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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-06-02
Four Meet Death In Mine.

: Hibbing. Minn.-Four men were
blown to pieces in the Sellers mine
Wednesday afternoon. The head Of
one man was hurled fifty feet. The
men were placing charge of powder
when It went of prematurely.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-06-02
Tobacco Trust Leader is III.

New York.-Thomas Fortune Ryan,
the most powerful personality In the
tobacco trust was said by his physi-
clans and his private secretary Sat
urday evening to be only temporarily
laid IN In bed
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-06-02
Agitation Against Jews.

vienna.-The latest reliable infor-
nation from Bessarabia indicates
that the tension Is lessening, al
though the anti-Jewish agitation is
still SO strong that a great number
~ laws have left the district.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-06-02
Coal Train Goes Through TrestIe.

Charlotte, N. CA double-head coal
train on the Seaboard All Line went
through trestle two miles east of
Bostick, killing both engineers and
ffremen. The trestle was weakened
by fire
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-06-02
HossoN AND HIS HOBBY.

naval officer, Congressman H0Ds6M
takes a great deal of interest in che
affairs OF the navy and is prominent
member of the naval affairs commit
tee of the house, before which the
protestants against receiving the sill
yer service appeared few days ago"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-06-02
Ihrs. raft,s Maid WEEDS.

Washington.-Dan Cupid is becom-
ing a regular White House caller. His
latest visit has resulted in the mar
rage OF George W. Riley, the White
house electrician, and Miss Florence
I NH...L A..
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-06-02
Cruisers in Collision.

London-The British cruiser Inflex.
ible is reported to have been badly
damaged Saturday in collision with
another warship OFF Portsmouth.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-06-02
Veteran Editor Dead

st. Joseph, Mo.-George Rees, who
edited the st. Joseph Gazette at the
beginning of the civil war, died here
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-06-02
condemn prlnklna Hablt.

Atlantic City. N. IA condemna-
ton of the use of intoxicants by dip.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-06-02
Miss Leila M. pevIne.

member of the firm recently said that
the young woman's services were of
such value to the company that this
method was taken to retain them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
PROUD OF BOYS CORN EARS
Exhibits Grown by Pennsylvania
Youngsters ls One Of Most inter.
esting Products at Fairs.

harrisburg. Pa.-"Exhibits OF corn
groom by boys corn-raising clubs and
soy, OF farmers have formed one of
tho most interesting displays at every
county fair and agricultural exhibition
visited this fall" declared A. l. Mar
tin, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture,
today Mr.. Martin is in charge Of the
supervision of county fairs. and has
visited most of those held In this state
so far He says the boys corn shows
are among the most valuable adjuncts
20 the agriculture OF Pen1iylvania-
II was struck with the quality and
the size OF the exhibits made by boys
at the various county fairs. and mark
ed the keen rivalry between clubs rep
resenting townships or districts and
between boys In the same neighbor-
hood. The exhibits were well present
ed. and In some cases histories OF the
corn we're given. There Is no ques-
ton: these corn clubs are proving a
stimulus to agriculture and inculcat-
ing in the boys greater interest in the
farm"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
ney. who declared the case was being
made travesty.
SURPRISE FOR POLICE JUDGE
Certain Magistrate, Name Not Men
toned, Starts Out to Buy sus-
penders, Finds Watch.

Baltimore. Midi so fell cut that
In the city Of Baltimore. in the state
Of Maryland. on or about this date,
a certain police magistrate, whose
name is withheld, as It would make
him a marked man in his profession.
after the toll and heat of administer.
ing justice to the public. had betak.
en- himself to the business section for
the purpose of purchasing the where
withal to maintain. support and up-
hold his dignity. both as jurist and
man. towit: A pr Of s-sp-nd-rs.
And as he wended his way through
the crowded streets what should his
eye behold but an object far more val.
liable even than that of which he was
In search. yes. even more costly than
a pr Of s-sp-ndrs-a gold watch.
Now comes the truly wonderful
paprt fit all Albeit this man was a
police magistrate. he forsook his
quest. and. retracing his steps to the
stations he had just quilted. delivered
the aforesaid watch to the police.
from whom the owner shortly after
recovered It.
And II any doubt this tale. but
chance to know the Justice referred
to. let him seek the station snd be-
hold the squire wearing the new DR.
OF s-sp-nd-rs which he bought after
returning the watch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

