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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
She Wants . Bonnet.

The manager of department store
-eceived the following order from one
Of his out-of-town customers, who
wanted bonnet:
Manure of head from ear to ear
over top of head IL inchesg from ear
to ear under my chin nine and one-half
inches; from forehead to back hair,
seven inches. l want black lase bon
net with streamers and rosette of red
or yaller satting ribbon and would like
a bunch of pink Rozes or blue plume
with black jet bucket. II artifishels
air, still the stile want a bunch of
grapes or a birds tale somewhere.
do not want anything to fansy. but II
you think wreath of pansies would
look good why put one on. | have some
good pink ribbon here at home so you
need not put on strings. "-Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
SOFT, WHITE HANDS
May be Obtained in One Night.


For preserving the hands as well
as for preventing redness. roughness.
and chapping. and impartilg that vel
vety softness and wilderness much de-
sired by women Cuticura Soap. assist
ed by Cuticura Ointment. is believed
: to be superior to all other skin soaps.
For those who work in corrosive
liquids, or at occupations which tend
! TO injure the hands. 1t is invaluable.
Treatment.-Hathe and soak the
hands on retiring In a strong, hot,
. creamy lather Of Cuticura Soap. Dry
and anoint freely with Cuticura ONT
ment, and in severe cases spread the
Cuticura Ointment on thin pieces Of
old linen or cotton. Wear during the
night old. loose gloves, or light BAN
.dage of old cotton or linen to protect
the clothing from stain. For red.
rough, and chapped hands, dry, fis-
sured. itching. feverish palms, and
shapeless nails with painful finger
ends, this treatment Is most effective.
Cuticura Remedies are sold through
out the world. Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp. sole proprietors. Boston. Mass.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
WOULDN'T MAKE ANY TROUBLE
Mrs. Betsy Baxter Type Of Visitor
Many Of Us Have Been Called
on to Entertain.

La, now, Miss Doolittle. don't you
go to mite o. trouble on my account
said Mrs. Betsy Baxter when she ar.
rived Unexpectedly for dinner at the
home of Mrs. Dorcas Doolittie. you
know that I'm a person for whom you
can just lay down an extra plate an
set before me anything you happen to
have In the house. II you just fry a
chicken same as you would for your
own folks. an make up pan O. your
tea biscuits that no one can beat. an
open q glass o. your red currant jelly,
an have dish o. your ounce pre-
serves, an some o. that pound cake
you most allus have some pipin' hot
apple fritters, with hot maple syrup to
60 with 'em, an some o. your good
coffee an any vegetables you happen
to have In the house. l like sweet po-
tatoes the way you bake 'em nightly.
but. la, just have anything else you
happen to have. I'm one that expects
an Is willin" to eat what's set before
me, an no questions asked nor fault
found when l. go visitin'. So don't
you put yourself out a mite for me.
II you have what I've mentioned an
anything else you want to have I'll be
satisfied. / amt one that cares very
much about what I eat, anyhow. AS
the sayin' is. any old thing will do
Cor me."-Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
4 GOOD COUGH MIXTURE.
Simple Home-Made Remedy That 10
Free from opiates and Harm
full Drugs.

An effective remedy that will usu-
ally break up a cold In twensy-four
hours. Is easily made by mixing to-
gether In a large bottle two ounces of
Glycerine. half-ounce of Virgin Oil
Of Pine compound pure and eight
ounces OF pure Whisky. This mix
ture will cure any cough that Is cur
able, and is not expensive as it makes
enough to last the average family an
entire year. Virgin Oil Of Pine COM
pound pure is prepared only In the
laboratories of the Leach Chemical
Co.. Cincinnati, o.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
WHEN DINNER COMES
One Ought to Have Good Appetite.

