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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
A Turks Plano.

The late Leopold de Meyer, of Ores
den, brilliant and popular pianist in
his day, was once summoned to play
before the sultan at Constantinop.e.
Going thither, he borrowed grand
piano from one of the Austrian sec. E.
taries of legation, and had it set up in
a large reception room at the palace.
There he awaited the coming of tae
sultan; but when that intelligent
monarch entered the room he startsd
back in alarm, and demanded of his 1T
tendants what that monster was stan l.
ing there on three legs. Explanations
followed, but were in vain The legs
had to be taken off, and the body of
the instrument laid fat on the floor;
and Leopold de Meyer, squatting cross
legged on a mat, went through his pro-
gramme as best he could in that awk-
ward attitude and without pedals.
But the commander of the faithful
was delighted. and, when the last piece
was played, gave the artist over thou
sand pounds a. 'sbacixsheesh. "-'
Drake's Magazine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

japanese wo:len sent to the Co
lumbar exposition silk embroidery SO
exquisite as to make almost all other
work of the sort look clumsy by COM
parison. 1t was mostly in the form of
panels and screens. and SO faithfully
reproduced nature as to rival the work
of the brush. Especial mention should
be made of their marvellous success and
fidelity to nature in reproducing the
iridescent plumage of the duck, which
no brush ever SO faithfully portrayed.
The work bears microscopical exami-
nation, appearing more beautiful the
closer it is scrutinized.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
AMONG THE CHICKENS.

Fowls two 0f three years old, and
not closely related, are best for breed
ers.
Let the chickens have the kitchen
refuse, but not after it has become sour
and disgusting.
1T is where fowls receive the least
care that the complaints of their un.
profitableness are loudest.
lin poultry keeping theory is good,
provided it gives the practical results
which are sought.
Sick fowls may have medicine ad-
ministered in the drinking water, when
they refuse to eat.
Somebody has said that women sue
coed in the poultry business because
they are mindful of small things, and
not so careless as the men.
"A lean raw-boned fowl, whether as
an individual or breed. is an abomi-
nation. Put him into a pot-pie, and
raise something more comedy.
Give the fowls special attention,
good feed and dry quarters, during the
moulting period, so as to get them into
laying order as early as possible.
IT. is regularity in detail that
counts, every time. Feed regularly,
water regularly, clean up regularly,
and the old hen will do her part regu-
larly.
Haven't any good place to put that
feather-eating hen? Why, yes; put her
in the dinner pot. and do not delay
till she has taught others the hateful
habit.
Poultry utilize the waste from the
table, destroy insects, and in many
ways act the part of scavengers, with
benefit to themselves; but do not COM
pei them to get a living in this way or
starve. Let them have plenty of good
clean food. in addition.
in cooking potatoes for the hens,
do not use the water in which they
were boiled to scald the bran. Turn
it of and use clear water If anything
more is needed than Is developed by
MASKING tho potatoes Potato water
Is not wholesome or clearly, and may
even b poisonous. Amateur Gardeners.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
Royal Baking Powder

Lawyer Bunker, of Ellsworth, Me-,
recently had an unprecedented contest
with an angry bull on the Hancock
county fair grounds at that place. He
seized the angry beast by the horns,
and, after an exciting tussle, actually
succeeded in downing the bull Since
then the young farmers of the county
have been practicing at this hazardous
wrestling, and most any average-sized
man will now boast of his ability to
upset any bull in the county. Com
petitive challenges have been the nat
ural outcome, and Bucksport has just
issued defiance to Ellsworth to match
its star against any ''rarsler' (wrestler)
in the latter place, ''horns holt, best
two out of three bulls"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

The longest day of the year at
Spitzbergen is three and one-half
months At Wardbury, Norway, the
longest day lasts from May 81 to July
%, without intermission. At Tornea,
Finland, June 81 is twenty-five hours
long, and Christmas has less than
three hours of Daylight. AtSt. Peters
burg the longest day is nineteen hours,
and the shortest is Eve hours. At Lon
don the longest day is sixteen and one
half hours, at Montreal it is sixteen
hours, and at New York it is about
fifteen hours.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
LIKE A STEAM TUG.

