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The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-19
IT COSTS 70 CUT CRULLERs.
Unfortunate Experience of a Young
Man In

Unfortunate Experience of a Youns
Man i'm n Park Row Beanery.
This is the hard luck story of man
who eats crullers with knife. 1t con-
Germs him, a waiter and manager, the
two latter connected with famous
Park row restaurant, which alternates
scriptural injunctions on the walls with
admonitions to patrons to keep your
eye on your coat and hat"
This young man, who is telegraph
operator, fails to state where he accu-
mulated the habit of eating crullsrn
with knife, but it is habit with him,
fixed and immovable. He must have a
knife when he eats crullers. So, when
he entered this beanery the other even
ing, he supplemented his order for
| "doughnuts and coffee" with request
for something to cut the crullers with.
The waiter brought him a knife, with
which he carved the crullers. When he
had satisfied his appetite ne discovered
that he had check for Is cents.
whats that for?" he queried.
"Five fur duh sinkers, five fur duh
draw one, an five fur duh lease o. duh
carver" responded the waiter.
do you mean to say that you charge
extra for knife to cut crullers with ?'
was the surprised ejaculation of the
telegraph operator.
Sure said the waiter. "I take no.
tice dat ev-ry guy wat comes in here
an boosts along his sinkers wild knife
eats about a pound o. butter besides.
All dey wants duh knife fur is to put a
cargo o. butter on duh crullers. guy
wat eats his sinkers wild his fingers,
which is duh only way to eat 'em, never
touches no butter. Sec?"
The telegraph operator objected to
paying for the use of the knife, not, as
he explained it, because he cared for
the five cents, but because of the prin-
ciple of the thing, it being his under
standing that restaurant, in furnish
Ing food to patrons, should furnish con-
veniences for conveying it to the face.
The waiter insisted that a man who
would eat crullers with knife would
want sponge to drink soup with, and
the argument grew so warm that the at
tention of the manager was attracted.
This official upheld the waiter, and, in
support of his position. he advanced
book of rules, which showed that he
was right. The young man paid the five
cents, and then spent about $1.50 telling
jerry, the telegraph operators friend,
and the letter carriers guide, about it.
He is now partaking of luncheon at
place where everybody uses the same
knife, and meal costs nothing at all,
so long as the bar does not suffer.-N.
Y. journal.
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CHURCH WORKER SAYS
SHE OWES HER LIFE TO PE=RU=NA.
HER GREAT FORTUNE.
A Woman Saved From Lifelong
Misery and Made Happy
and Useful.

A woman confined to the house for
several years with chronic female
arrangement had finally given up hope
of being cured.
She had tried physician after physi-
clan, and remedy after remedy, without
any permanent improvement.
Her treatment had cost her husband
who was a poor man. hundreds of doll
lars. They had been Obliged to deny
themselves many comforts of life in
order to set money enough to pay the
| physicians.
The woman had become weak, nervous
and wro.ched. and scarcely able to keep
out of her bed. Her children were
growing up neglected and ragged. be-
cause Of the want of a mothers care.
Her husband was becoming discouraged
and broken down with overwork.
Picking up the paper one day she hap
pened to read an item which contained
the news that DIR. Hartman would treat
such cases free of charge by letter. She
Immediately wrote the doctor describing
her case, and giving him all her symp-
toms.
She soon received letter telling her
exactly what to do, and what medicines
and appliances to get. She began the
treatment (the principal remedy being
Peruna) at once, and in few weeks she
was we'll and strong again, able to do
her own work.
This offer Of fire. hcme treatment to
women is still open to all who may need
the services of this eminent physician.
All letters applying for treatment will
be promptly answered, and be Eeid
strictly confidential.
Miss Annie Hoban, Post Pocahontas
Of Yemassee Council Of Red Men
(Women's Branch), writes from 673
Eighth Ave-, New York:
Three months ago I was troubled
with backache and troublesome heavi-
ness about the stomach. Sleep brought
me no rest for 1t was restless sleep.
The doctor said my nervous system
was out of order, but Sis prescriptions
didn't seem to relieve me. I was told
that Peruna was good far building up
the nervous system. After using 1t for
two months l know now that it is.
want to say that 1t made a new woman
Of me. The torturing symptoms have
all disappeared and feel myself again.
Peruna did me more good than all the
other medicines have taken"
ANNIE HOBAN.
Miss Mamie Powell, Lake Charles,
Louisiana, writes:
Il sincerely falieve that Peruna II
woman's best friend for It has certainly
been that to me. had had headaches
backaches and other aches every month
for long time, but shortly after be.
gan taking Peruna this was thing Of
the past, and have good reason to be
grateful. l take bottle every spring
and fall now, and that keeps my health
perfect, and certainly am more robust
now than have been before and am
weighing more. l do not think any
one will be disappointed In the results
obtained from the use of Peruna."
MISS MAMIE POWELL.
II you do not derive prompt and satiss
factory results from the use Of Peruna.
writa at once to DR.. Hartman, giving .
fun statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. q.
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maintain that 1t should never be
plowed down. Another perhaps as radi-
cal may insist that 1t be always plowed
down. The intellectual farmer reccg-
nizes the changes incident to natural
conditions. His first concern is to
make all the manure he can, save 1t
all, and get it on the land. This meth
cd necessarily finds times when the
manure must be plowed down. and 9TH
er tines when 1t must lie on top
Wherever it must go, 1t goes-either up
or down. on the land being preferable
to piles and scatterings about the yards
and stables. The farmer if wise will
mature his judgment, but use his ma
nure fresh. like to top-dress growing
crops; coat new-plowed ground with
fresh-made manure, and cut it in, but
it pleases me better to pillow in coat.
with burrows edged, and cut the sec
ond coat in, also.-W. F. McSparran, in
Farm and Fireside.
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Miss Alice Bailey. of

