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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05
DANGER EVERY WHERE.
seesn.i Vigilance the Price OF Life, Health
and Happiness.

'Bsnce sh0 Price OF Life, Health
ana Happiness.
Danger is made to surround every
ming nowadays. The germ theory has
peopied space, air, water and food with
micro-organisms that threaten death
or disease on every hand. II person
were weighed down, with sense of
.nese dangers, az he might we'll be IL
ne gave full heed to the warnings of
physicians, he might well exclaim,
'Oh! me miserable! whittier shall
hyF And he could hardly fly to a
place where the microscopic germs of
death would not be present with some
warning physician.
We go to bed and behold! there is
death in the pillow. A medical journal
bids us take note OF the fact that dis
ease and death Turk in the very pill
lows and holsters on which we lay our
heads. Whether this is SO or not, the
moral that is drawn from il is good,
and that is, ''bedding ought to be
opened periodically, SO that its CON-
tents may bebeaten with sticks" In
France bed cleansing is followed as
regular trade.
Then again, the hiring OF clothes is
dangerous. In cities it has become an
everyday matter to hire wearing ap-
parel. particularly dress suits, and
these suits are worn by men of all
sorts. of all associations, and possibly
by men who have some infectious dis
ease. II the wearer has not such a
disease. the clothing may be worn in a
place or among people where disease
germs will be taken away in the meshes
ofthe cloth. Costumes for masquerades
and theatricals are worse yet, for they
are more especially worn by the lowest
as well os by the highest. by the vicious
and dcpraved as well as by the decent
anc respectable; and these costumes
are rarely or never washed and are
used until they are worn out.
Books, too, are dangerous. Rub the
finger over q clean sheet, and a thin
streak of dirt perspiration and skin
cells Is the result. Once reading a
volume through leaves a minute de-
post on every page touched, from
from title page to finish. Sick people
leave germs of their diseases. BY de.
grees the hollows fill up. the oil of the
skin tinges the pages and the book be-
comes dirty. Under the microscope
this detritus is heterogeneous. loose,
moist and decaying. One germ intro
auced into it will breed and produce
millions of bacteria and these will live
for unlimited time in the rich soil that
has been gathered from a hundred
hands. 1t is soil for the germs OF
scarlet fever, smallpox and various
blood diseases. Cleanliness is not only
next to Goodness. but it is next to life
and health. and though the germ scare
may be overdone, yet it will produce
good results in the hands of intelli.
gent people.-Good Housekeeping.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05
QUEER sALuTATloNs.

How People greet Each Other I'm Various
Parts OF the Globe.
The Hindoo falls in the dust before
his superior.
The Chinaman dismounts when a
great man goes by.
1t is common in Arabia Petraa to
put cheek to cheek.
In Germany brothers kiss each other
every time they meet.
Germans consider it an act Of polite
to kiss lady's hand.
A Japanese removes his sandals,
crosses his hands, and cries out: "Spare
me-"
Tho Burmese pretend to smell of a
persons face. pronounce it sweet. and
ask for a smell"
A striking salutation In the South
Sea islands is to fling jar of water
over the head OF friend.
In some of the South Sea islands ma
tives spit on their hands and then rub
the face of the complimented person.
The Australian natives practice the
singular custom. when meeting, Of
sticking out their tongues at each
other.
The Arabs hug and kiss each other,
making simultaneously host of in
ouiries about each others health and
prospects.
The Turk crosses his hands upon his
breast and makes profound obei-
sance, thus manifesting his regard
without coming into personal contact
with its object.
A Moorish gentleman rides at his
friends at gallop. shoots his pistol,
and fancies that he has done every
thing in the line Of courtesy which can
be expected of him.
Ar Englishman, meeting his brother
after twenty years of separation. will
say: '.How do you do, Jack?' win
shake hands, and will be quite con-
tented with an answering How are
youP"
The savages of the Pacific ocean rub
each others noses to show their friend
ship, varying this peculiar greeting by
rubbing their faces against the hands
or feet of those for whom they wish to
show their respect and affection.
In Siam man throws himself on the
ground and waits to see whether he
will be raised up and welcomed or
kicked away, the choice of reception
being usually made according to the
personal cleanliness Of the self-abused
saluter.
A race known as the Kalmucks resort
to salute very similar to that of the
Esquimaux. They. too. rub noses, but
before they reach the same spot they
sink upon their knees and creep to-
gether. when the salutation eliminates
in an energetic contact OF the olfactory
organs.-London Tines.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

