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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01
The Family Rudder.

A Comstocker who was having his hair
cut Yesterday afternoon gave the barber
particular instructions not to remove .
long lock that projected in q somewhat
unsightly way from the front of his head.
1T don't become YOU said the bar
Der. ~
"Can't help that" said the customer.
:. Better let me take it off," said the
barber.
Just you leave it as it is" said the
man.
"But,'' persisted the barber, +" I can't
give YOU a smooth, decent cut if leave
the hair SO long in front. 1t will look
like the very dickens. l can't see what
you left it there for?''
THAT'S because you don know what
it is-you don't know the use OF 1t.
"Iknow it's bunch of hair and know
that it's deucedly unbecoming just where
it is"
"Yes; it is a bunch of hair, and it is
something more than a bunch OF hair
it's the family rudder."
1.-The family what?"
1.-The family rudder. When things
don't go right at home my wife always
grabs that lock of hair. She would feel
lost without it. When she gets hold Of
that she can handle me-steer me in the
right course, so to speak-and when l &c
in the right course the whole family GO
in the right course and all is well: I've
rot used TO it now, and don't mind 1t.
Should l lose my hair and become bald.
or should you give me a fighting cut al
over, there would be no way OF steering
me; should become unmanageable, and
sooner or later total wreck No, SIR
don't you disturb the family rudder. y,
Virgiaia (Neu.J Chronicle. -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01
.s.oo1, AND CHURCH.

~ the Rev. DR.. John Hall,
e a. al Avenue PRESBYTERIAN lsaa Ghq frc,n
'sw Bowman, now resident in St.
',norh een invited by the Baltimore
- nss Corference to remove to that
Ix'S s'ssoV smes having died recently.
y ,..houe was recently placed in
- telePt;onal Church at North
y ConSS 'ss'. and connected with the
nP'ou, = sssyeral who are unable to at
Methodist Protestant Church
-ine.';ss;oued-i its first foreign mis-
= - Miss !. M. Guthrie, VINO ne p gues
,.rsn. A woman's society III l i'''-
- - rsys her salary.
Ito to the Pope, the Bishop OF
$500 $500 win be permitted to reopen
S .;s.ry for the education OF persons
= ;',,sd;ae 70 become priests.
=. New York Observer offers 9
-ins q 500 to students in theolog-
~m;usries for the "best essay de-
= ~ u counteract any one OF the
s1su torms Of assault upon Christianity
: sossIn infdelity."
The Presbyterian Theological, Sem sci
-, 4 Danville, KY, with a full FAC
~, ~ library of 10000 Volumes +
" ~. NJ dong with Senior class Of
! middle class of two and a Junior
Dis d one.
The Atlanta (Ga. Baptist Seminary
!. ,;nsty Students. Most OF the freed
q. rodsr its charge are studying fol
. ~ ministry, and some of these are max
= hsru;c efforts to obtain an education
=. 4 them had to sell his oyercoat
- 800 tried living on one meal day
a. viie of another takes in washing u
= him. Another worked for some
r5sihs Is Q cook.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

Al exchange Which uc'o'o'
..s,;on e sanitary affairs suggests that
4. several hundred young physicians
- sr,duated should supplement their
sudss n course in hygiene. The adj
IL { eninently good, but many a man
IN pen his eyes in establishment when
: ri]ises that physicians need any such
smnsel; Il seems as strange as to advise
huips1 men to study arithmetic or
rnchers to peruse the Bible. The plain
- 4. however, that while the medical
r5oolI teach young men how to allevi-
a min and heal the sick the greater
rtdprventing disease is in its infancy.
M many physicians are competent to
6povsr whether the atmosphere OF a
niaence Is pure or poisonous by reason
dinpeziect drainage? How many can
jlfsct impurities in drinking water-one
Z ~ most prolific causes Of death in
omizy homes? Have death-dealing hot
= furnaces been banished from any con-
idasble number Of homes by medical
sdicss Have many families been in
npced BY their respective physicians
nm tie necessity and methods of home
wadlsionf Is the family food supply
nd TIE manner Of preparing it fire.
qlsat subject Of professional advice? All
AsR ars matters Of the grayest impor-
hnoe y affecting human life, yet nine
hmiIes in ten are continually violating
nnaAy rules regarding one or the other
Without word of remonstrance from
aeIr medical advisers, and there is good
puund fof belief that physicians own
hnl6es suffer IS. much as any Others
Inn neglect Of these and kindred hygi.
~ nqrirements. Until the days Of
- ignorance are gone medical atten.
tmv1l not rise above the level of mere
Etuing. Let the new generation Of
ly1leians regard these things if they
vq1a secure and retain a good class o.
lintx To attend q family ofchildrer
tvqsh dlphtheria without losing any il
- success, but q greater one woult
et discover and abolish the cause wher
&uahdy 6st manifests itself, and tn,
- 4 tus of the many other disease,
- - due TO local conditions.-N. Y
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01
New Publications