To That the AutOcrat of the Breakfast
Table Compares a Helpful Wife.
Oftimes as / have laid swinging on
the water in the swell of the Chelsea
ferryboats in that long, sharp-pointed,
black cradle in which love to let the
great mother rock me, have seen q
tall ship glide by against the tide, as if
drawn by some invisible tow-line, with
q hundred strong arms pulling it.
Her sails hung untitled, her stream
ers were dropping. She had neither
side-wheel nor stern-wheel; still she
moves on, stately, in serene triumph,
as if with her own life.
But knew that on the other side of
the ship, hidden beneath the great
hulk that swan so majestically, there
was a little toiling steam tug with
heart of fire and arms of iron, that was
hugging it close and dragging it
b,avely on; and 1 knew that if the
little steam tug untwined her arms
and left the tall ship it would wallow
and roll about and drift hither and
.thither and go off with the refluent
tide, no man knows whittier.
And SO have known more than one
genius, high decked, full freighted,
wide-sailed, gay pennoned, that, but
for the bare toiling arms and brave,
warm, beating heart of the faithful
little wife that nestled in his shadow
and chung to him, so that no wind or
wave could part them, and dragged
him on against all the tide of circum-
stance, would soon have gone down
the stream and been heard of no more.
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
-Pavnter Frame. a farmer of Suisse

-Paynter Frame, farmer of Sussex
county, Del, shipped to President
Cleveland watermelon weighing sew
enty-two pounds and measuring forty
eight inches one way round and sixty
inches the other. 1t is in Mr.. Frames
region that watermelons are vanished
and kept to grace the Christmas din
ner table. 1t is here, too. that the
pulp of the watermelon is boiled and
preserved in sugar as winter delicacy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

Render Harmless the Residential vspor
OF malaria, and the diseases it begets, with
a course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters at
the beginning of those seasons when MAS
ma impregnates the air and poisons the
system. 1t is q most efficient safeguard and
remedy long tried and proved. Liver com.
plant, dyspepsia. constipation, incipient
rheumatic and kidney trouble and nervous
ness are promptly relieved by it. The debil-
itated, elderly and delicate benefit greatly
by its use.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

TIE science of geometry is ascribea
to the Egyptians.
THE first magazine for the blind was
printed by Rev. w. Taylor in London
in 1855.
PRINTING in raised characters for the
use of the blind was first done at Par.
is in 1856.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
In Olden Times

People overlooked the Importance Of per-
beneficial effects and were salts
fed with transient action, but now that 1t is
generally known that Syrup Of Figs Will
cure habitual constipation,
well-informed people will not buy other lax
atives, which act for time, but finally in
lure the system.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

A CURIOUS thing about politicians Is that
just as soon as they have q finger In the pie
they begin to talk of getting there with
both feet.-Philadelphia Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

Halls CArARRH CuRH il . liquid and 10
taken internally, and acts directly on the
Write for testimonials, free Manufactured
by +. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

'sIF there Is any moro of this osculatory
conviviality," said the little Boston girl, at
the children's party, much shocked. ~ shall
withdraw
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

WHEN It comes 10 homo government, with
the first baby against its father and mother,
it is often found that the minority rules
Buffalo Courier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

BEEcHAM's Pulls have pleasant coatinNb
Disgusting the taste of the pill, without inn
pairing it, efficacy. Is cents box.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

ssTHsY ought to have little girl show q
well as chicken show" said Hollie. II
dess there's lots Of people who'd like to go
me-" -Harper's Bazaar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

"WELLi" said the philosophic fisherman,
as he drew his line out Of the water, II los1
the fish, but suppose am entitled TO re-
bait ashington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

WHEN some people are left to entertain
with their own thoughts there
are two awfully bored persons in the COM
Mems Era.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

81 HAVE called four times to see that man"
said the detective. Indignantly, land each
time they told me he was not in. And yet
the mocking world goes on saying that we
never find anything outw = Washington
STAR
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

MRS. York -"You say your son died Of
bronchial troublel" Mrs. Braska-"Yes,
throwed from q broncho."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
An eyesore-The stye.

