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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02
DUCK HUNTERS HARD LUCK
Big Supply Of Ammunition Proved
Unavailable at Critical
Moment.

IF there Is one thing of which / hav,
absolutely no knowledge, it is hunting
and fishing" remarked John S. Inglis
according to the San Francisco Chron.
icle. Il never caught fish or killed
bird in my life, and suppose never
will. l couldn't tell you the difference
between striped bass and mallard
duck, unless it came in on a platter.
But l have q friend who is sports
man. You never saw such a keen
sportsman in your life. He has a big
roomful of guns and fishing tackle and
all kinds of sporting paraphernalia. He
used to worry the life out of me with
his persistent invitations to go hunt
ing and fishing. Finally agreed to go
duck hunting with him. He provided
all the regalia. Among other things
he ordered lot of shells from a down.
town gun store, and | was to go and
get the shells and pack them in my
grip. got the package from the gun
store and we went to Alviso. We were
proceeding up slough in small boat
in the cool of the early omrning when
we ran into a million ducks.
"'Open up that package of shells.
yelled my friend.
Il opened the package. 1t contained
25 pounds of assorted fish hooks. ]
haven't been duck hunting since"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02

Nothing CRATES more discordantly
upon the delicate ear of delicate
person than to hear a woman using
profane and indicate language. A
case of that kind was recently re-
ported in this county. says the Nebras-
.ka State Journal, and the court was
asked to discipline her with a fine.
After hearing both sides Of the story
he compromised the case by merely
taxing her with the costs. But why
should woman be assessed damages
for using profane language when men
are permitted to render the atmos-
phere heavy with the smoke of their
words without danger of police inter
ference? Morally it must be quite
as wrong for man to swear at the
neighbors, and it is only that We are
not so used to it that makes us shud-
der when Matilda says it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02
EXCELSIOR NEW STYLE.

The shades Of night were falling fast
AS through the Alpine village passed
A youth who bore mid snow and ice
A banner with the strange device,
What is the score?
His brow was sad as 1t was meet,
Far from the diamond strayed his feet,
And like a silver clarion rung
The accents Of that unknown tongue,
What is the score?
In happy homes he saw the light,
And hoped they weren't benighted quite;
But none would tell him, hence his moan.
AS from his lips escaped the groan,
What is the score?
Dark lowers the tempest overhead"
And vainiy asked of maids and men.
What is the score?
Beware the pine trees wfthered branch
Beware the awful avalanche
Could that mean Casey at the bat?
Again he asked where he was at. =
What is the score?
The pious monks puon the height
Asked family II they heard Alright.
A voice cried through the startled air,
Uttered the oft-repeated prayer,
What is the score?
There in the twilight, cold and gray,
Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay,
Still bearing in his hand of ice
That banner with the strange device.
What is the score?
Washington Post.
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saw his opportunity.
What's that you were looking at just
now" he inquired, sternly, rising in
bed
why. dear, didn't know you were"
"Of course, you didn't" Blinks inter-
rupted, land you were looking at my silk
pajamas that you have been hiding so
lorg, Will you please tell me, now that
you have been found out, what reason
you had for concealing them from me ?"
why, dear, don't know what to
make of it, I'm sure they were not in
your grip when l unpacked 1t, but l
must have been mistaken. don't know
how / happened to put them in my
drawer. I'm awfully sorry"
Blinks was in humor to make it very
strong.
Hereafter please don't contradict
me when | tell you anything. | knew
what was talking about when said
saw those pajamas. Well say no more
about it."
During the next week Mrs. Blinks was
ideal. Not since their honeymoon had
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02

