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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22
THE IDEAL DOROTHY.
By GEORGE HORTON.
Author of "Iike Another Helen"

I cannot forget the sins of that other
woman"
Secondly, his long years as A. Quint-
ner. clerk. had deprived him OF the
powers of initiative.
About this time something epocnaA
happened. One evening, at an early
hour. Mr.. Quintner heard tapping
upon the wall which separated ms resi-
dence from the dwelling next ooor. no
was thinking so intensely of her at the
moment that the sound, coming from
that quarter, impressed him as sig
nal. Scarce realizing what he was
doing. he sprang to the wall and, trem-
bling like an aspen leaf, he tapped
three times, softly, with his knucKies.
What was his Joy to receive a re-
sponse-almost inaudible, indeed pu'
Enthusiastically response!
| On his way to the ONCE the next day
he met her; he passed her In the
! street; he fairly brushed her dress WIN
his sleeve. He was about TO ilIt MS
hat in joyful recognition and gaze smii-
!ngly into her eyes, but was restrained
by feeling of delicacy, elusive, YET 80
/ clear that 1t caused him to pass py
without looking up.
i This is our secret" he unused, I'M
confessed even to ourselves, ana 10
take advantage of 1t or to seem con-
scious of 1t would be as rude as u
speak of kiss"
Tapping upon the wall now became
the chief feature of A. Quintners daiiy
life. something to be looked forward
to, sacred tryst to bring him nome
: nights and to keep him there. Every
9 evening at ten o'clock he tapped. every
evening he heard faint response. IL
], his imaginary association with her. N
planned not only evenings OF reading
& from inspired books, but hours OF con
e verse and of more eloquent silence.
S One morning she went away, and tn
Il fact that she took with her suit-cas
y and wore a travelling dress suggeste'
l. to his impractical mind long stay
r. months, perhaps. The second evenln
a, after her departure he began iov
y, letter to her:
le my Sweetheart-For such you arr
and you cannot help yourself io'
o. whatever your sentiments may De &c
lg wards me, you cannot prevent my ioV
rs ing YOU. cannot believe you are gon'
The flowers are here yet, the sun, IN
y, stars and the birds. Everything n
he minds me Of you. Sometimes l fe'
that my love for you is sheer audacit,
at and then / reflect that it Is not onl
IN inevitable but duty; it Is mere wo
Id shin. the tribute that the soul OF ma
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22
PHILOSOPHICAL Po1NTA

The fatted calf never loves the
prodigal son.
Truth never runs around asking
people to believe 1t.
Alas, that fools are prosperous. ID
It their penalty or reward?
How many of us in listening to he
tomtoms forget the violins?
To think an original thought 10 to
take q step nearer the divine.
People who need to be continually
propped up are not worth the prop.
When men become suddenly good
they should be executed Immediately
It is easier for some people to be
lieve the impossible than the pos
sible.
Before It was thrown down, the
Golden Calf had son, and 1t Is still
mooing around the world.
II is self-evident that to success
fully fathom the motives Of men ont
must be a man himself. To an lido
to a lunatic-all men are eitne
idiots or lunatics.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22
"No TROUBLE"
To Change from Coffee to Postum.

Postum has done a world of good
for me-" writes an Ills. man.
i've had Indigestion nearly all my
life but never dreamed coffee was the
cause of my trouble until last Spring
got SO bad was in misery all the
time.
"A coffee drinker for 80 years, II
lrritated my stomach and nerves, yet
l was just crazy for 1t. After drinking
1t with my meals, / would leave the
table, go out and lose my meal and
the coffee too. Then I'd be as hungry
as ever.
"A friend advised me to quit coffee
and use Postum-said it cured him
Since taking his advice / retain my
food ard get all the good out of 1t, and
don't have those awful hungry spells
II changed from coffee to Postum
without any trouble whatever, fell
better from the first day I drank 1t
/ am well now and give the credit Il
Postum" Name given b. Postum
Co.. Battle Creek. Mich. Read the lit
tie book. The Road to Wellyille." Il
pkgs. There's q reason"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22
SHOW. vaIue o. liquid FueI.

