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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-06-19

seemed uncertain and for a moment
disappeared Their own machine had
come to halt.
For an instant nothing was visible,
and then there leaped into the air a
vertical beam of red. Beside it came
another steady ray of brilliant white,
and then to complete the color trio a
vivid shaft of blue arrayed itself be-
side the other two. Outside in the
hood they heard wild unrestrained
burst of cheering, and the cabin was
again flooded with light. The old adj
miral stepped hurriedly in, his face
aglow, and his cap in his hand.
I'VE have sighted the Norma, your
majesty, the craft which disappeared
with his imperial majesty, the en-
peror of Germany"
Before he had finished speaking the
signal calling hearers to the wireless
telephone buzzed insistently, and he
turned to answer. From the dome
above they could see answering lights
playing rapidly from their own craft.
They heard Bevins talking to some
one excitedly, and peering once more
through the side ports saw they were
rushing onward to meet this other
traveller of the spaces. With decreas-
ing speed the two approached each
other, retaining their altitude high
above and beyond sound of the sea.
Now they were floating abreast, and
finally, after a moments tensity, they
came to a stop. Their metal sides
came together with an almost imper-
ceptible jar, and they adjusted them
selves for further communication.
simultaneously their great ports
slid open, and the king, who had gone
to the companionway, saw the interior
of the other radioplane. Bevins and
Brockton in delight were shaking
hands and congratulating each other.
They talked for a moment, and then
Bevins turned to the king and said:
Your majesty, the emperor of Ger
many wishes to come aboard"
Before the king could give his as.
sent the soldierly form of the kaiser
appeared outlined in the light of his
own port, took a cautious step across
| the threshold, and stood before the
men of England. Whatever doubts he
may have had of his reception were
set aside by the hands outstretched
to receive him and the words of well
come which the king FASTENED to give
him. The bulky form of the chan
cellor came behind, and then, con-
Quoted by the king. they turned and
entered the cabin. Brockton and Bev-
ms brought up the rear. At one end
of the table stood the American secre-
tary of state, and beside him were the
prime minister of England and the
lord of the admiralty. The chancellor
ponderously edged his way forward
until he was near them, leaving the
king and his imperial nephew on the
opposite side of the table.
The visitors greeted and were pre-
scented to the others. and then, for
the fraction Of . minute. they all stood
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-06-19

the streets for a sight of this mysteri-
Gus aerial visitor. Reaching the low
er edge of the city, the radioplane shot
up and up until it was speck of light
against the stars, took one last cir
cling fight, and with marvellous
speed disappeared in the east. And
while America was gaining her first
knowledge of this incredible flying
machine, the Roberts was shooting
away in a long straight track for the
old world.
The king had watched the sights
below as long as they were visible.
Through his glasses he had seen the
streets become filed with excited
men, women and children, and their
shoutings had come to him family
above the hum of the dynamos. The
glimmerings of the great harbor
dimmed and died away. and here and
there could be deserted the lights of
the slow steaming patrol ships keep
ing the outpost watch upon the sea.
When the last sign of life had van
ished, he turned to his companions in
silence, thinking of all. that had taken
place within the few recent hours.
Only short time ago they had en-
tered this aerial chamber, standing in
dread of the unknown terror of the
waters and the menacing silence OF
this western continent they were leav-
ing behind. Only a few hours past
they had trembled at the powerless-
ness of their nation and shudderingly
awaited the shock of invasion.
Now they were going back to Eng
land bearing news that would upset
old ideas, remove all fear for the fu-
ture, and ally her with the most pow
erful nation history had ever known.
They had sailed away furtively with
darkened ports, and were now return
ing in a glare of white light, careless
of who might observe. Events had
followed each other in such remark.
able sequence, with such astounding
rapidity, that it wearicd the mind to
follow them. The king was ponder
ing over the new situation when with
no HOlitC every ISnl III
the radioplane went out and they were
left In darkness.
From without and through the open
door came the voices of the admiral
and engineer in conversation:
1T can'tsbe an enemy"
Hardly; but we dare take no
chances"
What do you think 1t is?"
81 don't know. A minute or two
will tell if they have seen u.s."
The king and his countrymen
fumbled for their glasses in the dark
ness, found them, and lined them
selves up against the transparent
port which had not been closed. The
cause of the sudden cautionary meas.
ures was apparent. There, compare.
lively far away, and high up against
the starlit sky, they saw the blazing
line of a searchlight thrust up into the
darkness. 1t wavered uncertainty for
an instant, and then slowly. as if feel
Ing its way. approached them. II
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-06-19
TUBERCULOSIS CRUSADE.

