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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20
What a Woman Can Do.

She can come to conclusion, and
generally a good one, without the
slightest trouble Of reasoning on it;
and no man can do that.
Six of them can talk at once and
get along first rate, and no set of
men can do that.
She can safely stick fifty pins in her
dress while he is getting one under
his thumb nail.
She can talk as sweet as pearbes
and cream to the woman she hates,
while two men would be punching
each others heads before they had
exchanged ten words.
She can throw a stone with a curve
that would be a fortune to q base
ball pitcher.
She can-but whut's the usel A
woman can do anything or every
thing and do it well.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20

get along without them till they
come. We don't lique the look of this
variety ov spelling any better than
our readers, but mistaques will hap
pen in the best regulated phamilies,
and Jpn the ephs and Gays and Ks and
qs hold out, we shall ceep (sound the
C hardl the Cyclone whirling, aphter
a phashion, till the sorts arrive. 1t
is no joque to us-it is a serious aph-
phair."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20
An Old Mans Dream.
[oLIvER WENDELL HOLINESS

lOlslS Ell w ESIpr<lSI nOI<MrsbsJ
Oh. for an hour Of youthful Joy!
Give back my twentieth spring!
I'd rather laugh n bright haired boy
Than reign a gray haired king.
Of with the wrinkled spoils OF age;
Away with learning's crown;
Tear out LIES wisdom written page,
And cast it's trophies down.
One moment let my life blood stream
From boyhOOd's fount Of flame;
Give me one giddy, reeling dream
Of life, and love, and fame.
My listening angel heard the prayer,
And culinly smiling said,
III but touch thy silvered hair,
Thy hasty wish had sped.
s.But is there nothing in thy track
To bid thee fOndly stay,
While the swift seasons hurry hack
To find the wished for day."
All. truest soul OF woman kind!
Without thee what were life?
One bliss cannot leave iehind-
I'll take my precious wife!
The angel took a sapphire pen,
And wrote in rainbow hue:
1.-THE man would he n boy agains
And be a husband too!
And is there nothing yet unsaid
Before the change appears?
Remember all their gifts have fed
With these dissOlving years"
"Why. yes, l would one favor moro
My fond paternal joys
could not bear to lose them all
Ill take my girls and boys"
The smiling angel dropped his pen
WHY, this will never do;
The man would he n hoy again,
And lie a father too!
And so laughed-my laughter woke
The household with it's noise.
Iwrote mydream when mOrningbroke
To please my fair haired boys.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20

Old Phineas Rice was one of the
quaint types Of itinerant Methodist
preachers. He had a difficult charge
to care for once, and when he made
hisreport to the conference following,
he reported the church looking up"
The bishop presiding expressed his
pleasure, but asked for anexplana-
tion, because no one expected success
IN that parish. Mr.. Rice was equal
to the oceasion, and added, "Well,
biGhop, the church Is on its back and
CAN'T look any other way"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20

1t will be noted the increase has
taken place principally in the. last
few years. In fact, the boom is on
now, and oil our people seem to be
sharing in general prosperity. So
wishing one and all a realiza ton of
"the good times coming" We fling
our supplement to the breeze, and
trust it will please all, and aid in let
ting the world know that we are a
live, wide-awake, progressive and
growing community.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20
Our Holiday Edition.

