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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02
THE FARMING WORLD.
BRAIN AND MUSCLE.
The Successful Farmer of To-day Uses
Both Hands and Head.

The SUCCESSFUL Farmer Of To-Day Uses
Both Hands and Head.
The r.an who uses both brains and
muscle will far outstrip in the race of
life the man who uses only his muscles.
This is true in every calling In which
men engage, but especially is it true in
farming. The farmers who are getting
along the easiest, other things equal,
are those who mix brains with their
work; who plan and systematize their
work; do everything in its season, and
in the most thorough manner possible.
The farmer who, for instance, does not
decide what crops he will plant till
planting time comes; or the one who
breaks his ground regardless of the con-
dition of the soil, plants INFESTED or
doubtful seed in poorly prepared soil,
cannot be said to have mixed enough
brains with his work. -
There is no doubt that many farmers
would have better profits if they would
rest, recreate and read more and work
fewer hours. There is such thing as
doing too much manual labor. The
farmers, as a class, certainly cannot be
accused of being lazy. The majority of
them work too hard, at least during
some seasons of the year. 1t is more
than likely that many do not distribute
their work well, and are, as a conse-
quence, too busy at some seasons and
have too much leisure at others. Here,
again, is where the brains come in. The
work should be planned with view to
doing it most economically. This can
be done by a judicious distribution Of
work which will keep hands and teams
reasonably busy during all seasons of
the year, instead of hiring help and
rushing at some seasons, and then talk
ing it easy for a considerable spell.
| There are times when even the most
systematic farmer is thrown behind
| with his work as result of long wet
spells, or circumstances over which he
has no control, and in order to do work
in its season it becomes necessary to
rush little and work from sun to sun
but, as a rule, where sufficient thought
is put into the work, eight or nine
hours is enough for one days work
Eight hours for work, eight hours fol
sleep and eight hours for rest, recrea
ton, study and domestic pleasures
would be a good division of the day
With this division there would be am
pie time for reading, thinking, plan
ming and systematizing the work. ant
in addition to the increased pleasures
of life on the farm, the profits would
if any difference, be increased.
The cooperation of brain and muscl
on the farm, however, means NOR
than merely to improve methods o
farming; it means cooperation witt
brother farmers, and organization TO
marketing to the best advantage. an,
for purchasing in way to be indepen
dent, to an extent, at least, of useles
and extortionate middlemen and CON
bines. improved methods" at tn
market end are as necessary as in tn
matter of production. There shout
be sufficient mixture of brain and mu:
Gle to drive the gamblers from tn
grain pits, and restore normal market
st. Louis Journal of Agriculture.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

the five years, and in excess yf W oo''
00O, 600 for the decade. This would De
more than all of the mines OF the world
gave forth in the 200 years previous to
the discoveries in California
Various reasons have been offered for
this increase. but the best is that the
cost of mining has decreased. Veins at
one time left unworked because I'M
profitable can now be mined alta liberal
margin of profit because of the de-
crease in the cost of machinery and the
adoption of improved methods. Strik-
ing an average, S27 will buy the same
supplies that cost 500 in 1870. In view
of these facts the argument brought
forward by the silver fanatics that the
closing of the mints to the white metal
is the cause proves itself absurd.-Cht'
cago Times-IIerald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02
When TO Sow Clover seed.

l should advise everybody to SOW
clover seed early as they could, even on
the snow, but l would advise to put it
more than half an inch deep. The best
crop ever had, the man sowed right on
the furrow, as it was left by the pillow,
but / would advise full inch, rather
than half an inch. and if some of it is too
deep. it win come up next year. One OF
the best farmers know, who has raised
300 bushels a year, puts on the seed and
harrows it in, just as he does his oats
or his wheat.--B. S. Hoxie, in Farmers'
Review.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02
FILINGS AT FREE SILVER.


