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The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
LITTLE REAL THOUGHT.
Deductions of an Investigator Who
Delved Into the Mysteries Of
Women's Minds.


THE trouble with most of us is that we
simply don't think" said certain lee
turer one day, according to the New
York Tribune. I'VE let our minds wan
der about aimlessly over past, present
and future in a fashion that, were it
demonstrated to the eye, would appear
much as do the shambling, revolving
movements of an idiots limbs.
Especially is this true of women"
continued the speaker, relentlessly,
though more than half of his audience
were feminine persuasion. IF the men
tality of the majority of women could be
pictured in process, there wouldn't be
one straight, clear cut line In the whole
hazy mass. Thought Is power. No ma
terial thing or circumstance can long
Withstand the persistent, concentrated
force of intelligently directed thought,
and the reason we don't get anywhere
in our lives is that none of our think
ing is purposeful, but shambling and
leaky."
Nobody protested audibly at the time,
and the inference was that the major
ity of the audience found the cap of
more or less snug fit. But one listener
determined to put these sweeping state
ments to statistical test. Whereupon
she fell into the way CT asking fem
mime friends whom she met on the street
and elsewhere of what they were think
ing. Most of them required some Sec
onds ito remember" to collect" their
thoughts. Out of S5 thus questioned 27
were thinking what a good or bad or in
different time they had had on such an
occasion; 19 were wondering" what
they would do II such and such a thing
should happen; the minds of 21 were
occupied with shopping, although they
were all convicted on the spot of having
well made out lists with them, and the
remaining Is were mot thinking about
anything" A child of five or six, gaz-
Ing out of the window with a dreamy
look on her face, was asked the same
question. After a seconds reflection
the answer was Nothing" "Oh. but
you must have been thinking of some
thing" she was urged "Your mind
couldn't have been quite empty, you
know" Then, in all seriousness, came
the earnest reply: well, deed, If was,
l didn't know it."
Out OF ten men questioned two were
planning a DEAL" one was studying
how to get even" with some one who
had "got the better of him." and the
rest answered on an average with the
women. The statistically inclined men,
Der of the audience then compared notes
with the aforesaid lecturer.
"And then people complain that fate
Is against them, that they can't over
come circumstances. and things are un-
evenly divided in this world" he smiled.
why, they are scattering with their
brains what their hands may build. They
are carrying their earnings in a pocket
full of holes. OF every accomplished
fact there must first be a mental concep-
lion, as the brick and mortar house is
drst built in the architects brain, and II |
Is not difficult to see why people accom-
plish so little, when practically they
think = definite, clear, constructive
at all. Why, if half even |
Of the women in the world would do |
some determined, creative thinking, the
progress of the next 25 years would |
eclipse the last century or two"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
women oil nu.ine..

Two young women In New York have
lately made hit as stock brokers. One
of them was a school teacher. Many
women would rather deal with a woman
broker when possible and men In the
same line like her because she carries
on her affairs in businesslike way.
The other woman broker. who has an
uptown Office, is just as discreet and
systematic. They are both making
money.-N. Y. Letter.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Crate raw corn from cobs; to one large
cupful of grated corn add one well -beaten
egg, one-fourth cupful -four and season
highly with salt and pepper; drop by
spoonfuls into deep fat, or cook on a hot
well-greased griddIe. They should be
made about the size Of large oysters.-
Good Literature.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
Only Remedy.

Young Man-Doctor, feel wretched
all the time, nothing interests me, have
no appetite and can't sleep. What
would you advise me to do?
Old Doctor-Marry the girl, sir; marry
the girl-Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

1t is well known fact that after :
rainy spell In Paris the banks of the
Seine are sometimes fairly strewn witt
the bodies of suicides. 1t is usually
found that the victims are absinthe
drinkers or chronic users of some drug
Gloomy weather always sends then
into fits of melancholy, and while IL
this state the impulse toward suicide
becomes uncomfortable.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

you should sleep on your right side.
madam"
II really can't do IT, doctor My
husband talks in his sleep. and can't
hear thing with my left ear. Stray
Stories.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
A conIecture.

