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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28
aMAKEs BETTER RAILROADS. /"
western Writer Pays Tribute to
Railroad Magnate as BulIder-up
Of the Country.

Mr. Edward H. Hartman is on .
trim to Europe. Ordinarily there
wouId need be nothing added to this
announcement beyond an exhortation
to Emperor William to chain down MS
railroads and to other monarchs 10
nut their crowns and other valuabies
in the safe at night. But Mr.. Harri-
man is going off on a pleasure trip
and so many mean things have been
said about him that 1t will not hurt
any to change the tune moment
while he is out of the country ana
not able to take any advantage or
the lapse from the cold attitude OF Sc
verify that is usually used In men
tioning the name of Hartman.
OF all the great railroad men de-
veloped in this generation, e. H. Har-
riman is easily the biggest and the
best, says writer In the Hutchinson
(Kan.) Daily News. The head OF
railroad company, under the rules OF
the game, must work for his stock
holders, whether it is for the advan-
tage of politicians. shippers or con-
sumers. 1t is his Job to do the best
he can for the interests entrusted to
his care. Hartman Is not only q
financier, but he is builder and an
operator. Lucky is the town, city
or community that has Hartman
road. He insists on good roadbed.
level track, safe track and the con-
venience and comfort of the traveller
and the shipper. The Hartman roads
are noted as the best in the coun-
try. When Hartman gets hold of q
one-horse or played-out track and
right of way he proceeds to put 1t in
first class condition. He does not
raise the rates OF fares, although he
doubtless charges "a plenty" but he
insists that enough OF the funds go
into real improvements to make q
railroad. And that is where he stands
ahead of good many others and why
Harrimanism Is not such bad thing
as some people have been led to think.
He makes better railroads, and there
IL more need for improvement that
way than there Is in some others
which are being discussed. So far
as we can see, he believes in giving
every interest along his road a fair
deal.
He is a public benefactor from that
He uses his power fairly.
He is great man, and as good or
better than the ordinary citizen who
looks upon him as the personification
Of the money power, seeking whom
1t may devour. He is a strong man
In the financial world, but that should
not be against him, when the finan-
ciai world is the object which most
Of US want to reach. He is q good
American and he spends his money
on American railroads, not on foreign
titles, race horses, old editions or
other bad habits. II he is not per-
fect-and we don't think he is-he is
no exception to the rule and is worthy
Of the praise Of his fellow citizens for
the good he does and has done.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Ex-President Castro say that the
American government is preparing to
deceive the world with wicked
schemes. He seems to labor under
the delusion that all the power and
influence of this great republic are
being beat on his personal destruc-
ton. In his persistent accusation of
hostility toward him by the United
States he puts himself in the attitude
of the ant who was angry at being
showed by the elephant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28
The Way He Did Il.

Jenkins-Well, sir. gave 1t to that
man straight, ! can tell you. He is
twice as big as | am, too, but I told
him exactly what | thought OF his ras.
cally conduct right to his face. and I
called him all the names in the die
tionary, and lot of others as well.
studds-And didn't he try to hit
you, jenkins?
Jenkins-No, sir. he didn't. And
when he tried to answer back. I lust
hung up the telephone receiver and
walked away.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

