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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21
Knowing How to Work.


There has recently appeared a boob
portraying the lives of working girla
IN our great cities, not from the point
OF view OF an outside observer, but
rom the intimate knowledge of one
who, forced by necessity into a life.
and-death struggle for her daily bread,
knows all the dangers, the tempta,
lions, the endless anxieties and the
small opportunities for pleasure OF
working girls. The most valuable
thing In the book, comments Youths
Companion, is not it's picture of the
lives of the toilers, but the chapter
dealing with the causes of such lives
and conditions. The great underlying
secret, the writer declares, as the re-
suit Of her acquaintance with hum
dreds Of working girls, is that the girl
does not know how to work. She is
not lazy-anything but that--but she
goes to her workshop, factory or
store, ignorant, incompetent, and with
an instructive antagonism toward her
task. simply because she never has
learned to put her heart or mind into
her labor. The value of such knowl-
edge was strikingly illustrated in the
case Of one worker In certain fac
tory. The girl was physically crippled
30 that 1t was dificult for her even
to walk across the floor, yet in spite
of her heavy handicap she was the
quickest worker and made the largest
wages of any girl in the shop, simply
because she had studied how to hus-
band her resources. to work rhythmic
ally and Systematically, and to make
each stroke of work count it's utmost.
The lesson is one needed scarcely less
by women in easier places. To learn
how to work. no matter what ones
task, Is to learn one of the great les
sons Of life; it is to gain power in
stead Of wasting strength, to find Joy
instead OF WEAKNESS of heart. Anna
Rebecca," wise old woman said to
q pretty niece who found her ward. |
robe fail her at critical moment,
Anna Rebecca. you'll learn. sooner or
later. that it pays even to darn your
Stockings with your brains!" The |
woman who has learned to darn her |
stockings with her brains." whatever
the stockings may typify, Is the one
who never need fear failure In the !
Of life. This rule applies
equally as well to men.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

Bran is one of the best muscle and
bone developing foods that can be fed
to poultry.
Woven wire fence seems to be the
thing for poultry, but it needs board
at the bottom.
II the combs become frosted, bath
ing in sweet oil will relieve and pre-
serve the looks somewhat.
A good evening meal in the winter
months, for laying hens, is corn which
has been slightly warmed.
Extra largo or extra small eggs
should not be used In setting. The first
do not hatch we'll and the second tend
to perpetuate the laying Of small eggs
by your flock.
1t is more profitable to feed table
scraps to the hens than to the pigs.
Salt added now and then to the feed
will prevent worms.
The farmer can make more money
out of eggs and poultry than the poul-
Try neutrality-suspicious..
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21
world-citx Conferences.

A new and comprehensive PROPOSE.
ton has been preached by Sir Edwin
Cornwall, chairman OF the London
county council, which is no less than
q conference of all the European
cities with q population of over q
million. including London. Paris, Ber-
Lin, henua, Budapest, Rome. st.
Petersburg, Madrid and Constanti-
nople, and ''if our American friends
do US the honor to join." New York,
Chicago and Philadelphia. The idea
was suggested to him by the benefit he
had experienced from an interchange Of
views with the Paris municipal author
tiles. The scheme is a picturesque and
interesting one, thinks the Boston Tran
script, but whether it would be possible
to coordinate the widely varying con-
sditlOns of the cities of different coun-
tries and continents is somewhat doubt
full. Still, from one point of view it
would be merely an extension of what
Tor some time has been going on in this
and we presume in some other coun-
tries. We have local associations for
civic betterment and national munich
pal league, so it is not great stretch
of the Imagination to contemplate as
practical possibility an international
expansion of the idea. If this idea In
20 far-reaching as to appear visionary
to some. 1t yet has plausible side to 1t.
Were the right men selected to take part
In such congress, men with expert
knowledge of the conditions which they
represented and the grasp Of mind to
catch the suggestiveness of new meth
DDS and new theories. the result without
doubt would be broadening influence
upon general municipal administration.
II men were selected simply to give them
good time. as is too likely to be the
motive in some of our American munich
palities, the outcome would be barren
of anything of value. The potentialities
of the situation are large; the probable
tiles are not so hopeful.
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lCopyrighted)

