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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14
Clocks as
Xrmas Gifts.

Clocks as
Xmas Gifts.
~ ITS that are always accept
4 ~ able. We show the finest
W. and richest Clocks made,
foreign and domestic.
Every Clock we sell is guaranteed.
Every one was picked out from the
thousands shown by manufacturers
all over the clock world for certain
particular quality that makes it the
best of its kind and price.
Dutch Hall Clocks. $1,000
French Crystal Clocks $1,000 to $500.
Mahogany Bracket Clocks, $1,000 to 5000
French Travelling Clocks, 500 to $4,000.
American Crystal Clocks, $500 TO $50 90.
American Mahogany Clocks. $1,000 TO
5000.
American Bronze Clocks, 81 % to $1,000
American Travelling Clocks $500 to 81. 90.
Automobile Clocks, $500 to $780,
American Gilt Boudoir Clocks, s150 to
$1,000.
Anniversary Clocks, $500
Cuckoo Clocks, $500 to $500.
Mission Mantel Clocks. $3.50 and $500.
Coaching Watches, $500 to $3.50
Main floor, G
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14

Heavy Winter Jackets, made in very desirable
semi-6tting style, of good black broadcloth, and
also a good, heavy black cheviot, with strapped
seams; good satin lining; all sizes.
Special price, $1,000 each.
A rack full of Winter ~ length" Garments
made of heavy cheviots, heavy smooth cloths and
heavy mixtures. Some have full loose backs !;
others are semt-ftting. most attractive collec-
ton of desirable winter garments, at the
Special price, $500 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14

Medium weight Tan Covert Cloth Jackets, .Y'
length, tight backs. strapped seams satin lined to
waist; all sizes. A splendid value.
Special price, $I2.5o each.
good collection of jaunty Short Jackets, In tar
covert cloths black cheviots and lightweight kerr
seys; all satin lined; some are perfectly plain
Others have strapped seams
Special value, $1,000 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14

Boys Double breasted Suits of mixed tweeds and
cheviots; the correct cloths and styles for dress
and everyday wear; all sizes.
Special value, $375 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14
Children's and Misses Furs,
Four Very Special Values inn
POpular=Priced Winter Garments

~ HSE much better garments than are USUALLY offered ~
these low prices and they very substantial and a
~ ceptable Holiday presents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14

Third moor, Eleventh st.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-29

and IL won't take me ten minutes -
finish the job. I'm going out. | say,
and IL you want me to go free and staE
life over again, you go on praying arc
keep quiet!"
A thousand things passed through
the preachers mind, but he was help
less. He fell forward, burying his lac,
in his hands, and went on praying
Jim crawled across the floor, and tar
ing a wire saw from his shoe, began
the task that he had labored so HARD
for many nights. First the saw passed
through the soap that hid the tiny
crack in the bar, then with a stealthy
sound, like the gnawing OF mouse, II
ate into the hard metal. The desperate
mans hand flew back and forth almost
with the rapidity of lightning, while
the sweat that streamed from his face
glittered on the iron. With click the
saw passed through the bar, and the
sound aroused the white-faced MAJ
who was kneeling in the corner OF tins
cell.
Abner raised his head and the gaze
of the brothers met. The preacher
started to get on his feet, but the muir
derer was at his side in an instant.
"Ab. I'll kill you like a dog If yor
move or make a noise!" Jim growleo
in hoarse whisper. do you want then
to hang me and send my soul to hell
Or do you want me to go out OF Der'
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Skin Easily windburned.

You should try to wear chiffon
veil il your skin is so sensitive, and
after exposure to the wind or sun
wipe the face carefully with Venus
cream applied on bit of soft linen or
flannel. An hour or SO after you have
applied this cream wash the face on
with tepid water.
Here is the formula for the cream:
Spermaceti (pure), one-quarter
ounce; white wax (pure), one-quarter
ounce; almond oil, one-quarter pound:
butter of cocoa, one-quarter pound;
lanoline, two ounces.
Melt and stir in one dram of balsam
of Peru. After settling pour on the
clear portion and add two fluid drains
of orange flower water and stir brisk
ly until it concretes.
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Kidney Complaints
MEDICAL BREv1TIEs.