Are furnished by the Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, New York, and
Great Russell Street Buildings, London, En-
gland, on terms to suit the times. Anew edition
Of the Peoples Common Sense Medical Advis-
er, about 1000 pages, nearly 300 illustrations,
by r. v. Pierce, M. D., postpaid, $50 Inval-
ids Guide Book, postpaid, 10 cents; Motion
as Remedial Agent, illustrating movement
cure for paralysis, diseases Of females, stiff.
ened joints, club feet, spinal curvature and
kindred affections, ~ cents; Diseases OF Gen.
erative Organs, 10 cents; Catarrh, its rational
treatment and positive cure, sent on receipt
of one postage stamp Address as above.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

To restrain kicking COWS, use . stouS
leather strap one and . halt inches wide
and four feet three or four inches long.
In the center of this fasten an equally
strong piece of leather, not over four
inches long, with strong buckle Of
each end of it. This is fastened to tho
strap by strong sewing, and four copper
rivets. Put this on by buckllng II up
tightly on each hind leg just above the
hook Joints. After few times it can
be put on and taken of without any
trouble. It is also useful to prevent one
cow from kicking while milking the hext
one.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

THE FINEST Cow.-The most perfect
model of beef creature in the world
is said to be the shorthorned heifer
lcich, which at the last Smithfield fair
in England won. the 5000 prize for the
b EST Shorthorn, the $3.50 prize for the
best heifer of any breed, the $500 prize
as the best beast in the exhibition, the
agricultural hall prize of 1925, and the
decoration prize of 1925; in all about
$4,000. She is described as q red roam
shorthorn heifer, not big in stature or
in actual weight, but the most nearly
perfect fat animal ever seen. Her top
is wonderfully broad and long. She is
very short on the leg, inarvelously wide
and deep in the breast, and very deep
and spacious in the hind quarters. Her
bone is very fine and small, and the
proportion Of offal very small compared
with that of meat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01
~ Isrk CITY and Its Population.

~ 4@k 4 almost the only American
NJ does not wish to grow. The
~ next to asubject of Indifference,
p - more people who inhabit this
.u limited area Of island the greater
3. individnAl cost Of rent, food, the
m ueks6 end church pews. Not one
S y three can tell you the last
= population Of New York, though
~ .0o6 by the State census Of
Z y now not less than l, 200, 600
!ne municipal limits. Brooklyn,
oeoH county, has $4,000, the
~ neseer settlement to our north 100
n "a the cities Of Newark, Jersey
fsseFson and Richmond 800, 600.
- opoftan district contains :, 00O,-
., ~ slso the funnel of New En-
"a q the end Of the tube of the
There are 5000, 900 of men
g hall . days business in New
y, Get breakfast and sup at
competition was distanced here
~ when she made Long Island
= Hudson, the Passaic and Rar-
~ aow into New York Bay; the
~ cgpehon Of New York for seven
- oala have ruined any other site,
- Newport in two.
S1ry New York County had only
d. n - b Albanv's 7ts- O(lO Tbourb
m ri y the period of the war Of
" emerged from it with 1O0,-
- ~ by 1880 had over 200, OOC
@ eqeb'ed since 1850. New York
- populations Of St. Louis and
& - San Francisco together on
- snd nom the two opposite
8. Sss.snnad and a Boston looking
/. ~ -" N 81. Louis Post Dis,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

IsCArARRH CoNTAGIOUsp-Dr. VIM.
R. D. Blackwood, in the Philadelphia
Medical Times, writes that he considers,
after close observation, that post-nasal
catarrh is under certain conditions GER
tainly contagious. He has frequently
seen the disease occur in newly-married
people, and where children previously
healthy have become affected. In all
such cases there was no hereditary
tendency, nor were other members of
the family affected.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01
DON'T be without G: Gilbert's starches.

