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Best Advertised Books.


To be mentioned In our list of Best
Advertised Books a novel must be
equa. to Thackefay, Dickens, Scott,
Dumas, Balzac, or Stevenson, or must
have a pathological effect on the read
er. No attention will be paid to the
greatest novel of the year." or the
strongest, most powerful, or most
striking novels of the year. Our re-
turns for the past month show the fol-
lowing publications to have been the
best advertised:
THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CAN
DIES
The best novel since Stevenson"
THE RECKONING
"A book to make the pulses throb
and the heart beat high"
HEARTS AND Masks
Teens with GREATNESS excitement"
THE STORM SIGNAL
ITO be read with drawn breath and
quickening pulses and a swelling
heart"
THE CHRISTY EvANGELINE
BOOK
Makes Longfellow Worth While"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
Sugar Beets in Germany.

Consul General Thackara sup
plies a ytluable report on Ger
man scientific methods of secur-
ing the highest unit value for
every particle of the sugar beet.
The tops, residue pulp and even
the mud remaining after washing
the beets are all utilized for vari-
Gus purposes. Americans have
been equally successful in the
close utilization of the cotton
seed and are as fully capable Of
developing the fullest economies
In handling the sugar beet. Amer
lea now pays to foreign nations
over $90,000,000 annually for
sugar, which Mr.. Thackara thinks
could be largely saved by the ex-
tension and scientific handling of
the sugar beet crop, benefiting
also the farmers and their land.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
FORCED TO EAT BOOKS.
People Who in This Way Have Com
tributed to the Destruction
Of Literature.

Among the causes that contribute
to the destruction of books, says an
Italian writer, America Scarlatti.
there is one very curious one that may
be called bibliophagia. No reference
is intended to the mice that once de-
stroyed, in England an entire edition
of Castells Lexicon Heptaglotton,"
but to human beings who have liter
ally devoured books.
In 1887 Barnabo Visconti compelled
two papal delegates to eat the bull
Of excommunication which they had
brought him, together with its silken
cords and leaden SEAL AS the bull
was written on parchment, says the
Scientific American, not paper. 1t was
all the more difficult to digest.
A similar anecdote was related BY
Oelrich; in his Dissertation de Bib
liothecarum ct Librorum Fatis'
(1756), Of an Austrian general. who
had signed a note for 1000 florins, and
when, it fell due compelled his cred
itors to eat it.
The Tartars, when books fell into
their possession, eat them. that they
may acquire the knowledge contained
in them.
A Scandinavian writer, the author
Of a political book. was compelled to
choose between being beheaded or eat
ing his manuscript boiled in broth.
Isaac Volmar, who wrote some spicy
satires against Bernard. duke of Sax
ony, was not allowed the courtesy OF
the kitchen, but was forced to swallow
them uncooked.
Still worse was the fate Of Philip
Oldenburger. jurist of great re-
nown, who was condemned not only
to eat a pamphlet Of his writings, but
also to be logged during his repast,
with orders that the nosging should
not cease until he had swallowed the
last crumb.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
A Pre-Nuptial Luncheon.

This charming affair was given re-
Gently for hride-elect. The table was
a dream. In the center, to simulate a
lake, was an oblong mirror surround
ed by smilax and trailing vines On
this lake white swans floated, holding
in their beaks narrow green ribbon
which radiated to the place of each
guest, where a swan was fastened to
the place card. These birds had box
under the wings, large enough to con-
tain the sailed almonds. Pale green
candles were also at each plate in glass
holders. In the beak of each swan
was the smallest of envelopes, sealed
with a gilt heart. The card Enclosed
bore the names OF the engaged couple.
Celery soup with chopped parsley
sprinkled over the top was served first.
then creamed sweet breads in heart
shaped pastry shells, Saratoga pota-
toes, hot rolls, white grape and nut
salad, pistachio ice cream in form OF
hearts, with an arrow of white, and
Individual heart cakes competed this
green and white luncheon. Creme de
menthe was passed in the drawing
room afterwards and all gave toasts
to the honored guest.
The hostess wore white with green
trimmings. A pretty feature was
crowning the bride with a wreath Of
myrtle for good luck, and she gave
each maid pink garter to wear f6f a
year to bring success in all affairs of
the heart.
MADAME MERRI.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
Island Slipping Into the Sea.

