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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
LOST WORD WAGER
Writer Thought He Could Pro-
duce 5000 0ffhand.
Test Showed He Was Able to Write
Only 1913 In Five Hours and
He Lost Hat Bet on
the Issue.
BY ADAM c. HAsELeARrH.

new York.-How large Is your yo
cabulary? How many different words
can you summon to mind and write In
one hour. two hours or five hours, with
only your memory to guide you? Mil,
toms vocabulary is said to have been
5000 words; Shakespeare's $4,000. 1t
has been estimated that an illiterate
person uses from 500 to 1000 words
and that well-educated person today
knows perhaps as many as Is, 900 and
uses $1,000 to 10000 in conversation.
Even person who cannot read may
command 5000 words, according to
writer's. Yet, only seven years ago,
Prof. William Swinton said that for
the ordinary English conversation of
adults 1000 words Is a liberal est.
mate. The Century dictionary is. said
to contain about 225. 900 words and the
Standard lays claim to more than 300
000 How many of these words do Won
know?
Sitting one day with some literary
friends who were discussing the yo-
caoulary question, one OF them in
quired how many words / thought !
knew. Rashly and with nothing def
mite on which to base such a conclu-
sion. ! made a wager that I could
write 5000 different words in five
hours. A howl of derision greeted nv
statement That fixed my determine
tion to try 1t. I volunteered to go to
a desk. write for the prescribed period.
trust only to my memory and submit
the papers to them for decision with
out counting the words myself. The
Of the next day was appoint
ed for the self-imposed ordeal.
Armed with plenty of paper and
pencils. ] retired to my den at one
CLOCK p. m. From that time until
500 p. m, with only three minutes'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
Unusual eookmarks.

The finding Of long lost will be
tween the pages Of a neglected Bible
was favorite incident in old-fash
Toned novels. Nor are books yet an
uquated as repositories.
At the Carnegie library In Washing
ton bookmarks found in returned vol
umes included an Insurance policy. let
tiers containing business secrets
signed love letters. grocers' bills. pho
tographs. postal orders. matches. spec
tacles and false teeth.
Separate markers are a distinct ad.
vance over thumb prints or turned
down leaves. but. like old stockings
and stovepipes. books are not to be
recommended - safety deposit vaults
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

Consul General George Horton has
made a report from Athens on the
conspicuous work of Greek physicians
IN combating the country's chief
scourges-malarial fever and tubercu.
iosis. An annual average of 1000
persons die each year from the for
mer, while in epidemic years, due to
excessive rains. the number exceeds
5000, which was the case in 1905. The
population Of Greece is 2.433,S06 The
people have been interested through
lectures, pamphlets. etc., to fight the
Misunderstanding mosquito by draining
stagnant ponds and throwing petro-
ieum on them. A tuberculosis con-
gress will be held at Athens next
year, to which will be invited not
only physicians. but all the mayors
and other prominent people Of Greece.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
Airing the Poodle.

The messenger boy towed the lead
ing lady's pet poodle in front Of the
big ventilation fan and tied him.
Great Scott, boy." exclaimed a by
stander. excitedly. do you want to
blow that dog away? Why, that fan is
worse than a cyclone"
Nav" snapped the messenger boy
with pout Let him stay there and
get aired. That blooming actress hires
me two hours every day to air her
blooming kihoodle. and want him to
get enough of it,"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

An aching back is instantly
relieved by an application of
SIoan's Liniment.
This liniment takes the place
OF massage and is better than
sticky plasters. 1t penetrates
without rubbing = through
the skin and muscular tissue
right to the bone, quickens the
blood, relieves congestion, and
gives permanent as well as
temporary relief.
Here's the Proof.
Mr.: JAMES g. LEE, OF 1i00 9th ST..
De, Washington. ID. c., writes: ssThirty
years ago 1 fell from a scaffold and serf-
ously injured my back. suffered terri
oIy at times from the small of INV back
All around my stomach was Just as If Z
had been beaten with n club. used
every plaster / could get with no relief.
Sioan's Liniment took the pain right
out, and 1 can now do as much ladder
work - any man In the shop, thanks to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
The Modern Spirit.

