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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-15
Artistlc Marriage certi1cates.

The smart wedding invitation or
announcement is engraved as simply
as possible nowadays, but II the bride
wants elaborate treatment OF ner
marriage certificate she can have 1t.
These may be done by hand and beau
tifully illuminated on parchment or
Japanese vellum, and some brides are
having theirs framed and hung In the
bOudoir.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-15
NAPoLEoN's MANY ESCAPES
Reckless Of Danger, the Great Soldier
Was Wounded Many
Times.

In reply to the question In what en-
gagements he considered himself to
have been In the greatest danger OF
losing his life Napoleon once said, In
the commencement of my campaigns. "
Indeed, If further proof were demand
ed to show that he did not spare him.
self at Toulon it Is only necessary to
add that during the ten weeks OF Its
siege Napoleon, In addition to bay
onet wound in his thigh, had three
horses shot under him, while at the
siege of Acre during the expedition to
Egypt he lost no fewer than four in
the same manner.
During the last days of his life,
when captivity. disappointment and
sickness had well nigh completed their
work, 1t is said that the agony OF his
fatal disease drew from him on many
occasions the pitiful cry OF, why did
the cannon balls spare met"
During his long military career Ma
poleon fought 60 battles, while Caesar
fought but SO. In the early part of his
career he was uttrely reckless OF dan
ger while ON the battlefield, and this
spirit of fearlessness contributed large
ly to the love and esteem In which he
was held by his armies. There was
curious belief among the English II
Napoleon's time that he had nevel
been wounded, and indeed the report
was current that he carefully II not II
cowardly manner refrained from ex
posing himself. Nothing could be NOR
contrary to the truth, for he was II
reality several times severely wound
ed. but as he wished to impress upol
his troops the belief that good forum
never deserted him and that, lik
Achilles, he was well nigh invulner
able. he always made secret Of hi
many dangers. He therefore enjoine
once for all upon the part of his i'm
mediate stan the most absolute silenc
regarding all circumstances of this ma
ture, for it is almost impossible to ca
cuIate the confusion and disorde
which would have resulted from tn
slightest report or the smallest douf
relative to his existence. Upon the SIT
gle thread OF this mans life depende
not only the fate and government OF
; great empire, but the whole policy an
destiny of Europe as WELL
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-15

vain, began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Three boxes cured me entirely
and am glad to recommend them.
Sold by all dealers. so cents e Dox
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Z.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-15
Escape on Beer Barrels.

Six Frenchmen who were discovered
q short time ago on a remote part OF
the island of New Britain in the South
seas say that they escaped from the
penal settlement of Noumea on raft
constructed OF slaves of beer barrall
and sailed 1900 miles on 1t.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-15

Kidney trOuUl0 Kept
me laid up for . long
time. and when ]
was able to be up ]
had to use . cane.
/ had terrible back
aches and pain IN
the shoulders. The
kidney secretioni
were dark colored
After doctoring n
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-15
A Letter from Florida.

We are now prepared to ship the
loveliest eggplants, green peppers and
okra, while the oranges are trying TO
turn yellow; also the grape fruit and
lemons, while the guavas are still 70
be had In abundance. The Bliss III
umph potatoes are just up nicely and
will be ready by January and FeDru
airy for digging. and in January we
plant the spring crop, which Is ready
for use in the early days of April.
This country needs more people and
some capital to make 1t the white
garden Of the United States, and u
those who do not care to grow fruit
or follow trucking as q speciality the1
may grow tobacco, plant sugar cane
sweet potatoes chufas; for hog, rails
crab grass and peavine hay.-W. =
Embry, Dade City, Fla
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-15
BUILT up her HEALTH
SPEEDY CURE OF MISS sooDE
She Il Made Well by Lydia 3. Pink,
hams Vegetable Compound, ana
Writes Gratefully to Mrs. PinkhAm'

For the wonderful help that she has
found Miss Cora Goode, 256 =. Chicago
Avenue, Chicago, Ill, believes It her
duty to write the following letter for
publication, in order that other women
afiicted in the same way may %
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-15
The Vain Quest,

I sought for a wcp,an Of thlveJ-
In vain. II is plain to me
That all women under fifty
Are not over twenty-thneos
Cleveland Leader.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-15

All over the southern half OF the
country 1t il possible for the farmer
to have q supply of green truck al
most all winter with very little trou'
BILE or expense. If he has . hot-Ded
he can raise a great many vegetables;
and with only a cold frame he can
grow the harder vegetables, such Al
lettuce and radishes throughout tnt
ordinary winter. A bed with
southern exposure. dug out fifteen z
eighteen inches deep, filed with eign
or ten inches of soil, and covere'
with q sash. is all the equipment tina
| h necessary for growing these crops
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25
lTHE STATE OF SEQUOLA.
The Name of the Originator OF tho
Cherokee Indian Alphabet
to be Honored.

