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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-07

Ing up my advantage and speaking
with conviction, you are unhappy"
Down went her head again, and the
shifting into the counterpart recon-
mence6
Dear" I whispered with unalloyed
sweetness. sis he worthy of these
tears?"
No reply.
do you love him." continued,
{" deeply, truly. everlastingly?"
Josephine sat upright and pushed
the hair out of her eyes.
"Oh, Aunt Gertrude" she gasped.
at isn't limits them"
Them" l hazarded, family.
YES" said my niece with the calm
ness of despair, that's the trouble.
I'm engaged all right-but there's two
of him."
"Ten me about H." suggested,
chiefly because l felt something was
expected of me.
YES" she agreed quickly, az might
just as well. I've got to tell some
body"
Il ignored the last clause and COM
posed myself to listen. Her story was
briefly thus:
Being unable to withstand the fas-
cination to two callow youths, and
finding it impossible to preserve the
peace between them, Josephine had
formulated the scheme of taking them
on alternate days, like two varieties
of pills, as it were She remarked
casually that she had stopped their
visits to the house, as she disliked to
see them glare at each other, and
moreover. her evenings were thus left
free for others. She did not explain
this, however, but insinuated parental
opposition and daily persecution OF
herself, borne with angelic sweetness
Gently, but decidedly, / laid the
facts of the case before my niece.
told her that, as she could marry but
one man, it was manifestly improper
to be engaged to two.
you must now / continued-ig
noring her remark, because l could
not help comprehending that such a
situation might be agreeable, albeit
sinfGl-"you must now, dear child
make your selection Which of your
suitors do you love the better?'
YES" said Josephine miserably
''it's up to me to choose, and I've
done it,"
Let your heart guide you," / ad
vised gently.
That's just what tried to do" re
turned Josephine. confusedly, 'but the
old thing wouldn't work. So tossed
up penny-heads for Ned and tails
for Harry. 1t came down tails"
And" she continued, quietly. I'm
going to elope with him tonight"
Tonight" l calculated, aghast
Yes, tonight. And, oh. Aunt Ger
trude, / don't want to one bit It's
not Harry. after all-it's Ned. Jus,
as soon as the penny came down tails
up knew il was Ned wanted. but
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i TIE !
fLEc'T|jTRlcAr
@WORLB
NOVEL LIQUID HEAT MOTOR.
Ether or Acetone Introduces Into
Chambers Through Small Holes
and Air Blown Out by Heating.

Owing to the fact that water In
LIQUID form is nearly incompressible,
it cannot be used to perform cycle
of operations such as take place in
the steam engine Theoretically, how
ever, any substance having temper
AZURE above its surroundings is capa-
BILE of serving as a power generator,
says r. V. Heuser, in the Scientific
American. Disregarding the POSSIBLE
fly OF thermo-electric conversion OF
energy, useful mechanical work can
be derived through the expansion of
vapors of volatile substances. Many
liquids are known to pass into vapor
under a feeble heat, such as, for in
stance. the suns rays.
If other media than water are used
as heat carriers, 1t becomes indispen-
sable TO recover the original liquid by
means of condensation for economic
reasons.
A simple apparatus, which can be
made by the handy man, will demon
strate that very small degree of
heat is sufficient for performing light
mechanical work.
A disk E, mounted on shaft d,
serves as support for six compart-
ments. B1, b.. B6. concentrically ar.
ranged about d. These as well as the
disk can be made of tin soldered to-
gether Two opposite chambers, for
instance, B1, and B4, are Connected by
a small brass tube c, bent outward
at the center to clear the shaft d. and
projecting through the chambers near
ly to the outer cylindrical wall. Two
uprights, FL. and FL, support the wheel
at a proper distance over a small
flame A or over basin filled with
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-07
ELECTRICAL NOTES.

