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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
old-fashioned coffee who will accept tina


Free inspection of our factories and
methods is made by thousands of people
each month and the coffee importers
themselves are cordially invited. Both
Postum and Grape-Nuts are absolutely
pure and made exactly as stated.
The formula of Postum and the an
alysis made by one Of the foremost
chemists of Boston has been printed on
every package for many years and is abb
solutely accurate.
Now as to the food value of Postum.
It contains the parts of the wheat berry
which carry the elemental salts such as
lime, iron, potash, silica, ETC., etc., used
by the life forces to rebuild the cellular
tissue, and this is particularly true OF the
phosphate of potash, also found in
Grape-Nuts, which combines in the hui
man body will albumen and this COM
bination, together with water, rebuilds
the worn out gray matter In the delicate
nerve centers all over the body, and
throughout the brain and solar plexus.
Ordinary coffee stimulates In an un-
natural way, but with many people 1t
slowly and surely destroys and does not
rebuild this gray substance 80 vitality
important to the well-being Of every
human being.
These are eternal facts. proven. well
authenticated and known to every prop
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
By B. L. TAYLOR
With some extracts from the unpub-
lished work of the late Walter
Blackburn Harte.

1t is much easier to overthrow
a monarchy than to make a de-
mocracy fit TO live in.
The rights of man have always
had fascination for me, and
only the growing consciousness
that to admit such theory
would swamp the whole race by
swapping the high interests OF
the few, has restrained me and
kept me cool and bipartisan.
This is the biography OF man,
the reasoning animal-the crea-
tura haunted by an Idea: Born,
ate, slept, died."
She - And do | say common
place things?
Observation-Disclosures to vary
the monotony, suppose.
The man who continually
seeks women's society is man
who recognizes his own inca
pacity to engage the interest and
attention of men.
A woman's brain often con-
tains as many good thoughts and
ideas as that of mans; but
her trouble is in retaining them.
Her brain is not so like soap
dish as a mans, but more near
ly resembles fiat plate - the {
gravy runs out and does not get
a chance to CONCEAL or "jell." ,
Hence the general verdict that
she has no logic or concentration (
of thought. What flows off a
woman's brain, however, is often (
superior to what remains in the
mans soapdish; though, OF
course, skim mix in the cup
board is of more value than the
cream on the sidewalk.
1t would be a very wise world
IL all the people in it were as
wise as Shakespeare's fools and
worIdlings.
The pay of a great thinker is
thought.
WALTER BLACKBURNE HARTE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
RELIGIOUS REPORT.

Prof John L. Nuelsor of Mast theo-
logical seminary, Berea, O., has COM
piled volume of selected sermons by
John Wesley, to which Is added an IL
Eliminating biographical sketch of the
founder of Methodism.
Methodists of this country have un-
dertaken the task of raising $780,
for an India jubilee. Bishop Thoburn
is chairman of the committee on the
fund, and will go to India to take part
in the celebration, which is to be held
at Bareilly.
A children's branch of the North Iu-
dia Bible society has been formed. Its
contributions in 1904 paid for printing
10000 copies of the Gospel of john
Every child now has an intense inter-
est in the fruit of circulating thoss
little gospels.
After only little more than gen.
Grafton in our neighborlng republic.
Mexico. not far from $4,000 have been
gathered into the mission churches,
mainly those nurtured by the Presby-
terians, north and south, Methodists,
north and south, and the American
board.
John c. Martin, successful coal op-
orator turned philanthropist, has es-
tablished departments for the training
of colored men as ministers in no few
er than IL small colleges of the south.
Young men are instructed In Bible
truths simply. Mr.. Martin having no
special UNCONVENTIONAL bias to favor.
: Archbishop Farley has made applica-
ton to Rome for priest able to speak
the Chinese language, who will look
after the spiritual welfare of the Cath
Ollie Chinese of New York. 1t is only
a year ago that five Chinese merchants
of Chinatown were baptised on the
same afternoon at the Paulist's church.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
American Thrift.

