowth
of a Congregational church organized on Tues
sixth