were thenceforth subjected to an end
less course of discipline, pain and
work. They were taught to go for
days without food or sleep; to endure
fortunes, perils and hardships that
would kill an ordinary man. They
were trained by the severest system
of athletics and instructed In the use
of every weapon.
AS a result, every Spartan lad, by
the time he reached manhood, was
not only an ideal soldier, but consid-
cred It childish to give signs of pain
or fatigue. He was a perfectly de-
yeloped human machine. There was
little or no home life for him. His
future was at the service of the state.
not of himself Sickly children were
put to death. A stupid man had no
chance In life. Power of body and
shrewdness of mind alike were neces-
sary for success, or even existence In
that stern community. Sobriety and
women's Great strict temperance
nan. e. &c.. and integrity
&C., were the watch
words of the
country. Boys were made to gaze on
the antics Of drunken helot to- dis
gust them with tippling. They were
shown the reasons for other nations
fall. to warn them against the same
faults. To promote personal equality.
every Spartan was obliged to contrib
ute his share of food to a common
table. At these public tables on
terms Of familiarity, all were forced
to eat, from king to commoner.
Women, in olden times, were looked
on az little better than slaves. Ly.
curgus changed all this. To him wom-
en- owe much Of their present high
position. For he gave their sex its
first impetus toward betterment by
declaring women the equal of men.
As mothers of future warriors he de-
manded that they be treated with all
reverence. Girls were taught wres-
Ting. boxing. running and other ath-
ietic sports and acquired the more
rugged virtues of courage and self
sacrificing patriotism. A Spartan
mother never wept at her sons death.
But II he were coward she went into
mourning.
Having lifted his country from bar
barism to high civilization and set Il
on the road Of progress, Lycurgus an
nounced that he was going on q long
journey and made the Spartans take
q solemn oath to abide by All his lava
and reforms until he should return.
Then. sacrificing himself for the land
and people he loved. Lycurgus left.
He never returned. No one knows
what became Of him; whether me
killed himself or hid somewhere In
voluntary exile until his death. in or
der that Sparta might forever keen
the oath to obey his precepts until he
came back to take up again the reins
Of government
fcopyrishtsdl
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Interviewing the Professor.
so you don't think Mars would re-
ply. even II we did send signals?-
Il am almost convinced that there
would be no response" answered Prof.
Thinktum, adjusting his glasses.
Then you don't believe that Mars
Is inhabited?"
"On the contrary. think 1t ex-
tremely probable that life similar to
our own exists on the sister planet"
But you don't give those people
credit for intelligence equal to ours?"
Eyes. / am inclined to credit them
with even greater intelligence than
we display. There are many indica-
tons that they have civilization old
er than ours, in which case they
should have too much sense to fool
away their time on any such imprac-
ticai proposition"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Abdul Hamid, the deposed sultan,
continues to give up" his latest con-
tribution being check for $4,000, 600
from his hard-earned hoardings. But
apparently the Young Turks are not
yet through with him. There comes
from Constantinople the report that
Abdul is to be tried for his part in
the revolt of last April. This may
mean another and bigger check from
the ex-monarch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28
Cause for
Old Maids
and
Bachelors
By E. LoUHsBURY

doubtless would have dcacy proposing girl who capable
of earning hh salary he and he enough
the girl to whose hand he apes would hardly eligible
a husband.
Another and perhaps the chief why great girls
get married simply that they do not get the opportunity
fault that they do not get the opportunity? Usually their Girls
at least large majority of eager for the society
hat they make themselves absolutely disgusting adm the girl
who does not fling herself his feet and the
harder he will try win her. If girl not nnaty refined
cate she should at least to be, for her sake.
1t girls could but it, their happiness lies entirely within their
own power.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Those bisons. or buffalos, which re-
fused to immigrate to Canada and
have been left to roam on this side
of the border are truly American In
spirit Canada bought the beasts, but
as the animals have taken to the
woods the attempt to corral them has
been abandoned and they have been
presented to our government. As
they have shown their love for Amer.
lean soil 1t is to be hoped the buffalos
win be allowed their freedom, and
perhaps left to themselves they may
renew q stock which has become well
nigh exterminsted.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28
Polygamy
Solves
Domestic
Problem
By W. JULIAN cAssoN

this Besides the African lady it, for she he
work. Among the Aras Onchas and the
lower class of pagan tribes the interior there little
rge As has the he the parents what they
want the shape of goats beads morley and takes the girl There
ALL The wives he has indicates richer
that he will be better looked after IT. of they manage
from the negbong tribe while she is fetching
ing her farm much the cheaper With this method in vogue
centuries wonder that it much natives life worth
Of his village and that the country is backward
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Years of close observation and daily con-
tact with both men and women have dis
closed to me beyond question why there are
SO many more old maids and old bachelors
to-day than there were 20 or more years ago.
Looking back into the past brings to my
mind the fact that women, either married
or single, who engaged in business were COM
paratively few, and this is doubtless one Of
the reasons why there were fewer divorces
and more marriages.
The independence of the working girl
frightens many would-be lovers away. When
man ia EARNING @r5 or @o0 ,oon+b lo
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28


