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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10
Lice and LAYING.

The hens will not lay if they are tor.
mented by lice. They can not sleep.
but lose appetite, and become ex-
hausted. If the poultry-house is kept
clean, lice may be prevented, but lice
may exist even in clean poultry
house if insecticides are not frequently
used. On the bodies of the hens Persian
insect-powder may be applied with adj
vantage. In the nests the refuse of to-
bacco factories will serve admirably.
Scotch snuff will drive lice away, and
so will the free use of lime.-Farm and
Fireside.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10
FOR HORSE RAISERS.
A Few Thoughts Suggested That May b
of Benefit.

A Few Thoughts Suggested That May BE
of Benefit.
Horses are lower in price just now
than ever known before in this coun-
try. Let us look about little before
concluding that the horse-breeding
business is gone up. A writer in Farm
and Home suggests test of strength
in the horse market He says:
'Place one thousand dollars in the
hands of reliable, intelligent horse
buyer and tell him to secure a horse
for you, standing sixteen hands high,
weighing 1,100 pounds, standard color,
handsome and stylish, good DISPOSE
ton and fearless, with courage, endur-
ance and action, that will allow him
to go on the road naturally at
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. gait, pull
ing you and a companion down
the road at better than
$50 gait, and your buyer, if an honest
man, will bring you back your money
and tell you that he can't find such a
horse for the money. Such a horse is
the gentleman's ideal road horse, a
type for which there is an enormous
demand and no apparent supply"
A gentleman of this city, county
official, who uses horse more or less
every day, who has an eye for good
driving horse, was telling recently of
giving his family horse to friend in
the country, on conditions that it should
be well cared for, and if at any time he
did not want it to send it back, and the
boy who brought it back should be paid
for bringing it home.
But" said he, II have new mare
to take her place-a good one, too"
He said he had in mind certain we'll
to-do farmer who always had good
horses. He went out, to find the farm
er overstocked. He was offered the
choice of ten head for fifty dollars, but
there was a six-year-old mare, the
mother of two of the finest colts that
had ever been on the farm, sound, a
dark bay in color, sixteen hands high,
kind handler, safe with the women
and children, would not scare at the
cars, would meet steam thresher on
the road and go by it quietly, was
never known to take any body's dust on
the road-a beautiful, intelligent driv-
ing-horse-that it would take one hun
dred dollars to buy. My friend bought
her without one word. The farmer
said to him:
II expect You could get more for this
mare in the spring than you have paid
me. doubt if You would take 1925 for
tho mare uoxv?s
NO. said her new owner, mot twice
that money, for she is just what want
for my wife and myself"
There is another point right here
that must be noted The farmer just
referred to was induced to sell tiptop
brood-mare for the price of two real
good horses. This was killing the
goose that laid the golden egg" This
is going on all over the country. There
Is horse buyer in this city buying
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10
fARMERAND PLANTER
LESSON TO DAIRYMEN.
Aim to Get the Most Butter When the
Article Is Highest.

