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The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18
FAIR SEX THE HARDER.
Women Wear Low Shoes and Open.
work Stockings when Men
Bundle Themselves.

1t is yet to be proved that women
who wear low shoes are more subject
to colds than those who wear high
shoes. AS yet, it is to be proved that
those who are constantly ON their
guard against what is called exposure
live longer than those who do not care.
When women not only survive tickle
climate, but come out of its most try
ing changes in clothing of weight
that men would hardly feel, it is diff
cult to see how their health can suffer
because they wear low shoes, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Now, take man--take the average
man. He puts on five thicknesses of
clothing on cold day. He is not con-
tent if the temperature is below IS in
his office. He would not think of step
ping across the street without putting
on his overcoat. Utmost cases. he
would not venture out without his
muffier and overshoes. And take that
mans wife. She wears two or three
thin thicknesses of clothing. She
doesn't mind the weather. She will
meet the blasts of winter with uncon-
Germ. In her home, she will allow the
furnace fire to get low. She will follow
a caller to the door, cut on the veranda.
and talk and talk, entirely unmindful
of wraps.
Her husband takes colds-all kinds
of colds-every kind that is going. He
wonders why he takes cold His wife
is good enough to wonder with him
and tells him he must be more careful
of himself. Maybe she will insist that
in addition to all of his other precau-
tions against exposure he shall wear a
chest protector or porous plaster.
But she takes no colds. That is. she
seldom does, and, if she does, she at
tributes the cold she takes not to care
lessness, but to the fact that she has
inadvertently undertaken to be too
careful of herself.
1t sheer any other woman-finds
greater comfort in low than she does
IN high shoes, why blame her for wear
ng the former? Even if she wears
low shoes and openwork stockings
from pure vanity, why blame her? Are
not the women of America healthy?
Are they not strong? Are they not
harder than the men-as Q rule? Then
Why not let them have their own way
lbout low shoes, openwork stockings
ind everything else that gives them
comfort or pleasure?
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some fellows regard as "a good time"
Even although he had married the
reigning beauty of couple of seasons
ago, on his return from a prolonged
honeymoon, spent in Europe, he had
plunged into much the same sort of
life as had earned for him the nick
name of "Jack the Lady Killer" in his
bachelor days. -
His bosom friend and constant com
panion, Will Walton, was of much
quieter disposition. OF late he had
often demonstrated with Jack for his
conduct, especially when he had such
sweet young wife awaiting him at
home.
This time Jack had got back at Will.
Caught the saint red-handed, as he
expressed it, and it was with much
mirth that he related the cause of
his companions evident discontinue.
Greatest joke in the world, old
man." said he TO me. But / noticed
that Will Walton did not seem to en-
Joy the situation at all. Indeed, he
abruptly turned as if about to leave
the par, Duf Jack took him by the
arm and made him listen while he
told me the following story:
Il dropped in to see little Dolly
pimples. the pretty girl in the -
theater chorus, this afternoon" he
said, "and found her bubbling over
with delight because she had just
found on the sidewalk well-flled
pocketbook. There was just thirty
nine dollars and thirty-nine cents in
IT. Odd sum, wasn't It! Maybe more
than ample to pay Dolly's salary for
two weeks at the theater. But that's
not where the laugh comes in. The
joke of the thing is that there was .
lot OF scraps of paper in the purse,
such as a woman loves to carry about
with her; and Dolly and 1 amused
ourselves by reading these over:
Hold on there, VIII. You don't
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18
PERSONAL AND 1MpERsoNAL.

