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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
William c. Gates Abandons Trade a.
Carpenter and Embarks In Unique
Enterprise In Idaho.

Spokane, Enthusiastically rails
Ing mink in captivity. feat that so
far has bafiied the foremost experts in
the employ of the federal government
and scores of others attracted to the
industry by the enormous profits, or
for scientific reasons. has been &C
complished by William c. Gates. for
merly carpenter. who abandoned
that calling In January, 1910. to de-
vote his entire attention to fur farm
In the forest wilds on the north fork
OF the Occur d'Alene river in Month
ern Idaho. about 100 miles east OF
Spokane.
Gates fur farm consists of a small
tract of timbered land on hill. where
he has cages of sheet iron and wire
netting. The iron is used TO prevent
burrowing Eventually, when he
raises enough Gates hopes to take q
claim on the river and increase the
capacity of his ranch. With this in
creased space he estimates he can
raise from 1000 to 5000 animals q
year.
"So-called authorities will tell you
that mink cannot be raised under the
protection of captivity" Gates said as
he exhibited 10 healthy full-grown
mink and four filters of devastated
mink kittens, but because some col
iege-bred men failed to raise them
in a university park is no reason for
saying The thing is impossible. After
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
LICENSED 1909, WED IN 1911
Boston Couple Thought Registrars
Permit Married Them-Notary
Sets Them Straight.

Boston.-Although they have been
living together as ham and wife for
nearly two years, thinking that they
were really married. Anthony Hyatt
Iefsky. 50 years old. of 1887 Dorches-
ter avenue, Dorchester, and Minnie
Lubrusky. 81 years old, Of the same
address, were married the other day
by Clerk Frank L. Tuttle of the Dor
chester municipal court. The cere-
mony took place in the clerks ONCE.
On June 20, 1909. marriage IL
cense was issued to the pair at the
city registrars Office. Being of for
eign birth and not understanding the
marriage proceedings of this country
very well. both thought that when
they swore to the statements required
to receive a marriage license they
were thereby married. They were re-
Gently notified to return the marriage
license. or tell what had been done
with 1t. This notification mystified
the husband and, accompanied by his
wife, he went to James d. Henderson,
a notary. The notary told him that
the marriage license gave him per
mission to be married, and was not a
certificate Of marriage.
Iefsky wanted Henderson to per
form the ceremony then and there,
but the latter referred the couple to
Clerk futile. and accompanied them
to his ONCE. After explaining the sit
uation the wedding ceremony was per
formed
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
to Prove That Sister Has White
Blood In Veins.

New York.-The cackling of hen
disturbed a murder trial in the coun-
ty court at Jersey City. Judge Carey
interrupted the case to ascertain who
was responsible for the presence Of
the fowl. and ordered 1t removed from
the room.
Carmela Accordina of GAINESVILLE,
Pa, the witness on the stand. admit
ted she owned the hen. which she had
carried from home with the expecta-
ton of convincing the court and Jury
that the life of her brother, Antonio
Accordina, could have been saved had
her sister shown as much interest in
her brother as the witness had in the
hen.
She explained that on the morning
OF February Is, the same morning
that her brother was found with a
fractured skull dying In the hallway
OF Alb Jefferson street, Hoboken. she
had discovered the hen with its claws
fast in ice. She melted the ice with
hot water. and cared for the hen. 1t
lost Its legs, but she attends to 1t, and
1t lays eggs the same as other hens.
why did you bring it to court?' in
quired the judge.
TO show that / had red blood in
my veins and my sister has white
blood in her veins.''
Her sister. Antonetta. clipped from
GAINESVILLE with Rosario Cinamello.
The murdered man found them in the
Hoboken tenement house and went
there to persuade his sister to re-
turn home. He was found dying in
the hallway Of the house and Gina
mello is on trial for killing him.
The state produced a statement
made by the accused in which he
he said he told his sweetheart: you
will talk with your brother no more.
He Is dead in the street."
1t was the alleged failure of the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
Banks IN WHISPERS
Dog of Pedigreed Stock Does
Everything but Talk.
Scotland Yard Chief Has Clever
Canine Which Does Work Of serv-
ant and Protects Master From
All Annoying intruders.

