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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05
JUDGING BY APPEARANCES
Not in Every Instance sure Anae1
Of Character, as 1t Is Here
Illustrated.

A student once asked the FIR .nch
a,ienist Esouirol if there were any sure
tests by which to tell the sane from the
insane. please dine with me to-mor-
row at six O'Clock" was the answer OF
the sayant. The student accepted the
invitation. relates the Chicago Daily
News. and found two other guests pres
emf one of whom was elegantly dressed
and apparently highly educated, while
the other was rather uncouth, noisy and
extremely conceited.
After dinner the pupil rose to take
leave. AS he shook hands with his
teacher the latter remarked: "One Of
the two gentlemen you have just met ID
insane. Can you tell me which," "Ths
problem is very simple" was the stu
dents reply. The quiet. well-dresset
gentleman is certainly distinguished IL
some lines, but the other is as certainly
lunatic and ought at once TO be Looked
up"
you are wrong, my dear friend, re
piled Esquirol. That quiet. well
dressed man who talks so nationally ha
| for years Iabored under the delusion tina
he is God the Father. whereas the othe
man, whose exuberance and self-con
ceit have surprised you, Is Hcnore 4
| Raszsc."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05
Automobile to Stay.

You read every day of horses being
frightened by automobiles, but you
never hear of an automobile being
frightened by q horse. That simple
statement, remarks the Hartford
Comm Courant, settles the question
of the permanency of the automobiles
advent. The mechanical way is surer
than any which trusts to an animal.
You can drive an automobile for hours
as fast as the law allows, and even
faster than that, and it will be even
bit better fitted to go on doing more
than when you started, but treat a
horse in that way and the humane So
ciety would be after you. You can STOP
nm automobile almost instanter, but
when you try that on horse you are
liable TO throw him down and almost
certain to do strain him to his perma
nent injury. The few people who still
insist that the automobile is passini
fad merely mean that it is fad tina
masses them on the road. 1t is thin'
that has already become indispensable
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05
Exercise for Weak Ankles.

When the ankles are very weak the
easiest and simplest way to strengthen
them is to get a heavy book, like dc
tionary or some ponderoas volume OF
the kind. Place it within reaching
distance of the foot and shove it slow
~ but steadily from one side to the
other without bending or relaxing the
leg at al. The girl who does this
need not worry about going in her
stocking feet before the critlcishs
crowd on the beach, and should she
run a race on the sand she VIII DC
pretty sure of winning.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05
REMEMBERING.

Cav. do you remember the long aeo'
or do you at last forget
w. ynseaows where winds of the SCUM
land blew.
And nerfumed nights dew-wet
Are purple and soft and coaxing, too'
AS mantle of fairy weave,
And the whispering trees the moon shine1
through
Where the night birds sit and grieve!
I remember Il all: the wide spread can
With its branches stretched afar,
Tie look In your eyes. the words you spohe'
The sky and the single star
That hung a-cicse 10 Tie crescent moon
As fl sailed through purple space,
I remember the night birds plaintiVe
Groom,
The look on your upturned face
rhe city afar en- silhouette,
The blooms beneath your feet
The crickets song seems sounding yeti
The jasmine's perfume sweet
Comes floating to me adown the vino
But yet-but yeti am old,
There are years, wide years. betwixt me
now
And you and the age of gold.
The age of so,1. waen the blood was ee
A surgng resistiess tidei
And The feet impatient tC scale the height'
That the years held all untried!
All well. we dream as an old dog hunts
In his sleep: but youth is fed!
| Though tits sweet to remember the old, OH
ways,
| And Joys Of days long dead.
~. M. Lewis, in Houston POST.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05

