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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16

omy had merged into misery parsi-
mony, especially was this the case
with Ebenezer.
Aunt 'Cinda's very soul hankered
for a new carpet, and the old cord bed
steads with round posts nagged her
desire persistently. Uncle Eben grew
wrathful at the mere mention of her
wishes.
Them bedsteads hev' been good
enough fur so years, an they're good
enough now; you're jest bein' ct up
with new tangled notions. If We want
a carpet why don't We make one?
There's rags enough in the garrett fur
half Dozen.
Il don't want no rag carpet!
M1inda don't hev' that kind of floor
kiverin', an yer allus quotin' her to
mel" retorted Aunt 'Cinda.
81 amt got nothin' to do with her
housekeepin'!" snappishly.
"Oh, thought mebbe We had, We
mention 1t so frequent" answered
Aunt 'Cinda sarcastically.
'T'll be consumed If 1t isn't gettin'
30 can't hev' single thing as / want
It. And 'Cinda's all the time naggin'
fur gingerbread furnitur' an SIGH use
less truck, till I'm sick of it." grumbled
Uncle Eben to M'linda, of late he went
to her with all his grievances.
II wouldn't stand 1t il were you
You come right along and live with us
and 1t shan't cost you a cent. You
know you'll be perfectly welcome
said she.
Two weeks later Uncle Eben moved
his belongings to Melinda's. He had
installed her in the house opposite the
home place-which Aunt 'Cinda wal
to retain.
81 wish't the house was mile on.
muttered Aunt 'Cinda, her old voic,
thick with tears.
"'Cinda shan't hev' 1t to say tina
l took the best end of the bargain,
remarked Uncle Eben in tremulou,
| tone.
For the first month there was nj
| friction, but after he made deed, Civ
ing Melinda the house and ten-acr'
| lot for his keep someway things wer
not SO smoothly. For one thing Uncl
Eben was not used TO children, an
Melinda's four boys we're entirely be
yond restraint, AMI delighted in teas
ingsand annoying the old man. The
If he pulled on his boots and put hi
feet on an opposite chair. as he ha
been accustomed to at home. Melind
would sarcastically remark: 1T
easy to see when people have neve
had a bit OF good furniture!" And
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16
Glorious Triumph for tennessee Warrior

arms display or at least a rough-And-
tumble fight under other circum-
stances.
Just at this juncture a message was
received from the president. and Rep
resentative Longworth. Of Cincinnati.
was called upon to take the chair, the
house previously having been in COM
mittee Of the whole.
After the message was read and
Mr.. Longworth left the chair, Gaines
called upon him to arise and testify
to his experience under the mistletoe.
Nick" scarcely blushed Ms he made
his way back to his seat, although the
suggestion created laughter. Burle-
sons measure was defeated by a vote
OF 80 to 43.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16
COFFEE EYES.
u Acts Slowly But Frequently Pro
duces Blindness.

The curious effect of slow daily poi
soning and the gradual building in OF
disease as a result, is shown In num-
bers of cases where the eyes are at
fected by coffee
A case in point will illustrate:
A lady in Oswego, Mont, expert
enced a slow but sure disease settling
upon her eyes in the form of increas-
ing weakness and shooting pains
with wavy, dancing lines Of light, so
vivid that nothing else could be seen
for minutes at time.
She says:
""This gradual failure Of sight
alarmed me and naturally began a
very earnest quest for the cause.
About this time I was told that cof-
fee poisoning sometimes took that
form, and while didn't believe that
coffee was the cause of my trouble,
concluded to quitait and see.
Il took up Postum Food Coffee in
spite of the jokes of Husband whose
experience with one cup at a neigh
boris was unsatisfactory. Well,
made Postum strictly according to di.
rections, boiling 1t a little longer. be
cause of our high altitude. The result
was charming. have now used Pos
tum in place of coffee for about 3
months and my eyes are well, never
paining me or showing any weakness.
know to a certainty that the cause
Of the trouble was coffee and the cure
was in quitting it and building up the
nervous system on Postum, for that
was absolutely the only change made
| in diet and / took no medicine.
MY nursing baby has been kept in
a perfectly healthy state since have
used Postum.
"Mr. -, friend, discarded cot
fee and took on Postum to see IL he
could be rid Of his dyspepsia and fire.
quent headaches. The change pro
duced a most remarkable improve
ment Quickly"
| There's q Reason" Name given By
Postum O., Battle Greek. Mich.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16
Sympathy.

