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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-10

Colonel Churchill, special agent OF
the interior department in Indian ter
rltory, has been called to Washington
20 give ietailed information regard
ing mattess which have been immed-
lately under his supervision. one Of
which relates to national reserya.
iion set aside at sulphur Springs. The
secretary of the interior is consider
ing the adyisability OF asking congress
Tor an appropriation TO be used in the
Improvement of this reservation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-10

The contract for the building Of an
electric railway has been let and
Shawnee will have a street car line
IN operation by April /, 1904.
The academy of the Sister Of Mercy
at Oklahoma City win cost $125,0OO
and will be one Of the largest insti-
tutions OF its kind in Oklahoma.
The new three story factory of the
Western Vinegar works at Oklahoma
City has been completed and is now
ready to commence operations.
J. c. Finch is now commercial agent
for the Katy with headquarters at Ok
lahoma City. and the Office Of local
agent thus vacated is filled by p L.
Wing. formerls Of St Louis
Judge Raymond held court at Eu-
faula on Thanksgiving day The
Shawnee News says "The Judge is
evidently bound 10 sustain his repu-
iation as the strenuous Judge, no mat
ter at what cost TO precedent"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
BLOWN BY MACHINERY.

double-ring Belgian blowers are going
back to the old country, and others
are seeking other pursuits.
The machine is the patent of John
H. Lubbers, of Allegheny, Pa, prac-
teal glassblower, who has also made
several other laborsaving inventions.
Lubbers will reap millions as his share
of the proceeds of the invention.
Skilled mechanics from the Westing-
house works, Pittsburg, Pa, have been
working behind high walls and barred
gates for months in the erection and
installation of the machines, which no
man other than old and skilled en-
ployes of the company was allowed to
see. The gates are yet closed to out
siders, and the photos were made at
the request of the company, but that
of the machines was denied. as Che
latest improvements to them have not
been patented. When all have been
allowed the company will let the pub
lie see the machines work. but not
until then. These rollers are respec-
lively 10 and 10 feet in length and 30
inches in diameter-larger than any.
hand blower couldpossibly make. The
glass is perfect in temper and free
from blisters.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
THE FACE THAT SMILES.

Brother, you are gazing backward. toward
the scenes of your mistakes;
You are weeping DER your errors till your
proud heart almost breaks.
You're repenting and regretting, you are
signing. Oh. alas!
And you're missing all the glories OF the
present as they pass.
Leave the grim and grewsome picture
look the other way awhile,
For the face that's toward the future 10
the face that wears smile.
You are lost In contemplation OF the blum
ders you have made;
You are signing DER the countless times
your soul has been dismayed.
But the futures sun Is shining on the fu-
lures verdant trees.
And the futures birds are singing-you are
missing all Of these.
Cease that useless gazing backward. look
the other way awhile,
For the faces toward the future are the
only ones that smile.
When your back Is toward the future then
the blazing lamp of hope
Throws your shadow DER your landscape
and with blinded eyes you grope
For the blessings that had vanished with
the times they strove to bless;
Face about and you'll discover all your
groupings fruitlessness.
You'll be dazzled by the glory Of the pros
pect for awhile
But with face turned to the future you will
learn to wear a smile.
Baltimore American.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
HISTORY OF GUNPOwDER.
Evidence That II Was Used Long Ne
fore the Christian Era Ii Direct
and Irrefutable.@a

