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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-10-08
Off1cial Proceedings Ofthe Grant
Parish School Board.
Colfax, La. Oct. 1. 1904.

Inc newly Uppointeu bcuoOi Uodru
Of Grant parish met this day with
all members present. viz: y. II. Nc
Neely. ward 1; f. g. Gates and G. n.
Brannon, ward 2; J. w. Barron,
ward 3; j. ID. Stallings. ward 4; NJ. g.
Nugent, ward 5; d. F. Fletcher. ward
9; J. II. Wardlow and J.. NJ. Lang.
ward Z. j. H. McNeely was chosen
president and J. N. Warner unani-
inously electssd secretary Of the board
for a period of four years.
On motion n vote of thanks was
rendered the old board for the Judi
cious management Of public affairs
entrusted to them during their term
Of Office.
On motion a vote of thanks was
rendered ex-Superintendent John A.
Williams for the faithful perform
ance of duties devolving upon him as
superintendent Of public education
and for the efficient work he has done
In the parish to arouse better edu-
cational interest.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
The following accounts were au-
thorized. viz:
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MarYelS Of the Gauges

pressions of the taste and enthusiasm
of the occupants or owners.
From the Sparrow Hills at Moscow
one who has sufficient patience can
count 555 gilded and painted domes;
from the cupola of st. Peters one may
look down upon the roofs Of palaces,
cathedrals, columns, obelisks, arches
and ruins such as can be seen in no
other place; around the fire tower at
Pera are spread the marvellous glories
of STEAMBOAT, the Golden Horn and
other parts of Constantinople; from
the citadel at Cairo you can have
bird seye view of one Of the most
typical cities Of the east; from the
Eifel Tower all Paris and it's suburbs
may be surveyed, and there are many
other striking panoramas of artificial
scenery, but nothing on Gods foot
stool equals the picture Of the holy
Hindu city that may be seen from the
deck of boat on the Gauges. 1t has
often been described in detail, but 1t
is always new and always different,
and it fascinates it's witnesses. There
is a responsiveness about it which few
people can overcome, but it is unique
and second only to the Tai Mahal OF
all the sights in India.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11
&s1yE PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS NN SATURDAY JUNE 1904

Whether the report of the discovery
of the Incas' treasure at Chayaltaya,
Bolivia, is true or not, it is certain
that the conquistadores did not get
all the gold of the last Inca Of Peru,
nor all the gold and precious jewels
of the Mexican monarch. The story
Is that the Incas' treasure, withheld
from Pizarro and now discovered in
Bolivia, is worth $16,O0O,0O0, and that
the Indians believe there is still much
more hidden away. Pizarro received
a great sum from the Inca whom he
so cruelty treated and then killed, but
in so doing he missed greater
amount, which the Inca, hoping to
save his life, promised his tormentor.
In this country one sometimes hears
talk of great golden sun and other
treasure hidden securely from the
early Spaniards. One gentleman who
has the blood of Montezuma in his
veins and in whose family the tradi-
tions of the times of the conquest
have been preserved, has said that
probably fully $80,000,0O0 worth of
treasure escaped the hands Of Cortes
and his followers. Where is this treas
ure hidden? Some have said that it
was thrown into Lake Texcoco, and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11

"How is it that some persons want
much sleep, some can do on little,
while there are still others who can
get along without any sleep at all?"
asked a writer in the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. "Now here is a
problem, a solution Of which might
prove vast benefit to humankind.
I am reminded of the Importance Of
the subject by case to which my
attention was recently called in New
Jersey. Albert Herpin of Trenton,
born in France, a hostler, declares
that he has not slept wink for ten
years, and his statement, according
to the New York Herald's correspond
ent, is borne out by the physicians
who have at different times treated
him for insomnia.
"Of his case Herpin says: 4 have
been to hospitals, where they at
tempted to drug me in order to pro-
duce sleep, but would not undergo
that sort of treatment. have given
up the idea of sleeping for the rest
of my life; in fact, I'm SO used to it
that I think no more about the mat
ter. I've heard of people going in
sane that we're troubled with insom-
MIA, but never will. I am well and
eat three meals day.
1T would seem from this that sleep
is not one of life's essentials. Is
sleep absolutely necessary to health
full existence? Is it possible for men
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11
CenterS of the Brain