The decision of the convention,
which recently met at Muskogee, In
dian Territory, upon a name for the
new state to be added to the Union
brings a total of thirty-three states
which have adopted Indian titles Tor
state names. The convention, after
some little discussion, decided that
the new state should be known as Be-
quota, as tribute to the great
Cherokee leader, and is a htung
honor which America owes 70 one OF
the really great red men of this conu.
nent. The Cherokee Indian alpha pei
was originated by George Gist, a hait-
breed. known to the tribe as Sequola.
He was a statesman and peaceabIe
leader among the tribe. He was an
iIliterate man but the idea OF an
alphabet for the Cherokee tribe was
conceived from the brands he saw on
cattle. He carved eighty-six charac-
tiers with his hunting knife out OF pine
bark. then he called the wise men to-
gether, and explained the characters.
The tribunal council adopted that, and
in later years one OF the tribe trans
lated the Bible into the Cherokee
language, through which medium
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25

renee. He had heard them just four
hours after the actual explosion, for
this is the time the sound occupied on
its journey.
If Yesuvius were vigorous enough to
emit a roar like Krakatoa, how great
would be the CONSERVATION of the
world! Such a report might be heard
by King Edward, at Windsor, and by
the Gar, at Moscow. 1t would aston
lsa the German Emperor and all his
subjects, 1t would penetrate to the Sc
g'U5i0n of the Sultan at Constantine
pile. 1t would have extended to the
sources of the Nile, near the equator.
IT, would have been heard by Moham-
rrian pilgrims at Mecca 1t would
have reached the ears of eXileS in ST.
ar.a. No inhabitants of Persia would
have been beyond its range, while pas
nEgrs on half the liners crossing the
Atlantic would also catch the mighty
liberation. Or, to take another
..u tration, let us suppose that a SIM
liar earth-shaking event took place in
a central position in the United States.
Let US say, for example, that an explo-
sion occurred at Pixies Peak as
resonant as that from Krakatoa. 1t
would certainly startle not little the
Inhabitants OF Colorado far and wide.
The ears of dwellers in the neighbor-
Ing States would receive consider
able shock. With lessening intensity
the sound would epread much farther
ar0Iud-indeed it might be heard all
over the United States. The sonorous
waves would roll over to the Atlantic
cuast; they would be heard on the
shores of the Pacific. Florida would
~. I, ys 90 Hr A1aClyu
too remote to the north. If, indeed,
We could believe that the sound would
travel as freely over the great conti-
nent as it did across the Indian Ocean,
then we may boldly assert that every
ear in North America might listen to
the thunder from Pixies Peak, if it
rIvaled Krakatoa. Can we doubt that
Krakatoa made the greatest noise that
has ever been recorded?
Among the many other incidents
connected with this explosion, l may
specially mention the wonderful sys-
tenn Of divergent ripples that started
in our atmosphere from the point at
which the eruption took place. The
initial impetus was so tremendous that
these waves spread for hundreds and
thousands Of miles. They diverged.
in fact, until they put a mighty girdle
round the earth. on a great circle OF
which Krakatoa was the pole. The at
mnspheriC waves, with the whole earth
now well in their grasp, advanced into
the opposite hemisphere. In their
progress they had necessarily to form
gradually contracting circles, until at
last they converged to a point in Cen
tral America, at the very opposite
point of the diameter of our earth,
s 900 miles from Krakatoa. Thus the
waves completely embraced the earth.
Every part of our atmosphere had
been set into tingle by the great
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25
WAS WITH THE VANGUARD.

