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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
Mexico Faces Famine.

Mexico City.-Mexico faces . corn
famine which will require the lifting
of the import duty on that cereal. says
Luis Balestrier, secretary of the So
ciedad Agricola Mexicana. The recent
frost. which worked injury to the crop
estimated at millions. was the culmin-
alton Of a series of disasters to farm.
ers. including copious rains, foods.
droughts and tornadoes.
Nienty per cent. Of the vegetable
crop also is destroyed, and prices In
some instances are doubled.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

Forty-seven Chinese students, an In
stallment Of several hundred that are
coming. have started from Picking for
the United States. These young men
VIII go to various institutions of high.
er education. and as they are selected
BY competitive tests from the bright.
est youths of the Celestial kingdom It
may be reasonably expected that they
Will make their mark in scholarship
here.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

An authority In western university
declares that too much prosperity al
lows students to buy motor cars, an
that their studies suffer in oonse
uuence. He apparently holds that
work and taste of hardship will keep
IN check the natural propensity of the
average student to get into mischief.
No one can deny that speeding car
Is terrible incentive to inc fast life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

The postal authorities at Washing
lon have ruled that mail carrier is
pot obliged to deliver mail where
vicious dogs are kept, and that owners
Of such animals must call at the post
ONCE for what is coming to them.
That seems to be an equitable deci.
zion. Uncle Sam is under no obliga-
ZION to provide mail carriers as i'd
yits for savage CANNES.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
Snake Swallows Calf.

Chardon. O.-Hambden is excited
since that locality has become the
abiding place Of a monster black
snake. which stretches the width Of
the roadway, being nearly Is feet long
A calf belonging to John Makes dis
appeared and the opinion Is that the
big snake has made q meal Of II
Some think the reptile escaped from
q menagerie.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

This is the country of big things
even in the matter of small ones. The
Official statistics show that the people
Of the United States have Dough.
100000, GOO worth Of toys In ten years
and that the toy industry here Ia
large and fourishing. Unquestionably
shis IL happy land for the youngstsr
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

The annual average loss of property
oy fire In Germany. Austro-Hungary,
Italy. France. Denmark and Switzer-
land Is about 80 cents per capita. In
the United States 1t is $2.47 year.
The only consolation for Americans
In such figures-and 1t isn't very SEN
sibie-is the fact that they have more
per capita. than the Europeans to
burn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
Corn for Scotch cros.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. corn 10
used more extensively than that OF
any other country in the manufacture
of Scotch whisky when the price is
reasonable. says Consul J. McCunn Of
Glasgow. Scotch distillers use about
$780, 900 quarters of 480 pounds EACH
annually. In 1908 $1,309. 800 worth Of
Scotch whisky was imported into the
United States
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
From Ballet to Bar.

Lucerne.-Mlle. Maria Rutkowska.
one time mistress of the imperial bal.
let corps Of st. Petersburg, who aban.
doned the stage some five years ago to
study law at Zurich. has just passed
her final examinations, which gives
her the privilege of practicing in the
Swiss courts OF justice. Mile. Rutkow.
ska has in effect applied to be admit.
ted on the barristers' roll of Lucerne.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

The sultan of Morocco is writing to
me powers that he Is afraid Spain has
Interior motives and that the powers
might as well look into the matter.
Which shows that these oriental bar
oarfans have caught the infection of
some European diplomacy in the way
OF slyly arousing international jeal-
ousy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

1t is sad but true fact that few men
or women are able to enjoy the careless,
dreamless sleep of child. It is also fact
that if men and women would do good
work and have pleasure in the doing of it,
sleep, and plenty of it, is essential And it
is another and more serious fact that, prob
ably owing to the strenuous life Of the
world to-day, insomnia is more prevalent
than it ever has been before
How to defeat this bugbear is the ques-
ton and it is one that has been answered
by authorities in numbers of ways. But
when technical terms and learned treatises
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

Companies for operating aerial lines
Of travel are multiplying in Germany
and many of the most solid financiers
are among the investors. This an.
pears to afford opportunities for liter
ally taking flyers in stocks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