Biologists admit that psychic CEN
tiers are localized in the cortex of the
brain. The function of language, for
example, is perverted or suppressed
when a certain portion of the frontal
lobes of the brain is altered or de-
stroyed. DR.. Grasset, in recent
work on "Spiritism,' holds that the
.centers of automatism and sub-con-
sciousness form together kind of
polygonal area. In the Revue de Phil
osophie he also discusses the ques-
ton of an immaterial soul, and it's re-
1ation to these phychic centers of the
brain, and he concludes that the two
conceptions are not incompatible. In
telligence, he argues, is faculty of
the SOUL One cannot 1ocaliZe it in
an organ. The psychic function, how
ever, is more complex. It comprises
the immaterial intelligence and the
thought expressed, associated as we
observe it in human life. For this
psychic function a material organ or
instrument as well as the immaterial
intelligence is required, and this organ
is the cortex of the brain. Whether
the psychic center of the cortex only
serves to clothe the idea, to express
the thought, or intervenes otherwise,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11
Gems to Cure Ills

probable the wonderful effects attrib-
uted to this stone were due more to
the faith of the patient than to the
substance itself.
The beryl was said to help "detlux-
ions of the throat" and the sardonyx
Ito make men cheerful and avert mel
ancholy." The chrysolite was reputed
to ward off fevers, while the onyx,
when worn around the neck, was be-
lieved to prevent epileptic fits. The
opal was said to cure weak eyes, and
the bloodstone was often carried by
warriors to arrest bleeding from
wound.
1t will be seen from this list, which
might be considerably extended, that
the physicians of old had in precious
stones formidable armament to COM
bat many of the diseases flesh is
heir to. Whether their modern de-
scendants will be bold enough to try
their effects remains tosbes seens Who
knows but we may yet hear of the
specialist in nervous diseases pre-
scribing powdered jasper for his cpl
leptic patients, nor need we be sur
prised to see the amethyst cure" adj
vertised as the latest treatment for
inebriates!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11
Cupid Ever at Work

More than half a century ago a
Yorkshire belle, who had so many
suitors she could not choose among
them, told one of the most persistent
that if he would ask her so years
. later she would marry him. He wait
ED Loyalty and faithfully for the 50th
anniversary, and she, too, kept her
word. --E. -
A celebrated French artist, who
fell in love In his student days, was
told by the maiden that she would
never marry so long as her mother
lived. They waited half a century
before they were united.
Only two years ago wealthy
maiden lady in an English county
provided delightful sensation by
marrying the curate OF her parish
church, young man exactly 60 years
her junior. An astonishing feature Of
this marriage was that as girl the
aged bride had been engaged to the
curate's grandfather, and perhaps It
was the memory Of this ancient ro-
nance which inspired q sentimental
regard for the youthful clergyman.
who under other conditions might
have been her own grandson.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11

The bank of the river Gauges, says
a traveller, is one of the most pic
turesque and imposing panoramas you
can imagine. It rises from the water
at steep grade, and is covered with
a series of terraces upon which have
been erected towers, temples, mosques,
palaces, shrines, platforms and pavil-
ions, bathing-houses, hospices for pill
grims, khans or lodging-houses, hos
pitfalls and other structures for the &C..
commodations of the millions of PEG.
pie who come here from every part Of
India on religious pilgrimages and
other missions. These structures
represent an infinite variety of archi-
lecture, from the most severe sim
plicity to the fantastic and grotesque.
They are surmounted by domes, pin
nacles, minarets, spires, towers, Gu
polas and canopies; they are built of
stone, marble, brick and wood; they
are painted in every variety Of colors,
sober and gay; the balconies and win
dows of many of them are decorated
with banners, bunting in all shapes
and colors, festoons of cotton and silk.
garlands of flowers and various ex'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11
Hidden Gold in Mexico

