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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02
Prospective Purchaser of Home
Dragged Woman While Testing
Eyes, Then Looted House.

Red Bank, N. IA stranger called
at the home of Miss Jennie Joline,
who lives on the Eatontown boule-
ward near Red Bank, for the purpose
of looking over the house and prop
erty with view of buying it. He
was allowed to inspect the premises.
and in the conversation that followed
the visitor said he was an optician.
Miss Joline. whose eyes troubled
her. asked him to test her sight He
placed two pairs of glasses over her
eyes, and after that she remembered
nothing until she regained conscious
ness about three hours later.
Miss Joline had her purse. contain
ing $13, with her when her eyes were
being tested. and the intruder not
only took it, but money and large
quantity of silverware were also
missing from the house. She is now
confined to her bed under the care OF
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02
Interest In Fossil Beds.

The fossil beds of the west that
have furnished such wonderful speci-
mems Of gigantic animals of former
ages, such as, for instance, the diplo-
docus. replicas Of which have recently
been placed on exhibition in several
Of the great European museums, some
times yield fossils, which, If not so
large as the great saurian mentioned
above, are nevertheless Of paramount
interest to men Of science. During
the summer Of 1909, the remains Of
several fossil turtles were collected by
members Of, the United States geo.
logical survey, and from study Of
these Prof. O. p. Hay has been able
to describe eight new species Of fossil
turtles from west q the one hundredth
meridian.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02
FLAX GROWING
IS PROFITABLE
WESTERN CANADA FARMERS BE-
COMING RICH IN ITS
PRODUCTION.

So much has been written regarding
the great amount of money made out
of growing wheat in the prairie prov
inces Of Manitoba. Saskatchewan and
Alberta, Western Canada. that many
other products of the farms are over
looked. These provinces will always
grow large areas of wheat-both
spring and winter-and the yields will
continue to be large. ard the general
average greater than in any other
portion Of the continent. Twenty. thir-
ty, forty, and as high as fifty bushels
per acre of wheat to the acre--yields
unusual In other parts of the wheat
growing portions of the continent
have attracted worldwide attention.
but what of oats, which yield forty,
fifty and as high as one hundred and
ten bushels per acre and carry OF the
worlds prize, which. by the way. was
also done by wheat raised in Sas-
katchewan during last November at
the New York Land Show. And then.
there is the barley. with its big yields.
and it's excellent samples. Another
money-maker, and a big one is fax.
The growing of fax is extensively car
ried on in Western Canada. The
writer has before him a circular is
sued by a prominent farmer at Saska-
toon. The circular deals with the
treatment of seed fax, the seeding
and harvesting. and attributes yields
of less than 20 bushels per acre. to
later seeding, imperfect and illy-pre-
pared seed. He sowed twenty-five
pounds of seed per acre and had a
yield of twenty-nine bushels per acre.
This will probably dispose of at $3.50
per acre. Speaking of proper prepa-
ration Of seed and cultivation Of soil
and opportune sowing, in the circular
spoken of there is cited the case of a
Mr.. White, living fourteen miles
south Of Rosetown, who had fifteen
acres of summer fallow year ago
last summer, upon which he produced
thirty-three bushels to the acre. when
many in the district harvested for
want of crop. Now, there can be no
proper reason advanced why such a
crop should not have been produced
on all the lands of the same quality
in the adjacent district, provided they
had been worked and cared for in the
same manner. This year (1911) the
same man had one hundred acres of
summer fallow. had something over
$500 bushels OF wheat. He also had
1900 bushels Of oats and 300 bushels
of fax"
There are the cattle, the horses, the
roots and the vegetable products Of
Western Canada farms, all of which
individually and collectively deserve
special mention, and they are treated
of in the literature sent out on appli-
cation by the Government agents.
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them returning from the station and
marching In procession across lie
wide bridge that spans the Foyle.
There must have been quite one thou
sand of them and each one was wear
ing an orange lily In his coat and q
yellow sash across his shoulder. Many
of them also carried yellow and red
banners and there was no lack OF
fifers and drummers, whose party
tunes, including The Boyne Water"
helped to cheer the men and brace
them for their military gait. A large
crowd of the townspeople, presumably
of the opposite party assembled on
the open space at the end of the
bridge to watch the procession go
by. The people. however, gave no In
dication of their feelings They
neither cheered. Kissed nor spoke to
the Orangemen as they filed past
Everybody seemed remarkably cool
and self-possessed.
found Derry cheap town In COM
parison with American towns, but 1t
is not more than other Irish or Eng
lish towns.
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Vajiraudh, tho Eastern Potentate, Sat
in Pavilion Receiving Homage
Of His People.

