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Hanged with a woman's Hair.

Among the strange things which
have found their way into the rooms
of the Natural History Society is a
sparrow which was hanged by a
woman's hair. 1t was discovered by
T. A. Lamson, of "a Florence street.
Near his house is a large number OF
pine trees, and he saw at the end of a
limb on one of these trees a sparrow
suspended from a branch. He could
SEQ nothing by which the bird was
hung, and it was very curious sight.
His sen, who was called, went up into
the tree and carefully sawed off a
small portion of the limb. The whole
secret was then revealed. On the
twig was neatly built nest, in which
there were three speckled eggs. When
examined they were found to be cold,
which showed the home had been
broken up for some time. The male
sparrow was hung by woman's hair
which was placed around his neck just
as neatly as though it had been done
BY human hands. The other end was
fastened to the nest, being a part of it.
The eggs were on one side of the nest,
while on the other side was hole just
large enough for the bird to go through.
1t may be, perhaps, that he had been
attacked by an enemy and took this
way OF escaping, only to meet his
death. In going through the nest the
hair might have caught around the
s.chippers'' neck. and thus caused the
bird to choke to death. = Worcester
Mass. SDu,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
The Spanish Peanut.

Tho notable fact of pitching crops
in Georgia this year." said Commits
sioner Henderson, us the marvellous
increase In the acreage of Spanish pea
nuts. This Is a comparatively new
crop in Georgia 1t has increased every
year for five years. This season many
correspondents report an increase Of
800 per cent. in their counties in the
acreage of Spanish peanuts and large
number report an increase of from 100
to 250 per cent"
You regard this as Important"
II do. 1t means that in two or three
years Georgia will raise every pound
of meat she consumes. The hog aud
the Spanish peanut go together. have
raised 125 bushels on single acre,
and the very poorest land gave me from
80 to 100 bushels per acre. The hog
.s very fond of the peanut, and it is
fattening food. A farmer can get
four times as much meat-producing
food from an acre in peanuts as he can
from an acre in corn. He can turn a
drove of fifty or 100 hogs in field and
let them root the peanuts up until they
are fattened and ready to kill, and
be will find next season an abundant
crop OF peanuts from the same field
WITHOUT replanting."
Cant the peanuts be grown as peas
ase grown, in cornfeld?"
''Of course. An ordinary farmer may
raise from fifteen to twenty acres, and
by planting peanuts on land that will
not grow any thing else, and by drop
ping them with his corn in the corn
field, can raise and fatten on
peanuts. without dollars ex-
ira cost, every pound OF
meat that he needs for his farm. The
plant of the peanut makes splendid
forage, and rich and nutritious hay.
You will see next year. as a result of
the vastly increased acreage in pea
nuts, marked increase in home-raised
meat, and l believe in three years
Georgia will raise more bacon than
she can consume.
What does the department consider
the best hog for the Georgia farm?"
son my own plantation / always
thought the Essex was the best hog,
butt am OF the opinion that, for gener-
al use, the Berkshire is as good or bet
ter. The Essex or Berkshire boar
crossed ON our native sows, makes a
handsome and hearty hog. Georgia
will save millions of dollars when she
raises her own meats, and the peanut
leads the way to the pig"
.What are the farmers doing this
year,"
"They are using 10000 tons of
guano against 1000 for the biggest
year heretofore. This is an increase
of 5000 tons, or nearly 20 per cent.
The acreage has increased very little,
SO that what is cultivated will have
more guano than ever before. As for
crops, up to June the seasons were
not favorable for cotton, but since that
time the weather has been favorable,
and the crop looks better now, and
hear but few complaints. Corn is un-
precedentedly fine, and the outlook is
for prosperous year."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08
cocAInE.s RIVAL.
a Powerful New Anesthetic at Present
Known as Stenocarpfn.