The steamship Goldmouth, belong
ing to the Shell line, has just arrived
at Rotterdam, after steaming from
Singapore by the route round the
Cape of Good Hope. distance Of IL
791 miles, in So days. without once
stopping the engines or checking the
generation of steam in the main boil
ers. This performance is believed %
be the largest nonstop run ever made
by marine machinery. The vessel was
burning liquid fuel, and with so great
an economy that enough surplup a
left to take the vessel 20 days steam
ing on her return passage east.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

pays to the good, the true and the
beautiful"
He laid the letter aside and never
finished it, for she came back the next
day, having been no farther away than
Annapolis.
Shortly after her return the respon-
sive rappings ceased, and A. Quintner,
fearful of betraying her, did not per-
sist. He merely waited patiently.
But on his way to the office one
morning he met the servant with the
Socratic features. Her eyes were red
with much weeping.
What's the matter, .Annie?" he
asked. rs Doris your mistress sick?'
Don't you know, sir" said the girl,
..she has been very sick for week.
The poor thing died this morning at
three o'clock"
MY Cod" gasped A. Quinter,
blanching and leaning against the
fence. mol"
Yes, sir" Annie laid her large red
hand tenderly upon his arm, and, look
| ed up to him bravely.-
God bless you, Annie!" sobbed A
| Ouintner, turning away.
| He was never to know that the tap
| ping on the wall, begun as a playful
prank by Dorothy" and INDUCED ir
but once or twice by her, had been Ions
continued by the servant with the un
sentimental exterior. She had ONLY
discontinued it the week before, wher
her mistress had been taken sick ant
had demanded her undivided attention
| A. Quintner moved out of the neigh
borhcod the next day, carrying witt
him the sad but radiant memory OF al
ideal woman, combining physica
, charms with beauty of soul and tender
ness of sentiment
A girl with Socratic features stoo
blubbering, as she watched the dra
: carrying his effects, and repeating
. verse which she had written with stuf
by, unused fingers:
Go, little pome, through the male,
Ny love to my tru love too tell.
/, The rose is read. the violet bloc.
And o, my love, loved you troo!"
:. Copyright, 1906. by Joseph B. Bowisa)
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

"Tein 1T We &C.
But I refuse to be liberated. Come
on, can't your" And he almost
dragged the reluctant oficer along the
street.
Lave go iv me ar-rm!" cried Po-
liceman Flynn. '1'll not ha-ave amy
man maxim me lock him up agin me
will. Lave go, tell vel"
Then come along peaceably," said
the man. You've no right to let me
go, and won't 60. A police magis-
trate is the only nan who can free me
after have been arrested"
"rll not take ye." insisted Policeman
Flynn.
IF you don't" asserted the man, Il II
stick by you until you are relieved and
have to go in to report. don't want
any imitation arrest; want the rev
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

ticed q change for the better. Inc
kidney secretions had been disordered
and irregular, and contained heavy
uediment. but in a weeks time the
urine was clear and natural again ana
the passages regular. Gradually the
aching and soreness left my back and
then the lameness. I used six boxes
to make sure of cure, and the trou-
BILE has never returned"
Sold by all dealers. 30 cents DOE
roster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. 4.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22
REST THAT Rests

Rest means rest.
"Cut out" worrying.
Rest with a capital H.
Few persons know how to rest.
Rushing for trains and boats isn't
resting.
Being elbowed by vulgar mob isn't
resting. go
Neither il staying home and being
annoyed by endless details.
Overdressing, overeating and too
much excitement are not restful.
Over Sunday rest is best accom-
plished by q trip to some restful placo.
The idea is to discover what best
agrees with one and then to follow 1t
Is we'll as possible.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

A colored clergyman in Georgia
was performing the service of bap-
tism recently, says Success Magazine.
when he paused in the midst Of the
service to inquire the name of the In
FAINT. With pleased smile the proud
mother replied:
I'VE is goin' to call de chile
Shady"
SHADY" repeated the minister.
"oh. I see. It's boy, and his name
Is to be Shadrach."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

thing, and it's only fair that l should
have it. The way you're acting Is q
reflection on my dignity and makes me
feel mighty small and of no account.
Don't you think I'm worth arresting?
Nv coorse We aJe.'
I'm not too unimportant to be n.
rested, am I?'' ft
''Niver bit Nv II"
Then why don't We run me IN!
'T ha-ave throubles enough now.
But you must: insist"
Policeman Flynn drew long
breath.
BE good feily, now he said, AN
g'wan about ye-er business"
my business is to go to the station
with YOU"
"Fr why d ye wa-ant to be con
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

