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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-06
ROSY AND PLUMP
Good Health from Right Food.

TITS not a new food to me-" re-
marked Va. man. in speaking Of
Grape-Nuts.
About twelve months ago my wife
was in very bad health. could not keep
anything on her stomach. The Doctor
recommended milk half water but 1t
was not sufficiently nourishing.
"A friend of mine told me one day
to try Grape-Nuts and cream. The re-
suit was really marvellous. My wife
soon regained her usual strength and
to-day is as rosy and plump as when
a girl OF sixteen.
"Thene are plain facts and nothing
coald say in praise Of Grape-Nuts
would exaggerate in the least the
value Of this great food"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville." In pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever read the nbove Ietters A new
one nppears from time to time. They
are genuine true, and fall of human
interest,"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-06

him, while farther back and at
higher point the buzzing of the cal
ciums and the long restless ray Of
light showed the location of this
searcher of the night. Beneath it he
could dimly discern the tower-like
structure on which it was mounted
you'd better get your clothes on, !"
suggested the sentry; "or, II you want
to, I'll call one of the other boys and
get him to lend you q few dry buds.
Sorry we couldn't have used the lights
little sooner and saved you the
trouble of swimming up this far and
gettin' all wet; but the boss is a little
shy on carbons now, SO he thought
he'd make the moon work for an hour
or two this evening"
Hitler, discounted, started to don
his wet clothing; but the guard in.
sisted in homely phrase that he'd be a
heap sight better OF and run no risk
OF catching his death of cold II he
would just let one of the boys, loan
him some clothes for a little while
and to this he finally assented. This
infinite politeness and good humor
coating infiexibility, was little try
ing.
you seem to keep a pretty goot
watch along this border" he growled
Yes, fair to middlin'," the sentry
said, with chuckle. We've beer
expecting you all day long. In fact,
suppose you're being expected from
here clear through to Vancouver
You're the Englishman that's banker
ing to go to Washington
Hitler turned toward him in amaze
ment What perfection of espionag'
| was this? For Heavens sake, mani
he asked his captor in surprise, 'hov
do you do it?"
Watch that streak of light for |
minute" the sentry answered. and
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expended in his first inquiries and
overtures. He would now be driven to
stealth and disguise.
He returned to the city, bought
shabby suit of clothes from second
hand dealer, checked his luggage in
the hotel, put the precious dispatches
in a pocket within his shirt, and called
for az automobile. The machine car
ried him rapidly down well-rolled
road till night fell, when he paid the
chauffeur, and as an additional pre-
caution for the sake of secrecy walked
ahead till satisfied that he had put
many miles between himself and any
one who might have observed his COM
ing.
He had seen enough during the day
to be convinced that under ordinary
circumstances it would be impossible
to pass the sentries, whose beats were
exceptionally short, and who formed
almost a continuous line as far as he
had been able to observe. His in
quiries had ELECTED the information
that somewhere in the vicinity small
river flowed between the two coun.
tries, and he purposed using this tribu-
tary of the st. Lawrence as a means
to gain the other country. His plan
was rendered more tenable because
tie moon, being in the full, favored
him The night itself seemed most
propitious. as from the west darh
bank of clouds was slowly coming for
ward, promising to lend obscurity at
| time when it should be most needed.
Cautiously ne proceeded along the
river bank, gaining a position in a:
close proximity to the moving sentrie'
as he dared, then slipped of his cloth
ing, secured it into a bundle, ant
awaited the moment of darkness.
At the very instant when the edg'
| of the cloud began creeping across tn
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-06

Count Boni De Castellane has with
drawn his suit against his former wife
for alimony. Considering that she OBJ
tanned the divorce. the withdrawal of a
demand for support is not altogether
magnanimous; but it may be regarded
so by himself and family, as the Ameri-
can girl who had nothing in their eyes
to entitle her to the honor of an al.
lance with them but her money was
given distinctly to understand that was
all she was married for. But this sor-
did picture of vulgar greed is not de-
terring other American heiresses from
tempting the same fate.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-06
Should Men Talk Business at Homea

