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The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-02

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18

"Before wrote to you, telling you how ]
felt. 1 had doctored for over two years steady
and spent lots of money on medicines besides,
but It all failed to help me. My monthly Pc
RODS had ceased and suffered much pain,
with fainting spells, headache, backache and
bearing-down pains, and was 30 weak ]
could hardly keep around. As last resort
decided to write you and try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and ! am so
thankful that did, for after following your
instructions, which you sent me free OF all
charge. I became regular and in perfect
health. Had it not been for you would be
In my grave to-day.
az sincerely trust that this letter may lead
every suffering woman in the country to
write you for help as did"
When women are troubled with ir-
regular or painful periods, weakness,
displacemento or liberation of an organ,
that bearing-down feeling, inflamma-
ton, backache, fatulence, general de-
bility, indigestion or nervous prostra-
ton, they should remember there is
one tried and true remedy. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once
removes such troubles.
No other female medicine inthe world
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. Refuse all SUBJ
stitutes.
For rs years Mrs. Pinkham. daughter
in-law of Lydia e. Pinkham, has under
her direction, and since her decease.
been advising sick women free OF
charge. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18

Many practices which ten years ago.
i've years ago, one year ago, and even
six months ago were in favor, public
opinion having no condemnation for
them, are now held to be odious and
even criminal. This Ii perhaps the
most notable development OF the day,
namely, the creation of higher stand
ard for the conduct Of American bust
ness. The revelations of graft In the
insurance and railroad companies are
q shock to national pride and yet
there is hardly an American who does
not know that In one form or another
graft has entered largely into the cor
porate life as into the political life
of the country. The saving clause OF
the situation is that 1t seems a pass
ing phase in our national progress.
The optimist has reason to rejoice that
the national conscience has been
touched and that public opinion is
establishing higher ideals.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
CONCERNING BREAKFAST.
This Meal Especially Should b
Served in Appetizing Way-A
Good Bill Of Fare.

Breakfast either makes or mars the
day. A nutritious, appetizing break
fast, perfectly cooked and daintily
served, is an inspiration; and the man
who has breakfasted well goes to his
work with a zeal that the man VINO
has partaken of poorly cooked,
greasy, indigestible breakfast cannon
know, who goes to his labor with o
load in his stomach and on his spir'
its, too.
AS we live in the country, + aim 10
make the most of what we raise on
the farm, and produce appetizine
meals therefrom, and also utilize the
leftovers so that nothing be wasted
In the first place, we always nave
plenty of milk and cream. l tninh
| hear some sister say: HOW can
you manage to have cream when you
take the milk to the factory wen
we save out a good mess OF milk al
night, and l separate allNthe cream
from the milk, as little cream puts
the finishing touch to so many dishes
while the skim milk can be used te
good advantage in many other ways
We think it more economical thar
buying the extra meat and otnei
foods we would have to. to make vi
q diet of the same nutritive value.
believe that workingmen require
a hearty breakfast, but | would oraV
the line at warm biscuit and too mucf
f~.N
rule prefer freshly cooked potatoes
Potatoes will boil in half an hour, ant
we like them creamed in the follow
ing way:
Boil in slightly sailed water, dram
sprinkle generously with salt ant
mash with fork, add one-hah cul
cream and some butter and bea
awhile, then add more cream, or mill
if necessary, and beat vigorously un
til it is light, creamy mass. Pie II
dish Immediately (as it is not as goo
if allowed to stand in kettle), dot VIII
butter and sprinkle with pepper
This is so good no gravy is requires
with it. If, however, you have III
tie cold ham, chicken or any KIND O
meat, put it through your meat cnol
per (using the nut butter grinder
| will come out in great fakes, Pill
on top of the creamed potato, add
little butter and pepper, and set in tn
oven just minute. This is delicious
and with toast, graham gems, corr
meal mullins or fresh graham brea
and butter, apple sauce or baked al
pies, coffee, gingerbread or dougf
nuts, makes, to my mind, an ides
breakfast.-Farm and Home.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
The Chronicle.
COIFAX. LOulSiANA.
Noble Conception.


