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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

A young American who recently
completed Z course Of study in A
English university brought homo a.
q souvenir Of his residence in that
classic place . decided English &C
cent, says the New York Press. He
stopped the other day at downtown
bootblack's stand to get his shoes
shined, The boy who attended to the
cleansing process smiled upon him
Familiarity.
when you first began to como
here. he said. Il took you for an Eng
lishman. You talked like one. but
know now you amt"
How did you ind that out!" asked
the American. obviously somewhat
disappointed.
because you get your shoes shined
20 often" was the startling reply. III
you were an Englishman you wouldn't
do that Nobody takes such good caro-
Of their shoes a. Americans. II IL
were not for their daily shine = lot
Of rs fellows would have to go out Of
business and the sale Of backing and
polish would fall on one-half. Next
TO Americans, Russians get . shine
most frequently. The English are the
worst Of al. They get shine only
once week. Even when otherwise
well dressed their shoes are gray and
out Of shape. II ever you want to
pass yourself on for an EngIishman
you'll have to cut out all this polish
Ing. With such spick ad span shoes
even an accent that you can cut with
knife won't carry you through"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
sIrd,e unbroken EIInhf.

In one unbroken nocturnal flight tho
European bird known as the north
srn blue throat has been proved to
travel from central Africa to the Ger
man ocean. distance of 1880 miles.
making the journey in nine hours.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

New York Girl Now Lady Paget.
There are now ten Lady Pagets In
Great Britain. the latest being the
wife of Gen. Paget. who has just been
knighted. She was Miss Minnie.
daughter Of Mrs. Paran Stevens, Of
New York. Her first appearance In
London society was made q good
many years ago, when her beauty and
vivacity caused quite . sensation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

Defiance Starch is the latest inven-
ton In that line and an Improvement
ON all other makes; it Is more eco
'nomical, does better work, takes less
time. Get 1t from any grocer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
NUT CRACKED BY ENGINEERS.
How knotty Problem in Railroad
Building Was Solved.

In the smaller diagram seen. q
short, but high hill is depicted which.
we will take it, lies directly in the
path of proposed railway-dotted
lines; and the latter also is there re-
quired to take right-angeled turn.
The hill is too steep for any locomo.
tive to climb. even If railway track
up it was constructed. How, then, 10
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
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Thousands OF
W o m e n suffer
daily backache,
headache, dizzy
spells 8, larguor,
nervousness and
q dozen other
symptoms of kid
ney trouble, but
lay 1t to other
causes. Make no
mistake. X e ep
the kidneys well,
and these aches
and troubles will
disappear.
Mrs. Anthony
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

Some men take chances on board
ing house hash in preference to matri-
mony.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

Lewis Single Binder cisar--richest, most
Atisfying smoke on the market. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, III.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

EngIish Lace for America.
The United States imported $4.2S4.-
$50 worth of lace In 1905 from Not
bingham. England.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
Unappreciated Sympathy.

Il don't think my self-sufnciency
ever received q harder blow than it
did recently" remarked an intelligent
and bright-faced young woman who
holds down a chair in one of the ex-
ecutive departments. "a party Of
tourists were going through our build.
ing, scrutinizing everything and peep.
ing in through the open doors at us
clerks. We got tolerabiy used to that
sort of thing, though it does make VI
seem at times like animals in cage
and we are somewhat tempted to call
out for them to wait awhile that the
animals would be fed at IL sharp.
well, in this party there was the
incest appearing, motherly, old lady
You ever saw, the kind that warns
ones heart at glance, you know.
She looked us over closely and appar-
emily pityingly and remarked In a half
tone to her companion: Poor things,
and yet they seem happy"
Something like the remark one
made about u.s." said another in the
group of ladies who had listened to
the narrative. after staring at us
intently she turned away and said to
the person with her, Poor things. and
yet it's better than being in some
mans Kitchen"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
TRIUMPH FOR MRS. LETTER.
Well-Deserved snubbing Administered
to Titled Neiehbor.

