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The Colfax chronicle., 1895-11-09
HERE AND THERE.

Prof. Cook, of the Michigan expert.
ment station, reports that he knows
nothing so good to rid poultry of lice
as kerosene and lard; or better, kero-
sene and sulphur.
by a little concert of action the
farmer can soon be master of the situa-
tion. Why should you go on. year in
and year out, raising crops that do not
weld a fair return? There is but one
way to make yourself independent, and
that is the plan above proposed. Diver
sify your crops.
"A good pure-bred boar will soon
breed up the herd, and most farmers
have their hogs well graded up. The
next step is to get one or two pure
bred sows, and with still better
boar raise the best pigs for market,
that will command the top price, and
soon have all pure-bred stock on the
farm. Live Stock Journal.
Let every tiller Of the soil begin
now to practice diversified farming in
the full sense of the term. II you
cultivate but ten acres see that you
raise everything you want for your
own use as near as you possibly can.
Then, when your crop is harvested, If
prices do not suit You. You will not be
forced to sell-Sonthern Agriculturist
The practice of dehorning is grow
ing in favor, aud it Is not now an un-
common thing to see = stable full of
dehorned dairy cattle, while ranchmen
no longer see any necessity of retain
ing the horns Many cattle feeders
tell us that they would rather pay any
where from 81 to So more per head for
deborned cattle than for the same
quality of horned ettle.-Texas Stock
man
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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 to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of 4 perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fcvers
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 10 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 got
secspt any substitute # offered,
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An amusing story comes from the
court of Italy. For some time past
Queen Marguerite has been very much
concerned at the extraordinary rapid
ity with which the hair of King, Hum
bert has been whitening. What could
she do? Womanlike, she saw only one
remedy-hair dye-and she suggested
the idea to the king. But his majesty
objected to being rejuvenated by any
such process. One of her relatives. a
young prince. suggested strategy. He
knew. he said, of splendid colorless
dye, which she could place on the
dressing table of the king, and he
would use it without thinking, as an
ordinary hair wash. But his ma ajestv
got wind of the affair. and laid a
counter plot. The qu1bn had a little
white dog with long hair He in
weighed it into bis dressing-room, ap-
piled the famous hair dye, and turned
the dog into her majesty's apartments
in coat of splendid jet black. Tit
Bits.
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About Bees,


Look out for robbers when the har.
vest becomes scarce.
When the harvest is plenty you can
let honey stand around unprotected for
half day.
But woe be to you II you try that
trick after the honey flow has ceased.
And when robbing commences your
bees that had seemed so quiet and gen.
tie become like little demons.
I'll tell you trick worth knowing
about robbers.
II they commence on a comb of honey
or on a weak colony, and have got fair
ly to work, don't take away what
they're working at and leave nothing
in its place
Ifyou do. they'll go to hunting all
over to find what has become Of it,
and like as not pitch on the nearest
colony and clear it out.
But leave in its place something that
looks like it, with at least a little
honey in it, and when they get that
all cleaned out they'll leave it satis-
fled, thinking they've got all there Is
to be had. s
If robbers are started on a colony
that you think might take care of
itself with little help pile straw or
hay around it.
Pile it a foot high about the en-
trance.
Then pour water on it.
4 Drench it good.
Kaov, ,1or, nv1 Soma
The robbers won't stand that very
long. s3 3.
But if the colony is queenless and
weak, the r,bbers will begin work
again as soon 40 it dries OF.
Better not keep any queenless coli
onies anyhow. -h.r
They're not worth fussing with.
Break them up at once and distrib-
ute the brood and bees to others
A weak colony with a good queen
will be glad of them.
If you. work for extracted honey.
don't extract too close.
Nowadays it isn't considered best to
extract out of the brood nest.
1t pays to leave all in the brood nest.
and perhaps a little beside.
Unless the combs are crammed very
full the bees may starve before that
time.
They'll not waste.it If they have more
than they need.
The only possible danger is that there
may be SO much honey in the brood
nest that there isn't room for the queen
to lay. M
There is some pressure just now to
get the government to have apis DOR
sata, the giant Indian bee, imported.
But those who ought to know say il
will be all in vain.
It's breed of bees that can not be
kept in hives.
Better work for improvement on the
bees we have.
They've been bred for color till they
are all yellow
Now if breeders breed as much for
quality as they have for looks. great
advance may be made. National Stock.
man.
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DR.. PATToN's ORTHODOXY.
Genesis l. as Charcoal sketch of What
e Might Have Been,

