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The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
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cHILDLESS MOTHERS.
They Have Lost from Out Their Lives
Something That Cannot Be
Told In Words.

The wife who has passed her many
years of married life in childless moth
erhood has lost from out that life a
greatness and pleasure that she may
not have realized at first, but that is
brought home to her with redoubled
force and meaning when she has passed
the zenith of youth and is coming to
understand that life is not perpetual
youth.
Keen anxiety and sorrow she may
Have missed, also. Yet it is also true
that lit were. better to have loved and
lost than never to have loved at all"
The childless mother has not known
the depths of degradation to which
child can bring its parents, nor yet
has she known the most exquisite love
and bliss. Neither mas she known the
anguish of the sting of death, when
her fondest hopes have been laid low.
She has escaped great care and respon-
sibility, but she has lost from her life
in her unalloyed joy more than she has
escaped of sorrow.
The mother love is an elemental part
of true and womanly character, and
that it is part of her intended nature
is abundantly proven. The woman who
openly declares herself to have never
felt the tender, uplifting sentiment of
such love, at that moment admits her.
self lacking in many a womanly quail
ity of heart and being. Her heart is
not the tender Svmnaf n otto ,~r~o :, Al :.
every woman's heart is supposed to
be. The childless woman who can look
unmoved upon a mother and her de-
voted son, without pang of envy,
or in other than a spirit of deepest
admiration, is woman whom it. is well
has been denied the right of mother
hood. But, fortunately for the world,
such women are few, though childless
homes are many.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

A beginning of kidney trouble lies in
the fact that people, especially wom-
en-, do not drink enough water. They
pour down tumblerfuls of ice water
as an accompaniment to a meal, but
that is worse than no water, the chill
preventing digestion, and indigestion
being an indirect promoter of kidney
disease, says Good Housekeeping. A
tumbler of water slipped in the morn
ing Immediately on rising, another at
night, are recommended by physicians.
Try to drink as little water as possible
with meals, but take a glassful half
an hour to an hour before eating. This
rule persisted in day after day, month
after month, the complexion will i'm
prove, and the general health likewise.
Water drunk with meals should be
slipped, as well as taken sparingly.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
NEVER VICTIMS OF CUPID.
There Are More Bachelors Than Old
Maids In the Census Emu
meratiOn.

1t is estimated that there are now
In the United States 2,500,OO0 more
single men of marriageable age than
there are single women, the official fig
ures being as follows: Unmarried men.
10,44s,153; unmarried girls and women.
7.573,s19. The male population of the
United States, through the excess of
male immigration and the higher male
birth rate, is more than I, 1,000, 900 in ex-
cess of the female. The span of life is
on the average, longer for a woman
than for man and the marriageable
age for women is several years younger
than the average for men. AS a con-
sequence OF this the numberof widows
is very largely in excess of the number
OF widowers, the figures being 2, zoe, 900
and 100000 respectively, says the San
Francisco Argonaut.
There are more divorced women who
have not remarked than there are
divorced men, and for all these reasons
the number of the single men of mar
riageable age is larger than the num-
Der OF single women. In New York II
is 100000. in Pennsylvania 1s0, 1000. in
Ohio 10000, in Illinois 200. 900. in Cali
fornia 100000, in Texas 15O, 900 and in
Kansas $4,000. In Massachusetts, the
number of unmarried men exceeds the
number OF unmarried women by only
a few thousand. In Utah there are as
ooo unmarried men and $4,000 unmar-
rled women of manageable age. In
washington, the capital, the number
OF single men is $4,000 and of single
women about the same.
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dropsy, rheumatism. Bright's disease.
Doan's Kidney. Pills cure all kid
ney and bladder ills. Read the fol-
lowing case:
Veteran Joshua Heller, 7o6 South
Walnut street, Urbana, ILL.,. says: sIn
the fall of 1899 after getting Doan's
Kidney Pills at Cunningham Bros
drug store in Champaign and taking
course of the treatment 1 told the
readers of this paper that they had
relieved me of kidney trouble, dis
posed of lame back with pain
across my loins and beneath the
shoulder blades. During the inter-
val which has elapsed 1 have had oc-
casion to resort to Doan's Kidney
Pills when I noticed warnings of an
attack. On each and every occasion
the results obtained were just as sat
isfactory as when the pills were first
brought to my notice. I just as en-
indorse the preparation to-
day as did over two years ago."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Heller
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Medical
advice free-strictly confidential.
Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price
so cents per box.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Eggs are five cents apiece in Tono.
pah, Nevada's latest bonanza camp"
said man who has just returned from
the west. "The only thing that is free
out there is the air and that is fine"
How about the water?" was asked.
Water that is fit to drink costs two
cents a gallon. 1t is pumped distance
OF six miles by primitive system of
waterworks. Tonopah grocers sell
potatoes by the pound, asking two and
one-half and three cents for them.
Butter is IS cents roll and oil 60 cents
a gallon. Of course, these prices are
not nearly so high as we paid in the
klondike during the excitement there
. few years ago, but when one consid-
ers that Tonopah is in the heart of one
Of the states they are exceptional
Lack of transportation facilities is the
reason for it, but the camp is so rich
that it will not be long before a rail.
road is built."-N.Y. Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
GIRLS IN MAoRMAND.