We hear SO much nowadays of popa-
lar extravaganza and the correspond.
Ing decline of the good old habit OF
thrift, that evidence of our people CIV
ing thought against the rainy day Ii
refreshing when 1t is encountered. And
1t Is encountered much more frequent
ly than most persons suppose. Take
the recent report of the savings banks
of the state of New York, for illustra-
ton, of popular prudence, and we find
that these institutions at the close of
business of the year 1905 had 2,569, 79s
accounts; and that their resources WERE
sf,405, S00.904. This item showed an
Increase of s193,000,e00 in the year.
There was one savings bank accoun,
to every three Inhabitants of the state.
The aggregate of deposits made dur
ing the year was 1891, 750.5S, an enor-
nous sum testifying to the strength OF
the savings bank habit. Such figures
are interesting and instructive at all
times, but particularly so at present
when we are currently said to be liv-
ing in an ERA of high prices" They
show that these prices are not incon-
sistent with savings by working PEG.
pie, who constitute the bulk of the de.
positors. AS they are Industrious
workers and must be to accumulate
spare cash, it seems evident that they
cannot have denied themselves any
thing essential to their physical we'll
being. They must have economical In
other directions, for every branch 0.
trade has been busy supplying a wide
spread demand. The conclusion is
that the mass of steady, sober, indus
trious workers save on a plan which
carefully apportions expenditures 20
needs, and always keeps in view
margin of reserve for the savings
bank.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
With the Green Cheese Limited.
fRadydrd KipliaG at the Wbee11

We leave old earth with shrek of mirth
and the sorsal blades full-swing,
With a far-fiung whoop and a spacial
swoop. like the curve of demon
wing.
The U-tube can is damned to part, and
trimmed the bilge bobstay
And we lay a course for the moons pale
disc on the fringe of the Milky Way.
Our Captain links, of the Sky Marines. is
glued to the upper keel,
With Bos'n Hank at the dorsal tank and
Kipling at the wheel
Old Sixty-Two with her colloid crew is
heeled on the Starboard tack.
In the tactical spray of the Milky Way and
the dust of the Zodiac.
We leave Aldermaran on the lee. Polar
is On the Port;'
And all goes well till the colloids bell and
the vacuum gins to snort:
Then the fddle-dee-dee gets off the key, and
the fol-lol drops a stitch;
There's the devil to pay with the bilge bob
stay, and the bulkhead jumps the
switch.
But Captain links, who is eyed like lynx,
puts a crimp In the U-tube can,
And Kip he spins the wheel to port and be-
lays the electric fan,
While Bos'n Hank at the dorsal tank let's
go, and the airship rights;
And We weather the blow with '"Teo-
heave-ho" and "Shiver my topping
lights.'
Old Sixty-Two with her colloid crew is
again on the Starboard tack
In the tactical spray of the Milky Way and
the dust of the Zodiac
On an even keel, with Kip al the Wheel, we
plow the stellar brine,
And at one by the clock we bump our dock,
and the Moon Man throws us a line
at the recent Mark Twain dinner in
New York 1t was interesting to watch
swell known authors" sizing one an
other up for the first time Hardly
anybody knew anybody. But New
York isn't London, and will not be for
q good many years.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
FREsHENINC THE BEDROOM.
Now Is the Time to Look After De-
tails Before the Heavy Work Of
Housecleaning Is Upon Us.

The months fly by in such quick rota-
ton that before we are aware of it, the
time will be here for spring cleaning.
1t is well to plan what changes we are
going to make before this trying time
comes. At this season of the year rem
nants of last years wall papers may be
picked up at little prices, as the new
stocks are coming in from February up
to April, and the shelves must be cleared
to make way for the new stock.
Upholstery fabrics will also come Ia
shortly, and then the shops make way
for the new materials by closing out last
spring and autumn samples, and other
short lengths, often below cost price. 1t
Is never cheap to buy anything because
it is cheap, unless we want it, but II we
are going to need it, we might as well
take advantage of these early spring
sales.
The changes for curtains, bureau COW
ers and cushions can all be thought out
before the spring upheaval. The linen
closet must also be gone through, and
as the ready-made sheets never come
long enough to tuck under at the top and
bottom, it behooves all good housekeep-
ers to make up their own.
1t doesn't take long with good ma
chine, and the extra comfort of having
unrumpled sheets. is we'll worth the
small amount of trouble In measuring
off the lengths and hemming top and
bottom. Why are sheets never made
long enough? One would think that
the makers would naturally want to
increase the cost by selling more mate
rial, and L have yet to come across
sheet that is not a quarter OF yard
TOO short
First decide what to do to freshen
up the bedrooms. Having found some
charming papers, plan the color
scheme for the rooms that need bright
ening up. Each pillow and bolster
should have muslin cover. Who
does not remember the houses where
one sees a thin pillow slip and the
stripped ticking showing through?
The mattress also needs protecting,
as the wire mattresses are apt to dis
colpr the ticking. 1t is an easy matter
to take new muslin cover, when 1t is
Quite an expensive outlay to have new
ticking covers made for the shabby
looking mattresses. A lightweight
pad is necessary between the bed and
The sheet, although some people pre-
Ter thin blanket
A bedroom is always more attractive
when there are plenty Of dainty
washable curtains and vaIences in evf-
dence A simple valence on wooden
slat round a bedstead, is not har-
binger of germs II it is kept free from
dust, and washed when soiled. We
too often deprive ourselves of these
little dainty accessories, which serve
to make the bedroom attractive and
should not be unsanitary if a house
keeper knows her business. II is es-
sential that bedroom should be
cheerful, and what is more apt to
make it so than pretty curtains and
hangings of chintzes Of harmonious
coloring?
There is no end to the individual
touches that we can put in our rooms
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
The Coffee Debate.

