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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
HAD LISTENED TO DADDY.
Force of Example ExempIified In Pre-.
cocious Youngster.

There is a certain man living not
far from New York whose temper is
not of the longest, and when he feels
that his rage is justifiable he is very
apt to indulge in fluent, versatile and
varied profanity.
And 1t is when using the telephone
that this talent of his is seen and
heard at it's maximum of speed and
endurance. Central has but to say
wire busy now" or, Doesn't an
swer," to evoke food of language.
One day he had been having an I'M
usually stormy session, and did not
notice that his two-year-old son was
sitting in corner of the room, his
face rapt and absorbed. A few hours
later the child's mother came in and
was Mortified beyond words to hear
her baby giving voice to stream OF
explosives, some of which began with
q very large capital D-the rest with
a variety of letters quite unmention-
able in this connection. She descended
upon him in righteous wrath.
Don't you ever let me hear you
use such words again." she said in no
uncertain tones.
why, mother" expostulated the
baby in an injured voice, I'm eels
phoning!"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07

Hitching Five Horses to acang PIow.
this to A on the evener, using light
whifle trees for the lead team.
1t is desirable to use a three-horse
evener for the wheelers; have a hole
for the clevis in the center Of the
evener and the center horse will pull
against the outside ones. Such an
evener may be bought at any nipple
ment house. The clevis connecting this
three-horse eyener with the 20-inch
evener at c should be solid piece
double clevis which will hold the
three-horse evener in place and not
interfere with the chain.
If horses weigh less than 1,400
pounds each it will pay to use five
horses on a gang pillow. With them
can pillow six acres day easily,
whereas with four it is hard work to
lay over four acres. 1t is the last
straw that breaks the cameps back
and am in favor of unloading several
straws.
Another method of using five horses
with two in the lead is as follows:
Make an evener five feet long, giving
the outside wheeler four feet and one
foot for the two teams that work
against each other with chain and
pulley.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
HOW THEY SEPARATED The
AMERICAN FROM HIS MONEY.
Excite His Curiosity in the Testing OF
a Patent Pocket Case and Then
Walk Away with Notes He
Placed Inside.

A few months ago an American en-
tered a cafe in PariJ. He had not
been long seated there before two
Englishmen-so judged the American
Joined him at the table. A few
trivial remarks on places OF interest
in the French capital served them as
an introduction.
The American invited them to
share a bottle of wine with him, and
talk became more intimate. They
were travellers tor a firm of Vienna
leather goods manufacturers, the Eng
lishmen explained, and one drew from
his coat a handsome leather pocket
case.
This is q most ingenious inven-
tion," he said, opening the case and
passing il to the American. 1T APP
pears quite simple to open, but unless
you knew the secret I'll wager sou
could not open the case in half an
hour"
The American laughed. His coun-
try he knew was as full of cute
devices as 1t was of cute" men, and
of the latter he felt himself to be one.
'.Give it a test" suggested one of
the Englishmen.
Put few notes in it," remarked
the other, land give the thing a
chance"
The American drew from pocket
a bundle of notes, placed them inside
al L,n to Of %
Englishmen, who closed it up and re-
turned the case.
For a few minutes the man from
across the Atlantic turned the case
over In his hands, felt the crisp crack
ling of the notes, that he had placed
inside, and sought to find secret
spring that would lay bare the con-
tents. Five minutes passed. The
American, now red in the face, tugged
and squeezed the case in vain.
The Englishmen added to his annoy.
ance by loud and continuous laughter
Another five minutes passed. Still
the case resisted the attack.
'Hullo!" suddenly exclaimed one OF
the Englishmen to his comrade, at the
same time glancing at his watch, I'VE
must be moving. Well return in a
couple of hours and see how you are
getting along" he added laughing.
Then, with a wave of their hands, the
,wo quilted the cafe.
Left to himself, the American
marveled little at the somewhat ex.
traordinary behavior of his two &C
quaintances. They must be wonder
fully eccentric people, he thought
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FOE OF MAcADAM ROAD.
Motor Vehicle Sweeps Roadway OF
Dust Needed for Binder.

