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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10
DOCTORS DEcRY HIGH HEELS
French Authorities Say They Cause
WEAKNESS and Other Tile
to Women.

Paris.-An outcry against the pres
emit fashion of women's footwear was
raised this week by the French med
ical faculty.
THAT tired feeling" of which SO
many women are complaining. It 10
asserted, is largely due to the wear
Ing Of high heels. According to the
French doctors, the unnatural posi-
ton which the foot is forced to take
when shod In a fashionable shoe con-
stitutes a complete displacement Of
the center Of gravity. and. by throw
ing the whole weight of the body on
the forefoot. occasions q contraction
of the muscles of the toes and legs
Strong criticism Is also made Of
women who, as soon as they return
home from the theater or from some
social function. give way to impulse
and Change their high-heeled shoes
for pair of soothing fiat-soled slip
pers.
This remedy. It is affirmed. IL rath-
er worse than the Ill itself. for It
causes the foot to pass from one ex-
treme to the other. which in the end
Is bound to produce persistent suf-
fering.
Varicose veins are also given a.
one of the probable consequences Of
the high heels of fashion.
In the opinion of leading French
doctors. women who value their
health should never wear heels higher
than one inch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10
chose Youthful ProdiaIes.

Twill wonders never cease?" said
Jones to his wife. Here is an account
of six-year-old boy who can work
the most difficult problems in al
zebra
Remarkable" admitted Mrs Jones.
but l know four-year-old girl that
knows Greek. Where does your little
wonder live?"
In Boston. Where does your lin
guistic marvel liver"
Mrs. Jones gazed out of the window
with a PARKWAY look In her eyes as
she answered: I'm ce."-Nation-
al Food Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10
See Value Of open-Air Schools.

During the year 1911 the greatest
percentage of increase among the diff
ferent forms of anti-tuberculosis work
was among the open-air schools for
anemic and tuberculosis children. On
January /. 1911, there were only 20
open-air schools in operation or pro
vided for in the entire country On
January 1. 1912, there were 81, an in
crease of PA per cent. Sixty-two new
schools have been established or pro
yided for the past year. This entire
number of open-air schools have been
established since January 1. 1907.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10
MONKEY TURNS ON SCIENCE
FIees From Doctors Preparing to Give
Him InfantiIe Paralysis and
Escapes Pursuers.

New York-An intelligent monkey
sat in his cage In one Of the laborato-
ries at Cornell Medical college. watch
ing doctors at work under the direc-
ton of DR.. Arthur Throw. They were
preparing saline solution containing
sweepings from a room that had shell
tered case OF infantile paralysis. 1t
is possible that he suspected their in
tention Of injecting the filtered solu-
ton into his spine. At all events. he
could be heard for surprising dis
lance as he voiced his feelings.
Finally the filtration was finished.
and the attendants opened the cage.
The monkey bounded out. leaped to
the window and vanished by the way
OF the five-inch coping between the
first and second story window. Work
men passing by along Twenty-eighth
street were treated to an unusual ex-
hibition OF simian antics, continued
by the truant, who was dead to the
coaxings from the window.
Then travelling west on the coping,
he came to the space between the col.
lege building and the Manhattan
brass works This space is used for
coal. and 1t is closed by an iron fence,
The monkey tried flying leap and
succeeded in escaping the spikes, but
he found the fence uncomfortable
For his next leap he took the startled
shoulders Of one Michael O'Brien. who
was working in the Enclosure Then
before the mans hands could close
upon him, he jumped Ton the coal PHI
and disappeared.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10
FINDS LONG LOST PET TURTLE
Farmer Had Carved Inscription on Its
Shell In 1888 When He Was
Boy.

Harrisburg. PA farmer in south
very frequently last summer in Green
lake. On one occasion one Of his toes
was suddenly caught and held with a
vise-like grip. He sputtered and tried
to get loose all the way to the shore,
almost fainting with the exertion.
His catch was a large swapping tur-
tie which had to be removed from his
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10
He Never Heard Of Bryan.

