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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22
WHAT NOT TO 90.

e1wht Mistakes Made by Farmers In All
Parts OF the Country.
To think that any one can farm; that
man who has starved as canvasser
for patent churn or has been unsuc-
ccssful as carpenter can jump into
farming--a business requiring high in-
telligence and persexering efforts
and, being utterly unfamiliar with de-
tails, be able to make money on a farm.
To entertain the idea that a large
farm half stocked and poorly cultivated
pays better than few acres we'll and
carefully titled.
To pay several dollars for good farm
tools and allow them. for want of
proper shelter. to become useless q
wear or SO sooner than they shouldr
To let year after year pass by with
no attempt to improve tho quality OF
the farm stock. Blooded cattle and
horses pay. The cattle make beef
quicker, the cows give more and richer
milk, and the horses are of better
temper.
To let foolish pride or narrow
minded prejudice prevent the adoption
Of new methods when they have been
proven by practical men.
To get up after the san, lean on fork
handle and speculate for an hour or
two upon what the weather Is going to
be. while the weeds get a start. and
then wonder why farming doesn't pay.
To leave lot OF unchopped wood
vet or half-split at the pile, a lot of old
harness hanging ia the kitchen. and
muddy tracks in the dining room, and
expect TO see the women good
To have lot Of half-fed, emaciated.
onesome-looking fowls roosting de-
jectedly in some old tree, when few
good healthy chickens properly housed
would make the poultry yard an honor
Instead Of disgrace, Farmers Call.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22
Buffalo Gnats---how to Kin.

The Southern Livestock Journal has
an instructive letter from louisiana
planter &C. A. Frierson, Frierson's
Mill. Lay. telling how to destroy
buffalo gnats and save mules and
horses at work in the field or else
where. In the spring of 1885 the
gnats wore first very troublesome on
this plantation. when fifteen mules
were lost in one week. The mules
had all the symptoms of collie. and
wore treated accordingly. Mr.. Frier-
son says: 1--WE afterwards learned that
they all died from the effects of the
poisonous bite of the gnat, and could
have been saved but for our ignorance
OF the fact that train oil applied with
a feather or small mop is an abso-
Lutte specific. Since then we buy this
fish oil by the barrel, and furnish
every plowman with small tin can of
convenient form, which is taken to the
field to be applied when needed"
Fish oil is very pungent, and very
likely will kill the ''wolf' in cows
back, and perhaps drive botgrub out
of a horses stomach.
The writer happens to know, from
long experience, that tanners oil is
an excellent remedy for lice on pigs,
calves, colts and other stock, and he
suggests that this oil may be first
class remedy ior hog cholera and
plague, taken with wood-ashes, salt
and sulpher. As farmers we need
something that will kill the germ Of
every form OF swine plague. Sixty
and seventy years ago man and his pig
rarely had kidney disease or plague.
These parasites have come to stay like
the Colorado potato bug and the cur
culio on peach and plum. We should
not be disheartened. but learn to CO.
operate to distroy our enemies when
they are most vulnerable. Watch the
enemy and strike him when practical
BILE. We need more knowledgeof living
parasites. their ways. habits and meth
DDS OF propagation. 1t may pay every
farmer to keep a few gallons OF oil to
fight insects with. ID. Lee. in Dixie
Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22
Room for Reform.

