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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
Christmas in
Bethlehem
How the Glad Holiday Is
Celebrated in Christ's
Natal Town.

The little city of Bethlehem is set
upon hill which is crowned by the
Church of the Nativity, writes Marion
Harland. The Grotto, which all sects
OF believers have agreed upon as the
birthplace of our Lord, is directly un-
der the church and entirely dependent
for light upon artificial means. A sill
yer star is let into the pavement of a
Semi-circular niche, above which is an
altar adorned with the usual churchly
symbols. BY the light of Is colored
lamps suspended under the altar we
read the inscription in Latin:
Here Jesus Christ Was Born
of the Virgin Mary"
The long line of pilgrims Frustrated
themselves. one by one, and kissed the
star. some with dropping tears-all,
silently-solemnized beyond the range
of speech. 1t did not add to our sol.
emnity to be shown the manager. deco
rated with lace and an embroidered
altar-cloth.
The really impressive things were
occasional glimpses of the rough stone
walls and roof of the ancient stable.
visible here and there between the
gaudy decorations.
The service of Christmas Eve be.
gan at half-past ten at night and con.
Guided at half-past two in the morn
ing. At midnight lullaby from the
organ preluded the supreme moment
OF the occasion-the sudden folding
back of curtain above the altar, re-
vealing manger-cradle and box wax
doll. The exultant outburst of organ
and choir in a magnificent Gloria in
Excelsis accompanied the stately pro-
cessional of the entire staff of priests
and acolytes, chanting and swinging
censers while they bore up one aisle
and down another, back to the high
altar, the same doll, dressed in cam
brio and lace, and nesting in the en-
brace of the richly appareled bishop.
Every incident of our last night in
annals camp In Bethlehem recurs to
n,e with peculiar distinctness. How,
as the darkness deepened, the red,
blinking eyes of the charcoal craters
OF the wonderful portable stove pre-
sided over by our accomplished chef
in the door of the kitchen tent-the
night being breezeless-shone upon
the under side of the olive boughs
over our heads, while our quiet talk
went on of what had happened in the
old town behind us.
We spoke longest of David's Great
est Son, and of the Birth that was to
iraw the eyes and thoughts of all
nations to the little city on the hilltop
In the land OF Juda.
At midnight. kept wakcful by the
rush and burden OF thought, arose
% lock fl ON the tent door upon the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

souvenir is a basket of crepe paper
with handle entwined in flowers The
miniature work basket of lowered
paper filled with inexpensive fittings
would make charming souvenir for
luncheon for bridal attendants.
Footballs are seen In all sizes and
make graceful shapes for sweets. tied
with college colors. These are also
chosen for cases and are realistic
looking specimens Of the genuine pig
skin.
Among the newest fruits and veg
etable favors are inclosed fanciful
caps and bonnets Of paper. That the
gardens have been well ransacked for
ideas is shown by the following list,
all reproduced in a most realistic
manner. -.
Pippins. Lady Blush, snow apples,
besides those temptingly striped
peaches. pears, plums, oranges, banan-
as. grapes. big ripe ounces. cucum-
bers, potatoes, ear Of corn, pumpkin.
pickles, besides hosts of others.
Other favors include a ham, flask,
stems, .canteen, telephone, gilt bas-
kets, cognac bottles, carpet sweeper,
typewriter, box of oranges, case of
wine, darkey on watermelon, turkey,
automobile. Indeed, there seems to
be no limit to the surprising list of
favors reproduced with striking fdel.
ity.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

In Algeria" says the Spatula, "the
cultivation of vegetable sponges' is
now making progress. The cultivation
OF this plant (of which about ten spe-
cies are known and cultivated I'm the
warm regions of Asia and Africa) is
fairly extensive in the environs of Al
giers and Oran. Prior to maturity the
fruit is edible; when the stage of ripe-
ness has been passed, however. the
pulp becomes separated from the
fibrous matter, which then forms the
spongy mass termed the vegetable
sponge Fine specimens, when care.
fully bleached in weak lime bath. are
sold at from 3h to Az pence (seven
to nine cents) apiece Paris is at pres
ent the chief market for most of the
vegetable sponges grown in Algeria
They are highly suitable not only for
toilet and bathroom, but also for do
nestle purposes"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
Fine Table Decorations.