The little island of Ustica,
which is situated off the Sicilian
coast about 40 miles north of
Palermo threatens to disappear
as "a result of the violent shocks
of earthquake which were expert
enced recently. There is no dan
ger Of a sudden explosion, as the
island does not contain an active
volcano, but Ustica stands on the
very edge of the great marine de-
preston, nearly two and a half
miles deep, which lies between
Italy and Sicily. The sides of this
depression are crumbling away
with the earthquake shocks and
the island will eventually sink
INTO the sea.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30

A very dainty little pincushion can
be made by cutting two heart-shaped
pieces of linen, enough larger than
your cushion. to leave border an inch
and a half wide on every side. Line
these pieces with pink lawn, and IN
the center of the upper one embroider
small design in eyelet and solid
work. Make a row of eyelets on both
pieces of linen in the shape Of heart
When the embroidery is finished place
the cushion between the two linen GOV.
ers and lace them together with pale
pink ribbon, running it through the
eyelets and finishing the whole BY
bows of ribbon at top and bottom.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
PLEA FOR DEEP BREATHING
Again We Present Strong Plea Tor
Making Religion Of Inhala-
lions Of Fresh Air.
Would you grow strong? Breathe

Would you grow strong? Breathe
deeply.
Would you feel well? Breathe
deeply. admonishes Nine. Hebe.
Do you care to keep young In ap-
pearance and feeling? Breathe deep
ly; yes, breathe deeply, but unless the
air you breathe is pure it will avail
you little. Cultivate the habit Of en-
joying deep breaths of pure air and
you will soon find yourself unable to
tolerate close room.
We should rise from healthful sleep
| refreshed, cheerful and ready for our
days work, but many of us. on the
contrary, open our eyes tired, dull.
headachy, gloomy. or irritable, and
all because of the air we have taken
into our lungs all night Frequently
the air is already foul from the room
having been used all day, yet we close
windows and doors and light lamp
or gas, which many Of us burn all
night.
What wonder, then, that we rise
unrefreshed and half-sick? What
wonder that our skins are an un-
healthy color, our compilations muddy
and thick, our eyes heavy, our heads
dull Why do we persist in subject
ing ourselves nightly to the poisonous
influence Of close, unventilated
| room?
There are several reasons given and
by otherwise sensible and educated
people, too, the predominant ones be-
ing fear of draughts," fear Of night
air." and dread Of getting up in the
morning in a cold room" The ex-
cuse for the lamp or gas which we let
burn all night is simply our natural
dislike for darkness"
Now, do you realize that lamp or
gaslight absorbs oxygen and throws
on carbonic acid gas very much the
same as you do yourself? Place q
lighted candle under an inverted glass
jar, taking care to prevent any fresh
supply of air to reach the light, and
watch the result. After the fame has
consumed most of the oxygen it will
fail, for even a candle cannot live in
poisonous air, though it was itself the
agent that worked the harm.
Again, do you know that you use up
about 500 cubic feet of air an hour
and that In a room ten feet square
the air is unfit for you to use in
about two hours? Think what YER
table poison box it must become be-
fore the night is over. especially II
you have burned the gas as well. Do
you wonder at the bad dreams that
pursue you sleeping and the dull
pains and great WEAKNESS that greet
you on waking?
And the remedy is SO simple. A
window open an inch or two top and
bottom will insure a constant change
of air all night. The very best air
is to be had at night.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
A Good Shampoo.

A good shampoo is made of the fol-
lowing ingredients: One-half ounce
of borax, one-quarter ounce bicarbon-
ate of soda, one-half drachm of cam
phor, one-quarter ounce of glyeerine.
one pint of rose water, and one ounce
of alcohol. The camphor should first
be dissolved in alcohol, and the rest of
the ingredients then added, having
been first thoroughly mixed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
Hounds and Fox Imprisoned.

