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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07
HABITS AND CUSTOMS.
Some of the Revelations OF the study Of
Archaeology.

Some of the Revelations OF the study OF
Archaeology.
Man at very remote period learned
to be initiative, conservative and gre
garious. Hence habits and customs.
For an act often repeated becomes q
habit, and habit widely initiated be-
comes a custom. Thus habits and ems
toms form the larger part of the his.
tory OF mankind. Could we actually
know them, then the ingrained ideas
and feelings of the people of the past
would be palpably presented to us
The growth of action and the lines
OF thought would be clearly defined.
And by starting from primeval and
savage life to the present, by compar-
ing habit with habit, and custom with
custom. by following their courses.
their additions, suppressions, mutila-
tions, aud conversions, we should dis.
cover the origin and meaning of MANY
existing institutions and ideas TINT
would otherwise have beeu inexplica-
BILE. The investigation is a salntarv
one, but produces kind of moral and
mental cold douche. We gasp little
at first, but are all the stronger for IL
afterward
Many of our cherished notions that
we have set up as idols sre rudely de-
stroyed. Even our most sacred institu-
lions are seen to have a very earthly
origin. The germ of our glorious
Westminster Abbey was conceived in
the brain OF a cunning savage; the an
cient prototype of the archbishop of
was a naked s,r halfrolo1
medicine man. "-Westminster Review.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07
How's THAT

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

Ery Corn Over Ono Foot long. TX
Salzer illustrates in colored plate a
new early corn, giant of its kind, and
offers $500 in gold for the largest ear in
1884. In addition to this early Giant
corn, which yielded in 1898 10 bushels
per acre, he has over twenty other pro-
lific field corns. He has the best fodder
corn in the world. He is the largestgrow-
er OF farm seeds, oats, barley, wheat,
millet, potatoes, ETC., in America. Fifty
kinds of grasses and clovers.
IF You WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT
with 15c to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.,
La Crosse, Wis, you will receive q
large package of above Giant corn and
his mammoth catalogue. ]K]
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07
RETALIATION.
How an Englishman Turned the Table,
on q Frenchman.

How an Englishman Turned the Table,
on q Frenchman.
The late Mr.. Read, who was one of
the first special artists employed on
the pictorial press, travelled much
abroad, yet he knew little or nothing
OF any language save his mother
tongue. Germany, Italy, Austria,
Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland.
were all visited by him and he got on
very well with the sole aid of English.
He was once travelling in the south
OF France, when a fellow-passenger in
the train accosted him in French and
was much surprised at not being un.
derstood.
'Vatr' he said. ''You travel and
speak no French! Speak you Germany"
"No."
Nor Italian%'
mo"
''Spanish?'
mo" 49,
"Ah, You travel and speak nothing!"
and with plying grimace and shrug
OF the shoulder, he looked around at
the other passengers. Presently our
artist took his revenge. AS they were
passing town with ruined castle on
hill, he said. with much fervor, adj.
dressing the Frenchman:
"How beautifully that old tower is
relieved by the dark foliagel What
splendid contrast is the cold gray of
the hill behind! How harmopiously
the distance is blended with the mid
die distance, and the middle distance
with the foreground, by means of the
bridge across the river!s
The Frenchman stared, stammered.
and confessed he did not comprehend.
'"What!' said the artist; 'you travel
and do not understand Englishr'
Yer leetlc"
do you speak ScotchY
mon mi ieur."
Nor Irish?"
s'Non."
''Welsh?''
mon, non, m'sieur."
With an exact imitation of the
Frenchman's contemptuous shrug, the
artist turned to their fellow travellers.
mid the loud laughter of those who un.
derstood the jolke.-The Million.
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tact with the milk. from the pals used
In milking to the packages in which
the butter is sent to market In max
ing the quality of butter that secures
the highest price every detail must be
looked after closely; and few, if any,
are OF more Importance than the keep
ing sweet and clean the vessels used in
managing the milk, cream and butter.
Farmers Home journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07
MOUNT RAINIER.
Tho Grand and Impressive Peak This
Rises From Puget Sound.