The silver statesmen appear to
be resting on their ores.-Boston Her
aid.
The silverites of Michigan are
complaining of lack of money, and yet
they really have more than if every dol
lar to their credit was worth but so
ocnts.-Detroit Free Press.
If free silverites really believe, as
they profess to do, that they are an over
whelming majority of the whole people
why should they not boldly strike out
ON an independent course? Ii they are
as strong as they claim TO be they can
get possession of the entire government,
the Judiciary excepted, by March 4. 1897,
and proceed TO bring in the financial
millennium with none to nclest or make
them afraid. BY all means let them try
it.-Chicago Chronicle.
1.-The subcommittee of the senate
committee on territories has decided IN
favor of granting statehood to New
Mexico, and such a measure may pass
the senate But it is doomed to defeat
in the house of representatives. There
are many good reasons why New Mex
leo should not become a state, but the
most important one in the mind OF the
public is that we do not want any m
crease of free silver strength in the sem
ate so long as the large majority OF the
voters of the entire country are in favor
of sound money. New Mexico must
wait ut the door until the people OF that
territory learn the principles OF s:-7d
fiuauceL--Trov Tip,as
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02
GOLD GALORE.
An Empty Argument of Cheap Money
Fanatics.

Fanatics.
Just as the advocates of q silver
standard were beginning to ask where
the gold necessary for the transaction
of the worlds business was to be OBJ
tanned and as the struggle among the
nations of the world to increase their
scanty boards of the precious metal be-
came most intense, Dame Nature came
to the rescue. AS is well known, there
has been a marked increase in produc-
ton during the past six or seven years.
How great this increase has been, with
its causes and effects, is set forth enter
tainingly by Carl Snyder in the Febru-
ary Review of Reviews.
The annual production of gold in
1855, was but $1O6. 600. 900. During the
three succeeding years it had increased
to only 100000. Since then the Ia
crease has been rapid, until last year it
rose to the enormous aggregate of $685.
100000, SURPRISING all previous records
known to history. Even in the bonanza
days the production was smaller, and
the records for the single year of 1895
e9ualed the entire product of any two
decades down to 1s40.
More important is the fact that there
is no appearance of n check in the out
put. Mining experts believe the flood
will continue to increase at the same ra-
ito, as the conditions are not tempo
rary, but permanent. During the last
five years the increase has been IL pei
cent each year. Should the increase
continue at TIE rate of ten per cent the
production in 1899 would be $500, co.,.
600, . yield of about $1,000, oQo. 900 Ton
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02
MEN OF LETTERS.

Chill is said to possess more poets in
proportion to her population than any
other country in the world.
Albert Halstead, son of Murat Hal
stead. has become editor of the Spring
field (Mass.) Union. He has been the
Washington correspondent of the Gin.
einnati Commcrcial-Gaz
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02
USEFUL IMPLEMENT.

Full Description OF a Homemade God
Crusher and Harrow.
A very convenient homemade imple-
ment is shown, bottom. up, in the ac-
companying illustration. tits made as
follows: Bolt two 2x12 oak boards Ga a.
feet long to two AKA crosspieces (b).
On the front edge bolt 2x4 (c), placed
edgewise. This will provide e-incb
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

THE ROAD to Heaven is so narrow tina
some people have about decided there
not room for two at timc.--Atlanta Coz
stitution-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

THERE is nothing quite so tiresome as TIT
person with an acquired taste for classical
music. Washington Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

IT'S well your heaviest wraps to wear
When you a-skating go,
Fen though for frost you do not carei
They break the fall, YOU know.
Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

LIBERALIrY does not consist so much In
giving great deal as in giving seasonabiy.
La Mierre.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

No SAFER OR MORE EFFIcAcIovs REMEDY
can be had for Coughs, or any trouble OF TN
throat. than s.Bfotra's Bronchial Iroetcs."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

a DIsTINcTIoN.-sDidn't you tell me that
Miss Design was an artistf' "Oh, no; l
told you she painted. Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

EXPLOSIONS of Coughing are stopped BY
Hales Honey of Horehound and Tar
Pixies ToothacEe Drops Cure in one minute
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