A Berlin doctor lays 1t down that
the piano should never be used by
child under 16 years of age. Out OF
1000 girls who played before the age
Of IL he found 600 cases of nervous
diseases.
When the Medical and Chirurgical
Society of London was founded in 1905
the barber-surgeon was still more or
less tolerated. At one of its early
meetings one DIR. Wardrop advocated
the excellent custom" of bleeding pa
tients till they tainted, 80 that they
might be the subject of surgical opera
ton while in an insensible condition.
Attention has been drawn lately to
the insufficient food on which many
of the children of the poor have to
subsist, and to the impossibility of III
nourished brains assimilating . due
amount of mental pabulum. The food
may In other instances be sun1cient,
and the child may yet be unable to
thrive upon it owing to defect in those
much neglected organs. the teeth.
An astronomer does not hail the
discovery of new star with any more
enthusiasm than the average physician
displays over a new or rare disease.
1t was in this spirit that Sir Fred
erick Treves received the account OF
ailments which the distinguished pa
tient gave him. Let me congratulate
you," he is reported as saying; you
have, you lucky dog, a disease which
was thought to be extinct"
Forty thousand persons In London
alone are suffering from consumption.
according to DR.. Arthur Latham, prize
essayist of the Kings sanatorium.
II other forms Of tuberculosis were
| included, the number would be not
fewer than $4,000. Consumption Is
responsible for the deaths of 5000
persons per annum In the metropolis.
and a similar number die from other
saberculous diseases, all of them pre-
ventable.
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he had houses and lands. and college

he had houses and lands. and college
education. she could never overlook the
question of costume. When girl at
taciles SO much Importance to accidents
of this sort, she would better remain .
spinster.
Older people than Molly are apt to say
that whether she shall accept Jack or
Will ought to depend somewhat on
the income. Love in cottage is very
we'll. il there be funds to keep the pot
boiling. When two people agree to
marry, 1t is wise for them to remember
that they will need bread and meat,
a roof and raiment, and something OF
an income to go upon, if they are TO
maintain a home. A girl should not
resolve to accept a rich sutton whom
she does not love, because in that case,
his wealth will never fill up the aching
void in her heart. But neither should
she take the poor man whom she does
love, unless she sees in him an ability
to work. steadfastness and courage. the
resolution to put something by for Q
rainy day, and the dogged perseverance
that will enable him to provide for his
own. In the experiences of life 1t some
| times happens that light-heartet
young fellow of Wills type does thi!
as successfully as sober and ploddini
man of Jacks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-29
Doing without Sleep.

One of the bugaboos OF mundane ex'
istence is the "early to bed and cary
to rise" adage. which has troubled the
consciences OF so many millions :"
people. That tantalizing old jingle
about early rising making man neal
thy, wealthy and wise is Responsible
fer more misery in the world than al
the other good behavior maxims ano
rules for success put together; but le
is gratifying to observe, says the KOCH
ester On. ~ Post-Express, that TINS
present generation is not SO complais-
ant in obeying the rule as the gooo
but misguided, men and women o.
yesterday. The early-rising fad Is no'
much In vogue now in the cities, ane
1t will not be many years before tne
benehcent reform will take root in tint
country. The cause of this change, o.
course, is in the change from early
to late hours in thickly settled local.
ties. The urban population occupies
tLS dwellings, III picdou doaS P"
and retires at an hour that is not II
harmony with the advice that was In
culcated daily in the minds OF our
grandmothers and grandfathers. An
other great change is the increase oil
occupations that require night work
Tor in every large city there are thous'
ands of men and women who work al
night and sleep during the day. INT
theater is also an important factor II
keeping people awake until midnight
In olden times there we're not SO mani
amusements and distractions in thu
daily life, and after our grandparents
finished their days work there wa
nothing better to do than go to bed
In these days of rushing business AM
varied pleasures, however, humanit.
just begins to enjoy itself when dark
ness falls from the wing OF night,
when the pale blue rays of the cleo
tries drill holes in the ebon atmos
phere, and the noises of the downtow
thoroughfares fall on the ear.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-29
Elixir of Youth.

