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Evening star., 1911-08-20

used to stack them in their fields lik'
said. used to eat them with good appe
tite instead Of fodder, but that I have
never believed. = Ii is probably true
however, that good wives used te
60 out into the fields. as dinner TIM
approached, and select Goldfish from
the stacks. instead of going to the gar
den for vegetables.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

During the civil war many interesting
and some exciting scenes were enacted
Evening star., 1911-08-20
Menelik's
Command.

doros the chiefs Of the country fought
each other to determination; also at the
death of Att Johannes the same thing
happened.
IA truce. then. my children ana
friends. to these jealousies and inmoder-
ate ambitions"
This was the language of king. The
proclamation, however, was ambiguous.
It said my son." but the Prince Yasu
was the son of Ras Michael and Meme
lik's daughter, Wazairo Choa Rogga.
Menelik had sons, but illegitimate ones.
The door was thus left wide open to the
intrigues of the enemies of Prince Yasu.
There is profound hatred which divides
Evening star., 1911-08-20

Sunday fishing is forbidden, although
it is often done. The priests will not
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24
WOMAN USES FEET

ink sketches which she drew holding
the pen between her toes.
Typewriting next attracted her at
tention. 1t was months before she
was able to use the typewriter with
any degree of speed and accuracy, but
she is now able to write in a manner
that would excite the envy of many
person who has the use Of both
hands.
Typewriting was very hard at
first" said Miss Smith. You see,
with all the training In the world one
cannot spread ones toes as wide
apart as ones fingers. The trouble
at first was that would strike two
keys at once, but finally managed to
overcome this fault"
Her method of using a typewriter
Is very peculiar. She sets it on the
floor in front of her and takes a chair
a little above the ordinary height, so
that her feet reach the keyboard east
ly, and then she is ready to begin
When she wants to play the piano, on
''~%A~AA SA<O 10 oCAO W Pioy lew uplC
melodies. she has to use .stepladder.
Miss Smith is able to use tools very
well. She can do two things that not
one woman out Of hundred with the
use OF both hands can do-saw a
board and drive a nail straight. She
has made several bookcases, tables
and chairs. Il am prouder OF these
than anything" she said.
Il was determined that was not
going to be a burden to my friends
and so learned to help myself. That's
the reason that ! am In the work l
am now. helping crippled children. |
can sympathize with them and want
to help them to become self-support-
ing and self-respecting men and wom-
en-"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

1t is rather comfortable to hear that
the opinion of experts in the Lake SUI
perior region is decidedly adverse to
the view that the supplies of iron ore
at the present rate of increased use
will last only a short time. Those IA
mfliar with the region point out bill.
lions of tons in the Cascade range, be-
sides millions proved up in the Neg
aunee. Ishpemig and other ranges to
the west ward of the latter. Possibly
strict analysis Of the prophecy OF
short life for our ore supply would
disclose that it refers only to the ex-
haustion of the Mesaba deposits. Even
then they are predicated on the main
tenance of a rate of increase in min
Ing equal to the exceptional one of the
past two decades. Apart from the cor
rectness Of that calculation the fact
Is well known hat there are vast de-
posits OF ore vet practically un-
touched.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24
vagrant, Oreadine Poor Farm, Takes
TO His Heels" When Judge
Gives His Sentence.

Denver. Colo.-Thomas Burke. who
has lost both legs. ran away from JUS
tfce Gavin's court where he had been
brought by Officer Joseph Watson TO
answer to the charge of vagrancy. and
mas not yet been recaptured
A standing reward of $40 is offered
by Constable Jacob Simon Of the court
to any one-legged. twolegged,, three
legged or no-fegged man who can sue
coed In running down this unusual
Splinter. or who will give information
as to where the officer may find him.
II was all because Burke objected to
going to the poor farm. Justice Gavin
took pity on him, as the unfortunate
man stumped his way into place in the
line of 'vags." noted that both his legs
had been cut of close to his body.
and decided that what Burke needed
was not punishment but refuge.
They tell me you get drunk and
can't hold yourself up, and that you
fall over and hurt yourself" said the
court
Burke delivered himself of an unin-
telligible splitter OF excited speech
which sounded much like denial.
Yes" said the court, without un-
derstanding one word, II think III
send you out to the poor farm, and
not to jail. The officer here says
you've come to be a nuisance to people
down town, and of course that must
he stopped. but you can't be helped
by going to Jail. so the poor farm
strikes me as the best solution of the
problem. You sit down there in the
corner. and when court is over III
make arrangements"
Tom sat down. an dfell-not IN his
usual way. but into deep thought. He
didn't want TO go TO the poor farm.
Finally the cripple awoke TO the fact
that tie courtroom was empty. the
last case having been disposed of and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24
STOOD PIE DIET SO YEARS
New Jersey Man Also chewed Tobac
CO for Almost a. Long. but Rare
~ Smoked Cigars.