A curious incident in connec
tionwith the Tipperary foxhounds
is related. Two of the pack went
to ground with a fox in a deep
culvert and were imprisoned for
80 hours. They were found 80
feet below the surface, complete.
" exhausted and badly injured.
One died soon afterward. The fox
was discovered perched on a
ledge just out Of reach of the
hounds and at once bolted on re
ceiving his liberty.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30

Why is the unmarried man SO
persistently under the impression
that he is welcome everywhere
and that when he lunches or dimes
at house he confers a favor? His
self esteem makes him of all
guests the least grateful. He will
lunch and dine at a house three or
four times a week all the year
round and still continue to speak
Of the people who so literally en-
terrain him as mere acquaint.
ances, and reward them with
nothing better than a picture
postcard at Christmas.-Wo
at Home.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30

Maupassanr, says q current author,
never talked about literature. There
are so many other things Of so much
greater interest to talk about" he
used to say. But this was pure affec-
tation. Everybody knows that there
is nothing so interesting as literature
and the persons who manufacture 1t.
The Wheel of Mirth.
GA rainy afternoon. Scene: The
main hall of the Eden Musee, New
York city. Discovered. seated, Edith
Wharton and Ellen Glasgow
Edith-What perfect weather! II
only 1t would rain every day!
Ellen-Yes; but, unhappily, into
each life some sunshine must fall.
Edith-Life is such a dismal bust
ness! How perfectly it is symbolized
by these faded, tawdry waxworks
around US, these dusty, rusty
crowned heads! 1t is so beautifully
depressing. Do you come here often
Ellen-Of late l have done much of
my thinking here. The plot of THE
Wheel of Life came to me while
was sitting in this very chair.
Edith-How interesting! l do near
ly all my work here, both thinking
and writing. l wrote THE House OF
Mirth" here, over in that corner, be-
hind the wax figure of Schopenhauer.
know of no other corner where the
atmosphere is quite so thick.
Ellen-Except the Chamber of Hor'
rors downstairs. l planned my best
scene there.
Edith-For certain CHASTITY effects
| reeomhend the Chamber of Horrors
but for general dreariness, l think the
atmosphere of this hall is much the
best. l enjoyed your Wheel very
much. At thirty, confess, my view
of life was still tinged with optimism
You developed early. my dear.
Ellen-I always had intuitions, more
real to me than the so>called facts of
existence. AS child | Stunned the
rose because sensed the thorns. The
first marsh marigolds Of spring threw
me into a profound melancholy. Daft
odils always suggested danse maca-
bre. Experience taught me that my
intuitions were correct.
Edith-It is always safe tn trust
ones intuitions, that is, if one be a
woman and literary genius. Still,
experience is not wholly without value.
Oh dear, the rain has stopped
and the sun is coming out. Isn't il
too bad!
Ellen-And spring is almost here,
with its foolish violets and perky
green stuff. l can haru.y wait for
autumn.
Edith-There is nothing lovelier
than wet day in October. Els lebe der
Tod! Els lebe der Tod!
Ellen-What a splendid title for 2
NOVELS Lebe der Tod!
Edith-Shall we coliaborate on it?
Elem should love to!
Edith-Come over in the Schopen-
hauer corner and we will block it out.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
His Own business.

This arecdote was told by John Ora
ham Brooks: Zone of the brightest re-
plies l ever heard came from a lad
in my neighborhood, who was being
quizzed about his fathers accomplish
ments, and was asked: What does
your father know, anyway There
was no hesitation in the answer: i
don't believe he knows much of any.
thing except his own business; but he
knows that
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
Letters of an Art Student.