\
Rises From Puget Sound.
The grandest single peak on the Pa
chic coast and almost the most impress.
sive mountain mass within the United
States, is Mount Rainier, in the state
OF Washington. The lands around it,
tract measuring thirty-six by forty.
two miles, including the entire slope
and foothills of the mountain, all vir-
gin forest and unbrolxen wilderness,
were withdrawn from entry year
ago. and by presidential proclamation
constituted the Pacific forest reserve.
There is now demand that this forest
reserve shall be declared a national
park, and, by the same means and un-
der the same management as the yell
lowstoue national park, opened up to
travel, its points of interest made ac-
cessible by roads and trails, hotels
built, guides, conveyances and horses
provided, the tract patrollcd. and the
game protected by government troops
during the summer outing season.
Mount Rainier. or Mount Tacoma, as
it is often called, is pyramidal peak
sloping serenely from the very beeches
of Puget Sound to point in air IA, 444
feet above the still inland sea in which
its image is reflected. The mountain
itself is fifty-five miles from the sounds
edge, the level forest land and the
ridged foothills serving as an admira-
bly, composed foreground to the
magnificent white mass, the high altar
to heaven. Forests denser than any
thing the eastern mind can picture,
sombre wilderness aptly compared 10
the forests of the carboniferous age.
shroud the lower slopes. and the giant
peak shakes his rocky shoulders free,
only to be met by the cowl of eternal
snow that rests upon his brow. The
white giant is a beacon and landmark
from the entrance of Puget sound. 1t
is seen from the plains one hundred
miles to eastward, and it is king in all
the group of extinct volcanoes past
which rolls the Oregon" the Column
bia OF the maps.-Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07
Ugly Teupers

Are product Of bad digestion. Your dys.
peptic is almost invariably q cross-nafch.
The way to renew cheerfulness of disposi-
ton and an equable temper sourcd by indi-
gestlon, is to take course of Hostetter's
stomach Bitters, which not only banishes
dyspepsia, but also relieves biliousness. con-
stPation, chills and fever, rheumatism and
Kidney trouble. Use it with persistence
three times day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

"How DO you know, then, the young art
ist has an income outside of his professional
asked the landlady's daughter. Because, -
rly."-Washingto Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07
lEurope's Triple and Holy Alliances.

The present triple alliance consists
IT the German empire, the Austrian
empire and the kingdom of Italy. It
dates from about 1883. Before the pres
emit triple alliance there was one be-
tween Great Britain, Holland and
Sweden against France in 1868; q
second between Great Britain, Holland
and France against Spain in 1717; and
a third between Great Britain, Russia
and Austria, in 1795. against France.
Then there was the holy alliance.
formed in 1875 between the emperor
OF Russia, the emperor of Austria and
the king of Prussia, the ostensible pur-
pose OF which was to govern its men-
bers by Christian principles in their
political transactionA-St Louis Globe
Democrat
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07
An Important Difference.

TO make it apparent to thousands, WHIT
think themselves i'll, that they are not at
iected with any disease, but that the system
simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfor'
home to their hearts, as a costive conditinn Il
easily cured by using Syrup of Figs. Manu-
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

Nobody ought to object to be-
Ing called down." Quericus-"Why notln
Witticus-"Because he must stand higher
than the man that does the calling down.
N. Y. Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

BIZ the way, why wouldn't an illuminated
clock be good thing for q man who finds
time hanging heavily on his handsl 1t Ger.
tainly makes the hours lighter.-BufYale
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

PLEASANT, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs
L, Is, Hale,s Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

:, He (sentimentally) Money isn't every
thing" She (practically )-"No; but it gefa
everything. IN. Y. Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

The tattoo artist has designs on his Gus
toners. Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

TIE huntsman who brings home the ant,
iers proves that he has been able to get Q
head OF the game.-Elmira Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

RAIN has no respect for the baseball plav
er. ~ ialIs upon the Just and the unjust;
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

JnLsoN says that in this era of hotels and
boarding houses q Wedding ring isn't as
much of homo circle - { used to be-
Buffalo Courier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

The irritation which induces coughing
Immediately relieved by use Of "Bro,un's
Bronchial 7roches.n Sold only in boxes'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

A MATCH looks harmless, but it has ofte
taken child's life.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

IT'S poor mule that doesn't work bot]
ways.-Tcxas Siftings. WV
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

A SOCIETY lion Is sometimes found In thu
skin OF an ass.-Galveston News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

SOME men are visionary and some n
visionary.-Young Mems Era
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

BE SURE to read advertisement Of Plant
Seed Co., an old reliable firm
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

A crNIc is sugar turned to vinegar
Young Mems Era.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

CLARErTE- "What are you going to give
my consent, Clairctte. LA Laquette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

MANY nan win open the front door 70,
discomfort who tries his beat To lyeen bnr
glars out Of his konse. Horn
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

"JonNNr, do you know the ten command
mmcnts! "Woll, only by sight."-Intc,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

Miss GusnLY--"Do You believe love Ia
bhndf" MIR. Hard Head ssWhen see
some OF his work I'm positive he is.n-N.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

TIE best rcfomcr is a good performer.
Young Mems Era.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

a Sixth street shoemaker has hung out
q sign with the legend: 'Misfits made to
measure. ~ PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07
Don't Depend ON Cotton.