New York.-Job Brown Tinou. who
had chewed tobacco for eighty-five
years and had eaten pie thankfully
twice day for eighty-nine years. is
dead in his home at South Orange. N.
]. He was s6 years old.
Jobs brother Abijah also lived to q
great age. They were the sons OF Jo-
seph Tillou and were born and reared
on the old homestead where Job died
He always attributed his longevity to
the simplicity OF his habits, except in
the use of ''fine-cut" and pie. He new.
er smoked except on state occasions.
such as New Years or Thanksgiving
when he would indulge in a mild ci
gar. He drank nothing but well wa
ter
Three years ago he let a barber
shave him for the first time. Before
that be had scraped his OWE face
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

the magistrate gone. as Burke rightly
supposed. to AK up the poor farm
deal"
quick look out the door showed
that no one in the once across the
hall was looking And then-this man
with no legs at all ran away. Out Of
the courtroom and up the steps he
went. and was out of sight in a few
minutes without even q cane to help
him on his painful way.
The court, returning. found Burke's
chair vacant He called the cripple
and. failing an answer, called the con-
stable, who In turn called the deputy
constable But the man was gone and
would not help to swell the population
OF pauper's home that day.
Every man about the court declares
the laugh Is on the other fellow.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24
IPAsTIMe NOT FOR PREACHERS
st. Louis Ministerial Alliance Reach
Decision Baseball Is Not Proper
Game for Them.

ST. Louis--It is undignified for min
to a baseball game.
This was the decision of the st.
Louis Ministerial alliance at it's
monthly meeting in the Y. NJ C. A.
building recently.
DR.. Homer R. Henderson, pastor Of
the Wagner Place Presbyterian
church, started the debate by Offering
a resolution that the ministers organ
ize ball team and defy the lawyers
to beat them swinging the bat and run
ming bases.
1t was DIR. Henderson's suggestion
that the formal challenge be made by
the alliance and presented to the st.
Louis Bar association, the game to be
played for the benefit of the Post Dis
patch Pure Milk and Free Ice fund.
The Rev. w. Writ King spoke in OPP
position to the resolution.
While there is nothing inherently
wrong in the game Of baseball" he
said, Il do not think 1t would be digni-
fed for the Ministerial alliance to is
sue such a challenge 1t might lower
our organization in the estimation Of
that very dignified body. the Bar as
ISOLATION"
The Rev. T. r. Hagerty said that
he would support the resolution on
one condition
Il believe in asking the Lord for
what we want" he said. For that
reason must insist that the game
be opened with prayer"
While the alliance voted down the
proposition to issue the challenge it
did not forbid the members to organize
a team and issue a challenge on their
own account.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24
VALUE OF IMAGINATION.

Life naturally must be more inter-
esting to the person of vivid magma
ton than to one who lives only for
the tangible things about him and
who fears to dream as his fancy wills
because reality bears heavily upon
him. We do not think that even the
man OF affairs would find the indul-
gence of few day dreams detrimental
to his interests, while to those who
look only upon the serious side OF HE
and share only its darker aspects.
few dreams of what perhaps may come
to pass would act as tonic upon tired
nerves, says the Charleston News and
Courier. Our dreams are often COM
panions to us, and sometimes We md
ourselves moving unconsciously with
them in a world far removed from our
real habitation, but one whose prom
ises seem easy of fulfillment and
whose delights compensate for some
of the hardships We may, perhaps, be
called upon 10 pear during our waxing
hours The world which is our idea
OF happiness. with all rs wonder OF
accomplishment and all its measure OF
appreciation-the world in which we
naturally play an important part-who
has not seen Its shining sands. and
lofty SUBMITS. and Towering paths.
reckoning. telling us how good it is
to live and desying us to resist Its
appealing call? We cannot all gain
its shores and discover long-hidden
secrets, but, at least, we can turn its
promises to our advantage and make
our day dreams GASES, as 1t were. In
the desert spots of life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