some one spoken? The room was
quiet even as they had found it half
an hour ago. How had 1t happened?
Two hours before Ferguson came up
from the depot While waiting for a
car a man came by whom he instinc-
lively marked for a thief. The man
stopped, perhaps to wait for car, but
he watched Ferguson. Ferguson met
his eyes frankly, and then ne felt that
he was wrong. Those we're not q
thiefs eyes. The man had a clean
cut. well-formed face and mighty
chest. HIS clothes were neat. not OF
the best material, but neat, all save
| the hat, a crush hat, drawn down low
| in front. II was the hat that led Fer.
guson to think the man a thief. Il
was not honestly worn.
The man suddenly walked straigh
ND to Ferguson and spoke. 1t was ,
hearty voice and Straightforward. Thu
story was old. Hungry, tired, M
money. You could hear as much ;
hundred times any night, but not Il
| that ldQSudSt-WCi ShooSh. 6toiuihot
ical. polite There were marks of goo
breeding in it.
Ferguson remembered his own com
ing TO Chicago and how near he ha
been to this same condition. He ha
made SO cents stretch over three day
This was a plausible story that tt
man had told of his recent coming {
the city and his fruitless search fc
employment in the fire insurance bus
ness. which was the vocation he be:
knew.
He took the man into restaurai
and fed him. He knew of work thu
ne could do and would try him at
; A man who can operate typewrit'
3 at the rate of 100 words mimi
' would likely prove valuable In a
o afice
q There was q spare couch IN Ferg
q sons room, and he could easily accor
q modate the man over night. The
, talk had revealed numerous favorah
: signs The man had been at Kentucl
. Military Institute, and one OF Ferg
" sons chums had likewise been train
= there. Thence came the discovery
comucr acquaintance.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05
CHURCH D1ar1rAH1Es.

Archbishop Moeller Of Cincinnati
has organized q choir Of priests 10 rem
der Gregorian music at the funerai OF
ALI priests In his archdiocese.
At the next consistory the pope VIII
make Bragg, bishop Of Petropoils.
cardinal. in accordance with Braziis
special request Bragg VIII be the
first South American cardinal.
Bishop Hoss of the Methodist Epis-
copal church south will preside over
the Brazil mission next fall. Bisnop
Galloway has charge Of the missions
In Japan, Korea and China. The Gu
ban and Mexican mission work Is un-
der the care of Bishop Gambler.
Father Benson, the son OF the late
archbishop Of Canterbury, whose 70
ceptfon into the church, as well as MS
ordination, took place within the last
IA months, is now studying theology
with Mgr. Stapleton Barnes at Cam
bridge. instead of, as he once intended
returning to Rome for that purpose.
The bishop of London might d.
taken for a comedian but for his cos
tune. Were he In the theatrical pro
fession his unfailing sense OF hume
would stand him in good stead.
man of exhaustless energy, he does
tremendous amount Of work. He
universally hailed with delight by chi
dren. In the East End the small raga
mullins run against his CATERS an
shout welcome; in the West End
is an equal favorite among the youni
all regarding him as glorifed pla!
fellow. An admirer said recently
when London has done killing hi
he will have earned his martyrdom."
Rev. Charles E. Guthrie, pastor
Park Place Methodist Episcop
church, Baltimore, announces that
future he will refuse to read the ma
rage service at rehearsing partie
Moreover, he discourages the idea
fashionable weddings in churcht
which make rehearsals necessar
holding that such affairs make t
,auch of the dramatic effect and DIRE
: display and too little of the solemn
. Of the obligation that is being
: sumed. Mr.. Guthrie believes that
important contributing cause to I
divorce evil lies in the fading out
the religious idea regarding marrial
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05
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QUITE UNUSUAL

The largest wooden statue In the
world is to be seen In Toxic, Japan.
1t is 81 feet high. and the head Will
hold 20 people.
A Kansas City hotel charged up
several telephone messages to deaf
mute. There's such a thing ~ going
too far in making out bill.
Returning to his house at Argen-
teuil, in France. Mr.. Hugh Goodine
was shot at by a discharged employe
the bullet flattening itself against
silver cigarette case, which he car
ried Just over his heart.
Luther Burbank, the plant wizard
Of California, is evidently not tnt
only man alive who conjures with ma
ture. It is reported that w. Bell, o
MUMMY, Louth.. Ireland, after expert
menting for five years, has produced
tomatoes and potatoes, grown on tn
same plant from the same tuber.
Paris has a dwarf elephant abou
the size Of Shetland pony. Its keep
| err is a Senegalese, who has to sleep 1
a cot where the elephant can see hin
The captive's favorite dish is 81
pounds of rice stepped in four pints
milk. He can also enjoy q nice two
| Mound salad.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05

"Bat" Masterson has been deputy
United States marshal for three months
IN the New York district and SO far
he has not increased the NUMBER Oh
notches in his gun stock. The tact OF
the matter is, says New York ex-
change, that Bat" does not carry
gun and never has since he struck New
York several years ago. He may pe
seen any day along Broadway peacefui
ly discussing the chances OF horse OF
q prize fighter. He is a quiet, amiaoi'
fellow and very popular among thos'
who know him best. Mr.. Roosevei
knew all about him before the appoint
ment was made, and so did Marsha
Heukel. Neither has been disappolnt
ed since Bat" began his official du
ties.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05
A Cure for Colds.