Be gentle in stimulating the kidneys, 9TH
erwise you viii excite and weaken them.
tetter;s Stomach Bitters to overcome renal
inactivity. Avoid the unmedicated. merry
stlmulants of commerce.. The kidneys have
q delicate membrane easily irritated, ana
upon this the action of such excitants Is per-
nicious. Malarial complaints, indigestion,
rheumatism, neuralgia and biliousness sue
cumb to tho corrective influence OF the Bit
ters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05
HERE AND THERE.


it thorough scrubbing occasionally.
Poultry need no grain during the
summer. Make the hens hunt and find
their food.
There will be more State ana
county fairs this season than in any
previous year.
Plenty of clean water and grass il
all the pig should have during the
warm days. 1t is not beneficial to him
to be fat at this season.
-Watering-troughs by the roadside
at convenient distances are highly ap-
preciated by travellers. and are sure i'm
dications of kind, hospitable farmers.
Calves should have some kind OF
shade during the middle of the day.
II exposed to the heat of the sun too
long they become liable to bowel dis
ease.
Butter should be covered when in
the refrigerator. and should be in an
apartment by itself. and not placed
near meat and vegetables, as it absorbs
odors very readily.
"A handful of linseed meal to the
brood-sow once or twice a week will be
beneficial. 1t is also excellent for the
pigs If given occasionally. especially IL
the food lacks variety.
Experience has shown that mules
bred from thoroughbred mares can
endure more labor and fatigue than
those bred from the common mares,
even when the latter have the advan-
tsge of size.
"A few dollars invested IA paitlt
will not only add to the -attraotiyeness
of the farm. but will save wear and
tear Nothing is SO econ0nical as
paint. 1t ornaments and preserves
the buildings.
| mo farm hand should be retained
as driver who is continually using
the whip. The horse that is permit
ted to work at slow, steady gait will
be more serviceable and be ready for
work every day.
Time intelligently given to bees
will pay equally we'll with that given
to any other kind of farm work. and
where too many are not kept 1t may be
done at such times as not to interfere
with other important work.
The belief that hog will thrive
on any kind of feed. If he has an
abundance of it. and the shiftless. reck-
less way of feeding practiced by many
is the immediate and sole cause of much
of the disease that prevails among the
swine. -
Clean up the front yard tack on thai
loose board or picket slick up and
make home and its surroundings a
neat and CHEEKY as possible. You will
live just as long. have just as good
crops and feel great deal better q
you tidy up bit" Try it.
Keep the bull at work. Makehin
tread and give power for the hay-cut
ter, feed-mill and other Implements
He will then keep in better condition
be more serviceable and be less liable
to become .ferocious. It IS waste o.
power to allow the bull to be idle.
Unless the strawberry beds arr
kept clean the persistent crab-gras
will take possession. Crab-grass grows
rank. and its roots spread out in ever,
direction. It fourishes best on {
warm. sandy soil, but is partial to thu
rich spots. Kill it out on a dry. warn
day.
The pigs usefulness as . mixer
turner and refner Of the manure heal
need only be alluded to. There Seem
TO be q value given the manure worket
over by pigs which neither the theor!
OF the philosopher nor the cructble o
the chemist can account for. Yet u Y
/ positively thera
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

have any effect, and where the patient can
not take it by reason Of its unpleasant in
fuence, cure is promptly obtained by Shall
lenberger's Antidote. 1t cures Immediately.
In no case will there be more than one chill
after the first dose. and in the majority Of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

TIE codling moth does not lay its eggs
till the blossoms fall, and the spraying
should not be done till the fruit il the sise
Of small peas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

A Michigan father commanded his
grown-up daughter not to 60 to pic
mic. but she decided that she was old
enough to be her own boss, and she not
only gamboled under the greenwood
trees. but got married and went "a
housekeeping before night
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05
Heirs wanted.

