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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

I'm these days Of high-cost living
said Representative De Forest. the
sponsor Of the bill for pensioning ex-
presidents, I'VE hear Of many queer
economics.
"On street car the other day. at
the end Of discussion on saving and
retrenchment. lady said decisively:
"'Oh, any woman can cut her hus-
bands hair; but. believe me. 1t takes
. clever one to cut It SO that other
women's husbands will suspect moth
ing"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

liver trouble, indigestion, biliousness.
headaches, and the various other dis
orders Of the stomach, liver and bow
els nothing IL more suitable than this
mild laxative-tonic. DR.. Caldwelrs
Syrup Pepsin.
Two generations Of people are using
1t today, and thousands of families
keep it constantly In the house, for
every member of the family can use It.
1t can be obtained Of any druggist at
fifty cents or one dollar q bottle, the
latter being the size bought by fami-
lies who already know its value. Re-
suits are always guaranteed or money
will be refunded.
If no member of your family has
ever used Syrup Pepsin and you would
like to make personal trial of It
before buying 1t in the regular way OF
q druggist, send your address, pos
tai will do-to w. B. Caldwell, At
Washington st.. Monticello. III, and .
free sample bottle win be mailed you.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
A GOOD BREAKFAST.
Some Persons Never Know What Il
Means.

A good BREAKFAST q GOOD appetite
sno sood dieestion mean everything
70 tne man. woman or cniio VINO mas
.ny .mns 70 oo' ana wants 70 GET .
sood start toward ooine IL
a MO. man tens OF ms wiie 3 eood
oIeaAias' ana aiso supper maoe out
VI uf3Pe-Nuts anu cream. ne Says
II should like to tell you how much
eooo orape-Nuts mas uone LOT my wiie.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

YES" said the man at the end OF
the bar. as he ordered his second
drink. women sure are queer crea-
lures. l came home tonight and
thought my wife looked q little down
In the mouth. So said: After sup
per let's go to the theater' And she
burst into tears and said: Me busy
all day doing up preserves and you
come home and ask me to 90 to the
theater.' She was still crying when l
came out 1t beats all. doesn't IT.?
Bartender, I think I'll take just one
more"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Mandy-What fol- 70 ben goin' to
de postofice SO reg'lar? Are yo' cor
respondin' wifi some other female?''
Rastus-"N Nope; but since ali been a.
readin' in de papers bout desc con-
science funds ali kind of thought ah
might possibly git lettah from dat
ministah what married us."-Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

round from his
back, and fires
it on into the
sand with one
hand; the peo-
pie watch In ST.
lence; the horse
Frances out; an
other Sheikh en-
tiers the ring
a n d goe .
through a SINH
lar perfor M
ance.
In another d.
rection a circle
several hundred
strong, packed
close as her
rings, sit round
upon the sand.
and a story-ten-
er stands in the
center. reciting
wonderful ad-
ventures with
many wild GEES
ticulations. He
carries a wav-
ing stick. and
his voice falls
and rises with
a wailing note.
All those faces
In the moon
light watch and
listen with rapt
attention. A
burst of laugh
ter comes, then
ordinations of
delight, tn e n
| o n g : d ra W n
"ohs!s Tales of
Arabian Nights
go floating
across the des-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
Quite commonpIaee.

Il know man whom every one respected, and
1t was found out he had married no fewer than
Blk women in one month. yet he wasn't even
arrested. and no one thought the less Of him
for IT,"
Great Scott! Who was he?"
Our minister"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
Our 0rayma.

She latter the proposai)-what! Marry you-
drunkard. gambler, and impostor? Ha! ha!
BECOME sir. before I ring and have you elected!
He-Isabelle. am to take this a. . refusals-
London Opinion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

There's nothing better than mar
rage for bringing out all the temper
there is in red hair.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
In Literature.

