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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-01

their ambition. hence the contentment
that prevailed.
But in after years. when cities
grew and trade expanded, the mer-
chants of these cities not being con-
tent with conditions Of trade, devised
plans by which they might reach out
for more business. Advertising in the
newspapers being cheap way OF
putting the merits of their goods be-
fore the people, this plan appealed to
them and 1t was adopted. At first they
operated ON a small scale; then, as
the merchant saw the opportunity for
making it pay. he added to his adver.
Using fund. And SO it has continued
until to-day millions of dollars are
annually sent to mail order houses by
the people of the United States.
The best and most effective way to
throttle the catalogue house has been
a question uppermost in the mindo OF
country merchants for several years
past; some advocating one plan and
some another. There are several plans
which might be presented to induce
the farmer to buy at home. In the
first place his pride might be appealed
to. There are very few farmers who
own their own farms but that would
be interested in building up his own
locality. He realizes the fact that II
his farm is to be valuable 1t must be
farmed II the most scientific manner
and all buildings, fences, etc., must be
kept UP in the best possible shape
and above all the farm must be 10
| Gated not too far from some good
town, for we all know that farm land
brings a much better price wher neal
to some good town or village. It Is
not hard to get the farmer to realize
this, for II he ever sold any farm land
or tried p sell any, he knows this tt
be q fact. Well, then, after he ha!
realized this fact, the thing for hin
to do is to patronize his home mer
chants and business men, so they may
be able to build and maintain q goot
town.
| Public schools are much better II
the towns than in the country for thu
reason that where the population Il
most dense, there is more taxable
property to the amount of territor.
covered, hence there is more none.
collected for school purposes. and a
\ result more and better teachers ar
employed. All this is Of the highes
Importance to the farmer, as mos
farmers who are of any importance 4
their profession are interested in giV
ing their boys and girls . good educa
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-01

ton. And right here IL where tho goo6
town proposition comes to him win
great force. He knows he can SEND
his children to the village school at a
great deal less expense than to send
them away to college. and that In
most cases better results are Cd
tanned.
II the farmer seriously desires all
these good things he must OF necsSsi'
ty help to build them. Let him under
stand that he is one Of the main
spokes ir the grea. wheel OF com
merce in his vicinity and that he can
illafford to send abroad to purchase
even the smallest item OF merchan-
disc, though 1t may seem to him tnat
he is saving q few cents by doing SO.
1t seems that it could be easily
pointed out to him that IL there was
no town near him and he had to drive
20 or 30 miles to take his produce to
market and haul his groceries the
same distance home, he could easily
see that his land would greatly depre'
ciate liz value and the disadvantages
he would encounter on every hand
would be very disastrous to his time
and he would gladly spend his money
at home to divert this calamity.
One of the most potent levers with
which to control trade in country 10
calities is the liberal use of printers
ink, coupled with intelligence In adj
vertising the wares of the merchant.
The catalogue houses employ the best
talent obtainable to write their adver'
tisements and spend large sums OF
money in this way. Besides advertis'
ing judiciously they advertise on a
| large scale and consequently get the
business. The old saying that you
must fight the devil with fire. will ap
ply in this case. The home merchant
must advertise. He must do more thar
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-01
Upholstered Furniture,

Upholstered furniture which is left
unused for considerable periods in tho
summer should be sprayed occasional
ly with benzine or naphtha. This will
not injure the most delicate fabric.
Caution must be exercised, however.
on account of its inAammability
Never use either preparation with any
light in the ROOM Another means OF
protecting articles is to wipe them
over with a dilute solution of zorro
sive sublimate in alcohol, made weak
enough 30 as not to leave any white
stain.
An sassy way to apply the naphths
or benzine is to put it In a small
watering pot, such as Is used fol
shrinking house plants.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-01
MORE BOXES OF GOLD
And Many oreenbacks.