Every age sees its earnest scientists
still seeking how they may discover
the elixir or the force which will give
us the energy, the vitality and the ap-
pearance of youth. A German who has
been struggling with the subject is con-
WINGED that the secret lies in keeping
sound our blood vessels. We are just
rs old as our hearts, he declares, and
this is no pretty poetical sentiment,
but q cold, scientific fact. AS years
creep on, our arteries and the heart
lose vigor, and we then begin to "age."
Now, we can train this organ, it APP
pears, to work better than it does. Like
an old clock, II treated judiciously, it
will go on as we'll as new one, but
It does not do to give 1t any of the lib
critics OF the latter. We must care
fully regulate the exercise we take, the
food we eat, the mental efforts we
make, the muscle work we do. We
should neither walk too much nor too
little; we should get as much air as
possible. yet never oversleep; we
should never coddle, still less should
we be rash about colds, fatigue and
30 on
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years, sat close together talking in un-
dertones. BY the light that shone in
from the corridor Abner read from his
Bible. He sought out passages of Scrip
ture that might have borne upon his
wayward brothers life.
But If any man walk in the night, he
stumbleth, because there is no light in
him.
Hours went by as they sat together.
The jail was as quiet as a tomb. Ahner
knelt to pray, his brother beside him.
The preacher poured out his anguish in
an inspiring plea for the one who was
in the shadow of the gallows. He
prayed with fervor that he had never
felt before. He was led on by the force
of his own eloquence: his mind tran
scended his surroundings; his voice
fell to whisper, and he pleaded on.
Suddenly Abner felt rough hand Oh
his shoulder. He opened his eyes. tn.
prayer still on his lips. Jim was bend
ing over him with fiendish look Oh
his face.
Keep quiet or I'll strange you!
muttered the prisoner.
Abner Pitts sank back speeches., hi
face deathly white.
Jim leaned close 10 him and said
DO you want TO save my soul?'
The preachers lips were quiverins
nut he made no reply.
I'm going out of this Jail tonight
dead or alive" said Jim. Il don't wan
to kill you and don't want to kill an
of the guards If can help it: but III
going out dead or alive. Alb, If 20
mean any of the things you have sal
to me tonight, and you want to saw
M soul, this is your chance. I've Sc
! trr ct those bars sawed nearly II tw,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-29
GAME OF PLAYING SCOUT.
Pleasant Pastime for the Young Folks
When Out for Summer
Frolic.

BOYS and girls who live in the c,un
try. and those from the city who VIII
visit in the country this summer, may
have great sport playing scout. The
only thing necessary is patch 81
woods, says the Washington Star.
ANY of the counting out" plans may
be used to see who will be indiana
and who will be scout. Those who are
counted out are Indians, and the last
one left is the scout.
When everything is ready the scout
hides his eyes to count 200, while the
Indians scamper OF through the
woods and hide. 1t must be agreed,
of course, that no one shall go beyond
certain limits.
The scout may set out on his
search with a shout and rush, or nc
may steal along noiselessly, hoping
to surprise the Indians. To be caught
an Indian has only to be seen. The
scout calls his name, and the Indier
must come in as prisoner. However
prisoner may do all he can to throw
the scout of the trail.
! When all the Indians have beer
spied the one who was caught first mus
be scout, and he hides his eyes ant
counts while the others run away agail
as Indians. Each game starts at tn
spot where the last Indian is captured
A whole day may be delightfully."- spen
in the woods at this game.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-29
SAVED cHILD's LIFE.
Remarkable Cure Of Dropsy by Dodds
Kidney Pills.

