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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23
Col. Roosevelt in a New Dog Story

OF non-success. Mr.. Roosevelt's impa-
tence took on a unge of vexation. and
he went himself to secure the ada
mantine Smith and his valuable dog.
This IL Mr.. Smith. understand
you have q fine bear dog, Mr.. Smith 2
None better In the Rockies was
the assurance.
Cant hire him or buy him?'
He amt for hire and wouldn't
sell that dog for no price you could
Offer
well. won't you come with the
dog-allow me to hire both you and
the dogr
mo. amt hirin' out now. I got
to go after bacon and -four and some
more things my folks wants for the
house.
Report has 1t that President Roose-
welt felt tribe nettled at the mans
obstinacy.
Look here he said. do you know
who / ann
mo. l don't know-what's the
oddsr
II am Theodore Roosevelt, presi-
dent Of the United States A pause to
await the desired effect and yielding.
Smith dexterously deposited some
tobacco juice on the ground Just
beyond the presidents nearest hunting
boot
We'll. he said. slowly. I don't
care II you are Booker T. Washington,
you can't hire my dog
And all the little innocent bears
went to bed happy that night, glad
they had escaped Smiths dog"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23

just told few friends Of my remark
able experience and escape. but 1t has
not reached the public until now.
nearly half century after.
The story comes to the surface
through magazine article published
In Oklahoma. which 1t seems IL gath
cred from some Indians who have
heard of the massacre. This maya
zine story. telling of the death Of
these confederates. says:
Down on the sandbar In the
Usage country in space of some
four rods square, were found the al
most nude bodies of the dead con-
federates. Their heads. besides be.
ing scalped. had been. according to
the Usage custom. severed from their
bodies. Afterward their heads were
all collected. some being at a con-
siderable distance from their remains,
and, being placed with their bodies.
they were all buried
Leading from these dead bodies
were the foottracks of two men walk
ing side by side and close together.
as If one might have been supporting
the other. 1t is probable that these
two men were shot while In the wa
ter attempting to cross a stream near
by and 1t is also probable that they
made good their escape"
You see. this magazine writer
comes pretty near guessing correctly
when he says that it is possible that
two Of this fatal company made their
escape. Myself and John Laferty
were the lucky ones. but Lafferty
was killed before the war closed"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23

Observation-Disclosures under
w the family desertion and nom
support law In Washington has proved
that It Is possible to bring deserving
husbands to time and make them sup
port their families, however much
they may want to skip out and leave
wives and children to shift for them
selves.
Punishment In itself profits nobody
The law aims not to punish but to So
cure support. The man decides
whether he win work in confinement
or out Of It, and Judge William H. De
Lacy Of the juvenile court sees that he
does work in one way II he will not In
the other.
When q man brought up for nom
support promises to furnish 1t he IL
put on probation, and ordered to pay
q specified amount of his wages each
Saturday night at the police station
nearest his home. The sergeant turns
the money over to the juvenile court.
and then the wife gets 1t In full on
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23
Washington Hotel Is Stormed By Birds

dows and were ousted with a great
deal of diflculty.
The feathered cloud went astray,
probably through the miscalculation of
the leaders. and when a few of them,
flying too low. went in the direction of
the hotel windows, the rest followed,
like flock of misguided sheep. Pell-
nell they struck against the roof and
upper windows, and, where the win
dows were open. in they few and
round and round the rooms. But the
aeroplane landing on the Willard is
not In commission yet and the hotel
management objected strenuously &c
any attempt of guests to enter b.
means of the roof.
Accordingly. corps of hotel EN-
ployes, including all the volunteer
who could be pressed into service
made for the upper chambers of tn
hostelry and swished and switched
the winged visitors out Of doors, som,
dead and some alive.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23
ESCAPED INDIAN MASSACRE
Col. Warner Lewis Of Missouri Only
Survivor Of 5utehery BY
Osages In SO.