with kisses. Or the slipper would be
charming for an ice. These are also
made to order in white satin, and, or
course, are elegant. the heels being
gilded. For a souvenir a little we'd
ding bell made of white paper and
decorated with artificial orange bios
SONS or lilies of the valley, is symbol
ical. The top lifts on and little
case three inches high is revelaed.
Another very pretty little bon-bon
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

Letter paper is for the most part
square, that size being considered the
best taste for notes-and is usually
diminutive, even for the use of young
sters, for the envelopes are only abont
one and half inches square, while
the sheets are trife less than three
inches square. or just large enough TO
mt smoothly in the envelope after be-
ing folded once. The flaps on these
envelopes are long and pointed, reach
ing almost to the bottom.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
CHRISTMAS BELLS.

Christmas bells, Christmas bells, [,
On the air the music sweIIs;
All join in the gladstone lay;
Christ our Lord was born to-day.
Christmas bells, Christmas bells,
o, the joy and cheer which tells
OF our saviour's IowIy birth,
Peace and good will to the earth.
Christmas bells, Christmas bells,
On the air the song still swelIs,
See the Star of Bethlehem shine
With light so bright, divine.
Marie Merriam.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19


The board of regents of the Uni
versity of California have decided on
plans for the establishment Of an
academy Of Pacific coast history. with
the great Bancroft library as. a foun-
datfon upon which to build up a great
collection of works dealing with the
ethnology, geography and history of
the whole Pacific coast, Hawaii.
Alaska and Spanish America. 1t is
proposed to house this vast library
In the new building which will be
constructed with the Charles J. Doe
bequest of N50.000. 1t is estimated
the expense of maintaining the insti-
tuition will be $4,000 a year. Aid
will be sought from the bureau of his
torical research, recently established
in Washington by the Carnegie In
stitute, and an active campaign will
be inaugurated to secure sufficient
funds for the proper maintenance and
increase Of the collection.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
PRESENT a CHILD CAN MAKE
inexpensive Materials Only Necessary
for Collar Case.

I took two pretty Japanese paper
napkins, with goldenrod design
(price five cents dozen), and cut or
two inches of the plain part of one
side OF the napkins, leaving the flow
ers for the design on top, says writer
In the New York Tribune. / folded
one napkin over and put cotton wad-
ding between flour cents a sheet),
scented with sachet powder five
cents worth of which only a little is
used. | bound the edges together
with gold colored satin one inch wide.
did the other napkin in the same
way. and then had two pads. / sewed
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

the corners and middle of one side
OF the pads together and fastened
bows of the ribbon over the sewing.
and closed It with the ribbon sewed
IN the middle of each edge and tied
In bow. About two yards of ribbon.
at 1ve cents a yard. are needed.
then had a very pretty present, not
costing over Is cents. 1t can be used
Tor either gloves or collars and made
of any color desirable.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
A Mythical Scapeqoat.

do you think children should be
encouraged to believe in Santa
CLAUSE"
YES" answered the man who never
looks happy. "A little touch of the
supernatural keeps them from being
too frank in expressing dissatisfaction
with their Christmas gifts. Wash
ington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
How Oysters Are Fattened.

At Lynnhaven, Va, the United
States bureau of fisheries has been
working for several years on a plan to
establish an artificial fattening bed
for oysters. The oyster lives chiefly
on diatoms and other microscopic ma
rine plants. These plants require for
their growth large supply of morgan
&c salts in the water. The necessary
plant food is supplied by putting COM
mercial fertilizers into the water. The
fattening bed must be In shallow wa
ter, SO as to have relatively high
temperature. A wall is maintained
around the fattening ground, explains
Country Life In America. SO as to re-
tain the fertilizer and diatomr, Even
after the diatcms have multiplied enor-
mously the oysters receive no benefit
from them unless a current is main
tanned in the water to carry the food
to the oysters. Salt water is pumped
In to prevent the fattening beds from
becoming too fresh, and a little lime
Is added to the water to prevent the
growth OF algae and other plants
which would give disagreeable flavor
to the oysters. Too much. lime, on
the other hand, will destroy the food
plants OF the oyster. The process
seems somewhat complicated, but it
has been demonstrated to be feasible
and to yield fine results in the num-
Der and quality of oysters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

No other gown is more generally
useful and adaptable for the filing of
q gap than one of white or black lace,
and II robe gown in either of these
choices can be secured a wise woman
will possess herself of it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

Ing such things you can easily obtain
the yellow crepe paper and the plain
green for the stems.
An appropriate form for an ice
would be miniature Cupid encircled
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
Provision Sure Enough.

