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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02
MANY KNOW THIs-Do your

The following very interesting conversa-
ton between Mr.. White, banker, and Mr..
Walter Wellman, retired, two prominent
heard:
II never buy patent medicine" said Mr..
White. When feel the need Of medical
lieve in taking a lot Of stuff that / know moth
ing about. 1 know, however, that q great
many do use it, and apparently with good
time"
"Your circumstances render this posi-
BILE" replied Mr.. Wellman, but the major
ity of people must consider the expense. My
experience is that some patent medicines
frequently cure when the doctors skill u
baffied. Take, for instance, an affection;
say like constipation. and stomach trouble.
Did you ever hear Of your family physician
curing case like that? II constipated, be
gives you a physic; but physic cannot cure
constipation, and he will tell you 20. It Is
temporary RELIEF and before long you need
more physic or pills. The doctor charges
you 81 every time you call on him and you
on # pay Ppe to sSc to os s Ss
or sPhysic' habit and your doctor has q
steady customer. You cannot read the doc
tors prescriptions. You know no more
about what he gives You than you do about
the ingredients of patent medicine. No
reliable company will put q lot Of money into
q patent medicine unless they are convinced
that it will do all that is claimed for Il.
Usually it is the prescription of some special
ist who has devoted his life to the study Of
certain disease and has mastered it.
mention constipation and stomach
trouble because suffered from that afflic~
ton for years. It is the beginning of nearly
all disease Once it gets grip on you, it Il
serious. stubborn and hard to overcome /
never knew a case that was cured by an
ordinary practicing physician, but / do know
If number of bad cases that were per
manently cured by remedy called Mull's
Grape Tonic. ] have used IL in my family
9Th satisfactory results. It cured me, and
l know . great many more persons it has
cured. It costs 50 cents for q small or 81 90
for large bottle. don't know exactly all
that is in it, but I do know it cures constipa-
hon and stomach trouble. and that Is more
than my family doctor could do for me.
was first attracted to the remedy by the
offer to give the first bottle free
o any one who would write to them giving
heir druggists name. / am thankful for
The benefit it has given and advise every
.ufferer from consultation to write to the
Mull's Grape Tonic Co., AZ 4th Ave-. Rock
sland, H., giving them their druggists adj
dress, 90 that they can procure bottle free
Of expense"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

Very soon asuave, well-dressec gentle
man made his appearance. and after In
PRODUCING himself, informed Inc that he
had just received q telegram from the
home Office of his company, to the eff.
feet that the particular policy / want
ed was to be Immediately Withdrawn
from the market, that the company
was losing money through it. How
ever, he would try to put my applica-
ton through, as could not well afford
to lose the opportunity of securing such
a very desirable proposition.
Il, OF course, appeared very ig.
norant of the forms and phrases. com
mon to insurance, and simply said that
l desired. the best could get for the
least money, and that | wanted II
right away; whereupon, he produced
the application blank (the document
for which had been so anxiously
waiting). In it was embodied In very
fine print, the following:
Certificate of loan ($975.00). Jam
uary 81. 1905. This certifes that the
......... company, of .......... has
loaned on policy No. 1921 nine hun
dred and seventy-five dollars ($975.00),
being a part of the premium on said
policy which, win any additional
loan, shall be Zen on the policy only
until paid; interest at five per cent.
per annum on che same, to be payable
on the 21st day of January in each
year, the amount Of the existing loan
to be endorsed hereon.
"'The assured has the privilege of
paying the loan prior to the termina-
ton of the policy.
at is understood and agreed that
if the interest shall not be paid when
due, it shall be added to the principal
of the loan.
(Signed)
II suddenly decided that, after all,
/ could manage to get along few days
longer without the $1,000 protection;
that would like to look over this pa
per he wanted me to sign; whereupon,
l licked it up and placed it in my
pocket Of course he objected strenu-
cusly, but possession is nine-tenths of
the law, and did not propose to lose
out at that stage of the game.
II explained to Mr.. Agent that was
in somewhat of hurry; that had al
ready lost much valuable time waiting
for him, and if he would be so kind as
to excuse me, would call him up at
my first opportunity.
"The loan of 1915 against the policy
only was so arranged in the body of
the application that the purchaser
would have no suspicious, thinking
that the company as an old line cor
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

