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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30
Drifting With the Tide.

The Alexandria Town Talk re-
produces the comments of the
Shreveport Caucasian, relative to
the position of Judge Blackman on
the monetary question, when in
vited to express his views before
the legislature, anent the Senatori-
al struggle before that body; and
it makes much of the fact that the
Judge "didn'tstraddle." Ofcourse
not, the Judge is 16 to l in favor
of popular approval, and so he has
set his sails to catch the full silver
breeze. The Judge is like Town
Talk; he knows better, but he is
afraid to brook popular sentiment
by independent thought and ex-
preston.
Mr.. Blanchard also was very
polite upon that same occasion,
and, like Uncle Johnny Pharr, be
wanted to be in line with the ma
jority, and so he was for s'free sill
yer clap-trap." In marked and
noble contrast to the wheedling of
his opponents, was the open and
manly stand of Mr.. Price, who
stood for reason and right, in spite
of the fact that three-fourths of the
men before him, to whom he was
looking for election, were commit
ted to the error and fallacy of an
unsound financial policy. All hon.
or to Mr.. Price for having the no
bleness and courage to express his
honest convictions. He deserved
to succeed. We hoped for the good
sense and patriotism of our legis-
lature to elect him to the Senate,
instead of any of those who we're |
him. These are days for
progress and honest independent |
thought and action. The people |
much prefer the mistakes of live |
energetic man to the smooth sail
ing of those who only drift with
the tide, and have not the energy
70 face the populace in its error.
But, make no mistake, Mr.. Price is
right in his position, and he will
hold his place in public esteem
whether his views are endorsed by
he legislature or not. Long after
hose who drift with the tide have
,een lost in the ocean of oblivion,
he principles for which he con-
ends will remain fixed as cardinal
principles of finance in this great
md enlightened country.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30

The first cotton bloom of the
season was sent to the CHRONICLE on
the 18th BY Mr.. A. A. Dean, from
the crop of John Edwards, color
ed tenant on his Raven Camp place.
The second to reach us with a.
couple of cotton blooms was Mr..
Geo. Givens, manager for the CAL
honn place, on the 9th, from the
crop of Jim Monroe, colored.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30

The meeting which was begun
in Colfax on the 22d, by Rev. j.
W. Lively, of Texas, has been in
PROCESS all the week, and has stead
lily increased in interest and num-
bers, the church being crowded at
every night service in particular.
The intention is to continue the
services for several days.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30
Election of Trustees.

Notice is hereby given that an election
will be held at the school house in the
town of Colfax, La, on Saturday June 6.
1896, between the hours of and 5 D. M.
for the purpose Of electing trustees for
the Colfax High School. TO serve for four
years in the places OF ]. h. McNeeIy, L.
M. Townsend, j. A. Hyde and A. B. Per-
klns, whose terms expire on said date.
All voters living in the Colfax district
who have children of schoolable age are
entitled to vote at said election.
j. F. KELLY.
Prest. Board Of Trustees.
May 5, 1896.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30

For every quarter in o mans pocket
there are a dozen uses; and to use each
one in such way as to derive the great
est benefit is question every one must
solve for himself. We believe, however,
that no better use could be made OF one
of these quarters than to exchange it for
a bottle of CHARACTERISTICS Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, medicine that
every family should he provided with.
For sale by J. H. McNeely, Colfax; DR.. j.
V. Bonnette & Bro, Pollock, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30
(From Pacific Health Journal,

First, get wife; second, be patient.
Your have great trials and perplexities
in your business, but do not therefore,
carry to your home cloudy or contract
ed brow. Your wife may have trials.
which, though Of less magnitude, may be
hard for her to bear. A kind word, a
tender look, will do wonders in chasing
from her brow all clouds of gloom. To
this we would add always keep bottle
OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the
house. 1t is the best and is sure to be
needed sooner or later. Your wife will
then know that you really care for her
and wish to protect her health. For sale
by j. H. McNeely, Colfax; DR. j. v. Bon
nette & Bro. Pollock, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30

''The American people love to be
humbugged," says P. T. Barnum.
Even so, and Eugene V. Debs, at a
salary of $1,000 a year, is in New
Orleans talking to the laboring
people about the evils of machinery
and high priced salaries.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30

The q. s. Supreme court has de-
cided against Bowler, in favor of
paying the delayed bounty on sug-
ar, and now the sugar planters are
happy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30
COlfax High School,

