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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-10-24
Labor at the Guiana cold F,e,d..

Every placer has a man who does
nothing else but pack provisions from
the riverside TO the placer. The gov
eminent limit for the load is SO pounds,
hut sometimes 100 pounds or even
more. is carried, but of course for
extra pay. The colored boy, Manuel.
whom l employed--not yet a grown
man--on one occasion carried 20
pounds, while L, carrying Two tents
weighing about Is pounds. became very
weary after travelling halfthe distance;
ihereupon he took one of the tents on
top of his load. Probably he could have
msde the distance in four hours. but
owing to my slevness il took US all
day, and l arrived at our destination
completely worn out 1t is certainly
impossible for white man to labor
in that swanpy country.-Thomas Dial
glsish, in Century,
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AT Richmond, Mo-, thorn from a
hedge &c was trimming few into the
eye of a gardener, and, the point break
ing of in the eyeball, sight was de-
stroyed.
Patent needle threaders were sold
in considerable numbers by az timer
ant huckster who visited arkansas City,
Kan, one day, but men were his only
customers.
While descending by means Of
parachute an aeronaGt al Dallas, Tex,
got between the forked limbs of tree,
his head caught in the crotch; and he
was hanged.
Lord Sholto Douglas has gone from
Arizona to Los Angeles, following his
wife. He told a reporter he was going
to leave that blasted country, having
made no better success of f1uit peddling
than of gold digging.
in his pay envelope Pennsylvania
railroad employe living At Valparaiso,
Ind, found five-dolIar note on which
was written: This bill represents the
last of fortune, all squandered on
women. wine and cards.
The ten largest cities in the world
and their respective populations are:
London, ABB 600; Paris, ..447 600; New
York. 1,soi 600; Canton, 100000: Der
lin, l,379,00O; Toxic, 1.5s9, COO; Vienna,
l.364,0c0; Philadelphia, i,142. GOO; Chi
eugo, 1,099, 600, and ST. Petersburg, L.
O35.0oo.
National flowers have been adopted
in various countries, as follows:
Greece, violet; Canada, sugar maple;
Egypt, lotus; England. rose; France.
feur-delis; Germany, corn-fower; Ire
land, shamrock; Italy, lily; Prussia,
linden; Saxony, mignonatte; Scotland,
thistle; Spain, pomegranate; Wales,
leek
A new ink ruler has been patented.
which is quite different from those now
employed, as it abolishes the use of pen
and ink for ruling. The soiling of the
lines Is impossible, aud one may draw
with it single as well as double lines
with perfect accuracy. The ruling is
performed by one or more minute
wheels resting in a small receptacle
impregnated with ink. This receptacle,
which is drawn along the ruler, while
it is held down, performs the ruling
The lines thus produced are perfect in
every respect.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-10-24

/ note at Chikwa's that the little
baby strapped to his mothers beck
has a rough and tumble time of it. but
takes il all good-naturedly, and one
hears very little crying in the village.
The mother goes to the fields with bary
on her back, hobs about for hours in the
hot sun. wedding. hoeing and doing
general gardening; carries huge jars
of water on her head; scrapes him re-
peatedly as she bends and enters the
narrow, low doorways OF native huts;
gives him thorough shaking as she
vigorously pounds corn with long
wooden pestle; takes him by the wrist,
ducks him in the stream until he rs
nearly suffocated and then spreads him
on nat to dry. ]. G'sye n Cen.
tvsy,
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WANTED TO SEE A WRECK.
Two Orange Boys Attempt to Ditch :
Freight Car.

