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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-10-31

The vender of chickweed IN Paris
is . wellknown figure The sellers
are numerous and their cry ID one o.
the most noteworthy Of those that re-
sound in the morning in the streets Of
the French capital. According to the
Bulletin des Halles there are about Z
hundred thousand cansries In the cap
ital and the daily consumption Of
chickweed Is estimated at $4,000. This
sum looks large. but 1t only allows
two cents TOR each bird. A Paris con.
temporary points out that Z eoodly
portion Of land between Suresnes and
courbevoie IL set aside for The Guild
vatlon Of the weaA
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and Hearst; what Bryan says abou
sIau. Foraker and Roosevelt. and wha
TAM says about Bryan. All this per
sinage contained in statements giver
our today attacking" ETC., SINNERS
AoWn TO q mere question of a four
years leasehold upon the White
House. the presidential domicile al
vWashington.
NO doubt it's worth money to you
TO know whether Bryan or Taft is to
b the successful BILL" The author
81 the puzzle embodied in the accom-
Qanying diagram knows. He figured It
'out several weeks ago, merely await
ing corroborating circumstances be-
tore he submitted it to the editor
Hence. by little mental exertion
you may find out for yourself who is to
ne the next president. The problem is
xhls:
II William Howard Taft, Republican
candidate for the presidency Of the
Ukited States, starts from Columbus,
O., scap5taa of his home state, at the
same time that his opponent in this
0aaan-toocean race, William Jennings
Bryan. Democrat, starts from Lincoln,
Neb.. his home capital, which one of
the pair would reach Washington, d.
c.. FIRST. after having touched every
state capital in the country? OF course
they both travel at the same speed.
The puzzle manufacturer gives you
this assistance: The smallest number
at miles In which either can travel
che prescribed distance. OF course, the
candidate who has the shortest dis
kance to traverse wins.
9 Now, which one Is It? That's up to
. you, and there Is not citizen Of the
United States who wouldn't accept ad-
svszee information on the next occu-
pant Of the chair after President Roose-
welt steps out to hunt the wild deni-
gems of the East African Jungle
One of our esteemed citizens who
stood behind the editors chair when
sxhe representative of the puzzle fac
tory submitted his complex PROPOSE
zion. and who rates himself something
81 a "kidder." exclaimed as IL insulted
Ia having his mental ability ques-
cfoned:
Why, Bill will win, OF course"
One lonesome smile crept round the
> room. 1t lighted up the face of the
IS. c. esteemed CITIZEN.
Yes, Bill will win. But which BIZ?
lBnl Bryan or Bill Taft?
We might even go as far as allowing
Bill Randolph Hearst to depart from
New York city and touch every CAPT.
Gal in the United States, eventually
arriving in Washington, and then ask
you which Bill will win.
1 You could arrive at a partial solu-
zion Of that problem by the process of
elimination, but then you might imag-
xne there was some trick connected
Nth It, which there isn't. 1t is Just
= plain pnzzle in the simple science Of
addition, commingled with an ounce or
two of reasoning power.
The map gives the distances be-
tween the adjacent capitals. These.
q course, must be used in order that
ohe puzzle may work out correctly. A
straight line il the shortest distance
netneen two points. you were taught
r you studied geometry, and that
.,nunht = help yeu little BIT. but you
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is between the two original Bills
Bryan and Taft-so perhaps in order
that your advance information may
be d truly authentic character, per-
hsps it would be best to try starting
from Lincoln and Columbus.
This problem is not alone for the
man who is vitality interested in the
presidency, although he may value the
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Chain or William Randolph Hearst
you can work 1t out on those lines for
the sake Of amusement. Hearst's
start properly would be made from
Albany, N. T., that being the capital
of the Empire state. while Chain
would depart from Springfield. Ill.
that being the Illinois state capital.
But OF course the race apparently
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returns most. 1t il for boyD. sirls.l
young men, young women. middle
aged men and women; for the aged.
halt, deaf and dumb alike.
Even q one-legged man nay
solve It. He doesn't have To-
actually traverse the distance, -
his defect doesn't count in thisl
sort OF race for the presidency.l
The beauty of deciding the presi-'
Dental struggle in this way IL that
it's all over In Is minutes. the 70
turns are in in less time than Il
l takes to tell 1t. there il only q scant
j possibility of needing q recount
The pantomime loser congratulates
the pantomime winner; the latter
thanks him and promises to never.
never run for the office again. and it's
an over. You are then ready to settle
down and wonder who Is going to get
annfhflated in the message to CON
gress and whether the senate Win
stand for being bossed.
There are no speeches to listen to-
no periodical cry from Wall street
that there should be no executive Of.
ficers; no photos Of the candidate'a
family seated upon the lawn at "the
modest homestead at Minne-ha-ha-on-
the-vefdt." There are no Campaign
press agents to wrestle with, no spell-
binders and no worry. It's all over
in few minutes. the time being
gauged BY the ingenuity of the persons
engaged tn endeavoring to arrive Ct =
plausfh3e solution.
They say the solid south 10 Tor
Mr. Bryan Of Lincoln and the solid
north Il for Mr.. Taft Of Cincinnati
ana that II Mr.. Taft can win Missouri
and q part Of Kentucky he Will
win, while II Mr.. Bryan can capture
tine southeastern corner Of Indiana
and Idaho his viii be the victory. So
you see the manner OF settlemept
which Is presented here doesn't allow
yoa to worry about Indiana and Mis-
souri,
Here is . good system, II you are
bit puzzled about the way to start att
or . solution:
Cut out the map and paste It on
cardboard. As you trace the route
from city to city write down the
name Of each city and the number q
miles from the city last touched until
you reach Washington. Then add up
the figures on your pad and you viii
have the total distance travelled.
This puzzle is fascinating. Most
nroh1oYuo which c<>rv,n frrv, ~ ~~~..a~ -
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GU have heard what Hearst
says about Foraker, Bryan
and Haskell; what Roosevelt
says about Foraker, Haskell
and Bryan; what Foraker
says about Taft, Roosevelt
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-09
WAS A Task Foa CENTURIES.
Seems There Are Altogether Too
Many Kinds Of Wall Paper.