Miss Alice Bailey, Of
Atlanta, Ga, escaped the sur.
geon's knife, by using Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"DEAR MRS PINKHAM wish to
express my gratitude for the restored
health and happiness Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has
brought into my life.
terrible pains at the time of menstrua-
tion, and did not know what the trouble
was until the doctor pronounced it i'm
j1ammatiOn Of the Ovaries, and
proposed an operation.
Il felt SO weak and sick that felt
sure that / could not survive the ordeal,
and so told him that would not un-
dergo it. The following week / read
IN advertisement in the paper of your
Vegetable Compound in such an emer.
gency, and so decided to try il. Great
was my JOY to find that actually inn
proved after taking two bottles, 90 l
kept taking it for ten weeks, and at tho
end of that time was cured. l had
gained eighteen pounds and was in
excellent health, and am now.
"You surely deserve great success.
and you have my very best wishes."-
Mvss ALICE BAILEY, so North Boule-
ward, Atlanta, Ga 5000 forfeit " original
Of sbovs letter proving senuinensss cannot b pro-
diced.
All sick women would be wise
II they would take Lydia e. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound and
be well.
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Fattening GROWING B,rd..

A matured animal or bird fattens
more readily than one that is growing,
because its requirementsc are fewer.
1t is sometimes very difficult to make
a growing chick fat, as the food goes
to form bone and muscle rather than
fat, the carbonaceous material serving
to heat the body. Such chicks seem to
grow rapidly, and really attain good
weights In short period, but they are
not always fat. In order to fatten
them properly, the work must be done
quickly. They should be cooped up,
and given plenty of cornmeal and
ground grain moisted with milk, with
wheat and ground corn at night One
week is long enough, as they will begin
to lose flesh or become sick if kept con-
fined too long, for The growing chick
can subsist but short time on a car
bonaceous diet. The necessity for nj
trogen, due to the formation of feath-
ers, as well as lack of the elements
of bone, will cause chicks to droop.
The chicks may be made to gain one
fourth their weight in ten days; that
is, two-pound chick in ten days
should weigh two and one-half pounds.
But in such cases the weight is not SO
desirable as the fat, as they will gain
very rapidly if highly fed, even when
running at large, though they do not
fatten readily on account of ali the
food going to flesh and bone. AS soon
as they mature they fatten very quick
ly, and with pullets he difficulty will
then be to prevent them from becom-
ing too fat.-Farm and Fireside.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-19

