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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20
HERE AND THERE.

To have young chicks healthy and
keep them SO, is of great Importance.
and they must be kept out of the
weeds and grass until it is perfectly
dry. Their coops and houses must
also be kept dry and clean.
If farmer with bunch of hogs
will kill few at time and cure the
hams and bacon, and make up all the
sausage and lard possible, he will find
his pig crop will yield him double the
ready cash he can get from the ship
per.
Get rid of the ticks on sheep by
dipping them in kerosene emulsion
or tobacco decoction; or, make de-
cocticn of tobacco stems, turn the
sheep upon its back, open the wool on
its belly from head to tail, and pour
into the opening the warm liquid.
The only safe way to feed cattle is
by method which will let one know
periodically the amount of food con-
sumed. Exact methods" and "sci-
ence with practice should be the mot
to upon every farm, and taught to
every farmer school boy in the land.
The dairyman who expects to win
highest success and reputation in his
special line of business must necessa-
rily be an Industrious man; he must
be a man of intelligence; he must I'M
derstand the business in all its details,
and he must not despise details or small
things.
Hens rarely lay unless in full plu-
mage; hence the time of moulting has
an important bearing on egg produc-
ton. Hens that moult early will get
their feathers early and begin to lay
early. Don't become Disguised be-
cause hen ceases to lay in August
she is only preparing for November.
Nothing but wide-tired wagons
should be use on the farm. Their adj
vantages are so numerous and so self
evident that no argumnnt as to their
superiority is needed. Nothing but
absolute inability to buy should pre-
vent the universal use of the broad
tire on every farm in the United
States. Gazette.
While horses are young make it q
constant effort to teach them to be
rapid walkers; there is no better way
to increase their capacity for work.
See that they have a change of food
occasionally; they should not have an
exclusive corn diet after they get ct
the heavy spring work; and give them
something better than hard door u
alssp ppon, -sopthsvp Stock JAyus
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20
THERE ARE FEW IDEAL SPRINGS.
Practical Aspect of the Season rs Conn
pared with Poets Fancies.

Practical Aspect of the Season rs Conn
pared with Poets Fancies.
The poets are largely responsible for
the popular notion that the normal
spring should be all sunshine, mild
ness and flowers, instead of the mix
ture of cold and warmth and alternate
storm and fairness which 1t usually is
Occasionally, however, poet has
caught on" to the actual facts. 1t is
common, especially in this latitude, to
regard each particular spring as later
and more disagreeable than any of its
predecessors. But backward springs
are not novelties, as Lowell showed
when he made Hosea Bigelow say:
II rather like our backward springs
That kind O. haggle with their greens and
things"
The truth is, spring is a very indefi-
mite quantity and neither bird, beast
nor man is its accurate prophet. Every
year about March time people are
seized with wonder at the backward
ness of the season--wonder not I'M
moved with irritation. Loud were the
recent denunciations at its dilatori-
ness. Never was the month such lion
before! Yet if my memory serves rae
Alright we had furry of snow on April
II of last year and, in many preceding
years during the first week of that
month, have tracked the footprints
of the rabbit in the snow" 1t seems
lot to be a question of comparison,
however. Winter, before it is through,
drags on the best of us. We want the
warmth, the verdure and the birds
again before we have lived out the al
lotted term of cold and snow, and so,
each year, we rebel.-Boston Tran
Scrinf
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

