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The Colfax chronicle., 1904-01-23
Trapping a
Millionaire

IT HAT particular railway which is
known to the gay young city man
as Sewers Limited" was in bad odor
in the city, and on the stock exchange
its shares found no buyers, despite
the fact that there was scarce bro
ker who had not instructions from
anxious, almost panic-stricken clients
to sell out their holdings in that stock.
Electricity was in the air. Everyone
talked of electricity, and predicted
: that In the near future it would be the
motive power of the entire traffic of
f the metropolis. The electric railways
and the prospect of further improve
ments in passenger locomotion had
:: much to do with the trend of popular
opinion, which was further strength
ened by the advent of wealthy syn
dicate, which, it was said, had number
less plans and. estimates for electric
lines all over the metropolis. 1t was,
therefore, not an unnatural conse-
quence that things looked very blue
in the Offices of Sewers. Limited"
The secretary had just arrived, and
had passed through the clerks Office
without acknowledging a. salutation
or speaking word to anyone.
The secretary's private secretary
followed him in and handed him the
morning financial paper as he sat
down.
II see, SIR" said the private secre-
tary, shat our stock fell another
three points yesterday evening"
II know it," grunted the secretary.
"It'll 60 lower"
"Yes, sir" said the private secre-
tary, there's only one man that could
stop it.y
The secretary looked mp sharply:
"What?" he calculated.
II was thinking continued the pri-
vate secretary, ''of John Bailey. He
could save the situation If. he would"
BAH" said the secretary. ."He
would not touch u.s."
There was silence for little time,
and then the private secretary spoke
again. 1t was to make most unusual
request. q =.
Il should be much obliged, sir,' he
said. "if you could allow me to take a |
days holiday tomorrow"
The secretary looked at The young
man keenly for a moment. Then he
replied: 4
You can have the holiday. Tell
them outside not to disturb us for half |
an hour; / can see you've got some
thing to say to me-" |
= At the end of half an hour the pri-
,yate secretary passed out of the sec
retary's private room; passed, with a |
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-01-23
LITTLE WILLIE ON wn,pPrNos

Sometimes wen I'm mid6;in' bad,
Same es boys II be,
Then my ma she gifts stick
Jus to punish me.
Make you laugh TO see that stick
Like wisp O. hay
But the minute that II lan's,
Then talk this way.
Wow Ouch Oh Isayr'
(Thinks I'm cryin' then)
ouch Oh. dear, will obey:
III be eoo6 agadnr'
Seems to ease my ma. you see.
An, O. course, 1t don't hurt me.
But It's differen' with my pa;
Wen. he gifts a stick
It Is longer AN his arm e.r
An erbout es thick.
VILE he's gittin' 1T wait,
Thinkin'. thirken' hard,
An the frs blow 'at he Ian's
This Is frum me Jared:
Wow Ouchv'-Queeres' thing!
Case erpears to be
/ can't member wat say
Wen he's whippin' me.
Whippin's ori'y fun frum ma
But It's differen' with my pa.
ALFRED j. Waterhouse. in Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-01-23
Tomato Bouilien with Oysters.

Cook one can of tomatoes with ONE
and one-half quarts of good beef stock.
one tablespoonful chopped onions, one
bay leaf, six cloves, one teaspoonfuI
celery seed, and half teaspoonful pep;
per corns for 20 minutes, strain, cool.
and clear with the whites of three eggs.
Serve with parboiIed oysters in bouiIlon
cups or small bowls, with croutons.-~-
Home Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-01-23

Scrub the shells and dry them. put
them in pan, round side down, and
place in a hot oven until the shells
open Then remove the upper shell,
put two or three oysters ein one
shell, sprinkle with sat and pep
per and little dabs of butter. cover
with buttsred crumbs and bake
brown.-American Queen s.9s~s 2
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-01-23

ne teff1u'y rom the gun 70 the bay There will
conquest The hearts the already
espousals {.
fhe star OF empire will much furthe The
center population the Mississippi here will
stay but psape will nohward Canada and Canada
will move southwark into the great Many Of the
Canadian hearts with and is but that they
ahe uld Be. ~.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-01-23
CANADA~IS COMING
By ARCHBISHOP IRELAND.

|OU may not see Y may not it. but in time Canada
will be part of this country ~ sss-<
do not want to be bellicose but say this for myself:
As as fate the starry banner will wave mistress Of ali
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-01-23

