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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06
in GRAY AND YELLOW.
Will BE Seasons Popular coIors IN
Tailor-M AIDES.


Gray and yellow are to be used
much together. especially gray tailor
mades with yellow facings and GUNS.
The latest thing in the tailor-made
line is the waistcoat-like jacket IN
striped and checked materials. This
makes the waistcoat correspond with
the general scheme Of the gown ana
displaces. for time at least, the vest
of plain silk or cloth.
A number of women prefer pongee
and silks of that class for spring wear
-or until 1t Is time to change them
for summer linens. The latest rat
terms In these fabrics show delightful
stripe and plaid effects. and gray and
yellow combinations find frequent
repetition here A soft silver gray
pongee, marked on irregularly with
heavy lines of white and yellow, has
excellent possibilities for spring, and
innumerable changes are rung on this
| theme.
One will find among the prettiest Of
| the plain-toned silks one-piece frocks
with blouses and skirts joined by In
set bands or girdles. These are really
are purely princess models cut in ons
from shoulder to hem, as far as enec
is concerned-but the amateur know
how much easier of accomplishment
are they than the real princess.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06
hron Collars In Vogue.

With her usual perversity, fashion
has decreed that collars increase In
height. and in comfors too, strange
as that may SEEM 1t Is, however.
easily explained. Since those little
.va,leines'' or feather-bones, that give
the necessary support, have for some
time reached fairly up to the ears, they
could become no higher; but thu
change is. in the transparent COVERING
which is made of soft lace, entirels
or in combination with some nlmy
material. Instead of being rounded
ont. as it fopmerly was, the ccriar y
now made straight, hence it must d
little loosen
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06

seems too low place book or TWO
under your elbow. Another movement
consists of slowly rolling the heao
backwards keeping the fingers station'
airy, so that when it is as iar oacA
as it will go, the finger tips viii De De
low the chin. Then bend the mead az
far forward with the hand or niger
tins on the crown. Repeat fve times
alternately.
Rest the finger tips upon the nose
or forehead, twist the head around
until the fingers touch the side OF the
head we'll toward the back, repeat un
Ill you have swung your head arount
in nearly semi-circie.
A most efficient exercise to ouiis
ND that splendid contour OF the neci
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06
MRS. MALAPRop in ACTION.
Good Lady Annoyed at Her Series d
elunders. 81


YES" said Mrs. Malaprop. talking
to friend about her daughter Emily's
wedding. Pm glad it's all over. II IT
had lasted a second longer l should
have had nervous palliation or some
thing! Why, what do you suppose!
When the minister called before the
wedding, / asked him whether It was
necessary to have two cassocks Tor
the bride and groom to kneel on. ne
smiled, and said he thought that
something thicker would be better.
and Emily laughed right out ana iet.
the room. Well. Of course. knew -
said something wrong. 30 ! corrected
myself. I didn't mean cassocks:
said. I meant two Cossacks. Ant
what do you suppose he said
asked you whether you desires
Z foreign military efectT ventures
the guest
'sNo.. He said that, judging BY tn
present state Of AFFAIRS In Russia, D
doubted whether he'd be able to g
them; and even II he could, ne doup
cd whether they would be agreeap'
| 20 be knelt upon. judging By the ~
| they we're fighting oppression. On
vas 20 mad! You can bet the re1
time I won't beat around the busf
ri come right out and ask whetn'
or not we need two pillars!
per's Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06
Growing AIsike.

Some sixteen years ago the writer
became interested in alsike and Sc
cured two bushels of seed and sowed
them, says Kentucky farmer In the
Farmers Home Journal. 1t was
claimed that it would thrive on low
or rather wet land, and 1t does. but
other than that it is not so good as
red clover. The seed is In the hrst
crop: it is much finer in growth. that
is, the stalk Is very much smaller
than the stalk of red clover. 1t viii
not yield as much, and the second cror
IL ordinarily very light The blossom
is light pink. and looks very mucf
like white clover, except that It wn
grow better ON low land than red cio
yer; it win not grow where that vii
not. 1t win not grow or stand bette
than red clover.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06
IN POISE OF HEAD
as SECRET OF PERFECT FEMIN.
me FIGURE.
Symmetrical Development OF the
Neck Is All Important Where Per
feet Carriage ls Desired
Some Useful Exercises.

