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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
GOOD CAUSE FOR WRATH.
An Collector and Irritated Waiter
Had the Same Feelings.

A Chicago art dealer was talking
about the wrath of William T. Evans,
the New York collector upon whom
90 many bogus paintings have been
imposed.
Hes awfully angry" said the art
dealer, depressing smile. Some of
his costliest pictures, you know, have
turned out fakes. His blood boils
when he thinks of the way he has
been duped.
He told me the other day that he
could hardly understand the rage that
possessed him against every petty lit
tie Insignificant dealer that had cheat
ed him. He said it was like the rage
Of waiter that he had noted one
afternoon at luncheon.
AT luncheon, Mr.. Evans said, he
called his walters attention to dead
ny in some dish or other.
THE waiter, as he took the dish
away, muttered with a malevolent
look at the limp insect:
I'D give a two-dollar bill II knew
for certain that this was the fly that's
been buzzing about my nose all the
morning."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
Broh-.. Arm Of New York Boy Mended
with Nail.


New York.-Mending a broken arm
with a nail, an extraordinary feat in
surgery, has just been performed sue
cessfully by Harlem hospital surgeons.
II was a plan resorted to after usual
methods had failed. and when the
case seemed to be hopeless. Now the
limb operated upon is as sound as ever
1t was.
Charles Nelson, Is years old, while
allghting from a car, suffered such a
severe fracture OF his right wrist that
one bone Tapped over another. He was
taken to the Harlem hospital and the
erm placed in a splint, but the bones
did not knit.
Thereupon the surgeons resolved
upon a novel method of treatment. The
lad was put under the influence of
ether and an incision was made in the
injured arm above the wrist joint.
What is called the shaft of the bone
was pried open and the two overlap
ming bones were set together.
Meanwhile a steel nail about ~
inches long had been carefully ster-
ilized and medicated. A wise of cot
ton and other material was made for
the arm, and, with an ordinary ham
mer, the nail was driven into the head,
piercing both bones in much the same
fashion as two boards would be fas-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
WONDERFUL FELINE OWNED BY
CHICAGO FAMILY.
Four-Year-Old "Tom" Gifted with
Really Remarkable intelligence
Some Few of the Things He
Does Right Along.
Copyright by walden Fa~cett.

Chicago-"Tom" Stevens, four
years old, is percocious. Here are
some of the things he does:
Refuses to play baseball with the
ball used once by himself and his
mother, who is now dead.
Answers the telephone or arouses
the household when the bell rings, II
some adult is not present.
Although not of school age. he
knows Saturday as the school holiday
and holds special exercises therefor.
Only communicates with those
whose acquaintace with him is thor
oughly conventional; likes dogs and
birds.
Calls the family together at meal
time and mourns when any member
is late; also, when the head of the
house is late, insists upon the tele-
phone being used to bring that per-
son.
This does not sound so wonderful
for a four-year-old, but when 1t is ex-
planned that Tom is a cat and not a
child. the wonder of it can be imag-
fned.
The telephone rang and Tom ran
for a membec of the Stevens family.
where Tom makes his home.
Tom insisted on listening to the
message.
Hello, Tom." said voice in the
receiver.
Tom shook his head and walked
CONTEMPORARY away. 1t was not his
mistress.
A minute later the receiver again
rang, and no attempt was made to
answer. Tom began bowling, the re
ceiver was taken down and placed al
the cats ear.
Hello there" said the voice.
"Me-o-ow-ur-ur-ur, replied Tom.
Then the cat, rubbing his arched
back against the receiver, went into
a long conversation OF me-ows. purrs
and gutteral gasps. At "good-by" the
cat walked away.
Every evening when Miss Stevens
comes home from her Office at Fifty
seventh street and Washington ave
nue., Tom is in the window waiting
that is every day but Saturday.
On Saturday the cat opens the doc
for his mistress. and for the only tim'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

freely. The right kind of shears are
great help and with them much Of
the work can be done easier and
quicker than with any other tosl, but
few of those found in the hardware
stores are worth much. Most of them
with only one cutting blade which
works against a shoulder, will spring
apart after little use and they bruise
the wood more or less.
The double-cut shears with both
blades alike, while high-priced are by
far the best thing on the market as
they cut close and do not bruise the
wood. The handles are of wood and
can be had from rs to 80 inches long.
For knife. the common large pruning
knife with a hooked blade is all right
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
HORTICULTURE
$eAAA&dRsd
Sss
PRUNING.
To Do Successful Work You Need
Proper Tools.