not many years back company, well
provided with funds, made extensive
excavations in the Pedregal, near Co.
yoacan, on a spot indicated by tradi-
ton. A series of subterranean cham
bers was found, but no golden sun.
Both in Mexico and Peru gold was
hidden away from the greedy con-
quistadores by the Indians, who cher
ished the hope of making a successful
rising against their conquerors. That
hope has long died away, though much
of the hatred for the race Of the con-
quistadores remains in the breast OF
the aborigine.
It is quite probable that some fine
day much of Montezuma's hidden
treasure may be found here, by a
lucky hit. Perhaps it is concealed in
an idol cave in the southwestern part
of the Sierra surrounding this valley,
a cave of which stories have been
told among the Indians. Whence has
come the gold that Indians living in
these mountains, so close to the city.
have brought here and sold to their
legal representative? There is mys-
terry in all this, and a greater mystery
in the whereabouts of Montezuma's
treasure which remains untouched
Mexican Herald.
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Many of the precious gems that are
so highly valued as ornaments we're
once supposed to possess curative
powers. The amethyst, for instance,
was the stone of temperance and so.
briefly and was said to prevent the
wearer from strong drinks and from
indulging in too much sleep. Further,
it was believed to quicken the wits
and drive <vapOrs from the head-al-
together most desirable gem to have
about ones person. Amethysts should
certainly become fashionable. Pearls
were administered in cases of con-
sumption, and, when powdered, were
recommended in ten-grain doses to
strengthen the heart. Besides these
virtues they were believed to fortify
the nerves, cure weak eyes, old age
and even "a cordial to resist the
plague when taken in doses of six
grains in water sweetened with man.
"A
Amber was given to cure coughs
and diseases of the head, while red
coral was said to be IAN excellent
purifier of the blood and good for the
liver" Jasper was employed by the
early physicians as an astringent and
a cure for epilepsy and stone. It is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11

Although at the time of the con-
quest horses we're unknown in Mex
leo, that country to-day boasts of
some of the finest of the species. The
horses Of Cuba that were taken to
Mexico as we'll as the horses that
went to the River Plate on a similar
errand of conquest are believed to
have been of Andalusian breed, and
Cunninghame Graham, the famous
British author and traveller, who
knows from personal experience both
Mexican and Argentine horses, holds
that we must look to Barbary for the
progenitors of the Cordobese horses.
"Most horses" he says, ''in fact, all
breeds of horses, have six lumbar
vertebrae. A most careful observer,
the late Edward Losson, professor
in the Agricultural college of Santa
Catalina, near Buenos Ayres, has
noted the remarkable fact that the
horses of the Pampas have only five.
Following up his researches, he has
found that the only other breed of
horses in which similar popularity
is to be found is that of Barbary."
So Cunninghame Graham, who has
ridden the horses Of the Moors in
Morocco as we'll as the horses of Mex
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He Needs No Sleep

age without sleep? These are large
questions and they ramify In many
ways when one begins to deal with
them speculatively. In the first place
much will depend upon the type and
temperament, of the man. Persons
whose mental capabilities are of
low order, whose receptive powers
are limited, and who are without the
aff1atus which gives rich poetic
color to the things of this life-per>
sons who are sluggish mentally and
temperamentally, and who feel only
when pricked and -prodded by the
sharp exfgencies Of the struggle Tor
existence, the dumb, driven cattle of
the world, must needs sleep much,
whereas the men and women Of a
sensitive mold, whose minds are as
fragile and responsive as the most
delicate of photographers plates, who
catch and hold, and love the images
as they fit in variant shadings-
men and women who mentally trace
the very finest of the nuances and
absorb much of the forces which play
upon them-such as these may do on
less sleep than persons of the dull,
unresponsive and unpoetic type. Ma
poleon required but little sleep; but,
as a great American who was once
reminded of the fact remarked, all
men are not Napoleons. have known
many men, we'll advanced in years,
who actually slept less than younger
and more vigorous men,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11