4 Powerful New Anesthetic at Present
known as Stenocarpfn.
DR.. J. Herbert Claiborne, Jr., Of New
York City, has written an interesting &C
count for the Medical Record Of newly-dis-
covered alkaloid, with which he has been
cxperimenting,a and whose therapeutic value
as local anastehtic he concludes will not
be inconsiderable, especially in eye diseases.
His own researches have been confined to
its effects on the mucous surfaces Of the
eye and nose, but he thinks it may fairly be
reckoned as a rival OF cocaine, and feels
safe predicting for it wide field of use
fulness in all departments of surgery where
local an8sthesia is desired
The new drug is derived from the leaves
Of tree very much resembling the acacia
sfenocarapo, and known In Louisiana as the
sstear-blanlzet tree"
The discovery Of the drug was due to an
accident Mr.. Goodman veterinary
surgeon, while travelling through West
Feliciana Parish. La, had occasion to apply
q poultice to a swelling on the fctlock Of
one of his horses. He used the first leaves
that came to hand, saturated with hot
water. After making free incis'on in the
swelling he was surprised to find that the
horse evinced not the slightest feeling
of pain.
The leaves were afterward analysed and
found to contain an allxaloid to which
anastb.. ic properties were found to be
due. ae new drug is at present known as
stenOcarpin
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08
HERE AND THERE.

A crop of wheat near Covington,
Tenn, averaged twenty-five bushels to
the acre.
Farmers have to hurry to get their
crops ready for harvest this brief sea-
son. but it never pays to hurry so fast
as to only half perform the work.
A sarcastic Kentuckian recently
left will in which he bequeathed his
remains to his relatives. What part
of the foul will you take, is the ques-
ton the executor will PROFOUND.
The peach crop of DeKalb County,
Tenn, this season, is the largest ever
known. Many trees were almost broken
down with the weight of fruit much Of
which is now ripening.
Corn may be late in planting, late
in starting and yet give very salts
factory returns, provided that it be
cultivated very frequently during all
the seasons of growth.-Husbandnaan.
Don't plant cabbage on the same
ground two years in succession, as the
butterflies will lay their eggs in the
fence and surroundings, and the young
will hatch out early, and be ready for
their prey.
Hon. Warren Brown, president OF
the New Hampshire State horticultural
Society, and an extensive farmer, says
that ''ensilage OF corn is simply a
cheap, easy and effectual method OF
preserving and storing corn for future
use.
"A good COW should produce apound
of butter every day in the year, and
this without making any allowance for
the time she is dry. A herd of such
COWS will bring their owner profit, and
is not among the unattainabl things by
any means. but is production that has
been many times exceeded.
ANY community of farmers can, by
cooperation in the purchase of thor
ough-bred male, greatly improve their
stock in single season, and at but a
small expense to each, while the en-
HANGED value of the stock would more
than compensate for the effort. II
really costs nothing to improves as i'm
provement is simply adding additional
value to the stock.
The 'sbarrens" of Coffee County,
Tenn, which few years ago were de-
clared to be of no value, have become
not only valuable for the timber there,
but this land has been found capable
of producing profitable crops of corn,
wheat and other grain, and hundreds
of fertile farms have been made OF
land which the proceeding generations
said would not ''sprout pears"
If hogs are given variety of greer
food, with but little grain, in summer,
they will keep in excellent health, and
be in proper condition for fattening in
the fall Less food is required now,
and it is not beneficial to have the hogz
fat at this season except to be in good
condition, as many diseases are due to
the system of heavy feeding dnr:ns
warm weather.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

The plants have hardly started their
growth when the worms, developed
from the eggs deposited by the tobac-
co moth, begin their destructive work,
especially in years like the present,
when cold, damp weather prevails
(or this kind OF weather is especially
favorable &c laeir development). and
II requires Ivory close inspection OF
plants and prompt work TO rid the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

ONE may become surfeited with getting,
but he never can be surfeited with right
giving. He who spends the most energy in
serving himself will be most likely to tire
Of the scrvic-as well as in the service. He
who spends most energy in serving others
will be least likely to tire Of the service
even though he may tire in the service.
The surest way to get all the good we can
out of our own energies is to spend them in
the service of others.-S. s. Timcs
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08
Pure-Bre Stock in the United States.