One hears good deal about the
stalwart native of New Zealand
whose broad chest, frank, open face
and muscular arms are a delight to
the intrepid traveller who goes into
the bush in search of butterflies.
Little, however, is said of the fair.
er beauty who hides her charms in
the solitude of her pah whilst her
brother. stalks about, in all his man.
ly strength, waiting for the meal he
knows will be prepared for him on
his return.
Maori girls, from their earliest ap
pearance in the world, are brought
up with strict ideas concerning their
domestic and other duties, also their
duty towards man--the greater and
necessarily the more intelligent crea,
ture. With such good training, they
grow up with an unbounded respect
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

the ChInaman persevered, and came
every evening to see her. The days
were long now, and few strangers came
from the world beyond the inlet rocks
to buy her hair seal and beaded trinket
boxes. So, at last she consented to
work at the cannery, the wages offered
by Fang being necessary to her ex-
istence.
Nc word came from Joe Bear. The
midsummer sun had dissipated the
mists that curtain the fir-clad noun
tains of the mild Alaskan coast, and
warm ocean currents combined with
mountain air to make perfect days and
nights in the inlet, where thousands
of fish were daily being taken for the
cannery, and Fang, the Chinese sub
boss, was still the lone occupant Of
the house across the cove from the hut
of Chekan's daughter.
Whether she went up the mountain
side for walk in the evening, or by
appointment with Fang, will never be
known, but it was afterward said that
she had few personal belongings
packed in a sack, and that the trail
she took was the same taken by Joe
Bear in the spring. She was last seen
just before nightfall, in company with
Fang, a little way up the mountain.
Neither one returned. Two days aft
erward search was made, but no
trace of them was found. On the third
day the search was resumed, further
around the mountain, to the east.
They found her body, covered with
fresh-cut fir boughs, lying between
two fallen trees. Two bullets had en-
tered her breast. Her face in death
wore a look of terror, her clothing
was torn by the dragging of her body
over the rough mountain from the
trail to the fallen tree. Her shapely
and once supple limbs had been slashed
with knife in some strange, Chinese
design.
Fang's boat left no trail in the dark
when it crept out of the inlet. The
search for him Jagged after the Sec
ond day. and it was two weeks later
when Joe Bear came down from the
5tikine country and descended the
to the hut of the Chekan's
Within an hour he had
heard it all. He made wonderfully
quick preparation. Before the COM
pany's storekeeper knew of his arrival
Zoe Bears canoe, with four armed In
liam men. passed out of the inlet, and |
xept moving toward the south. Joe,
With his rifle across his knees, sat in |
he stern and steered. A month after
ward we heard from Fang. He had
,iven himself up to the Canadian po-
ice, and taken shelter in crude jail, |
vhere he was killed one dark, stormy
light, by ball from an unknown rife,
lined through one of the little win
lows of his prison.
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Tha. night Fang and Chekan closed

