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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14
Discovery Made by Chance by London
speciaIlst-ereak Down the
False Tissues.

New York.-Mere chance has led to
the discovery that certain forms OF
deafness can be cured by the marvel
Gus power of the X-rays. A fashion
able specialist of Harley street. the
mecca of English physicians. who
treats poor people for small fees on
certain days, was visited not long ago
by a patient who was suffering from
facial neuritis and q bad ulcer on the
tongue.
These the doctor treated with the X
rays and the man rapidly improved
Recently he began to complain that
he could not sleep. He lived In Q very
noisy neighborhood. but as he had
been deaf for the last So years as the
result of fall the street noises never
bothered him. Now. after q month or
so of the X-ray treatment he found
that the noise Of the street trafnc
woke him up.
The specialist investigated the case
and found that there could be no doubt
that the X-rays had cured this mans
deafness. He followed 1t up by an
equally successful cure Of a working
girl who had become deaf after scar
let fever and q another young WON
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14
WORLD GROWING BETTER.

Every issue Of a newspaper which
tries to record the most important
events of the day seems to be on It's
face an indictment of the human race
and modern civilization. Stories OF
greed, oppression, wrongs and crime
often take up most of the rpace In It's
columns. The effect upon the reader
Is sometimes to make him think. Tor
the moment at least. that the world
is growing more hard and cruel, ana
that society, as 1t is constituted. Is
failure. But such a view is all wrong
and the thoughtful reader soon rear
lies it. The world is growing better
al the time, and humanity is steadiiy
advancing from one plane OF lie 10
another The reason there seems
more wickedness is that the people OF
the earth are In closer communication
with one another than they were only
a few years ago. says the Cleveland
Leader. Crimes which once remained
unknown to all but a comparatively
few are now revealed to the entire
civilized world, that 1t may know the
sort of men it must suppress. the ex'
tent Of the harm they iniict and the
manner in which they are dealt with.
Wrongs which once fiourished be-
cause they were hidden are now
dragged into the light Of day and ex'
posed in all their meanness In the
pages OF the newspapers. Modern
civilization, through its most power
ful agency for progress. the public
press. lays bare the hitherto hidden
wounds inflicted upon society, that
they may be cured and their repeti'
ton prevented. No, the world is not
growing worse. There is less OF pow
erty, crime and suffering than ex
listed only few years ago. Life Is
easier. more profitable and more full
II Joy. The man with the shovel gets
more out of it than did the man with
the two-handed sword in his castle. a
brief remove back in the life of the
race.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14
X-Rays Cure for Deafness

an made deaf by the explosion Of q
gas stove.
In non-sientific language the X-rays
seem to act on the artificial tissues
that in growing fibrously in the ear
cause the deafness. The X-rays break
these down and at the end of time
stimulate the minute ends Of the tiny
nerves, make them grow out again.
and so they return to the parts Of the
ear which convey the sound vibra-
lions to the brain.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14
Husband Must Be Stranger

from acquaintance who know her cir
cumstances.
She declares she wants to marry .
man she has never seen, but she has
assured her friends that she will wed
no one until she has made full inves-
tigation of his reputation and habits.
Miss Lewis insists she will be hap
pier II she marries stranger" az
she expresses 1t.
Il may be considered foolish, but l
am to suffer and no one else," she de-
clared. II do not believe in courtship.
Most girls tire of their future hus-
bands before they wed them. Even
then they do not know them thorough
ly until after they are married for
some time.
81 have had numerous friends OF
mine who were about to wed say they
were unhappy and would not marry II
1t were not too late to break on the
engagement.
Their sadness resulted from too
much courtship. II there was disap-
pointment on the part of one there
was surely disappointment on the part
of the other. Both would have been
much happier II they had not known
each other 80 well.
'Matrimony is a chance at It's best,
and although l know nothing about
gambling l believe that In every game
of life one should legitimately play to
win happiness and prosperity even Il
it is necessary to leave the trodder
+, path"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14
New Jersey Girl Seeks Spouse Through
"Ad." and Bars All OF Her
Acquaintance.

