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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

A very amusing case has just been de-
cided in Frankfort police court. 1t
appears that a cook, no longer quite
young, was courted by tailor somewhat
younger than she. On Sundays. and oc-
casionally during the week, the gallant
lover was in the habit of taking his lady
for extended promenades and visits to
restaurants, where the latter always
paid the expenses. She also provided
him regularly with his supper. Pres
emily, however, the awful truth was
brought home to the cook that she was
not the only ''friend" ON whom the man
Of the scissors and the needle lavished
his affections. Nothing 10th, she went
70 the nearest police court, suing the
faithless one for the expenses Of Al the
elendestine meals provided By. her and
! sll re 8. nonsI sgeal xn e ''vstk'ns ess
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

A billin the Georgia Legislature which
prohibits the sale of seed cotton between
the dates August Is and December Is,
meets with considerable opposition. The
object was to prevent renters and others
from rushing in and breaking down
prices so early in the season, also to pre-
vent the sale of the seed, but thu OPP
ponents said small farmers wanted to
take their pickings to town as soon as
gathered to get needed supplies. and,
should the bill pass, they would be COM
peeled to ask some larger planter to let
them put their cotton in their bales in
order to sell it.-Farmers' Home Jour
nal
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rerr.cins. DitchIns and LeveeIns.

1t is surprising to note the very little
attention given to terracing, ditching
and leveeing in the average Southern
farm. Not unfrequently good farmers
are guilty of carelessness in laying off
rows amounting to criminal depletion
and utter ruin of the land. No farmer,
however skilled, can hope to retain to
q field its fertility with the rows laid
contrary to the laws of nature and good
drainage. Water, though soft and plia-
BILE, can, when brought to proper play,
rip and devastate iron, much less mel
low, yielding soil. have noticed on
rolling lands rows laid with such ex-
treme fall as to occasion great washouts
at every freshet- On perfectly level
land it scarcely makes any difference
as regards the direction of rows, but
on land the least undulating great
care should be exercised if any con-
sideration is to be given to the retention
of the soils fertility. The cuts and
plots on land more or less rolling should
be small and many, rather than large
and few, to furnish system of drainage
less liable to wash. These should be
supplemented and assisted in conduct
ing excessive rainfall by series Of
properly pitched and directed terraces,
or In farmers ailance sslevees." The
more falling the land, the more neces
sary they are and the larger number r
the cut. They should run contrary X
the rows and somewhat diagonally,
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terisl displacement or injury to tho
land, conducting the water gradn-
ally and uniformly into bitches,
headrows or elsewhere, consistent
with good drainage. Early in the
spring before bedding the land is
the best time to put them in. 1t
solidifes their base and makes them
less liable to break. Never pillow
through them in cultivating the crop,
but FLUSH" them up with five or six fur
rows to the row, with turn-plow two or
three times during a season, and keep
weeds chopped down. They are of in
calculable value to both land and crops.
To those placing them without previous
experience, l would advise the use of a
land-level, first seeing that the rows
have sufficient fall to conduct water un-
aided without breaking at any point.
Lay the terrace of in a manner to take
the water in nearly an opposite direc-
ton to that which the rows do, giving
just sufficient slant to prevent washing
or stagnation. The number of terraces
to the cut depends upon the size of the
cut and the degree of slope of the land.
Ditching, when done thoroughly and
in accordance with practical engineer
ing, is, to inundating land, of equal
value and of more lasting benefit than
fertilization, inasmuch as it is natural
fertilization and protection. Not infre-
quently is ditching found beneficial to
land not subject to OVERLOOKING, viz: un-
foreground drainage to marshy bank
lands, damp, slaky, salty land, and to
stagnant, sagy, swampy land. They can
be easily redeemed by series of capa.
BILE bitches, we'll kept, supplemented by
judicial and proper fertilization.
Leveeing, under certain conditions
and as protection to low lands, is a
very great and practically only shield
to land liable to occasional or annual
overfiows. A very large territory in
Lower Louisiana is made cultivatable
and safe by virtue of a system of strong
levees.-T. ID. Foster, in Dixie Farmer
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THE vAcABoNp QUEEN.
Queer Actions Of Good-Natured, Happy.
Go-Lucky Isabella OF Spain.