THE CHRONICLE presents this H0li-
day Supplement to it's readers, wish
ing one and all "a Merry Christmas
and "A Happy New Year"
1t is our first venture in the way OF
a special edition, and we believe all
will agree that it is credita bic effort
for the first endeavor. Wetakepride
in the evident prosperity of the citi-
Gems OF Colfax and vicinity, and while
in common with many others we are
fain to believe our own individual
prosperity is not SO very great, still
we cannot shut our eyes to the fact
that there has been q wonderful inn
provement in the community, and we
can but rejoice in the progress that
has been made on all sides.
Prosperity in Grant parish isgener-
ally diffused among the people OF all
localities. True, in few instances
some of our hill friends have not made
good crops, but the boom in timber
in their locality has been a full offset
to the short crops, and individual
cases of hardship We imagine are as
few and far between as in the bottoms.
We very much doubt if any parish in
the State can show as much develop
ment as on the Iron Mountain rail-
road along our eastern border, and
on the Shreveport & Red River Val
ley railroad on our western border,
with their immense saw mills and big
lumber output.
For twenty-five years We have seen
and known Colfax and Grant parish
under all circumstances, and ON this
the close of the year 1902, we can but
contrast the olden times with the
outlook for the New Year and it's
pleasant anticipations. In twenty
Ave years the population of the par
ish has nearly trebled, while it's values
have increased fully five-fold. The
increase in values is shown by the as
sessment rolls, as follows:
QQA Total Aoooocu,opf lEG AQS
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20
Parents should make a note of the

Parents should make note of the
fact that Czolgosz, who murdered
President Mckinley and was executed
for it, was young loafer around the
town where he lived, refused to work
or get an cation, associated with
other youngloafers and rowdies, and,
OF course, got his ignorant mind full
of false ideas on every subject-his fla
vorite theory being that old familiar
song of the loafer and hoodlum, that
the world owed him living, and he
didn't have to work to collect it.-Ex.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20

"Don'tyou think that young Hunk
er wants to marry Miss Dollyers for
her money!" asked Hojack. 81 think
So" replied Tomdik. II heard him
say that he loved her for all she was
worth"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20
The True Gentleman.

The truegentleman carefully avoids
whatever may cause jar or a jolt in
the minds of those with whom he is
east-all clashing Of opinion, or col
Iision Of feeling, all restraint or sus-
picion, or gloom, or resentment, his
great concern being to make every
one at their ease and at home. He
has ease to oil his company, he is ten
der towards the bashful, gentle to-
ward the distant and merciful to-
wards the absurd. He can recoIlect
to whom he is speaking, he guards
against unreasonable illusions or
topics which may irritate, he is sell
dom prominent in conversation and
never wearisome. He makes light of
iavors when he does them and seems
to be receiving when he is comforting.
He never speaks of himself, except
when compelled, never defends himself
by mere retort, he has no ears for
slander or gossip, is scrupulous in i'm
putting motives to those who inter-
iere with him and interprets every
thing for the best. he is never mean
or little in his disputes, never takes
unfair advantage, never mistakes per-
sonalities or sharp saying for argu-
ment or insinuates evil which he dare
not say out. From a longsighted
prudence he observes the maxim of
the ancient sage, that we should ever
conduct ourselves toward our enemy
as II he were one day to be our friend.
Exchange.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20

"How long have the Simpkins been
keeping donkey?" said one Fourth
District boy to another. ever since
I've been there" replied the other, In
nocently. He is yet to know why the
BOYS hurrahed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20
A Song for Christmas Eve.

81 ELIZA COOk.I
cannot let my harp be still
While holy chimes and bells are ringing;
Come round me. neighbors. il 70 will.
And help me in my carol-singins.
: Chant loud and long; tbs Christmas Eve;
We've got merry time before rs;
And now. old friends, by your good leave,
III troll the song. and 10 the chorus;
And this shall be the theme for slee,
A theme no cynic dare condemn;
May kindly word and loving heart
Be household ''stars Of Bethlehem"
We all have had our yearly share
OF pains and griefs and sad vexations;
For grim old Care comes everywhere,
And claims us ne his near relations.
Our heads have sched. orr hands have toiled,
But blacklist bread may hold some leaven,
And all earth's trials never spoiled
spirit that hath faith in Heaven;
Crushed bloom perfume still imparts,
Though hard the blow that smots the stem;
And hearts that feel for Others hearts
Arc human stars Of Bethlehem"
Let friend and foe, let ago and youth.
Let weak and strong draw nigh together;
And spread the wing Of Social Truth
without one rough or broken feather.
lis ct that such time - this
Should link ~ closer to each other;
To spread the circle Of our bliss
Until IL reach our poorest brother.
O. help the needy, for tits said
The hands that raise and succor them
Win find friend in Him who made
He aiwvs sskbn ~ Roth1nhnv,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20

Little Girl-Mother sent me to get
change for a dollar. and said to tell
you she would give you the dollar
tomorrow.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
SOME WRITER'S.

