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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
BREEDDRAGONHY

built a fire to smoke the mosquitoes
away, but it did little good. While
we sat there Shaping at the pests
there came a sudden dispensing of
them. In seconds time almost there
wasn't one of them in sight. We all
noticed it. Then. darling from side to
side and flying around the camp. came
the dragon flies, six or eight of them,
with their big. shining bodies and
tremulous gauze wings making q. pref
ty picture in the afternoon haze.
"An old Indian guide who was in
the party was the first to point out
the dragon flies and tell us that the
mosquitoes had been afraid of them. A
little after the dragon flies had gone
and back came the mosquitoes. Then
after a little the flies came back, a
dozen of them this time, stretched out
across the plain in line of battle Is
feet apart and each one advancing and
darting from side to side in quick
dashes. Every dash meant mosquito
killed and eaten. and it was no wonder
that the mosquitoes fed.
"A few years ago the question. was
seriously taken up at the Museum of
Natural History and at the Smith
sonian in Washington of whether II
would not pay to breed dragon flies. OF
DEVILS darning needles, as the grand
mothers used to call them, to rid the
country of mosquitoes. The investiga
lions were called OF for some reason
and never pursued.
II knew a lady out In Cambridge
who breeds lot Of dragon flies in an
aquarium on her back porch every
summer just to keep the mosquitoes
away. After breeding they hang
around the porch all summer close t.
the water, where they were Matched
and she never has to use screens
While I sat there on the porch under
| the honeysuckle one evening i counted
Is dragon flies on the walls or vines
but never mosquito"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
BOOK ON IRISH FOLK MUSIC

O'Neill, 1T was to be expected that
my mother-God rest her soul-would
memorize much of the folk music OF
Munster, and naturally transmit 1t by
her lifting and singing to her children.
who inherited keen ear, retentive
memory and an intense love of the
haunting melodies of their race. Sim
ilarly gifted was our father. who. full
Of peace and content and occupying
his accustomed chair beside the spa
cious fireplace, sang the old songs In
English or Irish for his own pleasure
or the entertainment of those who
cared to listen"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
AGE AND HUMAN USEFULNESS

At what age are men at their best?
The pessimistic theory attributed to
Doctor Osler, which he afterward re-
pudiated. that the golden age is thir-
ty-fiye, or whereabouts, that II is fol
lowed inevitably by waning powers.
and that there should be provision for
chloroforming all who threaten to sur
vive the age of sixty, has never had
many serious adherents. says the Mill
waukee Evening Wisconsin. 1t is gen.
orally conceded that thirty-five is
rather the beginning than the end oil
the prime of life, and that the Wig
orous human individual who lives
sanely and cheerfully may do more
in some important fields of activity
after he has acquired the ripe judg-
ment that comes with experience than
in the heyday of the thirties and Tor
ties. DR.. T. M. Crothers of Hartford,
Conn, has come forward with dec
laration that is quite as interesting as
the one Doctor Osler disowned, and
that ought to attract equally wide at
tention. He says that there are
many reasons for believing that we
carry around with us great reserve
powers, and unknown energies when
are seldom used, and that in old age
appeal to these powers may give
certain vigor entirely unexpected
which lengthens our. life and prac-
tically overcomes disease" He also
says that "the man past sixty and
from that on to eighty ought to be at
his very best because life is then no
experiment, and he has attained po-
sition where he can use all his pow
ers to the best advantage" Doctor
Crothers insists that there is no the
ory in this. but that 1t "is sustained by
a great variety of facts which fortu
nately are becoming more realized as
the years go by"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
GIRL LIVES AMONG PUEBLos
EnuIish Student Writes Home OF In
teresting Experiences In New
Mexico

