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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17
Seed Corn.

The damage inflicted on the immature
corn in the northern ATTITUDES by recent
frosts is a warning of the importance of
careful selections Of good grain for seed.
In the North, where the season is short,
those varieties only should be planted
that ripen rapidly. and in the South
those should be planted that ripen
slowly. But the possibility of frost in
September Is not the only consideration
that should govern the selection of seed
corn. In the latitude of Missouri and
the States south of us, we rarely have .
severe frost before the 18th of Sepfem-
Der, or the first of October, and this
danger is SO slight, therefore, that
farmers do not need to concern them
selves about it. Still, there are other
things to be taken into the account in
determining the character of the seed
selected for planting -productiveness
hardness, weight and keeping quail
ties. Every large corn raiser in Mis-
souri, ought to carry on little expert
mentation for himself, year after year.
Tests of new varieties from distant re-
gions may be made on . small scale,
and when these reveal superior quail
ties in new variety, it may be adopted.
But it is found as rule that the variety
long grown in . locality is the best for
that locality, and every farmers ex-
perience strengthens this rule. But the
local variety itself may be improved by
careful selections carried on. year after
year. with reference to the time of
ripening. size of ear, weight of grain,
and productiveness. In every corn
field there is to be seen here and there
an unusually fine, heavy ear. matured
early, well filed out with full grain
compactly set to the tip, and bending
down with its own weight. These ears
are natures hints to the farmer; they
are the product of law of growth by
which vital vigor manifests itself con-
spicuously. These noble ears should
be marked as the seed corn for the
next season; and when similar ears are
found in the field next season, they
should again be selected. This process
carried on through successive years
will give . gradually improving grain,
possessing the very qualities the farmer
desires, and spare him the risk and cost
Of high-priced varieties from distant
regions which he knows nothing about
ST. Louis Republican,.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17
-The sad storv Of the suicide Of two

The sad story of the suicide Of two
sixteen-year-old lovers comes from
Brownsville, this State. They tied
themselves together. plunged into the
Vera River and were drowned, locked
In each others arms. Louis Fernandez,
the boy, was of family well of, and
his uncle would not let him marry Car
men Lira, the daughter of poor labor
er The night they disappeared search
was made and their hats found on the
river. containing q note asking that
they be buried together. The mother
Of the girl. who was present, on learn
ing the news. sprang into the river to
rise no more. The bodies were all re-
covered and buried side by side Fort
Worth (Ter.) Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

The Duke of Cortland. who is the
youngest son Of the King Of Sweden,
has gone on scientific voyage around
the world, to last . year and half.
The course is by way of Cape Horn, the
Sandwich Islands and the coast of Asia,
and the Cape of Good Hope.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

An Indianapolis baby was bitten
In teasing . pet Maltese kitten,
Before . day ended.
st. Jacobs Oil msnded,
And with 1t mothers are smitten.
4 hunter who lives ct Bear Run,
Hurt his arm by the kick OF gun,
The hunt 1t did spoil,
But st. Jacobs Oil
Cured him before swelling begun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

Holloway & Co., wholesale druggists OF
Philadelphia, Pa, report that some time
ago gentleman handed them adoilar, with
. request to send . good catarrh cure to
two army officers In Arizona. Recently the
same gentleman told them that both the
o1loers and the wife Of . well-known U. s.
i. General had been cured Of catarrh by
the two bottles OF Ely's Cream Balm.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17
Grsats,t Discov.ry slnce 1882.

Greatsst Discovery Slncs 1x92.
For coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis,
laryngitis, and consumption in its early
stages, nothing equals DR.. Pierce's "Gold.
en- Medical Discovery" Ii is also q great
blood purifier and strength-restorer or
tonic, and for liver complaint and costive
conditions of the bowels il has no equs.
Sold by druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

IHAvE been using Swift's Specific (SSSl
and find IL to b the best remedy of the
Kind that / have ever besa able to get, and
have tried them all.
JOHN TIscaER, Sd U. q. Cavalry.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

Young. middle-aged, or old men, suffer-
Ing from nervous debility or kindred affec-
tions, SHOULD ad sress, with two stamps, for
large treatise, WORLDS DfsPEvsARx MKDf-
CAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

" your horses have sore shoulders,
scratches, cuts or open sores Of any kind.
zee Stewards Healing Powder.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

ERIE has colored pcst-office clerk. OF
course, then, he's bIack-maiIer.-P itfs-
burgh Telegraph.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

OTTAWA, ILL--Dr. T. A. Smurr saws:
Browne Iron Bitters give entire satisfac-
ton"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

FRoNr ROYAL, VA.-Dr. G. II. Hill saws:
Browns Iron Bitters seems to give gen.
eral satisfaction. ! recommend 1t strong
~"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