Much has been done in recent
weeks to perfect the organization OF
those who are associated in an effort
to check and reduce the rayages OIL
tuberculosis. The work in behalf OF
the victims of the disease and for the
promotion of preventative measures
has been rendered more systematic
and practical and productive OF re-
suits, says the Detroit Free Press. Al
most 700 patients have been the bene-
ficiaries of specific ameliorative e1ort,
$50 of these patients being in strait
ened circumstances. The work is no
longer on an experimental basis and 1t
is planned TO devote in June day to
concerted action looking to the rails
ing OF further funds on plan similar
to that employed with great deal OF
success in the June of last year. A
good account of their stewardship can
be given by those to whom the utiliza-
ton of the funds heretofore contrib
uted was intrusted, and the worthi'
ness of the work should prompt gen
erous gifts of additional funds. No
ameliorative work has greater appeal
for the public.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-06-19

The girl who doesn't take care of
her clothes is no wife for the poor
man; she needs some one who can
give her an unlimited dress allowance
and a maid to look after her, says
Home Chat. There is another point.
If it is too much trouble to take care
of her clothes before, it will be too
much trouble to take care of her
housekeeping stores after marriage.
with the result that . large part of
them are wasted
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-06-19

Perhaps a concerted movement by
the churches to have their feminine
members take of their hats at serv-
ices may abate the epidemic of hor-
rors now devastating the nerves Of
the community. If the hats cannot be
worn where they can best be seen
their interest will soon be on the wane.
says the Baltimore American. 1t is
true that St. Paul decreed that a wom-
an must not have her head uncovered
in church, but then the ARCHITECTURAL.
gargoylish milliner was unknown in
his day. or his dictum might have been
just the reverse.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-06-19

The enthusiasm and friendliness of
the Italians before whom Wilbur
Wright Is exhibiting his aeroplane
tend somewhat to embarrass the avia-
tor in his experiments. The crowd
present at the trials near Rome be-
comes so great and so curious at times
that the flights have to be suspended
temporarily. 1t is evident that the ma
tives have great admiration for the
American inventor and strong conf
dence in his ability to make good.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-06-19

1t would be annoying if after we
people of the earth had spent $4,000,
OC0 on apparatus with which to signal
Mars the highly cultured Inhabitants
OF that planet should decline to speak
to us without an Introduction.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-06-19

More stories of hostilities down in
Central America, Nicaragua being re-
ported as about to move on Salvador.
Cannot those quarreling children be
put under bonds to keep the peace or
placed in charge of The Hague tri-
bpnal?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-06-19
JUST DOUBLE
800 ACRES INSTEAD
OF 16O AC ES

A. further inducemens
to settlement Of the
wheat-raising lands Of
Western Canada. the
Canadian Covernmeuf
has increased the area
that NAV be taken bv n
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

with Col. Roosevelt at the head OF the
State ticket. and the Rough Rider" was
growing used TO the roundup" at Al
bany. On the day the inaugural cere-
monies were over. and Gov. Roosevelt
fresh from the reception, was fretting
and stewing TO get down to tacks." a
stenographer was summoned. The gov
ernOr sent his secretary. William
YOungs, into the reporters room 70 get
one. and YOungs. according 10 the story
told around the capitol, found the stem
ogra piers in a great state OF excitement.
Cal Mcknight. the redoubtable short
hand expert and tireless reporter, had
passed the word that Teddy was a
terror to take" and each one Of the short
hand men was willing 10 pass the call
on TO the next
Takes the DictatIon.
You go. they finally said TO Loeb. and
the latest recruit In the ranks picked up
his pad and did as he was bid. Loeb took
the governors dictaton without relief for
the rest OF the working hours Of that
day. wondering when, II ever. he was 70
stop.
But he stood the test. and when. on
the next day. he offered the copy neatly
type swritten. IT did not need a single cor
rectiOn. When the governor was ready
for his next dictatiOn. he asked for that
fyoung fellow who came in yesterday"
LOeb's future was assured. but. Of course.
at that time ne didn't know Il. He did.
however. take a liking at once to his new
chief, and probably no subordinate who
ever worked under Mr.. Roosevelt dis
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