*DEAR MRS PnKHAM with thankfuness
E Vegetable Compound has been Of the greatest help
work keeps standing feet all
long, Some months didn't thought could stand it,
would get dreadu tired and back
with the pain When got home at night
90 right to bed and was terribly blue and dovhearted was
lar and the ow scany and pale and had
g friend who was taking your medicine how felt and she said
table Compound and commenced to take IT, 1t helped right
After the first few doses menaton fuller than
some time seemed to lift load off
felt brighter than had for months all
have ache PAIN and after and have good
me am regular and strong and am thankful to for the change
ever hear OF for kno how hard is to when
you feel SO MAMIE KEIRNa 653 9th Ave, New York City
Women should experiences Of
just surely they the
Vegetable Compound cure Others who suffer from womb
bles inflammation of the 0va<e kidney troubles
Ranfu nervous excitabi and prosa
ti0n; remember that 1t Is Lydia Pinkhams
pound that curing women, druggist
sell anything else in its place.
Miss Amanda T. Peterson, Atwater Mnn,
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-01-23

whats the matter with Sewers
Limited, to-day?v asked broker bf
colleague on the exchange that same
afternoon. The stock is jumping like
blazes." ~
"What! haven't you heard?" replied
his friend; "the news is all over the
place. Bailey has bought acontrolline
interest in the line, and talks of con-
verting it into an electric system,
undermining and improving the car
riages, reducing the fares and SO on.
Take my tip and buy Sewers IL you
get the chance. Black and White.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
FoiIs the Germans.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 19-
Representative Payne, of New York,
introduced a bill today amending the
immigration laws by adding a provisO
to the head tax requirement for the
purpose of preventing discrimination
in favor of certain foreign steamship
lines by foreign governments. The
amendment instructs the secretary of
commerce and labor to levy an ad-
ditional tax Of $50 on each incoming
alien in addition to the 81 head tax,
when such discrimination shall be
shown to exist, unless the alien arrives
in an American owned vessel.
Mr.. Payne has been placed in pos
session of information alleging that the
German government has entered into
contracts with a foreign steamship
line to deliver to it 10000 passengers
year for certain number of years or
to pay to the steamship company $40
for every passenger short of this num-
Der. In pursuance of this contract it
is alleged that the government in
question has refused through its po-
lice department to allow persons hold
ing orders or tickets for passage by
other steamship lines, or who want to
purchase such tickets, from depart
ing from the country except by way
of the particular line which holds the
contract with the government.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
Bandit Attempts Suicide.

CHICAGO, April 19.-Peter Neider-
meier, the leader of the car barn ban
dlts, condemned to die on the gallows
Friday, made two desperate ATTEMPTS
at suicide. He will recover.
Neidermeier planned his ATTEMPTED
suicide carefully. First he masticated
and swallowed the heads Of seventy
five or hundred sulphur matches.
While the phosphorus was burning his
stomach he sawed at the radial artery
of his left wrist with a sharp-pofnted
lead pencil Striking a bone in the
wrist, he gave up trying to sever the
artery and turned his weapon on the
large veins on the outer side of his
left forearm, lacerated the flesh and
muscles of the arm and tore open the
veins, leaving large wound exposed,
through which the blood gushed in
streams
His second attempt came after the
wound had been dressed and closed by
the county physician. Neidermeie(
was lying apparently unconscious A
the hospital under a guards care His
right arm and hand were hidden by
the bed clothing and with hardly a dis
cernable motion he slipped the band
age off his left arm and with his sharp
finger nails tore away the thread in
the wounds and inserting his forefinger
in the ragged hole, he worked again at
the veins and sought to reach an ar
tery
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
Didn't Tell Her She Was Wealthy.

CHICAGO, April 19.-According to
decision in the probate court today
Cuthbert W. Lang, a real estate dealer
in this city. is indebted $256,000 to his
daughter, Irene Laing Malcolm, Of
Toledo, Ohio. 1t was charged that
Laing had squandered the estate and
kept his daughter in ignorance of her
wealth.
The latter says when she was an
infant her mother died, leaving the es-
tate to her. She was sent to the home
of her grandparents in Michigan and
grew into womanhood ignorant that
she was the heir to large estate.
When her grandparents died she came
to Chicago to her father, who, she
says, did not tell her of her wealth,
and she married a mechanic. Soon
after the marriage she learned of the
money left her but her father, she
said, denied the truth of the story.
She appealed to ex-Gov. Hamilton and
the suit for an accounting followed.
Laing claimed that he acted in all
transactions with the permission Of his
daughter and that she knew all about
the estate.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
He little foxes spoil the vines, the

