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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

Matrimony has sl,oined many friendships.
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

The most delicate, the most sensible, of
all pleasures consist in promoting the pleas
ures of others-Brugere.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little,
and has great purchasing power.-Alcott.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

Two million Americans suffer the tortur-
ing pangs of dyspepsia. No need to. Burdock
Blood BitterS cures. At any drug store.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

The indispensable in life is the thing you
can always dispense with when you can't
get it.-Baltimore News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

"You told me she had the complexion of a
rose. Why she is as sallow as can be-" Il
meant a yellow rose. London Answers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

The greatest thief this world has ever
produced is procrastination, and he is still
at large.-H. W. Shaw.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

Fretfulness of temper will generally char
acterize those who are negligent of order
Blair.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

The great secret of success in life is to be
ready when your opportunity comes
Disraeli
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

HE thinks of having his poems publish
ed in book form" well, that's the best
way of putting them where they won't
bother ANYBODY. -Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
bic medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

81 have been told that you propose to
every pretty girl you meet" said she. Il
do" he replied. "Oh, George!" she ex-
den"-Indianapo News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

A Philosophical Millionaire-Attorne
If you leave your property to your second
wife, your children will certainly try to
break your will. Rich Client-Of course.
That's what | want them to do. | want
them to have their full share of my money.
Then why bequeath it all to your wife,
well, you see it will be easier for my chill
dren to break my will than it is for me to
break hers. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

Every man." said the bald cynic, has
his price He is Far" the eminent local
statesman at whom the remark seemed to
have been aimed, was heard to mutter. Il
haven't got mine yet. News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
LARGER SCHOOL BUILDINGS RE-
QUIRED.

Owing to the recent large influx OF
population into Western Canada iii
has become absolutely necessary in
many parts of Manitoba, Assiniboia,
Saskatchewan and Alberta to in
crease the school accommodation. In
many places buildings have been
erected that are only half-occupied.
This is perhaps as good evidence as
will be found not only of their salts
faction with their present school sys-
tenn and their confidence that it will
remain as it is, but also OF their firm
belief in the future expansion of the
country, in increased immigration.
and it further indicates that they
have little fear that the well estab-
lished rate of births in civilized COM
munities will not be maintained
there.
The free homestead laws and the
cheap railway lands offer great in
ducements, which are opening up the
new settlements. Agents of the Gov
eminent of Canada are actively at
work in different portions of the
States for the purpose of giving In
formation to possible settlers, and
advertisements are now appearing in
a large number of papers, giving the
names and locations of these Agents
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petitions noted what he supposed to
be the pathway of an immense alliga-

petitions noted what he supposed to
be the pathway of an immense alliga-
tor.
For several days he visited the To-
cality with the hope of killing the
saurian, but was unsuccessful in find
ing him. His pride as hunter was
piqued, and his desire to obtain the
hide of what he felt sure to be one of
the largest alligators ever seen in this
section where alligators are noted for
their immense size, grew daily. He
studied some plan to outwit it. A large
cypress stood near its pathway, and
he concluded to climb the tree and
take stand for his game. He accord
ingly took up his position in the tree.
For two days he stood on watch with
his rifle ready. Nothing appeared.
He was becoming discouraged, but
determined to give one more day to the
effort.
On the third day, before he had been
on his perch an hour, he saw what
looked to him like an immense SER
pent gliding along the supposed ALI
gator track. He estimated it to be
anywhere from 25 to 35 feet long and
fully 10 to IL inches in diameter where
the head joined the body, and as large
around as a barrel ten feet further
back. The creature stopped within
easy range of his gun and raised high
its head. AS it did Ferrel shot at its
head. Taken by surprise the serpent
dashed into the marsh at a tremen-
dous speed, while Ferrel kept up firing
until he had emptied the magazine of
his rife.
About four days afterward he VEN
tured back into the neighborhood, and
about mile from where he first saw
the monster he saw a large flock of
buzzards, and went to see what they
were after, and there he found the
creature dead and its body so badly
torn by the buzzards that it was i'm
possible to save the skin.
He, however, secured,the head, and
has it now in his home on the Kissim-
NEE river. 1t is truly a frightful look
ing object, fully ten inches from jaw
to jaw. and ugly, razor-like teeth. He
described the animal as dark colored
on its back and dingy white beneath,
with feelers around its mouth similar
to a catfish.
He has gone back into the swamp
with the intention of obtaining the
skeleton and bringing it back, after
which he will send it to the Smith.
sonian institution in Washington.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
SC1ENcE AND INDUSTRY.
The Seattle assay Office has handled
SIS, 0G0,C COO since its establishment.