The Trustees of the C0Ifax High School
for Males and Females take pleasure in
announcing to the public that the second
Ten Months Session of this school will
begin on the First Monday of Septem-
Der, 1895. No pains will he spared to
make it first-class High School.
RATES OF TUITION.
Primary Department 81 50 per month
Collegiate 25O
Music. Vocal and instrumental $50
Incidental fee Is certs per session.
Good board can be obtained on reasona-
bic terms Two hotels in town. and sew
eral private boarding houses in town and
vicinity will board cheap. Those having
children to educate should send them in
and give MS fair trial. We are in the
race to stay.
j. +. KELLY, N. D., President.
w. L. RICHARDSON.
Secretary Board of Trustees.
Colfax, La, Ang. 10, 1893
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30

WANTED-A reliable lady or gentleman to
distribute samples and make ahouselto-house
canvass for our Vegetable Toilet Soaps ard Pure
Flavoring Extracts. $40 to S75 month easily
made. Address Crofts l. Reed. Chicago. Ill.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30

Mr.. A. B. Hundley has bought
the lot and dwelling house Tin Co.
lumbia) owned and now occupied
by Mr.. 8. E. Thomas, and will
move his family into it as soon as
he can get possession, which will
be in about three weeks. Caldwell
Watchman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30

Disastrous storms of death and
destruction visited several of the
States in the upper Mississippi
country on Saturday and Monday
last.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-05-30

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Pair Highest Award.
The advocate., 1896-08-26
POTATO SPRAYER.
With IL One Person Can Easily Spray
TeR Acres In a DRy

With IL One Person Can Easily Spray
TeR Acres In Day.
The sprayer illustrated herewith is
inexpensive and easily made. First, q
heavy iron rod about ~ inches thick
and 6h feet long must be procured for
an axle. This may be taken from an
old grain drill or elsewhere, and adapt
ed to the present use. For wheels,
take those Of the hay-rake, as a high
wheel makes the flow stronger. The
shafts should be about eight feet long.
They are bolted to the axle, five feet
apart, and fastened securely, that the
rod may not turn. Two pieces Of wood,
three by three inches and three and one
half feet long, are bolted across the
shafts - or IL inches apart, one of
them being placed trlAe back of the
axle, and the other farther in front OF
1t. The singletree is attached to a
third crosspiece farther forward. Two
more pieces, two by six inches and
two feet long, are bolted edgewise
across the Sx3-inch pieces, two feet
apart. These pieces are followed
out at the top so that barrel will rest
The advocate., 1896-08-26
RINGING or TREES.
Those intended Co BE Cut for Timber
Should BE So Treated.


Should BE So Treated.
Architects will remember that the
old books on building advise that the
trees intended to be cut for timber
should have ring of bark cut around
the trunk in the latter part of the winter
preceding the autumn season in which
they are to be felled. This advice seems
to have been founded on experience,
but so far as we know IL is never fol-
Bowed in modern times. Very recently,
however, M. Mer, Of the great forest
school Of Nancy, in answering an in
quiry as to the best means for preserv-
ing wooden telegraph poles from the
ravages Of insects, explains the effect
Of ringing" growing trees in very
interesting manner.
According to M. Mer, tree intended
to be used for telegraph pole should
be cut in the autumn, and during the
preceding winter should have ring cut
out of the bark, down to the wood, near
the upper part of the trunk. If this Is
done the ascent Of the sap in the spring
prevented, as it is well known that the
sap circulates just under the bark.
The tree nevertheless grows, consum-
ing as nutriment the starch grains laid
up in the sapwood. When the seasons
growth Is over, the starch in the sap
wood is gone; but, as fresh sap has not
been allowed to circulate, no new starch
has been deposited in it's place to supply
the next seasons growth, and when the
tree is felled its tissues ontain no
starch, and consequently no food for
the insects, which feed upon wood, and
which, according to M. Mer, only eat
the wood for the starch which they find
in 1t. To inject wood with sulphate of
copper, as is often done, M. Mer says
helps to complete its protection, but
only on condition that the starch is
first removed as he suggests.-Ameri-
can.
The advocate., 1896-08-26

There are longer but no better roads in
this or any other country than the Chicago
g. Alton railroad. This line makes per-
manent patron Of every traveller who once
gives 1t trial Its tracks are Of the heaV-
lest steel and as smooth as glass. Its road
bed is stone ballasted throughout. It's
equipment is superb. 1t was the first line
on which Pullman sleeping car was ever
run, the first line to adopt dining cars and
the first line to run free reclining chair
cars, and to-day its solid vestibuled trains,
containing all Of these modern lux
uries, are running through on fast time
to and from Union depots in Kansas City,
St. Louis and Chicago with astonishing
regularity and with exceeding comfort to
its ever-increasing patrons. If you ever
make trip in any direction between Kan
sas City and Chicago, or Kansas City and
st. Louis, or ST. Louis and Chicago, and
fail to patronize the Chicago & Alton, you
may be sure that you have missed at least
The advocate., 1896-08-26
TRUCK FARMING PAYS.
Facts AMG Figures AscORtalned by an In
vOstlgstlng Committee.