HE little foxes spoil the vines, the
little leaks wreck the ship, and
the little losses In the kitchen help to
create deficit at the end Of the year.
When thriftlessness is not due to ig-
norance, 1t is plain, unadulterated
moral weakness, and any woman ought
to be ashamed of herself who is guilty
Of the offense of letting things go to
waste in her kitchen, as much SO as il
she were caught in the commission of
the most fragrant sin.
If the thriftlessness is due to igno-
rance, then the best thing the house
wife can do is to go to school where
she can learn the A, B, C's of domestic
economy. Many women buy econom-
ically, but waste what they have by
lack Of care.
For instance. often when the white
Of an egg is used the yolk is left ia
harden, and is finally thrown out. BY
pouring little water over the top of
1t the yolk may be kept soft.
If hardened 1t may be brought back
to usable condition by adding to IT a
little milk. The white Of an egg NAV be
kept without difficulty, providing it is
kept covered.
In most families bread is a great
source Of waste. If spread with butter
on the crust when first taken from the
oven 1T will keep fresh longer. If this
is not done, the loaf should be left in
wrapping paper, and will then retain
its moisture.
Run the dry bread through the chop
per and save the crumbs for croQuettes
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
Record Gold coInina.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 19.-
The enormous output of gold coinage
at the Philadelphia mint continues at
a rate which surpasses all previous
records. Since Feb. s, up to April 16,
there has been coined $60,1S0, $50 in
$50 gold pieces. The coinage during
the week ended Saturday last, aggre-
gated 81, 1925 in gold, an average
of nearly 100000 per day. On the
last day of this record breaking week
the coinage was $2.5O0,O00, also a
record-breaker.
This vast coinage of gold in so short
a time, it was announced at the mint,
has never been equaled by the mints
of any other nation, nor by any mint
in this country.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20

The accompanying illustration shows
a dainty little Swiss muslin frock for
a small girl and two useful play dress
es. The one on the left, numbered one,
is a full gingham apron that may be
worn over the dress, or in warm wealth
er it might be used for dress. 1t
is made in one full piece from the neck,
where 1T is gathered to a narrow band,
to the knees, but it is slit up at the
bottom to form a divided skirt or
bloomers. and is finished with elastic
bands run in cases. The sleeves are
also full and long so that this apron
affords perfect freedom to the child
and protection to the dress. They
may be bought at several Of the chill
drens outfitters in dark blue ging-
ham in sizes from one to four or five
years, but If made at home, and they
are so simple that the making would
be no trouble, prettier shades, such as
buff, pastel-blue or green and deep
pink. OF course, these colors will soil
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
ho1x
Mainly About People

The marriage of Miss Mabelle Hor-
tense POlhamus. daughter of Mrs. Mae
POlhamus, of Minneapolis, to Lambert
Frederic Fairchild, of st. Paul, will
take place Wednesday, April 27, at s
o'clock, at the brides home, 958 Twen-
ty-fOurth avenue northeast, Minneap-
oils.
Miss Wood will read paper on 1.-THE
King Arthur Legends" before the
Thursday club tomorrow afternoon al
the Aberdeen. This will be the last
meeting Of the club this season.
The Fourth district, NJ. F. w. c., will
meet Monday afternoon, May 2. in the
Commercial club. Mrs. NJ. r. Conable
the new vice president Of the district
will preside.
Mrs. Stephel and Mrs. Kahn, Of OF
tawa, Can, were the guests of honor al
a luncheon given yesterday by Mrs
Joseph Elsinger, of Summit avenue.
Mrs. Jane Huntington, Mrs. John
Wharry and Miss Wharry left last
evening for New York. They will sal
Saturday for Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs l. f. Rose, Summit ave-
nue., are expected home today from the
East.
Miss McCardy, Of Iglehart street, left
last evening for Washington, D. c.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
BILL FIXES AGE LIMIT
ON OFFICE HOLDERS
Office to Be Vacant When Incuniben,
Reaches Age Of Seventy.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 19.-
The house committee on reform in the
civil service today authorized Chair
man Gillett to introduce the following
bill with reference to approximation in
the government service:
That upon the SOth day Of June, 1907,
every office in the classified service of the
United States held by person who Is
then over seventy years of age shall be-
come vacant. After June 80, 1907, every
office in the classified service Of the Unit
ed States shall become vacant when the
person holding 1t shall become seventy
years old
The committee directed Mr.. Gillett to
report all pending bills granting pen
sions to civil employees of the govern
ment to the house with the recon-
mendation that they lie on the table;
also that he draft a bill reclassifying
the clerical service with a view to pro-
viding for more frequent promotions
in the smaller salaried positions.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
Ravaued hv Diseases.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 1s.-Ac-
cording to the reports of spies. the
Japanese troops In Korea have been
ravaged by various diseases. One Of
these diseases called "imbion" is a kind
OF intermittent typhus. Another called
"souda," which has not yet been studied
by European doctors, produces prema-
ture senility. The patients lose their
teeth. become extremely weak and the
nails are twisted back on the fingers.
Dysentery is very prevalent among the
Russians at Harbin.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
COURTEOUS ABROAD
MANY WOMEN HAVE TWO DIS
TINCT SETS OF MANNERS
They Are Polite in Their Own Homes,
but Indifferent to the Rights of 9th
ers When Outside.