In the Franco-Prussian war Miss
Barton was the first person to enter
Strasburg after the fall of that city,
and was instrumental in organizing
the relief. She performed similar
service at Paris, which she entered with
the vanguard at the conclusion of the
siege. After her return to the United
States she directed relief work in addi-
tion to the instances above mentioned
during the Mississippi food of 1882, the
overflow of the Ohio River in 1883, the
Louisiana cyclone of the same year,
and the Texas drought of 1889, ever at
the fore aiding, sustaining, and sup
porting by her untiring presence the
failing courage of those who in their
suffering learned to depend upon her
with passionate love and gratitude.
Mrs. John A. Logan (Nlary Simmer
son Cunningham Logan who appears
with Clara Barton in this picture. is
a native of Missouri but was educated
in Kentucky and married John A. Lo-
gan in 1855. Since his death she has
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25
CLARA BARTON ACTIVE.
Red Cross Heroine Will Estab-
ish Railroad Hospital Car
Service.
Although Over Eighty Years Old She
Has Started in with Great Energy
to Organize New Relief Work to
Cope with Wrecks.

Clara Barton, the famous Red Cross
leader, has just given new evidence
that she is one of the most remarkable
, women the world has ever known. Feel
ing that the Red Cross work has been
placed on a permanent basis and no
longer needs her close supervision, this
untiring woman, although upward of
eighty years of age, has lately returned
to her old home in Massachusetts and
! opened headquarters for a great new
movement to alleviate suffering, name
ly. a project for organizing hospital
corps on all railroads in order that
with the aid of hospital cars speedy
succor may be brought to persons in
jured in wrecks.
The portrait here presented is of
especial interest, inasmuch as it is the
only likeness which Clara Barton has
permitted to be made in many years.
The famous Red Cross worker has no
love for the camera, but her close per-
sonal friend, Mrs. John A. Logan, after
much persuasion finally induced her to
sit for this picture. Mrs. Logan is seen
standing by her side.
WORKED IN CIVIL AND FRANCO
PRUSSIAN WARS
Clara Barton, who is entering with
30 much enthusiasm into a new mis-
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25

Kansas woman was kicked by a mule,
causing her to bite on her tongue. She
realizes now 1t is bad business to talk back
to q mule.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25
COLONEL HENDERSON'S
POEM.

Several years ago the late Col ID. b.
Henderson wrote poem entitled "Hes
or MOP" which slumbered until the
other day, when it was read in Des
Moines at a meeting held in the famous
Iowan's memory. The poem runs:
Is there mentor strong and good
That always indicates the road
Where we should go,
That tells us with unerring voice
Which OF the words should be our choice
The Yes or No?
We have the bibles OF the earth,
With all their holy power and worth,
And yet we know
The world is wild with disputation
As to the "true road to salvauon"-
The Yes or No.
When seeking virtues truest path
And all the purest gems she hath,
Is there no woe?
Is there no doubt in noblest mind
Who In the word from heaven would
find
The Yes or NoJ
Our hearts will whisper: 'This is right;
Here live and love and drink delight
Nor dream OF Woe
When reason suddenly cries out
In tones that fill the heart with doubt
And thunders: "No!'
And ever thus we rise and fall,
We hope and fear and tremble all
Until we go.
Then we shall have a sweet repose,
There Is light that melts our woes,
Lost Is the No.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25

another New England girl Clara Bar
ton, when thrown on her own resources,
took up school teaching as a means of
livelihood, and when she was obliged
to abandon this because of failing eye
sight she managed to secure position
in the Patent Office at Washington, and
here she continued her service until
the outbreak of the Civil War disclosed
to her lifework. Her advertisements
in the Massachusetts papers that she
would receive money and stores for the
wounded soldiers and personally dis
tribute them at the front brought quick
responses, and from this small beginning
the scope of her work broadened. The
ministering angel of the Army of the
Potomac was present at the battles of
Cedar Mountain, the second Bull Run,
Antietam, Fredericksburg and the Will
dprnpss
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25