London.--The coronation Of the king
of Siam was scene of color and
splendor beside which even the Delhi
Durbar paled. Mail accounts Of the
ceremonies from special correspond
ents at Bangkok have just arrived
and all agree that the magnificence
and beauty of the ceremony were In
describable.
One of the best accounts of this
wonderful event lie sent by the spe-
cial correspondent of the Daily Mir
ror. who. writing from Bangkok on
December 8. says that to have wit
messed the coronation of a king of
Siam. lis to have entered an en-
chanted palace" and to have found
the most wonderful of dreams come
true"
The coronation day rites began
early, but the first of them was not
for the public eye. For his majesty's
matutinal bath constituted an integral
part of the ceremonial of the day.
His first outdoor appearance was at
the ceremony OF receiving consecrat-
ed water from Brahmin priests repre-
senting the eight provinces. This.
perhaps the most wonderful scene of
the day. was witnessed only by the
royal representatives ard four others,
including the Daily Mirrors CORE
spondent. In addition to those taking
part. The correspondent owed this
privilege to a special concession from
the king and the minister Of local
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02
Coronation of Slams Ruler

government, and he was the only
journalist present He says:
This is what I saw-if words can
convey the indescribable. A vision
respondent of glistening gold and
white. In the center of the scene an
eight-sided throne. all white, sur
mounted by steepled canopy hung
with curtains of radiant gold. In the
background the wondrous Coronation
hall. the Dust Maha Prasad, and near
1t the pavilion for the representatives
of royalty.
Then the royal representatives. In
Guiding Prince and Princess Alexan-
der of Teck, came in. At 10 o'clock
a golden door was opened, the Brah-
Minis played an extraordinary wall on
the conch shells, and the king appear
ed with his canopy and fan bearers
and attendants. He was bare-footed
and dressed in simple white robe
embroidered with gold. AS he walked
very slowly to the throne every one
bowed very low.
The king spent half an hour chang
ing into the ancient state robes, and
meanwhile the royal and special rep
resentatives, with the chiefs of mis-
sions, and high civil, military and
household officials. awaited him.
The kings approach was again her
aided by the notes of conch shells.
He went to the throne in a procession
Of mobiles carrying the royal standard
and the regalia and ancient weapons.
The low, almost inaudible prayers Of
the priests began. Then came the
dramatic moment The crown was
brought up and slowly and a little
nervously the king placed 1t on his
head. Instantly there were deafening
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02
But Mamma Didn't.

Little Mabel was always tumbling
down and getting hurt. but as soon as
her mother kissed the bumped fore
head Mabel would believe it cured
and cease crying. One day she accom-
panied her mother to the Union depot,
and while they were seated in the
crowded waiting room an intoxicated
man entered the door, tripped over a
suitcase, and fell sprawling on the
floor. The attention of every one was
attracted to the incident, and in the
sudden silence following the fall Ma
bel called out:
Don't cry, man. Mamma II kiss
90. and 'en 90 IL be all right"-Lip-
pincott's Magazine.
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RESTORES NOTED OLD HALL
Philadelphia Remedies Building Ad
joining independence Hall In
Which Washington Took Oath.

Philadelphia.-Old Congress hall,
adjoining Independence hall, is under.
going extensive repairs which when
completed will restore the building to
the appearance 1t had when George
Washington took the oath as presi.
dent in an alcove of the senate cham
Der on the second floor. Since 1920
many alterations have been made ow-
ing to the use Of the edifice as court
house. Work Is being done under the
supervision of members Of the Phila-
delphfa chapter American Institute Of
Architects.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02