London.-Miss Frierre-Marreco, who
holds research fellowship to Somer-
Vile College, Oxford, an adventurous
young woman who is deeply interest
ed in the study Of anthropology and
who has taken the unconventional
course of living with the Pueblo In
dams in New Mexico, with view to
getting first-hand information in her
pursuit of knowledge, has been writ
ing to her friends in Oxford giving In
teresting details of her life among the
Indians
She tells how the Indians have
christened her TIA Yopoyi," or Flow
er of the Sedge." She lives by her.
self in a little house of wood and can.
vas, doing practically all her own
Homework. The Indians treat her
with every courtesy and friendliness
She finds an obstacle to her purpose
however, in their reticence on all
matters relating to themselves.
The people are extremely proud
and sensitive" she writes, land very
much on an equality with white PEG
pie. in their own estimation. at least
There Is an obvious determination tc
Illustrate the inquisition Of white peo
| pie. In some places 1t is yelled under
forms of politeness; in others 1t takes
| the form of open hostility"
She further tells that she succeeded
best with the old women. whom shl
induced to teach her something abou
1 Indian medicine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
To Start Huge Crab Farm.

Norfolk, va-E. E. Elliott of Hamp-
ton. the largest crab dealer in the
world, will have crab farm in basin
that cost the government $500, 900.
1t is located at the jamestown exposi-
ton grounds.
It is Elliott's intention to stock the
farm with crabs during the summer so
that there will always be a supply for
the country during the winter. To pre-
vent a feast of the families" he pro
poses to cut on the claws Of all crabs
he puts into the BASIN
The government has not yet given
It's consent to Elliot's plan. but prob
ably will as the basin is perfectly
useless at present.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
Former Chief of Police Francis O'NeiI
of Chicago Has Rescued Old
Melodies.

Chicago.-No melodies are more
tuneful than Irish melodies. No songs
stir the heart more surely than Irish
songs.
No tune set the pulses leaping or
the feet dancing more quickly than
the dance music of Ireland.
Who has not been moved to Joy or
sorrow. smiles or tears by the lyric
witchery of Tom Moore? The words
of his songs were his own, but the
music to which he set them was the
music Of the Irish race.
Irish folk music is wonderful
treasure house of quaint melody. II
has been due to the indefatigable In
dustry and antiquarian zeal of former
Chief of Police Francis O'Neill and
other Chicago Irishmen that much OF
the ancient folk music of Ireland has
been rescued from Oblivion.
Captain O'Neill's two former books,
THE Dance Music of Ireland" were
collections Of music which resulted
from his researches. Another volume
/ unS yuct oCCh pubhohCu WhiSh - 80
outgrowth of his delvings in the music
lore of his native land. He has called
It Irish Folk Music" 1t sets out the
history of the ancient tunes and II
full of interesting and gossipy infor
nation about them.
| Captain O'Neill is a native of Wes'
Cork. the glens of which, he says. arr
a storehouse of musical treasures un
explored by the great collectors O
Irish melodies. Near the Castle Dono
van. his grandfather, O'Mahoney Nor
or. as he was generally called. Cianacl
Mor-his clan title-kept open hous'
for the wandering MINISTRIES of hi
time
Born AID brought up In such {
home amid an environment of tradi
tional music and song" says Captail
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07

Wonders never cease A woman
in Minneapolis is suing for a divorce
ON the ground of cruel and inhuman
treatment because her husband per
sists in kissing her too often and ar
IDENTIFY. And others complain because
they are never kissed. No wonder
the poor men have been trying un.
successfully to strike happy medium
since the world started.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
Various
Ways of
Stingy
Lover
By ELIZABETH BERNARD

Of your guests. -,
man does not spend dime in fare he ought not
share the pleasures of the other guests man certainly owe" mns
HIS hostess and should not consider acceptance of party invitation
the granting Of favor on his part
Indeed he should have enough courtesy at least
after the spend cents for stamp saying I enjoyed myself
Some men are always talking much cheaper it for girl
to entertain her friends than for man.
They are always Dragging the amount Of money they spend but
them spend it. They feel very much abused wnen w get
the mitten.
have people of this sort who went to SEQ their best young
friends ON Years days without box OF
candy.
Then they wonder why girls let mother entertain Them
Some "Jimmies habit of dropping informally about meal
time inst as some Genevieves do
they wonder why girl turns them down hard when they
propose
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07

Stamford, Conn. The chicken
shower" is the latest Connecticut nov
city In ministerial donation parties.
Seventy members of the Torringford
Congregational church called on their
new pastor. Rev. w. e. Page, the 9TH
er night. each person carrying live
chicken. The flock will stock the pas
tors hencoop to overlooking.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
Tramps' segregation Urged.

