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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03
DRYING the Umbrella.

During the frequent use of umbrellas
IN the spring showers. we should keep
in mind the oft-repeated caution con-
corning care in drying them. They
viii last much longer if they are al
ways placed when wet with the handle
downward to dry. The moisture then
falls from the edge of the frame ard
the fabric dries uniformly. When it
stands handle upwards, which is COM
monty the case, the top of the um brel-
la holds the moisture, and not only
takes long time to dry, but it soon in
jures the silk or other fabrics used for
the cover, and rusts the steels This is
the cause of this part of the umbrella
wearing out before any other paft.
Umbrella cases are also responsible for
the rapid wear of the silk. The con-
slant friction causes the tiny holes that
appear so provoking early. When not
in use leave the upbrells loose. Phil,
sdslpAIs PFsss
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03
To Entert.in . sick child.

A little sick child will play for an
hour with small hand mirror. and a
stack of bright picture cards is a posi-
tive boon. Never throw away a pic
ture card. Put them in box and they
will come in use some day, if not for
your own children, for those of some
body else. Half the pleasure of living
comes from being able to be of service
to others. 1t gives a glow to the heart
that nothing else on earth will bring.
Those who live for self alone without
thought for others, are the crusty old
curmudgeons, who go out of life unre-
GREETED, their places considered better
than their company. To bring smile
to little child's face, laugh into his
heart, ought to be the height of happi-
ness, but we don't often think of it
that way. Even to the least of these, -
one wiser than we once said, and he
who carries il his heart the love for a
child has gone far on the road to .
better life. -Philadelphia Times
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

those that have such connections that
are able to report an increase of earn
ings. With the facilities that these
new lines of railway will afford the
southern farmer. they will be enabled
to furnish the great cities of the
northwest with fruits and vegetables
fresh from their orchards and gardens
at remunerative prices.
There are also two other lines of
farming in which the southern farmer
mas proven that he can successfully
compete with his northern rival. viz:
Poultry raising and dairying. The
northern farmer is already keenlv
feeling the competition of the south
ern poultry raiser.
In dairying. the idea that was so
long and firmly entertained by the
northern as well as the southern farm
er, that dairying could not be profit
ably followed in the south, has been
d1speled by the successful manage
ment of this industry by a number of
brainy and progressive farmers of the
sunny south
AhC iHSAHduSIlDie mines, Quarr1eS
and forests of the southern states will
furnish the raw material to the great
manufacturing plants that will cause
the upbuilding of great cities in the
south. These cities will furnish mar
ket for all the products of the farm.
In the above statements we have
taken no rosy view on account of mis-
guided enthusiasm; but, as a resident
OF the northwest, have come to these
conclusions, after having made several
visits to the southern states, and care
fully investigated their resources. I'm
fortunately for them, large majority
OF the southern. farmers do not fully
realize the manifold advantages they
enjoy. But there is leaven work in
the way of emigration of northern
farmers to the south. who will Join
hands with their southern neiqhbors
in introducing a new system of farm
ing, which will cause the waste places
to bloom like a rose. Under these new
conditions, the south will become the
home OF happy and prosperous PEG.
ple.-Southern Cultivator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03
HERE AND THERE.

Success with fowls does not de-
pend so much upon the room they
have, as the way they are fed and cared
| for.
"A poultryman says, "never give
your fowls water that you would hesi-
tate about drinking yourself" The
same rule applies to cows
Cattle destroy more pasture BY
treading it down than they do by eat
ing the grass Hence it is advised to
divide the pasture into several lots.
The farmer who keeps cows, poul-
try and hogs, who raises his own fruit
and vegetables, and buys nothing that
he can raise himself, is the most sue
cessful.
On his farm at Lebanon. No.,
Congressman Bland has 5000 Ben
Davis apple trees in good growth.
Their fruit sells for 40 cents a bushel
and the trees bear about bushels
each in good seasons.
"A bill seems long and steep If we
stop to take in its dimensions or meas
ure it every few yards we travel. The
way to get over it is to go ahead, with
out thinking of the hill or the distance
to the top.
The silk of the great spider of
Madagascar is fine. strong and elastic.
1t is used by the natives to fasten flow
ers to sunshades. A single female
spider has been known to spin two
miles of it in twenty-seven days.
ALI plants growing in the house
should have their leaves washed occa-
sionally with warm soap water, using
small soft sponge. Only in this way
can they DO thoroughly clcansed of
dust and dirt, which otherwise stop up
the pores OF the leaves and thus knl e
seriously iu!pSs the plsats
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03
THE COMPOST HEAP.
Tho Most Valuable Means OF Conservip
Farm Manares.