Button wrote in lace ruffles and Alex
andre Dumas in shirt sleeves.
Milton composed his Paradise Lost"
on a large armchair, with his head
thrown back.
Bret Harte's first literary success
was a little book called CONDENSED
Novels" in which he parodied some
prominent novelists of the day.
Austin Dobsin, the poet, wanted in
early life to be an engineer and was
preparing for that profession when his
parents persuaded him to enter the
civil service.
When Fox had eaten heartily, he
would retire to his study, envelop his
head in a napkin soaked in vinegar and
water and work sometimes ten hours
in succession.
Allison is said to have consumed
twenty four years in the preparation Of
his History of Europe" but many i'm
portant literary enterprises were also
carried on by him during this time.
1t is related of Hall Caine, the novel
list, that he once worked in the Laxey
lead mines, in the Manx mountains, in
place Of young man who was Ill to
keep the young fellows position for
him.
Mrs. Bolton, the Indiana composer Of
the once popular song Paddle Your
Own Canoe" received the inspiration
to write while sewing and fitting the
first carpets for the old statehouse Of
Indiana
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
SCIENCE SlFTiNGS.

Saturn's largest moon is 2,092 miles
in diameter, slightly smaller than our
own.
Jupiter is one and a half times larger
than all the rest of the planets put to-
gether.
In size the sun equals 100000
earths, but owing to its smaller density
Its weight equals only 100000 earfhs.
Careful scientific Investigations show
that the average speed Of the transmits
sion of earthquake shocks is nearly 49,
600 feet per second.
Zinc expands up to the melting point.
A bar of hammered zinc six inches long
will expand LOO of an inch in rails
ing the temperature 100 degrees +.
The sun gives 100000 times as much
light as the full moon, 100000, 900
times as much as the brightest star in
the sky and 36,00O,OOO times as much
as all the combined stars of the heav-
ems.
The latest theory in connection with
drowning is that no water enters the
lungs and that heat properly applied,
with artificial respiration, will resusci-
tate persons who have been under wa
ter for an hour. This feat has been ac-
complished by the doctor who advances
the theory.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
Astronomical Solutions.

Though 300 years have elapsed since
the death of Tycho Brahe, it appears
that we are in many lines almost as
far from the ultimate goal as when he
began the great work of exploring the
skies before the days Of Kepler, when
all Europe was slumbering in intellec-
tual darkness. The science of the stars
indeed has been refined and perfected
in an unparalleled degree and infinitely
extended in all directions, but with the
bounds Of darkness pushed back step
by step the goal is not and never will
be in sight. An infinity Of objects and
causes and an endless variety Of phe-
nomena are yet to be explored, and the
work Of the mind is rather a process
Of development to the perfect under
standing Of the universe than the solu-
ton of simple mathematical problem.
Atlantic Monthly.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE.
You May Learn Something From Ev-
erybody You-Meet.


