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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
L0MssE Frankie Nser /;

All women work; some IN their
homes. some In church, and some IN
the whirl Of society. And In stores,
mills and shops tens OF thousands are
on the never-ceasing treadmill, earning
their daily bread. (,
All are subject TO the same physical
laws; all su4fer alike from the same
physical disturbance, and the nature OF
their duties, in many cases, quickly
drifts them into the horrors of all
kinds Of female complaints, tumors,
liberation, falling and displace-
ments or perhaps irregularity or
suppression, causing backache, ner-
vousness, irritabiity and lassitude.
They especially require IN invigorat-
ing, sustaining medicine which will
strengthen the female organism and
enable them to bear easily the fatigues
of the day. to sleep well at night, and
to rise refreshed and cheerful.
How distressing to see . woman
struggling to earn livelihood or per
form her household duties when her
back and head are aching, she Is SO
tired she can hardly drag about OF
stand up, and every movement causes
pain, the origin of which Is due to
some arrangement Of the female or.
ganism.
Miss F. Orser, OF ~ Warrenton Street,
Boston, tells women how to avoid such
suffering; she writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 suffered misery for several years with
female irregularities. My back ached; / bad
bearing-down pains, and frequent headaches
Lydia E. pinkham's veAetahle Cen
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
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lily dropped; but Policeman Flynn
knew that he had to do that particular
Job himself In order to have peace in
the family, and Mrs. Flynn knew that
he would do 1t and do it well. He did
not report his discovery at the station,
but devoted his rpare time to further
Investigations. In this he was vioiat-
ing rule of the department. but what
is rule of the department compared
with a rule of the household? He
wanted to learn the habits and meth
DDS of the gang end do the planning
himself, well knowing this assumption
of responsibility would be overlooked
If he were successful. When everything
was in readiness, he outlined his plan
to his captain, and asked for aid In
making the raid.
"'Tis a desp'rit crowd he said,
IAN maybe they'll thry to break
AWAY"
You want two men at each en-
trance, you say" Queried the cap
tain.
Policeman Flynn nodded.
And how many to go inT'
IVAN. IT is nice inj'yable bit ~
sport ha-ave picked out f'r mesilf."
You'll be killed." asserted the cap
tain. ''As / understand IL, the stolen
goods are left in the basement at odd
times, and then the gang gathers there
quietly some night, meets the fence,
and the business is cleaned up and the
money paid. The only way to do is to
overwhelm them"
mot RI an injane-yus ma-an," am
swered Policeman Flynn, confidently.
"'Tis me purpose to dhrop in on
thin, but t is no. me night FIR dyin'.
I'll tell ye why" Here he leaned over
and whispered in the captains ear.
The latter Immediately began to
laugh. Then he slapped Policeman
Flynn on the back, and cried: Go
ahead, Barney. You can have all the
men you want"
So it happened that when Police
man Flynn next appeared at his home
his coat was split up the back.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
AN OLD PAlNrER's IpEAa

The autumn season II coming more
and more to be recognized - = most
suitable time for housepainting. There
II no frost deep In the wood to make
trouble for even the best Job Of paint.
ing and the general seasoning Of the
summer has put the wood into good
condition in every way. The weather.
moreover, Is more likely to be settled
for the necessary length Of time to
allow all the coats to thoroughly dry, q
very important precaution. An old
and successful painter said to the
writer the other day: House owners
would get more for their money II they
would allow their painters to take
more time, especially between coats.
Instead of allowing barely time for the
surface to get dry enough not to be
'tacky, several days (weeks would
not be too much) should be allowed
so that the coat might set through
and through. 1t is inconvenient. Of
course, but, IL one would suffer this
slight inconvenience. 1t would add two
or three years to the life of the paint"
All this is assuming, of course, that
the paint used is the very best to
be had. The purest Of white lead and
the purest of linseed oil unmixed with
any cheaper of the cheap mixtures,
often known as White Lead" and Oil
which has been doctored with fish oil,
benzine, corn oil or other of the
adulterants known to the trade are
used, all the precautions of the skilled
painter are useless to prevent the
cracking and peeling which make
houses unsightly in year or 30 and,
therefore, make painting bills too fire.
quent and costly. House owner
should have his painter bring the In.
gradients to the premises separately.
white lead of some well known relia-
BILE brand and linseed oil of equal quail
fly and mix the paint Just before ap.
plying 1t. Painting need not be ex-
pensive and unsatisfactory II the old
painters suggestions are followed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

The Beauty Of Golden Glow, Some
Low-0rowino Plants.

