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The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03
A Cheerful Outlook.

There is SO much in daily life to try
ones nerves and temper that 1t is not
always easy to preserve ones cheerful
ness. Moods are contagious; one un-
happysperson in afamily without any
active effort can destroy the pleasure
of all the rest. We do not always re-
member this and SO we give way to
causes for depression, and we do not
bear ourselves as bravely as we might
when things are going wrong with US.
tits a good rule to keep ones troubles
in the background of life. in the back
ground of thought, bringing to the
front only that which is cheerful and
sunny.-Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

into feed room and smaller cribs. The
foundations are stones set Is inches in
the ground and extend 6 inches above
surface, upon which posts are set Sills
are used only under crib on which floor
is laid.
Material required, all rough lumber,
costing approximately $100, is as fol-
lows: Twelve pieces 6x6- inch, 10 feet
and four pieces 6x6 inches, feet, for
posts. These may be made from straight
sapllngs squared with an ak. For
stringers, pieces 2x4 inches by 16 feet;
IL pieces 2x4 inches by 10 feet for grid
ers in driveway on which joists rest;
3 pieces 2xS inches by 16 feet; for ends,
8 pieces 2x6 inches by 16 feet; for joists,
% pieces 2x4 inches by 10 feet, IL pieces
2x4 inches by feet; for the plates,
pieces 2x4 inches by 16 feet and pieces
2x4 inches by 10 feet; rafters, 80 2x6
inches by IS feet; rafter ties, Is 2x4
inches by 10 feet; roof strips, 220 1x3
inches by IL feet; battening, 1O4 kx4
inches by 10 feet. and 4S pieces kx4
inches by 12 feet; box and cover, 104
boards 1x12 inches by 10 feet, and 4s
boards 1x12 inches by IL feet; loft floor,
Sc boards 1x12 inches by IL feet; crib
floor, boards 1x12 inches by 16 feet. 1t
will require $3.50 shingles laid inches
to the weather. This plan is sometimes
changed and enlarged to 30x32 feet or
30x40 feet, running driveway lengthwise
OF stable. In this case middle posts ex-
tend to roof.-W ]. Prindle, in Farm
and Home.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03
LIKE A "THIN RED LINE"
Jenks' Red Flannel Underwear Looked
Like String Of Coral
Beads.


Somebody told Mr.. jerks that red flannel
worn next to the skin wouiu cure the raeu.
matism from which he suffer ed So he pur
chased several sets of red flannel undergar-
ments. The clerk assured him that the firm
guaranteed the goods in every particular
About two weeks later, says the New York
lines, MIR. jerks revisited the shop, sought
out the proprietor and told his woeiui story.
I6e goods are the best in the house, de-
IN the reasonable tone used on unreason-
able persons, "of course the shirts may have
shrunk or faded little"
Shrunk! Faded!" beloved Mr.. jerks.
What do you think my wife said to me
when came down TO breakfast yesterday
with one of them on?'
The proprietor looked bored.
- We'll, sir" said the aggrieved jerks,
she looked at me minute, and then said !:
What is that little red line round your neck.
John? 1t isn't the baby's string of coral
beads, is itY"
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

The bust of Sir Joseph Paxton, the
architect of the famous Crystal palace
in London, is now being moved from it's
old position on the Terrace to the Pa
rade. The work of.moving it is much
like that of moving house, for the bust
is one of the largest ever made. 1t was
completed in 1869 and stands over nine
feet in height. Sir Joseph Paxton was
born in Bedfordshire in 1903, and was
knighted for his services in designing
the Crystal palace. He died in Syden-
ham in 1865. His plan for the Crystal
palace was accepted after 233 other
plans had been declined. He also won
fame as landscape gardener and archi-
tect, and was elected to parliament as a
liberal.-Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03
Keep Buildings Well Painted.

Many farmers wait several years
after painting a building before paint
ing it again They. wait until the
building is il bad condition and it re-
quires as much or more paint to cover
it as il did at first Buildings should
be painted one coat every two or three
years. This done, not only will the
cost Of repairs be lessened, but appear
ance uf the place viii be much i'm
proved. Fresh paint applied often
even though in small quantities, keeps
wood and metal from decav.--G. Il
Peters. in Farm Journal.
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Rooaexelt,a Advice.