Provision Sure Enough.
Are you making any provision for
the future?"
MY wife is"
your wife is?"
Eyes, she's just building her Christ
mas fruit kes."-Houston Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

Again there is talk of the govern
ment getti6g after the drug trust, and.
remarks % Saline County Register,
we maS e to see it get a good dose
of knocS5u drops. =
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

Henry !. Barley, of New York. who
died in Geneva. Switzerland, last sum.
mer. has bequeathed to the American
religious and charitable Institutions
$4,000.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
A Difference.

~ OiHeTenCe.
Christmas comes but once a year,
and in that respect it differs from the
collectors who call to collect for
Christmas expenses.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
Three Times.

Three Times.
Christmas in reality comes three
times year-at Christmas, and be-
fore and after.-Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

The proper penalty for peekaboc
waists in the winter time is q doctors
BIZ
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

in our eveatful series of journeylngs
we saw the dawn redden the noun
tains of Moab. the thin crescent of
the waning moon dying. while we
gazed, before the brightness of the
coming sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

watchful stars that here have a con-
scious majesty had never recognized
elsewhere, and wondered anew where.
amidst the glittering hosts 'marshaled
on the nightly plain" had flashed the
Star of Bethlehem. For the last time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29
STAFFORD LAWYER EASY
Allowed Stranger TO SwindIe Him
Out of $3.50.

Hutchinson, May 29.-Surpassing
all gold brick sales. all get-rich-quick
schemes and all confidence games in
its thoroughness and in the simplicity
of it's arrangement is the story that
comes from Stafford where an attor-
ney gave up $3.50 to an entire stranger
with a glib tongue. Robert Garvin,
CITY attorney of Stafford. is the loser
by the amount above stated and
man who travelled under the name of
Thomas Spicer is the winner by $3.50.
The money and the man are gone.
A few days ago farmer-appearing
man, with an honest face and with the
usual horny hands of toll, knocked on
the door of Lawyer Garvin's office.
He told a tale of how his. son, Fred
Spicer, had been at work for a farmer
named j. w. Kuska, who lived on a
rural route southwest of st. John.
Spicer told the attorney that Kuska
had failed to pay the boy $3.50 which
and he wanted the lawyer to collect
the amount. This seemed all right, so
Garvin wrote a letter to Mr.. kuska,
directing it to the rural route. Kuska
is a well known and well-to-do farm
err In day or two, Charles G. Webb.
another attorney of Stafford, received
a letter from kuska, saying that the
boy had worked for him for some time
but that the lad had been i'll for a
month of that time and had injured
one of Kuska's horses while using it.
He enclosed a check on a St John
bank for $50, asking Mr.. Webb to
try and settle with the attorney and
Mr.. Spicer for that amount. The let
ter to Mr.. Webb correspondent with
what Spicer had told Garvin and
everything seemed all right. Mr..
Webb, Mr.. Garvin and Mr.. Spicer got
together finally and agreed on a set
tlement Garvin was to take out his
fee of $40 for the collection and
Spicer agreed to take $3.50 and call it
1-x,.e i I,o
check at the First State bank and got
the money. giving Spicer the cold
cash for $3.50.
This was still all right. Mr.. Webb
then wrote to Mr.. Kuska asking him
to send the usual fee for settling the
case In a day or SO he received
letter from Mr.. Kuska telling a story
that somehow sounded different Mr..
Kuska said he didn't know anything
about the affair and farther investiga-
ton of the attorneys and the banks
proved that this was true.
Mr. Spicer was absent.
Mr.. Spicer had told the attorneys
that he lived near Sylvia. in the edge
of Reno county, but telephone COM
munications failed to find anyone of
that name.
Then it was that little detective
work was done. a sleuth was put at
it and it was learned that when Mr..
Garvin had written the letter to Mr..
Kuska. asking for settlement. Spicer
had gone to st. John in the same
train with the letter. He had follow
ed the letter to the postoffice and had
seen the rural carrier start out over
his route Spicer also took a drive
that day and, following the rural car
rier at a safe distance. had seen him
rIace the daily mail of Mr.. Kuska in
the Kuska box. Mr.. Spicer beat Mr..
Kuska to this particular letter and.
saving Mr.. Kuska the trouble of an
swering it, answered it himself. He
oh N Mr.
vim in the reply, thus saving Mr..
Kuska some more trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29
GREAT GIFT TO HUMANITY
His Gift to Man Greater
Than Carnegie or
Rockefeller.
He Gives Health and Hap
piness Instead of Misery.

