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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14
BEST EVER WRITTEN
PRESCRIPTION WHICH ANYONE
CAN EASILY MIX.
eald 70 Promptly Overcome Kidney
and Bladder AfFsictions-shaks
simple ingredients Well
In Bottle.

Mix the following by shaking Wen
In a bottle, and take In teaspoonfut
doses after meals and at bedtime:
Fluid Extract Dandelion. one-haif
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce::
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. three
ounces. A prominent physician Ii the
authority that these simple, harmless
ingredients can be obtained at NOM
inal cost from any druggist even IN:
the smaller towns.
The mixture is said to cleanse and;
strengthen the clogged and inactive,
Kidneys. overcoming Backache, Biad-i
der weakness and Urinary trouble OF
all kinds, II taken before the stage OF
Brights disease.
Those who have tried this say 1t pos
itively overcomes pain in the back,
clears the urine Of sediment and regu-,
lates urination. especially at night
curing even the worst forms Of blad-I
der weakness.
Every man or woman here who feels.
that the kidneys are not strong or act-
ing in healthy manner should mix.
this prescription at home and give IT.
Q trial. a. 1t Is said to do wonders for.
many persons.
The Scranton (Pa.) Times was firsti
to print this remarkable prescription,
In October. of 1906. since when all the
leading newspapers Of New York. Bos-,
ton. Philadelphia. Pittsburg and other
cities have made many announcements
Of Il to their readers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14
81 Have Come Now to Say Goodbye.

exile? You led us to believe that you
would stay among us-why are you
going back to the west?"
Because am a coward" he re.
peated miserably.
II don't understand" she said.
However, since you seem to wish to
dispel your illusion about me-perhaps
it is better 70"
She took his hand and placed 1t
upon her face, but at its touch the
self-control for which she had been
struggling gave way; hot tears welled
up against her will and fell in burning
drops upon his hand.
'Mary-Mfss Agnew! Tears-they
are not for-me?"
NO." she cried passionately, ''they
are for myself, for l thought you
priced Observation-Disclosures little;
and 1t was IA shock to md that you
could say good-by so lightly when
after such q verdict--even so slight a
thing as q woman's friendship might
have been something to you"
"Oh, you do not understand" he
said quickly. TT 10 harder than death
to part from you like this! Since the
first night I met you my only thought
and hope have been to recover my
sight, that might see you and win
your love and ask you to be my wife.
That was my vision of heaven, and
you-its angel; and / never doubted,
thought that light would surely
come. And when they said Darkness
forever was stunned tried to 90
away without this last interview, but
I could not. l had to come once
more. never meant to tell you this,
but when you think do not prize
your friendship I cannot bear It! It
is more to me than all the world; It
was my hope that one day l might
be able to win your love-"
But fit is already-won?" she
murmured TREMENDOUSLY.
He started. II do not under
stand"
Nor l." said she. But have loved
you--from that first day, think! Now,
Anthony Gordon. have you the cour-
age-will you dare go away?"
But cannot let you sacrifice your
self so. oh. my love. never dreamed
Of this!"
He caught her in his arms. and
while her head rested on his breast
he passed his hand tenderly across her
upturned face and bent to kiss away
her tears.
MY angel-you are more beautiful
than had ever dreamed!" he said.
and now bless the darkness, which
has crowned me with such love!"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

On their arrival In New Zealand
according to London Tit-Bits. q party
of English people drank the health Of
the vesrel which had brought them'
safely to their destination. One of the
gentlemen who was asked to join I'm
this ceremony replied: No. am D.
teetotaller; but I'll willingly drink sue
cess to the ship in the liquor She
floats In" A friend disappeared and,
returned with glass of water. After.
= complimentary apostrophe to the
ship, the recipient tossed the water
on 1t once. but Immediately splut-
tered: "Ugh-ah-oh-thi is-oh--
what on earth IL this?' THAT" saids
his friend. why, you've drunk success
to our noble ship In the Identical
liquor she floats In"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