PLAYED the tireless energy. loyalty, and
submissiFeness that was exemplifed IN
ensuing years by this hustling stenOg-
rapher. Loeb. jr.. OF Albany.
Eventually he became private secretary
70 the governor, private secretary 20 the
Vice President assistant secretary 20 the
President, and secretary TO the Presi-
dent. In all these places ne came into
contact with the politicians who at Al
bany We're his superiors. After 1899 they
had % take their orders through him.
He did not lose touch with the New
York political situation. Possibly. on the
score Of inside knowledge, he is better
fitted to-day 10 take over the lead of the
State organization than any other man,
barring Senator Root
Has Large Patronage.
But Loeb, as collector Of the port and
distributor of probably more patronage
than any other Republican ofice-holder
in the State. doubtless viii be inclined 70
take his orders from the National Capital
rather than the State. and the admins
tration OF the important Office which he
controls may become an adjunct OF the
Federal Republican organization. rather
than that OF the State machine" On
the other hand there may be complete
harmony between the two as a result Of
Loeb's handling.
Several posts have been vacated In the
customs service at the outset OF Loeb's
administration. and the chances are that
several others will be before the ak
ceases TO fan. just at present there Is
an expectation that Loeb intends 20 re-
member the friends of the administration
that made him. one report IS that
Joe Murray. the former deputy com
missioner OF immigration. who was forced
10 retire By the new commissioner.
William Williams. viii get a 5000 place
In the customs service. II this is true.
the appointment will not be considered
a favor 10 the city Republican machine,
for Murray, popular as he is. was never
considered strong politically by the New
York leaders. and held his post on Ellis
Island for many years solely by grace
Of his reputation as the original discov-
erer OF Roosevelt"
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

received with friendly greetings by other
members OF the family.
The VIII OF Joseph, which has been fled
Tor probate gives his wife but $500 The
remainder OF his estate is beoueaJhed 70
his brother Patrick Those who know
the inside history Of the family estimate
their joint holdings al about Sl0aOoo Il
Is thought that provision is To be made
Tor the widow and daughter other than
tho $50 mentioned IN the WILL as up 20
the present there has been no disposition
shown on their part 10 enter a contest or
ask for an accounting
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04
FREED BY HIS POETRY
KanSan a Modern VIlon, Whose Verse SapeS
Him From the Death Penalty

can Arnold philosopher. the prisoner
sent the governor his plea for liberty in
verse. Here il Is
MAN TO MAN.
cannot Iawningy mTlore.
As feeble. false hearts cau:
But. IN humility before
The power that hars my prison door.
/ plead as nan % man.
Oft folly more than vice appears
In errors we have made.
The ideal that the man rerercs
Is not the dream q early years
Youths brief deiusiCns fade.
Tho hearts. emhltterud stiu retain
A grgdse for old mistakes.
EIccssiFe penalties are vain.
The long m0nOtony of pain
No restitution makes
The ancient eye for ere decree
God has himself Destroyed
sul speaks that voice from Calvary,
Shall Shylocks. with their ghouiish plsa.
Make His Commitments void
Ave. Blessed are the msrcful-'
o Christian heart releut,
For sins q folly. faults % viii.
kneel A. NIercy's tribunal.
A ooutrite peuitent.
Long have I been with sorrow. LouE
Inc agonizins years
Have held no freight Il love and song
And Iaughter-ouly pain Erd wrong
And pcniteuCe and tears
The coarser soul but lightly feels
The daily dole Of IN;
But what distress each hour reveals
For him who m his heart couceals
some Aspirations still
For whom is love. for liberty
To toll as freenen can
q Hand II Fate that bars 20 ne
The gstes q cfportunity--
] plead as man 10 man
Arnold says he isn't a poet
We all OF US write a little on our
states now and then. I suppose. he said
THAT is. all of us who can.
I wrote the plea 10 Gov Hoch with little
hope that IL would bring the result I
There are parts Of IL that are
not so bad, perhaps. but some lines I am
OF. Take the fifth stanza, that's
the worst:
Aye. Blessed are the mercihll"
O Christian heart relcut,
For sins q folly. faults Of will
! kneei az Mercy's tribunal
\ coutrite penitent.
u kneel at Mercy's tribunal" he
repeated, making a wry face Don't you
see the bobble I made with tribunal? ?
To make that line scan. you must pro-
nounce it tribunal with the heavy ac-
cent on the first syllable. instead Of the
second. When 7 wrote il, 7 supposed that
was the way the word was pronounced.
That's what comes OF getting your
education from books alone. and never
being with cultured people. You see, 7
had never heard that word pronounced,
though had read it often and knew its
So when May comes. and the world
around his prison is green and gay with
the new life Of the year sprung from the
late death OF winter Arnold VIII walk
out, a living. pulsing being Of the world
which had been locked about him in a
living death. Until his verse had ripened
TO frUitiOn It had been living death indeed
"a chain to be broken only when the
long, slow, sullen line OF men In gray
bore something that had been one Of them
TO the lot on the farm where the con-
vict dead sleep.
Carl Arnold will walk out 70 see
whether the world viii be as kind 10 his
efforts as was a soft-hearted governor
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