Christianity was first taught among
the Cherokecs. 1t is to Sequoia that
the Cherokee nation owes its splendid
eystem OF schools.
While in search of a lost band OF
Cherokee Indians in 1874, Sequoia
lost his life
California has already honored him
by naming the Big Tree of that
state "Sequoia gigatea" after him
England knows this tree as the
"Wellingtonia-"
Thirty-two Of the states Of the
union have adopted Indian titles. but
they are usually place-names; no
state commentaries in Its title any
original American citizen True we
have Delaware named for Lord De
le VAR. Pennsylvania for the Quak-
er, william Penn. and one for George
Warrington, but none to Commemorate
an Indian.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25

sionary work, was born in Oxford,
Mass. in 1880. During the Civil War
she did relief work on the battlefields
and organized the search for missing
men for which Congress appropriated
the sum of $4,000 After the close or
that conflict she went abroad and car
ried on the Red Cross activities OF the
Franco-Prussian war, following which
she did heroic work at the Johnstown
flood, distributed relief in the Russian
famine in 1892, and the Armenian mas
sacre Of 1896, at the request OF the
President of the United States carried
relief to Cuba in 1898, and conducted
the Red Cross relief at the Galveston
flood
Americas most interesting repre-
sentative in the worlds group of grand
old women has been loaded with hon
ors by all nations, and her home Is
filed with valuable tokens OF esteem
Chief among the treasures cherlSheu
by this idol of conquering armies are
the Jewels and decorations rendered her
by the royalty of many nations, and
constituting unquestionably the great
.est collection ever bestowed upon any
citizen of the United States.
GIFTS FROM ALL soVERE1GNS.
/: Conspicuous in the glittering array
are the amethyst cut in the form OF
pansy, an inch and one-half square;
the gift of Miss Barton's personal
/! friend, the Grand Duchess of Baden;
/, the Servian Red Cross decoration pre-,
: sented by Queen Natalie, the Goid
!! Cross of Remembrance bestowed by the
; Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden, a
medal presented by the Queen OF ltaiy,
an English decoration pinned on MISS
/, Barton's dress by Queen Victoria; the
; Iron Cross of Germany presented by
I the Emperor and Empress, the decora,
ton of the Order of Melusine presented
by the Prince of Jerusalem, cyprus anu
Armenia, and the brooch and pendant
of diamonds, the gift of the people OF
: Johnstown, in recognition of the great
service rendered by Miss Barton atter
the famous flood.
Miss Bartons father was in boyhood
one of the soldiers Of mad Anthony
Wayne, and Clarissa Harlowe barton
as her name is inscribed in the family
Bible. came to the Bay State home as
a human Christmas present. Like many
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25
SOUIBS

Recent events in Zion City make 1t ap-
almost as effectually did the original.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25

engaged in literary work and has re-
sided in the city of Washington, max
ing her home in a quaint old house
filled with mementoes of her hero hus-
band. This residence is on a most at
tractive little estate of about one-half
acre in extent, located on the brow of
hill overlooking the nations capitol.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25

eruption. The waves passed over our
heads, the air in our streets, the air in
our houses, trembled from the volcanic
impulse. The very oxygen supplying
our lungs was responding also to the
supreme convulsion which took place
10000 miles away. 1t is needless TO
object that this could not have taken
place because we did not feel it. Self
registering barometers have enabled
these waves to be followed unmistak-
ably all over the globe.
Such was the energy with which
these vibrations were initiated at
Krakatoa, that even when the waves
thus arising had converged to the
point diametrically opposite In South
America their vigor was not yet ex-
lCnntinied ON next nape column 81
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25

Miss Ovtilie Guenther, who was recently given
private audience by Pope Plus x. is Chicago girl
and daughter of Otto Guenther Of the firm OF
Cuenther Bradford a Co. This is not the first time
NllI having granted her special audience year
before his death. Miss Guenther has been taking
law course in the University of Berlin. She has
Italians of Chicago and will resume this when she
returns there next month. She will be graduated
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25
CHUNG 10 CORDAGE FOR HOURS.

Tibet there tree, Mirandy. reminds
me amazinly NV a jay-bird."
"Look-a-here, 81, yew're gettin' dip
by. Haow on airth kin a tree fallen
acrost tn road put yew in mind Nv a
iay-bird?" sasss
"Becuz. Mirandy, 1t hez blew daown.
Giddap, Nance"
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25
AWFUL BALLOON VOYAGE.
German Military Aeronaufs Safe
Only After a Terrible Ex-
perience.
War Airship Was Driven Five Hum
dred Miles Over Baltic Sea and
Dropped in Swedish Snow Bank
Barely Ayerted Drowning.