At the surrender of Santiago an Of
ficer sent forward on dangerous scout
ing was at once recalled. He indig-
nantly sought an interview with Col.
Roosevelt. He was splashed with mud
from head to foot.
"Why am / deprived of this chance p
he cried. What am to do?"
''Well," said Roosevelt, smiling, "the
thing I'd advise you to do first is to
wash your face."-Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

For simplicity and coolness the mode
of dress in the Philippines is AN that
could be desired. The ordinary cos
tune consists of coat and trousers of
white sheeting, made to order at a cost
Of about two dollars; thick felt hat
with broad brim. a pair of white can
vas sn.es, light undervest and socks.
The Average well-to-do citizen wears
and soils two of these suits a day. and
II. outfit of IS or 20 is none too many.
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Little Elmer-Sister Sue has sinkin'
spells purity often now.
Mr.. Spoonleigh-Why, what do you
mean?
'She says whenever any comp'ny
comes when you're here she always
feels like sinkin' through the floor, and
somebody's come the last four times
you've been here."-Chicago Evening
News.
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.p[9!QD WILL TELL
4 THEORY SUPPORTED BIZ FRESH.
80 CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE


4 Recent Instance Proves That . WomanaD
Happiness IL Largely Dependent On tAs
State Of Her Bleod.
When the blood is disordered every
organ Of the body is affected unfavorably
aud fails to discharge its functions
properly. In the case of every woman
nature has made special provision for =
periodical publication Of the blood and
70 long as this occurs her health and
spirits unfailingly reveal the beneficial
results. So slight q cause as cod sr
nervous shock may produce suppress
sion of this vital function and until it il
restored she Is doomed to misery. The
remedy that has proved most prompt
aud effective in all disorders peculiar to
the female sex, is that which brought
such great relief to Miss Matte Griggs,
of No. 807 Indiana street, Lawxence.
Kansas, ooncerning which she speaks =
follows:
"In the winter Of 1909, from some
unknown cause, there was . cessation
OF functions peculiar to my sex for pe-
riod of four months. I became very
weak and could not get up stairs with
out help. had nausea and pain and
constant headache. I was under the
care Of a physician for three months,
but he did not succeed in curing me.
Then lady friend told me about the
merits Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills which
she had used in her family aud she in-
duced me to try them. II was in May
when I first began to use them and in
June had fully recovered my health,
snd have since remained perfectly
WELL"
In all cases Of delayed development Of
young girls; in an@mia or weakness due
10 impoverished blood and showing it.
self in pallor, lack Of ambition, despond-
ency and nervousness; also in the great
constitutional disturbances attending
the period known as the change Of life,
DR.. Williams' Pink Pills are invaluable
for women, whoses health il always
closely dependent on the state of tie
blood. They are sold by an drug
zists. A booklet Of valuable ,informa-
lion, relating to the care Of wonan's
health ut all important periods, and en-
titled Plain Talks to Women,r will b
sent free in sealed envelope to any one
who chooses to write for It tosthe DR..
Williams Medicine Company, 6chenec-
tady, N. Y.
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Wrong Department.

A prominent physician .ells this
story at the expense of the modern
craze for specialization in the medical
profession. A poor woman went to a
dispensary to ask for aid for her little
son, who had had one of his fingers
smashed. At the first room where she
applied she was told b. cur attend
ant that tle boy could not be treated
there.
Wrong place" ne explained. "this
Is the eye and ear department"
"vere is der thumb and finger de.
partment?' inquired the woman. SIM
ply.-Tit-Bits.
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His Idea.

Little Gabe (in the midst of his read
ing)-Why, / didn't know that rabbits
knew anything about 'rithmetic.
Farmer Hawbuck-They don't.
But, paw, it says here that rabbits
multiply with astonishin' rapidity."-
Judge,
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03
Gave Him Awax.

Joseph Jefferson tells story of a
friend of his who was playing Richard
III. on the Texas frontier. When it
came to the wooing of the Lady Anne
an indignant cowboy jumped up and
shouted: Don't you believe him,
marin. He've two Mexican wives down
in San Antonio."-N. Y. World.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

swell, Tommie. did you have any
fireworks at your house on the Fourth ?"
"You bet. Pa was in a hurry to git
his coffee at breakfast, SO he took a
swallow when it was so hot it burned
his tongue and throat. The fireworks
all went of in bunch then."-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

