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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24
COUCH or LUXURY.

The most perfect resting place ever
devised for human being is Just be
meath the roof, and then you must be
able to see the shingie nails sticking
through. II gentle rain be falling
so much the better. Five minutes
spent in that sweet retreat are enough
to Danish the memory OF every trouble.
Debt and death lose their terrors, and
the peace that passes understanding
comes upon you. says the Washington
Post. You become boy again and
enter once more into the world that
used to be Soon the dark corners of
the room are peopled with the images
of childhood Over where the old
clothes are hanging you can see the
outlines of dismantled ship, while
down the sandy shore come Robinson
Crusoe and Man Friday. A swarthy
face peeps from behind the big trunk
1t Is Faringhea. the stranger, creep
Ing stealthily upon his victim Fast
er and faster they come. some pleas
Ing. some ferocious. You welcome
them all and are not bit afraid. and
the rain drips. drips. with steady.
nonotonous sound Then comes
blank Next morning the spell is
broken. but the memory remains You
see the old clothes and the trunk, and
find that the only gobelin tapestry In
the room is cluster of cobwebs over
the little dormer window But you
had slept the sleep of the just, and
found 1t most refreshing.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24

The passenger traffic between the
United States and Europe continues 10
offer most alluring inducements. Many
of the big companies are adding the
newest. largest and swiftest vessels to
their fleets. One of the latest launch
ings is that of a ship that is being
built by a French line. to run to New
York. This is one of the greatest craft
yet completed. and when put in com
mission will be able to carry 1920 pas
sengers. The total cost will be about
s5.0o0.00O. That is what foreign con-
Germs are doing to get American trade.
And Americans permit them to mo-
nopolise business that should be in
American control and which should
be most important auxiliary in ex-
tending American commerce.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24
HoBBLE SKIRT is HER PROOF
New York Woman Offers Garment In
Evidence to Refute Charge Of
Kicking Lady.

New York.--That lady's feelings
must be in a condition of more than
trif1ing unrest when she will kick an.
other lady is conviction to which
Magistrate Hylan of the New Jersey
avenue court adheres strongly So
when a lady complained TO him the
other day that she had been kicked by
Miss Frances Stultz. No. SO Sackman
street. he demanded proof.
II have proof enough. said Mrs.
Bertha Lang, No. 10 Sackman street,
who said she had been the kickee.
but see no occasion for"
of course not, OF course not" SAID
the magistrate. hastily Il believe
you when you say you believe you
we're kicked. but what has the de-
iendant to say?"
Miss stultz swept Mrs. Lang with
glance so glacial that icicles
formed
Il have better ways in which TO
spend my tine" she said. than by
wasting it kicking false friends.
itS odiu tiit magistrate. Mrs.
Lang says she can show should say
Mrs Lang says she can prove she was
kicked"
Not by me- said Miss Stultz. FOR
on that day wore hobble skirt
Here il is"
She placed on the magistrates desk
a bundle, and in the bundle was
hobble skirt
Il am no acrobat" she said, mod
estly. and unless you are an acrobat
you can't. while wearing a hob6ie
skirt. kick anybody"
Mrs. Lang looked at the skirt.
my goodness. Frances" she said
to the defendant. what pretty
pattern. Did you get it at a sale?
Miss Stultz' only reply was glance
colder If possible, than its predeces-
sors. The magistrate dismissed the
case. saying even mere man could
tell that kicking in a hobble skirt is
a thing that is not and cannot be.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24
Two Women Have Their Own Sweet
Way in Farewell Greetings to
Departing Friend.