EB~SD AM0 &AB4Eo@ AYCOEGoANDW py 8M an
vOstlgstlng Committee.
To give some idea of the proftableness
Of raising vegetables and fruit, we will
mention that only recently the large
truck-farms in the vicinity Of one of our
large cities were inspected by com
mittee to examine into this industry,
and they reported that one farm of 40
acres yielded annually $4,000 worth of
fruits and vegetables; another of six
acres yielded $4,000: another of 80 acres
returned $4,000, and another Of 20
acres returned $4,000. These figures
represent gross receipts, but even after
making reductions for fertilizers and
other necessary expenditure, the net
returns, although not stated, were no
doubt handsome.
Apart, however, from the profits from
exclusive truck-farming, the garden
acre on the farm can be made an inn
portant item in the domestic economy
Of the home, If we take into considera-
tion all the expense attaching to the
purchase of garden produce necessary
to the health, comfort and well-being
Of the family.-Farm and Fireside.
The advocate., 1896-08-26

Topeka announces that her Fall Fes-
tivities for the Grand Army of the Re-
public to be held during the week
September % to October 3, is not mere
ly reunion Of the old soldiers but a
reunion Of all Ksnsans. 1t will be a
week full Of pageantry, floats, tourna-
ments, carnival prsnks, military, civic
The advocate., 1896-08-26

DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
makes health, it makes pure, rich blood, it
forces out impurities and kills germs. 1t
doesn't make any difference what name
you call your trouble by-dyspepsia, kidney
disease, rheumatism, consumption, skin
disease-the "Golden Medical Discovery"
will cure it absolutely. None Of these dis
eases can retain hold on the body, when it
is full Of rich, pure blood.
The advocate., 1896-08-26

and flower parsdes, illuminated process
sions and campRres presided over by
famous American statesmen, including
Bryan and Mckinley, who have both
promised positively to be present. The
Topeka newspapers are filling their
columns daily about the preparations
that are being made and the whole town
seems to be stirred with civic pride.
The Capital city wants to prove to her
fellow citizens that she is the most agree
able and munihcent entertainer in
Kansas, and it looks as if she were going
to be fully equal to the occasion.
The advocate., 1896-08-26
Uneuualed Service

Denver to Chicago, via Kansas City, Is
given via the Union Pacific and Chicago &
Alton Railways.
Through Pullman Sleepers, Pullman Din
ing Cars and Free Reclining Chair Cars
leave Denver daily. The Union Pacific is
the great through car line Of the West.
Ask your nearest ticket agent for tickets
via this line. E. L. LoMAx,
Gen. Pass. and Tkt Agt.,
Omaha, Neb
The advocate., 1896-08-26
Fertilizer for tho Orchard.

All orchards in full bearing should
have an annual top-dressing of mineral
fertilizers. But the trees that have
blossomed heavily should also be
dressed with stable manure used as
mulch and spread under them little
further than their roots extend, which
in bearing trees will cover the entire
ground between them and their neigh
bors on either side. If hogs are turned
in to root under the trees they will
mix the earth and the top dressed ma
nure, SO that the soil will be in the
best possible condition to hold the rain
fall and keep it in position for use by
the tree roots. Managed in this way
the apple crop will not be injured by
dry weather late in the season.-Ameri.
can Cultivator.
The advocate., 1896-08-26

on them securely. Two stopcoclCs are
inserted into the barrel opposite the
bung, and two pieces Of hose six feet
long, terminating in a fine spray noE-
zle, attached to them. The bunghole
Is turned upward and funnel used in
filling 1t. The horse walks between two
rows Of potatoes, the man following
and holding nozzle In each hand above
the row, on either side. When turning
ct the end OF row, the hose may be
laid across the barrel to stop the Aow.
The pressure Of the liquid In the bar
rel, Il well elevated. q sufficient to pro-
duce . heavy flow, and tlsj jolting Of the
lnaeAlnq EAll keep TIE DaEig green lns0.
The advocate., 1896-08-26
10 Colorado, Montana, Hot Springs, Puget
Sound and Pacific Coast via Bur
llngtOn Route.