Montgomery City. Mo.-Through q
mere incident 1t develops that Col.
Warner Lewis. prominent attorney
of this city. father of Robert Lewis,
Republican candidate for governor in
1896. is the erstwhile unknown" con.
federate soldier who escaped the
bloody conflict with the Usage Indi.
ans In 1863. In that fight 16 com
rades were killed. scalped and their
heads cut OF.
There were only IS in the company
and it was thought that all were
killed, but there were two survivors,
Colonel Lewis and John Lafferty. who
met death shortly after his escape.
Colonel Lewis gives the following
account of the battle:
Yes. It Ii true that I am the only
survivor Of that awful battle. I have
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23
Furnishing Wife Deserters in Nations Capital

Monday morning. her pay day. The
money is pretty safe here, and the
plan heads on many a Saturday night
spree. The man is kept at work,
which is a mighty good thing Of itself.
and the family is kept together.
Men who are not willing to furnish
support under this arrangement and
those who default in payment or de-
sert a second time are promptly sent
to the workhouse. There they are
made up into gangs and put to work
In Rock Creek park. where Mr.. Roose-
welt when president used to take his
afternoon gallop. They have a hard
days work IN the open air, with good
food. and for this the law requires the
government to pay so cents q day to
the wives. az for any government en-
ploye. The work in the park would
cost $3.50 day II not done by prison
ers. SO one dollar IL left to pay for
boarding and guarding the men, after
the wages have been taken out Con-
gress appropriates $1,000 a year for
this purpose.
Judge DeLacy's execution of the law
is effective because It II certain. Fam
lily desertion is misdemeanor or q
felony In almost every state and 10
punishable with hard labor in many.
But to punish the man in jail the Judge
must also punish his wife and children
by cutting on his wages-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23

FORTH" she murmured, "apd perhaps
adventure will hit you on the shout
ers. you poor, lonesome thing. and In
troduce you to an affinity. Any way
the fall air is glorious"
From the woods came the ting
ling scent of autumn leaves and
sun-warmed MOSES and cool-shaded
depths A woodpecker accentuated
the silence In sharply tapped meas
ures and a squirrel darted across the
sun-fecked road.
Miss Stiles kicked her heels against
the fence she was perched on and In
uncomfortable abandon threw back
her head. pursed her lips and poured
forth a lifting. whistling refrain of her
long ago school days.
Family floating from the distance
another whistle chimed in, and she
paused. the edges of her soul shell
drawing together instinctively, but a
smile fingered on her lips. Plaintive-
ly rising and falling. the notes came
nearer. Softly the girl crept to the
fringe of bushes overhanging the road
and watched the whistler swinging
along, his head tilted back, his hands
buried in his pockets.
Il wonder" she whispered nervous
ly, '.if l dare-um. He looks-er-
intelligent-and nice. believe / will
Her sweet, shrill whistle joined his |:
breathlessly she peered out, when
suddenly the earth crumbled beneath
her feet and laughing. hair-blown.
clutching the willowy saplings in her
path. she descended into the very
arms of the approaching whistler.
While she put straight her hat and
tucked in stray hairpins he picked up
the scattered crimson leaf clusters
and presented them to her.
Did you learn The Farmer Boy in
little red school house, too?' he
wondered. and at the honest wistful.
ness in his voice the last remnant OF
Sally's caution melted.
Foolish. reckless, horrid." The
worlds thousand voices crooned il
warningly in her ear. but she smiled
back into the boyish eyes.
1T was a gray stone school house
with a boys yard and a girls yard,
and q pump In front where We all
waited our turn for the tin dipper."
But there was boy who cleaned
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23

SSC EvERAL times recently. when
y the name of the American ex-
president-sportsman has been mem
toned, have been asked: You've
heard the dog story. of courser" says
Joe Mitchell Chapple in the National
magazine.
Il like to hear all the variations on
dog stories. 20 asked. Which dog
storyr
THAT one. you know. that Buffalo
Bill" tells about Roosevelt hunting
bears in Colorado. It seems that he
hired q man and a dog, but neither
seemed to be very successful In get
ting him the desired bear. At last he
lost patience and inquired: isn't
there a good dog to be had in this
country"
"'Oh. yes-Smith down below here
has the best bear dog In the noun
tains'
Well. 90 down and get him. urged
the presidential hunter. Let's see If
we can't have some sport with a bear
Smith won't hire his dog
Tell Smith to come along and join
the party for hire or on any terms he
Ikea The story runs that the guide
departed and returned with a report
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23

