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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
ODD BITS ABOUT TIGERS.
Easy and Independent Life Of tho
Big Cats Near the City Of
Annoy, China.

Annoy is an island city on the China
coast, near Formosa. There are noun
tains west of Annoy and according to .
correspondent there are tigers in them.
These tigers, lead an easy and indepen-
dent life In the caves and dens which
abound. They come out of these every
evening just as the shadows creep over
the land and the blue mists rise from the
lower ground and hide the hills Then
the inhabitants get within their houses
and keep the doors between them and
these savage brutes. Many poor WON.
an. coming with water from the we'll,
or farmer. delayed too long In the
fields, has fallen victim to them. The
nights are spent by tigers in foraging
and the foxes and wildcats that roam
the hills and the dogs in the villages be-
come their prey.
There is nothing, however, that gives
the tiger such supreme delight as the
capture of a good-sized pig. They are
truly Chinese in their tastes In this re-
spect. One of these animals will go at
q steady trot with dead pig thrown
over it's back up the sides of steep hills,
jumping over huge powders and taxi
ing cross cuts over the most inaccessi-
bic ground The physical strength Of
q tiger is something enormous, and its
capacity for devouring large quantities
of food is scarcely less amazing"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
Misfortune Makes Character.

Pain is soul tonic. Sorrow often
brings out the best there Is In us. Hap
piness does not develop character. 1t
gives It surface brightness and decks
it with prismAtic bubbles, says Medical
Talk. 1t takes the deep-reaching arm
of misfortune to trouble the depths
and bring out the pearls that lie there.
The most magnetic faces are lined by
thought and noble care. Strong, un-
selfish love, even II misplaced and un-
appreciated, ennobles the lover. 1t Is
the frivolous, vanity-born emotions
that fritter away character and make
faces Insignificant To fail In high
aim after earnest and honest effort
is not failure. The gain it brings In
strength and discipline will appear in
other directions. Misfortune has
often in the history of the world been
the means of making poet, orator.
phiIanthropist. scientist or statesman
out Of person whose career, but for
the misfortune or physical disability.
would have been commonplace and in
11uence limited.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22

true story of bank cashier "hose
speculations with the money OF the
bank that employed him were to the
profit of the institution although the
cashier himself gained nothing through
his deals. The story is accurate in
every particular. and the man who fig-
Tres in it under the name of Brown"
Is a multi millionaire well known in
Chicago and New York. He is called
Brown for the reason that his name is
something else.
When he was IA years of age and at
tended a winter school in a backwoods
district in New York state he fractured
some rule of the school into glittering
fragments. Diplomatic intercourse be-
tween Brown and his teacher was rup-
tured at once. Open war followed, with
the result that the strong armed peda-
gogue beat the boy nearly to death. Ir-
respective of whatever Brown might
have deserved in the administration of
hickory oil, the thrashing he received
was unnecessarily brutal and violent.
Brown, however, was not the boy to SUI
fer for nothing when there was profit
In sight. His father was dead, and he
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22

In breaking down the barriers between
the sexes the women are beginning to
practice toward men the same impolite-
ness that they formerly reserved for
each other. Men no longer as rule
give up their seats in street cars to wom-
On because they have been taught by
painful experience that the women as
q class no longer appreciate the cour-
tesy. In doing so, says the Kansas City
Journal, they are rarely rewarded with
even glance and almost never word
Of thanks. The man who lifts his hat
when he offers his seat is often frozen
with stare which implies doubt a. to
his sanity or his motives. The time may
yet come when the man who lifts his hat
to q woman except upon society dress
parade will be regarded with contempt
for his mental softness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
What We Call Accidents.