Spain has war abroad and a re-
oeiiion at home. which is enough to
make her unfortunate government
walk Spanish. At least, this is the
pleasant prospect If they do not win
The war and put down the rebellion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
Memorial for Gov. John.on.

st. Paul, Minn.-The Gov. John Al
bert Johnson memorial commission
has been organized here. The com.
mission will endeayor to raise a fund
of not less than $4,000. no individual
contribution to which shall be over 81,
for the purpose Of erecting a suitable
memorial to the late Gov. johnson.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

The Belgian concesslonaires in the
Congo are suing missionaries for al.
eyed libelous statements about cruel.
ty TO the natives. If the trials are
JAR. they ought to afford good way
OF bringing out the truth about this
much-mooted point.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

With 1000 immigrants coming in
one day New York may have to put
upper stories on its parks for lodg-
Ing places.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

his work in the future you may depend upon him to
carry out his work.
Which OF these two men-granting that the ego
list has offered no than the "traf6c will bear
has impressed you more? And if these men continue
with you as employees the egoist playing upon you
with fine tact and discrimination, which of them after
year or two are you more likely to choose for the
difficult task?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

Some day the world will really
come to an end, and 1t will be just the
luck of those prophets not to be on
the job at the time.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

1t Is high time a stop was put to
those Spanish swindles, and it is also
high time that Americans grew too
wise to be caught by them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

People continue to fall victims to
the Spanish prisoner" swindle. That
is what they get for not reading the
newspapers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

1t will not be long before the sight
Of farmers coming to the city in au-
tos will be SO familiar as to escape
comment.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

Actors are said to be scarce In New
York, but as this is the open season
for decayed vegetables and aged hen
eruit, there's a reason"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

1t is gambling when you lose and
speculation when you win. There is
no other difference.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

From impending lawsuits 1t Is evi-
dent that all persons who wear wings
are not angels.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

Here and there French aeronaut
succeeds very well without the aid OF
queer-looking whiskers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

Chicago has some fine skyscraper
roofs which SHOULD look attractive to
aspiring aeroplane operators.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

One woman says that she stole two
shirt waists because she was hungry.
Still, shirt waists are not very tooth
some.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

We have all felt the soul touch of John
Howard Paine's fragrant lines, "Mid
pleasures and palaces tho we may roam,"
and, again, "Be it ever SO humble" but to
bring the home with the ring of true metal
into our own lives, to live with Others.
stranger folk, to make sweet home bricks
out of straws and ofttimes inharmonioua
straws at that, let more of the girls tell ma
how they have done it.
think | have passed through the great
third iegree in this home making problem.
but / would sure have tainted BY the wav.
side long ago did / not insist upon remem-
desert to blossom as the rose," but / have
now gamble on myself to live in sweet b.r.
L. L
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

Merit and perseverance win except
IN a government land lottery.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
Good
ssFrOnt''
Put on as Much
as Traffic
Will Bear
By JOHN A. ROWLAND

OW MUCH 'front.' do need to put up?
This is question which obudes itself upon the average
young who finds himself among his fellows the
petitive basis that exists in the modern large business. IT
the question put to in this form generality,
should be tempted to answer it in the same erse Style
Gust much the traffic will bearI
don't wish to destroy the conventions Conventionality
is good thing long is in harmony with conditions of
fact But huggng the conventional too long ideal must
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

There are mighty few idle mills
and factories I'm this country now.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
PERMITS FOR DRUGGISTS
Board of Fire and Police Commission
ers Passes on Debated
Question.

