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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29
Rules For Planting Trees.


The following twenty rules are self
evident to most tree-planters, who, for
want of attention, break some of them,
and reminders are therefore often use.
full:
1. A valuable sort is worth more
than merely handsome tree.
2. Good, healthy, bracing roots are
of more Importance than symmetrical
top.
8. The roots should BE- long and
strong enough, and the top made light
enough to obviate any stalking.
4. II the roots of tree are frozen,
and then thawed out of the ground or
come in contact with the air, the tree
will be killed.
5. If frozen roots are thawed in COM
pactly-pressed mellow earth, the tree
may be made to live
6. Manure should never be placed in
contact with the roots when setting out
a tree, but used for mulch or top-dress-
ing.
z. Trees should always be set about
as deep as they stood in the nursery.
or two or three inches deeper, to allow
for the settling of the earth.
8. Spread out the roots nearly equal.
ly on all sides, so as to brace the tree
we'll.
9. Avoid particularly any small
cavity next the roots, but fill compact'
| ly against them on all sides with fine,
mellow earth.
10. A small, thrifty tree with copi
Gus roots when set out, will be a good
bearing tree sooner than large one
with mutilated roots.
IL. Watering in dry weather crust'
the surface, and does not reach this
roots.
II. Young trees should not be set il
a grass lot, or among any crops OF sowet
grain; but the whole surface kept clear
| and mellow.
| Is. Shriveled trees, before planting
may be made plump by covering fol
several days, compactly with mois
earth.
IA. If newly-set ones suffer from
drouth, mulch the ground about them
and frequently sprinkle or shower thu
stems and branches.
Is. The roots extend as far from tn,
tree as its entire height; clean ant
mellow cultivation should, therefore
cover a circle twice as wide as it
height.
16. AS general rule, cultivation
should be continued for six, eight o
ten years from planting, after which
closely-grazed or lawn-mowed gras
may be permitted with frequent top
dressing.
IL. The amount OF manuring or top
dressing must vary with the vigor O
the trees; young trees should grow tw
or three feet yearly, and bearing one
one foot or more.
10. Keep an eye to the future shap
of the tree, and timely remove small
needless, crossing or crooked limbs
This will obviate heavy pruning i
after years.
10. Pruning when dormant tend
to impart vigor; but If done whe
growing or in leaf, it checks growth
and therefore a feeble tree shoul
never be pruned after growth CON
mences in the spring. But healthy
strong growers may be lightly prune
at either season.
20. Most of the ''bad luck" wit
young trees and orchards is the resu
of neglecting the preceding rules.
Country Gentleman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29
II is best not to dispute where there 10
no probabilities of convincing.

A GREAT mistake perhaps was made when
Dr. Sherman named his great remedy
Priclxly Ash BrTTERs; but it is presumed
that at that time all remedies for the blood,
etc, were called Bitters. Had he called ii
Prickly Ash Regulator Curative" or
almost anything but Buffers, it undoubtedly
would have superseded all other prepare
tons of similar character. The name Bit
tiers is misleading; it Is purely medicine.
and can not be used as beverage.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

II we could only persuade that unwelcome
visitant, chills and fever, TO do this, We
would be fortunate. But while we can't ex-
actly make it s.cut and run" we can uproot
its hold upon the system in time with Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. This Is known
wherever malaria is q periodical caller. 1t
IS, also, a matter Of wide information that
the Bitters cures biliousness, dyspepsia,
debility and rheumatism.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

noble men and women. The simple
but effective remedies which carried
them to green old age are now repro
duced in Warmers "Tippecanoe, and
Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparilla and
other Log Cabin Remedies.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29
SMITH with smiling face)-What have
YOU got the blues abouta

JoNEs-Nothing to do. Times are dull.
SMrTH-Well, now, old fellow, am glad
I struck up with you. You ST right down
and write to b. F. johnson & Co., of Rich
mond, Va, and they will put you in Q way
to make money faster than you ever did be-
fore. was out of work, too, but began 9
little correspondence with them and now
am growing fat and rich Too busy to talk
longer now.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