PROF. Albert Koebele, of California,
has made three years contract with
the Hawaiian government TO destroy the
insect pests of the islands. His method
is to get insects harmless to man to kill
noxious insects.
X rays are to be applied to prac
tical agriculture. DIR. Graetz, of Mu-
nich,, has taken picture of one-day-
old pig, showing its bony structure. BY
continuing to make pictures of the pig
the action of food on it's growth will
be shown.
New possibilities in the use of the
Roentgcn rays have been discovered by
DIR. Frenzel, of Berlin. Twelve sheets
of bromide of silver paper laid one upon
the other were placed in the holder and
the picture of frog taken. The image
was equally well defined on each sheet.
In Germany last year ships of 1o1,-
402 registered tons were built. against
117,621 tons in 1894. This is consider
able advance as compared with 1892,
with but 4s,20S tons, and 1898 with 66,-
Ala registered tons. The report does
not include the ships built in the gov
eminent yards.
Russia is publishing the construc-
ton of the Tifis Kars railway as fast
as possible, and will probably have it
completed by August next. 1t will EN-
able her to carry AN army from the
Caucasus to the doors of Turkish Ar
menia. The line is $50 miles long, and
is already built as far as Alexandrapol,
81 miles from Kars.
DIR. Pie, of Montelinar, France, has
discovered a new anaesthetic. He has
found that by injecting gualacol under
the skin in small doses operations can
be performed without pain. A COM
mittee appointed by the academy of
medicine has inquired into the value of
the discovery, and has congratulated
DR.. Pie upon his achievement.
Each instrument excels in some
particular passage, the piano in scale
passages, the harp in arpeggio. the man
dolin in the rapid repetition of one note,
the banjo in the rapid playing of broken
chords, and so with other instruments,
but the violin can beat them all on their
own ground, while there is much violin
music that can be played on no other
Instrument,
English is the language that has
altered most. Regarded merely as a
Teutonic language, it is farthest re-
moved from the parent stock. 1t is de-
seconded from the Saxon, which is the
parent of low German and Dutch, and,
as it were, the grandparent of English.
But besides the Teutonic part, which is
the groundwork of the language, it
has suffered all the effects of a lengthy
Roman occupation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20
vulgar,.ing Roentgen Rays.

Roentgen rays are becoming vulgar
lied rapidly. Prof. Brouardei, of the
municipal laboratory Of Paris has used
them to find the contents of Internal
machines, and has seen nails, screws,
cartridges and even the grains of powder
in bomb. An Englishman asserts
that he can tell pure clafet from adL'-
terated by the use of the rays. In Der.
lin they have been introduced in new
farce. An English photographer, who
sent out a picture of foot showing AN
Embedded needle, received telegram
from customer, saying: "Photograms
received very tame. Send more sensa.
ticual ones, such as interior of belly.
backbone, brains, liver, kidneys, heart
luagA soul,"-N. =. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20
Deafness CANNOT he Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness il
caused by an inflamed condition Of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets in1amed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it Is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20
THE CATTLE INDUSTRY.
The Era of the Big steer Is Rapidly Pass
ing Away.

ing Away.
The big steer is now receiving his
finishing blow at the hands of buyers
in leading markets. For years past
the Gazette has been warning breed
ers, feeders and shippers that the tai
lowy monstrosities, such as originally
carried away champion prizes at the
fat stock show, were. losing favor at
the hands of slaughterers, and the day
of reckoning has at last come. The
great corn crop of 1895 ana the ex-
ceptionally low price of cattle for
months past has resulted in flooding
the market this spring with so many
big steers that the rapidly-grow-
Ing prejudice against them has
had ample opportunity to develop
Itself and now finds expression in
dearth of bids which is sending the
l,500-pound bullocks across the scales
daily at a price that must make the
feeders wish they had sent them to
market, long, long, ago. The ripe year
ling or two-year-old with quality is
the animal the buyer seeks, and the
sooner the farmers and feeders of the
corn states shape their course accord
lngly the better.
To what extent are owners of pure
bred herds of cattle of the special beef
types recognizing this handwriting on
the wall? How hard it is to abandon
preconceived ideas as to what consti-
tutes excellence in product one has
worked upon the major part part of
= lifetime! Breeders of Shorthorns,
Herefords, Angus and other beef-bred
cattle have for years worked upon the
idea that it was impossible to get their
cattle too big so long as the quality
was held, and they have indeed pro-
duced some astonishing combinations
of scale and finish; but the fact has
now to be faced that there is point
in this matter of weight of carcass
that can not be passed without run
ming counter to the market demand,
even when there is quality coupled
with size. Practically it should be
easier 10 produce fine steer of light
or medium weight and refinement in
the same beast, SO that the new steer,
should be more readily produced than
the ideal bullock of the past; but it
seems impossible for some breeders to
free themselves from the idea that they
must retain great size as feature of
their cattle at all hazards. Some who
Hdmit-ratter reluctantly, perhaps
that the heavy steers are out of date
will go around among the pure-bred
herds, finding fault with smooth.
evenly-feshed, fine-boned, medium
sized breeding animals for lack of
scale.s The question: "Aow much
does b wsishsH 4 asksd too tssQusutr
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