81 should like to preach little SER
mon on street manners as they are
displayed in st. Paul." remarked the
other day a woman whose work takes
her much abroad Sometimes l am
tempted to believe that all the we'll
hammered women stay at home and
only ill-mannered women shop and do
errandS, but it is only when / am in
particularly pessimistic mood that I
arrive at this conclusion, for 1 hon.
estly believe the majority of st. Paul
women have very good street manners.
But there are exceptions, and
sometimes you meet only the eX-
ceptiOns in one day and naturally you
become despOndent. The best man
nered woman that one meets on the
streets and in the street cars is the
one who does not permit the door
of a public building to fly back
in your face while she makes a
rustling exit, who says pardon me-
when she happens to occupy an inside
seat in the street car and has to dis
turb the occupant of the outside seat
in order to leave the car; who does not
discuss her own private affairs or her
friends private affairs in public
places; and who does not push rudely
past other women IN her etOrt TO get
into an elevator or street car first. Oc-
CasiOnally one meets such a woman
and it is always a pleasure, for to re-
ceiVe a courtesy or extend a courtesy
increases ones self-respect. But many
women seem to have two sets of man
ners one for the street and the other
for the house. At home such women
are sOft-vOiced and considerate, abroad
they are aggressive and Indifferent to
the rights of others. The other day,
while waiting for some change In one
of the shops, I noticed a demure-l look
ing little woman at the next counter.
The clerk had been showing her a
piece of table linen and she was hold
Ing up a corner of the piece and re-
garding it with a puzzled air as if
she were trying to make up her mind
whether or not to purchase it. Be-
fore she could announce her decision
a very smartly gOwned woman swept
down the aisle. Her eyes chanced to
light on the table linen the demure
woman was examining, she stopped,
fingered it, asked the price and with
out word of apology to her abashed
sister ordered the pattern sent to the
address she named. The clerk, ap-
parently, hadn't the courage to resent
the impertinence to the other customer
and the latter made no effort to as
sert her rights She merely gathered
up her belongings and walked off
without a glance at the clerk or
the table linen. This incident reveals
one extreme of street manners but
there are many degrees that 1 haven't
the time to dilate upon now."
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20

more quickly than dark blue, but they
are so much more suitable to a baby
and will protect fine white dress just
as well as a darker color.
Figure is the simplest kind of
Russian blouse suit, and may be worn
by either boy or girl. Full bloomers
made Of the same material as this
blouse are worn with it. For cheap
dresses nothing is better than this
style, and if made Of a small brown
checked gingham and trimmed with
plain brown gingham collar, cuffs and
belt, they are really very pretty.
The long-waisted dress shown is of
fine Swiss muslin trimmed with Swiss
insertion and edging and worn over a
pink silk slip with sash and hair rib
bon to match. The waist is made en-
tirely of insertion and tucks, the
sleeves are tucked at the top and are
very full, and the skirt Is extremely
short. The nee kis cut round and the
collar is of Valenciennes lace and Swiss
embroidery.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
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''Waste Not" a Good Rule
for the Housekeeper
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and for the various purposes for which
crumbs are SO necessary. Right here
it may be said that in these twentieth
century days no kitchen should be
without chopper The uses to which
1t can be put are .innumerabIe.
To go back to the bread, the crumbs
cakes. Cut In dice, the dried bread may
be fried and served as croutons with
soup.
1t is not, in every case, an economy
to turn bread into puddings, although
many housewives seem to imagine this
Is the only use to which the dried bread
may be put. There are many ways of
using the bits to advantage, and there
should be no necessity Of throwing
away O. single crust of bread.
Not a scrap Of vegetables. fish or
meat should ever be thrown away.
Some may be added to the soup pot
There is really no greater economy for
the family than soup daily. If things
| are managed rightly there should be
no expense except for the fuel for cook
ing. A plate of soup Is nourishing,
while 1t lessons the consumption of
| meats, etc.
The bits of meat which are not put
into the soup may be run through the
chopper. Mixed with salad dressing
they will form the filling for sand
wiches for luncheon or supper.
Bits Of fish may be converted into
| fish salad or fish croquettes. If several
! odds and ends Of vegetables are left
over they may be mixed and dressed
with a salad dressing, and will make
q luncheon dish that will not be de-
! spised. In short, the latent possibili-
ties of scraps are simply unlimited.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20