AS compensation for the loss of an
eye while at work, Derby miner has
been awarded two cents a week.
In Vienna poverty-stricken musi.
clan, aged 63, has made 40 attempts to
commit suicide.
Representative Cyrus Sulloway, OF
New Hampshire, the giant of congress,
insists that he is still growing Ac-
cording to his latest figures he meas
ures six feet seven and one-half inches
In height, and weighs 27e pounds.
The marquis of Anglesey was visiting
an orphan home in Sweden a few
months ago, when suddenly little girl
laid hold upon him and addressed him
as daddy" Without hesitation he ac-
cepted the situation invented by the
infant, prevailed upon the authorities
to let him adopt her-and there she is
at Anglesey castle.
Here is the extremely delicate way
in which a Kansan states his chief rea-
son for asking that he be freed from
matrimonial bonds which gall: "The
defendant has acted in such a way
that the said husband has had difficulty
in distinguishing her treatment of him
as husband from her treatment of
others who bore no such relation to
her."
Gov. Bailey, of Kansas, takes the
stand that as rule one ought not to
aspire to Office until he has made
some headway in the worlds material
prosperity and has something laid
away for rainy day. He points to the
impossibility of ones saving money
when holding Office, and pictures the
hardships that fall upon a multitude
who must inevitably yield their places
in the public service to some body else.
President Jacob Gould Schurman, of
Cornell university, was born in Nova
Scotia. Last Fourth of July his son
used up all his firecrackers before dusk
and begged his father for some more
money. "I'll give you some more, my
boy" said the professor, ''if you will
tell me what you are celebrating"
"That's easy, dad" said the lad, who
was born in New York state. "This is
the anniversary of the day when we
licked you fellows" An extra and un-
expectedly large supply of cash was
forthcoming on the spot.
Lord Wemyss has the unique distinc-
tion of being the only man who ever
struck the present king of England. 1t
happened during debate in the house
of lords, when the king. then prince of
Wales. occupied seat in front of
Lord Wemyss, who was speaking with |
a great deal of animation. While en-
phasizing point, he brought his fist
down on top of the princes silk hat |
with such force that the hat was
in and pulled down over the |
eyes OF the royal listener. Apologies |
followed. The prince remarked that |
he appreciated the force of Lord |
Wemyss' remarks and then moved out |
If range of the lords energetic arm.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18

AS the story goes, an Irish under.
taker was laying out the deceased hus.
band of a weeping Hibernian widow.
The corpse wore wig and it was very
difficult to induce it to stay on
straight, as wigs ought always to do,
even if they don't. The bereaved
widow was called in to assist. go an
git me pot of glue, Mrs. McGovern," /"
said the undertaken, so that / nav
keep his wig where it belongs"
Mrs. McGovern set out after the
sticking material, and after time she
returned. Here is the glue for ye,"
she said with q sigh.
"Mrs. McGovern, you kin take back
the mucilage," said the undertaken,
"the difficulty is fixed. fused . tack. 8
Buffalo Times.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18
A PEssIMlsTlc BOY.

don't kick and romp with glee
Cause the summer days are hera.
I'm not filled with joy to see
Scented flowers all appear,
And the balmy atmosphere
Doesn't make me hop with vim.
what's the use? Ma jest said:
Don't you dare go down to swim"
Merry thoughts don't rise In me.
As the daisies they come out.
I'm not filled with ecstasy
As the beesthey buzz about:
I'm not filled up to the spout
With a lot of lazy wishin'.
What's the use? Ma.jest said:
Don't you dare to go of fishin'."
l don't dream the livelong day
Underneath shady tree,
And If winter'd cared to stay
Twould have been the same TO me.
Summer don't fill me with glee
And ! wish that It would pass.
What's the use? Ma Jest sail:
Don't you lie on that damp grass"
IF. p. Pitzer. in N. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18
APPEAL FOR THE BIRDS.
Woneu In Europe Urged Not to N.
courage the Slaughter of the
Crested Heron.