Farming at the South is done at q
great expenditure of physical force
and consequent unnecessary outlay of
money. Some years since we planted
cotton in the use of one mule and one
man to open a furrow, one man to
scatter the seed followed by one mule,
and one man to cover. Now we use
one mule and one man. with ma
chine, and do the work much more
cheaply and much more effectually.
Into every department of farm work
this same principle of economy should
enter. Upon comparison of methods.
it is easy to be seen that the States
ut the South are very far behind
those OF tho North and West in
economy OF time and labor, and. there
fore, in the economy of production.
In these States we find the constant
study to be the saving Of labor at every
point. The management and handling
of every crop is had through machines,
that not only accomplish moro in a
given time. but do the work more
effectually and, therefore. more salts
iactorily.
The loss from producing cotton is
not so much from the low price in the
market as from the cost OF production.
The work necessary to be done has
heretofore been so much manual that
farmers have been forced to employ q
large force of help. that is to he main
tanned during work and oftentimes car
ried over idle seasons in order to be on
hand when needed
The demands in the construction ~
machines for chopping and picking
cotton should be studied and mechan-
ical contrivunces continually applied
until suitable machines are perfected
to accomplish successfully the work.
Corn shelters are far better than a
rough-edged rock and corn huslgers
are much more convenient than wear
ing out the fingers at the slow process
OF pulling the shucl<s in an all day
work that could be finished by ma
chine in an hour.
Reapers and mowers and horse rales
are always under the barn when called
for, and the teams stand ready in the
stalls to draw them; the landlord is
convenient to drive them. These
contrivances all give the farmer
an immense advantage in con-
trolling labor to his own interests.
The larger part OF his work he can do
himself and become independent of
trifiing idlers who abandon the fields
at the slightest censure or the mildest
rcbuke.
The use Of machines is but the
practical embodiment Of convenience
The matter Of convenience. involving
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22
HERE AND THERE.

The carrot is the root crop pre-
ferred by horses. The mode of feeding
carrots to horses is to chop them fine
and give each horse half peck three
times week.
Plant trees along the roadside
now. and do not delay it until spring.
Drains along the road should be kept
open. the roads leyeled and put in the
best condition for winter
Try the experiment of packing
few sweet potatoes in layers. with dry
dirt between the layers. and keep
them in some place where the temper
ature will not get below the freezing
point.
Satisfy (called oyster plant) is
very hardy and may remain in the
ground in the rows through the winter
without injury. 1t is not cultivated as
extensively as it should be, although it
is one of the best and hardest vege
tables known.
Bulls are dangerous animals, and
a majority OF the injuries received oc-
cur from placing too much confidence
in gentle bulls, which suddenly and
unexpectedly attack the attendant. A
bull will usually prove obedient when
young, but it is seldom that a fully
matured bull is sale.
Plaster is an excellent material for
sprinlxling over manure that is being
mixed with urine. in order to absorb
the liquids, and also serves admirably
for deodorizing the stalls to certain
extent. 1t is not caustic, like lime.
and consequently does not cause sore
feet. as is sometimes the case when
other deodorizers are used.
System in storage and place for
every thing is as necessary in the
barns and stables as in the dwelling
house. The loss of time in hunting
for an article is much more than the
time spared to put it in a proper place.
Every thing should be where it can DO
found easily when wanted. and every
animal in the stables should have its
appropriate stall.
The Mirror and Farmer calls atten-
ton to the fact that geese can do good
work on any location overrun with
weeds. when the weeds are young.
Many kinds OF young weeds arc pre-
ferred to grass by geese. and especial
" plantaiu and purslane. Geese go
right down to the roots for the plants,
and effectually keep them down il tho
flock is a large one.
-Stockmen who have made obser-
vations in feeding swine are claiming
that some of the breeds have lost yigor
by long-coutinued feeding OF corn as
an exclusive food. Corn is deficient
in mineral matter, especially OF lime.
and the use OF corn leads to degener~
acy. Only by varied diet can the vigor
be maintained. lnjudicious feeding
leads to disease and loss.
What is usually termed chicken
cholera is caused by the fowls partak-
ing of impure food or drink, generally
the former A fowl that dies from ac-
cident or other cause. and is thrown
into the weeds or bushes. is sure
forerunner of cholera The flock is
sure to find the remains. and. by peck
ing and scratching about it. become
contaminated and develop chole "a
d.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22
"A Philadelphia newspaper eava

