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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25

In answer to an Arkansas correspond
emit the Farm and Fircside makes the
following reply:
ssYour troublesome insect is undoubt-
edly the canker-worm (anisopteryx
vernata), and in some sections of the
country, especially in some parts of
New England, it is the greatest pest
the apple-grower has to contend with;
yet If care be taken, with good judy
ment and knowledge of its habits, it
may surely be disposed of. The female
has no wings; she comes out of the
ground in the warm days during the
winter and early spring and climbs up
the trunk of the tree, to lay her eggs
in the leaves and blossoms. These
eggs Matching produce the worms
which do the damage, often leav-
ing the trees as bare as if
fire had run through them; how
ever, the worms pass to the mature
form, sometimes about the first of July.
the date varying according to the
climate. and the trees generally leaf
out again, and yet the shock is often
so severe as to leave the trees very
weak. Now, taking advantage of the
fact that the female has to climb up
the trunk, it is customary for the
orchardist to put around each tree a
strip of tarred paper about twelve
inches wide, and keep the same COW
cred with printers ink, or some mate
rial of the same nature, from the first
of January until the moths stop climb
ing. Care must be taken, however,
that the females do not form a bridge
across the paper, and thus get up the
tree. Keep tie INK fresh by renewal
during warm days. when the offending
insects are caught and destroyed A still
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25
JOKE AND JEST.

A COUNTRY divine, who was opposed to
the use of violins in church. having been
overruled by his flock, commenced his ser.
vices Of the Sunday following with: "You
may fiddle and sing the first three verses Of
the Fortieth Psalm
"AND SO you think you win get married
when you grow up to be young lady,
Flossiel" said the caller. 30, I haven't q
doubt of it." assented Flossie EVERY body
says l am very much like my mamma, and
she, you know, has been married three
times"
81 WONDER why can't make my kite n.y."
walled the little brother of the high school
girl ut looks to me-" replied Mildred, ''as
though its caudal appendage were dispro-
portionate to its superficial area" don't
think that's it." said Jim. 81 think its tail
is too light
REPoRrER-"Are you going to work to-
day. Patti" Pat-"Sure, dunno. My ould
woman says she'll break me head il don't,
and the union men will break me head if ]
do. Sure, these are hard times for dacent
men. think I'll take me chances with the
ould woman"
they put out the fire below, or brighten the
oWOhOWo lAoAA tACAk nCoto ooVNOs tAASy
scrape long tinse in the chimney, cover
themselves with SCOT, and bring nothing
away but bag Of c.nders, and then sing
from the top Of the house as if they had
built 1t.
You've man, IL the angel OF your dreams,
the young lady of your hopes, with smile
upon her sweet lips, offers you pie, though
she add: II made 1T myself" have the
moral courage to resist the temptation, and
bravely say: al love you dearly, truly, aye
better than my own life, but can not eat
your pie!'
A GENTLEMAN was one day relating to a
Quaker o tale of deep distress, and con-
cluded very pathetically by saying: 81
could not but feel for him." ''verily,
friend" replied the Quaker; ''thou didst
right in that thou didst feel for thy neighbor
but didst thou feel in the right place didst
thou feel in thy pocketi"
WOMAN is the equal of man, but, while
cheerfully recognizing this fact, we can not
help wondering why it is that, when a
woman has shouted for half an hour to her
boy to come into the house and found her.
self powerless to make any impression up
on hun, she usually winds up with: g Il
you don't come here this minute, young
man, I'll send your father to you.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25
Clover as an Egg Food.