Allentown. Pa--Because he declar-
ed he had never heard Of William Jen-
nings Bryan. that statement tempo
rarily deprived Charles Wallitsch Of
American citizenship. Judge Trexier.
who put the question to the applicant.
deferring action to give Wallitsch OPP
portunity to post himself upon the per-
ennial candidate.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10
inherits Fortune and Drops Dead.

Middletown. N Y.-John Taylor.
who received word few days ago
that he had fallen heir to portion Of
an estate valued at $4,000. dropped
dead. His body was found in his barn
near this city. Taylor had planned to
give up farming as soon as he received
his legacy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10

toe with q chisel and hammer. The
following inscription was found carved
ON the shell: H. T. 1885," why"
gasped the astonished farmer. Il carv-
ed that on q pet turtle when l was If
teen years old. and I've been looking
for him ever since. He found me first,
however"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10

Smile on wash day. That's when Won use
Red Cross Ball Blue. Clothes whittier than
snow. All grocers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10

Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly
cured by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar
coated granules.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10

No man ever abuses an enemy "a
much as he does his stomach.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE..
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUiNINE- Look for
the signature of T. W. GROVE Used the World
over 10 Cure Cold in One Day. &c. ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10

Many self made man merely offers
an explanation that doesn't explain.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10

It's easier to secure a patent than it
is to convert it into cash.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10

A man may have his price. but it
takes woman to make him feel Ike
a bargain counter remnant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-10

Brooklyn n. originator Of the
AVA Housekeers Market club which be solution Of the problem
of club
than 50 Z
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28
THANKSGIVING.

Thursday of this week will be
Thanksgiving day, and in conformity
with the usual custom Gov. Carroll has
issued proclamation in which ne
earnestly requests that the day ''be OBJ
served BY all as day of praise and
prayer to almighty God for his many
and continued blessings to the children
OF men and especially for his gracious
bounties so abundantly bestowed upon
the people of our commonwealth"
eat no time in the history OF our
state" says the governors proclama-
ton, "have our people experienced
such universal prosperity as during the
wear now drawing to close. Crops
have been abundant. Labor has been
steadily employed Wages have been
remunerative. Business conditions
have been good and peace and plenty
abound.
..Ours fs a nation that recognizes the
hand Of God In the affairs of men and
acknowledges him as the giver of all
good gifts.
aIt Is fitting, therefore, that we
acknowledge our debt of gratitude to
him who directs the sunshine and the
rain. who makes the seasons and
causes the earth to yield her abund-
ance."
We have many material blessings
for which to give thanks this year. 1t
a fitting as the governor so eloquently
declares. that we should set aside a
dav In which to return thanks for the
rood things that came to us during the
HIN0V = -.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28
HANNA DEFENDS PLAN.

MAYOR James r. Hanna of Des
MONIES asserts that the commission
plan Of city government is a success
financially. A Columbus, Ohio, cor
respondent, repeated criticism made
Of the plan during campaign in that
city IN q letter to the mayor. One
criticism was that Des Moines had re-
duced taxes at the expense of the
sinking fund, no provision for the con-
tanuance of which has been made. In
reply Mayor Hanna said:
sEvery Improvement made since the
advent OF the Des Moines plan has been
paid for either by cash, by the issue of
serial bonds or by bonds obligating the
city to carry sinking fund. We have
paid $4,000 of the purchase price Of
cemeteries aid parks; we have either
paid IN cash or have in the sinking fund
for the city hall, $5S,269.S0, exclusive
Of interest payments, and we have paid
for one Of the new concrete bridges in
the civic center in full, $124,S0O.
ut is true that we are not paying
cash for I'll of our improvements ont
OF current rsvssaues, but one could not
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SEYMOUR.