How do you hold your head2
This may seem an insignificant con-
sideration to many women, but 10
those who know, it means the poise
of the entire body.
When the head is held correctly, In
a straight line with the spine, 1t draws
up the chest, gives a graceful, natural
poise to the shoulders, fiattens the ao-
domen and so produces that perfect
balance we admire in women OF regal
bearing and dignity.
This natural and perfect posture OF
the body is well exemplified in the
arrow-like Indian, so also in the peas
ant women of Southern Europe who
have long been famed for their mag
nificent physique and perfect bodily
poise, which is traced to their naDit
centuries old, of carrying objects Of
one thing and another on their heads
In exercises for the symmetrical De
velopment of the neck all the work Il
done by the head and the raised arm
on which the head rests at intervals
Assume the position shown In tn
sketch. Here the arm is so poise'
that when the head Is In repose tn
tips of the fingers will lightly rest o
the middle of the forehead. These e.
.ercises should be taken while 20
are sitting, only see to it that you ar
sitting well. with the chest throw
out. When the table you are usin
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06
When cotton Is Hungry

Where any one is using over zoo
mounds of fertilizer under his cotton
we woul dadvise putting all the excess
of this amount around the cotton ct
second blowing. We all know nov
prone cotton is to shed. just when y
should be fruiting most This Is but
saving-'I am deficient in food. VIZ
are thoroughly convinced that our Ter
tilizer would give US better results
applied later, so as to come into ful
effect at fruiting tim---Southern Gu
uvator
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06
EMPIRE EFFECT IS BACK.
aevivaI of Old style Called For BY
Fashions Edict.

The much discussed empire effect II
accepted in this country with more
than "a grain Of salt" We have been
trying SO hard, especially the women
of "embonpoint." to get long waist
that IL somewhat disconcerting to be
suddenly compelled to shift ones
waist under the shoulder blades.
Fortunately, even Dame Fashion has
tn bow occasionally to common sense.
and while few Of US would really be
daring enough to ignore her Dictates
feminine opinion this side of the wa
ter has enough pull with the arbi'
trary dame to compel notifications OF
her rules.
Thus the empire lines are simulated
by many women who would utterly re
fuse to dress strictly "a la Josephine
of extravagant tastes and wifely de
votion.
The chief factor In gaining this EN-
pire effect is the new girdle. I'M
As on rather novel lines-alway
rounded in front and sloping from ST
inches in the back to three and
half inches in front.
These girdles, whether separate Q
in shades matching the gown, ar
made with the material cut on tn
bias, in order that they may IA
into softer and more plant folds. The
are heavily boned underneath on eac
side OF the back. on both sides an
front.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06

Is to bend it as far to the sides, front
and back as possible, doing 1t SLOWLY
with all muscles relaxed.
Then swing the head around In =
semi-circle as a drowsy child allows
hers to fall. Continue this exercise
ten times. Stop as soon as the strain
becomes unpleasantly apparent Don't
exercise more than ten or 10 minutes,
taking the movements slowly ano
with regularity. That is the only
way to accomplish real. lasting bene
| fit.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06

tepees and mimicked their own his
tory in dances and mock fights. After
one Of these exhibitions by the Indians
= Boston girl undertook to talk to =
young Indian brave. Heap much
fixht." she said. the red man smiled
erimly. drew his blanket closer about
his stalwart form and replied: Yes,
this Is, indeed. = great exposition. We
latter ourselves that our portion Of
the entertainment IL by no means the
Ieast attractive here. May ! presume
10 ash who It ID that have the honol
| to address?" The Boston girl had
been talking to q Carlisle graduate
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06

Always have tomato plants box
grown. and ready to set out very
early. stake each plant and tie up
firmly to strips nailed across. But the
most important thing is to plant Tar
apart. give lots of room for growth and
for the sun to shine in For one plant
with proper treatment Is worth six
crowded and unframed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06

Break deep with two-horse plow and
then harrow it twice.
Lay on your rows three feet ana
drill in 500 pounds of guano.
Plant the first pretty spell OF wealth
er.
II you have the seed to spare. use
40 or 40 bushels in drill and put only
400 pounds Of guano-
II viii take from 10 to II bushels
But use plenty Of seed and secure
good stand.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06

A new industry receiving much
encouragement in Germany is that Of
distilling strong aromatic oil from
the green leaves Of celery. A hundred
pounds of leaves will yield about one
pound of OIL which is used for flavorins
purposes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06
DON'T BUY WHAT YOU GAN RAISE
Are Yo:. Farming TO Buy or % Make
q Living?

