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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-10-03

else effect or stimulus of electricity
upon growing plants by means of out
door experiments. Foremost among
such trials are those carried out by
Mr. ]. H. Priestley, B. S., and others
in the botanical garden and labora-
tories of University college, Bristol,
and, on a larger scale, by Mr.. j. E.
Newman, at Bitton. near Bristol.
The method is to stretch over the
field to be treated number of thin
wires on poles. high enough for loaded
wagons and all the usual farming OPP
erations to go on underneath the wires
without let or hindrance. The wires
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-10-03

The only way some people know 4
the other way.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-10-03

70 DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM.
Take the Old Standard GROVES TAGrELEsS
CHILL TONIC. You know what ron are taking
The formula Is plsipIy printed on every bottle.
form, and the. most .enectual form. For grown
people and children. Soc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-10-03
tiicks, capudins cures Headaehs.

whether from colds, heat. stomach or
nervous troubles. No Acetanilid or dan
diately. Trial bottle l0c. Eegular &c and
Goc Al all druggists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18
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Health and beauty Hints.

Heat lard instead of water for mix
ing mustard plaster. It will be soft
er, will cause no blisters and is prefer
able to water or egg mixtures.
Women who walk with no heels make
a mistake. The heel preserves the arch
of the foot and prevents it from be-
coming fat It keeps the ankle round
and is a help to the spine.
a simple lotion for keeping the COM
plexion white and soft and smooth is
Eight ounces of orange flower water,
two drains Of tincture of benzoin. Add
the benZoin drop by drop.
The first thing plain woman must
do is give her figure careful attention
4 stylish or even well-rounded body
will nine times out of ten carry one
through far better than a pretty face.
The skin should be carefully mas
saged sefore applying plaster to smooth
out wrinkles. Before putting on the
strips the flesh should be stretched
that is, made smooth-and then the
P1USlOI IL SupposSNl W uCIu II IdSi-
To expand the chest try this exer-
else: Depress the chest, letting the
shoulders come forward, with the head
UP and back. Raise the chest by mus
cular effort, not by breathing, to the
point of greatest expansion. Raise and
lower the chest this way eight times
every morning and night.
If the hair is dull dead black it
can be made to shine by rinsing it in
many waters and drying it well. 1t is
then brushed with a brush over which
the palm of the hand has been rubbed.
Into the palm there has been massaged
very little oil. This merely suggests
oil to the hair and makes it shine a
little without making it greasy.
When the scalp is very dry it is not
necessary to wash the head more than
once in two months. Apply this hair
Oil every night: Two ounces scentless
castor OIL two ounces cocoanut oil. one
ounce oil of rosemary, one-half dram
oil of jasmine Mix oils with gentle
heat. Put in a bottle and shake for
five minutes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18
Is Woman's Life a MartyrdOm

Life is a martyrdom for most wom-
en-, if Elizabeth Stuart Phelps is to be
believed No person, she says, who
has ever received the confidence of the
sex cah recall without emotion the con-
fessions of those women, tiled to ira
ditions they dare not question, broken
on the wheels of drudgery whose iron
revolutions crush individual gifts out
of the soul and personal powers out
of the life" There will be no happier
class of citizens in the heavenly coun-
try, she thinks, than these prisoners
of SEX to whom the unlocked door of
death has given the freedom Of their
own natures.
This may be true, but wherein does
their case differ from / of most
men? Men, too. are tied, not to tradi-
TONS but to machine of life they
may not question. Only very few are
not broken on the wheels of drudgery,
both physical and mental. But do men
set up for martyrs, because of that?
The difference between the sexes is
that women never get over the idea
that life ought to be all happiness.
There is strain of poetry in their
finer natures which compels them to
believe that.-Chicago Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18
For Tired Feet.

Many women are troubled with a dry,
scaly skin ON their feet. In such cases
there is no better cure than that sim
plest of home remedies-just plain
vaseline. This should be massaged into
the feet every night before retiring.
During this treatment use old bed linen,
for the grease makes rather bad stain
on the sheets at times. A well-known
chiropodist in a large city tells me that
summing the feet is a species of ''cure-
ALL" She advises women to sit in the
sunlight in their bedroom with their
feet bare, allowing the sun and air to
get to them. She said: Suppose your
face never came in contact with the
sunlight and pure air-how would it
look, and how would it feel?" Her ar
gument was good, and it is worth try
ing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18