Can anything be more indicative
Of the spirit OF the time" asks an OBJ
server. writing from Paris, than this ?
A group of three at a fashionable
restaurant table, old lady, middle aged
man and young woman of the society
age. The man. giving an order to the
waiter: Bring my mother a glass of
milk, beer for me and an absinthe
for my daughter"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
Beware Of Ointments for catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

- mercury WIN surely destroy the sense Of me-
and completely derange the whole system when
entering II through the mucous surfaces Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
tons from reputable physicians. the damage they
win DO b ten fold 10 the good you can possibly de-
I'VE nom them. Hairs Catarrh Cure Manufactured
eury: and = taken Internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buying Halls CafarTh Cure Be sure you get tho
genuine IL y taken internally and made m Toledo
Ohio. by +. j. Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
Sold BY Druggsts- Price. 75c-per bottle.
lake Hans Family Plls for eonatipatipp.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
A Consolation.

A young woman who had been IL
the habit of spending her summers in
a hill village of Connecticut recently
encountered rural neighbor in a city
store.
"How's your wife, Mr.. Green?" in.
quired the young woman graciously.
why, don't you know" said Mr..
Green, Il lost her three months ago?'
oh" said the shocked young won.
an, Il didn't know. i beg your par.
don, Mr.. Green. for being SO thought
less"
WELL" said the disconsolate wild.
over soothingly, sit amt as bad as II
might have been. I've got good help
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
His Sole Resting Place.

A precise Boston teacher spent a
quarter of an hour in impressing upon
her class the right pronunciation of
the word vase.
Next day, hoping to reap the fruits
of her labor. she asked: Nov, John
ME, tell me! What do you see on the
mantlepiece at homer"
And Johnnie piped forth. Fathers
feet, ma'am."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

dates back to the
time that women
may expect nature
to bring on them
the Change Of Life.
i got a bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
v eye table Com
pound and it made
me feel much better,
and / have contin-
ued its use. I am
very grateful to you
for the good health
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
Reeor1 for sfranoeness.

A Niagara Falls man tells this
story:
"A Buffalo man brought a relative
from Scotland here to see our grand
spectacle. The two gazed at the fan
in silence long time. Then the Buff
falo man heaved q sigh and said:
All, Cousin Donald, did you ever
see anything SO beautiful and stranger
The Scotchman, after a moments
thought, answered calmly:
Weel. for bonnie, yon's a RIGHT;
but for strange, no-fur / once saw
IN the Town o. PEBBLES peacock wit
a wooden leg"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
The Simple Life.

Hungry Guest-Afraid I'm bit late,
but hope l haven't kept breakfast wait
ing.
Hostess-Oh, / forgot to mention
that we're trying the mo breakfast"
plan, and feel SO much better for II.
We do trust it will have the same ef-
feet with you.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

backache vanished. The kidneys now
act normally and I give Doan's Kidney
Pills credit for this wonderful change"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents q box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

W e a k. Rheumatic
pains racked my
lower limbs. day
and night. The ac-
ton Of the kidneys
was annoyingly r.
regular. When 1
started using Doan's
Kidney Pills, these
troubles soon less
ened and the dull
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

A pessimist is always calling your
attention to the unusual amount Of
sickness there is in the neighborhood.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

Hold fast to the present. Every DO
sition, every moment of life, is of un
speakable value as the representativ.
Of whole eternity.-Goethe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
WOMEN
OF MIDDLE
AGE
Need Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

brookfeld. Mo.-"Two years ago /
was unable to do any kind Of work and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

LES CURED N TO IL DAYS.
PAZU OINTMENT Is graz anteed TO cure ary cass
of Itching. Blind. Bleeding Prutrudipr Pfles in
6to IA days or money refunded. 6oa
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

Second thoughts prevent q man
from having lots OF fun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

How men would kick If their wives
struck for an eightEour day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

The crow Is a rational bird. HI
doesn't make noise without caws.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

Father Time was probably nursed
In the lapse OF ages.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

Believed BY Murine Eye Remedy. Try
Murine For Your Eye Troubles. You viii
Like Murine. 1t Soothes. 50c at Your
Druggists. Write For Eye Books Free.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
Getting Rid Of e.