London-Superintendent Frank
forest, chief of the criminal depart
nent of Scotland Yard. believes he
possesses one Of the cleverest dogs in
England. He is a sheep dog, named
Teddy, who is 3 years old. weighs IS
pounds and comes from fine pedigreed
,omersetshire stock. Teddy has been
With Mr.. Forest since puppyhood.
Every morning Teddy meets the letter
carrier and takes the mail for the en-
ire household and carries 1t to Mr..
Forests bed. Next he goes to the IL
orary, stands on a chair, gets the SUI
,erintendent's gold spectacles and
axes them to the bed. When the
superintendent finishes reading his
nail he has but to say, Teddy, l
:hink l will get up" and the dog i'm
nediately brings his slippers.
The dog Is so intelligent that 1t
only required few minutes of In
struction to teach him to bark in whis-
oers when he wanted anything inside
The house. But it is as a police dog
hat Teddy especially excels. Every
hight before the superintendent re-
tires he says:
Teddy, is everything all right in
the house?"
The dog goes In and out OF every
room and returns to his master, re.
porting conditions to be all right by
wagging his tail. If anything doesn't
exactly suit him he pulls his masters
coat and leads him to the place that
has not satisfied him.
Teddy is very strict on conventional
introductions. He seems to instinc
lively realize that his master leads q
danger-beset life, and Teddy il con.
stantly on guard against attack. Nc
matter to whom the superintendent
is talking, the dog lies between his
legs. alert and ready. He takes moth
ing on trust until he is told by his
masted that everything is all right.
Anyone who tries to pat the dog Is
repulsed with barred fangs and growls
until the superintendent says: Ted.
dy, this Is friend of mine" Then
the dog permits himself to be han.
died.
At Scotland Yard Teddy knows ev.
cry room in the building and mani.
tests his wishes to enter any particu.
lar one by standing on his rear legs
and shaking the door handle with his
'front.' paws until he is admitted. It is
more difficult for stranger to ap-
proach the superintendent home in
Hampstead that to gain access to
Buckingham palace. The superinten-
dent says Tedy can do everything but
talk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

IN the churches!
And to whom, from mother Eve to this day, has
been ntrused the task of teaching the young? Is it
possible that two-thirds Of the human race from the
dawn of civilization, could have instilled into chdren
the honor and truth which they themselves did not
obey?
No matter what may have been said or written
about not telling the truth, the fact still re-
mains that it is at the mothers knee that children
learn truth and receive their highest ideals of honesty
and of life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

An ungallant New Jersey farmer
dressed up his scarecrows in hobble
skirts and basket hats. and declares
that the crows are too panic-stricken
by the fashionable frights to come
near his fields. Many men will think
more of the intelligence of birds after
this display Of the crows antipathy to
hobble skirts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

A Chicago teamster has been sem
fenced to one year in the penitentiary
for stabbing horse to death because
the animal would not stand quietly
beside hitching post. No doubt he
deserved what he got, but If he had
merely killed man he might be out
on small bail.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

am sick and tired Of this modern fad
that children should be taught to amuse.
themselves. To my mind it is just an ex-
cuse for selfish mothers to salye their
troubled consciences.
No, you need not tell of the evil to a
child of making it dependent upon others
for amusement. Few children have re-
sources of their own and if an older person
will not help them out the poor little tots
have stupid times of it in the years when
they should be the happiest.
There's my Bobby. l play with him
every day with never thoucht of tbe mis-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

A Connecticut woman has been
cured by a surgical operation of her
mania for playing the piano. De.
mands for similar operations will prob.
ably now come pouring in from all
parts of the United States.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

Since the means of Identification BY
finger and thumb marks, New Jersey
burglars are wearing gloves. 1t is a
pity more commendable ambitions are
not equally quick to take up-to-date
advantage of all the resources of the
age.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

Blue paint. We are told, will drive
away flies. II red paint would do the
same good many of our citizens
would be willing to give up their sleep
and make the town immune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
Eiaht Sleep In One Bed.