A good appetite Is the best sauce.
It goes long way toward helping in
the digestive process. and that is abso-
iutely essential to health and strength
Many persons have found that Grape
Nuts food Is not only nourishing but
as a great appetizer. Even children
like the taste Of 1t and grow strong
and rosy from its use
1t is especially the food to make a
weak stomach strong and create an
appetite for dinner.
Il am 81 years cld." writes Tenn.
grandmother, "and have had a weak
stomach from childhood BY great care
sas to my diet I enjoyed a reasonable
degree of health. but never found any
thing to equal Grape-Nuts as a
standby.
when have no appetite for break
fast and just eat to keep up my
strength, take 4 teaspoonfuls of
Crape-Nuts with good rich milk and
when dinner comes / am hungry.
While II l go without any breakfast ]
never feel like eating dinner. Grape
Nuts for breakfast seems to make a
healthy appetite for dinner.
My 13-months-old grandson had
been very sick with stomach trouble
during the past summer. and finally we
put him on Grape-Nuts. Now he is
growing plump and wen. When asked
III he wants his nurse or Grape-Nuts
he brightens up and points to the
cupboard. He was no trouble to wean
ant all--thanks to Grape-Nuts." Read
the little book, the Road to Well
willie" In pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the absve Ietters new
ore genulnss trues and fall Of hulnau
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

a simple life spent largely in the fields. with
plain diet, consisting of q few vegetables and
fruits. little meat, and native beer and wine for
beverages.
Nothing can be more obvious than that the
very completely of our modern civilization IL
shortening our lives. But of all the evils that
afiict US the worst and most destructive are
hurry and worry. Hurry drives the body ma
chine beyond its capacity. while worry racks II
inwardly. OF the two worry is probably the
worse This might. indeed, be called the age Of
worry. Because of the intense nervous strain to
which are subjected we do vastly more wor.
rying than did our forebears. The average man
Of to-day is continually surrounded and pursued
by phantom troubles. which, though few Of them
ever materialze into realities haunt him COM
tinually running his peace of mind and injuring
his health
Worry is not only distressing, but positively
dangerous. It is the fruitful cause Of many
brain diseases and is often the beginning of dis
orders of the nervous system. Men worry about
money matters about business and about family
affairs 1t becomes a habit, growing by what It
feeds on. so that the victim. with nothing on
earth to bother him perhaps. looks around TO dis
cover something to worry about. II there 10
nothing else to be found. he will worry about his
own health, about his salvation in the next
world Worry is one Of the most important fac
tors In the development of kidney troubles.
It may be said in conclusion that the fact.
shown by the census figures Of 1900. that people
in rural districts live longer than residents Of
the cities affords rather striking illustration of
the influence of the complex existence upon lon
gevity. II dying at the top" seems
to be the case. the misfortune is unauestionably
attributable to inherent defects in the civiliza-
ton of which we are so proud We have more
amusements. travel faster, are more daintily
fed, wear finer clothes and are surrounded by
more comfort and luxury than any generation
that has preceded us; but we pay for all these
things literally with lives, which, II by the
working out of some memorable law Of compen-
sation. have been considerably shortened already
and seemingly show tendency to become pro
gressively shorter and shorter still.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
A Diagnosis.

~How's yer husband after the acct
dent Mrs. Ginnerty?"
Faith, sometimes he's bether an
sometimes he's wurse. but from the
way he yils an takes on when he's
bether, Oh think he's bether when he's
wurse."-Kansas City Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

''This." remarked Mr.. Cane. "is my
photograph with my two French
poodles. You recognize mer'
~ think 80" said Miss Softee. you
are the one with the hat on, are you
not?"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
That's the Question.

Wife-You were late last night.
Hub-Beg pardon. my dear. AS
came In the front door the clock
struck IL.
Wife-But what time did yon arrive
At the head Of the stairs?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
castron omIe.

"what belle Of the season do you
ind most attractiyer
''The dinner bell~
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A Noble Woman.