A wireless telephone Is to be used
along the coast as fog signal. 1t
has been tried out and found to work
well under heavy weather conditions.
A wireless plant will be installed on
the top of the tower of the city hall
of Philadelphia. 500 feet above the
street.
The tides of the bay of Fundy will
be harnessed for electric power.
An electric sand-papering outfit is
one of the latest electrical devices.
Electric sirens are in use on the
railways of Germany. The sound is
produced by the vibrations of dia-
pEragm under the influence of an
electromagnetic
The adoption of electric furnaces in
large steel plants is expected to pro-
duce a rail that the highest speed
freight engines cannot iniure.
4 telephone line is being con-
stIuced over the Alps which has the
highest altitude of any telephone line
in the world.
Five million is to be spent to de-
velop water power los miles from
Butte, Mont. The electric power will
be used in the mines near Butte.
The Maine Central railroad is trying
out new electric headlights. The cur.
rent is supplied from small steam
turbine driven generator mounted on
the top of the boiler.
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NEW INDIAN COMMISSIONER.
Robert G. Valentine Promoted to Post
Held by Francis E. Leupp-career
Of the Official.

Washington.-The resignation Of
Francis E. Leupp as commissioner Of
Indian affairs. which had been pend
ing for nearly four months. was ac-
cepted the other day by President
Taft. and Robert G.. Valentine, assist
ant commissioner, was named to sue
coed him. Mr.. Leupp has wanted to
retire for some time on account of i'll
health.
Mr. Valentine, the new commissions
er. is only SO years old. After leaving
the Boston Institute of Technology.
was engaged for time in banking.
and later in the railroad business. He
was Obliged to give up his railroad
work and go south for his health.
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ORIGIN
OF a Famous Human Food.

The story of the great discoveries
or inventions is always of interest.
An active brain worker who found
himself hampered by lack of bodily
strength and vigor and could not carry
out the plans and enterprises he,knew
how to conduct, was led to study va
rious foods and their effects upon the
human system. In other words, be-
fore he could carry out his plans he
had to find a food that would carry
him along and renew his physical and
mental strength.
He knew that a food which was
brain and nerve builder (rather than
mere fat maker) was universally
needed He knew that meat with the
average man does not accomplish the
desired results. He knew that the
soft gray substance in brain and
nerve centers is made from Albumen
and Phosphate of Potash obtained
from food. Then he started to solve
the problem.
Careful and extensive experiments
evolved Grape Nuts, the now famous
food. 1t contains the brain and nerve
building food elements in condition
for easy digestion.
The result of eating Grape-Nuts
daily is easily seen in marked sturdi-
ness and marked activity of the brain
and nervous system, making it a
pleasure for one to carry on the daily
duties without fatigue or exhaustion.
Grape-Nuts food is. in no sense a
stimulant but is simply food which
renews and replaces the daily waste
of brain and nerves.
Its favour is charming and being
fully and thoroughly cooked at the
factory it is served instantly with
, cream.
The signature of the brain worker
spoken of, e. w. Post, is to be seen on
each genuine package of Grape-Nuts.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book. The Road to wellyille..
There's reason"
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Hiqh VOLTAGE Don't KIN.

While in the power house of the
North Georgia Electric Company, at
Buford, Ca, recently, Capt. G. W. Buff
ford. member of the city council,
received $4,000 volts of electricity and
still lives. He came in contact with a
wire carrying $4,000 volts accidentally
touching it with his left arm, and the
carrent passed through his body. 1t
melted the nails out of his shoes and
badly mutilated his face where he
wore gold trimmed glasses. Capt. Buff
ford was almost stripped naked by
the current. The physicians do not
understand how he escaped instant
death.
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and made me feel like new person,
and it shall always have my praise; praise,
Mrs. w. p. VALENTINE, 9O2 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. j.
Gardiner, Me. =" was great SUI
ferer from female disease. The doc
tor said I would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound com
pletely cured me in three months. -
MRS. s. A. WILLIAMS, R. +. ID. No. a.
Box 80, Gardner Me-.
Because your case is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
flammation, liberation, displacements.
fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostration. 1t costs but trifle
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
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ling a camera has been clicking in the
wall before him, and when he goes
away he leaves behind a first class
likeness for the police to use in trac-
ing him to his doom.
The "cleptograph" is the name of
the machine that does the trick. It is
something new in protection against
burglars. 1t does not scald him with
boiling water the moment he steps
upon board before safe, nor elec-
trocute him. 1t simply is camera
concealed in the wall in such way as
to command the object which might
attract the modern Bill Sykes, and
which is so arranged that no one can
enter the room without disturbing the
system of electric wires by which its
mechanism is put in operation. These
wires. when disturbed, instantly cause
the camera to turn and focus itself
upon the point of disturbance. Another
disturbance. and flashlight explodes
and the intruder's likeness is caught
on Photographic plate just as neatly
as if an operator were directing the
cameras work Upon discovery of the
burglary the plate is taken out and de-
veloped, the photograph given to the
police, by whom it is published in bull
letins and sent broadcast over the
country with the request to arrest and
detain the pictures original, with an
account of the crime for shich he Is
wanted.
The device is the invention of an
Italian whose efforts in putting the
camera to novel and unheard of uses
have met with remarkable success.
Photographing wild game with set
camera and fashlight long has been
common among outdoor photographers.
and the cleptograph is only the same
idea applied to the photographing of
an enemy of society.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-07
The Methods of Josephine
By Ella Middleton Tybout
(Copyright, by ]. B. Lippincott COP

