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The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09

The cause of badness Is attributed by
DIR. Gilbert to tight hatbands.. He re-
marks that women and sayages do not
suffer from the condition. and suggests
the use of small cork tenders around the
hatbands, voiding pressure to certain
parts of sections, leaving the interven-
ing space free for normal blood supply
and free insress and egress Of air from
inside the hat
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09

flinched under the disconcerting gaze.
He had sought the money-lender as an
absolute stranger; yet the man evil
IDENTIFY knew his people-moret than that,
was catechizing him like a Sunday
school teacher.
II have a wife and two children" he
answered, with smooth irony. 81 am CT
legal age. and, believe, of sound
mind; therefore qualified to transact
business. However. If you decide to loan
me the money. can probably get my
mothers signature to whatever is nec-
essary."
The place Is good for It," said VIII
lard BurdIck, passing his visitors rude
ness unheedingly. IL must see the title.
though. and an abstract. If you have 1t,
also the original of your fathers will.
Your mother lives with you. | suppose ?"
A dull flush stained young Warren's
face.
"she is in Ridgetown. just at pres
ent." he evaded. stifflyf
The lawyer raised his brows: but he
only asked:
Her address, please?"
Emmett Warren turned dozen colors.
cursing vigorously under his breath. as
his questioner wrote down from his die
tation: mo. 156 Collins street." and
folded the paper inside corpulent
pocket book. Cad! What danger was
this he had run his head into SO neatly !?
burdick was leaving him not loop
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
Japanese Are Fine Gardener.

The Japanese rank as the best gard
eners in the world. and they are also ex-
tremely scientific farmers. They pay
great attention to the manuring of their
farms. Most of the manure used is dead
fish. Fish from which oil has been ex-
tracted by boiling are also made into fish
manure. which is chiefly. employed in the
cultivation of rice and wheat. SardIne
manure is good for indigo. and herring
manure for oranges Trials made of the
fish manure OF Japan by California fruit
growers hare led to its export from
Japan TO California.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09

remain canals in good state of preser-
walton. One of them, go miles long, is
now used for irrigation and power. At
one time, centuries agone, there were 40
mills on this canal, and to-day the re-
mains of these ancient institutions may
be seen. Flour mills, driven by these
simple turbines, of the same type as was
used there 2,700 years ago, are still in
operation.
The Deutcher Miller, Berlin. says:
'These turbines were brought to the no.
'tice of the modern world and quite gen.
orally adopted in Europe from 1850 to
1880. These Chaldees are not to be con-
founded with the Chaldeans of Meso-
potamia" ~ --si
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09

material is constructed to turn about an
axis, o. The wheel has metal balls, N,
placed around the periphery, and these
are charged negatively, while the fixed
metal ball. M, is charged positively.
Each ball has a thin layer of insulating
material surrounding 1T, in order that
the electricity may not leak into the wa
ter. Ts'aH - 'assf ssfTt. ~
The. fixed charge, M, will now attract
all of the movable charges which are
above the surface. but will have prac-
tically no effect upon those below the
surface This follows Immediately
from the fact that the edielectricconstant
of water is nearly so times that of air.
In other words, air transmits electrostat-
ic force with 80 times the readiness Of
water. Hence the astonishing con-
clusion that the wheel will continuously
rotate in the direction indicated by the
arrow. y - sstssg : t-ss ~ ), -
; The discovery Of the faIlacy, which is
more or less hidden. is left to the insight
of the reader Daniel e. Comstock, in
Scientific American. 80 q u
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
RENEWAL OF HUMAN BODY.
Some Portions Of Our Anatomy Last
But Few Weeks, Others
But q Few Months.

OF course everyone knows that the hu-
man body is wholly changed every seven
;years-the school physiologies teach
that much-but it will surprise some to
learn that certain portions of the anat-
omy undergo more frequent changes. It
takes but four weeks to completely re-
new the human epidermis. You have
new eyelashes every five months, you
shed your finger nails in about the same
time and the nails of your toes are re-
newed annually. The white of the eye,
known as the cornea, is in continual
state of renewal. being kept clear and
clean by the soft friction of the eyelids.
These are few manifestations of the
restorative powers retained by man, who
is less fortunate than the lower animals.
Crabs can grow fresh limbs; the snail
can renew even a large portion of its
head; with eyes and feelers lizards do
not worry about the loss of tail, and
If you make cut in the caudal ap-
pendage of some of these last mentioned
creatures they will grow another tail
straightway and rejoice in the posses
sion of two. ,e7
But man. says the Chicago Chronicle,
still possesses the wonderful restorative
little cells which scientific men call
leucocytes. They are always coursing
through the body to renew and to defend
the body from its enemies, the harmful
bacteria Of. various malad;es. These
cells generateantitoxins to kill our ene-
mics. They do battle for us in hundreds
of ways, and yet the majority OF us know
nothing ofthese great services rendered
by our tiny friends inside. $50
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
BOTH JAWS SHOT AWAY
stn successful Business Man.

