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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11
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By VICTOR BRIDGES.

THERE were five of us in the bar
parlor. and the conversation CEN
tered around ghosts.
The bald-headed man was inclined
TO be skeptical.
I'm my opinion" he declared,
''ghosts are all my heye."
i" Ear, ear" put in the navy.
Talking of ghosts" remarked the
tall, clean-shaven man in the corner,
81 once underwent what / might de-
scibe as a unique experience. Your
health. gentlemen!"
He lifted up his glass and then, dis
covering that it was empty, replaced
1t on the table and stared thoughtfully
at the assembled company.
j rang the bell.
"May I-?"
thank you, sir; gin and stout and
a squeeze of lemon"
For a moment hesitated, then re
peated, firmly: "Gin and stout and
a squeeze of lemon"
After all the mans life was his own
There was a minutes silence.
at it would not be troubling you toe
much" began.
He glanced across. perhaps you
are interested in the subject of spirits
SIR"
swell, yes" / said, apologetically.
"Then if the other gentlemen-?
There was chorus of assent.
Lets ave it," remarked the navy
resignedly.
swell, gentlemen, the incident thai
/ am going to relate took place about
20 years ago. / was playing juvenile
lead in stock season in Birmingham
at the time, and received an invita-
ton to bicycle over to supper will
friend of mine who lived some eigh
miles out of the town."
The navy took short clay pip
from his mouth, and laughed de
risively.
That's a lie," he said. "Ther'
warn't no bikes 20 years ago."
This put the tall man on his dignity
High bicycles, my friend, were in
vented some years before you wer'
born"
The navy looked abashed. 20
Ugh bicycles. Beg your pardon, guv'
nor; no offense."
''As l was about to say when wa
interrupted" proceeded the narrator
severely, my friend added a note tina
he would be delighted to welcome any
one else / might care to bring will
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11

Thompson want to ask favor of
you.
Robinson-All right; go ahead.
81 want to ask you to lend me $50
for a week"
Thank you, thank you-give me
your hand! / appreciate it, 1 assure
you"
"Why-er-what are you thanking
me for?"
"For the compliment. / haven't
seen $50 in years!"-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11

Rutledge, MINI, Feb. l6th.-Mr. 4. q,
Getchell Of this place relates happy e.
perience which viii be read with interest
BY all those who have similar trouble.
1t appears that last winter Mr.. Getchell
was seized with a lameness and soreness
in his back which grew worse and worse
till at last it became very bad and made
Il. very difficult for him to get about 1t
all.
After time he heard Of new remedy
for backache which some of his friends
and .neighbors said had cured them and
he determined to try it. The name Of
the remedy is Dodd's Kidney Pills and
Mr.. Getchell has proven that it il q surf
cure. He says:
IT used two boxes of Dodd's Kidney
Pills according to directions and my lame
back was entirely cured and I am all o. X
again. Dodd's Kidney Pills are as good
rs represented"
This remedy is very popular here and
has worked some remarkable cures q
Backache and Kidney Trouble.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11
New bunting Device.

A broomless housewife has become
. possibility. A Yankee has invented
a machine which sweeps and dusts q
room by suction from an air pump
in the basement. All that is neces-
sary is to pass hose nozzle over the
carpets and furniture. The suction
through it carries the dust particles
to the cellar. none of them being
thrown into the air of the apartment
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11
A SOFT PLACE TO KNEEI.
How q stranger In Church Got Ewes
with His Intrusive
xeighbors.

talking about the crush on the
street cars" said man who came ont
of q Fifth avenue church on recent
Sunday. according to the New York
Sun. .'there ought to be . state board
OF church commissioners to set sitter
some church crushers.
eTbse ~ psePlA NJ I ~ less1 -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11

King Edward recently Travelled from
London to Windsor in little over an
hour, going in an automobile. The
distance is 20 miles, and as the legal
limit Of speed is ~ miles per hour il
is obvious that ultra-royal constables
must have looked the other way when
the royal vehicle dashed past.--N. <.
Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11
pUNGENr PARAGRAPHS.