That night Fang and Chekan closed
the bargain, the Chinaman paying the
chief $240, three times the price of an
ordinary Indian wife. The chiefs
word was, to Si-aw-eeta law higher
than that of church or state.
Two weeks later, when Joe Bear and
his canoe disappeared from the inlet.
Fang's Indian wife was missed from
the house the Chinese had built on the
beach, across the cove from Chekan's
hut. The weather grew worse, and
sleet-laden winds swept in from the
/ ocean. Six months passed. 1t was .
long, lonely winter for Fang. The sea-
sons salmon pack was out of the way
and his duties were light. So were the
duties of all in the settlement, but
they stunned him in his misfortune,
and he thought he saw a sneer behind
the stolid face of every Indian.
One fair morning in May the canoe
OF Joe Bear entered the inlet, coming
from the direction of Kake island, so
miles away, where other Thlingits
Hved. The canoe was beached at Che
kan'shut, andJo Bear and Fang's swife
entered the shack. 1t was deserted and
cherries. The old chiefs body lay in
its tomb, little way up the mountain,
and the totem pole, half finished, stood
sentinel by the grave. Within an hour
the news of the runaways' return
spread. There was great chatter
ing among the Cinnamon at the cam
merry. but Fang made no sign. The
spring work of the fishery begun, and
he was devoted to his work. The weeks
passed, and Joe Bear and his woman
were rarely seen. They hunted to-
gether, back in the mountains, and
when they were in the village Joe oc-
casionally visited the company's
store to barter the fresh meat of the
deer, moose, or bear, but it was plain
that he avoided Fang, and the China
man sedulously kept away from the
Indian. Then Joe grew restless. He
was determined to go on a long trip
to the Stikine, to hunt the big moose.
But the terrible mountain trail was
not one for woman.
When Joe had been gone a week,
Fang called on his wife at Chekan's
hut. He was gentle and kind, and al
though she spoke not word to him,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
INSANITY IN THE CITIES.
The Strain Upen People In Business
LAfe, Fast Living and Bad Ar
Killing Them.

II
Insanity in Chicago is on the in.
crease, but only to the extent expect.
ed by the increase in the city's popula.
tion and the changing of conditions
here, says the Chicago Tribune.
DIR. ID. r. Brewer, professor of men.
tai and nervous diseases in Rush and
the Northwestern women's medical
college, and author of the textbook
on the subject of insanity, said: "In-
sanity thrives in urban communities.
Great cities are the hotbeds of de-
generacy. In New York the proper
tion of insane to the sane is one to
$40. In Chicago it is one to 400. The
rate is increasing in all great cities.
Briefly, the reason is that in this day
and age we are living too fast. Mod
ern conditions of life are enfeebling.
We live in flats in which all atten-
tion is paid to heating, none at all to
yentilating. We come downtown in
street cars in which the air is worse
than that of the Black Hole of CAL
cutta. We bolt our meals, ruch from
one employment to another, take lit
tie or no time to sit down and pull
ourselves together. Naturally in every
great city the tendency is toward an in
crease of insanity. Such is the case in
Chicago"
Insanity increases in old and set
tied communities" said DIR. N. N.
Meyer. Chicago is reaching that
stage in its development where we will
reap some ofxhe destructive effects
OF modern civilization. These effects
are not seen in new communities for
several reasons. First, it is not the
sick, the lame nor the halt who emf
CRATE. 1t is the young and vigorous.
Persons of sound minds and sound
bodies are not subject to insanity.
Then as pioneers they live in an out
door life, breathe plenty of fresh air,
have few of the vices which abound
IN great city, and altogether are
those least liable to mental disorders.
The state of Minnesota, for instance,
is to-day representative community
of the pioneer class, and consequently
a smaller proportion of insanity is
found there than in any other state
In the union. Chicago has passed out
of the pioneer class and has reached
the second and third generation de-
scended from that sturdy race, and
consequently we may now expect an
Increase in insanity. In every great
city that has fully passed the forma-
tive period the ratio of insanity is
about one to $40 of the population.
Insanity will continue in Chicago un-
til we have reached that ratio"
In Chicago the method of having
a person declared insane and sent to
IN asylum is the same that it has been
Tor years. All the cases come before
the county judge, Judge Carter. There
ire two modes of inquiring into a per-
sons sanity, either by trial before
jury of six, or the judge can, if he
20 elects, rule that the examination
'hall be in chambers before the Judge
md two experts in insanity, appointed |
~ himself. The latter method has |
ess publicity than the jury trial, |
which, however, must be always re-
orted to where there is contest in
he case, and where there is some
round for the belief that the persons
Who bring the charge of insanity
night have some Interior motives in
ending the alleged insane person away
o an asylum.
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AN UNLUCKY YEAR.
some Figures Produced by the SUI
perstitlOus Man to Prove
1908 a HOOdOO