Its a serious thing, verena,"
sighed Mrs. Upmore, Ito be the wife
of a man who holds public office.
1t demands so much of his time and
keeps him away from his home"
Il know Just how you feel, ma'am,"
said the elderly domestic. my first
husband was the grand imperial out
side guard of the Amalgamated and
Solidified Order OF Fuzzy Guzzlers,
and sometimes he was that busy tryin'
to remember the signs and grips that
1 couldn't get word out Of him all
day long"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16

Ebenezer Crossman and his wife
Lucinda, were at outs. There's no
doin' thing to please We! Yer as
cross as two sticks" complained Aunt
'Cinda.
''Ye don't try! Jest look at this
toast-burned to smut on one side.
and 'tother hain't been next or near
the fire." he grumbled.
I've he'd to cook for We for nigh on
to so year, an ye amt goin' to in
struct me in cookin' at this late day"
replied she.
He arose from the table, leaving his
breakfast untasted, and throwing his
chair viciously across the room left
the house.
Aunt 'Cinda looked after him with
troubled eyes. Il don't know what's
got into Eben lately-ever since
Mlindy came back" she said with a
sigh.
When Uncle Eben came In to dinner
he had In no wise regained his good
humor.
Fat pork and cabbage! I'm jest
sick of that kind of fodder! II things
amt better I'll go to M'linda's to live.'
Melinda was his niece.
Il wish't you would; mebbe then
one would hev' a minutes peace; now
it's nothin' but jaw, jaw, jaw, from
mornin' to night" angrily retorted his
wife. "Shoo! Shoot, waving her
apron at a flock of chickens.
Pears like we might hev' fried
chicken once in awhile-Mlinda he'd
a great platter full for dinner; she asi
me to stay, an il I'd a-known We was
to hev' this mess, I'd a-done it."
"Ye better trot right back, Eben
Crossman; / raised them chickens to
buy me a new dress; amt had moth
in better'n calico in ten year, an
wont hev' 'em ct, so there!"
From the time of her marriage Aunt
'Cinda had been obliged to practice
the most rigid economy, as their only
capital had been health, hope and
willing hands. Little by little they
paid for their farm, and in the same
way they had accumulated a compe
tency, but the habit of persistent econ
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16
Uncle Sam to Aid in Hunting Wolves

or three men, who will become, under
Mr.. Bailey's instructions, expert in
wolf killing. During three months Of
the spring they will hunt the young In
dens, and during the summer they will
trap the older wolves. They will be
kept busy about six months of the
year.
Mr.. Bailey says that very rough
estimate of the number Of timber
wolves in the upper peninsula is 200.
In one days travel on snowshoes last
spring he found the tracks of Is differ
ent wolves. A very rough estimate OF
the number of deer killed by the
wolves each winter is from 1000 to
1000, although Mr.. Bailey says that
the number may run much higher. A
single wolf is altogether capable Of
killing ten deer in single night.
In the upper peninsula the wolves
begin to breed about April Is, and the
present plan is that the campaign will
be inaugurated at about that date. The
killing of the pups after they have
been taken from the dens involves no
practical difficulties.
The success that has followed
scientific wolf killing in other parts of
the country is indicated by reports
from the forest reserves. The bio
logical survey has worked with the
forest service in an effort to clear the
national forests of timber wolves and
coyotes, and reports received by the
survey indicate that between 400 and
$500 timber wolves were killed last
year in and near the forests. and about
$4,000 coyotes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16
Millinery conceits.

One of the prettiest conceits of the
summer in the way of millinery is
the centerless rose. Big, loosely caught
petals with no center are used to in
close either other flowers or punches
of twisted ribbons. The two most
fashionable hats of the summer are
the big Rubens and the small high
crowned Henry l.. both Of which are
new and make It possible Gar almcst
any one to wear q becoming ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16
{. A Gardening Nation.

