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New-York tribune., 1902-05-04
LAKEWOOD AT IT'S BEST.
VERNAL- BEAUTY on EVERY HAND
POLO AT GEORGIAN COURT
GOLFING AND BOATING

Lakewood. y. J. May (SpeciaD-The lake and
woodland charms Of this garden spot among the
pines are at their best, and Lakewood enters upon
the closing month Of her regular season with verna
beauty upon every side-luxuriant. rostful to the
eye. and cUre-aI for the troubles of tired out
men and women.
There Is the much maligned fever Of spring in the
air and an average Of ten in every nine would
Doubtless that the best thing life is sit
stil and watch others move. The days go lazily
hut healthfuly. withal but freqUenters here
1--we their days in the open. where is sweet odorous
air and warm, soft sunshine
The glory Of Lakewood in the spring is her foi-
age In the village the trees are almost fully
leaved. and the branches bond across the streets
and avenues. forming arches of green under which
carriages roll noiselessly on their way TO club or
the drive, and riding parties pass to and fro
But. however lazily passes the early part Of the
New-York tribune., 1902-05-04
Y. N. C. A. BRANCH GETS $4,000.

IT is GIVEN BY MEMBERS OF WOMEN's
ADVISORY BUILDING COMMITTEE.
The 100000 building fund of the Eastern Dis
trict Branch of the Young Mems Christian As
sociation has been augmented by contributions
amounting 10 $1,000. with pledge of addi-
tional $1,000 to be raised by a concert in the
autumn. The money is contributed by indi-
vidual members Of the WOman's Advisory Build
ing Committee IN response to an appeal for
$4,000 by the secretary Of the branch An effort
will be made 10 raise the $50 600 needed TO COM
plete the fund Of $l50000 at a dinner to be
given by the branch al the Hanover Club on
NAV 10 The new building will be a copy OF
the Z. M G. A. branch at Hartford. Conn.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-04

seadle. J. NJ Beggart Joseph H. Horton. Walter
Dirbus, Frank Dirbus, Walter r. Platt John A.
McKenna. Thomas F. orinGe, NJ Kopps, NJ. SEWN,
n H. eIowaTd pi D. , ,((anIey MRS i1mma 1rayi
SSchaIli4qger: Charles, S. Ttmeyer Henry Mayer.
Harriet. S, G Harriet Mr.. and Mrs 3 Kirsch-
baum. William Graham, r. Refs and B. F. Mass.
BTghton-Miss Riley, Mrs j. L. Hill. j.. A.
Thompson Mrs. ". S, Pyle, f, ,Harleston simons,
Miss VI. +. Simons. Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Patton
Mrs r S Vanderhoff Miss Vanderhoff Miss a NJ
Auderlin, Miss Susan Campbell; Miss K, b. Dono-
van Mr.. and Mrs +. +. Stephenson Mrs. r. B
Page John Davis, Charles II. Connor. Mrs Beick-
man, Mrs J. G. Averill. S. G. AveriL, Frederick a.
Hotchkiss, Robert F. DowIing Mrs, Henry Fore
paugh. Mrs q. Gedden, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Brunney, Mrs. James Coulick and Mrs John Davis
Windsor-Mrs NJ A; May, Miss Marion May, Mr.,
and Mrs. G. y. Clark. Mrs. Fitch. Mr.. and Mrs
". L. Andrews, w. S. Blitz Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs John l. Breen. l.. r. Roth
schild, Mrs. q. Lee Mr. and Mrs. G. b. Kennedy,
Mr. and Mrs. B. A Benham. Mr.. and Mrs James
Williams, #. Henry Dewly. r. May Clark and
Luther Sternger
New-York tribune., 1902-05-04
GENERAL rLEER REFUSES TO MorE.

HE SAYS THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO SUPPLY A
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS
Frank HeImc. Superintendent Of Public Buildings
for Brooklyn. is determined TO get General James
McLeer commanding the Second Brigade of the
National Guard out Of the rooms now occupied by
him in the Municipal Building General McLeer
has used rooms the third floor Of the building
for a number Of years as brigade headquarters. and
Just after the of the year he told that the
apartments were needed for other purposes. He
refused to COmpy with the demand 10 vacate and
appealed to Mavor Low. who advised Borough
President Swaustrom that no action should be
taken until other quarters had been provided for
General MCIeeT.
President SUanstrOm in turn has referred the
question 10 the Sinking Fund Commission. and Pub
lie Works Commissioners Reddeld has applied to that
body for the rooms in question. which he desires
10 use for stOra-e purposes General McLeer main
tains that un the military code the city Is re-
ouired 70 furnish place for brigade headquarterS
and until this is done he does not intend TO nova.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-04
AT VIRGINIA HOT SPRINGS.