IF something terrible doesn't hap.
pen to the human race before the end
OF this year, I'm no true prophet" said
the superstitious man, according 10
the Chicago Inter Ocean. "Fate has
written it down just as plain as day
and there's no way of dodging it.
In the first place, the year 1908 con-
tains a mighty bad combination of
ngures. If you take them separately
and add them up you will find that the
result will be 13, no matter which wav
you work it out.
"Aii right. You may laugh at me
as far as l have gone, but wait until
Iproduce somemore facts. ptbe vear
1908 there are three days in which the
thrteenths of the month falls on Fri
day. The first was February I3. the
next will be March 13, and the last will
be November 13.
"Take look at the calendar and
ind out how many previous years had
this many Fridays which came on the
thirteenth of the month. On the 1atb
OF February l forgot myself and walked
under ladder on Madison street. Ra.
fore l had gone half a block bevond
that ladder fell down and sprained
my ankle.
Il am going to stay in the house all
day on the 13th of March, and it's ten
to one the house will catch fire.
If figures count for anything this
Is the unluckiest year that old Father
lime has presented to us in mighty
long while. It's a combination that
can't be beat, and I'm just sailing
around looking for trouble all the
time"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
THE RICHEST HEIREss.
Miss Bertha krupp Owns Gilt-Edge
stock Worth Seventy-FIve
Million Dollars.

Most of the shares in the recently or
ganized krupp Gun Works Gimited)
Liability company are held by Fraulein
Bertha Krupp.
This makes her easily the richest girl
tn the world and one of its richest in
dividuals.
Naturally there is great interest felt
IN her personality, but she is most re-
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
GOOD THINGS WE HAVE MISSED.
" We pity our poor selves

All, how we pity our poor selves
In looking back along the days;
We think Of joys we might have had.
OF blessings that had made us glad
II We had travelled other ways:
We sigh DER chances that were lost
And fret and grumble and persist,
~ men have always heretofore,
: In vainly. sadly counting DER
The many good things we have missed.
We mourn the dead past and forget
The splendid future that remains:
Upon the fates our blame Is tossed
Tor all the profits We have lost,
But never credit for our gains;
We name the old, lost chances DER
Aud, every day. add TO the list.
vbEEetting IN the joys we've had
n IooktnG 6oGk and feeling sad
Because of Goo6 things We have missed.
- n KI6er. II Chicago Record Herald.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

firing and greatly dislikes notoriety,
end cares little or nothing for society.
Few outside of her personal circle of
friends know her or have even seen her.
She finds her favorite recreation in
study and the cultivation of flowers.
of this last pursuit she is passionate
ly devoted and has originated two
varieties of carnations. Her collection
OF orchids is said to be the finest in the
world.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

The rash of true measles consists OF
spots and elevations. That Of scarlet
fever is made up Of minute red points
closely packed. The rash of German
measles exhibits small red spots. with
out papules, and in appearance quite
distinct from anything seen either in
measles or scarlet fever. The syuption
RENAME tor two Qr three deyA
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Patience-And you say the engage
ment is off?
Patrice-Oh, yes; she was imprudent
enough, one night, to inform him that
she came from good old fighting stock.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

One quart milk, heat one pint of it to
boiling, stir in one cup Indian meal un-
til thick, add one cup molasses, one
tablespoon flour, salt, nutmeg and
ginger, little of each; now add the
pint of cold milk, bake one and one half
heurs.-Boetop Globe.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Th . " e a r "
worn-out, all-tired
feelings come to
everybody W b o
taxes the kidneys.
Whenthe kidneys
are over-worked
they fail to per-
form the duties
nature has provid-
ed for them to do.
When the kid
neys fail danger
Gus diseases quick
~ follow. Urinary
disorders, diabetes,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
ButtermiIk IN M.s,.,..

Sour buttermilk has been given with
benefit in the vomiting of Bright's dis
ease. Sour milk has been found use-
full food in dyspepsia due to deficient
gastric secretion. It's utility is due
to Tactic acid. Whey is very laxative.
hence its value in constipation.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
AbhrevIated Costumea.

Mrs. Gableigh-What did the ladies
wear at the banquet?
GableighI can't remember, except
that their frocks would have made ad-
mirable rainy-day outfits
Mrs. Gableigh (horrified)-Whatl
Gableigh-If they had walked ON
their ands.--Baltimore American.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Bizziebodie (discouragedly)-I did
everything in my power to make those
two young people see that they were
not fitted for each other
Wyzacre-And when is the wedding
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
MRS. RATH'S BABY
Tired Mothers Touching Story of
Anxiety and Suffering.
Cuticura Brings Blessed Cure to Skin
Tortured Baby and Peace and Rest
60 Its Worn Out Mother.