Here is a cure for colds of any kind.
It has been tested repeatedly and has
never failed, and as used to catch
cold. which resulted In a bad attack
of bronchitis, can speak from expert
ence, says writer in the Woman's
Home Companion. In cases OF pneu-
monia it will not fail to cure If taken
in time. Make ball of cotton batting
about the size of small marble, satu-
rate it we'll with ALCOHOL. then drop
ON to it six drops of chloroform; cover
it lightly with a thin piece of cotton
batting, hold to the mouth, and inhale
the fumes, initiating the lungs well. Il
will open and expand every lung eel
| instantly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05

Thomas A Edison, we are tod, des-
Misses New York city. Il loathe It's ar
tificial way of living" he says, lts
mannerisms, it's ways of thought. IL
has but the one redeeming feature
that 1t is getting so Impossible tnat
people must leave it or become crazy.
A man in New York gets down to MS
Office at nine, works until twelve OF
one. goes out, takes a couple OF COCK
tails. eats a hearty luncheon. hurriediy
goes back to his desk and works until
I'VE or six, hurries up town, stopping
off for one or two more drinks, goes ou'
somewhere, eats an enormous dinner
goes to the theater and then supper
afterward, and finally tumbles inte
bed. It is that type of man who oftel
SAYS to me, 4 don't see how you stan'
the strain of working the way you az
day after day and night after night II
the laboratory. Work? Why, M
work is play compared with his"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05
BEATEN AT HIS OWN GAME
Gambler Who Bet on Sure Things
Only Meets with a cinch
That Fails.

"There was a sure-thing gambler
down in Mississippi named Gamble
good name, by the way said JONI
sharp williams, according to the Re
hoboth Sunday Herald. He never
made a bet unless he was sure ne
would win. He was out at country
fair, staying at hotel. One morning
a man who was in the sporting line
himself got up early and looked out OF
the window. He saw Gamble carefully
measuring with tapeline the hitch
ing post in front of the hotel. he
knew something was up, and when
Gamble went out to the fair he Went
out and measured the hitching posi-
himself. Then he took sledge ham
mer and drove the post into the groune
an inch and half.
THAT night. after supper, while
they we're all sitting onthe hotel porch
Gamble craftily led the conversation
around TO the difficulty of judging dis
tances and heights.
Now. he said, there's that hitch
ing most out yonder. I'll bet hundre'
7 can come nearer its height than any
body here.
"How high would you reckon 1t is
said the sledge-hammer artist, wne
after a lot Of conversation, had put u
the hundred with Gamble.
"sOh.' said Gamble, III take IL
80 inches
| ",Oh. no., replied the other maj
YOU are wrong. I'll bet it is less tina
i 90
They measured, and 1t was 10y
Gamble hasn't smiled since that day
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05
R.rardiuc Women's Clubs.

There is some prejudice, as well al
hack of information, in articles oce"
sionally seen on the subject OF WON
ems clubs and the movement tney req
resent. The erroneous view TAKEN /"
that the clubs in some way antaeonize
the home. Nothing, declares the S'
Louis Globe Democrat, could be Iar'hei
from the truth. No agency is DONG
more for the home than womens ciuDs
and in none are the efforts applleo
more intelligently. The general feder-
alton. with which the state declarations
are in close touch, maintains STANDING
committees on the labor OF chiioren'
household economics, education, pure
food. ciyics. library extension and for
estry. All these subjects are intimate
" related to home life. All are OF
legislative interest, and to set them lu'
cidly before legislative bodies Is not
only the privilege, but the duty OF citi-
zens, regardless of sex. There Is nc
fear that there will be too many ad'
vocates of righteous laws. Lteraturs
and art enter extensively in the laDors
of the clubs. The general federation
maintains that every state will I'm
prove physically. intellectually ant
morally If it's capable women work 70
gether on the lines indicated. II Is u
claim of the federation that its pur
poses have ever looked to the trainin
and protection of children, the enligh'
eminent of young mothers and the SC
lace of mothers whose families nav
grown up and gone forth into tn
world; the improved conditions
housekeeping; the sympathetic STUD
of the various lines OF business io
women and the broadened acquain
ance and interest in life for all men
bers. In many respects there has bee
an emancipation for women in the la
go years, with evident benefit to all;
emancipation from lingering, mario
ideas and injustice, not from what
good and true and estimable IN u
feminine character.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05
OTHER PEOPLES THOUGHTS.