You can't eat your cake and have It too
But it's different with IN onion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

WHILE the spoon is an insignificant arti
Gle to look at, it has probably caused more
stir in the world than any other one thing
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

PLEASANT, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs
Is Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

IT is truthfully remarked that the tramp
probably puts more sole into his profession
than many men of even higher aspirations.
-Hatchet.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

FoRaED notes can always be properly
classed among the Rilt-edged paper In
bank.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

An Office is the glue that makes Q politi
clan stick to his party.-N. o. Picayune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

SOME mortals hide behind the notes In
their own eyes.-Galveston News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

day seven medals and seven diplomas were
awarded the Met ormick Harvesting Machine
Company Of this city. These honors are in
recognition of the merit Of the following
named machines manufactured by the No
Cormick Company: The Machine of Steel,
Bindlochine, Open Elevator, Mccormick
Simple Knotter, No. 4 Steel Mower, Big 4
Steel Mower and the Corn Harvester. These,
the highest awards, are based on the per-
Torrance of the Mccormick machines be-
fore the judges In the field, at the regular
field trials of the Exposition, held at Wayne,
Ill, in July last, the machines tested being
those regularly built for the general trade.
1t is significant fact that Of all the manu-
facturers OF harvesting machinery having
exhibits at the Worlds Fair, the McCor-
mick Company alone complied with the
committees request to show the capabilities
of their machines In the field. The first
successful reaper was invented by Cyrus
Hall Mccormick in 1881, and from that time
to this the Mccormick machines have had
decided prestige over all others. They have
won the grand gold medals and highest
awards ct every Worlds Fair, and 1t was
possibly for this reason that sixteen differ
emit manufacturers Of Binders and Mowers
did not compete in the field with them.
Throughout the entire season these sixteen
concerns, in their efforts to have q floor
award granted, have done everything posi-
bic to battle the Commission and prevent q
fair open field exhibit that should test the
working qualities Of tho machines. And
now, after . four months fight by the
makers Of harvesting machines who did not
dare meet Mccormick in the field-a fight
in which the United States Commission
xl~< - a.
anime machine was by seeing 1t ct work in
the feld--and after having signed an agree
ment with all the others not to show in the
field, one concern wanted an award 30 bad
ly that only two weeks ago 1t went 30 far as
to get secret permit to pay the expenses
Of q new Committee to secretly accompany
their special machines to . remote section
Of Colorado, where no other machines could
be shown, and where the crop III there is
any left must be much lighter, and the
surface of the ground firmer, with the evil
dent hope that these conditions would insure
as easy work and as light draft as were
shown by the egular Mccormick machines
in the official tests in July, in the very heavy
grain then harvested The diplomas award
ed the Mccormick machines speak In high
est terms of their efficiency, ease Of hand
ling and extreme light draft. The McCor-
mick No. 4 Mower showed wonderful power
at work, and o It. cut machine, In field
averaging three tons to the acre, with
dynamometer perfectly adjusted by the q.
8. Custodian Of Government Weights and
Measures, drew ut work, at an average
draft of 152 lbs. Tho judges pronounce this
o remarkable performance. The Mccormick
Binders, cutting It. Of heavy oats on up
hill ground, and carrying bundle carriers,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

A VICIOUS tongue manufactures verbal
dynamite.-Rest Islander.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

Too MANY people want to give trifiing
quid for a fun weight quo.-Galveston News
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
THERE'S DANGER

In q cough-more than ever when your blood
Is bad" II makes things easy for Con-
sumption. But there's cure for It In DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. A pos
tive cure-not only for Weak Lungs, Spit.
ting of Blood, Bronchitis, Asthma and al
lingering Coughs, but for Consumption itself
In all its earlier stages. It's reasonable. An
these diseases depend on tainted blood.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

An enemy Is q person who applauds 20
when you fail.-Galveston News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

ssrHE question which confronts US, 'howle
the orator ,s'is how to confront the question.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

TIE game q man sees when his gun is ct
home makes lean potpie.-YounR Mems Era.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

A CHrLD's first question Is the first round
In the ladder of knowledge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

The hen is not q cheerful fowl Sh
broods great DEAL
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

TEE further you are away from dght
the more certain you are that byRyeryjo ~
thing. ~Atchjson Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
Hog Raising.