LITTLE troubles are as distressing as bi!
ones. A man will run from a hornet a
swiftly Us he will from a lion.-L. A. w
Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

LET them obey that know not how to ruiz
Shakespeare.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

A LIGHTNING stroke.that given by the
grocer when he scoops of the quarter OF
an ounce over from your pound OF coffce.-
Boston Transcript
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

UNFogTuNATELY, some young men hay
to be pulled while they are green.-Galves
ton News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

KNowLEDeE of all avails the human KIND
for all beyond the grave are joys OF mind
Hogg.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

DIPLOMACY consists largely in backing
down with dignity when YOU have POM tho
far.-Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

JOYS arc our wings, sorrows are our
spurs.-Richtcr.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

Hr who always prefaces his tale Will
laughter is poised between impertlnenc'
and folly.-Lavater.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

SHOW WAS the bride given away" "B.
her complexion. Chicago Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

As MAMMA saw it: Mrs. YoungIovc-"See
this beautiful ring John brought me. !"
Mrs. Oldbird-''What's he been up to nowf'
Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

Az ounce of prevention is worth ton Of
refor,n.-Truth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

A MANS life is an appendix to his heart
South.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

WHEN a man boasts that he has done Eu-
rope he usually means that Europe has done
him.-Philadelpbia Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-02

lisa Review for the studious m
Ideas for the btsy man or woman I
DErIORESTS for 1896 will c
and Everything New in Art, Sc
ploration and Discovery, always ,
of superbly illustrated papers on
instructive and delightful to everybot
purest fiction from the pens OF ackr
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11
A MarnanImous Act.

Matabeleland, in South Africa, where
the natives are in revolt against the
English, adjoins the South African re-
public, and is part of the extensive ter
ritory administered by the British
South Africa company. Doctor Jane
son, who led the raid against the Boers
was the administrator of this territory.
In view of these facts, and the strained
relations still existing between the
South African republic and England, it
was an act of unusual magnanimity
when President Kruger offered the
governor of Cape Colony a force of
burghers to go to the relief of the wom-
en- and children whose lives were threat
ened by the Matabele rising at Bulu-
wayo. The offer was declined, but it's
generosity makes it notable.-Youth's
Companion. ... ...
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11
RRynnd SnlnmOn.

King Solomon was the wisest man
that ever lived. People came from miles
around just to look at the receptacle Of
so much wisdom. One day young
man came to him and knelt before his
throne. 80 king, live forever!" said the
young man. Il am in love. I bought
the object of my affection a diamond
pin. She allowed me to kiss her, and
later accidentally called me dear and
blushed and apologized. Does she care
anything for me?" II don't KNOW"
said Solomon. Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11
Modern Weapons Against Savapes.

In an article entitled "The Italians In
Abyssinia," Gen. Cosseron de Villenoisy
says: "The battle of Adowa, where Me-
nelek's troops overthrow well-armed
European forces, attacking the in
fantry in hand-to-hand fight, and talk
Ing entire batteries without their being
able to fire single round, has discon-
certed those who hitherto insisted that
1t would be impossible to get anywhere
near troops equipped with modern
arms. This is because firing in ac-
tual warfare and in peace practice have
nothing in common. While in the lat
ter case the target is clearly discernible
and the distance readily estimated; in
war the enemy keeps well out of sight,
and there will always be slight undu-
lations of the ground, hedges, bushes,
or maybe even herbs or tufts of grass,
which more or less obstructs the view,
and hence the fire is aimed at random,
and almost invariably too high. There
is always dangerous zone at some
distance, where the bullets fall thick
est, and by advancing beyond this the
enemy can avoid most of the danger.
This is what happened at Adowa, and
what will always be fatal to young,
impressionable troops, while the fire
will have it's full effect in the case of
calm and experienced, that is to say
old soldiers. Napoleon's words still re-
main true that "a man is rot soldier"
-L'Avenir Militaire.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