Authorities who have in charge
some of EngIand's ancient treasures
try to discourage the habit of carving
initials on these relics. A flne of SIS
was recently imposed ON q man who
had Clipped his name In letters six:
inches high on one Of the stones in the
'Druids' Circle" near Keswick. Close
to the giant stone globe at Swanage
= special slab IL provided for the.
harmless reception of the names OF all,
who are addicted to this self-advertise-
ment~ On popular Alpine SUBMITS.
names are left on cards in emptied
wine bottles.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

Grieg was not . pattern schoolboy..
In . description Of his days at school
he wrote: Knowing that by arriving;
late ! would not be allowed to enter
the class until the end Of the firstI
lesson. / used. on wet mornings. to-
stand under dripping roof. until waa'
soaked to the skin. The master them
sent me homo to change my clothes.
but the distance being long this war
equivalent to giving me = dispense
ton! You may guess that riayed'
this prank pretty often. but when at
last carried It 90 far ~ to come ONE
day wet through, though 1t had hardly
rained at Ill. they became suspicious,
and kept lookout. One fine day =
was caught and made an intimate 40
Quaintance with the birch!"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

Senator Frank B. Brandagee tells :.
story Of . man who wanted to be :
trolley car conductor. This man.
looked hearty. polite and INTELLIGENT
and the manager of the car barne
seemed to think we'll Of him. After :.
number of questions the manages.
said: Well. what pay do you desire, ,
The applicant gave q loud laugh. Then
be dug the manager in the ribs ara.
said: Oh, never mind about the paw
boss Just give me the Job and r,h
have car Of my own In Z week -
two.' "-Kansns City Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

Bacon curers are usually among tip.
most prosperous firms in Belfast, but
they have had to warn the farmers.
throughout the north not to kill any
more pigs until the strikes are settled.
for It II impossible to handle the car.
casses. Business has thus been divert.
ed to other Irish bacon-curing centers.
although the majority of farmers have.
simply respited their pigs and are.
making no attempt to supply the mar
ket. Danish bacon factories win thus,
proflt.-London Standard.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14
The Ideal Minister.

As the touch of genius lifts the
master above the mere musician. 50
this sense of the Unseen lifts the ideal
minister above the mere preacher of
sermons. 1t Is the investiture of q
priesthood verified not by tradition,
but BY experience. 1t Is immediacy OF
access to the eternal fountains of sal
walton. He lives among men as one o.
them. simple, unselfsh, human, hope
full; yet they know that he walks with
God.
And by the vision splendid
Is on his way attended"
He IL q scholar, but criticism has
never violated that shrine of the Spirit
where tho pure in heart see God. The
unfading newness of everlasting truth
gives to his speech the freshness of
springtime. continues c., c. Hall in At
lantic. The unsearchable mystery of
Infinite Holiness gives to his thought
and conduct gravity and reserve. as
one who has beheld things which it is
not possible for q man to utter The
demands OF social service have not
stamped him with the professionalism
Of q reformer. The ardor Of church
manship has not made him an ecclesi-
astic. He remains . prophet of the
Highest When he speaks. men feel
that he 10 standing on holy ground.
When he prays, men perceive that he
10 prostrating himself before the Risen
Christ.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14
TRAPPING IN A CAVE.


THE cave on the Warriors ridge IN
Port township is q wonderful work OF
nature. The entrance is so small that
one would take It for fox den, and
man has to lie fiat down in order to
get into 1t. 1t goes down go feet to
mud and water. and then you have to
climb up over muddy rocks and banks
to get to the far end. !.
There Is q stream OF clear water
running across the far end Of this
cave. The roof IL so feet high and Is
solid rock of limestone and full Of
white stalactites.
THE cave is full of animals The
grounding, the coon. the rabbit. the
weasel are all there. and have caught
some of each in this cave. set traps
inside.
The animals stay in different
cracks and seams in the rock; some
climb almost up to the surface of the
ground. and others go downward.
They all have their dens inside this
large cave. 1t is very warm in the
winter. A man viii sweat the coolest
day of winter and there is q steam
coming out of the entrance on cold
days.
II had to hunt for weeks before
found the entrance. I was told where
1t was supposed to be and yet had
great time finding it. ! went in
with railroad torch and was sur
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