With the near approach of the plant.
ing season it may not be amiss to eau.
ZION farmers against buoying them.
selves up with hopes of q brighter flu.
ture of cotton or upon RELYING too
much upon the shortness of the crops
OF the last two years as an indication
OF better prices next fall. No auspi-
clous events have occurred to Justify
US In anticipating more. favorable
markets for the heecy staple in the
near future. This years acreage will
be fully as great as that of last and
the yield undoubtedly much heavier.
while from present indications but
slight improvement may be looked for
IN commercial or manufacturing cir
cles- The business outlook iustifies
this view.
In view OF this unpromising outlook
the first care of the farmer should be
towards bountiful production of food
crops for man and beast, to the breed
ing and raising of cattle and hogs for
nome use and market, to the cultiva-
tion OF fruits and vegetables for the
table, and to the practice of wise and
intelligent husbandry generally. He
should avoid debt, be economical. in
dustrious and thrifty, that he may find
himself at the end of the year indie
pendent and self-sustaining, instead of
belonging body and soul to merchants.
Competency is easily within the reach
OF dillgent farmers and it should be
the aim of each to attain it.-Batop
Rouge Truth.
Looking Ahead.
at this time of year every dairyman
should make up his mind Just what
crops are best to be grown on his farm
next summer, keeping in mind .he
certainty of draught to lie me. in
July or August. The short pasture
must be helped out with some kind of
grown crop so that the cows will not
shrink in milk yield. This can best be
done with corn stalks or green fodder,
but bear in mind that there is no profit
In sowing corn broadcast. 1t grows
up thick in stand and slim in stalk and
filled with wind and water. The
cows like it just as they like beer.
but 1t makes little milk, and is al
most sure to upset their bowls. In
other words it does about as much
harm as good. The only kind of corn
to feed is stalk raised under natural
conditions with plenty of room for air |
and sunshine, and then it stores up
some nourishment In other and
palmer words whether you intend to |
cut the corn to help out the pasture, to |
siio it, or to gather cane from it, plant |
Il just as you always have. You will |
get just about the same weight per |
acre and far better quality. Another
crop to help out poor pasture is the
sow-pea that can be either cut or pas
tured, and make SPLENDID crop for
emergencies because it can be either
pastured, cut for hay, or allowed to
nature and the peas threshed out.
There is no better cow eed.-Home
md Farm.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

Rams Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

HE-"Do you believe in love at first
sightl" She-"This is so sudden."-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

A MAINE man smoked q cigar won from
slot machine and fell dead. Man-slct-cr.-
Philadelphia Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

CHoLLy-"What did you do when MAY nc
cepted you9" Chappio-"I blew kiss at
her. Truth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

OLD LADY {from the country at the lace
cxhibit)-"Fivc dollars O yard, CHI That
must be all wool, amt iti''-Philedclphia
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

WonK that is dashed OF with case
must be first dragged on by painful degrees
Young Mems Era.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

nome 70 their hearts, as acostive condition Il
easily cured by using Syrup of Figs. Manu-
iactured oy the California Fig Syrup Co.
JnLsoN says that in this era of hotels and
boarding houses a wedding ring isn't az
much of homo circle . { used to be-
Buffalo Courier.
"A SOCIETY lion Is sometimes found In the
skin OF an ass.-Galveston News
Some men are visionary and some re.
visionary Young Mems Era.
A MATCH looks harmless, but il has often
taken child's life.-Ram's Horn.
o
It's poor mule that doesn't work both
ways.-Tcxas Siftings.
The tattoo artist has designs on his Gus
toners. Boston Transcript
"JouNSr, do you know the ten command.
mmcnts" "Woll, only hy sight."-Intcr
THE best rcformcr is good performer.
Young Mems Era
FnMSEss is virtue; stubbornncss. sin.
Rams Horn.
hE- 10 you DellcVc IN love Mt first
sightl" She-"This is so sudden. "-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
OLD LADY {from the country at the laco
cxhibit) -"Fivc dollars yard. CHI That
must be all wool, amt iti"-Philedclphia
Record.
WonK that is dashed OF with cascu
must be first dragged on by painful degrees.
Young Mems Era.
CHoLLy-"What did you do when Nav nc
cepted yous' Chappio-"I blew q kiss at
her. Truth.
A MAINE man smoked cigar won from a
slot machine and fell dead. Man-slct-cr.-
Philadelphia Record
MISS GusuLY-"Do you believe love ia
blind" MIR. Hard Head ssWhen / see
some OF his work I'm positive he is."-N.
MANY nan win open the front door for
oiscontent who tries his best to keep bur-
giars out Of his Eonse.-Ram's Horn
A Sixth street shoemaker has hung out
q sign with the legend: "Misfits made to
measure. ~ PHILADELPHIA Record
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-24