"Tell me, dear Uncle" said little
Dilly, as he glanced up from the Con-
gressional Record he was perusing.
"what is politics?"
Politics. my dear nephew" OBJ
served Uncle George. genially, from
the depths of his easy chair, where he
had been reading the latest play of
George Bernard Shaw. which he now
surreptitiously concealed with slight
blush. lis synonymous with many
words in the English language. such
as graft. crookedness. and the like, in
addition to some even harsher cpl
thets, for a fuller description Of which
] must refer you to Messrs. Plat and
Depew."
But. dear uncle" said little Oily,
with puzzled air, lin my dictionary
It is defined as that part Of ethics
which consists in the regulation and
government of nation or state for the
preservation of its safety. peace and
prosperity"
do not move me to ribald laughter,
Oily. as my nervous system is some
what shattered at this moment I am
forced to admit that your dictionary
intended to deal with the question
properly. but it has fallen far short Of
the requirements. To be more explicit,
my dear boy. politics, while original
ly scheduled to daily along the prim-
rose path you mention, has in fact
fallen long way behind, and is now
hopelessly on the track. When your
chronological compendium refers to
ethics in that manner 1t does 80 with
many due reservations. Politics has
nothing to do with ethics In fact, the
two are as widely separated as a col
ored collector of revenues would be
from a Texas governor Politics is
not condition, billy; 1t is a game.
There are two great political parties,
my dear boy, and the burning ques-'
ton OF one is: How much can we
stealg while that of the other Is,
Grab II before it's all gone You
will at once observe where the ordi-
nary citizen obtains his rights vul-
carly speaking. II strikes him In the
region of the fifth cervical vertebrae.
A brief reference to your beloved die
tionary will reveal to you that ethics
may be described as morality. Even
the most rabid politician has never the
nerve to class himself among the high.
ly moral. Roughly speaking. the poll.
tician Is a wise guy, and he usually
knows enough to seek refuge In
mansion when it rains, though some
times, under the steady downpour. he
makes mistake and gets in the
wrong house and is unable to get out
until term Of years has expired"
rs all politics crooked, dear
uncle?" asked billy. anxiously.
''No. not all. my boy" replied Uncle
George. There may be some de-
scription Of it that is as pure as the
driven snow. You will not discover
that description in the Unted States.
however. At times the vile and licen.
tious press has limited at anomalous
conditions politically. but that Is but
petty jealousy. This same press has
pointed out with calm JUNCTION that
congress the senate. the boards Of al
dermen. etc. including the city OH
cials of even the meanest municipality
are out for the stuff. but those of us
wha know the conditions merely smile
sardonically and reach ont for two
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

A London writer. discussing the
Sherlock Holmes hind of detective
says that Scotland yard detectives
are simply ordinary uniformed police
men who have been promoted to plain
clothes work, or, - he quantity ex-
presses it: 'if policeman is steady
and grows fat he is made a sergeant.
If, under similar conditions, he re-
mains thin. he becomes detectivels
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

A naval court-martial at Annapolis
has ruled that hazing includes not only
the infliction Of physical cruelty or pain,
but any molestation or annoyance which
makes the victim ridiculous In the eyes
of his fellows. The ruling is in keeping
with common sense and public feeling.
both of which recognize that mental
suffering may be a more serious infiic-
ton than physical pain.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21
MISTAKE ABOUT FATHER.
Boys Thought He Was % h Pitied,
But Found They Were Mis-
taken.