Minneapolis. Mfnh.-A matter of
tremendous Importance stopped an
outgoing train to Chicago about a.
m. the other day. The train even
backed again into the station, the
matter was so very important. And
Joe Kilgriff. the caller. hasn't got
over his establishment yet.
Just as the train began to move.
two women. bearing a small parcel.
dashed madly toward the gates.
rs that the Chicago train?" they
cried
1T is" said Kilgriff.
Stop 1t. Oh, stop IT," begged the
women. ''Oh. It must be stopped"
1t happened that there was big
crowd of university boys at the sta
ton. waiting for the football team to
get 1t. Inspired by feelings of gal
lantry. they began to yell:
stop the train! Stop the train!
Stop the train.''
The conductor came out on the OBJ
servation platform. The station was
in an uproar. and the two women
were running desperately towards the
train The conductor hesffated.
grabbed the rope and yanked it. The
train stopped and began to back in.
slowly. willie woman also appeared
on the observation platform
; The two women rushed to the car.
One OF them handed up the box Of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24

English owners OF homing pigeons
have lost SO many Of them this season
that they believe there is an especial
cause. This cause. many of them are
inclined to suspect, is wireless telegra-
ply. Many will dismiss the indict-
ment az fanciful. on account of the
comparative weakness of the current
which wireless telegraphy brings into
play. The answer to this is that the
current GOES not kill the birds. but
only confuses them. causing them to
miss their way. If the Marconi cur
rent affects pigeons. why not gels?
Indeed. it would seem not impossible
that wireless telegraph stations may
be the means of greater disaster to
gulis than lighthouses.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24

From London comes the announce
snent of the deah of the woman who
claimed to be the original of Little
Dorrit." that famous character of
Dickens. The lady was entitled to the
penefit OF the doubt. but it is fact
that similar claims have been made by
others. 1t is also asserted that a
brother of the woman who has Just
died was the original Tiny Tim." and
that he served in part as the model for
Paul Dombey If all those asser.
tons can be proved it would seem
that the family formed sort of trust
for Dickens characters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24
GIRL STUDENTS IN BOOMERS
"Mockine Birds" Of Fiske Cottage,
Wellesley, Don Them-"1lind
Man" Roughly Treated.

Wellesley, Mass.-"The Mocking
Birds" of Fiske cottage Wellesley.
entertained students at barn party
the other night. Hosts and guests
wore sailor t'cuses and boomers
The blind il.n' In blind mans bun
had a tough time. the girls having 70
take three steps. two rolls and hop
every time she approached them She
was pinched, pushed about and tum-
bled over One damsel announces
that the president of the college de-
clared that a course in homework
would take the place OF freshman
mathematics next year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24
TRAIN BACKS UP FOR CANDY

candy to the woman on the train. The
passenger then leaned down and
kissed both the other women goodby
Now" said the late-comers. the
train can go. Goodby. dearie."
"Goodbyl"
"Goodby! Write soon"
Il will. Thanks ever so much"
Not BIT. So glad we got here In
time"
Yes. 80 am |. Goodby!"
''Goodby!"
"Goodby!"
Kilgriff hasn't been able to call
train intelligently since. Every time
he begins. he explodes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24

Perhaps If the truth were known a
considerable proportion of the So
called automobile accidents" would
be found to have resulted from be.
fuddled heads and unsteady nerves
The menace of man under the I'm.
fuence of liquor and in an automobile
is easily appreciated. and when # is
demonstrated that crashes on the
road are due to drunkenness the pun
ishment should be severe. Those who
insist upon running amuck on the
highways should be made to pay a
heavy penalty. whether they be sober
or drunk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24

The usual fate OF get-rich-ouick
schemes is collapse at the end. And
the lambs" are fleeced as a prelim.
mary A speculative scheme of this
kind In Connecticut has brought up
In the bankruptcy court, with unse.
cured claims of 100000 to be SET
lied And the further sequel no doubt
VIII be the charging of the sum to
the profit and loss account of those
foolish enough to invest"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24
MAN-EATERS THERE

disappearing by this means some years
ago than is the case now, because our
immigration laws prohibit them from
coming into Australia. and those that
were already In the country have
grown cautious about leaving the
thickly settled parts of the country.
The aborigines have acquired many Of
the vices and apparently none of the
virtues of civilization"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24
Many
Acute
DANGERS of
Hatpins
By cy cLEMMoNs

the carrying Of deadly
weapons. =
Hatpns have kept abreast of the Of hats no matter how
huge Inc neaoge there Is pin big enough poude
beyond the brim Of the hat
With exaperatng indifference the way through
crowds every movement Of her hat threatening ewes Of ali
near her. 1t wise man who stays out O. crowds.
It Is useless guards over the points tb
hatpm Tor they wouldn't do it, but legal taken to re-
quire it and to restrict the size Of the pins
do not make this suggestion any spirit Of lest IA matter -
fact the method which adopted for holding hat ~
ridiculous = - - =
Why can't woman hat fit and like mans without
other people when she gets under way - =
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24

A German musician says that our
craze for ragtime is the great obstacle
to creative work in American music.
Ragtime? Sounds like faint echo
from our past Our friend must have
got his idea from old newspaper files.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24
Bitten BY Mule.