Gcnesfs 1. as n Charcoal sketch of What
: . Might Have Been.
Joseph ii. .Choate tells a good story
of DIR. Patton, who several years since
paid visit TO DR. Henry NJ Field, In
Stockbridge, Mass, where Mr.. Choate
has his summer home. Wishing to
bring the two distinguished men to-
gether, DIR. Field invited his neighbor
to dine with the president OF Prince
ton. They seemed to enjoy each otinr
greatly, and Mr.. Choate afterward ex-
pressed his pleasure in meeting man
of such keen intellect, and was espc-
cially gratified, though little sur
prised, at his very liberal views The
theory of evolution, which had
frightened SO many orthodox people,
he looked at purely from a scientific
point of view, and thought it quite
harmless, as having no bearing on re-
iigious faith. ''And how" said Mr..
Choate, ''do you interpret the first
chapter OF GeEesis?" This did not dis
turb the composurc of the accom-
plished theologian, who answered with
out a moments hesitation: 1--WE lock
upon that as sort of charcoal sketch
of what might have been" The phrase
is little unguarded. and if uttered by
Prof. Briggs might have been consid-
cred as speaking lightly of sacred
things. but DIR. Patton is great
master1of dialectics, and can doubtless
reconcile it with the most rigid ortho-
doxy.-N. Y. Tribune.
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FtRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

-Evaporated Tomatoes Has any.
one tried evaporating tomatoes? II So
are they nearly as good as canned? A
recipe was given me, to split them in
two and dry in the sun. When want
ed for use let them soak awhile before
cooking; then cook in the same water
in which they are soaked. intend to
try it-Rural New Yorker.
Picked Damsons.- the dam
sons with fine needle, and put them
in jar. Roll together one quart of
vinegar, three pounds of sugar, and
one ounce of stick cinnamon for ten
minutes; pour over fruit, cover with a
plate, aud leave for three days; boil
sirup again, pour over fruit: when
cold cover in usual way They will
keep quite two years Leeds Mercury.
To Pickle Red Cabbages. Slice
them into sieve, and sprinkle each
layer with salt Let the whole drain
three days; then add some sliced beet.
root and place the whole in lar.
over which pour boiling vinegar Tn,
purple-red cabbage is the finest Mace.
bruised ginger, whole pepper and
cloves may be boiled with the vinegar.
and will make great Improvement -
Farmers Voice.
TO Stew Artichokes in GRAVY
Strip off the leaves from the artichokes.
remove the choke and soak them in
warm water several hours, changing it
twoor three times Put them into n
stew pan with quarter of pint of
good gravy, two spoonfuls of any cat
sup ard the juice of half small
lemon. Thicken the sauce with an
ounce and half of butter rolled in
Hour. Set the stew pan over a mod
crate fire and let it stew until the arti-
cholxes are tender, and serve on a hot
dish with the sauce poured over them.
Boston Budget.
Chicken Salad.-Cut and mince
cold chicken with about twice as much
cabbage and flavor with celery sauce.
pepper, salt For the dressing take
three eggs. well beaten, one-half Gun
OF vinegar, four tablespoonfuls of melt
ed butter, one tablespoonful of mixed
mustard, two tablespoonfuls of sugar
and one-half cup of cream. Mix all in
gradients except cream and put in a
double boiler; when hot add the cream
and stir constantly until thick as GUS
tard; cool; pour over salad; garnish
with slices of hard d-boiled eggs and eel
cry Observation-Disclosures.
Orange Chartreuse. Make a quart
OF calf's.foot' jelly, flavor it with
orange, and keep in a liquid state;
peel four oranges, and divide into small
sections, being careful not to break the
inner skin; place the oranges in fat
dish and sprinkle powdered sugar over
them and set aside for two hours. Pour
about teacupful of the jelly into a
mold; let set, and arrange upon it a
layer OF oranges; pour over these some
jelly; allow it to set; then some more
oranges, and so on until the mold is
quite full When quite firm turn out on
a dish and surround the base with a
border OF whipped cream and sprinkle
the latter with chopped pistachios :
uarper's Be zar.
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THE CUNNING BRONCO.
Traits of This Hardy Little Rover Of the
Western Plains.