Clara-Have you seen Miss Passay'a
hance? Where on earth did he come
from?
Ethel-Possibly he came in answer 70
an advertisement Brooklyn Life.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

The title of the Billingshurst estate.
Sussex. sold for a6,4OO, commences with
an indenture of lease for 10000 years
from the second year Of James l., at a
rent of one red rose.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

An all tn blood twas maxim,
An Jimmy Gee! when bedtime comes
I sneak upstairs jes' shakin'!
-Trueman Robert Andrews, In Leslfe'o
Moufhfy
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

BY the fash Of an electric spark one
hundred and twenty of q
second In duration = rife bullet can be
photographed in its fight.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
Lost and Found.

I'm glad to notice." said old Rox-
ley, that young Poorman is less per-
sistent in his attentions to you"
'Ycs?" his willful daughter queried.
"Yes. he seemed to be losing heart,
and"
%! he's lost it completely, but he's
found another. er."-Catbolic Standard.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Cardinal RampolIa is more than ten
years the junior of the new pope. Card
inal Gibbons is one year older than Pope
Plus
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Locomotive rides by royal parsonage,
have been officially forbidden on Ger.
man railways, because of the danger oi
distracting the engineers attention.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Crook necfs or saucer. the summer
squash. is delicate vegetable, and one
not served often enough on the aver
age table. 1t contains little real nutri-
nent. but Is one Of those vegetables
whcse mission 1t Is to assist digestion
of other food and to afford that variety
which helps the appetite. Wash and
pare one or two and cut into square
pieces. Put the pieces into boiling wa
ter and cook for 20 or 80 minutes.
Drain OF every drop Of water and
beat with potato masher until quite
smooth. Stir into the squash small
cupful Of milk, q tablespoonful Of melt
ed butter. two beaten eggs, pepper and
salt. Better still. stir all these togeth-
er and add to the squash after mixing.
Turn into q buttered dish, sprinkle With
bread crumbs and bits of buttsr and
bata
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

For ten years the average yield OF corr
in Iowa has been. approximately. 81
bushels to the acre.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Only one medical student in II holds
degree IN srte :
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Is mat your DaDy3 ~ '7
do you suppose I'd be wheeling
around another mans baby Pm. X
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
PLOT TO BLOW UP MINES.
Startling Discovery Made in Probing
Cripple Creek Explosion.

Startling discoveries have resulted
from the investigation of the blowing up
Of the Vindicator mine in the Cripple
Creek (Colog district Saturday, accord
ing TO statements by Adit Gen. Bell. lie
says that those who caused the explosion
which killed Superintendent Mccormack
and Melvin Beck also plotted {" blow up
the Gold Coin, the Findlay. the Golden
Cycle. STATIONS Independence and sew
eral other properties.
Gen. Bell is certain that all Of those
concerned in the indicator affair. with
one exception. are in custody. OF the
sixteen men held at Camp Goldfeld
about a doaen are charged 18th being
principals or accessories in the Nndica-
tor affair. The remainder are held ia
connection with { /. attempt - wreck
Florence and Cripple Creek train a few
days ago.
The War Department in Washington
has honored the requisition OF the Gov
cruor of Colorado for 1000 krag-Jor~
genscp rifles and clothing supplies and
other equipment for l,0pO men. The
supplies were issued under the provisions
OF the Dick bill for the arTning and
equipment OF the organized militia Of the
States and territories.
1t is stated ut the War Department
that Colorado is merely receiving the
supplies to which she is entitled under
the law. but they are issued at this time
because the Colorado militia has been
ordered ont by tt~ Governor 70 preserve
order in the districts affected by strikes.
All the supplies asked for are in stock
and will be delivered to IAN State au-
thority at once.
shortly before midnight Tuesday the
Utah National Guard left SAT- Lake Old
a special train Of seven cars for Carbon
County. The soldiers are prepared for
q long campaign. Taeir equipment ia
eludes two gatIiug guns.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
coNFEssgs CAR BARN MURDERS
Gang of Young Chicago Bandits Said
to BE Guilty of Many Grimes.