One trouble with the novice In
pruning Is that he may not have
clear idea of what he wishes to &C
complish. He may think that the tree
is headed too low and so chops OF the
main limbs and ruins it, or, the top is
too thick and proceeds to trim up the
limbs, leaving a tuft of branches at
the ends, destroying the fruiting spurs
and leaving what fruit does grow in
accessible and exposed to the action
of heavy winds. Better to have no
pruning at all than such work as this.
The tools needed are saw, shears,
knife, step-ladder and occasionally a
long ladder, The saw should be the
ordinary, narrow, stiff-blade pruning
saw, about Is inches long and with
rather coarse teeth SO that it will cut
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

ing winds and tie firmly to a stake
as shown in. the cut. The same plan
can be followed where any tree is
liable to be blown about by the wind.
Wrap several thicknesses of burlap
or an old rubber hose around the
trunk of the tree so the twine will
not injure the bark In transplanting
large shade trees it's good plan to
protect them for year or two with
three such stays.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
A CAT AT THE PHONE,

during the week, puts pan out Of
doors without permission.
Saturday, you see, a piece OF raw
liver is brought home for Toms
weekly dinner. Tom is always at the
door before his mistress comes, and
on no other evening will he go near
the door.
A few months ago Toms mother
died. Since then Tom. who was for
merly regular Lajoie on the parlor
diamond, declines to gambol with the
sphere.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
ALMOST A SHADOW.
Gained 20 lbs. on Grape-Nuts.

There's a wonderful difference be-
tween food which merely tastes good
and one which builds up strength and
good healthy flesh.
1t makes no difference how much we
eat unless we can digest it. 1t Is
not really food to the system until
It is absorbed. A Yorkstate woman
says:
Il had been a sufferer for ten years
with stomach and liver trouble, and
had got so bad that the least bit of
food such as then knew. would give
me untold misery for hours after
eating.
Il lost flesh until I was almost a
shadow Of my original self and my
friends were quite alarmed about me.
First dropped coffee and used
Postum, then began to use Grape-Nuts
although / had little faith it would do
me any good.
But continued to use the food and
have gained twenty pounds in weight
and feel like another person in every
way. / feel as IL life had truly begun
anew for me.
Il can eat anything like now in
moderation, suffer no i'll effects, be on
my feet from morning until night.
Whereas year ago they had to send
me away from home for rest while
others cleaned house for me, this
spring have been able to do it myself
all alone.
MY breakfast is simply Grape-Nuts
with cream and cup of Postum, with
sometimes an egg and piece of toast
but generally only Grape-Nuts and
Postum. And can work until noon
and not feel as tired as one hours
work would have made me year ago"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road tc Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of humaa
intsres'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

This sign is permanently attached
to the front of the main building OF
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean
1t means that public inspection OF
the Laboratory and methods Of doing
business is honestly desired. Itmeans
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
board"
It means that permanent invita-
ton is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs - with
out drugs?
Come and See.
Do the women of America continu.
ally use as much of it as we are told !
Come ond See.
Was there ever such a person as
Lydia E. Pmkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondence
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women?
| Come and See.
This advertisement is only FOL
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
| will still go on using and being ben.
Gifted by it; but the poor doubling
suffering woman must, for her OWL
sake, be taught confidence, forshe also
might just as well regain her health
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
Man Ordered to Wed.

Milwaukee, Wis.-When August
Block was arraigned on a charge of
abandoning his four children he gave
as an excuse that he didn't know how
to look after them since his wife
died
The judge said that If he married a
woman within 30 days who would care
for the children he would dismiss the
charge, and Block s1 looking for a
wife.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
A Novel Feat Of Surgery.

tened together. The splints were then
replaced.
Nelson returned to the hospital re-
Gently. and it was found that his arm
was as strong as it had been before
the accident. A few minutes later the
boy was playing ball IN the street.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
Liquor Kill. Other Poison.

Lebanon. Pa.-Samuel Hummel of
South Lebanon township was found In
a stupor. and after being revived at
the City hospital informed the ply
sicians of his having attempted to
take his own life by swallowing a
quantity of carbolic acid.
Hummel admitted having nerved
himself for the deed by drinking a
quart of whisky and this act saved his
life.
He suffered more from the effects of
the liquor than the other poison.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

1--WE months In .
hospital l was dis
charged as incur
able, and given only
six months to live.
My heart was Affect
ed. I had smother
ing spells and some
times fell uncon-
scious. / got SO l
couldn't use my
arms. my eyesight
was impaired and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

the kidney secretions were badly dis
ordered. was completely worn out
and discouraged when began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work well. I have been
feeling well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-M ilburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

there is no wind
break around an
orchard, it is not
easy to keep it in
tact. 1t is a good
plan to drive
stakes on west
side of trees. then
with a piece of
cord pull back the
tree till 1t leans a
little to the west
or southwest or to-
ward the prevail
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

Japanese residents of the state OF
Washington plan to erect statue to
the memory of Commodore Perry on
the grounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pa-
cific exposition. The idea was con-
ceived some months ago by promin-
emit Japanese residents of Seattle and
the bankers and merchants of the
Flowery Kingdom have agreed to give
their support.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
Pack Carefully.