The Seattle assay Office has handled
SIS, 0GO, COO since it's establishment.
Accidents in factories are said to be
much more frequent in bad weather
han in good.
A chief merit in acetylene lies in its
true rendering of color shades at
night, says the Acetylene Gas Journal.
The longest span of submarine cable
in existence will be that between Van
couver and Tanning island, $500 miles
apart.
A writer in the Edinburgh Review
emphasizes the fact that dirt, bad air
and unsanitary buildings are the chief
causes of consumption, which is there
fore easily preventable.
1t is officially estimated that If the
used were utilized for irrigation pur-
poses, population of s0,0O0,0O more
could be sustained in those states.
The authorities at Minden, Germany.
have made a meteorological examina-
ton of school inks. They have found
that most of them contain bacteria
which, if animals are inoculatcd with
them, often prove fatal.
Rev. John NJ. Bacon, the English bal
loon expert, insists that lighthouses
should have warning bells uuder as
we'll as above water, because in a
storm sound travels further under
water than through the air.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
SMUGGLING CHINESE.
grants Arrested Upon Their
Arrival

Customs officers and secret service
agents of the United States have
learned that the Chinese who are be-
ing Struggled across the Niagara
river from Canada are being brought
into the country by an organized
gang. The smugglers are said to
have headquarters in several large
cities of this country and Canada, in
Guiding Montreal, Toronto, New York,
Chicago, San Francisco and Boston,
reports the New York Times.
The Chinese that are brought
across the line in that section make
no effort to evade arrest; in fact,
it is part of their programme to be
arrested. If they get in without run
ming into the arms of the officers
they do not feel safe. They prefer to
have themselves jagged" as early as
possible, as they are able to produce
evidence that they have legal right
to stay here. When placed on trial
they declare they were born in San
Francisco, and they were taken back
to China when they were babes. Then
it is up to the government to prove
that their stories are untrue. Snug
glers at Boston, Chicago, San Fran
cisco and New York find employment
for the newcomers, and also find wit
nesses, when necessary, to prove that
the clients are in the United States
legally and not contrary to law. The
fee charged is 5000.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
MORE ILLINOIS TIMBER.
There Has Been an Increase I'm the
Supply I'm the Last Fifty
Years.

"Along in the '40s," said the old
farmer, states the Chicago Inter
Ocean, "the great fear of the people
in Illinois was that the timber in the
state would soon be exhausted and
that the land would become unin-
habitable. Our coal fields had not
yet been discovered and new coun-
try settling up as fast as ours was
at that time needs a great deal of
wood. Houses were to be built, farms
to fence, and the consumption of fuel
in the great fire-places of the day was
enormous. Many farmers began tree
planting, selecting as rule the
quick-growing varieties. such as To-
Gust and cottonwood poplar, and soft
maple. Still the consumption was
for number of years greater than
the increase and there really seemed
q danger of a wood famine.
"After awhile, though, AL thought
of this danger vanished. The devel-
opment of our coal fields lessened
the demand for wood for fuel. The
invention of wire fence produced an
other saving in wood, while the use
of brick, stone and pine lumber for
house building diminished the de-
mand for native wood. OF course the
increase in population created large
demand for lumber, but not sufficient
to create any scare.
To-day the farmer can, in many
localities, buy his coal for what it
would cost to cut his wood. He
fences his farm with wire much more
cheaply than he could with wood,
and the network of railroads brings
almost to his door the sawed product
of the pine forests of the north ready
for the construction of house and
barn. The demand for native wood
is so small that it is estimated that
the supply of native timber in the
state is greater THANH was so years
aoo"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
PUNCENT PARAGRAPHS.