Tho Most Valuable Means OF Conservipr
Farm Manares.
Farm made manures are best pre-
pared for effective use by composing,
that is, by a thorough rotting process
well known to the practical farmer.
To prevent the loss of ammonia as the
manure is being accumulated, gypsum
is sprinkled over the weddings in the
stables, and it is also mingled with
the manure heap as well. The princi-
pie is that the gypsum (sulphate of
lime) gives up its sulphuric acid to
the ammonia, thus forming sulphate of
ammonia, which is stable and suf-
fers little loss. If such provision
were not made the ammonia
would suffer much loss from volatiza-
ton. There is one disadvantage in
the use of gypsum in this way: the
phosphates in the manure are apt to
take very insoluble and unavailable
forms. The carbonate of lime formed
by the decomposition of the gypsum
reacts with any soluble phosphate
present with the formation of tri-cal-
cium phosphate-practically the same
thing as untreated South Carolina rock
phosphate.
A better method of treating COM
posts, and manure generally. would be
to use low grade sulplate of potash, or
kainit. in the place of gyprum. The
ammonia would be preserved equally
well, and the agricultural value of the
phosphates suffer no loss. In fact.
the phosphates would have better
form than before il there was auv
material difference Phosphate of
potash is perhaps the best possible
form of these minerals for agricultural
purposes, and such reaction as could
occur with the use of potash salts must
take this form. But this is not the
only advantage; farm manures are
universally deficient in potash as COM
pared with ammonia, not only in bal
ancing the ingredients, but also in
holding its potash and phosphoric acid
in such form as to be readily available
in the soil.-Farmers' Home Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03
TWENTY YEARS HENCE.
Northern Granger Looks Into the Future
of the South.

4 Northern Granger Looks Into the Future
of the South.
1t needs no prophetic vision on the
part of the careful observer to see
plainly that the seat of the greatest
progress made By the people of the
United States will be in what is
termed the southern states. This will
be brought about by the subdivisions
of the great plantations of the south
into small farms where intensive, in
stead of extensive farming will be the
rule. Intensive farming can be fol-
lowed only in country where climatic
conditions are such as to permit the
raising Of fruits and vegetables in the
highest state of perfection, and it is
beyond question that the southern
states enjoy this climatic advantage.
To-day all the great lines of rail-
way Of the northern states are seeking
southern connection. Reports Of the
railway companies show that II y only
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03
DANGEROUS NECESSITIES.
Matters About which People Ara To,

Matters About Which People Are Too
Careless.
Air and water, while they are in
dispensable to our existence, may be
the mans of filing the system with
the most deadly germs of disease. 1t
Is OF the utmost Importance that these
two clements be as pure as possible,
and that every precaution be observed
to keep ont of them whatever may
tend to produce disease or to encour-
age the existence of disease germs It
is an admitted fact in bacteriology
that many forms of bacilli will not
flourish and increase without proper
food and environment In this respect
they are like all other forms of life.
They must have their proper material
for subsistence or they will not appear
in numbers sufficient to cause seri-
GUS uneasiness There is one item
about which houseleepers and the
public generally are altogether too
careless and indifferent, and that
is about the water supply of
the household. 1t is very difficult by
ordinary means to reduce the temper
AZURE of water to a point that will de-
stroy the germs of evil that it contains,
but it is perfectly possible by heat to
make it safe. and at the same time not
injure its quality. Therefore all water
used for drinking should be boiled.
Filtering alone as a means of purify.
ing water is absolutely unreliable.
1t, of course, strains out the grosscr
impurities, but it leaves the more dead
~ bacilli in full possession. We are
very apt to think that things do not
exist because we can not see them; but
the most injurious forms of life are So
infinitesimal that only the best micro
scopes serve to detect their presence.
Air can not be purified, but we can see
to it that nowhere in the vicinity of
our dwellings shall there be any hot
beds of disease or any material that
can produce it.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03
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 moro 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 the
remedy. Syrup Of Figh
Its excellence Il due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the rsfreGhing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
alive; efIectually cleaning the system
dispelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curing constipation.
It 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 Fig il for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it il man-
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name il printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs
and being well informed, you will not
sccept any substitute II o6srsd.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