The number of accidents attended
with increasing loss of life moves the
Cincinnati Enquirer to moralize on the
subject, in the course of which 1t lays
stress on the term accident. II asks
n In too many cases what we call &C
cident is not, in fact, the violation OF
some law on our part which greater
vigilance would prevent 1t says:
~Man and nature have united to make
the last few days period OF disas-
tiers appalling in number and results.
Miners in large numbers have been
euffocated, travellers by the score In
different parts of the country have
been bruised, scalded and slaughtered.
and in the west whole towns have
been wrecked and their Inhabitants
mutilated and slain by cyclones.
Exemption from disaster by storm and
flood, by earthquake and volcano, it Is
not likely we shall ever attain, though
the danger from them can doubtless
be much diminished as we advance in
knowledge. and in our control OF nat
ursl forces, but everything should be
done to check the fearful loss OF life
and widespread injury that come
about by what We call accidents, but
which are as a m,tter of fact the re-
suit of the violation of some law on
our part. (which increasing vigilance
and care will more and more enable
us to avoid"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
THE DARkY.s DISTINCTION.
Knew the Difference Between Legis-
lators and Men Who Gave
Him Tips.

A travelling man who makes" Kan
sas City frequently was dining in the
cafe of one of the large hotels one day
when he thought he'd play q trick on
his waiter "Se that man at the next
table. George?" he said.
The waiter nodded assent
"That's DIR. Alonzo Tubbs, the, Mis-
souri, legislator. who is trying to stop
all tipping" The waiter grew inter-
ested at once.
WELL amt dat too bad" he said.
"Ah's been waitin' on him, too"
well, you won't get any tip there, /"
said the travelling man.
.Ah suttingly treated him right" re-
piled the travelling man.
A few minutes later the man at the
other table left and the waiter re-
turned to the travelling man.
well" said the drummer, what
did tell your"
"'xcuse me, sab, but All thinks you
tole me err fabrication" said the
waiter, grinning. Dat man amt .
legislatah-he's a gentleman"
The man had given him a quarter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
READS ALL THE PosTALs.
Postmistress in This Way Makes
Sure That Nothing Improper
Passes Her.

Talking with party of friends at .
downtown cafe the other afternoon. re-
tates the Philadelphia Record, q travel.
Ing man told Of a new experience he en-
countered in little village not far from
Philadelphia on his, last trip out. He
was standing at the window of the post
office in the village while the mail was
being distributed, when he noticed that
the postmistress-who was certainly old
enough to know what she was about
put the letters as she came to them in
their proper boxes, but placed all the
postal cards In pile together on .
shelf.
what are you saving the postals
for 2. asked the traveller at last.
"Ch, I've got to read 'em all first, was
The reply.
Got to-" exclaimed the traveller. with
an accent Of surprise on the verb. Why.
how's thatg"
Il have to read 'em. every one" said
the postmistress, ito see that they con-
tain nothing improper. It's rule of
the department" And she went or
olacidly with her distribution.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
Land of Twins and Triplets.

Scotland is the land of twins and
triplets, holding long lead over her
sister countries in this matter. In IL
months no fewer than 1,625 mothers
gave birth to twins and Is presented
triplets. Scotland is among the few
countries of Europe where the proper
ton of male babies is greater than of
females. Striking an average, It Il
found that there are about 104 males
to every 100 females, but the sur.
plus Of growu-up girls is nevertheless
large. as SO many men travel south
and apparently neglect to take the pre-.
caution to Obtain return tickets ia
the land of cakes. There is yet an
other interesting fact about Scotland
1t is the land of the hale old age. Re-
cent returns show that during one
year 67S people disd between the agei
OF 80 and Chicago Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
pA11A.pE OF PATIENCE.

4 doesn't DO to take offense
At each imaginary slight.
man will show heap more sense
II he can rein his temper tight.
If course, he may be in the right;
Ills patience may be sorely tried;
6ut then there is no use to fight
sust let 1t slide.
Fsu may see through a thin pretense
That's made with clear. unclouded sight
You may have solid evidence
That black Is black and white Is white
Sut then you need not spread your light
OF intellect too far and wide.
Don't contradict the blatherskite-
Just let IT slide.
We learn by long experience
That nothing goes to suit us quite:
We meet with scorn and insolence
And silly SANDER, wrong and spite.
We sometimes rise up in our might
And vow we will not be decried;
, II barking dogs will seldom bite
Just let 1t slide.
L'Envoi:
II some one has been impoifte
Enough your efforts to derice.
Don't let 1t spoil your appetite
Just let tt slide
Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22