One objection to straining at gnats
10 that it takes up time which might be
devoted to swallowing camels.-Puck.
On Good Authority.-"So you're GO
ing to leave this studio?" Leave?
No. Who told you that?" "Your land
lord. Judy.
Unwelcome Neutrality-suspicious.
"What is baby crying about now?'
Bobby-"Cos 1 took his cake an
showed i'm how to eat it."-Boston
Globe. =
"Slimson is in fair way of making
fortune" "What at?" "He's invent
ed continuance by which two people
can make love while riding their
wheels. Town and Country.
us your new rector an agreeable
man?" "Indeed he is-real nice; plays
golf and squash, owns naphtha launch
and autommy, and, besides, he isn't a
bit religious" Glasgow Evening
Times.
Exercise.-Book AGENT suppose
you don't get much exercise?" Adam
Upp-"Well, I'm running up and down
columns of figures all day. il that
counts for anything" = Baltimore
American.
Barnes-"So you are going upon the
stage? Expect to become great actor
one of these days, suppose?" Howes
Expect nothing. Iwant to learn to
write as they do upon the stage when
they have letter to write. Jimini!
Stenography is nothing toit." Boston
Transcript.
Strategy. Subbubs "We've
changed the name of our town to Bog
dale. Citiman-"Why, it was only six
months ago that you changed it to
Swamphurst." Subbubs-'T know, but
we have to change it frequently, so as
to get servant girls to come out, think
ing 1t a new place" -Philadelph
Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
COMMUNITY OF DIRT EATERS.
Strange Cult That Has Taken Hold
Of a Large Number Of st.
Louis People.

A community of IS men and women
in ST. Louis, whose Moses is William
Windsor, eat dirt. The dirt eaters
each take every day teaspoonful of
dirt. Their leader, says report from
that city, believes that grit is neces-
sary to every animal, and that because
mankind will have no dirt in his food
he is subject to many stomach troubles
that no other animal has. So the dirt
eater goes every day to his little sack
of soil. He plunges teaspoon in and
brings it forth heaped with good old
earth. He washes it down with glass
of water, smacking his lips and blink
ing his eyes as if no morsel ever tickled
the palate of man-so deliciously as dirt.
The dirt eater is particular what sort
of dirt he eats. He would be no true
epicurean If he were not. This article
of singular diet is technically sand.
1t comes from the river bottom and is
made up of many little particles of
granite, marble, quartz, and flint well
rounded with age. The chief dirt eat
er has the sand collected and steril-
ICED and he distributes it among his
followers at 25 cents sack. The sack
is small, but it holds good deal of
sand. So that daily dirt eating after
the st. Louis fashion costs about ten
cents week. Dirt eating in st: Louis
it six months old and flourishes like
green bay tree. The chief dirt eater
looks happy and prosperous. The less
er dirt eaters have every day keen
hunger for their diet, and they bring in
their friends.
The dirt eaters have pretentious
quarters. They are al Eighteenth and
Olive streets in what was until recent
ly the home of the Merchants League
club. Here the chief apostle of dirt
eating, Mr.. Windsor, has Offices and a
lecture hall. He receives visitors dur
ing the day and every night he lectures
to his class. He has now IS men and
women who attend his lectures and eat
dirt This is an amusing sect, and it
amuses no one more than its founder.
He said the other night:
81 am not doctor. am not the
Logan. / am simply an advocate of
what l consider the best means to the
art of proper living. / have combined
all l teach into single word, vitos-
ophy, meaning the science of life,
/ come from Wisconsin, and was edu-
Gated for the law. / was for years in
the office of William F. Villas.
''Dirt eating, or more properly sand
eating is something took up four
years ago. wondered why men were
not as healthy as animals. 1 became
satisfied that it was because they did
not observe natural laws i observed
that almost every man had stomach
trouble, and that the wild animals had
good stomachs. / watched the animals,
and became convinced that their good
health was due to the fact that they
took grit into their stomachs with
their food. In other words they were
dirt eaters. Dirt was necessary to
them.
ut occurred to me that men ate no
dirt. Consequently they had no grit
in their stomachs. l determined to
try it. / got quantity of fine sand
and began taking small quantity
every day. The experiment was at
tended by such success that began
teaching dirt eating"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15

