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WAR MEDALS NOT CLAIMED

few medals were issued The first
medal ever issued was that given to
the Elizabethan seamen who defeated
the Armada, and the earliest military
decoration was a silver badge issued
by Charles in 1913 for presentation
to soldiers who had distinguished
themselves in forlorn hopes.
Waterloo was the first occasion
when there was a general issue Of
medals, and since that time, instead
Of, issuing too few medals, England
has gone. perhaps to the other ex-
treme. Soldiers point out that the
same decoration is awarded to the
man who has been fighting at the
front and carrying his life In his
hands for months. as to the man in q
regiment which has never stirred
from the base Of operations or so
much as seen the enemy.
Every effort is made by the author
tiles TO see that medals reach their
owners. and II the owner OF medal
happens to be dead. the medal is for
warded to his next Of kim Yet there
are still large numbers unclaimed,
and according to the regulations now
IN force. at the end of ten years.
time the medals will be broken up
and the silver debited to the mint.
The Victoria Cross. of course. IL q
decoration Of quite another character.
and q soldier would az soon think Of
parting with his life a. with his Vic
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-28

Cold eiooded and Death Dealing
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-28
The Love in Fiction ard Life.

A periodical devoted to the drama
pleads for plays based on some emo.
ton other than love. The difficulty in
producing such plays is that every
play must have hero. and in max.
ing hero the playwright. as well as
his audience. almost inevitably adopts
the view expressed 1000 years ago by
scribbler Of the dead walls of Pom
peii: He who has never loved a
woman is not gentleman"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-28

Instead of liquid antiseptics, tablets
and peroxide. for toilet and medicinal
uses. many people prefer Paxtine,
which is cheaper and better. At drug
gists. Csc box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass
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Briefly stated, he wishes to provide
ships with sixth sense" repre-
scented by an apparatus that will send
out vibrations and record infinitely
the echoes" caused by them II they
. strike against any hard object near
the chip an iceberg, for example.
Sir Hiram got his idea of this sixth
sense from the bat. which. according
to him and other scientists. possesses
such sense. and Is able by means of
1t to find its way about In the dark
with perfect ease.
The inventor explains his invention
in a pamphlet just published by him
In London. The wreck of the Titantic
was q severe and painful shock to US
all" he writes Il asked myself: Has
science reached the end of its tether?
Is there no possible means of avoid
ing such deplorable loss of life and
property At the end of four hours
1t occurred to me that ships could be
provided with what might be APP
propriately called sixth sense. that
would detect large objects in their
immediate vicinity without the aid
OF searchlight.'
Then Sir Hiram set to work to
study the bats peculiar possession
in an endeavor to apply 1t to prevent
ing marine collisions, and soon hit
upon the idea which he now makes
public. Before describing the new
Maxim apparatus 1t is well to set
down what he has to say about that
which inspired 1t. the sixth sense of
the bat.
Every naturalist that has either
experimental on bats or writes on
the subject" he says, seems to ad-
nit that the extraordinary append
ages attached to the bats face are
organs of perception more or less
allied to the sense of feeling, but
not one of them, SO far as can learn,
has ever suggested that these organs
are for the purpose of receiving the
echo from the vibrations of the wings
think was the first to discover this.
The inventor goes on to show that
the wings of the bat are extremely
sensitive and very well provided with
nerves, which is also true of the va
rious organs Of the bats face These
nerves, he maintains, are intimately
connected with each other and with
the brain. Thus a bat. flying about
In total darkness. seers out, by
means Of its wings. series of pulsa-
tons or wave-like sound waves, but
too low to DO considered sound
These waves. striking against all
surrounding objects, are reflected
back to their source, just as sound
and light are, and these reflections
OF the vibrations. being received by
the sensitive organs on the face of
the bat, enable 1t to Judge the dis
lance to any object by the lapse of
time between the sending out and
the receiving of the waves.
Coming. then. to his collision-pre-
venter, Sir Hiram says:
Suppose now that we construct an
apparatus that will produce atmo-
spheric vibrations OF about the same
frequency as those produced by the
bat, but instead of using the infini
tesimal amount Of energy employed i
by the bat. we use 200 or 300-horse-
power-that is. we send out waves
that have an amplitude and energy at
least 100000 times as great as those
sent out by the bat. These vibra-
tons. although of great energy. will
not be audible to our ears, but they
will shake up and sgitate light OBJ
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toTia Gross. But this is far from be-
ing the case with other medals, and
Rudyard kipling tells how he has
seen soldiers wager their Indian gen.
eral service mediator the toss for the
price of pot Of beer.-Pearson's
Weekly.
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HE Weapon.

did you see where an escaping ma
MAC somewhere struck down his pur
suer with cake CT soap?"
Then / suppose he made a clean
getaway"
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bell rings. while a large object at a
distance of two miles would ring o
larger bell, and very large object
a still larger bell. This apparatus
gives an audible notice if anything is
ahead of the ship.
The other apparatus is similar. but
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-28
FiIiai.

