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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24
Ramie for the South.

The little pamphlet published by
Prof. s. Waterhouse, of Washington
university, on the cultivation of ramie
should have wide circulation in the
south. The professor shows that the
plant can be cultivated with profit in
the gulf states. The soil and climate of
Mississippi and Alabama are as much
adapted to the growth of ramie as are
those of France, and in France a net
profit of 500 an acre on the plant is not
unusual.
Ramie fiber is claimed by its friends
to be stronger than hemp, as fine as
cotton. as glossy as silk, cheaper
than linen and more durable than
any of its rivals. 1t is used
with them all and also with wool
in the manufacture of dry goods and
clothing. That there is demand for
the fiber is seen from China's large ex-
port trade in the article, amounting to
500, 600, 900 pounds year.
Those who question our ability to
successfully compete with cheap
labor country like China in the manu-
facture of ramie fiber should remember
that our improved machinery is much
greater advantage than China's cheap
labor. The preparation of three pounds
of ramie fiber is days labor for one
man in that country, while here one
man with mschine can turn out 500
pounds day-St. Louis Republic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

THERE Is more Catarrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until thelast few years was sup
posed to be incrrable. For great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced itincurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be q constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney Il Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con
stitutional cure on the market 1t is token
internally in doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo, o.
az Sold by Druggists, &c.
Halls Family Pills, rs certs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24
POTATO CULTURE.
Glover Versus Manure In the Raising
the Tubers.

Glover Versus Manure In the Raising Of
the Tubers.
"My next neighbor, A. u. Croy, one
of our very best farmers, had field of
potatoes right next to one of mine this
season. They were early potatoes. the
same as mine, and planted the same
day. Both fields were originally
cleared at the same time and belonged
to one farm. They were very similar
in character of soil. Mr.. Croy has kept
a dairy all these years that the
writer has been farming with
clover, and has never had heavy
crops of clover until recently. Last
fall and winter he drew manure on to
his field, which was timothy sod with
little clover in it, giving it heavy
covering. My field had the clover roots
and second-crop clover plowed under.
Now, the fact that he used planter
would make some difference with the
result; but his soil was SO dry that
about the only injury came from a
less perfect stand. Again, l have
been growing potatoes for many
years in regular rotation on my
land, while friend c. has grown
only two crops before on his. Now,
the result was $40 bushels on little
over four acres of his land that was
heavily MANFRED, 912 bushels on 4-10
acres on my clover land. Mr.. C. kept
his seed in the pit, the same as mine,
cut to one eye, and in tillage it would
be hard to do any better than he did.
There is no use in being modest about
it. We just simply get there by the
use of clover. Yes, 9f2 bushels this dry
year, and with the present prices, is
good enough.-Co A. b. c.. of Potato
Culture.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24
HERE AND THERE.

The farmer who has to stop work
to haul wood during the rush of early
spring work gives weeds and grass q
decided advantage.
Butter is only cream from which
more water and caseine have been re.
moved, than the usual method of
Dreaming milk.
While ordinarily the COW needs but
little exercise, yet generally it will be
found best to turn out the cows for an
hour or two every day during the win
ter that the weather viii permit.
Cream can be kept sweet until
wanted for churning by keeping low
temperature, but care should be taken
to stir thoroughly twice each day.
During the year 1898 there were
marketed of cattle as follows: Chicago,
8, 1873, 406; Kansas City, 1,660, SU7; Oma.
ha, $50, 455; st. Louis. 756,4S5. This
makes total for the four markets of
9, 403, 154.
When turnips are fed to mich cows
it should be at milking time. Those
who have carefully experimental in
this matter say that the turnip flavor
will be eliminated before the next
milking, and will not appear in the
nilk.
Whats good for the goose is good
for the gander." No farmer would
think of feeding his horses poorly dur
ing spring or summer blowing. Why
not apply the same ''horse sense" to
dairy cows?
The farmer who owns his home,
however poor it may be, is never out Of
work. In fact, it may be said, with
due regard to truth, that the poorer
the farm the more employment the
farmer has
Know well the meaning of every
word and sentence severally and col.
lectively contained in a note or con-
tract before signing it-and also some
thing of the party's reputation with
whom you are dealing. -
1T is said that during the hard
times in 1912 COW was sold at Frank
fort, KY, on twelve months time, for
one dollar. The cow was valued at $25
before that time.
We don't hear half enough about
roadmaking these days This q sub
ject Of especial Importance to farmers
Good roads bring the farm nearer to
town and a market, and makes the
farm more valuable.
Now is the time to watch tho rab-
bits. Bonnie will try his tooth to your
young trees If given a half a chance.
Soft soap, one gallon; coal tar, one
pint, and enough Venetian red to give
it color, will turn him Always. Red
clay will do to color with. Or If the
lights of beef or hog be rubbed on the
young tree it viii keep them at q re-
spectable distance for . month or two.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24
sssweet slxteen.~