"A Philadelphia newspaper Gays
that the prevailing impression that the
''old-time, PREDETERMINED, sugar.
scoop Quakers" are dying out lie err
roneous, at least as far as Philadelphia
is concerned. Twenty-Five years ago
the same impression prevailed, but to-
day tho benches in the meeting
houses are as full as then. The ex-
PLANTATION is that after coquetting with
worldly ways and fashions for sea-
SON the young generation of Friends
undergo a reaction and gradually fall
Into the same ways and the same
austere life. even to the plain garb OF
their grandfathers and grandmotners.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

and money experimenting with doubtful
remedies. when DIR. Pierco's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery is so positively certain in its
curative action as to warrant its manufact-
urers in supplying to the public, as they are
doing through druggists, under duly ex-
ecoted certificate Of guarantee, that it will
accomplish all it is recommended to do, or
money paid for it will be promptly returned.
It cures torpid liver or biliousness, indi-
gestion or dyspepsia, all humors, or blood
taints, from whatever cause arising, skin
and scalp diseases, scrofulous affections,
(not excepting consumption, or lung-scrof-
ula), II taken In time and given o fair trial
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Things TO Ponder.

Judge John w. Brown, OF Epson
County, Ga, recently addressed the
Farmers Academy Alliance. in which
he gave them the following advice:
There are thiNgs being done in our
midst that nre wrong. and the men
who do this wrong are religiously and
morally as good men as we have. They
certainly do not think they are doing
wrong. BY the force OF custom or
common consent they are drifting along
in their department. controlled by the
one idea of making money. without
stopping to consider whether they are
doing right or wrong SO the GUS
tom OF trade sanctions what they do.
A wagon that cost them $51, they
sell TO poor man for $75, take q
mortgage on the same and mule to
secure the payment. Twenty-four
dollars profit on an investment OF $51.
Extortion is said to be great wrong.
II this is not extortion would like to
see the word defined. And as if to.
make the wrong worse, they will sell
the same wagon to man who is always
prompt in payment for $40 less, thus
making light the burdens Of him who
is going easily along. and adding TO
the same OF him who is already stag
gering under his load. If the first
come up and pay as the last. nothing
is given him back. l want to beg the
merchants of our town who are SO
clever and kind socially. to stop
and look at this from the stand
point Of right and justice. We take it
for granted that the wagon is no ex-
ception, but answers for a rule that
runs through the whole business It
is wrong to sell to the landlord cheaper
than TO his tenant. and it is wrong for
the landlord to be party to such a
transaction.
"How much sunshine would $40 bring
around many POOR mans hearthstone
on Christmas morning If one good
Christian hereabout even thought of
the struggle that thousands OF poor
i0i AiCto AuonO " uACCt o4CAA OVAAf5s
lions due October and November next
Their children-girls, as we'll as boys
and oftantimes the wife and mother
herself. toiling in the dews OF morning
and hot sun of evening. bringing on
disease and premature death by ex-
posure. doing all in their power to help
the father and husband pay the debt
he owes. stinted in food and clothing.
while the members of his (the mer-
chant's) household can indulge every
luxury and grow tired for want of
something 10 do.
II hope the Alliance will soon be able
to arrange SO that they can buy at the
same price. lexpect great benefit on
this line from our exchange. 1t will
be grand pricing department. by
which we will be able to know the
price OF every article we want to pur-
chase where it is made. Then If our
merchants can sell to us at the Same
prices We will buy from them. Other
wise we can buy through the ex-
change And through that depart
ment we hope some time in the future
10 price some things we have to sell. "
Southern Cultivator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

REV. DIR. BELL, Editor Of the Md Cont
nsnt, Kansas City. No., says in its issue Of
Oct LIST, 1887:
1t is to be believed that DR.. Shallenberg-
er, of Rochester, Pa, has sure remedy for
Fever and Ague. A gentleman in our en-
ploy suffered greatly FROM Malaria, and
tried many remedies to no purpose; when,
seeing this ANTIDoTE advertised, tried it,
was Immediately relieved, and finally cured.
This was two years since, and he has had
no return OF his trouble.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