One of the most useful success habits
one can form is that of learning some
thing from everybody with whom he
comes in contact. No information which
can be acquired is too trivial to be ig
nored.
Constantly measure yourself with the
men you meet. You will find that every
ole can teach you something which you
dill not know before and which, per.
hai :, you would never have a chance
to learn again If you did not acquire II
from him.
Daniel Webster once made a great
hit in arguing a case before a jury by
repeating a story which he afterward
said he had not thought Of since he
heard it fourteen years before. But
Webster was always picking up some
thing for future use. His famous reply
to Hayne the greatest speech ever de-
liYtr~' un the American continent, was
larg, iy mae lp of little reserves which
he@hnd picked mp here and there in his
reading. from studying men and from
observation
Many prominent novelist has COL
lected material for his stories by max
ing notes of his conversations with
these he has met and by observation.
Charles Dickens got a great deal of the
matter for some of his novels in this
way.
One young man will go to a lecture
and after spending an hour listening to
the helpful. inspiring words Of some
prominent man will leave the hall or
lecture room without having derived
any benefit from the address. Another
young man will attend the same lee
ture with au ambition to learn some
thing. He will drink in the speakers
sentences as if he were never to hear
such words of encouragement and in
splration again. At the conclusion Of
the address he will determine that he
will make more Of his opportunities In
the future;- that he will read more
think more, study more, be more than
he ever was before. Such a young man
has a purpose and is determined to
learn something from everything he
comes in contact with and from every
body he talks to. The other has no am
bition, does not throw himself into
what he does, let's his mind wander
hither and thither, SO that he never
wholly understands what people are
saying and therefore never derives any
benefit or information from those with
whom he converses.-Orison SWEET Mar
den in Success.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
A College Man and a Quotation

Some one once said, "a Harvard man
knows all literature but the Bible" a
startlingly sweeping generality, but
not without truth so far as the Bible is
concerned. A case in point came to
light the other day. Two Harvard men
were reading together some famous
modern orations. one Of them a eulogy.
The eulogy closed with the words: 20
death, where is thy sting? o grave,
where is thy victoryf"
"What beautiful close" exclaimed
one Of the students enthusiastically.
"The man who wrote such sentence
as that proves that the grand style in
prose did not die with the eighteenth
century"
1t should be added in fairness that
the other silent was a churchman
and said noln .ng.-New York Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
Oriental Rings.

Oriental rugs" says a New York
dealer. "are nearly as standard as gold
When an auctioneer sells you one for
5000, you may think you are getting it
cheap, but you can get it at about the
same price from any reputable dealer
Every rug house has its agents at auc-
tons, who pay mighty close TO the mar
ket price for the genuine article. When
you have had an oriental rug for ten or
when you bought it, provided it is in
good condition. 1t is then an antique
When you hear of any one buying sec
ondhand oriental rugs at about one
third or one-Quarter of their value, you
may safely wager that they have been
Matched"
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
OTIS the Cut.n

An aged country rector who had ar
old tailor as his clerk, returning from
his church one Sunday with the latter
thus addressed him:
Thomas, I cannot think how it is
that our church should be getting thin.
ner and thinner, for am sure preach
as well as ever did and ought to have
far more experience than I had when
first came among you"
Indeed" replied Thomas. "I'll tel
you what; old parsons nowadays are
just like old tailors, for I'm sure 1 sew
as well as ever did in my life, and the
cloth is the sare, but it's the cut, sir,
ahl it's the new cut."-Pearson's.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
She Got a Thrifty Husband.

Mrs. Smith, reckon our Jane has
got a first rate husband.
Mrs. Brown-Well, you ought to be
thankful.
Mrs. Smith, hope 1 am, Gusty. OF
course he isn't much to look at, and he
amt oyersmart, but there's one thing,
and that is he's saving. Why, the
very first day after the marriage he
told Jane she'd better let him take the
engagement ring back and get the mon
ey returned. He said there was no
longer any use for her to wear it now
that she was married.-Boston Tran
script.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
A Telephone whistle.

When the earpiece of telephone re-
ceiver is held to the mouthpiece of the
transmitter, more or less shrill tone
or whistleis heard in the receiver This
occurs when the apparatus is in good
working condition and when the trans
mitter is on short circuit. This effect
is seemingly due to series Of reactions
analogous to but much more complex
than those which occur in an electric
bell when its circuit is closed. 4 move
ment of the diaphragm of the receiver
toward its magnet tends to weaken the
pressure on the carbon of the transmit
ter. which causes a weakening of the
current, allowing the diaphragm to fall
away, with the further result that the
air column is compressed, increasing
the pressure on the carbon again and
also increasing current strength, where
by the diaphragm in again attracted,
and this action is repeated over and
over again.-Cassier' Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
EXERCISE AND EATING.
Remember That u Tired stomach Il
a Weak stomach.