Dusty Rhodes.-I wouldn't have to
ask for help, but I've lot of real es-
tate on my hands that can't get rid
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
Easily Explained.

Strange" murmured the editor,
that this aneccote of George Wash
ington has never been in print be-
FORE" g.
Not at ALL" explained the OCCASION
al contributor. q only thought of it
last night"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

In. Wina1ow's soothing Syrup.
Tor children teething softens the gums reduces IN
nanmAton AlAys palm cures wind collie &c bottl1
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
a WONDERFUL CHANGE.
From Daily Wretchedness and Palm
to Normal Health.

Mrs. R. Grouse. Manchester. Ia,
says: For two years my back was
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

For Colds and cripp-capudine.
The best remedy for Grim and Colds q.
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feverishness- Cures the cold-Headaches
also. It's Liquid-Efects immediately-lo.
q and Soc at Drug Stores.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16
PERRY DAVIS, pAr,

YEKRY DAVIS PAIyKILLER
0nen thoroughly rubbed In relieves sffains ann
sprains IN joints or muscles from any cause AN
ez1GEiss y -. soc sizes Large bottles The chcapcsS
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-04-16

Mr.. Rural.-Try soft soap and boil
ing water.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-16

understood that the appointment OF dep-
uty sheriffs will be made Saturday ana
the general belief here is that Wlfred
Demers will be the deputy from Bruins
wick. lie is young man, a hard work 4
for the Democratic party. but has had
no experience in public office
He is opposed by John Leonard, who
did splendid work while u deputy under
Sheriff Pcnnel Demcrs has circulated 4
petition and has many signatures there
to.
The signers include every member Of
the town committee except John Leonard,
John Bolan and Judson T.. Langen. Leon
ard has circulated no petition, relying on
his past record. He has many friends,
however who would have beel glad to
put their names to a petition ip his be-
half. Everything was kept very quiet
here until Thursday, although it is ru-
lnored that trouble has been brewing for
q week or more though no one but the
inner circle seems to have known of it.
Yesterday ana today, however. the fur
has been kept flying and now it is said
that no matter who wins the appoint
ment will be split in two
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-16
NATIONAL DEFENSE.

Washington, Dec. 1J.-President Taft
today directed Secretary of War Dick
lnson to withhold from Congress en-
tlrely his report on the national de-
fence made in answer to Il resolution
passed by the House of Representa-
tives. The House yesterday declined
to receive the report in confidence.
Hence it will not be sent at all
The President took the ground to-
day that all the facts as to the army
and the Notifications along the coasts
of the United States upon which Cen
SreSs could base any proposed action
We're contained in the regular annual
reports OF the SECRETARY OF war. the
chief of staff and other subordinate Of
HrcrS of the war department. These
reports already are in the hands Of
Congress.
President Taft agrees With some OF
the Congress leaders that these con
clusions and opinions should be held
in strict confidence. As the House can
not receive rcnorts in confidence. the
President decided it was best 20 with
hold the original report in its entire
tN. He directed Secretary Dickinson to
prepare Il letter to the House giving
the reasons for Withholding the special
reports and inviting attention to the
regular annual reports. which viii be
found to contain all of the actual in
formation that helped to make up the
reply to the McLachlan resolution.
President Taft would deprecate a war
scare or hasty action at this time in any
one direction In his message to Con-
- h1 called fn of
the needs of the army and is hopeful that
favorable action may be taken.
The President is anxious that more Of
icers for the army should be provided by
law and that those officers should CO.
operate with the militia of the various
states and thus keep in reserve at all
times an effective fighting force which
Continued on Page Twclvc)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-16
AN AUTOPSY
At Whitefie|d Upon Body
Of Charles Moody
Reveals Evidences Of Internal
and External Injuries.
Aged Man Was Badly mistreated in
PortIand--no Inquest.