Rudbeckia golden glow is wonder
tul plant. 1t blooms profusely through
put August and September. 1t multi
plies remarkably. You are able to
divide 1t after the first year, increase
your border. and share with your
friends. The plants are SO hardy that
you need never give them an anxious
thought. Its habit Is good and its
foliage handsome except at the bottom
"a shortening which can be hidden
by planting something else in front.
In the hardy border it makes an ad-
mirable background against a fence.
A large number of plants of few
kinds usually makes better effect
than few of each of a great many
kinds, says the editor of the Garden
Magazine.
In front of these very tall plants
should come the larkspurs, foxgloves
and others, that grow to a height of
three feet or so. In front of these
come columbines, bleeding heart, day
lilies, lupines and score of medium
annual or perennial, come right down
to the edge of the lawn. English
daisies, pansies, primulas and low
flags are used for this. Sweet alyssum
is good, too. 1t has a delightful habit
of self-sowing, so that it may fill all
the space available, covering the
ground between the taller, more
"stemmy" plants. Most good garden
ers have prejudice against bare soil.
They would almost harbor a weed
rather than an unproductive square
foot in the border. l like to raise q
great many seedlings of forget-me-nots
and pansies and poke them in
wherever there is a gap. The first
year it is we'll to sow Shirley poppy
and zinnia seeds broadcast among the
perennials, which are. very properly,
planted far apart to give them room to
expand, and thin them out when they
crowd.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

We have followed the plow, welded
the hoe. served time on the public
roads under an austere overseers
swept the backyard, worked the gar
den, churned the butter, washed the
dishes, nursed the baby and performed
other various and sundry disagreeable
tasks in our times without murmur.
but when it comes to cleaning streets
under three lady bosses-excuse uss
please. Three women to boss you
Great Caesars ghost! Just the
thoughts of such a catastrophe -
enough to give man the "buck-ague. !"
-Minden (La.) Signal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
HE RAIDS A "FENCE."
Copyright, by The Century Coz

Copyright, by The Century Coz
Copyright. 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles)
Great was the day that Policeman
Barney Flynn raided fence" But.
OF course, he never would have done
it if he had not been properly prompt
ed by his wife. Like many another
pan, Policeman Flynn does not go out
Aunting for trouble and work, and it
takes a certain amount Of feminine
sarcasm and criticism to make him
even reasonably ambitious. But once
reused to action, there is no man on
''th' foorce" who can surpass him in
either resourcefulness or nerve.
"Oho! I've found a f1nce,'' he an
nounced joyously to his wife one night
"Whatll We do with it?" demanded
Mrs. Flynn.
"What1l / do with it?" repeated Po-
liceman Flynn. What d. We suppose?
Is it ye-er idee that I'll give it We f'r
to put r-round ye-er ga-ar-den? IT is
a shtrang CONCEPTION ye ha-ave iv me
official juties an tn worries Nv me
daily toll. / pray-sume We think t Is
a shtone fince with filagree work. on
tn ir'n gate, but we're WRONG. This
nnce Is a pIa-ace where shtolen goods
Is nego-shated fr hazard cash."
did ye Fave thin at tn statfonr'
asked Mrs. Flynn
Lave what?" inquired Policeman
Flynn. "Th' goods?"
mo; tn min. They 3 min that
r-runs tn fince, iv coorse. Did We get
| thim?"
"Ye'd like fr to be wildly, w'u'd
ye?" retorted Policeman Flynn, some
what warmly. "Ye'd like to ha-ave me
go feminist tin or twilve desp'rit min
an come home lukkin' like a Foorth-
iv-July ta-arget in a shootin'-gal'ry.
SOS ye c'u'd put on ye-er black dhress
an ha-ave livery wan ca-astin' eyes
at ye an sayin', There goes tn wildly
iv tn bra-ave po-lisman that was
planted awa-ay with swim pounds iv
lead in him. But I'll not give We tn
chanst. I'll rapport tn fac's at r-roll
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
Rich Women Have Troubles.