There is no danger that hog raising
will be overdone in the south. The
continual large shipments from the
northern pork centers is the best pos
sible argument to sustain this asser-
ton. There may be a small surplus in
some of the more progressive localities,
but that amounts to little and will
not have to go far to find a market.
The scarcity of fall and winter pastur-
age in many sections, particularly in
Texas, and the gradually increasing
prices of grain will naturally tend to
check the multiplication of pigs.
Therefore, those who are SO situated
that they can handle given number,
should see that that number is filed.
Hogs and hog products are now. and
will probably remain for some time, at
good prices. Breeders of really good
stock need have no fears that they
will be unable to sell. The demand for
better breeding stock is fully up with
that for hog products. Farm and
Ranch
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

ORAroR--"Where else will you find in one
spot such products as marble, iron, clay,
chalk, copper, lead, slate, glucose, fruits Of
all kinds, hemp, fax, and all manner OF
grainsl" Man in Audience-'sln my boys
rucketn-Waif.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

CONSTANTLY changing his views-the
stereopticon man.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

MAKES IN elegant jam-the streetcar con
ductor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

COMMON sense-Copper ones.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
FERTlLIZING.

The Shameful Waste of Fertilixing Ma
terial by Southern Farmers.
The average cotton farmers Of the
south know very little from personal
practical experience about saving and
utilizing the wastes from the pig-pen,
fowl-house, cow-lot, horse-stable, etc.
The policy of these farmers all their
lives has been to see how much pro-
duce principally cotton) could be Sc
cured from their lands without rest
or feed. No country on earth has had
its soil SO shamefully abused and
robbed. Even the men who are feed
ing large herds of beef cattle for mar
ket on a cotton-seed meal and cotton
seed hull ration, count the droppings
of the stock as of no value to them; at
least they do not attempt to make
profitable use of this rich manure.
Nearly all our southern dairymen
feed more or less rich grain food, which
chemically and practically is of very
high value as fertilizer, yet it is
mainly wasted and counts but little as
one Of the profits of the dairy business.
1t is time to call a halt and to make
a change, for our impoverished lands,
our fiattened pocket-pooks, our feeting
bank accounts, our dilapidated build
ings, all warn us-the handwriting on
the wall-that we must pursue differ
emit policy if we would become thrifty
and independent.
All commercial fertilizers seem to
give better results when there is plen-
ty of humus in the soil. This being
so, it behooves our farmers to raise
green crops, like peas, clover, rye, ETC.,
to be turned under as fertilizer. By
wise managementin sowing such crops
and turning them under at the proper
time, and by using on this soil we'll
proportional commercial fertilizers,
any southern farmer ought to be able,
by good seed and good cultivation, to
average one bale of cotton or fifty
bushels of corn on every acre of land
under the pillow. Why not? On the
piney woodlands of this state, the
''cow counties" so called, such results
are not uncommon, and yet the lands
a few years ago were considered the
very poorest in the state. 1t is intelli-
gent management that makes such re-
suits practica ble.-Farm and Fireside.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30
WORLDS FAIR TROPHIES.

Tho Mccormick Harvesting Machine Com
pany Awarded Seven Medals and Diplo-
mas for the Superior Excellence of Their
Binders and Mowers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-30

iar AS possible tne ABOVE principles.
FOREGROUND CELLAR.
A foreground cellar may be built upon
the same plan as the underground cell
lar just described. Double walls are
necessary, and means should be pro-
vided for artificial heating. Pack the
walls with dirt or sawdust; also use a
heavy layer above and below. The bins
in this style house can be made in the
center with a passageway around them.
Pipes can be placed in this passageway
for hot-water heating, which is the
most economical and satisfactory means
of heating.
A small quantity of potatoes may be
kept in pit dug in some dry and shell
tered place. as barn or some out
house. Observe same treatment as in
keeping in cellar Place plank over the
pit, and cover these planlxs with dirt
when the weather gets cold.
The sweet potato is sometimes kept
in banks like Irish potatoes and tur-
nips. This bank should be sheltered
and ventilated. The potatoes should
not be covered with dirt unless sea-
soned for few weeks, and not until
the weather is cold enough to require
it
OTHER PLACES OF STORAGE.
Barrels filed in the patch, removed
to any place Of storage and left uncov-
cred Will keep well u dug when dry.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-15

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