Traits of This Hardy Little Rover of the
Western Plains.
A few words about this horse-the
horse of the plains Whether or no his
forefathers looked on when Montezu-
ma fell, they certainly hailed from
Spain. And whether it was missiona-
ries or thieves who carried them north
ward from Mexico, until the Sioux
heard of the new animal, certain it
also is that this pony ran wild for
century or two, either alone or with
various red-skinned owners; and as he
gathered the sundry experiences of
war and peace, of being stolen, and of
being abandoned in the snow at incon-
.venient distances from home, or being
ridden by two women and baby at
once, and of being eaten by bear, his
wide range of contretemps brought
him a wit sharper than the street
Arabs, and an attitude toward life
more blase than in the united capitals
of Europe. have frequently caught
him Watching me with an eye of such
sarionic depreciation that / felt it
quite vain to attempt any hiding from
him of my incompetence; and as for
surprising him. locomotive cannot do
it, for have tried this. He relishes
putting a man. in absurd positions,
and will wait many days in patience
TO compass this uncharitable thing;
and when he cannot bring a man
to derision, he contents himself
with a steer or a buffalo, helping
the man to rope and throw these
animals with an ingenuity surprising
any circus. to my thinking. Anum-
Der of delighted passengers on the
Kansas Pacific railway passed by a
Mexican vaquero, who had been sent
out from Kansas City to rope a buffalo
as, an advertisement for the stock
yards The train stopped to take
look at the solitary horseman fast to
buffalo in the midst of the plains
Jose, who had his. bull safely roped,
khouted to ask if they had water on
The train ..sfe'll bring you some"
said they. ''0h, come get" said he;
and jumping off he left his accom-
phshed pony in sole charge of the buff
falo. Whenever the huge beast strug-
eled for freedom, the clever pony stiff
ened his legs and leaned back as in
ing of war, by jumps and lodges so
anticipating each move of the enemy
hat escape was entirely hopeless.
The boy got his drink. and his en-
sployer sent out a car for the buffalo,
which was taken in triumph into Kan.
eas. City behind the passenger train.
The Mexican narrated the exploit to
.his employer thus: ''Oh, Shirley, when
the train start they all give three
|Nreata big cheers for me, and then
ley give thrsc mucha bigger cheers
20 the little gray hoss.-Qwen VS.
f. ip Harper's Msgasine
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resources Of the country are falling
into the hands of few capitalists.
II this keeps on where will it endf
and similar remarks are heard quite
frequently. M
What is the nature of a mortgage,
anyhow, that it is such grounds for
alarm? A mortgage is practically SIM
ply bet. Wien a person ventures q
wager and loses, he is not considered
unfortunate, but foolishly ventursome.
When man gives a mortgage and loses.
the venture of the undertaking seems
more obscure. Let me explain: pro-
pose to buy eighty acres for g, 600. 1
have 81, 900 ready to pay On 1t. and pro-
pose to borrow the other 1000 on q
mortgage security. l do SO, and give .
mortgage in favor Of some capitalist,
more or less great. This mortgage
document states, though not in these
words, that l get 81. 900 from capitalist,
which l agree to pay back. together
with interest at the end of a specified
time, and in order to induce capitalist
to make me the loan, venture to bet
my entire farm that will meet the
obligation. Capitalist considers this .
good investment; he gets interest and
has some chance of winning a bet of
81, 900. The bargain Is made, the docu-
ment specifying the terms Of the bet is
called a mortgage, and under that
name is recognized as lawful. Now
comes the contest as to who shall win
the bet. If | succeed in raising the
$1,000, plus the interest, then win; If
not, then capitalist wins. colorado
Farmer
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Is now assured to the farmers Of the West
and Northwest, and in order that the people
of the more Eastern States may see and
realize the magnificent crop conditions
which prevail along its lines, the Chicago,
Milwaukee q St. Paul R'y has arranged :
August 20, September 10 and "a. for which
round trip excursion tickets (good for re-
turn on any Friday from September IS to
October IL inclusive) will be sold to various
points in the West, Northwest and South
west at the low rate of about One Fare.
For further particulars apply to the near
est coupon ticket agent or address Geo. H.
Heafford, Genl. Passenger Agent. Chicago.
Milwaukee & St Paul R'y, Chicago.
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be traced by the lines in the woman's face.
Dull eyes, the sallow or wriukled face and
those feelings of weakness" have their
rise in the derangements and irregularities
peculiar to women. The functional de-
Iangements, painful disorders, and chronic
weaknesses of women, can be cured with
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For the
fhe fH mother The n and s those sbcut 1 to become me-
mothers, and later in the change of life,"
the . Prescription is just what they needj
it aids nature IN preparing the system foi
these events. It's medicine prescribed
for thirty years, by DR.. r. w. Pierce, chief
consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y.
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Highest Of IN IN Leavenng Pow-Latest Govt Report
RH!a!!!!! q! RsxdssE Rskles
ABSOLUTELY PURE