Nashville, Tenn.-Otto Riechman Of
Irvington, while trimming mules
feet, was bitten through the leg by
the animal.
The mule had to be beaten OF.
The pain made Mr.. Riechman fran
TIC. and he had to be kept under tn.
influence OF morphine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24
their people.

Sir Walter SCOTS mother superior woman lover OF poetry
and painting Byron his was proud ana
mperd The mother Napoleon Of superior mind and deep
pe The mother murderess The mother of Patrick
Henry marked superior conversational The mother OF the
Wess distinguished for her intellectual and executive ability
SO that she has been called "the mother of Methodsm"
Mothers have presidents and statesmen Washngon
father died when George only years DID, Jefferson Madison
jackson and Harrison the elder left here when small boys
Tyler Hayes and Cleveland depended upon their widowed mothers m
their training Abraham Lincoln confessed that his most pleasant
those his excellent mother whom he imputed the
best and brightest qualities inherited Lincoln also owned hatt
his stepmohe than other person. that made him the
he
General Grants mother went into certain hour each day
during the pray for her Ulysses President Mckinley left the
capital and the affairs watch the side Of his dying moher
receive her last blessing and give her his last kiss Garfds father
died when the future president babe On the day Of his
ton he turned from all The Of kings and and
from all the great and beautiful who had gathered do him
honor and the first thing he did after he had taken the oath Office
kiss the wrined his mother ote You have
brought o this"
John Quincy Adams till the day Of his DEATH said the little
his mother taught him. "Now lay down sleep" Daniel Webses
mother first fstered those abilities which ultimately made him long
distinguished.
If the world lost through she alone saveit Tho
future the hands of the mothers The mother
holds the of the SOUL she it who stamps
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24

London. An anonymous gift Of 81.
500 has been received BY the MAYOR
OF Windsor towards the fund now be.
Ing raised tn the royal borough for q
memorial to the late King Edward
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24

New York.--John B. Moissant, John
Barry Ryan and Clifford Harmon are
announced as the first speakers in a
series of lectures on airships at Co
lumbia university during the winter.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

tensile strength OF cotton by breaking or
splitting the delicate hbers. Spnners.
therefore, must twist the fibeTs and make
their threads thicker, which, OF course.
Is a waste OF material want to save
that waste. if possible. If I am ever sue
cessful. I shall have increased the value
of our cotton crop. based on 1900, 900
bales at harvest. in the sum Of $300000. 0a
annually"
rs it true that American cotton goods
are scarcely sold IN any Of the markets
outside OF the United States?"
Il feel Inundated In saying that it is
fact, absolutely. As manufacturers OF
cotton, we are in a ridiculous position.
We produce 50 per cent OF the world S
supply Of raw cotton. Do you get those
figures? Englishmen and Germans. how
ever, come 10 Galveston, load foreign
ships with our cotton, carry Il to their
own factories in Europe. make II into
fabrics and send II back-again in foreign
vessels-to be sold 10 Americans Two
passages across the ocean, customs
duties added, but. nevertheless, the Eu-
ropean spinners Outseil us!
Switzerland-lttle. mountainous Swift
zerland-that doesn't grow a pound OF
cotton, sends us-we. the people of the
United States-more cotton goods than
We sell the whole OF Europe. It's idiotic
Japan makes more money out of our raw
cotton than IL makes out OF its own raw
silk. Last year not an American ship
left Savannah bound fer a foreign port;
ls6 foreign ships did, however, and each
was loaded with bales of Georgia and
Alabama cotton. We freed the Philip
pines. but our competitors sell the island
ers thirteen times more cotton goods than
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
ONLY ONE WILD PIGEON ALIVE
Lone Ohio Bird Survives Breed of BilliOnS-Other
Species Also Near Extraction