The aggregate injury done by rats
to property in the United States un-
doubtedly foots up good many mil
lion dollars There losses are mostly
preventable Why not prevent them?
When bee colony becomes queen
less, the bees die of old age in seven
to eight of nine weeks from the time
when the last bee emerges from It's
cell.
This is the season at which to
insure next years corn crop. The
thoughtful, far-seeing farmer will have
looked to the present crop as a fcre-
runner for corn, to prepare the land in
measure.
The average COW is co-equal with
the average farmer, the average law
yer or preacher or blacksmith, mean
ing the reduction of the best and the
elevation of the worst. Why not have
the best?
1T is stated in a foreign agricultural
paper that the use of phospnoric acid
in wheat-growing has a tendency to
stiffen the straw. Some experiments In
this line will now be in order.
He is indeed seIf-sufflcisn. MAJ
who thinks he has within himself all
the useful knowledge relating to his
business. Self-reliance is necessary
and beautiful. Self-conceit is disgust
ing and degrading.
We know of the vast amount OF
honey produced from the alfalfa fields
in California and Colorado. We should
prepare to utilize this source of in
come fully as tho acreage in alfalfa
increases in the south and southwest.
Deep breaking in late spring for
corn rarely ever pays. Deep breaking
in the fall never fails Rest assured
that the feeding roots of corn love the
surface because there is air there for
them in this first four or five riches.
If the foal is worth raising at all
it is WORTH raising well, and j. not fed
and cared for properly will be a dis
grace to its sire and a source Of loss
to its owner
The dreaded poultry disease known
as roup may come at any time, and
is even more prevalent during damp
days In the fall than in the winter I.
is pot agreeable to destroy flock OF
pure-bred birds that are valuable, but
when roup exists in a flock there will
be much labor in vain.
Cattle men all know that much Of
the nutriment in the seed Of kafflr
corn is lat through insufficient mas
tication. This is obviated by running
the heads through feed cutter. This
adds about one-third "rough7ess' 10
the grain, which results in a fill mas-
tjcatiou of both straw and seed.
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USE OF YOURS TRULY.
Criticism of the Too Free Use of Cor
dial Terms.


dial Terms.
The habits of people in signing let
ters are receiving some attention, and
interesting conclusions are drawn from
study of the different ways writer's
subscribe themselves. The curt "Yours"
and ''Yours truly" are found not only in
business letters, but in personal notes
as well, for there are plenty of corre-
spondents who don't believe in gush,
and who think that "Yours truly" for
sincerely" means about all they wish
to convey. Opposed to these sensible
and essentially practical persons is that
class of writers made up usually of
young and enthusiastic individuals, as a
rule of the gentler sex. who throw
words about as carelessly on paper as
they do in conversation. The use of
the word love by such people is a dis
tressing sign of emotional weakness, of
carelessness or of insincerity, and pos
sibly arises from the same impulse tha.
prompts women to kiss each other in
discriminatory. One Boston girl has
taken her own stand in the matter, and
at the risk of being considered "cold"
and thoroughly Boston" she sticks to
it. In her childhood she was taught to
sign "affectionately yours" to her far
away great-aunts and second cousins,
some of whom she had never seen, but
all of whom she tried to like, because
of the claims of kindred, and the word
"affectionately" came to her as moth
ing at all except polite and necessary
fiction. So she signs "affectionately" to
people she is supposed to be conven-
tionally fond of, and when she SAYS any,
thing more she means it. She thor
oughly approves of Cordially yours"
and this, by the way, is seen more and
more frequently now in notes between
acquaintances who are on distinctly
friendly or cordial terms. After ali.
"Your friend" when it can be used
truthfully, is simple and satisfactory
way of ending friendly letters. Some
people have the habit of not prefacing
their names with any set form of words
at the end of letters. They stop when
they get through and write their sig
natures without any frills. = Boston
Journal.
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The shiftle.. Farmer

A farmer who does not keep hia
farm and home in a neat and orderly
condition has no pride in his bust.
ness; and a man who has no pride In
his business should quit the business
he has no pride in and try something
else for livelihood. Whoever has no
pride in his business will soon De-
come ashamed of his business, and
whoever is ashamed of his business
will soon become ashamed of himself
also. A worthy man can not be
ashamed of himself, for personal
pride is necessary to keep a man free
from meanness and unworthy deeds
Farm and Ranch.
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THE WRONG ONE.
The Laundress Mixed the Handker-
chiefs md 1t Made Trouble.