In Sweden gift is made once q
year to each school pupil Of trees or
shrubs to be planted about the home.
BY law each parish must grant GER
tain amount of land to be devoted to
the purpose of school gardens. There
are scores of horticultural societies
which employ gardeners to give the
public free instruction and advice on
fruit and vegetable culture. The nat
ural resources of the country are be-
ing increased in this way to won
derful extent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16
Sermons in Ships.

II think it's a shame that wine
should be used at launchings. We
temperance women are going to try to
stop it."
AFTER all, instead of kicking about
1t, why not use the custom to poin-
q moral?"
How do you mean?"
why, simply by drawing attention
to the fact that after her first taste
of wine the ship Immediately takes
to water and sticks to 1t ever AFTER
Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16
Undoubtedly.

The Pious One-If you persist in
your evil courses you win shorten
your life. Truly, 1t is written that
1.-The wicked shall not live out half
their days"
The Wicked One-0'wan! I've lived
my whole life. - sari.-ClsvslaAl
Leader.
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SHOCK.

CORRESPONDING Is preying on
my mind.
Mrs. Sharp-Ah. something" mere
ly wanted light lunch. presume.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16

Uncle Eben's Mistake


Copyright. by Daily Story Pub. Co.,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27
JUDGES STAND
WELL PLACED

There was bevy of young girls al
Waikiki beach yesterday afternoon
celebrating Thanksgiving by practising
for the Outrigger regatta which comes
off on Saturday, December 5.
The judges stand was placed in posi-,
ton yesterday, just in front of the
Outrigger grounds and somewhat fur
Their out to sea than the end of the
Moana pier The races will start and
finish at this stand.
During the evening events a search
light from the Seaside Hotel viii illu-
inmate the entire course of the races.
The dancing lanai is almost completed
and the road to the Outrigger grounds
from the road will be ready for use by
Saturday.
The ladies are selecting their places
under the hau trees and canoe sheds
where they will serve the various
courses of the feast between afternoon
and evening aquatic events. Those who
wish to make an afternoon and moon
light outing need not go home to din
ner.
Family parties can secure special
tables by sending word in advance to
the Outrigger Club. Tt is likely that
from now on the Waikiki waters will
be alive with youngsters practising for
the big events on December 5.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27

Vannatta went in in the eighth, but
it was too late by that time and the
Capitol flag was hauled down while the
victorious .Tuds chortled with glee.
Akana started to pitch for the win
ners, but they found him for several
swats in the third and fourth, so Will
Iiams took his place in the sixth, and
there was no more scoring from then
on.
It was a very fast and snappv game,
in spite of the amount of scoring done.
IT was played in record time almost, as
it was barely an hour and a quarter
from the time the first man went TO
bat to the last man out.
The dinner will be given by the los
ers next Thursday at Waikiki, and
there will be turkey. There is rumor
going round that the Capitol team is
seriously thinking of challenging the
Survey Office to game of-Croquet.
The following were the lineups:
Judiciary Team--Kopa. c.; Akana,
y. IS: Sherwood. h.; Thompson, 2b.;
Fernandez. 3b.; Lee Kwai, S.; VIII
Iiams ss.-p.: Bob Chillingworth, RI;
Merriam and Marcallino, eff; Bruins, If.
CAPITOL Team-Gleason, 10; Sam
Chillingworth, ss.-p.; Fannatta, 2b.-p.;
Kaanoi, p.-2b; Kama, G.; Cockett, eff;
0 Sullivan, 3D.; Berndt, If; Van Gle
sen, IF.
Umpire-Henry Chillingworth.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27
CAPlTOLS WILL
PAY FOR DINNER

The Capitol team will pay for the
turkey dinner. The judiciary bunch
hung it over them by the score of 10
to 4 on the league grounds yesterday
morning in fast and exciting game
of baseball that entertained quite
crowd of partisans who filed the air
with wells and comments.
Kaanoi. the losing pitcher, did very
well the first three innings and put the
Juds away in great shape. but in the
fourth they began to slog him all over
the field and so he was taken out of
the box and Sam Chillingworth took
a hand at it. But Sam s fate was even
worse than his predecessor and so
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27

Male, 8; Punahou, o.
Y. NJ. G. A., 5; Diamond Head, o.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27
Punahous.
Position.