The Bureau of Animal Industry has
compiled a series of statistics showing
that the number of pure-bred stock in
the United States is not by any means
imposingly large. The following
tables show the number of animals
that have been registered in the Herd
Books of America within the last tel
years. The numbers are not given It
Jersey, Kerry, Sussex or Dutch BREED:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

MANY men think it confession Of weak
ness to acknowledge that they have made
a mistake; but the truly strong man makes
haste to correct his errors and get into the
right path. So repentance, which the un-
wiset regard as showing lack Of spirit, is
the beginning of true manliness.-Intcrfor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

EVEN truth Is not always veraciouA Wit.
ness the old proverb about truth lying q
the bottom of well-Lyx
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

Nor easy 20 put more of tru'h and prac-
tical wisdom into the sanc number Of
words than in this from Mr.. Puddefoot:
When you are among lions you must be .
Daniel "-Chicdgo Advance.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

WHEN people rise in the world ever!
body talks about them It's the same wa.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

A CoUxTER-IRRITANr-a woman WIN
prices every thing and buys nothing u
troll Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

They say that gold surpasses all othe
metals in value, but in truth few metal
are 90 often beaten.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

IMMACULATE as alabastcr is the complex
ion beautified with Glenn's Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, Soc
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

THAT it is necessary for man to drink
liquor every day is a theory that will moi
hold water.-N. D. Picdysne.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

IT is stated upon good authority that the
teacher with q glass-eye has at least one
refractory pupil -Rtts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

IT is to be presumed that the Christian
lied Indians are all Lo church people,
Boston Courier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaa
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell .25t
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

SOME women when out shopping use q
great many more buy words than is neces'
sary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08
CAN bank that can't stand loan b
called an infant industry

-TLY the pie sure that BITES I, morrow.
observes a philosopher VIII, prcbab y
reeled OF this piece Of wisdom after a
days i'll luck at fishing. -rhiiddelphtd
Lcd0er
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

FREE! A 3-foot French Glass, Ova
Front, Nickle or Cherry Cigar Case, MER'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

HEALTH may be wealth, but a flush
doesn't always indicate the possession o
either.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

ELI RoB1Ixs. Runpan p; o, CosumnSe c..
Pa, says: my daughter nsd ce1eTFn VIZ IS
Ssse's csfsrrh Remedy adyerti1eds and Pre-;
cured { bottle for her. end sooa Nv snes 3
helped her; third oostis s1ec 49, In -
sound and hearty.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08

AN Abel discourse--a sermon on the firs
murder.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-08


SYMPTOMS OF CATARnM.-Dun,
passages, discharges falling from the heod
Into the throat. sometimes profuoes watery,
and scrid. at others, thick. tenacious, mucous,
weak, watery, ana iniiamed: there Il rinsng
in the ears. deafness, hacking or coughtng TO
clear the throat, expectoratlon Of offensive
Voios !: and Sss ns wang Ss
breath is offensive; smell and taste arc im-
paired; there Is . sensation OF dizziness, with
mental depression: . 9 9 co.sn y anc Sc;
symptoms are likely to be present In any one
case. Thousands Of cases annually, without
manifesting half Of the above symPtomA ~
No disease is 90 common, more deceptive and
dangerous, or less understood BY physicians
! BY its mild, soothing. and healing Psopcrttess
cases q GaSarrh, Scoid I'm tho hssd,D
Coryxa. and Catarrhal Headache.
Sold BY druggists everywhere; 20 cents
aUntold Agony from Catarrh.S :
Prof. W. HAusxER, the famous mesmeriGt,
of ithaca, N. T., writes: Some ten years ego
I suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up =
inch Lad io one siS day. toxss
sct. nv voice would become 90 hoerse l could
barely speak above whisper. In the morning
%y ms ng the nss Dr. s
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, was well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
aConssantIy Hawking and sPissing~
THOMAS J. RusHIN0.. ESD 800 Pine Srsss.
from cafarrh FOR three years. At times could
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and splitting, and for the last. eight month9
thouQht nothing could be done for me. Luck
Nv. i was advised to try DR.. 6age'0 Caterrh
Remedy, and ! am now . well man. believe
It to be the only sure remedy ZOE cerefrn n0w
fair trial to experience astounding results ana
permanent cure"
Thrse Botsles Cure Cafarrh.
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SOME men are always looking for things
that are pointed in newspaper, and yet
II their names are used to sharpen the
points they are too dull to see where the
fun comes in.-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
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Mosr nf the news Of the weak comes
from physicians. Hartford Journal.
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TIE latest thing out--senerally the last
Morris tribune., 1888-05-23
HAVE CHOSEN DELEGATES
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS iN NEARLY
EVERY STATE IN THg UNION.
Delegates Selected % Atssna She Great
convensions as %. Lsais and Chieags---
Noinxs ar ths Yara,ua Gash~ranmm -,


