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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-07-07
SOCIAL POWER OF WOMEN.
In Every Community There Are
Lonely People Who Need the
Help of Social Intercourse.

wonder whether women are max
ing the most of social opportunities.
The elevating of social life is one of
the greatest problems in our land to-
day and this ennobling work is pre-
eminently that of the average woman
In every community who loves her fell
lowmen and women enough to try to
serve them in humble service in that
little corner of the great world into
which her lot has been cast.
= Could women not do something in
the time that they now take for whist
playing, which with many women has
become a debauch. crowding out all
noble inspirations and belittling life,
usurping public spirit and civic duty,
might they not more wisely spend that
time in providing entertainment for
the people Of moderate means who
live in your community?
Could they not arrange to get the
people together in some unused church
or perhaps in their own parlors and by
friendly intercourse, led on by some
invited speaker, develop better citi-
xenship in their community?
Social life is in the hands of WON
en- and the higher the social position
and the larger the wealth the greater
the need that something should be
done to broaden culture and bring
sunshine to the lives of those who
have SO little to amuse Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-07-07
FRoTH OF FUN.

She-"I think Mrs. Newcombe Is %
sweet, don't you? You can read her
character in her face" He-"Yes. II
you read between the lines"
Yes, I'm going in for teaching"
"Going in for teaching? Why. ]
would rather marry widower with
half q dozen children!" so would
but where's the widower?"
"Well, Emily, did you have q good
time at the masked ball?" "Oh, had
q splendid time. I made my husband
dress up as a knight In heavy armor.
and he wasn't able to bulge from one
spot all night"
Mr.. Tubbs-"Well. Bobbie, how does
your sister like the engagement ring
l gave herr" Bobbie-"Well, it's q
bit too small. She has hard Job to
get 1t OF In hurry when the other
fellows call"
She-"Oh. that's the great prima
donna, is it? Is she famous because
of her voice or her acting?"
He-'Neither, but she has a motor &C
cident regularly every week, and that
keeps her name before the public"
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Anti-Dcg League.


Although the dog il generally &C.
eepted as being the truest friend OF
the human race. he has his enemies
who are loyal to their hatred. An ef-
tort OF these PEOPLE to get together
and give force and direction to their
antipathy has Just begun, having its
origin with Ambrose Bierce. the es-
sayist and satirist on the follies and
toibles OF both CANNES and humans.
Mr.. Bierce. says the New York Press,
has all his lifetime been an enemy
Of the dog and has given great deal
Of attention to projects for his re-
moval from the face of the earth. In
the prospectus of the Anti-Dog League
It Is set forth that he is the only
one of our domestic animals whose
existence is due altogether TO- hered-
ity. he is an anachronism, a sur
vival, heritage of shame. He is adj
dicted to more unmentionable habits
than the number of hairs on his tail.
and in point of inutility he dominates
the situation like a brick ship in
fishing fleet. True, he has enough in
telligence to fawn upon his master
land his master enough to be proud
Of the attention), but that IL a matter
OF thrift and signifies no superiority
TO the courtier in his blindness. As
TO the creatures deeds Of devotion and
ddelity to those whom he deems 1t
inexpedient to chew. they are mostly
narrated by those who have not in
mind the example of little George
Washington. LET the good work now
begun go on until the entire plague
Of besetters. disappointers. gravy
hounds. sirloiners. managers. bedrag-
glers. spick-and-spaniels. early fra
grants. skyoodles, .insulters, dalmna-
lions, great scots and miscellaneous
amictions are a memory and a tradi-
ton Of the insanity past" The or
ganization of the Anti-Dog League
society Is hampered by the fact that
Its prospective members live at such
long intervals from each other that
they are almost unable to assemble.
However. an organization Of dog
daters was effected in Washington re-
Gently, which was able to elect per-
manent chairman and . correspond
Ing secretary. Until q more numer-
Gus gathering Of delegates Is arranged
other ofices Of the organization re-
main vacant for lack of persons to I'LL
them.
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BREAD DYSPEPSIA.
The Digesting Element Left Out.