1T is claimed that al absconding cash
iers are ex-checker players. -Duiuth Para
grdpher.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

Now THAT they have machines for row.
ing on wheels there may yet be an Inven-
ton that viii enable a man to paddle his
own canoe without getting into deep
water -yalfsmors AmsrtaR.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

THE typewriter has banished much bad
writing, but it can't overcome the PAD
spelling-N. O. PicdyIne.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

The sacred Scriptures teach us the best
way of living, the noblest way OF suffer-
ing and the most comfortable way OF dy-
inc -FT1rcL
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

ACTORS, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise
Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

THE man who brings suits Is always
somewhat sad There Is something plain
tiff about him.-Pittsb,ugh Chronicle
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaal
rhompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell sc
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

SOMETIMES in n trade man kicks wheI
there is nothing to boot--Bosion Post
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

A SoRE Throat or Cough, IL suffered to
progress. often results In an incuraole
throat or lung trouble. "Bropn's Bronchtdt
Trocltesn give instant relief.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

A "BRorH or BOY" ought to make (
good "supe. "-Haypsr's Bazar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Cotton Picking.

We used to estimate the final total
yield of'our individual cotton crop by
simply multiplying by two the total
picked cut by the first day of October,
experience having shown that under
ordinary circumstances one-half our
crop was usually harvested by that
date. With the constant improvement
In the varieties of cotton in respect of
earliness of maturity, aided by the
almost universal use of concentrated
and stimulating fe.tilixers. the rule
will not now hold good The dates of
the appearance Of the '.first bale,n the
active opening et the cotton season,
ana the ga <hefing of the bulk OF the
crop r.avu all been moved back per-
maps two weeks as compared with
wv <nty years ago. The present crop
IS later than usual. and yet we Judge
that more than half of it has
been gathered and half of the remain
der ts open in the fields. These re-
marks apply particularly to the lati-
tude OF thirty-two and half degrees,
are made to illustrate the changes that
have been wrought by improvement
in seed and the use of commercial fer
tilizers. 1t is remarkable, however,
that no practical device or machine
has yet been perfected to aid in the
tedious work Of contemplating, and we
stand just where We did forty years
ago. And yet there is no detail of the
work OF cotton production which SO
urgently calls for the aid of inventive
talent as that OF picking.
1t has often been remarked that cot
ton is one of the least exhaustive crop:
known to agriculture, provided the
seea, or the seed meal, be faithfully
returned to the soil. In direct sense
this is true. The lint of cotton, which
Is the prime object of its cultivation
contains, in 100 pounds, only II pounds
of inorganic or soil elements, or ashes
To state 1t in tabular form, 100 pound.
cotton lint contain Of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

be left to mature seed, while the re.
mainder can be turned under for the
uourishment of crop of corn or cot
ton.-SoNthern CuLtivator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

A COUNTER irritant-The customer VIII
overhauls but never buys.-Tinss.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

Send your address for q FREE BOOK OF
the Liver, its Diseases and Treatment,
Dr. Sanford, 231 Broadway, New York.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

THE washerwoman. like the poet spends
a good deal OF time over line and finds
life full of hard rubs.-Boston Courier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

MANY fellow who is whole souled hal
to go to shoemaker and get half-soled.-
Ddnspilts Breeze.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

THE ex ercising of horses just before I
race is the reamble.-Piitsbauvh Chronicle
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

IT Is an odd fact that coal beds are fur
nished with petroleum springs -Drdks'
Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

: WORDS Of cheer = Hurrahi Tgeri-
Teras SJtings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

NITRATE Of silver-the change paid for
Q half-price telegram.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

LIVESTOCK SHIPPERS AND FEEDERs.-
Read I'D. OF G. G. Daily q Co. other column
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

WHERE you can not climb over, yos
must creep under.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

SOME men are always willing to stand W
fer the ladies excepting, perhaps, in 9
horse-car-- YonIsers Statesman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