Mamie" said the father, who looked
as innocent as he could; II accidentally
overheard some Of your conversation
with that young man in the parlor last
evening. Why didn't you sit right
down on him when he said you could
begin economizing by both using the
same chair?" ss
81 did, papa" and she also looked as
innocent as she could.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

tacks of kidney disor'
ders which kept me in
the house for days at a
time, unable to do any
thing. What I Isuhered
can hardly be told.
Complications set in,
the particulars OF
which l will be pleased
to give in q personal
interview to any one
who requires informa-
tion. This / can con-
scientiously Doan's
Kidney Pills caused a
general improvement
in nv health Thew
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

Young Mrs. Styles-Men are so DIFF
ferent after marriagei
Miss Singleton-So I've heard; but
why do you say it now?
''Why, at my request Charles willing
ly gave up going to the war; but, If
you'll believe it, he shows no inclina.
ton to give up his club for my sake."--
Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

NorE.-The following article has
oeen widely published and is one OF
the most remarkable illustrations of the
value OF careful marshalling and analy-
Sis OF facts in presenting subject to the
public
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

The Bank President-Are you aware
the cashier has taken half interest in
a yacht?
The Confidential Adviser-No. Per
haps we had better see he does not be-
come a full-aedged skipper--Indianap-
oils journal.
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No Change.

Hicks-Living on a farm, as usual,
this summer?
Beech with sigh)-Yes; just as We
usually live on . farm.-Philadelphia
North American.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

"Why do you call Jimpson a conf
dence man?"
Because he's slways taking people
aside and telling them his private at
fairs under pledge of secrecy.-N. Y.
Journal
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had Riak.

And can't get any life in.uranceys
mot cents worth. We just learned in
time that you are trying to break a span
OF threeyear-old mules. detroit Free
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken d
Ave-, NJ, Minneapolis, MIMI, Jan. g, 1900.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

Some men are good because hey find it
cheaper than being bad.-Chi. ago Daily
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

A ~prince" in Russia is As common
place as q plain 'Mr.' in England or
the United States, and it denotes just
about as much social rsnk.-PhiladeI-
phia Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

Rev. jacob D. Van Doren, Of 81 Sixth
street, Fond Du Lac. Wis, Presby-
teriAn clergyman, SAYS: "I had AZ
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Not Too Fast.

Mrs. Weeds-I suppose the Jaw in this
state gives the widow her thiri.
Lawyer-Ob! yes: but you've got to
get rid of your second frst.-C Chicago
Journal.
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brought great relief by lessening the
pain and correcting the action of the
kidney secretions."
Doan's Kinney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, 80 cents. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03
Jewelers.

The Mission Of Whiskey, Tobacco and
Coffee.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-03

world perhaps Tor all time. But Dame
Nature sets her army of Jewellers" at
work. Luxury, over-eating and drink
ing. licentiousness. waste and extrav-
agance, indulgences of all kinds, then
comes the wreck Sure, Sure, Sure.
The law of the unit is the law of the
mass. Man goes through the same proc
ess. Weakness lin childhood), grad
ual growth Of strength, energy, thrift,
probity. prosperity, wealth. comfort,
ease, relaxation, self-indulgence, lux
ury. idleness, waste, debauchery, dis
ease, and the wreck follows. The '1ev-
elers" are in the bushes along the path
way Of every successful man and woman
and they bag the majority.
Only now and then can a man stand
OUT against these Jewellers" and hold
his fortune. fame and health to the end.
So the Creator has use for Whiskey,
Tobacco and Coffee to level down the
successful ones and those who show
signs Of being successful, and keep them
back in the race, so that the great "feld"
(the masses) may not be left too far be-
hind.
And yet we must admit that same all
wise Creator has placed it In the power
Of man to stand upright, clothed in the
armor of clean cut steady mind and
say unto himself, Il decline to ex-
chanfe my birthright for a mess of
potaae."
Twill not daaden my senses, weaken
my grip en affairs and keep myself
cheap. common and behind in fortune
and fame by drugging with whiskey,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-21
The Dreaded Artist,

The thought of possible cartoons can
not well be absent from the minds of
men whom all the world knows Mr..
l.. A. Tollemache, the author of "Talks
With Mr. Gladstone" told-not in the
book-a story which presents the
statesman in an attitude not familiar
in ordinary representations Of the
great man.
One stormy day during one Of Mr..
Gladstone's visits to Biarritz he walked
from his hotel to call on Mr.. Tolle-
mache, who was amazed to see that
Mr.. Gladstone came without an UNI
brella.
Mr.. Gladstone laughingly explained
that if the high wind had happened to
turn his umbrella inside out a picture
Of him in that forlorn plight would
have found it's way into half the comic
papers Of Europe.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-21
The Gentiani Plant.