General Manager p. 3. Mcgowan, Of the
Walter A. Wood Harvester Co., st. Paul,
Mimi, informs us thai business Is excellent
and that his company will be able this fall
to liquidate its entire Indebtedness, and
pass out of the receivers hands In . most
prosperous condition. He Is our authority,
also, for announcing the good news that
some of the most influential stockholders Of
the st. Paul and Hoosick Falls companies
are now at work trying to effect reorgani-
zation, to the end of placing both companies
in position to go along with the Immense
business in such manner as to maintain past
reputation for solidity and progressiveness.
If the reorganization is effected, which.
from present progress would seem assured,
: he business will again be on solid founda-
tion and under management that will push
its well known machines in every market
on the globe.-Fdra Machinery, April 81,
1899.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20
WOMAN'S WIT.
Told by q Society Girl
eomething About Morphine, Sulphur. lEo.
lasses and Other Things.
From me Evsntno yeps. ye,cart. NJ

From the Evenfng Ne,rs, Ncrark, N. j.
Among the popular society leaders In
East Orange, N. j., Emma L. Stoll, charm.
Ing young maiden, stands In the foremost
rank. She Is of lovable disposition and
the light Of the social set in which she
moves. For two years she has been q sick
girl from internal troubles peculiar to wom-
en-, and hafing recently recovered, has
given OUT reporter the following interesting
account:
'Instead of improving under the care of
my physician / became worse. For five
weeks was unable to get out Of bed and
about six O'Clock each morning suffered
horribly. My lips were sore and lacerated
from the marks Of my teeth, for in my eff
forts to keep from screaming sunk my
teeth deep into my lips. At such times /
rolled and tossed until the bed shook like
an aspen leaf and it finally got so serious
that tho doctor won't tell you his name
gavo me some morphine pills to take. The
very thought OF them now makes me SILVER.
These morphine pills simply put me to sleep
for awhile and when became conscious
again my agony was renewed.
"The pain In my stomach and back was
more than l could stand. your blood 10
poor said the doctor. take sulphur and mo-
lasses, and did until twas great wonder
that was not q molasscs cake. 1t was time
wasted in taking it because was not beue-
fitted in the least; my suffering continued,
but by mighty effort after being in bed go
long, l got up. Oh, but was sad sight
then. From liz pounds, ! had fallen to
ninety; my checks were pale and sunken
and limped; yes, actually hobbled from the
extreme pain In my side. Then Tread of
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
and tho testimonial in the Ncus inspired me
with hope. 1 got the pills and took them.
Before many days began to improve and
before had finished one box felt as If I
could 60 out and walk for miles. ! soon
stopped limping and through the Pink Pills
] soon bid goodbye to my headaches while
tho pain in my stomach and back slowly
but surely succumbcd to the influence Of
these pills that seem to be able to persuade
oil pain to leave ones body Now am as
used to be; well and strong, hght-hearted
and morry but mover without the pills. See
/ have got 3oIao OK them now,n and from
nearby dock she handed out one Of the
boxes.
DR.. williams' Pink Pills contain, in con-
dcnsod form, all the elements necessary to
give now lie and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also
specific for troubles peculiar to females,
such as impressions, Irregularities and all
forms of weakness. They build up the
blood, and restore the glow ofhcalth to pale
md s2llow checks. In men they effect a
radical cure in all cases arioing from mental
worry, ovcryTorl1 or cxcosscs Of whatever
nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never
IN loose bullz) at so cents box or six boxes
for SEQ, and may be had of ell druggicts,
or direct by mail from Dr. Williams Med
cine Company, Schenectady. N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20
How Napoleon Plagued the King of Prus-
eta