The Digesting Element Left Out.
Bread dyspepsia Is common. 1t at
fects the bowels because white bread Is
nearly all starch, and starch is digested
in the intestines, not in the stomach
proper.
Up under the shell of the wheat berry
nature has provided a curious deposit
which Is turned into diastase when it is
subjected to the saliva and to the pans
creatic juices in the human intestines.
This diastase is absolutely necessary
to digest starch and turn it into grape
sugar, which is the next form; but that
part of the wheat berry makes dark
flour, and the modern miller cannot
readily sell dark flour, SO natures val.
liable digester Is thrown out and the
human system must handle the starch
as best 1t can, without the help that ma
sure intended.
Small wonder that appendicitis, perl
tonitis, constipation and all sorts Of
trouble exist when we go SO contrary
to natures law. The food experts that
perfected Grape-Nuts Food, knowing
these facts, made use In their expert
ments of the entire wheat and barley,
including all the parts, and subjected
them to moisture and long continued
warmth, which allows time and thu
proper conditions for developing the
diastase, outside of the human body.
In this way the starchy part is trans
formed into grape-sugar In perfect
ly natural manner, without the use Of
chemicals or any outside ingredients.
The little sparkling crystals Of grape
sugar can be seen on the pieces Of
Grape-Nuts. This food therefore II
naturally pre-digested and its use in
place of bread will quickly correct the
troubles that have been brought about
by the too free use of starch In the
food, and that is very common in the
human race to-day.
The eeffct of eating Grape-Nuts ten
days or two weeks and the discontin-
uance of ordinary white bread Il very
marked. The user will gain rapidly IN
strength and physical and mental
health.
"There's reason"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-07-07

Going through the hospitals In our
large cities one is surprised to find such
large proportion of the patients lying
on those snow-white beds women
and girls, who are either awaiting
or recovering from serious operations.
Why should this be the case I? Sim
ply because they have neglected them
selves. Female troubles are certainly
on the increase among the women OF
this country-they creep upon them
uuawares, but every one of those
patients in the hospital beds had plenty
of warning in that bearing-down feel
ing, pain at leftor righto of the abdomen,
nervous exhaustion. pain in the small
of the back. dizziness, datulency, dis
placements of the organs or irregular
tiles. All of these symptoms are indi-
cations of an unhealthy condition of
the female organs, and II not needed
the penalty has TO be paid by a danger
GUS operation. When these symptoms
manifest themselves, do not drag along
until you are obliged to 60 to the hos
pital and submit to an operation
but remember that Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has saved
thousands of women from surgical
operations.
When women are troubled with ir-
regular, suppressed or painful periods.
weakness. displacement or liberation
of the organs, that bearing-down feel
ing, Inflammation, baclkache, bloating
Tor natulency). general debility. indi-
gestion, and nervous prostration, or are
beset with such symptoms as dizziness,
lassitude. excitability, irritability, ner-
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Women and Hatrimony.

Those who keep close watch on
women's ways profess to see a de-
cided falling on in enthusiasm
among the fair sex concerning the
right and opportunity to cook and t--s
Increasing fields in which they may
and chance to earn money or gain a
livelihood. Women are beginning to
find out" says a close student Of this
burning question. that work is work.
after all, and that competition grows
0ercer all the time. Young women
who come from the country districts
with high hopes Of independence and
Ideals about living their own life un-
trammeled by old traditions soon learn
that 1t is q struggle harder than any
they might encounter at home. Then
their views change and they begin to
think much better of matrimony as a
vocation than they did before. 1t will
be some time before this new feeling
will have much weight In lessening
the present rush of women into all
avenues of labor, but there will be an
effort In time and the rush will sub
side. The shadow of independence
rather than the substance Is all that
many women gain, and this Is bang
slowly realized"
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TO THE AMATEUR NURSE.
Some Excellent Bits Of Advice That
Well Might Be Followed by Pro-
sessionals as Well.