OF health and strength renewed and Of
ease and comfort follows the use of Syrup
OF Figs, as it acts in harmony with nature
to efectually cleanse tho system when
costive or bilious For sale in SOC and $40
bottles by all leading druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

Oregon, the Paradise Of Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain aud abundant
in the world. Full Information free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board Portland, Oregon
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

generally a happy man. If you are not
happy 1t may be because you have not found
your proper work. We earnestly urge all
such persons to write to B. F. johnson &
Co., 1000 Main street, Richmond, Va, and
they can show you q work in which you can
be happily and probably employed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

DID you ever go within mile Of soap
factoryl II so you know what material
they make soap Of. Dobbins' Electric Soap
factory is as free from odor as q char
factory. Try it once. Ask your grocer for it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

'sNEvER BEFORE" says the Paris CORE
spondent Of the London Telegraph, sshas
work been so abundant and so well re-
Enumerated IA the city as during the exhibit
ton season.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

To REGULATE the stomach, liver and bowels,
and promote digestion, take one of Carterss
Little Liver Pills every night. Try them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

TnE regular down-East Yankee pro
punciaticn, according to u writer in Notes
aud Queries, must have como from Essex.
The same twang is observed 10 the speech
there as in New England, such words as
blue, true or through being pronounced
blew, trew and threw, with double ..
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

A PLAIN gold ring was lately found by .
Washington IN. CD man iAbedded ia
large block OF ice
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

DoN'T Wheeze and cough when Hale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar will cure.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

I1you are tired taking the large, old fash
ioned gripping pills, try Carter's Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort. "A man can't
stand everything. One pill dose. Try them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

Nh. LABoUcHERE says that II the Prince
OF Wales wero to appear in petticoats the
streets OF London would soon Be filed with
men in the same garments
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

POLICE JUDGE--"State how the trouble
originated" Accused-"We was hoidin' (
debatin' society, and said / had the floor,
and he called me a liar.o Judge-"Whaf
until we were arrested we both had the
floor"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

In analyzing the contents of the stomach
Of sn oyster nothing but vegetable matter
has ever been found.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

MRS. SrAaoErs-sWe are TO have dear
mother tor dinner, James" StagRers--
"All right. Sec that shc is thoroughly
co0ked.n
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

ssIN what light" asked the teacher, ss1Ad
the Emperor Nero regard the Christians at
Romer And the smart bad boy thought it
was . torch-light.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

WHAT people call the eye Of tho oyster
Is scientifically known as the abducta
MUSCLE
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

WHEN the Gar of Russia visits hts father.
in-law, the King Of Denmark he pays all
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

MARY-'.Mebby I'm ugly now, mum, but
IA me day I've broken great many hearts ("
Mistress-'Weli, Mary, il you handled
hearts the way you do my best china, be-
ieve YOU"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR. Isas
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. q
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

The highest structure of masonry in the
world is tho National Museum recently
completed at Turin. The gilt statue on the
top Of the spire stands five hundred and
thirty-eight feet from the ground.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

No STRANGER should visit the city withou
smoking "Tansill's Punch" SC. Cigar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

THE King of Italy recently visited the
tomb Of Garibaidi and placed upon it .
wreath.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

"RAIsE your right hand" said the court.
ssDo you solemnly swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,
so"- "Hoid up, judge" interrupted the
witness; cant you mitigate that sentence
just littlel You know I've been in poll
tics for GOOD long whilc.''
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

To RAVE a plentiful supply Of early
greens next season sow turnip seeds and
allow the turnips to grow and remain in
the ground during the winter. A slight
covering Of straw win protect them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

The proper way to control The growth Of
geraniums is TO pinch back their growth
and to remove buds as the plant is losing
its proportion. This method does not In
terfere with the vitality Of the plant and
prevents much useless growth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses OF Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