The idea that fashionable women
are too busy and had too many inter
ests to feel acute sorrow over their
broken crockery was disproved The
other day when Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
went into the principal dry goods
store in Newport with friend who
stopped to watch a man who was
selling cement for cut glass and called
to Mrs. Fish: "Oh, here is cement
for cut glass which not only mends
1t but makes it ring as clearly as II
1t were new" Mrs Fish called back:
"My servants break so much OF my
glass now that it is heartbreaking and
If they knew It were possible tn
mend it they would break 1t al, 20 !
don't care for any, thank you"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
chiIdren's Bright Sayings.

Children are the real humorists
They never rack their brains to say
something funny. Here is q small
boys ingenious composition" on po-
likeness:
Never eat quickly. or you might
get bones in your throat. My father
knows Of a boy who got killed over
his Sunday dinner. The greedy boy
was picking a rabbits head in q
hurry, and swallowed one jaw of it,
and my father says he was choked to
death there and then. Be very polite
over your meals. then. especially
when It's rabbits. Since my father
told me that, have always felt rather
queer over q rabbit dinner. l don't
talk much, and don't ask for any
more"
A definition that won q little girl
praise. despite its strangeness, was
Turf, sir. is grass and clean dirt
stuck together by Cod"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

ma-akin' f'r mesllf." returned the pa
trolman, ruefully. "Ye don't undher-
shta-and tn case. IT is not tn fines
alone, but tn gang that laves th'
goods there, that's to be grounded up.
an t is a desp'rit crowd. IT is only
me july to me soopeer-yer officer to
Rapport in case like this"
1T Is ye-er july to ye-ersilf to show
ye're a po-lisman with head on ye,"
insisted Mrs. Flynn.
ITO prove I ha-ave head on me I
IL NECESSARY f'r 20 ha-sve it blowed
on" commented Policeman Flynn.
lugubriously.
IF ye ha-aven't tn injinoo-ity 10
save it, tits betther so" asserted Hrs.
Flynn. Don't ye liver lot thin sma-art
day-tictives get tn cr-redit f'r ye-er
work.. Barney Flynn, or Ill behave
we're not Irish at all, but only . Po-
lack or some other furriner."
With thia the subject was temporar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

The University of Notre Dame. n an
pears, has some features that can not be
duplicated in any other school. 1t is one
OF the old, well-established colleges, with
settled traditions reaching back sixty-four
years, with a distinguished stan OF pro-
fessors and excellent library and labora-
tory equipment. Its discipline is of the
paternal kind-strong without being OBJ
pressive; and as II embraces in its scope
the grammar school. high school and coll
lege work, its appeal is as broad as 1t is
potent. Perhaps the most remarkable
feature of the famous Indiana University,
its present marvellous development abso-
lutely without endowment. An announce
ment of the courses provided at Notre
Dame appears on another page.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
WelIman's Presidency.

"SstUau1 PeT8t9Io0Cys
The indefatigable Walter Wellman
mas established wireless telegraph con-
nectien between the Arctic regions
and Washington preparatory to en-
barking on his hazardous aerial polar
expedition. Interest in the venture
viii increase as the time approaches
Tor the final launching Of the airship
from the station on the north coast
OF Norway In August, the Ill fate Of
the Andre expedition preparing the
public mind ominously for another
plunge into the silences of the Arctic.
The Wellman expedition is, however,
equipped doubly. The dirigible bal
loon and wireless telegraphy we're not
available to Andre, and 1t is with the
aid of these two inventions that the
intrepid Wellman hopes to return.
Andre made the trip one way. Well
man, the man, becomes for the mo-
ment a prominent figure among the
daring Adventures of romance and
history, whatever wisdom may lie in
his venture, and however profitless or
profitable the undertaking may be,
says the Detroit Free Press. The
present expedition will be his third.
Fired by ambition and moved by a
spirit Of geographical adventure, Well.
man abandoned temporarily his work
In the newspaper field as Washington
correspondent for western newspa.
pers. and in 1894 ventured north. re.
turning with valuable information. In
1898 he made a second expedition and
fixed the boundaries of Franz Josef
land. locating many new Arctic
islands. He returned from these ex.
petitions broken in health and almost
incapacitated for active work. A man
Of his indomitable courage and per.
sistence is not to be stayed by ordi.
nary obstacles. Instead of seeking
comfort and ease, he applied himself
once more to his newspaper work with
the one ruling passion urging him on
to gather enough funds for third and
perhaps successful venture. Though
suffering bodily from the effects of his
former experiences In the frozen
north. Wellman devoted the past
seven years to enlisting capital,
amassing funds from his own savings
and preparing for what may be the
denduement of his life work. With
this sort Of courage and faith behind
his new expedition, and the valuable
experience gained by his previous
dashes for the pole. wellman's ven
ture promises well.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
Nicotine In Tobacco.

