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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23
HERE AND THERE.

The healthfulness of farm life 4,
one OF its advantages over other occu.
pations which can not be measured BY
money value.
Too frequent feeding makes AMI.
mails gluttonous.. Feed them enoucb
and give them time to digest it before
feeding again.
"A change of pastures is NOT ioplv
beneficial to the stock. but will secure
q better gain in proportion to the
amount OF food consumed.
IF the little chicks are confined IN
small Rms where there is no erase
cut piece of sod and give to them and
zee how they will GO for it.
"A flock of scrub sheep Will, a well.
bred shepherd will bring larger profit
Than thoroughbred flock will in the
hands OF scrub flockmaster.
Country provision dealers nav more
or country cured meats than for citv
meats. because their customers will buv
hem ut an advance.
Grass win grow anywhere that n
'ood crop of weeds will thrive. and -
and is liable to be overrun with weeds
crop OF hungarian grass will crowd
ut the weeds and destroy them.
Pools of water in the pasture do
OF supply the cows with cool, fresh.
lean water. If no streams run
trough the pasture, put up a wind
MI and have water supplied to
7oughs with pipes
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

NO one has ~ yet been able TO tell
why railroad rails creep" That they
do is fact well established by expert
testimony. Recently it has been dis
covered that on lines running north
and south the west rail ''creeps" faster
than the east rail Without conclusive
evidence on the subject, it is believed
that there must be some central mag
netic attraction toward the east that
causes the movement.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23
The Tobacco Cron.

The annual report of the Uniteo
states department of agriculture' puts
the total acreage of tobacco in the
United States for 1898 at 70a, 95a acres:
the total yield in pounds was ass, oss. :
s63, valued at $50, l55. 442. OF this cron
kentucky is credited with 3O9, 697 acres.
yielding ZIG, 926,Ss5 pounds, valued at
slo' 4s6, 4o5 Thus it will be seen that
Kentucky produces nearly one-half of
the entire tobacco crop of the United
States. Virginia ranks next to Ken
lucky her crop being placed at 1903. oos
acres. yielding 6s, 500. 9ss pounds, valued
at "a, 253, 200.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23
Catsrrh Cannot BE Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
n1s Inc seat OF the disease. Catarrh is 4
~ ,o ~, of CONSTITUTIONAL disease, and in order
HAIRS Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
scts directly on the blood and mucous sur-
races. Halls Catarrh Cure is not q ouack
meQcine. 1t was prescribed BY one q the
2 pest physicians in this country Tor years and
t y ISegular prescription. It is composed OF
pest blood purifiers, actirg directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect Combination
on tne Two ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free. ''>'
,EEJ. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
sold by Druggists, price sc.
Halls Family Pills, Is cents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23


Letter to Son at College. My
dear Son: l write to send You two
pairs OF my old breeches. that you may
nave new coat made of them; also
some socks which your mother has just
Knit by cutting down some of mine.
Your mother sends you two pounds
without my knowledge, and for fear
you may not use it wisely, have kept
back half and only send you one.
Your mother and / are well, except
that your sister has got the measles,
which we think would spread among
the other girls if Tom had not had It
before, and he is the only one left. 1
hope you will do honor to my teaching;
It not, you are an ass, and your mother
and myself your affectionate parents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23
Lamp yYicks Of Clax.

A lamp wick has been invented which
is made entirely of clay, and claimed
to give Is per cent more light than tia
cotton wick. 1t is made capillarv NJ,
incorporating with the clay, while in =
plastic state, 6Iaments Of unspun vece.
table fiber, which are burned ont in
the process of baking. The object i.
to provide an indestructible wick
which shall possess all the adyapta.
gcous qualities of ar ordinary cotton
or fiber wick, and which shall. in adj
ditlon, last an indefinite time without
renewal or necessity of trimming or
care. When the clay is baked the ve~e-
able fiber is burned out. leaving canil-
larry tubes running longitudinaIlv
through the wick. through which tbs
OH from the lamp will be raised To the
name by capillary attraction. Ow;nr
70 the perfect combustion of the w;ct
the lame is perfectly white in char.
acter, devoid of odor and smoIxeles. r.
= found, through practical test thai
'll ~ volatized by the use of this wicL
ina the vapor is consumed, thus GIVING
ne above results House Furnishine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23
THE THEFT WAS. WELCOME.
Neat and Effective Way OF DIsposInr n
an Undesirable Cat.