The Laundress Mixed the Handker-
chiefs and 1t Made Trouble.
A woman who is newly come to town
went into one of the banks one day re-
Gently to have check cashed. The
paying teller examined the check with
that air of suspicion a paying teller
never loses.
"You'll have TO be identified, madam, '
he said, politely.
The woman was in great hurry.
identified" she said, "why, / haven't
time to go and get anybody to identify
me. Besides, don't know three people
in town."
'I'm sorry" said the teller, "but the
rule is invariable.
But" protested the woman, "I real
ly am the Mary L. Brown named on the
check. You don't doubt that, do you? ?"
The teller looked embarrassed.
''It's only a form, madam" he said,
"but we must insist on some identified
tion."
A happy thought struck the woman.
Her name was on her handkerchief.
"WouId the name on her handkerchief
be any Identification" she asked. The
teller replied that it would.
swell. them" said she, maiestically.
handing over the square of liren, "per-
haps you'll be good enough to give me
the money now"
The teller examined the handkerchief
and handed it back without word. In
one corner was daintily written in in
delible ink, Sarah Jones'"
The check was not cashed till next
day, anf the newly arrived woman has
discharged her Observation-Disclosures
Post.
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The Mcbride Case Again.

st. John, Kan, Oct. 26.-Mr. and Nm
William Mcbride and Jesse l.. Lines, M.
T., have gone before Mr. George e.
Moore. Notary Public, and have sworn
and subscribed to written statements con.
nrnllng the story Of the awful illness and
subsequent cure of the little son of Mr..
and Mrs. Mcbride.
DIR. Lines is particularly emphatic in
his statement, and there does not now
seem to be any room for doubt as to the
tact that Dodd's Kidney Pills, and moth.
ing else, saved the little boy.
He was so bad that he had Epileptic
spclls which seized him with increasing
frequency. He was semi-paralyzed in the
right side, and his mind was badly af.
In their sworn statement, Mr.. and Mrs.
The very day we began to use Dodd's
Kidney Pills our boy had twenty-seven Of
these Epileptic spells or fits. In less than
a week he ceased having them entirely"
The case has caused a great sensation
in the neighborhood The sworn state.
ments have confirmed the whole story.
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ITCHING NOSE A PERIL.
v1ctim of Road Agents want.a q.
Scratch, But Was Made to
Smell of q Gun.

ExCongressman Bell used to tell a storv
OF time when be once got into grave
peril on account of his nose He was eoinq
" leadville in the early days on a stage
coach which was held up by highwavmen.
The Passengers were ranged in a row out.
side with their hands up, the familiar at.
titude being enforced by a gun In the
hands of one of the gentlemen of the road.
while the other went through the yarions
pockets at his leisure
In the midst of the ceremony Mr.. BeIl'a
nose began to itch with that maddeniue
persistcncy calculated to drive to INSANITY
or the grave if not relieved. Involuntariiy
his right hand began to lower itself to the
seat OF troubles.
Hands up there!" called the man ke.
hind the gun, sternly.
HIS hand shot back into place. but in n
moment began to lower itself again.
What's the natter with you!" inouiNsd
the bandit Are you anxious to become .
lead mine."
My nose itches 10 can't stand it anv
longer" said Mr.. Bell. "Pve simply got
to scratch it,"
No, you hain't," replied the agent. "be-
cause Ill do it for you"
With which he proceeded to scratch the
prospective congressional nose with the
muzzle of his shotgun.
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Altered Times.

II was in Malta harbor on a sultr,
Lay that q four-foot-eight'mid
same to join his first sea-going ship
Having duly reported himself to til,
eaptain-an officer of some six feet two
inches-the latter, literally looking
down upon the boy, said:
"Well. youngster, SO you've come Ia
join-eh?"
Yes, If you please, sir" meekly re.
Eponded the midshipman.
"What is it-same old yarn, sent the
fcol of the family to sea-eh?"
No, SIR" ingenuously replied tho
youngster; "oh, no. things have altered
since your time, SIR"
go away!" roared the captain, and
the MILDLY few below, as fast as hi. lit
tie legs could carry him.-Cornhiu
Magazine.
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Secretary Woman's State Fedora
tionSays: "Pc-ru-na Does More
Than is Claimed for it."

Mrs. Julia M. Brown, Secretary Of the
Woman's State Federation of California
writes from 1914 Fifth ST., Los Angeles
CAL, as follows:
81 have never known OF any patent
medicine which did what it professed to
do except Peruna. This remedy does
much more than it claims, and while
have never advocated any medicine
feel that it is but justice to speak good
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Not Caused by the Hat.