thrary?" pleaded Policeman Flynn.
Cant ye do a good tur-run f'r a
ma-an?"
do you ask it as favor?"
"F'r sure. l ask We to g'wan home
an Fave me alone"
'Oh, well, as favor to you." re-
turned the man, possibly might con-
sent not to be arrested on this occas-
ion."
"'T w'u'd be a gS-reat favor. don't
wa-ant We. ha-sve no use fr ye at
ALL"
Then" said the man, ''as matter
of personal accommodation to you
win leave you"
"Whin l whit OF tn foorce." NUT
tered Policeman Flynn, as he resumed
his beat, Il thought | might ha-ave
throuble keepin' y pris'ner. but l niveI
knew 7 w'u'd be so har-rd fr to lose
wan"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

An ironmonger in a small English
town recently posted the following an
nouncement in front of his shop:
THE reason why have hitherto been
able to sell my goods so much cheap
er than anybody else is that l am q
bachelor and do not need to make
a profit for the maintenance Of wife
and children. 1t is now my duty to
inform the public that this advantage
win be shortly withdrawn from them.
a I am about to be married. They
win. therefore. do well to make their
curchases at once at the old rate"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22
win Widen KieI Canal.

The ever-increasing dimensions oil
war vessels has led the German gov.
eminent to conclude to widen the kiei
canal from 60 to 100 feet. and the
width at the surface from 100 rect
TO $50 feet. The proposed improve
ments, It is estimated, will cost near
" $500 900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

nat In ped, SUFFERING
tortures with my
back. Every move.
ment caused an ago
nizing pain, and the
persistency Of 1t ex-
hausted me. 80 that
for a time I was
dazed and stupid.
On the advice of q
friend I began us
ing Doan's Kidney
Pills, and soon no
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22
Eannx paxenport,s debut.

Fanny Davenport's New York debut
was at Barton's Chambers street the
ater. February %. 1857. when she
sang q verse Of The Star-Spangled
Banner" In q ballet of little Gjr1n.
The theater was under the manage
ment Of E. L. Davenport and Harry
watkins.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

speaking in Toxic recently. Rev.
mr. weldon, an English school princi-
.al said that In England corporal
punishment was coming to be q privi-
80. NJ aristocracy. The governing
class Of England. he said. felt that the
.rri,iation was really only in the
-ronpdoing. not in the aogging.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

maxim Gorky. after looking us over.
!. convinced that there is much lack
ing in our morals. But even as they
- there seems to be too much of
hhem for him.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22
he HAS TROUBLE IN LOSING 4
PRISONER.

BE HAS THU BILE In AO0AA0 a
PRISONER.
Copyright. by the Century Col
Copyright, 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles)
1t was when Policeman Barney
Flynn was a new man on "th foorce'
that he lost prisoner. and he frank
~ admitted afterwards that he "niver
sh'u'd ha-ave found him In tn first
place." In other words. experience
taught him that the arrest was not
justified, but the new policeman IN
variably is jealous of his authority and
his dignity. So, when he had told the
man to move on and the man had re-
torted by making various sarcastic and
otherwise Objectionable remarks, Po-
Iiceman Flynn deemed 1t necessary fol
the honor and dignity of his ofncial
position to assert himself
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22
USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL.

mo, sab, it amt no boy. It's :
girl"
why give such a name to girl?"
ITS dis way, sab. Our names
Bower, an nah husband thought II
would be fine thing to call her
Shady. Shady Bower sounds kinder
pretty.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22
pAzEp WITH PAIN.
xAs su6srings Of . Citizen Of Olympia,
Wash.

I. 8. Gorham, Of SIC East 4th st,
Olympia, Wash. says: six years aso
I rot wet and took cold, and was soon
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22
IT'S MERIT IS PROVED
sreonp Of 1 saEar nssIeInt


The great good Lydia e. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound Is doing among
the women of America is attracs;ns
the attention of many OF our leaoine
scientists, and thinking people gens
ally.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

II is said that Rockefeller oncs
spelled gentleman" with ~" SoD1s
of 'en are.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-22

eold throughout the void. cuiicula eoap, 2Sc Ous.
msnf, 50c Resolvent, 50e I'm corm Of cnoco.as Soss
800 Dir Chem. Corp, Sole Props Boston. Aass
~Mailsd Free, "Au About the Ska ocnADs - hA1
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-12
PROMINENT ENGLISH DiPLO-
MAT WEEDS AMERICAN GIRL