"A theatrical manager had consid-
cradle trouble with his star actor. who
was constantly meeting with accidents
or falling sick. One day, as the story
goes, the star was hurt in boiler ex-
plosion. When the manager heard of
it he remarked to his agent: II am
sick of this sort of thing. Advertise
him, as usual, and add that we intend
bringing out new piece. in which the
great star, Mr.. D., will appear in
several parts."-Truth.
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Cheap E.cur.ions to the wesa

Bountlful harvests are reported from an
sections Of the west and northwest, and an
exceptionally favorable opportunity for
home seekers and those desiring change
of location Il offered by the series of low
rate excursions which have been arranged
by the North Western Line. Tickets Tor
these excursions, with favorable time limits,
win be sold on August 20, September 10 and
gan, Northwestern Iowa, Western Minneso.
ta, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado,
Wyoming, Utah anda large number Of other
points. For full information apply to agents
Of connecting lines, or address w. B. kNIs-
KERN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent
Chicago u North Western R'y, Chicago, NJ
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A Prompt Answer stoppcth Argument.

1T is anticipation which adds zest
to life," asserted the theoretical phil
osopher. For instance, watch small
boy eating an apple. Unconsciously
he demonstrates my position. Watch
how he gloats over it! How, while
masticating one mouthful, he tantalizes
himself with it. Why, with his eyes
riveted upon it. does he keep turning
it and twisting it, cow this way. now
that? Why does he tease himself by
daintily nibbling at it, now here, row
there, instead of taking one big bite
anywhere?"
Because OF the worm holes, I" replied
the practical philosopaer.-Truth.
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THE FARM MORTGAGE.

A Western View of 1t That Will Apply to
Southern Farming.
''Some people are getting alarmed at
the amount and extent to which the
country is encumbered with mort
cages. The country is plastered over
with mortgages they say. Mortgage
your property nowadays and you had
as well give up IN the first place.
BY means Of. the mortgage the natural
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Many men do because the nerve cepters,
weakened by the long-contiuued use of to.
bacco, become so affected that they are weak,
tired, lifeless, listless, etc. All this can be
easily overcome If the tobacco user wants to
enjoy vigorously the good things of life.
Take No-To-Bac. Guaranteed to cure or
money refunded by Druggists everywhere.
Book free. The Sterling Remedy Co., New
York City or Chicago.
The Colfax chronicle., 1895-11-09

Some of the meanest OF these are they who
seek to trade upon and make capital out Of
the reputation OF the greatest Of American
tonics, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, by i'm
itating its outward guise. Reputable drug
gists, however, will never foist upon you as
genuine spurious limitations of or substitute
for this sovereign remedy formalaria rheu-
matism, dyspepsia, constipation, liver COM
plaint and nervousness. Demand, and II the
dealer be honest. you will get the genuine
article.
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! N6INDusrRY,