Another famous old American vessel
10 to be sent to the junk-heap. The
newest battleship il to be named New
York. Simpsons flagship. the old New
York, il to be renamed Saratoga, and
the old Saratoga, now the schoolship
OF Pennsylvania, il to be no more. 1t
WAS built In 1912. and its first service
was in the suppression of the West
Africa slave trade. In the Mexican
war its commander was Farragut. It
was part Of the south Atlantic squad
ron In the second half Of the civil war
and then went out Of active service.
When we consider hew nearly OBJ
solete is the old New York, which
seemed SO modern In the Spanish war,
1t is q wonder that the old Saratoga
has survived all these years, and is
only now condemned to destruction.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

There are many puzzling differences
between Scottish and Engli1h Law
terms For instance. bankruptcy L.
In Scotland IAN act of sequestration," 30
= solicitor II either . writer or ..
'law agent" the argument In = case.
10 the debate" and assizes u the.
Jury. . wrongdoer 10 delinquent. An.
idiot-in Scottish LAWS - fatuousa
person" and . burglary 10 with true.
Scottish caution). 'Thousebreaking
with an aggravatton." Finally. an au--
thor Ii. In Scotland. not person who.
writes. but the vender or seller Of real
property. from whom the title to II.
II derived.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14
LOUISIANA
Public Manners.

There are few persons who c.n
work their way through crowd, or
can even walk on the busy shopping
streets of large American towns and
cities, without occasionally losing
their temper, or, at any rate, feeling
considerable irritation. The reason is
not so much the crowd itself and the
consequent slowness of progress, al
though that may be annoying; it is the
manners Of the crowd, the constantly
repeated incidents Of rudeness and
selfishness. You are hurrying along,
intent on your business, but neverthe-
less carefully keeping on your own
side of the walk, when the man imme.
diately in front of you cuts diagonally
across. without stopping to see how
near you are to his heels. You stumble.
and he turns his head long enough to
scowl. Or perhaps 1t Is woman who
trails heedlessly along with her skirt
dragging where you can hardly avoid
stepping on 1t and her umbrella search
ing with preternaturai intelligence for
your eyeball. Possibly, however, 1t is
at q stamp window, or the tick
ct office, where you meet
your particular boor. It is. indeed. ex-
asperating, says the Youths Compan-
ion. when you have waited patiently
for your turn, and are about to be
served, to have fat woman, or a
nan with q loud and raucous voice.
push in ahead of you. and shout Two
tickets for Pushtown, and be quick
about it," No wonder that hunting
the wild boar is considered good
sport. After all, most Of these
breaches of manners are thoughtless
rather than intentional Toe great an
absorption In oneself and ones own in
terests IL the reason for them. All
good manners spring from a recogni-
ton of the other mans personality and
his rights and privileges, and nearly
all bad manners from a disregard Of
them. A crowd is the place, not to
forget oneself. but to remember; and,
above all, to remember that without
you the crowd would not be complete;
that you are responsible for the be-
havior Of one small part of it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14
BROUGHT q Rush.

Yeas" related the old postmaster
at Bacon Ridge. times we're getting
rather dull around here, so we had
to resort to some press agent tactics
like you show fellows. The village ed
itor put an ad in his paper that Hiram
Brown would take city boarders at ave
dollars DOZEN"
"Great Bernhardt!" gasped the the
atrical manager You don't mean to
say that Hiram kept his word?"
That's what he did. stranger, with
reductions in large lots"
'But-how could he board them at
1--WE dollars dozen?"
"He didn't board them. stranger;
q just took them. You see, Hiram
.rown is the village photographer"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

In the delirium Of buck fever he
mistook a colt for q deer.
And the colt, MORALLY stricken, sank
down upon the straw Of the harnyard,
looking with glazed eyes upon the null
titude of sympathetic creatures that
gathered gently about it.
"Have you no last message for any
one?" they inquired.
Thereupon the moribund ANNA:
reared its head proudly.
Tell my SIRE" 1t said in a lous
firm voice. that died game"
One long. shuddering sigh. and st
was over.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