In the afternoon the king of Prussia,
with his staff, was generally invited to
Join their cavaicade for ride. The
emperor of the French gave malicious
account of those jaunts in later years.
Himself fearless horseman, he spurred
his charger to full speed, and the car
followed with glee, while the king, as
timid in the saddle as in the cabinet,
jounced and bounced, often knocking
Napoleon's arms and elbows.-Prof.
Sloane, in Century.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

~ by bull buyers. The consumers Of
meats want hish-grade goods put up
in smaller packages, no matter wheth-
er it is beef. pork or mutton they call
for; and those who are supplying
breeding stock for the meat.maker's
use must therefore place refinement
and early-ripening qualities before
either scale or color.-Breeders' Ga.
Zette
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

mo slgniasaaes q . Gray Ovssesas
Upon the tongue, yellowness Of the slin
and eyeballs, nausea and ureasiness b.
meath the right ribs and shoulder blade, u
that the victim of these discomforts Il bill
ious. The ssproper caper'' under such ciY.
cumstances Is to take Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which also cures chills and fevers
constipation, dyspepsia, rheumatic and lid
ney complaints and nervousness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

SHE-"You say that man Is out7' He
"Ycs, he Was struck cut" She-"Why, no
one struck him. "-Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

LET not mirth be thy profession, lest
thou become malse-sporf. He that hath
but gained the title of a jester, let him as
sl.e himself the fool Is not far OIL
Quarie3.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

lam entirely cured OF hemorrhage Of lungs
by Piso's Cure for Consumption:-LoulSA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

TRuB craftsmanship is the art Of chang
ing nation from what it is into what 1t
ought to be.-W. r. Alger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

To HAVE a respect for ourselves guides
our morals; and to have Difference for
others governs our maDners.-Sterne.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

FRS stopped free by DR.. Kine's GreaA
Nerve Restorer. No fits after first days usoL
Marvellous cures. Treatise and % trial bot
tie free. Dr. Kline. 98l Arch St.. Phila-, PA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

VIRTUE itself ofEends when coupled with
forbidding manners. Bishop Middleton.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

A SENTENCE, well couched, takes both the
sense and the understanding .-Feltham.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

RICHES do not exhilarate us so much With
their possession as they torment ~ with
their loss Gregory.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-06-20

MosT men have more courage than eveu
they themselves think they hava-GrevillA
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-24
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The man VINO died in ST. Mary's Hos
pital, Heboken, last Thursday, from in
juries received in falling, down fiigns
of stairs at No. 1854 Newark street. Ho-
boken, on last Monday afternoon, was
identified as Andreas Karlsson, 45 years
old, carpenter of East Orange.
The Clio Wheelmen will hold grand
stag at Crescent Hall the early part OF
next month. The committee have secured
first class talent and are working hard
to make the stag a success.
James Jennings, 10 years old, of No Is
Railroad avenue, was knocked down and
run over by truck yesterday. His left
leg was broken. He was taken home.
Fire did Si0O damage to the home Of
George ScneDer, No. 3e1 Fifth street yes
terday.
Fire broke out in the basement Of No.
l59 Newark avenue this morning and
did $50 damage. The building is owned
James Henderson d dry goods dealer
A fire was discovered in the cellar Of
No. "A Romaine avenue, owned and oc-
cupied by F. ). Angel, at half past one
this morning. The chemical extinguisher
Of No. engine sllbdued the f1amess
Damage slight.
The Tenth Ward Republican Club met
Friday night last and elected the follow
ing officers Thomas M. eCoughlin. pre-
sidsllt5 August Klein, ce-presidenjt;
George RoWlands secretary and William
Frazer treasurer
Mrs r. Siefert, of Webster avenue.
sails for Europe tomorrow on the steamer
Havel. She will be gone four months
and VII spend cons iderable part Of
that time at Carlsbad.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-24
HERBERT BOOTHS STATEMENT.
The Efforts He Made 10 Prevent the
Trouble In the ARMY.

