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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
New Leg Every Three Years.

II you were offered SIS or a new
leg every three years, provided you
had to wear an artificial leg, which
would you choose. Prof. Franz H. Kir.
mayer, one of the teachers in the
Bridgewater (Mass.) normal school,
prefers to have a new leg instead of
cash. He is a veteran of the civil
war, and the United States govern
ment gives him the choice of either
having a new leg or SIS in cash.
! In addition to this the government
gives him the right to secure his leg
anywhere. he wants to, and the gov.
eminent pays all his expenses, inciud-
Ing car fare, sleeper and meals to and
from the place he selects. If he want
ed to go to Manila to select a new leg
he would have the opportunity to do
so.
Prof. Kirmayer has recently re-
turned from Minneapolis, where he
had a new leg fitted, and he is de-
lighted with it. 1t is the best leg he
has ever had, he declares, or better
than any since he lost his real leg
down in Georgia in Sherman's march
to the sea.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
ONE THIRD DEGREE" METHOD
Electricity Said to Be Used by Police
to Secure Evidence from Their
Stubborn Prisoners.

Electricity Is becoming more and
more popular with the administrators
Of the third degree" Hugo C. Vein
says in The World of To-Day. The IA
vorite method of its application is
called, in prison slang, "the humming.
bird" The prisoner is stripped and
bound. Sometimes he is gagged, also,
for he is very apt to scream. and
shrek. The electric current is turned
into a sponge soaked with water so
that none Of its strength will be lost.
A long handle is attached, and the
operator, with rubber gloves, ap-
proaches the victim, who generally is
deposited In a shallow tank or tub.
The sponge is applied gently to the
mans legs and then pressed slowly up
ward over his limbs. Perhaps the cur
rent is not particularly strong and he
only clenches his hands and bites his
lips. The pressure is gradually in
creased as the sponge continues its
way up and down the unprotected legs
and thighs. A low, buzzing, singing
noise emanates from it like the sound
Of humming-bird. This is the whir-
ring Of the Juice" and is the reason
tor the somewhat striking name which
has been applied to the apparatus.
The prisoners limbs are now doubled
up in great, frenzied knots, and his
veins are swollen to double their nor
NAL size as he tries in vain to tear
himself from hic bonds And ctill tho
sponge continues its path over his
body.
1t has now become coal of fire.
You will observe that this method of
the third degree" is somewhat un-
wieldy. Perhaps this is why it is not
used more extensively through the
country. You will find, on investiga-
ton. however, that 1t is fairly COM
mon.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
Driven By Hunger e DesperatIon.

Driven by Hunger &c Desperation.
Mrs. Mode had just returned home
from the country. to discover her pre-
viously well-stocked wardrobe empty.
Good gracious. Herbert" she cried to
her husband. where are all my
clothes? And what in the world is
that big black patch out on the lawn?"
Nelly" he replied mournfully, latter
/ had starved for two whole days, you
wrote me that the key of the pantry
was in the pocket Of your bolero. Well.
! don't know q bolero from q box
plated rnfde, and was desperate. so
] took all the things out on the lawn
and burned them. Then l found the
key among the ashes. Success Mag
azine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
"a SKELETON
ONCE ON A TIME
Now Mrs. I. A. Decker Of Clyde.
Ky, Says She Is Well and
Happy, Through Taking
Cardui.