A Washington friend of Mrs. Levi
Letter has been telling how that capa-
BILE woman held her own among the
lords and dukes In Scotland, where
she rented an ancestral palace for the
summer. Mrs. Letter was returning
the call of much betitled neighbor.
when she was shown through the
premises. The kitchen garden was
particularly attractive. and she ad-
mired the vegetables and small fruits,
and when her host said that he would
send a basket to her carriage she
gladly acqniesced.
A few days after. tho same lord
called over the phone and asked If
she would have other vegetables and
fruits. and not liking to refuse the
courtesy Of live lord, she assented.
This continued for month or more,
when one day she received bill from
my lords steward which made her
open her eyes. She had been charged
a good round sum for every article
which had been sent.
Mrs. Letter paid the bill, but imme-
diately after she called up her thrifty
neighbor. insisted on speaking to him
personally. and she asked sweetly
how he was selling garden stuff, be,
cause II his prices were exorbitant she
would send to the market in the fu-
ture.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
FEW WIDOWS IN PARIS.
9ereaved Women Easily consoled. 40.
cordin9 to Statistics.

According to statistics, Partisan
widows are about ten times more cas-.
lily coneoled than Partisan widowers.
Out Of .907 derelict ladies, on whom
statisticians keep an eye after their
husbands demise, only three were left
still alone and mourning after IS
months had passed by. Out Of 2,270
widowers, 81 remained unconsoled, or
had had enough In one go at the lot
terry. Some 14S had not the grace to
wait until the year was out to re-
marry; 62S did wait year, but took
second wives Immediately afterward.
All those who married again had done
it before three years had gone by.
Apparently, If widower can wait
three years, he is safe and falls into
the minority, which, in this case, was
81 of those for whom once was
enough.
After divorce. on the contrary, the
women are much more shy than the
men about entering the bonds again.
Out Of TT women whose marriage had
been dissolved, 70 still shrank from
trying the experiment again after
nine years had elapsed. Out of $50
men 109 married again as soon as
they possibly could-immediately aft
er the decree became absolute. All
those who did not make fresh start
in wedlock had done SO within two
years from their divorce.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
FAILED TO PLEASE.

His eyes make no attempt to con.
ceal his admiration of the beautiful
young thing as she enters the parlor.
Indeed, he does not want them to.
You are positively queenly." he de-
clares, enthusiastically.
An offended expression comes to
her face.
"Queenly?" she asks. disdainfully.
Yes: you are . yeritable queen IN
appearance"
Haughtily she bids him leave.
But why!'' he inquired. amazed.
"Oh, nothing. I'm . queen in ap
pearance, am I? Well, happened to
look over = lot Of magazine pictures OF
different queens and princesses to
day, and II you think look like them
it's time for you and me to be
strangers. Life.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
NEW KIND OF GLASS.
Scientist Produces Substance That 10
Electrically Conductive.

Experiments have from time to time
been made, both In England and
abroad, to ascertain what ingredients
are best for the purpose Of producing
glasses of very high electrical resist
ance.
The utility Of a vitreous substance
which would conduct electricity COM
paratively well does not appear, how
ever, to have so far claimed any con-
alteration.
Attention should be directed to q
glass which has recently been made
In my laboratory, says Charles e. 8.
Phillips, in Nature. It's chief feature
is that It really conducts electricity.
For the windows or cases of elec-
troscopes and all high-tensfon appar-
atus requiring transparent cover
capable OF screening OF external cleo
trical fields, this material offers many
A conductor varnish 10
no longer required for glass which
conducts electricity itself. In addi-
ton to these practical conside derations,
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

Probably one OF the most remark.
able escapes from drowning on record
fen to the lot Of Boston dressmaker
In New York harbor last month. The
boat in which she was sailing with
Others was capsized by a garbage
scow. When collision seemed immi.
nAnt the woman dived into the water
10 avoid the bottom Of the scow a.
n went over the boat. The scow
swung round, and rs the woman rose.
her head bumped on the bottom, and
then she fioated up through the half!
omen trap out of which the garbage
was dumped, and caught hold OF the
chains used for opening and closing
the trap.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

Travellers In the Holy Land usually
bring home with them bottles of
water from the River Jordan. It is
not likely that this practice will be
interfered with by the Kentuckian
who has lately secured from the
sultan OF Turkey the exclusive right
to ship water from the river to vari.
Ous parts of the world. Such water IL
frequently used In the baptismal serv.
ice, remarks the Youths Companion.
and 1t is doubtless this demand for 1t
which suggested to the Kentuckian
that 1t might be profitable to put the
shipping of the water on business
basis.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
THE STORY.