think | can truthfully say that the
first time Josephine awakened any
real interest in my heart was when
discovered she was in love.
One afternoon she returned with the
usual bunch of violets and Almost un.
usual expression. The instant ! saw
her / knew a crisis was at hand, and
rose to the occasion as a cork rises
to the surface of the water-lightly,
buoyantly, yet determinedly.
Josephine went at once to her room
and closed the door with decision.
lowered on the stairway, palpitating
with uncertainty, and the affectionate
solicitude which is so far removed
from mere vulgar curiosity. Finally,
mastering all my resolution, turned
the knob of the door and entered with
quite a jaunty air, carelessly hum
ming tune.
Josephine lay face downward on the
bed, the violets crushed and broken,
and the heels of her patent leather
shoes sticking pathetically outward.
A choking, gasping sound revealed
that she was crying into the counter
pane. Gently murmuring an endear-
ing epithet, l laid my hand upon her
head.
"Oh, Aunt Gertrude!" sobbed Jose
phine, Aunt Gertrnde!"
Poor child" l returned, responsive
ly. Il understand understand"
20, no. you don't" she interrupted.
ungratefully. "You-you can't"
Josephine" / said, kindly but firm
ly, you are engaged to be married
and to a man."
1t was evident she was astonished
at my perspicuity, for she raised her
head as though listening and nodded
assent.
Furthermore" l continued, follow
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unpleasant labor. especially in bad
weather. The signalman formerly was
compelled to take chilly position in
order to send the commanders mes
sages to sister warship. but since
the installation of the wireless sys-
tenn he may sit back in his cabin and
communicate directly and in the
greatest comfort.
John Bull and the other great cap
tains of the navy have adopted the
system.
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hot water One of each pair of cham
bers is filled with ether or acetone,
while the other contains only the
vapor of the liquid in an expanded
state. but no air at all. The liquid is
Introduced into the chambers through
small holes, and after the air has been
blown out (by heating this liquid to
the boiling point each hole is sealed
with drop of solder.
Evidently, when one chamber
passes through the hot zone, the liquid
vaporizes and passes through the tube
to he 'opposite chamber where it con-
denses. Thus the center of gravity is
constantly changed, causing the wheel
ito revolye.
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Regulators. 1000, their total loss about
200. The Regulators were short Of
arms and ammunition, and after two
hours Of fighting were compelled to
dispense to escape capture and execu-
ton. Several were arrested and exc
cuted later, among them James Pugh.
who just before his death declared:
Our blood will be as good seed in
good ground, that will soon produce
one hundred fold"
North Carolina citizens have organ
lied an "Alamance Battle Ground
Company" for the purpose of preserv-
ing and adjoining the ground on which
the first struggle took place. The
monument marking the spot was
erected in 1880.
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GAZING ByR1.kR DONE FOR.
cieptograph Takes His Picture While
He Has Been Busy, Leaving Like
ness for Police to Work On.