The recent tragic death of Detective
john Quinn has resulted in clearing up
the robbery and murders at the Sixty
first street barns of the City Railway
Company, says a Chicago dispatch. This
crime, as well as five other murder mys-
teries and eight robberies, are the subject
of a confession by Gustaye Marx, the
self-confessed slayer of Detective Quinn.
The latter, with Detective Blaul of the
Sheffield avenue police station, sought to
arrest Marx Saturday night. In a writ
ten statement complete in its details and
graphic and accurate in description,
Marx told the story of the car barn muir
der mystery and others, with no spirit of
bravado. His avowal was made to As
sistant Chief of Police Herman Schuett,
'ler.' ho called in several witnesses to
hear the stors. Marx named his alleged
confederates in his murderous and lles-
perate acts as being Peter NeideImeicr,
Harvey Van Dein aGd Emil Roeski.
Marks arrest Saturday night alser
he had murdered detective Quinn in a
saloon, caused his alleged accompliccs to
go into hiding. Tie police department
flashed messages all over the United
States and Canada, hoping soon to have
including Marx, are scarcely out Of their
teens. Love Of money and the determin-
alton to sacrifice lives to get it. ncrved
the young ''cSreradoes TO arm themselves
with the deadliest of weapons-autonat
&c magazine revolvers.
One regularity developed in MARKS
confession of the car barn murders and
r. e5cry. The surviving car barn em-
ployes o; the Chicago City Railway Com
pany Mt the inquest which resulted in
John Slueder being held to the grand
jury testified that the robbers began
shooting without warning. Marx declares
he commanded the employees to hold up
their hands and that before he knew or
could prevent il Nederneier began
shooting.
Van Dein then joined him and the bul-
lets from their magazine reviewers ended
the lives of Motorman James T. johnson
and Clerk Francis W Stewart
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02

Nebraska Supreme Court Forbids
Reading OF the Scriptures.

Bible reading and hymn singing is
again forbidden In the public schools OF
Nebraska by tho State Supreme Court,
which has issued a pcremptory writ OF
mandamus against the directors of school
district No. q, in Gage County. ordering
them TO comply with the decision rem
dered more than a year ago, that no
further religious exercises be held in the
school. The relator in the petition for
mandamus is Daniel Freeman, known
as the first homesteader," who was the
original plaintiff in suit begun in 1890
against the district. winning twice In
the lower courts The district directors
appealed aud the Supreme Court upheld
Mr.. Freeman, but Chief Justice Sullivan.
In later supplemental opinion, 80 en-
couraged the school districts side OF the
case that the first order was practically
ignored. Freeman complained that the
directors and teacher Miss Martha
Beeeher, were violating the court order
and the latest writ followed. Much hti-
CATION will ensue, since there are rs
many varying interpretations Of the de-
clsion last written as there are different
views on the subject Of Bible reading IN
thc public schools. The tenor OF the de-
cision vas mat the Bible might be read
as a work Of literature. but not as
religious work. II Is said that the school
directors will persist In the use Of the
Bible. Should they 10 so contempt pro
ceedings viii bring the whole question
before the court again for review.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
TEN KILLED IN MINE.
Pennsylvania Explosion Sends Miners
in All Directions,

"fIill Farm NINE the Inflated, near
Connellsville. Pa. has added ten more
victims to its black record Just as the
day shift had about completed its labors
and were about to leave the Ferguson
mine, terrific explosion sent nineteen
miners who We're working ia the vicinity
flying in all directions, the roof fell in
and the men hosting themselves up rush
ed in every direction seeking means of es-
cape. but only nine succeeded in reaching
the pit mouth alive. Only four Of these
are expected TO survive. The force of
the explosion shattered timbers for two
miles round and was followed by FIRE
which swept every room in the nine
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
odda and Ends.

Manchuria is primarily a grain-Prodne-
ing country.
The Dayton. Ohio. chief of police has
been removed by the Mayor.
The federal court at San Juan. Porto
Rico, quashed the indictments for snug
Cling in the cases OF Alonzo Cruzea. the
collector OF customs; Captain Andrew
Dunlap L. ) Y. commandment OF the
naval station. sd Robert Giles for
mer contractor in Porto Rico. on the
ground thar the fiaes had been paid and
the ohenSeS expiated.
An omnibus filled with passengers was
struck by train on the Marianao rail-
road near Havana, Cuba, Five persons
were killed and seven lnjarcd.
Two men were arrested in s.. Louis
for using tie mails Ia dcfraud, They
advertised for men 10 MI worlds fair
oosit;ons and required applicants to make
4 deposit Neither the deposit nor tie
lob was ever heard u aEaia-
Far. tie s-year-old daughter OF Mrs
Mary Jones. was fatally burned in Ca
lena. han. Little Fay was playing with
matches and when discovered by the
mother ser dress was a mass 81 flames
The mother was also severely burned IL
irving 70 save her child
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
NELLY MUST LOSE PLUMBER.
Federal Court Insists Money Given as
Bail Belongs 20 Owner.