Elipor Gym says she has come over
20 see our men aud to reyel lii green
corn and buckwheat cakes. It's q lit
tie late for green corn and little
early for tuckwheats at their best but
our men are always in season.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14
ut the cinder. ION railroads,

out the cinder. ION railroads, In
foundries. in stoke-holes," the conduc-
tor said afterward, wherever cinders
get continually in the eye, there every
body extracts them in one way-with
the tongue. The tongue removes
things better than any instrument
would dot sweeps the eye clean as
a food sweeps clean a river bed.
Further, it is painless; its passage
over the eyeball is, indeed, a rather
pleasant sensation. AS regards the
sensations of the owner Of the tongue
well, to do good we should be will
ing to undergo little nastiness"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

Another explorer has decided to
make a dash for the north pole, and
announces that he will follow a new
route. 1t is suspected, however, that
1t viii take him ~ safely and surely
to the lecture platform as any Of the
old ones.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14
Time Sometimes FIIes e..

Mabel" asked the dear girl's .sskh-
err, what time did that youks .~As
leave last night?"
why" replied Mabel, Il believe II
was nearly II o'clock"
what? am sure 1t was later than
that" said the mother.
How strange!" remarked Mabel
dreamily. I'VE both thought II
couldn't possibly be that late ..--Tbs
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

A Thousand Greeks have lately gone
from Mex England to engage in farm
Ing In IoIa. Kansas and Nebraska.
-Four or dSe days march from the re-
tail fruit store may take the Greeks
= good many parasangs on the way to
= wholesome and independent life on
the soil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

The brakeman groaned and sighed.
a cinder in his eye.
"I'll tongue it out for you," said the
conductor, and he bent over his asso-
ciate, ran his tongue over the pupil
of the mans eye, and in jiffy had
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

Completed
&c. 1906
excepting
100000
the balance
public
agricultural Of
nur material
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-14

prised to find 1t SO large. II runs
back half mile and the roof and walls
are OF solid rock.
Trader.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-16
A HINT FOR TRAMPERS.
chamois Hools to Slip Over tho
Stockinqs.

Walking In the mountains seems to
DC more destructive to the stockings
than any other form of exercise, even
bicycling. The change of grades ap-
pears TO bring special stress upon tho
heels and necessltatcs darning in holi-
day time, when dnrlllng Is most OBJ
noSlous. Having had experience with
this. we were delighted TO discover ut
Il drug store some channels heels which
could he slipped over the stockings
when tramping and saved great denl
OF wear upon them. These are not Ill
ways to be found, but they can be
easily made Mt home II some cnre Is
taken in cutting pattern and careful
ly iittlng 1t to the person who Is to
wear the heels. For the pattern cut n
piece Of paper i've Inches square.
marking II Mt the top ana bottom.
Fold II across the middle, and on tho
fold make n cut nm inch and quarter
deep from each edge. From the point
thus reached cut II curve to the two
lower corners. Fold the lower corners
over on the outside SO that they almost
meet the upper corners. Fit this to tho
heel and when properly shaped cut out
the chnmoIs. stitching 1t smoothly and
firmly in form and adding two elastic
bands to reach over the ankle from the
two sets OF corners. There are such
differences In the sizes of heels that
the pattern must necessarily he some
what modified for different ages. but
IL properly made AMI carefully worn
these heels are very useful. ii. In
Good housekeeping.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-16
DINING.

o hour OF hour, the most blest upon
earth,
Dlost hour OF our Dinners; the land
Of hiH birth;
Tho face OF his first love; the bills
that he owes;
The twaddle OF friends and venom of
foes;
The sermon he heard when to church
he last went;
Tho money he borrowed. the money
he spent;
All OF these things man. l believe,
may forget,
And not be tho worse for forgetting.
but yet
Never, never oh. never! earth's luck
lest sinner
Hath unpublished forgotten the hour
OF his dinncr
Indigestion. that conscience of every
bad stomach,
Shall rclentlessly gnaw and pursue
him with some ache
Or some pain. and trouble, rcmorse.
less, his best ease.
As the Furles once troubled the slccp
OF Orestes.
We may live without poetry, music
and art;
We may live without conscience,
and live without heart,
We may live without friends; we may
live without books;
But civilized man cannot live with
out cooks.
He may 1.-Two without books--what Is
knowledge but grieving?
Ho may live without hope-what is
hope but deceiving?
He may live without love-what is
passion but plning?
But where is the man that can live
without dining?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-16
Drinkino a. MeaIs.