DON'T De WltnOut y Ssnpolts S'niSuoSs
HINT TO CooKs.-At q Sanitary
Convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
recently, the President OF the State
Board Of Health called attention to >
bad practice among cooks, by which
,cane-sugar is converted into grape
sugar in cooking, thereby losing more
than one-haf its sweetening power.
Some women, he said, will PIT the
sugar in with mass OF acid fruit 20 %
cooked, and keep cooking, and keep
adding sugar, while it keeps on getting
sourer, until at last they viii use two
and-a-half times as much sugar . they
ought to use to secure the desired effect.
The cane-sugar has been changed to
grape-sugar. Now, If tho sugar had
been added after the fruit was cooked,
much less would have been required.
and the result far more satisfactory.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01
The Doctor. Yielding.

EVER since Prof. Green wrote to the Aedi-
cal Record advising physicians everywhere to
use the Safe Kidney and Liver Cure In their
practice, it has been gaining in favor with the
profession. They can find nothing which is Q
substitute for It. R. Caulkins, M. D., OF
Rochester, N. Y, says he would now prescribe
1t to all who are AFFLICTED with serious kidney
and liver f1iseases
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

CRocus, dried and powdered, when
annlied with chamois-leather to nickel
plated goods, will restore their brilliancy
without iniuring their surface.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

II cough disturbs your sleep, take dose
Of Piso's Cure for Consumption. 30 say all
who have tried it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

WOULD not be without Redding's Russia
ealve, Is the verdict of all who use It.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

The new fancy buttons for dresses
look like Jewels, and are gems In point
of workmanship.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

LIGHT coLoRBD or yellow Axle Grease soor
wears of. Get the genuine Frazer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

certs etc. by Ne Chdnnsls to the Nerves OF Hearing
by means Of recent wonderful scientific invention
the Deaf also on the Deaf and Dumb, sec the n Z.
Herald, Sept. %; the N. T. CArtsftan Ad1ocafe NOV.
al etc Send for FREE pamphlet 70 the American
Dentaphone Co., 80 Vine Street. Cincinnati Ohio.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

FARMERS and Threshermen, read advertise
ment of Victor Clover Huller, in this paper.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

II ssthe wish is father Of the thought, :" :
how about the THOUGHTS grandmother!
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-01

No nee Of taking large spulsve nanseous pI Thes
Pellets tLassls is) are scarcely larger sssa nase
s:i.s s.assy vsssssls ps.,su!aE s;gsi.sa
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-12
Growth OF Penicillaria Spicata.
:. Il. Sanders in Record Union

W. Il. Sanders IN Record onion,
From single seed a bunch grew
seventeen feet in height. 1t con.
tanned at time of frost three hundred
and seven hands, including the
ripened ones already cut off; one
hundred and seventy-six heads ma
tured their seeds. From less than
two ounces OF seed l raised over four
hundred pounds of seed that year.
1t required one hundred and seventy
eight days from the time of planting,
to mature the first heads, but from
that time on they were constantly
ripening. A bunch of it can be grown
from a single seed that will weigh
over one hundred pounds at the end
of Its years growth. Allowing such
a growth on each square foot Of
ground-which is possible, as it is
twenty feet in height-anG you have
the enormous yield Of over, two
thousand tons of green seed per acre.
For hay it should be cut every
thirty days, while yet in leaf growth
anu HllSdLSu IL POoSlolC "A'Oi N"Ou
cutting. When so treated the yield
is so enormous, compared with our
ideas formed from the growth OF
other plants, that a mere statement
OF it seems to invite doubt and in
credulity, but with old stalks which
have produced seed still standing i'll
my field, and the certainty of pro-
ducing a like crop next year, l send
this statement out to the worldi
Fifty tons ofhay, or two thousand
tons of green feed can be produced
on all acre of ground. Perhaps the
amount of hay is given too small,
but on account of the tender juiclness
of the leaves they dry away more
than any other plant ever saw.
Stock eat it with the utmost avidityi
and it shows the most valuable quail
ties as forage plant in the produc,
ton OF flesh, and also butter and
milk OF superior quality.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-12
THE FLORIDA AGRIC ULTURlST.