an Undesirable Cat.
Early last summer, as a family l;v
ing in one of Boston's suburbs wa<
about to go into the country for sew.
eral months, the question came IN ms
10 the disposition of the cat. After
due elaboration they concluded that
as he was not very valuable, it would
not pay to bother to find a BOARDING
place for him, and that pater familias
might give him dose of chloroform
What followed, let the father tell n
his own words.
Il took the cat" says he, sand after
putting him carefully in a box. rave
him generous quantity of the anaes-
thetic He quietly Strengthened out.
but fearing that the spark of life was
not fully extinguished, took him r. a
block and used considerable violence
upon him. At first / did not know
just what to do with the remains Of
the animal, but finally concluded to
wrap them up in neat-lookinr bum
die and take them to town and throw
them into one of the yellow carts with
the street sweepings l did not care
to take the bundle into the car with
me. SO left it on the front platform.
and thought no more about it until the
cai' arrived at Bromfield street where
! got of. There happened to remem-
Der 1T, and went to The front platform
may judge of my surprise
Ind relief-I found that someone had
stolen my bundle"
The narrator further adds that he
Mould be glad to have the thief know
hat n0questions would be asked il he
would describe his sensations upon
.penmg the paclage.-Isoston Herald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23
FlREsIDE FRAGMENTS

/
II dreamed Parsnips Boil, and Gu
INTO dice. Brown in little hot butter
ana pour over them little thickenet
cream. --Housekeeper.
The lover of pretty thinps-and
wnat woman is not?-takcs especial
Pride IN the collection OF ice cream
oowis, water bottles, olive and bon.
oon dishes and flower basins of Madras
SILVER in Oriental shapes and hand.
somely decorated.
Onampagne Cake.--One cup of
sugar haif cup of butter, two eggs,
naif cup of sweet milk, one teaspoon
1ui cream of tartar half a teaspoonfui
OF soda Mix with. flour to consistency
OF cookies; roll out, cut in strips. roll
them In powdered sugar and twist into
rings. Bake q light, brown.-Boston
Budget.
-Bockings.-Mix a pint of buck
wheat with a teacup of warm milk,
una Two tablespoons Of yeast; let It
rise about two hours; add two eggs.
well beaten, and as much milk as will
make the batter the usual thickness
,or pancakes. and fry them. House.
keeper.
-Smothered Observation-Disclosures =
round OF steak; put half in q shallow
pan; season with salt, pepper and sliced
onions; sprinkle on little -four and
lay on the other half of steak and
season the same way. Cover with an
other pan; bake an hour.-Western
Rural.
berry Pudding. Spread thin slices
OF stale bread with butter and place a
layer in pudding dish, and over II
one OF stewed raspberries. blackberries
or the like containing plenty of Juice;
tnen add successive layers of the bread
ana OUTER and berries, until the pud.
oing DISH is full. Bake thirty minutes
and eat with cream and sugar. or
whipped cream. Orange Judd Farmer
Try what glass of hot milk will |
DO as restorative, from DAYS fatigue
in shopping. Homework, etc After :
mornings wear and tear in rushing
from shop to shop, in search of gowns
ana garnitures, discard the notion OF
chicken salad, chocolate, charlotte
russo or eclaires as lunch, and tone
mp your jaded system with a glass of
not milk, dainty English muffin. or
.oasted brown bread. To this simple
are might be added, with good effect.
juicy chop or a soft-boiled egg.
Chicken with Mushrooms.-Have
eady one pound of cold chicken
'nopped fine. and one pint of cold
mushrooms cut in small pieces. Cover
nese with water and boil Ave minutes.
kim out the mushrooms into a hot
ish. There should be left a coffee
upful of liquid. If, not enough. add
aiik 10 the hot liquid. Thiclxen this
nth tablespoonful Of -four, same /,
mount OF butter, and season. Three
llnutes' boiling will thicken it. Add I
ne chicken and mushrooms and cook
vo minutes. stirring constantly. :
erve on hot platter Christian Ipoui. q
II. d
-Macaroni Pudding. --One cunful a. y
roken macaroni, one and one-baH
nts OF milk, four eggs, one cupful of a
lgar, one tablespoonful of butter and Q
Re teaspoonfuf of vanilla. Boil the \
acaroni In salted water ten minutes.
len add it to the boiling milk and
MINER twenty minutes longer: remove
ON the fire, pour it on the sugar
'gs and butter, beaten together; last. | b,
add the extract Put into a well 8
Uttered pudding dish, and bake in q
eady oven thirty-five minutes. Serve
tn cream cc.-Good Housekcep.
g.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