The beautiful calendars sent out by
G. /. Hood & Co., of Lowell, Mass,
have attracted much attention in all
parts of the country. The calendar
bears the head of a lovely girl, sweet
sixteen" autographed in delicate col
ors. Over eight millions of these calen-
dars were made. C. /. Hood & Co., rs
is well known, are the proprietors of
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which is every
where q household word on account of
the wonderful cures that have been eff
fected by means of this great blood
purifier. Hoods Sarsaparilla is made
in building which is the largest in
the world devoted to the business of
making a medicine, and this great indus
try has been built up within few
years by the absolute merit of Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

progeny. We would rather pay Is or
$40 more for male bird than to do
this. 1t is also much better to breed
cocks to pullets and cockerels to hens
than to breed cockerels to pullets, and
for our own breeding we prefer hens
two or three years old. While old hens
are not SO profitable as winter layers
the chicks Matched from their eggs are
much stronger and develop into larger
and finer fowls.-W. E. Kemp, ir
Farmers Home Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24
FARM POULTRY.
How to Improve tho stock aud Enhance
Its Value.

How to Improve tho Stock aud Enhance
Its Value.
The improvement of any stock de-
ponds upon one fundamental principle;
breeding only from the best. Improve
ments in all things can only be pro-
duced in this way. In poultry breed
ing, as we'll as in other things, there is
always room for improvement. This
is most noticeable in the farm poultry.
but there has never been a bird raised
by the fancier that has reached per-
lection, SO there is still room for i'm
provement even among the most scien-
tific breeders of the country.
The improvement of farm poultry
is of vast Importance, and the
sooner the farmer realizes this the
sooner will he find the egg production
and weight of the fowls increase. If
eggs are what is wanted the size of the
fowl has little to do with il. but if
market fowls are wanted the size and
weight has about all to do with it.
How to improve farm poultry is the
question? The quickest and most sue
cessful way of improvement, in our
opinion, is to do away with all the COM
moner mongrel stock, and keep only
pure bred. A stock of pure-bred fowls
are much easier bred and reared, within
the bounds of perfection, than lot of
mongrels But even with pure-bred
stock care should be taken in breeding
lest they degenerate, and by in and in
breeding they become no better than
the commonest stock. There are some
farmers who have an aversion to keep
ing pure-bred stock, and to such we
would say, you are the very ones who
should first begin the improvement of
your common fowls. II in the spring.
say about February 1, You would select
only the best of your pullets. get q
strong, vigorous, healthy cock from
some of your neighbors, and breed
these, you would find the chicks
from them to be much healthier,
grow faster, mature earlier. and make
better fowls than the parent stock.
Then the following season select only
the best of these. Get another male
this way you are adding to the utility
of your stock and they will become
more productive and profitable. We
believe that if q pure-bred male is
bought every year that it will more
than pay for the cost in the weight
of spring chickens at market time,
besides otherwise improving the
stock, In our own breeding we
never bred male bird to his own
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24
Wonderful Genius.