not; and this rule includes the lum-
Der and timber of any old building
that has been taken or blown down
and has been packed away for future
use on the farm.
But if there be any buildings Oh
the farm built by some third person,
with the farmers leave, the deed
would not convey these, since such
buildings are personal property and
do not belong to the land owner to
convey.
The real owner might move them
off, although the purchaser of the
farm supposed he was buying and
paying tor all the buildings on it.
His only remedy in such a case
would be against the party selling
the premises.
A furnace in the cellar, brick or
portable, is considered a part OF the
house, but an ordinary stove with a
loose pipe running into the chimney
is not"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-12

fibers close up to the lateral roots,
whereby new tissue is more readily
formed than when the fiber, having
been destroyed by exposure to air is
returned to the soil ard left to decay
on the root. It is attributable to the
complete preservation OF these ibres
that deciduous trees are enabled to be
moved successfully in midsummer.
The air being. warm, and moisture
being added TO the soil in its then
warm condition, rapid action OF the
rootlets is induced to supply the con-
tinued demand of the leaves. Injury
to the crown or collar, is more per-
anently felt by the plant than any
other part.
In grating, to change varieties,
this point, when it can be done, is Sc
lected for insertion OF the graft, be-
cause of it's immediate connection
with the root. Seedlings have this
crown perfectly developed, while In
trees or plants grown from pieces OF
root grated below, or detached from
the natural crown, this crown OF col
lar is rot so readily or perfectly de-
veloped.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-12
Uses of the Jujube Tree.
he Cnljfo,uia Ho1ticult,uySt.

FROM the CuttJO1UW HOTttCuttN'to''
At the last meeting of the State
Horticultural Society MIR. Rixtord
exhibited a quantity OF Jujube
plums, and also branch showing the
way in which they grow. The tree
or rather shrub, is a handsome but
thorny affair, OF decided hedge-mak'
ing proclivities. Its culture Is re-
markably easy, and it will grow
with ease at any point in the State
where trosts are not too severe. 1t
is a success at \ lies, i'll Sonoma, and
in the southern counties. 1t seems
10 us that every farmer would like
20 have one or two on his place, and
that Juiube tree would look well
on any lawn. The fruit is pleasant
to the taste, and would evidently be
cherished with rapturous delight by
the children, though no one claims
that it car ever become market
fruit. 1t is handsome when Oh the
tree, half hid in the trailing branches.
II there is, in the future, any
use for the fruit as a paste or
Jelly, or some similar product, we
shall hear of 1t in due time, though
we carnot predict any great product
of California Jujube paste tor many
years to come.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-12
Remarkable Vitality Of Some OF
Our Gulf Fish.
From the Pensacola Gazette.

From the Pensacola Gazette.
Pensacola ships a number OF tish
from the Gulf and bay to the lnte-
rlor, and among them many choice
and delicate varieties. In addition
to their fine quality, some kinds pos
sess a tenacity OF lite which is truly
remarkable. A gentleman of this
city recently told us his experience
with the Gulf fish known as the fred
grouper." He purchased on a very
warm day, recently, red grouper
and a red snapper together, alive and
well, and carried them to his place OF
business-about quarter of a mile
distant. Before he reached there
the snapper was dead. Not so the
grouper, however. When laid on
the floor of the office he was ex-
tremely trisky, and jumped all over
the room. The gentleman stayed at
his office for about two hours, and
then went away and stayed two
hours and half, entirely forgetting
the fish. Upon returning and touch
ing the grouper, that individual
jumped foot from the floor. The
fish was then sent to the gentle
mans residence, and lived until it was
killed by the knife. 1t had remained
alive nearly five hours after being
taken from the water.
We have since been informed by
Mr.. S. Stearns, Assistant United
States Fish Commissioner, that the
black grouper possesses as great vi
tality as it's cousin, the red. He
thinks both specimens could easily be
transported tar inland in cars con-
tanning tanks of sea water, in the
same manner that some fish are car
ried alive from Boston to San Fran
cisco. A little ice is added to the
water to insure the proper tempera-
ture, little salt put in, from time to
time, to counteract the treshening
effect OF the melting ice, and the wa
ter is aerated by being agitated &C.
casionally. In this way fish can be
carried alive almost any distance.
We think that, if quick connection
could be made at the Junction, the
fish we have mentioned could be
taken from the water and carried
alive to either Montgomery or Mo-
bile without extra expense. On a
fast train, they could reach either
place easily in four hours.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-12
What is Included in il Farm Lease