Il thought your father looked very
handsome with his gray hairs"
Yes, dear old chap. l gave him
those. London Opinion.
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II your appetite is no: what 1t should be-
perhaps Malaria Is developing. 1t affects
the whole system. OXIDINE will clear
orally improve your condition.
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SOFA to Brighten China.
Soda will brighten china that has
been burned or darkened by long use.
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A Condition.

Say. If you take us out in this
hired car, is the ride on you?"
Yes, ii at the end of it. the car
isn't"
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A great majorf y Of summer ills ars
due to Malaria In suppressed form. Las
dtude ard headaches are but two symp-
TOMS OXIDINE Graduates the Malaria
germ and tones up the entire system.
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Three is q crowd. but not In the
eyes of the man who must pay the
prima donna's salary.-Judge's Ii
brary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-28

A baseball player may be sluggish
without being a slugger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-28

irrigation in Australia.
Australia is irrigating more than
two million acres of grazing lands
with artesian wells
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rs your husband enjoying bis vaca-
tion?"
Not SO much as am
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lR HIRAM STEVENS

lR HIRAM STEVENS
MAXIM famed already
as the inventor of the
Maxim gun. cordite
smokeless powder. de-
vices for aeroplanes
and other ingenious
things, now comes for
ward with a new and
startling original idea
for preventing collisions
at sea.
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
ALL IN READINESS
FOR PREMIERE OF
. THE COLLEGE HERO
Five Hundred Amateur Act
ors and Actresses of Wash
ington Anxious.

Everything is in readiness for the in
itial production at the Columbia The
ater tonight of "The College Hero" and
the 500 members Of Washington's young
er sets who are to participate are be-
coming anxious for the bell that will
send up the curtain.
With painstaking rehearsals for more
than a month now at an end, the prom
Use is made that the performance will
be given with a smoothness that might
be expected only in a professional or
ganlzation.
Those who have witnessed the re-
hearsals declare "'The College Hero" to
be the biggest thing of its kind ever
undertaken in Washington. More than
500 persons are in the cast, and ills
seldom that the same ones appear in
more than one number.
The curtain is scheduled to rise
promptly at 8 o'clock, and the promise
is made that carriages may be called
for II. Society will occupy large per-
centage of the seats tonight, and with
the advance sale and the increasing de-
mand for tickets, not only will tonights
performance be greeted by a capacity
audience, but the same is expected ev-
cry night during the week. y
The proceeds will 60 to the Noe
House.
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
CHASE'S

Repeating their success of last season,
Amelia Stone and Armand Kalisz are
the headnners of a well-balanced bill
being presented this week for patrons
of Chase's home of polite vaudeville.
In a musical romance. Mon Amour"
these former stars of opera and musical
comedy have a tuneful and artistic
number that delighted the Monday au-
diences. 1t is costumed and staged in
good style.
The Four Mortons, billed as the great
est fun family in America, sustain
their reputation as entertainers in the
line of comedy and music.
Harry B. Lester, the jovial Jester.
tells some good stories, sings some good
songs, and gives some excellent imi-
tations of leading actors. Brent Hayes
10 an inimitable banjoist who can play
anything from a symphony to ragtime.
The Song Birds are two little singers
who scored a decided hit. Jarrow, with
his legerdemaln, including his famous
lemon trick, is as funny as ever.
Closing the bill is Mile. Dolores Val
lecita and her troupe of performing
leopards.
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
GAYETY

A clever burlesque in two acts and six
scenes, entitled Here, There, and
Everywhere is the Offering this season
OF the Bon Tons, who opened weeks
engagement yesterday at the GaVetY.
The three hours entertainment buh-
bles with eftervescent comedy, and is
staged in a manner that won the favor
of two big audiences. Bert Baker, as
Adam Jeliyfish, carried away the prin-
Cipal comedy honors, although the work
of Lee Hickman was a feature OF the
performance. Margaret Lavaun and
Edith Graham were handsomely
gov ned, and led some Of the musical
hits, in which a large chorus worked
effectively. Babe Latour, one of the
best scubrettes seen at the Gayety this
season, did especially good work and
Won instant favor. In The olio we're
the two Macks, in the "Ginger Girl
and the Dancing KID" Kelley and
Feeley comedy acrobats, and Bert
Raker, as a typical Tad"
An added attraction will be offered
Wednesday night when Joe Turner and
Joe Hansen will wre5tle.
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
BREAKS UP A BAD COLD
AND CURES THE GRIPPE
The most severe cold and Grippe
misery will be relieved in
just few hours.