With reference to the early use of
gunpowder and firearms, long before
the popularity accepted, but erroneous,
date of gunpowder discovery, Gen. Jo-
seph Wheeler, United States army,
in lecture short time ago before the
Franklin institute, remarked that in
many localities in China and India the
soil is impregnated with inter, and
the probable discovery of gunpowder
there, many centuries before the
Christian era, may be explained in this
way:
All cooking at that time was by wood
fires and the people lived in tents and
huts with earth for their floors.
Countless fires made of wood upon
ground strongly impregnated with nj
ter must have existed every day, and
when such fires were extinguished a
portion of the wood must have been
converted into charcoal, some of which
would, of necessity, become mixed
with the inter in the SOIL BY this
means two of the most active ingredi-
ents of gunpowder were brought to-
gether, and it is very natural that when
another fire was kindled on the same
spot flash might follow. This would
lead to investigation, and then the
manufacture of gunpowder was con-
ceived. Whether this be true or not,
there is abundant evidence that the
origin of gunpowder and artillery goes
far back in the dim ages of the past.
The Hindoo code, compiled long be-
fore the Christian era, prohibited the
making of WARMTH cannon and guns
or any kind of firearms. Quintus Cur
thus informs us that Alexander the
Great met with fire weapons in Asia.
and Philostratus says that Alexander's
conquests were arrested by the use of
gunpowder. It was also written that
those wise men who lived in the cities
of the Ganges 'overthrew their ene-
mics with tempests and thunderbolts
shot from the walls" julius African
us mentions powder in the year 275.
1t was used in the siege of Constan-
tinople in 66s; by the Arabs in 500; at
Thessalonica in 9o4; at the siege of Bel
grade, 1913; by the Greeks in naval bat
ties in 1898; by the Arabs against the
lberians in 1147, asd at Toulouse In |
1918. 1t appears to have been gener-
ally known throughout civilized Eu-
rope as early as 1900, and soon there
after it made its way into England, !
where it was manufactured during the |
reign of Elizabeth, and we learn that |
q few arms were possessed by the Eng
ish in 1910, and that they were used at |
the battle of Crecy in 1346.-Cassier's
Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
WONDERFUL MACHINE.
Blows Glass Better Than Men, and
VIII Drive Many WORKINGS
Out of Their Jobs.

The accompanying photograph is the
first ever taken of machine-made win
dow glass in the world. These three
rollers were produced few days ago
at the Alexandria (Ind.) branch of the
American Window Glass company
plant, and where the Lubbers machine,
the first successful of many made, was
completed and experimental with un-
til perfected.
So perfect has this machine been
made that the company is risking mil
lions of dollars in the proposition to in
stall 1t in its Al plants distributed. over
the country, and dispense with hand
blowers entirely. The men were at
first skeptical when told that the ma
chine would destroy their trade. which
has yielded many of them $3.50 to 5000
per month; but they have at last been
forced to admit that it has been but too
true, and as result many of the best
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29

have been-you have taught me how to
live and to enjoy myself without part
ing with my principles. You know
what l mean. When my father died and
] came to live with my uncle, knew
nothing but the knowledge to be found
in books. 1 looked aghast at the world
In which found myself. 1 thought
everything savoring of the world was
wicked; thought it sin to dress too
prettily-in fact, / was a silly little
prude. You made me to know that
some things that glitter are gold.
Il understand what you mean" he
said. very gently; "but if have helped
you any must disclaim the credit of
having done so from purely unselfish
motives. You do not know how an I'M
spoiled, noble girl suck as you are ap-
peals to a man who has seen much of
the shallow mockery of life. II was not
altogether your fresh young beauty
which first attracted me; and If have
been the means of your forming
taste for innocent frivolity. am your
debtor, for you have taught me one
thing at least"
"And that is-?" she inquired. won
deringly.
That there are women who will not
sacrifice everything for the sake of
that which glitters and is not gold"
he answered.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
ecopyright. 1908. BY Daily Story Pub. Coy
WILLIAM NICHOLSON

M ARIE shook her head a little sad.
lvI ly. "Of course care great deal
for you" she said, "but not in the way
you ask" She knew she was saying
something stereotyped, but she did
not know how else to express herself.
''Then / suppose there is nothing
more to be said," answered James
Willis, with the uncomfortable infiec-
ton characteristic of the rejected
sutton.
There is much more TO be said," as
serted Marie, vehemently. 81 don't
want you to think that have been
been leading you on, because / have
shown such a thorough appreciation of
your society for two years. 1t has been
very pleasant, and / don't want this
this to make any difference. We are
not going to be foolish, as some peo-
pie might; we are going to be the same
good chums. are we not?"
"Yes," he answered, listlessly, I'VE
won't let this interfere" But he knew
very well that this would thereafter de-
cidedly interfere with the spirit of
good comradeship which had made
them enjoy the hours they had spent
together.
II have so much for which to thank
you" she stumbled on, not knowing
how this expression of gratitude hurt
him until she looked up into his eyes.
20, I don't know just what wish to
say she cried helplessly; "but you
have been to me what no one else could
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
MOUNTAINS OF THE ATLANTIC.
Submarine Peaks That Are a. WELL
Known ms Those of the
Alps or Andes.

