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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

The name of bridge probably grew
out of the Russian word "biritch,"
which is called out when the player
declares no trumps, says Scribner's
The appearance in England between
1888 and 1886 of pamphlet on Dir
ITCH" or Russian whist, failed to at
tract much attention at that period,
but during the ensuing ten years the
present natural offshoot of the Rus
sian form of play-one variety of
which Is called ieralasch. teralache,
yelarash, by Sir Horace Rumbold--
became everywhere quite a favorite
pastime The game is said by some
to have originated at Athens, although
1t is known to have been played,
practically in it's present form.
throughout Turkey, Greece, Egypt and
along the Maritime Alps for actually
more than 80 years under the name of
khediye.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02
rug GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD AND WESTERN CANADA.


The railway facilities OF Western
Canada have been taxed to the ut
termost in recent years to transfer
the surplus grain crop to the eastern
markets and the seaboard. The large
Influx Of settlers and the addttionaS
area put under crop have added large
ly to the grain product, and notwitn-
standing the increased railway facii~
tiles that have been placed at the dis
posal Of the public, the question or
transportation has proved to be se--
rious one.
It will. therefore, be good news to-
everyone interested in Western Cam
ada to know that an authoritative
statement has been given out by c.
NJ. Hays, president Of the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway. that that rail-
way will do its share towards moving
the crop of 1907 from Alberta, Sas-
katchewan and Manitoba to tide water,
and thus assist in removing serious
obstacle which has faced the settlers
during recent years. Mr.. Hays, who
has Just completed trip from Port
akc Ia EIolll0 " EQ1UOubOA LII . III al
RE schooner, distance of 735 miles,.
which was covered In eighteen days.
is enthusiastic about the country.
This will be gratifying to settlers In
the Canadian West, even II Mr.. Hays
declines to be bound to time limit.
with the exactitude of stop-watch.
The Grand Trunk Pacific road win be-
In position to take part in the trans
portation of the crop of 1907. and that
will be satisfactory to the settlers In
that country when the harvest is gar
nered.
The wheat crop of 1906 in Western
Canada was about 100000 900 bushels
and, with the increased acreage which
Is confidently expected to be put un--
der crop next year, it is safely calcu--
lated that fully 125.000.000 bushels win
be harvested in 1907. The necessity
for increased transportation facilities
are. therefore. apparent, and the state
ment made by Mr.. Hays will bring en-
couragement to the farmers of the
Canadian West, new and old. The
opening up Of additional thousands OF
free homesteads is thus assured by
the agent Of the Canadian GoVern-
ment, whose address appears else
where.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

it up. To my horror she presented
ME with another purse In place of the
one she had LOST, and then / saw what
a fearful thing had DONE"
There was a short silence. And
then laughed. heartily and long.
dined with the Featherstones that
evening. And-er-well, to put the
matter in a nutshell, my wife has blue
eyes, clear and bright, like glimpses
of heaven. To some extent deserve
my Rachel. Did not serve seven
days for her?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02
Importance of the Child.
LOUISIANA