ONR swallow does not make . summer,
nor one swallow-taIl . summer novel;
Chicago Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

The only scientific Iron Medicine that
docs not produce headache, &C., but gives
to the system all the benefits OF iron with
out its bad effects, Is Browns Iron Bitters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

TIE boy who bit into green apple re-
marked, with q wry facs: "'Twas ever
thus In hildhood-sour."-- ,SomsrrilIs
Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

YouNG ladies should not forget that Go.
Hath died from the effects of a bang on his
forehead.-M Y Commercial Advertiser.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

THE voice OF the turtle Is supposed by
the Rochester Post Express to have been
the s'turtle's whoop."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

IT Is very unlucky to have thirteen at
tahle-particuiarly when there is onl,
enough to satisfy the appetite Of ten
Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

BILLS of long standing and trousers Of
long sitting are better receipted.-Detroit
Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

AN0KR In . passion which may be red In
the face.--BHrfington Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

THR women who do fancy work don's
fancy work.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

$40 MORE reflections, please" said the
looking-glass after it had tumbled down
otairS.-N T. JournaI
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

Whats Saved II Gained.
Workingmen viii economic by employ
Ing DIR. Pierce's Medicines. His Pleasant
Purgative Pellets" and "0olden Medical
Discovery" cleanse the blood and system,
thus preventing fevers and other serious
diseases, and curing all scrofulous and 9TH
er humors. Sold by druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

Wnbs Neptune wants to firf with
Mother Earth be gently waves the sea
across her bosom Whitehall Times. And
Xeloo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

$500 REWARD viii be paid for any case of
ehills that CHILLARINE will not cure. Try it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

A DULL clergyman once said to some
boys In the gallery: Don't make so much
noise up there, or you will awake youI
parents below. The Household.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

AL recommend Wise's Axle Grease.
TINE last mean ding at Rhode Island Is
that . locomotive whistle is heard all over
the State.-Chicago Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

1was suffering ffvm hood Poison aud Nercurfsf
Rheumafsnh and had spent $50 for treatment With no
benefit. And e seemed that was doomed to de.
Caught ~ Swifta Specific ~ drowning would at
straw, and Il has saved me FUN horrible deaik
and cured sound and we'll Il Il the greatest medi
MEREDTTA1Y.-sviff Specific cured ne
sound and well OF . ScrofulOus t~tnH Inherited from
my ancestozA j. A. NAT. Macon Ca
am sure that Swiff's Specific saved my life wao
terribly poisoned with Malaria and was given up 10
dc ,sxkts epcctnorelicvD me- promptly and enkirs'
ys think u II the greatest remedy of the aQe.
Q. g. srxxcEH. eupt oss WoTka Rome. O.,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

Is lost girl Maid of the Miss'-N. T.
Graphic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

A LApY's boudoir is powder magazine:
preparatory to an expedition into tbs very
heart Of the enemy, she has little brush
and then raises her colors.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

TEE English needn't spare ms any moro
English sparrows- II this sparrowgraph
meets the eye of the English they will
please govern themselves accordingly.-
Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

PosrArrcAnDs yin not be made any
longer after the 1st inst. 1t is proper to
Be made the same length as at present.
n r Independent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

"WHY, Smith, what a dreadful state oil
intoxication you are in" "This dre'ful
state 'toxicstions Just oughter seen me
th'other night. This 'sonly a territory to it. =
Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

You will please observe one thing about
railway lunch-counters: The man who
growls the most also eats the most, and
the fellow who jokes about the indestructi-
BILE sandwiches thinks he is in hard luck
II he doesn't-g get away with half q dozen
before the gong strikss.- burlington Hdsob.
eys>
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

In chronic dyspep-
sls and liver com.
platnt, aud h chronic
constipatfon and
other obstinate do.
eases Hostettcv'o
Stomach Dlfters u
bcyond al compari-
son the best remedy
thst can BE- tnkcE- A.
ameans Of restoring
The stFrnGsh ana Vial
energy OF persons
Who arc sinking tln-
der tho facilitating
e6ccts Of painful dis
orders, thie u andard
Vegetable fuyfeorxnt
u confc1oedly un.
equslcd-
Hor ~ Nv IN
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-17