The fruit grower should strive to
produce better quality of apples. and
whoever packs them should pack and
grade more carefully, and mark each
grade just as 1t Is, and also mark the
name of the packer or association put
ting up the fruit Then If there is any
thing wrong the blame can be placed
where 1t belongs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
Rspid Growing Pear Trees.

The more rapidly pear tree grows
the more likely is 1t to be attacked
by blight. The reason seems to be
that the texture of the bark is SO open
that the spores of the blight can gst
an entrance with the threadlike
sprouts that are too fine to be seen by
the unaided eye.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
The Plain PIucker.

II q burn or bruise affiicts you rub
1t on, rub it on.
Then before you scarcely know it the
trouble will be gone.
For an aching joint or muscle do the
same.
1t extracts all pains and poisons,
plucks the stings and heals the
lame.
Hunts Lightning Oil does 1t.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
HIuh Art In eiIlvilIe.

AN you say it took that artist two
months to paint this little picture?"
"Shore did,"
We'll, all I've got to say is. he's
too slow for this settlement. could
a. painted two houses an four barns
IN that time, an not half tried. At
lanta Constitution.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
Grow Hardy Fruits.

The longest keeping fruits are the
most profitable. except in locations
where all marketing facilities are OF
the best
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

Old age, especially an honored old
age. has so great authority that this is
of more value than all the pleasures of
youth.-Cicero.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

The hardest thing to fight in plum
growing is the curculio. Earring anc
spraying both help to protect the
plums.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

The most important of all is the
education of the will.-F. w. Farrar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
PROTECTING TREES.
Brace Them So That Windstorms VIII
Not Ruin Them.

Many fine apple trees are annually
destroyed by severe windstorms. When
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29
FIve MONTHS in HOSPITAL.
Discharged Because Doctors Could
Not Cure.

Levi p. Brockway. s. Second Ave-.
Anoka, Mimi, says: After lying for
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

Sour stomach and heartburn no matter
from what cause. Gives immediate relief.
Prescribed by physicians because 1t Is
pure and effective. Trial bottle 10c. Regu-
lar size &c and Soc at all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

important to Alothers.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that 1t
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-29

Il have already promised ten cousins
to marry them. can see shall never
get through all my divorces"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-09
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect Il.

PFeVaiency OF kidney Disease.
Most people do not realize the alarm
ing increase and remarkable prevalency
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-09

believe that the stars viii wipe out
the cons" there are quite a few
who believe that the faculty will
deal much more strictly with delin-
quent athletes than ever before.
Not few of the faculty members
secretly regret the action of the ath-
letic board of control in refusing to
abide by the rules which govern the
athletics of other Western colleges,
and some of them believe that the
students have placed the university
in a false light by demanding that
all relations with the conference be
severed.
To prove to the world that MiChi-
gan governs it's athletes firmly and
has a strict eligibility code the fac
ulty members will deal out funk no.
tees with stern impartiality, and
viii insist that all delinquent work
be made up before athletes will be
permitted to compete in any contests
for Michigan.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-09

The formation of an agricultural
club on the 18th of December mark
ed an important event in the history
of the agricultural department of
the University of Idaho. The club is
intended to promote d more lively
feeling towards agricultural work
among the students and to interest
the farmers of the state in the col
lege.
Several methods will be used in
carrying out this work. the principal
one of which will be the publishing
OF a magazine known as the Idaho
Student Farmer. The first and only
rumber of the present scholastic
Year will be published within n
week. Beginning next fall, a quar-
terly will be printed This maya
zine viii take up subjects of the ut
most Importance to farmers and to
agricultural students.
BE sure to send your name and
! 10 cents to cover postage to the Ida
i no Student Farmer, University OF
Idaho, Moscow, and get the first
number.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-09
Construction and Care of Hotbeds
Prof j. R. shnn Horticulturst University of Idaho.