Should Men Talk Business at Home?
One of the real reasons OF divorce
of interest between men and women OF
this country is that women do not take
an interest in their husbands business.
Business bores most American women.
We are too idealistic and too intellec-
tual to care for its sordid details. Bust
ness does more than bore US; sooner
or later the average woman grows to
dislike business. and for good reason,
it is her rival in her husbands interest
and affections, says the writer OF an
article entitled The Inconsequential
American Woman" In Appleton's
America is full of sad-eyed and well
dressed women who complain that
their husbands lives they would stare
business" that they have no interest
left for anything else. II you were to
suggest to these women that they had
once been given a chance to share In
their b usbands' lives they would stare
~ you III surprise. IL Wouiu NC uoSiS@'
to tell such a woman that she might
have been consulting partner In her
husbands business had she wished. To
this she has the reply. Man ought to
leave his business cares in his office.
That is. a mans brain should be neatly
divided into two parts; he should be
able to switch off the thoughts which
have occupied his business hours the
way in which one extinguishes an cleo
trio light He should at the same mo-
ment switch on the other half of his
brain where should burn brightly with
affection for his wife. love OF amuse-
ment and desire for that kind of relax
alton which his wife enjoys. The great
majority of men have been made to be-
lieve that they should not bring bust.
ness home" so great is the power OF
reiterated suggestion. They actually
think that 1t would not please them to
have their wives take an intelligent in.
terest in their pressing affairs.
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officers, bulletined and read to all
men. permits of no modification what
ever. 1t read: No man shall pass
through the lines, either in or out,
and under no circumstances shall any
communication be passed, either in or
out, save on the written permit duly
sealed and signed by the president OF
the United States
rs that emphatic enough he
asked, turning to Hitler. who re-
luctantly admitted that it allowed OF
no misinterpretation.
But" said the latter half jokingly,
suppose / make run for it,"
IN that case, Mr.. Hitler the OIL
Ger answered gravely, my men would
unhesitatingly drill you full of holes,
and / should be sorry to see a man
whom 1 take to be gentleman make
such an attempt. This may look like
play: but underneath gloved hands
along this border are the claws of war
Don't, please, make me unsheath
them!"
The secretary, baffied, declined the
proffer of a drink, and was promptly
escorted back across the Canadian
lines; but on the way he made new
plans. He was only rebuffed by his
first failure, and with doggedness he
set his jaws and swore that by some
means or other he would go to Wash
ington. Time was becoming more ant
more valuable, so much of it had beer
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-06
vHY not Own LAlD'
ONE or THE BEST WAYS TO
MAKE MONEY IS TO INVEST
IN WESTERN CANADA.