Guardian-You say you are going to marry
a man in order to reform him. That is very noble
Of you. May ask who It 10?
Ward-Its Mr.. Oofbyrd.
Guardian-Indeed? wasn't aware that he
had any bad habits.
ward-Yes. His friends say that he is becom-
ing quite miserly.-Sketch.
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down. Incidentally, his digestion becomes i'm
paired his vital organs suffer irritation. which Is
often the beginning of disease and his circula-
ton is clogged. threatening apoplexy. No won
der. then, that IN many instance he dies sud-
denly, while yet in the prime, of life
Sudden deaths are much more common than
they used to be. The high pressure of modern
life. with its keen competition and. intense
strain, is the chief cause The busy merchant
drives his body machine beyond its capacity and
suddenly it collapses. Heart disease or apo
plexy the attack may be. according to the ply
sician's diagnosis, but it is really over-driving
that is accountable for the mischief The siren
uous life is all very WELL but it is liable in these
days to be carried too far have known several
tragic incidents of the kind within the last few
years--one Of them the of gentleman
whom / had earnestly advised to lead a more
simple life. Nature" / said to him. did not
provide you with machine capable Of enduring
such use. You have SO many hours for sleep.
so many for work and SO many for recreation;
you must arrange them accordingly" But he
kept on at the same gait, and. not long ago.
while speaking at a dinner on board a steam
ship that was entering the harbor of New York.
he dropped dead blood-vessel had given
way
When the body-machine is weakened by over
1t cannot withstand the hostile germ life which
1t cannot withstand the hostile germ life which
1t is obliged to encounter. In other words, its
power of resistance Is diminished. And when
the hours that should be devoted to healthful
recreation are given up to the enervating dissi-
pations of club and social life there is double
drain upon the vitality Many business men
nowadays are kept under such continual ner-
vous strain that they resort to stimulants In
working hours and it is this sort of abuse CON-
bined with constant and racking excitement.
that has earned for paresis recognition as
brain disease to which stock brokers are pecul-
iarly liable-so much SO. indeed, that It might
be called brokers' insanity.
The conditions of luxury under which most
of us lve-for these are days when even the
poor man enjoys comforts such were unob-
tainable by the rich half century ago-have
tendency to weaken our constitutions and impair
our vitality Our houses overheated and
even the vehicles in which we ride are often
warmed almost to suffocation. Thus we have
become like dollhouse plants and, II by chance
exposed to current of cool air. we catch cold
or perhaps contract bronchitis or pneumonia,
trifing change OF temperature cutting our lives
short in twinklng. Or, again, it may be that
like cause will bring congestion Of the kidneys,
leading to disease Of those organs proving even
tually fatal
stop at village on the river Rhine. where I
There were-a dozen over 100 years Of age and
many from 80 years old up to the century mark;
yet straight and vigorous One woman nearly a
picking hops: her grandchildren were middle
aged 1t was quite wonderful. But there was
no mystery about it; IT was merely the effect Of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

Once there was q cook who stayed
In one place for more than months
She was in hospital. paralyzed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12
All Kinda.

1T takes all kinds Of people to make world"
said the ready-made philosopher.
Certainly" answered the plain person. Took
at explorers Some of them excel with mathe-
NAUTICAL instruments and some with typewr3ters
and picture machines "-Washington Star.
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For Headache Try HIcks' capudine.
Whether from Colds. Heat, Stomach or
Nervous troubles, the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Liqutd-pleas-
ant to take-Enects Immediately. 10, =
and }t0c ct Drug Stores
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ALL SERENE.

DE minister. he says dat at der last
day every man will be judged by his
works."
well. dat needn't worry us any. We
never worked"
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"That seems to be curious name you have
for your mule?"
aYes sub. / calls him Climate, cause dc mo
you abuses him de mo- disaSreeable he sita"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-12

average prospective life
time of all Is much
greater than was the
case for those living so
years ago.
Most of us do not re-
alize, perh APPS, how
much more complicated
life is than 1t used to
be. The typical success
fui business man of to-
day crowds the work Of
20 hours into 10 hours
and only leaves his Of
fee to plunge into so
cial dissipation of one
kind or another, eating
too much, drinking too
much, s m o king too
much, going to bed too
late, and keeping his
nervous system continu-
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A Question of Time.

How much does 1t cost to get mar
ried?" asked the eager youth.
"That depends entirely on how long
you live" replied the sad-looking man.
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N view Of all that
has been said about
the fall in the death
rate, 1T Sc m
strange to realize
4. p >. that we are not Iva
3XX ~ ing so long as our
\ grandfathers and
grandmothers did.
More babies live to grow up now
adays than formerly, but people
in later life die faster than they
used. Once arrived at adult age,
the average man or woman has
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
News of the Courts
JUDGE RULES MILLS SING
MUST STAND HIS TRIAL
Court of Appeals UphoIdS ConSti-
tutionaIity of the Juvenile
Tribunal Law