Clyde, Ky.-'T can safely recommend
Cardui. the woman's tonic, to any lady
who is in need of medicine" writes
Mrs. l. A. Decker, of this place.
1T has been very beneficial to me
and can say that there is nothing
like it for weak women.
For I'VE years was not able to do
my work. Half of-my time spent in
bed. I suffered with female weakness
and took such nervous spells l could
not stand on my feet. I suffered With
my back and side, and fell OF till be-
came skeleton.
AT last l took Cardui and now I am
well and happy and can do my own
work"
Cardui Is prepared from the natural
plant, not from mineral. synthetic COM
pounds. and contains no coal tar prod
ucts or other results of laboratory ex-
periments.
The Cardui Ingredients are imported
at great expense directly from abroad
and have been used for nearly half q
century In the manufacture of this IA
nous tonic medicine for women.
Safe. reliable. prompt. yet gentle In
action. by preventing unnecessary
pain and building up strength, Cardui
has shown itself necessary remedy
Tor weak women. Try 1t.
N. B-Wfite tOs Ladies' Advfs0ry
Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat
tano0ga, Tenn, for Special Instructions,
and 64-page book, sHOme Treatment for
Women" sent IN plain wrapper, On re.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
Enjoy
Better
Health
Without
Using Meat
By JOHN WALSH


cotter they will find themselves by their
fasting that they will their meat eating
again.
habit and not matter of necessity as taking
stmulants is a habit.
The uric acid and other toxic parts of meat other poisons
stimulate
admitted of that there nourishmen in meat
but that nourshmen easily be obtained protein foods
that do not contain such posons
vegetarans called ddists" because they little in advanc.
of the times
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
LITTLE THING
Change the Home Feeling.

Coffee blots out the sunshine from
many q home by making the mother.
or some other member Of the house
hold. dyspeptic. nervous and irritable.
There are thousands of cases where
the proof Is absolutely undeniable.
Here IL one.
A Wis. mother writes:
II was taught to drink coffee at an
early age. and also at an early age be-
came . victim to headaches, and as
grew to womanhood these headaches
became part Of me, as l was scarcely
ever free from them.
About i've years ago a friend urged
me to try Postum. l made the trial
and the result was so satisfactory that
We have used It ever since.
my husband and little daughter
were subject to bilious attacks, but
they have both been entirely free from
them since We began using Postum In
stead Of coffee. / no longer have
headaches and my health IL perfect"
II some Of these tired. nervous. r.
ritablo women would only leave on
coffee absolutely and try Postum they
would md wonderful change in their
life. II would then be filled with sun
shine and happiness rather than weari-
ness and discomfort. And think what
an effect II would have on the family.
for the mood Of the mother IL largely
responsible for the temper Of the chill
dren.
Read The Road 70 Wellvflle," IN
pkg. There's . Reason"
Ever reaa The above DstterS 4 new
80 oDDeaxD fFom t1no to tine Ihey
are geau1na tsuss ana fun oe hunaD
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
lnsulted.


The teacher of a public school in q
New England town was having heI
troubles with one pupil in the matter
OF lesson concerning certain
weights and measures.
How many pints does a gallon con
tain?" she asked the boy.
Il forgit. num-" responded Tommy
gloomily.
Try to think" suggested the teach.
er. Surely You know. Now. your
iather, she added, taking what
seemed an appropriate, concrete,
practical example, lis a milkman. He
sometimes sells a gallon of milk,
doesn't he? Perhaps you can tell US
how many pints of milk he puts In
that gallon CAM"
It's all milk, NUM-" was the indig
nant response of Tommy.-Harper's
Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
An UnaaIIant Outlook.

Again, the ungallant outlook of
some husbands causes divorce" said
ex-Gov. Pennypacker. in q witty after
dinner speech in Philadelphia.
1T is amazing what an ungallant
outlook some men have. / said one
day to Bucks county farmer:
Have you got wife, Hans?'
why, yes, to tell the truth, / have
Hans replied. For the little bit the
critters eat, 1t amt worth q mans
while to be without one"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

boy would laugh at. About the time girl becomes
valuable to concern she becomes more valuable as
mans wife, unless she has passed the manageable
age and new girl must be taught the work all over
again. l recall case of young woman who was
granted the usual two weeks vacation last summer
and on the Monday morning she was expected to re-
port for work the Office manager received letter
stating she intended to be married in few weeks and
would not be back to work. This was known by the
young woman before going on the vacation and the
company should have been SO notified If she had
reported for work usual after her vacation and the
company had notified her that her services were no
longer required it would have been terrible thing"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
Not a Progressive.