II read somewhere the other day."
said Mr.. Briggilsby, that there are
now produced 7,942,714 different styles
true
1--WE are going to have few rooms
in our apartment repapered, and there
have been submitted to us to choose
from great books of wall paper
samples representing altogether 200
styles. And these 200 styles, you un-
derstand, represent simply the styles
Of one grade of paper produced by one
manufacturer, and there are many
grades of wall paper and many manu-
facturers, and 1 guess IL you were to
take all the grades and styles made
by each of the manufacturers and add
them all together you'd find that the
number of styles given as the grand
total, namely, 7,942,713, was not far
from correct.
"And l can't tell yc i how glad l am
that we didn't have all those styles
to choose from. AS it was, with only
200 styles We had great time.
First We couldn't tell at all, and
only to find something that we liked
better when we turned over the leaf,
and then we'd find something that was
about as good, and then We didn't
know what to do.
Then we finally selected one paper
and settled on that, and then we de-
cided on another, these two for ad-
joining rooms; but when we came to
put them together, why, they wouldn't
do, and SO we had to start all over
again for one, and maybe before we
got through we discarded both and
had to start once more at the begin
ming.
"And thought we'd never settle on
which we'd take. A job to decide?
Why, it took us just one week to
choose the papers for five rooms from
200 samples, and here's what 1 wanted
to say:
Suppose they had sent us to choose
from the full complete lines of all
samples. numbering 7,942,714. 1 shud-
der to think of it.
WED never been satisfied in the
world unless we'd looked them all
/ through, never, and if it took US one
week to look through and decide upon
zoo samples, why, to look through
3 I,942,714 samples would have taken
as SO, ,713 weeks, or rising of 763 years.
MY! My! What an escape that
was; and just as likely as not we
wouldn't have found in the whole
I 100000 samples anything that we'd
really like any better than what we've
rot now."-N. Y. Sun.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-09
Modern Socrates.

In. that genial form of gossiping
about current affairs that is something
dignified with the name of philosophiz-
Ing, Prof. McAdie of the weather bu-
reau is most charming. Usually when
he meets certain friend on the street
the conversation covers wide scope
and is illuminated by droll humor
that pervades the McAdie school of
philosophy. $50 they did in Greece" >"
Iaid Prof. McAdie one day. $50 the
ancient philosophers of that highly IA
vored land settled all questions to
their own satisfaction, at least in
their daily communion of minds. The
philosophy of the Greeks is the source
Of western philosophy. l suppose We
enjoy philosophy as we'll as the Greeks
did. From now l will call you Plato"
To this the response was: Greater
art thou, professor. Thy name is So
crates, who boasts of having Plato and
Aristotle as his most famous dis
ciples." Therefore if any citizen hear
one man call Prof. McAdie Socrates"
or even "Old Soc," it is fair guess
that the explanation of that modern
day Greek phenomenon in San Fran
cisco is explained fully herein.-San
Francisco Call.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-09
WOLVES AND BEAR
IN HARD BATTLE
FRENCH COUNTESS WITNESSES
DESPERATE FIGHT IN CANA.
DIAN WILDS.
RECOUNTS LIVELY EXPERIENCE
Lay Behind WindfaIl While Four
Ravenous Timber Brutes At
tack Bruin-FinaIly Ends
Unequal Contest.