Mills Sing, who sought to test the
constitutionality of the juvenile court
act, will have to stand trial. The dis
trict court of appeals, in an opinion
given yesterday, declared that the act,
which was drawn by Judge Wilbur, is
constitutional
Sing was charged with contributing
to the delinquency of a minor, ward
of the court. His defense was that a
superior judge had not the power to act
as a committing magistrate or sit in
misdemeanor cases under the juvenile
court act.
The court of appeals held that "the
constitution confers upon the superior
court jurisdiction in all misdemeanor
cases not otherwise provided by law
Another case to test the laws consti-
tutionality has been set for Tuesday.
Anna Petron of Ventura, mother of
Grace and Catherine MoureauX, has ap-
piled in the superior court for a writ of
habeas corpus for the release of her
daughters, who were sent TO the Home
of the Good shepherd by Judge Crow
of Santa Barbara, sitting as judge of
the Juvenile court. The case has been
assigned to Judge Wilbur's department,
and the announcement was made yes
terday that the validity of the law
would be attacked.
The mother asserts her daughters
were sent away without proper notice
being served on her, and that they
were placed in a Catholic institution
contrary to her wishes.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
REPORT SHOWS BIG GAIN
IN ELECTRICAL WIRING
City Electrician Files Statement
for Last Fiscal Year

For the fiscal year just closed there
has been an increase of 80 per cent IN
the number of permits for electric wiz
ing issued over the total number issued
for the fiscal year 19OS-19O9 according
to the report Of R. H. Manahan, city
electrician, filed yesterday win the
city clery. The percentage of gain over
the assurances of the year 1907-1908,
estimated last July, was seventeen.
This year there were 14,7S2 permits
to install electric wiring given, Whlle
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
TRIBESMEN WIPE OUT
GANG OF MORO PIRATES
Headman of Toll Toll Brings in
Head of Leader

VICTORIA, B. c., July 9.-From
Manila the steamer Bellerophon
brought news of the capture and WHIP
ing out of the Moro pirates who recent
~ killed three Dutch traders and loot
ed a trading town in the Toll Toll
Celebes group. Hadji Alsad, the leader,
was killed by his own people on the
island of Maintenance, where he had
taken refuge when Governor Reed and
a party Of the Philippine constabulary
went in pursuit of the pirates. Gov
ernor Reed captured eleven members
of the band and he authorized the
head man of Toll Toll to capture or
kill the leader. The head man took
the field and four days later came back
with the head of the pirate chief and
claimed his reward.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
JUDGE HUTTON GRANTS
TWO DIVORCE DEGREES

Frances Brosius was given a decree
of divorce from Carl Brosius by Judge
Hutton yesterday for desertion. A sim
liar order was given Evangeline White
from Sidney D. White for failure to
support.
The annulment asked by Mary Will
son of her marriage with Frank Wilson
was continued for further hearing. Tn3
husband appeared in court and stated
it was true he had married before be-
ing finally divorced from his first wife,
but that he had done so unintentional-
ly. His former wife, Bessie d. Wilson,
from whom he had separated, informed
him she was divorced, and believing
she had obtained a final decree, he
went ahead. This final decree, he stat
ed. has since been procured.
The plaintiffs attorney disagreed
with this statement, and further time
was allowed to present the facts.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
CLAIMS GROUNDS OF
WIFE. NOT SUFFICIENT
E. P. Walton Has Divorce Case
Re0pened

Claiming that there is no court rec
ord of any conviction for felony
against him, Eugene p. Walton ap-
peareS, before Judge Hutton yesterday
and Secured an order setting aside the
divorce procured on those grounds by
his wife. Grace Walton, but week
before.
IT technically pleaded guilty to a
charge of forgery stated Walton, but
I never served a minute, and later |
was called before Judge Bordwel and
permitted to change my plea, and the
charge was dismissed"
Then the entire record was not pre-
scented in the case?" asked Judge Hut
ton.
Waltons attorney stated that 1t
seemed not. The record, however, was
not in court, and the hearing was con-
tinued until such a time as the VIE
could again appear.
The divorce was granted Friday, July
1. on the evidence of a conviction. rms
legally is sufficient grounds for d.
yorce. except where the prisoner IS
placed on probation. In that case, at
the completion Of the time, the proba-
tiUrer is permitted to enter plea Of
not guilty and have his record made
dear. Walton says he was placed on
probation, but that the order was
changed after less than one year ana
a half had elapsed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
STARTS $1,000 ACTION
AGAINST OIL COMPANY
Charges Stock Was Sold from
SyndiCate's Treasury