hehcmDer Tnat u 11red stomach IL
a Weak stomach.
A good dinner at night is necessary
for those whose pleasure or work keeps
them up very late. But for ordinary
folk who dine at or and go to bed
about 1870 only light wholesome re-
past should be taken at the end of the
I day, when muscles and nerves are
more or less exhausted.
''tired stomach is a weak stomach"
is a golden rule to remember Yet how
often one hears people say, 1--WE been
rushing about all day and am tired to
death; must have big meal to make
up for it!'' You may put the big meal
into the stomach, but you cannot make
the stomach digest 1t.
A belief lives strong in the hearts and
minds of the majority Of mankind, in
Guiding persons Of weak digestions.
that a quick, brisk walk taken before
a meal gets up an appetite and helps
the stomach to digest the food. Now,
this is exactly what it doesn't do. Ex-
ercise spreads the blood throughout the
body. For the proper digestion of food
the blood is needed in the stomach.
Few realize this important fact.
After a long, exhausting walk, bicy-
Gle spin or any severe physical or men
tai strain take good half hours rest
in a comfortable armchair or lying on a
sofa before you eat substantial meal.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
suIphur and silver.

A sailor in the custom house the 9th.
er day took out of his pocket some sill.
yer coins that had a strange yellow
hue, and clerk said to him, What
makes your money such funny color,
Jack" "Well," replied the mariner,
1--WE just got in with a cargo of fuel
oil. It's the oil that turned my money
yellow. Fuel oil has that effect on ev.
cry kind of metal You ought to be on
fuel oil steamer some time. 1t would
surprise you to see the cabin silver
ware, the kitchen tins and every blast
ed bit of metal on board all having the
jaundiced look. There is sulphur In
fuel oil, and it's this sulphur that does
the yellowing. Nitric acid will bring
back the original color gain."-Phila-
delphia Record.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
THE BULLET FROM AFFAIR.
How Modern War Methods Try the
Soldiers' Nerves.

Soldiern' Nerves.
Today a man may die as soon as the
enemy's guns, hidden away In the dis
tant, cloud topped mountains seven
miles away. begin to talk. And over
that seven miles he must walk with
caution, with a wide interval between
him and his pals on either hand. He
must lie down at every short halt and
scratch the ground hurriedly with bis
little spade at every long one, for the
great shells are sailing toward him,
and he sees by his officers eye and
hears by his commands that 1t is con-
sidered that he may perish at any mo-
ment and that precautions are neces-
sary to preserve him. He sees, more
over, how futile those precautions must
be II one Of those monsters bowling
overhead should land as near to him as
the last one did to that blasted tree,
for instance with its scorched, dan
| Cling h.2As and the huge charred fis-
sure In its stout trunk, or as the one
before did to the team Of mules in the
ambulance wagon, now a screaming,
struggling tumble Of harness and
bloody flesh.
All this is dispiriting and appears un-
necessary. The country on all sides is
as peaceful as his native dale, not
sign of an enemy. Even the great blue
hill ahead, on which he is told the ene-
my's long guns are posted, looks as
quiet as the mountain on q Christmas
card. Yet for two miles he walks
through death, thinking only of it be-
cause there is nothing else to think of.
and then as twilight falls bivouacs in
extended line, sees his friends run for
their tea between the fall Of the shells,
notices one Of them time his run back
badly and meet projectile in full ca
reer, to part from it an awful and dis
gusting offense, and then lies down in
the darkness with shaking nerves and
the thought that five worse miles still
Intervene between him and the guns he
knows he is intended to take.
Next morning he is awakened by a
shell, is marched with infinite caution
for two more miles, shelled the whole
way, is shelled even in his biyouac by
the light Of the moon and as he watch
es the proiectiles bursting like water
spouts of fire along his hillside is glad
when he is told that tomorrow will be
the battle, after which if he wins and
II he lives he may be able to walk and
sleep in peace for space.-"A Line
man" in New York World.