Sedgwick, Ark, June l9.--The case of w.,
S. Taylor's little. son Is looked upon by
those interested in medical matters as one
of the most wonderful on record. In this
connection his father makes the following
statement :,
Last September my little boy had
dropsy; his feet and limbs were swollen
to such an extent that he could not walk
or put his shoes on. The treatment that
the doctors were giving him seemed to
do him no good, and two or three people
said his days were short, even the doctors,
two of the best in the country told me he
would not get better. l stopped Their
medicine and at once sent for Dodd's
Kidney Pills. / gave him three Pills a
day, one morning, noon and night for
eight days; at the end of the eighth day
the swelling was all gone, but to give
the medicine justice, l gave him eleven
more Pills. l used thirty-fve Pills In all
and he was entirely cured: ! consider
your medicine saved my child's life. When
the thirty-fve Pills were given him, ne
could run. dance and sing, whereas before
he was an invalid in his mothers arms
from morning until night"
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Examples of glazing ignorance o,
food values may we'll be culled from
the notes of these experts who have
visited the poor of the different cities
In the slums of Chicago, states Johr
Elfreth Watkins. writing in the Reader
Magazine, it was found that woman
whose husband was out of work and
whose family was living on a few
cents day bought lettuce, a food SC
lnnutritious that, at least when out Of
season and high in price, it is lux
ury even for the rich. This woman
sacrificed the inexpensive but nutri.
tious classes of foods, such as founc
In the list given above, for leaves con
timing over so per cent. of water and
Is per cent. of refuse. 1t has been
truthfully said that man would soor
starve to death on diet of lettuce
alone Pitiable improvidence was found
In the New York slums. A watchmar
was feeding his family at the rate Of
IA cents per person day-all that ht
could afford; yet his. wife bought ex.
pensive cuts of beef instead of the
equally nutritious cuts of lower price
also large quantities of butter whole
value might have been invested il
dried beans and more bread. She als'
wasted money on soda crackers ant
jumbles costing two or three times a
much as bread and containing no NOR
nutrition. 1t was estimated that hi
wife might have obtained about eigh
times as much nutrition for her none,
had she substituted dried peas 70
green peas. Another large savinl
would have been the substitution
fresh for condensed milk.
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KYLE SLEPT PRETTY WELL.
lint me Drummers in Neighboring
Rooms Could Not Say
as Much.

Representative Kyle, of Ohio, has .
high, sweet tenor voice, and is known 70
his colleagues as "the sweet singer from
Ohio" He is in great demand at dim
ners, where he sings old Scotch song.
melodiously, says a Washington paper.
When he was out campaigning in his dis
trict last fall he arrived at country ho-
Tel where half dozen drummers were TO
put up for the night also. Kyle told the
landlord he wanted quiet room where ne
could sleep undisturbed, as he was very
tired.
Next morning at breakfast the drum
mers were protesting loudly because the.r
rest had been disturbed BY the snoring
of the man in room Is. They variousiy
described the snoring as the worst they
had ever heard. Most OF them sad they
had not slept a wink.
"How did you sleep?" asked one OF the
drummers of Kyle.
Fine" said Kyle; never heard q thint
from the time struck the bed until tnii
morning. / got great nights rest
.In heavens name, where did yos
slcep?" asked the drummers:
sin room l6." Kyle replied.
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THE BLACK
ONE
Nv WADE MouNrfoRrr