erly educated physician, chemist ana
food expert.
Please remember we never say ordi-
nary coffee hurts everyone.
Some people use it regularly and seem
strong enough to withstand its attacks,
but there is misery and disease in store
for the man or woman who persists In
its use when nature protests, by heart
weakness, stomach and bowel troubles,
Kidney disease, weak eyes, or general
nervous prostration. The remedy is OBJ
vious. The drug caffeine, contained in
all ordinary coffee, must be discontinued
absolutely or the disease will continue in
spite of any medicine and will grow
worse.
1t is easy to leave off the old-fashioned
coffee by adopting Postum Food Coffee,
for in it one finds pleasing hot break
fast or dinner beverage that has the deep
seal brown color, changing to a rich
golden brown when good cream is added.
When boiled long enough Us minutes)
the flavor is not that of rank Rio coffee
but very like the milder, smooth and
high grade Java, but entirely lacking
the drug effect of ordinary coffee.
Anyone suffering from disorders set
up by coffee drinking (and there is an
extensive Variety can absolutely depend
upon some measure of relief by quitting
coffee and using Postum Food Coffee.
II the disease has not become too
strongly rooted, one can with good rea-
son expect 1t to disappear entirely In a
reasonable time after the active cause
of the trouble is removed and the cell
1u1ar tissue has time to naturally re-
build with the elements furnished by
Postum and good food.
It's only Just plain old common sense.
Now, with the exact facts before the
reader, he or she can decide the wise
course, looking to health and the power
to do things.
II you have any doubt as to the cause
Of any ache or all you may have, remem-
Der the far-reaching kilograms of hurt
nervous system travel from heel to head.
and It may be well worth your while to
make the experiment of leaving off cof-
fee entirely for 10 days and using
Postum in its place.
You will probably gather some good
solid facts, worth more than gold mine.
for health can make gold and sickness
lose it. Besides there's all the fun, for
it's like continuous internal frolic to
be perfectly well.
There's a season for
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
The Chronicle.
COLFAx. LOUISIANA
Honest Fortunes.

c. NJ. Keys. assistant editor OF the
Wall Street Journal. discussing how
men get rich now, in the worlds work
says that most honest American for
tunes have been acquired by the happy
union of the right man and the oppor-
tunity, and offers many examples OF
success and fortune won because a
man saw the opportunity lying walt
Ing and had the acumen and the ener-
gy to seize it, 1t is to show us that not
ali fortunes are the product of graft"
or greed, but are the legitimate return
Of business sagacity that Mr.. Keys
writes. "Only little while ago it was
thought the Americans were going
money-mad. and in danger of sacrific-
ing everything to the getting OF
wealth. But there has been a great
change in the public feeling. Now rich
men are put on the defensive, and
there Is a strong feeling that wealth is
likely to imply dishonesty. At any
rate, rich man must now explain his
riches. Thus the danger on one side.
that we might become money-mad, has
given way to a danger on the other
sue, the danger or dovryius wealth.
But the pendulum of public opinion,
after causing the punishment of some
of the criminally rich, will swing back
to an equilibrium. and we shall say
that honestly acquired wealth in in
dustrial or transportation pursuits, In
agriculture, in invention. in merchan-
disc. Of even In finance. is not dis
grace. but an honor" Admitting the
existence of mighty fortunes, Mr..
Keys still insists that large proper
ton of them are honest. "They come
from the tilling of the soil, from the
opening of mines. from the gathering
Of the wealth of the forests, from the
carrying of commerce over seas. They
are the product of our national genius,
the fruit of mighty endeavor wisely
directed"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
The Real Tom Lawson.