The League of Women for the Pro-
lection of Birds in Europe is now more
active than ever in its campaign
against the fashion of wearing plu.
mage on hats. Berries and flowers are
decorations all sufficient for the MEM
bers.
This league is spreading with sur
prising rapidity, reports the New
York Sun. 1t was founded in 1899. 1t
has branches now in England, France,
Switzerland. Germany, Austria, Rus
sia and Holland. The Geneva branch
OF the league has just issued an appeal
to women asking them not to encour-
age the slaughter of birds for milli-
merry purposes. The appeal says:
"One OF the most fashionable orna-
ments of hats is light and delicate
plume called an aigrette or crest. taken
from the white heron of North Amer.
lea. Some naturalists in the United
States have made known to the entire
world the barbarous manner in which
this ornament is obtained, and our ap
peal is addressed TO women in the hone
that those who read it may cease 70
wear adornments which are obtained
by such cruel tortures.
''The aigrette is the nuptial orna-
ment of the species of heron in cues
tion. 1t grows only during the mat
ing or nest-building season. Hunters
all over the world spare the lives of
birds during that season, but rapa-
cious and pitiless fashion does not
spare them. Bright feathers must be
procured at all costs.
"The poor herons gather together in
focks in the marshes. They build
their nests in willows and other trees
of the same nature, and while they
are occupied in feeding their young
birds, unable to fly. the dealers come
upon them,
The massacre is easy; the creatures
are almost tame. They never fly far
from their nests and they fall by hun
dreds, victims of the instinct which
jnpels them to protect their young.
the close of the Slaughter the
kH1}ert' 60 away happy in the pos
|eoa1pn OF the crests torn from the
Ieo1e pf the unfortunate birds whose
1eedink, little bedies lie in .heapo on |
. ers1Dl eyQppd ~ frees ~ the |
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this morning. 1t contained just thir.
ty-nine dollars and thirty-nine cents.
don't care so much about the money
as for some-some scraps of paper
which-which were in the purse.
They are merely little odds and ends.
OF no value to any one but. me, but
l am most anxious to get them back
again." she said with a bewitchinp
smile.
/ advised her not to advertise, and,
above all, not to let her husband
know of her loss. She looked at me
a long time, in silence. Then she
murmured, THANK you. / think per-
haps you are right" and went back
to her cab.
And thought--well thought that
perhaps the drinks were not ON Will
Walton, after all.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18
Cheap Gas for RalIeop.

The gas works at Rueil, France, have
made an arrangement by which aero.
nauts can be supplied with coal gas
cheaply Three balloons took advan-
tage of this arrangement on a recent
sunday This is the record from one
gas works in one afternoon. The gas
supplied at Rueil is specifically manu-
Iactnred for balloons. which are now
niied so cheaply that ascents will be
numerous from Rueil this season.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18
Lost,--ALady's
Pocketbook ~
By WALTER BROWNE
O0$-
Copyright, 1903. by Daily Story Pub. Coz

HA! HA! Hal The drinks are
III on you this time" roared Jack
Rollins to his old friend and former
college mate, Will Walton, as they
stood at the bar of the club, just as
entered. Jack was in famous good
humor, and laughed heartily as he
called me over to tell me what he de-
clared to be the best and most laugh
able thing he had ever heard in his
whole life.
And Jacks life had been almost one
round of good and laughable things.
One surfeit of what the world, or at
leastthatportion of the world to which
Jack belongs, calls fun and pleasure.
He had always been well supplied with
wealth, which he had used prodigally
in pursuit of what young and hand
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18

young herons, after having called their
parents in vain, at last die of inanition.
Let us hope that women may be
horror-stricken at the thought that an
abominable fashion threatens the total
destruction of the immense mass of
charming little winged creature,
which constitute the most brilliant
and the most delightful adornment OF
nature in the two worlds."
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18

The modern method of mixing coal
gas with water gas" greatly increases
the amount of carbon monoxid in the
gas supplied for illumination. Hence
an alarming increase in the nun Ter
OF cases of carbon monoxid poison.ns
has recently been loticed. Sc.spse,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18
Unlike Wnm..

Yes said Henpeck, 1.-The thing that
impressed me most in Egypt was The
mummy OF one of the ancient queens"
what was remarkable about it ?p
The fact that they could make her
dry up and stay that way"-Philadel.
phia Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18

The mine Petersburg which in
decision of that fey contested battle
Peasants OF the Foyeighh Pennsylvania
direction
49, the length the shaft being exploded
the
possible
of
the crater either killed captured there
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18

Wealth is something that enables a
millionaire to stand up in meeting and
say it is no disgrace to BE- poor.-Chi-
saGo Daily News,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18
The Cranberry Co-,,,.