The Grande Place of Brussels is the
finest square in Europe, So that the
most conscientious traveller can enjoy
it to his hearts content, being sure
that he is not worshiping false gods.
The tapering towers, the beautiful open
spire of the Hotel De Vile, with the
colossal gilt metal St. Nicholas on its
summit guarding the city, the en-
chanting Maison Du Roi, With its open
arcaded gallery and Venetian loggia,
have breathless effect and one stands
-open-mouthed to gaze at them.-Lon.
don Mail.
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jus; a line-just say I'm dead. That's
all / ask"
II suppose" he said, shat you have
never taken time to consider why my
paper keeps me out here or why
stay. 1t isn't for the fun of the thing,
assure you. They are not paying me
a salary and expenses merely to spend
their surplus or to enable me to tele-
graph bogus news. Ifyou had had four
years of the work only to get COM
plants from alleged editors, who sit
in easy chairs and think they rule in
the country with headline or q
double-leaded screed and who know
more than all the generals and CORE
spondents in both armies you would
understand things better. It's hard
enough to persuade these omnipotents
to recognize real news when they see
it much less to send them statements
which are not true"
Harner's sarcasm went for naught.
The soldier did not comprehend it, and
apparently did not care to. His only
reply was vaguely put. 81 suppose |
would" he said, but you'll do this for
me, won't you?"
"Of course not"
"Why won't you?"
"Simply because I WON'T" said
Harner, with emphasis.
The soldier stood as il undeter;
mined what to do. Then he looked up
and said: swell, never mind, for
you'll have to do it, anyhow"
81 hope not" replied Harner. and
more seriously, you're too young to
die. Your country needs you even
il your sweetheart doesn't"
Blushing deeply and stammeriDg
something which Harner did not I'M
derstand the soldier turned and
walked rapidly away.
The battle was fought. Through
out the conflict Harner was here,
there and everywhere getting facts
and names and details. There was
no time in that awful slaughter to
notice trifies. Human lives were as
cheap as grass and were moved
down as mercilessly. So it happened
that it was not until several days
later when the papers containing the
reports reached the moving army
that Harner observed his own re-
port:
Monson, William H.-Private, COM
pany c. Enlisted from Spring Falls.
Shot through shoulder while saving
company's colors."
In the next issue was dispatch
from Spring Falls saying that Mon
son was one of the lest young men
of Spring Falls and that his death
was universally deplored.
swell, that beats me-" said Har-
ner, 81 wonder. if my memory served
me a trick. I'll see." The command
had moved many miles but the COM
pany~was still with it and he immedi-
ately sought out the captain and
asked him about Private Monson.
"Poor fellow!" was the reply. HE
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
BUBoNIc PLAGUE GERM.
Was Discovered seven
Years Ago.