AT the Waldorf they are telling this
story of Pjttsbcrg :ill;oaa;ss who il
over 70, and the way he fooled his son
and nephew on recent visit to the CITY
Of the Great White Way. The two young
men dined with father" every evening.
and then watched him take the elevator
to his quarters, relates the New York
Tribune.
100 bad father has to 70 to bed at
Aine every evening"" said tie son.
He doesn't have much fun, does he?"
returned the nephew.
Wonder if he goes to aleep right away,
Or if he'd like us to stay and talk to hint"
from the son.
Let's 60 up and see," said the nephew.
feeling the full grip of compassion.
They found his shoes outside the door
waiting Tor the coming of the bootblack.
and there was no light in the transom.
Poor old man, he doesn't have
very good time over here" they chorusod.
Then they went out into the night in
. cab, and toward midnight turned into
one of the gilded mlrrored lobster places.
When they were finally seated about :
table and had given the waiter his or
der, they looked about the room. The
first individual to meet their astonished
gaze was father" in full evening dress,
pouring champagne into glass which was
held by an actress.
How about the shoes in front of yeur
door,! they asked him afterward.
Its pity man of my age and money
can't have two pairs of shoes, my chill
dren, he said, with wink. Those were
my old shoes"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

A Philadelphia captain OF detectives
tells of one of the malaprops Of his force.
who, despite his deficiency In education,
is clever operator. Responding to an
inquiry, he explained to friend the pos
session of two names by prisoner by
saying: Jim Henry is his real name;
Percy ID. Klyne is his ananias."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

When one sees our cornfelds with
the blades stripped and the stalks left
to rot, he can not help marveling that
the shredder is not in more general
use among our people. At one Of our
experiment stations recently with O
crop Of forty bushels per cent ANALYSES
OF the different parts Of the corn stalk
proved that the relative values are a.
follows:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

Two women, in lighting a picnic fire
on the slope of Waterman mountain,
San Bernardino county. CAL, the other
day, discovered asphaltum deposits. A
rush followed, 10000 acres have been
located, and an oil boom is in progress.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21
Cot what He Asketl.

Tho proprietor of hotel, hearing OF
camped from his esta6lishment without
going through the formaIity of paying
his bill, sent him a note: Mr. -:
Dear Sir-Wiil you send amount Of your
bill, and oblige?"
To which the delinquent. replied: "The
amount is $3.50. Yours respectfully -
Chicago journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

OF course shredding can not make all
this material available for digestion,
but it does save enough to convince
anybody that the work means an
enormous saving. There is no doubt
that it pays.-Progressiv Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21
Robbed in Church.

just think what an outrage it is to be
robbed of all the benefits Of the services
by continuous coughing throughout the
congregation, when Anti Gripine is guar
anteed to cure. Sold everywhere. Is cts.
+. w. Diemer, NJ. d., Manufacturer.
Springfield, Mo. =
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21
Very Cheap.

THE really rich are the only ones that
ought to put on airs"
mot on your life! Anyone can afford
the world. Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21
0rtntn&t tl1r BrHt
Gr,tHnr nf thr Branta
3Bnhltr
By DIR. THOMAS EixON, JR.,
Author and Preacher. New York.

ROM time time have efforts establish limit the
freedom of the press Such efforts have been
full in the atmosphere of the American republic.
No questions the fact that of newspa-
pers have dsgraced their high Office purveyors of
and leaders OF public opinion And yet the evils of throt-
tied press have always been greater to the mind of the
American citizen than the license of the obscene
journalist And press has remained absolutely
fettered.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating,
hot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25c. Ac-
cept no substitute Trial package FREE.
Address A. 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21
A Maine paper recently attributed I

A Maine paper recently attributed to
Cen Miles the familiar saying that the
only good Indian is dead Indian. Gen.
Miles. who knows Indians better than
uoet people who speak i'll Of them.
,,rousptly wrote that he was never the
author of any such inhuman. brutal ana
ernflless statement
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

Lewis Single Binder straight SC cigar
made Of rich, mellow tobacco. Your deal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21
EDEC HOMESTEAD Lands of
/ NIL WESTERN CANADA

If politics is an unclean game it il be-
cause uncleaI men have been permitted
to run it so long.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