Boots are worn In China only b.
officials. servants, soldiers. sailors and
special hobnailed boots, occasionally
In wet weather, by the common people.
The universal form Of foot covering
Is q shoe, while. coolies and the poor
est classes have to content Themselves
with straw or leather sandals, or 20
barefooted. Women's shoes are made
1t home and, except in isolated cases
In Shanghai, are never exposed for
sale in shops. This remark does not
apply to the peculiar form Of shoe
worn by Manchu women. which. il
perched on sort Of small stflt. In
the north, during the winter months.
the ordinary boot or shoe Is often
wadded or lined with sheepskin, and Of
late years reproductions of Chinese
boots and shoes In India rubber have
been imported from the United States
and Germany and found favor with
Chinese at the treaty ports.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02
Business Qualities.
LOUISIANA.

There are many qualities necessary
to success in modern business life:
but there is none of more Importance
to man holding position Of respon-
sibility than the power to make .
plain, straightforward, business-like
statement, either by speech or in writ
Ing. The quality of fluency is not so
much what is required as the qualities
OF accuracy and clearness, definite
ness and brevity, tact and judgment.
writes Prof. w. Ripper, in Technics.
II we are not clear and precise 1t is
certain that those who listen to US
will be no more clear, when We have
finished, than we are ourselves-prob-
ably much less so. We must have no
vague and misty ideas about the sub
ject, but they must be crystallized and
definite. These qualities of our
thought and speech, however, cannot
be left to chance. They are attended
as the result of effort, of careful and
Independent thought on the subject for
ourselves, Of looking at it from many
points of view, and thus satisfying
ourselves and those who listen to ue
that we thoroughly understand what
we are talking about. 1t clears ones
own mind in thinking out subject to
talk 1t over with a colleague, or to
write out statement of it, or to die
tate 1t to shorthand writer. Having
decided what to say, and having prop
erly arranged it, the last point is how
to say it. The first essential is to speak
distinctly, then to be natural, straight
forward, lucid; neither to strive after
effect nor to exaggerate, but to give
the impression that we are ourselves
convinced of the cogency and force Of
our own contention.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02
HOT AIR BREEDS HOT AIR.
Experience Of the Collector Of Air
for Subway Tests In New
York.

The young man who collects subway
air for the chemical tests of the Rapid
Transit commission is variously re-
garded by the spectators as crank, lu-
matte, humbug and wizard. And in re.
turn, says the New York Sun, he has
concluded that ye bright boy of ye
newspaper tale is not the only ono Of
the human species to ask questions.
The air is collected at various times
and placed in large TASKS, by means Of
a piston pump device. For the last
week the collections have been made
inside express trains.
A certain fat lady had to run for the
train and sat down opposite the air
collector quite out of breath. When
the pumping started she looked at the
man as fiercely as her puflng would
allow, then shifted seats, glared again
and finally swept out at the next stop.
"She thinks you're tryin' to initiate
her with them bellows" volunteered
the guard. But, say, on the level.
what the thunder is that thing, any.
way? Amt no music box, il it,"
Another individual, noticing the col.
lector at the pump, timidly asked what
kind Of weather we might expect, and
wouldn't believe that the device wasn't
secret method Of the weather bureau.
But the best philosophy came from
the man in charge of an uptown sta
ton early one morning last week. The
collectors appearance at two .. m.
broke the monotony of the empty plat
form.
what are you doing there?" asked
the guard.
Collecting air"
"Pooh!" came the answer Of one
weary and stihed, quit your kidding
There amt no air down here"
Does this verdict anticipate the re-
port of the Rapid Transit commits
sion?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02
Picture Postcards.