what does it matter to the biologist
so long as he can localize the center?
These centers of the brain are as in
dispensable for the expression of the
highest Intelligence as for the lowest
aqtomatisms. Consequently the biolo-
gist may endeavor to localize the CEN
tiers of higher as we'll as Of lower in
telligence. This quest, however, is
distinct from the study of the princi-
pie Of intelligence. Hence psychology
should not become department of
biology. Psychology is the science of
will and conscience. Biology is the
science Of the cerebral instrument
whose Intervention is necessary for
the regular working of that will and
conscience. Each of these two sci.
'ences has its own domain, and there
is no contradiction between them. It
is curious to find that after going from
one extreme to the other, from the
notion of purely immateriaal to a
purely material mind, to a brain
''secreting thought" as an electric bat
terry secretes electricity, scientific
thinkers are coming round to the
union or cancellation Of the two con-
ceptions- namely, brain which is
the material organ of an immateria1
soul.-London Globe.
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were believed to bring good luck in
about all the details of life among
the Alzados. To kill and cut off beads
before seed time and harvest brought
luck, brought the rains and warded
off the anger of the. Anita, who, he
heads of strangers.
~ After an hours talk the presidente
and the other Alzados started for Su-
madar, saying they wished to take
some tobacco to San Jose to sell.
We were not so thoroughly con-
WINGED of the good intentions of the
parting guests that we felt ourselves
justified in going to sleep without set
ting guard that night. We all took
turns at guard duty, and my relief
was from 10 to midnight, so that l saw
the year 1902 in, watching the shadows
of the mountainsides lest in their
friendly obscurity our late guest, the
presidente of Sumadar, might creep
upon us to add our heads to his col
lection. i.
However. the night passed without
alarm, and we were forced to admit
that our thoughts did him an injustice.
From that day to this / have never
heard aught to cast discredit upon the
promise of the presidente Of Sumadar
to give up head hunting. 81 ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11

Long ago the silly odium that at
tached to old-maidenship disappeared,
but even in the days when popular
notion made spinster of 40 a hope
less old maid, records show that there
was no age limit to matrimonial
hopes. p" : -
For instance, so long ago as 1774,
Miss Jane Hodgeson. of Stepney, Eng
land, was welded to Henry Hutton,
of the same place, when she had
reached her 92d summer, and the
bridegroom was two years older, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
More remarkable was the wedding
OF John Jackson and Annie Bates, on
March %, 1896, the 101st birthday Of
the bridegroom, who was three years
older than the bride. It was his
fourth marriage within two years, and
10000 persons escorted the couple to
the church.
A youth of 10, son of Mr.. Graves,
of Balcock-on-Herts, married mis-
tress Lake, spinster, aged TO-" April
20, 1871, and in August Of the same
year, at Bath, Capt. Hamilton. aged
80. married Miss Manson, blushing
bride Of rank. fortune, and IS years.
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THE ARRA R/L<xK CUAS7 /ANGEWzH 6ACH14u1|VU+

diers from the Fifth Infantry to look
after the horses, a photographer who
took the accompanying pictures, an in
terpreter, a guide who had been a
captain in the insurrecto army, three
packers and two, muchachos (boy
servants). It was not an impressive
show of force, but itsWassat least very
mobile.
It was at San Guillermo that the
first mention was made of the Alza-
dos, and that was when the natives
brought to us one of their number
who had been attacked by the head
hunters a few days before. He had
saved his headpiece, but his body was
riddled with spear wounds. The ran
cheria had been attacked twice within
two years by the Alzados.
On the last day Of the year we
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11

1.-THE Americanos know all" he said
through the Interpreter. 'Say that it
has been the custom of our fathers,
and we have followed it, but that we
have put it away from us. If any of
our young men cut off a head, from
this time, his head shall take"
1 assured him that I believed him,
but that 1 would keep an eye upon
Sumadar. Then l invited him and his
band to sit down with us to a feast.
They accepted greedily, and we all
sat down amicably, but watchfully, to
feast of canned goods, which the Al
zados seemed to take to as kindly as a
city housekeeper.
doubt if the Cordilleras ever look
ed down upon such a mixed company
and such a banquet before. During
the meal asked the presidente why
he had taken heads.
ut is the custom; the Anita (the
idols of the Alzados) have ordered it.
It is part of our religion" he replied.
TASK him whom they are commend.
ed to KILL" suggested to the inter-
prefer.
Everybody" replied the presidente.
GAIL strangers. Everybody is stran-
ger who does not belong to our tribe. y
:"Why do the young men always
keep the heads with them?' I asked,
looking toward the part of the trail
where I had seen the party throw the
objects into the long grass when they
first sighted us.
The Alzados looked uncomfortably
at one another when this was trans
lated to them. Then the presidente
replied:
"They carry them to show their
bravery. The young men cannot mar
ry until they have taken the head OF
stranger
"Is it bravery to kill babes and old
women?" was retorted. expected this
question would bother the old scoun
lsdrel, but it did
ID b us Ing an head
The warrior must go close to the bar
rio of the stranger to get the head Of
| the child. He cannot lie in the forest
| and wait until it comes to him. He
must seek it in the village. where he
may be slain,'' replied the presidente
as simply as if that question bad been
discussed in the affirmative in lyce
ums in his native barrio.
In reply to questions, he went on tc
explain that the heads Of enemies
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The Horses Of Mexico