ssuRot NdttSS VI kttS Stutos
Prof Felix Adler. in his address be-
fore the National Child Labor Con-
vention at Cincinnati on THE Atti.
tude of Society Towards the Child as
an Index of Civilization" pointed out
that, historically, there have been
three views of the child in society.
There is the primitive view which
regarded the child as the essential
factor In the system of ancestor wor-
ship; the later view, which made him
the inheritor and continuation of the
family honors and prerogatives; and
the modern view, which looks upon
the child as so much living material
for the society of the future. The
classification serves as basis for the
protest against the wastage of child
life under the present system Of pro-
duction. Essentially, however, the
three historical views are identical, in
that they agree in looking upon the
child as bearing within himself the
seed of the ideal future, whether that
ideal be to live in extra-terrestrial
bliss and in the memory Of man, or
the feudal ideal of family, or the
contemporary a1truistic ideal of the
perfect state. And it is by no means
certain that the last ideal is not the
hardest on the child. 1t is not only
that some of us, in the name of prog
ress, are content to send the child
into that industrial slavery against
which Prof. Adler pleads his case,
says the New York Post; but that
most Of us, in recognizing the high
mission Of the young. persist in plac-
ing on their tender shoulders a heavy
burden Of responsibility. If we were
Observation-Disclosures or medieval
barons, we should be quite content to
leave our children in undisturbed en-
joyment of their right to liberty and
the pursuit of happiness; since in
merely being they would fulfill their
purpose. But the modern child must
not be left alone, because there is no
such thing as a child in the same
sense that there is a cat or a pony
or picture-book. He is potential
ity;" and there are pedagogical prin-
ciples.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02
NEW INVENTIONS OF NOTE.
Hen That viii Not Scratch and Pig
That Never Runs Away.

It may have escaped the attention
fact that the last summer has been
extraordinarily fruitful in inventions
says Judge.
A farmer in New Egypt, N. j., apply.
ing the methods of Wizard Burbank
to the poultry yard, has evolved e
scratches hen which promises to rev
oIutionize fancy gardening.
The New Egypt hen is set up on the
usual hen plan, with this difference:
One leg is two inches shorter than
the other. BY reason of this shortage
one side of the hen goes at slower
pace than the other, which has the re
suit of curvature in her locomotion
In other words, this hen, starting fol-
the freshly seeded garden in direct
line, as hens will, finds herself mys
teriously shunted aside. When she
thinks she has arrived at the garden
she is most nightly mistaken, for she
has merely gone the circle and arrived
back at her own doorstep. Simple
as this idea is and effectual in curbina
the nomadic propensities of the hen
the invention has laid dormant in the
human brain for all these countless
million years. A mere two-inch di
versity in the UNDERMINING circular
ICES the motion of the hen for time and
eternity.
A man in Pugwash, Me-, has hit upon
an idea so like that of the New Egypt
man that he might almost pass for the
same. The pugwash man has sue
ceeded in breeding what he calls the
fenceless pig. This is pig with one
eye eliminated. and 1t is found that
the single optic affects the pig just a,
the short leg affects the hen. Each
tends in circular course and conse
quently never wanders far from home
The invention is said to be worth mil
lions to the western farmers and
herders. doing away entirely with the
necessity for fences.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02
THE FIRST TWINcE
OF rheumatism Calls for Or. williams
Pink Pills II You Would ee
Easily Cured.

Mr.. Frank Little, well known citi-
zen of Portland, Ionia Co., Mich, was
cured of severe case of rheumatism
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills. In speak,
ing about 1t recently, he said: NY
body was run down and in no condi-
ton to withstand disease and about
hve years ago ! began to feel rheu-
matte pains In my arms and across.
my back. My arms and legs grew
numb and the rheumatism seemed to-
settle in every Joint 30 that could
hardly move, while my arms were
useless at times. l was unable to.
sleep or rest well and my heart pain
ed me 80 terribly could hardly stand
It. MY stomach became sour and
bloated after eating and this grew
so bad that l had inflammation Of
the stomach. was extremely nery-
GUS and could not bear the least
noise or excitement. One whole side
Of my body became paralyzed.
"As ] said before, had been sun
ering about I'VE years and seemed to
be- able to get no relief from nv
doctors. when q friend here in Port
land told me how DR.. williams Pink
Pills had cured MIN of neuralgia in
the face. even after the pain had
drawn 1t to one side. decided to
try the pills and began to see some
improvement soon after using them.
This encouraged me to keep on until
! was entirely cured. I have never
had return of the rheumatism or OF
the paralysis.
The pills are for sale by All drug.
sists or sent. postpaid, on receipt OF
price, SO cents per box, six boxes
yz.5O. by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady. N. Z.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