A scientist writes: THE essential
quality for which tobacco is smoked
or chewed lies not really in the leaves
themselves, but is contained in thou
sands of hollow-knobbed hairs which
cover their surface. The vital nicotine
is garnered in these pearlike balls, but
as it is impossible to shave on these
hairs, and would be q scarcely COM
mendable achievement II it could be
undertaken, 1t becomes necessary to
preserve the whole foliage for COM
mercial purposes"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

The development of Alaska has
been one Of the wonders of the age,
and It ID certain to proceed still more
rapidly when the network Of railroads
planned for the territory shall be com.
pleted. The days Of the Indian courier
and the dog team as the chief means
Of communication are fast disappear
ing. The Yukon river is navigable for
many miles and has afforded means of
access TO the interior, but 1t IL frozen
over large part Of the year and does
not reach some Of the more important
areas. Several big steam railroad
lines In Alaska have been mapped out,
and before many years 1t will be pos
sible to visit and travel about the
Seward purchase" in drawing room
cars and with as much comfort and
even luxury rs the tourist In any 9TH
or part of Uncle Sans possessions
can command.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

Even moments reflection ought to
show Bishop Fallows that the so
called extravagances of the rich are
not without their compensations. We
need not defend the giving of $50. 600
banquets or the purchase of $4,000
gowns In order to realize that these
are proceedings which put money in
circulation. If every rich man lived
as frugally as did the late Russell
Sage. for instance. great many lines
Of business would find themselves
fallen upon evil days. 1t is better
from the standpoint Of the ordinary
citizen, that the millionaire should
spend his money foolishly than not
spend it at all. The ethics of the mat
ter is another thing.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
A WINNING START.
A Perfectly Digested Breakfast MaIkes
Nerve Force for the Day.


Everything goes wrong IL the break.
fast lies in your stomach like q mud
pie. What you eat does harm If you
can't digest tit turns to poison.
A bright lady teacher found this to
be true, even Of an ordinary light
breakfast of eggs and toast. She
says:
Two years ago contracted q very
annoying form of indigestion. My
stomach was in such condition that
a simple breakfast of fruit, toast and
egg gave me great distress.
Il was slow to believe that trouble
could come from such simple diet
but finally. had to give 1t up, and
found a great change upon cup of
hot Postum and Grape-Nuts with
cream. for my morning meal. For
more than year have held to this
course and have not suffered except
when injudiciously varying my diet.
Il have been a teacher for several
years and find that my easily digested
breakfast means saving of nervous
force for the entire day. My gain Of
ten pounds In weight also causes me
to want to testify to the value Of
Grape-Nuts.
"Grape-Nuts holds first rank at our
table,"
Name given BY Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's reason" Read the little
book. ''The Road to Wellville." n
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
Sinai, the "TurquoIs Land.