RouoH ON RATS, for Noxious Animals, 15c
ROUGH ON RoAcHEs, Powder 15c; Liquid 15c.
RoUcH ON Morris, Powder 25c. by exp'ss 40c.
ROUGH ON ANTS, Powder, Csc.
ROUGH ON BEDBUcs, Liquid, 2Sc.
ROUGH ON FLEAs, Powder, Soap orLiq'd Csc.
ROUGH ON HEN LICE, Dust Powder, 15c.
ROUGH ON LrMBERNEcK, SOC. Express, 7Sc.
ROUGH ON SHELTERS, SPIDERS, ETC., Csc.
RoueH ON HEN LICE, Spray Liquid, Csc.
ROUGH ON BUNIoNs, Liquid 2Sc; Powder ,3Sc.
At drusgists and country stores =
z. S. WELLS, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J..
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booms from the guns outside. ancient
music was played. and the conch
shells walled louder than ever.
At Wat Prakeo. before the image Of
Buddha and in the presence of the
Holy Prince vajiriranana, patriarch of
the kingdom. and eighty priests, the
king declared himself defender of the
faith. The return procession to the
palace completed the coronation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02
For instance,

PA. what does abnormal mean?"
Something that is out Of the or
dinary-something that is different
from what 1t might be expected to be
Ian actress who has never applied
for a divorce, for instance"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02

Only to find our duty certainly, and
somewhere. somehow, to do 1t faith
fully. makes us good, strong. happy,
and useful men.-Phillips Brooks.
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Would Serve Sentence.

Cleveland. O.-Attorney p. L. A.
Leighley offered to serve q ninety
day workhouse sentence for Charles
Woodward. sentenced for contempt Of
court, but the sheriff would not grant
Leighley's bid for experience.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02
IrascibiIity Explained.

TdSCIufHty EXpIdIHeu.
isn't your husband getting fear
fully bad disposition" asked Mrs.
Shortsoot
No." replied Mrs. Leedout HE
has read somewhere that brainy men
are always cranks and he's trying to
get reputation"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated.
easy to take as candy, regulate and invip.
crate stomach. liver and bowels and cure
constipation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02

Love may not make the world go
round. but it seems to make lot of
people giddy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02

Too often the man with the hoe gets
the worst of an encounter with the
man with the gold brick.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02

Red Cross Ball Blue much better. goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02
"Optician" Was Burglar

a physician. She is in critical con-
dition. An investigation will be
made to ascertain the drug used by
the bogus optician.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02

TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
NJ 49, AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
CHILL Tonic. You know what you are taking
The formula Is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing " Is simply 0uipine and Iron IN iasteess
FORM, and the most enectual form For grown
people and children, 90 cents
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININF.-
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO btiNINE. Look for
the signature Of Y: W. GROVE. Used the World
over To Cure u Cold In One Day. &c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02

The up-to-date waitress wears q
fetching costume.
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sna Ruk ou< Ao mo- cup
peel or rub OF. 10 Besutiiul
colofs and -
Wifb orr Color Plans
yon can easib haUs tie
mon a,fisfie home in jour
neigh6orhoed.
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Pun 5 b. ~. Whiss ~
Regular Tluls 81
Alabastine Company
3 osuAnk ~ - ~ II
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Mrs. Wnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething softens the gums, reduces infamma-
tion. aliays pain, cures wind collie. sc bottle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02
Feline.

LOU would rather man would
call me fool than knave.
Sure-Of course. It's truth that
hurts.-Toledo Blade.
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I20Pretty
Rooms
in this
F RE E
BOOK

don't you want to see thcml
Peep into other people new homesand get
the latest ideas for your GUM decorating. Our
book tells about the FREE Color Plans our
expert designers will send you for any rooms
you wish to decorate. You will be glad to
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02

A mirror often prevents woman
from getting lonesome.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-02
The Missing
Suitcase