Clover contains two elements that
are in demand by the hen-nitrogen
and lime. 1t is rich in the elements
required for the white (albumen) and
the shell, and if plenty of it be pro-
vided for the hens no better food can
be given. Grain should only be por-
ton of the diet of fowls, yet but few
flocks receive any thing but grain, and
as such food will not promote laying.
it is not surprising that many well-fed
flocks do not prove profitable. Substi-
tute clover for grain, and the result
will be a larger number of eggs at a
lower cost, and the flock will keep in
better condition,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25

Cars said leading member of one
Of the largest car-building companies
in this city to reporter, wary as
much in price as they do in kind. The
average price of box cars is from 800
to t450. Ten years ago they were as
high as 81, 200. Amilk car costs about
500 more than an ordinary box freight
car, that is, when the box is not changed.
A baggage-car truck and a passenger
car truck are about the same in price.
The price of = baggage-car varies from
$1,000 to $500. The cheapest style
OF Wagner's drawing-room cars may be
made for q, 900; the usual price is $12,-
600. The newovestibule cars cost $2l,-
600. This includes all the furnishing.
Tho cheaper drawing-room cars, four
wheels, are made for $4,000. The or
binary mail car costs from $1,000 to
5000; distributing cars more. Cars
for the New York Elevated road cost
from q, 500 to =. 600; the last ordinary
passenger cars built cost $4,200- The
last car built for the Hudson River road
cost q, 400, including new heater and
some extra features Coal cars can bt
built for 81, 100 to $500. Tank carl
for oil cost in the neighborhood q
n 900. Small cars for carrying orr
cost 600. ~. Y. Nail and Express
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25

The treatment Of many thousands Of caees
of those chronic weaknesses and distree9n9
Hotel and surgicsi insfituts, Buffalo, N: 2.
irg and thoroughly testing remedies for tho
Dr. q %s fsrsseripen
b the outgrowth, or result. OF this great ana
valuable experiences. Ihousands OF teesmo-
clans who have tested il in the more sg9ra-
waited and obstinate cases which had ba4ed
their skl prove # e Be the net won0ss "
suffering women. 1t is not recommended q 9
"cure-sll" but q z most perfect SPECIFIC fos
%sa pSc sSsss i inVis Grating tonic,
and 70 the womb and g. spPendsses q
FS Ssbs.c ssschs mne
keepers, nursing mother. and feeble women
a sSe slsatssi esrtSly boon. beins s0sqSsisd
AZ q soothing and strengthening
qualed and IL invsiuable in siIsying ana sub
DUNG nervous excitabtlity. irrttabilify, ex.
hausfion. prostration, hysssria, spaGms and
oey apon snd
disease Of the womb. 1t induces refreehtng
sleep and relieves mental anxiety and de-
'IS Dr.. Pieree,s raw orite Prescription
compounded BY an experienced and ekillfm
organization. It Is purely vegetable 10 e
composition ana perfectly harmless In its
effects in any condition of the system. For
morning g,;n ct1s Or % ave-
pepsia and kindred symptome ~ use. In smau
doses, win prove very beneficial
tive euro for the most complicated and OBJ
stinate cases OF lcucorrhea. excessive flowing.
painful menstr1ation, unnatural ouppresglona
prolapgus. or falling Of the womb, weak back
bearing down sensations, chronic coneestion.
Inflammation and ulcerafton OF the womb, In
fammation, pain and tenderneo IN ovaries.
accompanied With -internai neat:
tional action. at that critical period Of change
from gfrlhood to womanhood. favorite Pro
scriptfon Il perfectly safe remedial agent.
equally eu sn ecscious and valuable IL its escts
when taken for those disorders and derAngo-
ments incident to that later ard most critical
~Fssoritc Presc = PEI OF, >, when taken
in connection with the use Of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxative
doses q Dr. Pierce's Purfstive Pellet, 4 Little
diseases Their combined use also removed
blood taints, and sbolishes cancerous and
scrofulous humors from the system:
medicine for women, sold 81 Druggists, undei
fscturers that L win give s;tistsction in evers
b o. Ssn yp w % on sSs
and faithfully carried out for many yearsL
Large hotsles 200 dosed t1.00, Or SIX
For large. illustrated Treafise on Diseaee. Of
s wO%s n s.m Pss SFs ''na ''A
ueviGs DispsnsaIy uodlesi lssoeldilog,
A6o MAIN - BUcEALO, =. n
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25
HERE AND THERE.