Jarnnese have been caught circulating
.c,,nferfeits Of gold coins in Tacoma.
n. .n,olds and batteries were made at
ralro6himi. Japan The Japs are not all
nod
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

Who are the only wise people On earth!
Why, those who agree with ", of course.
IN. Y. Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

Send this to Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn,
n. Y, and receive in return q sample pack.
age OF Garfield Tea, the herb cure Tor con
stipation and sick headache.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

When woman allows her husband to
have his own way look out for a coming
back with a request for cash.-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

Teacher-What, Tommy, ID the meaning
Of the word "bigotry"
Tommy (hopefully)-It's when . man
married two women.-Haf Holiday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

Fortunes wheel won't turn for . nan
unless he puts his shoulder = it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

TO Cure q Cold in One Day
Take LAxATIvH BRoMo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II IL fails to cure.
EW. GRovB's Signatures on each box. go
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

Success" answered the cynic, consists
IN making enough stir about your achieve
ments to cause your failures to be over
looked. "-Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-21

ed as the one-crop man. He IA more
progressive. His house is more up to
date and more refined The good wife
and children are better clothed and bet
ter fed. On his premises are more ant
to be found the many labor-saving
contrivances that help loved ones with
their daily routine of duties. His home
is furnished with many more Of the
Injuries that tend to make home more
enjoyable
There are more things to create an
attachment to the old farm home for
the boys and girls who will be less Ia
Bile to flock to the cities with its many
vices
But finally to accomplish this we
must blend a great deal Of Drawn and
brain with out soil, study it, learn its
likes and iislikes, and its needs. feed
II literally what it needs. Study your
stock and their relation to your crops
and soils. Manage them so that the
greatest good may come from each.
Study your boys and girls, especially
the boys: They are considerably like
the "Irishman's flea" Interest your
self as much IN him as you do In that
brindle calf or the "yaller" puppy, and
quite likely he will be interested in
you. A little care on him will not be
thrown away. He is valuable animal;
trained properly ami managed rightly
he will make the most valuable crop
your farm produces. and in years to
come the old farm may respond to the
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-07-13

Il your eyes were upun your sandals
how Camu - to Sc this smile Of Nhit q
- pirate. \ Ntyk tn Jour Crils,
false uI,tht,n. a week Uf Tyc bread
and lyHtilH. With duuu.H i.iuds and
double Mathis. MAJ d - > - a re-
az, muTaHCr % the laWs under which
- i've
At this sudden outflame q wrath ths
two witnesses sank their faces on their
IN, sts. aud sat 40 mru crushed. Thv
Abbott turned his ansTy eyes away
from them and beut thym upon the
az, used. mo mt his searching gaze
with firm and composed face.
What hast thou g. say, Brothrf
John. upon these w,ighty thlnss WhlSh
ar urged against thee
Little enough. good father. little
enough" said the novice. For the
matter - the ale, 7 had come In hit
from the uylds and had scarce gOt the
taste q a.. hing before mine eye lit
upon thu bottom % thc pHi. T. may
D.. too, that I sppka somcwhat -hurtly
concerning the bran and thu beans.
IN, same bring poor prOvrnder and
united fTr n man - my inches IL
b. tue a'zu that 7 al i1v NV hands
uTuu this lH.t.f.l q a Brother An
bruse. though. as you can see al
him little sCath As r,r1rds IN" maid
too. u r. trus that All haft hsr over
tn STRAIN. she having on her husen
and shuun. whilst h1d hut my wo'd-
en- sandals. which could take ~ hurt
from tn water. should have
thuucht shame upon NV m0rhnnf.
AZ vel ~ my monkhu1i. II hal h.ld
hack my h1ri from her" "" cllrc = 4
around a. D. SPOKE. with tn half
4 4 a 4. - I
Inc ~ whole Proceedings
'''Th'-r - M ned 90 81 furthsr."
said the Abbot. lie has c"nfcss-d o.
al " only remains for ms 60 prrt on
1ut TIL punishment which IL due o.
his cyil conduit"
He r1sn and ~" two long Hnrs 2
hruth.rs followed his DNlwr'a, l..ki- g
Sideways with scared faces ~ TIE
angry Ura'stc.
John q Horde" ~ thurdsred.
'vou have shown yourself durns the
Two months II y"ur nuvitiat. Z" D.
-,croart monk. and one who l. un-
worthy O. wear tn white rarb which
= tha outer symbol q tn sFofie-s
sririt That d--ss shall therefor D
.frirTHi from the. AMI thHu SHAFT n
1st into ~ outer world v 'hout D ra-
u - Cl.rkshtr and W thout - or
AFT ~ the rrlrys and blessing =
hose who dwell urie- tn car, q -,
'ass.d BENEDICT Thou shalt m
lsk neither o. Eo1uH nor o. any =
h. Eraur.s - H.Iul '.u ana INV
lame shall ~ struck ~ the scrolls ~
n ord r."
To sentence app-ar,1 a terrible one
o IN" older monks VIII hli heJuue
n us..i T. tho safe and p .ular 10 II
h. Abby that they would have b-ch
- p 'gl,ss az children "a thD outer
Tor'd From their V.ous oasis "a y
nuk.d dr.amily 'ut q the desert ~
ia r'aca Fun 2 stormincs and
iriNiuEs sumfuItlyss. restless, and
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-07-13