'"Robby" Penn and Tommy" Spur
of Orange, y. j., having tired of spin
ming tops. making mud pies and play
ing tao longed for something excit-
ing. They wandered into the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western freight yard.
and watched freight engine .dri,i-
ing" loaded cars onto sidings.
did you ever see train wreck.
Tommy" asked ''Robby."
"Nope," answered Tommy"
"Neither did l." said "Robby."
Wouldn't it be fun, though" '.
"You bet. I'd just like to see one c,
these cars go scootin' off the track anil
turn somerset"
There was one more car to drill
"Robby" and Tommy" saw the brake
man turn switch and then jump on the
engine, which started the car and then
left il.
what dye say, Robby?'" aske1
Tommy"
"Yes. let's"
They darted across the tracks and
turned a switch so that the approaching
car would go on to "a blind" siding and
then into ditch.
Freight Agent A. T. Grinsted. through
a window of his Office, saw what the
bows had done. He ran and reached
the switch just in time TO pull it over
and save the car.
4 policeman took the two scared boy;
IN the Ceutpr strset uolice station They
were in dark cells all night. Justics
Davis in the morning told them they
were liable to three years imprison
ment. They sobbed and said they didn't
mean any harm. Then. after a severe
lecture, the justice turned them over
TO their parents. who We're in court.
Neither "Robby" nor Tommy" wa:
visible that afternoon. The rod had no
been spared.-N. Y. Herald.
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LEANtR PORK.
The Demand for 1t Becoming Moro al,
More Widespread.

The Demand for 1t Becoming More AID
More Widespread.
The demand for leaner pork which
was referred to in a previous issue is
widespread and the person WHO'S pro-
ducing pork for the market must pre-
pare to meet it. BY leaner pork is not
meant the sending to market of the
former type of hog in a half fattened
condition, but distinct type bred and
fed with the prominent idea of min
Cling the lean and fat in such a manner
as to meet the demand of the mar
ket. Formerly the lard was the
chief element sought in the
market hog. but now the other char
acteristic has entirely oYer-shadowed
that, and the bacon hog is the one in
demand. Thomas Shaw, in the Prairie
Farmer, advocates crossing the large
breeds upon common dumpy shaped
sows of the smaller breeds, and the
following method of feeding:
"But the food exercises powerful
influence on the character of the
meat, since it affects the character OF
the development all along the line.
When pigs are fed nitrogen.
ons foods prior to the fat
tening period they grow
muscle; that is to say, they grow lean
meat with some fat in it. Then when
the fattening period comes, the
''streaking of the meat is perfected
through enlarging the size of the
seams of fat. OF heterogeneous foods VIZ
have many. They include shorts, bran
oats, skim milk, peas, squashes, pump
kins, Geld roots, clover, and 9. grea
variety of grasses which may ani
ought to be used in pasturing. Blu
bran and oats should not be given t.
young swine, since they are no
suited to their digestion. Ant
| the more exercise the pigs ge
the more perfect will be the blending
ON the meat In other words, pig
that pasture during all the season o
growth Will make a better quality o
pork than those not so pastured. Fo
pastures we use clover in all it
varieties, winter rye, barley, peas
sorghum and rape. Where clover viii
not grow rape will succeed, and
will make an excellent substitute TO
dover.
IF pigs are fed as indicated. II the
are fed these heterogeneous foods up t
! the fattepipg period. il they are give
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Value of Corn Fodder.

l have learned in the past few
months that cornstalks Il mean stalks
from which fully ripened corn has
been husked) are worth far more than
/ ever gave them credit for before. l
raised one and one-fourth acres of
corn, planted three feet four inches
apart each way, from which huslsed
1875 bushels of sound corn. The corn
was cut as soon as it was fully ripe,
put in big shocks, with two bands on
each shock, and only one shock in the
whole field fell over, and
that was caused by dog digging
under 1T after rabbit. The Sec
ond is just as necessary as the first il
the corn is to stand long in the field,
II the object is to make fodder of the
stalks. The stalks were dry enough
when husked, SO that piled them in
NOW ~ feet deep, and the did not heat
at all. They were cut up in Deem
Der, five-eighths of an inch long. They
are the only dry fodder the cows have
had since January /, except an occa-
sional bundle of early-cut oat straw,
poorly threshed. There is enough
of the corn stalks yet on hand to
keep the cows until the middle of
April. l might say that my horse
has had a bushel of cut stalks nearly
every day all winter The stalks be-
ing so very dry, rake down a bed of
them on the floor, six or eight inches
thick, scatter a pint of fine salt over
them, and then with a common water
irg pot, sprinkle one or two pals of
water over them. / usually have
enough to last several days ahead fixed
in this way. l should have put the
grain on the damp stalks, but, as had
lots of them, there is more or less of
the coarsest stalks left in the managers,
and they are used for bedding.
think the feeding value of dry
stalks is increased at least &c
| per cent. by cutting them and treat.
ing them in the way mentioned, which
in such time as this amounts to
something and will pay for some
trouble. Perhaps some one will say
that am saying too much on this
point, but as my cows have not eaten
one hundred pounds of hay since the
millct got large enough to feed in
July, there must be some value in
stalks. am afraid that some of the
brethren" who don't believe thai
skImmiik, sowed corn or turnips are
of any value for making butter, Will
be little surprised when they see my
| figures.-Ontario Farmer
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ANOTHER OF HER ADVANTAGES.
She Was as Well Equipped to scare Bur-
glars as Himself.