admitted. AS they SHE OPENED THE
we're seated pleas
antly before their strawberries the
father suddenly remarked:
by the way, John, did Frank ever
send you those pajamas you left in New
York;"
Mrs. Blinks looked up quickly to ind
her husbands face very red. Before he
could speak the brother added:
'Oh, yes, gave them to him when he
met us in Chicago. Don't you remem-
ber?"
John could not speak. Mrs. Blinks
saw through his deception and look
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These were especially severe when
STOPPING to lift anything and often /
could hardly straighten my back. The
aching was bad in the day time, but just
as bad at night, and I was always lame
in the morning. I was bothered with
rheumatic pains and dropsical swelling
of the feet. The urinary passages were
painful and the secretions were dis
colored and SO free that often had to
rise at night. i felt tired all day. Half
q box served to relieve me, and three
boxes effected q permanent cure"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
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n. Aumont, . Belgian farmer, has
committed suicide owing to the loss OF
valuable securities. Rats gnawed their
way through a wooden deed-box and de-
stroyed the documents.
The shock of being sprinkled with .
solution of nitric acid In mistake for
holy water restored to normal health
Nine. valthaire of Aabe, France. who
was lying as was supposed, on her death
bed.
It is estimated that the Indian army,
as Ceorganized by Gen. Lord Kitchener,
will require an increase of $40 .000, 900 for
maintenance. The expenses Of the e.
tabIishment last year were $1,O00,000
more than for any former year.
Harvard house, at Stratford-on-Avon.
which was built in 1886 by Alderman
Thomas Rogers, grandfather Of the
founder of Harvard university, has just
been sold at auction for 5000. 1t Is the
best example of the architecture Of the
period of Stratford.
Announcement is made in q recent is
sue of the South China Post, printed in
Hong Kong, that ION the 9Th of the third
moon the Chinese empress. accompanied
by q retinue of 46 ladies Of the palace,
went to worship al the shrine of the
goddess of silk-worm culture"
1t is becoming fashionable in Paris to
leave cards at the cemetery. An oak box
placed on q tombstone II intended for
the cards of those who visit the rest
ing place of departed friend. In this
way the near relatives find out those
friends who still cherish the memory Of
the dead.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02
FOR HEALTH AND BEAUTY.
Diet Followed in Building Up the
System and Looks Of Patients
Afflicted with Nervousness.

Those who are afflicted with nerves
should be given green vegetables, ripe
fresh fruits. uncooked, and all their
meals are eaten in the open air. Give
them hot cooked breads and plenty
of things to nouriab and feed the
nerves. See that they do not go hun
cry and feed them five times day.
Nervous patients should be given
great deal of fluid. They usually are
people who drink little and need
plenty of fruit drinks, one Of the best
being hot apple tea. To make apple
tea, cut up apples and cover them
with hot water. When they have
stepped pour of the juice and serve
it hot with sugar and cream. A bet
ter apple tea Is made by serving apple
juice with sugar and lemon.
Nervous patients should be given
water that is not too hot, sweet light
wines. unfermented grape juice, and
all kinds of things that are healthful
and satisfying. The trouble is that
the woman with too many nerves in
variabIy does not supply the system
with sufficient amount of fluid and
that is why she is SO nervous. She
should drink pure fresh water as often
as she can do SO.
II the woman who Is ailing and
nervous will take the milk diet she
will get well. Let her procure four
quarts of good fresh pure milk. Let
her begin in the morning and take a
glass of milk every half hour all day.
This will cleanse her system and puri-
fy 1t, carrying on all the impurities Of
the stomach and blood.
The milk diet can be taken in q diff
ferent way. The patient can drink
her cup of coffee In the morning and
take her chop. But after this one
meal she must not take another meal
until the next morning. Instead of
this she drinks a glass of milk every
hour. This is not strictly vegetarian,
but it borders upon it and is an i'm
provement upon the meat eating three
times day.
The. nervous woman requires fluid,
and until she learns to Jake a great
deal Of it into her stomach she will
never be well.
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I'm going down town this morning to
get me new hat"
IAN right DEAR" Blinks answered.
meekly.
1T may be rather expensive" she con-
tinued. thoroughly sure of her ground.
"All right" Blinks replied, huskily.
'Ill have them send the bill to YOU"
she remarked, carelessly.
Blinks nodded his head. He had
nothing further to say. 1t was coming
to him and he got it-Kinsas City Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02
NAMES BEST DOCTOR
Mr.. BAYss0N PUBLISHES RESULTS
OF VALUABLE EXPERIENCE.
A Former Pronounced Dyspeptic He Nov
Rejoices in Perfect Freedom rom
Miseries Of Indigestion.