49, rF
A man who had both jaws shot away
had trouble eating ordinary food but
found food-drink that supplies the
nutriment needed. He says:
Il have been an invalid since the
siege Of VicKsburg. in 1866, where w99
wounded by Z MIME, ball passing
through my head and causing the en-
tire loss Of my jaws. was a drummer
boy and at the time was leading skir-
mish line, carrying a gum. Since that
time have been awarded the medal Of
honor from the Congress of the United
States for gallantry on the field.
'"The consequences Of my wound
were dyspepsia In its most aggravated
form and finally proved ordinary COT.
fee was very hard IN my stomach 90 ]
tried Postum and got better. Then
tried common coffee again and got
worse. did this several times and
finally as Postum helped me every
time continued to, use 1t, and how
often / think that il the Government
had issued Postum to US In the Army
how much better 1t would have beer
Tor the soldier boys than coffee.
Coffee constipates me and Postum
does not; coffee makes me spit up m,
food, Postum does not; coffee keeps mi
awake nights. Postum does not. There
Is no doubt coffee is too much Of :
stimulant for most people and Is thl
cause of nearly all the constipation.
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HIDDEN FROM THE WORLD.
Some Parts of the Lives Of Most Peo-
pie Must Be Kept from
Hverybody. ii

''in order to keep their places in SO
ciety to their own satisfaction, says DR..
Norman Bridges, in an essay on The
Etiology of Lying ''all people must
hide some part of their lives from most
of the world. They reveal different
phases to different companies. The pub
lie in generab ones personal intimates,
the different elements of ones family.
his friend or father confessor, his doc
tor, even some casual friend, are SO many
distinct entities that see the man differ
emily. To each he reveals something of
himself that is different from what 9TH
ers see; some perceive qualities the
others never dream of. and the picture
of the man as seen by each is different
from that seen by the others. Nor does
the man reveal the whole of himself to
even all these companies combined;
some part of his life he keeps to himself
absolutely No human life is ever fully
known or completely written down.
instinct and custom" /" continues the
doctor, make 1t easy, when not dis
turbed by unusual emotions, to keep
these different phases of life apart and
hold them strictly for the respective
audiences they are intended for And
the discrimination seems so effortless
that it must work with the ease Of an
automaton.
- People Of all qualities OF intelli-
gence and character discriminate as to
what they tell people and what with
hold. - Even the loquacious, the ex-
excessively talkatfve, find it easy to keer
certain things to themselves
Anyone who succeeds in smothering his
native secretiyeness and discrimination
as to what shall be told.and what with
held is singled out as o curiosity; and
one to- whom II is.unsafe to reveal,your
soul or even your'daily affairs. 49,
And in our connection with Others, in
conduct as we'll as in words, we .prevari-
cate and deceive from hour TO hour
1--WE, put the best we have forward as a
hint we have nothing worse. ''rx
We try. before the public. to act better
than we really are-always better than
our average. This deception is laudable
if it teaches us to be better and cleaner;
and perhaps even If II does not make us
better, it is justified on the ground that
it spares the world some fthe unpleas-
ant things of life. But it leads to the
worst misfits in partnerships and unions
Of people OF, all Sorts - x tsisev
as it any wonder, then, in view OF
these facts and circumstances, that we
sometimes find difficulty in keeping in
line with our ethics? Our ethics are
based on an understanding of right and
wrong. Our definitions of lying and
truth-telling are largely man-made
and made because of the requirements
of social life They are certainly good
Society could not exist without them
But to tell the vertical truth always
even within the proprieties, is one of the
fine arts. Few attain to it absolutely
and still keep their force of character
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
A SCHEME
THAT FAILED
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HATTIE PRESTON RIDER