Judge Lacombe in the United States
Circuit Court in New York handed down
an opinion overriding the motion made
by Charles Z. w Nicely, convicted in
Cuba Of apprppriating $45,315 of it's
postal funds while acting as director of
finances Of the postoficc "a Cuba, to va
cate the attachment filed ny the United
States against $4,000 cash bail deposited
by Nicely with the registrar Of the Unit
ed States Circuit Court in that district.
Neely's counsel had moved the dismissal
of the attachment and civil proceedings
on the ground that the act Of amnesty
passed by the Cuban Congress in May.
1902, whereby all Americans convicted
of crime in Cuba during the occupancy
Of the island were pard0ued. removed
with it all penalties ana disabilities and
that the money should therefore be re-
turned 10 him. In his opinion Judge La
combe says: 1T is difficult to understand
by what process Of reasoning provision
as plain as this amnesty ac0 can be
so construed as to transfer the title to
property from the true owner To tue thief
who stole it
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02

What is supposed to have been an at
tempt by discharged employees Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company TO blow
up railroad property with dynamite was
discovered in Cincinnati. Six sticks Of
dynamite were found in the company's
yards under bumper" on rack No. ).
They were found by rank Carr, a yard
clerk, who gave an a, Urn, aud all in
coming and outgoing trains were brought
TO a standstill until thorough search
could be made to ascertain whether more
of the deadly explosives was hidden
along the rails. No more vas found
however, and the six sticks were taken
In charge by the police. Those acquaint-
ed with dynamite say the six sticks
would have blown the building in the
vicinity to atoms and caused much loss
of life if set Off by d passing train.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
GANG COMMITS MANY GRIMES.
Robbers Hold Up Railway Agents and
Plumber the Stations.


TIE sensation caused by the murder
Of William Clendennin, the operator in
Brown tower near Jersey Shore. Pa.
and She robbery soon after of the agent
at Ahenwood. fifty miles east of the
tower. was increased the other day when
1t was known that there had been third
crime OF 4 similar nature John Daltcr.
the hight Waterman at the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway station at Girard
vile, was attacked by four masked men
at midnight. They locked him in room.
robbed him of ST5 and stole three yalua-
BILE express packages. Dalton jumped
from a window and raised an alarm. A
number Of citizens responded and started
in pursuit OF the burglars. who escaped
to the mountains. Shots were exchanged
with the men. Girardyille is fifty miles
southeast Of Allenwood, where Murrell
}. Hafer the Reading telegraph opera
tor, was assaulted robbed and chloro-
formed within a short time after Glen
DENIM clicked off on the wire rs he was
dying the message that told Of his fate.
1t is supposed that the mysterious rob
bers jumped on a fast freight after Kill
Ing Clendennin rode to Allenwood, there
robbed Hafer and fed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
BIG FIRE AT LOUISVILLE.
Masonic Temple and Hopkins's Play
house DESTROYED by Flames.

mouse DESTROYED by Flames.
Fire destroyed the old Masonic Tenn
pie, occupying hale OF the block bounded
by Fourth, Fifth, Green and Jefferson
streets, in the heart of the retail BUSH
ness district of Louisville. The loss is
about quarter of million dollars, di-
vidcd rs follows: Masonic Temple build
ing. S125, 900, insurance S65 900; Hopkins
Iheater, scenery and properties, $4,000;
j. w. Fowler Drug Company, $4,000,
insurance $4,000; Byck Brothers, shoes.
$4,000; Boston Shoe Company, $4,000;
Manufacturers Shoe Company. $4,000:
Rodgers Il krull, jewelers., $4,000; Chas.
b. Smiths Sons. hattcrs, $4,000 insur-
aDce $1,000; J. I. johnson & Co, opti-
clans, $1,000; Heath's billiard parlor, ST.
900; English Kitchen restaurant, $1,000;
w d. Gatchell & Co. Photographic sup
pics, 5000; Hadgeley & Graham, pho
tographic supplies. $500 The fire is
supposed 10 nave started in the scenery
on the stage Of the theater. The losses
to the tenants of the building viii be
heavy, owing to the high rate charged
for insurance. The underwriters made
rate OF $3.50 because of the construction
Of the building and because it contained
thcater.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
OLD COUPLE BURN TO DEATH.
Man Is suspected of Killing His Wife
and Setting Fire to Hnme

Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith. GO years
old. were burned to death in a FIRE which
consumed their hom The couple lived
alone outside Of the ctty limits of Grand
Rapids. Mich. The fire was discovered
by neighbors. but before any help could
be given the old people the building col
lapsed There Is a strong suspicion that
the fire was preceded by murder and
suicide The Smiths had not lived hap
PLY together, and only last Saturday
Mrs Smith told a neighbor that she was
afraid Of her husband; that he had
threatened her, saying: "If il were not
for the law Id murder You" Smith also
had told this ncighbor that he intended
to get rid OF his wife
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
RENEWAL OF FLORIDA FEtD.
Three Murders Mark Beginning of a
War of DETERMINATION.


The Richards and the BENEFITS. the
largest and most prominent families Of
Bradford County, Fla. have again de
clared war TO the death. \ feud which
has slumhered for years has broken out
afresh. Eight years ago the feud rose.
when three Of the BENEFITS and two Of
the Richards were slain. Recently when
Deputy Sheriff II .. Richards went to
tho home Of J. S Bennett, the present
head GA the family. to arrest him on
charge of adding pretty orphan girl,
Ii years old, IN a STAG of peonage. the
three Bennett brothers came forth from
their house at Lawry AIMED with guns
and shot him dead A posse captured
the murderers in an abandoned turpen-
tine camp. Two killings bave already
followed the murder of the deputy sher
it, Each family has sworn to exter-
inmate the other
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
SAFE Robbers Wait ohio Towns.

The poet0sice and general store at
LoweyviIle. Ohio. ,",.z entered and the
store completely ransacked Stamps,
money and merchandise 10 the extent of
nearly $1,000 was taken The Office VI
he MeComb Elevator Company was en-
tered and the safe blown open with dy-
namte and small amount of money
and some valuable papers were taken.
The bandits then went to Beimore, where
they broke into the saloon of Thomas
Thirts aud ransacked the place.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
Cotton Min Wages Are Gu.

4 10 per cent wage reduction has gone
into effect i'll 4 majority of the cotton
mills Of New England In Fall River
81, 900 operatives are affected, in Rhode
Island 10000 and in other places about
10000. Before the month is ended prac-
tically every cotton mill in New England
win be working on the w9ge scale in
effect before March. 1901.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02
BUTLER. PA, THEArER BURNS.
Total Destruction of Property Is Es-
timated at 5000, 900.


Fire broke out ia the Park Theater
building in Butler, Pa. about $50 Fri
day morning. and by 8 O'Clock property
valued at $500 600 had been destroyed.
The falling walls buried a number OF
firemen under a mass OF bricks and burn
ing timber and CHIEF Jacob Burckholder
Frank Ziegter, Charles Douglass and Al
bert Walters were seriously injured. The
fire evidently was caused by an explosion
Of gas in the basement. Among other
structures burned were the buildings oc-
cupieC by the Central Hotel, the Butler
Business College. the National Supply
Company DR.. John NJ. Leghner, the
Butler County Recorder and Printing
Company and William III. Rite grocer
The buildings were owned by Daniel
Youukins. james Thompson and J. G.
Smith.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-02

The Senate on "Wednesday completed
the appointment OF committees for the
Fifty-eighth Congress, adopted the mo-
ton providing for the reconsideration Of
the vote by which the Newiands joint
resolution for the annexation of Cuba
was referred TO committee. and made the
Cuban reciprocity bill the unfinished
business. The first speech on the merits
Of the Cuban bill was made by Mr.. Car
mack Dem, Tenn. who opposed the bill
and said nothing less than general tariff
revision would give the relief needed
There was further debate between Mr..
Hale (Rep.. Me-. Mr. Teller (Dem-,
Colo1 and Mr.. Newlands on the New
lands resolution. in which Mr.. N2wlands
further outlined his views and hr. Hale
deprecated all agitation on the subject
Mr.. Teller declared Cuba was in no
sense dependency of the United States.
The House was not in session.