wilburtha, N. Miss Mary Lewis,
twenty-four years old and pretty, has
surprised her friends here by placing
advertisements in papers in this Sec
ton for a husband, saying that none
Of her friends or acquaintances need
answer. Her name appears in the adj
vertisements, which merely says that
she wants husband with good habits,
about twenty-eight years old, who has
sufficient income to keep wife in q
conservative manner.
Miss Lewis has received numerous
answers already. but most Of them are
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14


wise forgotten family remembered which, when
recalled bring regret feeling of hankuness at lucky
Yet each while it lasted love OF sort and DeVed
be genuine lasting with all these memories tucked away
he still is ready for another and fresh love.
Indeed there apny record to that many men
after another later as the
apparently find difficulty IN LOVING
two with what not love- is fairly good imitation
thereof
nothing which and radically differ
than in this ability love than at once woman
be g" very weate Shakespeare put it, she may change
her the rapy and fckness of the wind but like the
weathercock, she points to but one point at once
indeed rarey that she has doubt which OF two men she
prefers providing love with either of them Like the
Scripture unable two masters without hating
other No truly In love Win
one man vet fancied herself in love with another.
STILL may be equally attracted by two not loving
either tell which she likes best In such when
his attention and the other merely ordinarily courteous
admiration the hand and pque at df
easily persuad her that the lover who has spoken
he whom really be loved and few
much for diaoy uos.
only coquete who successfully play one man
keep hold of them both Sometimes happens
that play this difficult game ends by losing the for
she love BOTH 1t must be strong love
conquers PRIDE any objects sharing his sweetheart with
another
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14

this revival of the spirit at least OF
the courtly old minuet will have
marked influence on the costumes OF
men and women. The idea is too new
even In London for dressmakers and
tailors to prophesy. But one thing Is
certain, that if the "slow" dance with
anything like the minuet steps be-
comes the thing, the short dancing
frock of the debutante and all the
young girls in fashionable circles must
With the old-time. measured step,
it will have to be replaced by gowns
with trails.
While this one modification in cos.
tuning is assured. others are posi-.
BILE. There is no question but the
black coat and trousers and white
waistcoat do not harmonic with the
picturesque attitudes of slow and
stately dancing. Knee breeches OF
black and black silk stockings would
not be too much of an evolution for
men If new dancing modelled on that
of another era became the vogue.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14
Deaf Mute ON Jury.

Pottsville, Pa--When Ezra Schwalm
of fremont, juror serving in court
the other day. was brought before
Judge Brumm 1t was found that he
could neither hear nor talk, being q
complete mute, although very intelli-
gent Court decided that Schwalm was
disqualified and discharged him from
service
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14

Among the fashion notes of the
day is one to the effect that there is
war between the large and the small
bonnets. In such strife no doubt
the principal weapon of offense and
defense welded by the ladies win be
the hatpin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14
Many
DANGERS of
WOman'S
Long
HatpinS
By HOWARD c. CROSBY
Elizabeth. N. J.

hat which would require comfortable bandboz to house without
crowding.
When the conductor said Move 'front.' please she started and
hpns caught right cheek
you the scratch yet That enough
Guilty.
tpe ornamental of else the ladies
em should be made to fit the sharp end of the hatpn
they pushed through the hat and projecting without
ornamental would add to the attaceness
danger of the points striking would entirely
eliminated
think that's good scheme and certainly wish operation
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14

New York.-Glowing accounts have
reached this city of wonderful gold dis
coveries in the district of Yilgarn.
West Australia The rush to the fields
continues undated and Bullfnch, in
the heart OF the belt, is described as
the greatest gold find in the common
wealth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14
Bio Iron Hat.