DALAK, king Of the Moabites, was
p in sore trouble. For days and
nights now he had neither eaten nor
slept, for not one but scores Of mes
sengers had come in haste to his pal
ace during the past month with alarm
ing stories Of q strange and terrible
people who had come out Of Egypt
and we're sweeping the inhabitants Of
the land before them.
At first he had received the reports
with disdain, declaring that the
mighty men d Moab were able to
withstand such enemies, but as the
reports grew more alarming and he
had been informed fully as to the
fearful destruction Of the Amorites, a
fierce and powerful people to the
south Of his domain. his confidence
had quite deserted him. In his anx-
iety he had sgpne out to one Of the
high mountains overlooking the place
where Israel lay encamped, and Is his
eyes took In tie great stretch Of tents
and noted the military precision and
sordsr With which the camp was laid
ont, he found little 70 reassurs him.
THAT IL their tabernacle" replied
IN attendant b response to his query
rs he pointed to the square shaped
tent In the center Of the camp. And
It. is there their God IL said to have
His dwelling place. and that cloud
which you ee lowering above the
tabernacle is the visible presence Of
their God. The people, through whose
country theyhave passed told me that
1t is this clotd which has led them all
the way from Egypt, and has given
them victory over their enemies"
How strtnge and mysterious it
seems" responded the king, as a
superstitious shiver passed over him.
1T looks almost like q thing of life
AZ It sways there above the taber.
nacle."
Fascinated seemingly, by the sight,
the king lolg stood there Watching.
The sun sanl to rest and the darkness
settled dowl in the valley and then
crept up the mountain towards whore
they stood.
"see!" he cried. excitedly. 1T CLOVIS
now a. though the great sun has gone
to rest in its bosom. Surely We can.
not hope to- prevail against Z people
whose God visits them in such might
and power. What shall we do! What
shall we dor
And the king in his distress end
fear wrung his hands, and paced up
ana down, the while keeping hb eyes
upon the cleaning pillar in TIE dis.
ance. Il was the only thing nov Wis
.ble IN the valley below. save the fsint
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
FABLE FROM NATURE.

A nightingale wooed. in garden green.
The. loveliest rose that ever was seen.
And he sang for her. with his wilding art,
The tremulous plant OF . wistful heart.
Dearest nightingale" }" said the little rose.
''such q wonderful gift you songs dis
close,
That I long for this world to share with
me
The magical charm Of your melody
The nightingale thrilled with Joyous
pride.
Az he dew to the tree-tops far and wide
And plaintive and tender and sweet ne
sang.
TIN the whole green earth with his praises
rang.
But the rose no echo nor tidings knew,
And paler and Trailer each day she grew:
Yet, bravely she answered the jeering
rain
NAY. hush! for my love viii come back
again.
When the first wild Joy Of his song was
spent.
The nightingale back to the garden went.
Dear rose, have brought you my
fame!" he said,
But no answer ca:ne-for the rose was
dead.
Charlotte Becker, n Pack.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
How Letters Should Be Addressed 4
Reach Them Promptly.

Nov that SO many Of our naval Of
hcers, marines and sailors are shift.
ing their stations and positions be-
cause Of the Cuban incident, a word
OF suggestion to their relatives and
friends who may desire to commune
cate with them by mail will be apro.
pos" said postal official.
'In order to secure AZ prompt .
delivery as possible of all mail mat
ter intended for persons in the
United States service, the sender
thereof should be particular to In
clude In the address complete desig-
nation Of the organization. company
and regiment, vessel or other branch
of the service to which the addressee
belongs. The postage thereon should
be fully prepaid. Correspondents in
these instances should make the
superscription on the envelope, or
the package sent, very plain and full.
Care as to the legibility Of the ad-
dress should be exercised, and the
writing should be as clear and as dis
tinct as possible.
Remember that all mail matter.
whatever its class, addressed to per-
sons in the United States service.
whether civil, military or naval, serv-
Ing in this country, or in any of its
possessions, or en- route to or from
this country, or any Of its possessions,
whose change of address is caused by
official orders, will be transmitted as
rapidly as possible until it reaches
the person or persons for whom 1t is
intended.
"The actual location of the ad.
dressee for the time being will be con-
sidered as the original destination
of the piece Of mail matter. This
transmission is not considered as for.
warding' in the sense in which that
word is usually used in the postal
service, and no additional postage
shall be required therefor"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
- l''a-'''k ~ l|ll'sa,'1N
!: CAMILLA
BY EDGAR WHITE
s~vt ~s~vtrpsrs1tra~,sIRr~,s.
Copyright. 1906, by Daily Story Pub. Co)

