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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26

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official definitions of the terms
Z dwelling house" and family,
with reference to the population
schedule to be carried by the emu
merators in the Thirteenth United
States Census, beginning Apri'
18th next, are explained in the
Census Bureaus lengthy printed
instructions to the canvassers. II
is pointed out that the answers
should relate only to conditions ex.
listing on April 10Th, the Census
Day."
The words dwelling house" and
family" are, for census purposes,
given a much wider application
than they have in ordinary speech.
A dwelling" is defined as place
in which, at the time of the census,
one or more persons regularly
sleep. 1t need not be house in
the common meaning of the word,
but may be, for example, a room
in q factory, store, or Office build.
ing. loft over a stable, canal
boat, tent or wigwam. The
term also includes a hotel, board
ing or lodging house, tenement
or apartment house, an institution
or school building, if persons reg
ularly sleep there, as we'll as the
ordineyy dwelling house.
A family" as a census term,
may mean group of individuals
who occupy jointly a dwelling place
or part of dwelling place, or an
individual living alone in any place
of abode. All the occupants and
employees of a hotel, if they regu-
larly sleep there, make up single
family, because they occupy one
dwelling place, and persons living
alone in cabins, huts, or tents; per-
sons occupying room or rooms in
public buildings, stores, ware
houses, factories, or stables; and
persons sleeping on river boats,
canal boats, barges, ETC., if they
have no other usual place of abode,
are regarded as families.
The enumerators are required to
enter on the schedule the name of
every person whose usual place of
abode on April Is, 1910, was with
the family or in the dwelling place
for which the enumeration is being
made. The head of the family is
to be entered first; then the wife;
next the children, whether sons or
daughters, in the order of their
ages; and lastly, all other persons
living 'hff ttn the family, whether
relatives, boarders, dodgers. or SER
wants. The head of the family,
whether husband or father, widow
or unmarried person of either sex,
is to be designated by the word
sshead;" and the other members of
q family as wife, father, mother, !
son, daughter, grandson, daughter
in-law, uncle, aunt, niece, boarder.
ledger, servant, ETC., according to
the particular relationship which
the person bears to the head of the !
family.
Answers relative to color or race
are to be entered on the schedule
as "W" for white; "B" for black; !
"Mu" for mulatto; och" for Chi
nese; SIP" for Japanese; and "In"
for Indian. For census purposes
the term "black" OBJ includes all
negroes of full blood, while ''mu-
latto" Mu) includes all negroes
not of full blood, but having any
perceptible trace of negro blood.
As to age at last birthday of the
person enumerated, the enumera-
tors are cautioned that this ques-
ton calls only for the age in COM
pleted years at the last birthday.
Therefore, person whose exact
,<x<, 81, Anil 18th L. II years LII
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26

"Grass widow" is not necessarily
slang term. 1t appears in the
marriage register of Halstead Es-
sex, England, as early as 1854. It
is said to be q corruption of ''grsce
widow" and dates from the day
when divorces were granted only
by authority of the church. The
woman who was SO empowered to
separate from her husband was
commonly called . grace widow,
and from this the expression grad
uilly gained its present meaning
and spelling.
an accident. IL So mi iApoGkB,e 70
be prepsred-it is not beyond any one'e
purse. Invest - cents 10 . bottle Of
Cbanberlain Lin!ment ssd you are
prepared for spraius. bruises and Ike
injuries. Sold by oil dealers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26
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Virginia Carolina
Fertilizers

literally. Accept substitute. If your dealer l. out
of these fertilizers write and we will tell you where
get Them Write for free copy of our 1910 Farmers
Year Book or Almanac. 1t will tell you how to get
a big yield Of corn. sv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06