Atlanta. Ga.-A sheetiron hat weigh
ing about 1000 pounds and standing
about eight feet high. arrived here the
other day on a fiat car from Rich
mond. Va. in payment of bet be-
tween the editors of the Richmond
Evening Journal as to which city
would show the bigger population IN
the 1910 census returns.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14

As TOT tne lHdii, "Iiei NC PidyS INC uouDIo Ea'e
he regards it in quite different light His heart is not
SO small that he only find in it for object
of love. He needs sympathy and companionship, and
if these not given him in sufficient quantity by one
he rarely hesitates to seek them from another
others,
His heart is large enough and warm enough for
more than one and since there are many things which
which appeal to his fancy, also to his vanity, the
woman who triumphs is she who studies him and acts
accordingly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14

Wexford, r. I.-Lobsters at seven
cents q pair viii soon be procurable
in the market In the opinion of A. D.
Mead, head Of the government lobster
hatchery here. Professor Mead de
clares ne has discovered q way OF
growing Holsters under artificial con
ditdons. hitherto believed impossible.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14

When the :zar and the kaiser met
they kissed: but the salutation OF the
governor Of North Carolina and the
governor of South Carolina had far
more spirit to 1t.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14

have plan for eliminating the evil
of the projecting hatpins of women.
There has been much discussion lately
about the danger of the long hatpins which
have become SO common in these days, and
legislation has even been attempted to
alleviate the evil. And it is serious evil,
as / had occasion to witness the other
night.
/ was on suburban car, about 6 80
o'clock, and found myself wedged in near
the car door among large crowd of young
men and women. The car stopped and a
tall, well-built woman entered, wearing
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14
Infinite
Benefit
to All
Mankind

tropical climate emanatons from the
soil.
of the poisoned atmosphere
which introduced into the human
organisms the the plague India through
fea and the practical determination Of the
Francisco heavy that beyond any question saved city
of the fearful vtations Of that dread disease
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14

Our occupation Of the Isthmian Canal
Zone has been Of infinite benefit in more
ways than in demonstrating Yankee abil-
ity to handle the greatest feat of construc-
ton ever undertaken.
Since 1905, when the Canal Zone came
under the sanitary control of the United
States, no cases Of plague or yellow fever
have appeared on the isthmus. The old
theory that the tropics were unhealthy and
could not be made salubrious habitation
for white men has been absolutely exploded
by what has been done on the isthmus.
The fatal diseases once 80 prevalent were
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-14
Man S
Love
Many Men Love
One Woman
After Another
By HELEN oLDFIELD

WOMAN need waste time perplexng herself with the ques
tion "Can man love twice?" Undoubtedly his
Most men not only love twice but twice twice, and
as many more given time and opportunity wise and
practical woman who said that she cared not at all how
first loves her husband might have had long she was
certain of being his last.
1t has well said that the heart of the average man
resembles the pgeonhoe of his Office desk in that it filled
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10
Careless and Cappy.

We have undertaken to blend in
one the best of the two proverbiak
conditions-to be careless and happysi
hairless and cappy. We are now hap
by and cappy, and frequently careless
as we'll. A pretty figure may be con-
jured up-a figure in leafgreen satin
yelled with rose and silver shot gauze.
The dark hair is covered by sal
lor's cap, point and all, worn fatty
over the whole head, the point falling
at the back. Instead of being made
of scarlet cashmere, 1t is Of the gauze,
over silver tissue, and studded with
pink and yellow topaz, while it is Dor
dered with great gray pear-shaped
pearls, these, of course, hanging
around the back Of the neck and over
the soft hair In front.
We have taken to caps!
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10
EEIIMAN WILL STAND TRIAL
Former University Professor to Enter
Pea of Not Guilty on Charge cf
Mailing Improper Letters.

Madison.-Trwin Billman, former
university extension lecturer, intends
before Judge A. L. Sanborn in the
federal courts and plead not guilty
to the charge of sending improper
matter through the mails. Upon his
first appearance in court in Novem
Der, Billman waived examination, and
during his incarceration he has not
forfeited any Of his legal rights. He
is therefore in position today to put
in a plea of not guilty and demand
an early trial.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10
APPEALS FROM PARK BOARD
Pr.ce Set by State on Land for Dew
IFS Lake Park Is Not Salts
factory to Owner.