1t is safe to say that a splendid
wheat crop is assured in Kentucky.
The peach, apple and plum trees are
loaded down with their luscious
freight,
The strawberry season is about
over in Tennessee. The crop being
short, the prices held up better than
usual, and altogether the growers have
made money.
The cut worms and army worms
have been more destructive than usual
this season. The old-fashioned worm
fences don't do a particle of good. 1t
takes worm-ditches these days.
Governor Buckner of Kentucky has
appointed the following commissioners
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Lexington, viz: General
Don Carlos Buel, of Louisville; Hon.
VIC. Ireland, of Boyd County; w.
w. Tice, of Graves County, and Hon.
Hart Gibson, of Fayette County.
1t is generally admitted by the
trade that the restrictions on oleomar-
garine have increased the consumption
of genuine butter in all sections, and a
considerably larger quantity than
usual is needed to meet the wants Of
the consumers.
The MARBLES or punches on the
backs of the cattle may be killed by
puncturing them through the entrance
hole with an anvil, or by Swinging in a
| few drops of carbolic acid slightly di-
luted. II let alone, says contempt
rary, each grub will make another
gadfiy to torment the cattle the nex'
summer.
"A cross COW in herd keeps the
others always in perpetual fear, and in
that manner lessons the milk from the
others in quantity more than may be
sufficient to balance that given by the
| cross one. A cross or domineering
COW should be got rid of.-Americas,
Breeder.
The dehorning talk is growing
monotonous, says a correspondent Of
| Tile uilduclpild lTcSS. i nave seen
much of horn-amputation, and never
saw dairyman who had deprived his
herd of these ornaments wish to have
them replaced. The operation is per-
fectly safe. 1t suppresses good deal
of insurrection and domestic violence
in the barnyard.
The following, from q South Aus
tralian letter in an English paper,
sounds big to Old World farmers: 1--WE
are having fine season here, and
have already shorn $4,000 sheep, and
sent away 600 bales of secured wool.
We hope to shear 100000. We have
had good lambing-we have 230, 0O(
lambs"
The bill enlarging the powers and
duties of the Department of Agricult
ure, and making it an executive de.
partment with q Cabinet officer at its
head, passed the House by vote Of
29S to Is. The Senate is the conserva.
tive body of Congress. but it is now
confidently expected that il viii sooz
pass the bill.
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Marion Harland.

The celebrated authoress, so highly e.
seemed by the women Of America, says on
pages 1O3 and As Of her popular work
" Eus's Daughters; or, Common Sense for Maid,
Hve and Mother:
"For the aching back-should It be slow
in recovering its normal strength-an ALI
COCKS Porous PLASTER il an excellent COM
forter, combining the sensation OF the sus
tanned pressure Of q strong, warm hand
the wearing. 1t should be kept over the
stinate cases for perhaps fortnight"
" For pain IN the back wear an ALLcocK's
Porous PLAsrER constantly, renewing as 1t
wears on. This is an invaluable support
when the weight on the small Of the back
becomes heavy and the aching incessant-"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25
AGRICULTURAL ATOMS.

DAIRYINe and poultry-keeping 60 well
together. Hens turn buttermllk into profit
quicher than pigs will.
THERE are too many hog-pen additions to
creameries. The buttermilk and washings
should be fed to hogs.
AFARMER Of large experience thinks that
seventeen pounds of good oat straw and
three pounds Of cotton-seed meal are worth
as much as twenty-five pounds Of good hay
for feeding steers
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25

In the hurry Of speech, and often IN our
very anxiety to be polite. some Of rs are
liable 70 occasional slips, which may have
the ludicrous effect OF putting an entirely
different construction upon . sentence
than that intended For instance, upon
arriving 1T your entertainers house you
say: IL beg thousand pardons for COM
ing so late" and are met by your hostess
with the words: my dear sir, no pardons
are needed; you can never come too late.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25

"Roox for one more" said the retired
cab-driver, when he ushered into the par
lor the fourth gent eman who had called
within an hour to see his flirtatious daugh-
ter Drake sMdgdzine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25