being a second communication from
Charles Dana Gibson to Robert w.
Chambers.)
My dear Chambers: In my last let
ter l told you of my remarkable dis
covery that red and blue mixed to-
gether produce purple. Since then !
have happened on a number of sur
prising things, and regret a thousand
times that | did not take up the study
of color years ago. Would you be-
lieve that blue and yellow combined
give green? had always supposed
that green was primary color, enc
sees SO much of 1t in nature. do not
yet quite see why it should not be.
But my greatest discovery is "Endy-
mion." 1t happened this way: C.ean-
ing my palette the other day scraped
the little dabs of paint into heap and
this casual mixture produced the most
beautiful tint, unlike anything in the
PAIN. shops. l Immediately named it
"Endymion" and gathered it in a tube.
1t would be very effective in a Greek
landscape, and intend to send some
to Ohio Cushing to color his Olympian
fashion plates with. My one tube is
priceless, as cannot seem to find the
combination again, though have tried
dozen times and wasted a vast guam
tity OF colors. think beautiful poem
might be written on, say, The Lost
Tint" The first stanza runs in my
head as follows:
Seated one day at my easel,
: was weary and i'll at ease,
And my fingers wandered idly,
Scraping the palette's lees
am not much of hand at verse
making. Perhaps you can do some
thing with it. 1t is more in your line.
AS ever,
C. d GIBSON
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Progress in China.

A correspondent of the Peking
and Tientsin Times writes: al
asked friendly Chinaman the
other day why he was burning
some books he had been reading.
His reply was that they were the
old-fashioned sort and should
they be found later on in his pos
session he would be regarded by
the new school as one who did NOT
sympathize with the new regime.
This you see is turning the tables
the other way. A few years ago
to be seen with anything foreign
was dangerous"
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Reversing It.

The meek and lowly tramp mean
dered up to the old farm gate and
asked for raw turnip with which to
appease his hunger.
But the horny-nanded son of toll
was onto his job, and all the horo
got was urndown.-Chicago Daily
News
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By B. L. TAYLOR
With some extracts from the unpub-
ished work of the late Walter
Blackburn Harte.
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph d. Bowles) y


There can be no pleasure in
the work which makes man his
: own inferior.
Love is never apropos. A
/ love talk is always aprorcs of
, nothing-but love.
Give whimsy a fair field and
! outlaw none of our illusions,
decisions, and heresies, and 10,
|: you have the liberation of toler-
/, ance-the millennium Of mind.
Civilization is poor sort OF
makeshift, yet / suppose we
: should be thankful that people
are tame even II they are not
very humane.
Our work which takes so
, much of us and should be the
! best expression of us, is actually
! of our real lives a thing apart
"a concession to the Belly.
2
Life In civilized state begins
with the sensation that there are
/ 100 cents in a dollar.
: We seek the society of those
|. who fiatter us; and we like the
fiattery. but We despise the fat
terer.
|, Don't go back to the places
endeared 70 you by childhood,
! for then you lose your illusions
|; and gain only new pain.
Heartiness effects more than
humility in the affairs of life.
A great many men. and wom-
en-, too, mistake stupidity for
common sense.
So many people have opinions
without having convictions.
We all profess to think well
Of humanity, because we like to
I. be well thought Of.
WALTER BLACKBURN HARTE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
Late Skirts.

Skirts that fit tightly about the hips
are the only ones which promise to be
very coed all through the season, and
the exceptions are fewer than ever.
only an occasional yelling being made
with a bit of fullness laid into loose
plaits upon the hips-loose, but SO
cleverly cut and laid that they stay
In place as though nodded.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
|OF AID TO HOSTESS
SUGGESTIONS FOR NOVEL AND
PLEASING ENTERTAINMENTS.
At a Cake Party Merry Bakers and
Cakes-Doll Party for Little
Girls-Off to Europe.
A Pie Party.

"A AS = a. ~
Here is a novel pie party. Tn
guests were given pie-shaped pieces o
cardboard, with pencils, and told tina
the questions were to be answered b.
words all beginning with the sound pi
he key is given below:
Pertaining to fireworks.
PA portico.
3-One who prepares the way.
"A mineral.
ga tube.
"a fruit.
IA large snake.
ga size of type.
9-Reverence.
10-Of various colors.
11-An outlaw.
12-Musical instrument.
13-Nap of wool or cotton.
IA kind of spice or pickle
ia plant.
16-A measure.
ia square column.
1S-Confuses type.
ia guide.
20-Devout.
21-A philosopher.
1-Pyrotechnics.
Piazza.
3-Pioneer. :,
4-Pyrites.
6-Pine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
FOR BORDER OR STRIPE.

and the fact of the long part of the
stitches being double in places. make
i. very strong. The actual working is
clearly seen from the illustration.
Ber<sn wool, filoselle, or tapestry wool
may be used.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
FOR WORK ON CANVAS.
Berlin Wool, Filosele, or Tapestry
Wool May Be Used and Herr
ingbone Stitch Applied.