Quoer Actions OF Good-Natured, Happy.
Go-Lucky Isabella OF Spain.
It is difficult to understand why tho
Spaniards, a proud, sensitive people,
should have submitted so long to ruler
whom they could not respect; her good
hearted, happy-go-lucky nature seemed
10 cast charm over them. Her total
lack Of reticence appealed to them; they
could follow so easily all the workings
of her mind, whether, with childish petu-
lancy, she was reproducing her Minis
tiers with betraying her, or confessing
with remorse she had wronged ther,. II
her sins were open, so was her repent
ance; year by year, when Holy Week
came round, this woman, who, for the
other ffty-one weeks had been outrag-
ing every law, human and divine.
kneeled in church for the hour together,
and with loud sobs and groans, pro-
claimed her sorrow for the past, her res
olution to make atonement in the future.
Her subjects, seeing her sorrow, sor-
rowedrtoo, and, when Easter Day ar
rived, were as convinced as she was that
new era in her life was at hind. The
Maundy Thursday ceremony neverfailed
to win for her hearty adherents.
She washed the feet of the beggars
with such. manifest zeal; spoke to
them such kindly, loving words; served
them with food as If she thought it a
privilege to do SO, and, at the close Of
the feast, cleared the table. with dex-
terity that showed her heart was in her
work. Her splendid robes-she always
wore full court dress upon these occa-
sions-seemed to enhance the touching
humility of her attitude, and, although
the free-thinking part of the community
scoffed at what they called the Popish
mummery of the whole affair, that was
not the feeling with which the bulk of
the population regarded it. One year,
while she was serving at table, dia-
mond fell from her head-dress on to the
plate of one of the beggars. A dozen
hands were stretched out to restore the
jewel, but the Queen motioned to the
man to keep it, remarking simply: at
has fallen to him by lot" Her gener-
osity was unbounded; it is not in her
nature to say mo" to beggar; while
the one point upon which she made q
Arm stand against her Ministers was in
insisting upon her right to exercise
mercy, and the hardest struggle she
Never had with them was apropos of a
pardon granted at the request Of Restori.
A Queen has many chances of doing
little gracious acts, and Isabella never
failed to seize each one as it came in her
way; not, however, for the sake of win
ming popularity, but simply to follow
the bent of her own nature, which, as
she showed the other day, is still un-
changed, for she of all Paris was the
first to remember that Prado's victim
needed help and comfort.-Gentleman'
Magazine.
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usEs OF coTToN-sEEo.
IT'S History Parallelcd Only by That Of
Crude Petroleum.

->@~-~~
Crude Petroleum.
The history of cotton-seed is in itself
Interesting, and marks an age of won
derful progress. For seventy years the
seed was despised as nuisance, and
burned and dumped as garbage. Then
It was discovered to be the very food for
which the soil was hungering, and re-
luctantly admitted to the rank of utili-
ties, and began to be treated with re-
spect.
Cotton-seed was next found to be nu-
tritive food for beasts; and then this
formerly despised product was dis
covered to hold thirty-fve gallons Of
pure oil to the ton, worth, in its crude
state, fourteen dollars ton, which
amounted :, forty million dollars for
the whole crop of seed. The refined oil
Is now worth one dollar gallon.
But q new wonder was yet to come.
Experience showed that the ton of cot
ton-seed was better fertilizer and a
better stock food after it had been
robbed of its thirty-fve gallons of oil
that it was before; that the bulls of the
seeds made the best of fuel for feeding
the oil-mill engine; that the ashes of
the bulls had the highest commercial
value as potash, and that the s'refuse"
of the whole made the best and purest
soap stock, to carry to the toilet the per
fumes of the best manufacturers.
The history of cotton-seed has, per-
haps, been paralleled by that of petrol
cum, which, in its crude state, ill-look-
ing and -bad-smelling, has proved a mine
of wealth in the wonderful substances
that have been produced from it,
Youths Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