leo and the Pampas, is of the opinion
that these horses are evidently de-
scended from those of Barbary.
OF late years thousands Of American
horses have been imported into Mex.
leo. often thoroughbreds, and undoubt-
eddy the type of the Mexican horse OF
to-day has changed somewhat through
the infusion of new blood. Some one
competent and with leisure (and it is
indispensable that he be lover of
horses) should take up this theme Of
the Mexican horse and make a big
book en- the subject.
Anyone who has ridden the wiry
and ong-enduring little Mexican horse
will not need to be told of it's good
points. Not infrequently is he a wind
drinker," like the horses of the At
rican desert, full of speed and tireless.
Given a grassy plain of a league or
more, ~caballo brioso," a horse Of
mettle, the crisp air of the tableland
morning in autumn or even in March
and a man may taste one OF the joys
of paradise, for who may say that our
horses will not meet US gladly oyer
there in the good country where go
the noble riders and lovers of swift
steedS?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11

reached Tue on the Buclog river, at
the base Of the Cordillera Central, and
here at 2 o'clock in the afternoon we
encountered a band of Alzados. We
sighted them at a distance, and ! saw
them drop something into the bushes
beside the trail as soon as they made
us out. 49,. -. -
"They are throwing away heads"
observed Col. Villamor.
We were outnumbered, and had
sent back the horses with the pack
ers two days before, SO we were in
fix, seemingly. The only resource was
to bluff the game through, so we stood
our ground. & m. =.
The natives proved to be the presi-
dente of Sumadar, barrio three days
march over the mountains, with reti-
nue. of as villainous looking sayages
as one would not care to meet alone.
The presidente looked even more
yillainous than his followers. He wore
his hair twisted about his head. All
of the members Of the party were
nude save for geestrings, and all were
tattooed, showing that they had taken
heads.
When we met, the presidente rubbed
my palm solemnly with his nose, in
token OF amity, and his followers did
likewise. promptly brought up the
subject Of head hunting. 4.
The presidente OF Sumadar at first
affected innocence, but when insist
ed that had proof against him he
dropped his bluff and took on look
OF entreaty.
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villamor, provincial secretary, who,
with his brother Bias, was the head
and front of the ansurrectos until the
surrender in the preceding April: He
became my successor as Governor OF
Abra. II
Arthur P. Wright, formerly color
sergeant in the Rough Riders, was
another prominent member of the ex-
petition. He was an enthusiastic
mineralogist. Others in the party
were w. w. Leggett, provincial su-
pervisor; two pedagogues from Bucay
and Pidigan, a sergeant and two SOL
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11

the natives, WHO gathered to see US
start. They had an idea, and express
ed it freely, that it would require a
regiment, with one or two rapid-fre
guns, to penetrate the land OF the
head hunters and argue with them sue
cessfuly.
I thought otherwise. Those with
me were not SO confident, but were
willing to take the chances. I
The expedition included Col. Juan
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(From the New York Sun.9

=. (From the New York Sun.3
-. How a. small party of Americans
penetrated the land of the head-hunt-
ing Igorrotes of northern Luzon and
how the handful of men constituting
the first expedition that ever entered
the land of the head hunters and came
back again persuaded the savages to
give up that immemorial usage form
the subject Of the following story,
which is published here for the first
time. The adventure is related by
Lieut.-Col. w. H. G. Bowen, Thir-
teenth Infantry, U. S. A., who COM