Permits to sell liquor were granted TO
twenty eight druggists Monday evening by
the Board Of Fire and Police Commissioned
sitting as an excise board. These druggists
are all incorporated and a question had
arisen at a previous meeting as to whether
the law OF the state really permitted cor
porations to engage in the sale of liquor
at retail even for medicinal purposes. Pre-
vtous to this action Attorney Abbot. repre-
senting the sherman-McConnell COMPANY,
had addressed the board at length, arguing
that the recent decision of the supreme
court In regard TO the Hastings Brewery
company did not bear on the given case.
The granting OF permits to the e. e.
Bruce company and the Richardson Drug
company was opposed by Commissioner
Brandeis, who was outvoted, all the others
casting ballots for permits.
Aside from some unimportant routine mat
tiers, other action of the evening was the
appointment OF Thomas Ring and william
shoup to the detective force. A letter and
check for $50 from Mrs. e. w. Nash were
received, the money being sent the relief
fund in recognition Of the prompt work OF
the fire department at the Nash home re-
Gently.
M resignation OF Captain Olson from the
fire department was accepted and applica-
tions for the place put on file.
The board adjourned to meet in special
session Thursday night, when the renewal
OF licenses for the saloons Of ]. z. Wyanl
at b12 South Sixteenth street and Wiemer's
1.-THE C-hesapeakel will be considered. There
is a protest in each case.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
RECEIPTS co WAY UP
Make Increase for January Of Nearly
Two Million Bushels.
CORN LEADS ALL OTHER CEREALS
Shipments out of Omaha Also Are
Much Heavier Than in the
Same Month for Last
Year.

Grain receipts on the Omaha market for
the months of January just passed were
4,2T, 700 bushels-an increase of 1,73O. 800
bushels over the receipts of the same month
last year when 2,547, 4OO\ bushels arrived on
the Omaha market during the month.
The principal increase is shown in the
receipts of corn, though 100000 more
bushels of wheat were sold here. Oats
broke even.
Shipments were much heavier, the ele-
vators having vast amounts of wheat in
storage unloaded a large amount during
January and while the receipts of wheat
were 1.O22, 400 bushels, $500 bushels were
sold and shipped out of Omaha. Corn ship
ments were so much smaller than the re-
celpts that the report of the grain exchange
for the month indicated that much corn
had been stored.
For the first time in many months. the
barley shipments were heavier than the
receipts. The consumption of barley by the
industries of Omaha has kept the ship
ments low.
The following shows the receipts of grain
during January, 1903, as compared with the
receipts for the same month of 1908:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
Lecture Anouneements.

Rabbi Frederick Cohn will address the
literature department OF the Woman's club,
Wednesday morning, at lO:45 O'Clock. in the
east parlor of the First Congregations
church, his subject 10 be The Ghetto
All club members and their friends are
invited.
Unde the auspices Of the clubs musical
department. the well known American
composer Neidlinser. will give an illustrated
lecture in the Congregational church
Thursday evening, February IS.
James Hyslop OF the American Society o.
fuychieal Research, will give two lectures
this evening and Wednesday evening. Il
the Congregational church. under the aus
pieces Of the PSYCHOLOGY department OF tn
club
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
"K Any One

ever had that tired feeling had II.
my health and strength were all
rundown, and : was so tired that
n was not mere physical weakness
but a prostTation OF the whole
system.
az was tired Of life and thought
was a burden to those about me.
Il suffered often from rheumatism
so that | had to walk with a cane,
and was also very dizzy at times.
MY attention was called to Hoods
Sarsaparilla by a kind friend. so I
got a bottle. and before | taken 1t all
| knew II was doing me good. So |
continued and soon felt so much bet
ter | seemed an entirely different
person.
when | commenced taking the
medicine ] weighed 124 bounds. Now
/ weigh ia and | owe my present
good faith to Hoods Sarsaparills. I"
MRS. MARY C. CRYDERMAN, La
~fontaine, Kansas.
Hoods ~Sarsaparilla effects it's won
derful cures, not simply because II con-
tains ~sarsaparilla but because II COM
bines the utmost remedial values of
more than 20 different ingredients, each
greatly strengthened and enriched by
this peculiar combination. These ingre-
dients are the very remedies that sue
cessful ph ysicians prescribe for the
same diseases and ailments. There is
no real substitute for Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla II urged to buy any preparation
said to be s'just as good you may be
sure II is inferior, costs less to make,
and yields the dealer a larger profit.
Gest Hoods ssrsaparills today. In usual liquid
or tablets called sarsatabs. 100 doses 81.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
BOY WANTS TO FIND BULLET
Satisfies Curiosity as to Revolver aud
Now Searches for shot
In Leg.