Oatofrn3l Dc8AnGS8-k13y Fcvef-A new
Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence of living parasites
in the lining membrane Of the nose and
eustachian tubes. Microscopic research,
however, has proved this to be fact, and
the result Of this discovery is that o simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not snu6 or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious. A pamph
let explaining this new treatment is sent or
receipt Of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. II. Dixon & Son, cor. Of Johr
and King Street, Toronto, Canada--Chrfs
tian Advocate.
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above
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Consumption surely Cured.

To THE EprroR:-Please inform YOU
readers that l have positive remedy fol-
the above named disease By its timely
use thousands Of hopeless cases have beer
permanently cured. ] shall be glad to SEND
two bottles of my remedy FREE to an,
of your readers who will send me their ex
press and post office address.
Respectfully, T. A. SLocUM, N. c..
1Sl Pearl street, New York
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Did Won Read

The large advertisement Of THE YouTH's
COMPANION which we published last week!
circulation Of 43O, 900 copies weekly No
other journal is more welcomed by old and
young in the families throughout the land.
The publishers make special C6r once 9
year, and to all who subscribe now will
send the paper free 10 Jdnttary 4, 1880, aud for
q full year from thot ddts. The subscription
price is $l.75. Address,
THE YoUTH's COMPANION, Boston, Mass
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

Whether on pleasure bent or business,
should take on every trip bottle of Syrup
Of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and ef-
fectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels,
preventing fevers, headaches and other
forms Of sickness.
For sale in SOC and 500 bottles by all
leading druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

STUDENTS, Teachers, Clergymen, and
others in need of change Of employment
should not fail to write TO B. +. johnson q
Co., 1909 Nam st., Richmond, Va. Their
true ideas about making money. They can
snowy how to employ odd hours probably.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

A FISHERMAN at Doylestown, Pa, saw
. sunfish swallow bee, and few min
utes later saw the fish on the water
dead. He cut it open and the bee few
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

"HoSEYMooN ROW" is the name given
a row of houses at West Chester, Pa,
occupied by newly-married couples ex-
clusiYelY.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

BRIGADE" meant originally noisy
crew or company, from Italian brigare,
to brawl. 1t is of course q near relative
of "brigand."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

ANXIOUS father Of nine blooming
daughters (attired in his night-clothes
and examining the bed-posts): "Maria,
are the children all in? / can find only
eight Jumps of gum"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

SOMEBODY who believes in old-fash-
toned methods of discipline recently
sent young lady teacher in Maine
bundle of shingles.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

A VETERAN trapper Of Belfast, Me-, Is
engaged in the novel business of catch
ing wild hares to ship to sportsmen who
wish to stock game preserves.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

Oregon, the Paradise Of Farmers.
Mild equabie climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit. grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full Information free. Addres!
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
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Ar the rate Of increase In the past few
years the wool crop of Colorado will soon
exceed in value the output of her silver
mines.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

A DANDELIoN which has grown to thu
top Of ten-foot pole is the product OF
New Haven truck patch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

PRorEssoR Occurring to medical
students)-For this illness, gentlemen,
there are but two remedies, and neither
of them will do any good"
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YoU can't help liking them, they are 80 very
small and the: r action is so perfect One pin q
dose. Carriers Little Liver Pills. Try them
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CHATrERroN, the child Of genius and
misfortune, destroyed himself ct
eighteen.
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SANTA CRuz, CAL, reports . thirteen.
months-old baby that can swim like .
duck.
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If You have ever used Dobbins' Electric
during the "a years it has been sold, you
knop that it is the best and purest family
soap made. II you haven't tried it, ask your
grocer for it now. Don't take imitation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-12-28