llngtOn Route.
Take the shortest and most desirable
line to the far west; complete trains from
the Missouri river. Daily train leaves
Kansas Oity at 1O:4O a. m arrives Billings,
Mont, 1850 miles distant, 6:45 next even
ing; free chair cars Kansas City to Billings;
sleepers Kansas City to Lincoln; through
sleepers to Lincoln to Billings. Connects
with fast train beyond to Montana and
Puget Sound. Ten to twenty-five hours
shorter than other lines from Kansas City.
Through sleepers and chair cars Mis-.
souri, river to Denver; Rio Grande scenic
line beyond for Colorado, Utah and Cali
fornia.
Ask agent for tickets over the estab-
lished through lines Of the Burlington
Routes
L. w. WAKELEY, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
St. Louis, Mo.
The advocate., 1896-08-26

one opportunity for Increasing your hap
piness in this life.
The advocate., 1896-08-26

luton. With sprayer OF this kind one
person can easily spray ten acres Of
potatoes in day.-Orange Judd Farm
er.
The advocate., 1896-12-09
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

Never touch butter with the hands.
When milking, make business of it.
Milk the cows clean, if you would
milk them long.
Good milk, that will make good but
ter, will make good cheese.
In feeding the calf, it is more inn
portant to make muscle than fat.
There is much in the breed, much il
the feed, but still more in the feeder.
Raise your cows. They will cost
less, quality considered, chan those you
buy.
1t will not pay'to winter a cow that
does not make good milk showing on
grass.
Conrad johnson, a Seattle (Wash.)
milkman, has recently been arrested for
adulterating his milk by adding preser-
vatives. Let the good work go on.
Calves, even after being weaned, do
better in a grazing field separated from
the COWS. Being designed for the dairy,
young heifers should have the very best
The farm affords.
To get the best prices. for butter,
make a quantity that the best consum-
ers want, and then manage to get your
product into their hands without the
Intervention of too many middlemen.--
Rural World.
The advocate., 1896-12-09

the liquid manure passes; g Is drain"
age pipe at the bottom Of the sewer
pipes, and connects with a cistern or
sink. II this is not available, Il can
simply act as q drain. Fig. repre-
sents the upper end Of the tile. This
method Of draining a cow barn will In
sure clean animals, and building free
from odors. If soil is very sandy, the
drain pipe, g, is not absolutely essential.
Orange Judd Farmer.
The advocate., 1896-12-09
THE OLD DASH oHURN.

The joys Of our childhood have often been
told:
It's berryings, picnics. wood rambles ana
all;
The romps in green meadows and grain
fields Of gold,
The gay nuttlng parties we had in the
fall,
The sleigh rides in winter. the spelling
bees, too.
GLOW mem'ry runs riot as backward /
turnD
But there Is ono subject we never have
sung
The hours we spent at the old dash churn.
We rose just at daybreak, those long sum-
mer days,
In order to churn in the cool Of the day;
Taking turns" with each other one nun"
dred apiece.
The hour before breakfast we pounded
How often the dasher was raised to our
To see il tho cream was beginning to
turn;
Then we worked with new vigor to hurry
1t through,
And spattered our clothes with the old
dash churn.
How slower and slower the old daSher
would fly
The nearer we got to the end Of our task;
How tired we grew as the minutes few by.
And isn't 1t coming?" we often would
ask:
But our cheeks would grow bright with
the swift exercise,
And our hands, clinging fast to the dash
er, would burn;
And the cream specks few upward to apron
our eyes,
And we spattered away at the old dash
churn.
When the butter was gathered, all golden
and hard,
And mother appeared with ladle and
bowl,
We watched as she pressed all the butter
milk out
And gathered 1t up in great shining roll;
And when father came in from the grain
field to rest,
Out Of reach Of the sunbeams, that SHIN
mer and burn,
We brought him the drink that he always
liked best
Some fresh buttermilk from the old dash
churn.
It iS vanishing swiftly, the honest dash
churn,
And patent inventions are taking its
place.
And many an hour of labor is saved,
To ease the soul weary, and brighten
her face;
But still in my fancy a picture will rise,
AS back to fair childhood dreamily turn;
The dew on the flowers, a glow in the
skies,
And two little children at work at the
churn.
Jersey Bulletin.
The advocate., 1896-12-09
81 HOURS TO CALIFORNIA.