If young Iady's maiden aim Is success
'ul, she has no maiden name.-Detron Free
Press
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

Way is the vowel the only ont
soundedl Because all the others are in
audiblc.-N Y. Nal and Express.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

THERE is a compensation in all things
The higher the price the smaller the ton o
coai.-N. Y. Ercning Sun
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

AN after-dinner speech-''How much
my bill?''-.Kerchant Trare'cr
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

SILENCE is never moro golden than when
the silent partner has boodle--Neac Harcr
Neirs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

MEASURE 200 feet on each side, and YOU
Sill have a square acre within an inch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

LOG CABINS were
strongholds of love, con-
tentment, health and hap
piness. Coon skins were
nailed to the door and
they were the happy
homes Of strong, healthy,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

SHEAR nonsense-a humorous clipping.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

TINE is short, but the tallest man car
never get ahead Of it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

A GREAT yarn-thc Golden Fleece
Life
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-14

An impressive argument in favor of man. ual training is found in the statistics of pris- ons analysed by the Journal of Industrial Education. Among 2,600 convicts in peni- tentiaries in Pennsylvania and. Illinois it is found that more than 3, ,000 have had fair ed- ucationa1 advantages and between 100 and 300 were graduates of colleges. The theory that the use of intoxicating drinks is the greatest promoter of crime is somewhat shaken by the fact that 52O of these conyiets have been total sbstainers, while only one third were intemperate. But the Journal hits upon fact which is of importance in the discovery that over 1 AGO of these con victs had never regularly learned or even ''picked up" trade.
 The editor of the Deseret News, the Nor mon church organ, hes been delivered of the following extraordinary utterance: certain ly expect that Utah will be admitted into the
 Union within two or three years at the out
 side. There will be a revolution throughout
 the country in the sentiment in regard to polygsmy-it will be universally tolerated.
 Polygamy will be revived in fuH force in Utah, and the Mormons will go everywhere throughout the United States carrying their religion, including polygamy, with them, and we believe that it is foreordained that the Mormon church will outrival all other de- l nominations on the American continent, and
 that the Mormon people will yet be among
 the most highly esteemed in the country. l There are some very curious frauds in this curious old world A gentleman who has l just returned from an extended foreign tour was asked by reporter for the Portland oregonian why he had not brought home
 from Egypt, among his other curios, num- my. He said there was great deal of fraud in the mummy business. Persons purehas- l ing mummies, of course, liked to get them
 as well preserved and natural looking as pos
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-14
Red Hair and White Hsrses.

From American NOCeS ana luerleS.I
 The popular jest about the necessary cons tiguity of red-heaaed girls and white horses is by no means modern, though in its recent revival it has swept over the country as a novelty. Some of us remember that our grandfathers used jocularly to assert it to the wondering ears of youth as we'll attest ed fact In all likelihood the saying took it's origin in the old English game called some times the fgame of the road, ," but more oft en ''ups and downs," which is still favorite among children and travelling salesmen iu Great Britain. One party takes the ''up'' side of the street or road, the other the 'down," counting one fore every ordinary ob- feet and five for white horse Ia piebald counting as white) until a certain number agreed upon carries off the victory, but 8 red-h headed woman donkey wins the game at once.
 Another explanation refers the phrase to 0 north of Ireland superstition that the sight of red-headed girl brings ill-luck to the behclder unless he retrace his steps to the starting point; but if he meet white horse at any stage on his backward progress the spell is ipso facto averted. In the midland counties of England on the other hand it is iIlluck 10 meet white horse without splt- ting at it. In Wexford an odd cure for the whooping cough is suggested by current su- peratition. The patient trudges along the road until he meets a pieb&ld horse and shouts out to the rider: ''Hallo, man on the piebald horse, what is good for the whooping cougha' And no matter how absurd the remedy suggested, he will certainly be cured. In Scotland to dream of white horse fore tells the coming of letter.
 The prejudice against red hair is as wide- spread and deep-rooted as it is unaccounta- ble. Tradition assigns reddish hair to both Absaloin and Judas. Thus Rosalind (cou- plaining of her husbands tardiness) pettish- ly exclaims: s'His own hair is of the dis- sembling color!" and is answered by Celia: Somewhat hrowner than Judas'." Marston also in his "Insatiate Countess" says: "I ever thought by his red beard he would prove Judas; here am bought and sold. ;"
 But Leonardo de Vinci, it may be noted in passing, paints Judas with black hair in his fresco, ''The Last Judgment
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-14
Thursday, June IA, lsss.
BLAINE AND SHERMAN.