been made justice of the peace because
he had been to court, and when he said
'go" the boys who were to be hunted
by the police darted out into the alley
through the barn and hid.
Soon the patrol wagon dashed out on
a riot call sent in by q policeman who
had caught Billie.
What is your name?" said Justice
Skippie.
"Billie Banks"
what has he done ?" asked the justice
of the policeman who made the arrest.
Il told him to move on, and no
wouldn't"
Ten days at hard work in the bride
WELL" was the sentence. Take him to
the woodshed and make him split kim
ding wood until say stop"
And Billie was soon splitting wood,
while two policemen guarded him to sec
that he did not escape.
The next boy arrested was made to
rake the grass in the back yard, and the
next to weed the garden, and the next
to split wood, and before the game was
finished, Skippie had three weeks sup
ply of kindling wood neatly piled up in
the woodshed; the yard had been
cleaned three times; every weed in the
flower garden was in the garbage box
in the alley, and the gravel walk was as
neat as pin. And Skippie did not open
his mouth when his mother said to his
father that night: Samuel has been
very industrious to-day. 1 wish you
would go out and look at that back
yard; it is simply beautiful" and his
father smiled and said:
"Well, l guess I'll have to get you that
baseball mask next week."-Chicago
Ilecord
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11

the banks of every brook and pond, it's
wood is soft, it's bark is smooth and free
from knots and it draws profusion of
sap from the wet ground where it
usually grows, which causes the bark
10 slip easily from the wood. In the mid
die and western states the willow and
poplar are the favorite woods for
whistles.
Whistles are made the same way
everywhere. A smooth limb or sucker
is selected and cut off. The mouth end
Is trimmed right, notch is cut in the
top for the escape of the breath, a ring
is cut in the bark at the right distance
from the end, and then the bark is
moistened with saliva and the whistle
is laid on the knee and pounded with
the knife handle to loosen the bark
from the wood. A twist of the bark pulls
it off the wood and then deep notch is
cut out of the wood, the bark is put on
and the whistle is finished.
Many mans most pleasant memories
are of the happy days he spent in boy
hood in the creek bottoms making will
low whistles.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11
HAS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
Abyssinia Claims 1t Was Brought from
Jerusalem In Rehoboam's Time.

Abyssinia Claims 1t Was Brought from
Jerusalem In Rehoboams Time.
Abyssinia threatens to become a coun-
try of great interest in the immediate
future.
1t will be in the first place interesting
because it has shown that it's leaders
are equal in strategy to European cap.
tains-hence the loss of prestige Of
European arms, with consequences like
ly to make ourselves consider things;
1t will also be interesting to watch the
country becoming, like another Japan
the late King Theodore had an army
OF 100000 men-a great military center,
whose influence will extend over the
Soudan, and nobody knows how far
down the Nile.
TO myself it is already of great inter-
est, if only on account of that very
pretty story about the first King Meme
lex. He was the son of Queen Sheba;
he paid visit to Jerusalem, where Re.
hoboam, then king, entertained him
and gave him an exact copy of the ark
of the covenant.
Only--let us whisper-at the last mo-
ment Isaac, the priest, exchanged the
copy for the original, and carried off
the latter to Abyssinia, where it can
still be seen! Is not this interesting?
am quite sure that, when there is a
railway up the Nile and hotel like the
Metropole at Magdala, there will be
personally conducted tours to see the
ark of the covenant.
A smaller copy of the ark is placed in
every Abyssinian church. The race is
certainly Semitic, and perhaps has be-
fore it greater future than any other
of the Semitic family. ..
They are Christians-of kind.
Whether that kind is better than the re-
ligions of the people around them I
know not. They observe Judaic rites,
ceremonies and customs; their morals
have never been discovered by those
who made it their business to inquire
into this branch of religion; they are
fierce and rough, they are superstitious,
they arc great topers, they cannot read.
In a word, they seem to be exactly
like, those gallant pirates, the Danes,
when they harried and worried our an
cestors; they are at the same stage of
civilization, they enjoy similar super
stitions, they exhibit the same ferocity,
they are conspicuous for the same vices,
and they bring out the same budget of
stories, legends and traditions.
Whether they amuse themselves after
dinner with shying the beef bones at
each other, as the Danes did, do not
know.-London Queen.
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81 GUESS YOU GET PRETTY LONELY"