taken; but Alice laughed at the idea
and declared that she was competent
to guard her pocket If Mabel was not.
They went shopping, and Alice insist.
ed on putting her purse in her pocket.
1t had been there for FIVE minutes
before Mabel, from pure love OF mis-
chief, took it out unperceived BY Alice
and put it in her own pocket. The
girls became separated on Broadway
and the purse must have fallen out OF
Mabel's pocket when you saw her.
Alice did not miss it till she saw 1t
in your hand; and then-what could
she thirk?"
"Oh, Mr.. Felix" exclaimed Alice,
please forgive me! Mabel and ! had
tiff over those wretched pockets. and
we did not speak for whole week til.
this morning, when she came to make
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

1t does not take an old man to re-
member when the only city in the
country to enjoy a carnival season
was New Orleans. Now there are
many such. only the celebrations are
known by variety Of names and the
dates for them vary. Philadelphia
Years day and other places have am
plifled the observance of Halloween
into q night Of fantastic revel. Each
year sees additions to this list and
more care and method In the man.
ner Of conducting the carnivzls. which
already vie with those OF the various
Italian cities famed in song and story.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

Hiram Heller, of WiIIiamsport, Pa,
was badly lacerated In battle with
great horned owl which he wounded
while cunning near Fairfield Center.
He shot at the owl as it few by him,
but only broke its wing. Not wishing
to disngure the bird, Heller attempted
to kill 1t with club. The wounded
owl, which measured nearly four feet
from tip to tip. pounced upon him, and
before he was able to free himself he
was badly wounded.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

Timothy BoIdra, who has died att
Yarmouth. England. at the age of 81
years. had been in the service of the
local gas company more than so years..
and before that, as a youth, was en-
ployed to light the street oil lamps
with Q flint and steel.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

The dean of Canterbury relates this
anecdote of his own school days: In
the schoolhouse at Rugby, when he
was there, new boys in the first win,
ter term had to stand on a table and
sing the Brave Old Oak" before all
the boys of the house. II they sang
to the satisfaction of the house they
were taken into its good-feilowship
Otherwise they had to drink half q
glass Of salt and fater, made SO thick
that they could stand a ruler up in 1t.
He was very sorry to make the CON
fession that he had to drink the salt
and water.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice Of Starch matter Of great inn
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. It's great strength as stiff
ener makes half the usual quantity Of
Starch necessary, with the result OF
perfect finish. equal to that when the
goods were new.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02
One Declined.

Many years ago Philadelphia cloth
ing manufacturer received a contract
for making uniforms for the telegraph
operators along the line of one of the
railroads. In order to measure the
operators along the line he ssnt tele
grams asking them to meet him on the
station platforms.
He sent this telegram to the opera
tor at one of the small stations:
Meet me on the arrival of the 2:1e
p. m. train. Wear nothing but shirt
and trousers"
At the appointed time he reached
this station and inquired for the opera
tor. He saw young woman looking
embarrassed. She said, in answer tc
his inquiry:
Il am the telegraph operator anc
am here in response to your summons.
but ] decline to comply with your In
strucfions as 10 spparei."-Dpstrs
Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

John Avery McIlhenny. recently
nominated a civil service commits
sioner, though only So years old, has.
put two girdles round about the EARTH.
has killed big game In Africa and has
fought in a real Though smalD war.
Besides being former rough rider.
he is one of tn richest men In Louisi-.
ana. His pepper farm on Avery island,
iberia parish. is famous, and SO is the
huge factory In which he makes pep
per sauce. Two years ago the Nell
hennys entertained the presidents
older daughter, now Mrs. Longworth,-
In their New Orleans home at carni--
val time and last year the president
himself was their guest.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02
Survived Severe Electric Shock.

A young man at South Bend, Ind,
received shock of $500 volts. He
had hardly fallen to the floor before
he was grabbed by an electrician who
tried to revive him. In five minutes
time he was all right. About ~ hours
later he felt pain from the shock. He
suffered for about week and Was
then - well As ever.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02
old Adaae corroborated.