1915 boxes of Gold and Greenbacks
will be seat to persons who write the
most interesting and truthful letters
of experience on the following topics:
1. How have you been affected by
coffee drinking and by changing from
coffee to Postum?
2. Give name and account Of one or
more coffee drinkers who have been
hurt by it and have been induced to
quit and use Postum.
8. Do you know any one who has
been driven away from Postum be-
cause it came to the table weak and
characterless at the first trial?
A. Did you set such person right
regarding the easy way to make 1t
clear, black. and with snappy, rich
taste?
S. Have you ever found a better
way to make it than to use four heap
ing teaspoonfuls to the pint of water,
let stand on stove until real boiling
begins, and beginning at that time
when actual boiling starts, boil full Is
minutes more to extract the flavor and
food value. ca piece of butter the size
of a pea will prevent boiling over)
This contest is confined to those who
have used Postum prior to the date OF
this advertisement.
Be honest and truthful, don't write
poetry or fanciful letters, just plain,
truthful statements.
Contest will close June 1st, 1907
and no letters received after that date
will be admitted. Examinations Of let
tiers will be made by three judges, not
members of the Postum Cereal Co.
Ltd. Their decisions win be fair and
fnal, and a neat little box containing
q $40 gold piece sent to each Of ttC
five writer's of the most interesting
letters, box containing S. gols
piece to each of the 20 next best, ;
So greenback to each of the 100 mex
best. and a 81 greenback to each o
the 200 next best, making cash prize
distributed to 325 persons.
Every friend of Postum is u~ged +
write and each letter will be held Il
high esteem by the company. as al
evidence of such friendship, while tn
little boxes OF gold and envelopes @
money will reach many modest writer
whose plain and sensible letters cor
tain the facts desired, although tn
sender may have but small faith /
winning at the time of writing.
Talk this subject over with you
friends and see how many anon
SOU can win prizes. 1t is good. hol
est competition end in the best kind
q cause. and costs the competitors al
solutely nothing.
Address your letter to the Postul
Cereal Co.. Ltd. Battle Creek. Mich
writing your own name and adore:
clearly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-01
PUDDING RECIPES
soMETHINc NEW IN THE WAY OF
DESSERTS.
One Dish That Has Long STOOD shs
Test OF Time-Frozen Pudding
GIace a CONNECTION Sure
to Please.

Tho following is pudding which has
been in the possession OF weii-
known family for 100 years, and IL
still in use-it has never before ap-
peared in print:
Aunt Charlotte's Pudding.-Line
pudding dish with stale CAKE, poar
sherry over it, then spread preserved
peaches, ounces, or any kind OF pre-
serves over the cake. Make batter
of the yolks of four eggs, quarter oil
a pound of sugar or quarter OF
pound of buttef ard two tablespoon
fuls of cracker crumbs. Beat togetn-
er. first beating the yolks light, add
the mixture to the cake, then DaKe'
When cold put the whites OF the eggs
beaten stiff with pulverized sugar
over the pudding, return to the oven
and bake until light brown; sea-
son with extract of vani--- and al
mond.
Orange Pudding.-One-quarter OF q
pound of butter, quarter OF pouno
of sugar, the peel of a fresh orange
grated fine, two eggs, little brandy
ard the lime Juice. Bake IN quick
oven.
Bread Pudding with Meringue.-One
and a half pints OF milk, ono
kitchen cupful of breadcrumbs, three
eggs, three tablespoonfuls OF sugar,
the grated rind and juice OF one
lemon. Mix all together and bake zu
minutes. When the pudding is coid'
cover the top with preserves; peat
light the whites of two eggs, with
pulverized sugar, for a meringue, and
| drop it on in the shape of pyramids;
brown lightly in the oven.
| Frozen Pudding GIace.-One pint OF
milk. quarter Of a pound of raisins,
| small piece of cinnamon stick, two
ounces of sweet almonds, quarter OF
pound of sugar, the yolks of two eggs
two ounces of preserved cherries, one
ounce of citron, one pint OF cream
and two lines. First boil together
the raisins and milk slowly for Is min
utes. In the milk have the stick Gin
namon to give it favor. Strain the
milk and return to the saucepan; pu
on the fire to boil Put into a small
bowl the yolks of two eggs and ado
the sugar; beat them well together
and when the milk boils take 1t iron
the fire; when it cools little add u
it the yolks and sugar, little at
time, mixing all the time. Put al
into a saucepan and add the raisins
Stir this over The fire until 1t begin
to thicken. Blanch and fine tw
ounces of almonds and add them t
the mixture, also the cherries and eli
ron; cut into small pieces, remove tn
stick of cinnamon. and cut each linn
Into four pieces and add. Dip mol
In cold water and when the mixtur
Is cool enough put in the cream. the
pour the whole into the mold an
freeze. While freezing stir to PR
vent the fruit settling.-Chicago II
ter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-01