$40 to $780, in the currency of the country to be visited
The woman who knows nothing Of Italian money gets
few small checks translated for her into terms Of the
foreign coin, and letter Of Identification which will
enable her cash the checks at certain bank where
she will receive various other couresies the ward
of the steamship company Verify travel has been made
easy for the American who simply must see Europe"
1t has not only been made easy. 1t has been made
safe The old, dsagreeable rolling is practically done
away with, since the builders have taken providing
the vessels with blge keels attached amdships to the
hull The hull itself is double construction with
100 to 200 waterght compartments all Of which
closed instantly by the officer the bridge
of them should spring leak the water could not
be communicated to the others. There is danger
that rstcass, the steerage passenger might
be called upon to do duty at the pumps The modern
ship is practically unsuitable
There superbly decorated salons, libraries music
and smoking apartments. The promenade deck
surface is from four to ten times extensive
the oldtime steamer, and Of the recently con-
struced vessels advertseS tennis court, that Door
'shuleboard is longer the chief amusement of
the voyage. Many of the finest staterooms are fur
nshed with brass beds, and the berths bun are not
the low and altogether uncomfortable affairs
the older traveller remembers. In short, the Atlantic
liner is floating palace hotel with every luxury
every comfort to be had terra rma 1t is the eptome
Of twentieth century progress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18

stood with both hands in their delicate
gloves pressed on the edge of the dress
er. leaning forward, looking at the
carved grapes around the mirror. Some
thing at the back of her head was alive
with excitement, which as yet meant
nothing to her comprehension.
The light struck full on one of the
bullying grapes and over and over again
she read the twined initials still show
ing, cut into it's surface, sc. and 81
Then it was as if a curtain had been
jerked away from that day thirty years
back when George had so daringiy
married the piece Of furniture with his
knife, his other arm about her as they
stood laughing like q pair of iil-be-
haved children. For it was their dress
er and they could hack it If they chose.
Mrs. Rosemere was gazing upon the
identical piece Of furniture that had
adorned her bedroom when she had
married George Rosemere all those
decades ago!
She had done Ter own work then and
q dollar was not one solitary dollar,
but one hundred cents to be spread out
over n multitude of necessities But
they had been happy. A queer little
warm thrill swept over her at the mem
DRY, bringing a flush to her face, max
ing her heart thump for a moment as
it had when she had climbed those
frightful stairs.
The dresser had been a grand acqui-
sition then-funny, dumpy. ugly, warp
ed thing that it was to-day. She
thought Of the one which ministered
to her needs at the present, a wonder
full piece Of mahogany with inlays and
hand carvings and crystal glass-and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18

The evolution of the steamship is gauge to the
of the whole civilized world IN this last period Of
tremendous material activity The modern ship is a
closely compacted municipality with convenience
of the most progressive American city The steward,
when he is arranging his for the day. takes down
his telephone and calls up dozen different sections OF
the supply department, for all the world like the
housewife who makes Of the phone to order from
butcher grocer and the caterer The passenger
who does not dress and leave her sateroom lies
comfortably berth and calls up the friend at the
other end Of the vessel for quiet morning chat The
ship would be behind the times indeed that could not
advertise telephones all staterooms Another strict
~ comfort is the electric fan, which efecually
banshes that stufy atmosphere that formerly
disagreeable when the water was tranquil.
The busy who wants to work on the way over
and does take his secretary with him,
the services Of expert senOgrapher and the in
experienced traveller need not make out her itinerary
before leaving home All she has to do is to apply to
the bureau of information for advice. Here she can
obtain trustworthy statistics of distances hotel
daons of travel and lodging in fact anything
know, which is certainly satisfactory
than the old way taking Tom, Dick and Harrys i'm
perfect recollection and confused impression Of things
they and experienced several years ago. For the
benefit Of the inexperienced person. the modern
steamer provides another great convenience, the tray
eer's check This is issued in denominations from
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18

as nine or twelve strands and caught
in front with a huge buckle of the same
shape, like the frame of slate.
The cotton voiles were never pref
tier than they are this season. They
make charming simple gowns for sum-
mer. An effective little gown of plain
gray wolfe had the blouse tucked to
form a yoke, and collar and cuffs of
Irish crochet. The skirt was full, with
three tucks above the hem.
Children'S socks are more elaborate
than ever before. Stripes and checks
are both worn in all the various colors
One of the newest styles is the white
sock with the checked top. Some Of
the blue and white striped stockings
are embroidered at the top in red an
chors to carry out the marine sugges-
ton of the blue.
The latest petticoat outdoes all others
in the sheath fitting effect of the hips.
There is deep belt that extends the
entire depth of the hips and from this
there falls a fiat fiounce trimmed with
innumerable insertions or rows of rib
bons. The bottom is finished with 1T
tie frills and ruches. Such a skirt
takes up little enough room and adds
imperceptible bulk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18
the rest of the house matching 1t in