Virginia Hot Springs. May (SpecaD.-There
have been a number Of house parties here this
week and several at homes that have added TO the
interest of life in the country Mrs. Seth Barton
French. of New-York, gave her first informal at
home at Barton Lodge Sunday afternoon. as
sisted by her mother, Mrs. Walker Fearn.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Z. Ingalls have been entertaining
New-York tribune., 1902-05-04

Pierrepont Williams. Mr., and Mrs. l. n. Booth,
Wade Gardner. Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Lathrope, Mr..
and Mrs Peter F. Rafferty,, r. II. Martin Mr.. and
Mrs F. y. Van Scyke. Mr.. and Mrs. G. Willing
GiddinEs Miss Louise Miller. Mrs. J. B. Bogart.
Miss Meseroe Clifford Towrer Mrs Edward Barr.
Miss Mary G. Barr and Mr.. and Mrs. otto GaetZe.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-04

In a 101-mie race. which is the shortest OF the
series. the birds remain in large flock until
they reach Brooklyn, when they separate and make
for their respective lofts. This makes interest,"
ing sprint for home. and the members who are
waiting and watching from the loftiest positions at
their command wax enthusiastic over the sport.
If the weather is favorable and there is tail
wind from the southwest the birds may equal the
record. which IS in the neighhorhOod of a mile a
minute. Next sunday the lrl-rliie will be
flown and the following sundays the 200 800
400 and $40 mile races. These are done within the
daylight Of day The 6lO-rnile race which "a
the last Of the series is flown within two DAYS
New-York tribune., 1902-05-04

home will win a highly priced diploma There are
twenty-siX members in the club. and each member
is permitted to enter twenty birds. that $50 hom-
ing pigeons viii be liberated at the one time. Tho
birds were shipped yesterday by express to the
starting point The club has arrangement with
the express company whereby the duty OF opening
the crates and hherating the birds devoives upon
the station agent. After the pigeons are set free
they circle about in the at least fifteen min
before finding their course.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-04

In this connection DR. Hills has a letter from
the Rev. DR.. Lindsay Parker. rector of ST. Peters
Protestant Episcopal Church, which he has
laughed great deal IL seems that two OF Dr.
Parker's flock asked for letters from ST. Peters
70 Plymouth. He granted them and also wrote a
personal note 10 DR. Hills, with whom he is
the best of terms. Or. Parker wrote: Take good
care OF these good people at Plymouth for within
a year they will be back in St. Peters"
New-York tribune., 1902-05-04

To-day the Brooklyn Homing Pigeon Club has its
first race of the season The distance is one hun
dred miles and the birds will be liberated at 9
o'clock In the morning. The first bird arrive
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-22

The Grand Trunk Railway Company has
completed arrangements for an extensive
exhibition in connection with the second
annual Sportsmens Show to be held in Chi
cago from February until February %.
The Show is being held in the Coliseum. .
large building admirably suited for the pur.
pose. The exposition will probably be the
finest that has ever taken place in America,
excelling even that held in Philadelphia dur
ing last December. The Grand Trunk ex-
hibit will include the collection Of Large
photographs Of scenes throughout the sum-
mer resort districts situated on its line.
including the Muskoka Lakes, Lake of Bays,
Magnetawan River, $4,000 Islands of the
Georgian Bay, Kawartha Lakes, and Lakes
Simcoe and Couchiching, as well as views on
the Portland division, combining land and
water scapes, scenes in the White Noun.
tains, and surf bathing scenes taken on the
Maine sea coast.
The space to be occupied by the Grand
Trunk will be about 1900 square feet, and
will be one of the most attractive and most
interesting exhibits at the show. The Grand
Trunk has expended thousands of dollars
in bringing before the people of the United
States and foreign countries the beauties of
the Canadian districts. In the districts en-
braced in what is known as "the Highlands
Of Ontario" nearly &c, 600 tourists were car
ried during the summer months, the ma.
iority of whom were from the United States.
These districts have become 50 popular that
each year finds the hotel accommodation in.
creasing and modern and up-to-date struc-
lures arc being erected to accommodate the
ever increasing travel that is being brought
INTO Canada.
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until illness came upon me three years
ago. / first noticed it by being irrcg-
ular and having very painful and
scanty menstruation gradually my
general health failed ] could not en-
Joy my meals; Ibecame languid and
nervous, with gripping pains frequently
In the groins.
II advised with our family phys
ician who prescribed without any im-
provement. One day he said - Try
Lydia Pinl<ham's Remedies 1
did, thank God; the next month was
better, and it gradually built me up
until in four months was cured. This
is nearly year ago and / have not
had pain or ache since. "-BoNNIB
DELAKo, 324s Indiana Ave-, Chicago,
Ill.-s5ooo forfeit Il abous Testimonial b moi
genuine
Trustworthy proof is abundant that
Lydia T.. PinkhaIn's Vegetable
Compound saves thousands Of
young women from dangers resulting
from organic irregularity, suppression
or retention Of the menses, ovarian on
womb troubles. Refuse substitutes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-22
GLASS PAYMENTS.