Authors Friend-Our baby enjoys your new
book more than any of US.
Author-How can the baby enjoy It?
Authors Friend-He stands on II to look ont
Of the window.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Uncle Jed Again.
huge touring car had just whixzed by leav.
ing terrific wave Of gasoline behind It.
Thar goes another one o. them odormobiles. .
said Uncle Jed-Judge
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

far and near. with their families
their wives and children, their
tents and goats, their plaintive piping reeds and
their incessant tapping Of drums the procession
has been struggling in since sunrise. Hundreds
OF donkeys trip beside the stately camels, and
the separate lines Of dust radiate like the spokes
OF an invisible wheel towards the great encamp-
ment just below Helouan, to merge later in the
single stream that journeys forty miles southeast
to the Tomb ITSELF To the music of this soft.
gay piping the camels come swaying In beneath
their enormous loads. Tents spring up over
acres of yellow sand; camps pitched. all sep
arate yet all touching; the donkeys roll in the
not soil; the children laugh and play; the men,
grave as the camels, sit round against the walls
OF bersm and water.jars and baggage that lie
In heaps; and the women whisper to one another
behind their wells how their little ones shall all
be healed presently and more-that the child.
less wives among them shall at last become
mothers. At the Tomb Of Abou Seria these
Things come to pass at the March full moon. II
Is time of great rejoicing
Shortly after dawn the first stragglers came in
-feiaheen on tired donkeys many too on foot
They came from villages on the other side of
Cairo For the poor travel slowly. and start
nrst The wealthy Bedouin sheikhs. swathed in
white. with circlets Of gold about their turbaned
heads, come later on their grand white camels,
xtx<>- -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

You can jolly the average man by
referring to him as prominent citi-
zen.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

ert air-towards another group.
where the dancing girls, who accom-
pany the pilgrimage from Cairo.
are performing to yet another cir
Gle of onlookers.
Further on, upon the outskirts Of
the camp. rows of tall, shapely men
stand waving their arms. swaying to
and fro, bending their thin and
graceful necks as they recite their
songs. Of semi-religious, semi
erotic character, towards the east.
They suddenly kneel and bow, then
rise again; the singing goes on and
on for hours, and fror: the distance
the chanting of other groups comes
in upon the breeze. 1t is a mourn
full sound. A few hundred yards
outside the encampment these vari-
Gus chanting groups combine in a
single tone that holds the monotony
of wind blowing among the boul-
ders of the desert.
And the Fantasia continues far
into the night. while the moon
climbs higher, the old Nile flows
slowly by and the desert listens SOL
EMMY all round. Numbers sleep
through It: here and there some
rise up and disappear across the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

It's tough on the society bud who
married blooming idiot.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

n. S y a S . ssI ss8s EFF e sssE:
GILL T6xi !ss iSo. .s:s ysc 1as ssiiss:
The iormuia Z yieinly printed on every botfI6,
allowing t u simply Qulnfne and Iron In o tnsteleW
form. and The most e0ectua1 fora Eor groU1
people and chlldfUn. - cent?. ADV, $3.50
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Red Gross Ball Blue will wash double a
many clothes as any other blue. Don't
put your money into any other. Adv.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

wives and retain
ers close behind
them. And from
dawn. all through
the burning heat
OF MONDAY and
a 1T n DON, the
horde of fella-
heen troop strag-
Cling in till the
crimson sunset.
dying behind the
Lybian Desert,
falls on an en-
campment grown
wide and deep.
The palm groves
along the delta
cast long shad-
ows. The lizards
sing among the
dunes. The wom-
en- start their
wild and curious
ululating, shrill
as an animal cry
and hardly hum
an. And sudden
ly the m oon
shows her huge
yellow disk above
t h 9 Mokattam
Hills and draws
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

LII day long in the blazing
heat the camels have come
shutting and slouching
through the sand past
Helouan, for the March
full moon is here and five
thousand Bedouins are
making their annual pill
grimage to the tomb in
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20

peals, the question was raised wheth-
er the limit in question applied to the
amount for which the child's life
might be insured in a single policy
or represented the total amount Of
insurance which could be taken out
The Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court for the Third
Department took the former view,
but the Court of Appeals reversed
the ruling Of that tribunal, holding
that the act limited the insurance to
the amount specified without regard
to the number of policies.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
United States