Do NOT suffer from sick headache moment
longer. 1t is not necessary. Carter's Little
Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one little
pill. Small price. Small dose. Small pill
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Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, dis
gushing everybody, but use DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy.
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GoIDssurn's s'vicar Of Wakefield" was
sold for . trihe to save him from the
grip Of the law.
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SAVAGE died in prison at Bristol,
where he was confined for . debt Of
forty dollars
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CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure In one minute
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II aflictcd with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaa<
rhompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell IT. 2o<
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BRONCHITIS Is cured by frequent small
Hoses Of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
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MARYLAND expects to produce 10000.
900 bushels Of oysters this year.
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For Reading Clubs for Amateur Theatricals, Tenn
perance Plays. Drawing Room Plays. Fairy rlsys'
Tableaux Lights. Magnesium Lights. Colored FIRE.
Burnt Cork Theatrical face Preparstionst yesrieys
Charades, and Paper Scenery. New Catalogues sens
FREEs FREEs EREEs FREE
Containing many novelties full description and prices
SiNUEL FRENCH Z SON, 20 West Esd St. n. Il
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Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles shoul
carefully read the above
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-06
THE SACRAMENTO SOLONS.
Hon. stephen M. White Defends the
a,aw Library Bill.

SACRAMENTO, February 5.-In the SEN
ote this morning, Moffitt of Alamenda,
,moved that a committee of three be ap-
no;nted to investigate the doings OF the
journal clerks He said that the journal
was ten days behind and it was some
bodv's fault. Somebody was lncompe-
tent, The chair appointed Moffitt, Hea-
cocI and Caminetti on the committee.
The special order for the morning was
then taken up. 1t was to recon
slider the vote by which the
Senate will convene on and alter
February l5, at 10 A. N. Uoucter, t .h.
whose motion it was, explained tna1 m Che
work is accommodating very fast. Inc
sessions should commence sooner. he
then moved that the Senate convene al
10 o'clock on and after Friday next. Gar
ried. .tod ond placed
on f;Ie from the Oakland Typographlcal
Union requesting that the once OF o5ate
Printer be elective: .,od
The following bills. we're introduced
and referred to the proper commlI!ses
Rv Heacock, of Santa Barbara, providlne
tbat the department OF the superior
Court Con- presided over by. Judge =. =, y
Greoorv shall cease to exist when JuGgt
Greg Greggory,s term expires; by Mcdonald
- o Son Francisco. increasing the pho
charces in San Francisco haInor; o.
Row Rnwers @ of San Diego, providing INA Ina
the tract of land known as me pueol' p;tu =
of San Diego be included III 'no wy
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-06
HARASSED HARRISON.
Blaine May Decline thc Secretary.
ship of state.

INDIANAPOLIS, February $50 far as
can be learned here, Window for the
treasury seems to be fixed fast. That
he has been, or will be, rendered the
place is accepted on all sides. On the
other cabinet places nothing new has
developed, and while it can be traced
to no certain source, all agree in
the opinion that Rusk will be the next
Secretary of War. There was a rumor
this evening that word had been received
from Blaine that he would not accept the
State Department, but it could not be
verified. On the strength of the rumor
there was considerable discussion as to
who would get that place, and it is the
general belief that, should he finally de-
Cline, Evarts would be the choice of
General Harrison.
General Harrison had great number
of callers to-day, among them Colonel
John Mosby. He is on his way to Wash
ipgton to look after claim he has against
the Government. He would not object
seriously to going back as representa-
tive of the Government to Hong Kong.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-06
ANOTHER RANK hUMOR.
A Gay baroness, a Trusty Game
Keeper and a kaAh Forester.