was what you sand" lie seated him
self and lighted another long cigar.
Are you going to Chicago?" George
asked.
"Sure. we've got to put this cannery
deal over" the crook sighed luxurious
ly and began to blow smoke rings.
pretty nice train. amt it,"
eyes," calculated Emerson. undecid-
ed whether to be pleased or angered
at the fellows presence. (Which is
your carp
This one-same as yours. I've got
the dra awning room"
What are you going to do in Chi
cago"
ooh. amt fully decided yet. but I
might do little promoting Seattle
is too full of Alaskan snares."
The younger man shook his head.
you are impossible" said he. land
yet can't help liking you"
In Chicago, as in Seattle, Fraser ac-
companied his fellow travellers to their
hotel and would have registered him
self under some high sounding alias
except for a whispered threat from
Boyd.
Ut = " ClOGh AAlICl oNh Nea'i-
ed a cab and was driven toward the
north side. As the vehicle rolled up
Lake Shore drive the excitement under
which he had been laboring for days
increased until he tapped his feet nerv-
ously, clinched his gloved fingers and
patted the cushions as if TO accelerate
the horses footballs. Would he never
arrive?
The vehicle drew up at last before
one of the most pretentioUs residences.
a massive pile of stone and brick
fronting the lake with what seemed
to him a singularly proud and chilling
aspect. During the moments that he
waited he found his body pulsating to
the slow, heavy humping of his heart;
then a familiar face greeted him.
How do you do, HawAinsr' he
heard himself saying as ii liveried old
man ushered him in. lis Miss W6y-
land in?"
way. please"
Boyd followed. thankful for the sub
dued light which might conceal his
agitation. He knew where they were
going; she had always awaited him in
the library. so it seemed.
Hawkins held the portieres aside,
| and Boyd heard their velvet swish at
his back, yet for the briefest instant
he did not see her. so motionless did
| she stand. Then he cried softly:
MY ladyw and strobe forward.
Boyd! Boyd" she answered, and
came to meet him. yielding herself to
his arms. She felt his heart pounding
against hers like the heart of run
| ner who has spenl himself at the tape.
felt his arms Quivering as If from
great fatigue. For long time neither
| spoke.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06
MAIL BAGS NEATLY REPAIRED
Chicago and Washington Depots For
DisreputabIe Letter Pouches.

Chicago and Washington Depots For
DsreputabIe Letter Pouches.
Uncle Sam owns two mail bag shops.
one in Chicago and one in Washing
ton. The Chicago shop is used for
only the least damaged mail bags,
the ones in bad condition going to the
main shop at Washington. where thou
sands of bags are received and sent
out daily Two hundred and thirty
men and women are employed there.
earning from $50 to SO a month.
After the mail bags are delivered to
the shop they are sorted, watch being
kept for letters and papers that may
be caught in the bottom of the bags.
The good bags are stored and the
worn ones are sent to the repair room.
where a hundred women gather daily
to mend them. The work is tiresome
and tedious. The women are suppos-
ed to mend 1900 bags daily. Thirty
eight bags to a woman is the average.
for which she receives 315 cents a bag.
Every bit of space of the five floors
Of the bag shop is utilized. The good
bags ere stored on the fifth floor. the
women mend on the fourth. the third
is a shop where locks are made and
mended. and the second is given over
to several kinds of work. Storage. the
inspectors rooms and an Office are on
the first floor. where 10000 to $4,000
bags are received daily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06
(To be Continued.)
HORSES ANCESTOR WAS
SIZE OF FOX TERRIER.
Four Toed EohiPpus Found In North
western Wyoming.

The skeleton of horse which must
have been about the size of a modern
fox terrier and had four toes has been
found by an exploring party in charge
of Professor Walter Granger, repre-
senting the American Museum of Nat
ural History of New York. This is the
oldest ancestor Of today's horse ever
found on the American continent.
The party was sent out expressly to
look up the evolution of Dobbin. A
large part of the bad lands of Wyo-
ming was canvassed without result.
Then in the Big Horn valley the dis
covery in equine evolution was made.
1t appears that this horse of several
hundreds OF thousands of years ago
was about one and half feet tall and
resembled hippopotamus and a tapir
as much as it did the present horse.
Scientists say the modern horses hoof
is not foot. but toe. corresponding
to the middle toe of man. The modern
horse has three more toes, TO be sure.
but they are merely "splints" concealed
beneath the skin of the leg.
In many other respects besides his
abundance OF toes is this little eohip-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06
GLACIERS ARE RETRElTING.
Withdraw From Lowlands to Noun
tains, Scientists Find.