At the present time the worst foe OF
the macadam road is. perhaps. its
most ardent advocate-the motor We
hicle. The steel wheels of the or
binary vehicle grind off sufficient
powder from the stones to serve as
binder, replacing the binding material
blown away by winds or washed on by
rains. 1t is usually possible when the
binder becomes deficient and the
stones in the upper course begin to
appear and the surface grows rough,
to spread a little coarse sand in the
center of the macadam road. The sand
is soon spread by traffic over the great
err portion of the width of the macad-
am. 1t relieves the roughness and
keeps the stones from raveling. This
practice has been followed in many
sections for years. But the swiftly
moving motor car of the present day
has introduced a new problem into
road maintenance. The large rubber
tires on wheels of small diameter APP
pear to exert suction on the binder
of the road. The vacuum caused by
the vehicle moving rapidly over the
road lifts the dust into the air in
clouds and Il il blown away into the
fields.
Various substances are being ex-
perimentld with for application to
road surfaces to lessen or obviate this
evil. Coal tar and oils with an as
phaltic base seem to give the best re-
suits. In France tar has been used for
several years. it is said, most salts
factorily. 1t may be that by some
such application not only will the
roads be saved from denudation by
motor vehicles, but the ordinary sur
face repair costs will be lessened as
well.
A properly built macadam road in
the country rarely becomes muddy
except from mud tracked upon 1t from
side roads built of natural soil. The
country road official is spared this
annoyance and the expense of remov.
ing the mud. That they are often
dusty can not be denied Watering or
sprinkling is luxury that can not
often be afforded on country roads,
When properly applied, water not only
lessons the dust nuisance, but pre-
serves the road as well.
No one having had experience in
such matters will contend that ma.
cadam road may generally be main
tanned at less cost than a gravel or
an earth road. Sometimes under GER
tain conditions the macadam mainten
ance costs may be less, but this does
not occur usually. But it is true that
a macadam road may at moderate
expense be kept smooth, hard and
serviceable at all times Of the year
and that these requirements can not
be met by either the earth or the
gravel road.
AUSTIN A. FLETCHER
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TALE OF TWO ROGUES

Then he turned to the pocketcase and
wrestled with it.
Ten more minutes went by. Now
almost beside himself with annoyance
the American drew out his peuknife
and ripped open one side of the baf-
fling case A bundle of papers fell out.
He gasped. These were not his-mere
paper stuffing and bits of torn en-
velope Three hundred and twenty
pounds worth of notes-gone! The
American could scarcely convince
himself that he was not dreaming. But
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
cuTIcURA CURED FOUR
Southern Woman Suffered with Itch.
ing, Burning Rash-Three Little
Babies Had Skin Troubles.


my baby had a running sore on his
neck and nothing that I did for 1t took
effect until / used Cuticura. My face
was nearly full of letter or some SIM
liar skin disease. 1t would itch and
burn so that / could hardly stand it.
Two cakes Of Cuticura Soap and box
of Cuticura Ointment cured me. Two
years after it broke out on my hands
and wrist Sometimes l would go
nearly crazy for it itched so badly.
went back to my old standby, that
had never failed me-one set Of Cuti-
cura Remedies did the work. One
set also cured my uncle's baby whose
head was q cake of sores, and another
baby who was in the same fix. Mrs.
Lille Wilcher. ITO Eleventh ST., Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Feb. 16, 1907"
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The RuIjnu Passion,

Nanny Liza has lived with the
family" long enough to acquire
words and expressions, which. used at
second hand, are sometimes fatal to
the family gravity. Recently a men,
Der of the little circle had occasion to
call for the horse and surrey from
the livery stable. After waiting a
long while the order. was repeated,
with no immediate result. Nanny,
having heard the conversation, and
knowing the impotence of her mis-
tress, expressed herself thus:
Huh! Dey's jes' no use countin' on
dem libery stable folks, dey's so dill
litante."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
TOMBS AT HEBRON