Pennsylvania husband put his
purse in the stove for safekeeping.
His wife, ignorant of the fact. started
q fire. and now they are hoping the
treasury department will redeem the
charred remains. There are regularly
chartered institutions In the business
OF caring for other peoples money and
they pay premium for the privilege
of doing SO. Money hidden about the
house is never safe and the people
who thus hoard their funds had bet
ter put their trust and their cash in
some good bank.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

The latest innovation projected by
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young. superintendent
of schools OF Chicago. is the introduc-
ton OF instruction In Tipping" which
- another name for the art and mys.
terry Of descending scathless from NOV.
Ing vehicles. The idea is that every.
body who has acquired skill in this
direction-irrespective OF sex--wili
know too much to jump on a street
car heading in any other direction
than that In which the car is moving.
OF course. before the generation that
has been taught Tipping" supplants
that which is now In control. a great
many accidents may occur to reckless
patrons. In the meantime, however.
It Is inexplicable that intelligent won.
en- continue to alight from street cars
In such way as to court danger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
SHIFTS A DISPLACED HEART
Fluid In the Left PIeurai Cavity Had
Pushed II out-suraeon Puts
1t In Place Again.

Philadeiphla.-With his heart IN the
right place again. Harry Baylies OF
Bloomfield. N. j.. left the Mountain.
side hospital. Montclair. The boy. son
of Police Sergeant John r. Baylies,
entered the hospital few weeks ago.
The history of his case was not clear.
The surgeons found that much fluid
had accumulated in the cavity that
contains his left lung: its pressure
had pushed his heart out of it, normal
position and to the right, SO that Harry
would have had to lay his hand over
his breastbone II he wanted to make
love with appropriate gestures.
The surgeons tapped Harry's left
pleural cavity very much In the same
way and with the same kind of in
strument as nurse taps bottle OF
Champagne to draw OF one glass for
tie patient But the surgeons drew
all the liquid from the cavity. Then
Harry's heart, being relieved from
pressure. returned TO its proper posi-
ton and resumed pumping 8t the same
old stand. Literally. Harry breathed
freer. but that had not so much to do
With his heart as with his left lung;
there was more room for air In It
after the fluid was removed.
The surgeons advised Harry to
keep as quiet as possible. else the fluid
may accumulate again. But II it does
they will draw 1t OF.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
Evanston Has Procession That
Gets Vegetables Free.
Col. Henry M. Kidder is the Giser
and He Also Contributes Flowers
From His Carden-HospitaI
One of eeneficiaries.

Chicago.-Evanston has no bread
line," for there is no institution to
which the poor may line up with
baskets as they do every night around
a certain group of Chicago restaurants
maintained by a charitable manage
ment that gives away bushels OF bread
and cake and rolls at the days close.
What Evanston has. though. and It Is
even more unique. is tomato line"
Col Henry NJ. Kidder is the owner
of farm" which distributes toma-
toes gratis. So far as he knows his
is the only recognized and regularly
operated free tomato dispensary ex-
tant
Its beneficiaries number scores of
families of the poor OF Evanston prop
er and North Evanston, besides many
less impecunious ones who accept
gifts from the distributor In considera-
ton Of his plea that the vegetables
will spoil on the vines unless house
wives contrive to convert large guam
titles into pickle. piccalilli. catchup.
chilli sauce and allied concoctions.
AS a result of his invitation there
are daily pilgrimages to that quarter
Of North Evanston where the Kidder
homestead Is situated. and children
form large proportion Of the basket
bearers who go to get the tomatoes.
A charity hospital for convalescents
in North Evanston also shares bounti-
fully in the distribution. Colonel Kid
der supplies TIE hospital with flowers
also. and almost every little girl who
goes with her basket for tomatoes re-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
PLAY STAGED BY coNWcTs
San Quentin Prisoners Erect struct-
ure and Make Properties for
Dramatic Performance.