wouldn't a railway increase the
population of this village?" asked the
enterprising person.
"Dunno's 1t would" replied the ma
tive. 1T 'ud be a constant tempta
ton to lot of us inhabitants to get
away"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

For over so years I chung to meat diet
as my only hope of salvation and thought
meal or lunch without it poor affair.
At last, so broken in health that I was
obliged to stop work, the doctors gave up
my case and ordered me south.
There it so happened that could not
find palatable meats and l discovered that
/ could live without them.
Now, aften ten years and more of veg
etarian living, at the age of ", I have
much better health and never before in my
life have foods tasted 90 good.
II ia nv firm belief that All fhoea h.v-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16


twas late the night before do feel we'll talking the
great time they had the evening before gng the washroom quit
ting about 30 minutes before closing time make their toilet for the
trip home.
Many girls clothes in the Office that would be appropriate
theater at house party peekaboo" waist in the Office
much out of place dressing sack would be bali club The fancy
costume the Office acs the girls mind from her work
the attention of others and thus for mistakes all girls
would plain simple clothing something comfortable and becoming
they would make better clerks have better health the
manager to 60 home in better frame of mind
Too girls do not realize that they employed work between
certain hours for which the company pays them certain salary and that
the time spent idle talk and ppng like taking something that
does not belong to Them
In Office of rs girls each the viii exhaust As
utes each something that not interest the company which
girls time for IS 23 hours In other words the company
paying out day for Ss girls time for which they get benefit
This based eight hours for days work and where IS employed
Girls easily take ofense little thing that would be
noticed boy the boys have anything settle with fellow
fought out scientific lines and the day the dis
putan the best of friends The girls will pou suk
for two or three weeks and then entirely forget it.
Girls rule do not consider the interest of the company
boy for they do not expect
object in working is to money then
wife,
Girls will allow little things
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
Stopping
White
Slave
Traffic
By JOHN P. BENNETT. n. D.
o. Chicago

discovery The fullest light which upon the yanou.
trade bodies and souls desirable the care Of children
their bringing up and training
The mothers OF the community should be informed Of the sres
which menace the young lives.
OF the truth not ignorance the strength
of the and Of the position the enemy never yet won bs
moral or physical
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

Now that the white slave traffic is up.
permost in the public mind would it not
be OF the greatest benefit to have the clergy
and others engaged in the warfare hold
regular meetings for women only?
A strenuous and unwavering campaign
OF determination is called for. sMen love
darkness rather than light, because their
deeds are evil"
The most effective corrective Of vice il
the fullest possible publicity which can be
given to it.
Meny vicious man or woman is de-
TERED from the nractice NJ v;oo h., g.. -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
A Pertinent Question.

Mr.. Hunter-rd like to meet that
Miss Richie. She has $4,000 and No
tncumbrance.
Miss Keen-Do you think she's
looking for onef
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

Prospective Tenant (noticing sew
eral inches Of water in the cellar)-
My, this cellar leaks.
Landlord-It don't leak drop. That
water has been in here for two
months and not a single drop has e.
capped.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

An automobile gait on q wheelbar.
row salary means ditching at the turn
Of the road.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

Troubles
Getting Best
Results from
Office Girls
By THURDE RAYLE BRUCE

INNING office with rs 80 girls from 16 years to
definite age easy task To get good results the force must
be controlled with the utmost and mpartiaty At the
best the office manager not popular for almost every girl
must be corrected during her term in Office and after she has
reached the office age she is sensitive when called down and
the office manager is at once branded "grouch."
few of the many things the Office manager has to con-
tend with coming late to work. staying away entirely for
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-09-29
FINE OUTLOOK
FOR FOOTBALL
AT THE STATE COLLEGE THIS
SEASON.
THE FIRST CALL FOR PRACTICE
BRINGS OUT EIGHT VETERANS
BESIDES NEW MATERIAL.