Experiments are being made ia
Paris with glass pavements. One of
the most frequented thoroughfares
in the city, near the Madeleine, has
just been laid in glass, which, so far
at least. has proved highly satisfac-
tory. The glass used is in small
blocks and is manufactured from ref
use glass. ground down to powder
and made into a cement. The advan-
tages claimed for the new pavement
are it's sanitary qualities, particulars.
ly the facility with which it can be
cleaned, and it's durability. Expert
ments show that the glass wears
better than asphalt, wood or even
stone. 1t was at first feared that the
glass would prove slippery and be
dangerous in winter, but quite the
contrary has been found, horses even
in sleety weather keeping their foot
ing as well on this novel pavement as
on others.
/ If at the end of year the glass
pavement just put down justifies the
bright predictions made for it all
future pavements in Paris will be of
glass, and the city, the envy of all
nations for it's clean streets, will be
more clearly in appearance thar
ever.-Chicago Tribune.
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SEEKING A WORD.
9meials Are Seeking . Designation
for Messages Transmitted BY
Wireless Telegraphy.

Marconi's invention has set the Of
Hcials of the navy and signal service,
where his system is in use, hunting for
a new word, writes Washington cor
respondent of the Baltimore Sun.
They are casting about for short
and simple term to stand for the lab ori-
Gus expression now employed: "A
message transmitted by wireless tele-
graph"
One genius of the war department
suggests Acknowledgements" A stu
dent of natural forces in the navy be-
lieves that "Etherogram" would be bet
ter. 'Aerogram" and "Airgram"
quite as convenient as telegram and
cablegram," find much favor, but Gen.
Greeley, chief of the signal service, has
not taken kindly enough to these to ad-
vocate their use in official reports and
therefore their adoption info the Ian
yuage.
"Marconigram" has been suggested
by an ingenius layman, who says that
no matter what term is officially
coined. the popular word win always
be wireless"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-22

VALUE OF RAPID FIRE.
One of the Lessons Learned by Amer
leans I'm the Late War with
Spain.

There are many lessons, some OF
learned from the Spanish war.
Throughout history vessels have been
destroyed by fire during sea fights,
says Commander II. Wainwright, in
the United Service. In the battle OF
Navarino the shell guns of the allies
set on fire and destroyed many OF
the Egyptian ships. When iron and
steel vessels came into fashion much
woodwork was retained. There were
many protests and some diminution
in the quantity used until at the bat
tie off the Yalu, when the necessity
of further reduction was greatly
emphasized. The sight of the three
armored cruisers burning on the
beach near Santiago was sufficient to
move the most conservative.
The value of rapid fire has long
been known. In the earlier stages,
when ballistics were mystery ac-
curate aim was not of great conse-
quence, as most effective work had
to be at very short ranges, at nearly
point-blank, and frequently with
yardarms interlocked. With more
improved guns and ammunition, ac-
curacy as well as rapidity had to be
attempted. Collingwood was justly
noted for the thorough manner in
which he trained his crews in all gun
merry exercises. In our navy of late
years much care and attention has
been devoted toward developing &C
curate and rapid firing. Many have
wondered at the immunity of our
fleets in both of the battles of Ma
Mia and Santiago. 1t was largely
due to the accurate and rapid fire
of our ships. A hail of projectiles
was poured upon the enemy, and be-
fore they could develop their fire
their batteries were partially dis
abled and the nerves of their gunners
were thoroughly shaken.
In connection with rapid and &C
curate firing, smokeless powder be-
comes of value. It's advantages were
fully illustrated in the war. For
many times when otherwise our guns
might have been fired with effect the
enemy was obscured by the smoke
of our own guns. Probably many
of the complaints brought against
turret guns were due to the difficulty
of laying the guns on the enemy be.
cause of the smoke.
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race between Cold and sliver.