AS the result of the disinterested
effort of David Lubin, citizen OF San
Francisco. the king of Italy has In
yited the nations of the world to send
representatives to a conference, to De
held at Rome, to consider the pro
priety of creating an international III
stitute of agriculture-and II so de-
cided, to organize such an Institute
with clearly defined objects, autnor'
fly and duties as set forth In the pro-
tocol which will be the basis OF the
deliberations of the conference. MI.
Lubin, says the Chronicle, OF that
city, is q gentleman of keen Intellect
and broad views, and his original pro-
posals contemplated for the proposed
institute a scope Of activity and OF
authority in connection with them
which seemed to most Of us top broad
to be even subjects of discussion, as
practical measures, by the present
generation, and to be necessarily post
poned for serious consideration until
the good time coming comes. What
Mr.. Lubin may hope for the future,
however, has nothing whatever to 90
with the propositions of the Official
protocol of the Italian government.
which include only measures selected
from Mr.. Lubin's broad outline, and
80 xx,h;oh al ,,ctor,DIofo action paSilv
possible at once, highly important and
extremely useful The work proposed
for the institute of agriculture is SIM
ply the collection and distribution by
international cooperation of the cur
rent agricultural data Of the world.
These data include information re-
specting crops, labor, prices, freights,
discoveries, inventions and markets.
1t is proposal to put the producers,
consumers and middlemen of the
world on equal terms in respect to
information of current events calcu'
lated to affect markets of agricultural
products so far as human ingenuity
duu IcSOuICcS SaA oCCOhPhioh 49, -
is stated that 80 nations, including
our own, have notified the Italian gov
eminent of adherence to its proposals
in so far as to promise representation
at the conference. So much is re
uuired by international comfy, and
acceptance to that extent was within
the customary exercise of the presi
Dental authority and carries with II
a moral obligation on the part Of con
gress to provide for the expenses o.
the delegates. and upon the president
thereafter, to make the necessary ap
pointments. The final acceptance o
the conclusions of the conference ant
their incorporation into our nationa
or international polity is Of course al
entirely different matter, to be deter
mined, either now or hereafter, by thu
president and congress, or the presl
dent and senate, according to the ma
ture of the conclusions and the form
in which they may be presented 10
action.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
CLEVER DOCTOR.
Cured a go Years. Trouble Without
Any Medicine.

A wise Indiana physician cured q
years stomach disease without any
medicine as his patient tells:
II had stomach trouble. for 20 years
tried allopathic medicines, patent
medicines and all the simple remedies
suggested by my friends, but grew
worse all the time.
Finally doctor who Is the most
prominent physician in this part OF
the state told me medicine would dc
me no good, only irritating my stom-
ach and making it worse-that must
look to diet and quit drinking coffee.
II cried out In alarm. Quit drink
ing coffee!' why. What will drink?'
"Try Postum said the doctor, 4
drink 1t and you will like 1t when Il
is made according to directions, with
cream, for 1t is delicious and has more
Of the bad effects coffee has
well. that was two years ago. and
l am still drinking Po.tum. My sfom-
ach Is right again ano know doctor
hit the nail on the head when he d.
cided coffee was the cause Of all ny
trouble. only wish I had quit IL
years agp and drank Postum in its
place" Flame given by Postum Co.,
Battle Greek, Mich.
Never too late to mend. Ten days
trial of Postum in place Of coffee
works wonders. There's a reason.
Look In pkgs. for the famous ~
tie book. 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18

In some ways the recent conference
on international arbitration at Lake
Mohonk, N. r., was an unusually
democratic gathering. Here is a cir
cumstance illustrating this state
ment: One morning a summer visitor
was pacing the veranda of the big
hotel when a tall, heavy man ap-
preached. Can you give me light?'
said the visitor. The big man handed
over a match. whereupon the other
said: How tall are your" six feet
four inches" was the reply. Say,
but that's good cigar you're smok-
ing" was the next remark. Eyes. it
is" said the big man. Let me offer
you one out of the same box" The
visitor accepted gladly and had one
more query. by the way. who are
your" 81 am DR.. Mcvickar, bishop OF
Rhode Island" replied the heavy
weight, who apparently hugely en-
ioyed the incident.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
Future Air Travel.

Navigation of the air, safely and ex-
peditiously, is bound to be accom-
plished and to become mans future
method of travel. An accident now
and again is to be deplored through
human sympathy, but it should not be
allowed to prevent further expert
ments. II the bursting of boiler with
fatal results lad deferred the inver-
tor of the steam engine would we not
have remained in the era OF stage
coaches?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
THE LINGERIE HAT.

and The edge gathered up to at band
of white stiff muslin about one and
one-half inch wide and large enough to
fit the child's head comfortably. The
brim is also sewn to this band; 1t is
composed of gathered frill of accor-
dion pleated muslin and frill of mus
lin embroidery; the joining of the brim
is covered by a fold Of ribbon, and a
large bow trims the front.
The hat should be lined with a soft
piece 1T muslin or sarsenet silk; ro-
settle of the ribbon is placed under the
brim at the left side of front.
Ladies, as we'll as children, have
adopted the lingerie hat. 1t is the ia
vored summer headgear Of the day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18

Newspapers are printing the GUS
tomary summer stories OF crowds of
visitors from this country flocking to
Europe and overrunning the hotels
and public places. The treasury sta
tistics show that about 100000 Ameri-
cans go to Europe every year and the
estimated expenditure Of this army of
visitors is $1,000. so that European ho-
tel owners, storekeepers. transporta-
zion companies and other purveyors to
s,shtseers receive about $4,000. 900
annually from the overlooking Ameri-
can pocketbook.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18