Never trouble a patient with ques
lions about food; the effort OF making
a decision is a strain upon an invalid.
The aim should be to provide soms
small surprise at meal times, II posi-
BILE, to stimulate the appetite.
II is always unwise to allow pa
tient to get Into the habit OF inquiring
what the clinical thermometer regis
tiers each time it Is used. A rise In
temperature may make nervous per
son very uneasy and thereby increase
the fever considerably.
II possible, choose a room facing
south or southwest for a sick person.
provided it is quiet and away from
street noises. A northern aspect
should be avoided. Do not allow the
bed to face the light, as this is firing
to both brain and eyes.
The bed should not be too broad.
Three feet six inches is wide enough,
as it is then an easy matter 70 ilIt
and turn the patient from either SIDE
The floor of the sick room should
be wiped over every day with a ciotn
wrung out In water and some good
disinfectant.
A nurse should take special pains
to be scrupulously clean and neat II
her dress. Trifing details which may
pass unnoticed in ordinary life loom
large on the patients limited horizon.
Remember, too, that intending tact
and patience must be exercised with
a sick person, for WEAKNESS ana IT.
ritability are the accomplishments Oh
illness, especially in the early stages
OF convalescence.
When talking to a patient nurse
should always stand or sit where the
former has not to strain the eyes IN
order to see clearly, few things being
more irritating than to have to lie IN
a twisted position with the head at an
uncomfortable angle, so as to follow
what is said.
In cases of long illness, the nurse
should spare herself as much as pos
sible, outstanding her strength not
only for the time when her powers
of endurance may be tried to the ut
uOSl, Uul lOI tuC POiiSu ~
valescence, when. perhaps, her untir-
ing service is most in demand by the
| invalid.
Rest is very important to the ANA
teur nurse, and four hours unbroken
sleep are worth much more to her
than a whole night of disturbed
anxious slumber. 1t is much better to
divide the night into watches II there
| Is more than one member of the fam
fly available. than to try to be more
or less on the qui vive the whole night
| through.
Nothing is more annoying to sick
person than to be discussed in her
presence by one or more Of her anna
teur nurses, and questions as to when
the medicine was given, how much
stimulant was last administered, and
80 on, should be settled out of earshot
Of the invalid.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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do I know Of single publisher who ID
in better circumstances than myself"
"You amaze me, sir!" ] cried. THE
popular impression is quite otherwise
THE popular impression is usually
wrong. / assure you, sir, that the
American publisher places Literature
above material prosperity, and esteems
himself fortunate If he is able to pro-
vide for his family even so modest
home as that which you see before
you"
but surely" said I, "the profits OF
book making were never greater than
to-day"
True. And royalties were never SC
high. The authors reap all the profits.
1t is they who occupy the apartment
houses, who keep carriages, who are to
be found in Capri, or Rome, or Paris,
or cruising in their yachts through
summer seas"
But your grea! successes. your Best
Sellers"
ION a Is or 20 per cent. royalty the
more Best Sellers l publish the more
money lose. 1t is only by publishing
a magazine on the side that contrive
to keep the scales even. If published
nothing but successful novels l should
be sold out by the sheriff, and my little
wife would be without roof for her
head"
was deeply affected, and for space
there was no sound in the room save
the scratching of my pencil.
How, sir" asked presently, do
you account for the prosperity of Mr..
Plates, the publisher, whom / know
well. He lives in style and keeps his
carriage Perhaps he has an independ-
ent income"
pilates is a printer, or a reprinter,"
replied Mr.. Greatheart. HE issues
only reprints of old books, which he
sells in sets at dollar month. Dead
authors ask no royalties. That is not
being a publisher; that is not devotins
ones life to the cause of Literature.
One cannot serve both Literature and
Mammon."
AS Mr.. Greatheart spoke these ring.
ing words the door opened and his
wife entered-a brave-faced little wo-
man, plainly but neatly dressed. She
had been to a de'icatessen store, she
explained, and smilingly, even gaily,
exhibited her purchases-three kinds
of sausage, rye bread and Dill pickles.
l must stay and take supper with
them, she said.
But / was compelled 10 decline the
invitation, as l already had dinner
engagement at the Waldorf with ia
nous Indiana author.
was rather glad of it, confess, for
the dinner proved uncommonly good.
But as l sat slipping my champagne
and smoking the expensive cigars my
host provided, the picture of Mrs.
Greatheart doing needlework by lamp
light rose in my mind. And when my
novelist friend informed me that he
had just signed contract with Mr..
Greatheart for another book, on a fiat
royalty of 20 per cent. felt so sorry
for the publisher that / could barely
murmur nv congratulations.
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Kansas Perking Up.