Herring,one stitched applied az a
filling for canvas is a decided novelty;
1t makes a splendid firm border or
stripe, or may be used for an all-ove-
design. 1t is worked with two colors.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
Different.

"Bangley always speaks of his wife
as dearest"
Eyes, but you ought TO hear how he
speaks to- her"-Detroit Free Press.
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AsAS!yE 6oryx9 ont fbe - Girl tolls,
and abe is often the bread-winner OF
the family. Whether she u SICK OF
well, whether It rains or shines, sne
must get to her place of employment
perform the duties exacted OF ner-
smile and be agreeable.
Among this class the symptoms o.
female diseases are early manifest Dy
weak and aching backs. pain in the
lower limbs and lower part OF the
stomach. In consequence OF frequens
wetting of the feet, periods become
painful and irregular, and frequently
there are faint and dizzy spells, with
loss of appetite, until life is burden.
All these symptoms point to z de-
rangement Of the female organism
which can be easily and promptly
cured by Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetar
BILE Compound. -.
Miss Abby F. Barrows, Nelsonville.
Athens Co., Ohio, tells what this great
medicine did for her. She writes;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
II feel it my duty to ten you tho good
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and Blood Purifier have done Tor me: Before
took them was very n snT ,o nsa r ca
49,
irregular, I had been to several doctors, and
they did me no good.
ssYour medicine has made mo well and
strong. can do most any kind OF WORK
without complaint, and my periods Are Al
right.
and know it Is all due % your remedies. :!
recommend your advice and msdtcins 70 ~
who suffer-"
It is to such girls that Mrs. Pink
ham holds out helping hand and ex-
tends cordial invitation to correspond
with her. She is daughter-in-law OF
Lydia e. Pinkham and for twenty-five
years has been advising sick women
free of charge. Her long record OF
success in treating woman's ills makes
her letters of advice OF untold value to
every ailing working girl. Address.
: Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30

what is the RESULT" asked the
teacher of the primary class In arith-
metic. when you put two and two to-
sether?"
"A kith," lisped the curly-headed
little girl in the front row.-Chicago
T~srrra
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30

Ono Of the worms found n Che ocean
lives by swallowing sand. extracting
from It whatever animal or vegetable
food 1t may contain. The animals
Of the ocean live on each ether. One
animal kills its prey By means Of An
electric shock. A nsh Il known which
fishes with . sort Of hook and line
and thus secures its food. There Il
. phosphorescence on the SEA that q
times produces a light 30 brilliant
that at night one may read By It.
This Is produced BY millions Of living
things.
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Percival Gibbon. the well-known
author, began life as cabin boy.
and is young yet with . chance Of
adding M. p. to his name.
Andrew Lang once wrote to Israel
Zangwill to ask him to take part In
an authors reading for tho benent Of
. charity and received IN reply tho
following laconic message: III Lang
will. zangwill."
One hundred pounds was given In
London for a first edition Of Daniel
Defoe's THE Life and Surprising Adj
ventures Of Robinson Crusoe," 1873.
together with The Farther Advenr
tures." issued in the same year.
Thomas Hardy, the novelist, was =
little boy when his mother gave him
copy of Dryden's Virgil" She took
great pains with his education. and
had him taught Latin at IL. and ae
the age Of is he received HE nrst
lesson in French from . governess.
Bliss Perry. editor Of the Atlantic
monthly, has been appointed to .
professionally in English literature ID
Harvard college, = chair which has
remained vacant since 1855. and
which before that time Wan occupied
BY George Ticknor. Henry Wads.
worth Longfellow and James Russell
Lowell
Lafcadio Hearn IL residing In New
Orleans and doing some work. He
writes: Il am living in = ruined
creole house; damp brick walls green
with age, zigzag cracks running down
the facade. great yard with torchon
plants and cacti in It; : quixotio
horse. four cats. two rabbits. three
dogs. five geese and . seraglio Of
hens-all living together IN hAr.
mony."