1t wonder that Mrs. Helena Rath was taken sick
Seeandd she did all the houscwor washed cooked and
mended for her husband Hans and their children After
pucky fight keep on her feet Mrs Rah had YIELD early
who called her tidy home No 82 Tenth Ave. New York City
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

1t has been shown that more than q
gallon of salt solution can be intro,
duced into the blood vessels IN the
course OF an hour without destroying
lie or occssioping any disease
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

Still, is it sign of real greatness,
asks the Chicago Record-Herald, to
b remembered merely because the
anniversary of ones birth Il . ~
tje0al holidsy3
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

hlred . girl to mind the chill
dren and to do whatever else she
could. I couldn't stay in bed long.
Sick as l was, it was easier for me
to crawl around than to lie and
worry about my little ones. So
got up after q few DAYS, and let
the girl go. I had noticed that she
had sores on her face, hands and
arms, but l paid no attention to that
until Charlie, my youngest, began to
pick and scratch himself. He was
then ten months old, and the girl
had paid more attention to him than
to any OF the others. Charlie was fret
ful and cross, but as he was cutting
teeth, / didn't think much of that.
Even when rash broke out on his
face / wasn't frightened. because
everybody knows that that 10 quite
common with teething babies. Sew
eral OF my others had it when little,
and thought nothing about it.
Bat the rash on Charlie's poor
little face spread to his neck, chest.
and back. l had never seen any.
thing quite like it before. The skin
rose in little Jumps, and matter
came out. Ny babys skin was hot.
and how he did suffer He wouldn't
eat, and night after night walked
the floor with him, weak az I was.
Often had to stop because felt
faint and my back throbbed with
pain, But the worst pain Of all was
TO see my poor little boy burning
with those nasty sores.
II believed he had caught some
disease from the girl, but some of
the neighbors said he had eczema,
and that is not catching, they told
me. Yes, gave him medicine, and
put salves and things ON him.
don't think they were all useless.
Once in . while the itching seemed
TO let up bit, but there was not
much change for the better until .
lady across the street asked me whv
l didn't try the Cuticura Remedies.
I told her l had no faith in those
things you read about in the papers,
She said she didn't want me to 90
on faith nor even to spend any
money at first. She gave me some
Cuticura Ointment II think the
box was about half full - and :
piece of Cuticura Soap. I followed
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09

ces. Of tanning the bottom soles produces abso-
lueely pvre leather; moro flexible and Win Woag
xhe selee have more than doubled the paSt lon
ySera vnaco Prove it, superiorfty. Why noe
Notice Increase gsso Sales: p. .oee, eeS,9l
N D~sanesss lisca sales: o&s00A, 5000
entn Of -. $50, 16o.50 In -Four Years.
". Z. DOUGLAS Slyo0 oDlT gDog louo9,,
worm $500 Compared with Other n1akoos
lhs best Imported and american ieGtkess, Heur6
eatert calE Enamel. 6ox Calf Calf Wei kfd CoeoHs
Cot, aAd National kangaroo. Fast coiw Egefsta
Gan3lNns 1ho gonuine have W. L DOUGLAS
VaesI0~s nams and price stamped On bottom.
SAoo ~ moil 26e. exfra. Alss. CdfaiooJree.
W. H. OOU0LA0, DROCKTON. MASS.
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"a IN .!:sp = pa e anyone Who
Because W. L. Douglas
isthe elargest estmanufacturer
he can buy cheaper and
produce his shoes at q
lower cost than other con-
Germs, which enables him
q soil shoes for $3.50 and
$500 equal In every
way to those sold else y
where for "a and $500.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-09
MRS. .TELENA RATH.

The agonzng, itching and burning of the skin as in .zea:
the fghtfu scaling in psoriasis the loss of hair crng
OF the scalp as in SCALED head the facial ds6guremen
Of wornout parents milk crust letter and salt emal
demand remedy of almost superhuman virtues successfully
cope with them That Cutcma Soap Ointment Resovent
are such stands beyond all doubt No made
regarding them that justified by the strongest evidence
The purity and sweetness the power afford immediate relief
the certainty Of speedy and cure the absolute safety
and have made them the skin cures blood
purifiers and humour remedies Of the civilized world
cUTIorsA RE1sEns Are d throughout
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