The woman who secures the
catch" of the season often
finds that the trout once land
end shrinks to the size of q
minnow.
She-would you rather have
your I'LL of steak or love?
He-It all depends upon the
hour.
Egoism, when grand and
large enough, like that pos
sessed by Walt Whitman, is
merely a translation of other
mems souls.
God made one perfect wom-
an, and he has been making i'm
perfect casts of her ever since.
With artists, sometimes the
artist Is exalted and the man
forgotten, and sometimes the
man is exalted and the artist
in him killed.
He was one of those detest-
able men who are "emancipat-
ed" women.
can forgive England for two
things. One is Shakespeare and
the English literature generally,
excluding much that is con-
temporary; and also for its
Worcestershire sauce-the like
of which is made in no other
place in the universe.
\ II every mans biography
4 were truthfully written it would
\ be like the "Frenchiest" of nov
< els.
4 Houses, like men, possess dis
\ tinct characters-usually the
Z perverted ambitions Of their
\ builders.
! The curse of American civili-
! zation is its enforced brutal OPP
\ timism, which enjoins indiffer-
\ ence to all the sorrow and mis-
\ cry in the world.
y
\ She-You don't love your
! wife as much as most men do
\ their wives. A good husband
\ loves the whole sex on account
\ Of his wife.
\ ,He-And If I did love the
! whGle sex you. would still OBJ
x ject.
\ WALTER BLACKBURN HARTE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
CHINESE POTTERY TOWN.
Everything in Chingtechen Belongs
to the Porcelain and Earthen-
ware Industry.

For at least 900 years the town
ChingtecheIf, in China, has been de-
voted to the making OF pottery. Wal
ter Clennell, British consul, describes
the place. He says that everything IN
Chingtechen belongs to the porcelain
and earthenware industry. Inc
houses are for the most part built OF
fragments of fire-clay that were at one
time part either of old kilns or of the
fire-clay covers in which the porcelain
is stacked during firing. The river
bank is for miles covered with deep
stratum of broken chinaware and chips
of fire clay and the greater part OF the
town and several square miles Of the
surrounding country are built over OF
composed of similar deposit
Chingtechen is unlike anything else
in China. The forms, the color, the
materials used in the buildings, the at
mosphere are reminiscent OF the poor
er parts of a civilized industrial CEN
ter. There are 104 large pottery kiln'
in town. The greater part are in use
only for short season in the summer
During this busy season the popula
ton of Chingtechen rises to abou
40O, 900 souls, but of this total nearly
half are laborers drawn from wide
area of country, who come for the sea
SON, live in rows of barrack-like sheds
and do not bring their families will
them.
Visitors to Chingtechen pass alon,
street after street, where every shop Il
occupied by men, women and children
all engaged in the designing, molding
painting or distributing of pottery
Potters' sheds, where the clay is mikes
and nodded on the wheel, are innumer
able. The riveI bank is crowded TO
three miles by junks either landing
material and fuel or shipping the I'm
ished product
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
FRIENDS BIRTHDAY

ing love was precious to her who had
put 1t away In her box of treasures.
while she was yet In her teens.
You will not think that am preach.
ing. will you, II hint that each BIRTH
day should mark a definite advance In
wisdom and knowledge and find us
better fitted to help one another than
we were a year ago? Little things
make up the sum of our lives. II we
are fretful and cross, easily disturbed
and quick to resent grievances, we
shall be hard to get on with, trouble
some to ourselves and disagreeable to
our friends.
There are girls who are charming
away from home, but very inconsider-
ate and irritable with those they love
best. Every birthday should enable
us to be more self-controlled and more
gentle and lovable than we used to
be. In a household know there are
three sisters; Louise Is unselfish and
lovely; Betty is preoccupied with her
own affairs and sees everything from
her own point of view; Maria is par.
TALLY an invalid and is what her
mother calls fractions" The last ex-
preston means a good deal to me. 1t
shows me that Maria's disposition is
to break the peace around her instead
of preserving it as a perfect whole.
Louise is the darling of this trio.
Hannah More, writer very popular
in her day, but at present almost for
gotten, wrote bit of verse that fits
| in to my birthday talk:
'Since trifies make the sum OF human
things,
And half our misery from our foibles
springs;
Since life's best joys consist in peace
and ease,
And though but few can serve, yet all
can please;
Oh, let the ungentle spirit learn from
hence,
A small unkindness is great offense.
Another bit of advice may be par.
doned l have been in homes where
a great deal of attention was paid te
Susie's and Jenny's birthdays, but
nothing whatever made Of the birth
| days of Tom and Dick. Boys carr
just as much about love and happy
times at home as girls do, and sisters
should look out for their brothers ant
make their birthdays red-letter days
Then father and mother, who art
always thinking and planning for 20,
and making sacrifices that you ma!
be well educated, well dressed ant
able to go here and there, for visit
and journeys, should be remembered
by their juniors. On fathers birthday
see that there is an extra touch OF
the table, flower beside his plate. an,
little gift from every one. AS TO
mother, too much cannot be done TO
her, since she is the good angel o
her children's lives. II there are oil
people in the house, do something ex
ira for them on their birthdays.
The sum OF the matter is this:
birthday is a golden opportunity +
make somebody happy and to take
fresh start in unselfsh behavior o.
your own part.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
White Mountain Pudding.