Madison-Attorney-General Ban
croft has received notice in the mat
ter Of awarding of the state park
board to Mrs. Elvira Claude Of $15,-
900 for 1873 acres of land at Devils
Lake, an appeal had been taken to
the circuit court for Sank county
from the award of the board. 1t is
understood that Mrs. Claude demands
S21, geo. The department also was
notified that the Herfort award would
be accepted and the appeal dismissed.
The area involved in the latter mat
ter is some fifteen acres.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10

lily, but / tell them Of my good friend,
your Vegetable Compound, and that
there will be no backache and bearing
down pains for them If they will take
it as | have. / am scarcely ever with
out it in the house.
4 will say also that think there is
no better medicine to be found for
young girls to build them up and make
them strong and well. Ny eldest
daughter has taken Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for pain
full periods and regularity, and it has
always helped her.
Il am always ready and willing TO
speak good word for the Lydia E.
Pinkham's Remedies. I tell every one
i meet that I owe my health and hap
piness to these wonderful medicines"
Mrs. J. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich,
RED. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
OF female diseases.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10
HILL IS ELECTED
STATE FAIR HEAD
ROSENDAlE MAN CHOSEN AS
PRESIDENT OF BOARD
OF AGRICULTURE.
R0WLANDS SUCCEEDS TRUE
Changes Day of Opening from
Monday to TuesdaY-Heads of De-
partments Named.

Madison.-At the first meeting OF
the new state board of agriculture
Charles j. Hill of RosendaIe was
elected president of the body, de-
feating George McKerrow Mr. Hill
was named on the first formal ballot.
j. J. Nelson was elected vice-presi-
dent on the first ballot.
John NJ. True, of Baraboo, for the
last thirteen years secretary of the
board, who resigned to accept the
Office of state senator, will be sue
ceeded by R. w. RowIands of Gene
see
Little difficulty was experienced in
electing the board of managers for
The state fair. The balloting resulted
in the election of G. L. Hill, J, J,
Nelson, Grant U. Fisher, O. c. Rewey
and George McKerrow
Aside from the election of officers
an important decision made by the
board was to open the 1911 state
fair on Tuesday instead of Monday
and end it on Saturday instead of
Friday as has been the custom. Sat-
urday will be automobile day" The
dates for the next state fair were
formally fixed as September II, 10,
IA, Is and 16. Twenty thousand
dollars will be offered in purses for
harness races.
Department superintendent elect
ed for the ensuing year are as fol-
lows: Gates, 0. G. Rewey, Rewey;
grounds, George Wylie, Morrison
Vile; privileges, David Wedgewood,
Little Suamico forage and trans
portation, c.. T. Fisher, WauWatOsa;
speed, A. w Prehn, Wausau; grand
stand, G.. H Everett, Racine; horses,
John S. Donald, Mount HOreb; cattle,
George McKerrOw, Pewaukee; sheep,
r. E. Roberts, Corliss; swine, James
| Dillon, Mondovi; poultry, Mrs. AIDA
F. HOWE, Elm Grove agricultural
and horticultural, Ira M. Chryst, Eau
Claire; county exhibits, George Com
| ings, Hudson; dairy, Matthew
| Michels, PEBBLES; machinery, d. r.
| WedgewOod, Little Suamico; fine
arts, J. J. Nelson, Amherst; woman's
work, Miss Mary E. Chadwick Wa
tertown; educational, George w.
Davies, North Freedom; Marshal,
Grant u Fisher, Janesville; matron
Of Womans rest, Mrs. Nora Perkins
Iaensen, Oshkosh; purchasing agent,
| President Charles L. Hill, Rosendale.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10
Feminine.

A local ironworker who had been
married couple of years always de-
clared that his first son should be
named Mat, after one OF his best
friends.
Learning that the ironworker and
his wife had recently been blessed
with charming baby. the friend
smiled all over his face when he greet
ed the father on the street
Well" he beamed, how is little
Mat?"
Mat nothing" answered the ia
Their; its Mattress" = Youngstown
Telegram
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10
FRENCH BEAN COFFEE,
A HEALTHFUL DRINK

The healthiest ever; you can grow
1t in your own garden on a small
patch 10 by 10, producing so pounds or
more. Ripens in Wisconsin 80 days.
Used in great quantities in France,
Germany and all over Europe. Send
10 cents in stamps and we will mail
you a package giving full culture di-
rections as also our mammoth seed
catalog free, or send 81 cents and get
in addition to above 10000 kernels
indispensable vegetable and flower
seeds-enough for bushels of vege-
tables and flowers John A Salzer
Seed Co, 1872 S. Sth ST., La Crosse, Wis.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10
SLAYER OF CHILDREN GUILTY
Jurors Sentence William Muetsch Chi
caeo Murderer, to the Penite.-
tiary for Life.