London.--In case of alleged neg
lect of children by their father it
was stated at Guilford that the moth
er. grandmother and six children oc-
cupied one bed in a single room.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
RAISING MINK FOR MARKET

passing Is months in the forests 1t Is
no more difficult for me to raise mink
tnan 1t is for Spokane county or
cnardist to grow first class CONNER
cial apples or farmer to raise prize
pigs"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

Fifteen Philadelphia bakers have
been arrested for dyeing their pies.
Yet anyone who has tried to eat a
Philadelphia pie viii realize the neces
sity sor Disgusting them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

In her mind envelopes her acts IN bright and IDEAL
honorable
1t has often been asserted that the witness anda woman VIII
lightly commit perjury than This however, does not prove
that she dishonest 1t shows that trained lawyer more clever
false positions
The do always tell the literal truth on the w.t.
neither fit understand the conditions
which surround hm they out of their sphere they lose the real
meaning of the whole court proceedings
Is woman standard of honesty higher lower than mansF
question integrity business honesty there
be but And that lies in the comparative number
of and in jails fer crimes against property.
Women do not deliberately steal They do not deliberately misrepre
goods defauer There could have been
ing foods
If not innate lovers of TRUTH why does religion appeal
forcby them Why ounumbe the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
Highest Ideals of
Honesty Received
From Mother
Truth
Lovers
Bv ISABELLE HATCH O'NEILL

"women are poets who believe their poeryand few
will be inclined to quarrel with that denition-does it not
follow that woman thoroughly convinced that what she Is
saying the TRUTH though by his logic proves it to-
be false cannot be called untruthfu?
is guided to truth largely by her intuition; a.
man by his logic To the modern world is new,
strange thing She graps neither the meaning nor the
sy of law, business philosophy politics, mathematics To-
her logic only mans way of looking at things
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
DISTURBS MURDER TRIAL

woman to go to her brother that influ-
enced her sister from GAINESVILLE to
produce the legless hen In court.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

1eduJ 101 u1e scIdF-ueap at J
Half the pleasure life from knowing enjoy our enov
ments -
By their fruits ye shall know them but it best look the
top layer
Eternal vigilance the of liberty" but many people do not
have the price.
Having sensible thought occasionally make one an nel
tua arc light.
Some who would horse pchfors are kept
away from church by heavy dew.
by oseph B Bowea
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

An unwise son maketh mad father.
No one is too old to set bad example.
Mental laziness leads to Intellectual dry
rot.
Some stage performances are worth GO
ing miles to miss
One finger in the pie is worth whole
hand in the soup.
10 avoid falling into financial pitt
keep your balance at the bank.
Unsolicited advice is seldom relished,
even though sugar-coated.
Nature does not intend a man to be-
ready for the scran-hean az ff4r
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17

tiny mirror, upon which a beam of light is
focused. The result is that shifting point Of
light Is thrown upon graduated black scale six
feet away. The weight Of the tube with the gas
In 1t, is then recorded by the movement Of this
pin-point of light on the scale
Then comes the interesting test The gas is re.
leased from the tube, which is weighed again. II
is now found to weigh two hundred and fifty.
thousandth Of a milligramme, or a seven thou
sand millionth Of an ounce, less than It did when
the gas was in 1t. Therefore, the weight of this
Whit OF gas was a seven thousand millionth of an
ounce
The smallest object that can be picked up with
the most delicate forceps is a piece Of ALUMINIUM
wire far thinner than a human hair, a twenty
fifth of an inch in length, which weighs four
teen hundred thousandth of an ounce. It can
scarcely be SEEM and It is difficult to detect wheth.
er 1t is resting on the scales or not. section
OF aluminium wire weighing an eighty-four hun
dred thousandth of an ounce can be prepared. But
1t is only visible in a microscope. For this
weights of less than a fourteen hundred thou
sandth Of an ounce have to be registered IN case,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17