r know you had a perfectly de.
lightful time at your house party"
said the girl who was calling.
Indeed. we did," said the hostess.
1T is too bad that you could not be
there"
Il was heart-broken because l had
to miss it. But tell me everything
/ want particularly to hear about the
girl your brother is engaged to-"
"oh. Alice. She's the dearest
thing."
Mice looking?"
"She's dream, Tall and slender
and willowy"
Zone of the staid and dignihed
type?"
Not at all. That was what we
feared, but she's nothing of the sort.
l laughed so much during the week
she was here that If l never laugh
again can't complain that l haven't
had my share"
''You might pass round some of the
fun"
well. you know it is not a long
journey here from Middle Junction.
where Alice lives. so she decided not
to bring trunk"
Not bring a trunk?"
mo, she decided to put everything
in her brothers suitcase"
But what in the world can girl
get into a sustcaseT
You would be surprised to know
all that Alice got into that suitcase.
1t must have been as big as box
car"
didn't you see it yourself?"
Indeed l didn't. That is the part
that is so funny. She sent the suit
case over to the checking room at the
railroad station and then she went
around and gathered up the other
stun she wanted to bring There was
an armful of gifts for the children
and things of that sort. Then she
thought she would bring a dozen
oranges. So when she climbed aboard
the train, with her cloak and her UNI
brella and her oranges and her suit
case, she was pretty well loaded
down.
There was not enough room in the
rack over her head for all her belong
ings, but she turned one Of the seats
over and piled most of her plumber
on the seat opposite her. The suit
case she slid in between the two
seats which were back to back. After
a while she leaned her head on some
thing and went to sleep.
well, when Alice's train pulled
into the station Alice woke up, put on
her hat and gathered together her
thousand and one belongings. then
she reached in between the two seats
for her suitcase, and withdrew her
hand full of empty air. She stopped
over and looked-the suitcase was
gone!'
Mercy"
Eyes, while she had slept in her
seat someone had deliberately taken
her suitcase and climbed on at one
Of the way stations with it. You
should have seen her when she ar
rived for a weeks visit with no
clothes but those she stood in and
with no baggage but dozen oranges
and a bundle of gifts. She was
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PILES CURED IN o To IA DAYS
Youv Druggist will rofund money IL PAZO ONT
MhNT falls 70 cure any case of Itching, Blind,
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when we had heard all about the
suitcase l took Alice up to her room
to Ak up as best she could, and there
was barely time to get ready for din
ner. But she said she would just curl
her hair little and wash her face,
and make her travelling dress do until
she could send home or do some
shopping. So l sat down while she
was preparing herself before the
glass. The first thing she said was:
oh, dear! My curling iron is In the
suitcase!'"
"How provoking!"
Wasn't It? But said: Never
mind. You can curl your hair with
my iron.'
AT that q sudden thought struck
her and she fell back on the bed and
screamed with laughter"
what was it,"
"That was what wanted to know
When / approached her she reached
for me and pulled me down on the
bed with her and cried: Jennie, /
can't curl my hair!'"
"'Why not? asked her.
Because she gasped, my hair Is
in the suitcase, took
I'VE just elung to each other and
laughed until mother heard us and
came running to see what it was all
about. Then when we told her she
screamed with laughter, too.
u
serve between Alice and us and we
had a perfectly lovely time."-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-06
Cut Glass, Dinnerware, etc.

radiating Christmas
still unchecked
Sterling yer $50.
handsome and
Dishes $2s9.
Imported Cuspidors trimmed with gold and decor
ated, 25c
with border design, Csc
China Pot Cream Set, SOC.
China Sugar and Cream Sets rich decora
TONS
Imported Coffee sePot and and saucersal nicely
hina Dresser ts-6
eJus and handled
mugs, $.s8.
Japanese pleasing decorations, $3.50
pieces with pretty
border
Basem Mai store
The Detroit times., 1912-12-06

furnished room In n boarding house
At No. 464 Forty-eighth.st
Before ending her life she donned
her best gown.-and put her hair in curl
papers.
Two months ago Mrs. Turney went
to live in the Forty-eighth-st house
and al once she began 10 make friends
with the neighborhood children. AZ
st. Andrews Sunday school the chill
dren all loved her.
Until she went 10 the boarding
house. Mrs. Turney lived with her
son, Harry. 81 years old. at No. 500 st
John's-pi. But Harry married and al
though his mother had lived In the
St. John s-pl. house the greater part
OF her life, she resigned her position
The Detroit times., 1912-12-06