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running of the nose. soreness, stiffness,
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Pape's Cold Compound is the result
OF three years research at O cost OF
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contains no duinine, which we have
conclusively demonstrated is not ef-
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grippe.
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
TO GROW HAIR ON
A BALD HEAD
RY A sPEC1ALIsT.

Thousands of people suffer from bald
ness and falling hair who, having tried
nearly every advertised hair tonic and
hair-grower without results, have re-
signed themselves to badness and It's
attendant discomfort. Yet their case Is
not hopeless; the following simple home
prescription has made hair grow after
years Of badness, and ls also unequaled
for restoring gray hair TO its original
color, stopping hair from falling out,
and destroying the dandruff germ. It
will not make the hair greasy, and eau
be put up by any druggist; Bay Rum,
s ounces; Lavona de Composee, Q
ounces; Menthol Crystals, one-haIf
drachm. II you wish II perfumed, add
half to one teaspoonful OF To-Kalon
Perfume, which unites perfectly with
the other ingredients. This prepara-
tion is highly recommended by physl-
clans and specialists, and is absolutely
harmless, as IL contains none of the
poisonous wood alcohol so frequently
found in hair tonics. Do not apply to
the face or where hair Is not desired.
Before publication we presented this
prescription to Peoples Pharmacy and
O'Donneli's, this city, and they state
that they have filled II many times for
their patrons who report most aston
ishing results from its use.
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
Old Dog Patou
Faithful Friend.

He realizes that all of his friends eX-
cept faithful Patou wished to see him
humbled, so he listens to the pleadings
of the hen pheasant, who urges him
to go out into that wider world from
whence she came. He goes with her.
still proud in the knowledge that II is
his Growing that causes the sun to rise.
Loving him, the pheasant yearns to
humble him, and at dawn beguiles him
to neglect to crow, and then shows him
that the sun had risen, as usual, though
he had not crowed. Chantecler had
thought he could sing, but a nightin-
gale in the forest had shown him that
error. An unseen hunter shoots the
nightingale, and II falls, a mass of
bloodstained feathers.
The rising of the sun without his
CALL completes the process of breaking
Chandeliers spirit, and also shows him
that his only sphere in life Is in the
barnyard, whence the dog has come
and found him, and told him how much
he is missed and needed. Deserted, the
hen pheasant throws herself into the
net the hunters have spread and they
are heard coming through the forest
to kill her. The old dog, Patou. comes
down to the footlights and ends the
play In one of the most delightfully."-
characteristic touches of NJ. Rostand 8
mingled humor. satire, and pathos.
Ring down the curtain" says the old
dog. here comes the human beings.
The play has been artistically staged
and there are countless bizarre effects
In costume and scenery. George Ira
der Is excellent as the Old Dog. and
William Levers Is physically fine in
the character of the Blackbrd. Allen
Fawcett, as the Pointer. has a short
part in which he is a delight. An
artistic bit of mimicry Is the Cat,
played by L. w. Morrison. To go into
detail describing each part would con-
sumo the greater part of the day, as
there are over seventy people in the
cast of "Chantecler." The stage set
tings are somewhat disconcerting in
their unusual scale to make them in
! proportion to the enlarged animals in
the cast. They form an added dlstinc-
tive character to the play. There was
a special musical program arranged by
Miss Adams and excellently played.
JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
LYCEUM

One of the best bills seen at the New
J.yceun, this winter is that offered this
week. The New Century Girls" an
unusually large company of good look
ing young woman. funny comedians. and
clever actors, is the attraction. The
show is a cleVeTly arranged one, and
from beginning to end it hclds the at
tention. The music Is unusually catchy
and voices. particularly those of the
chorus. are good. Tom McRae, who
wrote the books Of the two sketches,
1s the hrst comedian. As Smoke" the
lcd-haired boob he showed new
tyre of comedian. Tom Nolan, as the
rural visitor TO the race track; Helen
Marvelle, as his daughter; Lydie Jop-
Eey and Mabel Leslie, did some clever
acting.
Johnson and Elliott. two youthful
singers and dancers, and Lew TilfOrd,
NcntriloIuists. were the attractions Of
the olio.
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
ACADEMY