Withdraw From Lowlands to Noun
tains, Scientists Find.
Scientists aver that save over a
small area the glaciers of the world
are retreating to the mountains. The
glacier of Mount Sarmiento. in South
America. which descended to the sea
when Darwin found it in 1886. is now
separated from the shore by a vigor-
Gus growth of timber.
The JacobShaven glacier. in Green
land, has retreated four miles since
1860. and the East glacier. in Spleen
bergen. is more than Il mile away from
its old terminal moraine. In Scandi-
navia the STOW line is farther up the
mountains, and the glaciers have with
drawn 5000 feet from the lowlands in
a century.
The Arapahoe glacier. in the Rocky
mountains, with characteristic Ameri-
can enterprise has been melting at a
rapid rate for several years. In the
eastern Alps and one or two other
small districts the glaciers are grow
Ing. In view of these facts we should
not be too skeptical when old men
assure US that winters nowadays are
not to be compared with the winters
of their boyhood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

by local applications. as they can
not reach the diseased portions of
the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of
the mucous lining of the eustachian
tube. When this tube is infamed
you have a rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when it is en-
tirely closed, deafness is the result,
and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out
of ten are caused by catarrh, which
is nothing but an infiamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces.
We will give 500 for any case of
deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & co. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, IS cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06
HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea

goes Immediately to the seat of trou
ble-acts in soothing, easy manner
clears the blood of poisonous germs
feeds the stomach, heart, liver, kid
neys and bladder. Sickness and dis
ease germs cannot exist in the human
system, when HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea is used, and given fair
trial of merit.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea is
initiated because it IS good! Insist
on the genuine-the Gust as good"
are poor limitations.
Your druggist has HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea-or will get it, if you
insist on having it. Each package con-
tains enough to make los cups of
health-giving Tea, and costs but
35c. Busy men-travelers-b
use HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
Nuggets concentrated Tablet form
also CSC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06

would be lying at Petellin's store at
Katmai with no faintest hope of COM
pleting his mission, wherefore he did
his best to swallow his indignation.
Boyd hurried to a telegraph office
and despatched two messages to Chi
cago, one addressed to his own tailor,
the other to number on Lake Shore
drive. Over the latter he pondered
long, tearing up several drafts which
did not suit him. finally giving one to
the operator with an odd mingling of
timidity and defiance. This done, he
FASTENED to one of the leading banks,
and two hours later returned to the
hotel, Jubilant.
He found Big George in the lobby.
staring with fascinated eyes at his
finger nails, which were strangely puri-
fed and glossy.
Look at EN-" the fisherman broke
out admiringly. They're as clean as
q hounds 4ooth. They shine so 1 das-
sent take hold of anything"
81 have made my deal with the
bank" Boyd exulted. "All l need to
raise now is 100000 The bank will
advance the rest Chat 100000 makes
I'll me difference in the world. The
task is easy now. We will make 1t
go sure. These bankers know what
that salmon business is. Why. had
no trouble at all They say we can't
lose If we have a good site on the
Kalvik river"
That evening Boyd and George start
ed away, but could not locate Fraser.
When the train pulled out familiar
voice greeted them:
Hello. you"-and there was Fraser,
grinning.
what are you doing hereT
"Oh, I'm on my way east"
whereabouts east?"
'-ChicaEn amt it2 1 thought that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06

ILL three knew the desperate
chance they were taking, and
I'M they spoke little as they
made their way out into the
straits. Their craft was strange to
them, and the positions they were
forced to occupy soon brought on
cramped muscles. The bidarka is a
frail, narrow framework over which is
stretched walrus skin, and it is so
fashioned that the crew sits, one be-
hind the other, in circular openings
with legs straight out in front.
Gradually, imperceptibly, the noun
tain shores behind them shrank down
upon the gray horizon. 1t seemed that
for once the weather was going to be
kind to them, and their spirits nose in
consequence. They ate frequently,
food being the great fuel Of the north,
and midday found them well out upon
the heaving bosom Of the straits with
the Kadiak shores plainly visible.
Then. as If tired Of toying with them,
the wind rose Had it sprung from
the north it would have waited them
on their ways but it drew in from the
Pacific, straight into their teeth. fore
ing them to redouble their exertions.
In the hope that it would die down
with the darkness the boatmen held
On their course, and night closed over
them still padding silently.
1t was nearly noon Of the following
day when the. .watchman at the Uyak
cannery beheldta native canoe creep
ing slowly up the shay and was aston
Ished to find 1t manned by three white
men in the last stages of exhaustion
One OF them, in fact, was unconscious
and had to be- carried to the house.
He did marvel, however, that another
of the travellers should begin to cry
weakly when told that the mail boat
had sailed for kadiak the previous
evening.
'NToo bad you didn't get In last
night" said the. caretaker sympathetic
cally. "She wont be back now for a
month or more"
"Eow long will she lie in Kadiak p
Big George? asked!
1.-The captain told sne he was going
TO spend Christmas there. Let's see
today Is the, 22d. She'll pull out for Ju-
neau on thesmornins OF the 26th; that's
three, days.p g
I'VE, must catch her" cried Elmer
son quickly yyou'll land US in Ka-
diak OF, ttme7I pay you anything you
ask ;ai5issS
'TdsIike osSbut~ cant" the man re-
piled. :, You see, Pm here all alone.
except5 for. johnson. Hes the watch
man for fthe othersplan
Emerson turned his eyes upon the
haggard man{who sprawled weakly in
a chair. And, Fraser. noting the ap-
peal, answered ygamely with a forced
smile on his y lips, though they were
drawn and bloodless:
"Sure! I'lltbe ready to leave in the
morning, pair
The old Russian village of Kadiak
lies on the opposite side Of the island
from the canneries, a bleak. wind
swept relic ofsthe country's first occu.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06