A Former Pronounced Dyspeptic He Nov
Rejoices in Perfect Freedom from
Miseries Of indignation.
Thousands of sufferers know that the
reason why they are irritable and de-
pressed and nervous and sleepless is be-
cause their food does not digest, but how
to get rid of the difficulty is the pnzzling
question.
Good digestion calls for strong diges-
tive organs, and strength comes from
supply of good rich blood. For this
reason Mr.. Baysson took DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for the cure Of indigestion.
"They have been my best doctor" he
says. "I was suffering from dyspepsia.
The pains in my stomach after me~ls
were almost unbearable. My sleep was
very irregular and my complexion vas
sallow. AS the result of using eight
boxes of DIR. Williams Pink Pills, about
the merits of which ! learned from
friends in France. have escaped all
these troubles, and am able again to take
pleasure in eating"
A very simple story, but il it had not
been for DIR. Williams Pink Pills il
might have been tragic one. When dis.
comfort begins with eating, fills up the
intervals between meals with pain, and
prevents sleep at night, there certainly
cannot be much pleasure in living. A
final general breaking down must be
merely q question of time.
Mr.. Joseph Baysson is a native OF
Aix-les- Bains, France, but now resides
at No. 2439 Iarkin street, San Francisco,
| Cal. He is one of a great number WHO
can testify to the remarkable efficacy 81
DR.. Williams Pink Pills in the treatment
Of obstinate disorders Of the stomach.
II you would get rid Of nausea, pain or
burning in the stomach, vertigo, ncr.
vousness, insomnia, or any Of the other
miseries of dyspeptic, get rid of the
weakness Of the digestive organs by the
fuse of DR.. Williams Pink Pills. They
are sold by druggists everywhere.
Proper diet is, Of course, great aid in
forwarding recovery once begun. and q
little book, "What I, Eat and How to
Eat, may be obtained by any one who
makes request for it by writing to tho
DR.. Williams Medical Co., Schenectady,
my. This valuable diet book containa
nm important chapter on the simplest
means for the cure of constipation.
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mack his grin the LONG TO YOU"
moment he arrived, and 1T would be
rather embarrassing for him if she
found the controverted garments in his
possession. He made up his mind he
would never let her know. While the
wife was preparing dinner that evening
he crept quietly upstairs and hid the
pajamas in the bottom Of that bureau
drawer which was sacred to the apparel
of his wife.
She'll find them there soon enough"
thought Blinks, ''and then she'll think
she did unpack them, after all. 1t
won't do any harm to let her find out
that she is mistaken once in awhile
1t was several weeks afterward that
Mr.. Blinks was awakened one morning
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02
The Chronicle.
COLFAx. LOUISIANA
Rural Death Traps and Motors.


A new style of deadly grade cross
ing has come into existence with the
development of the high-speed auto
mobile. These cars, literally locomo-
tives, are sent across country at rail-
road rates and over steam-road tracks
without heed for the common rules OK
caution. Owing to the failure OF the
states to make laws requiring the
sinking or raising Of the lines over
country roads, as well as city streets,
there are thousands Of places in the
thickly settled parts of the country
where human life is exposed to dam
ger at all hours. This danger is espe-
cially great after dark, in the wooded
parts of the rural districts. In many
places the railroad tracks are invisible
ten feet from the first rail, save for
the immediate space of the crossing.
In consequence. chauffeurs, driving
their own machines pell-mell over the
roads, run upon the lines only to be
crushed by trains, the approach OF
which they have not heard or seen.
The automobilists of the country are
relied upon by the common people"
for aid In the establishment of sys-
tenn Of good roads, says the Washing
ton Star. They have not accomplished
much to this end thus far. Here, how
ever, lies an opportunity for them to
contribute to the public welfare while
they are conserving their own inter
ests and protecting their lives. II
they would organize for the purpose
of forcing state legislation for the
abolition OF all such death traps
throughout the eastern states they
would go far toward overcoming the
public prejudice against their class,
aroused by the wild actions of some OF
their number in city streets and country
roads. A systematic demand for the
abolition of the rural grade crossings
would, of course, be strenuously OPP
posed by the transportation lines. The
expenditure involved would be very
heavy. But the time Is coming when
the railroads and the towns, counties
and states must make this concession
to the public security. II the work
were undertaken now on gradually
increasing scale the cost might be so
distributed that the burden would not
fall prohibitively upon any corporation
or community. The expense of chang
ing the grade of country road is by
no means so heavy as that of raising
or lowering city street, and, DESPITE
the great number of dangerous places
to be thus reformed, the project is en-
tirely feasible.
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ELEvAToR MANNERs.