TORONTO, Ont, Feb. "a, 1896.-The fol-
lowing statement has been sent to the
press for publication
'sCommandant Herbert Booth desires to
state to the press of the United States
and Canada that reports current in the
newspapers to the effect that he sum
marily demanded the handing over of
his brothers commissionership in New
York are incorrect. His presence and
that of Sister Field Commissioner Eva
Booth is accounted for by the fact that
Commander Booth had some weeks back
the Army his intention to resign, and had
refused to take another command. Com
mandant Booth was on this account IN
structed by Headquarters to proceed to
New York and exert a brothers influence
to prevent q serious calamity and so
irreparable o loss. This he did in con-
junction with his sister Eva and Colonel
Nicol. They shared in their efforts az
fectionately to entreat the Commander
and mis- wife to accept of several pro-
posals suggested by the Headquarters TO
POSTPONE. II not prevent. the catastrophe
No demand of the character stated was
made but the necessity of the temporary
withdrawal Of the resignation was. urged,
as was also visit to England for the
purpose OF a personal conference with
the General Commondant Booth wishes
further to state that Il IS untrue that
he had any inclination or desire to sue
ceed his brother in New York Beyond
his duties of counsellor and brother.
above referred to, the Commandant did
nothing in New York. He interfered in
no way with that command, and re-
fused absolutely to accept any RESPONSE
bility for his brothers action. He re-
turned to his post Immediately after he
found that his efforts had failed. and is
at the present moment absolutely lgnor-
ant of the nature of his next appoint
M emf
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-24
CLEVELAND AFTER DUCKS

Underwater, VA, February 24.-The
light house tender Maple, which left
Washington at IL P. NJ last night, ar
rived here this morning about four
o'clock, with President Cleveland on
board. The President is accompanied by
Colonel Lamburton, DR.. Riley and Attor-
ney General Harmon. The President
came upon invitation of Mr.. Withers
Waller to shoot ducks from his blinds,
which are about the best upon the Po-
tomac. Mr.. Waller and his guest Col
Wright Rives, of the United States
Army went on board the steamer i'm
mediately on its arrival, and the Pres
ident and his party then proceeded to the
blinds and commenced shooting. The
prospects foai a god days sport are
good, as ducks are very plentiful. Mr.
Waller has his blinds very nicely fitted
out, and the President finds it very
comfortable and pleasant to shoot from
them. The steamer is anchored just
IN frot of Whitewater station on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Railroad, fullyffive miles south of Guam
tico. The President and party will dine
with Mr.. Waller this evening. The
steamer Maple has not ON this or any
previous occasion touched at Quantico,
as has been reported.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-24
SCHOONER OGDEN'S SURVIVORS.
Vessel Struck Shoal and Crew Took
FGo1rs

NEW YORK, Feb. "a, 1896.-rhe NAL
lory Line steamer Lampasas, Captain
Burrows, which arrived here this morn
ing from Galveston, brought in Captain
S. B. Gardiner, Mrs. Gardiner, Mate D.
r. Campbell, Cook j. Luirose and four
seamen of the schooner Herman B. Og-
den, which were picked up from two
small boats on Saturday morning off
Cape Lookout.
Captain Gardiner reports that he sailed
from Lambert'S Point on February 20 for
the following day strong notheast. winds
were encountered which increased to a
hurricane. tand the schooner was run un-
der bare poles for six hours. On the
22d the weather moderated somewhat, and
Cape Lookout was made at 1--WE p. M,
when the vessel struck a shoaI.
The wind veered to north-northwest,
get the vessel clear. AT / A. NJ she
was free and the pumps on being sound
ed it was found that there were eleven
feet of water in tf~ hold and vessel be-
gan to settle by the head. Groundings
were made which showed that the
schooner was in Is fatl1oms of water.
At two A. M. two boats We're lowered
boats were kept by the schooner until
it was feared she would so down and
swamp them. when they were hauled
away The Ogden's forward deck was
then under water.
At six O'Clock in the morning a mast
was rugged on each boat and sail made
when the steamer Lampanas was sighted
took us aboard and landed us in this