A Gay BarOness, Trusty Game-
Keeper and a KaAh Forester.
LONDON, February 5.-The Munich
correspondent of the Daily Ne,cs says he
believes the following story of Crown
Prince Rudolph's death is the true one !:
On Tuesday afternoon last baroness,
whose name is not given but who is beau
tiful girl, came to Meyerling andltook up
his quarters in the gamekeeper's house
near the castle. Her presence was known
only to the gamekeeper and his wife.
At midnight, when Rudolph had dis.
missed his guests, he visited her. The
Crown Prince had been about an hour in
the gamekeeeper's when forester,
tquipped for the mornings chase.
going to consuls the gamekeeper
knocked loudly rp)n the do6.
The window was opened and a
man jumped out and fled. The forester
fred at the fugitive, who fell and tainted,
having been shot in the shoulder. de
was recognized as the Crown Prince and
the forester hastily summoned help and
carried him into the gamekeeper's house.
The Baroness, thinking Rudolph was
dead, quickly took something from her
travelling bag. and before she was no.
ticed fell dead on the floor. Rudolph re-
vived and was taken by his own orders
+, the castle. His valet
piled him with anxious questions,
but Rudolph said emphatically, 81 have
fallen and my nose is bleeding; 60 away,
l wish to be alone" Rudolph then
locked the door and shot himself. The
baroness was buried on Thursday in
Heiligenkrauzin convent, where other
members of her family are in
tered. The Journal des Debats
of Paris, has a similar story, except
that it says Rudolph was mortally
wounded by the forester and died in
half an hour and that the game-keeper
went into the woods and shot himself.
The story of the suicide, it says, was in
vented to hide the truth.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-06
-----------------
hoard of k.uuCa tiO n. q.

The Board of Education met las night
in regular session, a full board present.
MIR. John H. Jones and Mr.. Geo. Pike
appeared before the Board in regard to
securing release from the payment OF
taxes on lots at the corner of Fourth and
Los Angeles streets, claiming exemption
by reason of an agreement with Mr..
Briefly. They were requested to pro-
cure statement from Mr.. Briefly.
A Anumber of bills were allowed.
The applications of Mr.. W. B. FIack-
elton, Miss l.. j. Kendall, Miss Carrie
Neukom, Miss Lizzie Shultz and Miss
Chartella Moore for positions as teachers
were presented and referred to the
Teachers committee.
Deputy Superintendent Baker made a
request for kindergarten material, in or
der to introduce that kind of work in the
public schools. On motion he was au-
thorized to expend $S3 for that purpose.
The matter OF payments on the con-
struction of the Montgomery street and
Tenth street school buildings was brought
up, upon the presentation OF bills fol-
50 900 and 81 ,0C0 respectively. The
Board decided to visit the buildings at 8
O'Clock this afternoon before taking ac-
ton. The Board then adjourned.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-06
sror,aueous Combustion.

SAN Francisco, February .5.-,A ire
broLe ont early this morning in the hold
81 the British ship Princess Alexandra,
~ ir;na % at the wharf. The sails Of the ship
had e heen removed and placed in the
hold while damp. They lgnlteu 'hln h,,
morning, as far as can be ascer.aln1u, i. ~, oy
spontaneous combustion and were amos, S,
mpletely destroyed. Several T ., tne are
crossbeams were also burned. M Inc hie
burned for over three hours. Inc SUI
arrived from Greenock abont tour week M
ago and was about to be taken 70 TOT u,
Costa to take in cargo. Inc damas'
amounts to $4,000.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-06
THE KANGAROO COURT.
The Mem Concerned I'm IL Given 3
Aays Further Time tn latl.

The Mem Concerned I'm II Given sc
Hays Further Time tn Iatl.
Three of the men who participated in
tho .kangaroo" court of the County jail
Monday were taken before Justice Savage
yesterday on the charge of battery, and
sentenced to thirty days each. Theil
names are Howard, Sharp and Harriet
all OF them in for petty charges. The
name of the man who was beaten by
them was Charles Johnson. No sooner
had he entered the tank than he was
seized by several men and charged with
having broken into the Jail
without permission. He declined to
stand the trial and suffer the penalty
which they proposed and resisted, He
was then severely pounded about the
head and face. Some ten or twenty
were concerned in the affair, but the
man was only able to identify three Of
them. Captain Darcy swore out the
complaint and he expressed it as his
determination to suppress all inhuman
performances of this sort forever here
after