4Dworsh League Chattanooga.
Tho route 70 Chattanooga over the Louis.
Vile 4 Nashville Railroad II via Mammoth
Cave, Americas Greatest Natural Wonder.
Specially low rates made for hotel and
Cave fees TO holders Of Epworth League
tickets. Through Nashville, the location Of
Vanderbilt University, the pride of the
tween Nashville and Chattanooga where
many Of the most famous battles Of the war
were fought Send for maps Of the route
from Cincinnati, Louisville, Evansville and
StL outs, and particulars a. to rates, ETC., to
c. p. ATMoRE, General Passenger Agent
Louisville, Ky, or Gro. B. HoRxzR, d. p.
A., St. Louis, Mo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03
Rcd Cotton In Georgia,

Red cotton has been raised at Alpha
retta, Ga, where a well-known planter
has quite quantity of that curious
stuff, every stalk of which is deep
red, even the leaf, boil and bloom.
This novel crop comes from planting
seeds obtained six or seven years ago
from freak stalk of red cotton found
growing in Florida.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

What is claimed will be the largest
gas holder in the world will shortly
be in the course of erection in Chicago
II il ordered by the Chicago Gas Co.
and the telescope holder will have .
capacity of three million feet of .
four-lift pattern. It will be contained
in steel water tank one hundred and
sixty-fve feet in diameter and thirty.
Eve feet in height
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

Mss X-'spm going to send this item
Gossiper." Miss Y.-''They won't take IT,
You've written on both sides of the paper. -
Miss X.-ssDear me, / don't see why they
need be so stiff about it. They print on both
sides Of their own paper, don'ttheyf"-Rox'
bury Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

BUTcHER-"Will You have round steak
missf' Young Housekceper-s'Oh, Idour
care what shape it Is, SO it's tender.n-De
troit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

The gifts of the women of the
Presbyterian church to home missions
from April ], 1894. to February /, 1895.
were SOS. 500. The gifts were used in
the support Of schools and work among
what is known as exceptional populas
tions," Spanish and Mexicans in tbs
tsrystoriss. mouatsip whites ste.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

True bravery proposes just end; mea.
ures the dangers, and meets the resuI
with calmness and unyiclding dccision.-L
None.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

"WnY do you always get OF your wheel,
Badger, when you meet a ladyl' 'sBe-
cause can't take my hat OF to her. do
the best | can and take myself off."- Har.
per's Bazaar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

WFE-''How sweetly the baby sleeps.
Husband-"Yes. The poor fellow, be doesn'
know I've come home.n-Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

TmoUGn the new woman to usurp
Mans rightful place aspires,
Shell still permit him to get up
And build the morning fircs.
Kansas City Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

CAN recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption to sufferers from Asthma.-E ID.
TOWNSEND, Fl. Howard, Wis.,, May 4, ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

In CHICAGO. = She = There arc sixty
thousand people in Oh ago who smoke
opium" He-.That's nothing. Just think
Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

FRrESD-"You have no more work to d.
PLENTY have to sell it."-Tit- Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

TIE world is only saved by the breath o
the school children. -Talmud.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03
A SURGEON on the Prcm,....

Applicant wish you could give me
something to do. I'm a regularly
graduated surgeon.
Dry Goods What use could
have for You?
II thought you might need me on
bargain days. "--Philadelphia Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

WrLD-"Can't you overcome your thirst
for rum" Tramp-"Yes, sir, with dime"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

ISDIscRETrOy, rashness, falsehood, Levitt
and malice produce each other.-Lavatcr.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

LOVE Is precisely to the moral naturv
what the sun Is to the earth -Balzac.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

NATURE cannot be surprised in undress
Beauty breaks in everywhcre.-Eme
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

The 1trongest Nsa Grow wax
Sometimes. Tho short cut 10 renewed
vigor Is taken by those sensible enough -
use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters systom-
atically. 1t re-establishes impaired diges-
and combines the qualities Of fne medic
inal stimulant with those of . sovereign
preventive remedy. Malaria, dyspepsia
constipation, rheumatic, nervous and kidney
complaints are cured and averted by IT.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

DRSTIsr-"What are the last teeth that
comef' Brilliant Student-"False teeth,
gucss."-Lifc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

MAMMA-"Here Is an English cousin,
dear, whom you have never SEEM Littis
Girl lwhispering)--'S have to speak
English to him, mammap' Harper's
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

CAN any man or woman choose duties
No more than they can choose their birth
place or their father and mother.-GeorRt
Eliot.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

300 Reward, 500.
The reader Of this paper win be pleased 10
learn that there Il at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure In
all its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Hall's
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting naturein doing its work. The
proprietors have 30 much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that It fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials
Address, +. ]. CHENEY q Co, Toledo, o.
BrSold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, Is cents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