Chicago, Feb. 3.-William Muetsch,
wagonmaker, who on January 80, 1908,
shot and killed his two children and
also shot and severely wounded his
wife and baby, was found guilty of
murder by jury in Judge Clarks
court He was sentenced to the Joliet
penitentiary for life. Charles Muetsch
a brother Of the defendant, broke down
and cried when the verdict was read,
Muetsch, however, showed no sign of
emotion.
The defendant had been tried four
times FOR the crime and in the second
trial he was found guilty and sen
fenced to hang.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10
TIC REINSTATE NINE CADETS
Bill Passes Congress to Give Dis
missed West Pointers Court
martial Trial for Hazinq.

Washington, Feb. 4.-The nine West
Point cadets dismissed for hazilg
from the academy in 1908 by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Of War
Wright were reinstated under bill
which passed the house, it having
previously passed the senate Presi-
dent Taft has it to approve 1t. The
cadets are to be given trials by court
martial The innocent are to be re-
turned to their classes and the guilty
given less severe punishment.
Among the cadets dismissed were
Harry G. Weaver, Illinois; John H
Booker, Jr., Georgia; Albert E. Crane,
Iowa; Richard w. Hooker, Jr, Ohio
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10
PAINFUL FINGER NAILS CURED

nave suffered from the same trou-
BILE (painful finger nails) at different
periods of my life. The first time of
its occurrence, perhaps twenty-five
years ago. after trying home remedies
without getting helped, I asked my
doctor to prescribe for me, but it was
not for year or more that my nails
and fingers were we'll The inhamma-
ton and suppuration began at the
base Of the finger nail. Sometimes it
was SO painful that I had to use a
poultfce to induce suppuration. After
the pus was discharged the swelling
would go down until the next period
of Inflammation, possibly not more
than a week or two afterwards. These
frequent inflammations resulted in the
loss Of the nail. I had sometimes as
many as three fingers in this state at
one time.
Perhaps ten years later / began
again to suffer from the same trouble.
Again I tried various remedies, among
them prescription from a doctor of
friend Of mine, who had suffered
from like trouble This seemed to
help somewhat for a time, but it was
not permanent cure; next tried a
prescription from my own doctor, but
this was so irritating to the sensitive,
diseased skin that I could not use it.
| began to use Cuticura Soap and
Ointment I had used the Cuticura
Ointment previously on my children's
scalps with good effect. / did not use
the Soap exclusively, but rubbed the
Cuticura Ointment into the base Of
the nail every night thoroughly, and
as often beside as | could. had not
used 1t but a few weeks before my
nails were better, and in short time
they were apparently well. There
was no more suppuration, nor infiam-
nation, the nails grew out clean
again. One box of Cuticura Ointment
was all that I used in effecting a
cure" (Signed) Mrs l. J. Horton,
Katonah, n. Y, Apr. 10, 1910. On
| Sept. 81, Mrs. Horton wrote: 81 have
| had no further return Of the trouble
with my finger nails"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10
A READER CURES HIS
C0NSTiPATI0N-TRY 1T FREE


The editors Of Health Hints" and
"Questions and Answers have one ques-
ton that Is put to them more often than
any other, and which. strangely enough,
they find the most difficult to answer.
That is How can 1 cure my constipa-
tion?''
Dr. Caldwell, an eminent specialist in
has looked the whole field over, has prac-
tised the speciality for forty years and Is
convinced that the ingredients contained
in what is called DR.. Caldwelps Syrup
Pepsin has the best claim to attention
from constipated people
It's success in the cure of stubborn con-
Etipation has done much to displace the