Look into the eyes OF the oriental
and you look into orbs that are opaque
to Occidental discernment. A mystic
and alien light hints an appalling
gulf of sentiment. But somewhere
behind the screen with which the pa
tent Chinaman holds his dignity of
solitude there beats a heart as ready
to bleed at the story of suffering OF
his own people as that of the stranger
all too prone to call him devil. The
"heathen Chinee" Is perhaps not so
peculiar as his reputation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24
ROOSTER ATTACKS A WOMAN
Chelsea Fowl Struck Mrs. SeIlars
With Its Spurs and eeak and 10
Condemned TO Stew Pot.

Boston, Mass.-The Chelsea police
were given a thrill when Mrs. H. A.
Sellars Of 1876 Congress avenue. Chel.
sea. reported that she had been at
tackled in Maverick street 1t was ma
lfcfous and vicious and everything
that is mean. that attack.
1T was done in cold blood" Patrol
man Peter McGauley told the impa.
tient reserves at headquarters over
the police telephone,
who did it," came In a lump into
McGauley's ear as he stood at the 20
lice signal box in Maverick street
"A male. and a chicken-livered one,
at that" said McGauIey.
did you get him." asked the same
voice at headquarters.
Nav; he few the COOP" replied Nc
Gauley. "He thinks he's feathered his
nest pretty well. but I'll get him. I'll
wiring his neck. too. Nav. don't send
out the reserves. Hello! hello! SER
gent! say! 1t was only a rooster. .
Headquarters came near dying on
quick with heart disease. McGauley
went on to explain that q common,
ordinary rooster had tried barnyard
tactics on Mrs. Sellars--had flown at
her lighting on her hand. cockadoodle-
doc style. and scratching at her with
his spurs and pecking at her face. She
was greatly frightened. the policeman
said
The next bulletin Chelsea headouar-
tiers got was that McGauley had found
Mr.. Chantecler In the yard of Cachille
Carbone, at IS Maverick street
"Carbone admitted that the rooster
was bad egg" said McCauley. He
promised me Chanty would get II in
the neck. Carbone is going to use the
ak in the morning, Chanty's fowl
habits spurred Carbone on to decide
to make a stew of his bones for to-
morrow. Goodnight Serge" said Nc
Garley. as he hung up the receiver.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

James H. Collins. writing of the or
,erly German mind" notes that gen.
GRAFTON age the chief exports of Ger
many were philosophy. poetry. music
and emigrants. while today she ships
machinery. chemicals, textiles and
other manufactured products. and the
mere thought of her competition
scares America and has brought Eng
iand to the verge of hysteria. How
has this come about? You could
put all Germany. and Pennsyl-
vania to boot. in the state of Texas.
Yet there are upward of 10000 900 Ger
mans. With scant natural resources,
the Teuton had to think hard and
make the best of it. Just as in schol-
arly and scientific research. his agri-
cultural and industrial labors have
been intense, methodical. Flooding,
thorough. He has taught the world
how to farm. He is supreme in the
economic use of chemicals.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24
Armless Kittie Smith Has Many
Accomplishments.
Supported Herself for a Time by Sale
of Pen ard Ink Sketches She Drew
With Her Toes-Makes Good
Speed on Typewriter.