These days Of volcanoes and earth.
quakes the Kansan looks at his occa-
sional food and sometimes droughts
and almost forgotten grasshoppers
with a commendable federation. The
season may go dry or 1t may come
wet; there may be little hollow horn
among the cattle and few chinch
bugs in the whea.; the wind may
blow the title to the land over In the
next county now and then or droughts
may shrivel the coupons on the mort.
cages once In awhile, but after all
Kansas is good place to live in.
Even though the cyclone may gallon
along and remove a few of the Kan
sas farmers goods and chattels, the
wind brings him enough Of his neigh
bors' household goods on the low
er 80 across the creek to start house
keeping And always, says the En-
poria Gazette, there is a chance to
slide into the 'fraid hole and let the
winds blow and the storms rage. But
an earthquake turns the 'fraid hole
wrong side out and shakes its occu-
pants down on the under side OF it
Kansas is mighty safe place for a
man to live in.
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A LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES.
Inducements Held Out by Western
Canada Are Powerful.

A recent number Of the Winnipeg
(Manitoba) Free Press contains an
excellent article on the prospects IN
Western Canada, portion Of which
we are pleased to reproduce.
The agents of the Canadian Gov
eminent, located at different centres
In the States, will be pleased to give
any further information as to rates,
and how to reach these lands.
"Just now there is keener inter-
est than ever before on the part OF
the outside world, in regard to the
claims of the Canadian West as Held
of settlement. At no previous time
has there been such rush of immi-
grafton, and the amount Of informa-
ton distributed broadcast Is unprece-
dentedly great.
I'm the majority of the States Of
the Union and in Great Britain the
opportunities for home-making and
achieving Of even q modest compe-
tence are at the best limited. More
over, according to the social and In
dustrial conditions prevalent In those
communities, the future holds out no
promise of better things. 1t Is not
strange, then, that energetic young
men should turn their eyes to Can
ada's great wheat belt. where every
man can pursue fortune without the
hindrance Of any discouraging handi-
cap.
"The inducements held out by West
ern Canada are powerful and made
manifest by the great movement now
In progress. That the prospects are
considerably more than reasonably
certain is borne out by the history of
the country and its residents. The
promise of gain is powerful, but when
added to it there is the prospect of q
corresponding social and civil eleva-
ton, it should prove irresistible to
young men Of a particularly desirable
class for any new country.
1.-THE Canadian West is alive with
opportunities for the young man who
aims at becoming more than mere
atom in the civil and national fabric.
Some of the eager young fellows who
arrive on the prairies daily are des'
tined to become more than merely
prosperous farmers. In the near fu'
ture great municipal and provincial
development will be In the hands OF
| the people. The stepping stone to
both financial prosperity and civil
prominence is, and will be, the farm
For every professional opening there
are hundreds of agricultural openings
The Canadian prairies are teemine
with opportunities for the honest and
Industrious Of all classes, but they
are specially inviting to the ambitious
young man who seeks a field for the
energy and ability which he feels In
herent within him. The familiar CRY
of Back to the soil!" Is more thar
a vain sounding phrase when applied
to Western Canada"
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THE MAYOR LED IN PRAYER
Kansas Reformer Who Rose to the
Occasion When the Board of
Aldermen Met.