son of the Michigan football team"
'Well, weIl.' Boyd unused. BILLY
Athens was a good tackle"
HE thought you might have some
thing interesting to tell about Alaska.
Your partner has been telling me all
about you and your trip and your
great success"
my partnerY
eyes. Mr.. Frobisher volunteered an
interview in your name"
'Frobisherr" said Emerson.
"Sure. That's him over yonder." The
reporter indicated "Fingerless" Fraser,
who, having watched the interview
from a distance, now solemnly closed
one eye and stuck his tongue into his
cheek.
ooh. yes, yes = Frobisherr' Boyd
stammered Certainly
HE is character, isn't he? He told
me how you rescued that girl when
she broke through the ice at Kalvik."
"He did,"
"Quite a romance, isn't it? It's good
newspaper story, and I'll play it up. He
is going to let me in on that hydraulic
proposition of yours too. OF course
1 haven't much money, but it sounds
great, and
Glow far along did you get with
your negotiations about this hydraulic
proposition?' Boyd asked curiously.
"Just far enough so I'm all on edge
for 1t. I'll make up a little pool
among the boys at the office and have
the money down here before you leave
tonight"
"I am sorry. but Mr.. Frobisher and
1 will have to talk it over first" said
Emerson grimly. 'T think we will
keep that hydraulic proposition in the
family. so to speak"
Then you won't let me tn?'
mot just at present.
'I'm sorry. 1 should like to take
chance with somebody who is really
successful at nSning. When a fellow
drones along on a salary month after
month it makes him envious to see
Pou Klondikers hit town with satchels
full of coin. Perhaps you will give me
q chance later on%
Perhaps" acceded Boyd. but when
the young man had gone he strobe
quickly over to Fraser.
LOOh nGESY MI. pTOD1SHcI, u0
said in a low tone, what do you
mean by mixing me up in your petty
larceny frauds:"
Fraser grinned. "'Frobisher' is hot
monaker amt it? 1t sounds like the
money. 1 believe I'll stick to Fro
bisher.'"
81 spiked your miserable little
scheme, and if you try anything more
like that I'll have to cut you out alto
gether."
"PshawT said the adventurer mild
~. did you say that hydraulic mine
was no good? Too bad! That re-
porter agreed to take some stock right
away"
Now, see here, Fraser, I want you
to leave me out Of your Vaccinations
absolutely. You've been very decent
to me in many ways, but if hear Of
anything more like this 1 shall hand
you over to the police
Don't be a sucker all your life" ad-
monished the rogue. You stick to me
and I'll make you a lot of money.
like you
Emerson, now seriously angry,
wheeled and left him, realizing that
the fellow was morally atrophied. He
could not forget, however, that except
for this impossible creature he himself
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06
Better Keep
Your Health

while you have it. Don't neglect it'll
Pay attention to those little warning
cries-pleadings of some organ in dis
tress! "a stitch in time saves nine"
prevents serious sickness and untold
suffering-keeps down the doctor
bills, and saves worry.
1t is easier to check an ailment by
removing the cause, in its early
stages, than to wait until Disease has
fastened its grip firmly upon you and
puts you fiat on your back! Pains
of any kind-headache dizziness, bill
ious attacks, constipation, diarrhoea
or an unnatural heart action-a weak
stomach, disordered liver. kidneys or
bladder-ALL are caused by impure
or underfed blood!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06
NO DUKE FOR MISS ELKINS
Heiress Says She Intends to Remain
an American.