Chicago.-Darwin's theory that our
prehistoric ancestors were practically
four-handed, since they could use their
feet as well as their hands, is par
TALLY confirmed in the case of Miss
kittie Smith, haywood woman, who.
although she lost both arms at an
early age. is an accomplished artist.
seamstress and musician. Her feet
serve all the purposes of hands so
well that she can take a watch apart
with them.
Miss Smith, who is the financial Sec
rotary for the haywood Home for
Crippled Dependent Children, SIG
North Fifth avenue, haywood. lost
both arms in fire when she was ten
years old. She was so severely
burned that 1t was thought she could
not live. After she had recovered,
however, a chance remark that the
foot is merely rudfmentary hand
and could be trained until it perform
ed all the functions of the hand i'm
pressed her so deeply that she at
once began to use her feet to pick
up small articles. Within year she
could write a fair hand--or foot--and
could do rough sewing.
Encouraged with her success in this
experiment, Miss Smith next began
drawing. For long time she sup
ported herself by the sale of pen and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

A zoo expert says that snakes must
be protected. For obvious reasons.
those who disagree with him will be
afraid to do anything but give an
apparent acquiescence. IL they do not
wish to subject themselves to serious
suspicion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

Women always are and constftion-
ally ought 10 be tougher than men,"
says Prof. Tyler of Amherst college.
Still. no man ought to leave 1t to his
wife to bring up the kitchen coal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24
Where
Pretty Hat
PlunneS
Come
From
By X. T. PETERSEN
CHICAGO

the plume hunters Visit numbers
there until every bird shot and every plume
backs.
The young birds the finally die starvation
Of plumes the death of from FIVE birds.
1t is aptly called "the white badge of cruelty"
Florida where these beautiful birds formerly
form snowy banks the lakes practically deserted
the plume hunters seek their quarry Mexico and South
There still few colonies southwestern Florida but they doubt
less will soon be ravaged
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

The oldest woman in New York died
the other day at the age OF one hun
dred and seventeen. She did not ad.
wise the world to follow her mode OF
living. Blessings on her soul!
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

Woman is stronger than man.
opines Professor Tyler. At any rate.
q good many of US are led to believe
that she is stronger in the vicinity OF
the jawbone.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

The market value Of black cats is rising
rapidly, owing to the fact that their fur is
greatly in demand for the making Of ladies'
cloaks, hats, muffs, capes and other articles
Of dress.
In the London fur market attractive
prices are being paid for black cat skins;
in fact the price is 90 very attractive that
organized gangs Of cat thieves are going
from town to town on the south coast Of
England in search Of dusly felines.
Recently the Lost" columns of news
papers in New York and elsewhere have
recorded the disappearance of some fine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

which the public school cannot and must not There
lies the problem as it. there and in the parents
Meanwhile, l do not think young people worse
than others very much better. Conduct and NOR
ais in colleges compare favoraby with like sets in
Paris and Berlin; SO to secondary schools and
the lower grades. Our girls in particular learn read
lily how to take care of themselves and do boys,
if only they taught just what to do how to carry
themselves taught by those ready to lead and
comfort and serve bravely to the end.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

Finally good word has been said
for the English sparrow Somebody
claims to have found that It eats the
cotton maple scale. Go it, birdie.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

Cannot somethineibe done to suppress
the sale and demand for the beautiful "ai-
grette" plumes? l am sure that if the
women knew of the awful suffering caused
by their thoughtless wearing of the feath-
ers they would gladly give them up
These airy plumes come from the back
of the white egret, a bird of the heron FAM
lily, and grow only during the breeding
season, which lasts from February to May.
Both sexes have the plumes, which, on the
living bird, form beautiful bridal VEIL
After rookery or roost is discovered
fha ,,l,,nno hunters visit 4 l., r,,,.ahe-a al
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24
Market
Price of
Black
Cat Fur
Raising

black family PETS for the return of which large
questions asked" offered
OF there connection between the increasing
black and the disappearance PETS
black be acting wisely keeping opsy Smut
until the market black rock bottom
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

There is no saving grace in epitaphs.
When troubles come in swarms they.
are more easily hived.
Some investigating committees are APP
pointed to hide things.
Hypocrisy is an accomplishment that
comes only with maturity.
It is bad form to put your hands into.
other peoples pockets.
Always listen to advice, but ride your
own war horse to battle.
1t requires . finer training to fit one.
for solitude than for society.
Some rich mems ANS succeed in er;ta.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24

educational talent still less the
noticed however
think have noticed that children brought alike The
first usually brought up wisely than the third and two fam
lilies schools pursue the
American parents perhaps little too much Of schools and
quite enough themselves be that schools unnntonaly
and indirectly promise much
think education. It needed but
educational The chief qualification of educator
characters conscraed personality parent friend
ready save forgive much overlook many things
help hope gladden. to inspire to bless by their
refuge in the catastrophes of youth
Do Americans underae the Importance of religious train
ing? Of religious and
And that the Sunday school perform the religious duty
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-06-24
Young
America
Exceed European
I'm Spirits and
Nerve Power
By C. W. ERNST