etable Compound had helped her, and
I tried It and after the third bottle
was cured. ALvENA 6PERLN0.
il6s Clybourne Ave-, Chicago. Ill
II you are III do not drag along at
home or In your place Of employment
until an operation Il necessary, but
build up tho feminine system. and No
move tho cause Of those distressing
aches and pains by taking Lydia e
Pinkham,s Vegetable Compound. made
from roots and herbs
For thirty years It has been the stan
dxrd remedy for female ills and has
positively restored the health OF tnou-
sandsof Womenwho have been troubled
with displacements, Inflammation, Ill
ceration. fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, bearing down
feeling, natulency. indigestion, dill
ness, or nervous prostitution. why
don't you try ite
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23
When Fate
ReIented
BY Ellen Heno

Copyright 1870. By Associated Literary Press
''Oh. it's a sweet little ROOM" said
Miss Stiles ironically.
Her gaze roamed pensively over the
little hall room she dwelt in, from the
plump divan cushions to the book
shelf above her cretonne-concealed
washstand. A trunk bumped on the
landing outside her door and then pro
ceeded with series of smaller bumps
up the stairs and landed with a final
crash overhead.
"Some one new Faint hope flick
cred up. to die instantly. But OF
course no one worth while would come
here to live" she mumbled scornfully
Bitter distaste Of her surroundings, OF
her daily grind, of her colorless days
arose within her and logged her mo
mentarily out of the rut of dogged
cheerfulness and acceptance of en-.
vironment that she had forced herself
into.
Il hate EN-" humping her head
into the pillows viciously. II hate
everybody" Rising, she faced herself
accusingly in the wavy-surfaced mir
ror. Il hate myself. too I'm even be.
ginning to crook my little fingers like
them-they'l be calling me genteel
next. Ugh. I'd rather be bad-down
right horrid-than genteel, with a cot
ton wool brain and a sawdust heart.
A soft wind stirred the rufied cur
tain and whisked her hair, and, turn
ing. she thrust her head out into the
sunshine
Pooh, sally girl. but you've got the
blues" she informed herself, shining
the crisp air eagerly.
With the stirring of sprlng sap
comes an eagerness in the blood may
hap. but it's the fall for the reckless
ness and zest of adventure, with its
>insistent warning whisper of depart
ing days, its urge to make haste, that
opens ones eyes to fleeting youth, its
tanning breath charged with the last
faint scents of summer sweetness.
And 1t moved unwontedly in Sarah
Styles's heart as she shifted the keen
air and softened the repression Of her
lips
"Gird up your loins and put on your
tan pumps. Sarah, and fare thee
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23
Senate 'Chair" Calls Himself to Order

ator Bacon was going to speak, was
engaged In conversation with his col
leagues. Senator Kean Of New Jersey
was also talking to Senator Warren Of
Wyoming. Senator Bacon wanted to
get the attention of the senator from
Vermont before speaking on his bill,
and hesitated q moment, which Sena-
tor Curtis took as a sign for him to
get busy. So he began pounding that
little marble cube until the senate
chamber fairly rang. BY the time he
had worn on a little sharp edge the
senator from Vermont sat up and took
notice. and Senator Kean of New Jer-
sey woke up and returned to his seat.
Finally Senator Bacon, who was get
ting pretty hot under the collar and
pretty red IN the neck and face, man.
aged to make his voice heard. "Mr.
President" he said. Il did not seek
the attention Of the senator from New
Jersey. When you had secured the
attention of the senator from Vermont
was satisfied and was ready to pro-
coed. but you kept on banging the
gavel so that 1t was impossible for
me to begin. I now yield the floor"
Senator Curtis. who is nothing If not
polite. with merry twinkle In his
black eyes, apologized for his undue
exertions with the ivory cube, and
said: The chair win now come to
order. The senator from Georgia Is
recognized"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23

PEDESTRIANS who are out Drawing
i the dfsagreable weather, and who
happened to be in the vicinity of the
New willard hotel In Washington re-
Gently, were struck with wonder when
they saw the upper portion of the ho-
tel obscured by a rapidly moving
cloud.
And the moving mass which created
all this Observation-Disclosures within
as we'll as without the hotel-proved
to be a nock Of swallows gone astray
In their aerial flight Within the hotel
no end of trouble and Inconvenience
were experienced. for many Of the
birds fiev In through the open win
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23
The Last Word.