Before the frame is placed upon
the pit the fermenting manure is
placed in the pit and thoroughly
compacted, bringing the level of the
manure to within three inches of the
surface of the soil. From three to six
inches Of good loamy garden soil are
distributed evenly over the surface
of the manure in order to furnish a
seed bed. The seed is not planted
until the excessive heat of the first
few days has begun to subside. BY
use of a thermometer the tempera-
ture may be accurately ascertained,
Tomatoes may be sOwn at tenn
perature of 80 to so degrees, cab
Eages and lettuce from so to 20 de-
grees.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-09
STAR ATHLETES ON CARPET
Michigan Faculty Plucks Big Men
for Deficiencies.

The faculty of the University of
Michigan has done more to dash the
athletic hopes of the Wolverines
than any action ever taken by thu
faculty representatives of the confer
ence colleges. The 'profs' of the
Ann Arbor school haze declared
Rowe, Schultz, Wasmund and Ham
nond ineligible 10; athletic compe-
titton because OF failure in class
work.
Graham and Hammond have fin
ished their four years of football,
and their loss will not be such a
blow to athletics as the disqualifi-
cation of the others. Rowe is the
star two-miler of the Wolverines
and is captain of the track team.
Schultz is captain of the 1908
football team and has been looked to
to uphold the honor of the institu-
ton in the shotput this spring.
Wasmund's standing is such that
he may be unable to participate in
football even next fall, for he has
been both "plucked'' and @conned, =
so that to be restored to good stand
ing with the faculty he viii have
to practically make up the greater
part of this years work.
Although many of the students
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-09
WALTER JOHNSON IN HOSPITAL
Baseball Star Put Out of Business
for Time.

Walter Johnson, the phenomenal
young twirler of the Washington
team, who is wintering at his home
in Olinda. Cal has been operated
upon in hospital 70: acute lnastEi
Gitis, and the physicians say he VIII
rot be out for a month. A piece Of
bone was removed from IN ahsCass
back of Johnson's light ear, aud toI
perform the operation it was ncrcs
sary to put him uudrr the influence
of anasthetics, from which ne did
rot awaken for h)lrs
Johnson was IN bed for nearly Two
weeks before the operation, and mis-
condition grew sta1di'y worse until
the surgeons decided that the ah-
scess had to be removed, and with 1t
came a piece of the skull. The in
jury is practically the same from
which Thomas A. Edison, the inveo-
tor, is suffering, and Johnson came
very near to fatal illness n a result.
He put off the operation, having
| that the abscess might be cured
otherwise, so that he could join the
| Washington team on it's training
trip, but the injury kept getting
worse.
1t is not yet certain that the OPP
Grafton will be a success, but the at
tending surgeons say that they be-
lieve the young pitcher will pull
through all right.
| Johnson has been pitching semi
professional ball all winter, mostly
on Saturdays and Sundays, ard 1t IS
believed that these games did him
no good, as he has been feeling bad
" most of the time, say his friends.
It is thought that the absctss is thu
result of being hit by pitched bali,
but Johnson is too i'll to confirm 1t,
: and his family is noncommittal.
Johnsons pitching has not Away:
: been of the best, as he has either
, been careless or not in good condt
) ton to twirl fine game, but Il
$ times his work has been Of tha
r brilliant order which made him
: star IN his first season in the Amsr
lean league.
S Johnson's illness has been Kept Sc
d cret as much as possible by his rel
S atiyes and near friends. Most .
!, them did not realize its seriousness
Y until the operation was declae
l. upon The nature of the lnJuf
l. makes it necessary that johnson &C
y main in bed for some time, and
II best he will only be able to sit u
j. OF hobble about with great cautioi
n 1t is believed that this will so weak
l. en- him that it will take weeks 10
is him to get into piching form, eve
s after he is abe to be out.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-09

State Veterinarian G. Il. Noble
states that the bounty plan is prov
ing more satisfactory in the destruc-
tion of coyotes than the employment
Of trappers, as heretofore, The eX-
pense to the state is reduced, while
a greater number of animals have
been killed.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-09
For Men.

compliance with what is DEEM
Indian schooled by to be necessity an or
Organization known the Law En-
is being formed in
aatbn wasWaace Supporters of what was
totally Nothingknown the angamblng ticket
'front.' election backing the
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-09

James Kiser, employed in the -----
ColfaxThe grain sacks for the
dent last Whitman county will be
the by the farmers organlza
hand Mr. K pecetions the decision OF the conVen
lumber whntion farmers unions held here
his hand caught this week
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-09

For first-class laundry work see
GUY Fountain. Phone Black 341 tt
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-09

of kidney disease,
While kidney dis
orde are the
most common
diseases that pre-
vail, tn y are
almost the last
recognized by
patient and ply
siCians, achO con-
tent them se[UeS