no the top. disclosed a round sincwy
neck. ruldy and CSr,lcd like the bark
or the Or. Thick muscular arms. cuy.
cred with n reddish down. Irotrude,l
from the wide sleeves uf his habit.
while his white shirt. louJsyl NJ upon
one side. gave n glimpse 81 huge
lnOay beg. SCARED aud torn with the
.rratchcs Of hramhles. With q law
10 the Abbot. which had iu Il perhaps
rlore Pleasantly than rcyCr'ncc. the
novice strodc across o. the carved
Irie-slieu which had bc'u ST apart fer
him. and stood silent ami erect with
his hand upon the gold bcll which va.
used In the private prisons ct tlIc Ab-
bots own household His dark ewes
glanced rapidly over the assembly, and
finally settled with grim and mgnac-
ing twinkle upon the face 20 his ac-
Cuser.
The chamberlain TUse. and having
slowly uurolled the northumberland
proceeded o. Rad ID out Ia a Thick and
pompous VOlcv. while suhducd rustic
and movement among tire brothers h.
spoke the interest with which they fol-
lowed the proceedings.
Charges brought uppn the serOnd
Thursday after the feast q the A.
sumption. Ia the wear - our Lord
thirteen hundred aui siNty--ix. against
Hrother John. FORMERLY known as
HoFdle John. or John 81 Horde. but
now a noyicc ga the holy m0nastic
order Of the ClstcrCiinS. Read upon
the same day at the Abbey of Beau-
lieu in the prt.scucc ~ TIE most rev.
erend Abbot licrghcrsh aud Of the as-
sembled order.
The charges against the said
RrOther John are the following
namely. o. Wit:
FIRST. that on the aforementioned !
feast Of the Assumption. small bcgr 7
having been served e. the uUyiccs In
the proportion 81 one quart 70 cHch
four. the said Iirother John did drain
the pot az one drausht. to the dctri- |
meut Of Brother Paul Brother Tor /
phyry, and Brother Ambrose. who .
could scar,e eat their uoHc-urat 81 .
sailed stOck-hsh. on account - their
excccdlng dryuc>s."
At this soirmn indictment the novice 4
raised bis hand and tv.tyh'd h.s lip.
while even the placid senior brothers
glanced across at each other and
cuushed Co cover their amusement
Tie Abbot alone sat gray and inn
mutable. with drawn face and
breeding eve.
'-Itcm, that having lsCcn toI by
the master Of the movies that he
should restrict his fOni fer two days
o. n single threc-Iound lugf "f bran
md bcaus. fUr the greater houOring
and Clarifying 81 ~. Monica. mother
81 the holy Augustine. b" was h,trd
by brother Ambrose and Others to say