Washington, Nov. 12.-Miss Kath-
leen Clayton was married to Mr..
Grant Duff in the Belgian Legation
here this forenoon. Seldom has
Washington society been more inter
ested in a function of this kind as
the romance of this beautiful socie-
ty girl and the young English dip
lomat has not been without its thorn
in the path of roses. Miss Clayton's S
engagement was announced two years
ago in the City of Mexico, where she
met Mr.. Duff, son of the late Sir
Mountstuart. The young man was at
that time the British charge de affaires
in the City of Mexico, and Miss Clay
ton, as daughter of General Powell
Clayton of Arkansas, American min
lister TO Mexico, was the much sought
after belle of the diplomatic set. A
few months after the engagement was
announced it was officially broken off,
no reason being assigned by the
beautiful debutante, and Mr.. Duff
went big game hunting in India. Hav-
ing met again the dormant love came
TO the surface with today's result.
Miss Clayton is the sister of the
Baroness Moncheur, whose husband
Us of the Belgian legation.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-12
Baltimore and Ohio Killed 40.
and Injured 35 Out Of
l35 Passengers.
SUNSET LIMITED ENGINE
ExPLODES KILLING THREE
Michigan Central Freight Engine
Runs Into Depot. Killing Agent
and Injuring Many.

Valparaiso. Ind, Nov. 12.--Fifty out
of l67 immigrants who were on the
Baltimore & Ohio train which collided
head-on with freight train this morn
ing at Woodsville, ten miles from
here, are missing and 1t Is believed
their bodies were consumed by fire.
which destroyed six coaches OF the inn
migrant train.
The colliding trains were No. z,
west-bound. made up of express and
passenger cars, and freight train No.
SO, east-bound. The express train
had $50 passengers, nearly all immi-
grants. The wreck occurred on a
curve and the engineers had but lit
tie time to reverse levers and jump.
The accident, it is declared, Is the
result OF misdirection by the train dis
patcher. He ordered the east bound
held at Chicago Junction to allow the
west-bound passenger to pass. The
passenger was running in two Sec
tions, but the conductor east-bound
was not notified of this. When the
first section had passed he pulled out
and started for Chicago on the main
track, and the collision followed
The first reports indicated five
known dead and a number of missing.
Later. railroad officials said that only
one was killed outright, They de-
clare that they believe no one was
burned to death. II is known that
there are large number of injured.
and the Baltimore & Ohio officials
have notified the Mercy hospital at
Chicago to be prepared for the recep-
tion OF forty injured persons.
Worst News Confirmed.
Chicago, Nov. 12.-At ! o'clock this
! afternoon the officials of the Balti.
more & Ohio announced that they had
received positive news from the
| wreck at Woodyille.. and 1t. was
known that out OF 1s5 PERSONS ON the
train forty were killed, thirty-flve IN
jured and sixty escaped.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-12
GOLDEN JUBILEE OF
A CATHOLIC CHURCH

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov12-Arch-
bishop Ryan and prominent members
of the Catholic clergy from all parts
of the United States were present to-
day at the celebration of the Golden
jubilee of the Church of Our Mother
of Consolation in this city. AT a
solemn high mass the provincial of
the Augustlnian Order was the cele-
brant and over eleven priests were
present. The music of the mass was
sung by twenty scholastics from Viii
lanova college and eighty-five schol-
astics chanted the Gregorian vespers.
The parish was formed by the late
Joseph Middleton in 1885 when he
and his seven sons joined the Roman
Catholic faith at Monticello where the
convent of Mount st. Joseph now is.
Mr. Middleton with permission of
Bishop Newman built the church and
since the laying of the cornerstone in
50 his successors have taken an ac-
tive part in the cause of Catholicity
i'm this city.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-12
SNAKES FANG DROPS
OUT OF HIS THUMB.