San Quentin. Calm the shadow
of murders row" OF the state peni-
Tertiary and with convicts In stripes.
beth men and women. as an audience.
dramatic performance has been
given on stage erected by the con-
victs in the prison yard. The play Sc
lected was one dealing with the strug-
giles toward honesty of reformed
safe cracker.
Stage properties for the most part
were manufactured by the convicts,
who threw themselves into the work
Of preparation in way that rivaled
their reception Of the play itself.
Among the audience we're men serv-
ing life terms. Some Of these figured
in the prison band. which supplied
the music for the piece.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

A woman paused the other day OF
her way to Reno-regarded by those
journeying thither as the fount OF eter.
nal happiness-and explained that the
American husband was bore and the
educated Englishman was not There
is q certain amount of truth In what
she says. When relieved of the neces-
sity OF working for the family living
the Briton has time to cultivate those
graces OF life which appeal so strongly
to the feminine heart, says the New
York Herald. But he who must work
for every dollar that his wife spen1s
has no more time to devote to social
matters than II he were trying to I'LL
q sieve with water. But is 1t not
cruel to call such man a bore and to
intimate that because he is necessar
lily much away from home he has
transferred his affections to some
other quarter? II the well connected
Engiishman could unite with his dis.
tingu'-ned bearing, capacity for spend.
ing art suavity Of manner the money.
malt gifts OF the American we
should have husband OF the sort cal
culated to rob Reno of most OF its bus
mess.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

the reseda uniform Is to blend well
with both yellowish and green land
scapes
The helmet is tiny thing and fits
close to the private's head. There Is
a jacket that extends half way to the
knees. Long heavy trousers Of the
same width at the bottom as at the
top of the leg. are confined about the
ankle and calf by puttees Of coarse
cloth.
The heavy, unwieldy breath-stop-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
FORM TOMATO LINE

turns viii 4 bunch of fresh cut posies
as well.
Colonel Kidder is over seventy years
OF age. Erect. white haired and wear.
ing goatee. he would be set down
anywhere as "Kaintucky colonel OF
the old school. suh." He is southern
er In appearance and manner only.
though. for he was reared in Evan
ston and his father. Rev. DR.. Kidder.
a professor in the Garrett Biblical
institute, was one of the pioneers Of
the north shore town.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
Don ANEW UNIFORM.
Spectators Get Glimpse Of
French Soldiers in New logs.
Color 10 Something Between Khaki
and Sage Green to Blend With Ma
ture-To Give as Much invis-
Utility as Possible.

Paris.-Spectators about the Care
de l'Est, the other day. had their frs,
glimpse of French soldiers dressed in
the new uniform. when number OF
privates came from their ''caserne'
to exhibit themselves. They had OBJ
tanned leave OF absence OF rs hours
IN order to parade about the streets
and advertise the innovation In mill
tary fashionA
The uniform is known as ~l'uni.
frome reseda," the color being some
thing between khaki and sage green.
The purpose of the color is to blend
the hue of regiment with that OF
the country in which they are march
ing or lighting. thus adding a new
French arm to strategy and endeavor-
and II possible to reduce the number
Of wounded and killed by rendering
the soldiers invisible to scouts The
dull yellowish rose and green of the
mignonette have wrought the color
of the new dress.
When the soldiers drill upon a
green or yellowish place in the full
light Of the sun. the illusion of invis.
ibility is said to be marvellous. When
the sun is behind them the illusion
disappears
A similar innovation worked well
in the case Of armies other than those
of France. Dussng the war In the
Transvaal, the English discarded their
ornate dress and put on khaki. which
color blended with the sandy country
This assured them a nearly complete
inyisibility at times. The purpose of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
This Justice Needs Scales
Missouri Divorce Suit Has So Many
Angles Judge Has Hard Time In
Solving Difficult Problems.