~Deep down in the nature OF every
properly constituted man is the desire
IN own some land" A writer In tne
Iowa State Register thus terseiy eA
PRESSES a well-known truth. The ques-
ton is where is the best land 10 %
had at the lowest pieces. and this tho
same writer points out In the same ar
ticle. The fact is not disguised tnal
the writer has personal interest IN
the statement of his case, and there -
no hidden meaning when he refers 10
Western Canada as presenting great
err possibilities than any other part VI
the American Continent, to the man
who is inclined to till the soil Ior =
livelihood and possible competence.
What interests one are the arguments
advanced by this writer, and when
fairly analysed the conclusion Is
reached that no matter what personal
interest the writer may have had, ms
reasons appear to have the quality OF
great soundness. The climatic condi-
lions of Western Canada are fully as
good as those of Minnesota, the pako-
tas or Iowa, the productiveness OF the
soil is as great, the social conditions
are on a parity, the laws are as well
established and as carefully observed
In addition to these the price OF land
is much less, easier to secure. So, with
these advantages, why shouldn't this
the offer of Western Canada--be
embraced. The hundreds of thousands
of settlers now there, whose homes
were originally In the United States,
| appear to be-are satisfied. Once In
awhile complaints are heard, but the
| Canadians have never spoken of the
country as an Eldorado no matter
| what they may have thought. The
writer happened to have at hand few
| letters, written by former residents o.
| the United States, from which one o;
two extracts are submitted. These &C
| to prove that the writer in the Regis.
| ter has good basis of fact in support
| of his statements regarding the excel.
lency of the grain. growing area o.
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
On the 29th of April Of this year w.
r. Conley, of Lougheed. Alberta, wrote
friend in Detroit. He says: THE
weather has been just fine ever sinca
came here In March, and believe
one could find II he wanted to some
small punches Of snow around the
edge of the lake. There is frost near
ly every morning: at sunrise 1t begins
to fade away, then those blue fiow-
ers open and look as fresh as II there
had been no frost for week.
There is no reason why this country
should not become garden of Eden;
the wealth is in the ground and only
needs little encouragement from tho
government to induce capital in here,
There is everything here to build
with: good clay for brick; coal under
meath, plenty Of water in the spring
lakes, and good springs corning out Of
the banks"
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moon he lowered himself quietly into
the water and began swimming to-
ward the boundary line. In his days
at Oxford he had been an athlete OF
note, and in all his later years had
maintained excellent physical condi-
ton. and was thoroughly at home IN
the water. He swan with a low
stroke, catching breath from the cor
ner of his mouth as he turned his face
sidewise, and exposing as little OF
himself to view as possible. The bun
die of clothing dashed to his shoulders
proved something of an impeachment,
but not sufficient to stay his progress.
The current caught him now and then,
throwing him out of his course, and
when he discovered this to be the case
he was almost against bank There
after he lifted his head at Intervals
in order that he might remain in the
center of the stream. He surmiseo
that he was nearing the line OF sen
tries. and elevated his chin for an
other glance, when sudden binding
NASH Vi light SiictC itihi IA sA~ - -
causing him instinctively to duck MS
head. When he came up for air aftel
swimming for some distance undel
water, the light was still on him. ant
a drawing voice hailed him from the
shore.
Stranger, when you get tired o
swimming you might come in. | guess
you'd better, because there's four O
five men up beyond me might taxi
you for a duck, and they're all pc
hunters"
His chance was lost. He wondere'
why he had not thought of search
lights, and realized that nothing blu
the brilliance of the night had pre-
vented their employment at an Garlic
hour. Fairly gritting his teeth il
anger, he swan to the point where tn
soldier stood. and crawled out upo
the beach, seating himself until h
could fully recover from his effor
and regain his breath. A tall. lea
man. whose color emblems shove
him to be from Missouri, stood abov
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-06

One OF the little tragedies of the
Boxer uprising in China has just come
TO light. The young American woman
who painted the portrait of the late en-
press dowager wrote recently of the
sittings, and mentions the long finger
nails of her distinguished subject In
the hurried flight from Picking they
were injured. and had to be cut, and
the artist remarks in tone which sug,
gests sigh, They were only about
three inches long when ! painted the
picture"
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Polite Chinese Children.

While very young the little Chinese
Is taught manners" how to come
into a room, to bow very low to par
ents or those older than himself
even till his head nearly touches the
fioor-and to ''chin-chin. This 10
their polite greeting. which takes the
form Of our hand-shakins.
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splendid.

Splendid.
That's fine looking maid you have
now. dear"
Yes, she's darling, and she came
to me highly recommended"
Knows all about the latest styles Of
maiding. SUPPOSE"
"Oh. so far as knowing the duties
of raid goes. don't suppose she
knows thing"
But she came highly recommended.
you said?"
Eyes, she broke the jaw of the last
man who tried to kiss her" Houston
Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-06

The messenger entered the palace
with the dispatches.
Birthstone and asphalt" calculated
Castro. as he read the yellow slip.
Holland threatens to spank us"
well. what of it. your excellency?"
responded the secretary. "Other ma
tons have threatened to do the same"
Yes. but. confound 1t, this is .
spanking that will hurt. The Dutch
wear wooden Shoes
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-06

Tragedy in New Jersey. A woman
going from one room to another in he,
house met the harmless, necessary cat
carrying a mouse; whereupon the WON
an screamed and fell dead. The story
however, is imperfect. The scream
must have startled and surprised the
cat, and what We are really curious to
know Is whether the mouse escaped:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-06

The National Good Roads association
was organized by delegates from IS
states in national convention in Chi
caco November 81. 1900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-06
ACCOMMODATING.