Sinai was known as the "turquoiS
land" in very ancient times, and DR..
Flinders Petrie believes that 1t was the
first mining center in the world. In
his recent book on the subject DR..
Petrie tells of the various expeditions
sent to Sinai by the Egyptian govern
ment. At the head of the party was
the Commander" or bearer of the
seal of the god," the Pharaoh. The
official staff consisted of masters OF
the house Of metals" or assayers,
scribes and secretaries, to make in
ventories of the output of the mines.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

His majesty's ship Euryalus, return
ing from the maneuvers. made an in
teresting record in coaling, according
to the London Mail. Twelve hundred
and four tons were got into the bunk
ers in eight and half hours. an aver.
are of 141.6 tons an hour. the best
hour giving 165 tons. Seeing that the
Euryalus is training ship. and that
the work was done by boys. this il .
splendid record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
Deaf Women Form Club.

One of the most curious clubs on
record has recently been formed by
society women in Berlin. The prin-
cipal condition Of membership Is that
the applicant must be deaf. The club
has over a hundred members. who
meet regularly once a week in hand
somely furnished rooms In the VIII
helmstrasse, where they converse by
means OF ear trumpets and sign lam
guage and drink tea.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
Valuable Find

A laborer breaking stone recently on
the roadside at Marlborough, England.
the site of the old Roman camp, dis
covered a ring, which he sold for 4
few shillings. Experts now pronounce
it to be of great interest and value. An
inscription on it seems to snow tina.
1t was betrothal ring belonging to
Buccried. king of the Mercians, who
married Ethelwitha, daughter OF Ethel
wulf, king OF Wessex, in the year $50,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

An electric railroad ON which the
run from New York to Chicago can be
made in ten hours is projected. The
sleeping car porters are not likely to
look with much favor on such an en-
ferprise.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

Every American girl is queen. and
no doubt the European crowds that
gather to see the daughter Of q presi-
dent reflect that every man in pros
porous America is a sovereign.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

A New York specialist says bridge
whist is responsible for much of the
nervous prostration that is being re-
ported. He must be so situated that
he needn't care whether he is popular
or not.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

The writer's of the Russell Sage
obituary notices are almost unit in
declaring that his great passion was
money-making, fact which distin
guished him from almost the entire
body Of his fellow countrymen.-Chi
cago Inter Ocean. No, in his passion
for money-making he was like two
thirds of humanity. 1t was his passion
for keeping money that distinguished
him from the rest of his fellowmen.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

Plaster of paris ornaments may be
cleaned by coating Of thick starch.
This should be allowed to become
thoroughly dry, then II may be brush
ed on. The object win look quite
dean again.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

The Kaiser Is having a new racing
yacht constructed which win be al
most natrbottomed. and have Z new
system Of ballast
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29
Like an Ostrich.

Mr.. B-I wish was an ostrich.
Mrs. B.-Why so, dearie?
Then ! could do as they do-stick
my bill in the sand"-Magazina Il
Fun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-29

Mr.. Sage was unconnnaonly tight /"
-tJcv Tor test Of his VIII
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-11-27
He Disappeared.


Jerome X. Jerome once figured In
what the reporters call mysterious
disappearance" On a wager he agreed
to vanish. and took himself off while
his friends were. still on the alert. He
disappeared while they were reading
a mysterious letter which he handed
to one of the party. When last seen
he was stepping aboard houseboat on
the Thames. Then for a month he
seemed to have gone out of existence.
His friends put the police ON his track.
calling for his arrest for stealing the
boat. A month passed and then the
novelist and the boat appeared at the
latter's old mornings. What he had
done was simply to take the boat a
little upstream, then during the night
erase her name and substitute another
and change the color of the paint here
and there so as to render her as unlike
her former self as possible. His scheme
was a success in every particular.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-11-27

The London Chronicle tries to trace
the origin of the word '.typhoon."
'Tai-fung," it is explained in some
dictionaries. is Chinese for "a great
wind and since the typhoon Is a
phenomenon of the Chinese seas 1t
seems conclusive. But there is no
doubt apparently that "typhoon,"
which Hakluyt spelled "touffon" and
Dam9ier "tuffoon," comes to us through
Portuguese for the Arabic, Persian and
Indian ''tufan," and it is almost i'm
possible not to see in this a relation
of the ancient Greek "typhosv or "ty-
phon," a whirlwind But these are
practically identical with the Greek
word for smoke or vapor, from which
come our "typhus" and typhoid" So
perhaps the Chinese part OF 1t is only
an extraordinary linguistic coincidence,
after all.