A well known southern politician who
died just before the civil war not infre-
quently spoke Of an incident that took
place in his first term in congress, in which
he received q lesson in statecraft from the
great Wing leader, Henry Clay.
i Ct was o young man and an enthusiastic
Whig," he said, land | entered congress,
quiYering with cagerness to servo my party
and to distinguish myself. I was on my
feet shouting Mr. Spcaker!' dozen times
a day. opposed even petty motions made
by che opposite party and bitterly de-
nollnced every bill, however trivial, for
which they voted. Before the session was
half over had contrived to mako myself
personally obnoxious to every Democrat
that [ met. -
lone day after an i'll tempered outbreak
on q question of no moment l turned and
saw Mr.. Clay watching me with twinkle
in his eye.
"'C-, he said, you go fishing some
tincs?'
Eyes
"'Don't you find that the best rod is the
one that gives little at each joint? 1t
does not snap and break at every touch,
but bends and shows its strength only
when a heavy weight is put on it.
Il caught his meaning. had seen him
chatting Familiarity with the very men
whom l was bereting Yet know when
great interests clashed he was the one man
whom they feared.
II set myself then to learn patience and
GOODNESS. 1t is the strong, flexible rod
which does not break under tho big fish. y
Youths Companion.
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KISMET.
I tossed nsr picture on tho GOALS
aa.-rk tt,.. ha rtr foer erioxz,i "a a. ve.1

Itossed nsr picture on tho GOALS
Against tho backlog glowing red,
And gnaky flames, Medusalikc,
Coiied and nncoiled about her head.
And, loi tho dnsonsate cardboard lived,
Tho fire had set Its spirit free,
And lovingly her fair white arms
Rosa mp 10 clasp and cling to ne.
And when the picture blackencd lay
Upon its aim profile true
Unrclled IN hazy silhouette,
Then darted up tho chimney9 fiue,
And where above me ashes gray
A blue flnme bubble seemed to float
Istraag htway saw her face again.
A buaoh Of violets at her throat.
Oh, nevermore may be freed
From this her presence; tits too late;
"BismiIlah!r so tho Moslem cries,
And I, the Christian, echo. "Fatei"
Iraae hcr image from my heart.
put away her voice, and She
Comes back to whero our pathways met
And walks the journeys end With Ssae.
=, Ernest McGaffey
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Too Competent.

A duchess requiring lady's maid
had an interview with one, to whom,
after having examined her appearance,
she said:
"Of course you will be able to dress
my hair for me?''
"Oh, yes, replied the girl. 'It never
takes me more than half an hour to dress
@ lady's hair. -
"Half an hour, my child'' exclaimed
tho duchess in accents Of terror. "And
what ON earth then should DO able to
do with myself al the remainder Of the
morning?"-London Tit-Bits.
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Here's a Tall Fisl, Story.

"This seems strange, III admit" said
the second mate of o coastwiso steamer,
but it's true. was mate on board a
sailing vessel plying between New York
and Rio The day before we sailed on one
occasion we noticed school Of minnows
swimming about the kitchen portfolio,
from which the cook threw out slops and
scraps. The fish remained with us day by
day. We were co days making Rio, and.
would you believe it?-the fish had grown
from minnows TO 10 and IL FOUNDERS when
we at last threw anchor III Rio harbor.
Who's a -? l can prove it, New
York Herald
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zinc Reyolutionary War societies.

The Society of the Colonial Wars in
the state of New Jersey has elected Gen.
cral j.. Burd Grubb governor. This or
ganizauion now exists in the states OF
New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Jersey and the Dis.
trict of Columbia and embraces in its
membership the lineal descendants OF
those who were prominent in the colo
MES before the Revolution. In this way
they claim to be colder stock" than tho
Sons of the Revolution, who date back
to ancestors who became prominent in
and after 1T78. There is also Society
of Colonial Da1nes.- Philadelphia Times.
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No Danger.

Lille Why did you speak to that horrid
fellow in the street caT? Weren't you afraid
It would affect your standing?
Millis--Not a bit. He never offered a
girl seat In bis life.-Kate Fields Wash
ington-
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A PANORAMA
OF AMERICA!

If it possible altitude high
observer through telescope whole of
time wonous spectacle would his Beautiful
appear satisfactory
afforded by the Great Photographic Portfolio
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"Glimpses Of America,

distributing its subscribers. It
grand of wonderands pcoay presented in realism
charming exquisite of all
works, the II his easy rocking chair
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with the breath of
blooms where frosted peaks catch the CLEANS from lthua
battle glacial light behind
And while giving pictures of surprising beauty Gpses OF