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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

Back of the royal pageantry at the
opening of the British Parliament, in
which the royal family. the court dig
nitaries. the peers and the peeresses
had front places, with all the splendor
Of attire and adornment which BELTS
such occasions. there stands the plain
fact that after all the people rule.
This is signified by the announcement
that the Liberal government has OBJ
tanned from the king guarantee that
Gin certain contingency" there will
be created a sufficient number of new
peers to give the government control
of the House of Lords. The certain
contingency" means the omission or
refusal of the Lords to accept the veto
provision which the Liberal govern
ment has prepared and which has the
Endorsement of two general elections.
direct appeal having been made to
the people.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

American schools get another COM
pliment. this time at the conference Of
the British Institute for Social Serv-
ice In London. when Charles p. Ire
velyan, Parliamentary Secretary for
Education. speaking of the importance
Of physical training of youths as a
foundation for national health. de-
clared the United States to be far
ahead of England in providing public
Fairgrounds and in affording oppor-
tunities of exercise for the young.
Mr.. Trevelyan showed the sincerity
Of his sentiment by urging England to
follow the American example. The
tribute to the excellence of American
practice is all the more significant in
view Of the fact that England is re-
garded as great outdoor" country.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

After deep thought Prof. Prentiss G..
Hoyt. Of Clark College, propounds the
opinion that there is no such thing
- American humor. 1t is not Ameri-
can, but Just Individual and personal.
thinks the professor. 1t may argue
some temerity to contradict . college
professor. We seem to remember
that one newspaper which 80 far for
got the properties and eternal verities
- to get gay" with Prof. Oscar Low
eli Triggs. Of Chicago. was hailed into
court for 1t. says the Milwaukee Sen
tinel. But really Professor Clark gets
on debatable ground in denying the ex-
istence Of that commonly recognized
entity. American humor Surely there
II . distinctively American twang to
the drollery of our typical American
humorists. and a family resemblance
that makes their productions recog-
nizable as American In a moment
Artemus Ward and Mark Twain had
their separate Municipalities; but they
had their common national character
istic. and their fun Is racy Of the soil
It sprang from.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
COMET IS A HARMLESS HOBO
Scientist Enabled to Announce New
Results In cosmie Evolution In
4 dorsed by Others.

Vallejo, Calm concluding a series
Of lectures on astronomy Prof. T. ]. J.
See, U. s. NJ, astronomer in charge
OF Mare Island observatory, announced
that the new theory Of comets result.
ing from his long researches in cos
mic evolution had been confirmed by
the investigations of Prof. A. o.
Leuschner Of the University of Call.
fornia, and Of Prof. Ellis Stromgren
of the Royal observatory at Copen-
hagen, Denmark.
AT the time the tail of Halley's
comet came so near the earth in last
May" said Professor See, Il was able
to conclude that the comets as class
are surviving fragments of our old
nebula. but some additional points re-
lating to few comets remained to
be cleared up. This has now been
effected by Leuschner and Stromgren,
who find, as assumed last year, that
all the comet orbits are elliptical, not
one being really hyperbolic or para
bolic. as generally believed since the
days of Kepler.
What was 30 mysterious to Kepler
and Newton was the high eccentricity
and great length of the major axis Of
the orbit of the comets, and the pres
ent solution of this difficulty thus def
nitely settles one of the great prob
lens of the century.
THE comets are now proved to be
survivals Of the ancient nebula which
formed our solar system, the frag-
ments coming to us chiefly from the
outer spherical shell of this nebula,
the inner portion having been eaten
out and rendered vacant through the
capture and absorption Of nebulosity
by the planets.
I'm fact, the planets have been
built up out of the matter of comets
which have been destroyed. Even our
earth was made up OF matter once
existing in our nebula in the form Of
comets. When, therefore, we see a
comet In the future, 1t will have no
terror for anyone. for we may say,
for the most part. It IL mere dust. like
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
Results of Second international
Congress Are Discussed.
Important Committee Work Has Been
Carried Out and Matter Of Re-
search Has Been Organized
Throughout World.