 If the Pittsburg Leader has correct infor- nation Mr. Blaine is really 'sout, D notwith- standing the determined efforts of some of his friends to bring about his nomination in such way that he can hardly refuse it. The Leader asserts that B. F. Jones, chairman of the Republican national committee, has in his possession letter but just received from MT. Blaine, which is to be read upon the as- sembling of the national convention next Tuesday. It states in terms that cannot be mistaken Mir. Blaines position in regard to the presidency and settles for good and all the question of his candidacy. Under no circumstances, Mir. Blaine says, will he per- init the use of his name at Chicago, nor would he accept were the presidential nomi- indicate that Senator John Sherman of Ohio is his preference and advises the convention to place him at the head of the ticket. It is further said that Senator Sherman and MT. Blaine have understood each other for the question of the presidency for several months and that even before the Maine mans de- parture for Europe an arrangement had been entered into between the two whereby Sher- man was to receive Blaine's support for the nomination and election, and that in case of the elevation of Sherman to the White House MT. Blaine is to be his secretary of state.
 This is interesting if true, and it is as like ly to be true as anything else. At any rate, it will perhaps serve to give the Sherman boom lift. His friends claim BOA delegates to start with, All being a majority. His boom has been managed in such way as not to give just cause of offense to any candi- date, and it looks solid. But time and the voting will test it. If MT. Jones has such 8 letter it will be a severe disappointment to those who still cling to the belief that Mr. Blaine will be nominated. To many it looks even now as if that were the wisest thing
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-14
SOCIAL.

The rife, though not social in it's habits, never goes off by itself.-Harper's Bazaar.
 The centenarian may not ba musician, but it is certain that he is beating time Danville Breeze. ~5. Funny, isn't it, that after man has once given his word he should try so hard to keep ita-St. Albans Messenger.
 afraid, sir, that this tulle is little too diaph- anous.
 Clerk-I ana very sorry, miss, but we have but one priee.-Judge.
 Tramp-"Can you give me something to do, sira'' GentIeman-"What are youa" Tramp-sI'm journeyman, sir." Gent "A journeyman what2" Tramp-"Just 8 journey man, sir; that's my business."- Washington Critic.
 Policeman (to Brown, who is clinging to lamp post)-Shall I help you over to your $ .Brown-No, shunneshy. Housh be (hie) here in minute; can see it eomina- Been round twishe already.-Life. eg
 He was talking to Kentucky audience on the subject of the tariff Said she: .'Take whisky, for instance" when every man in the audience arose with the remark: 'Thank you; don't care if do,n and the lecturer had to stand treat or die.--Texas Siftings.
 Don't you singa'' inquired the musical
 