Picture postcards have become &
nuisance. The originals were evolved
in Germany. Some are. nasty, some
vile, some salacious, some profane-all
vulgar and inane. This country is fol-
lowing suit rapidly. The post ofice
authorities are helpless. says the New
York Press, as any particularly obiec-
tlonable card may be inclosed In an
envelope and mailed. On the continent
of Europe extra stamp charges consti-
tute one of the evils of the craze. I'm
able, as a majority of the tourists are,
tn read the inscriptions printed on the
cards in the language of the particu-
lar country in which they may be
travelling, they fail to see that nothing
beyond the address Is allowed If the
card is intended for a foreign destina-
ton unless extra postage is paid. The
result is that the sender writes: IAN
other for your collection" Having a
ripping time" Remember me to the
gang" Have one on me- etc. When
the card arrives the recipient pays the
extra postage and says things about
the idiocF of picture postcard senders.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02
Misguided Politeness.

Pusey is nothing if not gallant, Mrs.
Brown is exactly the same age as her
husband, but she will not admit it.
MY husband is 49," she said to some
friends the other day; you won't be-
lieve it, but there's actually ten years.
difference in our ages"
Impossible, dear madam" hastily
interposed Pusey, anxious to say some
thing agreeable, I'm sure you look
every day as young as he does. Dos
ton Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

in company that is Straightforward
In its methods.
My dear sir said I, any company
that will offer that kind of q PROPOSE.
ton is good company-to leave en-.
tirely alone
"Unshaken in his faith, he offered
to show me the policy which he
had just purchased, giving a 90-day
note as payment Of the first premium
Upon our arrival at his Office, he
spread before me a large, imposing
contract. 1t was almost completely
covered with apparently sworn state
ments from state officials. as to the
sound financial standing of the COM
pany, and there was paragraph stat
ing that If anyone ever said the policy
was not all right, to see the agents,
and not some disinterested party.
This suggestion was, in my opin-
ion, an evidence of weakness some
where.
IF this company is so sound and
strong asked, turning to the young
man. why is it necessary that such a
clause should be inserted? 1t is moth
ing more nor less than a bolstering-u
proposition"
1T should be remembered that in
each and every policy issued by any
company, good or bad, is written:
This contract is issued in consicera-
ton of the statements and agreements
in the application, hereby made a part
hereof etc. The application is, there
fore, as binding as the policy you hold,
but very few companies issue a copy
of it } the purchaser.
Upon my inquiring for the applica-
ton, my friend informed me that he
had no such article, but he guessed he
did sign some sort of paper which the
agent explained was mere old line
legal reserve form, and really had
nothing to do with the policy itself.
Il could find nothing unusual in
the contract, but it was plain to me
that there was a snake In the grass
somewhere, and was not long in max
Ing up my mind what to do next. I
told my friend that I would see him
again about four p. M, and immediate
ly left his Office.
1T occurred to me that it would be
good plan to have my own life in
sured by this old line legal reserve
company, and thereby learn their
methods in detail. Accordingly, tele-
phoned the local agency of tho COM
pany that l was in the market for
about 5000 Insurance; that l UNDER
stood they could give me seven annual
premiums on 20-payment life policy,
and asked II they would please send
. representative to my ONCE, as Il
wanted my protection to begin At once.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02
RESTORED HIS HAIR.
Scalp Humor Cured BY Cutieura
Soap and Ointment After All
Else Had Failed.

II was troubled with . severe scalp
humor and loss of hair that gave me .
great deal of annoyance and inconven-
fence. After unsuccessful Efforts with
many remedies and so-called hair tonics,
. friend induced me to try Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. The humor was cured IA
s : short time, my hair was restored =
[urther annoyance. / shall always use
Cuticura Soap, and l keep tie Ointment
On hand to use as dressing for the hair
and scalp. (Signed) FredF Busche. 2I9
East 9th st., New York CITY,"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