ssyTOU wish a loan of 5000, then
What security can you give?"
The pale eyes of the visitor shifted un-
easily.
"A mortgage on farm in Kent coun-
ty; as fine quarter section as ever lay
out DOORS"
Burdick looked him over keenly.
"A first mortgage, of course. know
Kent county. What is your name?"
Emmett Warren" The visitor pro-
nounced the words almost brazenly, it
seemed to Burdick. He started slight
ly, flushing under his clear brown skin.
mot the Warrens of Orton township?
You are not-John Warren's sonT
His only child" the young man
nodded eager affirmation. my father
died four years ago. The farm was
willed to me-"
Burdick's pen clattered to the floor.
He stopped to recover it. When he
Strengthened up there was a queer,
drawn look on his face.
"Your mother" he paused.
Young Warren set the tips of his slim,
unfarmerly fingers together. --,---
Mother has-ahem-no control Of the
property" he said, smoothly. "Iattend
: to everything. The farm Is in my
name"
Burdick's face cleared. Then he
f-owned.
do you mean that your father left his
wife DEPENDENT" he asked, sternly.
The confirmed bachelor had IDEAS of his
own concerning such matters. "Are you
married?" He looked his client over
with cold. critical dislike. The latter
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH.
Temperature of Bahrin Is Eleven Do
grees Higher Than That OF
Death Valley, Cal.

death valley. in southern Califor-
mia, is usually referred to as the
hottest spot on earth, but it isn't quite
that" Mr. Ralph Erling tells a st.
Louis Globe-Democrat maa. rms
rather unpleasant distinction belongs
to a portion of the shore OF the Per
sian gulf at and in the vicinity OF
Bahrin.
Statistics prove that the mean an
nual temperature of the Persian gulf
furnace is IL degrees higher than that
of Death valley, and the aridness Oh
both places is about on par, though
am inclined to believe, il my recol-
lection of the records is not biunted,
that little brackish water has been
found in few isolated springs on the
alkali surface of Death valley, where
as there is no water at all to be found
on the shore of the gulf anywhere
within a radius of nearly 200 miles
yet. while Death valley is inhabit-
ed by practically none and perma-
nent life there is deemed well nigh
impossible, Bahrin has population OF
several thousand people and has had
an existence as village for many
centuries. OF course the people are
stunted mentally and to slightly less
extent physically; fact due to tha
fearful conditions under which they
live;. but they do live there and are
probably the nearest approach to sala-
manders in the human family. What
do they do for water and food? Why.
the latter is brought. to- them in boats
and sold in exchange for the fertilizer
they dig from the desert, and the lat
ter they have in fairly good, !. abun-
dance near them. You thought said
there was no water within, several
hundred miles of the place. Well; so
| l did-on the land--but there are a
number of fresh water springs on the
bed of, the saline gulf within few
hundred yards from, the, shore.
1T is probably the only place ON
earth where fresh drinking water ia
secured from salty sea- The wa
ter gushes up in considerable volume
from these springs and is secured by
divers. The gulf is only about : 80
feet deep at this point. The divers
plunge to the bottom with empty goat
skins and place the orifice of the skin
bag directly over. the mouth of the
spring; it fills in a few seconds, and
the diver closes the orifice and /. is
pulled back to the boat by rope.
That is the way the water supply for
the community on shore is procured.
The springs are supposed to be due
to underground streams which have
their origin in the green hills of Os-
man, over 500 miles inland"
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09

Z Consul General Richard Guenther, al
Frankfort, Germany, reports that not
withstanding the difficulty in its pro-
duction (many tons of ore being re-
quired to produce one gram) radium
industry has already developed in Ger
many and France, and although one
gam is sold at little less than s., ,0o0,
the manufacturers are said to. have or
dsrs for several hundred grams. The
demand for medical purposes exceeds
the supply. Radium possesses all the
important qualities Of the Roentgel
rays, in addition to the invaluable
property of being ready for use at any
time and furnishing its rays without
Che employment of apparatus.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09

The idea that salt IS d absoluteiy neces'
sary to life is now said to be CONTRA
dicted by facts. sltsis said that salt is
not in use in some parts of Siberia or
among the Pampas Indians in South
America Salt is proved, however, to
be something that is necessary to the
health OF modern civilized man, who
suffers when deprived Of IT,, as many
animals do. 1t is not certain that the
North american Indian did not use
salt. The wild buffalo of the west eag-
erly gathered to. the. great salt ''licks." "
where it could be obtained.-N. Y. Tri-
bune. sAs,ssasA ~ gS a.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
No old Maids.