- I'm, here's visitor to see you,
I'll said the jailer.
Jim Pitts sprang up and stared
through the bars.
The visitor grasped the prisoners
hands and exclaimed: "Oh, James,
James!"
Sorrow was written in every line OF
the visitors face; the countenance OF
the one in the cell was sullen.
Hello, Abb" said the prisoner.
The men eyed each other moment.
The taller felt that he must say some
thing.
Anyone would know you were bro
TIERS" said he. you are enough alike
to be twins"
The prisoner seemed embarrassed.
coughed and replied: Yes, we do re-
semble; the whole family does. but
He looked at the floor. But reckon
I'm the black one of the flock" Then,
turning to his brother, he asked: How
did you leave everybody at home. ADJ
The Rev. Abner Pitts was so over
come that he could not reply at first
He pressed a handkerchief to his eyes
and leaned against the bar, sobbing
The jailer moved away.
They are all heartbroken, but mo-
Their, and she-she doesn't-know
James" said the preacher, trying tS
suppress his emotion.
Tiger-like, Jim Pitts began to pace
| his cell. There was no sign OF remors'
on his face. Once he glanced at MI
brother with an expression of disdain
then he stopped and said:
What did you come for?"
81 came to look after your souls sal
walton. James," replied the other. "
came to pray with you and offer yo'
the consolation of my religion"
why didn't you go to see the COVER
nor and ask him to commute my sen
tence? That's what wrote you for
that's what l wanted you to do"
THAT would have done no good
James" said the brother. Your Grim
has put you beyond the pale OF earthl
clemency. James, you can only look {
Heaven now, and think Of your immol
tai soul"
"You might have got respite 10
me; that would have given me som
chance to think about religion 1t
only eight days now. Tomorrow nigf
, they will put on the-the death watch!
The word caused his brother to shut
der: he lifted the handkerchief to b
eyes again.
The jailer samo and let Abner in'
the cell. 1t was night. The brother
who had not seen each other before
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Kidney Pills / told
the readers OF this
paper that they had
relieved me of kid
ney trouble, dis
posed of a lame
back with pain
across my loins and
beneath the Shout
der blades. During
the interval which
has elapsed / have
had occasion to re-
sort to Doan's Kid
ney Pills when l
noticed warnings OF
nr, och
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and live an honest life? You know
have never had any show. | got start
ed wrong. Everybody said l was the
black one. Give me a show, Alb; If you
don't there will be murder at your own
door,"
Abner put his hand on his 5rother's
arm and tried to draw him closer that
he might plead with him, but jim
pushed him away.
Now the saw was piled vigorously &c
the other bar, and in few minutes
Jim Pitts began the final preparations
for escape. With almost superhuman
strength he bent the bars aside. leaving
an opening that seemed scarcely large
enough for a child to crawl through.
Standing up the murderer drew on his
shirt and rubbed soap on MS bare
arms and shoulders. His muscular body
glistened in the dim light that filtered
into the CELL AS Abner started up from
the corner where he was kneeiing, ne
saw his brother standing over him ike
some Internal apparition. He stood uI
and faced the desperate prisoner. They
were breathing hard and glaring a
each other. Abner was about to CRY
out when Jim caught him in a ugn
embrace. The murderer jerked tn
handkerchief from his brothers poke
and drew it tightly across his mouth
the preacher was gagged In anothe
minute Abner was stripped of his Goa
and his hands were bound behind HE
with a sheet from the cell bunk.
Now Abner lay upon the floor watch
ing the movements of his brother. Jir
crawled to the bars and listened, pant
ing like a hunted animal. He thrus
Abner's coat, hat and Bible out, the
he slowly worked his body through tn
breach in the iron cage. Abner SAL
the crouching prisoners shadow diml
outlined against the dark walls of tn
cell, then 1t vanished.
The preacher writhed upon the hoo
and struggled hard, but he could Le
free himself or cry out. His soul wa
| filled with anguish. and the text, "Bl
II any man walk in the night" ra
through his mind. He closed his eye
in torrent of tears and prayed
silence.
At dawn Jim Pitts walked past IL
puard at the prison door with Bill
in his hand.-Kansas City Star.
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Nets for Bridge Workers.

The acrobatic feats performed b.
structural ironworkers are brought
into closer relation with those of the
circus by the adoption of the safety
net of the latter in the erection OF
cantilever bridges built out from each
shore and meeting in tie center. IL
this method of construction the net
does not interfere with the handbag Of
materials. and in one recent instance
was the means Of saving 10 less thar
six lives In the building ct cue b.I6sb
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-29
GALL OF THE WILD.
The hes IN the clover

The bee In the clover
The bird In the tree,
Are happy and iaughin'
As loud as can be,
An I'm here a-workfnfs
An, doggone 1t all,
The meadows and bayous
Are giyin' their call.
The meadows are calm;
"The piover is here'
The bayous are CALM:
"Our waters are clear.
And, doggone II all.
I'm here workin': wish
] could get just day
And could hike out and fish,
Could hike out and hsh
Where bayous are wide,
And where trout are waiting
Down deep in their tide;
Or I'd love to HE
Beneath a wide tree,
The lazy birds brother.
The chum of the bee!
The lazy birds brother.
The chum of the bee:
1be bee sleeps all winter
And that 'ud suit me;
The bird hops twig
The first thing in the spring,
An don't do thing
But just perch there an sif 9.
u. M Lewis, in Houston Poss.
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Veuefablo 00sslp0GS0d

s0 ~
Is Positive cure ior ali tncSe P;..in
ailments OF women. WIZ Mn Co...
cure tne worss Iorms Oh Irs,sm-
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Rackknolba,
"a -.a ,nor. c.s., ~ reucor-
~hcs. than anv other remedy the world
Ihas ever known. It is almost infallible
in such cases. 1t dissolves and expels