Information is wanted of the whereabouts
of Johanna Wilson. daughter of Mark
Sweeney, wife of Thomas Wilson, born in
Limerick Co.. Ireland. She is, II living,
heir to an estate. II dead, her children or
next Of kin are wanted. Address, w. J..
Gown, Webster City, Iowa.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

Tn two elderly Misses Rhinelander have
q, O00, 900 between them, and bid fair to leave
It to collateral heirs with wonderfully fat
Accommodations.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

Don't let that beautiful girl fade and
droop into invalidism or sink into an early
grave for want of timely care at the most
critical stage of her life. DR.. Pierce's Fa-
torite Pfestriptio viii aid in regulating her
health and establishing it on drn basis
and may t1Qeker year, Of chronic suffer-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

IT is positively hurtful to use ointment fol
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

CHEss-so named from its principal piece
Cking)-was one Of the earliest inventions
Of the Rindoos. being devised BY o. rahmin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

BUFFALO Bn1, Amelie Rives-C hanler
Belva Ann Lockwood and Whitelaw Reis
formed an interesting group ct recent r.
ception In Paris.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

You hardly realize that 1t il medicine,
when taking Carter's Little Liver Pills; they
are very small; no bad effects; all troubles
from torpid liver are relieved by their use.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

PAu in the Side nearly always comes from
Carriers Little Liver Pills. Don't forget this.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

TnB Russian Government proposes r.
take steps for rendering the rivers Of
Siberia navigable and connecting them By
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

llRA JAMES p. KERNoCHEN has q, 500, 900
in money and real estate at q low estimate.
By the same apportionment Mrs. John C.
Green has at least IS, 600, 000, and Mrs. Ma
son Jones, 30 often called by queer old peo-
pie "Lady Mary Mason Jones" she has 81
100000 Of her own and is contestlng the
Hammersley will besides.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

WE only know ourselves and what w
really are when the force of circumstances
brings US out
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

MRs CRAIa WADswoRTH, who lives in
Washing ton, bnt is New Yorker, IL said
to'be worth @, o00, goo Niss Sarah Hitch
cock 10 not only . society woman, but Is said
20 have In her own right several millions
with which to command society. Mr.. Levi p.
Morton is said to have we'll over 100000
Of her own.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

WHEN cream Il colder than the surround
ing air it takes up moisture and impurities
from the air. When the air u colder tkan
the cream it takes up moisture and what
ever escapes from the cream. In the former
tn the latter case the air helps TO purify the
cream. The selection of creamer should
hinge on what is most desired, highest
quality or greatest convenience and econ
omy in time, space and labor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05
A more pleasant physic
You never will ind
Than Piepce's small "Pellets,"
The Purgative kind.

MRs. MARSHALL o. RoBERrs, who 10 often
pointed out as the most desirable part
among fashionable widows, has . ME In
terest In q, 100000.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

II win nay to shake OF large proportion
Of the fruit from trees that are overloaded.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

TIE man who boasts that ho II ready -
shed his last d,op Of blsod y aYtlp Be par
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

Mrs. FREDERICK STEVENS that was, now
the Duchesse de Dino. is New Yorker still
to the tune Of ten real golden millions Of her
own, and now, one may say, the Dukes, too.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

A crr1zENof Hagarstown, Nd, claims tina
the inside of box in his possession wal
the outside Of part Of the original ccnin o
Washington. -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

THAT virtue which requires to be ever
guarded II scarcely worth the sentinel.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

Mas. W. &. DoDGB Is worth 1900 900.
much of the income OF which she sends to
the heather. Mrs. Robert G0elet II worth
eS,O0,O00, and Mrs. John @. Green, the
widow of the Princeton College patron, h
reputed TO be worth e10, 200, 900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