One solitary passenger pigeon. ending
her life at the Geological Garden in Gin
einuatl, is to-day all that remains of an
American species that early in the last
century swarmed over the continent in
fiocks numbering billions. according 10
reports just received at the headquarters
of the National Association OF Audubon
Societies in New York.
With the death of this sole survivor
OF bird tribe whose nesting places often
covered hundreds of square miles, there
Will soon disappear the last trace of the
wild pigeons that have been slaughtered
by the million by men who fed their hogs
upon the ca@casses they could not carry
away. Though it is too late to save
this species. special efforts are now being
made by the Audubon workers to bring
about the restoration Of ether birds of
economic value that must otherwise
share the same fate.
For many months systematic search
has been made through the continent by
officials OF the Audubon Association fol-
relics of the once prolific passenger pig
con. Members of the organization, head
"a ~ lVAs - II. IlOust, VI NidiA Uni
versity, have made a standing offer OF
$3.50 10 any one discovering a nest OF
this species; but though thousands have
been trying eagerly for the prize, not
one single claimant has appeared In
response to recent inquiry by T. Gill
bert Pearson, secretary of the National
Association of Audubon Societies, the au-
thorities Of the Cincinnati Zoo have lust
furnished the last chapter In the tragic
tale Of these butchered birds. The last
of the passenger pigeons is a female.
eighteen years old. whose mate died re-
Gently without issue at the age of twenty
four.
As late as 1871 what is now known to
have been the last nesting place of these
Wild birds was found in the State of
Michigan, where their nests thickIy GOV.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

cred the trees over an area twenty-eight
miles long and four miles wide. Resi-
dents OF this city declare that in 1850 they
fiocked over Manhattan Island in such
numbers that they obsCured the sun and
that ships loaded in bulk with the bodies
OF these birds lay at the wharYes selling
them ar cent apiece.
Audubon S quoted as observing a roost-
ing place If wild pigeons in Kentucky
early IN the last century that extended
forty miles and was three miles IN width,
On its edges men with guns. nets, clubs.
and torches slaughtered the roosting
birds, each often bagging 500 in one day.
When the wholesale butchers could carry
away no more. they let loose droves OF
hogs TO fatten on what was left. About
100 this treatment began to thin the
ranks OF the passenger pigeons. till two
years ago IL was discovered that only
seven could be found on the whole CONT
nent, four at Milwaukee and three in
Cincinnati,
Declaring that practically all the gulls
and terms in America to-day have SUR
viyed solely through the work of protec-
ton and restoration at their reservations,
leaders of the National Association OF
Audubon Societies are now appealing TO
the people OF this country to support the
work of preserving dying species of ma
tive birds which they have already be-
gun.
The upland plover, Cabots tern, and
the Least tern. they assert. can now be
saved to the nation by quick emergency
measures. for which special funds are to
be raised The work of restoring the
wood duck and other game birds that are
threatened with the fate Of the passenger
pigeon is to be undertaken by the Audu-
bon workers. with the support OF the
sportsmeH of the country.
Sad as is the passing of the passenger
pigeon, its lesson may avert the extinc-
tion of other valuable species. 1t - de-
clared. If the American people rally at
once TO savs their remaining bird re-
sources
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
Move Is Great Problem.


From the New York Press
Number of families owning phono-
graphs, 2964. 72l
Number of men holding worthless
checks and invalid promissory notes, r.
9S6, 279.
Number Of cities where taxes are rea-
sonable. 0.
Number Of ministers. 81. $50. Number
who would leave thei- present charges II
they had a call with an increase of
wages. ID, $50.
Number of women who like the hobble
skirt. o.
Number OF women who will wear the
hObble skirt. S.T6S.s4e
Z Number of individuals who take va
cation annually. 5i,42S,674.
Number of individuals who annually
return broke, 54.42s,674.
Number OF men who threw away their
overeoats last spring, 3,l56.2S7
Number Of men who will search the
attic for those coats this fan. S.45s, Isl
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