When a man narries." remarked In
Gle Henry after ne had heard her slam
the front door. "or. perhaps, should
say when ne Is married, because he usu-
ally has very little 10 do with il. his wife
loses her name. and he loses his iden-
tity. But you hear me. son. that's moth
ing compared 10 the fuss ne makes for
his friends.
They've got to dig Understand me?
They've got 70 produce. They've got 10
take the loose change they've been saw
ing up 20 buy socks and handkerchief
and lot OF other things your wife in
slsts on your having. whether you need
EN- or not. and they've got TO g out
and buy wedding presents with IT,
And there's no bigger lemon in the
basket than giving a girl a prize foI
catching a man II the male person
isn't prize enough himself. she must
have been a poor catcher
And. anyhow I'm asking you. what
good wil a half dozen plated spoons
or a clock or a soup Iadle do EN- He
can't use 'em; she don't deserve EN-
and. another thing. it's encouraging mat
rimony. Ought 10 be a law against It.
You hear me?
a young bifurcated biped with moth
ing straight on his mind but the part IN
his hair Is told by some old dame tha,
home is q house with a heart in t. and
he looks over IN the corner where there
is Sl1 worth is blondine puffs stuck
onto female head with a pair Of IS
cent cellulOid side combs. and he says
ha- e. ~
by gracious, first you know she has
married him up.
Inside or a year his idea of home
IS a place where you start from 10 &c
somewhere else. Hes found out that
yoo can't eat soup out Of finger bowls
and that. when your wife starts in 10
chew up the scenery for your beneft
it's simply fierce TO have nothing else
20 look az but bunch of git clocks
every dOgged one OF EN- giving a differ
ent time And when a clock does that
it's lie on the face Of Il.
'Of course. this wedding present habit
IS something invented and fostered by
the lady women girls. It's q sort Of e
reward OF merit effect When they see
another fun grab OF a man. they say
20 themselves. oh. you Gertrude That
was a loose jointed looking kind OF q
diplOdocus you nailed. but still 4 has
Whiskers. and anything IS better thar
nothing You deserve a mOmento-
know how Il IS Ny own sturdy oak 4:
a good deal % rubber plant himself
And then they go out and buy Gertit
something that looks expensive and don
cost much and the bridelet gets
kitchen table covered with cheeseclOtt
10 hold the trophies. Then she lays EN-
out where they'll show 70 the best ad
vantage. so the whole thing looks Ike 1
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04
TERRIER ADOPTS THREE KITTENS.

Princess, the hre-ysar-old bull terrier belonging 70
Joseph Miller. Of New York. upon the loss Of
her puppies usothercd kittens
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04
He Knew.

Prom the Buffalo Enquirer.
Willie-Father is the captain Of our ship
at home and mothers the first mate.
Sunday school teacher-What are you?
Wnlie-I guess I'm the compass-they'
always boxing me
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

Shevlin had most wonderful career at
Yale. Not more than three or four OF
the many notable football players pro-
duced there have matched it. When first
he had the prestige OF a great reputation
made in the preparatory schools. But the
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

ms woman has made an Application 10 court In
Newark. n J.. % reopen a divorces casa which
was settiRd fhirty-thres years Ggo. and which.
Ase NOV claims. vas detective On the dscisiorr
q the cor-t rrsts a torture of SZJaGo. which
Ms G'vcrpaud's husband 'Fbo died In France
o. years ssa Wilcd 10 nis relatives
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-15
WeStfield