New York.-The Prison Association
of New York. in its annual report for
dustrlal segregation of habitual tramps
and Migrants.
"Tramps and Migrants cost the state
of New York 100000 year." says
the report. why pay this price to an
unproductive class? New York may
well precede other neighboring states
in the establishment of a farm col
ony."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07

A Virginia school board has estab
lished rule that its school teachers
of the softer sex must not attend
dances. The board should explain
whether this action Is taken because
the teachers are not good enough to
appear at dances or because they are
too good.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07

The arrest of a man one hundred
and seven years old shows how care
fully we are protected from menaces
to our community.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
Texan
Scores
HObble
Skirt as
HideOuS
b CAPT. WILLIAM G. D0AK
Il Sen Saba cssnty, Texas

the rich prairie grass eectuay hinder their strayng to
great from camp.
Now Of all ungany ungrau looking objects on EARTH put
horse rather did this day. when my eyes 0 the h m
behed hobbled woman
For the first my existence friend am brought to realize
that the faires beautiful of all created things could by her
own act transform herself hdous and rpeant phenomenon
How can there be grace without Of movement?
bobbled be taken out and shown the limp and
bobbled hop and honestly believe that one look would
cause her to change her skirts
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07

There are in this world Jimmy Tight
wads" who, without previously spending a
s-cent stamp to acknowledge an invitation
for an afternoon gathering, come and seem
very much surprised when you mention
their oversight and wonder that you "could
have doubted their coming" Early in the
evening, before supper, they tell you that
if mother does not Ghurry with the supper
they will have to, leave without it, as they
have an evening engagement. Imagine !
And if they do stay until later in the even
ing they plead "early rising because Of
work. as an excuse for not taking home one
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07

Out on the big cattle ranges Of the
Southwest it is the common practice Of the
nestor or cowboy, when he makes his camp
for the night, to put hobbies on his work
horses or saddle ponies.
There's reason. With the hobbies on,
the animals are SO impeded in their walk
that they can cover but little distance,
even in the course of an entire night, and
the owner goes serenely to his slumbers,
knowing that his beasts viii be in range OF
his vision on his awakening.
The restraining thongs, attached only to
the forelegs, do not prevent them from
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07

Boston is developing taste for
shark meat. There is some uneasy
feeling in Wall street lest the taste
spread to Gotham.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07

within the of thousand And that although they are lar
stranger than Indeed his latest ne foresees
what And that is a world state, world nation
The Bible talks all peoples dwelling together one nation fp
outlined the of that
will rule world And he has found the for the officials
predicted world executive the literal king Of the earth And
believes there will be such within the next eighty years lie
beginnings cabinet the petty officials connected
with Hague tribunal and the ougowths of The Hague peace con-
government officials exist And they have
years Only they silently and unobtrusive that no
one knows about significance of their position not dis
by quiet and non-notoriey Rather it gorifed
people growing fender Good will on earth
realizing all become and cosmopolitan At the time
Chicago there chdrens which Mary
Mapes Dodge conducted with her delightful She introduced the
late Buwort read in honor of the children OF
the United States.
He second ne had written for the
dav The first had been dedicated New England his
home had upbaded him for choosing SO small
lthon rarnodeled sandi them
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07

theme He remodeled his verses and lnscrIpeu tneH
to the children of the whole nation.
Overweenng love of country is ceasing to be
virtue among the officially modern, among the ethical
elite They prefer worldsm, cosmopoitanism They
have evolved beyond the thought of the 'boody fur
riner" Foreigner and native alike are desirable citi-
zens Somebody has written on patriotism as prmi-
tive ideal The civilized and cultured prefer the
world state.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
World
Nation
Peoples Dwelling
Together as One
Nation
By ADA MAY KRECKER

ROF STANLEY JEVONS has been most famous perhaps
historian But he is fated to quite celebrated
prophet He Pounds his prophecies his history and in that
way deduces them as logical and natural and inevitable
quences from his premises They the to puzzles
the answers to problems in arithmetic.
They the calculations of astronomer who fixes the
course of thousands of before the destined date
of visible arrival although the professor most evidently
expects his predicted phenomena sweep the heavens far
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-28
New Orleans Futures.