RE American children than others? think not They
are all with the general endowment morality
and conduct Physically American children slightly
larger and socer than the corresponding grades of children
in Europe American children to exceed English and
French children in animal spirits and power. So it
may take skill to manage them; and shall have
exuberances not found elsewhere But not determining
element.
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ssFronn
Under the
Flying
ChaH'

Of their unfortunate surroundings.
Every guilty the benefit whether there Is
o
money fly.
Cultivate fnds you may be able enough Of the
to pay up the old ones
good part Of educaon consists forgetting the things shou
never have learned.
copyrisht , Joseph Bowissy
The Harrison times., 1911-11-18
Congressman ], {. FLOYD.

On Friday afternoon last, Con.
ressmon ] {, Floyd spoke to a
ood audience of Boone county's
eading Democrats, and told them
nuch which interested them. His
outline of the work Of the last Con.
ress was gratifying, inasmuch as
/ carried the fact that the majority
|n Congress now is true, both to the
interests of the people and the prin-
'iples of Democracy His atraign-
'nent of Pres Taft lot inconsistency
pn the tariff question was especially
ttrong, and he is Justly proud OF
lhe authorship of the resolution
Whereby SiS0,000 per annum in
useless House appropriations will be
saved TO the people Mr., Floyd has
never been no strong with our peo,
pie as he Is today, and his nomina,
.tion by an unusual majority may be
taken as a tribute to the splendid
record he has made throughout his
service
The Harrison times., 1911-11-18

WE notice in the Postmaster Gen.
er Il S report suggestion that peo-
pie writing letters should sign their
full names and addresses to their
letters and there would never be a
letter but what cOuld be returned if
it failed to reach the person It was
intended for The report suggests a
better way than that too, but one
which is a little bit more expensive
= hat is TO have small card printed
on the corner of the envelope This
will cost only a trifle and if the let
ter cannot be delivered to the adj
dress, or the address should he
wrong the letter would come back
in the course of FIVE to seven days,
instead Of going through the dead
letter office, and hnally being return
ed to the writer after a lapse Of two
months or more. The latter sug-
gestion is much the best, and can be
adopted at very small expense.
The Harrison times., 1911-11-18
In MemOflam

Mrs, Della Stone, wife Of n, II,
stone, aud daughter of y, Reed, of
Clarksvlle, Texas, died October jrd,
~, 1911 Deceased was born Noyem.
Der 50th, 1881, and married 10 X, H.,
Stone In October, 1897 at the age of
10, and lived wife II years. She
was baptized Into Christ In August,
1908, thus living a Christian some /
years, She was III but dayA with
acute stomach trouble, and bore her
pain with Christian iorlilude 10 the
end, aud gently passed TO that bourne
whence 40 traveller e'er returns, She
was loved by all who knew her aa a
lady, kind, gentle, unassumnp and
un0stentatious, Now she has gone To
be forever at rest where the spirits oi
iuat men are made perfect, Funeral
services were held 81, the cemetery,
conducted by j h. Stark la the pres,
enee OF d large gathering Of relatives
and friends, who W0ufhed the loss of
so noble life,
We shall weep, but not forever,
There will be glorious dawn,
We shall meet TO part no, ncyef
In the Resurrection morn,
The Harrison times., 1911-11-18
Getting Ready 10 Fly,

according to the Harrison eorre,
ondent Of the Gartte, Coy R,
|lntrell and Charles MillheiSler
we been working for some time, in
|crct, on bi.plone Of the Wright
pc, embodying their own ideas,
hd which they say will do much to
crease the strength and carrying
pwer of aeroplanes and make them
uch safer, 1t was during n recent
eet in st, Louis that the idea OF
iprovement along lines that they
i'll not disclose, came TO them, and
ley have begun the construction OF
machine They have not taken
ut patents yet, and for that reason
D one is allowed to see their mod
$, on which they have worked at
Id times for several weeks.