II declare! Louisa is perfect mar
gel."
Tell me how you discovered it."
"She makes the.loveliest bread ever
tasted"
There's nothing marvellous about
that"
81 don't know. Louisa attended a
eooking-school for two winters. -
Judge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

A. M. Lamb. market gardener in
Pennsylvania, cleared $500 on five
acres of cabbage and five acres of
onions. The reason of this, he says, was
because Salzer's seeds are so extremely
early and wondrously productive.
Lightning Cabbage and King of the
Earliest Onions he had in the market
three weeks ahead of any other home
grown sorts, and consequently received
fancy prices. Salzer sends IS packages
earliest vegetable seed, sufficient for q
family, for ST, postpaid.
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT
with &C postage to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will re-
ceive their mammoth catalogue and a
trial package of Get There, Eli" the
sixteen-day radish. Xxi
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

Sir George Lewis, the famous Lon
don lawyer, it has been said, knows
enough to hang half dozen of the
biggest men in the city. He said the
other day: 81 have not kept diary for
over twenty years. When found that
my business was becoming SO conf
dental determined that would never
chronicle another thing; so when die
the confidence of London society will
die with me-"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

ROBERT SMITH (brother of Sydney, and
Familiarity called Bopus) was lawyer and
an ex-advocate general, and happened on
one occasion to be engaged in an argument
with physician touching the merits OF their
respective professions. "You must admit"
urged DIR. -, ''your profession does not
make angels of men, "No.n was the re-
tort; 'sthere you have the best of it; yours
certainly gives them the first chance
Sala's Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

Il the burden Of an old song. If you want
to live as long as you can, counteract prema-
tue decay, If yon areyoung or middle aged,
or lessen the infirmities of life's decline Il
you are growing old, use Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, genuine recuperator of vigor,
and helpful stay and solace to the old, the
weak and convalescent Incompatible in
bilious, dyspeptic, rheumatic and malarial
complaints.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

MAuDE-'sWhy does that shoe dealer
there do such tremendous businessP'
Jennie-"Why, all his shoes are marked two
Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

WoUID BE NEEDED.-ssrsll the publisher
to order pound of hyphens right away"
said the foreman of the composing-room to
the clerk. ssWhyv s'The editor has lot of
society peoples names he wants to print"
Puck
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

"How DID you like the operai" mot a
all. was in the top gallery, and the priml
donna's voice wasn't high enough TO reacl
as far up as that."-Harper' Bazaar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

LOVE is the greatest nopolist-without
an all-embracing trust he finds himself sad
ly hampered.-Truth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

II FIND 1t necessary" remarked Rim
MINIS, ito spend great deal OF thought on
the peers write for the magazines. y
"How2n "Seeing that none gets into the
manuscript" Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

''Now, WANT to give you point" said
the doctor, as no prepared to jab with his
lancet.-BOstOn Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24
washington Pudding: One al

Washington Pudding: One and
one-half cups sugar, two tablespoon
fuls butter. four eggs, eight tablespoon
fuls sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls cream
tartar, one teaspoonful soda. two cups
flour. Bake in four tins; put fruit be-
tween; eat with creanl.-Farm, Field
and Fireside.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

Fuss without Fcathers.-"I'm onto your
little camel" said the indignant guest, send
ing back the English sparrows the waiter
had brought him for reed birds. Chicago
Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

GIRL FRIENDs.-'I hope you don't thinl
me an absolute slave to fashion" Eyes,
do. But it's all right; your dressmaker Il
an abolitionist, it seems."-Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

CoRREcr.-"Which is right, Mr.. Railroad,
"a quarter Of six or "a quarter to sixi' I"
"I'm sure / do not know, Miss Lovely. ]
always say Ave forty-fve.'"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

GUs-"What do you girls do at your Con.
versation club-just sit around and stare at
each other and talkl" Clara-"No, indeed.
We play whist. Good News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

sswHAr made Jaggs sell his new dog thai
le' d just paid a big price for3'' He didn'
think he would ever like him." 'Whl
nots" "You see he was q water spaniel. ~
Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