New Orleans, May 27-Cotton futures
opened steady l to 3 points up on the old
crop months and unchanged on the new.
Gables were somewhat better than eX-
pected on the old crops, but not quite
good enough on the new. The weather
map was called favorable since it showed
rains in Oklahoma. the Carolinas and the
northern part of Texas, where complaints
of drouth had been made of late. Week
end covering by shorts gave the market
strength around the opening and the list
was put one to four points up. A little
later the effect of the weather map be-
gan to be felt and at the end Of the first
half-hour of trading, the more active
months were to points down
Around the middle of the morning
longs offered the ring considerable cotton
and gossip was that some of the large
bull interests were selling under cover.
The weather forecast called for unset
tied weather and showers over Sunday
in the western half Of the belt and fair
weather in the eastern half. This In
creased the selling as showers are the
thing now most desired and as the ring
interpreted the map the unsettled
weather is due to get into the eastern
belt by Sunday night. At the lowest
OF the morning the list was to points
under yesterdays last prices The close
was steady points up to down, COM
pared with Yesterdays close
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-28
Fairgrounds of New
York is DESTROYED
Continued from First Page)

charity nursery in which were six in
fants and their attendants. The chill
dren were taken out in their little
glass houses and rushed out of dan
ger by the police.
Then came the work of taking out
the animals, a costly collection, in
Guiding several dangerous man-eaters.
The animals were IN a panic. Their
roaring could be heard for many blocks
above the cracking of the flames and
throbbing Of the engines. The trainers
lost no time. While policemen with
drawn revolvers stood at the entrance
to guard the crowd against any beasts
that might escape, the attendants
drove their charges from their cages
down the runways into the emergency
vans which are always ready All
went well until the transfer was nearly
concluded. Then the biggest Of the
lions, in panic, broke from his bonds
smashed his way through the barriers
and leaped into the streets, all packed
by a throng Of spectators. He dived
straight into the midst Of the throng.
CONSERVATION seized the multitude
and the crowd rushed peu nell in all
directions in panic
A mounted policeman came upon the
crouching beast in the center of the
wide avenue. Twice he shot and
missed, the lion backing away from
the glare and the noise OF the explo-
sfons. Then six more mounted police
men lined up in front of the crowd and
opened a fusillade. Backing away,
snarling and leaving a trail Of blood
from many wounds, the lion made his
way across the avenue into the dark
wooden tunnels Of ''the rocky road to
Dublin"
In a black corner beneath painted
scenery Of equatorial Africa, he made
his last stand. Three final vol1eys
were required to finish him, and he
sank to the ground, riddled like
sieve. To make sure that he was dead,
one of the policemen pulled down a
fire ace from behind the scenery and
knocked the skull in.
AS soon as the crowd was assured
that the lion was no more, they rushed
in and literally tore the carcass to bits
for souvenirs. The first man on the
scene took the tasseled tail, the three
next divided the long name and fifteen
men fought among themselves for the
honor OF possessing one of its teeth.
Meanwhile the escape OF the big lion
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-28
Inside History of U.
S. Steel is Told
Continued from FIRST Page)