]ect In order to make this matter 81
pam to the average reader that none
need fail to understand. we would
ssa.e mat IN the building mp of per,
rect plant: First, the blade; next.
the ear; then, the full corn in the ear,
each Of the three leading elements, /:
{, nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
Potash' have a certain part to per.
FORM. 10 nitrogen is due the rich.
uarK green color of the foliage, as also
the size and even number of the leaves
ana, to great extent, of the stalks
and stems, as well as an increase in the
NUMBER and size of seeds, and in the
proportion of gluten they contain.
Inc phosphates induce early fruitinc.
as Wei as increased fruiting, and like.
wise increase the quantity of sugar
starch and oil, while the alkalies ne
potash, lime, soda, ETC., increase The
proportions OF wood, stalk and fiber ~
the plant, and also, to some extent. Of
the 1ruit or seed. Nitrogen tends TO
make the growth of plants more 1r~.
uriant and to make them live ,onr.~
wniie the phosphates, on the contrary.
.ena TO excessive fruiting, and. bv
forcing them to an early maturity. d.
mihish their growth and make them
die faster. BY closely observing the
growth OF crops in each separate plat
On the farm, and bearing in mind the
aoove Facts, it becomes quite an easv |
matter to decide practically what !. |
oencient in one plat and what is in er-
cess, II excess there be. in another
contrary 10 the general opinion, the
comparative inexhaustible alluvials of
our larger river valleys, and the inst
as fertile soils of our larger prairies.
o,.enumes need the application of ar
.,ncial fertilizer, not in order to mako
them richer, but as a corrective. To re-
store a lost equilibrium, or balance or
proportion of the five leading element.
d Fertility, viz, nitrogen, phospbor;c
acid, potash, lime, and last brt rot
east. nnmus' in order to adapt the
'oii' as nearly as practicable and nos
ioie' to each individual crop planted
'nereon, and to supply and abundantlv
atisiy tneir several requirements. To
uustrate: When there is deficient |
.aik growths and foliage is of pale
.cKiy' yellow color, nitrogen and aka. ,
les are indicated, bnt where the (,
'rowth OF stalk or stem is especiallv
uxuriant and the foliage dark green I
nd glossy, it is oftentimes at the
Expense OF the fruitage, let it be q
otatoes with all tops and M
aoers' wheat with uperabund- r
nee OF straw. but diminutiye heads Q
'uit trees with luxuriant wood n
rowth, but little fruit, mammoth t
'rn stalk, minus the ear, or an exu- S
Grant weed growth of cotton, but few
oiis, and those few too late to omen c
ca etc, all go to show an abundant n
lppiy OF nitrogen, but a deficiency Of W
'tash and the phosphates. Omittinp a
supply these lacking elements in one m
eat and grand cause of the general ii
W averages throughout the country. t,
ME the employment Of ammoniacai s.
even general fertilizers to sucb land. re
uid not fail to be waste of money
detriment to the crop, and to bring b,
appointment to the farmer.-C. III ri
lrner, In Farm and Ranch. su
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

The Pittsburgh Baseball club is
now after q mascot which will ont
mascot all other mascots. 1t is q
twelve-year-old boy who fell from the
seventh story Of the Railroad building,
Denver, Col, a few weeks ago. He
struck on number oftelegraph wires,
bounded into the air. and finally
landed on the back of horse. The
animal was killed by the shock. but
the boy was only stunned, and soon re-
covered consciousness. In three min
utes he was receiving congratulations
on his lack.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