st. Louis.-In deciding a divorce
suit at Clayton. Judge McElhinney is
having to measure justice with yard
stick and weigh testimony In the
terms of pounds and ounces. These
two problems have been offered for his
consideration:
/. Can man. who weighs lao
pounds. knock down his wife, who
weighs 200 pounds. twice on Sunday
and several times during the week?
2 Can man who is only feet 10
inches tall kick his wife in the shout.
der without getting on a chair, when
she is standing up and Is 5 feet 10
inches tall?
The principals in the case are Mrs.
Julia Haemmerele and William Haem-
merele of University City. The two
problems indicate their conflicting
testimony in the case.
Other testimony had to do with
stories OF quarreIs In the Haemmerele
home. The wife denied she once broke
some OF her husbands ribs with a
nightstick after he had been arrested
Tor breaking some OF her fruit Jars
with an ak In reply to a bartender.
who said Mrs. Haemmere!e had come
to his place daily to buy liquor. the
wife said her husband sent her be-
cause IL he went himself be might
have to buy somebody drink.
There was much other testimony Of
the same sort which kept the court
room in a litter and provoked a re-
monstrance from the woman's attor-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

ping straps that crossed the soldiers
chest and supported his knapsack and
canteen across his back. have been
discarded for simple affair that
crosses In the back. and fastens in
front to single strap. down the GEN.
ter of the mans coat. To this hang
his knapsack and canteen. There Is
a strap that goes about the waist.
which is fastened to the upper ar
rangement The whole may be put
on with single movement
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
Increased Price Of Platinum.

New York.-Platinum has been ad-
vancing rapidly in prices recently and
now it is quoted in Maiden lane at
$47.50 an ounce. This is the highest
price on record and indicates an ad-
vance of S. an ounce since the first
Of the year. Local dealers predict a
further increase. At the present quo
tation platinum is worth nearly two
and half times as much as gold.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
DIVERSITY IN FARMING.

The farmer Is In a hazardous bust
ness at the best His success depends
to very large extent on the weather.
Droughts or excessive rains are disas-
trous to him. Early frosts threaten
him. says the Charleston News and
Courier. AS In other hazardous BUSH
nesses. he must make large profits in
the good years 70 make up for the
loses OF the bad years. His profits
must be recorded In ten-year periods.
He cannot Judge from the record OF
one year what his profits are. More
over. 1t is evident that as a success
sion Of seasons must assist each other
In maintaining a general average OF
success, so the best insurance he can
have In any one season is the planting
OF diverse crops, the harvesting OF
which will take place at different sea-
sons OF the year. He can thus escape
q complete calamity in the event OF a
storm or other natural disturbance.
The man. for instance. who has
made money on truck In the spring can
face the loss of his cotton crop with
equanimly. In the average for the
year he finds things balancing up. and
although he has lost the profits OF the
one crop In the destruction OF the
other. he has been insured against alb
solute loss on the entire years opera
tons. 1t is the capacity of the soil in
this section for widely diverse crops
that makes it SO valuable. This is not
a one-crop section. The lands are not
merely goo4 cotton lands. They are
good truck yands. good orchard lands.
good pasture lands. They can be made
to yield wealth in variety OF ways.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
Gets Relie Of washington.

Dedham. Mass.-The notes from
which Washington delivered his fare
we'll address are bequeathed to Miss
Lizzie G Faxon OF this city by the
viii of her grandmother. filed for pro-
bate here.
Miss Faxon is descendant Of
Thomas jefferson and has valuable
collection Of Jefferson letters and pa
uers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

A Philadelphia man was Obliged to
leave his mother-in-iaw as security for
his board bin in Atlantic City. No
body is guessing as to the haste made
to get that board bill paid.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

One Of the wealthy ladies' of New.
port gave a dinner and dance for her
domestic servants few evenings ago,
but II is reported to have been tame
affair. None OF the participants danced
on the table or eloped with one In a
lower sphere OF life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

The doctors don't want the mortar
and pestle on their automobile tags.
That Is the symbol of druggist. they
declare. and very naturally they don't
care to be taken for soda water dis
pensers and souvenir postal card
dealers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
War on PLAQUE Squirrels.