SHE-"Leander Chumpleigh doesn't look
like an actor, does hep He-"No; and he
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

MEN of small caliber unpleasant manners
are smooth bores.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon q cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

CALLING q woman's dress q dream is po-
h hss Way o. say.ng S1as Tue eUsI Doll ., vss
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

THERE is no more effectuai remedy fol
Coughs, Colds, etc., than BRowN's BRON-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

81 SUPPOSE you had high old time in Eu-
ropei' YES" replied the returned tourist,
II was done up at Monte Carlo, held up in
ington Star,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

ETIcK-AT-IvE-NEss wins. The postage
stamp generally gets there.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

ARDENT Spirits-Those that kiss the mo.
dunn at seanco.--Texas Siftings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24
NEW ENGLAND MIRACLE
A Railroad Engineer Relates His
Experience.

Tho Wonderful Story Told by Fred Q.
Vose and His Mother-in-Law to
Reporter Of the Boston Herald
Both Are Restored After
Years of Agony.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

ssTnERE's one thing didn't like about the
circus" said grandma, land that was the
man that twisted himself all out of shape :
did admire these extortionists. AT
lanta Constitution.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

THE man who lives only for himself isen'
gagged in very small business. Rams Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-24

SHAVE you met that elderls girl that
Smith has married2 He says she is sample
Of Virginia beauty" IA sampled / should
call her aremnant"-Vogue.
The Red Cloud chief., 1894-07-06

Demo SENTENCED.-Lewis Denno
was fined 800 and costs and sentenced
to hard labor in the county jail until
October 20. lie has been in Jail since
March %, and the maximum sentence is
only twelve months at hard labor. Den
no is "A young man who went to Red
Cloud from Buchanan, Mich, to work
for an uncle. While there he stole let
tiers addressed to John Martin and at.
tempted to unlawfully learn the secrets
of Martins correspondence with parties
living in buchanan. Patrick Hawes,
who was Demos attorney, told the
Judge that he wished an order from the
court for a good suit OF clothes for his
client when he was released from Gus
tody, as the clothing he wore when ar.
rested had been stolen since his coniine.
ment. The Judge demanded proofs of
the attorneys assertions and said that il
they were true he would make serious
trouble for some one. lIawes said that
he understood that when the other pris
oners were released they selected the
best clothing they could lind, and in this
way some OF the ragged prisoners were
enabled to get good suits when they gos
out OF Jail. The judge told Halves to
present proofs and he would take u hand
in the matter.-Omaha Bee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1894-07-06

SUPERVISOR OuEsrIoN.-Mr. Editor,
please allow me 10 mako n reply In your
paper to the gentleman who has not the
courage to sign his name to tho article
replying TO my statements made in the
Nation. In the first place, he said his
table was taken direct from tho tax list
and no guess work. II there is any mis-.
take in nv table of Wcbstcr county you
muet hold the editor ~ the Argus 70.
sponsible for ,hn, ns. MIR. Warren pub.
lishcd that idonticol table lost sprinp IA
a true con Of the fax list as IL was then,
and | suupose liza ibs samc to-day. for
,he vorv nur,,s. Won orc publisbinp IL
n,v s;mpIy emf i, ont md saved Il
md Won on, 500 /, in ,bo Nation Office
%, Nav, I ,sL vo, Univ ,l;J Won not
nuhlisb ,bc s,,,emon, n, Nuckolls coun.
10 o,s,y Th,, w,s !, Tho Nation. Il
,ooLs no ,boucb !, muat have been
oga;rs, Won Nav, Won toll us Tint our
valuation ;rcro,.,, .v.rv voar and m.
,,roli, br;,u, cost, ,L,u, Tho
soo,a ,r. no, Oh, lao, ,,rr ,.o-o ,ba
valuation has hoon from a Ooo to
sIoonoo ,.s. I'm, :, ,,a In ,soo 7
could III, :, coll ,,ur attention ,o, to
tho foc, TINT wo b,yo milf two st.el
hrid,oo ,,r,os ,ho po,r,L;c.n r;,.r ,bot
ovsryb,dv s,o,L. wo,i 20, and mid coab.
oooh !, o.,h yoor., loo, ,,.;1a. b Loo,
ar ,olrot;,n .nl -, L,,a .,,.r.o,.,r
plo,so boar !, mini Too tho, y~o,r,onr.
>, Lou. ,ro,, Isao ., loo, 4, Co., ho,,;or
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The Red Cloud chief., 1894-07-06