1t is a reproach to your intelligence
and business management as . farmer
to buy anything that you can raise at
less cost. Your merchant, II you have
to buy these things, is glad to sell |
you, but he criticises your method.
while he looks with undisguised adj
miration upon the farmer who has
them to sell.
Reader, what are you farming for
to buy a living or make living!
Which? If you have been raising cot
ton to buy food for your family ant
stock, are the results satisfactory!
Are you getting ahead as last as you
wish? Are you educating your chill
dren. Are your crop yields steadily
increasing because Of the improved
condition of the soil? Are the home
surroundings just as you would nave
them? Have you commodious home!
| is it painted? Are the floors carpeted?
| III you can not answer these questions
| affirmatively there must be something
wrong with your system Of farming.
| Haven't been getting just price Tor
cotton, you say. No. nor are you likely
to SO long as you follow the an-cotton
system.
Let's see If we can find where the
real trouble is.
You have been buying hay from
Wisconsin that the farmer out there
raised or 81 per ton and sold to Dis
dealer for So, thus making 100 per cent
/ huVS II
from the Wisconsin dealer or his
! agent. pays transportation charges and
/ sells it to his customers at SIS per
! ton. You can raise hay as cheap as
the Wisconsin farmer; you can raise
!? it cheaper, for you can get two crops
5 a year, while he can grow only one
: But counting the same cost per ton
Y you have been paying 525 per CEN
| more for your hay than it would have
r cost you to grow it on your own farm
Il In other words, you have Deen paysnl
d someone else SIS to do for you VIVA
g YOU could have done for yourself 10
d "a. Any business about that?
d Where are you getting your mules
E. What are you paying for them? D
o you know that you can raise . mui
L as cheaply as you can q steer; =
s you know that in buying mules frol
d Kansas or Missouri you are payin
s from $500 to $4oo Tor . niue -
a could have raised for $oo OF s's' An'
Is just "nat sou eo
The same might be SAID OF inc =
con and the corn tnat you Duy.
~xn<$ <<va oh = 20
are paying the transportation Guar s
and middlemen's pront' anu tnus ~
ing your bread and mes. cos. =
nearly double what II wouio nass -
had you raised It yourseiI wlta : plo
er system OF farming. 10 !" ny W
ju- der you ind yourself In PAD way
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06

The nut trees of the world could, It
is calculated, provide food all the year
round for the population of the globe.
Brazil nuts grow in such profusion that
thousands of tons of them are wasted
every year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06

The word "scapegnat" originated n
an ancient Hebrew custom practised
NJ the feast Of the Passover. Placing
q young goat upon the altar. the
priests would pray over It asking that
al the sins Of the people b Visited
upon the goat.
Then. after each member Of IT,
tribe had transferred his guilt ia the
victim by laying on his hands. the AMI
NAL was turned loose In the forests t.
be devoured by wild beasrs.- Sunday
Magazine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06

spinach contains more iron than DO
the yolks of eggs. which again mas
more than beef. Apples. lentils. straw
berries. white beans. peas. potatoes
wheat. come next, while milk Is at the
bottom Of the scale.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06

An Iowa man tells Of an incident IN
connection with an exposition held IN
the state. whereat one OF tne attf.c-
lions was the Indian department.
where the red men dwelt in their
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-06

1t may not be known to every onA
but half teaspoonful Of arsenic VIII
cure a dog of the mango. more certain
than tan-bark ooze.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-25

II has not been definitely settled how
Old teachers will be started under the
new schedule. Those who have taught
many years will probably be given the
maximum at once. Those who have
taught several years here will receive
from $50 to $3.50 and will be advanced
each year until 1850 has been reached
Inc maximum salary will give teach
ers $50 a month the year around. I'm
to this year they have been receiving
sI4o for nine months. or $50 month
during the school year. This left
them TO live during vacation on what
they could save during the school year
after paying all expenses. The lowest
salary under the new schedule. 5000
VIII give the recipients $50 month
every month in the year.
High school teachers will receive no
increase. They are now paid $500
when they first enter high school. and
are advanced automatically until they
receive 81 900 a year After that they
receive Increases upon the recon-.
mendation of their principals. This
year between thirty and forty high
school teachers have received promo
tions Of $100 each.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-25
What Champ Clark Thinks.