GENUINE NERVE. -Tailor-"When are Won
going to pay for that overcoatln Dude
.Really, my" Tailor-ssNow, look here.
= you don't pay, m bring suit within thirty
,nsn .d D so.s -. = spring suit, Old
tr0it Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

No SYSTEM Of mnemonics can equal that
arising from the persistent habit Of telling
the exact truth. --Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

The musical composer Is singularly scnsi-
tive about his notes going to protest.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

PuRcHAsER-"6ee heroi you said this nae
went mile last month in 1875, but I CAN'T
get four minute clip out of him. Dealer
''Well sir, to be candid with you, no made
that time coming through from Canada on 8
cattle train. Judge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

z vRw.-.Man originates-the monkey
initiates, !" said tho professor. aThen that
settles the question of the origin Of the
species, /" returned the student. MAN Is the
original; the monkey the imitation.v
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

Nervous, elderly ladies use this phrase "a
describe their tremors, and highly graphic e
quilted and strengthened with Hostetfersa
stomach Bitters. The Bitters Is 3 neryine
because It Is tonic for the nerves. and fone
y what the nerves require If they are weak
and shaky. Digestion and assimilation are
insured by It, and It remedies constipation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

IT Is q well-known II rather a paradoxica
TACT In the 1ewelry trade that cut-diamont
rates are higher than the original price.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

: COURAGE Is something that coward can
only imitate.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

THERE Is something so imposing about q
silent man that we hardly ever reflect that
he very probably has nothing to say.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

the most wonderful thing about o her.
ring Is how the meat ever got between the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

AGSEs-'sWcll, want o husband who IL
easily pleased" Maud-"Don't worry. dear !:
that is the kind you'll get."-Tid- Bits
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

TN % glad lost my legsl' said the va,
e e, with smile. II never have rheums
usm ~ ny wooden ones, and on cold winter
DER the arctic sheets. "-Hazper's Bazar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

TnxRE's one thing to BE- said in favor a
the summer. One has warmer frisnds than
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

BAxGs-sTerrifc storm we had last night
terrible thunder and Hghtning.n Bines-
"Weu, you see, reached home about two.
ana didn't hear the storm outside Inter
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

A CYCLONE never looks well, no matte
what amount of baggage it carries alonI
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

LEA1NISa hath gained most by those books
y wnicn the printers have lost-Thomas
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

s'SAT, pa" asked Freddy, s.why Is Il thai
when you or Uncle George tells story Won
always get laughed nt, and when tell one
get hckin' l"-Bu6alo Courier,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

A DUDE is o gentleman who tries to be.
have In q lody-like manner.-Boston Tran
script.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

Pm thy faith to no mans sleeve: hast thou
not two eyes Of thy ownl- Carlyle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

A LEGAL necessity-Attorneys' fees.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23
Hoods $500 Cures

noods pile are purely vegetable, Der.
sectly harmless, always reliable, and efracient
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-06-23

ROYAL nAuso POWDER Co. wA.i 81, NeMLxoax e
S$M$MSN$D$S$VSx&VIXVXIXV
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-06-21
THE FIRELIGHr ON THE WALL


When the frost is on the window
And the snow is falling fast,
Driven in a raging maelStrom
By the wildly Striking blast;
When the night is closing round us
And the chimney-fairies call,
Then | love TO watch the freight
AS il fiickers on the wall.
How it quivers leaps and dances
Like a spirit Of unrest;
Now it glowS with wondrous radiance
Like the sunset in the west;
Then it fades, and sombre shadows
Silently and swiftly fall
And | sigh for the lost Splendor
or the freight on the wall.
But again it springs in beauty
From the emberS' blinking light,
Frightening into gJiuen glory
The grim darkness of the night;
And my heart grows warm aud tender,
And fond memories l recall,
As | sit and watch the hrelight
As ii fickerS on the wall
Alice Fenton PettiS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-06-21