Confederation Of the old saying that
"the way to mans heart is through
his stomach" is found In an item.
which announces that western mil
uonaire is gong to marry his cook.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

Germany has ordered a reduction
Of frcights on live stock 10 try and
coax down the prices of meats. which
Rrs away out Of reach. This seems
q good deal like the ostrich with his
head In the SAND
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

In one administration and who had to
60 through four years shining in re-
flected glory, but that school filled
with the lessons that go to make up
human existence-joys. SORROWS, trials
and amusing experiences--was, as q
whole, most helpful.
In the pursuit of knowledge or
spirit of curiosity such questions az
these come to one daily through the
mail: Whether you approve Of dan.
cling. whether you drink wine, what
you think of the latest novel, how
much time you give to your toilet,
what is your favorite color, whether
you believe In women voting. whether
you dress your children in white, etc.
How would you like to see the indi-
vidual who could send the following
communication ON q postal card:
from Washington city, and have located
on you for the present Please send
dress pattern Several other gifts were
you send It please prepay the express
charges, for I have made VOW viii
never pay any express charges, as can't
see what am getting In the package.
Another woman desired - piano
and some sheet music" as her daugh-
ter had great talents"
A pastor wished $1,000 for his
church Tor the reason that you are
rich lady and will never miss it."
The request for money Is, Of course,
a common one addressed to people of
prominence or those blessed with
great riches.
Many people are convinced that
each member of a presidents family
Is drawing q large salary from the
government, or that all of them have
a pneumatic tube running to the treas
ury department and upon punching
button large quantities of Uncle Sans
gold finds it's way to the punchee.
The requests for autographs are al
most unlimited and should a president
undertake to make the supply equal
to the demand but a small portion of
each day could be devoted to public
business.
Then the crazy-quiIt artfst-and her
name is legion-wants at least one
silk piece as a souvenir, and If the sig
nature OF the president or some mem
Der of his family is placed upon it, so
much the better
One frequently overhears remarks
on the appearance or characteristics
of some member of the family and it
is well with you when you can smile.
Many friend has enjoyed with me
the following incident, the remarks
having been addressed to the chill
dren's nurse:
Which is Baby McKee?"
"This is Benjamin"
Which is Mrs. Harrison's little
girl?"
This is Marthena."
"Humph, can't see that they look
any different from any other chill
dren"
On another occasion. when the same
line of questioning was being pursued,
and the nurse had made an elaborate
apology to excuse the children's ap-
pearance, as they had been playing In
the dirt and were not dressed fer In
spection: "Humph, 1t wouldn't make
any difference what you put on them.
They are very plain. homely locking
children anyway"
When this speech was reported to
me, gave my dear homely babies
hug and laughed heartily, because l
knew they we're beauties and that 1t
was q poor, misguided individual who
was probably persuaded in her mind
that only Democratic babies were
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02
Trials of
l Presidents
Daughter
. BY Mary Harrison Mckee .
She Tells How Women in the
Public Eye Are Subject TO
Criticism Newspapers Publish
Malicious Accounts = M any
Ridiculous Demands Are Made
Upon Residents Of the White
House Even the Children Do
Not Escape Criticism.
Copyright, 1906. by Joseph \. Bowles)