 "why, how stupid of you"
 eff you'd ever heard me try" said the young man, with an accent of conviction, 'syou'd think it was everlasting smart of me-" Puck.
 Mrs. Johnsing-Dar am mighty pow'ful preacher down at de church, ,Cicely; yo' ought ter come hear i'm.
 Mrs. Yallerby-What he done preach on yest'day 2
 Mrs. .Johnsing-I disremember jus' now; but o Lordyl how he can jus holler an stomp!- Life
 Physician (after consultation)-s'I congrat- ulate you sincerely" Patient (smiling)- ssAm I recoyeringP' Physician-"Not ex- actly that; but on consultation we find that your case is entirely unique and we have decided to give your name to the disease if our diagnosis is confirmed at the autopsy" "- Journal de Medicine.
 ''Sir," said the austere looking man in black to the visitor in St. Louis, "your conven tion here, as we'll as the one at Chicago, was bound hand and foot in the chains of the rum power."
 "rm afraid, friend, that you're sadly off," replied the other ffYou don't know our boys. It would have gone hard with anyone who had tried to force rum on them. Cham pagne was the booze. "-Puek.
 Mrs. Malaprop of North street, who is somewhat vague on the subject of politics and emblems, remarked last night on the way home from the festival that she thought it was captious idea for those politicians to carry bandannas round in their pockets, be- cause they could eat them when they got hungry. 'I see," she said, ''that they're all fond of the red ones, but must say the val Ter ones please my taste the best."-Buffalo Courier.
 They were at the first gate in the moon- light and he had asked her to be his wife. With outstretched arms and throbbing heart he awaited her answer. George" she said, in nervous whisper, ''you must give me time-ycu must give me time. "How long9" he hoarsely asked. Ca day, week, a month, yeara' "No-ne, George" and she quickly scanned the sky, "only until the moon gets
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-14
4 GARRULOUs OLD WOMAN.
A Dispute About Money and a Maj
 Bound to Support His MI M0ther.

A Dispute About Money and a Man
 Bound to Support His Mother.
 From the Chicago Tribuhe.l
 Mrs. Emma Richards and her daughter in-law, Mrs. George Richards, are not on speaking terms. At least that was what the mother-in-law told Judge Prendergast yesterday. For five years, she said, her son, George Richards, had done nothing for her support.
 'tWhat was the matter?" asked Judge Prem dergast.
 "WelI, your honor,n said George, ''she and my wife could never get along. She'd talk us both out of the house." + 'sOhol Listen to thati' broke in Mrs. Emma. "An' me quiet woman as never opens me mout'"
 ''Keep still," cautioned County Attorney Meyer.
 s'And when she left--n began George.
 ssHear himl Hear himin cried Mrs. Rich- ards "He t'rown me out into the alley, your honor."
 "Threw you outa' queried the court.
 Unto the alley, your honor, she prompted. f'It was just after his first baby was born, an he come home worrited one night an picked me up under his arm an t'rown me into the
 i:Where did you go thens"
 "To his sister's." "What's your busipessa" asked the judge of George.
 "I'm a bricklayer."
 "How much do you make"
 "Four dollars a day, but have wife and three children to support"
 "Have you any propertyf
 "No, sir"
 "Hear thatl" broke in the irrepressible mother. "Hes got money in the bank, your honor."
 stI haven't"
 "You have. Your wife said she had $1 TOO an I'd never get cent.
 ftBe quiet :" said Mir. Meyer.
 He's got money" persisted Mrs. Rich ards.
 "Well, be quiet.
 1T don't care what he says, he's got talk" % ~ -
 When the old lady had calmed down, George continued:
 ssI'm in debt now, your honor, for the burial of one of my children last winter"
 .fOhoi It never cost him cent" cried Mrs. Richards.
 stKeep still :" commanded Meyer.
 ttHe had her insured, :" she persisted.
 "And haven't you done any thing for her during the last five years2' asked the judge when Mrs. Richards had again subsided.
 "He never gave me cent!" she broke out with.
 ''I've given her money every time she came to me, your honor."
 "Neyer gave me cent" she reiterated. sWill you be quieta" asked MT. Meyer. "Never gave me cent" echoed the old lady. 'sKeep still," thundered Meyer. "An' he brought me from Canada, where was living with his brother" she persisted. stAn' then he t'roue me out" The judge sighed and entered an order for George to pay $2 week for his mothers sup port.
 oFirst payment today" he added. "Weil, you'll not get it," muttered George. ssMr Meyer" exclaimed the judge, sharply, 1 ''explain to the gentleman what the conse- quences will be if he disobeYs the order of the court" stAn' him sayin' talk," muttered the old l lady as she hobbled out of the room.