Santa Fe ROute-CRllHOrnIS Limited.
Leaves Chicago p. m. Wednesdays and
Saturdays, Kansas City $50 a. M, Topeka
l1:SS a. m, and Denver $50 p. m, Thurs
days and Sundays, reaching Los Angeles
ffty.four hours and San Diego in fifty eight
hours from Topeka. Connecting train for
San Francisco, with through sleeping car
reservations, via Mojsve. Returns leaving
California Mondays and Thursdays, and
passing through Topeka eastbound at $3.50
p. m. Thursdays and Sundays.
Equipment Of superb vestibuled Pullman
palace SleeperS, buffet smoking car and
dining car. Most luxurious service via
any line.
Another express train, carrying palace
and tourist sleeperS, leaves Chicago, To.
peka and Kansas City daily for California.
For additional information call on w. O.
Garvey, agent, at passenger depot, foot Of
Fifth street, Topeka (TelephOns os0), or on
The advocate., 1896-12-09
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
India missionary the formula Of simple veg.
stable remedy for the speedy and permanent
cure OF Consumption, Bronchitis, CStsFFh,
Asthma, and sll throat and Lung Affections,
also positive and radical cure for Nervous
Debility and all Nervous Complaints, sfter
having tested its wonderful curative powers
In thousands OF cases. has felt it his duty TO
make IL known to his suffering fellows. Actu.
Sted by this motive and q desire 10 relieve
human suffering, will send free Of charge,
to al who desire IL, this recipe, In German,
French, or English, with full directions for
preparing and using. Sent by mail by sd-
dressing with stamp, naming this paper-W.
A. MOVES, $50 POagsrS Block, Rochester, ". Y.
The advocate., 1896-12-09
To Colorado, Montana, Hot Springs, Puget
Sound and Pacific Coast via Bur.
llngtOn Route.

Take the shortest and most desirable
line to the far west; complete trains from
the Missouri river. Daily train leaves
Kansas City at 10:40 q. m. arrives Billings
Mont, 1850 miles distant, 6:45 next even
ing; free chair cars Kansas City to Billings;
sleepers Kansas City to Lincoln; through
sleepers to Lincoln to Billings. Connects
with fast train beyond to Montana and
Puget Sound. Ten to twenty-five hours
shorter than other lines from Kansas City.
Through sleeperS and chair cars Mis-.
souri, river TO Denver; Rio Grande scenic
line beyond for Colorado, Utah and Cali
fornia,
Ask agent for tickets over the estab-
lished through lines Of the Burlington
Route.
L. w. WAKELEH, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
st. Louis, Mo.
The advocate., 1896-12-09
UGI
DRAINING A cow BARN.

Is the stable floor, which can be made of
any kind of heavy boards, and slopes
slightly toward the rear; is the drop
behind the cows; d are four-inch sewer
pipes, or tile, directly behind each cow;
6 are hardwood circular blocks fitted
The advocate., 1896-12-09
NEAT DRAINING DEVICE.

Keeping the Cow Barn Clean by the Use
OF seWeP Pipe or Tile,
The accompanying very plain illus
trations show how a cow barn may be
easily drained by the use of sewer pipe
or tile. A represents the stanchions; b
The advocate., 1896-12-09
BEST DINING CAR SERVICE
IN THE WORLD,

Pullman sleepers, Chair Cars, al the most sle
CANT and OF recently improved patterns.
Its sDeciAltiea are
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-19
HALF a HUNDRED ENroMsEp.
Terrible Result of n Gas Explosion 1,
Colorado.

Terrible Result of Gas Explosion In
Colorado.
GLENwooD Springs, Colo, Feb. 1s-A
gas explosion occurred in the Vulcan
mine at New Castle jus. before 10 O'Clock
to- day, when there were between fifty
and sixty men in the mine at work. At
the shaft mouth hole 100 feet square
WAS blown out. Ed. Welsh, who was
just at the mouth of the tunnel when
the explosion took place. was blown to
atoms Timbers two feet square were
blown in the Grand river four hundred
feet away,
It is almost certain that all men in
the mine persisted. Smoke ia rushing
from the shaft in dense black clouds,
which prevents entrance to the mine.
The fans were the only means OF SUP.
plying air to the workmen and as these
are completely demolished the last hone
OF any one being found alive is cut of.
Superintendent Paul Blount, of the
Consolidated mine, closed down, and
cent his men to the rescue, but thew
could do nothing on account of the
escaping smoke and gas. They have
now procured wet sponges. and will
make an effort to reach the interior.
The scene at the mine Is one of wild
confusion. Wives and children of the
victims are rushing wildly to and fro,
tearing their hair and rendlng the air
In deep anguish.