A woman who has lived in the Trans
yaal says that there are no ''old maids
in South Africa, antl that the supply
of wives is never equal TO the demand
A school-teacher seldom remains q
teacher. for more than one term, for
the admiration of the young Boer
planters is so great for woman gifted
enough to read and spell, and thrifty
enough to earn money with her brain
that some well-to-do bachelor soon per.
suades her TO marry him.. Y. Jour.
nal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
sEvENs IN THE BIBLE,
rrultiples Of This Figure Recur Sig.
nificantly Throughout the
- New Testament.

The phenomena Of the figure and
its multiples. occurring in the New
Testament, have been touched upon BY
Ivan Panin, Russian student of the
Bible. who for q number OF years has
made his home at Grafton, Mass. This
significance of the seven" group,
says the Chicago Tribune. will not be
lost even upon the superstitious who
are outside the pale Of Scriptural
points, and, as Mr.. Panin has shown
them, their relations of their group
ings to the first II verses OF the New
Testament must suggest that they
we're scarcely chance. rAa!e2n .,a.
For instance. in these first IL verses
Of Matthew, tho vocabulary consists
Of 40 words, or seven sevens; of these
words there are %, or four scvens.
which begin with vowels, ard 2i. OF
three sevens, which begin with CON
sonants. 1870 81, -.
This distribution, by sevens be-
tween vowel words and consonant
words Justly might have been deemed
accidental but for the fact that of the
40 words AZ of them are nouns--six
sevens-and seven are not nouns" Is
the comment of the writer, "Of the
AZ nouns there. are 35 proper nouns
or five sevens, while seven are com
mon nouns OF the 35 proper names
four sevens are male ancestors ., OF
Jesus and seven are not such..l No!
only then is the distribution of 1.-The
40 words of the vocabulary by sesens
as between vowel words and con-
sonant words but also as between the
parts Of speech. -. 81. Z. (,
AS further and absolute proof, thai
these phenomena of the sevens are
not accidental Mr.. Paninz points odl
that the 49 words of the vocabulary
show IA words that are fused bul
once, while IS of them, or five.sevens
are used more than once His conclu.
sions after an exhaustive arrangement
of the seven features are. that mo
even the choice of the languages II
which the Scriptures were written was
made without marked numerical de
sign at the Threshold of the subject
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD,
Turbine, Now So Much in Evidence
Was Used by the Chaldees
in Remote Past.

The turbine of which we hear in these
lays is by no means an idea new in me-
chanics. Twenty-seven hundred years
ago, in the little nation of the Chaldees.
adjoining Armenia, the water turbine
was known, and built, and used in mill
ing. 1t was then called the shell wheel"
The wheel was used in horizontal posi-
ton, no effort being made to secure the
greatest value of the water pressure.
The wheel was connected to a vertical
shaft which turned the stone and ground
the grain into a coarse flour.
Near the city of Van, believed to have
been built 1000 years B. c., there still
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
Twenty Motives for Inc,esnsvdiarism. q !

Incendiarism is due to one of 20 mo-
tives, says DR.. J. A. Fowler, scientist
of repute,. who has analyzed and classi-
fed these destructive persons as one
anlyzes and classifies beetles and
moths. Twenty heads under which in
cendiaries fall are. according to DR..
Fowler, r,insurance policy holders, incen-
diaries for gain other than insurance.
revenge, those that had been discharged,
malicious servants. rioters, tramps.
thieves who wish to conceal their thefts,
to create an opportunity for theft. MUIR
derers, to conceal murder or to do MUIR
der, mischievous boys. or girls. incen-
diaries who seek an offered reward con-
spirators/ who seek to terrify by fire,
momentary rage. drunkards. firemen
seeking to enhance their regulations
criminally careless bonfire kfndlers,
handlers Of fireworks. and criminally
careless manufacturers of kerosene.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
BREAKS RIB BY COUGHING.
Brooklyn Man, with Severe Cold, ID
Victim Of an Extraordinary
Accident.

Henry c. Hubert. of Brooklyn,
broke one of his ribs during a fit of
coughing few days ago. Physicians
cannot recall similar case.
Mr. Hubert contracted severe cold
and when the accident happened was in
bed. resting on his right side He was
seized with violent fit of coughing
ard. in order to,relieye his distress at
tev1red 70 change his position. The
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
Fired bv Snow.