Whitefield. Me, Dec. 1o.-(SpeciaD.
An autopsy was held tonight by Medi
cal Examiner DR.. George A. Gregory
Of Boothbay Harbor, assisted by Dr..
j. l.. Odiorne Of Pittston upon the
body of the late Charles Moody Of
Whitefield. who died under suspicious
circumstances following a visit of a
week in Portland. The autopsy was
performed under the direction of Coun-
ty Attorney Cyrus X. Topper of Booth
bay Harbor and Coroner Clarence A.
richards Of Damariscotta.
Moody left his home a week ago
Tuesday for Portland, having upon his
person nearly 5000 in money. The next
Continued on Page TWelVe)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-16
sWiNDLE CASE CONTINUED.
Hutchinson Fills to Secure Bail and
Is Put In Jail.

New la on, Conn, Dec. 1o.--Georse
:. Hutchinson, alias Hatch. who It Is
charged. w@s obtaining money under
false pr"tences by Offering positions
as managers Of the various branches
of a chain Of 25-cent stores he pro.
posed to establish. to anyone who
would furnish the bond he required
and whose arrest occurred yesterday
afternoon, was arraigned in the city
court today, but was granted "a con-
tinuance of his case until SATURDAY.
morning. He did not furnish the bond
of $500 set by the court and was lock-
ed up. According to the police Hutch
inson represented himself to be gencr-
AZ manager of a recently formed New
York corporation by the name OF
"Fiords 25-Ccnt Stores" and had a
number of printed circulars hearing
the lctterhcad of the company and the
address, ia Broadway, New York
Hutchinson is said I" have told the
police that ne was Formerly employed
as an agent by tile Climber Of Com
merce of Boston ard later by IN in
Surancc company Of Boston. When
searched at police headquarters o
| travelling card of the Masons was found
upon him and when questioned he said
that h" vas an organizer for them and
had recently formed lodge in Nor
Wich. He claims residence in RAN
dotph, Mass, where he says he has q
wife.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-16
Lieut.. Col. Sanford inquiries
Of Mayor Fitzgerald
|! Commercial Advantages VIII
Warrant The Expenditure
OF Building Marragansett Bay See
ton OF lntra- Coastal Waterway.

Boston. Dec. 15.--After securing the
necessary data, Lieut.. Col J. c. San
ford of the engineering corps Of the
war department, today addressed u
communication to Mayor John F. Fitz-
geral of this city. asking him II the
commercial advantages to Boston and
New England would warrant the ex-
penditure Of all the money needed to
builu the Narragansett Bay to Fish
ers Island sound section of the pro-
posed intra-costai waterway between
Boston AMI Texas. In addition he de-
sires a written statement, showing
what width and depth Of canal Is
deemed best. III view of the probable
cost ana Of the commercial results to
be obtained.
Lieut.. Col Sanford states that praC-
ticable route for a sea level canal be-
tween deep water in NarraganSett bay
about q mile below WEXFORD. and deep
water in Fishers Island sound near
Stonington has been found. Two APP
proXim3t" estimates Of the cost nave
been made over this route, one with IL
feet depth ana l25 feet bottom width.
the other y feet depth and 200 feet
bottom width. For the first the cost OF
construction has been estimated at
s11 .94I 900. and the cost Of maintenance
capitalized at per cent. at SO. 10000, a
total cost If $l56o5, 900. For the canal
-, feet deep and with 0-foot bottom
width. the construction cost Is esti-
rc;itcd at $2i,310, 900. the maintenance
cost, canitaii1ed at per cent, at $4.-
900 0oo 4 total Of s2S.337c,o 600.
The board. which had been conduct
ing the survey, says that while only
a slight saving in distance Will be
made BY this proposed canal. large
saving in time will be effected by the
eliminating of the delays which vessels
are now obliged to experience.
IN addition it is suggested that this
Rhode Island link alone would con-
meet Providence and Fall River by in
land waterway, not only with New
York. but also with the entire Great
Lake system and the ST. Lawrence
river.
The letter asks what assistance can
reasonably be expected from the state
or citie; either towards the construc-
ton of the canal itself. or the develop
'mcnt of suitable terminal facilities.
Mayor Fitzgerald will send the COM
munication to the Chamber of Com
nlCrCe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-16
Striker Had Attacked Officers
with Leaden "bi|IieS."
Riots More Bitter Since Peace Me-
gotiatlons Failed.