Modesty is the mark Of might
Men need new hearts more tnan
stronger harness.
Envying another's cake only spois
our own cookies.
Mer who intend to be good to-mor-
row always die to-day.
The more haste men make for hap
piness the less intimate acquaintance
they get with it.-Henry F. Cope.
My head is resting sweetly upon
three pillows, infinite love and INFINITE
wisdom and infinite sacrihce.-John
Elias.
II you are poor and weak and help
less and of little account, these are
only extraordinary reasons why God
should care for you.-John G. Steven
son.
II we could see where disgrace real
ly lies, how often men would b
ashamed of their riches and honor
and would discern that bad tempel
or an irritable disposition was th'
greatest family disgrace that they pos
ssed.-Arthur Helps.
Calmness is not thing OF mer
surface emotion, but must 60 down .
the deepest condition Of our lives. w
cannot say just: go to now, WI
be CALM" we must cry with Pau
"Now the Lord of peace give us peac
by all means."-Phillips Brooks.
/ 1t is a vain thought to fee from tn
work that God appoints us, for tn
sake of finding a greater blessing
our own souls, as il we could choose 4
ourselves where we shall find the ful
ness of the divine presence, instead
seeking it where alone it Is to
found, in loving obedience.-Georl
. Eliot.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05

the narrowing breakdown of that poor
fellow whose contrition had led to a
confession CT a weakness beyond cure,
and who was next day back at his old
trade-even that experience had been
of value to the wreck OF creature
toward whom he had been tender.
"a thief has SOUL The WORDS
went ringing through his ears now as
he stood there at his window and
watched the moon struggling out from
the clouds over the lake.
"A thief has SOUL" The words
clamored. He tried not to near them
He tried to tell himself the story just
IS it had happened.
"A thief has soul" The words
would be heard, in fact-Fergusor
drew back from the window. Hat
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-08-05
WHY THEY ARE HAPPY
TWO NOTABLE RECOvERIES FROM
EXTREME DEBILITY.
Husband's Strength Had Been Waning foS
Three Years, Wife a Sufferer from
Female weakness.

Husband's Strength Had Been Waning foS
Three Years, Wife Sufferer from
Female Weakness.
my strength had dwindled so that
couldn't apply myself to my business
with any snap but was tired and hstiess
all the time." said Mr.. Goldstein.
81 went to bed completely used up BY
my days work, and when got up IN
the morning didn feel rested q bit l
had awful headaches too, and my kid
news got out of order and caused me to
have severe pains in the back. AT one
time became so feeble that / could not
stir from bed for three weeks"
| Mr.. Goldstein is young man and had
then but recently established home OF
his own. His anxieties were increased
by the fact that his wife was far from
being robust. Mrs. Goldstein says:
"For twoyears had been ill most OF
the time. Sometimes was confined to
bed for weeks in succession under ply
sician's care. / had headaches, kidney
trouble, pain about the heart and many
more uncomfortable symptoms con-
, uected with that weakness to which my
sex is peculiarly subject"
Trouble had invaded this household
and settled in it in just the years that
! ought to be the very happiest. Physicians
could not tell them how to get rid OF IT.
"I was utterly discouraged, said Mr..
Goldstein. "Then the urgency of some
! friends led me to try blood and nerve
remedy which was said to be wonder
!. fully successful. Within a month there
!, were unmistakable signsof improvement
|. in my condition, and within year
was completely well. Through the us'
of DIR. Williams Pink Pills have nov
= as good health as lever had in my life.
= Mrs. Goldstein adds: The wonderful
> effect that DR.. Williams Pink Pills ha'
y in the case of my husband led me to tr
y them and they helped me even NOR
= quickly than they did him. One DO
y made me decidedly better and icy
months treatment cured me"
II DR.. Williams Pink Pills are the be-
le tonic and regulator, they make pur'
OF rich blood and when there is gener'
o. weakness and disorder that is what Il
system needs. Mr.. and Mrs. H. Goldstei
live at SO Cove street, East Boston, Mas
DIR, Williams Pink Pills are sold
;, druggists everywhere.
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teta comfortables and spreads are also