Seattle, Wash.-With four ravenous
timber wolves battling fiercely with
black bear in the wids along the
upper Peace river, in Canada, Count
ess Meherenc de st. Pierre Of st.
Brieuc, Brittany, France, lay concealed
behind a windfall less than 200 feet
away and watched the struggle for
nearly quarter of an hour. This oc-
CURED several weeks ago while the
titled woman from across the Atlantic
was making trip through the unex-
plored region north of Edmonton, with
only Indian guides for her compan-
ions. Countess de ST. Pierre, who is in
Seattle at present, in speaking of the
struggle, said:
For a time the honors of war were
about even, and SO intent were the
participants upon the fight that they
did not notice the approach Of the In
dian guide and myself. We had been
breaking trail through heavily
wooded forest the Indian making his
way through the timber and under
brush without any more noise than the
occasional cracking of twig beneath
his moccasins. Following his instruc-
tions, placed my feet in the tracks
left by his moccasins, and in this way
we were able to advance quietly.
"My first impulse when came upon
the four wolves fighting desperately
with the bear was to shoot. l raised
my rifle. but suddenly the spirit of the
struggle seemed to take possession of
behind fallen tree. From the con-
cealment thus afforded we watched the
battle for several minutes.
"The timber wolves assailed the bear
on all sides, swapping viciously at his
heels and springing away before the
slow-moving bruin could turn. AS the
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-09
BRIDESMAIDS DISCOVER
A RAT IN THEIR BED
GIRLS PUT CAKE UNDER PILLOW
AND SUFFER lawful ExPE-
RIENcE" AS RESULT.

Port Jervis, N. Y.-Miss Bessie Bor-
tree, who, with the Misses Agnes Hag-
gerty and Frances Williams, was a
bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss
Metzger, near Lackawaxen, Pa, the
other night. had what she describes
as "an awful experience" with a
rat, which invaded the bed in which
the girls slept
After the wedding it was found the
last train had gone, and they were
forced to stay all night at the home
of the bride. They were assigned to
the spare ROOM" which contained q
big old-fashioned bed. After they had
placed bits of wedding cake beneath
their pillows they went to sleep.
About midnight one of the young
women, awakened by a noise. aroused
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-09

the others 1t seemed to them that
some one was trying to enter the
room.
Miss Bessie arose from bed and
lighted tallow dip and saw rat
run across the bed in which she and
her companions had been sleeping.
The rat jumped upon the washstand
and commenced to eat a piece of we'd
ding cake which it had filched from
beneath one of the pillows.
Miss Bessie hoped back into bed
and the three frightened young wom-
en- consulted as to the best course to
pursue.
I'll tell you what to do said Miss
Haggerty, I'll get cup of water
from the pitcher. you open the door.
and maybe when the rat is wet it will
run out of the ROOM
This was done, and when the rat
was doused with water it began to
scamper about the room and the girls,
with screams of fright, leaped back
in bed again, covering their heads.
The commotion awakened the house
hold, and Mr.. Metzger and his wife,
followed by the family fox terrier,
rushed into the room to discover the
cause of the commotion. The dog
spied the rat and gave chase.
A circuit of the bedroom was made,
then the rat jumped on the bed and
there the terrier caught it. The rat
squeaked and the terrier growled and
the girls screamed in terror.
I'm bitten cried Miss Haggerty.
Miss Williams swooned and Miss Bon
tree begged: Take them off. take
them on"
The dog and the rat landed on the
floor, where with few shakes the
terrier killed the rodent. The young
women have not ceased trembling yet
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-09
1.-THE Bear Was Losing Ground"