According to an official report there
have been in the construction of the
new water viaduct to New York, out
of 1000 men employed, 200 killed and
$500 severely injured, chiefly through
dynamite explosions This sad record
has only been beaten in the con-
struction of the Panama Canal where,
in years, 1887 lives have been lost.
- What, difficulties the labor move
ment has to contend with in the Unit
ed States is explained in the report of
the Socialist Party. according to
which there are eight special Ian
guage, sections for comrades speaking
foreign languages. These are Bohemi-
an, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Jew
ish, Polish, Scandinavian, and South
ern Slavonic. Each of these sections
has its own misunderstanding at
the Central Offices of the Party. Many
trades unions must give their printed
matter in IL and more different Ian
guages, and hold their meetings also
in SO many languages. - The Cali
fornian trades unions propose after a
referendum to introduce the compul-
sorry 8-hour day and thereby prevent,
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
ternoon for all workers. - In Tourco-

ternoon for all workers. - In Tourco-
ing 500 textile workers have been out
for two weeks on a sympathetic
strike. - The ships officers OF a
large company are on strike in Mar
seille. The authorities fell in with the
company's suggestion to lay the cause
of the strike - it is question, in
particular, of wages - before an ar
bitrator. The officers agreed, but the
company having found strikebreakers
now refuses to do so. - In the Bas-
ket Makers Union amalgamation with
the Furniture Workers Union is be-
ing advised, and it seems certain that
the idea will mature. - The organ of
the Building workers Union pleads
earnestly for young trades unionists
to learn foreign languages in order
that temporary exchange with COM
rades in trades unions abroad may be
arranged. = The whole building trade
has again engaged in a general move
ment to obtain an 8-hour day for all
day workers and 9-hour day for all
other workers.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20

after the opening of the Panama Ca
nal, the much feared stream of cheap
labor from South Europe multiplying
the achievements of the trades I'M
ions. - According to an inquiry by
the Russell Sage Institution the aver
age income of women teachers in the
U. s. A. is less than dollar a day
In the year from Oct 1911 to Oct.
1912, the membership of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor rose from
1,796,231 to $4,000. - President
Taft vetoed the immigration Bill ex-
Guiding illiterates from the United
States. Opposition to the bill has been
met with from many Americans, and
foreign governments have lodged pro-
tests against provisions of the meas
ure.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
Child Insurance

New York, March 13.-The New
York insurance law limits the amount
of insurance that may be taken out
upon the life of q child by a person
liable for its support, the amount
being fixed with reference to table,
which, for example, limits the amount
of insurance which may be taken out
on the life Of child between the
ages Of seven and eight at S16S. In
case Of Flynn vs. Prudential Insur-
ance Company Of America, decided re-
Gently ~ the New York Court Of Ap-
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20

while the number of embers of the
National Centre at the end of 1911
was only 53,OUU. general statement
of the statistics gives the following
figures-Weekly worktime:
Number of workers less than 60
hours, 49,168; per cent 71.6 Number
Of workers go hours, 11,423; per cent
1876. Number working more than SO
hours, 5,102; per cent IA. Number
of workers uncertain or not given, g.,
995; per cent "A. Total number oil
workers, $685.; per cent 100.
The average weekly worktime is Civ
en- as STA hours, per day SO hours
Saturdays only 7.8 hours. Altogether
1920 workers have shorter hours OF
Saturday.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
Fishermen Are On Strike.