~ z : -5..7>> <..z.z -
q j has 5a&s3 factory hands.
ennHaBy sss,ol7,oso worth
yunt of bituminous coal
4 tRo United States in 1891 was
y long tons, and it's value was
: !, 6ew solar physics observatory is
<Pcted in India at Kodaikanal,
laot hills, 300 miles south Of
s Z A. will photograph the sun
81 wiu undertake systematic
4oocopic examination of the sun.
Z. &1etnperature of the station is very
sn opdthe number of cloudless hours
Q1y unusually great
<yr Sir Johu Lubbock has recently
/ <<Qaqe some studies of the alimentary
hebtW OF spiders. Selected specimens
Z. Wepe weighed before and after a full
neals with the result of learning that
n = man were to absorb the quantity
e ox sfQod proportionate to his weight
epnanmed by spider he would devour
TWO whole oxen, thirteen sheep,
3 ao1en hogs and four barrels of fish.
--Rrof Wiley says that zone of the
graudest discoveries of modern science"
As the agency of the microbes in en-
ab1ing plants to absorb from the air
the nitrogen which is the chief factor
: OF their growth The theory was first
xsuRgestedb by Pasteur. and it is thought
> to'be fully confirmed by the researches
OF independently investigators. If it
does not deceive expectation it will
completely revolutionize agriculture.
To increase the growth of plants it
will only be necessary to feed their
roots with water containing the proper
microbes.
The salmon run, in the Fraser and
Columbia rivers this season has been
cxcellent, and it is declared by the
oldest fishermen on the rivers that the
quality of the fish was never so fine.
The weight of the salmon is increasing
yearly, and this year averages fully
twenty-eight pounds per salmon. Buy
ers and distributors say that large
proportion of the public of this conti-
nent have only recently begun to be
consumers of canned salmon, result
ascribed to the recent innovation of
packing perfect steaks of the fish in
Y'<@- ~"hSs AoOut QUO nuuurtQ tnOu-
sand cases of Columbia river salmon
have been bought for the British isles
this season, as against thirty Thousand
eeses last year.
Mature is doing for California vine
yardists what they long and fruitlessly
tried TO do for themselves. 1t is re-
ported from many localities that the.
phylloxera, the most serious pest that
has ever attacked the vines, is dying
out. The experts have tried every
remedy to stay the progress of this
pest but without avail, and six years
ago the vineyardists of the Sonoma
and Napa valleys plowed up all their
vines and replanted the ground with
resistant stock. The experts believed
that all non-resistant vines were
doomed to destruction by the phyllox-
era But reports have recently come
to the state inspector of orchard pests
that material falling off in the raw.
ages of the pest has been noticed for
some time Vines. once affected by it.
: are now almost free. The inspector
has begun a thorough investigation of
the pleasing phenomena. He thinks
some natural enemy of the pest has
appeared or that some deadly disease
has attacked the phyiloxera and is ex-
terminating it. Whatever is the cause,
the result will mean great gain for tho
sineyardists
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..How DO you like my now trolley hatr
'Trollcy hatl It's very pretty, but why d.
You call it thatl'' "Why, John says it's per
fectly killing. g.1Brooklyn Life.
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TEAcuER--"What separates New Yorl
from Brooklyn" Johnny-"The politi
clans. PUCK
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We know a nice, compact little bull-ter.
r1er that will insert o whole set of teeth for
nothing, and be glad of the job. Each tooth
warranted sound aud good. We make this
announcement in the interest of our read
ers, without fee or reward.
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FARMER GRAYNECK-s'I hear tell that your
son Lyman is playin' in tho college football
eleven!" Farmer Wetrock-''Yes; he's the
drawback of the team."-Puck.
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~ OFTEN endeayor to encourage young
writers, said the editor, "by accepting stun
rother expensivep f'sOh no. We pay on
publication. ."-Harpers Bazar.
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MIsrREss-"Have you . stranger down
there, Bridget" Bridget-"N' mum; it's
Con Callahan; sure, Oi know him In tn
ould country i"-Puck.
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II my cook could ride . cycle
She would make record neat,
For, to judge her by her dinners,
She's q scorcher hard to beat.
Truth,

GRANr-.'Can It be possible that Haw>
kins is In love with that Tat girli Why, she
weighs 800 at least.n Hobbs-"No, don't
believe he's In lovei he's just infatuated."-
Boston Courier.
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'sBAsHKfNs's himor isquite original, ''said
the ordinary reader. "Yes,n replied the
contemptuous critic, ''that's It's greatest
fault. Washington Star.
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WnY YNoTl--Johnny-"Pap Iwant to ask
you q question" Papa-"Well, what is it,
my sons" Johnny-'If the ruler Of Russia
Up. @ -
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$50 OLD Mr. Brown is married at lastln
ayes; furriner, ] ,eard. IA foreigners
No, an English lady" ''Oh, card as 'ow
she was a Tartar''- Household Words.
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1OMEN'SFACES

like flowers, fade
and wither with timeg
The bloom of the rosa
Is only known to the
healthy woman's
cheeks. The nerv.
ous strain caused by
the ailments and
pains peculiar to the
sex, and the labor
and worry of rearing
q fovsss1u ran aftASa