before another year women will go
back to nightgowns. always tell
women they don't look nearly as at
tractive In pajamas as in sheer silk
gowns. Usually they appear squat and
awkward"
In her mourning robes Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney is gowned as becom-
ingly as in her richest VelvetS or dain-
tiest muslins. AS a girl in her teens
she was awkward and indifferently
gowned. She never seemed to care
much for fine clothes until she be-
came Mrs. Whitney. Since her mar
riage she has been transformed into
one of the best groomed women in this
city. Her figure, which is tall and
1.-THE, is adapted to dashing effects. Her
gowns of black are tailored perfectly.
One gown she wore recently had q
sun-pleated skirt. Apparently this
dress was simple, but in reality it rep
resented many days of careful, eye
straining work. Mrs Whitney Is light
ening her mourning, and at her throat
and wrists glimpses of white Grape
may be seen. The couple divide their
time between the Westbury estate and
the Fifty seventh street mansion. For
old associations sake they make take
the William G. Whitney palace, further
up the avenue.
In Colorado the Crosbys hold their
heads high. An elder sister was mar
ried to James B. Eustis of New York,
and is living in Mexico City. When a
Colorado state building was contem-
plated for the Pan-American exhibit
tion a Colorado girl, in silver leaf, was
to have topped the dome. Miss Crosby
was invited to pose for the Colorado
girl At the thought of GladVS figuring
as a e8lvered statue on a plaster build
ing tne Crosbys became angry. The
honor was refused fatty.
It is a recent caprice for "detached'
woman Of fashion to travel abroad
with a maid and a man servant. The
man attends to tickets. baggage and
other details of travelling and acts as a
sort Of watchdog for his mistress. The
French maid of the past is being re-
placed by the English girl, who is more
faithful than the Partisan.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
Troops VIII Leave Porto Rico.

WASHINGTON. D. c., April 19.-The
Fifty-sixth and F'ifty-ninth companies of
coast artillery, the only United States
troops in Porto Rico, probably will be
withdrawn from the island in a short
time and assigned to station at Fort
Wadsworth. N. Y, and Fort Andrews,
Boston. This action will be taken on
the recommendation of the general staff
on the ground that the troops no longer
are needed in Porto Rico, the Porto Rican
battalion composed of native soldiers be-
ing sufficient for all ordinary military
DUrnOSpS
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20
of on a Long Cruise.

WASHINGTON. d. c., April 19.-The
flagship New York and the cruisers Mar
blehead and Bennington, of the Pacific
squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral
Glass, have started from Panama on their
cruise to the Aleutian islands by way of
Honolulu They first. will proceed up the
coast to Acapulco. whence they will sail
to the Hawaiian Islands, a distance of
about $500 miles The next run will be
from Honolulu to- Unalaska in the Aleu-
tian group, 1920 miles. The squadron will
be Joined in Alaskan waters by the gum
boat Petrol, now fitting out at San Fran
CISCO and also by the gunboat Con-
cord
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-20

relegate local controversies to inter-
mediary boards were todays features
of the congress of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution.
The anti-Smoot resolution was Of
fered by Mrs. William s, Little, of
Rochester, N. Y, state regent, and
was adopted by q standing vote, only
one delegate, Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper,
of California, dissenting.
The Memorial hall ceremonies oc-
Cured late this afternoon. Addresses
were made by Mrs. G. w. Fairbanks,
the president general and by the sur
viving founders of the organization.