N = = ~~~k'~~ - A~~sf w
~
AL recommend Wise's Axle Grease.
THx last moan ding at Rhode Island Is
that locomotive whistle is heard all over
-----s ------
"nsss saved - Gained.
w, wEEsnppgmes MI economlns ~ employ.
Discovery cleanse the blood and system.
thus preventing fevers and other serious
diseases, and curing ali scrofulous and 9TH
er humors. Sold by druggists.
Is lost girl Maid of the MistIN. r
Graphic.
~ - 1870. -
does not produce headache, &C., but gives
70 tne system all the benefiss OF iron with
ous i's oao enecss' Is browns Iron bitters.
fancy work
---s'-----
OTTAWA, ILL.-Dr. T. A. Smurr saws.
Browns Iron Bitters give entire satisfac-
r.st ,h.e soiso,.,s oes.;o1 yev cTn ENJOY the
'es' '"-' 'oi'o"s pay 4. journal.
esoo prwapn-. 4. IA to-.nxat
shiiis that AhiNE VIII not cure. iryiI
Access; -.--;... --,.,-.,
the ~. Np yssson Tn1 p .n.y 10 ieo ~
~. .-..y.o !. p : ..ee.
=. 49, 49, -. -...,s.
scratches, cuts or open sol Is Of any kind,
uso Stewards Healing Powder.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-26

the re-printed tales from Blsckwood--
" Vice Versa, "S'eeping Car" by How
ellis, and LORI a Doone," by Blsckmore.
A WAsBRGIoH correspondent SAVE:
Vague hints and threatening Iumors
continue to come to the war department,
Of scheme on the part of the settlers OF
the southwest TO make raid upon the
reservation and exterminate the Indiens."
The philanthro ists of the east who hold
mp their hands in holy horror whenever
the army ia used against the Indians,
would probably see it used to suppress
these belligerent settlers without any in
dicstions OF distress.
TIE hearing of testimony in the second
trial Of he star-route conspiracy cases, at
Washington, has been concluded, having
lasted five months Mr.. DAyidge, Of ooun-
sci for the defense, addressed the court
upon the statute under which the iDdict-
mtnt Of Brady and Dorsey was found,
claiming that only under the act of 1879
could the defendants be prosecuted; but
the court stated that the jury had only to
decide whether conspiracy had existed
within the three years allowed by the stat
ute of limitations.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-26
From the Capital.

The colOred folks recently celebrated
the twenty first anniversary of the aboli-
ton Of slavery in the United States. At
Washington there was a procession of six
thousand men, who were addressed by
Frederick Douglass and others.
SEVEN hundred recruits sre on their
way from Washington to strengthen the
regimen in the departments of the Col
umbia, Arizona and New Mexico. with a
view to the possible necessities of the In
dian campaign.
The order is.ued sometime ago TO place
ON the list of frauds. the Portable + &c.
trio Light company, of No. 20. Water
street, Boston, has been revoked by Post
mester General Gresham, on the ground
that the article advertis q for sale was
patented, snd can not, therefore, be class
ed rs fraudulent device.
CoNsIpAMAG the uaiavorable circum-
stances, the close, dark, Differentiated
courtroom, and the unusually long and
TEDIOUS preceding, the begjuni, 2 Of the
nth month of the second star-route trial
fouad the court jury. apd counsel looking
well and IN remarkably good health.
A WASHINGTON reporter has had the
curiosity to ascertain the books which
President Arthur bought to read on his
Journey Of rest and recreation, and finds
that he began with some Of Emile Ga
bosian.s detective novels; then he bought
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-26
CabIegranns.

THR queen Of Madagascar has accepted
the terms of settlement Of red by France.
THE British home flee offers reward
OF ElO0 for information aiding to the ar
rest of any person engaged in the illegal
manufacture of explosives.
JOE BRADY was convicted at Dublin of
the murder OF Cavendish and Burke, and
was senteuced to be hanged May II. The
jury was ont only forty minutes. Brady
solemnly asserted his innocence.
THE coronation of the car will proba-
bly, be posipor ed until June TO- The
Russian police profess TO have no fear
that IN attempt at assassination will b.
made on that occasion.
MR.. PARNELL suggests that it would
suit his convenience u have the conven-
ton Of Irish nationalist, called to meet
at Philadelphia next week, postponed
Wntil autumn,
The bakers a Vienna having threat
ened to strike, in order TO prevent a scar
city Of bread, the military bakers have
been placed at the service of the master
bakers.
THE trial Of twenty-six nihilists Of
O }essa has resulted in the conviction Of
all. The sentences imposed include ex-
lie to Siberia and penal serviiude for life,
for fifteen years, Tor ten years, and Tor
four years
THR arrangements between China and
France on the Tor quin question. ami
oably arranged last December, have been
set aside by Nj. Challemel. LacoWr, and a
war between the two countries is now
imminent, in which China will use her
best troops, which may possibly be COM
manded by European Ulcers.
The French heve occupied Porto Ne
gro and L1ango, on the river Congo.
| The natives protested to the captain of q
! Portuguese cruiser, who in turn protested
/ to the French commander. A Coz aict il
not Improbable Henry NJ. Stanley is
there with his elephan. rifle, in the in
terest Of Portugal.
TIMOTHY KEIlY wss the third Of the
! alleged murderers of ord Cavendish and
Mr. Burke to be nut ON trial at Dlblin.
! he testimony was i'm the main similar Il
that IN the cases of Brady and Curley
\ upon which those men were sentenced L
death; but, the cable explains, ~ a Par
Nellie mas been rut on the Jury, the re
suit VIII probably be different.
CuRIEy, the second OK the alleged as
safstns OF Lord Ctventish and Mr.. Bark,
10 be put ON trial al Dublin has been con
vic,ed ard sentenced TO be hanged on NAY
rs. he pr slner, when asked If he has
anything to say, avowed himself q mem
her Of the Invncibes and the FeniaI
brotherhood. hat denied that he was il
IN ~nix park the night of the murders
tie had expected no mercy ffom the cour
and, loving Ireland, was ready TO die TO
her On being led from the dock he shout
ed God save Ireland"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-26
Princess Louise in Danger.