The progress of balloon experiments
in the German army has just received
a severe setback by the fearful expert
enceS of two members of the Aero
static Corps, named Wolff and Brand,
who have returned to Berlin after hav-
ing been given up for dead, following
a balloon ascension, during which they
completely disappeared The two men
were blown all the way from Berlin to
the Baltic Sea, where they were driven
by a gale clear across that body of
water, and finally landed, half dead, in
little village in Sweden, travelling al
together more than five hundred miles.
The story of their flight is one of the
most thrilling in the history OF bal
looming in Europe.
UNABLE TO MAKE DESCENT.
The two balloonists, caught in the
gale in the upper air, were blown at
terrific speed for three days, unable to
make a descent without being dashed
to death.
AS the wind seemed to slacken, 1le
balloonists opened their valve, prepar-
ing to descend What was their horror
upon seeing as they dropped from the
clouds that the open sea was beneath
them. They tried to shut the valve,
but were only partly successful.
When within a few hundred feet of
the water, the valve was closed by
Wolff, who climbed up to the cordage
surrounding the gas bag to- do it. But
the balloon still dropped nearer the
sea. Finally, desperate, the balloon
lists climbed into the balloons rigging
and cut the basket from under them.
Cliuging to the cordage about the
balloon. the two men hung between
hope and fear for few moments as
the bag seemed to hover uncertainty.
| The thought came into their minds
simultaneously that one must drop off
and tighten the weight to save his
comrade; otherwise both must drown.
But slowly the bag began to rise once
more.
CLUNG TO CORDAGE FOR HOURS.
After clinging for hours to the cor
dage, thousands of feet in the air over
the sea, the two soldiers made out the
land AS soon as it was safe, the valve
was opened again, and the balloon was
allowed to descend slowly. The two
men landed in a snow bank within n
few miles of a little Swedish village.
| They had to walk two miles, almost
exhausted, through the snow, and col
lapsed just as they reached the first
| cabin.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-25

1t is hard for Russell Sage to understand
why people want to travel In air-ships when
walking Is SO much cheaper.
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THE SNOW MANS COMPLAINT.
THE WEEKS ROLL OF HONOR
MINNEAPOLIS PRIZES.

S ~ . ! -F ~ 3 s. 10 = es.as
Burton French, Eighth Grade Calhoun School,
Lake Street. @z..z.. 3s. ~ 4 @
Mary Mathews Fifth Grade School,
HONORABLE MENTION.
Fillmore, Eighth Grade, Sheridan School, 1920
Adams Street NE. sE. .a s.
Binda, Seventh Grade School, 2o1o Wash
ington Avenue 8.
Jennie Frsch Seventh Grade Blaine School, Lyndale
Avenue N.
Mark Bohen, A Grade, Madison School, e12 Sixth
NORTHWESTERN PRIZES.
Olga Meyer, Seventh Grade, Raymond MINI.
William Walker, Sixth Grade Spencer Brook, Mimi.
HONORABLE MENTION
Ghdys Bisseu, Fifth Grade, Cannon Falls, MINI.
Marian Lane, Fifth Grade, Chatfeld, MINI. i.
! va Kleven,, Eighth Grade Northwood, n D.
Lille A. sTrachte Eighth Grade Parker's Prairie Mimi
HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT.
Alice Soderberg, Eleventh Cleveland High School,
- ga Hawthorne Street, st. Paul y
5 Alice Rowe. Tenth Grade Ada, MINI.
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this when the enterprise ended
in fire, the death Of a valuable
calf. in playing circus, for few
cents, or some other catastro-
phe. But as a whole the papers
were unusually: good, bright and
tspicy." The writers came up
to the Junior standard of orig
inality in a very satisfying way,
and the editor is glad to have
the chance to say, "Well done!"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-21

down townf' he asked Let Is buy both - said, and
he agreed. The next week we moved. The maple tree
there but the buds were still brown thought they
the Jumps of maple sugar forming and waited for
them to grow larger but they only grew green and then
into leaves Where the sugar tree had set such
hopes uponf Was it all failureq
a Fifth Grade Mary Mathews
Garfield School 2401 Clinton Avenue. :
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things were mentioned" which
the writer would save. Then the
story tells how a real fire scat
tered all her wits and Wanted
bravery-but not a word that
bears more directly on the topic
than the vague "number of
things The editor felt after
reading the latter like one who
asks for fresh chocolates and re-
ceives a box of wooden nutmegs.