Many have asked as to the nature
of the Hot Springs institute which is
to be established at 523 Kansas ave-
nue. by DR.. Ben w. Kinsey and his
staff of Hot Springs specialists.
DIR. Kinsey, the discoverer of the
secret of the curative properties of the
waters of Hot Springs. the man whose
ingenuity made it possible to place the
blessings of Hot Springs in every
home in the land. has organized an
association of medical experts under
the firm name of Hot Springs Doctors
The object of this association is to
establish institutes in every State in
the Union for the treatment and cure
of chronic diseases by the aid of
natures remedies as found in the Hot
Springs waters.
Many of these Institutes have all
ready been established and others will
be established as fast as practicable.
Each institute is equipped with every
instrument and appliance known to
medical science for the treatment and
cure of disease. The Topeka institute
will have the most powerful and ex-
pensive X-ray machine in existence.
1t will have electrical and violet ray
and other such apparatus from Swed-
en-, Germany and Russia 1t will have
the most powerful microscope yet in
vented. 1t will have special instru-
ments invented by DR.. Kinsey and
manufactured for him and used only
by the Hot Springs Doctors. In short.
this institute will be equipped with
every instrument and appliance that
can in any way assist the Hot Springs
waters in curing disease.
BY establishing these institutes
throughout the country, the Hot
Springs Doctors proudly boast that
they have given more to humanity
than Carnegie and Rockefeller-for
instead of giving books, libraries and
colleges, they have given health and
happiness.
specialists in all diseases of the blood.
nerves skin, kidneys, liver, stomach
and bowels; including rheumatism,
paralysis, neuralgia. loss of nerve
force, constipation. catarrh, goiter,
asthma diseases of women and dis
eases of men. They cure by Natures
methods of removing the cause of the
disease, thus permanent cure is eff
fected. Their treatment is all home
treatment and can be- used in any
home any where in the State, without
detention from business.
BY the aid of wonderful instru-
ments of his own invention, DR..
Kinsey is able to diagnose any disease
in moments time, locating and de-
scribng every ache and pain without
asking the patient single question
1t is not necessary for you to tell him
your trouble-he will tell you all
about them.
In order to secure a few cases
quickly, to demonstrate his ability
and the wonderful curative powers of
Hot Springs, DR.. Kinsey will for a
short time offer free examination and
free treatment except for the cost of
medicines. No fees of any kind being
charged to the first few patients.
Incura BILE cases will not be treated.
If he can not cure you, DR.. kinsey
will frankly tell you so.
Institute opens in few days at 523
Kansas avenue, Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29
ROSY TEACHERS
Look Better in the SchooI-RoOm than
the Sallow Sort.