New YORK. Nov. 12.-Twenty years
ago Donald Burns an animal trainer
now keeper OF the bird house in the
Central Park zoo, was bitten on the
thumb of his left hand by boa con
strictor.
The snake was one of Brazil spe-
cies and the bite was not poisonous.
However, Burns thumb felt uncom-
Portable for a week or so. Then the
pain went into his arm. After a few
weeks the animal trainer forgot about
1t. The other day in the zoo Burns
was sweeping out a cage when he
felt sharp pricking sensation i'm his
right thumb. There was a hard sub
stance under the skin BY opening
the cuticie Burns forced out a piece
of a snakes fang 1t was about the
size of a bean, A physician declared,
that the snakes tooth had broken off
In the flesh of Burns left thumb and
had circulated through his body for
twenty years. finally finding a way out
IN the right thumb.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-12
CHARGED WITH SELLING
BOOZE TO REDMEN
MAxIMo cHAVEs SAID TO HAVE
DISPENSED LIQUOR TO
NAVAJOS.

Maxine Chaves, a saloon keeper of
Aaneda, was arrested on complaint
Of District Attorney Clancy, who
charges him with selling liquor to two
Navajo indians. He was given a pre-
liminary hearing before Justice OF the
Peace Miguel Chaves in Old Albu-
querque this morning and bound over
to await the action of the grand iary.
The NaYajos, who are said to have
been intoxicated in Alameda several
times. were brought to the sheriffs of
fee at the court house Saturday af.
tcrnoon where they confessed they
Ead bought liquor from Chavez in
Alameda. They are said to have Sc
cured the stuff from him on several
occasions. -.
The matter was brought to the al
tontion Of Assistant United States At
torney Medler as being more properly
a case for the federal courts but since
there is a territorial statute covering
the offense of selling liquor to In
diacs. the case was taken up In the
district attorneys office.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-12
FAILURE OF THE FALL
MACkEREI FISHERY

Tampa, Fla, Nov. 12.-There is a
great scarcity of mackerel on the
southeastern coast and in the gulf,
where special boats are prepared for
the fall mackerel fishery. A very
large number of boats are engaged in
this fishery, but they have met wit,
so little success this season that it
is expected the work will be abandon
ed. The scarcity of mackerel has
been especially noticeable since the
recent storm.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-12
JURY TO DETERMINE
IF GUN PLAY WAS LEGAL

Frank Blake and Jesus Maria, with
six witnesses, have engaged the at
tention of the district court all day,
and late this afternoon the Jury will
probably retire to determine whether
Blake drew deadly weapon on Maria
in saloon in Sandovai county, after
the arguments of Attorney Heacock,
who appears for the territory in the
place OF District Attorney Clancy, and
Summers Burkhart, attorney for the
defense.
The case is brought to Bernalillo
county on change of venue. Maria.
VINO is the chief witness for the pros
ecution, testified that Blake approach
ed him in a saloon at Jamez Springs
and stated he had an order for his
arrest. Maria asked to see the war
rant, and, it is said, Blake had none.
Marie refused to accompany him
and Blake drew a gun. Maria subse.
quently had Blake ARE sted for
drawing the weapon.
Probate Court Notes.
Probate Judge Jesus Romero clear.
ed up lot of minor matters in pro-
bate court, which was in session this
morning.
AN HhLhdl lfpbll Ol otNtTO san
chez and Virginia Bugos Sanchez. eN-
ecutors of the estate of Carlos san
chez, deceased, was filed, and Mon
day, Dec. II, was set as the date for
hearing objections 10 the same.
A continuance was had in the mat
ter OF the guardianship of Guadalupe
Lucero, owing to the absence Of ma
terial witnesses.
The last viii auS testament of the
late Cornillo. b. Strothcy was pre-
sented for probate and December IL
set as the time for proving the same.
The appraisement of The estate OF
Wallace Douglas, deceased, was ap-
proved by the court and the petition
of George =. Learnard, asking to be
appointed administrator of the es-
tate of Sarah T.. Oyerstreet, was ap-
proved. The bond was fixed at
81, 400.
The will of John Condor was
proven this morning and admitted TO
probate. O. n. Marian and Thomas 4
Kelleher were appointed admins /
traitors Their bond was fixed at 500.
0OO.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-12
Upton OPENS SHAMROCK
FAIR" IN NEW YORK.

New York, Nov. To-day Sir
Thomas Upton opened Shamrock
Fair" which was started for the pur-
pose of raising funds in aid of the
children's new schools in the Carmel
ite district, East Twenty-ninth
street. The schools were erected at
enormous cost and are an ornament TO
the city There was a large and fash
ionable attendance when Sir Thomas
in few fitting words declared the
fair open and he was afterwards es-
corted through the buhLing by the
Roman Catholic bishop of New York,
Countess Leary and Mrs. Ashman and
others.