She was as Well Equipped to scare Bur-
glars as Himself.
"John!"
'.What?"
wake up!"
"What do you want me to wake up
FORE"
.'Hush-are you awake or aslcep?'
"Asleep-and how can hush when
am asleep?"
We'll, wake up then and stop argu
ing. There's burglar in the house."
swell. ask him to leave"
''Leave what?'
"Leave everything"
But he won't do it. He's probably
selfish. disagreeable man. Now. If
he were woman burglar, such as
ven have when women get their rights,
there might be some sense in appealing
TO her generosity. But not with this
one. You must get up and scare him."
"How can | scare him.
"Why, you are a man. You must get
up and put on your trousers AMI 60
down stairs making an awful noise, and
he'll go away"
"Well. my dear. you just get up and
put on your bicycle knickerbockers and
skate down the front stairs on your
wheel. If that doesn't scare him
there's no use in my trying."-Truth.
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HERE AND THERE.

Notwithstanding the fact that the
press continually adnonishes whom
it may concern that it does no good to
whip or pound balky horse, almost
every owner or driver OF one does it
to-day. 1t is probably the greatest
piece of horse folly in existence.
Corn in many sections of the west
is again cheaper than coal, and 1T is
thought that large quantities of it will
be nsed for fuel the coming winter.
And while this is the case, there are
thousands who would be very much
happier if they had plenty of corn to
eat.
AT present low prices of pure bred
stock no farmer ought to tolerate
scrubs. 1t L true fancy breeding
stock holds its own very well, but
farmers can forego these high-priced
dandies, and still get stock that will
change the features of his farm to q
wonderful extent.
The man who overworks his horse
is more Of brute than the beast he
thus imposes upon. During the late
heated term scores of horses i'm all the
large towns have been killed by tho
cupidity of their owners, and their
lack of humane feeling for faithful
servant.
--Sheepmen seem to be ia q very un-
pleasant position. When they have
mutton for the market they get moth
| ing for it, and when they have no NUT
ton for sale, naturally they get moth
ing. When mutton Is on the market
none is wanted and when there is none
on the market there is demand for it
Charles Goodnight, the Panhandle
cattle king, has recently sold to the
United States government FIVE head o.
buffaloes, consisting of two old bulls,
one yearling heifer and one old cow,
at the respectable price of $500 a
| head. Col Goodnight is crossing the
buffalo with the polled Angus cattle,
and claims that he viii make a success
of it.
/ A Maryland dairyman is raising
sunfowers to feed his cows with, and
declares that small ration of the seed
so increases the richness of the milk
as to add several cents q gallon to its
market price. In this statement he
contradicts the authorities and the re
suits of experiment station tests
which have determined that the fat in
milk remains practically the sans
regardless Of feed
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A WORK OF ART.
= The Texarknna Gateway to Texas and
the Soufhwest"