Most physicians today Will tell you
never TO take any liquid. and least of
all water during meals. There are.
however, two sides 20 the question.
Those With tendency to govt or
other diseases arising from excess OF
uric acid should avoid liquids until
two hours. at least. after eating.
For those without such n tendency
there is no harm In drinking mod
crate amount nj the end OF the meal.
There is. therefore. sound reason
back OF the custom of keeping the
coffee for the last course. Even when
this prandinl drinking Is permissible.
one should avoid excess. A little cold
water held in the mouth is often just
as refreshing as II gallons OF the liquid
had been consumed
The great American fault--or one OF
them-is the consumption of enormous
quantities of lee water, which IS really
q deadly beverage and not fit for civil
lied man TO drink. emphasize the
civilized" for no savage would do
anything so stupid as TO chill and
parnlyze the muscles OF his stomach In
the belief that he is cooling his skin.
The rule, then, is little water
II you are healthy and your stomach
is normal. not too cold. and taken at
the end of the meal. And thus will
you avoid the countless Ills TO which
most drinkers during meals are heirs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-16
HE PLANTED HIS FLAG.
Mexican Sailor Receives Medal for
Struggle Against Waves
and Sharks.

Julian Santos. a sailor on the gun
boat Democratic, has just been grant
cd, through the Department of War. Il
medal for bravery in planting the
green, white and red over Clppertun
Island in the Pacific, under circum-
stances of Il most peculiar nature. He
fought his way through an army of
sharks In rough water, with no other
weapon than Il flag in a metal casing.
AS is customary. ut regular intervals
the Governments sends boat to this
island to plant the flag there. On
this trip the boat pulled as close in
to the usual landing place as was pos
siblc and a small boat was sent out to
make the landing. The great break.
ers kept the boat from landing. 1t re.
turned and another crew was sent
out, in which was Santos.
Having received his orders to plant
the flag on the island and being I'M
able to effect the landing in the boat
he watched his opportunity to get the
best advantage of surf conditions.
dropped over the edge of the boat
with the encased flag and started for
land. He was Immediately attracked
by man eating sharks. The terrible
breakers in themselves seemed almost
unwcatherable. Tut added to it was
the fight in tho water. He used the
cncascd flag as weapon ana finally
reached land, where. after having
rested sufficiently to recover part OF
his strength, he planted the flag and
waited for the boat to be able to
make landing to take him back "a
the gunboat
From the Mexican Herald
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-16
uslna Tho Rlo,tsr.

A woman was trying to lift big
blot Of Ink from q letter with piece
of blottlng paper. with the usual result
OF making the blot bigger and uglier
than 1t was at first. LET me show you
how TO do that" said her friend. 81
learned the trick in stationer's shop
in London last year. You just mosten
the corner of the blottcr first, to get
1t started. and then apply it to the Ink
spot There. Isn't 1t wonderful how
clean II takes it all up?"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-16
WELL OF SODA WATER
Overflow Used to Float Logs to Lum-
Der Mills.

Der Mills.
Ono OF the most Interesting and
novel gushing wells I'm tho world, and
perhn pa without rival In either
respect, is n geycr of soda water that
recently came up ut Wcndling, just
ncross the Mcndocino county border
from Sonomn, Cal.
This well produces soda watcr--gen-
nine sodn watcr-nnd of n quality that
would warrant bottling for the gen
eral trade In such quantities MS were
never struck before. There is so
much OF this water that 1t is turned
into hugo flumc and used to float
great logs from the forest TO the
lumber mills.
An artosinn we'll borcr was recent.
ly employed to secure an adequate
water supply for large sawmill in
that region. lie drilled to Il depth OF
200 feet. the lower ITO feet Icing
through solid granite. Then slight
trace of water was found. The artcs-
Ian man then placed fifty.four sticks
of dynamite at tho bottom of the we'll
and exploded them.
Instantly water gushcd up. rising
twenty feet above the surface of the
ground. pouring forth In enormous
volume. That was days ago. and since
then there has been no indication OF
! a cessation OF this vast natural soda
fountain"