Luke Pagan, hackman at Hemp.
stead, Long Island, is not the man to
be scared by wealth or titles. He and
some other public drivers declare their
rights were infringed upon when o. H.
p. Belmont Influenced the village trus-
tees to pass an ordinance forbidding
carriages to stand at the railroad de-
pot in the way of the autos and traps
used by the wealthy people in the VI
entity. Belmont rode up to the station
with the duchess of Marlborough in his
car. Pagan was in the way and would
not move. I'm an American citizen
In good standing and I'm not going
to get out of the way for any duchess"
said Pagan, and he didn't.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

poration, was surely free from fraud:
and the average applicant seldom
takes the precaution of reading the ap-
plication blank thoroughly.
Had / not been suspicious /. ton
would have been led into the trap, even
though had really intended taking
the policy.
"The loan note of 1915 embodied in
the application is accepted by the
company as the security necessary tn
place with the state as the reserve on
seven years insurance. So long as
the policy is kept in force, the loan
note against it is as good as the cash
inasmuch as it carries five per cent
compound interest.
The face of the policy was payable
at death only. The loan against n
would continue to increase, and If the
insured lived 30 years after buying the
policy his family would find that. in
stead of the $1,000 cash, which the
husband and father had depended ON
to take care Of his loved ones. they
would receive only $1,000 less s975.
with five per cent. compound interest
for 80 years. or $4,212, leaving a bal
ance of only $7SS due the estate.
1T is needless to add that my
friend, when he understood fully the
conditions of the policy, lost no time
In finding the agent who had sold him
this very desirable proposition and,
after threatening to expose the cow.-
pany's methods in court. secured his
9o-day note, and eventually took a pole
icy in my own company"
While in a small country town in
Ohio, selling Yankee notions at auc-
ton, met stylishly dressed young
man who explained that he was col
lecting for large Cincinnati collect
ing agency, and that he had business
tn every small town in the state.
The following morning, when ready
to start for my next town, this young
man asked me If wouldn't like to
have him accompany me. / assured
him that l would, and he jumped into
my wagon. found him very inter-
esting, well posted sort of chap
On reaching our destination, he left |
me and went on with his business.
while attended to mine. The next |
morning he asked the name of my next |
town and. on hearing it, WELL" said |
ne. Il am going there too. so I guess |
I'll ride with you again. If you don't |
object"
was glad Of his company. and once
more we drove together. AS on the |
previous day, lie went about his busi- |
ness, and not until the next morning,
when be was aeain Al ready to accom-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02
Superstition in Missouri.

An old superstition made good" at
Franklin one day last week. A boy was
drowned and the searchers were una
Die to find his body.
Finally some old-fashioned man
threw the boys shirt on the water. II
foated around on the surface few
seconds and then suddenly sank. To
the anazement of the scoffers the body
was found within two feet of where
the shirt went down.-Brimsor
Booster.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

When the old-time teiegraphers met
In reunion in New York city last
month, they let their fingers wander
Idly over the noisy keys and tap out
some stories of the beginnings Of
telegraphy, its use during the civil war
and its burden of great world mes
sages, like the news of the assassina-
ton of Lincoln. One story, that rin
do as story, is that when Mr.. Edison
was an operator in Memphis he was
discharged because he was always
trying to send two messages over one
wire at the same time"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

A packet of love letters, carried next
his heart. saved the life of a young
man of Berlin. The yourg person was
respondent and chose a street car as
the scene for his suicide. He drew a
revolver and shot himself, apparently
through the heart. The bullet, how
ever, glanced OF. At the police sta
ton it was found that it had been
stopped by the layer of billets-doux.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

~Whet is the most important thing abeut
IN airship:" asked the Investigator.
inventor made answer:
'sThs parachute. Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

"Your sons head is unusually full Of
bumps" remarked the phrenologist "How
does it happen:"
Il suppose" explained the father, '.its
because everything he knows was knocked
into it"-Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02
A Test.