the rest of the house matching Ii In
costliness.
Suddenly her whole rose-burdened
hampering, rushing existence, with its
many engagements. and George always
hurrying, distracted, bowed beneath
the yoke of wealth and it's stern de-
mands on his time, arose and smote her
as she recalled sharply those early
days when there had been nothing in
life for either Of them but each other.
The picture hung before her eyes as a
mirage to man IN a desert.
Mrs Rosemere jerked her head
around toward Maggie In a desperate
attempt to regain her mental balance.
She saw a strange lighting up Of the
sick woman's face as she raised her
head and listened to footsteps coming
up the stairs.
Its Tom!' Maggie said joyously.
She waited eagerly, happily.
For a space, a very brief space, still
harassed by that mental picture at
which she had been looking, Mrs. Rose
mere bitterly envied her former cook.
|. Then as she went down the four
flights to the French touring car waiting
to wh1rl her back to bondage and the
inlaid mahogany Mrs Rosemere had
one Of the rare flashes of real thought
that existence afforded her
81 suppose" she said, that nobody
in the word can expect to have every
thing-at the same time! lists
kind Of hard Chicago Daily News
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18
MIRACLE OF SELF CONFIDENCE.
The Doubling waverer is Self Or
dained for Failure.

The Doubling waverer is Self Or
dained for Failure.
1t was said that NapoleOn's presence
in battle doubled the strength of his
forces. Half the effectiveness of an
army resides in the soldiers faith in
their leader. When the leader doubts,
hesitates, wavers, the whole army is
thrown into confusion; but his con-
fidence doubles the assurance of every
man under him.
The mental faculties, like soldiers
must believe in their leader-the un-
conquerable will. The mind of the
doubter, the hesitator, the waverer,
the man who is not sure of himself,
who thinks he is not equal to what he
has undertaken, Is set toward failure,
| and everything works against him.
There is a weakening all along the
| line
In an emergency, as i'll danger,
man can often perform. feats of great
strength which he could not even ap-
proximate in cold blood. Accusing a
man multiplies his power tremendous
| ly. Think of what delicate men and
women, even invalids, have accomplish
ed when dominated by some supreme
occasion or mighty passion. The i'm
perious must" gives added strength
and unusual power to all the faculties
So a great self-faith, an unwavering
| self-confidence, braces up the entire
man, physically, mentally, morally. 1t
raises him to his highest power, and
makes him do with ease what would
be impossible without this wonderful
stimulus.
An overmastering faith in oneself
often enables comparatively ignorant
men and women to do marvellous
things-feats which sensitive, timid,
doubling people, of far greater ability
and much finer texture and nobler
qualities shrink from attempting
| L know people who have been hunting
for months for a situation but they go
into an office with a confession Of
weakness in their very manner; they
show their lack of self-confidenca.
Their prophecy Of failure is in their
faces, in their manner. They surrend-
er before the battle begins. They are
| living witnesses against themselves.
When you ask man to give you a
position, and he reads this language liz
your face and manner, please give
me q position; do not kick me out !;
| fate is against me; am an unlucky
dog; 1 am disheartened; I have lost
confidence in myself" he will only
have contempt for you; he will say to
himself you are not a man, to start
J with, and he will get rid Of you as
soon as he can.
| If you expect to get a position you
must go into an Office with the air Of
conqueror; you must fling out con-
fidence from yourself before you can
convince an employer that you are the
man he is looking for. You must show
| by your very presence that you are a
man Of force, a man who can do
things; with vigor, cheerfulness, and
enthusiasm.
If you carry with you evidence Of
your power, the badge of speriority,
then you will not wander the streets
| looking for a situation very long
Everywhere employers are looking for
men who can do things, who can con-
quer by inherent force and energy
| Orison SWEET Marden in Success
| Magazine"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18

Paris persistently declares that the
fashionable costumes shall be of silk.
All manner of pongees are included in
the silks most worn.
Narrow soutache braid is used in
great profusion not only on cloth and
silk but on sheer materials like chif-
fon, where it is much seen as trim
ming of imported blouses.
There is a demand for the separate
coat; this on account of the many odd
silk dresses worn. 1t seems strange
to think of the separate coat as a cut
away model, but this is the smartest
shape; it is really tremendously becom-
ing, worn over an odd skirt.
Belts of plated raffia represent the
latest addition to the smart tailor-made
costumes of the moment, the raffia be-
ing woven and interviewer in as many
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18
rELEGRApHIc RREVIyIEs