Coach Saunderson tells is that he
is very optomistic regarding the foot
ball situation at the college this fall,
Eight veterans of last years team
are in school and the new material
coming in this fall looks good
enough to fill out the vacant places
satisfactorily. In fact, several of the
veterans will ha e a warm fight to
hold their jobs, and this kind Of COM
petition is what makes a good team.
The schedule for this year is a good
one and some of the strongest teams
in the northwest will be met. The
team opens the season with the Aber-
deem normal at Aberdeen next Satur-
day. October s is the first game on
the home grounds, the strong Yank-
ton college team coming here for the
annual battle. The Yankton team has
been together for some time and
Coach S~aunderson will nave to hustle
to whip his men into shape for this
game. October q the team is SEIZED
uled to meet North Dakota Agricul-
tural college at Fargo. North Da-
kota Won from the boys last year,
and they are this season to turn the
tables. st. Thomas college will be
played at st. Paul October 20, and
We notice by the Twin City dailies
that the institution there expects to
have a strong team. The big game
of the season and the one we want
to win above all, comes on November
I. when the State college boys jour
ney to Vermillion to meet the State
university. 1t has been several years
since the two institutions have met
on the athletic field, but the rivalry
will be just as keen as in the old
days, when a football game between
the two was worth going miles TO see
On November, another ancient riv-
al, the Dakota Wesleyan team Of
Nltcneil, VIII ne mere, ana the season
ends on Thanksgiving Day with a
game with the school of mines at
Rapid City.
The veterans who have returned 20
school are as follows: Pence, Grang,
er, Durland, Buckley, Pier, Captain
Bibby, Cliff Johnson and Meharg.
Other candidates who are expected
to make a strong showing are Lock
hart, Hyde, Marchant, Knox, Kramer.
Odland. Hewitt, Maryland, Jensen,
Heck, Girton. Osborn, Habeger, Gay,
McAllister. Hyde was a star on the
team two years ago and should win
o place in the backfield easily. Knox
is from Huron high school and was
the star of the track meet of the
state schools here last spring. Cir
ton was ~sub-quarter last year and is
a strong candidate for that position
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-09-29
INITIAL APPEARANCE.

The first edition as a weekly OF
the Coliegian, the college paper, was
issued Tuesday. The paper is neat
in appearance and is we'll filled with
live college news. with a liberal
amount of advertising from the city
merchants. The editorial staff is as
follows: Editor-in-chief, Jay Getting
ham; associate editors, Roy II. Quinn,
Florence Plocker; athletics, Percy
Huntimer, c. ID. Johnson; organiza-
tons, Henry Erdman, Arthur Peck
locals, Cecil Starring, Ruth Erwin
Ruth Wood; exchanges, Pierre Robin.
son; music and art, Leila Skim er
Y. NJ. C. A., Lewis Vercoe: Y. w. c
A., Grace Somers; college news, Mar
guerite Catlett, Guy Bisby. StrayeI
Morrow, John Swenehart, J.. H. Bal
mat, Nina Wood; alumni, Orland +
White; business manager, b. II
Schaphorst.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-09-29
TO ATTEND INSTALLATION.

DR.. r. l.. Slagle went to Mitchell
Sunday evening to spent a day or two
at the corn palace. From there he
goes to Grand Forks, n. D., to at
tend the installation of President Nc
Vey of the state university. DR.. Slagle
also acts as representative of John
Hopkins university, through the re-
quest of President Remsen of that
institution.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-09-29
WAS A LIVELY
R.R. PROMOTER
MAN WHO TRIED TO BUY BROOK.
INGS ROAD.
IS ARRESTED AS A CRATER
CAPTAIN MERRY, WELL KNOWN
HERE, COMES TO GRIEF.