To m the friend OF sovereign Won must
be without passion, without ambition, with
out egotjsm. clear-sighted and far-si9hted
n short not man.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-10-05

ASK your druggist for ..Tansill's Punch. =
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10

of Jehovah's o%mnipotent hand,
By the R9H ane shall wave over Coiumbia's bright
l al IbIiue-tinted vaults of the s~tar-spangled
.- GEndI' the farmers happy, sweet, happy
home.
uson we'll shout the glad tidings across the
MI. = American farmers are happy and free,
y u ~ breezes of Heaven our banners I'm
80 Ihe Farmers Alliance is leadil G the
world.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
OCCUPATION.

Man must have occupation or be miser-
able. Toll is the price of sleep and appe-
tite, of health and enjoyment. The very
necessity which overcomes our natural
sloth is a blessing. The whole world does
not contain even a brier or thorn which
nature could have spared. We are happier
with the s~terility which we can overcome
by industry than we couldhave been with
spontaneous plenty and unbounded pro-
fusion. The body and mind are improved
by the toll that fatigues them. The toll
is a thousand times rewarded by the
pleasure which it beStows. It's enjoy
ments are peculiar. No wealth can pur-
chase them, nc Incidence can taste them,
They flow only from exertions which
repay the laborer.-N ?. Ledger.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
FEED o HORSES.

An English authority gives expression
to the following: The heavier breeds are
more liable to collie, because they are led
with larger quantities of food generally
of inferior quality. A horse is worked
several hours at a time, brought b me,
and has his manger filed with bulky and
indigestible food which he is allowed to eat
ravenously. The inperfectly masticated
food gooes into the stomach and intestines,
which vital energy has been impaired by
overexertion. Because a horse has done
harder worker than common, he requires
more nutriment; but, theN, this should be
given by extra times of feeding, and bet
ter food, not by increasing the volume of
food at one time.
Horses in our large towns are often
saved from collie by being allowed to
drink frequently at the public troughs
and fountains. By doing this the horse
becomes a good Judge of the quantity he
requires. If a horse comes home from a
hard journey, perspiring freely, do not
allow him to drink his fill of cold water.
Let him stand in the stable till he has
cooled somewhat and is made comfortable.
A little chilled water may be given and a
little good long hay be put into his rack
to take his attention. It will require
thorough mastication, and will have the
effect of preparing the stomach for the
reception of the more concentrated food
which is to follow.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
POLITENESS DOES PAY.

General Passenger Agent Lambert, of
the West Shore Railroad, has a letter
from a Southern lady which may be the
means of bringing promotion to an humble
employee Of the company who was singu
larly polite to her and her niece while
travelling from Saratoga last summer.
They came to. this city on the West Shore
Railroad, and when, near Weehawken
made inquiries about their trunks and
were surprised to learn that their checks
indicated that the baggage had been
shipped by the New York Central and
| Hudson River Railroad. One Of the ladies
was going South by the Pennsylvania
line and the other had a ticket of the Old
Dominion Steamship Company. They
got the ear of the conductor of the train
and poured forth their tale of woe, but he
was a gruff person, and what he said in
reply only aggravated their distress. and
they appealed to a brakeman on the train.
He gave attentive ear to their story and
quickly assured them that they ''need not
worry" He said they would have to go
to the Forty-second street station for
their trunks, and volunteered to act as
guide. When the train arrived at Wee
hawken the brakeman had on his street
clothes, and was awaiting the appearance
of the ladies. He guided them to the
ferryboat, disappearing until it touched
the slip in this city, escorted them to the
street car, and after they had secured
seats stepped out On the platform and re-
NAMED until the Grand Central Station
was reached. He helped the ladies off
the car, led the way to the baggage-room,
got the trunks re-checked, and gracefully
withdrew after receiving the heartfelt
thanks of the strangers.
"His whole conduct" the lady wrote,
"was most gentlemanly and in such
pleasant contrast to the course of the
train conductor that I think he merits
recognition from the company"
Mr.. Lambert read the letter with in
terest and qualification. He promptly
answered it, and then referred the com-
munication to the division superintendent
with a recommendation that the young
man be listed for promotion. Meu York
Times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
A REAL LORD MAYORS SHOW.