Delegates Selected 20 Atssnd shs, Great
Conventions as %. Leuis and Chieass---
Deinss Of the varisas 0athsriass Il
JAMESTOWN, Dali, May ls.--The Re-
publican territorial convention met In
the Opera house and was called to order
BY Gen. Allen, chairman Of the terrific
rial central committee Judge Bennett
was elected chairman and r. NJ Wheeler,
OF Davidson, w. II. Winchester, Of Buf-
leigh, and Fred Talley, OF Richland, SEQ
retaries. Committses on credentials, APP
peal and psrmanent organisation were
appointed and the convention adjourned
until pm nj. 9, ,-,-:iis. t.a-r a,r,, r.
Upon reasssmbling the repocts OF COM
!. mittees were listened ,tot and adopted.
Delegates were then salected TO- attend
the national convention. gEt.sl re,r.-ii.-s>
=. Delegates--0. rC.scM Moody,1 LaMrsncs;
T. O. Bsgard, Bonhomms; :. NJ bailey,
ST., Mipnehaha; b. IL. Sullivan Aurora;
w, c. Plummer, Browns, Rr,W, Foster,
Sphinx; George w. Hopp. Brookingsi n.
K. Hubbard, Cass; L D., Richardson,
Grand Forks; II. C. Hansborough, Ram
sey. = 81 . ,.. -. r liz. ;s.ssr-s;J s,e.
.Alteraates-J. A. Fowler, ,Penningtoa;
G. Gilbert, Tower; Fred Schnaber, Yank-
ton; ]. II. Baldwin, Hand; On, Wal
worth; Laird, Hughes; Sprague, Walsh;
r. NJ. Tuttle, Morton; A. n. Gray,
Barnes; Harvey Harris, Durleigh. ~
Resolutions were adopted renewing
allegiance to the principles Of the Repub-
lican party, censuring the Democratic
party for denying division and admission
to Dakota, alleging that while revision
Of the tariff was called for, 1t should be
in the hands of.its friends and not Of its
enemies.
A resolution to instruct for Blaine was
voted down.
Morris tribune., 1888-05-23
MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS.


Meet at 81. Paul and Elect Delegates 20
.-. the National Convention.
- ST. PAUL, May lex Governor Pills
hurry called the Republican state conyen.
tion to order shortly after noon. Ex-
Governor Hubbard was elected tempo
rary chairman. "
Committees on credentials, on perma-
nent organization and on resolutions
were appointed and recess taken uutil
afternoon. After reassembling and lis
tening 70 reports Of committees, election
Of delegates was declared next In order.
Frank F. Davis, Of Hennapin: G, g.
Hartley, Of st. Louis; A. G. Edwards, Of
Fillmore, and Joel 2. Heatwols, of North
field. were elected delegates. The alter
mates were C. A. French, Of Wright
county; w. A. Spery, OF Owatona; H. e.
Ffnkie, Of Moorhead, and J. e. Brown,
Of Blue Earth county.
Morris tribune., 1888-05-23
BELvA IS A CANDIDATE.

She Is Again Nominsted for shs Presi-
dsncy by the National women's Com
vcnffon.
Dies MONIES, Iowa, May 16.-The Ma
tional Woman Suffrage convention met
ut Y. M. G. A.. hall at q o'clock p. m.
and nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood
for president. Alfred Love, presi-
dent OF the American Peace associ-
alton, was selected for the vice
presidency. Mrs. Lockwood, who was
unable to attend on account Of q mnls-
rial attack, was notified by telegraph Of
the honor bestowed. The platform
adopted calls for methods that will e.
tsblish and maintain universal peace,
equal rights for women In property and
iii the civil seryica
Morris tribune., 1888-05-23
MONTANA REPUBLICANS.