make you irritable; you can't sleep,
you are unable to quietly and calmly
perform your daily tasks or care for
your children.
The relation OF the nerves and gem
erative organs in women is SO close
that nine-tenths of the nervous pros
tration, nervous debility, the blues,
sleeplcssness and nervous irritability
arise from some arrangement of the
organism which makes her = woman.
Fits of depression or restlessness and
irritability. Spirits easily affected. so
that one minute she laughs, the next
minute weeps. Pain in the ovaries and
between the shoulders. Loss of voice,
nervous dyspepsia. A tendency to cry
ct the least provocation. All this points
to nervous prostration.
Nothing will relieve this distressing
condition and prevent months of pros.
tration and suffering so surely as Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. M. e. Shotwell, of 100 Flatbush
Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
~ cannot express the wonderful relief
have experienced by taking Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. suffered for
long time with nervous prostration, back.
ache, headache, loss Of appetite. could
not sleep and would walk the door almost
every night.
II had three doctors and got no better, and
Nfe was a burden. I was advised to try
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and It has worked wonders for me.
am wel woman, my nervousness Is all
gone and my friends say look ten years
younger"
WIN not the volumes of letters from
women made strong by Lydia e. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound convince
Ill women of it's virtues? Surely you
cannot wish to remain sick and weak
and discouraged, exhausted each day.
when you can be as easily cured ~
other women
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
WALL sTREETERs OUTCOME
Bright Boy Gives Famous Financisa
an Example Of Fine Fig "a
uring.

Thomas w. Lawson, himself an adept
In unconventional tactics, recently 70.
ceived shock at his own speciality, states
Success Magazine. He was driving spir.
tied horse to light vehicle. Having oc-
casion to leave it in order to enter an
Office building, he called to . street
urchin.
Sonny, hold my horse!"
Cert" was the pert reply; what do ]
"A dollar an hour" said Mr.. Lawson.
by that clockY continued the lad.
pointing to street clock in front of =
jewelers..
Yes" said the fnancier, much amused.
"All right" assented the boy, with .
sudden alacrity in contrast with his pre-
vious hesitation.
Mr.. Lawson performed his errand and
emerged again from the Office building.
How much do owe your" he asked
the boy.
..Twd hundred and seven dollars"
ssWhatw
by the clock, mister"
Mr.. Lawson glanced at the clock-an
advertisement. 1t contained no works,
but was operated by currents Of air, and
the hands were revolving with the rapid.
ity of q pin wheel.
Il thought Wall Streeters could do
more business on wind than anybody
clse," gasped Mr.. lawson, "but this takes
my time!"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
WILD FLOWER BEAUTY.
Everyone Can Add This to Her Home
and the Gathering and Arrange
ment Is Most Interesting.

Not every one has q flower garden
but every one who spends even a paff
of the summer in the country has the
freedom Of the roadsides. pastures,
meadow and woods; the wild gardens
which belong 20 every man and no
man, where every one is free to gather
and no one to forbid. OF course it is
by courtesy and custom that this free
dom extends to the fields and woods,
and perhaps the unacknowledged obi.
cation enhances the privilege of leav-
ing the long. narrow roadside flower
beds and looking for rarer and more
effective things along fences and
hedges, and in Swallowed and solitary
places.
If one has acquired the habit of wild
flower gathering, and the knowledge OF
what to gather and how to bring her
gleanings safely home, and the still
further knowledge Of the best decora-
tive effect to be gotten from them, she
has reached possibility of great sat.
isfaction and everyday happiness. =
Candace Wheeler, in the May Atlantic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22

Writing OF the probable developments
N Manchuria when the present war in
the east shall have closed, critic says:
First Of all, Manchuria, with its vast
capacity, is but sparsely peopled There
fore, the immigration Of Chinese into
Manchuria, too long discouraged by Pc
king. will be utilized to create q mighty
barrier against future aggression from
he Amur, In the shape Of multitudes Of
stalwart yellow men. Had this been
lone long ago, Russia, In place Of ces-
srts. empty steppes and great. lonely riv.
ers, would have been met BIZ . teemins
population, which would have made Il
impossible for it to push southwark e
Port Arthur"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
STRIKE IN THE HENNERy.
Committee Worsted IN
Argument on Merits OF
the Case.