Doctor Ito man who has fallen)-
You need strong punch of some kind
Mr.. Flynn Gan old enemy)-Let me
Give 1t to him, doc!
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27
ANOTHER EARLY PRECEDENT.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN President United States spoke
forcby and emphatay against mob There
Abraham Lincoln said public administrator which
of and
dorsed Lincoln the subject of mob law
them has the expression
And mob law has increased wonderfully in the United
coins time Had the presidents
bone this might not have been
absolute necessity the
President Roosevelt probably in
while Grover Cleveland also of the right type But president
after Lincoln has been the habit of putting his
these above American tendencies forea
which needs constant executive watching 1t ought suffer
the attempts of pacate
class of people 1t needs good heavy all the
for of
the characteristics of honest fearless and Independent
time early in his administration perhaps he will something
mob law the United States Then perhaps will
straight and practical rid the country done
ought be done and will States
sets about to do it. For the cory good
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27
THE WHITE PERIL.

THERE has been wonderful similarity
and longrawout agitation against the the
cc coast and the hafntuy old crusade has
against the Negro the Southern the
establish evidence that the other manifestation peculiar
econed weakness inherent
dire caames to the latter
and wisdom of that shall fail
tendencies AS the Denver Republican frankly pointed
there portion of the Pacific which
danger of foreign domination politicians
OF sentiment entirely personal in
agitation of such magnitude
threatened
two nations that have moral other
martial conflict Despite the fact that the Negro and always has
totally incapable of wagng kind of physical conflict
white the white politicians of the South many years.
the alleged absorbing
they have kept the South politically solid against the free
innocent and deensee Negro his voluntary
persecution which could perve judgment
high moral principles of the dominant people broodng
tents of those unusty and excab
the part of white become easily
agaors playing an inherent
and perous weakness which threatens
than which outside conditions be
people earth similarly afflicted The
es has been shifted only through the
when the eliminated
President Roosevelt backed by veadd press
the Cafornans to their but the Negro question:
Its must harrow the
earsome statesmen Anxiety for white supremacy
country where be uprood
tnued moral of the white people
and its indictment of mitigating
circumstances.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

know the find there
of God, the beauty of God and the love of God"
Now if all these found in material and
cubic inch of how much they be
heart life of human love The confident kiss which
stranger-what
Ages OF barbaric struggle millions of crushed aspirations
bered ongngs the struggle of the barbarian
shelter the odgment
wealth. the inventor for the amenities refnements
san for the conditions health the educator the expansion
the most for the purity of SOUL the regon for the tenderness
spirit hasck paondcpined ages long
through the kiss of that child In receiving the kiss
to all the ages.
Not complicated the material pung
throps inch Of the spiritual complexities in that bby kiss
From that kiss looking backward the history
into tenderness Looking forward the of
loves resde anxetes generations thinking loving
poets statesmen inventors preachers presidents
ber less directly connected with that chlds kiss
1t the
kindness and rustfune that will die Gods kingdom
honored for it. How tremendously religious the baby
kiss
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

If man wants to live on nuts l make
no objection; if he prefers to eat raw foods
alone he has my permission; if he eschews
meat never object; if he uses some alco-
holic beverage with his food L do not abuse
him; if he eats five times a day con-
slider him fortunate-if he has only one
meal l hope it is a good one; if he eats
late at night my prayer is that he sleep
well; if he takes a drink before breakfast
| think he might be engaged in something
better; if lie prefers breakfast foods he has
certain extent my commiseration if he
eats only meat he probably will not have
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27
LEST WE FORGET.