Captain Charles Frederick Merry,
who spent some time in Brookings
the past summer in an effort to buy
the Brookings and Sioux Falls rail
road, and who will be well remem-
bered by a considerable number of
our people, was arrested by the au-
thorities of Foster county, North Da
kota last week. Merry is charged
with swindling some OF the citizens
of that county out of their hard earn
ed shekels and is liable to do time
for his little stray from the straight
and narrow.
Merry came to Brookings in July
and spent two or three days here.
He claimed to be a representative of
the Hawley interests which own the
Minneapolis q st. Louis road and
stated that he wished to purchase
the r~ight-of-way of the Brookings and
Sioux Falls road and to make it part
OF a transcontinental line from Win
nipeg to the Gulf. After much dick
ering with the road officials here he
secured an option on the road, as he
presented the best of recommends
tons and apparently was all right,
He did not try to ecure any money
here, the option being apparently all
ne was after, and he used that for
bait on some of his deals in towns
north of here. His dodge was to hire
prominent men to sell stock in the
agents they were required to pur-
chase one hundred dollars worth of
the stock. At Clear Lake he feeced
the citizens out of about a thousand
dollars in this manner AS the time
for the option to expire neared Merry
wrote to President Stewart here say.
ing that he had been sick, but would
be in Brookings shortly to fulfill his
part of the contract, but nothing fur
Their was heard from him.
When he was here he was accom-
panied by two engineers and they
spent a couple of days going over
the right-of-way of the road as far
as Sioux Falls. He was a distinguish
ed looking man, about fifty years old,
and looked the part of the bloated
bond-holder he claimed to be.
The Aberdeen American gives some
history of his work in that section
and in North Dakota:
THAT was an interesting bit OF
news which the American published
yesterday in telling of the arrest of
Captain c. F. Merry, the man who
has built more paper railroads than
any other in the country. 1t has es-
pecial local significance because he
had lately been trying to get money
subscribed in Webster for a line north
and south. He had a local engineer
run his lines and make profiles, for
which the local man was fortunately
paid.
"Out in the country west of the riv-
er Merry has been especially active
for almost any of the live towns out
there in both North and South Dakota
would subscribe literally for stock
and make partial payments down in
the prospect of getting a railroad.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-09-29

The Ladies' Aid Society of the First
Presbyterian church will hold a rum
mage sale in the near future.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
AFFAIR BENEFIT FOR SICK BABIES

Clubs and InformaI Affairs
VIII Keep People Busy This Week
-Numerous small Func-
tions in Prospect.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
SOCIETY KEEPS BUSY PACE

Visiting Nurses Association to Substi-
tuts Musicale for Birthday Party.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
Wedding Bells.

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Anderson Of 1888
South Twenty-eighth street. announce the
engagement Of their daughter, Miss Villa
Anderson, to Mr.. Frank +. Strawn. The
wedding will take place Tuesday evening,
March 8.
Mr.. Rodney S. Durkee and his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Durkee, left Friday
evening for New York City, where Mr..
Durkee's wedding to Miss Harriet Close
Will take place. h young people will
come to Omaha Immediately after the
wedding and be here for about ten days,
when they will 30 to East Ely, New,
where Mr.. Durkee is auditor for the
Nevada Northern railway. Mr.. Durkee
was formerly associated in business with
MIR. Milton Darling.
The marriage of Miss Margarey Ken
needy, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Kennedy, to Mr.. Charles L. Bronze will
take place Saturday evening at s o'clock,
Rev, Edwin Harte jerks officiating. Miss
Anna McCague will be maid of honor and
Mr.. Clinton Bronze, brother of the groom,
will be best man. The flower girls will
be the little Misses Jean Kenendy, sister
of the bride, and Betty Kennedy, cousin
of the bride. The wedding march will be
played by Miss Nan Cunningham.
Kahl & Johnson, 9O4 S. 18th, are showing
advance styles in new spring millinery.