There are many curious differences
between authors as they really are and
authors as popular fancy imagines
them. Reading the works of F. Hop
Smith. for example, one pictures the
author as tall and slender, like a light
house, with a smooth, dark face: where
as. Mr.. Smith is built more like a
brewery and appears two-thirds mus
tache
So with Americas foremost man of
letters, Thomas w. Lawson, of Boston.
One thinks of him as an alert. sharp
eyed, short-haired, nervous, frenzied
man, who divides his time between
scrutinizing the market bulletin board
and debating his mastery essays on
finance TO two stenographers at once.
Indeed, ii was in the stock market
that the writer looked for Mr.. Law
son on recent visit to Boston-and
looked in vain. We then made a Dill.
grimage to the authors residence, and
found him in his quiet study, sur
rounded by his beloved books.
The real Tom Lawson is Iong-haired.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
Oysters on Half She'll

Butter scallop shells and lay on
few fine cracker crumbs; then three
good sized oysters, dust with pepper,
salt; add a bit of butter and more
crumbs; pour over each shell one
tablespoonful of milk. place on bak.
ing sheet, and bake to puffy brown
in moderate oven. Serve on a folded
napkin with lemons cut In tive.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12

Matte M. Marshall, a grandniece OF
former Chief Justice Marshall, OF the
United States supreme court, is one of
the three women rural mail carriers
In America. She is connected with the
Granite City, ILL.,, post office. Miss
Marshall is % years old. She re-
ceived her appointment June 13, 1904.
She travels daily her route of 81 miles
out of the Granite City post Office ane
delivers from 1000 to 5000 pieces Of
mail each month. Her salary is s720
a year. About 100 families are served
by the young woman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
To Brighten Carpet.

Slightly moisten salt with kerosene.
Sprinkle the carpet and sweep thor.
oughly. The dust will not rise, but
will be thoroughly taken up by the
mixture. The kerosene will leave no
greasy effect, the odor will soon pass
off, and the carpet will be wonderful
ly freshened. Corn meal may be sub.
stituted for salt The treatment may
be applied to mating with equally
good results.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12

Before beginning to polish the stove,
grease the hands with common lard, es-
pccially around and under the nails.
Dipping the hands in vinegar aad allow
ing it to dry on them is good. Cornmeal
may be used for drying the hands. and
Is as cleansing as soap.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12

Hancock, Tex has postmaster
who is something of political conf
posite or nondescript. He was ap
pointed by a Republican administers,
ZION. is a county commissioner elect.
ed as a Democrat. a justice OF the
peace elected as an independent, and q
school trustee Tor the precinct.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
Cracker.Jack.

One cup of molasses, two cups
of sugar, one tablespoonful of
butter, two tablespoonfuls of vine-
gar. Boil until it cracks in cold wa
ter. then take from the fire. add q
half teaspoonful of soda, beat briskly.
and pour over popcorn and chopped
peanuts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12

Il have been misquoted," said the
new congressman. WELL" answered
the experienced statesman, "wait and
see how it turns out. Sometimes q
man Is lucky to be instructed"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12

That New Jersey dog that, according
To the veracious chronicler. wags his
tan up and down instead of sidewfss,
was evidently born for existence In e
city nat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12

Are you one OF the expert wit
nesses?" inquired the court officer. Il
am" answered the high financier. I've
been on the stand two hours and
haven't told 'em a thing"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
JEST AND JoLLITY.

He carved out his own fortune"
Nonsense! He married it." well,
he had to cut out lot of other fell
lows, didn't he?"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12

chronic disease; realize for one moment
what terrible menace to a nation OF civ
ilized people when one kind Of beverage
cripples the energies and health OF
one-third the people who use it.
We make the assertion advisedly and
suggest that the reader secure his own
proof by personal inquiry among coffee
users.
Ask your coffee drinking friends II
they keep free from any sort OF aches
and ails. You will be startled at the per-
centage and will very naturally seek to
place the cause of disorder on something
aside from coffee, whether food, Inherit
ed tendencies or something else.
Go deeper in your search for facts.
II your friend admits occasional neu-
ralgia, rheumatism, heart weakness,
stomach or bowel trouble, kidney COM
plant, weak eyes, or. approaching nerv-'
GUS prostratfon induce him or her to
make the experiment of leaving OF coffee
for 10 days and using Postum Food Cof-
fee. and observe the result. 1t will startle
you and give your friend something to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12

No guest passes a plate or offers to
serve anything unless obviously asked
t. do SO.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12
will take care of themselves.

We demand facts in this coffee discus
sion and propose to see that the facts are
brought clearly before the people.
A number of coffee importers and
roastershave joinedamovementto boom
coffee and stop the use of Postum Food
Coffee and in theirnewspaper statements
undertake to deceive by false assertions.
Their first is that coffee Is not harmful.
assert that one in every three coffee
users has some form of incipient or
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12

Gibson has left us, and Roosevelt
will not accept another term. The flu
ture OF Art and Government in this
country is saturated in gloom.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-05-12

The published statements of number
of coffee importers and roasters indicate
"waspy" feeling towards us, for daring
to say that coffee is harmful to percent
age of the people.
A frank public discussion of the sub
feet is quite agreeable to us and can GER
tainly do no harm: on the contrary, when
all the facts on both sides of any question
are spread before the people they can
thereupon decide and act inteiligentiy.
Give the people plain facts and they