Stockton. Cal-One thousand farm
ers. representing $4,000 acres. have i'm
posed tax of five cents per acre. on
themselves to exterminate ground
squirrels in San Joaquin county. which
are said to be infected with bubonic
plague
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

To illustrate the power and beauty Of
mathematics / have proposed the following
problem: What is the amount in cents from
the year till 1910 of one cent compound
ed annually at six per cent. interest?
The problem is easily solvable by means
of logarithms, using the vell-known form
ula for compound interest.
The number Of cents is approximately
s,1ss, SOC, 900 900, Ooo, 600, COO. 900 100000,
ooo,ooo,ooo. Ooo. 600, ooo-a figure with 40
numbers in it.
II all Of these cents we're made into Zone
solid sphere it would have radius of(ap-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

This kind Of girl becomes rather nuisance to
the "boss" himself in tme for she is always ready to
take offense at anything which she considers slight
Many girls undergo real suffering by having GER
tain work they in the habit of doing given to
else, when it should have been regarded as
relief and kindness done to them.
The girls who can think of nothing but clothes,
and who will suddenly break into any conversation
with some irrelevant remark to tucks gathers
box paits and demand that you shall give your opn
ion regarding the same, is pretty bad worse perhaps
than the girl who thinks too much of her work, but
the latter is nevertheless bad enough.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

A New Jersey woman wants a di
vorce because size finds bungalow III.
too naonotonous. It is hard to tel
whether some Of the miseries OF mar
ried life are tragedies or Jokes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
Little
Quail is
True
Friend Of
Farmer

By w. w. DAVIS
Chicago

Instead OF granting a Of priyi-
ege the reckless hunters the law should make the shooting
Unable oAense
Farmers should have conspicuous notices trees
shooting under penalty and the as persist in intrusion club
them off,
Let us have the music and services Of the BIRDS let
are hungry for that kind Of meat Plymouth Rocks
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

The papers have lately published the
season for shooting quail and prairie chick
ems in Illinois.
There should be no season for destroy
ing these friends Of the farmer
Our legislators do not read the agricul-
tural reports of the university at Cham
paign, which show that our various birds
feed largely on the injurious insects 50 de-
struetive to the crops of grain and fruit
everywhere.
The birds are the scavengers Of the
fields and the orchards.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

II am going home," was the remark
made to me by friend and Immediately
responded by asking: tWhere is your
homer" And the reply came: "In a Fat
building" But homes are few and fats
are many.
The old idea of real home is fast dis
appearing. Clearly, the change has come
to stay; it may be worse as time goes by,
but improvement is beyond hope
What is the remedy7 Simply to make
the best of the situation instead of the
worst.
The w;fo of NV friend ms r..r od =, az
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11

Z2zE ZZELlIYA
w THIN King his will sail England
and liner Medina the will
will Medina
Maoj which
will white
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-11-11
BY JULIA REED

] ! ! ]
MAY SEEM somewhat paradoxcal to say that girl may
take much interest her work. but 1t is nevertheless true
Of course, there the class of girl and she might be
called almost typical she numerou who merely poised
to speak, her position temporarily waiting until she
shall futr away husband and home but there is also
the girl who becomes wrapped up her work that only
the rarest occasion she take peep beyond the
~ horizon that bounds it.
She works early and late until she practically
wreck and is imposed upon quite asa matter of course.
OF course that she wishes succeed must put her
whole heart into her work. This is ae-evident
But there and safe level between nging ones work and
living for that and nothing else
The good worker should also be the good player and above all she
should learn to drop work when sh the Office schooom
workshop and learn take an sIest something outside her own
People quickly get the habit Of avoiding if she pescne
the girl who constantly quoting the bos Dragging of the quantity
quality Of the work she does.
The amusing things that happen at the Office legitimate subjects
conversation and will be welcomed when recound home the
boarding house, but the purely details rule not the
least gimmering Of interest for the outsider.