The bulk of the eranberries ~ th,.
country come from the part of e.,.
tern Massachusetts, which lies neay
Cape Cod.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18
SOCIETY WRECKED her HEALTH.
Tired, Nervous, Aching, Trem.
bling, Sleepless, Bl0Odless.
4 Pretty New York Womaa's Recover,
The Jslk Of Her Numerous friends.

4 Pretty New York Woman's Recovery
The Jalk Of Her Numerous friends.
Mrs. J. E. Finn, 50 East High street.
Buffalo, n Y, writes:
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen:-'sA few years ago
Ihad to gfve up social life entirely,
as my health qyas completely broken
ddwn. The doctor advised a COM
plefe rest for a year. As this svas
out of the question for a time, I BE-
gan to look for some other means OF
restoring my health.
"Ihad often heard of Peuna as
an excellent tonic, so I Bought a bot
tie to see qyhaf It yould do for me.
and It certainly took hold of NV
system and rejuvenated me, and In
less than fzvo months I 4vas in per-
feet health. and noy qyhen I feel
worn out or tired a dose or fqyo OF
Peuna Is ali that I need. Mrs.
j. E. Finn.
Catarrh Causes Female Diseases.
America is the land of nervous women.
The great majority of nervous women
are SO because they are suffering from
some form of female disease. BY far
the greatest number of female troubles
are caused directly by catarrh. These
women despair of recovery. Female
trouble is SO common, so prevalent,
that they accept itas almost inevitable.
The greatest obstacle in the way ofre-
covery is that they do not understand
that It is catarrh which is the source
of their illness.
In female complaint, ninety-nine
cases out of one hundred are nothing
but catarrh.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-18

1t Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Croup. rnAu-
enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Esthms.
A certain cure for Consumption IN nrsf sfsees'
end sure relief in advanced stages Gee at ossce.
nrst dose. Sold BY dealers everyWhere Isres
bottles Is cents and 80 cent?.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-06

Lawrence Mich, Nov. 2.-Arba
Martin, a fruit grower. so years Old
was murdered in the main street Of
this village at O'Clock Saturday night,
being killed by shot fired from a
rife in the hands of Harry Fairbanks
The ball pierced the heart Of Martin
causing instant death. Martin and
Fairbanks had never quarreled until
Friday night. when the two men met
and engaged I'm a heated discussion
over some triling matter Fairbanks
became enraged, it is said and throw
ing a rife which he carried TO ms
shoulder deliberately fred al Martin
Fairbanks AT the time was accom-
panied by Jay Smith his stepfather
Both We're Immediately placed under
arrest and taken 90 JAIL
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-06
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF

All Saints Day.-Sunday being The
feast OF All Saints. thousands OF The
people Of Vienna made the customary
pilgrimage toHhe graves of relatives
and friends From early morn Till a.
most dusk the roads leading o. inc
various cemeteries were throneed with
vehicles and pedestrians
Merchant Shot and Killed. W
Preston. one of the leading merchants
Of Wayne. w Va. was shot and "a
tally injured at his home at Dixon 10y
Lucion McGinnis travelling salesman
for Baltimore clothing house. Nc
Ginnis called 10 see Preston ON a bu-
ness matter, and as 10 was Sunday
Preston severely criticised the sales
man and fight ensued
Printing Plant 5urned.-The larle
plant of the Avil Printing company. al
Nos 3943-f7 Market street West Phil
adelphia. was destroyed by fire Sun.
day night and much surrounding prop.
erty was damaged. The Ayil building
fronted in Market street and extended
back TO Filbert street The entire
place was destroyed. entailing a loss
estimated at 100000 on which there
is an insurance Of 500 900.
Minister Leishman's Reception
United States Minister Leishman gave
a reception Sunday to the American
colony in Constantinople, upon the oc
casion of the Inauguration OF the hand
some new premises Of the American
legation The reception also afforded
Secretary Spencer f. Eddy, who has
been transferred TO ST. Petersburg. an
opportunity TO bid farewell TO the
Americans al Constantinople
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-06
FRAUDS IN LAND ENTRIES.
Have Increased During the Past
Year,