Referee, J. !. COckburn. Thirty
minute halves. Walker changed with
Cation before half time. Result:
Males, 3; Punahous, 0.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27
THE SECOND GAME.

The Diamond Heads kicked off but
the Reds soon had the ball working
down to sparkler territory. The young
men threatened about six times but
were STAYED off and then the other
bunch of forwards began to get busy.
Kea started the rush and sent to Eddie
Fernandez who stopped neatly and
dribbled for twenty yards when he
passed back to Kea who was charged
but sent to Bill Chillingworth. Bill
booted to Carl Oss who dribbled and
sent across to Davis, but the latter S
shoot failed and the ball was again
near the Diamond Head goal.
Three Quick Scores.
Three scores were made in quick sue
cession soon after. The boys with the
red shirts were working together in
fine shape and their forwards passed
without looking to see, so sure were
they Of their men. There was a red
shirt where the ball was and that was
all there was to it.
Black was the first to poke through
after fine passing run and Macaulay
did the same a few minutes later after
another equally fine run. Mckinley
was the third man to score and he did
this in the midst of a strong concerted
rush that would have failed if the scor-
er had not kept his head wonderfully
well in a bunch of confusion.
The third goal was followed by some
excellent sparkIer forward work. Ed.
die Fernandez never showed to better
advantage but he was a trife slow and
his clever stopping and dribbling was
marred by not knowing where his part
ners were.
The first half ended with the Dia-
monds threatening the red goal after a
beautiful passing run. Kea shot and
Richard ran out to clear, he sent the
ball right to Bob Chillingworth who
sent to Kea again. Kea passed to Ed
die and the latter made clear shoot
which just missed, when the whistle
blew for half time.
The Second Half.
The Diamonds had been playing up
so well at the end of the first half that
it looked like score for them later in
the game but they could not connect.
Twice more the Y. M. G. A. forwards
worked the passing rush trick. The
first time they literally carried the ball
through the goal and the second time
Dixon headed through after goal mix
up. The last play was very clever and
the crowd which had been growing more
and more enthusiastic, made much noise.
The Diamond Heads seemed always
on the point of scoring but never seem
ed to connect. What they need is prac
tise and mutual understanding. They
were opposed by players not whit bet
ter individually but by a team. At
present they are not a real team but
certainly will be before the series is
over.
It was good football, good soccer
and a show that is worth anybody S
while to go and see. If everybody
there enjoyed the games half as much
as I did, they surely had a good time.
And I judge that they did by the com
nents I overheard and the vehemence
IF the cheering
The lineup of the second game was:
v M n Position Diamond Heads
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-15
POULTRY DEPARTMENT.
Continued from Page 49,

(C0nC1nueQ from rage TO-
a good layer" He then describes the
hen that Is considered good layer as
one that stands erect with the base
of the tail on a level with the base
of the neck, with tail that stands
erect and with well developed body,
the rear of which is a trifle lower
than the "chest."
Professor Dryden, of the Utah sta
ton, Is one who does not take much
stock in the idea of an egg-type. He
says: MANY poultrymen claim that
there is an egg-type of fowls and that
they can pick them out from flock
of hens. The claim is based on the
theory that there are certain pecu-
liarities of form or shape, such as long
body, wedge-shaped, broad rear, small
head, etc., which indicate good laying
qualities. In our experience we have
found hens with long as well as short
bodies that were Indifferent layers;
and we have had good layers with
short bodies as we'll as long ones. The
best record among the White Wyan-
dottes was made by hen with a
large head. So far as our tests are
concerned, the theory does not hold
good"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-15
WHAT ABOUT A coox-srovEq