RArrp TRANsIr.- On the morning of the
10th Tur CuEr editor boarded the 1880
g.. Il VI. train for the east, and Mt 4 y. IN.
arrived in Craig. Missouri, where he
stayed over Sunday. A great deal has
been said about Missouri lately, and
that il was the garden Of the world, Ac,
while a great deal of the story is worthy
of %crcdcnce, yet even Missouri has her
advcrsitlcs During the month Of May
she had very little rainfall, and as u con
sequence her crops are not what they
would have been had copious rainfalls
been the case. Oats, wheat and part of
the fruit crops are short, still corn ia
splendid and there IL quite a large acre.
age Of small grain. Missouri has her
drawbacks however. and when Nebras
ka is short on crops, that state. as we'll
as others, are similarly affected. From
Missouri we went north TO Omaha, and
thence to Chicago via the Burlington
route returning the following Friday.
Passing through Iowa and Illinois.
where W could observe the growing
crops. All along the Burlington line.
crops looked very nicely, yet there has
been u dcarth Of rain, and the o crop
and other crops are backward. Corn as
"A usual thing is not up with the Ne
braska article, even il our spring was u
little drouthy. Times are very dull in
the states named and people there have
that uneasy, restless fever az badly az
they have it in other places, and the
only way that we can see to obviatc il.
il to settle down and be satisfied 10 let
well enough alone. for there will always
be dissatisfied people, and il Nebras
kans take the fever it will only he the
worse for them as there is no immediate
remedy. The only thing to do is to
abide 10y the consequences at hand and
be prepared toiloat on the top wave when
prosperity again floats over our land.
There is no better state than Nebraska,
and no better crops, soil or people than
here ABIDE.
The Red Cloud chief., 1894-07-06

The CHEF does not sec any reason
Tor personal abuse OF the mayor and city
council because tho standpipe was not
filled last week. Whatever may DO the
personal feeling between tho members
OF the council on any subject is not Of
Importance in the case at bar. as tho
lawyers would say, as they had n part
in the matter, more than to appoint the
water commissioners some weeks ago.
Our estimable contemporary. Tho Belt,
says on the matter: THAT the question
hinges on who shall run the council"
etc. and "what the council ought to do
is to resign and call an election to select
new officials" or words to that effect.
We can not possibly sec the bearing or
the relation that the fire Ct last week
has to do with The councils resigning.
New officers could do no better than the
present ones, and a new water commits.
sioner could also make mistakes, hence
We come to the conclusion that our con.
temporary is talking through it's cylinder
We surmise that the criticism comos
from n desire to hit the members OF city
legislature a Belt" rather than to criti-
else them justly. THE CHIEF does not
uphold the ''iiisticutling" that has been
going on in the council but it believes
in giving the devil his due. Tho coun.
Gil is no moro to blame for the standpipe
not being full than is the Car Of Russia.
It is n Of those peculiar cases where
it is "be ID il you do and be d-dif
you don't affairs. The CHIEF believes
thrt every member Of the present nj
ell is as intelligent and as honest, and
come as near doing their duty as any
council that Red Cloud has ever had
during our our residence here notwith-
standing some unwarranted criticisms
that have been heapcd upon them by
some OF Red Clouds critics. Let US
have peace" and with it prosperity and
less hades.