away most of the time. When he came
home, he wanted his supper, or his
paper, and his wife dropped all her
merry ways. She thought he despised
them and in that she was wrong. He
liked to be amused, but he made the
snistalSe of accepting without thanks.
She thought him cold and irresponsible
she thought him changed. 1t had come
10 him before that Sunday evening that
she was unhappy. Now he brooded over
IT Sometimes he reproached himself,
more often, as poor human nature goes,
he was out of patience with her. Day
after day, when be went home for his
saoonday dinner. the little kitchen
yeeked of soapsuds, and the floor was
camp from scrubbing. Often it was SO
ut night. He knew his wife was dis.
.coutented.
You'll wear that floor out" he said
nngrily, one night.
I'll wear the heart out of me first, :
WAS the retort. And John went away
without kissing her good-by.
Its enough to make man stay out
of his home" he muttered, and then Ii,
saw train stop, ard half-mechanically
h. begnn &c vun. 1t had only stopped
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11
How Grandpa Managed Her.

Bess is one of those astute Juvenile
autocrats who seem gifted with the
power of knowing the secret and extent
of their dominion over indulgent rela-
tives. "Oh, mol" she was one day over
heard to confide to another small girl.
"Grandma can't make me mind, at ali,
but grandpa knows how to manage me-"
"How does he do it, Bess?" asked the
interested male cousin, who had been
eavesdropping in corner Of the piazza.
why" replied Bess, graveiy, she waits
until he sees what I'm going to do, and
then he tells zoe to do it'll"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-11
CARNIvOROUS PLANTS.
One Is Good Fisherman and the other
First-Class Trapper.

First-Class Trapper
Something new about the bladder
wort has been learned recently, accord
ing to the Fishing Gazette. The blad-
der wort is q small floating weed found
in the fresh waters of the British ISL
ands, and until recently was regarded
as an innocent bunch of vegetation;
but now it is known that it is destruc-
tive to game fishes. "This subtle poach.
er is armed with almost microscopic
jaws along it's little branches" and the
incautious little fish that rubs up
against these gets grasped, and before
long dies and is devoured by the plant.
A good many plants are knwn to sub
sist on flesh, and one of these, at least,
lures its prey into trap. Every Wis
itor to the Adirondacks knows the hun
ter's pitcher; some remember it with
pain. The pitcher is open at the top,
and the rain keeps it half full Of water.
The thirsty insects see the water, and
they go down into it and drink. Hav-
ing had their fill, the flies try to climb
out again, but no trap is surer than the
hunters pitcher. The inside of the
pitcher is lined with short, stiff fla
ments, and the sharp points all incline
down. The insects feet catch in these,
and after awhile it gets into the water
and browns.
The Adirondack woodsman likes
joke, and that is why the memory of
these pitchers brings pain to the ten
derfoot. The woodsman, acting as
guide, goes tramping into the woods,
leading the tenderfoot to some fishing
waters. The trail, if on hot day, is
dry as bone, and at each step the ten
derfoot gets dryer and dryer, and be-
gins to want to know how far it is
to the next spring. They come to a
swamp, and the tenderfoot feels sure
there must lie water thereabout, but the
woodsman says there is not bit. Then
he picks up one of the numerous pitch
ers, puts it to his lips moment, then
throws 1t to the ground. Water flies
out and the thirsty one sees it. He
breaks one off and without examination
takes couple of big swallows. The
woodsman shrieks: ely SOUP" and
rolls over the moss bed of the swamp.
The victim shrieks, too. And for years
after the mention of hunters pitchers
makes him gag--it is two or three days
before he cares for fish or food.