B1l-He's the greatest man on f,e
ures I ever saw.
Jill-Quick, is he?
Yes; and you can't give him q
question he can't answer"
Ask him how many Smiths there
are in New York who smoke pipes"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken d
= q cough CURE: w, O'Brien. 322 Third
Ave-, n. Minneapolis. MIMI. Jan. 8. 1900
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

''Some men," said Uncle Eben, "is talked
about because dey's great. An some men
seems great because dey manages to git
talked about. Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

d. 81
During my experience as a life in
surance salesman" friend of mine
remarked recently. my greatest trouble
was not in the keen competition which
exists among the good old line COM
panies, but with the young, so-called
legal reserve companies, who flaunt
the signature of the state auditor, and
possibly the seal of the state, as abso-
lutte proof that they are-to quote their
own statement-'as safe as a national
bank note
The average man thinks that the
old line legal reserve clause means
absolute security, whereas advantage is
sometimes taken of this idea by un-
scrupulous agents, representing ire
sponsible companies, to defraud the
unsuspecting purchaser Of insurance.
"One morning an acquaintance
whom I had unsuccessfully solicited
for insurance hailed me, and said:
Jim, do not see how you can ever
expect to sell your old cut-and-dried
proposition, when the - company. OF
is selling a 20-payment lifa
contract, wherein you make only IL
payments, clear saving of seven an
nual premiums Cat his age, about
SIS per $1,000 of insurance.
Now, am thoroughly familiar with
all the phases of the business, and
know that there can be no bargains
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02
LIFE INSURANCE sw1NDLE.

Specially Attractive Proposition
Which Proved to Be Fraudulent
Loan Note Hidden in Small Type
in the Application Form-A "Small
Change Grafter"-Posed as a Col
lector = Cleared $4,000 in Four
Months-Finally Came to Grief.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02

Paul Dresser Of New York, author OF
{" Banks of. the Wabash" and many
other great song hita,
writes:
Gentlemen: / wish
to recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills, in the
I'm hope that my endorse
K ment will be read by
10Th } some of the many thou
N II sands of sufferers from
y kidney complaint. l
I'M n was 80 wretched from
this malady that
could not sleep, rest nor eat, and had .
weak and aching back. Doan's Kidney
Pills effectually cured me, and 1 wish
that others may know.
(Signed) PAUL DRESSER.
Sold by all dealers. so cents . box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-02
GREAT SONG WRITER.
PAM Dresser, the Popular Compose
Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills.

Paul Dresser Of New York, author Of
" Banks of the Wabash" and many
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-09-06
The North Western Line

One Of the most interesting series of
articles on the subject of the great rail
ways of the country that has appeared
recently. is that from the pnn of Frank
II. Spearman, recently published i'm the
Saturdad Evening Post, and since printed
in book form by Scribners. The chapter
descriptive of the Chicago & North West
ern R'y. has been published by the pas
senger department. of this line in pamph-
let form for general distribution. and
will re sent to anv address on receipt of
2 cents for postage.
W. B. KNISKERN,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-09-06

Via the Northwestern line. Under the
new schedule of the Union Pacific r. R.,
effective Sunday, May 28th, there is a
shortening OF half hour in the west
bound schedule of the Colorado Special, %
which now arrives Denver $3.50 p. m. in
stead OF 1000 D. m. as formerly.
Eastbound No. II leaves Denver 4:35 p.
NJ, fifteen minutes later than heretofore
There will be no change in the leaving
time OF these trains Nos. and~6 on the
line OF the Chicago & Northwestern R'y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-09-06
Low Round Trip Rates Daily to Portland,
Via The North Western Line

Account Lewis and Clark Exposition,
via direct routes or at slight advance via
San Francisco and Los Angeles. Send 2
cent stamp for illustrated folder and full
information as to extensive choice of
routes going and returning, with low
rate side trip to Yellowstone National
Park and Alaska.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-09-06

Smokey Koenig went to Mil
waukee Saturday with Alfred Schle-
gal to celebrate Labor Day. 1t is
the first time Smokey" ever visited
the state metropolis and he had the
time Of his life and showed him the
sights which he enjoyed and will not
soon forget.