himself, not Mister. but Judge, Samp-
son? He did. II does. He will.
Sampson was candidate for short.
term Judge. Nobody but Sampson and
few trusted friends knew IL, but he
was. He wisely neglected TO file with
the auditor. Ii wasn't necessary.
He remembered what all the other
lawyers In town hungering for Office
which Is the whole bunch-forgot-
the short-term judgeship.
He had q few stickers printed and
handed them to his friends. About
100 of these were voted. Sampson
hoped nobody else would think Of do
ing the same. Nobody did.
But the election clerks insisted on
entering the name as a candidate for
the long term. and numbered him
among the "alsoran." But one clerk.
more Intelligent than the rest, came
upon a Sampson sticker, and entered
the vote properly One was as good
as a hundred or a thousand or a mil
lion. It elected Sampson to the
bench. Maybe that vote was Samp-
sons. He admitted he voted for him
self.
Sampson shrewdness entitled him
to sit on the superior court bench
from Nov. Is to Jan. 10. He will have
The appointing OF a clerk and two bail
IFS for that period.
Under the law the governor ap-
points successors to FIJI out the unex-
pired terms of judges who. through
death or other causes, leave the
bench. The state constitution pro-
yides that an appointed judge shall
not serve longer than the next sue
ceeding general election, and the
qualification OF a suceessor. So
There are four appointed judges on
the King county bench-Dykeman,
Macintosh, Smith and Myers. Ali
four were elected at recent election
and I'm ordinary circumstances, ali
four would have been appointed by
the governor to serve through the
short term.
Or, II three other lawyers had had
Sampson's bunch. they could have
ousted the quartet for the short term.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-06
RECTOR TURNS MECHANIC
TO EARN A LIVING

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Dec. 6.-Ths
Rev. Karl Heyne. a Protestant Epis.
copal clergyman. who was a protege
OF the late Bishop Frederic ID. Hunt.
ington. has forsaken the ministry and
gone to work as a wood fnisher. He
made the change ne says, because he
found preaching was not very remun.
erative and In his new role be thinks
he can better support his four little
children Mr.. Hcyne. who Is an &C.
complished musician and knows con.
siderable about chemistry, tells his
friends:
II do not not wish TO be known In
this world as anything that am not,
The Detroit times., 1912-12-06
IndeStructO
Insured" Trunks

Indestructabls Trunks are guar
anteed for years against any
kind Of smashup or mishap-that S
a worthwhile point you'll say. Of
course there's every imaginable
kind OF trunk that any one would
want-the prices range from Slo
to SIS.
Other Steamer Skirt and Ward
robe Trunks at $3.50 to 30.
Bags in latest styles, % to $50.
Suit Cases, In almost endless
variety, at 81 to $50.
You'll be safe in buying Xmas
luggage at Hudsou's-as to price
and as to quality.
Balcony-Ground Floor-Main store
The Detroit times., 1912-12-06
WISE MAN IS
JUDGE SAMPSON;
ELECTS HIMSELF
Ehrewdness Gets Him $685. q
Month Everybody Else
Forgot About
ONE VOTE CAST FOR HIM
his OWLS ENOUGH
Sucker Candidate Surprises
Sleepy Ones When Result
Is Known

sEATTLE. Wash. Dec. 6.-Judge
q. w. Sampson-judge. II you please.
q. w. Simpsons a fat. jovial man,
and passabiy shrewd. You've got TO
give him credit for shrewdness.
Didn't he get him elected, with one
vote, TO the superior bench? Doesn't
that one vote give him an easy job
for two months. for which he will
draw down $500? And won't he from
now on and forever be entitled to sign
The Detroit times., 1912-12-06

Mrs Finicky-Norah. just read that
a celebrated German doctor says q
broom 10 fun OF bacteria. 30 hereafter
youn have to give your broom an anti
septic bath each day.
The M4id-Ill do nawthin' av the
kindi tn likely SIT worse soon an
thin rayquire aikyhol- .ruhs, massa &c
thratements. hippydermic infections an
hot-wather bottles at night. an I'll
have ye understand right now that
I'm no thrained nurse!
The Detroit times., 1912-12-06
TOYLAND

It's easily and surely this basement
Great, dspays-penty OF sales people
Fine English China Meal Dishes Fruit Sauce
Bowls all with rhyme decorations, at 1oc
Celuloid Rales patterns 1oc
Doys Washing outh-ine for 1o
Harmless Pop Guns for soldier Csc.
Dolls 1S-inch Cradle white enameled. 2oe
Ship with starting 2oe.
coach pieces
Folding kindergarten Sewing Table vanished oOc
New csc.
with moving sewed lashes
stockings csc.
Writing Desk vanished $3.50
Riding Auto with hood and rubber tire wheels $500
Basem