New York.-The present status of
cancer is discussed In the Medical
Record. The comments of the writer
are based on the second international
conference for the study of cancer,
which was held recently in Paris. The
hrst conference was held in Heidel-
berg and Frankfort in 1906. The
writer says:
During the interim important COM
mfttee work has been carried out, the
matter Of research has been organized
throughout the world, and now in this
second meeting we are In position to
understand something of what has
been done along the lines projected
during the last four years. The special
papers read and the transactions as a
whole will naturally be slow in reach
ing the public. But the Munchener
Medizinische Wochenschrift published
Won Czerny's inaugural address. This
was delivered before large and dis
tinguished audience of laymen and
physicians alike. Oflcial Paris also
was largely represented.
statistics. despite their fallacious-
ness, were first discussed by the
speaker. The disease seems to be on
the increase among all cultured folk.
But certain limited localities report a
notable decrease. This discrepancy Is
highly significant. for 1t involves the
whole subject of the incidence of can
Ger. Thus we find. say, a 30 per cent.
increase in recent years in certain
countries; yet II we consider only re-
stricted localities we may be justified
In concluding that the disease is not
only on the wane, but actually extinct,
(for example. in many restricted 10
calities. not single cancer death has
occurred for twenty-five years..
Surely this absence of cancer in
certain out-of-the-way localities cannot
be an accident From such data near
ly every theory of cancer might re-
ceive support-especially those of con-
tagion. food. soil. inheritance, not 20
mention many others. OF great signi-
hcance in the collection of statistics is
the anatomical incidence of the dis
ease; but to this is opposed the fact
that in localities where cancer is espe-
cially prevalent we are likely to find
all locations of the disease.
Won Czerny admits the cogency Of
q parasitic theory of cancer as long
as we follow statistics II we pursue
this plan there Is as much support OF
such theory as in the case of any in
fectious disease. Aside from the ar
gument furnished by statistics the
bulk of the evidence tends to antag-
onize parasitic theory. We find a
wide line of demarkation between two
groups. each of which is histologically
and clinically malignant.
The former may be described as
superficial, external. slowly growing.
originating in epidermal tissue-with
an antecedent stage of Inflammation or
craftsmanship local metastases
only. and hence largely amenable to
prompt surgical treatment But the
other type consists chiefly Of deeply
placed cancers attacking the viscera.
bones. ETC.. rapidly growing, and high
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
THE STAY AT HOME.

To travel with a weil-filed purse.
q well-stocked mind. sharp and intel
ligent curiosity-that is delight. To
take a sea trip as a tonic-that Is ra-
tional, too But to 60 abroad. as GER
tain persons do by the shipload, for
the mere sake of locomotion; to be
able to say they have crossed the water
(often at the cost Of unspeakable agon-
ies); to stand ignorant upon historic
battlefields, dumb and unappreciatiye
before the great shrines Of art; to
pass from city to city without knowl-
edge Of their teeming past, from state
to state. oblivious of their political re-
lations. their polity. their economic
condition-that is incarnate folly
afoot They were better of at home
in hammock. DR.. Samuel johnson
views the matter shrewdly. "The use
Of travelling" he says, lis to regulate
Imagination by reality, and instead Of
thinking how things may be, to see
them as they are" says the Philadel-
phia Press. The doctor lived long be-
fore the days of the perfected camera
and moving picture. To make the
grand tour In his time was almost re-
Quisite to polite and liberal educa-
ton. 1t is still desirable, though rath-
or a perquisite. The stay-at-home
man and woman, II established in hap
~ environment. occupied with congo
NAL and profitable duties. and unmo-
Tested by the diabolic spirit which
urges contented folk to roam. have
all the best of life at hand and only
happiness to lose by rowing. Cold
smith found 1t so and cried: The
0rst. best country ever Is at home"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
Would spurn Dancing Girl.

Denver, Col-"If were a bachelor
l would not want to marry girl who
has been Rugged for the last ten years
by every man in her Set" exclaimed
DR.. Herbert Howe. dean of Denver uni
versity. at chapel exercises. in pro-
testing against dances in the univer-
sity gymnasium. Dean Howe charac-
terized dancing as 'hugging set to
music"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

DR.. Copp Of the Pennsylvania hos
pital for the insane says every one Is
crazy now and then. The moments of
arrangement generally come when the
butcher or the grocer gets through
footing up the bill.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
Wireless Carries 4,4s2 Miles.