Now that summer time and dog
days. are just ahead, everybody who
Summers" at home, is considering how
to simplify things and get the most
comfort out of an uncomfortable situa-
ton.
we interview the ice-man; order thin
clothes; plan to ease up here and relax
there; but more than likely forget the
one most important item in the whole
hot-weather scheme-some means Of do
ing the family cooking without the in
sufferable heat of coal fire in the
kitchen.
Everyone with experience knows how
tiresome 1t is to stay in a stuffy room
to prepare a meal let alone the doing
of big baking. But everyone doesn't
know how very easy 1t is to change
hot kitchen to cool one, and do better
cooking at the same time. Just add to
your list of summer conveniences New
Perfection Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook
Stove and you've done all that any one
can do to lessen hot weather discomfort.
Wouldn't it be fine of summer MORN
ing to step in the kitchen, put on the
kettle, broil the steak, bake the muf-
fins, filter the coffee and give the break
fast call in one-fourth the time you'd
take to do it all on coal stove? :.
And wouldn't 1T be fine to be as cool
when the breakfast was prepared as
when you first entered the kitchen?
People who have tried it say that the
New Perfection Oil Stove actually does
everything in the line of cooking and
domestic service without overheating the
room or the worker.
Undoubtedly the reason is to be found
in the blue flame principle on which the
stove works.
cylindrical chimney concentrates the
heat at the stove top and in this way
prevents surface radiation as in coal
or wood stove.
It is easy to see that this lessons very
much the matter of personal discom-
fort in summer housekeeping.
So don't forget the New Perfection
Oil Stove in your summer plans and you
will have a comfortable kitchen and the
best cook-stove in the world.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-15
TO MANUFACTURE "oMsITE."

Advices from Pittsburg state that
business men of that city and Cleve-
land have organized company, capt.
talized at $10,00O,O00, to manufacture
omsite, a patented product of skim
milk. 1t is proposed to establish ten
factories in as many leading milk pro-
ducing districts of the country.
While passing electric currents
through milk to sterilize it, Mr.. Frye,
of Lexington, o., found soft, white,
elastic substance, probably the casein,
which resulted in product that he
calls omsite. Sixteen pounds of ON
site can be produced from 100 pounds
Of skim-milk. Omsite Is said to be
impervious to acids, unaffected by heat
or cold, an absolute non-conductor OF
electricity, fireproof and practically
indestructible.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-15
ON POULTRY CULTURE.

Here is an extract fro man address
made by Monsignor Louis V. Snickt
of Brussels, Belgium, made before a
British poultry conference:
Poor people with many children,
willing to work hard on poor ground,
breed hundreds, yes thousands in
some cases, of poultry broilers. After
the lapse of twenty years this poor
land is transformed into the richest
and most productive in the world, and
the more careful and thrifty people
cease to breed poultry and take up
the profession of horticulture. Table
poultry breeding is essentially the
work of poor people, who, as stated
above, when they have saved money
and brought the land up to valu-
able richness, give up the business
and go in for something else."
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-15

Railroads advanced rates on cream
and milk in the territory adjacent to
Chicago from &C 2-3 to 125 per cent.
Sixteen of the large manufacturers of
butter have entered protest against
this action before the Interstate Com
merce Commission. A butter famine
is promised should the fight fail.
Should the buttermakers fail In their
recourse to the Interstate Commerce
Commission to prevent the establish
ment of the new tariff they say they
see no alternative other than to stop
business.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-15

Arrangements have been completed
for the Incorporation of the Northwest
ern Condensed Milk Company at Issa-
quah, with capital stock of $4,000.
The officers are: President, John An
derson; vice president, w. II. Gibson;
secretary, Wilson Tibbetts; treasurer,
T. Anderson.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-15

Among the recent sales of Holstein
bulls we notice that VIM. Wallace, or
Mt. Vernon, has purchased Chimacum
White Wings De Kol; ]. T. Reed,
same place, purchased Washington
Prince De Kol; and Charles Eldridge,
of Chimacum, purchased Hazelwood
Baker Boy.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-15

A 3-year-old Holstein COW gave 5000
quarts of milk. which was sold at 6
cents a quart, or total Of $54O. The
cost of her feed was only $71.43. The
details of her years work have been
reported by the Nebraska College,
Practical Dairyman.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-15

Write the Hanford Irrigation & Power
Company today for their special free
booklet describing how to purchase their
lands. Write today without fail Adj
dress Hanford Irrigation & Power Co.,
Seattle National Bank Bldg, Seattle.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-15

If you contemplate removing to a new
Power Company today. A special pro-
posal which will be of great value to you
will be sent you. Do not fail to write
today. Address Hanford Irrigation &
Power Co., Seattle National Bank Bldg,
Seattle.