the Soufhwest"
Is the name of handsome publication
recently issued by the Iron Mountain Route,
consisting of 224 pages of descriptive mat
ter, interpreted with 600 beautiful half
tone illustrations. 1t Is the most compre-
hensive and, geographically the hand
soonest work of its kind ever issued on the
state of Texas, and is really commercial
and industrial history OF the state. Any
one reading this will have an excellent idea
of the vast resources of and great possibili-
ties of the Lone Star State. The book was
gotten up by the st. Louis, Iron Mountain
& Southern Railway and its connections in
the State of Texas, for distribution in the
North and East, with the view of attracting
immigration. investors, tourists and seek
ers after health. 1t is in every way val
liable contribution to the current literature
of the day, and is calculated to be of great
service to the State of Texas. A copy of
this publication will be mailed free on ap-
pIication to any passenger representative
of the Missouri Pacific Railway, Iron Noun
tain Route, or may DO had by addressing
II. C. TOWNSEND,
General Passenger Agent, st. Louis.
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exercise in the pasturing season, and il
they are then fattened on corn or
barley, or both, they will furnish pork
OF as good quality as can be found
in the world. OF course, some barley,
corn or rye may be fed during the
growing period and with advantage,
but the quantity should not be large
We may loose little in easy keeping
qualities by the notifications recon-
mended, but we will get more than
compensation in the vigor, the pro.
Efficacy and the general well doing OF
our pigs. Mirror and Farmer.
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There is class of people, rational enough
In other respects. who are certainly mono
maniacs in dosing themselves. They are
constantly trying experiments upon their
stomachs, their bowels, their livers and
their kidneys with trashy n lstrums. When
these organs are really out Of order, II they
would only use Hostetter's 8 omach Bitters,
they would, if not hopelessly insane, per-
ceive its superiority.
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FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use OF DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Res orer. Free 50 trial bottle
& treatise. DIR. KLINE. 933 Arch st. Phila Pa
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All About Texas.

Address D. j. Price, A. @. p. A, j. & g. N.
r. R., Palestine, Texas, sending seven cents
postage, for a 200 page handsomely illus
trated book telling all about Texas. Texas
Is now attracting great number of settlers
by reason of cheap lands and mild climate,
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FIND the great thing in this word is, moi
so much where we stand, as IN what direo
ton we are moving.-O. w. Holmes.
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PIso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many a Doctors bills. II. HARDY,
Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 2, '94.
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SUCCESS In life ia not so much a matter of
talent or opportunity as of characterization and
w. Wendte.
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General Passenger Agent, st. Louis

FRIENDsnIP is plant of slow growth, and
aust undergo and withstand the shocks or
adversely before 1t is entitled to the appella-
Washington.
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WIEN you loaf, remember the rights OF
busy peop.c.-Atchison Globe.
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PRUDENCE and industry are the best safe
guards against hard luck.-Chicago Stand
ard
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TX the race Of life 1t isn't the fast me,
who come out ahead.-Texas Sitter.
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price s5c.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-01
A TERRIBLE RIDE.
From the Evening Times, Buca,o, ". Y.

From the Evening Times BuCdto, ~ Y.
Along one of the dismal roadsein Western
New York, man and wife were driving as
rapidly as the dai kness and inclement weather
would permit.
The rain beat down upon the rubber cover
ing and found its way into every crack and
opening.
The occupants Of the buggy were Dean Jones
and his wife, of SpringvilIe, N. Y. Every
body is familiar with the name. He is the
well-known startiIg judge, who has become
famous for his impartial and fair treatment Of
Jockeys at the post.
It was about ten years ago that Mr.. and
Mrs. Jones took that fateful ride that came
near costing her her life.
They were going from their home in Spring
vile to Coneadia, a ride of about seventy
miles. Starting early in the morning, they
rode to Scio, distance of ffty-fve miles, and
from there started to Coneadia. When about
ten miles from their destination the storm over
took them.
Mrs. Jones clothes were thoroughly soaked
before town was reached. There was no fire
in their hotel room and she became chilled to
the bone before the little blaze, the attendant
started, warmed the atmosphere.
From that time on Mrs. Jones was an i'll
woman.
Her trouble-well It was about everything
with which human flesh can be afflicted. She
had q strange, queer feeling in her head, that
felt - II several shot were rolling around loose
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-01