that side and I on this till one shall
die"
Moreno dismounted and gently as.
sisted Camilla to anght. He indicated
safe place for her to stand and
walked down the road bordering the
chasm on his side. It was agreed that
captain in the pursuing party should
count. The bandit stepped boldly out
in the center Of the road. He was a
magnificent figure when he threw his
long black coat on a rock and began
examining his carbine. From his tall
black hat crimson plume threw q
sinister shadow in the morning sun
light. His face was strong and rugged
like soldiers that had seen service,
but his voice, though clear, was soft
and musical. He was typical bandit
of song and story, plying his danger
GUS trade in the sombre mountains
of the isthmus, smiling at smartly
dressed soldiers and their nickel-plated
guns.
No one could tell just how 1t hap
pcned, or when, but at the last count
the two carbines spoke simultaneously
and Camilla sank at the feet of the
brigand chief with bullet in her
breast. De Gomara's right arm was
perforated by the ball from the enc
my's detected weapon. With a strange
cry. Moreno stopped and lifted the
stricken girl Ts1en he looked across
the gorge.
"A truce, gentlemen" he said; "the
lady's hit. will Senor de Gomara
please come over? My men will guide
him and protect him."
Moreno walked down the narrow
cliff roadway and then disappeared in
rude shanty on the mountain side.
When the hacendado entered few
minutes later he saw the brigand on
his knees beside the cot, the dying
girls arms around his neck. Her eyes
were looking into his with pathetic
devotion.
They made me do it, my dear
Moreno" she murmured; ''thou wilt
forgive poor Camilla, who never
ceased to love thee?"
The brigand run his hand through
the tawny tresses and whispered some
thing no one else heard The dark
eyes smiled; then closed forever. For
a moment or two the hunted man
knelt with bowed head. Then he arose
and looked into the face Of the one
with whom he had fought.
"Her last words were of love and
he said. with a curious
Of the voice. II imagine
she mistook me for you"
The hacendado's eyes frightened.
Heaven be praised!" he exclaimed;
7 feared she loved you"
Not likely" returned Moreno. with
affected carelessness. Il had heard
of her in. in general way-that's all 1
Her dust is yours"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

A dispatch from Tangier says the
sultan of Morocco is swayed by ma
gician who hates Christians and is In.
dncing the sultan to permit his peo
PIE to commit outrages upon them.
The sultan is likely to wake up some
morning and learn that the great pow.
ers OF Europe have gone to the trou.
bic Of finding new magician for him.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

on February a. the one hundredth
anniversary OF the birth OF Wads.
vorth Longfellow il to be celebrated
~ the Cambridge Historical society.
notwithstanding the fact thae some
a the college professors say he
s-aote mere doggerel. Naturally the
.,oets are chirking up.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

4 picturesque figure will vanish
from Paris through the municipal
councils decision to abolish the office
Of Organizer Of funeral pomp" at
public funerals. His only duty was
to walk In front, resplendent in a
three cornered hat, dress coat and
waistcoat, knee breeches and pumps,
decorated with scarf OF the colors
Ol>the city. and carrying . long ebony
cane,
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

South African mothers, upon leav.
ing their daughters in the company
OF = gentleman caller, stick pin in
the candle and when it has burned
down to the pin the caller under
stands that 1t Is time to be going.
But the American girl, who has been
known to have nerve enough to set
the clock back an hour or: two, could
hardly be depended upon not to
change the pin.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
SERMo oNETTE.