The day of the blithesome burglar
who parodied the old song with his:
He who burgles and gets away
May live to burgle another day."
is gone and done for. The burglar
no longer is safe simply because he
happens to make a clean getaway"
after blowing open a safe and trans
ferring the contents to his spacious
pockets. He is in the same precarious
position as any wanted" criminal
whose photograph is in the rogue's
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-07
Mrs. SAGE Helps Boys School.

Mrs. Russell Sage has given s25,ouo
as an endowment fund to Miss Martha
Berry's school for boys near Rome,
Ga. The school was founded several
years ago by Miss Berry to help boys
whose parents were not able to give
them an education. 1t is conducted
on small farm and the boys do most
of the work on the place in payment
Tor their tuition and board.
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this valuable meQl-
cine, Lydia E. Pink
hams We getable
Compound. | sui
fered from terrible
headaches, pain In
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and SO
weakIcould hardly
8 tand. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound re-
stored me to health
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Teach Care Of Home and Family.

An interesting experiment is being
made in the higher education of wom-
en- at. Kings college, London. The
idea is that there Is just as much
educational value in careful study
of the principles of managing the
home and young children as in the
course usually read for the taking of
g degree.
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MORE
PlNKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden. Nd cit is with pleasure
that I add my testimonial to your
already long list-hoping that it may
induce others to avail themselves OF
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-07
A Domestic combustIhIe.

Doctor-Did you give your husband
the powder | left. Mrs. Mulligan?
Mrs. Mulligan-Indade. Oh did, sor.
An he's been BLOWN me up ivir
since"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-07
WIRELESS AIDS SIGNAL CORPS
Installation on Board Big BattIeships
Allows Man with Flag to Take
Things Easy.

Wireless telegraphy on warships
has relieved the signal corps of much
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-12
FILLS VACANCY ON
THE PARK BOARD
Successor to John G. Kirkpat-
rick Appointed by Mayor Tay=
Tor Is lnSurancemdn

John Landers, general agent of the
Manhattan life insurance company. was
yesterday appointed park commits
sioner by Mayor Taylor 10 succeed
Colonel John c. Kirkpatrick.
The honor was offered yesterday
morning and accepted. the announce
ment being made by the mayor in the
afternoon. The mayor and Landers
have been close friends for many years,
and il is because Of the mayors APP
probation OF the ability Of Landers that
the appointment was made.
. Landers was born in New York IN
1881. With some experience there IN
the different branches of insurance.
he came to California in February, 1852.
Two years later he was appointed gem
eral ageut Of the Manhattan life lnsur-
ance company and has ably looked after
ire Affairs of the company in this ter
ritory ever since.
Efah1 years ago he was prevailed
llpCn .by James D. Phelan TO accept the
nomination for supervisor. but was de-
feated by few votes. For many years
lie has taken an active interest in the
politcal activities Of the city. A
quarter century ago he was identified
with the old peoples party, which held
conventions composed of j republic
ans and l. democrats to nominate good
tickets. He was a democratic MEMBER
Of these conventions
Landers is one Of the old guard of
The Bohemian club and had the distinc-
zion Of being the oldest member present
at the midsummer jinks held last week
an Bohemian grove. He is also MEM
Der of The Olympic club. of California
chapter no. >. Royal Arch Masons;
California lodge. r. and A. NJ. and Oc-
cidental lodge No. 49, J. O O. +. He
q is married and has two daughters.
"The honor has come TO me quite un-
solicited and 7 am highly pleased said
p Ianders Yesterday. L have always
taken a. great interest in Golden Gate
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-12
ACCUSED ARTIST
MASKS IDENTITY
Prisoner Arrested at Berkeley
Is Proved to Be M. Manches-
ter, Well Known Collector

BERKELEY, Aug. LITTLE identity
of man who gave his name as Ed
ward Thompson on being arrested
Monday upon a felony charge on COM
plant of Edward BelleOudry,
photographer, was today disclosed and
the prisoner was found to be Mark
Manchester of 1852 Ellsworth street.
a well known artist and collector of
rare canvases. being the possessor of
the only Turner pictures on the Pa
cific coast
The felony offense with which he
was first charged on account of his
actions in the presence of Edward
Belle Oudry Jr., the small son of the
photographer, was today reduced to a
misdemeanor. and Manchester was re-
leased on $500 bail. He is 81 years of
age.
The artists son, Walter Manchester,
is prominent musician and leader of
San Francisco orchestra. Both he
and his father are well known In art
circles about the bay.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-12
WAR VETERAN INJURED
IN ESCAPING FLAMES
James Burke, Aged 20, Slides
Down Rope, Which Breaks