Sam Melchar. a 16-year-old boy living at
Fourth and Center streets, has satisfied
his curiosity as to firearms. The thing
he is interested in now is the location of
the A-calibre revolver bullet that entered
the fleshy part of his right hip Tuesday
morning while he and Claude Shaylor, Il
years OF age, were examining young
Shaylor's brothers. revolver.
Melchar is now at the General hospital
and his condition is not considered serious,
the bullet having lodged somewhere in the
flesh after having coursed through the
right hip. The police patrol removed the
lad to the hospital. where he was attended
by Police Surgeon Barbour. 1t is thought
he will not suffer greatly from the acct.
dent.
The Shaylor boy lives at 1906 South
Fourth street. He says he ana his com.
rade knew the gun was loaded, but wanted
TO see how it worked. The weapon was
in his hands when II went off.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
BRIEF CITY NEWS

nave Root Print II.
Douglas Printing Co. Both phones.
Smoke Rouse for Smokes, ZIG 8. 18th.
Rudolph T. swoboda, Public Accountant.
Rinehart, photographer, 18th & Farnam.
zsyn, photog., removed to Is g. Howard.
Gloves Cleaned, Thos. Kilpatrick's glove
Dept.
Equitable Lifs-Policies. sight drafts at
maturity. IT, u. Nicely. manager, Omaha
r. Q. Hamer at the American safe De-
posit vaults in the Bee building sells
bonds paying 4 to 8 per cent. They can
be cashed anytime and you hold your
own security.
sutton Permits NO New Trial-Judge
Sutton has 0verruled a motion for a new
trial in the case wherein Martha NJ. John
son recovered a verdict for 81, 80 against
the Model Steam laundry on account Of a
crushed hand.
John zitnik buried ct wsston-The body
Of John zltnik, the Union Pacific
track walker. who was killed In the yards
Saturday, was taken to Weston, Tuesday
noon for interment. The family formerly
lived there and now resides at 1877 South
Fourteenth street.
says She Didn't Make Him wed Her
Eleanor Griffin Kraft. in an answer filed
in district court, denies that any force or
threat was used to compel Henry Kraft
TO marry her, as alleged by him in a petit
ton for divorce now on the record. She
therefore prays that his petition be dis
missed.
ond Are Rsjected-Frank Sampson,
John Reeves, A Myers and Jake Lieb, who
gave the name OF John Smith, who we're
fined in police court last Wednesday OH
the charge of being inmates of a disorderly
house, filed appeal bonds in police court
Tuesday morning. Only one, that OF
Reeves. was accepted. the others being re-
fused on account of the fact that the bonds
men were not known. The men were ar
rested at the Murray hotel when caught In
an alleged poker game.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
C. & S. OFFICERS WILL STAY
President Tfumbun Quits, hut Hold
res Says No other Changes
VIII he Made.

George w. Holdrege, general anage of
the Burlington, has returned from a trip
over the lines of the Colorado e. Southern
railroad. which he took in company with
George A. Harris, president of the Bur-
lington, and Vice Presidents Willard and
Miller and with the officers of the Colo
RADIO & Southern.
The plan is to continue the Denver Of
ficers OF the new o just as they are
and to keep the offices in Denver as they
are said Mr.. Holdrege. II took the trim
with the officers as a sort of a vacation
and also in consulting capacity. The work
seems TO be in good hands and 1t was de-
cided to make no change"
President Trumbull of the Colorado &
Southern, who lives in New York. will re-
sign at a meeting Of the directors which ia
soon TO be held.
Mr.. Harris is to be president of the new
line as well as the Burlington.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
HAFFKE CRASHES" A RABBIT
Comes out Second Best, as Dummy
spraIns His Thumb In the
MAxuu,

william Haffke of the Byron Reed com
pany is carrying his thumb in a sling from
a sprain he received in a wrestling match
with a eottontail Sunday. With six pm
rades he was shooting rabbits, which were
so plentiful that the seven shooters cab
baged seventy-two for their days work.
The rabbits were so easy TO find that the
hunters made II a point only to shoot the
rabbits in the head, so that the bodies
would not be mutiiated. One rabbit came
so close to Haafke that he seized 1t in his
hands instead OF sh ooting and In the ''ras-
sle' which followed Haafke came out OF
the melee with a sprained- thumb.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03