all. ne was not so far removed from tie
supposed civilization which he had Ge-
serted. Let the breaking of the prairie
and the telling of the big forests alone
for stronger hands.
Where Difficulty Lies.
Here Is the difficulty. however: To
embark on a farming venture in a dis
trict which is already cultivated and set
tied to some extent requires big outlay
o. capital. whereas In pioneer regions
land can be obtained. either free or for
a nominal sum. And this is where the
capitalists should extend a helping hand.
In many parts of Europe the plan of
long payments for land is in operation
and IS proving a great success. When
the settlers are assured that I'm case Of
crop reverses they are not IN danger of
losing their homes. and that if they
fail TO pay for their homes, even in
lifetime, their sons can continue the pay
ments they do not hesitate 10 leave the
bench Of the wagearner for the pillow
and the reaper. | understand, too. that
this plan has been undertaken in various
parts of the United States on a small
scale, and that efforts along this line
lave been the source of great satisfac
ton to those who have supported them.
Move Is Great Problem.
ut is a great problem. this back-to-
the-land movement II win be the great
problem Of the future. as it is the
problem of the present Our cities are
certain 10 increase in population i'm
meRsely for many years to come. As the
number OF mouths to feed grows. the
number of actual producers on the land
must increase or development must
cease.
Capital has brought about the present
state of our economic growth, which is
responsible for great centers of popula-
ton. Capital owes it to itself and 10 the
working class TO see that the ratio of our
land population to that of the cities does
not sink to a perilous figure"
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
PLANS TO END CITY TIDE
Rudolph SpreckeS Would Enlist Capitals Aid to Buy
and Sell Big Farming Tracts

Rudolph Spreckles. leader OF the San
Francisco anti-graft crusade. in addi-
ton TO brilliant ideas for civic reform,
has plan for stemming the tide of the
wave of population flowing toward the
American cities with such alarming
rapidly. says the Chicago News. The
coast sugar magnate's scheme for the
building up of United States farming
communities was given during his re-
cent visit 10 Chicago. while he was
being whirled in an automobile from
his hotel to the stoekyards foSa tour of
inspection.
THE trouble with the back-to-the-farm
propaganda to-day" said Mr.. Spreckles,
lis that while Il distributes a lot of free
advice to the residents OF congested sec
tons In the cities. il offers comparatively
little aid OF a substantial sort. l think
that IL is not because city dwellers pre-
fer the cities 10 the country that they
remain I'm a state of industrial depend
ence, but because they have not the
capital required to buy farm and the
stock and implements necessary to make
1t paying venture
Wants Fund Formed.
II believe the capitalists of the United
States should form fund so that they
could buy tiilable land and then resell II
TO prospective emigrants from the cities
at actual cost, with provision for easy
terms if payment. These payments could
be so arranged as TO extend over period
of fifty or even seventy years, so that
there would be little question that the
purchaser or his family would eventu-
ally own the land
LAS il IS, many hesitate to leave their
urban homes because farming is a great
deal Of a risk. They would be COM
PEELED to place heavy mortgages on their
land, payable in a few years. Under this
plan a series of unfortunate seasons
would be fatal to the farmer. who would
be unable to meet the demands OF the
incumbrance on his land, and would
thereby forfeit his holdings, together
with the money he had expended in get
ting started.
Calls II Mistakea Plea.
The plea to the man of the city to
emfgrate to the frontier, TO hew out a
home for himself, where land is cheap. is
mistaken. Pioneer life necessarily en-
tails many hardships, which the city
dweller and his wife cannot endure be
cause they are not Injured TO them. To
q man who has been reared on a farm.
it is difficult enough to transform a Stub
born prairie or a heavily wooded land into
tillable land, but for the inexperienced
farmer, recruited from the congested
cities. it is almost impossible. After a
few years he viii get discouraged and re-
turn TO his old home and work.
mo, | think some plan should be de-
vised whereby a man who contemplated
going to a farm would not have the
dreary prospect of sacrificing all of the
comforts of city life to which he has been
accustomed. He must have neIghbors
The telephone and the rural free delivery
would do much TO remind him that. after