"Why does Mr.. Bruin hibernate
every winter?" Il suppose he finds
it too cold out of doors in his bear
skin" Harvard Lampoon.
Incorrigible to the Last.-"This is
cordial reception" gurgled the robber
as the monks threw him into the vat
of Chartreuse.-Princeton Tiger.
Impatient. Geraldine = YOU
haven't told me you loved me to.
day." Gerald-"But. darling, it is only
one minute after In. Y. Sun.
Just Saw the Point.-Dalton-"How
that English chap did laugh at your
joke!" Waller-"Yes; he must have
heard it before. boston Transcript.
He Got One.-"The photographers
took my picture yesterday" Il don't
blame him. Would take one myself
if l had the chance. Detroit Free
Press.
Mrs. Joy-''If do say it, my husband
is worth millions of money to me-"
Mrs. Blunt-"How lucky of you to
snap him up when he was going
cheap!"-Boston Transcript.
Something Done.-Wigg-"I don't
believe that music teacher can ever
make anything out of her voice.
Wagg-"That's all you know about it
He's made over 500 out of it already
Philadelphia Record.
Shopkeeper (whose patience is com.
pletely exhausted)-"Snippers, call
the porter to kick this fellow OUT
Importunate Commercial Traveller
(undaunted)-"Now, while we're wait
ing for the porter, I'll show you an
entirely new line--best thing you
ever laid eyes Oh" Glasgow Evening
Times.
Damage to the House.-"I want my
photograph to be natural likeness
without any retouching or embellish.
ing. / suppose you will charge less
for ii ?" ION the contrary, madam, we
must charge more" "More? Why il
thatw Madam, to let an exact like
ness of you go out of this gallery with
out any work upon it would cost US
a hundred customers at least."-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11

Chicago, st. Paul Minneapolis, four daily
trains via the Chicago 4 Northwestern
Ry.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11

Ice Cream had for Guinea Piss.
A Baltimore woman has discovered that
Ice cream is full of streptococcus lanceolat-
Humane people viii Therefore be careful n
future to keep their guinea pigs away from
the ice cream.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11

where Rooms Are Expensive.
Daughter-He says my eyes are like
limpid pools, pa.
Father (sizing the hotel bilD-Who
does?
'That young man who was in the
front room with me last evening, pa"
"Well, you tell him if he stays so late
again I'll raid the pool-room."-Judg
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11

The bounding BROOK.
Miss Cittigurl--What makes the little
brooks bound along so from rock to
rock?
Mr.. Countricuss-'Cause it's made
out O. springs.-Baltimore American.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11
Women, Accidents and Trolley Cars
By LUKE STAPETON Counsel or Metropolitan Street Railway compsn

DIT than five six per cent of trolley accde
involve OF course considerable proportion
railway casualties result from collisions with wag,
or trucks but limiting cases to those involving injury to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-04-11

II Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Group, Innu-
enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma.
A certain cure for Consumption In nrst stages,
and sure relief In advanced stages. Use 1t once.
You viii see the excellent effect after taking tho
nrst dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Large
bottles IS cents and so cent?
Arizona republican., 1903-07-13

Ritchins' water gauge camp, which they reached in due season. They stayed there till 3 o'clock Friday, then walked to the Ellison ranch rot far from Mesa, and that night slept on the softest haystack that was ever con sIrueted by man. Saturday they went to Mesa and yesterday morning reached Phoenix almost tickled to death to be alive.
 For hungry men they were very ob- serving during their journey, and one of the things they particularly noted was the sinuosity of the river in the canyon. They crossed it 16S times by actual count It curves from enc side of the canyon to the other continuous ly, leaving on the opposite side each time a little bench of sand. Desiring to keep out of deep water as much as possible and gain speed they of course crossed from Sone bench to the other. Their efforts were devoted mainly to sustaining life rather than to scientific investigation, but they estimated that from the dam site to Ritchins' camp it is cOnservatively seventy-seven miles and il seems a great deal further. The river being at it's lowest stage, they did not have tC swim, but in many places had to wade up to their arms for long distances. Asked how far the can yon was in any one place so closely boxed that one could not climb out of it in the event of a necessity for doing so, they said there are several places probably a mile and half long and there are miles of it that would seri- ously embarrass a mountain sheep. MT. Aston was not with the survey long and was therefore not hardened to the sunshine. As he wore nothing over his body but an armless shirt, his arms are baked into an almost continuous unster. MT. Bradley fared much better in this respect, but had Aston not been there to pull him out of the quicksand at various times he would now be stopping with McGinty at the bottom of somewhere.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-13
PENSIONS IN THE YEAR 2O5O.