Washington, Nov. 2.-The annual re.
port of Hon w. A. Richards, commits.
sioner of the general land Office, which
has just been made public, says that
there was in the past year large ia.
crease in the total number of sup
posedly fraudulent land entries over
the preceding year He attributes
their discovery largely to an order OF
the secretary of the interior, dated
Nov. 2. 1902. directing the investisa-
ton of all entries made under the tim.
Der and stone act in the states OF Cal.
ifornia. Oregon and Washington. Tn.
der this order alone 10000 entries
have been suspended, and there are
now fifteen special agents OF the land
office in that field engaged in ferretlng
out the fraudulent entries"
Commissioner Richards also states
that during the year there were re-
ported 1875 unlawful enclosures OF pub
lie land, covering an area OF 2.605, 800
acres. Seventy-nine OF these en-.
closures have been removed and pro-
ceedings are pending to compel The
removal of the remaining number. He
says. however, that the total number
here mentioned is only fraction Of
the enclosures maintained in violation
OF the law.
Complaint is made OF the operation
OF the act OF March II, 1902, TO facili-
tate entries. Referring to this law
the commissioner says:
THE privileges gained by the act
have been greatly abused, particularly
by United States commissioners, who
have often been parties TO wholesale
frauds in connection with entries made
before them. Affidavits and entry pa
pers have been prepared in the names
of fictitious entrymen and a variety
Of other ways have been devised by
these officers to assist parties 10 evade
compliance with the requirements OF
the law"
The report makes a strong plea for
a larger force OF special agents.
Mr. Richards also recommends the
transfer OF the control of the forest
reserves 10 the department Of agrIcul-
ture There are at present hfty-three
reserves. covering an area OF 62.554.-
800 acres
The report shows marked increase
in the business Of the office over 1902
the total receipts being $11,O24745. an
increase of $4.762S16.
The Office is about twelve months
behind with its work, and the com.
missioner recommends an increase of
the force
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-06
Work Of State Came Warden.

Lansing Mich. Nov State Game
Warden Chapman reports that last
months investigations developed q
number of violations Of the beaver
law. and a number Of beaver skins
were seized. There were fifty arrests
Of violators OF the game and fish laws
During the deer season all available
deputies will be assigned to the north
ern woods with a view TO enforcing
the law TO the letter. Warden Chap
man says that the closed season fOr
commercial fishing in the great lakes
will have his careful attentio~
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-11-06
TOWN IN A PANIC.
Two Cars Of Dynamite Exploded at
CrestIine. Ohio.

OlCoAllHNS INV
Crestline. O.. Nov. 2.-Crestllne aad
vicinity was thrown into a panic last
night by a terrible explosion at S
o'clock Many buildings were shaken
and in some instances the walls fell.
Church congregations were throw.
into screaming masses of humanity.
People who were at home were ter
rifed by the fearful roar that was
heard
Two cars OF dynamite which eA
ploded in the Pennsylvania yards was
the cause Of the excitement. The lie
struction is so complete and so great
that it is impossible 10 say anything
of the property damage or whether
there is any life lost.
Yardmaster Courtier' and Clerk Gel.
singer. who were at work in the yard
offices, half a mile away, were serious
ly and perhaps fatally hurt by the dc
struction Of the building in which they
were working.
The entire west yards of the road is
Q wreck. Officials Of the railroad have
said that there are not less than 500
ears smashed. Where the explosion
occurred hole 100 feet wide twice a.
long and fifteen feet deep has been
torn into the ground. Engines at work
mile away were thrown from 'he
track.
In the downtown portion of the citv
there is not a building that has not
suffered considerable damage