Gentius, king Of Illyricum, the east
ern boundary Of the Adriatic, was tax
en- prisoner by the Romans about a
century and half before the Chris
tan era for encouraging pirates and
died in custody. He discovered that
certain plant was a very good tonic,
and that plant has ever since been
called gentiani, after him. This plant
is generally supposed to have been the
tall, coarse alpine, common in noun
famous districts in central Europe,
and known to botanists as G. Utica, a
preparation of which is still in high
repute as a medicine
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-21
Greek Sailors.

Sailors of the Grecian archipelago
often equip trading schooners on a
plan of profit sharing after the custom
Of New England whalers, and if their
venture proves anything like sue
cess they cannot easily be induced to
take berth in the merchant marine of
the western nations They detest sub
ordination, but chief cause of their
preference for home enterprise is the
difference of the night watch system
For week or two a Greek sailor will
watch all day and sleep all night
emergencies, Of course, excepted-then
take his turn at night working and
day sleeping. English, French and
German captains would dismiss him
to his hammock for four hours and
then rout him out in the midst Of his
sweetest sleep. In wages there may
be no great difference, but his expe-
rience has convinced him that in the
long run the long term plan can best
be reconciled with perfect health.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-21
A PECULIAR COMPOUND.
CryOstase Thaws In the Cold and
Freezes Under Heat.

CryOstase Thaws In the Cold and
Freezes Under Heat.
According to German medical jour
nal, very anomalous is the conduct of
peculiar chemical compound known,
as "cryostase" This consists of mix
ture in equal parts of phenol, saponin
and camphor, with a little turpentine
oil.
This weird substance possesses the
remarka BILE quality Of becoming liquid,
or we may say Of "thawing," in the
cold, and again becoming solid, or, as
it were, freezing" when heated.
It is true that some other bodies-as,
for instance, the white of an egg-pos-
sess a similar property of becoming
solid, or coagulating, with heat, but in
the case of these, when once the solidi-
fication has taken place, no degree of
cold will restore them to the liquid
state, whereas with cryostase the eX
pertinent can be repeated and the
process reversed any number of times.
We have thus substance which alb
solutely defies all rule and precedent
but of whose exceptional behavior no
satisfactory explanation has as yet
been given.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-21
THE oDoMETER.
It Was Known to Engineers of the
A1exaudriau School

A1exandrian School.
The odometer, an instrument for
measuring distance traversed in a car
rage, is no modern invention. The
first description of it is to be found
in fragment of a Greek treatise and
was known to engineers of the Alex
andrian school.
Passing to more modern days, we
find that on Jan. 1, 1893, a book was
published in Nuremberg which pro-
fessed to give ''succinct, detailed and
positive explanation" Of various sys-
TENS of measurement by means of
such an instrument This ''divider,''
as the author calls it, had a wheel
which carried in it's axle an Indicator
worked by the circular movement; at
each turn needle made a stroke,
which was transmitted to the dial
This odometer, divided into 100
equal parts, had a long hand and a
short, like modern clocks, the latter
moving one stroke as often as its big
brother made a complete round of the
dial
Another odometer, said to have been
invented by Peter the Great, was
shown at the Moscow polytechnic ex-
hibition in 1872 It was called a
'verst counter and worked excel
Iently
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-21
HAMLET'S MALADY.
A Study of the Melancholy Dane and
His Moods.