Once upon a time Every recently .
hen went upon q strike and refused to
lay. Other hens followed her example,
and the scarcity of hen fruit which
resulted caused eggs to retail for some
thing like so cents per dozen, says the
Boston Post In other words, strictly
fresh eggs laid by scab hens were
worth about Ave cents each In the
shell Even cold storage eggs which
were deadly explosive and had to be
handled with care brought 30 cents.
The people got together and remon-
strated with the hens. but 1t did no
good. Finally an arbitration commit
tee waited on the hens and tried to
persuade them to go back to work.
The arbitration committee pointed out
that only the rich could afford to eat
eggs, but the hens refused to return
to work. The arbitration committee
then told the hens that If they per-
sisted In the strike they would bring
race suicide on themselves.
Then wise old hen arose and spoke
as follows:
I'm the spring when us hens wish
to sit the people give us porcelain
doorknobs to sit on. If the porcelain
doorknobs are as good as eggs to sit
on, they ought to be as good to eat
as eggs. Tell the people to eat porce-
lain doorknobs.
The arbitration committee could not
answer this argument, and departed
in tears.
Moral-Deceit will come home to
ro0st.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22

When we stop TO consider the millions
and millions of foreigners who have
come to America and have become loyal
and prosperous citizens, the results as
tonish even the keenest students of So
GEOLOGY, says Joe Mitchell Chapel in tbs
National Magazine, The remaking OF
natives of half dozen countries into
American citizens is no small undertak-
Ing. and involves constant succession
Of economic sacrifices on the part of
those already engaged in our industries
that is the highest degree honorable to
their unselfish humanity.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22

was his own champion, fact which in
all probability enabled him to gain his
financial start In the world. He visited
lawyer In the town, to whom he tolG
his story and showed his bruises. The
attorney brought suit for him against
the school teacher and recovered ver-
dict of $1,000. which was compromised
by the teacher for $500. Having attained
this sum, Brown deemed his education
complete, gave up the school and
launched into business for himself. He
made money steadily, and within ten
years was the proprietor of shoe job
bling establishment in small town near
Boston, working Is hours day, saving
about all that he made. and climbing
rapidly toward the goal of wealth he had
marked out for himself
One of his closest friends was the
cashier Of the bank in which he kept nis
account. They were both young men.
both wildly ambitious to make money
and to make 1t quickly. They had many
traits in common, but when it came to
nerve. Brown. as between the two, had
the market cornered. 1t was In the days
before the stenographer and the type
writer, and Brown was one night
scratching away at his correspondence
when the cashier ratified the latch on
bis ONCE door. He was admitted. and
lost no time in declaring his mission
I'm in trouble, Brown, and l want
your help"
Money or advice!" queried the eau
tious Brown.
Both"
Tive plenty of the latter" said
Brown but haven't SO much Of the
arst; but I'll do what can. What's the
sfGable?"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
A Clean Face.

Uncleanliness of the complexion Is
often the cause of unsightly blemishes.
The pores become SO cIogged with at
mospheric dust that they become ir-
ritated in their work Of breaking
through the blockade, and eruptions
result. A good facial shampoo is made
by melting pure CASTLE soap and to
half cupful of this liquid adding one
teaspoonful Of alcohol. Apply to the
face, rubbing in thoroughly and using
hot water freely. Rub away the suds
with almond meal. then battle the face
frst in warm water and then with
cold. For ordinary everyday cases Of
soiled countenance, the writer can
highly recommend the correct complex.
Tor brush, used with pure soap and
hot water. the surface being rinsed
afterward A good cream will soften
the skin SO that the pores can act
more freely.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
A Profitable
EmbeZzIcmcnt
- T is the generally