Montrose. Colo.-Bryan and Roose-
welt will be the opposing candidates
In the next presidential campaign, in
the judgment of Congressman Champ
Clark OF Missouri. who is In Montrose
for the Chautauqua. He believes that
Bryan undoubtedly will be the nomi-
nee IL he desires 1t and has no doubt
that the Nebraskan will make the
race. Clark says that Folk of Missouri
might be more popular with the DEM
ocrats. but 1t is his guess, as he calls
It, that Bryan will be the choice OF
the Democrats. He thinks Roosevelt
will be nominated and will make tho
race on his present policy.
Congressman Clark says. with n
tinge of sarcasm, that Roosevelt is one
of the most energetic men since the
world began. He says that he seems
to be set on a hair trigger.
II think Bryan will be elected II
nominated. We have the best chance
since 1892. The Republicans are spit
as badly as the Democrats ever were.
not only on the tariff. but on the rail-
roads and other propositions"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-25
A RAISE IN SALARIES.
Teachers in the Denver Public Schools
Get Handsome Raise.

Denver.-The salary schedule, pre-
pared by the committee on salaries of
the Board of Education, has been pre-
sented before that body and practically
approved. When the teachers con
tracts were signed last June the
amount of the salary was left vacant.
The sloyd teachers, who teach manual
training works in the grades, proved
so scarce that their contracts were filed
out few days ago. in order to hold
them. Although the board has not
formally accepted the schedule, 1t prac-
tically did so by this action. The sloyd
teachers have always received the
same amount as grade teachers and
their contracts have been filled out for
$50 month for twelve months in the
case of all old teachers.
The total increase in the salary ap-
preparation will be when all the old
teachers now holding position, reach
the maximum of s53 900 a year. The
board Is confident, according to one of
the members, that no increase In the
school levy need be made to met the
extra Indebtedness. By curtailing ex-
penses in certain lines the extra salary
appropriation can easily be met, 1t Is
may claim that this is not so and that
an increase in levy Will be necessary.
Happily, however, according to mem
bers of the board, there will be found
few knockers to cry down a long
needed increase in the salaries of Den
yer teachers. The need of larger sal
aries to get teachers of ability has long
been recognized, as the taxpayers are
as anxious as anyone to have their chill
dren taught by competent Instructors
The question of an increase in sal
airy was brought up during the last
school election. 1t was deeply agitated
and facts given to the public that
aroused much interest. The public
had not stopped to consider the in
creasing needs OF larger salaries. the
fact that many had families dependent
upon them and that more money could
be made in other professions. The
question was not one of politics. both
contestants promising to help raise
salaries If possible.
In raising the salaries the Denver
School Board was only following the
example set by Colorado Springs.
which raised the salaries of its teach
ers tc $50 the year around, last year
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-25
A Smelter for Trinidad.

Trinidad, Colo-From well autbenti.
Gated sources. it is learned that ths
recent purchase of the Wooten coal
mine by ]. Pierpont Morgan was made
In the interest of the Illinois Steel
Works, branch of the American steel
trust, and that the new owners pro-
rosc to put In smelters in this vicinity.
1t has been understood generally for
sometime that the move was one of
significance. and the story is given
color by the recent purchase OF more
land. The water question has been an
important one. but 1t has been obyi.
eted by the success Trinidad has had
in impounding water in North Lake.
Experts say it is impossible to in.
crease greatly the water supply OF
Trinidad. and that an ample supply for
smelters can be obtained easily.
The new company will be brought
irto direct competition with the Colo.
Iado Fuel & Iron Company, which will
can the investment of millions of
collars n Las Animas county. Inabil
i'y 10 get coke at the eastern plants
Is given as the reason for moving the
smelters to the Colorado coal belt.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-25
The Public to Be Warned.