TIE truly aesthetic girl with an apprecia-
ton of the eternal fitness of things uses
blue note paper when she tells her admirer
that she can never be more thAa sister
Merchant Trareler.
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A CITY man is credited with the idea oil
calling newspaper The Umbrella" HI
thinks every body would take it.
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SS5 SOLID GOLD WATCH FREE!

lh1 optonods eond Gold hunting Wnzcn ~ new
o0S that bess bargain IN Asrce until isfey
eeud net b. puehased for Iess than % We have both NJ
genta works and Of equal veue
ONE PERSON In each locality one Of thess
seguns watches absolutely Thess watches may be
dspsdsd not only sod eo b. Is standing smsns ne
and reliable In the world foa
ssk how this wondsrfhl oe posbles We answerws want
pou h seh locality 20 keep In their homes and show to
hoss eopsss line Of valuable and usefi
sANrxxss thsss samples. veil = the WATCH
BRRR, and amer hsve kept thsm n
yoaf M months. and shown them 70 fhoss Who msy
sb,s . SsSs a. rrras ODER sending he botid Geld
watch and large line Of valuable ssmps. PRE-, FOR he
showing fths snmplss h locality always
rsas n iays .ds far amer our smp have tssn N
locality for month usualy gcs nom ~ 70
osQ0n trade the surrounding county Ihose who VINE
70 win receive great benenx for scarcely any wosk
tDubl This remarkable and hbezl osr evef
Known made order that valuable Household Samples
may placed where they Be seta al over
ad will be hardly any trouble for you % show nsm
and reward viii % NOT
sasisheso postal card which to write ua costs bat
and r. amer know ALL DO not carr to 80 nrtne
why no dcns But II do End your eddrss a.
once. securs ELRoAsr SIS, SOLID Gold
HrNfr0cAsE wArcu and our large, cmpise line o. v.a-
sble HousEHoLD SAMPLES We by all express 9ssn go
Ad6Essst exxxsox CO. Boz 90 foetards Hama
vriea
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kritations ID Gleun's Sulphur Soap.
Hins Hair and Whislker Dye, Soc
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IT is absurd to speak Of the " foot prints
of time,'' when it is well known that time
f1ies.-N. o. Picayuns.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25

Are many beautiful sections of our Union.
Chills and fever and bilious remittent, born
Of miasmatic exhalations, are their periodic,
and in some instances, their constant
scourge Those Of their Inhabitants, how
ever, who fortify their systems with hos,
letters Stomach Bitters never fail to ind In
Il an adequate defense. Not only for ma
larial disorders, but for dyspepsia, liveI
complaint, costiveness, nervousness and
rheumatism it is unrivaled
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25

MosT men 60 to the penitentiary as re-
suit Of their convictions and not merely
from prejudice
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25

A MAN may be truthful in every thint
else, but he always played better game o.
billiards several years ago than he does
now,-Philddelphta Cal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25

The extreme WEAKNESS Of summer Il
plaintively expressed by the Tyawnine
windows-The Colonel.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-08-25

HAPPINESS is only relative, and sont
people find that it is very distant relatlv'
indeed.-Journdl Of Education.
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IT is in bass drum that two heads al
better thanpne.
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CAUGHT in the act-the player who forgo
his lines.
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A COMMERCIAL travellers motto-sDon
give up the grip."-N. T. Journal.
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A MAN doesn't get even when he get
married two timcs-Critic.
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A DUBLIN man-Dr. Jekyli and Mr.. Hyda
Bottom Gdzctte
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FREEl A 3-foot French Glass, Ova
Front, Nickle or Cherry Cigar Case, MKR
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APEN may be driven, but pencil doe
the best when it is lead.
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TIE only thing chronic borrower WI
not take Is q hint -Palddslph<a Coll
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BILL OF the Playful Shakespeare
Life.
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THs most reliable weather report-a cla|
6 thundW-Awj(n0fos m Hoa
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A GENERAL manageable Generals wife
I'D Bjts.
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A STANDING Offer VIII you take my seat
madamP'-TSd.Bits.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-06-12
Killed by his Son.