San Francisco.--It is claimed that
worlds record for wireless communi.
cation between ship and shore was
made when message was received at
a local station from the steamer
Korea 4,4s2 miles away. The local
operator heard faint call from the
Korea. The message could be distin.
guished: Steamer Korea, 1892 out;
all we'll" The operator repeated the
message and received an %. K"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
Steel
Used i'm
Small Flat
Buildings
By a. WAGNER uRmsroH

these steel supports where formerly posts Orders through
with the partitions above have considered sufficiently strong
for buildings of this kind.
The additional expense for this viii average
each for two fiat buildings of average
12 buildings day, days year
900 ao be expended for steel for the benefit
trust
This expense most for builders of
crate priced fat buildings
Who to blame? This will bear investigating
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

A Frenchman who is in Jail has
challenged Frenchman who is out
OF Jail to fight duel. and the chal-
iengee has asked the authorities to let
the challenger loose long enough for
. meeting on the field of honor. You
simply cannot beat the French for 20
likeness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

Making jokes at the expense of the
farmer may appear amusing, but, after all,
the countryman has the cleverest Of them
BACKED up an alley when it comes to gen.
uine fun, an easy living and good strong
bank roll.
The farmer happens just now to be in
position to enjoy the fun immensely, for
is it not he who is producing the Accent
bacon and butter that the city man buysa
The city people may be able to trim
Uncle Hiram when he comes to town. but
let them come out to the tall grass and he
will put one over" on them, 'sby crickey."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

Thirty-six hundred dollars day, or
$1,O98, 900 year, is to be given to the
steel trust by the new Chicago building
code. This sum is to be required of the
builders of small fats.
In every new two-story brick fiat build
ing to be erected in Chicago steel beam
supporters, columns and Orders are re-
quired for each floor and roof, which re-
quires an extra expenditure of about $500
in each building. No exceptions are made
in the new code.
The man who builds brick two fiat
building, % feet by so feet, must put in
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
France increases Navy.

Parsley vote of 461 to 76. the
chamber Of deputies has agreed ON
the construction of two battleships at
private yards. The understanding n
that later units viii be built at gov.
eminent arsenals.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
Unkind
filings
at the
ssMaiden
Lady,
By Fl. L. MARSH
St. Paul. Mimi.

Although married and having belonged to the
mentioned always indignant when applied
dery contend that have good right their liberty and
the single life a has of the masculine gender.
Anyway, these perious times for the married folk
wife knows what morning she'll up find herself
pulp kind of widow grass) perhaps sew
helpless offspring to be supported by her labor.
But girl remarked "a will stop rubbing the place
husband struck her long old maid
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

tiers they the maes they have for BEDS bed chambers anu
other apartments and other furniture.
They miss their fresh milk and and large and porches ana
sunshine and gardens and flowers They saddened by the wan
rowd faces of the people The city girls look faded to them ana he
look rushed and Hurried and nervous
Things bleak unkemp There too little green There
too much that is big and unsghtly and noisy and gmy
Many of regard his daily as distinctly I'M
wholesome and make uncoplmenta observations on ms
habits They think he should bed earlier and not do SO much In
day play late night choose the diversions that furnish his
recreation They think he losing vitality and stamina bodily and men
tally and morally
And yet with all his faults the city stands stage higher In
civilization and in evolution than his hearty country He has more
pleasures His life pitched to higher key His vibrations less
sluggish Hence his rapid pace his tense life Hence his willingness to
forego sleeping and and sunlight.
The relish of the city for his music and DRAMA be they
they WILL simply extension of the sphere of supeysical
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

enJoyments. 1t IS only when vitality IS below par
that he feels the call to the rural life and its bucoc
animal delights. Then he lapses from the higher
mental level of consciousness which is compare
lively recent achievement of the race down to the
the heavy mindless brute existence which preceded the
thought life by ncalcuable ages and therefore is BY
that measure the stronger He wishes then to be as
one world weary Chicago girl phrased it. "a human
potato"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