to tread the sacred Enclosure. Thus
King Edward VII.,. when prince of
Wales, visited it in 1862, and his sons,
Prince Albert and Prince George, now
prince of Wales, enjoyed the same
privilege 20 years later. In 1869
Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia
also was permitted to cross the jeal-
ously guarded threshold.
Within the Haram at its southern
end is the mosque, originally built as
a church by the Crusaders between
1167-S7, though containing materials
belonging to an older church of JUS
tinian which stood there. The pres
ent building is 20 feet long by 90
feet wide, and is divided by means of
four handsome columns into a nave
and two aisles running north and
south. The walls of the mosque are
covered to the height of six feet with
beautiful marble slabs, and in the
middle of the southern wall is a very
handsome marble mihrab, or prayer
niche To the right of this is the ex-
quisitely carved pulpit. Colored win
dows let in a subdued light, and the
floor is strewn with costly carpets.
The most prominent objects in The
mosque are the great shrines of the
patriarchs and their wives. Those of
Abraham and Sarah occupy little oct
sgonal chapels in the double porch be-
fore the mosque door. The tomb of
Sarah is magnificently decorated The
coverings are of beautiful colored
silks, worked most artistically with
gold embroidery; the Arabic writing is
the finest known. Towards the north
ern end of the Haram are the shrines
of Jacob and Leah, also covered with
costly embroidered silks worked with
artistic patterns in gold. These
shrines lie in pairs at regular dis
tances apart across the area of the
Haram, and are supposed by the Mos
lens to stand each exactly over the
corresponding body in the cave below
but no authority has been permitted
to descend into the cave for
many centuries Col Condor, who
visited this spot in company with
the English princes, describes how
by means of light lowered
through the opening, he was able
to discern a chamber IL feet
square and Is feet high. In the south
east corner was closed door leading
he was informed, to another part OF
the cave, and the floor was thickly
strewn with papers, supplications tc
the patriarchs, cast there by pious
Moslems.
In separate chamber to the north
west, hut outside and below the leve
of the Haram itself. is the shrine oil
the patriarch Joseph, as magnificent
and as fondly cared for as that Of
the other patriarchs. This was erect
ed. as we learn from Arab historians
in 1898.
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workmanship. dating from the four
teenth century, and an inner very mas
siye one, with many buttresses, which
competent authorities ascribe to the
days Of the Herods. No Christian or
Jew is. except by very special per-
mission, allowed within these walls.
The most the 'unbelievers" may or
dinarily do is to ascend from the
street to the seventh step on one of
the staircascs between the walls. At
spot near the stair is a stone with a
hole in it, down which, it is said, a
long Bedouin lance can be thrust its
whole length without reaching any OBJ
struction. This, the Jews believe,
reaches to the sacred cave itself. and
IN its neighborhood they assemble
every Friday to mourn and pray, as
they do before the wall of that other
Haram-the temple area-in Jerusa
fem. Ii is, too, custom with many
10 push into the interstices Of the
stone written prayers addressed to ths
Father of the Faithful. Although the
ordinary traveller cannot obtain en-
trance, special firman from the sui
tan has occasionally been granted te
allow several personages of high ranl
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he decided not to wait for the English
mems return.
Now comes the curious sequel,
which shows how incomprehensible is
human nature. Two hours later the
Englishmen were both arrested, and
the notes recovered. On inquiries be-
ing made. the French police learned
that one of the Englishmen owned a
fine house In London besides other
properties, yet for years he had spent
his time in swindling and robbing
people, not from a desire to enrich
himself, but merely for the sake of
amusement.
Unfortunately, amusement of this
kind is very apt to be expensive.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
Moisture and Mold DESTROY Corn.

The drying of corn for seed involves
but few. simple principles. If the
corn is to be exposed to freezing
temperature, it must be dried out suf-
ficiently so that there will not be left
in the germ enough moisture to ex-
pand and rupture the cell walls, when
it swells in the freezing process. If
it is not to be exposed to freezing
temperature it must also be dried
sufficiently to prevent mold starting.
This mold destroys the germ in an
other way, sending its mycelium into
1t to eat through the cell walls and
destroy the very substance.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
EvENER FOR FIVE HORSES.
Effective Manner in Which Horses Are
Used on Gang Plow.

Herewith l submit description of
how use five horses on gang plow,
with two of them as lead team, writes
farmer in Breeders Gazette. Make
an evener of ash or oak two by five
inches and 20 inches long from clevis
toclevis, giving the lead team the 12-inch
end and the eigh:-inch end for wheel
ers. Fasten an old neck-yoke ring or
something similar to the end of the
tongue and run log chain through
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
The ORIGINAL.

Darling, you are the only woman
I ever loved!" the manly young fellow
avowed in accents of soul-reaching
ardor.
The fair young girl looked into his
face with her big child-like eyes over
trimming with trust and confidence.
81 guess" she murmured, dreamily.
that is the way Ananias began when
he was counting Sapphire"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
Object Lesson.

Johnny" said Mrs. Blobbs, severe
ly. 81 am going to punish you. Please
cpen the Window"
What fer asked Johnny, begin
ming to cry.
81 heard our next door neighbor say
! had no authority over my children.
and want her. to hear you getting q
spanking. Now. come here, sir!"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for auy
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Cstarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known r. j. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDISG, KINxAS MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halre Catarrh Cure fs taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
system Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
Draining a Wet Field.

Try our way for draining that wet
field: Make ditch, say ten feet
wide and a foot deep in the middle,
and SOW 1t to Kentucky blue and red
top grass seed. A surface drain like
this will carry the water away in a
hurry, and the grass floor will prevent
all washing. Our own idea, says Farp
Journal. and it works like charm. .
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
at Knocks the Itch"

1t may not cure all your Ills, but
It does cure one of the worst. 1t
cures any form of itch ever known
no matter what 1t is called. where
the sensation is ''itch," it knocks it.
Eczema, Ringworm and all the rest are
relieved at once and cured by one
box. It's guaranteed, and its name
Is Hunts Cure.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
Makes Pain Go Away.

