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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
HERE AND THERE.

Fine feathers make fine scoring
birds, and win prizes. but vigor and
virility fill the egg basket.
Seven thousand horses were re-
Gently purchased in Washington, in
one herd, by the Portland Horse-meat
Canning Co. The horses cost three
dollars per head.
Farmers are reading more to-day
than ever before. They are becoming
more intelligent, and ought to be-
come more prosperous. They are
studying the problem of making the
most on the farms from the least ex-
penditures
One of our live stock exchanges
says that nine-tenths of the cattle re-
ceived at the Great Western stock
yards are without horns. This is at
tributed to chemical, mechanical and
breeding methods. In few years
horns will be curiosity.
Poultry powders, patent foods,
cooked foods and condiments are of no
use excepting in preparing fowls for
show or the market. Grain food, green
food, insects and clean water are all
their constitutions require to keep
them in good condition
When fowls do not seem to get
along well, the chicks puny, the hens
refuse to lay, and the male birds seem
to lack vim, there is something wrong.
If you can not find probable cause
Tor the trouble, change their feed;
change feeding place; change runs;
change roosts; change something, un-
til you have solved the difficulty.
If we stint ration we fail to make
all possible out of the food and out OF
the animal. 1t is food consumed over
and above what is needed to sustain
animal life which gives return OF
profit; so that fullest profit follows
fullest judicious feeding.
The more we look into the fodder
question the more one is convinced that
if the intelligent, economical farmer
will save everything which grows on
his farm suitable for forage, in ten
years he may be independent, able to
keep years supply on hand to tide
off an occasional year when it comes.
Anarchy and anarchism are never
found among farmers. Agriculture
tends 10 construct. to build up. to de-
velop, to make two blades grow where
one grew before. A well-cultivated
field is better than waste piece OF
land or a desert. A well-cared-for farm
and neat houses, a happy family, an
honest and honorable citizen-;sll these
are the opposite of anarchy and its
teachings, and are the product Of the
farma
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
Planting Fruit Trees.

If you own piece of land even if it
does not contain more than five acres,
plant portion of it to fruit. In a
small orchard it is a good plan to al
ternate apple and peach trees. In this
way you can plant trees much closer
together, as the peach trees will have
died before the apple trees are large
enough to interfere with them. Apple
trees should not be planted nearer than
two rods of each other. II they are, the
mistake will be noticed before they are
half grown. Plums, apricots and cher
ries may be planted 90 feet apart and it
will be long time before they crowd
each other. Standard pears should
have five feet more room each way.
Dwarfed fruit trees are condemned by
some fruit growers as bearing early
and dying early. They may be profit
ably planted in new country where
fruit is scarce and land cheap Manure
a young orchard heavily and cultivate
it thoroughly. Plant small fruits for
the first five years between the rows,
leaving it so you can plow one way,
especially where the tract is small and
land is dear-Farm and Home.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
XIII the Hogs Early.

There is not much profit in keeping
hogs till they are rolling in fat, as
used to be the common practice. The
pork is not SO good as that of hogs
that have been kept thriftily growing
and have less inside fat What is more,
such pork is now much more salable
in all markets than is the heavy
weight pork that was formerly
most in demand. The use of
cotton seed oil in place of lard is
probably better for the health of the
community than any other of the sub
stitutes for farmers products. 1t
makes it for the interest of farmers to
grow pork with a greater proportion
of lean. Such pork being more health
full will lead to larger demand for it.
Farmers Home journal.
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Marketing Fowls.