A letter recently published, signed by
Carrots" closes with an unkind fling at
the maiden lady," But why the cold
maid" jest? When one sees on every hand
such mortal homely' and utterly unat-
tractive women who are married it is diff
cult to believe that any woman, if She
cared to, might not wed
The men who would be at all desirable
as life partners seem to me to be exceed
ingly scarce.
So it should be more commendable
than otherwise when woman of discrimi-
nation chooses single blessedness IN vok;ng
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

The New Yorker who gave theater
party for eight damsels whom he had
loved and lost deserves Carnegie
medal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

CHARLES HIIEs
President NIL the position
resignation Private Secretary Charles Norton Mr. H will be the
Hles will succeeded
Bailey
young
his
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
Higher
! Plane
City Man
Towers Over
Country Cousin

THOUGH there is much said and written OF the return 70
nature and the call the country and Of the Wild the people
after all collecting more numerousy than ever 'o 'ne
cities And this although metropolitan life nearly always
entails the sacrifice of many favorite creature comforts
For the everyday person the city means flats instead OF
houses public sidewalks for lawns and shade trees ana
and dust for tonic pure fresh air and sund oher
equally untoward exchanges Country people often are startled
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-14
NEWS NOTES FROM FAlRBURY
Campbell Bros. Circus VIII Winter
in Texas and Performers Are
Returning Home.

FAIRBURY, Neb., Dec. 13-(Special.) j..
Campbell Bros. circus, which has here
tofore wintered in Fairbury, closed the
season at Beaumont, Tex, last week and
went into winter quarters at San Agus-
tine, Tex. A number of Fairbury people
who have been travelling with the circus
have returned to Fairbury to spend the
winter. This circus originated in Fair
bury in 1898 and since that time has
grown to large dimensions.
Messrs. Charles Anllney and Albert
Bergeron of this city, while hunting rab-
bits on Rose creek, several miles south of
Fairbury, shot a large grey timber wolf
They were sitting on log, resting, when
the animal came out Of a clump of bushes
and started toward them. Bergeron shot
the wolf with his automatic shotgun and
then clubbed 1t TO death. The animal
weighed 100 pounds.
Successful revival meetings are In ses-
sion at the Methodist church in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollins, singers, are fur
nishing music for the occasion.
Superintendent A. L. Caviness has an
nounced that in the future no student
in the Fairbury schools will be per-
mitted to do summer work and make up
branch that he fails to pass In during
the school year. a number OF students
have succeeded in getting through school
In this manner and Mr.. Cavlness will
sanction the practice no longer.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-14
THIN VEIN OF COAL FOUND
IN DODGE COUNTY

FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 13-(Special.)- y
Eph Johnson, farmer of Logan town
ship, is firmly of the opinion that he has
discovered a good vein of coal on his
farm and was in town yesterday on his
way to Lincoln to make formal applica-
ton for the state bounty. He Eas sent
considerable time and money this year
investigating the coal question and says
that he has located vein at a depth of
about twenty-five feet and about three
feet in thickness. He tried IL I'm the fur
mace at his house and I'm a range and
says 1t burned well. Mr.. Johnson has
had the surrounding territory carefully
examined by expert coal men and geoIo-
gists who tell him that the indications are
favorable. This is the third discovery of
coal that has been made in this county.
The first was near jamestown about
twenty-five years ago. There was coal
there, but It was thin, mixed with shale
and worthless. The next was about fif-
teen years ago out i'm Maple township,
where several thin veins were cut while
digging a well. They were over 200 feet,
down and Of poor quality. The last dis
covery is In a different part of the
county and looks as though 1t might turn
out to be worth mining. Experts who
have examined the country think the coal
probably covers tract at least three
miles in length. There are no Wins out
cropping.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-14
NOTES FROM MADISON COUNTY
Ace Henderson il Arrested ON Pa
ternity Charge Preferred by
Agnes Metz.