And still in silence we traced our
steps back to the hoteH aud l shortly
afterTard returned to the city lost
all further knowledge OF the two pc
cullar visitors TO my tavorite summer
resOrt.-Guy de Maupassaut
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-06-21
THE FARMERS FIELD
,-rr,HCE APPLIED TO THE PUR-
CHASE OF CREAM.
rIF HABCOCK TEST AS A CREAM
cry ADJUNCT.

results of Exhaustive Experiments
Made in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
should Be Done While the Sun
Shines-June Sugges lonesome
thing about Locusts-Other Farm
Notes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-06-21

samples representing the cream gath
cred in one week showed a range In
quality OF from 525 spaces to the
pound of butter up to 992 spaces to
the pound. For this weeks work thir-
! teen patrons would receive more by
the Babcock test than they would if
paid by the space system, while six
teen would receive less. one patron
would receive twenty-six per cent
more and another thirty three per
cent. less.
The Farmer and Homes wish that
the work might have been carried one
step further by verifying the tests by
the work Of the churn, so as to prove
the tests OF these composite samples,
but though it stopped where it did the
lesson that it teaches is very interest
Ing and emphatic, and shows that It
VIII not be many years before all the
cream gathering creameries in New
England VIII be doubtless paying the
patrons for just exactly what the pa
irons furnish rather than using an
arbitrary and inaccurate standard.
The officers of the creamerles where
these tests were made say that the
purchase of the Babcock tester and
the trying Of samples of cream in the
presence of patrons had, in some cases,
a very notable effect in the quality and
quantity of cream furnished. During
the week Immediately following the
taking Of samples for testing at the
creamery the number of spaces OF
cream charged to the creamery nota-
bly, diminished but at the same time
the output of batter increased, 50 that
the Babcoci. test even before its
adoption as Il permanent basis of pay
ment paid for itself in stimulating the
farmers to Il new production of bet
ter article.-NeW England Farmer.
Unless land is thoroughly drained
it will be often found impossible to
work it soon enough after showers to
keep the weeds down 1t does not pay
to cultivate during wet weather, for
after being once or twice transplanted
the weed gets tenacity of life that
makes it almost impossible to kill IT,
If the ground has been underdrained
few hours of sunshine Will make the
surface tit to cultivate. But we would
use the cultiyator only while the sun
was shining, so that the weeds up
rooted might be wilted and perish. at
once, instead of getting a new hold on
the soil, as they viii if the work is
donet owards night OF on dull, cloudy
days-Amerlcan Cultivator
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
Sorghum Again.
Monroe Bulletin.

Monroe Bulletin.
1t is our intense desire to do some
good for the farmers Of this section and
to give them full value for their sub
scription in useful information. We
therefore revert to the subject of sO@
ghum.
In an interview with Col. l. C. Terry,
of st. Lonis, we discussed the question
what new crop would pay our farmers
best and he stated that sorghum was
the best and surest crop they can raise.
In the first place, the yield is nearly I'M
form on good land. 1t will always pro-
duce between 200 and 800 gallons per
acre, besides fodder and a second crop
Of shoots that make splendid hay. 1t
is equally adapted to large and small
farmers. 1t will supply healthful food
for cattle, horses, hogs, as we'll as for
the laborers and family.
In the next place, said Col. Terry, the
machinery for the manufacture of sOr-
ghum is simple and cheap. The machin-
cry a be attached to the gin and each
plantation could easily work up so acres,
which would net $50 per acre.
The next advantage is that there is
always a constant and ready demand
and sale for sorghum. He said that
you can sell it in st. Louis by carload
lots at from IS to % cents a gallon and
that this demand is inexhaustible.
This is shown by the vast fields of sOr-
ghum planted in Kansas, Missouri and
other Western States which are not
nearly 80 we'll adapted to it's culture as
Louisiana. He stated that pure cane
syrup is a thing unknown in st. Louis.
All the syrup is adulterated with glu-
close and other substances. Hence
sorghum is preferred as being more pal
atable and healthy.
The advantages of sorghum culture
are so far superior to the culture of cot
ton that nc farmer should hesitate.
Every small farmer should plant 10
acres and every large farmer in Ouach-
tia should plant so acres. Who will
lead the a in this movement9 Who
will inaugurate this patriotic enterprise
that will do SO much good?