Fruit growers are injuring their
business by bad marketing, and the
public. commission men and the bet
ter class of growers are grumbling
about it. Farmers and poultry and
stock growers are guilty of similar
error They can raise their produce,
but don't know how to market it. and
if they only realized this fact, this is
as important as any part of the pro-
ceeding. AS this item is intended for
the poultry department, it will refer
specially to the marketing of fowls.
AS poultry raisers can not, like the
fruit men, conceal the bad specimens
by covering them with that which is
better, they mix all sorts-good. bad
and worse-in rough and dirty coop,
and throw them on the market and
ask: How much will you give?"
and the answer is: Not much" or
words to that effect The manner
in which fowls are marketed has a
tendency to destroy the public nppe-
tite for chickens. Every individual
fowl should be sold on its merits, and
this would be the case if good fowls
only, of uniform size and good condi-
ton. were cooped and sold together.
They would bring at all times fair
price, while those not so good, if
cooped together, and relieved from
the invidious contrast of better ones in
the same coop. would bring better
prices than they do. Retailers who
are up to snuff buy these mixed coops
at low price. assert them to reason
able degree of uniformity. and sell at
good profit, one-half of which profit
the poultry raiser might have had il
he had sold only uniform lots. Mar
keting any sort of produce calls for
good business sense. and nowhere is
this more needed than in the market
| ing of fowls. Farm and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
Early Maturity of HOcs.

There is not SO much call now for
hogs that win keep on growing three
or four years before they reach matu-
rity, says American Cultivator The
large hog has always coarser meat
than the young pig, and the difference
we suspect, is because there is always
some check to growth in cold weather.
Spring pigs, fattened il the fall, will
always make better pork than they
will il kept later. In these times, too,
the hog that weighs 200 to $50 pounds
sells for higher price per hundred
weight than one that is heavier
Hence the early maturing breeds that
reach their full weight when one or
two years old arc now the favorites
with farmers. But there is something
to be said in favor of the heavy
weights. If not allowed to get too fat
the late-maturing hogs are better
breeders, especially for dams A cross
of an early-maturing boar with n large,
long-bodied SOW brings pigs that for
fattening are better than either breed
alone. They will be larger at birth,
and at ten to eleven months will weigh
thirty to fifty pounds more than the
full-bloods of either early or late-ma-
turing varieties. One reason why late
maturing sows are better breeders is
because they keep on growing until
: three or four years old. and therefore
their food does not go to fat SO much
as that of the early maturing breeds
which never attain large size.-Farm
and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
BULLET PROOF CHAIN AaMoR.
Its Use rs Rapidly Increasing Among on
GERS of the british Army.

Its Use Is Rapidly Increasing Among on
GERS of the british Army.
Setting aside at once all talk about
projections that are perfectly bullet
proof l give you my assurance that an
immense number of the officers of our
army and navy who go on foreign
service, especially when one of our
''little wars" is expected, provide
themselves with certain easily recog-
nized projections. These, mind you,
are we'll known articles of trade to the
services. The commonest and most
usual type of these projections con-
sists of fine but beautifully tempered
single chains, inclosed in soft leather,
which run along the shoulders, down
the outer side of the arms and over
tain parts of the body. These can be
sewn into a particular tunc or they
can be adjusted separately and put on
like harness. Take it absolutely that
hundreds upon hundreds of sets are
sold. The most valuable of all chains, in
connection with accouterments, are
those which guard the head, and in
cases where the regulation cap or he'll
met is not sufficiently protected in this
way, specially made chains are sewn
inside the same and covered by the
lining.
Only those who have been in actual
conflict know how valuable all the
chains mentioned are in minimizing
the effect of sword cuts As regards
protection from sword and bullet, the
general belief of officers nowadays
seems to be in thoroughly tanned
leather, and great quantities of tight
fitting leather under-tunics are made
for officers, the favorite pattern-said
to be the invention of the late Sir
Richard Burton-being that which
forms a not too prominent ridge down
the center of the chest. have heard
innumerable stories from officers of
bullets which have been diverted in
some degree by these leather tunics,
some of which are lined with wove n
steel wire. OF course, none of these
things are supposed to be an absolute
protection, but only sort of pallia-
tive. ndon Tid-Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
winterlnr swee. Potatoe..