Aim to Get the Most Butter When the
Article is Highest.
VIII not the prevailing low prices for
butter during the summer show the
dairymen, who depend upon the ruling
of the market, that in order to get any
money out of cows they must not be in
full flow of milk during hot weather?
Cows which are to calve in the fall
are going dry. This is as it should be
- full flow in autumn and winter and
falling off in summer when butter is
cheap. Taking the country through,
not one farmer in ten has any
other market for his butter but
that afforded by the grocery
stores, where good, bad and in
different all sell alike. While this
seems foolish to the regular customer
dairymen, who, whether butter comes
down to ten cents or not is sure of his
price, it is fact just the same. These
same grocery-store butter makers
might by little forethought avoid be-
ing placed in a situation where the
only alternative lies between selling at
an extremely low price and holding
their butter until fall, hoping for rise
in the price.
The old way of having all the cows
calve in the spring and go dry early in
the winter has obtained so firm a foot
hold that it seems impossible to dislodge
it from some mems minds. Yet nothing
but a direct reversal of this practice
will bring profit to the general farmer
out of his cows. Plan to have the cows
calve in October and the two following
months. Butter then brings its best
price, while the cows are fresh and do
ing their best. Then when hot wealth
err comes and the price begins to drop,
when pastures fail, when flies are trou-
blesome and the work of making good
butter is almost an impossibility, I'M
less supplied with more conveniences
than the average farmhouse possesses,
let the cows take vacation. 1t is just
when all possible time is needed in the
field-another point in favor of not
having much milking to do.
Many men object to winter dairying
because it takes so much grain. Years
ago, when we began housekeeping, we
had but two cows. Upon these cows
we experimental with feed and
watched the results in the milk-pail
and churn. We found that with but
ter no higher than sixteen cents per
pound our cows paid us twice over for
the grain they consumed at market
prices We often, now that the two
cows have increased to twenty or more,
hear men ask: "How can you afford to
feed so much grain?' But when the
butter pays for the grain several times
over, we do not hesitate to ''shove in"
the feed.
Summer dairying will probably al
ways be followed by some men. They
are the men who dislike to milk and
take care of cows when it is cold,
whose stables are far from being COM
Portable, and whose cows are of the
scrub variety. They are willing to
take pail on their arm and go out to
the barnyard to milk, but can not bear
to milk in a stable. When winter
comes, they prefer to sit by the
stove rather than milk; so the milk
dwindles down to enough for coffee,
and sometimes to none at all.-Country
Gentleman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

-"We don't export many confec-
tions." said New York candy manu-
facturer, because Europeans are not
candy eaters. One fashionable New
York woman is worth more to us than
a dozen English families. Our products
are still looked upon as curiosities in
most English households. think there
are no better CONNECTIONS than are
made in New York, but we still import
candied violets and rose leaves. The
French still have finer knack with
such things than we."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due tc It's presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it Is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you viii not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10
Everybody IL Going South Now-a-Days

The only section of the country where the
farmers have made any money the past year
is in the South. If you wish to change you
should go down now and see for yourself
The Louisville q Nashville Railroad and
connections win sell tickets to all points
South for trains of October2, November
and Decem Der 4, at one fare round trip.
Ask your ticket agent about it, and II he
cannot sell you excursion tickets write to
c. p. Atmore, General Passenger Agent,
Louisville, KY, or
GEO. B. HoRNER, d. p. A., st. Louis, Mo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

Mrs. SARAH s. SNEED,
Of Clio, Hcdeu Co,
". c., writes: " MY
daughter was first at
ia cked W it'll Pneu-
monia and pleurfsy in
very bad form and
was then taken with q
very bad cough. which
kept growing woree
and worse, until final
" 1t seemed Is though
ehc had consumpvi~n
very bad. The ply
sicians prescribed Cod
liver oil, but to no
benefit. / procured
two bottles of DR..
Picrce'e Golden Medi-
cal Discovery and she
\ OIL
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10
She Hadn't Thought Of That.

wife-But, Henry why do you wish
70 burn your love letters to me? Didn't
you mean what you said in them?
Her husband-Well, yes. But I've just
made my will, and l don't want any
lawyer to use them as proof of my in
sanity when I'm dead and gone. N. Y.
Herald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10
TIE cgWanD EsARcn

Of Consumption IS stopped short by Dr..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. If you
haven't waited beyond reason, there's COM
plete recovery and cure. In those scroful-
Gus condition. OF tho blood which invite
Consumption; in severe, lingering Coughs,
and Weak Lungs, this medicine is prored
remedy. Mrs. SARAH 8. srErp.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10
Rank Injustice.