"How do you like my hat ?" she asked
why, to tell the truth" replied her
dearest friend, frankly, Il don't like
she effect very well. 1t seems to me 1t
gives you rather cross look"
"Oh, that isn't the hat" she respond.
ed, cheerfully.
: "No?"
"Oh, not at al. That comes entirely
from the fact that 1 have just seen nv
husband and he has just seen the bill" !"
Chicago Post.
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The Dear Girl am really astonished
to hear you advance the proposition
that child should not corrected in
the presence of strangers.
Tie Savage Bachelor-He should not
be, because he should never be in the
presence of strangers; that's Why
Stray Stories.
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California, the Beautiful.

Now's your chance-cheap rates tc
CALIFORNIA;! $4,000 from st. Louis. s25 90
from Kansas City. Tickets on sale daily
until November 30th. Personally con-
Quoted excursions on ''The Katy FLYER"
from st. Louis on Tuesdays of each week.
Tourist car through to San Francisco. Ask
for tour book and information. George
Norton, G. P; 4 T. A., NJ, X. 4 T. Ry.,
suite j, The Wainwright, st. Louis, Mo.
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this morning that money is easier now.
What on earth does that mean" Broke
leigh-"Perhaps it means that it goes
easier. I'm sure don't find that it comes
any easier. r.-Philadelphia Press.
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word for it because have found 1t to be
such rare exception.
IT have known several women who
were little better tnan physical wrecks,
mothers who dragged out miserable,
painful existence. but were made well
and strong through the use of Peruna.
l have known Of cases Of chronic catarrh
which were cured in short time, when
a-dozen different remedies had been ex-
perimented with and without good re-
suits. I use it myself when feel nerv-
Gus and worn out, and 1 have always
found that the results were most satis-
factory" JULIA M. BROWN.
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Chicago, st. Paul Minneapolis, four daily
trains via the Chicago & North-Western
Ry.
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
q cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 322 Third
Ave-, N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
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Dfhculties are meant to rouse, not die.
courage.-Channing. =
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There are people who seem to think they
can teach experience.-N. Y. Times.
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A dumb-waiter can't talk, but neither.
Tor that matter, can q speaking tube
Philadelphia Record.
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Doesn't the odor of burning leaves
make you sick?" asked Jinks. "Oh, no"
replied Junks, Il smoke Turkish cigarettes,
you know"-Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-19

Putnam Fadeless Dyes color Silk, Woo
and Cotton at one boiling.
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Enterprise and Caution.
IL shall get there" quoth Enterprise,
confidently.
'Whereg" asked Caution.
Here Enterprise bestowed witherins
look upon her laggard sister,
AS to that i know nothing" she re-
piled, haughtily, further than that when
! get there it will be somewhere else."-
Detroit Free Press.
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Mere family never made a man great.
Thought and deed, not pedigree. are the
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-12-19

A conceited woman is seldom Jealous
Chicago Daily News.
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Intelligent farmers all agree that the
proper place for manure is on the land
Some halfway fellow may loudly
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To Cure . Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c,
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Mrs. Hattie La and Catholic
Ladies of Ohio, writes from Gallon, o, follows:
Afer child several months with
bearing down pains accompanied
health ruined for Hf
when friend visiting what It had
done forh when she suffered
bottle the evening
directions Before
certainly advised
friends to use IT, MRS. HATTIE LA FOUNTAIN
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shoes ~ nail, Is cents extra. TIlusfrsts3
Cstaies free. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockfea, Has.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
KAVANAUGH SAYS NAY.

According to the statement of Newt
Fisher, Birmingham has been trying
to step into the shoes of Kansas City
in the matter of laying claim to the
services of Hugh HILL 1t seems that
President Kavanaugh has interfered
and prevented Dale Gear from trans
ferring to Manager OBrien his claims
to Hugh Hill. President Kavanaugh
has all along taken the decided stand
that Hill was the property of the
Nashville Club. Had Gear been allowed
to release his claims to Birmingham,
Fisher and OBrien would have
to fight 1t out, as the manager Of the
Iron Barons would have stepped into
the shoes of the Kansas City man
ager, and his claim to Hill would not
be superior to that of Gear Fisher
states that new evidence is before the
national board in the Hill case and he
expects a decision in a few days. Newt
believes confidently that he will win
out in the end. President Kavanaugh
has stated positively that he would mol
allow the SALE