Calculating from past experience this country will be paying for the libera- tion of Cuba for q hundred and forty seven years to come. According to last years record we are still paying pen sions to four widows and four daugh- ters of pensioners of the Revolutionary war, and that war ended nearly a hun dred and twenty years ago. One sur vivor of the war of 1872 is yet getting his quarterly pension checks and 1917 widows of his comrades are doing like wise. There are 6,828 Mexican war pen sioners living and the widows of SO17 are drawing pensions on that account. The number of civil war pensioners a year ago was 999, ,446.
 At the present time there are 65,000 applications for pensions on account of the war with Spain in 1898 and 13, 900 of them favorably acted upon. II is cal culated that within a few months there will be one applicant for a Spanish war pension for every two of the soldiers enlisted in that war. The pension agents are doing a land office business in this line and when we calculate the number of young men in that army and their marriages at later periods than this it is plain to be reckoned that in the year 2003 we will have quite a con- on hand. The bureau figures that the last of these pensions may be paid out in the year 2050.-Atlanta Constitution
Arizona republican., 1903-07-13

preliminary development work and to proceed cautiously and economically. Here we recall many instances In the past when local superintendents used up all the appropriations for preliminary work in expensive camp buildings and equipment, whereupon the stockhold- CTS, paralyzed at such improvidence, let their holdings go and the company fizzled. With MT Withey as general manager. the proceedings will be re- Versed. He will make tents and prac- tical equipment do until something better is necessary. There is no stock jobbing in the venture By october 1 he will put a large force of men to work on all the properties and devote them to legitimate mine development. In month more he will have a small force at work making special eXplora- tion of ledges, veins, etc The value of these supplemental explorations is H. lustrated in the following: One of these extra discoveries is a four-foot vein. for the first time fully defined, where heretofore it was only suspected designated on the plat as No. 5. It is heavily mineralized in gold, silver and copper but the assay report is not yet at hand.
 This Grand Traverse &, Arizona ven ture is indeed a, new thing and preg- nant with good results Later. when these supplemental explorations are carried further. may make another report for Republican readers.
 F. P. MCCORMICK.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-13
Mines and Minerals ef Arizona
CAVE CREEK MINES
Organization of the Grand Traverse
 and Arizona Co.

Cave Creek. July 1O.-(Special corre- spondence The Republican.)- )-Though the big corporations are waiting for the summer to pass, intending to be- gin or to resume development work on a large scale next fall. there is. never theless, a great deal going on in dis tricts like Cave creek, and there is more prospecting on hand with better results than ever before. For instance, Charley Frisk and MT. George, coming down from Gray's gulch. where Frisk and Houck jointly and George and Cis- ney all have rich claims on a historic vein, reports that the gold values are increasing and the great vein holding it's own in size. We dream of such groups as these merged in time into one great corporate management sim liar to that of the Grand Traverse and Arizona company, extended mention of which Is the special purpose of this communication. Then there is the ex- ploitation of the old claims of Charley Fleming. deceased, by his brother, Geo. U. Fleming, a noted old California eX- pert. who experimenting a force of men. has to prolong his sojourn indefi- nitely, and the results Of his work arc surprising as well as satisfying. This morning A. s. Mills, when boarding his first load of ore for shipping, the first results of several weeks work of him self and Charlie Philes, said: We have encouragement to make a big camp and keep on with our work. but on a bigger scale than we first con- templated. Last fall we suggested to the board of trade a merging of iso lated groups of claims of small or mod crate development, such as present holders can do little with in one grand corporation like that of the Grand Traverse & Arizona company. The re- aliZation of that dream has come, though is was hardly expected so soon. Last winter F. E. Withey came here and settled down to a quiet but thor ough investigation of the ore bodies of this district He represented himself and other capitalists of Marquette and Grand Traverse City, Mich, who have a considerable surplus of capital to invest in reasonably promising ven lures of this kind, Such agents as MT. Withey are not demanding absolute assurances of value. They recognize a good or p0or thing when they come in contact with it. What they want is information as to where values may be IOunO ana tney VIII make InelG OWI investigations in their own way. MT Withey bought up certain groups of claims of known value and made loca- tions of his own adjacent to his pur- chases. Finally. when he had made al the purchases and locations required he had them examined by wei known California expert. whose pecu liarity was his fear Of misstatement ol
 