Lord Mayor Hamilton, of London, Ohio,
has come to grief with his constituents in
his endeavor to provide them with a real
lord mayors show modelled after the best
English fashion. Upon reading last week
the preparations which his feIlow-ruler in
London, England had made to celebrate
his accession to office Lord Mayor Hamil-
ton determined to show the public what
America could do in the same Gne. To
accomplish this result the sooner he got
g~loriously drunk, and, as the day advanced,
determined to release the unfortunate
prisoners then confined in the county Jail,
the keys of which happened to be in his
possession. Repairing to the Jail Lord
Mayor Hamilton made a neat speech, and
upon its ending unlocked the doors, lib
Grating all the tramps, thieves and prize
fighters of the country. 1t was a glorious
success as a lord mayors show, but I'M
fortunately the people Of the place were
less appreeiative and threaten Lord Mayor
Hamilton with impeachment. They in
sist that the English idea is a little too
advanced as yet for Ohio.-PhIadeEphi0
TSnooc
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
IT GAVE HIM

A commercial traveller tells the story of
himself. 1t was In his early travelling
days; intact, he had been taken out Of
the office to make his first trip on the
route of the regular traveller, who was
sick. He visited two or three cities on
his route, not meeting with much success,
which he attributed to the fact that two
or three other statesmen carrying the same
line of goods were just ahead of him.
Being afraid the house would be dissat-
isfed, and a little doubtful of his own
abilities, he telegraphed his employer:
Better call me in. There are three
rival statesmen ahead of me-"
Instead of calling him in the head of
the house ~telegraphed; "Push ahead.
There are a hundred other fellows behind
you"
So he went ahead, satisfied that he
could at least hold his own with the fell
lows tina, were behind, with the result
that he made such a good trip he was
kept on the road and his salary increased.
He said that idea that there were a lot
of fellows following served to stimulate
him, and he determined to go ahead and
push things to the best Of ms ability, and
he Observation-Disclosures ReuteU.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
THE WHEAT CROP.

The crop of wheat in the United States
in 1889, SO the authorities tell us, is not
after all to to 500, 900 900 bush Is,
or more; in fact it may not equal 1885,
OOO,OOD bushels, against about 20 600, 600
less harves ed in 1883 Worse than this
come the repeated tales of inferior quality
of American grown wheat, particularly
the winter-grown variety. A Minneap-
oils summary of this point is as follows,
and coming from a spring-wheat center,
it may be expected to give all of the par
t~iculars:
"The condition Of winter wheat has
been unsatisfactory in nearly all sections
raising it since grinding on the new crop
began. About the time o. cutting it was
generally called fine in quality and plump.
It is true that the dampness at harvest and
stacking time did much injury and re-
duced permanent thy the quality of much
of il, but wet weather at harvest time
does not shrlvel the grain as some of it is
found to be-. Even in Kansas, there the
yield was large, the wheat, on going to
market, is grading Nos. 4 and 3 to a large
extent making it troublesome to sell very
much of the crop at satisfactory figures.
In Kentucky and in Tennessee the kernel
was fairly plump, but wet weather before
stacking pulled the grain with dampness,
so that much of it heated and musted,
while about all of it suffered seriously in
weight and quality. Grain that was good
for 81 and SO pounds to the bushel when
cut tests but 50 and "a pounds, and some
even less. The Michigan crop proves to
be much poorer in quality than was ex-
pected, with grain unusually light, though
fairly we'll secured from rains. There was
considerable of the wheat in Missouri
that was fine and we'll secured. In Illino S
and Indiana there is serious complaint of
the shrunken wheat, and the larger guam
tity of it required to make a barrel of
-four. Ohio raised a mixed quality, but
with considerable of fine wheat. Taking
the winter wheat sections as a whole
there is disappointment with quality and
with quantity. -RuroJ WORKS.