Will April snow storms bring us May
Il Dwers%
Mr. Van Der Braak and John Fost
sold cattle to Mr.. Ginsback the other
day.
Westfield has club, a da cling clud,
If you please, and they give q club dance
on Monday eve.
Mr.. Wakefield, civil engineer from
Sioux City was here looking over The
proposed interur ban line.
Tom Martin is building two dwelling
houses. Dwelling houses in Westfield
are as scarce as hens teeth and il will
help TO supply long felt want. Go
thou and do likewise.
n. B. Harris, who has been living on
one of Tram baur's farm southeast of
town. is now getting ready 10 move his
family to town and will occupy the low
er vacant room in the Bogenrief build
.ng for awhile.
The regular seml-annual convention
of the 81 ux Association of Congrega-
tional churches and ministers will be
held in Westdeld. Wednes lay and
THURSDAY, Apr, Ii and Is. This is the
first regular convention TO be hel in
Westfield.
Chris Seeman, who was arrested a
week ago for disturbing the peace and
fined $4,000 or 30 days in the county
JAIL broke Jail here by pulling couple
of boards off the ,ll. He then hit The
grit for South Dakota. We will moi
miss him much.
| Frank McCusker deaf and dumb
man, who has reside near Aaron for
number of years, was adju .ged insan,
and taken to Cherokee on FRIDAY night
Mr.. Mct usker, we think, is vel
known to many of the COURIER s read
ers as he used tu live 10 Union County
He married sister Of Martin Anderson
and resides north of Elk Point. Mr.
McCusxer's wife died this winter an
not very long since one of the boys too
sick and he also died. Grief is tn
cause OF his not very strong mind goin
away. Three bright children are lett t
mourn the loss of father and mother
The Oldest fine girl of Is years and
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-15

Mrs. Harr, SueGen VA. shopp ng in
town saturday.
Mrs. Herring is visiting her hr",her's
family ia W. s,ti-ld. Iowa.
i. R. Mack Is busy hes lav. setting
up machinery.
Mr.. BoOton, lerr ssn'R " for the
Grill st ,ck + o company, is in on'
city cooking after their iatersS S.
Mrs J G. English came down from
Yankton, Wednesday, 10 visit with her
mother and sister.
N. A. Anderson and NJ ,rtin Dtlinhr
attended the .ociAhle. Good Friday
evening.
Many OF the students went TO Vermil-
lion Tuesday to attend the state univer-
sity.
The social given at the NJ W. A.
hall for the benefit OF the pastor, was
we'll attended, Rev. Greene and wife
being present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Engle and fam
lily attended Easter services in Vermil-
lion Sunday; also VIM. Sahey and wife
and Frank, George and Lewis Quinn.
Mr.. Church has moved into the
house vacated by Oh rey Carter, Mr..
Garter moving to Richland. We are
sorry TO lose this estimable family.
MIS- E. A. Matthews celebrated her
ninetieth birthday last Wednesday
afternoon. A number OF her friends
met with her and had jolly time.
She received some nice presents.
The town has been visited by mum
ber OF emigrants going west. They
seem to pioneer, as they have small
frame made on their wagons covered
very Geatly with canvas, which they
will use Till they can build.
The friends OF G. NJ. Cloud. thinking
to give him little surprise on his
sixty-ninth birthday, met at his hon,
at e:30 Tuesday evening. The evening
was spent in music and conversation
and at ten lap supper was served
All wish Mr.. Cloud many happy return,
of his birthday.
On Tuesday morning, Miss Mons
! Maynard, daughter OF Fred Maynard
drove into town and as she started
home her horse became frightened a
a hand car, throwing her to the ground
Miss Maynard considered herself lucky
AS she was only hurt slightly, on one
side OF her head.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-15
The City Election

The annual city election, under the
new arrangement, will be held next
Tuesday, as per call found in another
column. The hours are from = to 4. the
first ward voting at the City Hall, the
second at tn. Opera House and the
third at the Court House. The full city
ticket and the question of license or no
license, are to be voted upon
Tuesday evening ward caucuses were
held to nominate aldermen, only one
ticket being nominated in each ward.
There was good attendaLce, as also at
the caucus last evening of the whole
city to nominate the city officers. III
votes being cast The certificate of
nominations, which was filed on petit
| tion, will be found in another column.