Manager Gillian has received many COM
pliments on conducting the best and clean
est wrestling matches between New York
and San Francisco, and he has been
especially praised for prohibiting smoking
during these matches. This has been highly
appreciated by the wrestlers themselves,
because they have to breathe very fast,
and dense clouds OF tobacco smoke inter-
fere very seriously with their breathing.
All who are Inconvenience or distressed
by tobacco smoke feel very thankful that
they can enjoy thse great athletic contests
in pure air, where they can both see and
breathe with comfort.
A fine preliminary will be put on. con-
sisting of a two-best-out-or-three between
Herbert Johansen and Jack Toliver. The
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
SMELLING SALTS FOR SCHOOLS
Jamea> G. Lindsay Gets Order
Through for Faint

through Tor Feint-
Cures.
People will faint in school and it can
not be helped. but they will not be allowed
10 remain in a comatose state II the
Board of Education,
Under resolution of Member James G.
Lindsay. adopted by the board last night,
the secretary will lay in a full supply of
smelling salts, ammonia and other restor-
ative5 for the high and various graded
schools TO have in readiness should any
kchild in the school or visitor be overcome.
A small supply of smelling salts at the
high school has been exhausted, but under
! the resolution this will be replenished at
once.
Children in the schools do not often
faint away, but visitors often lose their
senses" said Member Lindsay in explain
ing his resolution. "I mean no criticism of
the schools, but 1 deem it advisable to
have restoratives always on hand in case
Of an emergency"
The secretary was allowed to use his
judgment as to quantity necessary in
buying the drugs.
City Treasurer Furay notified the board
that by reason of cancelling real and
personal taxes aggregating Sl.674.62, by
action of the city council, the income for
the board will be reduced S360.12. With
this decrease in funds the report of the
finance committee showed an increase in
expenditures for January, 1909, over Janu-
airy, 1908, of $3.50, The expenditures for
the month just closed we're S47,571.93, and
for January. 1908, they we're $47,02l.9O.
This showing led John L. McCague, chair
man of the finance committee, to advise
the board to "go slow" in mourning new
liabilities as it has about reached the
maximum in teachers salaries. These
salaries have increased about $4,000 in
the last three years, and the increase this
year will be $40, 900 more, he said.
The board decided to buy desks and
chairs for several schools. Desks for
the principals in Lothrop, Franklin and
Farnam schools were ordered, as well as
seven teachers desks in the Lothrop
school, ten teachers" desks in the Frank
lin school, five teachers desks in the
Farnani school, and zone teachers desk
in the Dupont school. Three dozen chairs
for the Lothrop school and one dozen
chairs for the Franklin school we're or
dered.
Miss Blanche Murphy, teacher in the
schools sent in her resignation, which
was accepted.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
Hint for Cutnng ButtonhoIes.

To cut b~uttonholes through two or three
Weaknesses Of material without separating
the fabrics, mark the place and size OF
buttonhole with basting thread or chalk
and with a fine stitch and thread To match
the outtonhole twist each stitch with
machine each side OF and quite close 10
this mark. Cut the buttonhole between the
lines OF stitching. This win not only
hold the various thicknesses together. but
vii form a stay over which the buttonhols
may be woTken. All b~uttonholss should
be dampened and pressed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
BIG RUSH FoR SEATS.
WRESTLING Match Between the Turk
and the Big Frenchman Arouses
Intense Interest.

Not since the appearance Of Frank Gotch
at the Auditorium last winter has there
been such an eager and continuous de-
mand for seats as that which began last
week. as soon as the match between the
Terrible Turk, Mahmout, and DeRouen. the
big Frenchman, was announced. The regu-
lar seat sale begins wednesday. February
8. but the people simply would not wait,
but insisted on registering their names for
seats Business and professional men. and
many ladies have already registered, and
the balcony seats viii so like hot cakes.