Washington.-The postal laws pro-
hibit placing written messages in
merchandise packages or letters on
which less than cents an ounce has
been paid and the provisions of this
statute admit of no waiver of the pen
atty provided.
During the last fiscal year postoHce
inspectors collected s59,0G5 for such
violations. In thousands of cases a
short note Of memorandum was placed
inside package of merchandise on
which postage was paid at l cent an
ounce, while the written matter made
it necessary that cents an ounce
should have been paid.
Finding that in great number OF
cases the offense was due to ignorance
of the law and that the collection of
the fine usually works hardship to
the poor, especially where written
messages are made in returning cou-
pons, tags and certificates for
premiums, Postmaster General Meyer
has directed that proper notices be
placed in postofIices warning the pub
lie against the practice.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-25
Nrne.Hour Day for Railroad Men.

Cl!cago.-A gigantic movement tn
union machinists employed by rail.
roads throughout the Northwest,
which is expected to include black
smiths and boilermakers and embrace
a total of 10000 men, has been
launched.
The plan is being backed principally y
by the Northwest consolidated district
of the Machinists' union, although the
blacksmiths and boilermakers, who
also have powerful organizations. are
looked to for active cooperation on
behalf of their respective crafts.
The Northwest consolidated dis
trict embraces all railroads north Of
the Union Pacific lines and west OF
Chicago
a demand will be made upon them
&c make the nine-hour day effective
September 1st For this purpose Of
fcials of the Machinists' union are
now preparing formal notices to be
served upon the railroad companies
at the beginning of next month, thus
giving them thirty days in which 10
consider the plan.
Among the railroads to be asked 10
establish the nine-hour day are the
Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Can
adian Pacific. Canadian Northern, 500
line, Minneapolis & St Paul, Iowa Cen
tral, Wisconsin Central, Chicago &
Northwestern, st. Paul, Minneapolis G
Omaha. Chicago Great Western and
Chicago, Milwaukee G. st. Paul.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-25
Completion of Long Tunnel.

Vienna.-The work of piercing the
five and half mile tunnel through tho
tauern mountains in Tyrol has just
been completed. The work occupied
SIX years and It is the last important
work in the completion of the Alpine
railways. The new tunnel will shorten
the journey between Salesburg and
Trieste by 110 miles
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-04-12
etA8noAA hs>fNG

No,ic Is bereb, given. that on Monday. Ma,
I3th. ID. lNis. at the hoNr of ~ q clock a. M
! shall apply To tbe County Court of tiunnisor
County in Probate, for leave as Guardian oi
Herman j. kausis, u minor, to sell the right
title and interest Of said herman J. Rau-Is y
minor in aud To the Northeast quarter ID
Southwest quarter and noutL half of the
Southwest quarter of hection and Moth
half ~ Northwest quarter H SsctiDa u,
also the hOoth v est Qaarer II the NOsth-
esst qasst-r, asA in the sostAssst asa,
ter u the Moth wsss qNsvses ard the ks.s4h.
west qsastes q w. nssathepss 9Ssvtss a asr
tiOn u. ell In Ie~ssAae = ksssk Asass Eas,
u 0sanisoo Cosseg CAlssoAs, saiA, no 4
istesese AssaG esssstA sosssria. AlsD his sss-
hah iwsessse In sAe s1sskssst qaasses a ~
sssoeA y - Qoestss sf sai4 ssgeisn u. IN q u
tOwsship
Also his ossefouvsh istesspt in 80 kesA "A
Cattle. - mad ~ kOspea. ssA oil Other persoaaI
gsopevty hesA saA owsed n ssiA 4eresn j.
Raasis, ss heir at law n Norman J. Rsusjs
dsreAseA. ss ap1ears in the InveatOry Alsl in
said Court, in the matter ~ the estate II ner-
man j ha0sis, decreased.
Dated April l2 lNT.
NORt L. nAUsIE.
Guardian q nerMas J hausis. 0isas
April l2-nsy NJ, lSsT