Chicago, bee, 1.,--In Il clash between
striking garment workers and police
today, ono workman was shot dead.
another fatally wounded and several
contestants on both sides We're serious
ly injured. Non-union tailurs employed
by l.. kuppcnhcimer IL Co. We're be-
ing escorted to shop and had been
asSaiIed by the ST. ike rs.
Charles Wein"ke. one Of the pollt"-
men injured, may die. A striker, Marx
Lingcwissr, shot through the lungs iy
one of the police guards Of the ncu-
union workers, is reported dying at
St EliZabe;h'S hospital
Policeman Albert Winge vas bert
IN about the head 50 severely he Was
unable 10 return to the police station
for duty. Three other policemen were
81 severely beaten that they had to
be given rndical attention. The matt r
was reported to Inspector Healy bN
the injured policeman as an unpiu-
ynked assault by strikers Only ono
arrest has been made. Sergeant \ag"l
caught and held StaniSlaus Bricks
and he was identified by the injured
policeman rs one Of their ASSISTANTS.
When the policemen drew Their
weapons the strikers fled. Many of the
strikers were armed with "billes"
made of a chunk of lead at the end OF
a short leather thong, and with these
they assailod the policemen 50 savage
L.. according to the story told inspec-
tor HeaIy. that the police were unable
to draw weapons until they had been
knocked down. Three Of the "billieS'
were found on tho ground after the af-
fray.
A marked increase in the bitterness
with which the strikers engaged in
riots has been seen since the peace ne
gotiati failed.
The striker who was killed was p.
Nogareckis. an employe of b. kup-
penheimer. He was of immense stature.
and weighed over 200 pounds. This big
fellow knocked Policeman Weineke
down with a single blow of his bill
ly and was about to do likewise with
others of the police guard when he
was shot and killed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-16

Boston, Dec. lJ.-1'hc last day of
hunting in New England closed with
the hour of T. tonight When the Maine
season, the last of all, was ended and
the cost in human lives in all tie New
England states was found to 80 IS. In
it is expected that one II more
deaths will result from serious inju-
rieS received and a score or mere will
be disfigured for life or carry scars as
the result of wounds received in the
chase. The number Of dead IS below
that of the past Years, 81 having been
killed last year and Is the year before.
II is significant that half of ih" vic
TINS this year were youths Of under
q years of age, while d most pathetic
ease was that of q New Hampshire
mother who was shot through the
head by her 1-ycar-old son vino picked
and went through the motions Of aim
ing and firing at his mother, lecause
he did not know it was loaded"
Zen Of the victims We're killed by
guns in the hands of others, in four
cases being mistaken for deer. while
four were killed by their own weapons.
Three of the hunting seasons victims
met death by drowning.
Maine with it's two and q half months
of open season, leads the list with 10
dead. New Hampshire with /, days Of
open season, adds five victims: Rhode
Island with its open season on birds.
contributed two victims. and Vermont
one. Five counties of Massachusetts
had an open season on deer for a week
for The first time III 10 years, but no
fatalities resulted.
The list Cf casualties includes:
Maine: oct. ). Alfred Lane. -. at
shot and instantly killed
by a companion who mistook him for
a deer
oct. $, Clarence Leach, lG, at S"uti.
Union. instantly killed by accidental dis
charge of his own gun.