The official statement of the minera,
products of the United States for the
last ten years-1S91 to 1900 inclusive
shows how the coming value of the
gold produced, starting at less than
half that of the silver produced, final
ly overlook and passed it. The actual
quantity of the yearly product of gold,
measured in ounces, considerably more
than doubled during the decade; that
of silver showed large fluctuations, and
in 1900 was but little more than in
1891. The respective values in 1891
were for silver $75,416,5 1868 and for gold
$33, 175 200. Silver touched its lowest
point in 1894, when its value was $64,-
600, 900, that of gold for the same year
being $50 $500, 900. Silver had its great
est lead in 1892, when it stood at $780,
099, so, against only $33,000,00 for
gold. In 1899 gold passed silver in an
almost neck and neck race, the re-
spective values being for gold s71 ,053,-
400 and for silver SIC, 1906, 626 In 1900
gold increased it's lead, standing at &c.,
322,2s1, against $77,O7o,471 for silver
Youths Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-22

In spite of the efforts of we'll
known people-Miss Kate Greenaway
was the last--to popularize crema-
ton by leaving directions for the dis
posal of their bodies by this means,
cremation in London does not adj
vance very quickly. When the so
ciety started work in 1883 there were
three cremations, in 1850 the num-
Der at Woking was "a, and last year
it had advanced to 301. The total of
1924 as record of Is years is not
financially encouraging, but the So
ciety does not relax its efforts to
popularize v hat it believes to be the
most sensible and sanitary means Of
tiisposing of the dead.
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last shaped like a lump of lead at
fixed to the end of the mast extending
through the bottom of the boat Sus-
pended by wooden pulleys and inn
PEELED by the wind the aerial yacht
travels gracefully and fast up along
the kite line, to be checked few feet
below the kite by large disk of stifI
cardboard. Otherwise there would be
swift destruction of the kite and an in
glorious tumble of the entire outfit.
The sail is maintained in its raised
position by string, whose lower end
is secured in notch. On striking the
cardboard the bowsprit is pushed back
thus releasing the string, causing the
sail to drop, and then the toy slides
back to terra firma again.-N. Y. Her.
aid.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-22

The disadvantages the social worker
has to overcome in diffusing scientific
knowledge among the less enlightened
are well illustrated by an incident
which recently happened in one of
the East side settlements. After much
difficulty and considerable explanation
a class in physiology had been started.
The parents of the children who at
tended the settlement classes regarded
the new class with considerable suspi-
cion and doubt. But for some time, by
skillfulavoidance of dangerous ground,
the class work was carried on success
fully. At last the functions of the
stomach were considered.
The day after the first lesson on the
stomach one of the little girls brought
letter to the teacher. This letter,
which bore the marks of labored and
strenuous composition, was as fol
lows:
Dear Teacher: Pleas don't teack
Lizer eny more about the stufIins OF
her stumick. 1t amt necessary, BE-
sides is rude. ~ Y. Herald.
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THE WINTER WOODS.
LOUISIANA.


The following poem by Jessica Nelson
North. printed in st. Nicholas, won fol
Its ten-year-old author a ST., Nichoia'
League silver badge:
| roamed In the woods In winter
When the trees were blank and bare;
When the gusts of wind blew the snow II
heaps,
In the path of the hurrying hare.
A few leaves chung TO the tree-tops,
But those were old and brown;
And the winter breeze shook the SNOWY
trees,
And blew the dead leaves down.
I gathered a bunch of ivy-leaves,
Still bright with autumn's glow;
I picked cluster of berries red,
All sprinkled with feathery snow.
] reached the hill above the creek;
The snow began TO fall;
And thick and fast the wintry blast
Blew snowfiakes over all.
/ turned my footsteps homeward.
Along the smooth worn track;
A chipmunk hurried up tree.
With stripes upon his back.
The dull gray clouds had parted,
And family could see
That the early setting winter sun,
Was shining down on me.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-22

On the 18th and 13th of March q
blood red rain fell in northern Italy.
The color was caused by fine particles
of dust. Some of it was examined by
the scientist. DR., Thomas Lamb Phip-
son, who gives as his opinion that it
is not desert sand nor volcanic dust,
as many believe; but the mineral dust
left far in the air by the explosion of
meteors. He says that particles Of
this dust are from two one-thousandth
to five one-hundred thousandths of a
miIlimeter in diameter end many, far
from being red, are white, gray, green,
yellow and brown, few being trne
ruby red.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-22
IN0651RY&@gz
AntlaNHss
ARTIFICIAL RUBBER.
Three Austrian Inventors Claim to
Have Invented . Really Serv.
iceable Substitute.