pair their definite meaning There is much
cnorus singing among the Indians and in some
TlDes there are choirs Of picked singers who are
paid for their services when they appear at
any formal ceremonies. 1t may surprise many
readers to learn that some of the Indian COM
munities are SO keen for music that they even
hold musical contests. favorite form of COM
petition seeks to determine which singer or group
OF singers can make the best showing in repro
ducing a song with accuracy after having heard
1t but once.
The Indian songs are the property of clans. So
cieties and individuals and the rights of own
ership are rgidly enforced. In many instances
the privilege of singing any ACKNOWLEDGMENT
song must be purchased from the composer and
in the case of the songs of clans not only is the
right to sing the melodies restricted to members
of the clan but each clan has special officers to
insure the exact transmission and rendition of
their songs, fine being imposed upon any men,
Der who makes a mistake in singing. Indian
women have composed many of the best of the
Indian songs, including lullabies, spinning and
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17
Scales That Would Weigh a Thought

Sir William Ramsay, the distinguished English
scientist has invented a pair Of scales delicate
enough literally, to weigh thought. Their rec
ord so far is one seven-millionth Of an ounce,
which is considerably lighter than most thoughts
usually are. The scales are kept under Sir VIII
liam's own laboratory in a small subterranean
chamber.
The room is kept in semi-darkness So deli
cate are these wonderful scales that their bal
is disturbed by the alteration Of temperature
caused by the turning of an electric light at
the other end Of the room. The operator has to
leave them for an hour in darkness-after he has
tiptoed from the roof, that his football should
not set up any vibration-and then read them
swiftly, before any change in the temperature has
had time to affect them.
Hanging by one end of the beam of the scales
by strand OF silica fibre SO slender that 1t is
scarcely possible to see 1t is tray. Upon this is
placed a minute glass tube. Imprisoned in the
tube is Whit Of xenon, gas discovered by Sir
William Ramsay. The movement of the scales
when the tube is dropped upon them is 80 slight
that 1t cannot be detected at all by the eye. But
the movement is made to swing from side To side
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17
AS One
Wage
Garner
Views
Salary
Question
By ]. d. KELLUS

recogn not until he has to- He has only when another employer
recognizes it. My point that when worker has achieved solid
basis of real efficiency in order his employer recognize
it he must make some other employer it first
For instance know girl competent and successful who work.
ing for the of Sc week. Another business her worth and
offered her $40 She Immediately went to her employer and told him of
her offer Naturally he raised her salary to $40.
Another instance that of young working for SIS week.
rival firm offered $751; with increase of 81 week for succeeding
until maximum $25 reached When he told this
Of his firm the offer met with exactly similar He
remained where he The firm gave its Capable and expert employee
the $21, but has since raised it.
Now, this not intended trade against employers
especial grievance Though far from being adequately paid
dred the successful workers But do there
this question: this urge the girls wherever possible other
firms know of their ability that their employers may be alive the
TACT Of their conscientious and capable efforts.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17

We are seeing constantly the employ
ers' side. Employees are urged "to hitch
their wagon to STAR" to do the best work
possible, and the question of recompense
will solve itself.
Now, please let me speak for that long
suffering employee I'll grant there are
many unconscientious workers, as there are
INSCRIPTIONS employers. But is the per-
centage of the first so much greater than
that Of the latter?
OF course a clever employer recognizes
efficiency, but the point is that he is not
willing to pay for that efficiency which he
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17

musical lore can de-
termine the class of
a song by means Of
the rhythm of the
music.
From a technical
musical standpoint,
the Indian music is
very similar to the
form of our own mu-
sic. The compass
Of the songs varies
from one to three
octaves and some of
the songs have no
words, although this
does not seem to i'm
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17