A snowstorm started fire on the
premises of a Belgian farmer. He placed
a quantity of quicklime near sned on
his farm, and left ii there all night. lin
the course of the night snow fell on the
lime, and the heat thus developed be-
came SO great that the shed was set ON
fire, lis contents being completely de-
stroyed.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
Accomn,odatine.

"What does this mean, Bridget 2" ex-
claimed the lady Of the house, returning
from shopping; Athe telephones been
taken outl"
"Sure, ma'am; the girl over the way
came, over. and said her missus would
like to use il q little while, and sint it
over to her; but had a tirrible job get
tin'it unscrewed from the wall. ma'am.' y
s-Yonkers Statesman.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
= roIsohous overcoats.

Poisoning from overcoats Is an un.
expected danger. but not less han GO
cases have. been reported among the
street cleaners of Birmingham, Eng
land. On being wet the cloth in the
dying of which chloride of zinc had
been used gave off poisonous vapor, pro-
ducing painful swellings of hands and
arms.-N. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09

sudden movement, coupled with the
'paroxyism of coughing, caused a COM
pick action OF the muscles, which broke
one of MS ribs. - RI
Mr.. Hubert twill be confined to his
home for some time. He is director
In the Pullman Palace Car compant I
and retired from active business sew
eral years ago.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09

8 Lena-Fred didn't blow his brains
out because you Tilted him the other
night. He came straight over and pro-
posed to nee. .sgSsst7 sifk n45f
Maud-Dd he? Then he must have
got rid of them in some other way
london Tit-Bits. ~
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09

Dfstance OF the NOfth Bthr. N :
"a The Lick observatory astronomers
tell us the,north star is ies5, ,o0o, 900 900
miles away. The Lick telescope and
photospectroscope have discovered IA
multiple stars. The star Mar. the
middle star of the handle Of the great
dipper, has brilliancy 100 times that
Of our sun.-Cleveland Leader.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
'Twould Seem sos

Shippen-Its awfully dull in the ship.
ping business; nothing to do at all. It's
particularly hard OF the tramp steam
ers.
Jokeiey-Why, | should think tramp
steamers would be delighted when
there's nothing to do.-Philadelrhia
Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09

Another club woman, Mrs.
HauIe, of Edgerton, Wis, tells
how she was cured of irreguIari.
ties and uterine trouble, terrible
pains and backache, by the use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-A while
ago my health began to fail because of
female troubles. The doctor did not
help me. remembered that my mother
had used Lydia T.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound on many oc-
casions for Irregularities and uterine
troubles, and / felt sure that it could
not harm me ut any rate to give 1t .
trial.
: "I was certainly glad to find that
within aweclk ! felt much better, the
terrible pains in the back and side
were beginning to cease, and at the
time of mcnstruation / did not have
NEARLY as serious q time as heretofore
!, so continue its use for two months,
and at the end of that time was like
a new woman. / really have never
felt better in my life, have not had
sick headache since, and weigh ~
pounds more than i ever did, SO 1 un-
recommend your medi-
,cine.n- MRs. MAY HAULE, Edgerton,
Wis. Pres. Household Economics Club.
- $4,000 forfeit If original Of aboos letter psoasl
afesniaeness cannot De produced
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09

/; Mother-I want Clara to learn Aome
unusual musical Instrument. The pi-
ano is so common.
Father--I. would suggest the bass
drum . 4
"But that is not house instrument"
"Exactly."-N. Y. World.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-19
A CAPITAL WHIST.

ss Hanlon Entertains Few of Her
 Many Friends at Whist.
 Miss Mae Hanlon entertained num- r ofher friends at whist last evening
 her home on Hallock avenue, and e certainly did her part in entertain K her young friends. The youg peo- commenced to assemble about 8.30 Ia kept coming until about nine lock. They sat down to play whist but 9;3O and played until about 11:3O Ia then the game ceased, after which treatments were served After the fticipants had partaken of refresh hts Miss Anna Hogan rendered a |k piano selections, Miss Helen Floyd bdered two solos; Mr. Heberger, the III known vocalist, sang a solo, which Is loudly applauded; MT. Gebhardt |ited a monologue. Miss Emily bgan captured the capital prize, which Insisted of a very pretty picture, and i. Gebhardt won the booby prize, Iich consisted of a small china doll. |e guests departed for their homes, |eet homes at about midnight, wish Miss Hanlon many happy returns hong the participants were Misses Ina and Emily Hogan, Miss byd. Miss Mae Hanan and Messrs. lbhardt, Bruce, Heberger and Myers,