For the first time in years the lid was
slipped on the beer gardens and dancing
halls in Toledo.
Fire in Ford & Co.'S planning mill and
lumber yard at Mansfield, Ohio. caused a
loss of about 100000.
Brig. Gen. Evan Niles. retired, who
served in the Civil. Indian and Spanish
wars, died in San Francisco.
The pipeshop of the Best Manufacture
ing Company, Twenty-fourth street and
the Allegheny Valley railway, Pittsburg,
was destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
The Montana wool for this year is es-
timated by the wool growers association
at 100000 pounds, which at 20 cents
means 100000 for the flock muster.
After beating the messenger, ]. E. Per-
rine, to insensibility, robbers on a Great
Northern express train between Seattle
and Vancouver looted the express safe
and made way with between $1,000 and
$4,000.
Fines of $4,000 against the Omaha
railroad and $1,000 against H. H. Pearce,
its general freight agent, imposed in re-
bate cases. were affirmed by the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals a. st.
Paul.
DR.. S. Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia
was elected president of the American
Neurological Association, which held its
yearly sessions in the Quaker city.
Constitutionality of the law providing
that cattle being shipped to market shall
not be confined in cars longer than TWEEN
y-eight hours without unloading, was up
held by the United States District Court
at Topeka, Kan.
Judge Saunders in the United States
Court in New Orleans dismissed suit
brought by independent tobacco dealers
against the American Tobacco Company,
charging violation of the Sherman anti
trust law. The court held that no law
had been violated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18

1O35-Aragon became an independent
monarchy.
13S1-Wat Tyler assembled 100000 of
his followers at Blackheath.
1G22-Sir William Alexander sent a pio-
neer vessel to found Scotland's first
colony in America.
1646-The first patent in America
granted to Joseph jerks, a machinist
of Lynn, Mass.
1I73-The independence of Araucania. a
province in South America, recognize
ed by Spain, after a continuous war
fare of more than 200 years.
119S-Bonaparte seized Malta.
1S01-Tripoli declared war against the
United States.
1S13-Battle of Stony Greek, Canada.
1S2o-Branch of the United States mint
established at st. Louis.
lS4o-Natchez, Miss, nearly destroyed
by tornado.
1S4I-Death of Sir John Franklin in the
arctic region.
1So4-Crystal Palace opened by Queen
Victoria.
1S61-Tennessee seeded from the Union
800 Neutrality in the American CON
tiict proclaimed by Napoleon III.
1S62-United States Senate decreed the
abolition of slavery in all the terri
tories of the Union. United States
Congress recognized the independence
of Hayti and Liberia
1S64-Gen. Fremont accepted the Repub-
lican presidential nomination.
1S65-Federal troops took possession of
Galveston.
1S6S-Chinese embassy received at
Washington.
INSTRUMENTATION on the ST. Gothard
Tunnel through the Alps begun.
1S7S-Januarius McCahan famous Amer
lean newspaper correspondent who
has been called the liberator of Bull
garia, died in Constantinople.
1SS4-Noah Haynes Swayne, LincoIn's
first appointment TO the United States
Supreme Court, died in New York
City. Samuel ]. Tilden declined
the nomination for President.
1S91-Peary sailed from New York on an
exploring expedition to Greenland.
1S99-Dreyfus left Devils Island.
1900-Pretoria surrendered to the Brit
ish.
19O2-Centennial of the United States
military academy at West Point cele-
brated.
1903-King and Queen of Servia assas-
sinated at Belgrade.
1905-President Roosevelt appealed to
Japan and Russia for a meeting of
the two powers to consider terms Of
peace. :. Marriage of Crown Prince
Frederick William of Germany and
Duchess Cecilia of Meckenburg-
Schwerin. Russia and Japan &C
cepted the offer of President Roose-
welt to act as mediator. King AL
fonso arrived in England on his first
visit.
1907-Richard Croker's Orby won the
English Derby. "A Franco-Japanese
convention was signed at Paris. -.
King Oscar and Queen Sophia of
Sweden celebrated their golden we'd
ding.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18
SOUND DOCTRINE.

The signs is bad when folks commence
Findin' fault with Providence,
And balkin' cause the earth don't shake
AT eV'ry prancin' step they take.
No man Is great till he can see
How less than little he would be
Eff stripped to self, and stark and bare
He hung his sign out everywhere.
My doetrine is to lay aside
Contentious and be satisfied.
Jest do your best and praise er blame
That follows that. counts jest the same
I've allus noticed great success
Is mixed with trouble, more or less;
And it's the man who does the best
That gets more kicks than all the rest.
james Whitcomb Riley.