bear wheeled to meet one assailant an.
other would spring at him from be.
hind, and thus the combat continued
The bear was losing ground under the
vicious attacks, and 1t seemed but a
matter of minutes until it would be
completely exhausted. The timber
wolves kept up continual din OF
sharp yelps, while the bear would occa.
sionally emit a roar Of rage and pain
after one Of the wolves had made an
unusually successful attack.
"Bruin had all but given up the
fight when a realization of the un-
equal contest dawned upon me. !
could stand 1t no longer, and, bring.
ing my '30-30' into play, I felled one
of the wolves. The other three sour
ried away, while the bear after tax.
Ing look at the new arrivals. trot-
ted of in a sort of half-satisfied fash.
Ion, apparently undecided whether to
be pleased with the outcome of the
encounter or not.
THE first time ever saw a timber
wolf." continued Countess de ST.
Pierre, Il thought 1t was dog, and
did not shoot. The animal loped away
with the peculiar swinging gait that
Is characteristic of the wolf, and |
thought no more of the Incident un-
till / returned to camp. When I In
formed my guides that l came near
shooting dog they laughed. and
after exchanging several comments in
their native tongue explained that i
had met wolf"
In discussing nature taking, Count.
ess de st. Pierre said: II doubt II a
timber wolf could ever kill an elk or
q moose, although such claims have
been made by writer's. A timber wolf,
SO my guides informed me, never
travels alone. The Indians say that
wolf. unaccompanied, would hest.
tate to attack anything more danger.
GUS than rabbit, but three or four
timber wolves will give battle to any
animal that roams the woods. And
in most cases they are successful.
We found number OF bear carcasses.
and the guides explained that the
monsters had fallen victims to the
attacks Of wolves. ], am informed
that wolves are subject to hydro.
phobia. When in this condition a
timber wolf will ding himself upon
anything from man to n mountain
Noo. But such cases are rare"
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-09
Are Men Neater Than Women9

nc uSh 'NSdkSi Vs0'hShs
The proprietor of city laundry
claims that men are neater than
women.
THE average mans laundry bill"
he said the other day, '.is prodigal,
reckless, extravagant thing beside the
average woman's. Take collars-to
60 no deeper. A man will never wear
q collar more than one day, and some
times, II he is going out, he puts on a
fresh collar in the evening. But a
woman studies her collar very care
fully before she throws 1t in the wash.
She watches it turn, from day to day.
frst dull, then livid. then-but let us
avoid details. l will just say, in one
word, that a woman's collar must be
dirty. positively and Enthusiastically
dirty, before she gives It up.
"Ex pede Herculem." said the
learned laundryman. From her COL
lar the woman in her entirety may be
judged. claim, and have statistics
to back me up, that woman, with all
her vanity and fancy airs. is not near.
ly SO neat an animal as man."
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-09
CATARRH MADE LIFE
A BURDEN TO NE.

MISS ANNIE CATRON, 927 Main
1VA St., Cincinnati. Ohio, writes:
CAS- 1 have found Peruna a blessing
for severe case of catarrh Of the head
and throat which suffered from for a
number of years, am only too pleased
to give it my personal endorsement.
"Catarrh, such as 1 suffered from,
made life burden to me, my breath
was offensive, stomach bad, and my
head stopped up SO that was usually
troubled with headache, and although
tried many so-called remedies, moth
ing gave me permanent relief. l was
rather discouraged with all medicines
when Peruna was suggested to me.
However, 1 did buy a bottle, and be-
fore that was finished there was a
marked change in my condition. Much
encouraged l kept on until was com.
piefeIy cured in months time, and I
find that my general health is also ex-
eellent."
People who prefer solid medicines
should try Peruna tablets. Each tablet
represents one average dose of Peruna.
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative.
Ask Your Druggist for FREQ Peruna
Almanac for 1908.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-09
OXEN ON A RAMPAGE.
Revolt at Operating Cotton Gin with
Treadmill as Motor.

Salem, Ark.-A cotton gin at Viola,
ten miles west of this place, ran
away. Great excitement; damage
small
The gin is of the old-fashioned type,
an immense 40-foot treadmill being
the motor on which walk 16 bovine
stalwarts with stately tread round and
round. Everything was running
smoothly. The proprietor. Tom
Sherman, with eagle eye was superin-
tending the various departments. The
bull pinions" had been tallowed, the
gangway spinned. and fresh oxen
placed on the inclined plane. The
great wheel was in motion and the
song of the gin echoed over the town
like bee in tin cup.
Suddenly the cattle curled their
tails over their backs, began q cake
walk, then swung into a grand gal.
lop which made the building to
quake and caused wheels to revolve
at lightning speed-the brutes were
running away.
The gin roared like n western cy-
clone, the excited populace of the town
appeared awe-stricken. and pandemo-
mum reigned There were no air
brakes, nothing to check the awful
speed, and the operators were dunn.
founded.
Various schemes were introduced to
check the great wheel on which the
angry stall-fed Herefords grated in
spectacular performance. Heavy
weights were thrown on the wheel,
the cogs were filled with gravel, but
the well-balanced wheel spun like a
top, and the cattle beloved and
roared the more.
At last an old lady suggested a
tub Of salty water be prepared and
that a bucketful OF the brine be
thrown In the face Of each turbulent
bovine. This was done and soon
quiet was restored and the whosls
moved as Of yore.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-09
A Mystery.