Step all the way back.
Don't block the doorway. Other
people want to get out.
Sing out before you get to your floor.
% the boy won't have to reverse his
machine for you.
If you want to be regarded as q man
of mind, keep your hat on when all
the other men in the lift have theirs
OF.
Take OF your hat in honor Of an
ancient lady, for pretty girl is sure
to step in next, and then how chival-
rous you will feel.
Don't gouge, don't push. don't scowl
and say mean things. II you object
to being showed up against you ought
to take the stairway.
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by hearing his wife
moving about the
room. She opened
the bureau drawer
in search of some
thing. and suddenly
she drew the guilty
p a j a m a S from
their hiding place.
With expressions
of great astonish-
ment she as sud-
denly put them
back again. Blinks
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If they had pursued the subject any
further it is quite likely that Mr.. Blinks
would have stayed down town to din
Ler that night instead of coming home,
and perhaps there would have been a
cool aess in the family for several days.
As It was, both of them tried to forget
tn: incident, and after each had time
TO swallow some unsaid speeches, the
SUBJECT was dropped. s
A week later Blinks was called to Chi
cage. to meet his father and brother on
business matter, and his brothers first
act was to pull from his grip the miss
ing suits of pajamas, with the remark:
'"rhese must belong to you. They
came back to ME at my hotel after you
left New York that time, and forgot
70 send them to YOU"
Blinks was sorry then that he had
accused his wife of losing these night
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02
PRETTY CROCHET LACE.
With Revival Of This Fancywork,
We Present an Unusually
Good Design.

Work chain and join into ring.
LIST Row: 6 chain, / treble into the
ring just made, chain, another treble
in same place, repeat from three
times more. chain, join to third
stitch of the 6 chain (Which will count
as l treble).
End Row: in. double crochets under
each chain loop.
Srd Row: chain, treble In near
est stitch but one of previous row, =,
2 chain, pass one, treble in next, re-
peat from all round, join the last 2
chain to the 3rd stitch Of the 5 chain.
4th Row: ., 2 double crochets under
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02

To teach child in pretty behavior
with the grown folks as 1t is to teach
her to recite bits of French poems. Drill
her so carefully and so lovingly that
when the matron caller says: Come
here, my DEAR" or rs this your little
daughter" she will unhesitatingly adj
vance, put out her hand. say: How do
you do?" smile. and listen to all that u
said to her as though your callers
words were words of especial wisdom.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02

BOSS" Cox. the Cincinnati republi-
can dictator, is big man physically,
and makes little or no attempt to con-
ceal that he is supreme in the politics
of his party. A magazine writer called
on him recently and explained that he
was a student of politics-corrupt pol
itics and bosses. Il understand you
are the boss of Cincinnati" Mr.. Cox
frankly acknowledged that such was
the case. but you have a mayor. q
council and judges, too" "oh. yes,
was the blunt erply, but have .
telephone, too"
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she shown him so
much attention and
Blinks was begin
mig to- think that
he was the greatest
strategist in the
world. He might
still be thinking so
but
The next morn
ing the door bell
rang before break
fast and the father
and brother were
I...l A. 49,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02