The white squaw" opened a weeks
engagement at the Academy last night,
playing to an appreciatiVe audience that
filled the theater. The play was written
by Dalla Clark, and has enjoyed popu-
larity and liberal patronage for many
years. q
''The White Suuaw" IL an Intensely
interesting story OF the Canadian woods,
and is replete with dramatic situations.
While melodramatic in the extreme, II
Is so well done that the audience for
gets the more lurld scenes.
Clara Greenwood did effective work as
the white suuaw, while Minded Price, as
Ampata, afforded an excellent character
study. william H. Kohman was the
Indian, and as did others I'm the cast,
proved himself most acceptable.
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
Will Give Talk on
Old Campaign Songs

"Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too" is the
title of an entertainment to be given
next Tuesday night by Levi N. Fouts
and a party of twenty-five young wom-
en- and men, at the regular monthly
meeting of the Indiana Society, to be
held in the Old Masonic Temple, at
Ninth and r streets northwest.
The entertainment will consist of an
address on campaign songs from the
time of Gen. William Henry Harrison
to the present and the singing of many of
the most popular ones. The latter part of
the meeting of the society will be de-
voted to the young people, In honor of
st. Valentine, and a dance will take
place.
A buffet supper will be served at the
close of the meeting.
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
CASINO

The Casino offers an exceptionally
good bill this week. one that causes
laughter from the beginning to end.
The Nohrens are first on the bill. They
present some clever tricks. Bob War
that seem to please everybody. Young
and Brooks are next on the program
They appear in a rural comedy skit
which ends with an old time barn
dance. Alva York is well received with
Mother Goose in Vaudeville" is a
clever act. The company consists Of
eight persons, who furnish laughter
throughout the whole play.
An added feature to the bill is MUIR
ry Whiteman, who sings well. Motion
pictures close the bill
The Washington times., 1912-02-06

large audiences by solving mathematical
problems.
The Five Musical Durands came up
TO the expectations OF the audiences.
Their playing on musical instruments
was well received. Four other good
vaudeville numbers are on the pro-
gram, in addition to two moving pic
lures,
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
ARCADE

-Four picture plays shown in the mo-
tion picture theater OF the Arcade last
evening depicted scenes of unusual i'm
terest that were OF a high order and
pleasing. In the bowling alleys some
close games we're played by the Mt.
Pleasant Bowling League. Roller axat-
ing in the skating rink was attended
by a larger crowd than usual.
In the dancing hall a merry party of
young people aVailed themselves of the
smooth floor, and the cafe and billiard
parlor had their share Of patronage,
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
Politician Gets Control
Of Cincinnati Paper

CINCINNATI. Feb. "a deal has
practically been closed whereby Aug
ust Hermann. Cincinnati politician,
and others, win lease the CONNER
cial Tribune, a morning newspaper.
E. o. Bshelby, president OF the pub
fishing company, will retire.
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
COSMOS

''Mascotte,' said to be the most in
telligent horse in the world. is the head
liner at the Cosmos Theater this week.
Last night this horse entertained two
The Washington times., 1912-02-06
Julia Murdock Says the Artistic Touch
OF Maude Adams Is Seen in 'Chantecler'

his conceited pretensions, and his con-
tentment is ruffled when Patou, the dog
symbol of the plain, honest philosopher
and the blackbrd, sauCy, insouciant,
si1ious influences are working against
him. AS he listens, q hen pheasant,
pursued by hunters, flies into the barn
yard. With her entrance begins the
conflict in Chandeliers mind, which is
to end in disillusionment, and the sad
revelation of the humber direction In
which his services to the world really
lie.
In the hen pheasant, Rostand has
typifed the woman in all her virtues
ard weaknesses, beautiful and high
minded yet jealous of mans appointed
task, and covetous to monopolize his
|, whole affection and interests. Chante-
Cler is attracted by her chdrms and falls
q victim to her.
gamecocks and the peacocks for aid
in their plot. They will humble the
cock at the guinea hens o'clock tea
on the morrow, but dawn Is about to
break, and in one of the most bril-
liantly imagined and most eloquently
cler raises his voice and brings back
The third act discloses the 6 o'clock
tea of the Guinea Hen, who Is a snob,
tuft hunter, and parvenu. The
gamecocks are there, and Chantecler
makes no effort to conceal his contempt
for them. A fight ensues, and Chante-
cler is about.to go down to defeat when
shadow spreads over the throng. 1t
! is the dreaded hawk: Instantly the
feathered tribe fly to their natural pro-
tector, and their faith in him renews
his strength. and when. with the pass
ing of the hawk the battle is resumed,
Chantecler Is victorious.