Two Uninstructed Delegates to Chicago
Selected.
LIVINGSTON, Mont, May 1.-THE Re
publican territorial convention met here
Saturday to select two delegates to rep
resent Montana Ia the national conysn-
tion. There was pretty full attendance
of delegates and considerable enthusi-
asn. Col Eaten, Of Park county, and
lected a. delegates, and A. L. JBsbcock,
Witt, of Butte, alternates.= No attempt
was made 20 instruct the delegates.
Morris tribune., 1888-05-23
The final Munhan revival meeting was
held in st. Paul Wednesday night.


held in St Paul Wednesday night
The regatta of the Minnetonka club is
to occur at Minnetonka, beginning July
ID and continuing four days.
Capt. Skinner, of st. Paul, is in Lake
City arranging the rife ranges at the
state enGampmeat grounds.
Ole Swenson win have chance to pom.
der for fifty days in the Rochester jail
over the subject of wife beating.
The annual meeting Of the Anoka con-
ference OF Congregational and Union
churches has been begun in st. Paul
The bodies of Scwell and McMahon
have been found near Tcver. They were
drowned at that place several days ago.
Arthur Douglass, right watchman,
had his right leg cut off at the knee by q
St. Paul and Duluth train, at Minneapo-
Lis.
The family OF A J. Mccoy, Of Jordan,
with the exception of 12-year-o old boy.
have died Of consumption since last sum.
mer.
The Adventists have selected Mime
shahn Falls 10 the place for holding their
camp meeting this year. The meeting
will open june ., and close on the 12th !.
William Race was arrested at owa-
tonna for opening safe in Saunders
hardware store at that place and taking
s5O) therefroin. He confessed the theft.
Z Aworkman engaged in excavating In
q gravel pit neaf Albert Lea, northeast
9f the city, upearthed q hipvbane, the
socket OF which measures seven inches
in diameter.
Two boys, named O'Brien and McCar-
thy, sentenced to thirty and twenty days
respectively In the lookup at Faribauit.
broke Jail Saturday afternoon, bat were
recapturcd Sunday Eoon.
Morris tribune., 1888-05-23
pAk0TA COP FELLOWS,
they Gather In Annual Session nc Huron
s..lYcr 100 Praaank

they Gather In Annual Session at Huron
.-.Oycr 400 Present.
HURON, Oak, May 16.-The Grand
lodge of Odd Fellows met here.
The hundred delegates present were
called to order by the grand master, who
fead hts annual report, which was fol-
lowed by the reports Of the secretary and
treasurer. The secretary 3 report showed
one hundred and three lodges in Dakota,
four OF which were instituted and three
reinstated last year. The membership is
a,S72. The total rslief payments
amounted 20 95, 900, and the total receipts
10 S40. 900.
Morris tribune., 1888-05-23
CONVENTION CHOICES.

Connscticut Republicans favor Blaine.
John B. Henderson, Of st. Louis, is
the first choice Of RMiss0uri epublicans.
Ohio Democrats indorse the admins
tration. g. .-...-s .-a,. -.
The Nevada Republicans expressed NO
choice. s7ss.s8 s,
Minnsseta Republicans want either
Blaine or Gresham. "a s.z~5,k ksg
Z Alabama Republicans were .seriously
divided over Blaine and Sherman
Alabama Republicans ara divided be-
tween Blaine and Sherman. -
=, The Nebraska delegation is composed
Of Blaine men. -. --... -
New York's delegation is not, In
structed, bnt will probably vote for
Blaine. --. 80 ....- -:
{ Cleyeland's ;. administration was en-
dorsed In Virginia, ss# = -
New Mexico and Colorado Republicans
expressed no preference. ,er. -
The citizens of Emmetsburg are waging
war on the ''thugs" of the town.
A Marble Rock business man In
freak Of Observation-Disclosures chewed up q
81, 800 draft.
Missouri's Democratic delegates were
instructed for Cleveland,
South Carolina Democrats in conyen-
aon at Columbia expressed no choice Of
candidates.
California Democrats fall into line and
endorse Cleveland and his tariff message.
The Republicans Of Tennessee passed
resolutions instructing delegates to vote
for Blaine.
Virginia Republicans did not express
any choice OF candidotes, but claim that
Virginia ID Republican.
Morris tribune., 1888-05-23
RRoxE Up The MONOPOLY,

pes Moines Street Cos Grmpsny HASN'T
Exclusive carvyiag Rights,
DIES MONIES, May iS.-Ths iowa
supreme court having recently decided
that the Des Moines street railway had
the exclusive right to operate cars In the
streets BIZ means Of animal power, .
test ease was brought te pftain de-
cfsion as TO whether . rival company
would be allowed to use electric or other
power to propel street cars, and Thurs
day an opinion was rendered in which it
was held that such right existed and
that q rival line. could use electric cr
other motive power. This decision
breaks mp the monopoly.