MADISON, Neb., Dec. 13.-(SpeciaL)-
Lee Henderson, residing west Of Norfolk,
and who has been absent from the county
for several months, was arrested Tues
day afternoon by Sheriff Smith charged
with being the father of a child born
September IL, 1911, to Agnes Metz. a
minor, daughter Of c. Il. Metz OF War
nerville. He entered a plea OF not guilty
and was released on bonds signed by his
father. The hearing was set for January
I0 1912.
Clifford Williams was bound over by a
peace bond this afternoon by County
Judge Bates. Levi Johns was the COM
plainant Johns charges that Williams
carried concealed weapons and threat
ened his life. Williams paid all the costs.
gave peace bond for six months and
agreed TO leave the county.
County Judge Bates issued a marriage
license Tuesday afternoon to Albert Lloyd
Hamilton and Miss Lena KrodlIy, both of
Norfolk
Mrs Bessie A. Howard of Norfolk has
commenced action in the district court of
Madison county, Nebraska, to dissolve the
matrimonial bands which bind her to
Charles w. Howard, whom she alleges
In her petition has deserted her.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-14
Commissioners Hear
Talk of Good Roads

GRAND ISLAND, Neb Dec. 1S.-(Spe-
cial Telegram AT the meeting OF the
county supervisors in session here action
was urged with reference to the biennial
elections amendment and the project of
advertising Nebraska's resources. Sem
ator Placek Of Wahoo spoke on "The
Senate" and corroborated much that was
said in the report of the legislative COM
mittee. He urged action by the conven-
ton in favor Of an expression for ma
tional higway from ocean to ocean and
from Canada to the gulf by national ap-
preparations, instead of pouring millions
into making streams navigable when they
would not remain that way, and instead
of doing all the road building in Porto
Rico and the Philippines.
George Mcbride gave the details of the
working of the highway commission sys-
tenn and a report of the work done on
Douglas county's 600 miles Of roads during
the last year. This papaer was discussed
quite freely by Commissioner Fastenau,
Senator Placek and others.
w. II. Thompson of this city addressed
the convention on the subject of economy
and was most attentively listened to.
County Superintendent Stevenson of
Hamilton county spoke on Education"
p. l. Cronin of Nuckolls on Benefits
Derived from Membership in this Associa-
tion," ]. M. Dunkel of Hall on "A Sher-
IFS Views" and Louis Schwartz of
Platte on "Platte County Roads"
A committee on resolutions of respect
to departed members was appointed.
The county clerks met separately today
and were called to order by President
Mixen. In the absence OF Secretary Ell
lert, C. w. Yost of Lincoln was chosen
secretary An address by Secretary Sey-
mour on Assessing was listened to and
discussed at length. The clerks elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year:
President. c. L. Hedlund of Phelps
county; vice president. j. V. Mcdonald of
Pierce county; secretary-treasurer C. w.
Yost Of Lincoln county; executive com
mittee, Messrs. Dewey of Douglas, Sharp
of Stanton, Mcfarland of Madison.
Approximately 200 members and visitors
are registered tonight. So far SCOTS Bluff
county is the only county openly out after
the next convention, which question will
be decided by the two conventions jointly
tomorrow afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-14
GAGE COUNTY NEWS NOTES
Three Deaths and Two weddings
Occur Within the Last
Two DAYS

BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 13.-(special)-
Mrs, Sarah Conover, living two miles
east Of Wymore, died at that place Sun
day evening Of congestion of the lungs.
She was 40 years Of age and leaves four
daughters.
John Il. Davis and Miss MedOra jamie
son, two young people living north of
the city, were married yesterday by Rev.
j.. ID. Young They will spend their honey
moon in Omaha, and upon their return
will make their home on a farm north of
the city.
Alex Balderson. an old resident of Cort-
land, died at that place Sunday. The
funeral was held yesterday afternoon.
Edward Franklin Vance OF Humboldt,
Neb., and Miss May Fullwood OF Wymore
were married Tuesday morning by Rev.
j. II. Davis. The bride and groom will
visit here for a few days before return
ing 20 their home at Humboldt
Henry Baehr, an old resident OF Han
over township. who has been teacher OF
German and Organist OF the Hanover
church for the last ten years. died sud
denly at his home twelve miles north
east Of Beatrice, from apoplexy He was
q years Of age and leaves q widow and
seven children.