Laughing is barking, say the SCI
entists The neck and head are
thrown back while a series of short
barks are emitted from the throat.
However musical the banks may be,
they are barks. The laugh begins
with sudden and violent contraction
Of the muscles Of the chest and abb
domen. But instead of opening to let
the air pass out Of the lungs. the vocal
cords approach each other and hold it
back. But they are not strong enough
to exercise such opposition for more
than an instant, and the air, which is
under pressure, promptly escapes. AS
1t does so it makes the vocal cords VI
brate producing the bark
This obstruction and liberation of
the air expelled from the lungs repeats
itself again and again at intervals of .
quarter of second. There are thus
In hearty laugh four banks second.
and If continued. they go-on at that
rate as long as the air reserve in the
lungs holds out. The empty lungs
must then fill themselves. and this in
terval is marked by a quick gasp for
breath, after which the barks are re-
newed. The barks occur in series
with gasps for breath at intervals.
When laughter is violent. the entire
body participates. The upper part of
the trunk bends and straightens itself
alternately or sways to right and left.
The feet stamp on the floor. while the
hands are pressed upon the loins to
moderate the painful spasm.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Cheaper cuts of beef contain Just
rs high food values as do the tender
loins. the porterhouse steaks, and the
Juicy sirloins. although they need to
be chewed awhile longer because gen.
orally tougher, according to a report
made before the biological chemistry
section of the American Chemical
society.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

There are signs of more revolution
airy disturbances In Hayti and Santo
Domingo, and some of the old names,
like Jiminez and Jose st. Pierre Gior-
DAM, are figuring in the dispatches.
But until the famous Woz v Gil gets
busy it is probable there will be really
nothing doing.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Polygamy is the rule in Nigeria, the
reason given by the natives being that it is
impossible for one woman to do all the
work of the house, look after the children,
prepare and cook the food, fetch the daily
supply of water (cften an arduous job ),
cultivate the plantation and go to market.
And the reason is that the African is an
exceedingly hungry person. 1t is their
custom to~eat several times day when at
home and the men spend most of their day
sitting in the palaver house, OF market
place, while the women bring the food all
day long. One wife could not possibly do
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

A discriminating person hearing
one of the popular songs of the day
might marvel that any one should at.
tempt to plagiarize that tuneful eff.
fort.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

OF paint there the sweet m0therllness OF Hannah
Life is not toy to be played with, an ornament
to exhibit, bubble to float in the air. an insect
to dance on the until some wind overtakes it.
1t is not slow or dreamy indulgence, not plague
that wastes
Life is gift of God, single opportunity with
possibilities vast enough to fill time and eternity with
the beattudes of God the JOY of angels and the praise
of men.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Even though petroleum butter be-
comes an established fact this world
Will not be deprived of the pleasure
OF teaching cunning little calves to
drink out of pail.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Sometimes a mother of seven or
eight children, and with nobody will
Ing to help her take care of them,
must almost envy an old maid.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

The Duke of Abruzzi has broken all
records. it is said, in Himalaya noun.
tain climbing. He is to be congratu
lated. This is something people can.
not be born to. They must do noun.
tain climbing themselves.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Evidently the men who construct
the popular songs can see that these
curious compositions are not all of
the same piece or they would not
have brought the matter into court.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Between discomfort in India, the
German invasion scare and the new
taxation methods Britain is likely to
have an uneasy summer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Real estate in Messina is plainly
not profitable investment. 1t is too
much subject to depression. and its
openings are not of kind to inspire
confidence In their stability.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

The good old summer time is hav-
Ing things all its own way. The
weather men announce that there is
nothing in sight at present to suggest
any marked changes from existing
meteorological conditions.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Uncle Sam is proudly exhibiting
5000, 100000 worth of battleships on
the coast of Massachusetts,, but none
OF them will ever be as famous as
that ancient tub, the Mayflower.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Daily the divorce courts are prov
ing that those who marry in haste do
not need much leisure for repentance
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28
Fashion
When 1t Is
Sin and
When Joy
By REV. MADISON C. PETERS


possible proved by the put beauty
= ! and glory upon all his works
! = :: .
l6&6 The love of beauty belongs every sloven
L6l4AJ is abomination. Rudeness sin.
H. bXN Excess is what inveigh against.
The prevailing spirit of extravaganza making de-
fauers than other thing Many has given up
all high ambition for study for sefdenying service of
bis lowmen i1ed the voice of his conscience when it de-
manded sacrifice and devoted himself to the object of gaining by
hook crook and either of them far from being gh the where
wha keep sunshine in his house by the unlimited indulgence of
fashionpampered womans fancs.
Dress has sent many to the penentary
Benedict Arnold proposed sell his country get money keep
up the extravaganza of the home wardrobe.
Many girl bewdd by the applause which greets her POM
sisters concludes that the world loves display
character and disposition and wrapped syeat high
expense
Fausts of jew-who the Margueres it has
slain?
Fashion dwar the intellect out heart Of our people
Genius dies its luxurious altar Talent wers its voupuou
brace the ghost her nod 1t has made society
great showroom, hollow and insincere.
Fashion kills than the hardships of poverty The shop girl
two generations of her fashionable sisters fade The washer
woman with hope tolls see her
fashionable sisters die all around her.
The cook hearty and strong, while the dressed like DOLL
fed ORDER must be nursd like baby and from ysteca
by sugar plum.
Adornmen take the place of races character you
will ornaments outward it that there pearls and da-
monds Within and that for everything that beautiful either
Dress there something richer for the hidden life of the
The devices the toilet may disguise bad complexion all
arts of Jezeb cannot from her the pride
-o.rk4
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