Bermuda Islands Correspondent Char
lesion News and Courier: 1t is not
generally known here that tho Princess
Louise's life was imperiled by fire on
the night of the 26 inst. The local
ps pers obeyed request not to pub
lish anything regarding the flair, as
it was thought the news would have
i'll effect on Mr. TRIMMING ham, owner
of Inglewood, who IS very sick. And
as it was not known how badly the
queen mad been injured, it was deemed
prudent to prevent the possibility of
the news Of the princess narrow escape
reaching her majesty. The princess
had retired as usual on Monday night,
but was awakened about midnight by
the presence of suffOcating smoke.
Once awakened, she saw that her
apartments were on fire. She aroused
the househould and for time intense
excitement preva led, the servants hur-
rying to and fro, carrying water to
cheek the fire, and the ladies in wait
ing, fearing that the princess had
received some injury, added to the
confusion occasional hysterical
screams. Once the fire out and ali
were satisfied that her royal highnoss
had not sustained the slightest injury,
resumed its usual quiet. 1t is not
known how the fire originated, but, as
the day had teen damp and chilly, a
fire had been kindled in the CRATE of
the princess ed.chamber, and it is be-
lieved that the fire place was not Sc
cure, ard in some mysterious way fire
caught the joist supporting the cham
Der floor. invitations for large din
ner party at Inglewood on the day
following the fire were cancelled, and
workmen were called to repair the
drawing room ceiling, which had fall.
len, and other damages, and remove
as far as possible al traces of the fire.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-26
Camping with the Baby.

Bourgeois" sends from Denver
bit of fisherman's painting of life at
Pine Grove, on the South Park rail-
road. Ia it occurs this tender picture
of wood-sketching: at was determined
that baby and should tend camp for
half an hour so that afternoon while
the three natural guardians wandered
off TO the adjacent hillside to gather
wild flowers wberewilh to deck the tea
table. This was no new business to
us. TIE young man, with pillow at
his back, seated in the middle of
blanket, rubbing his face with tea.
spoon, lying prone three feet away,
with my toes beating an occasional
tattoo on the soft sward, my chin in
my hands and briar-root between my
teeth, watching him. There was
bright light in his eyes, and his cheeks
were rosd, soft as velvet, yet firm and
cool. What is there like the touch Of
baby's cheek pressed against your
own? You must turn and kiss it, jdst
as you did its mother the first time
You had right to. But is there any
thing more ridiculous in life than to
to its mouth before he has got the
knack of il? See him hit himself in
the eye with it, pretty much as a
drunken man would knock fly of
his nose; smear it down MS face, with
hi mouth wide open and turned up
like young robins but it misses the
place on the way down; he taxes it
with both chubby fists, looks at it with
dignified surprise, as though for the
first time aware of lis presence, lets 60
one hand, whack the spoon against one
cal, and drags 1t across his cheek with
the same result. But persistence is
characteristic of this baby, quiet de-
termination that has something appall-
ing about it. If there were any rasp-
berry am on that spoon his face would
look worse than q railroad map of the
state of New York. Finally, and as it
would seem more by accident than de-
sign, the spoon reaches the right place;
he twists it around TO the distortion of
his rosebud mouth; then he looks at
me, sees me laughing; the fun seems
to dawn upon him; he takes the spoon
out of his mouth, pounds the blanket
with it, and smiles back at me, and
the smile resolves itself into well de-
fined laugh The sun has just disap-
peared behind the range, but there is
mellow ray of golden light that lin
gers behind the baby's head and makes
me think-think of the one so like
him, n from the base OF the hill,
with her hands full of wild flowers, the
tallest of the three starts toward me,
and remember only the sunshine of
the long path"