A fruit tree In the back yard Is
worth two family trees in q glass case.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-01

say: Come to Smiths to trades
cheapest place on earth" He must
describe his merchandise as he would
in private conversation over the coun-
ter to a customer, and then quote the
price. This will nearly always act as
a clincher and will at least put him
on a standing with the catalogue
house In fact it will give him an ad-
vantage over the catalogue house. for
in almost every case he can sell the
same grade Of merchandise cheape:
than the catalogue house can sell 1t.
This is not mere theory but q state
ment of fact, for the reason that the
country merchants business is oper'
ated at a very much less expense than
that of the mail order merchant.
There are q thousand and one itemS
of expense which the city merchant
has to meet that are entirely unknown
to the country merchant.
The time is rapidly approaching
when people who patronize mail order
houses will be looked upon as soon
ers" by the solid and influential citi.
zens Of all commCnwealths and wiz
suffer ostracism at their hands.
Cities and towns are built by com.
bined efforts of the residents thereof;
not by foreign capital. So too are our
| churches and schoolhouses built. II
may be true that in many instances
eastern capital has been employed to
make improvements in the west, but
always with good round interest to
the lender of the money. No one ever
heard of case where an eastern mar
or firm contributed to western enter
prise for the fun Of the thing. MOI
did you ever hear of case where any
mail order or catalogue house evel
contributed to any church building
fund. Nor yet did they ever build o.
help to build any of our schoolhouses
You never heard of case of this kint
and you never will. All these eastern
sharks care for is your dollar, ant
you know it, and when they have got
ten that they have no more use TO
you. Then why should you patroniz
them? You can go to your home mel
chant any day in the year and IL yo'
} are short of change. he will extern
you credit If you. are sick and ur
; able to work the home merchant Wi
J see that your family is provisione
J until you get on your feet again. n
VIII do all Of this and at the sam
time furnish the same grade Of good
| at the same or even at less pric'
. VIII the catalogue merchant do this
I. 2. BELL
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-01
To Clarity DrIppings.

Into a large psilful of boiling water
pour the hot drippings. Stir thor
oughly for a few minutes, and then
let the whole become quite cold The
clean drippings are then easily re
moved from the Top OF the water, all
the Impurities sinking to the bottom
After frying, the drippings are treated
twice in this way and allowed to b.
tried out until all water has srap'
-ated
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-01

(Sd) A. G. BURKHART.
(Sd) ]. TRELOAR-TRESIDDER.
(Sd) WALTER W. MOUNT.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-01

Il sometimes happens that other
people have as good an opinion Of .
man as he has of himself-after he Is
Aaad
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-01
Costly cycIopecla.

The revision of the great Korean
cyclopedia called Munhon Pigo. which
was ordered by the government some
months ago, is now completed, and 1t
consists of an edition Of 20 volumes,
which will be published at an expense
of 1880 yen.-Korean Daily News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-16
NOTED LIBEL CASE.
second Trial of Herr Harden will Be
 gin Today.