matophores. Thus the cells of tina
scnsory. respiratory and excretory tls
sues are pigmented, but their pigmen-
tation is accidental, or, more strictly
speaking, not essential. The cells thai
give the reddish hue to the tissue OF
the lips and Rostrils are not chromato.
phores. Their primary function is moi
one Of celebration, but that of the
chromatophore is. The cause of color
in the plumage of birds and in the
coats of animals of various sorts has
long been the subject of discussion
among scientists, and even with all OF
our facilities for investigation we are
quite far from having arrived at the
true solution of this one Of the enter
tanning mysteries of nature.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-01
Another Water Bicycle.

The Edinburgh Scotsman says: The
very latest cycle idea is the water bicy-
Gle shown in our sketch. 1t differs en-
tirely from any of it's predecessors in
that it really has to be balanced on the
water in the same way as a biclcle is
on land. It consists of three hollow
cylinders, with pointed, cigarshaped
ends, the two outer ones being made
Of some light, strong material, either
papier mache or aluminium. When
the rider mounts all three rest on the
water side by side and keep him steady.
He works the pedals in the same way as
cyclist and thus turns screw that
propels the machine. When properly
balanced he lifts by spring the two
outer cylinders and the machine glides
along, balanced on the center cylinder,
which is of galvanized iron or Of cop
per plates. To stop he has or,y to let
down the side cylinders on to the wa
ter, and to turn crossways blade be-
low the center cylinder. which offers
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-01
Gigantic Eeetric Light.

An electric light of 100000 candle
power will soon shed its warning rays
from the top of Barnegat lighthouse, on
the New Jersey coast. 1t will be the
strongest light of any seacoast in tho
world. 1t was exhibited at the Worlds
Fair at Chicago, and was purchased by
the government. The present light is
165 feet above the level Of the sea, and
can be seen, under ordinary circum-
stances, nineteen nautical miles. The
new light will, it is expected, be seen
not only great deal further but, by
reason of its great strength, will be able
to penetrate haze and fogs, and thus
warn mariners that they are approach
ing dangerous coast.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-01
can the matter SQUARE:

call the matter square;
They tell me there's no precedent that's
quoted anywhere.
He has got broken finger, and has got
a splintered nose,
He's got leg so swollen that he can't
git in his clothes;
His heads so badly battered that you
can't no outline trace
He's even lost the freckles off from
what was once face.
The only thing fer you to do, as am on
my mettle,
Is to figure up the damages and send
me check to settle.
Fer when Jim went to college he was
stylish, pert and trim
And wasn't no such image as you've
made outen him.
So I am in fer damages and expect
goodly sum,
AS slaughter wasn't mentioned in your
blamed curriculum.
IS. II. Gray.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-01
SCIENTIFIC.

The first private carriage lighted by
electricity was that of the lord mayor
VI London twelve years ago.
One of the most interesting things to
be seen at Atlanta, Ga, outside of the
exhibitions house constructed entire
" OF paper, from foundation to Chin
hey.
A large cave with many interesting
geological features, was discovered by
prospectors near Big Meadow, Ore, a
Few days ago. The men explored the
cave for a distance of about four miles.
II is proposed to utilize the motive
power of the Nile cataracts by estab-
fishing electric stations at the falls and
transmitting the power to Cairo.
A feature of the Tennessee Centen-
aial exposition, which will open Sept.
[, 1895, will be steel tower 300 feet
high, with great revolving crown of
lncandescent lights on top.
What are claimed to be the largest
Gre engines in the world are the two
,uilt recently in London. One IL cap
,bfe of throwing 1,400, the other 1900 to
1000 gallons Of water per minute. The
machines weigh three and one-half
ions each, and can be readily drawn at
hull gallop by four horses.
It Is said that 100000 cubic feet of
water plunge $50 feet downward over
ne Niagara escarpment every second,
nus wasting 10000, 900 horse power Of
Energy to the second.