Thanksgiving day services will be
held at the Christian church Thursday
Nov. % at II O'Clock. Rev. Hawley OF
the Christian church will deliver the
address. -a
A. c. Rosenbury of this city and
Miss Emma Vestel recently of St.
Joseph, Mo, were married at Union
vile, Mo-, last week. They will make
their home in this city where host
of friends join in wishing them a pros
porous life.
The dedication of the new Christian
church was held last Sunday. Rev. T..
n. McCash of Cincinnati, o., was
present and helped In the dedication.
The morning and afternoon services
were used as dedicatory services, and
In the evening Rev. Hawley preached
his regular sermon. The most Of the
money on the church was raised and
the members are very thankful to
all those who helped in any way.
Mrs. w. c.. adams of Chicago Is here
this week visiting with her grand
daughter Mrs. Robert Jamison and
family.
J. c. Fox received word last week
that he had received an appointment
as mail clerk. He will begin in the
near future as substitute.
J. H. limerick sold his Windsor ho-
tel last week to Chas. Gore OF Mis-
souri, Mr.. Gore took possession We'd
nesday.
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A Colorado officer came to Des
Moines to arrest young man who had
escaped from the reform school at
Golden, Colo. He found the boy had
secured a good position in Des Moines
and was fully trusted by his employ
ers. The boy had married and was
we'll thought of in his new home. But
the Colorado officer had his instruc.
tions and no authority to disobey
them. John Cownie, the former
member of the state board Of control,
Attorney General Cosson and others
interested themselves in the boys be-
half. They asked the Colorado author
tiles to secure pardon for the youth
who had overcome earlier handicaps
and worked out his own reformation.
The Colorado authorities secured the
pardon. More, they have' sent rail-
road and Pullman tickets to the youth
in order that he may return to Colo
RADIO and receive his official release
from the reform school. The officer
sent to arrest the boy was instructed
to return home. Justice does not ap.
pear blind in this instance. ...
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28
HARVEY SCORES AS PROPHET.

One Of the political events in the
campaign preceding the two conyen-
tions last summer was the gentle hint
Gov. Woodrow Wilson gave Col. George
B. Harvey that Harper's Weekly was
embarrassing the Wilson candidacy by
its support Col. Harvey was the origi-
nal Wilson man but he wasn't stubborn
about 1t. He put on the soft pedal as
requested, but he still insisted that Will
son would be the next president. The
unpleasant incident between the editor
and the candidate has been forgotten,
but Col. Harvey does not intend that
the people shall forget the identity OF
the original Wilson man. He quotes
the following paragraphs from his
paper in order to show clearly where
the real political prophet can be found,
Witness the following:
I've venture to suggest the nomi-
nation OF President Woodrow Wilson
Of Princeton university as the demo-
cratic candidate for president of the
United States.-March 10, 1906.
live have shrewd suspicion that
the democrats Of New Jersey will
nominate Woodrow Wilson for COVER
nor in 1910, with view to presenting
his name to the democratic national
convention of 1912.-November %.
1908.
live now expect to see Woodrow
Wilson elected governor Of New Jersey
in 191O.-May Is, 1909.
IV.-At the expiration OF sixteen
months we perceive no occasion to re-
wise our calculations. Mr.. Wilson's
majority will be 40,Oo0.-september
"a, 1910.
We now fully anticipate the
nomination of woodrow Wilson for
president Of the United States by the
democratic national convention OF
1912.-Novemberf 9, 1870. -z !
vL-We end this series Of prophe-
cies with a prediction that Woodrow
Wilson will be duly elected president
OF the United States in November next.
July 10, 1912.
vII.-We now predict that Woodrow
Wilson's majority over all IN the cleo
toral college will exceed 300.-Novem-
Der 2, 1912.
witt was s27-November Is.
1911.
Col. Harvey is entitled to recogni-
ton as q real prophet Anyone who
in 1905 could have picked Woodrow
Wilson out of the ninety million odd
Americans as the one best bet for
president In 1912 is entitled to throw
out his chest now that his prophecy
II fulfilled g5+aa. 81 .af.Y
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28

Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the
National City bank of New York. says
that the big manufacturers are looking
the political situation squarely in the
face. They fully expect the special
session of congress to reduce the
tariff, he says, and they are making
their preparations accordingly. Mr..
Vanderlip believes it Is inevitable that
there should be slowing UP in that
part Of business which Is to be affected
by the reduction of the tariff. Those
men naturally will 60 slow, he says,
until they know what is to be done by
congress. So far as business general
ly is concerned, however, he expects
little if any change for six months
The immense crops of this year he be.
lieves can be relied upon to supply the
momentum for business generally that
long.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28

Some Of the famous Back Bay fam
lilies in Boston have suffered a blow
to their pride from which they will
not soon recover. The descendants of
thes leaders among those who came
over In the Mayflower find that lib
critics have been taken with their
names which they declare the courts
should not permit. 1t has all happened
as a result Of the influx of foreigners
in the last few years. Some of these
families from abroad found their
names made too great inroads on the
alphabet, so they set about to look
for more euphonious cognomens. And
it was natural that they should adopt
the names they heard the most. Con-
sequently the Peabodys, the Lowells,
the Endicotts and others of the social
elect found their names grading pawn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28
Stories About People.
Odd Expression Overheard.

"say! If brains were Ink you
wouldn't have enough to dot an H. "
This steak cuts like an infringe
ment on the goodyear patent"
Zones is the heaviest depositor in
our bank-he weighs over three hun
dred pounds"
Gee! that girls smile would ring
doorbell in the next block!"
"Credulous! Why. that woman
would believe a dentist when he said
he wouldn't hurt her"
when I arrived at the house
there was the minister sitting on q
chair and three ladies"
with his income he has no more
excuse for being in debt than tho
letter b." ,......
BLANK is such a loafer he actu-
ally rises early so that he can put
in full day of it."-Boston Trans.
cript. .. q.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28
TRIBUTE TO 1AEI.


Henry Watterson pays the follow.
ing tribute to President Taft in the
columns of his paper, the Louisville
Courier-Journal: "
William H. Taft will return in a
short time to Cincinnati and become
a neighbor of US Kentuckians. The
only regreat on this side Of the Ohio
will be that he will settle down'-for
presumably he is through with poll
tics for good and all-upon the other
side Of. the river. Kentucky would
be glad to have him as one of it's
distinguished citizens:
president Taft, although one Of
the worst defeated presidents in his
tory. is not an unpopular man. As
a. republican he could not have
proved loyal to his party and veered
widely from the course he pursued.
The public had about forgotten the
Ballinger-Pinchot affair when the re-
cent campaign began. and 1t was not
mentioned during the campaign. at
least by any speaker whose voice car
ried beyond his Immediate audience.
It was upon the issue of tariff re-
vision that the president was doomed
to defeat, and would have met defeat
even if the fight had not besn a
three-cornered one, the president
fighting at a disadvantage with the
knife Of former friend under the
fifth rib.
president Tafts swan song is that
Of a sane. sensible, temperate man
whose philosophy of life Is too OPP
timistic to be reversed by reverses
at the polls, and whose sincerity Of
purpose was never questioned, even
when the position he occupied as
party leader forced him into unpopu-
lar attitudes"
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CHAPTER II.
The Voyage Of the Life Boat.