The following method / have found
to keep sweet potatoes in perfect order
until June: Procure good supply Of
pine straw from the woods IN dry
time and keep it under cover ready for
use. Dig the potatoes as soon as the
frost cuts the vines. If not convenient
to dig at once, cut the frosted vines off
at once, or they will harbor fungus
growth that will damage the potatoes.
Dig on a warm sunny day; lay the po-
tatoes along the rows as dug, and do
not allow them to be bruised by throw
ing into piles. Handle at all
times as gently as eggs. Allow
them to lie in the sun during
the day, and in the evening
haul to q convenient place. Place
a good layer a foot thick of pine straw
on the ground, and on this pile the
potatoes in steep heaps, not over
twenty-five bushels in pile. Cover
piles thickly all over with the dry
pine straw. Now build rough board
shed over the piles and let them re-
main until the weather grows colder,
or until they have gone through a
sweat and dried of; then cover the
heaps with earth, six or eight inches
thick and beat smooth. The impor-
tant points are, the sweating under
the previous cover of the pine straw
before covering with earth, very care
full handling and the board cover over
head. Dry earth keeps ont more cold
than wet earth. If for family use,
put in smaller piles, and take up an
entire heap at once for use, keeping
them in a dry, warm place while using.
IN. C. Experiment Station.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
The Sainte union of 1876, {

The Sainte union of 1876, or Holy
league, was projected by the leaders
of the Roman church to counterfeit
the encroachments of the reformers.
Although it's objects, as set down in
the articles of agreement and bond OF
union, were numerous, the principal
purposes proposed were three: First,
to exterminate root and branch the
Calvinists of Germany and Switzer-
land; second, to shut up Henri III. in
a monastery, he being judged inimica-
BILE, or at best Indifferent to the cause;
third. TO place the duke of Guise upon
the French throne and thus beyond all
doubt to establish the power of the
Catholic party in the heart of Europe
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
FARMER AND PLANTER.
ABOUT GRASS.
1t Is One OF the Three Golden Links In
Agriculture

1t Is One OF the Three Golden Links In
Agriculture.
Prof. Roberts. of Cornell university,
ct a recent farmers institute said:
There are three golden links in ag-
riculture, and if the chain be broken
you very soon find that, first, the land
suffers and next, the people suffer.
These links are implied in this state
ment: We raise a plant to feed an an
imal, to make fertility. to raise anoth-
er plant to feed another animal to
mako fertility" This embraces all
there is of permanently successful ag-
riculture, but there are innumerable
particulars embraced in this law that
are not stated. The plants, as well as
the animals, must be fed, and the
product OF the soil must pay tax
to the farmer whose head direct and
whose hands perform the labor in
volved in the operation. This theory
can not be carried out without grass,
which must ever be the sheet anchor
OF successful farming, and the true
meadow grasses are large consumers
and small producers of nitrogcn-an
element necessary to their successful
growth. This nitrogen must be sup
piled or the grass will deteriorate.
Nitrogen exists abundantly in the air,
sparingly in the soil. A pasture should
improve with age. But the best peren-
NAL grasses will deteriorate or die ont
unless aided. All the substance taken
on, whether crops, meat, wool, milk or
butter, are mostly that much taken
from the soil. The place of these must
be supplied, one way or another. One
way is to purchase heterogeneous fertil-
izers. or make them elsewhere than
on the pasture land; another way is
to tear up the grass sod, cutting the
old hardened roots, and causing new
feeders to put out in search of plant
food, and scatter in clover 1.-THE Grim
son seems the best in most of the
southwesD or, If there are places
where the grass is weak, few cow
peas will ga,.ier nitrogen from the at
mosphere and distribute it where it is
most needed. Perennial grasses will
become weak if the roots are left I'M
disturbed, because these roots become
hard, like heart wood in tree, and
can no longer feed the plant Tear
ing these roots up new ones will grow
and the grass take on new lease OF
life. In Europe a harrow made OF
sharp cutting teeth is used for this
purpose, and every two or three years
the grass is gone over with this imple-
ment, and the grass thus treated is
preserved for ten or twenty years, OF
T. I
no permanent agricultural prosperity
without grass, hence the best manner
OF producing and preserving it is wor.
thy of thought. This requires tina,
nitrogen is supplied, either by direct
application. or by growing with the
grass such plants as have the power
to gather it from the great fountain
the atmosphere.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
HOUSEHOLD BREvITIES.