Buffalo, N. Y, March ia gener-
al strike of all the fishermen on the
Great Lakes is on. A vote was taken
on the question recently and strike
authorized unless their demands were
granted. There are now two scales,
the day scale and the chance scale.
The chance scale affects the fisher
men OF Pennsylvania, while the day
scale affects those in Ohio. There are
800 fishermen on Lake Erie, and if
the strike is not settled by March Is,
when the Ohio fishermen start their
work, they will all refuse to man the
tugs, and the tugmen, it is said, will
not work with a non-union crew. One
of the grievances of the fishermen is
that they are paid only / IL cents
per pound, while the dealers dispose
Of them to the trade at IL to Is
cents per pound. It is also said by
the fishermen that the dealers only
buy their catches when so inclined,
and that at times they are forced to
dump all of their catch because of
the refusal of the packers to buy the
supply. 1t is asserted that years ago
the Packers were anxious to get all
the fish they could, making a fair
profit on the larger output at cheaper
prices than to the consumer, but now
the output is restricted and the fish
sold at higher figure to the trade.
The demands Of the fishermen call
for a 80 per cent increase for the
housemen. a 10 per cent increase for
the pondnet fishermen, and a ten
hour day for the gill net fishermen
working by the day. A compromise
offer was submitted by the fishermen
before the strike, but It was rejected
hu flho ffrh zzolro...
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Great Britain-

OTGUt OTttOtW-
At the Eighth Annual Meeting Of
the Women Workers League 70 del
egates from SIS sections were present.
The League is striving to further the
trades unions organizations Of woman
and to represent their special inter
ests. The organization of backward
trades and the establishment of a
wages board for the various home in
dustries is due to it's work. - The
various spheres of the labor move
ment have discussed a plan for the
amalgamation of cooperative ascot
atoms and trades unions which belong
to the Trades Unions Congress and
also to the Labor Party. These three
groups have total of $500, 444 mem
bers. - In the leading circles of the
labour movement a plan has been
earnestly considered for the building
OF great labor temple which shall
be the centre of the movement. The
project is estimated to cost G125,O00.
"A bill has been introduced into Par
lament whereby the working time for
women and children in the clothing
trades shall be only from $50 a. m.
till p. m, with two intervals amount
ing to l IL hours daily, and Saturday
only till one O'Clock. Overtime shall
only be permitted to exceed two hours
per week and shall not exceed go
hours in the year. Under present laws
the workers may labor 10 IL hours
daily. - The Parliamentary Commit
tee of the Trades Unions Congress
agreed to invite the General Commits.
sion Of German Trades Unions to send
q delegation to the next Congress
which will be held in Manchester al
the beginning of September. The Gen
eral Commission has accepted the in
vitation. Up to the present the United
States and Canadian trades unions
have been invited to this Congress
and it is now the intention to extend
the invitation to other National Cen
tiers. - The ballot of the miners il
regard to the movement for five-da.
week resulted in 231, 741 votes for AM
1870 votes against the proposal. A.
the majority was not sufficient thu
question will be brought before an
other conference.
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Germany

U6TUtUty"
A conference of "a delegates of the
Building Workers organizations from
II countries on the occasion of the
General Meeting of the German Build
ing Workers Conference in iona, de-
cided that the next ordinary Interna-
tional Conference should take place in
Vienna. = In Berlin in 1911, 1906
horses, and in 1912, 1889 horses
were slaughtered for consumption. In
order to comply with the demand for
meat many town authorities imported
meat from Russia in spite of the pro
tests of the butchers.
In Berlin the authorities handed
over the sale of Russian meat to the
cooperative societies, which have
now A butchers shops besides liz
other shops. - How far the railway
authorities go in their guardianship
of employees is shown by an order Of
the Frankfurt directors that the
; agenda of all union meetings must be
given in detail and handed in Ia days
before such meetings. - A yellow
or blackleg union, which is chiefly
composed of foremen, has been found
ed in the photographic trades. 1t il
subsidized by the masters. For the 45t
members who work for members o
the Employers Protective Association
the latter pays per week IL d. PEI
member to the yellow" union. The
government has planned the estab
lishment of a great number of trades
boards for the female home workers
= The Tailors' Union last year en-
gagged in 266 wage movements in %;
places. These movements covered 81,
SIT workers. Worktime was shorten
ed for 1857 persons by 1850 hour!
weekly, while for 1880 persons
wages were increased 1880 weekly
The cost of the wages movements
was G26,000. Only $50 participant
were unsuccessful.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
Switzerland