''No." she said to the tramp, 81 can't
give you any money. can smell beer
on your breath now"
lyon do me an injustice. madam re-
piled ne, with dignity. ''What you
Amell is whisky. Topics.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

'ssssDoN'r you," said the summer boarder,
here with nothing to do but recuperater'
'sNo,n replied Farmer Corntossel, II
dunno's do. I swing the scythe tell ! git
right tired an 'magin itlorn tennis, an set
out on the front porch ter get bit by the
mersquiters of evenin's, an manage ter
have bout ez good q time ez the rest OF
ZEN" -Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

Raphael, Angelo, Rubens, Tasso
The "LINENE" are the Best and Most Econom
ical Collars and Guns worns they are made of nne
cloth, both Jides finished alike, and, being reversi
blc one col lar IL equal to two of any other kind.
THY ut tpel tccarsceu and look sceu A box Of Ten
Collars or Five Pairs OF Guns for Twenty-Five
Cents.
A Sample Collar and Pnir Of Guns BY mail for six
Cents Name style and size Address
REVERSIBLE COLLAR COMPANY,
n franklin St., New York. Kilby st.. Boston.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

"A caller had mentioned that a
neighbor had been obliged to shoot his
dog because it had grown old and
cross After he had gone little Edith,
who had been very quiet since the dog
had been spoken of, surprised her
mother by asking. Mamma, when do
you think papa will shoot Aunt Sarah?''
Tit Bits
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10
Cure. THAT Faith WON'T EJECT

Are brought about by the use of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, foremost among American
family remedies. Rheumatism, neuralgia,
dyspepsia, liver complaint, malaria and
nervous complaints succumb to this reliable
remedy. 1t does its benign work thorough
ly, and those who use it reap a fruitful
harvest of health. Physicians Of the first
standing commend it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

As To RELATIvEs.-Little-"H you any
distant relativesw Mutch-sNo; mine are
all near enough to visit me at moments
notice. detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

"GARLAND' Stoves and Ranges are N
higher in pricethan the worthless limitations
Ask to see them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

THE man who was waiting for some
thing to turn up" proposed to . sensible
girl, and didn't like it . bit when she turned
up her nose at him.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10
Halls Catarrh Cure
taken internally. Price 75c.

. QUITE naturally, it is the man of sea-
soned intellect and ripe experience who does
not seem fresh.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

The devil is always polite upon first ac-
quaintance.-Ram' Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

ssIr's doubtless love match; real, gen.
uine one.n 'sHow can you tellr' "He's
given up cigarettes and she her cooking les
s.r-Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

hasn't felt any return Of lung discaso in over
twelve months. Shc was nothing but si,c}e-
ton when she took the first dose, and to-day
che weighs 135 pounca
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

A Dose in Time6Saves Nine of Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for Coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

You've people who have courted in socie-
ty go on bridal trips to see how they like
each other.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-10

Home-Seekers' Excurslons.
On Sept. II, Sept. % and Oct the Bur-
lington Route will sell excursion tickets to
all points in the Northwest, Westand South
west, at one fare for the round trip, plus -
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-25
Frog Catching as an Industry.

Frog catching is a leading industry
along the river, and the most successful
operators work all night and sleep in
the daytime Their tents along the river
are silent during the sleeping hours of
the forenoon, but at night the swampy
shores are alive with the moving Ian
terms of the fishers, or rather the frog
gers. The frogs are caught with an Or
binary fishhook, and the most successful
bait is small piece of red flannel. The
operator has reflector lantern fastened
in the bow of mis- boat, and it is claimed
that the light makes the frogs snappish
without discrimination. The baited
hooks are passed freely among them as
the canoes, punts, slzlffs and RATS are
pushed and padded through the
marshes. The frog catchers do profit
able business with the Toronto restau-
rants. Toronto Globe.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-25
EVERY HOME SHOULD OWN A DYNAMO
Then Housewives Could Magnetic Ham
mers and Make Tack Driving Easy.