Cream Pancakes. Mix the yolks OF
two well beaten eggs with pint OF
cream, two ounces of pulverized sugar,
= little nutmeg, cinnamon and mace
Rub the pan with butter, and fry the
pancakes thin.-Prairie Farmer.
Red Pickle.-One quart of cooked
and chopped beets, one quart of
chopped cabbage. one cupful of grated
horseradish, two cupfuls of sugar, a
tablespoonful of salt, teaspoonful OF
black pepper, fourth of a teaspoon
full of red pepper and vinegar to cover.
-Housekeeper.
In polishing silver that has been
laid away and badly furnished. 1t is
a good plan to dip the portion of soft
old cloth in sweet oil or soft lard, then
in whiting and rub the articles well
until the black has disappeared. Then
finish with whiting applied with a dry
cloth, and polish off with channels
skin.
delicious Raised Buns. Use one
quart of milk; boil one pint of it. Add
to the whole quart a piece of butter
the size of an egg, two-thirds of cup
of sugar and two eggs beaten together.
one-half cup of black currants and
one-half cup of yeast Let the mix
ture rise over night.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
English Suet Pudding. cups
of chopped suet, two cups of flour, one
cup of milk, one-half cup of moiasses,
one cup of chopped raisins, one tea
spoon of ground cloves and cinnamon,
little nutmeg; steam three hours.
Sauce-Piece of butter size of a walnut,
teaspoon of milk and cup of sugar.
Beat all together.-Boston Globe.
Cream Potatoes -Pare, rinse and
boil potatoes until easily pierced with
fork Drain off all the water and set
on back of stove to dry. Wash thor
oughly, and then stir with fork or
wire potato masher until they are very
light. Pour over cup of hot cream
| Tor milk and piece of butter the size
of walnut) and the whipped white of
an egg. Then stir rapidly, and dish
| out lightly in tureen. Never smooth
or press creamed or mashed potatoes;
it makes them solid. -Housekeeper.
-Rolls-Three and one-half cups OF
new milk scalded, one half-cup of but
ter and lard in equal proportions one
| cup of potato yeast, flour to make into
a smooth dough. Let rise over night,
In the morning add one beaten egg,
knead, let rise again. Make into balls
as large as an egg, place on Toured
board, -four tiny rolling pin, press
down so as to nearly divide each ball
in the center, butter this space made
with rolling pin, place on pans, SO as
not to touch each other, when light
bake.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
Apple and Almond Pudding. Pare
core and stew to pulp some gooG bak-
ing apples and place them at the bot
tom of pudding dish Blanch and
pound five ounces OF almonds with five
ounces of sugar and stir into them the
yolks of seven well-beaten eggs, the
grated rind and the juice of one large
lemon. Thicker it with two dessert
| spoonfuls of -four, mix all thoroughly
together, and then add the white:
| whisked to stiff froth. Pour thi.
over the stewed apple and bake in
moderate oven until fine brown. =
| Boston Budget.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

-Goblets with stem and stand, like
those we use to-day, were employed in
Troy nine hundred b. c. Among the
valuable objects found by DIR. Schlie-
mann was golden goblet Vessels of
this metal were commonly employed
in the service of the temples A Curl
Gus goblet with three stems has been
found at Pompeii. Its use is con-
jectural, but the supposition is that it
was used to pour libations to the gods.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
An Easy Victim.