Suppose person fails in these days
of highly efficient postal and telephone
service to make reply, either in the
affirmative or negative, to a courteous
business letter or polite social note or in
vitation.
Suppose one makes an appointment
with another by mail or telephone and
then fails to keep it, without SO much
as deigning to give reason for doing
80.
Can such person by any stretch Of
the imagination be considered person Of
honor or good breeding2
person is nothing more or less than boo4
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17

grinding songs and the songs OF inspiration and
encouragement intended to be sung to the war
riors setting out for battle.
1t is usually difficult for listener OF another
race to catch an Indian song owing to the con.
ficting noise due, in a great part to the beating
OF the drums. There is usually difference in
time the drum beats being designed to govern
bodily movements and mark the steps of the
ceremonial dancers, whereas the song voices the
emotion Of the appeal. The drums may be beaten
In "a time and the song be in "a time or the
beat be in SO time against melody In ga time,
or the entire song may be sung to rapid tremolo
beating Of the drum. The officials who have been
making study Of Indian music are enthusiastic
over its possibilities They declare that not only
does the field afford rich opportunities for the
study Of the growth of musical form, but the
Indian songs themselves offer to the present-day
composer wealth of melodc and rhythmic move
ments constituting source of inspr alton equal
to that which has been supplied by the folk songs
Of Europe and vastly more serviceable in the
development Of distinctive American School"
Of music.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17

The average workingman of Great
Britain is greatly in favor of a scheme of
insurance against invalidity, SO that he will
have support no matter what happens
to him.
He has read of the splendid system
whereby the German government insures
its working class and thinks his own gov
eminent should do as much. But when
it comes to the Withholding of part of
his wages as his personal contribution to
the insurance fund, the British wage
Garner makes a vigorous protest.
In Germany the state, the employer and
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17

Today he is enthusiast and also shining example
of what the sport will do for man of fifty who has
become tired Of nearly all other diversions, travel
included. !
Mr. Golfplayers wife met me the other day as
| was leaving home and told me she was absolutely
happy over the change in her lord and master. She
said he had ceased drinking, ceased hanging about
her when she didn't feel up to the task of amusing
him, and that he had rather do without his dinner
than his regular game. 1t was the best remedy she
had ever seen given to reform a man.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17
LabOrerS
Blind to
Their
Own
Interest
By DIR. JAMES BANNING
of London

the worker all contribute which fair proposition, especially the
percentage given by the empoye is very small
Yet the Enghman baks the enforced levy He perfectly
willing pay pnce game of football but to be forced to hand
sum- goes his benefit totally different
thing and will take campaign of education to teach the people
ac in their interest.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17
Curing
Husband
Man Made
to Take New
Interest in Life
By DIR. P. c. BRANScoMB. Montreal. Can.

ONE time ago lady of whom thought great deal and
to whom stood in the relation of family physician came to-
see me- as she sad to have heartoheart talk about her
husband very close friend of mine and most worthy
She had no complaint to make of her consort He was
everything that kind and good and generous buthere
is always butt beginning to tell her nerves the
way her good bothered her without being conscious of it.
The trouble he hung about the house too much and
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17

He was
magnificent health when then
indulgence wine and mixed docon Whenever this happened he
was especially hard to entertain This woes
and wouldn't please do something to help her out.
asked her her husband had golf finding out he
hadn't told her to send him to When with
all gravity could muster that he needed interest
he would take my counsel I'll give him. gratis prescription that
would ngten his life at least ten years OF course didn't aude
wlfeys visit He curious l impressed him.
Well expatrated that gentleman for twenty golf
got him keyed that he trying it inside twenty
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-17
Selfish
Person
Makes
BOOr of
Himself
BY H. FINNEGAN

maintain that such person nothing less than boo