New York, Oct. 6.-'No duke
no foreigner of any sort-for a hus-
band for me; / am home expecting
to continue an American"
This was the statement yesterday
of Miss Katherine Elkins. who is
preparing to leave for West Virginia.
She arrived from Europe on the Kali
ser Wilhelm der Crosse late yester-
day Miss Elkins declared she had
said all there was to relate concern
ing the many stories she would wed
the Duke of the Abruzzi.
But despite the cheeriness Miss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06
HARPER L. BROTHERS

patton. and. although peopled largely
by natives and breeds. there is also
a considerable white population, to
whom Christmas is a season of thanks
giving and celebration, and 1t caused
much comment when late on Christ
mas afternoon an ice burdened canoe,
bearing three strange white men, land
ed on the beach beside the dock-or
were they white men, after all? Their
faces were so blackened and split from
the frost they seemed to be raw bleed
ing masks, and their hands were crack
ed and stiff beneath their mittens- They
were hollow eyed and gaunt, their
cheeks sunken away as If from a vast
ing illness, and they could not walk,
but crept across the snow covered
shingle on hands and knees, then,
reaching the street, hobbled painfully,
while their limbs gave way as If paral-
yzed-
a week later Boyd and George were
watching the lights of Port Townsend
blink out in the gloom astern. A quick
change Of boats at Juneau had raised
their spirits. enabling them to COM
plete the second stage Of their journey
in less than the expected time.
81 suppose a Teller has got to dress
pretty swell back there in Chicago"
George ventured- Full dress suits of
clothes, eh?'
yes" - -
did you ever wear one?'
Certainly"
"Wen, I'll be- The fisherman
checked himself and gazed at his COM
panion as If he saw him suddenly in
a new light. Right alongT" he ques-
toned increduIously.
'Why, yes; pretty steadily"
"AlI day at a time"
Boyd laughed "I haven't worn one
In the daytime since 1 left college.
They are used only at night"
"a Teller told me a funny thing
once" went on George. 'He said them
rich men back east had women come
around and clean their finger nails and
shine 'em up. Is that right?'
"Quite rightr'
well, don't suppose-you ever had
'em-shine your finger nails, did your
Yes
The big man opened his mouth to
speak, then, evidently changing his
mind, observed, Seems to me I'd bet
ter stay here on the coast and wait
for you
mo, indeedr' the other answered
quickly 81 will need you In raising
that money. You know the practical
side of the fishing business, and
don't"
Finally the steamer locked, and the
three men put up at hotel.
You better train me up to wearing
a dress suit before we get east"
George warned, "or I'll make your
swell friends sore and spoil Che deal.
could wear it on the cars and get
easy in it,
MY dear fellow, it takes more than
a week to get easy in a dress suit"
Boyd smiled, amused at his earnest
ness, for the big fellow was merely
a boy out on a wonderful vacation.
well. If there Is down east mani
cure woman in Seattle show her to me.
and I'll practice on her." he insisted.
'She can halter break me at least"
It was the labor of several hours to
fit Big Georges bulky frame, and when
the two returned to the hotel Elmer
son found the representative of an aft
ernoon newspaper anxiously awaiting
him at the desk.
Mr. Athens sent me down to get a
story"
"Athens-Bnly Athensr'
Eyes. He is the editor. I believe
you two were college mates. He want
ed to. know If you are the Boyd Elmer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06

Elkins put in the announcement her
face was sad and there was a sus-
picion of a gulp as she concluded
When she was shown clippings Of
some of the cablegraG1s sent from
Europe recently Miss Elkins flushed
and angrily declaredS
THAT is all false-maliciously
false"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-06
les the WorId's Best.

No one has ever made a salve,
ointment or balm to compare with
Bucklen's Arnica Saive. It's the
one perfect healer of cuts, corns
burns, bruises, sores, scalds, boils,
ulcers, eczema, salt rheum For sore
eyes, cold sores. chapped hands, or
sprains, it's supreme. Infallible for
piles. Only % cents at all drug
gists.