Three Viennese inventors, c. and Il.
Paulitschky and F. Wueste. have
patented a new substitute for rub
Der. Sole leather is disintegrated by
machine until the material is reduced
to partially connected fibers. BY
soaking and agitation for consid-
cradle time in tanners dressing
(bruised barley, heaven and water)
these fibers are softened. After dry
ing, the mass is STEPPED for some
time in train-oil freed from acid by
treatment with warm water (Lede-
roeD. Cork in pieces as large as
hazelnuts is boiled in the thickened
root-sap of the Landolphia plant to
make it elastic and durable, then
dried slowly. In moderately-sized
Jumps the waste rubber is boiled for
Is minutes in one or two per cent.
solution of caustic acid. Rubber
linseed oil" is then prepared by dis
solving about 95 parts of rubber in
five parts of linseed oil at tempera-
ture of 40 to so degrees c. These
materials, together with asbestos,
are mixed together in proportions
which have been established by the
inventors. The product is placed in
calenders having adjustable heated
rollers, and is finally treated with
sulphur chlorate diluted with carbon
bisulphid for the purpose of vulcani-
cation. The finished material is said
to possess greater elasticity and dur
ability than the rubber substitutes
which have been hitherto manufac-
tured.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-22
Carriers Last
Drink

HTHEN James j. Hill, then presi-
wv dent of the Manitoba system
of rails and locomotives, began the
work of establishing town sites in
the far NOTWITHSTANDING feeders OF
his transcontinental line-one of the
first to be laid out was Blue Duck.
While the community fourished for
two or more years changes in the
wheat territory and shifting of the
cattle ranges destroyed its trading
area and finally effaced it from the
map. But there must be a great
many men still living who passed
through the portals of Blue Duck in
its best hours, knew its joys and sor-
rows, its hot passions and wasted
hopes, and will recall the day and the
afternoon that Carter called for his
last drink.
When Carter first came to sBlue
Duck there were in the town future
governor of state, a future United
States minister abroad, coming adj
wiser of presidents, an embryo rail-
way president and an archaeological
student who later was to control for
some time all the faro layouts of New
York city. Mixed in with these
geniuses were cowboys of southwest
origin, Norwegians and Swedes fresh
from Europe, half-breed Sioux and q
few negroes. The town lay fiat, bare,
, naked on the plain. There was not
a beautiful thing in it, about it, or
near it, but Carriers wife, and she
was as unapproachable as Arcturus.
Carter was graduate of. the Uni
versity of Iowa, descendant of an
cient New Highlander governors and
lawmakers, a Puritan bred and a
scoundrel by heart. He appeared in
Blue Duck as surveyor for the
branch line of the Manitoba road,
which was then in course of con-
struction. His wife did not come I'M
til several months after he had es-
tablished the reputation of being the
hardest drinker, foulest-mouthed
gambler and most indecent person
between the Missouri and the Red
river.
For all his failings, in Ibis best mo-
r,ents he was smooth-tongued, well
educated and an artificial gentleman.
1t will be remembered that he en-
gagged one afternoon in discussion
with "Gentleman" Ed, the proprietor
of all the gambling games of the
region, on the Greek Interpretation
of the Biblical verse:
whatsoever cometh anything near
unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall
die; shall we be consumed with
dying?"
The verse is found in Numbers, and
j. has been said by learned men that
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-22
BICYCLE AMBULANCE.
new Machine That Can BE Manipu-
lated by the Rider without Any
Outside Aid.


Bicycles are such convenient means
of transportation that it is nothing
extraordinarytha Inventors should ap-
ply the idea of the carriage to an am
bulance for emergency cases.
The picture shows a machine fitted
with an ambulance which can be
manipulated by the rider alone with
out the aid of any other person. 1t is
the invention of Hiram L. Getz, OF
Marshalltown, la. 1t is intended pri-
marily as a means of reaching the in
jured as soon as possible, rather than
providing a rapid means of transport
ing the sufferer to hospital.
The bicycle is provided with curved
bar at the front and rear, which are