The Voyage Of the Life Boat.
"This,' said Captain Saturday
Parrish, sis the end of me profession
ally. I shant be able to keep up my
insurance, and if die. it. will mean
workEouse for the old woman" He
tried to steady himself for a moment
and then hiccoughed behind his hand.
81 shall apply for chapel keepers job
with the Calvinistic Methodists when
/ get ashore. It's about what I'm fit
for, and they ought to give It me If at
tendance and subscriptions are re-
membered in ones favor
ooh. things will come all right, sir,
at the office when they're explained"
said the mate. "You aren't a doctor.
You can't be responsible for Mr.. Little
going off his head"
"When You have been at sea longer,
owen, me man, you'll understand that
a shipmaster is expected to be doctor,
lawyer, commercial agent, and clerk
of the weather, and if he fails at any
one of those jobs or forty others when
they come along, he's sacked (al
though ne may have been with the
firm for forty years), and there are
ten men waiting III the OuteI oiliCe,
ready to take on his billet for less pay.
IT'S dog'sh life the sea, Owen. me
man, and on a voyage one is seldom
able to get full whack of sleep. That
remindsh me, think I'll just have a
peg and indulge n few minutes
snoosh. S nothing else to be done.
Presently. when we begin to starve, I
s'pose shall have to stand round and
see that the men don't eat one an
other
"There's Mr.. Little, sir, on the fore
crosstrees. Any message, sir?"
Captain Farnish looked drearily at
the broken caster Of his easy-chair.
and tried without success to stifle an
other hiccough. "If / could only get
the beggar to his room"
"Aye, aye, SIR" said the mate brisk
ly, 'I'll tell him you order him to go
there" and with that betook himself
to the outer deck. and closed the
chart house door on to the hook De-
hind him.
on the deck below there were gath
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28

A bulletin issued by the National
Short Ballot organization says: Our
ing the present year, attempts have
been made by the politicians in three
commission governed cities to revert
to the old form. Each attempt has
failed: first in Hutchinson. Kan; then
on November in Spokane, Wash.
and Baker, Ore. The vote in Spokane
stood 9,44s to 1925. No city has
ever back-Slidden vet" .rs 4
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28
1t Sounded Like Hanna.

They tell story about a Kansan
who, in the days when Mark Hanna
was prominent, went to church, took
his seat in a rear pew and went to
sleep. When he woke up he awoke
with a start, and he must have thought
himself at a political meeting.
The minister had just Numbered:
ITO him that hath shall be given and
to him that hath not shall be taken
away even that which he hath"
"Who said that?" asked the be-
wildered politician, who had just
awakened, .s.
The minister stopped, looked at the
sleepy interrupter and then said lac
onically: MARK" .g@~sa. -..
We'll" said the politician. 1T
sounds like Hanna."-Judge.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28

shops. junk wagons and fruit carts and
they set about to have the courts inter
vene Boston is said to be shocked
too deeply to see the funny side of the
situation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28

reasonably expect such enormous ex-
penditures out of current revenue.
You will note further we are pay
ing all the running expenses OF the
city government, keeping up the inter-
est on all bonds, both Of our own MAX
ing and those inherited from former
pOyernments ...'
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the civil without any visible means of support
cept his head and stub pen. Neither OF these artl-
cles has failed him since, and at times he uses
both with blue vriol accent which is highly disconi
certng to the target Mr. Watterson does not advise
anybody to become Nesor unless he is in good stand
ing at the First National bank. He knows what 1t Is
to be short-changed cord wood in payment of sub
scrption, and in hts youthful days he had to subsis
upon promises to pay and roller composition. For
twenty years after the he wrestled with the
delinquent subscriber until his knee joints cracked be-
times fighting for free trade in everything but
southern products. says if he had it to do over
again he would choose occupation in which a
Nesor had nothing to do but nest COL Watterson IS
a Ind f. IeHe
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28


until he
switched
the cylinder
which
William will him to
Louisville He institution like the Carnegie library the water
his enmie but child He is the last
most
him lasts.
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Fixina Uncle John.

q The small daughter Of the house
was busily setting the table for ex-
pected company when her mother
called to her: ..... ..-.
"Put down three forks at each
place. DEAR
Having made some observations
on her own account when the expect
ed guests dined with her mother be-
fore, she inquired thoughtfully:
Shall I give Uncle John three
ves?'-Toronto Bail and En-
pire. N....,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28

The man who is weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting, always COM
plains that the scales are wrong.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28

DO not forget that increased promo.
ton and salary carry with them the
responsibility of increased effort and
efficiency.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-28
Sidewalk Sketches
By Howard L. Ram
WHY WHO'S WHO.

those who do not