At this season "a hours may be the
difference between an overcoat and
a bathing suit.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

1t was woman who made the flag,
and that may be one reason why men
have been and still are ready to die
for Il.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Take care of the youthful ro-
nance" and the divorce question
viii take care of itself.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Cinnamon have only themselves I,
blame for the surveillance put upoi
them by the federal authorities.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Flying across the English channel
ought to be an improvement over
swimming across It.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

King Peter of Servia, who fell from
his horse. is thankful that it was no
from his throne.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

The new broom of prosperity has
swept clean the debris of the panic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

There is enough sunburn for all at
the bathing beaches.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

History win refer to 1909 as the era
Of the aeroplane.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

Freckles are to be had for the ask.
ing these days.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
Col. Lounsberry's Washington Letter

the fact that the carbons now In use
in electric lighting were taxed under
the Dingley act at 80 cents per hun
bred. the carbons in use being about
twelve inches long. But the importers
have secured for import carbons six
feet In length which they bring in at
80 cents per 100 and then cut them up
into twelve inch lengths after they get
them into this country. IL is iokera
OF almost every conceivable nature in
the tariff bill that congress is tryina
to eliminate and revise reducing the
/ schedules that are too high, and IL NAV
be FIX some that are too low. The A.
nance committee has made MANY
changes from an ad volorem to a spe-
cific duty, at so much per yard, piece
or pound instead at a certain per cent
and the contention Of the insurgents IL
that In making these changes the du-
ties really become higher in some in
stances than they were before. and
that may be in some cases. 1t is not
good thing to jump on to congress
in the matter Of the tariff until their
work is done. The bill is certainly
rapidly taking form, and it will be
right and standpaters and insurgents
will both be able to defend the meas
ure with equal zeal, for the tariff will
have been revised, If not by it's friends
at least, as some one said the other
day, by its acquaintance. Though
Senator Johnson voted with Senator
Nelson and the other northwestern
senators for free lumber he is inclined
TO stand squarely by the organization,
and aid in eliminating the imperfec-
tions which have been developed in
the administration of the Dingley
tariff law, keeping faith with the peo-
pie and make good the republican
promise Of revision downward of the
tariff.
Representative Hanna has remained
in the city during the entire special
session making acquaintances among
the senators and representatives, and
coming in touch with the several de-
partments, looking personally, to
great extent, after the interests of his
constituents. I doubt if the state has
ever had or ever will have a more tire
less, unselfish or intelligent worker for
the interests of the state, or one pos
sessing greater elements of popularity.
There have been bank charters, mail
contracts, postoffice appointments, not
to speak of the numerous land cases
which have grown out of the recent
radical changes in the matter of resi-
dence in connection with committed
homestead cases requiring attention
A F. Noble, Of Mckenzie county, has
been in the city several days in con-
nection with the Yellowstone and Blu
ford Trenton irrigation projects, and
incidentally the Wilhston and Nesson
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12

Annapolis, Md. June 1.-THE UNI
yelling of the bronze doors at the naval
academy proved to be an event of ma
tional interest. The occasion was hon.
ored by the presence of Rear Admiral
Richard Wainwright. who made the
address to the guests at the dedica-
ton; Ambassador Takahira and Bar
oness Takahira of the Japanese lega-
ton, accompanying Vice i: dmiral Uriu
and his charming wife, who are visiting
America. Vice Admiral Uriu is him
self member of the class. of '6S OF the
naval academy and Baroness Uriu is a
graduate of Vassar college. Both
speak English fiuently.
The bronze doors were donated by
Col. Robert M. Thompson. Colonel
Thompson has maintained an active
interest of the naval academy and has
done much for its welfare.
Miss Evelyn Beatrice Longman. the
designer and sculptress of the doors.
has by her work in producing both
them and their wonderfully artistic
design Immediately jumped into rank