Add to one pint of milk cupful Of
sugar. half cupful of fine cracker
crumbs, the beaten whites of two eggs,
few grains of salt, half teaspoonful
of salt, half a teaspoonful of almond
extract, and two heaping tablespoon
fuls of cocoanut. Bake slowly until
firm like custard; beat the whites Of
two eggs with half cupful of sugar
and spread over the top. then brown
lightly in the oven.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness. 1t is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and f1neness of the fabric II
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De-
fiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
DAME THRIFTY's scRAP-BooK

Save all the burlap pieces, wash
and sew them together in strips and
use them under the carpets this spring
This is better than paper for it allows
the dirt to sift through the ,meshes to
the floor.
Much time and labor may be saved
in window washing If after washing
the glass it is rinsed in perfectly clear
water and left to dry. When entirely
dry moments polishing with news
papers will make it as bright as q
long and hard drying and rubbing with
cloths would do.
To clean fur boa first brush out al
the dust, then clean it way through te
the skin by brushing with whisl
broom dripping with alcohol. Wher
this is finished, powder it with fuller!
earth, set away for couple of days
then shake the brush thoroughly.
To remove the stain and odor o.
onions from the hands after handling
them, rub the hands with a piece o.
fresh celery. 5.
If a vanilla bean is kept in the sugar
Jar it will give to the sugar very del
icate 1avor. This is especially desir
able ior sugar to be used in cak'
baking.
Instead of leaving the cellar unit
the last room to be cleaned, we cleal
1t first as it is then more apt to re
ceive through cleaning. We sweel
| the ceiling, walls and every corner
taking care that no accumulations ar
left there to endanger the health o
the family. Then a strong solution o
copperas water is sprinkled over tn
floor a couple of times to serve as
! Review.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
Peas and Potatoes,

Cut cold-boiled new potatoes into
small pieces with vegetable cutter
or knife: cook nice, fresh green peas
until tender; place a cupfur of cream
in saucepan; when no. thicken II
with scant tablespoonful of flour.
mixed with three tablespoonfuls OF
butter; add salt and pepper to taste;
to this add the potatoes and peas,
when heated well. Serve at once on a
platter. Nice to serve with lamb.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
Neglected Teeth.

It sounds rather far-fetched to talk
of the toothbrush as preventive Of
pneumonia. but since neglected teeth
nike a harboring place for the bac-
terra of disease, and pneumonia germs
are often present in the mouth, even of
a healthy person it is very evident
that we cannot be too careful in dental
cleanliness. Ill-kept teeth used to be
regarded merely as a discomfort, or
a detriment to personal appearance
We now realize that they endanger
the general health. Children are never
too young to be taught that both
good health and personal self-respect
demand a conscientious use of the
toothbrush
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
Safe Deposit.

OF Marshal Field III. an amusing
story was recently told at Lakewood.
The boy, according to the story, APP
preached an old lady in Lakewood
hotel and said to her:
Can you crack nuts?"
mo, my dear, can't" the old lady
replied. Il lost all my teeth years
ago."
Then" said the little boy, extend
ing two hands full of walnuts, please
hold these while I go and get some
more."-Denver Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
Wearing Rings.

The wise woman wears one ring
upon each finger. but never two. One
ring sets on the finger and preserves
its shape and general appearance. But
two rings ruin it's outline. Wear one
ring on each finger. but don't crowd
the matter by putting on two or more.
as 80 many women do.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18
Excellent Relish.

Mustard and horseradish mixed
make an excellent relish for cold
meats. Mix yellow mustard and add
to it an equal quantity of grated
horseradish, which has been boiled
ten minutes in water. Thin the mix
ture with little of this water.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-18

In an ordinary restaurant waiter
was surprised at being asked with
Ireland's inimitable smile for div
lied whale" els it flleted shark that
We have, thin?" pursued the Irish
man, on being refused this delicacy.
Again receiving a reply in the mega
tive, he tried once more. Thin ye
can bring me some roasted porpoise,''
he said. The waiter showed signs of
becoming FESTIVE, and Paddy sank
back in his seat and heaved a sigh
of contentment. "I'll take some roast
beef and vegetable" he said, cheerful
ly, land sure yell not be for saying
that l didn't ask We for fish,"