Thousands Of cures follow the use Of DIR.
5age's Catarrh Remedy. 80 cents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

The salaries of colonial governors arc
very high. New Zealand pays 1850 q
year; bermuda, 93000; Jamaica, 46.0O0;
Feejee, $4,000, and British Guiana, 95,OO0
The entire Feejee revenue is only R75,000.
There Is only a handful of whites there.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

Is believed TO Be caused By poisonous niasms
arising from low. msrshy land or from dccaying
vegetable matter. and which. bFeathed into TIE
lungs. enter and poison the blooi. II : healthy
condition Of the blood Is maintained by tating
Hoods earsapariIla, one Is much less lIabls 20
malaria. and Hoods sarsaparilla has cured many
severe oases Of this distressing snection.
NIB lfyou decide 70 tsks HQQd's saxsaparilla
DO nos b induced TO buy any other.
Hoods SareaparilIa
sold b. III druggists q: stx for& Prepared o.is
By G. l. HOOD co. Lowell. Mss.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-22

OYsrKRs win quickly freeze in cold
weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-05
THE BALL PLAYERS.
The Game This Afternoon-Sulliyan
and His Men.

The bright sun has dried the earth at Stand
pipe Park sufficiently to allow a game TO be
played today between Washington and Hamil-
ton, Ont, and thus the park will witness its
first real ball game That Of Thursday hardly
counted, although it served to stave of the
possible dedication Of the new grounds beyond
Friday, q most unfortunate day on which to
open ball park. If there is any virtue at all
In the luck theory it applies to base ball, which
Is the most lucky game ever played. Both
teams will exert themselves to the utmost to
win, Washington having a record to make in
view OF the game in Baltimore on Thursday.
Maloney will probably pitch for Washington.
MANAGER sULLIvAN's METHODS.
The home team is fortunate in the interest
that Manager Sullivan takes in his men. He is
constantly encouraging them to do their best
and urging them to play for the general good.
He remarked to Bird on Thursday, Don't try
to make record. Play to win. I'd rather see
you go for a ball you know you can't get than
keep away from it and save an error. Go for
everything you see and remember that 1t isn't
the Items that count, but the grand total"
This good advice is supplemented every few
minutes by remarks to the men as they 60 to
the bat or as they leave the bench for the field.
He is constantly alert to see that there is a
proper amount of coaching done, and he o.
casonally gives the coachers a tip or two as to
what to do. Every time the men come in from
the field they are met with the remark that
i've need three runs this time-hit the ball on
the nose, every man." There is the greatest
good feeling between manager and neil, an
atmosphere which, if continued, will tend to
bring out the best there is in every player on
the team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-05
ANOTHER RAILROAD PROJECT.
Proposed Iron Bridge for Steam Cars
on the AQueduct Piers.

Mr.. Lee yesterday introduced bill in the
House incorporating the Georgetown Unior
Bridge and Railway Company. Messrs. Geo.
G. Boteler and James E. Clements of Virginia
George W. Cissell, George J. johnson. Lynn O.
De Lashmutt, L. d. Wine, T. E. Roessle of the
District of Columbia, Otterbridge Horsey, D.
C. Winebrenner of Maryland. William L. Brad.
ley aid r. S. Bradley Of Massachusetts, are
named incorporators.
The company propose to build an iron bridge
on the piers Of the present Free bridge from N
street across the Potomac river under the
roadway of the bridge strong enough to carry
the necessary cars. The company is author
lied to lay tracks and run trains operated by
steam or otherwise, and also to tunnel through
the approaches of the present bridge. support
ing the walls with masonry arch. The new
project is not to interfere with the travel on the
present bridge. Land for passenger and freight
depot &C., is to be obtained by purchase or by
condemnation at the north end of the presen,
bridge and power is also given to construct an
approach for Water street, where it now passes
under the Free bridge, and to construct a rail.
road thereon. The capital stock is to be $780,,
600 in 800 shares.