Another suit against officers of the
Los Angeles Coalinga Oil syndicate was
begun yesterday when w. L. Smltn
filed an action for the recovery Of $1,000
from w. c. Elderton, president OF the
syndicate.
After the directors had Withdrawn
the stock from the market November
of last year, according to the COM
Tla:nt, the pres ident approached :m'th
with the suggestion that they each buy
haIf Of 1850 shares owned by one Dunn
at the rate Of 50 a share. This, St,Ith
claims, was held out to him as a low
offer. and he took it, paying $1,000 for
500 shares.
Since that time. he states. he naS
learned that the stock was issued OIL
of In treas ury of the company fer 81
n share, made payable to Dunn, Who In
dorsed ii to the plaintiff, and who also
accented the plaintiffs money and
PASSED it on to Elderton. As soon as
he learned Of the alleged deception
smith saws he asked a RECESSION of the
contract. which was denied.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
AMERICAN SURETlES FIRM
IN EUROPE, SAYS BANKER

NEW YORK, July 9.-Bayard DOM
mick and Henry w. Cannon, both
prominent local bankers, returned from
Liverpool yesterday on the Mature
feeling abroad concerning Americas
business future. Dominick said that
in Germany and England there was
no diminution of confidence in Ameri-
can securities The foreign bankers,
he said had no fear of i'll effects aris-
ing from any interference of the inter-
state commerce commission with the
American railroads.
Samuel Rea, vice president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, was also a pas
senger on the Mauretania. He had
been abroad four weeks on pleasure
trim
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
ASKS 100000 FROM OIL
co. FOR HUSBANDS DEATH

One hundred thousand dollars dam
ages for the death of her husband is
asked n a suit fled yesterday i'll the
superior court by Audria L. RAIDER
against the Chanslor- Garfield Midway
Oil company.
On April 90 of this year, she states,
Grover c. RAIDER died at the age of Y
from injuries received from railing
oil derrick, where he was employed, on
August 10 last.
The accident, it is claimed, was due
entirely to the company's negligence,
RAIDER not being connected with the
construction work at all.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
KEEL OF BIG ARGENTINE
BATTLESHIP is PLACED

of the big battleship Moreno, to be
built for the Argentine Republic by the
New York Ship Building company at
its yard in Camden, n. j., was laid
today in the presence of several Of
fieiais of the South American country.
The battleship will be of immense
size and is one of two sister ships be-
ing built for Argentina.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
LEADER OF MAYBRAY GANG
OF SWINDLERS Is DEAD

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.-Russell
D. Hartman, reputed leader of the
Maybray gang of race track and prize
fight swindlers, died last night at the
Oakland hospital, where he was ope-
rated on several days ago for cancer of
the stomach.
HERMAN has been in the Alameda
county hospital for several months
awaiting an appeal against an order
of the United States court removing
him to Council Bluffs for trial.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
CREW OF 10 SAVED AS
SCHOONER GOES ASHORE

SAN FRANCISCO, July Closing
her bearings in heavy fog early today
the four-masted schooner Annie e.
Smale went ashore at Point Reyes,
thirty miles north of this harbor. The
vessel, loaded with 1900 tons of coal
from New Castle, Australia, will be a
total loss. Captain j. E. Anderson and
his crew of thirteen were picked up
by the steamer M. f. Plant, bound
for this port.
The Plant arrived here shortly before
noon and landed Captain Anderson, his
wife, his nephew, a boy of years, and
the crew of the wrecked vessel The
weather was calm and noe of them
suffered any hardships. They report
that the schooner is so firmly wedged
among the rocks that she probably will
go to pieces where she lies.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
SUE FOR DIVISION OF THE
100000 HEATING ESTATE

Edward Heating and three of his
brothers and sisters, in an action filed
yesterday in the superior court, ask
he partition Of the $1,000,0OO estate of
their father, the late Andrew ]. Keat-
ing of Santa Monica. This, it is ex-
pected, will settle the division of the
long fought estate.
A, w. Heating and Henry Heating
two Of the children, are made defend
ants, as are also several creditors of
The estate. Edward and Alfred keat-
ing. Elvira Heating Forthmann and
Helen Heating Johnston, together with
n number Of attorneys who have claims
against the estate, are made plaintiffs