NOOALAl1GO NUN II lTBI EdSbl
-------------.
was invited to Mr.. Morgan's house.
Mr.. Morgan suggested to him that to
relieve the situation, the United States
Steel corporation might acquire the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company.
That led up to the negotiations after
ward concluded"
Mr.. Stanley wanted TO know II Mr..
Morgan and others had ever tried to
acquire the Tennessee Company be-
fore with a view to securing a mo-
nopoly. Mr.. Gates said he could not
tell what was in the mind of the pur-
chasers.
MORGAN ALARMED. nd.
Gates revealed how Morgan, alarms
ed, held a conference with Gates, Jas.
J. Hill and Schwab as to the best man
ner to stop Carnegie and how the
pioneer Steel King was curbed in his
purpose, though greatly to his financial
gain. The outcome was the United
States Steel corporation
Gates told how w. f Moore and
H. C. Prick lost S1,00o,OO0 to Andrew
Carnegie in 1897 through the for
feiture Of an option on the Carnegie
Steel Works and the manner in which
J. Pierpont Morgan, Charles M.
Schwab and himself conceived the
idea of the United States Steel cor
poration In 1899 to head off Mr.. Carne-
gle from engaging in the railroad and
tube manufacturing business was re
vealed today by John w. Gates before
the house steel trust investigating
committee.
1.-THE price Of finished STEEL he said,
became badly demoralized in 1895 or
1897. Mr.. F'rick and Judge w. II.
Moore conceived the idea Of securing
an option from Mr.. Carnegie for bis
steel plant. They got the option and
paid 81, 0O0, 900 for 1t. Soon afterward
Generalization of the business became
so great that they could not put the
deal through. The price, think, was
$16O,O0O,OO They had to forfeit that
option and they were not particularly
pleased. Pretty soon the Federal Steel
Company was formed.
Gates declined to state what he
thought the value of United States
Steel common stock was. He was ask
ed many hypothetical questions relat-
ing to the power Of the steel corpora
ton to dictate prices, and said he did
not believe the steel corporation forced
prices upward through threats. United
States Steel officials win be before the
committee Tuesday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-28
CHICAGO GRAIN
AND PROVISIONS
BY Associated Press.

Chicago, May 27.-The wheat market
showed considerable strength this morn
ing. The map of the northwest was a
wet one and there was a sudden with
drawal of the buying, based on drought
conditions and the hot weather. APP
parently all the big shorts had covered
and were ready for a fresh attempt to
drive prices downward. The market
however, was steadied somewhat by signs
Of smaller world shipments than a week
ago. Opening prices were 1-Sc to $50
3-4c lower. July started at SO Is 10
SO 3-S. a drop of Is to 3-S and declined
further to SS 1899.
The corn market eased of through
lack OF support Cash houses were the
chief sellers. July opened a shade to
1-4G3-8c down at SO rs to "a 1-sc, and
fell to SO ga.
Promised relief from the hot wave let
oats work lower. July started Is to 3-Sc
under last night at IS rs and seemed in
clined TO keep within that range.
Scattered buying held provisions firm
The motive came from an advance at the
yords. Initial sales were unchanged to
1-2c, dith July delivery 1900 for pork,
SIS for lard and 500 for ribs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-28
STOCK MARKET
CLOSES STEADY
Nv Associated Press.

New York, May 27.--Small gains were
In a majority IN the first sales OF stocks
to-day. The movement, however, was
slight and the trading was dull Ameri-
can Beet Sugar gained SIS and Erie aud
Northern Pacific American Agricultural
Chemical declined l-2.
Purchases of stocks were on q light
scale aside from the movements in q
handful of speCiaihes. All Of the grain
carrying railroads ruled higher on the
favorable outloog for increased tonnage
in various sections. Canadian Pacific,
American Beet Sugar and International
Harvester advanced, WESTINGHOUSE Elec-
trio l IA and Western Union / IL. +.
The market closed steady Extreme
dullness ruled in the final hour with some
slight Improvement in the active issues,
part OF which was later lost Westing-
house Electric and American Beet Sugar
increased their gains points each.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-28
AN ORDiNANcE

AN ORDINANCE
To BE Entitled An Ordinance to Amend
Section 81 of IAN Ordinance imposing
Certain License Taxes and to Provide
for the Collection Thereof" approved
September z, 1910.
Be 1t Ordained by the Mayor and Coun-
cdl Of the City of Pensacola:
Section l.. That Section 81 of IAN
Ordinance Imposing Certain License
Taxes and to Provide for the Collection
thereof" approved September 2, 1910 be
and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 81. Cane racks, knife racks, lift
ing machines, striking machines, merry
go-rounds, and similar amusements Of
same class:
For one % week Ten Dollars (s1oo
For one Cd month Twenty five Dollars
For one C1) year One Hundred Dollars
($10o.oo).
Sec. 2. That all ordinances and parts
Of ordinances in conflict herewith be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Sec 8. That this ordinance shall take
effect immediately upon its passage and
approval
Passed May 10th. 1911
Approved May 18th. 1911.
Attest: FRANK REILLY,
Ia G. AYMARD, Mayor.
Clerk. may1oaw4w