The plague of to-day is the lineal
descendant of that which was cleared
away from London by the great fire.
1t represents one of many epidemics
which history teaches us devastated
Europe during the past ages-pests,
these, abolished by the disappear
ance Of dirt which forms their soil
and breeding place. We know the
germ of the plague. 1t was discov-
cred by Kitasato in 1894, and indie
pendently in the same year by Yer
sin, whose protective serum is used
as a preventive, says the London
Chronicle.
The germ is somewhat shortened
and rounded bacillus, that .flourishes
at a temperature approaching. that
of the blood. Apparently the germ
does not multiply by giving off
spores" or seedlike bodies, but by
simple division of the parent germs
into others. 1t is easily killed. A
temperature of 212 degrees Fahren-
heit destroys it quickly, and acids
also act efficiently in this direction.
Yersin found the plague germ living
in the soil in affected places. In the
earth it appears to be non-virulent,
but placed in another environment,
say the animal body, il speedily de-
velops its disease-producing powers.
Cows, sheep, pigs, cats, and, OF
course, rats, are affected by it, but
tie dog is said to enjoy an immunity
from the attentions of this bacillus.
Gaining access to the body, through
the skin for the most part, and prob
ably through some abrasion or
wound, the bacilli make for the
glands, and as these swell and en-
large, constituting what doctors call
'buboes," the disease has become
known as the ''bubonic plague"
The feas which infect the rat are
also credited with share in the diff
fusion of the ailment, for, charged
with the microbes, these parasites
will infect other rats. or may pos
sibly inoculate man. Hence the cru
SADIE against rats which has been or
dered and advised. 1t may be added
that in one form of the plague the
lungs are liable to be specially in
volved, and the coughed-up matter
in that case is highly infectious.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
LOG DRIVERS MAKEA RECORD.
Didn't Paint Bangor Red and sQunn.
der Their Wages as Usual
the Last Year.

J Something unprecedented happened
to the Penobscot river log drivers
this season. or at least to those who
navigated the west branch drive to
boom.
Usually this drive. the largest sin.
gle lot of logs in Maine or in New
England, gets into boom in August,
and in years past it has been known
to arrive as carly as the Fourth Of
July, but last year, through series
of delays and misfortunes, the logs
did not reach their destination until
the middle of November, says the
New York Sun.
The drive had, when it started
from the head of the Chesuncook
lake, about D.0o0.OO0 feet of logs, and
was navigated by $50 men. At MilIin-
cckct good deal of time Was lost
in sorting out $4,000. 600 feet that be-
longed to pulp company. The wa
ter fell rapidly, it being very dry
summer, and when it began to look
as If the big drive would be hung
up still more men were added to the
crew, making in all 300. This army
of drivers managed to keep the logs
moving. but ice was making in the
river and there had been big snow
storm when they were finally dis
charged and paid off.
In Bangor, in the course IT two or
three days, about $4,000 was handed
out to the drivers and they had no
sooner got their pay and begun to
think about the usual celebration
til an along came agents for lumber
men and offered them high wages TO
go at once to the woods and cut
more millions of logs.
This wa hard on the West Branch.
ers. If they refused to go up they
might not get another good Offer.
as the season was late, while II they
accepted they would miss their usual
good time in Bangor. Good sense
prevailed in most cases, and away
the drivers went, dropping cant dog
and setting pole to take up the ax.
That Is how It comes that there
was no carnival Of the drivers, ard
the saloon keepers and others -wene
- beyond words q Whaf tksy ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-15
From an Authors journal.

Following is an extract from the
journal of an author who has not been
fortunate enough to write successful
novel:
'Rose at five and thought out plot
for a short story.
AT eight ! rang the breakfast bell,
moved the chairs around the table and
ratified the knives to fool the neigh.
bors.
"Wrote two poems on the world as a
great place to fast in; also short ar
ticle to prove that appetite is mere
de.usion.
81 then went 20 the post Office to hear
the clerk say there had been a wreck
on the road and my check for q late
manuscript wouldn't arrive until after
Christmas.
"The clerk observing that it was =
beautiful day. went out and dined
suuptuoualy On the climate. ~. x.
Teleerapa - Z.