kets, comfortables and spreads are also
provided by the bride.
Polly's girl friends sometimes get
together before the wedding and give
her a linen shower. Nothing In the
line of dainty linen comes amiss al
such time, and it is much better foi
a group of friends to combine and thus
fully furnish a linen chest, than 70
scatter their gifts over many costly
articles of ornament that give a pass
ing pleasure, but are of little use. Elk
uuisite center pieces and doilies, tray
cloths. carving cloths and luncheon
cloths. napkins of different sizes and
everything that belongs to delicate
napery fill brides heart with pleas
ure. Polly's trousseau should have
only sweet thoughts associated with it
Ii is the most beautiful time OF hei
young life.
Let us hope that our bride will To-
awhile do her own work. Unless sh'
does. it is likely that her beautifu
linens and dainty Undertaking vii
suffer many things at the hands OF IN
competent and careless women, WIN
i work devastation when fine line
comes to the wash board and the tut
II Polly is going to employ male
LET lis hope that she will begin by be
ing mistress in her kitchen. A gil
, who is about to marry should not lt
, her color fade or her health wane owe
her trousseau. But she will do well
i learn some of those simple arts
: housekeeping which save money an
, bring comfort in the new home. n
/ matter how rich she may be, her pc
l sonal supervision will be needfui, an
9 if she is comfortably poor, she WI
: have the greater independence.
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Tbev went out on the car to Fergu-
sons place and went IN talking earn
estly of the strike and OF labor prop
lens generally. The man had no sym
patty for the "scab," and Ferguson
had less for the union teamsters-
They we're absorbed and earnest.
Ferguson began at once making
nrenaratious for the night, taking
meanwhile. He sat with shoe IN ms
hand and his guest was standing be-
fore him.
The change was like 1asn' ana
like a fash Ferguson's fist had struck
ont fierce blow below the belt, as
this man suddenly dropped his volce
and reached for Ferguson's watch.
The big. deep chest. of the man went
| sbut like a burst balloon and ne Tell
over. quite unconscious. fersuson
caught him as he fell and in an instant
was crowding him out through 'ne
omen window. The body dropped neaV-
lily and never stirred.
EVERY thief has SOUL
Ferguson had No superstitions about
Immortality. What Prof. Munsterpefs
has to saw on that subject quite ex-
messed his own views, but the WORDS
rang mistakenly as he looked once
more ON that helpless thing below.
Eear he never felt for moment
what the world would say he iittie
cared. Whatever it was that trouDieo
him was purely personal-his own al
fair.
\ He sat long into the morning facins
that-his own affair. After ALL "er'
thew so different? Was he, the good
hearted benefactor of men and believer
In thieves souls, so very different iron
the thief out there? Were they no
both thoughtless followers OF Impulse
\ that needed only to be reviewed IN IN
4 mind to stay them from action! =
think afterward--even the phlianthro
mist must know the pain of that some
Il times. What was the right OF 1t the
Le if this was all wrong!
4. There was some one stirring peioV
n Voices came drifting in through ID
q omen window. A growing graynes
q. and the sounds Of awakening IRAN
Il told that the night was far spent. In
as day was coming, and with it new Ia
IS tors in this awful problem OF iiie On
IN perhaps death. Was 1t deatn tn'
he had brought to this other one, to
A other who had come into his own
"a unasked. unknown? And he, Ferg
ad son who had willed him only good
es had he sent him out into the gre
n silence. the silence more terrible tn'
he that of night or Of infinite space!
nd Ferguson did not move. He lay
co the couch and tried to sleep. Slow
he he began to see the possibilities tn
oh might grow out of this adventul
He Might he not be held responsible Ioi
~ crime? He began to see the TIL
EN- grow big. 1t was more than person
he affair. He saw how it touched
IRE friends. his family, and 1T came on
,en him how it reached out and touch
,or all society. Ole has a deal more 10
, a for thought if he will not think ur
ire. afterward.
ola He was reused early. An officer b
zen come to learn what had happen
ure They had found Smith Wilkins, a
torious criminal, lying unconscious
rds the court below Ferguson's wind'
as The man had been hunted for wee
and There were dark deeds to his ere
om He had studied and improved him'
while in Joliet. He was clever bey'
rds most men.
own He was dead.-Chicago Record-H
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