About the oldest mayor in this coun.
try" said man who travels, "is c. w.
Cupp, recently elected in Caldwell, Kan.
The people concluded they wanted a
reformer and Cupp got the job.
THE other city officers chosen at the
same election were aldermen. The peo-
pie did not think it necessary to select
reform aldermen. They thought If they
chose mayor Of that type it would be
enough. There was no particular issue;
nobody had been accused of graft; the
town just thought it would like a re-
form mayor.
when Cnpp qualified he called a
meeting of the new board of aldermen
and they met with Cupp in the chair
and the little council chamber crowded.
Cupp took the gavel, swatted the desk,
and then looked around.
'Cupp knew that he was expected to
do something novel. He rose to the &C.
casion by saying in clear voice:
LET us pray
"For minute the announcement
produced startling effect. One alder
man stood. Another one near by whis-
pered to him:
"'Get on your knees Don't you know
how to act when prayer is being Of
fered?'
Meanwhile Cupp was putting up a
petition to the Almighty to direct the
body in it's deliberations. After the
amen there was another lull. The
mayor finally asked if there was any,
thing special before the body. The al
derman who had insisted upon kneel-
ing posture spoke up:
az move that the alderman from the
First ward sing some appropriate
hymn.
1.-The alderman is out of order said
the mayor.
Another member jumped up and
said:
"'This reform business has gone far
enough. l move that we get down to
brass tacks.'
"T move we adjourn said third.
ga motion to adjourn is always In
order said the mayor, and If the al
dermen are not yet ready to reform, !
will put the notion
"The motion prevailed, and when I
left Caldwell the people were still won
dering what would happen next"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-07-07
MUSHROOM PRovENcALE.
A Very Delicate Way Of Serving This
Delicious and Nutritious
Vegetable.

Take about two pounds Of large
fresh mushrooms. pare the stalks and
wash them in calculated water, SO as
to keep them as white as possible.
drain on cloth, cut the heads in sew
eral pieces, and drop the stalks, beat
q gill Of sweet oil in frying pan, add
the sliced heads, fry a light brown.
then add tablespoonful and a half
Of chopped shallots, two bruised
cloves or garlic (if liked) and the
CHOPPED stalks; fry again until the
moisture has evaporated; drain almost
all Of the oil of. moisten with two
large spoonfuls of tomato sauce and
little melted beef extract; season with
salt, white pepper and dash of cay
enne; boil two minutes; mix well BY
tossing the mushrooms; finish with
lemon juice and chopped parsley.
Pour into a vegetable dish, surround
with heart-shaped croutons fried In
oil and serve hot.-Elizabeth Pyewell.
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Copyright, 1906. by Joseph D. Bowies)

There is nothing so satisfac-
tory in this life as to accomplish
something without anyone's aid.
A hearty mental vote of thanks
to ones own self is the most in
spring sensation one can ever
experience.
Too many mistake the COM
monplace for the common, and
so fritter away their art In tri-
vialities instead of realities.
l am a believer in intimacy be-
tween husband and wife-even
that intimacy where politeness
may be neglected. If / were a
woman | would rather live with
a man quarTeling and pickering
half the tine, and love-making
the other half, than with a cere-
mony which precluded demon
stration in any shape or form.
The former mode of living is
like eating palatable, IL indiges-
tible food, which makes it neces-
sary to follow it up with bitter
medicine. But the latter is like
living on q monotonous diet of
healthy porridge. Give me the
mixture of tasty relishable indi-
gestibles and bitter medicine!
The man who listens to an
other mans wife's domestic trou-
bles is usually the cause of the
greatest domestic infelicity.
To be the apologist of a fool
is not an cnviable position; but
there is no doubt that 1t requires
some cleverness.
/ hate those women who, after
two minutes conversation, be-
gin to discuss the servant qucs-
ton.
II is one of the distinctive
characteristics of lady" to loll
and have headaches. The serv-
ants are not supposed to have
such an ailment.
.
She-Don't you think 1t abso-
lutely wicked - degrading = to
turn a brilliant flirt into a mere
ly good domestic woman?
No woman experiences a great
er thrill OF pleasure than a
plain woman who has a particu-
larly handsome husband who de-
clares and vows that she is
beautiful.
WALTER BLACKBURN HARTE.
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LIMB RAW AS PIECE OF BEEF.
Suffered for Three Years with Itching
Humor-Cruiser Newark q. s. II.
Man Cured-Speedy Cure
by Cuticura.

II suffered with humor for about three
years off and on. 1 finally saw a doc
tor and he gave me remedies that did
me no good, so l tried Cuticura when my
limb below the knee to the ankle was az
raw as piece of beef. All / used was the
Cuticura Soap and the Ointment. ]
bathed with Cuticura Soap every day, and
used about six or seven boxes of Cuticura
humor in three weeks, and haven't been
affected with it since. / use no other
Soap than Cuticura now. H. j. Myers,
U. s. NJ. u. S. S. Newark, New York,
July s, 1906"