Then Housewives Could Magnetic Ham
mers and Make Tack Driving Easy.
There is an easy way to render the
ordinary tack hammer an article that
may be used with comfort and to do
away with all danger of bruised fingers
from its misdirected blows. A little
electricity will do the trick. The process
is SO simple that it should be universal
ly adopted.
All that is required is access to a
dynamo. Then lay the head of the ham
mer on the framework and leave it
there for about five minutes This needs
no strength, but the hammer cannot be
detached without the knowledge that
some force holds it fast TO the ironwork,
and herein lies the t. By contact
with the dynamo you ~ inner has been
magnetized and will pick up bits Of
iron or steel that are not too heavy for
its strength.
Tacks and small nails too short to be
held in the fingers when driving, may
be easily placed in position for the ham
mer blows without using the finger OF
thumbs and much speedier work &C.
complished. In retacking torn shades
the man of the house will at once ap.
| preciate the blessing of magnetized
hammer, since he can pick the tiny
tacks from the box direct with his mag
net, press them into the roller with tn
same tool and by one blow drive tn,
elusive fasteners home.
Carpet laying is made easy and stra,
tacks in quantities such as will slil
from the fingers thing of the past. -
New York Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-25
~ E55ss5fGgEH:9:E2.tg!tIFF
Ft. SN>SWa-=
PRESERVING The OUNCE.
Delicious CONNECTIONS From This Colder
Hupd Eruit of Fall,


Tho ouince Is n fayorite preserve with
many and housckeopers who have let the
summer mass without accommodating as
large n Store ne usual of preserves md iel.
lies for winter flnd this late fruit most con
venient for llIlng mn the rap Hero are
two Good rccipos for n brioht. clear preserve
and n bcoutifulIv colored iellv;
pare tbc fruit and add the cores and
any hrol,en bits to the skins and Law them
aside AZ n,red nIoco tho bnlvcd fruit in
a nresorying nan lined with porcelain and
coyor With bdiling water LET them cen
tIv simmer until tbey can he pierced with
n forl, when thcv sb1uId he taken ont and
rlaccJ in n sirun comnoscd of pounds of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-25
Beer by the Pound.

what do you think of getting 4
pounds of beer for nickel?" said mar
the other day. well, out in the south
ern part of the city they sell beer in thi.
way altogether, especially at the little
German groceries with a saloon annex.
When people come into the place for a
pitcher Of beer, the vessel is set oil
scales and weighed. Then the customer
is asked if he wants lager or common
beer. If he wants cents worth of the
first, he gets 4 pounds, but if he wants
common beer he gets l q pounds The
dealer / saw did not know how the Gus.
tom Of weighing beer originated. The
stand has been handed down for several
generations, and beer was never meas.
ured otherwise than by weighing -
Louisville Courier-J journal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-25

Mash n quart of ripe fruit beat it, sift
a cupful Of sugar over 1t and set away. II
the fruit is very sweet, less sugar will be
required, About 10 minutes before the
sauce is needed set it over the fire and stir
constantly. When heated nearly to boil.
ing turn it about the base of the pudding,
which has been placed in deep platter.
Fruit sauce is, by the bye, as attractive
in appearance as it is delicious in taste.
Absolute cleanliness is better than all
the disinfectants known to science.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-25
A PEN PICTURE.
The Ma. Had Not Meant to Make Trouble
hnt NNns q nfnrtnnnte.