 bare facts stated clearly and without ambiguity. Late in April. after MT Withey had completed his inventory O purchases and locations. with descrip tions, assays, etc, compiled into on' voluminous report, he returned t' Michigan. There was no delay in per fecting the corporation. opening stocl books in Marquette and Traverse Cit, and otherwise setting the enterprise ol its feet. The plan is to put on sale comparatively small block of stock fo
Arizona republican., 1903-07-13

Wheeler hadn't got so many votes. But they are friends regardless Of po- litical partisanship, for Col. Crandall is the friend of everybody that thinks for himself and deserves his friendship. Tn the older days he counted Bob In gersoH. Henry Ward Beecher and David Swing among his intimates and down at Washington, where Col. Crandall once had newspaper. The National View, he was on intimate terms with all the leaders. especially cnerishing his friendship for President Mckinley. Earlier in life he was con- ncoted with the New York Graphic, then the only illustrated paper in the country.
 He relates an incident of the war that is interesting. He had been taken prisoner in Missouri and sometime af- fer he sent a request to President Lin cnln asking for exchange if possible, If not. then parole. In this request he was represented by a half dozen gen tlemen some favoring the north and some the south but all Of them on in timato terms with the executive and all of them vouching that he might be depended upon to keep his word in the event of parole. One of them was a union officer of high rank whom Col. Crandall had once hit on the head with a saber. captured and then protected from further harm till he was finally exchanged. The president was told that Col. Crandall wanted to be ex- changed and go back and do some more fighting, but if he was paroled he would keep his pledge. MT. Lincoln re- fused to do either saying. He is Q dangerous man, he has too many friends on both sides Later when Lincoln was shot another confederate officer in his presence expressed his satisfaction, whereupon Col CTandall took him to account, saying he wanted no such remarks in his presence for when Lincoln was shot the south lost her best friend MT. Crandall even in those early years recognized in the struggle for supremacy. the settling Ci a question of prnciple and not the fight of sectional aninOsity. Had Lincoln lived" he says, ''the carpet bag history of the south would never have beer written
Arizona republican., 1903-07-13
THE HIGGINS.

Overlooking the town, and promising to prove an important factor in the future history of Bisbee, the Higgins on July l put into commission for the first time its new steam hoist, and the sight of smoke issuing from the stacks, which gre visible straight up Main street, was a reassuring ard gratifying sight to the towns people.
 The three shaft is nOW down more than 110 feet and a great deal of surface improvement has beer done during the past month. The newly started equipment has a ca pacity of over 1,500 feet. and is a first class one, and well stationed This property is rightly considered a favor ite. and all who know the lCcal forma- ton are becoming more and more i'm pressed with the prospects of the Hig- gins.-I3isbee Review.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-13
YOUR LITTLE SWEETHEART.
Echoes of the First Chapter in Most
 Mems Love Story.