Makes Pain Go Away.
Are you one of the ones who pay In
toll
For your right Of way through this
life?
II so you will find Hunts Lightning
Oil
A friend which will aid IA the
strife.
To those who earn their own way
by their own labor, accidents occur
with painful frequency. Burns, bruises,
cuts and sprains are not strangers to
the man who wears corns on his
hands. A better remedy for these
troubles does not exist than Hunts
Lightning Oil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
Diteh-FIlIing PIow.

good. The illustration shows all that
there is to it. Eight-inch planks are
used. These are cut, says the CORE
spondent of Prairie Farmer, 40 inches
long and set foot apart at the rear
and three feet apart in front.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
The Safe and Sane Farmer

The farmers with pork and hay and
wheat and cotton to sell were not
caught under the load when the upset
took place in Wall street. The real
wealth of the land is still intact. The
farmers kept their heads and the coun.
try is safe
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
Remember the Cows.

After you have been in the house a
long time, shut up away from the fresh
air, you feel the chilling winds. Same
way with the cows. Keep.them in as
far as you can on these raw days.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
PLACE IN PALESTINE JEALOUSY
GUARDED BY THE ARABS.
No Christian or Jew Ever Allowed Elk.
cept on Rarest Occasions to
Enter the Sacred Pre-
cincts of Cave.

No spot in all Palestine is so jeal-
ously guarded as the Haram or
sacred area built above the cave
where, according to tradition, lie
buried the bodies Of Abraham and
Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and
Leah. This Haram is inclosed with
a double wall, an outer one Of Arab
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07
Not fer Murphy.

Mr.. Murphy-Oi want to buy pair
Of gloves.
Clerk-Here's something l believe
will just suit you. It's suede glove.
Mr.. Murphy-Niver. begorra! OF
want Irish gloves. Swade gloves, in
dade!-Kansas City Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07

Thousands of American women
In our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
It is to these faithful women that
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07

ter l began u SUI
fer with my kidneys.
/ had pains in my
back and hips and
felt all worn out.
Dizzy spells both
cred me and the
kidney secretions
were irregular. The
first box of Doan's
Kidney Pills brought
decided relief. ! am
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-07

sure they would do the same for any
other woman suffering as / did,"
Sold by all dealers SO cents
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Z.
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What Hubby Missed.

IL was telephoning the other night, !"
said the girl, land a voice crossed
mine, a whispering voice. couldn't
help wondering what the game was.
"'What are you whispering for? ]
asked.
Hush she said, still in the whis.
per. I'm trying to talk under my
breath. Idon't want my husband to
hear. Please get off the wire. Won't
your
81 got off the wire, but l couldn't
sleep very well that night for wonder.
ing what it was she didn't want her
husband to hear"
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PLow FOR FILLING bitches.
This One Is Easily Made and Does
Effective Work.

Some time ago / noticed pan for
building a homemade ditch-filling
pillow. think have one that is very
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WORN OUT WOMEN
VIII Find encouragement In Mrs. Msr
Rite Advice.

Mn. w. L. Merritt, 2o7 s. First
Ave-. Anoka, Mimi. says: Last WIN
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-06-19

cd TO NIL a vacancy, and in the follow
Ing year was elected TO a full term.
There has been no fetrogression in
Mr.. Taft's caree Each call has sum-
moned him to important tasks.
Judge Alphonso Taft, his father,
was born In Vermont. He was grad
uated from Yale, and became Judge
Of the Superior Court in Ohio, Secre-
tary of War in President Grants
Cabinet, and United States Minister
to Austria and Russia. The Secre-
tary's mother was Louise M. Torrey,
daughter of a Boston merchant in the
West Indian trade. She was Judge
Taft's second wife. Secretary Taft
was their second son. He was born in
Cincinnati on September 10, 1857.
In his boyhood days at Mt. Auburn,
the suburb of Cincinnati where the
Tafts lived, William was the leader
among his comrades, numbered
among whom were many who have
since arrived at positions of distinc-
ton in the business and professional
world. He was a hard student, but
zestful for fun and healthy recreation.
When he entered Yale Mr.. Taft
was only seventeen. His father and
n of his half brothers had taken
honors, and MI. Taft regarded it quite
a matter of course that he should do
the same. He concentrated himself
upon his work, taking no part in ath-
letics, as a team, or crew man, but
rowing, boxing, wrestling and playing
football merely as a diversion, and to
keep himself in physical trim to with
stand the rigorous course of study
which he was following. One of the