hut was u unfortunate
"A strong wind had set i'll from the
sea, banking huge masses of clouds over
the city. The rain descended in blind
ing, staggering deluge, and solid sheets
of fire flashed athwart the angry skies,
followed by crashing peals of thunder
The gloom was excessive. The lights in
the streets cast "a fitful, sickly glare
over the wet pavemonts and the few be-
lated pedestrians who were Fastening
home. 1t was night for dark thoughts
and darker deeds.
| laid aside the book which l had
been reading--an absurdly impossible
tale of midnight horrors and CHASTITY
crimes-and sat modify looking at the
raindrops chasing madly down the win.
dow pane and at the fierce night with.
| out. The cabbies in the street below
were swearing, and the call bells in the
hotel were changing like wild.
! Suddenly i'll the adjoining room ]
heard a sharp click like the cooking Of
a firearm. The connecting door was un-
boltod and slightly ajar. | sat still,
with bated breath and hair bristling all
| over with terror. A shuilling of heavy
feet and muttered imprecation as
something fell on the floor. A cold,
paralyzing dread seized on me, freezing
the lifeblood in my veins God Of heav-
ems, what horrible tragedy was being
enacted behind that door?
Sharp, clear and loud, above the rag
ing of the elements, rang out the report
of q pistol, followed by terrible oatf
and heavy fall Pale as a specter,
sprang, tottering, toward the door to es
cape, and with a Mortified scream fell
crashing to the floor in dead swoon.
awoke with start. The connecting
door was wide open. Above my pros
trate form stood rough looking man
in his shirt sleeves. His right hand was
bloody. | seemed to feel his clutches Oh
my throat already and closed my eye:
with gasp | opened them again eau
tiously. In his bloody grasp he held the
shattered remains of an electric ligh
globe.
Sorry, stranger" he said, "but
tried to open the burned thing to high
up, and hit busted. Atlanta Consti
| tuition.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-25

1t was in the conservatory. At last he
had the charoe of asete-a-tete with the fair
one who had enslaved him. She seemed
rather cold, but of course that might be
due TO the cooler atmosphere after the
warmth of the ballroom. This is how he
attempted to break the ice, II suppose you
are extremely fond of dancing, Miss Trip.
tOe?"
well, not passionately. / sometimes
prefer sitting out, especially with an in,
teresting partner"
Then the band struck up again.
Let me see-I have you down for this
waltz, think. Shall we miss itf"
oh, dear, mol Not on any accountP
And somehow he didn't seem to half en-
joy that dance.-Tit-Bits.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-25

An interesting and valuable addition
has been made to the splendid collection
of stamps in the Philosophical museum
1t is half crown stamp, lettered
America" and is the sole survivor of
those attempted to be forced upon our
colonists at Boston who threw the chests
of tea into their harbor, for the colonists
destroyed all the stamps as well, except
this, which Mr.. Philbrick. @. c., is
fortunate enough to be the possessor of.
Another valuable addition is a series Of
tiue specimen copies of Australian
stamps sent by Major e. H. Watts Of
Newport. Boston Traveller
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-25

One quart of tender, grated corn, gill
of sweet cream, salt and pepper TO taste,
an ounce of butter. Drain the milk from
the corn, add the cream and butter, with
sufficient -four to make rather thick bat
ter. Lastly, add eggs, beaten separately,
very light Have ready deep frying pan,
nearly full of boiling lard. Drop in the
batter spoonful at time. When pale
brown, remove with a strainer and lay on
hot dish for moment to drain. Send to
the table at once
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-25

The first book with printed date is the
famous Mentz Psalter, printed on velum
in l457 by Peter SchefIer. A second edi
ton, also on vellum, and larger and even
more magnificent than the first, was issued
in 1859 On she whole, this is perhaps the
most magnificent printed book that has
ever been produced For the splendor and
size of its type and elaborate colored CAPT
tai letters it remains quite unrivaled.
Very few copies appear to have been
printed, and no other book would now
probably sell for so high price. A copy
in recent catalogue of Mr.. Quaritch was
marked at $4,000. AS Mr.. Duff tells us,
1.-The most striking thing about the Psalter
is the wonderful capital letters, and how
these were printed has always been vexed
question" These initials are large and are
deliberately decorated with most exquisite
ly designed floral ornaments, printed both
in red and blue. The perfect fit, or regis
ter of the two colors makes it difficult to
understand how the colors could have been
applied at two separate printings, and yet
there are difficulties in the way of accept
ing any other theory as to what the process
was.-Saturday Review.