VENERABLE to mo IL the hard hand
crooked, coarse-wherein, Notwithstanding.
lies . cunning virtue, indispensably royal
a. Of the scepter Of the Carlyle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

HH-"I'd Just as lief be hung for sheer
~ q lamb" She-"Well, you'll be hung for
neither; you'll be hung for . calf or Moth
ing."-Yonkers Statesman
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

The Hamilton Brown Shoe Co., st. Louis,
keep up their splendid record of business.
Sales for May were s442 ,0G0. 81, gain over
same month, 1894. of &23, 206.76.
Total sales 1895 to June 1......t2, 056, O67 s.
1894 /" ........ 1884 $50 %
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

THOSE who for the first time are to become
mothers should use Mothers Friend. !" Much
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

Fmsf AMERIcAN-sSo you got a divorces
from the dukea Any alimonyp Second
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03
Highest Of an IN Leavenng Pove-Iaek us Govt Report
R@H!a!!!! Rs';les
ABSOLUTEEY PUNE
ABSOLUTELY QO

Bonkles-"Are your wife and family
Mr.. Joglets-"No, they are not. l told
them that times were so hard this summer
they'd have 70 stay ct home."-Detroit
Free Press.
"YoU used to do q little trading on
Change, didn't you, HiggsP' YES"
"Were you bull or . bearl" ssNeither,
Biobbs. was lamb."-Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03

Gain for 1906 to June 1. $780,. sl2l, 1l7.6a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-21
BURKS CLOTHING HOUSE, 1908 East Main Street

sad duty. and adopted resolutions OF
sympathy and eulOgizing the memory
OF the dead chief
MAJOR PoE's SUCCESSOR.
No new names Of persons have been
mentioned who might become candidates
for the office made vacant by Major
Poe's death. and the list of aspirants
practically narrows down 10 members OF
Board of Police Commissioners has so
far shown an inclination to go outside
OF the present members OF the force Tor
a successor.
The following provision taken from the
printed blanks upon which Application
for a place on the police force Is made,
shows the physical qualifications required
of the applicant:
"The Police Board require that the
applicant 10 be successful. shall be az
least feet -. inches in height. 100
pounds in weight. not less than twenty
one nor more than forty-nve years old'
I'm perfect health. with limbs and organs
I nimpaircd. and OF good repute IN TINS
community ...,
nv many of his friends to become can
didate Tor the position I'm question, has
since declared in the most positive terms
that he would not accept the position
In speaking on the subject yesterday
he said. ,,-- s..,.,.,.
while | appreciate the kindly feelinSs
If nv friends and realize that II would
be an honor 10 be at the head or a pohce
force which | consider second 10 none
In tho United States. yet under no CIR
cumstances would | become a candidate
for the position
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-21

The initial meeting OF the knights OF
the Ancient Esscn.c order was neld last
night at WilkinsOn's Hal, for the puI-
rose Of organization.
After explanatory remarks by supreme
Denutv Organizer f. r.. Bodwell. the Ioi-
Iooine officers were elected: +. NJ. Reade,
executive senator. w. Mac Jones, senior
sDnstor. j. ". East, junior senator "
A Watkins. treasurer. T.. a. Snepnerd'
esorftarv: DR. q. \. Taber surgeon ~.
q = Bagby. assistant surgeon, +. W.
ctnningham, H. l.. HarwOoi, l.. K Ches-
termane trustee: X. \. Williams, senior
,iailanfe: Z. b. Thaw. junior Vlsildnte'
] ". Gordon, sacSrdas, Il. 9. Nneliy'
Jr.. warder. . a..
Washington and Lee senate; T. >. hen
,,Ier executive senator; II. ". Courtney,
senior senator; \. y. Ferguson, junior
senator: c. .. Saville, secretary, - T.
Tsimsden. treasurer. DR.. ID. a. kuyk, sur
geon: T. l.. Courtney, j. \. cosby W.
il Cullingworth, trustees. {. II. Lester,
senior yigilante; j. :. Calvert, JUNIOR
vlgilante: j. IL. Stone, sacerdas; u. D.
Jones, warder. ~ 80
The installation OF officers Will take
Mace al ST. Adams Hall next THURSDAY
night az 5 o'clock. ~.....
4 large contingent from the staunieh
Serate will b. present 10 eXemphly tny
work OF Il e order, AMI Will pc pdhPue1d
by their Richmond brethren.
This order will be divided nto tNo
branches known as sena;es. us nleH-
bershir now numbers ninety-tout