The summer holiday Is not In tic
least too long for the teacher, but
it is much too long en- interval for
girls who wish to make the most of
the flying years, to spend In entire
idleness. Why not take two hours
every day asld devote them to some
earnest study which viii keep the
mind facile. and help you along an
other year? Why not get up examina-
ton papers of your own? If you like
and If you have no conditions, to oc-
cupy you before you pass to a higher
grade, a good plan may be to take
hold of some study that will keep you
much ont of doors. The woods and
fields are full of flowers. The brook
and river wave with flags and rushes
Up the hill slopes climb the wild
roses, beside the fence blaze the tiger
lilies, over the stone wall riots the
vine, and every tree and bush and
shrub is whole school Of natural MS
tory.
There are birds almost without num-
Der, there will be moths, beetles, oat-
terflies, crickets and katydidsS sQuir-
rels will frisk among the boughs, and
chipmunks play hide and seek among
the leaves. DO not lose sight OF the
interesting things that are all about
you out of doors.
Whether you pass your examsna-
lions in school with credit or not. sit
down now at Mother Natures feet ana
learn Of her. Do not be discouraged
if you have been surpassed by scmc-
body else. Do your best, and leave
the rest. If at first you don't sue
coed, try, try again.
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or great peace
came over her
face. She spared
him any further
mention of the
subject at break
fast and when the
folks had depart
ed the next day
and she found
herself face to face
with her husband
alone she looked
him square in the
eye, and said with
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-09-02
Those
Silk Pojomos
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

MXTOU must have LETT those two
suits of pajamas in New York. y
sale Mrs. Blinks, in answer to her hus-
bands anxious inquiry
Nothing of the SORT" he replied,
positively. after | packed my grip |
lool:ed in every bureau drawer and in
eveyy corner of the room, and | didn't
leave even cake of soap behind"
'',3ut, my dear, | unpacked your grip
WHEN you came home and the pajamas
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Among those successfully passing
the mental examinations for admission
to the naval academy was Luther
Welsh, of Kansas City, who, finding
during his preparatory work that he
was too short to meet the require
ments, which demand That those en-
tering the academy must be at least
FIVE feet, two inches in height, under
went a stretching process in which a
specially devised machine figured.
Welsh gained the needed two inches.
Nothing extraordinary about that. Lots
CT men have their legs pulled.
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If you are a serious-minded man or
woman, you must experience moments
when you feel that the times are very
much out of joint. That is exactly
where you reach the point of supreme
individual obligation, says the Kansas
City Star. When you are troubled with
the suspicion that the machinery of
justice is warped, and that greed is
stronger than righteousness, you
must ask yourself what you. unaided
and independent of all other forces,
can do for the success Of your princi-
pies. Well, you can always do this.
You can be clean and decent and right
yourself. That will contribute one
good unit to society. And the prac-
tice of this doctrine by all persons
who can appreciate the influence of
such action will contribute many units.
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When the duke of Sutherland sailed
for home from New York recently,
not less than 500 persons assembled
on the pier to get glimpse of him.
All we're doomed to disappointment,
for the duke had slipped on board
quietly the previous evening, and kept
to his stateroom until the steamer
backed out into the river. The pas
senger list included nearly 200
names, and so great was the jam that
an extra force of police was neces sary
to keep the gangway clear. And yet
royalty has no charms for US.
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were not in it. !
can swear to that, F"
Mrs. Blinks said,
with equal convic-
ton.
We'll, l know l
packed them, and
they were in my
grip when | came
home. 1t makes
no difference now
what you did with
them. We can |
find them. That Is
t h e important
poiut -
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A SUGGESTION to Russia.

The car has decided not to hire
Schwab to build another navy for Rus
STA. At this distance, says the Chicago
Record Herald. it looks as If the car
might well pay somebody to gather up
such remnants of navy as Russia still
has and take it so far away that it copls
never possibly get back again
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garments, and he
put them carefully
away in his grip.
When he arrived
at the station on
mis- way home, he
cur ningly took the
silk. things from
his satchel, and be-
sto we'd them in his
owe rcoat pockets.
He knew that Mrs.
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Ohio, says: II
was cured by
Doan's Kidney
Pulls Of . severe
case of kidney
trouble, Of eight
or ten years'
standing. ! suf-
fered the most
severe backache
and other pains
In the region of
A.