BALTIMORE, June - Peter Alt, proprie
tor of the Arlington House, near the Pimli.
CO race track, was shot and almost instantly
killed last night at nine o'clock by his son
William, aged Is years. The shooting took
place in the kitchen of the residence, and
Was the outcome of family quarrel. Ats
wife says the shooting was done in her de-
fence. Her husband had been on spree
for some time and just before the tragedy
he came into the house and after breaking a
heavy cup and saucer on her head began to
call her hard names and to beat her. She
struggled with him and they both fell on the
floor, He got hold on hsr throat and she
thought that he meant to kill her. She WIS al
most insensble when she heard the report of
a gun. Her husbands grip on her throat re-
Taxed and he fell over on the floor. Young
Alt, who is bright looking boy, was arrest
ed and locked up, after an affsctioaate part
ing with his mother.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-06-12
Tragedies and Suicides.

NEW YORK, June IAN Italian tragedy
was enacted this morning in the tenement
No 2l7 Greene street. Philip Gastoni, 80
years old shot Mrs Louisa Marri down in
cold blood in her own apartments and then
blew out his own brains Mrs. Mari
died soon after being shot.
ALTOONA, Pa, June 1.-THE village cf
Glasgow on the Bsl's Gap r. R was the
scene Of tragedy yesterday. Ellis Wingert,
farmer, was shot and instantly killed by a
woodsman named Mckee for a cause not
known. Mckee Immediately shot himself
in the head and lived until evening, refusing
to speak of the deed.
CINCINNATI. June 1.-Two suicides of
similar character occurred here this morning
OIe was young man who went into Pow
ellis store on Main street and bought q So
revolver giving $40 bill in payment While
the clerk was getting change the purchaser
fred ball into his right temple and fell as
the clerk turned to see what caused the re
port. In the mans pocket was found card
bearing the name of Henry Frazer, Cincin.
nati. He has not yet been identified. The
other suicide was John Zinke, young man
employed in book store, who shot himself
in the head at his home this forenoon. He
had complained ofillness. His brother COM
mtted suicide few months ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-06-12

TO SEIZE LoNDoN-In the British Hop,e =,
Commons yesterday Lord George Hamilton f.,
Lord of the Admiralty, stated that the calculation
mado in regard to the number of TRANSPORTS 10
cessary to enable 100000 men to land in En-.
land and to seize London by surprise took i,,,
consideration only the conditions that such fe.,
was possible that the whole army could dis m.
bark simultaneously, and when landed that !,
would be capable of rapid movement The @.,,'
mate that ships with gross tonnage of 43OO00
would be required for transporting the invading
force, he said, was on the assumption that il won
be equal to three army corps comprising caysIrv
and artillery. Mr.. Childers asked, seeing the in.
terest which the subject was eicting that Do.
tailed and authoritative statement be presented n
Parliament Mr.. HsnbuIy asked whether thu
naval and military departments had consulted on
the subject. Lord George Hamilton replied that
data had been obtained thirteen years ago as tho
result of joint conference, and promised to DC.
duce those OF the transport department which
satisfied him thai the tonnage referred to did not
overestimate the preparation necessary for land
ing such force. Such an invading force from
the continent he continued, implied the dstribr.
ton Of the invaders in ports hundreds OF miles
apart, with successful voyage Of not less than
week instead Of few hou!s, and made without
opposition from a hostile fleet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-06-12
Destructive Flood.

DULUTH, MIMI, June 12.-The recent
severe rains have caused the greatest food
ever known in northern Minnesota. Along
the banks of logging streams tributary to
the St. Louis river millions of acres of land
are ovelfowed and loss of life is feared. At
the village of Clcqnet, thirty miles from
here, that portion OF the town which is sit
uated on the island is completely engulfed
by raging torrent, only the top of houses
being visible. Several dwellings have been
carried away, but the inhabitants were
warned in time and no loss of life occurred.
The immense saw mills are flooded and a..
bandoned and 10 the booms 10000 900 logs
vera iammed yesterday morning, and the
number reached over 200, 900 900 last night.