Copyright, 1906. by Joseph =. Bowles)
(Mrs. Mary Harrison Mckee. daughter
Of President Harrison, was very PROM Prom
term as the nations chief executive. She
tells here with frankness and humor some
Of the peculiar experiences which she had
How good it Is to laugh! How de-
lightful either for man or woman to
be blessed with q keen sense of the
ridiculous!
Some are not thus favored and are
continuously sad and careworn, which
is a misfortune to be truly mourned
over. A school for the cultivation of
the humorous faculty might be help
full to future generations.
The assertion is made that women
lack a sense of humor, but the actor
Coquelin has publicly denied the &C
cusation and says '"it is Islander that
has lived by repetition" With true
French gallantry he remarks that it
is only another example of woman's
unselfishness that she has been will
ing to let us think that we men have
a monopoly, as they say in America,
on humor'
So much has been written on wit,
humor and fun, and so many examples
from every direction have come down
to us that we cannot give the palm
for so charming characteristic to
any one time or country or sex.
An actor or actress who nightly
faces a large audience has an oppor.
tunity for judging of these qualities in
the human race. So has the man or
woman who is called upon to occupy
any conspicuous position where he or
she is brought in close contact with
numbers of men and women, whose
field for observation is a broad one
and whose perceptions are keen.
Well might such one exclaim with
the poet:
"Oh, wad some power the giftie gle Us
To see oursels as ithers see US!
1t wad frae monte blunder free US
And foolish notion"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

The mirror in which we may get q
rather fair notion of ourselves is pub
lie position, although the image re-
fiected is not always exactly accurate
or true to nature.
With the newspapers on one side
saying that Mrs. E. ie beautiful In
face and divine in form, with superb
qualities of heart and mind. and the
opposition saying she is plain little
woman who dresses atrociously and
uses bad English, she may find herself
in the position of one of Mother
Goose's characters. You will remem-
Der the little old woman who fell
asleep and had her petticoats cut OF
up to her knees and upon awaking
and not exactly recognizing herself
exclaimed, Can this be II
But it is right here that a sense Of
the ridiculous comes to the rescue;
for II you are broad-minded and have
a clear conscience you will be able to
smile as broadly as the opposition
over descriptions and you do give
vent to your merriment; for often the
thrusts are so unkind that you might
be tempted to cry. But what would
be the use, since It would only make
the plain face palmer and the bad
English would certainly be made
worse If you could give free vent to
your feelings?
There certainly is no lack Of free
discussion and criticism in the news
papers of the day ON parties, politics
and persons. and the man who enters
the political arena must take that
life az he does his wife, "for better.
for worse, for richer, for poorer, in
sickness and in health, SO long as they
both do live"
1t would be good idea to get q bill
through congress compelling public
men to write down for future genera
tons all the amusing incidents, let
tiers. ETC., that form part of their
careers. Some of these, NO doubt,
would last longer than their public
acts and what world OF entertain
mept would be contained therein!
Upon entering public life q man
would better examine himself and see
u he has these qualifications I've win
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

s The Purse and the Prisoner :
By ALFRED HURRY .
By ALFRED HURRY

Copyright. 1906. by Joseph B. Bowies)
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-02

take ability for granted: 4 calm and
patient disposition, sense of the hui
morous and the tact to follow St
Paul's injunction Of being "all things
to all men,"
These qualities are good for any po.
sition in life, but almost indispensable
for the wear and tear Of an onicial
career.
The wife of q man elected To NIL .
high position comes in. OF course, for
her share of criticism or fiattery, a.
to what she does or leaves \ undone.
and all relatives. even unto the third
and fourth generation, must smile
sweetly and say nothing. no matter
how much they are criticised or ma
ligned.
When you are trying to make nom
entity OF yourself what would be left
to you ii you had no sense OF the ridi-
culous?
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-31

at Pittsburg said that be had no sym
patty with the peace movement be
cause his profession was war. He
meant that his profession was that Of
paradlng in uniform. The present Ger
man army has never fought battle or
even a skirmish against white men.
The great imperial war lord has never
heard a shotted gun fred except at
target The entire rank and file Of the
German host has been renewed a dozen
times since the bugles last sounded a
charge against a real enemy. Yet the
dress rehearsal, by land and sea, Of a
war that never comes costs the Ger
man people the services of about &C.,
600 abIebodied men all the time and in
addition to depriving the nation Of
their labor compels the men who really
work 70 scrape together $3.50, DOC, 900
a year to support them. And all the
other military powers are In like case.