Second TEtHl OI nCEE EAAAuCh w AAA D~-
 gin Today.
 Berlin. Dec 15-The effort of Count Kuno won Moltke to vindicate himself in the trial which resulted from accu- sations made by Maximiltan Harden, editor of Die Zukunet. having failed before the minor court. the case will now be taken up by the States attor- nev before criminal bench or nve judges.
 The second trial of Herr Harden will begin tomorrow and fresh revelations are awaited with tense expectancy by the public because 1t Is believed that much new testimony will be brought out concerning the so-called camarilla surrounding the Emperor.
 It Is bv no means certain that the judges will allow the testimony to take a range wide enough to elicit political secrets of the court or anything that may touch directly the person of the Emperor.
 The causes that have brought about new trial by the Ministry of Justice are somewhat obscure. but the powerful classes have felt that they were com promised by the proceedings and yer dict os the lower court. The officers of the corps resented the broad assertion the royalists felt that the principle of monarchy har lost prestige. The conser- yatiyes generally regarded the country as having been damaged in foreign eyes. Whatever may have been the considerations. the Ministry of Justice simply wiped out the findings of the magistrate and took up the affairs as though 1t had never been tried before. instituting proceedings against Herr Harden for having criminally wronged Count won Moltke. Efforts have been made at the eleventh hour to compro- mise the case. but Herr Harden de- clined to sign the declaration demanded by won Moltke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-16
E. F. Johnstone & Co. Cotton Merchants and Exporters
 Cotton Bought in Alabama and Mississippi Branch Offices Troy and Do,han Ala. and Jackson Miss
THE STOCK MARKET

New York. Dec. t4.-A brief demonstra- tion was made against the market at the opening today. but the rest of the brief ses- sion was given to repairing the moderate losses then inflicted.
 On only few stocks was declines enough to call for notices and the narrowness of the days movement effectually frustrated successful trading operations. The ac- tion of several stocks which have recently been market factors gave the impression that they were oversold as they rallied cas- lily when the bears found they were not bringing out any long stocks. Attempts to reach stop loss orders did not meet with success which caused the early abandon
 Recent weak features such as American Sugar. New York Central and the Hill and Hartman stocks were foremost In the early decline. but they in common with fully. Most of the limited business origi- mated on the floor and when the market set- tied into a rut, the traders found 1t difficult even to scalp small fractions.
 Today's bank statement bore out the optimistic views entertained yesterday re- gardins the expected showing and the more general uplift in prices at the close today was due also to this belief. With con- traction in the defict of over e. 000. 900. and a gain in cash of $4.000. 900, the position of the question of retirement of the clearing house certificates would be agitated.
 The bond market during the week showed evidence at times of good ipquiry for active speculative issues as well as securities of . more stable character.
 The market in general consormed rather closely to the developments in the stock market.
 United states ss advance <. the ss 1. and the Is 1h per cent on call during the week. N
 CLOSING STOCK LIST.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-16
APPEAL FOR FUNDS
MANY WIDOWS AND ORPHANS ARE
 IN DISTRESS.
Permanent Relief Committee for Fam flies of Victims ef Mine Disas. ter, is Headed by Cover
 nor DnWsOu

Fairmont, w. Va, Dec. 15.-The per manent relief committee headed by Governor William o. Dawson, to pro- vide for the widows and orphans in distress through the recent explosion at the mines of the Fairmont Coal Company at Monongah. today prepared an appeal for funds that is being sent to chambers of commerce and kindred organizations all over the country.
 All newspapers are urged to aid the work by receiving contributions. &C., knowledging them through their col umns and sending them to the treas ury. .-a.a'
 Contributions of clothing, toys for the orphans at Christmas time and similar donations are to be sent to W. H. Moore. Mayor of Monongah, w. Va, and Chairman of the Committee lock- ing after the temporary wants of the victims.
 Monongah is mining town of about 5000 inhabitants. This disaster has destroyed almost ohe-half of the bread winners. The other half is composed of the employees of two other mines of the same company and of the usual stores. etc., which go to make up a purely mining community.
 Fully 250 widows and 1000 children are left without any means of support. The most of these families live In the company houses at Monongah, the re- mainfng ones in various countries of Europe. The company has generously declared that the families occupying their houses may remain until other provisions, are made, but operations cannot be resumed at the damaged mine until these houses are available.
 All checks should be made payable to the Monongah Mines Relief Com mission, J. E. Sands, Treasurer. Fair mont, w. Va.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-16
FRANCE IS DIVIDED
 ON MOTIVE OF FLEET.