The Union of Swiss Cooperative So
cieties numbers 1863 branches. Last
year their aggregate turnover amount
ed to 37,250,000 francs, as against
$4,000. 10000 francs in the previous year
- A joint central committee has been
elected, by the Labor Party Commit
tee and the Trades Unions Federation
for the systematic encouragement of
educational features among the work
ing classes. The cost which will be
borne by the joint parties, is estimat-
ed at about 1000 francs per year. ~
The Union of workers in the food
stuffs industry has demanded the
legal prohibition of night work be-
tween p. m. and a. m. - The
Swiss Federation, or government, reg
subsidies the public labor bureaus, to
the amount of about $4,000 francs in
1911, and $4,000 in 1912. Out of this
the Union of Swiss Labor Exchanges
receives rs francs yearly. The FEEDER
alton allows the labor colonies 20
cents per day per colonist, which
amounts to total of about 1000
francs per year.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
British Railway Unions Unite.

The amalgamation of the three
great railway organizations, the Anal
gamated Society of Railway Servants,
General Railway Workers Union, and
the PoiRtsmen and Signalmen's Union
has been accomplished. Only small
society of locomotive engineers and
firemen have not come in The amalga-
nation creates a membership of about
10000 in one union, and a general
Strengthening of the railway workers
position will naturally follow the fus-
iOn.o 80.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
Holland

The Federation of Transport and
Carrying Trades was able to increase
the number of members from 975 to
1850. At the present moment this fed
GRAFTON is negotiating with other or
CARNATIONS of the transport trades in
regard to the formation of an ANAL
gamated union for the whole trans
port and traffic business. - The bak-
ers in Hague, of whom 70 per cent.
are organized have joined in com
bined wages movement. Owing to the
obstinacy of the masters, stoppage of
work was unavoidable. = The agri-
cultural Workers Union, whose mem
bership rose last year from LOO to
2,400, was able to procure in this time
an increase in wages amounting to
about $4,000 gulden (florins) for 1901
members.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20


branches declared that all prepare
tons had been made for the general
stoppage of work The meeting decid-
ed that the whole of the hotel, restau-
rant, etc, workers must join in the
movement, and the resolution passed
lately by the Social Democratic Con
gress was unanimously endorsed. The
movement has also been started ear
nestly in the provinces. This strike
more than any other is calculated to
disturb the comfort and indifference
of the ruling classes. The free organ
ization" has applied to all organiza
tons of hotel, restaurant and cafe
keepers to stop business absolutely
during the general strike The assist
ants will take good care to enforce
the granting of this demand.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
BelQMn,

DOVS0t|HC
The Trades Unions National Centre
has recommended affiliated organiza-
tions to commence an energetic agi-
tation for the free Saturday after
noon. - The membership of the
trades unions affiliated to the Nation
al Centre rose from the beginning of
1912 till October /, 1912. from 1885
to 129,3S4. Since then there has been
still further increase, a clear proof
that. the political movement in Belgi-
UNI does not draw the workers away
from the task of building up their
trades unions organization. AS a mat
ter of fact activity in all phases of
the labor movement has become more
vigorous and fruitful. - The Labor
Party and trades unions have decided
on general strike for April 14th, as
the government still refuses to grant
universal suffrage.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
international Report.

The Ninth International Report OF
the Trade Union Movement, 1911
English Editfon), has just been for
warded to the various National Cen
tres. Applications for the same should
be made to the National Centres or to
the International Secretariat. Ehgelu-
fer Is, Berlin.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
Hungary

The hotel, restaurant and cafe en-
ployes, who have already fought many
bitter fights, are preparing themselves
for the coming great struggle Of the
Hungarian proletariat. An imposing
meeting of 5000 assistants decided to
take part in the suffrage movement,
after DR.. LANDER, for the Labor Par
ty, had appealed for their sympathy.
The, representatives of the various