Much trouble and sometimes angry
word contests or expensive legal pro.
ceedings follow the purchase of farms
and other real estate. The following
decisions, by Judge Bennett, OF Mas
sachusetts, the points that are most
frequently in issue:
"Of course every one knows 1t con-
veys all the fences standing on the
farm, but all might not think 1t in
Guided all fencing stuff, post, rails,
etc, which had once been used in the
fence but had been taken down and
piled up tor future use again in the
same place. But new fencing ma
terial just bought and never attached
to the soil would not pass.
So piles of hoop-poles, stored
away, il once used on the land, have
been considered a part of it; but
loose boards or scafold poles laid
loosely across the beams OF the barn
and not fastened 10 it, would not be,
and the seller of the farm might take
them away.
Standing trees, of course, also pass
as part of the land; so do trees blown
or cut down and LETT in the woods
where they fell, but not if cut and
corded up for sale; the wood has
then become personal property.
Ii there be any manure III the
BARNARD or in compost heap on the
field, ready for immediate use the
buyer ordinarily takes that also as
belonging to the farm though it.,
might not be so if the owner had
previously sold it to some other party,
and collected it together i'll a heap
by itself.
Growing crops also pass by deed
of farm. unless they are expressly
reserved, and when it is not intended
to convey those it should be stated
in the deed itself; mere oral agree
ment to that effect would not be
valid III law.
Another mode is to stipulate that
possession is not to be given until
some future day, in which case the
crops or manure may be removed be-
fore that time.
AS to the buildings on the farm,
though generally mentioned in the
deed, it is not absolutely necessary
they should be.
A deed OF land ordinarily carries
all the buildings on it belonging to
the granter, whether mentioned or
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-12
How to Grow Radishes Quick.

From Land and Home.
Radishes may be grown in very
few days by the following method !:
Soak the seed Ill water for twenty
tour hours, then put in bag, and ca
pose it to the sun, and they will COM
mence to terminate the same day.
Then SOW i'll "a we'll manfred hot bed,
and water from time to time with
lukewarm water. In "a very short
time the radishes acquire a sufficient
bulk to be good enough to eat. To
get good radishes in severe cold
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-12
MAY 12

weather. saw an old cask in two, and
Fill the half with good earth. The
seed beginning to shoot must be then
sown, the other half of the barrel put
on top of the full one, and the whole
carried into the cellar. Lukewarm
water should be used as before. In
five or six days the radishes will be
ripe.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-12

THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST is
$500 Per annum.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-12-04

We reprint from the Clarks'
burg Ntms n simple aud full vindi'
cation of the Hon. jacob i. Jack.
son, in regard to the libelous u.s.
PERSONS Of the Monroe Resis.r
founded upon the wilGuIly malic.
ious statements ofthe larkcrsburg
!Stme .io1rmai. As to those WIN
know Colonel jackson, his high
character and unspotted integrity
need no vindicati0n. The article
is addressed only to those who du
not know personally orr noble
Governor elect, nor Ills traduccrs.
The lnlScl,oodS were first put forth
by the State Journal, one Of whose
editors had once, by Il mysterious
Providence, been permitted 10 hold
the position Ia which the hearty
accord Of the Democratic party Ind
invited Colonel jackson 10 aspire,
and who, having no truthful
grounds upon which TO attempt 10
defeat him, rcSorted to foul anl
false abuse to attain the purposes
Of himself and his party;
and when thu people Of West Wiz.
ginia by full and untraMmcletl
vote, chose Jacob B. jackson as
their Governor by II majority fur