Paris. Dec. 15.-The departure to- morrow of the American squadron is occasion for a few fresh comments here on the American-Japanese rela- tions
 French opinion, from the first, has been divided into two camps The ma jority in France share the pacific off, cial view that Japan cannot take uplb- rage at the cruise and that while the situation contains clements of danger the differences between the two coun- tries are sure to be amicably adjusted. The other camp, supported by a section of the press, has insisted throughout that sthe real issue between the United States and Japan arises not from the troubles in San Francisco, but because of Japan's inordinate ambition to con- trol the Pacific Ocean, which if per- sisted in, will make a clash sooner or later inevitable.
 The recall of Ambassador Aoki they regard as confirmation of their sus- picIon and they point to the fact that the negotiations on the immigration question are now practically at standstill well known foreign pub licist said to the Associated Press to- day:
 Tt is almost an open secret in dip lomatic circles that the American fleet is going to the Pacific to enable the United States to answer Japan on an equal footing. It is an elementary measure of prudence until Japan shows her hand r. she entertains no ulterior motive. the immigration question will soon be settled"
 The press remarks the coincidence between the departure of the fleet and the rumor that Japan is seeking a new loan in London and Paris.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-16
SAMUEL POWELL ARRESTED.

Little Rock. Dec. 15-Samuel Pow ell, until recently State Manager in Arkansas for the Metropolitan Life In- surance Company of New York, was arrested Thursday afternoon charged with forging the name of W. E. Far nell of Cleoria, La, to a note for $2,500 which was discounted by the Mercaan- tile Trust Company of this city. Pow ell gave bond for $1.000 and was re- leased pending a hearing.
 Powell has been prominent member of little Rock society.
 Suit was filed Saturday in Federal Court by the Metropolitan Life Insur- ance Company against Powells bonds- men to recover on the bond furnished by Powell's bondsmen, the company alleging in the suit that Powell is in- debted to it for a sum larger than the bond. The latter was $5,00O.
 The arrest and suit were not made public until today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-16
DEEDS WERE FORGED
DEALS WITH THE
 kICKAPOO INDIANS.
Senate Committee Will Soon Make Its Report and Will Give Names of Parties to Be Pros-
 eeuted.

Washington, Dec. 15.--Senators Tel- Ter and Curtis and La Toilette. com- posing committee to investigate the affairs of the Kickapoo Indians. will soon submit to the Senate report giving the names of several parties who are alleged to have dealt fraud ulently with the Kickapoos, who emi- grated to Mexico and who disposed Of their lands at Shawnee. Ok.
 The report mentions a clique known as the Chapman n-Grimes-Conine people and says that their conduct in securing ican Kickapoo Indians was criminal and brutal in tie extreme. It is re- commended that a special attorney shall be appointed, who shall act un- der the direction of the Department of Justice in entering suits to set aside all deeds to Kickapoo lands. The al- legged criminal acts of the men mem tioned in the report appear to be very hard to deal with in the opinion of the committee for the reason that most of them were committed in Mexico. Concerning the doings of the Chapman Grimes-C Conine people the report says:
 "Outrages were shamelessly perpe- trated by them and their conduct has never been equalled fin the history of any dealings to secure lands from the American Indians The names of the Indians were deliberately forged to the deeds claimed to have been taken in Mexico. Two or three instances are sufficient to show to what extremes they went.
 'sThey had all the leading members of the tribe, or head men arrested and thrown into jail. They then took large number of Indians by force and under guard of polices to one Guajar- dos house in Muzquiz, where they urg- ed the Indians to sell their lands, which the Indians declined to do, tell ing them invariably that they did not desire to sell their lands, and under no circumstances would they sign any papers; yet these people claim to have deeds executed at Guajardo's house by the Indians. The Indians all say that they did not sign and the Indian in- terpreters used upon the different oc. casions, each say that the Indians did not sign their names or authorize any one to sign their names or touch the pen for them."
 The committee will request that 1t be continued in existence until such time as its members shall consider that the grievances of the Rickapoo Indians are receiving proper attention.