With flames barring his escape by
the door, James Burke, aged 20. vet
eran of the civil war living at 5O2
Grove street, tied a rope to his bed
and was sliding to safety when the
rope broke. He fell 10 feet. injuring
his back and hip but bravely walked
to the central emergency hospital five
blocks away. The fire started in the
saloon of Edward Pendergast, which
is below Burke's room, and was quickly
extinguished after the engines ar
rived. doing but little damage.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-12
WILL DEMAND THE
LEGAL VOTING TIME
Labor Unions Will Exercise the
Two Hours Privilege at !.
Primary Election

The district council of carpenters at
its last meeting instructed all business
agents to notify their respective unions
that the men shall insist on the two
hours allowed by law primary election
day. This is for the purpose of giving
the men chance to go TO the polls so
that full vote may be cast. This is
the first time that any action has been
taken in this matter during the present
campaign.
The council decided also that the
same course be pursued as to election
day in November.
Butchers union No. 1, at its meeting
last night elected Business Agent Den
mis- J. Murray to represent the organi-
cation in the state federation of labor
next October.
The brass and-chandelier, workers at
their meeting last night voted to pa
rade Labor day. The union decided to
issue a notice to all brass finishers to
keep away from the Atlas brass works
where there has been a strike for some
time
The carriage and wagon workers
union at its meeting last night Endorsed
the proposition to have the matter OF
bonds for the purchase of the Geary
street road submitted to the people
next October. The union initiated five
candidates.
The housesmiths' union will at its
next meeting select a marshal and
aides for the Labor day parade.
Walter Johnson and William Penrost
presented a report to the press feeders
! union last night of the work of the
convention recently held in Omaha.
REFUSES POLICE CHIEFS PLACE Chicago
| Aug. 1l.--John E. Wilkie, chief of the fedora
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-12
PARA|SO HOT SPRINGS

Grandest and Most Accessible of All Re-
sorts. Only Il hours ride in Auto Over
Beautiful Road; New Swimming Pond;
FIRST Prize at st. Louis Exposition.
Natural hot soda, sulphur, plunge and tub
baths, 104 to 116 degrees, for rheumatism,
malaria and all stomach troubles. Iron
and arsenic waters. Altitude 1,400 feet.
Hunting fine fishing, bowling tennis. Ex-
pert masseuse. Round trip, IS, including
auto. Rates. $12 to SIG, baths included.
Table unexcelled Information at any s. p.
office or Peck-Judah Co., 7S9 Market street,
or Bryant's. New train service. Take flyer
8 a. M, Third and Townsend. arriving at
Springs 1 p. m. II. II. MCGOWAN. Prop,
Paradise Springs, Monterey county. Cal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-12
GLEN ALPINE SPRINGS

LAKE TAHoE-Spring flowers. beautiful cata.
racts. dazzling snow trout fishing, excellent
mineral water. free boats and launches, dairy,
white chef. Peck-Judah Southern Pacific In
formation Bureaus. EARL H. COLEMAN. Mgr.
Ta1lac p. o. Lake Tahoe
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-12
BROckwAX

Lake Tahoe. Only hot springs and best fishing
grounds on the lake. Launch meets train at
Tahoe. See Peck-Judah's or s. P. r. r. In
formation bureaus, or write LAWRENCE &
C0MSToCK. Brockway. Lake Tahoe. Cal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-12
TAILAC

Lake Tahoe. opens June 1. Headquarters for
trout fishing. Resident physician. information
at Peck -Judal's and s. P. r. r. information bu-
reaus. or address LAWRENCE & C0MSTOCK,
Tallac Lake Tahoe. Cal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-12
Begin Today Right

BY watching for the many good bar
gains to be found in the classified
pages of The CaH. You can save money
there.