 Mems Love Story.
 In the utmost beginning Of things-in that time when rOosters were very large and geese were very fierce. and only mother could avert the thousand perils. heal the thousand wounds-ex- istcd a mythical partner established in family annals as Your Little Sweet heart
 "Annie?' Don't you remember An nic, Why. she was your little sweet heart You used to play together day in and day out. It was SO cute to see you,
 But no. You may catch here a. bit of blue ribbon, there an echo of d laugh, yet, try as you will. you may not re- call her. Evidently when your little sweetheart Annie was put away along with dresses and curls, she was put away so far that she was lost forever.
 What space of months, or of years. elapses you cannot tell. Nevertheless. suddenly you do witness yourself, stili of age most immature (ycu recollect that somewhere in this period you were nriserably spelled down on "fsh"O. lay ing votive offerings upon the desk of your first love, girl with brown eyes and rounded, rosy checks
 These offerings are in the shape of bright pearl buttons and carnelian pebbles. The transfer requires much breathless' daring. Down the aisle of the school room you march, your gift tightly clutched in your hand. which swings carelessly by your side. Past her seat you scuttle, and. without a single glance, you leave the treasure upon the oaken top beneath her eyes. Away you hurry, affrighted. ashamed, apprehensive, but hopeful. Presently. blushing, from your seat you steal a look across at her. She smiles roguish- ly. The offering is gone. II is accepted for she holds it up that you may see. And you grin back. as red as q beet while your heart. exultant, goea thumpity. humpity.-Century.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-13
DIAZ AND HIS ARhY
Tbe Hurdles of Mexico Would Win Admiration of World if Put to Test

Most Americans if asked to tell the voice the general opinion that it con sisted of a few thousands and of the ir- regular. nondescript sort so common iu Latin-AmeriCau states. Turn to some year almanac. however, and one finds that the peace strength is 10000; that 50,000 men, trained regular soldiers, most of them veterans. are available at a fortnight's notice, and 100000 would be ready in another two weeks. The United States is supposed to have no more than 50,000 men at CommaEd.
 The military strength of the army ol any nation is not to be judged by the mere count of a few thousands one way or the other. but by it's condition of fit ness" a 1; the English say. and in this light the facts concerning Gen. POrfiriN Diaz's very capable military support are worth knowing.
 The importance of this. in the light of the attitude of the Mexican governmer. to the Monroe doctrine, is not O be toe highly estimated. Were the United States called upon some morning to make the long expected stand of forcI in defense of that doctrine the st"ong est support which 1t would get in North
 
 or South America would come from the republic beyond 'he Rio Grande. which has been taking strides to the fore as power in the last ten years. Presi dent Diaz, in his message to congress six years ago, pledged himself and min istry to tho unqualified support of the policy that forbade further territoriei aggression by old World powers in the western continents. It is a long look 10 the fore to behold in Canada, British | Honduras, Guiana, Jamaica, cSc., SOW ereign states but that so great a man as Porfrio DiaZ should look for this gives an adequate conception of hls at
 titude i'm case the Monroe doctrine was | tested. Should it ever be. that hard riding. straight shooting. and fearless corps. the rurales of Mexico, would win the admiration of the world. How much it behooves those most interested in | this country's welfare to take the (
Arizona republican., 1903-07-13
Tl5E TRIAL OF JESUS VIEWED
 LEGALLY.

Interesting and unusual a= 1n even Is service vas the one held si ths Bethany Presbyterian church os N-,- York. when Walter Nj. Chandiar ES'I- Of the New York bar. delivered his l.r- tUre on The Trial Of Jes,,s from a Lawyers Standpoint" This l-etUry. while reverent and devout in its char actcr. is a strong presentation Cf tho totally illegal nature Of that tr-ai NE. Chandler tells in brief and pointed flsn- ion jUSt what was the Jewish lav- a5o-.c such trials. and shows that alucs- cv- cry step taken ct that time was O. Vic- latiOn Of that law. From the Roman standpoint, the arraignment hefOrr Herod and Pilate could not b. LesiE- hated as trials at an.-Church Ecoao- mist.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-13
things into accOunt,-Denver Repubn-
MASCAGNTS BOOK
A Record of the Early Hardships of
 the Composer and His Family.

Pietro Mascagrrs book, Dark Days" published in 1894, contains accounts of many of his trials and tribulations dur ing the years of hardship and sad eX- periences as an unknown composer. One chapter tells of an incident through which he found the principal melody for his opera. Radcliffe" He and his wife and child were sitting in their poorly furnished cold room one winter even ing as the door opened and enc Of his poor pupils. a little girl, entered. With tears in her eyes she told Mascagni that her mother was very i'll, probably dying. MaScaSni went tC the house of the girls mother and on request began Co play, while the child was singing and dancing. Before the strange per formance had ended the mother had closed her eyes forever. The peculiar,