Young folks naturally like comely
objects. and a good looking, healthy
teacher can do vastly more with pu-
pills, everything else considered, than
The skinny. dyspeptic teacher can. The
instructor in Latin and mathematics
I'M a Young ladies' seminary, had an
experience worthy the attention OF any
teacher.
more each year until finally genuine
case of nervous prostrat1on set In ana
she was confined to her bed for eight
months. a perfect wreck, physically
thought it was due to overwork, but
she now knows it was due to improper
food.
in. but there is almost nothing that
can be done in such cases, except to
RELY on we'll selected food and proper
care. She was put upon Grape-Nuts,
all medicines. also tea, conee, and iced
Postum Food Coffee once a day. The
larger part of her food was Grape
Nuts. for this food is made with spec
ial reference to rebuilding the gray
matter in the brain and nerve centers
The ladv saws: IT had been reduced
TO e5 pounds in weight when I began
using Grape-Nuts- The new food was
so delicious and strengthening that
welcomed into a perfectly healthy. hap
nv stout woman. weighing 135 pounds,
the greatest weight I ever attained,
and have a wonderfully clear, fresh,
rosy complexion, instead of the sallow,
bilious hue of the past
"Now I never have symptom Of
dyspepsia nor any other ache or all.
Am strong physically and I particular
IL notice strength of mind. I never
experience that tired. weary feeling
after a hard days labor that used to
appear NV brain seems as clear and
active at night as it was in the morn
ing and I am doing twice the amount
of work I ever did, There's a Reas-
on" Read, 1.-THE Road to Wellville, .
In pkgs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29
TRANsCoNT1NENTAL RIDE.
Cavalry Officers VIII Test the Merits
of Horses in June.

Junction City, Kan, May 29.--Lieu-
tenant E. r. MeCabe and William
Reed, both of the Sixth cavalry, will
leave Fort Riley next week for Sill
verton, Ore, to commence their ride
from that place to Morris Plains, \. Y.
Lieutenant McCabe vii ride Nej-
dram, the Arabian stallion, owned by
Homer Davenport, the eartoonist. and
Lieutenant Reed will ride Clifford, a
Kentucky thoroughbred show horse,
owned by General Castleman, of Lex
ington, KY. president of the Aneri-
can Saddle Horse association.
The war departments orders are
that pack saddles weighing 40
pounds shall be used on both horses
on the trip more than 5000 miles.
The officers will carry their arms.
They will start from Silverton at the
same time and cover the same route.
The start was to have been May ,
but was postponed on account of snow
storms in the northwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29

MANY of the dogs captured by the
dog catchers are pedigreed animals
which have been picked up in the yards
of their owners or in the vicinity and
are valuable. The owners of some of
these call at the pound and claim them
but in many instances they are turned
over to the dog catcher to be killed.
TT is this class of dogs we are anxi-
Gus to save and place in good homes,
and even now we are paying a man to
feed and care for number OF such.
animals on which we have paid the
taxes as well as the impoundlng Zee
rather than see them cruelty shot and
allowed to die by degrees.
Il would willingly have paid the
taxes on all of the dogs SO cruelty ex-
notified, and Mr.. King did offer to pay
the impounding fee but no. Mayor
Green issued his decree and they suf-
fered for nearly half an hour De1ore
they finally died.
while we have never said so pub
icly, the society will pay the ex-
penses of asphyxiatfon by charcoal gas
if necessary rather than see the city
return to its old methods of brutality
in disposing of the homeless dogs. This
expense which would be light should pc
paid by the city, as it gets the beneht
tax as WE'LL
In Chicago licensed dogs are kept in
the pound for ten days before they are
killed and in the meantime their own
ECs7@7AOAN
licensed dogs are kept half of that time
The lethal chamber consists of an air
tight tank, Is feet long, feet wide
and S16 feet high, and has capacity
of $50 dogs. The Humane society tank
at the Jail is feet long, feet high
and feet wide
Charcoal gas is used in Chicago for
the purpose of asphyxiation and comes
from a large volcano stove in which
wood fire is started and charcoal after
wards added. The gas is admitted to
the tank from the top and escapes
from the bottom and the dogs are kill
ed within three minutes of the time the
gas is turned on.
IT has been argued that natural gas
is not sufficiently deadly for the de-
struction by Mayor Green and those
Who do not wish to use this method of
disposing of the captured CANNES. On
the goth of the present month an ex-
nerirnent was made by Young and
Rrverly( two practicing veterinarians in
the presence of Mr.. King, the agent
FOR the humane society at their barn.
The apparatus used was crude and
hastily tmprovised and consisted of an
ownerless whisky barrel. few feet Of
small rubber tubing and the ordinary
fIoW of natural gas. The experiment
was a success in every way and in less
than three minutes after entering the
death chamber the dog was uncon-
ecious and when taken out two min
utes later was dead.