Creep iEto thy narrow bed,
Creep and let no more be said
VAN thy onseti All stand fast,
Thou myself must break at last.
Let the long contention cease.
Geese are swans and swans are geese.
Let them have ii how they will.
Thou art tired: best be still
They outtaIked thee. hiss'd thee. tsss
thee?
Better men Jared thus before thee;
Fired their ringing shot and pass'd.
Holly charged-snd sank at last
Charge once more. then. and be dumb!
Let the victors. when they come.
When the forts of folly fall.
Find thy body by the wall!
Mathew Ayno1A
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23
BARNES, CHICAGO CAPITALIST
Head OF Illinois Voters League, Who
Filed Charges Against Lorimer,
Former Pastor.

Chicago.-Clinord w. Barnes. presi.
dent Of the Illinois Voters league
who, acting as a citizen, laid formal
charges Of bribery in the election Of
William Lorimer before the United
States senate, Is Chicago capitalist
whose home is In Lake Forest. He
has taken an active interest in legis-
lative affairs and social questions for
several years.
BorL In CORY. Pa. In 1864. he wa
graduated from Yale and then tool
the degree of master of arts at the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23

University of Chicago. He has been
pastor and social settlement worker
and general secretary of the Religious
Association of America. From 1900
to 1905 he was professor Of sociology
in Illinois college
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23

Some writer says Indians don't
swear. Why should they? They dc
not have to hook their wives up. they
10 not have to endure rotten teIe
phone service. they do not have te
hang on the car straps. they do no.
1T behind vast millinery creations a
he theater and few of them have Il
york.-Houston Post
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-23

operation. i hao
already had two
operations, ana
they wanted me TO
20 through . third
ono. ] suffered day
and night from In
Aammation and .
small tumor, and
never thought Of
seeing . well day
again. A friend
told me how Lydia
e. Pinkham's Veg
The Detroit times., 1910-10-10


schools Evansville and the University of Michigan graduating from the
in the Customs Service China under Sir Robert Hart while his
tive from Detroit in the Michigan legislature of 1903 served unns
he
Ugh a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-11
LONG SWIM UNDER ICE.
Remarkable Escape of Man From
the Hudson River.

NEWBURG, n. T., February H.
George Ellingham Of Cornwall. who was
supposed to have been drowned by fall
ing through the ice while crossing the
Hudson river recently, turned up yester-
day and his story is verified by reliable
men who saw the accident
Ellingham says that when he fell
through the ice he went under imme-
diately and remembered coming up and
striking the ice with his head. The cur
rent in the Hudson was very swift, and
by swimming little Ellingham was
able to keep near the ice His wooden
leg did not hinder him. he says. The
distance covered under the ice by Ell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-11

A simple birthday party that every
little girl enjoys is one where each
other little girl is invited to bring her
best doll.
For such an affair send invitations
written on any Of the fancy small let
ter paper with envelopes to match that
children like. The invitations may read
as follows:
Miss Alice Smith and her doll fam
lily invite Miss Emily Brown and her
party Saturday, February II, from to
o'clock pr
Eight or more little girls may be
asked in this way. Arrange little Ia
BILE for their dollies, with all the neces-
sary dishes and floral decorations, the
same as a table set for their elders. A
good way to set the little table Is to
take a table leaf and stretch between
two low stools or crickets. Make a
table cloth from pretty Japanese nap
kins in some of the valentine designs
and cut each napkin in four pieces to
serve as dolly napkins. or course there
must be a little sugar bowl filled with
real sugar, a little pitcher of cream:
cups and saucers and a little pot OF
'.cambric tea" which is, you know. SIM
ply hot water. There should be
plate of tiny biscuits that you can stamp
out with an open top thimble. cakes
about the same size and the tiniest bon
bons. Seats for the doll party can De
arranged on cushions, unless each doll
is invited to bring her own chair.
A dolly parade, each in it's carriage.
may precede or follow the supper. II
YOU have any friend who uses camera,
q. photograph of the little mothers and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-11
STEAMERS TRIAL TRIP.
Three Rivers to Be Tested by the
Builders Tomorrow.