L is the generally
accepted t b e o r y
that the majority
of bank officials
and of other peo-
pie who speculate
with money not
their own are GER
tain to go down to
everlasting smash,
financially. as well
as morally. 1t Is
impossible to deter
mine how large the
percentage is, for
the reason that
nothing is ever
heard of the men
who speculate and
who win out" 1t
is only the losers
who come to the
notice of the pub
lie. This il the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22

to Z grander life hereafter, are to ~ -
the angels III God. Girls should not be
satisfied to live on lev pane. They
want noble iSaais, and these are found
in the books of great writer's. II you
have to stand behind counter and
measure tape and ribbon. 1t Is q good
thing for you to read books about the
birds and the plants and the rocks and
the stars and the sea.
.
Mrs. Browning says: I'VE get no
good by being ungenerous even to a
book" Outside of earnest and vigorous
study, the books that we go to in our
intimate hours should not be approached
in a spirit of bargaining. Books are
like friends; when we take them our
best, they give us their best In return.
Some of us spend SO much time In hesi-
tating and deciding what books to read
that we end by reading none at alb
A certain degree of courtesy should be
extended to every book. Read its title
page, make the acquaintance thus OF its
author, always notice the name of the
publisher. If the volume be one you
like, enter in blank book Its name and
the date at which you began and finished
it, and copy any sentences or passages
that were especially pleasing to you.
The girl who reads in this careful way
Will be a good talker, will write . bright
letter, and will never suffer from loneli-
ness or solitude. She who loves books
need never fear an attack of the blues.
and will not deteriorate mentally, nor
lose what she gained in the days when
she went to school.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
The Chronicle.
coLFAx LOUISIANA
The MANIFESTATION Problem.


Record breaking immigration brings
again to The public mind the question
of regulating the importation OF hu-
man beings. II is matter of degree,
says Golfers Weekly. To close our
country TO all intending citizens from
Europe is proposed by no one. TO
leave II open entirely without restric-
ton would not be defended either.
The present laws are generally
deemed too lax. When our immi-
grants came from England, Germany.
Ireland and Scandinavia, the question
was a very different one. Not only
was the quality better: the number
was smaller, the need of population
greater and the purposes animating
the newcomers higher. Now they are
in large measure ignoran. tools of cor
porations in America and government
agents on the other side. When they
get here they live in colonies and are
slow to amalgamate. During 1904 the
number was s12,S70, and the record
will apparently be broken in 1900.
"The west and south" as one objector
puts 1t, now alone constitute the only
truly American portions of the nation.
South of Mason and Dixon's line and
west of the Mississippi-that's where
you must look to find Americans. AS
the early pioneers drove the Indian
from the east to the west. SO now are
the hordes of southern Europe driv.
ing the Yankee toward the setting
sun
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22

Prot. ]. d. Quackenbos, formerly q
professor in Columbia university and
an authority on hypnotism. says he be-
1ieves the success of Marshal Oyama in
the present Manchurian campaign Is
due TO his hynotic power and highly
cultivated knowledge of telepathy.
Prof. ouackenbos says these facultiea
Nave been responsible for the success
81 III great military commanders from
kIexnn der to Oyama. At the same time
II Is not beyond the bounds ofreason %
suppose that good shooting has helped
some.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22
oravinr Hair.

Sage tea is very good for hsiv thai
Is turning prematurely gray. Make q
strong brew with the pressed leaves
or. better still, make sage extract.
Get four ounces Of the dried leaves and
put in pint Of alcohol and pint Of
rainwater Let stand for q week, agi-
tating occasionally. Then strain
through muslin. Retain tho leaves and
with them put two quarts Of water,
boil down to one quart, mix It with
the extract and add dram Of tfncture
of canthas:.ss. Apply with small
brush and rub well into the scalp
Nine Qui Vive.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22

Coz, WIS.,, June l2.-Frank M. Russell
Of this place, had Kidney Disease so bad
that he could not walk. He tried Doctors
treatment and many different remedies,
but was getting worse. He was very low.
He read in q newspaper how Dodds
Kidney Pills were curing cases of Kidney
Trouble, Bright's Disease and Kheuma-
took t~o bo1es, and "a NOW S +. Is Z a af well
He says
II can now work all day, and not feel
tired. BEFORE using Dodd's Kidney Pill
] couldn't walk across the floor"
Mr.. Russell's is the most wonderful case
ever known in Chippewa County. Thif
new rcmedy-Dodds Kidney Pills-is
making some miraculous cures in Wiscon
sin.