His Moods.
The tragedy of Hamlet is that man
of peculiar retrospective tempera-
ment is called upon to settle practical
crisis. Hamlet knew this very well
himself, and that makes the tragedy
deeper. Brutus never doubted when
once his decision was taken that he
Rome; Hamlet doubted from the very
beginning.
The times are out of joint. o cursed spite
That ever was born to set them right.
He was too fine, too distinguished,
too intellectual, a character to be the
rough instrument which fate demand
ed. He has the fatal malady of anal
wing his own motives, which is gener-
ally destructive Of action. If you once
begin asking yourself what will be the
results and consequences Of a definite
act, you will find that at the moment
of action your will is paralyzed by ex-
cess of scrupulosity, as Hamlet's was
when with his drawn sword he saw his
uncle praying. It was a disease of will
from which Hamlet was suffering. In
any other times it would not have been
SO fatal. In this particular time. when
he was called upon to do a specific act
= to ayenge his father and kill the
usurper-it is not he, but man rather
of the Fortinbras build, who will be
the savior of society. Observe, too,
| that, like many intellectual men, he
cannot be sure of his own moods. He
sees the ghost of his murdered father
| but is it an honest ghost, is it really
his fathers spirit? Hamlet believes in
| it on the battlements Of Elsinore, but
| he entirely disbelieves it in another
mood, when despite the evidences of
his senses he talks Of 1.-The bourn from
which no traveller returns" The trav-
/ eler who had returned is dismissed ap-
/ parently as fantasy Of his brain. And
these supernatural visitings in such an
analytic and interpretive mind do not,
as a matter of fact, supply him with
the motive for his subsequent action
The ghost can make him put on an an
tic disposition, play with such crea-
lures as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,
deride the senile humorings Of Polo
MUS and lessen the torrent Of his words
against his mother. But what the
ghost cannot do is to make him kill his
uncle. He murders him at last, more
or less accidentally, because his moth
er was poisoned and Laertes had play
ed foul In the fencing bout. So curl
ously destructive Of strong, practical
voltdon ia an intellectual malady when
1t has grown morbid-the tendency to.
ward introspecdon, self analysis, met
aphysical Hpeculauon.-W. L. Courte
nay In National Review.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-21
HOBBIES ARE GOOD.
They Aid One In Forgetting Sorrow,
and They Help Health.

They Aid One In Forgetting Sorrow,
and They Help Health.
How often does one hear the express
sion, ooh, that is So-and-so's hobby"
spoken rather disparagingly. 1t is the
tendency Of the average mind to re-
gard person who has a pronounced
enthusiasm as a species of harmless
lunatic, rather to be pitied. The truth
Of the matter is that any one who has
any especial fad is greatly to be en-
We'd, as it probably provides more in
terest and amusement for its possessor
than anything else. Any decided inter
est in life, whether it is dignified by
the name Of an occupation or is SIM
ply an enthusiasm or even mentioned
slightingly as a fad, is eminently de-
sirable.
Il have never seen genuine collect
or that is not happy when he is al
lowed by circumstances to crafty his
| tastes" remarked a student Of human
nature, land a bent in that direction
| should always be encouraged. It is
| a curious phase Of our humanity that
we will work diligently to make pro-
vision for our material needs when we
are old and quite neglect to store up
mental resources that will interest and
amuse us until we are called hence"
Hobbies help one to forget sorrow
and give us pleasure in the present.
They are among the best things in life,
promoters Of health, peace and happi-
ness.--New York Mail.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-21
ZUNl FAMILY LIFE.
A Village Looks Like q Huge Hive of
Clay ON a Sandy Knoll.

A Village Looks Like a Huge Hive of
Clay ON Sandy Knoll.
The little half civilized children Of
Zuni SO aroused our curiosity that we
drove through forty miles Of sand and
sagebrush, from the railroad at Fort
Wingate, to pay them visit. AS the
Indians do not provide for travellers we
took our hotel with us-tents, beds and
food-and camped just outside their
village. The village looks like huge
beehive made Of clay and stuck fast
to the top Of sandy knoll. The hive
is filled with mass Of cells-3OO single
rooms, placed side by side and piled in
rows one on top Of another.
In each Of these rooms lives Zuni
family. There are no inside stairways
leading from story to story, but If the
boys and girls living in one row wish
to pay visit to house above them
they must go outdoors and climb a LAD
der. On the slope between the village
and the Zuni river are a number o.
small vegetable gardens, each one in
closed by mud wall. Zun1 has no
inns, no shops, no saloons, not even
proper streets, but only narrow alleys
that thread their way through the
strange town. AS we walked through
the village all the world came out to
see us. Girls and boys clustered on
the roofs or sat on the ovens-queer
little cones Of mud which seem to grow
up out of the house tops-while ia
theirs, mothers and babies peered out
from dark doorways to stare at the
visitors. When we had finished our
tour Of the roofs and alleys we were
Hospitality invited indoors. Even there
the children followed us, and as we
glanced up at hole in the ceiling
which served as a window a girls
laughing face filled the opening. W
must have looked strange enough in
our hats and gloves and long skirts
Maria Brace Kimball in st. Nicholas.