THE LINCOLN centenary
forgotten For instance the emancipation proclamation contained
words And further declare and make
of suitable condition will be
States garrison forts positions places
vessels of all N said SERVICE
Is not about time that
forth will
the Negro soldier had good and necessary
a confidence which he has betrayed?
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27
Normal
Man
O1nniv-
OrOlIS
By HARVEY W. WILEY,
n,ef Chemist oi Department ol Agriculture.

tuberculosis unless he becomes infected. do not bel
food advertised to noursh any particular tissue There
brain food food skin food / believe that
animal, and that his normal diet is composed of
all kinds of foods, vegetable and animal All vege
tables fit to eat food for and all animals fit
to eat food for For this reason L think it
is not wise to conine ones self to any kind of
food or class of food.
The human animal has wonderful faculty of
adaptation to circumstances. Man live in the
tropics and perhaps at the pole He undergo the
greatest extremes of moisture and drought. He can
eat the most diversified forms of diet. He can en-
gage in the most diversified forms of work and pleas
ure. He becomes acclimated in every and coun-
try and fits into every kind of society and occupation.
But in spite of all this normally balanced diet,
sisng of proper proportions of vegetable and meat
diet, solid and fiquid food, it seems to is best
suited to mans use.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27
A Baby's
Hiss
1t Comes Freighted
with Riches of
Infinity
BY REV. JENKIN LLOYD JONES, d. d..
ChicaIo.

My friend Calthrop of Syracuse, in
memorable address once tried to analyze the
contents of one cubic inch of space, which he
placed midway between the sun and the far
away star Sirius.
Through that cubic inch of space, he said,
go dancing in every moment of time "a billion
waves of light, travelling from 5000 stars
visible through a great telescope, besides in
Vulnerable planets whose faint light no tele-
scope is fine enough to catch. Gravitating
relations from the 2O,oOO,OOo suns of our GAL
axy, the billion planets and the uncounted
nebulae also throb through that inch of space
To know thoroughly that inch of space is to
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27
The
Natural
and the
Spiritual
By LESLIE WILLIS SPRAGUE,
Ethical Culture Society. Chicago.

the spirit there such the craving truth beauty
and for righteousness all of which the desire harmonious
relations with the spiritual life and humanity They relate man
the the ideal However these
nated they innate authoritative
upon
1t cannot be wisely said that too much of life
Gon physical appetes Rather that through the
ton of physical needs will the cravings Of the spirit be fulfilled
lives in acts physical needs associated with physical
and toll only that they eat but that those they
cared for Affection joins hunger inspiring labor The
Guilty that this coordination incomplete Labor seldom dig
nied by the consciousness that cworkng with the laws
khich provide for human needs
The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

The cravings of the body for food,
drink, shelter and offspring are significant
as they are fused into the hungers and
thirsts of the spirit. ga spark disturbs
our clod." Man often becomes lower than
the beast because his physical passion is dis
turbed by his spiritual life. Beasts drink to
quench their thirst; man associates fellow
ship with his thirst, with drunkenness as
the result. The saloon rests primarily on
the craving for fellowship. Beasts eat to
satisfy the body's appetite; man becomes
gourmand, eating for fraternity's sake
Of the hungers and thirsts of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-19

Of congress, there is reason to
believe he had In mind the promotion
of friendly commercial relations with
the dominion of Canada. A study Of
the Canadian situation has convinced
him that the only way in which to
bring about this condition is to give
Canadians an opportunity to enter
American markets upon q moro salts
factory basis than exists at present
If. for instance. reciprocity provi-
sions are attached to the provisions
imposing duties on coal and agricultur-
al implements. pressure will be applied
to the Canadian government by its peo-
pie to compel fairer treatment Of Amer
lean products. The present govern
ment Of Canada has adopted a hostile
tariff policy toward the United States.
Unquestionably this IL the result OF q
similar policy on the part Of this coun-
try. The president Is anxious that the
trade of the dominion shall not be di.
verted from its natural channel, which
is north and south, to an artificial one
which connects it with England and
continental Europe.