Some facts concerning the config-
uration of the submerged Atlantic con-
tinent are given in London Strand.
The Laurel Ethel mountain Is the ut
termost peak of one of the most cele-
brated of the submarine elevations in
the Atlantic. 1t was discovered in
1878, and figures on all recent charts.
Adjacent surroundings showed depth
of 1000 fathoms, so that the discov-
cry of depth of only SO fathoms cree
ated much surprise. 1t has been re-
peatedly explored by the sounding
line, until now, after a quarter of a
century of acquaintanceship its con-
tour and characteristics are almost as
well known as many peaks of the Alps
or Andes.
Mount Chaucer was revealed to
oceanograpers in 1850. 1t is situated
in latitude AZ degrees so minutes, long
itude 2s degrees so minutes, and its
crest is only 4s fathoms from the sur
face. The honor of being the first dis
covered mountain in the Atlantic be-
longs to Sainthill, in latitude AZ de-
grees so minutes, longitude AZ degrees
20 minutes. II became known to sci
ence in 1882; that its existence was I'M
guessed until three-quarters of GEN.
fury ago is strong testimony to the ex-
treme novelty of oceanography. 1t is
not less than 10000 feet high, and its
summit is 100 fathoms from the sur
face.
An interesting group of submarine
mountains, 1000 feet high, consider
ably more lofty than the Snowdon
range, has recently been found in lati-
tude 43 degrees, longitude % degrees
30 minutes. To these have been given
the name of Edward the Seventh range,
the peaks being named after members
of the royal family. Mount Tillotston
Bright, in latitude As degrees 10 min
utes, longitude 81 degrees so minutes,
is considerable elevation, 2,4O0 feet
high, In the North Atlantic In lati-
tude As degrees, longitude as degrees,
there would be found, should the ocean
be drained dry, lofty range of hills
and mountains. The peaks of some
of them come dangerously near the
surface. Mount Placentia, in latitude
As degrees, longitude "a degrees, lacks
but five fathoms of being an island.
The deepest indentation into the
earth's crust is probably in the Pa
cific, but there are some cavernous
depths now well defined in the At
lantic. Of the latter ocean four miles
and half may be taken to be the
greatest depth. The average depth of
the whole ocean may be taken as about
two English miles. Contrary to
former opinion, recent research has
clearly proved that the greater depths
do not lie in the middle of the ocean,
but in the neighborhood of the dry
land. The latest ascertained depth of
the waters covering the earth is thus
stated by Prince Albert of Monaco,
following Prof. Krummel. to be the
average. in fathoms: Atlantic, 2,O12;
Indian. 1.s2s; Pacific. 2.125; Antarctic,
1904; Arctic, s44; Mediterranean, 732
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29

~ Simple skull Operation . Degen-
crate Lad Was STransfOrAed
Into . Useful Citizen.