when I last saw Mildred her hair
was brown and now 1t is golden. What
made such a changer"
For one thing. her mother. who is
a regular matchmaker. thought golden
haired beauties had more Of a chance
In the matrimonial market"
"But how could that change Mil
dred's hair?"
Don't you see she was obliged to
obey q mothers dyeing reQuest?"
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-09
Wjse Move,

Dumley--I don't understand how
you could possibly laugh 30 heartily
at that poor joke Of Mutley's.
Wise-I had to, in self-defense.
Dumley-In self-defense?
Wise-If hadn't laughed he'd have
repeated 1t. thinking hadn't seen the
point.-Philadelphia Press.
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gold between this date and April /
1909.
Foreign exchange had two breaks in
price this week, and with the newly
born desire of foreign investors for our
stocks and bonds and the immense
sums which will be sure TO come here
for our products, Europe and Asia
will add hundreds of millions in sclid
cash to our currency during the next
y months
Money is already flowing to the
Southwest for the new crops. and will
continue to go from New York in still
greater volume Southwest, West and
Northwest until next December, but
all the outgo will not render money
tight in the Eastern cities, because be-
fore October our balances in Europe
viii call for liquidation and the stream
of gold viii be flowing from Europe
to New York as the cargoes of grain,
cotton and provisions travel from here
TO that continent.
There will be flood of cash to our
agricultural districts; it has already
started, and those districts viii be soon
buying the manufactured articles of
the country TO an extent and a value
that should keep busy every factory
and mill in the United States. 1t will
be no surprise to those who are con-
yersant with the general situation if
the actual gold circulation of the Uni
ted States be increased fully $500, 000,
600 by January l, 1910.
Our people have it in their power to
add that amount and even more TO our
cash resources. Tt viii come to us in
the natural order of ewrSts. While we
amass such a tremendous sum in that
short space of time the rest of the
world viii also be piling up additions
to their stocks of gold coin and bull
lion. Easy money, "honest money,
good prices and high wage scale are
very popular. The world S gold supply
has produced them all and will keep
on at the work.
OBSERVER.
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Oahu Railway
TIME TABLE

OUTWARD.
For Waianae, Waialua, Kahuku and
Way Stations-%9:15 a. m, So 20 D. m.
For Pearl City, Eva Mill and Way
stations-t7:3O a. m, "9:15 a. m, "11:05
a. m, "2:15 p. m, 1920 p. m, "5:15 D.
m, 1880 p. m, I'll p. m.
For Wahiawa-"9:15 a. m. and s5:15
?. m.
INWARD.
Arrive Honolulu from Kahuku, War
alua and Waianae-"8:3e a. m, 5:31
p. m.
Arrive Honolulu from Eva Mil and
Pearl City-t7:46 a. m, 1886 a. m,
'10:3s a. m, *1:40 p. m, "4:31 p. m,
5:31 p. m, 1870 p. m.
Arrive Honolulu from Wahiawa-
1916 a. m, and 1871 p. m.
sDaily. TEX. Sunday. tSunday Only.
The Haleiwa Limited, a two-hour
train (only first-class tickets honored),
leaves Honolulu every Sunday at 1922
a. M; returning, arrives in Honolulu
at 1910 p. m. The Limited stops only
at Pearl City and Waianae.
G. P. DENISON, T. c. SMITH,
Superintendent. G. P. & T. A
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Mr.. R. P Hobson modestIy refrains
from intimating that the President has
borrowed some of his views concerning
naval Washington Star.
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R0OLAU RAIL WAY
KAHUKU EAST.
KAHANA WEST.

In effect August l.
Connecting at Kahuku with the o.
r. & L. Co.'s OILS a. m. train from
Honolulu.
Returning, leaves Kahana at 1:27 p.
m, connecting with the afternoon train
for the city which leaves Kahuku at
2:20.
JAMES J. BOWLING, Supt.
R. s. POLLISTER, G. P. & T. Agent.