Balaam 10 one Of the strange,
inconsistent characters we fi'1o
IN the Bible. Although not z
! !. Hebrew, but 4 dweller among
the heather, yet in some way
which Scripture does not reveal
he was possessed Of a certain
knowledge Of the one true Goo.
The most important question
which arises In connection with
ealaam 10: Did he live up to
the light that he had7 BY this
question we may measure the
man, and perhaps discover why
he presents so weak, 30 miser-
able a picture and plunges at
last upon the very swords ,of the
people Of the God In whom ne
believed.
There 10 no evidence to show
that ealaam, enlightened with q
knowledge Of the true God,
sought to let the light shine and
win the people among whom he
dweit from their heathenism. IN
fact, we find to the contrary,
for it is certain that he debased
his knowledge Of the true God,
and his brilliant attainments,
trafficking in them for the gold
and favor Of kings.
How deplorable is the eondi-
tlon Of the soul that lives not up
to the privilege Of its light, that
reduces everything to the cur
rency Of this world, and 10 con-
tent to dwell on the low plane
Of the merely sensual and tenn
poral.
ealaam knew the true God.
but there were some things he
cared more for than the true
God. How true this 10 Of multi
tudes in the world to-day. They
have knowledge Of the true God,
and yet they prefer to dwell
apart from Gods people, they
covet the things Of the world
and gladly receive the homage
and tribute Of the people Of the
world. #
lt was Balaam's wilffulness
and not Gods graciousness
whichsat last wrung the permits
sion to 90 with Balak's messen-
gers. And Balaam is not the
last person whose wiiIfuI, per-
verse heart has overriden the
expressed will Of God.
Balaam could hobnob with
kings who were plotting the
downfall of Gods people, but he
could not alter the Divine pur-
poses concerning them. How
limited after all are the powers
OF evil.
A consecrated heart never
goes with an itching palm.
II 10 possible for one to lee
with the clearness Of an angel
Of light, and live like creature
Of darkness.
To know God and to live God
are two different propositions.
The one 10 like the electrical
apparatus aIl equipped for use,
the other 10 the apparatus with
&ho current turned on perform
inQ ito functions.
High and holy gifts may be
prostituted to base uses.
Il 10 poor testimonial 60 . {
mans religion when he can live !
in a community. without making 1
It better.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

Il is said that President Roosevelt
emphadcally refused to have a life
mask made. He has no objection to
sitting or posing for his photograph
upon almost any occasion, but he
just won't have his face spattered
over with clay, and be compelled to
breathe for q timee through quilts.
And then. too, he might think Of
something he wanted to say while
the clay was drying, and what q
AZ he would be In!
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

Five hundred people Witnessed the
whipping OF criminal at Whining
ton. Del. It will be interesting to
observe whether the spectacle exerts
any definite influence In bringing
wilmington to loftier plane OF
morals and refinement than that Of
eities which have no whipping post
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

Alfred 9. Vanderbilt has hired "a
!ittie German band" to play daily in
mis- stable so that bis steeds will not
oe frightened by the music when he
exhibits them at horse shows. Mr..
vanderbilt's scheme is a clever one,
out Is the s. P. c. A. going to over
took it?
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

tiful pictures and statuary. In at-
temptia2to enumerate the works ak
art fl washington one must: not ~
get to mention the mural decoration
of the Library Of Congress, and some.
but by no means all. of the statues
about the city.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

San Francisco has so far recovered
from the shock as to set about plan
ming worlds fair in 1913 to COM
memorate the discovery OF, the Pacific
ocean. Now let the Japanese plan
q worlds fair in some hundred and
something to commemorate the dis.
ccvery of the sun.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
Aces Up.

Aces Up. :
Her-Miss Flirtleigh must be get
ting quite strenuous.
Him-How's that?
Her-She boasts OF having twisted
man around her finger at the sea
shore.
Him-That's nothing. / broke four
men with one hand last night.-Chi.
cago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

DR.. Kenealy's speech in the Eng.
iish Tichborne trial lasted 110 days,
but the longest continuous talk is
supposed to have been that of a mem
Der of the legislature of British CO.
lumbia, who was in q, minority of
one, and succeeded In talking out"
2 bill by speaking 26, hours without
lntermission. &
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17
was Long n Public Service.

Was Long IN Public Service,
Thomas X. Wallace, who died re-
Gently in Washington, was for So
years connected with the treasury de.
partment. He was born il Philadel.
phia and was q descendant Of Gen.
William Brooke. Of Haverford, Pa,
q family that contributed to revolu.
tionary history . number q note
worthy figures.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

fauperism continues to decline In
England. At the end Of July the fig
ures were ZIG in the thousand against
20 IN the thousand. What became of
tne 1our-tenths Of pauper in the
thousand nobody knows, but it was
suspected the vivisectionists ought to
tell. 4Tsss