London is just now much interest.
ed in two surgical cases, giving re-
suits in changing the nature of the
subjects which promise to render val.
liable assistance in pointing the way
10 the reformation of criminals. One
of the patients was a boy of good
family, who had developed brutal in
stincts which seemed to be beyond
control. He gave his time to the in.
vention of malicious mischief, de.
lighted in killing or wouDding, was
the terror of the neighborhood in
which he lived, and promised to grow
up desperate and criminal. A clev.
err surgeon took him in hand, exam.
ined his head with care, located what
he considered the seat of the trouble
removed portion of the skull, and
thus relieved the deforming pressure
The change was immediate. The Lao
forgot his previous tastes and habits
and was restored to his parents
normal and lovable boy, the complete
antithesis of his former self. The
other was a soldier who was injured
in a skirmish, and after his discharge
for disability became thief and bur
glar. His previous character had beer
unexceptionable, his military record
was the best, and the change was
naturally attributed to the injury to
his head, caused by blow from the
butt of musket. When he was taken
in hand by the surgeons he had about
come to the end of a career of crime
being paralyzed on one side and un-
able to get about except on crutches
A depression in the skull sufficient tc
bring an abnormal local pressure
upon the brain was found, and an op-
Grafton was decided upon. which re.
stored his physical powers as well
as his mental and moral faculties. His
was secured and he has
since lived an industrious and honest
life, with no evidence of disposition
to 20 wrong.-N. Y. Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
WANDERING NIGHT HERoNs.
An Interesting Experiment WITH the
Birds BY the Smithsonian
Institution.

Eight hundred night herons are wan
dering free about the United States.
each wearing on one leg an aluminium
hand-inscribed Smithsonian Institu-
tion' and a number. If any person
shoots one of these birds he should
write to Paul Bartsch, biologist of the
Smithsonian, telling him where it was
and how large was the bird. The night
heron is one of the most beautiful of
the aquatic birds of America, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, but scientists
know less about it than they are salts
ned with.
Last year Mr.. Bartsch discovered
several Of these birds on the Potomac,
n the District Of Columbia. Recently
Ne visited the place with several assist
anti n The night. and the 800 alumni
III orIlt ~ fastened 70 tie le1t
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29

direction and then in the other and
makes the clapper strike at short in.
tervals.
A full description of the mechanism
employed in the new buoy is not yet at
hand, but one can easily fancy how IL
is arranged. A small dynamo is oper-
ated by the motion of the apparatus,
and the current is first fed into stor-
age battery, so that the supply to the
lamp may be kept uniform. If the
brilliancy of this light varied with the
condition of the sea the system would
be unsatisfactory. Hence it would not
do to lead the electricity directly to the
lamp. 1t is said that experiments with
the invention are already in progress
on the German coast.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29

A new method of discovering beds
of ore hidden underground. in which
electricity serves for detective, is
said to have met with some success in
Wales and in Cornwall. A current of
high potential-30, 900 or more volts
is led to two metal rods set in the
ground. From these. lines Of force
spread in all directions, and can be
detected by means of telephone re-
ceiver connected with another pair Of
metal rods, which may be placed in
any desired position. When no sounds,
or only very faint ones, are heard,
that fact indicates detection of the
lines of force, and by shifting the place
of the rods the location of the metal
lie masses which produce the detection
can be determined,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29

Mrs. Anderson, a prominent =
society woman of Jacksonville,
Fla, daughter Of Recorder Of
Deeds, West, says:
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mothers who have not at times en-
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knew the value of Lydia f.. Pink
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is remarkable medicine, different in
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thoroughly reliable.
81 have seen cases where women
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benefit who were cured in less than
three months after taking your vege-
table Compound, while others who
were chronic and incurable came out
cured, happy, end in perfect health
after thorough treatment with this
medicine. have never used it myself
without gaining great benefit. A
few doses restores my strength and
appetite, and tones up the entire
system. Your medicine has been tried
and found true, hence fully endorse
it, Mrs. r. A. ANDERSON, 225 WASH
ington St., Jacksonville, Fla. - $4,000
forfeit u original Of above Testimonial probing gsR-
inspess cannot be produced.
The experience and testimony
of some of the most noted women
of America go to prove. beyond
q question, that Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound VIII
correct all such trouble at once
by removing the cause, and re-
and normal condition.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
TYpEwRITING EXPERTS.
Furnishing Testimony In
Lawsuits.