The Maryland Steel Company. builder
of the new sidewheel steamer Three
Rivers for the Maryland. Delaware and
Virginia Railway Company, will have the
trial trip of the vessel tomorrow and
abouT the middle OF the coming week she
will be turned over to her owners to be
placed on one of the routes of the COM
pany. The trial of the Three Rivers
will take place on Chesapeake bay AMI
several hours will be consumed in the
test Of the machinery of the vessel and
to ascertain IL there are any defects
The Three Rivers is expected to develop
speed in excess OF sixteen miles an
hour and to prove an easily handled craft.
She is modern in her equipment and will
be one Of the handsomest vessels in the
passenger and freight service on. Chesa-
peake bay and it's tributaries. It is un-
derstood the steamer will have her try.
out by her owners on the route between
this city and Baltimore and that she will
be placed on the route within the next
few weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-11
DOLL PARADE A FEATURE
AT CE1ILDRENS PARTY
Each Little Girl Guest Must Be Invitedt to Bring Her
Best Doll to the Party.

| their dollies will add much to the joy
OF the occasion. After the wants of the
doll family have been properly attended
to the others can be served. AS 1t Is
getting near Valentine day the decora-
tions and refreshments can be suggestive
of that time. Suitable refreshments
should be:
powder biscuits cut in heart shapes and
filled with minced chicken or chicken
salad.
Blanc mango. some pink and some
white, cut in heart shapes and arranged
alternately against a mound OF whipped
cream.
Rose cake, with border OF pink icing
hearts.
Pink and white minis in heart shapes
Temperance fruit punch.
At successful childs party last year
the decorations elected much favorable
comment from til it'll folk.
There was in the center of the table a
homemade Jack HOrner pie, made from
round hat box cut down and covered
and in the center of the pie was a large
heart and cupid. In this were the ia
vors, attached to red ribbons for the
children to draw at the end OF the meal
At either end of the table were Candida
bra with red shades. the bases of the can
delabra being outlined with ferns and
red carnations, laid carelessly yet artis-
tically, about them. The paper napkins
were decorated with hearts and cupidS,
and there was a red snapper at each
plate. The sandwiches were heart shaped.
There was a little mold of lemon jelly
for each plate that inclOsced real rose
bud: the cakes and candies were in heart
shapes and the ice cream was served in
paper cups, with red cupids outside.
| EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-11
Fads for Women.

The fad of wearing artificial flowers as
a corsage bouquet Is beginning to find
favor on this side of the water. These
flowers are most natural looking and per-
fumed. so. it really is a difficult matter
to tell the natural from the artificial
Especially is this true of the violet bou-
quets, which come in generous punches
with stems wrapped in tinfoil-
Then there are orchids. lilies of the
valley, gardenias and sweet peas. The
larger flowers can be bought in q single
blossom and the smaller ones in tiny
punches. If desired, or large bouquets Of
one kind of flower.
Those who closely observe the new en-
broideries cannot fail to have noticed a
revival of the combination of lace and
embroidery SO popular two or three sea-
sons ago The designs. too. are similar
for one sees the crescent shape applique
the oval medallions and the long tab-like
motifs. Therefore women possessing trim
mings of this kind should bring them to
light and make use of them as q decora-
ton on the new wash dresses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-11
Fruit Recipes.

To made the Dundee marmalade as the
Scotch make it. wash thoroughly fourteen
large oranges. Take half. using the larg-
est, and with q sharp knife peel thin, tax
ing care not to use any of the white pitfiy
skin. Put into deep preserving kettle
and add two and half quarts Of cold
water.
Let this stand for thirty-six hours
changing the water two or three times.
ings with the last water over the fire to
cook. Peel the other seven oranges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-11
When busting.

Don't use a feather duster except for
pictures, as it simply moves the dust
from one place to another.
The best plan is to have at hand bowl
of clean cold water; wiring cloth out of
this as dry as possible, and use 1t to re-
move the dust. Then quickly polish with
a clean, dry buster. If allowed to dry
before rubbing the furniture will look
smeary.
a fortnight A dry buster must be used
for this. as damp one night cause mil
dew. If the bindings have become mil
dewed, try rubbing them with very
little ammonia They should be rubbed
dry with Il clean buster Immediately
afterward.-Home Chat.