''Great exposition" said the shabby
man to the gentleman with the gold
eyeglasses.
"Yes."
BE prime factor in the develop.
ment of the south"
Yes"
Attract foreign capital"
Yes"
"Great assistance in the work of i'm
migration"
Yes"
"My FRIEND" said the shabby man,
'sthere only seems to be one word in
your vocabulary, but it is a word
like extremely. And now l am going
to put it to the test: have not eaten
a mouthful in three days. Could you
lend me quarter?"
Eyes"
And the shabby man pocketed the
silver and was lost in the crowd. At
lanta Constitution
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
The League Of Ratishcu.in ls4s,

The League of Ratishcn.in lB42,
was formed by the Catholic states and
princes of Germany to oppose the grow
ing power of the reformation. The in
fuence of the reformers had become
widely extended. and their cause be-
ing embraced by number OF promi-
nent princes, led the Catholic party to
believe that the stability of the gov
eminent in Germany was in danger,
hence the formation of this league to
counteract the growth of the doctrines
of the reformers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

There are knaves now and then met with
who represent certain local bitters and poie
onous stimuli as identical with or possessing
properties akin to those Of Hostetter's Stomr
ach Bitters. These scamps only succeed In
pie unacquainted with the genuine article,
which Is as much their opposite as day is "a
night, Ask and take no substitute for the
grand remedy for malaria, dyspepsia, con
stipation, rheumatism and kidney trouble
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
Highest of all in Leavening Power-Laes U.S. Govt Report
RH!A!I! RRak1dHs
ABSOLUTELY PURE


"LILLIAN," he said, severely, to the now
woman, 'sdid you mail that letter gave
you this morningr' And then she put her
hand in the inside pocket OF her overcoat
wished that she had never been emanoi-
pated.-Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
From Now Until Spring

Overcoats and winter wraps will be in fash
ion. They can be discarded, temporarily,
while travelling in the steam heated trains
of the Chicago, Milwaukee q St. Paul Rail
way. For solid comfort, for speed and fol-
safety, no other line can compare with this
great railway Of the West
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11
When Travelling

Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take
on every trip bottle OF Syrup of Figs, as il
acts most pleasantly aud effectively on the
vers, headaches and other forms of sick.
ness. For sale in so cents and 81 bottles by
all leading druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

"WnAr can do to prove the sincerity Of
my lovel" said young Mr.. Spifins 10 his
Boston sweetheart promise me that you
will learn to like Browning" replied tie
intellectual creature. -Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
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Halls Catarrh Cure
II Constitutional euro. Price 75c.

JUsr laws are no restraint upon the free
dom of the good, for good man desires
nothing which a just law will interfere
with.-Froude.
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ssToM has proposed, and asks me to give
him his answer in a letter. ''Shall you do
itr, mo; viii be more liberal and give
him his answer in two letters. "-Harpers
Bazar
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81 BEGAN life without q cent In my
pocket said the purse-proud man to "a
acquaintance. 81 didn'teven have q pocket"
replied the latter, meekly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

All diseases of poultry are pre-
sentable. How to prevent them is the
question. Proper care rs to comfort,
cleanliness and wholesome food and
drink viii cure most of .thasn,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

/ BELIEVE Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boys life last summer.-MHA
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BEEcHAM's PILLS for constipation 10c and
25c. Get the book (free) atyour druggists
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

THE opinions Of the misanthropical rest
upon this very positive basis, that they
adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence Of
the worthlessness Of all.-Bovee.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

ssIr is an old saying that secret can BE-
kept by three men II two of them are dead,
but woman conceals-what she does NOT
know"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

If you want to be cured Of cough use
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure In one minutA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

IA PRUDENT man." says o witty French
from going too far"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

THERE are such things as adorable faults
and insupportable virtues.-Filegende Blat-
ter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-01-11

WOMEN paint their cheeks and men paint
the town.-Atchison Globe.
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SELF interest is always at the rate Of 100
per cent.-Y Dung Mems Era