1t will come as q surprise to many
people to know that there is q great
deal of character in typewriting
We're half a dozen operators to use the
same machine, paper and actual words
each printing off dozen sheets, anc
were all these to be mixed up indis.
criminately, a practiced eye could dis
tinguish each operators work instant.
ly, says the Chicago Tribune.
In recent law case, where :
lengthy typewriter document Of
many sheets was in question, it was
alleged that one of the pages included
had been substituted for another
sheet. Although to q casual eye all
the sheets seemed to be the work OF
one hand, experts showed that the
spacing was quite different, especially
between the end of one sentence and
the beginning of another, and on the
substitute sheet the new paragraph
began in quite different position on
the lines, and the letters were shaky
instead of upright and firm. And the
punctuation-the crucial test-was
wholly different.
The experts were unable to trace the
person who had done the bogus type
writing, but they agreed that it wal
woman, young, andlonly beginner
at typewriting; that she was nervous
not strong, and that her education
was only moderately good.
The writer of the other sheets com.
prising the document was defined from.
the evenness. correctness and firmness
of the typewriting to be an expert.
enced "typist."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
MAKES ITS OWN LIGHT.
Buoy, Invented by q German Genius,
In Lighted by Direct Action
Of the Waves.

An inventor in Germany has pro.
posed novel method of supplying
electricity to light harbor buoy at
night. He dispenses with cable from.
a power-house on land and generates
his own current by the rocking of the
buoy. The audible signals given by
bell buoys in fog are produced in the
same manner. The motion of the
waves tilts the apparatus first in one
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
German Chamber of Commerce.

The duties of German chamber of
commerce are to further by every
means at its command the CONNER
cial and industrial interests of the
district in which it is situated. It
takes the initiative in examining any
new enterprise which may materially
benefit the district: it actively inter-
ests itself in the building of new rail-
ways, canals and steamship lines and
in the establishment of commercial
museums or sample rooms, and stu
dies ways and means of getting the
same as advantageously as possible
before the commercial world. The
furtherance of technical education is
one of the prime features of German
chamber of commerce activity. A
deep interest is taken in the welfare
of apprentices, and much is done to
elevate their morals and habits
N. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29

Of as many young herons Scientists
are anxious to know how long the
night heron lives, where it spends the
winters and how much of the country
1t covers in its wanderings. 1t is be-
lieved that by the time few of the
numbered aluminium bands have been
reported some of these facts will have
been established to the satisfaction
of the ornithologists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29

Whitaker Wrong-Won't you lend
me flyer, then? Well, / must say
you're laundering fond of your money.
Cautious Friend-Yes, that's where
the difference is between you and me.
Whitaker Wrong How do you
mean?
Cautious Friend-Why, I'm fond Of
my money, and you're fond of other
people's.-Ally Sloper.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29

A bacteriologist recently made mi
croscopical examination of the wash
ings from a woman's train worn on
the streets IT London. and found it
to contain lo,672.o0 microbes Of dis
ease,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
His Superstition.

SLOW do you account for the rota-
ton of the earth on its axis?" asked
the professor.
SWELL" answered the young man
who is always at loss, 81 suppose the
earth had to rotate on something
Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
The Usual Result,

"Say, pa queried little Johnny
Bumpernickle. whats compro-
mise?"
"A compromise. my son, is an agree
ment whereby both parties get what
they don't want" replied the old man.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29

The Rees northwest tribe their home bordering the
ground disappeared
though there to be heard pretty legends of them through
the northwest The of the tribe devoted ag
cultural pursuits and especially the raising corn they
produced large quantities They held the
close of the harvest and this celebrated the
dogs dance They warke like the majority of
tribes and disappeared before the advance of civilization without
giving the whites trouble.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29

There is to be modification in the
rules OF football. Every time . PLAY
- neck is broken, it Is : foul
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29
Burglary.

Miss Upstarte-I notice that your
brother James wife has broken into
polite society at last.
Miss Hycaste-Yes, and it's plain
case of burglary.
why so?'
Didn't she use our Jimmy to break
in with ?'-Baltimore American.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-08-29

Yes, whenever l inspect myself l
feel that am much better looking
than the average man. Do you call
this conceit?"
mo; ] call 1t distorted y's:,s.~-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.