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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
fHE FIGHT Is on.

There is an intense rivalry between
the watermelon aid tomato growers
as to who can produce the earliest. Sal
zer's Earliest Watermelon ripened ii
1898 in SO days. That record is to be
beaten, and Salzer pays 800 to the win
ner! Then on tomatoes the record on
$50 days the Earliest Tomato" in 1895
was IS days. That's to be beaten, and
$50 paid. Salzer challenges the world
to produce earlier melons, tomatoes,
cabbages, radishes, peas or sweet corn
than he offers. Get his mammoth cat
alogue. There is money in it.
If YoU WILL cUf THIS OUT AND SEND
it with 12c. stamps to the john 4. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.,, you will get
free their great catalogue and pack
age of the yellow flfid watermelon SEN
cation. ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

TO grow wild, and 1t is not known
where it is native. A hundred years
ago the peanut was leading article OF
food in Africa, and the slave traders
loaded their vessels with peanuts and
the negroes lived on them on the voy'
age,
1t grows abundautly in Japan; China,
and in all East India countries. twas
not much cultivated in the. United
until 1865. Their extended cultivation
was the result of the war. Until then
there had been large importations from
Africa, but since 1870 this country has
raised all it has used. Virgisia, North
Carolina and Tennessee produce most
of the crop of the United States I'm,
der good conditions. before the land
has been exhausted " rais'De. the
same crop too long. they can raise from
so to 100 bushels to the acre.
The pea vines are better food for
cattle than timothy hay and almost as
good as clover. Peanut meal is good
food for cattle. A bushel of good pea
nuts weighs about 22 pounds. The
PEANUTS arc plowed up rather than dug
up. The pillow turns up the soil and
loosens the vine and pods from the
earth, and they are then pitchforked
out of the ground, the earth being care
fully, shaken from the plants, They
are plowed up in the morning, ritched
into rows soon after, and at night
pitched into stack about a pole, seven
feet high. Rails are laid below the
vines, SO that the lower pods will not
be pressed into tie. earth and be spoiled,
The vines are so placed as to have the
pods inward toward the pole, and d
space is left for air next to the pole:
On the top 81 the stack is hay or corn.
stalks, to keep out the rain. The stack
is left from two to three weeks. and
then women and children pick the
good pods from the vines. This
is SLOW work and quite expensive;
| Some farmers leave the vines two days
after blowing before they are shaken
out, and some make their stacks IA feet
high. Some leave them in the stacks
less than two weeks, and then put them
| in barps till they are ready TO market
| butiu UT have lciSurC W pin eAN~A@N'
Some farmers pick them from the vines
by machines. The pods are cleaned by
machinery before being put in sacks.
| A sack holds four bushels. Peanuts,
well put up and kept in dry place.
are good for many years.
THefe ere abot,t 4,0dg,0oa BUSHELS ~
peanuts raised in the United States
each year. The rest of the world raises
five times as many as the United
States, or &c, 900, 900 bushels.
The peanuts are of four grades. The
first three grades are for vendors Of
roasted peanuts. The fourth is for con
fsctioncrs for ''hurpt almonds" or pea
nut candy.
The American people pay slo,0oo,oo'
for peanuts, not to eat as food, but te
nibble for fun.-Journal of Education
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
FIRES,pI. FRAGMENTS.

"A dish of water placed in a hot
Oxen where pics. cakes or buildings are
being baked will prevent them from
scorching.
An excellent and simple remedy
for Il sprain is made by mixing the
weIl-beaten whites Of sie eggs and a
half eupful of table salt together.
Apply between fhin muslin cloths.
-I,i-. Padding.-To be eaten cold.
One large spoonful Of rice. one quart
of milk. pinch of salt. four table
spoonfuls Of sugar Bake very slowly
four iiJcrsi and favor with vanii1a.--
Home and Farm.
A French method of cleaning hid
gloves is to put on the gloves and wash
them wei, IN -pirits of turpentine, ex-
actly as if washing tsc fsnds. The
fingers and soiIed parts must be wen
rubbed, and when the gloves are taken
off they must be stretched and allowed
TO dry hanging in strong current Of
air.
Beaten Biscni,-sif quart OF
flour. add a teasp0onfit' OF salt and a
tablespoonful of lard; mix well. anti
add sweet milk to make a stiff dough.
knead well. and beat for half an hour
until light and elastic. Roll thin, cut
out with i bisc-it-eutter. put in pan.
and set in a moderate oven to sete
until brown.-Ladies' Companion.
-Croquettes.-Two cupfuls of warm
mashed potatoes, one-quarter cupfu'
OF hot milk, beaten together until
light. add one tablespoonful OF melt.
ed hitter. one-haif teaspoonful of salt
pinch Of inace 6r nutmeg: and enotIgli
beaten egg to handle easily: shape
dip into beaten egg and roll in sifteo
cracker crumbs. Fry in hot lard until
nicely Drowned Garnish with parsley
food Housekeeping.
Sunshine Cake.-Whites 81 Ter
eggs and the yolks of seven, 1ls cups
Of granula,ed sugar, measured after
Sitting, one cupful of -four. after sift
ing four times; one teaspoonful Of
dseain .. tariif End dis ~ orange ex
tract. Beat the whites 10 a froth and
add the sugar. Beat the yolks thor
oughly. and add TO them the whites
the sugar aud the 1avoring. Last o
all. stir in the -four. Mix quickly ant
well. Bake IL a slow oyen.-N.
Ledger. .--..
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
How to Plant Pease.

Ash atir mar Who has been farming
for the last 80 to so years how to plans
a pea field, for instance after wheat
and oats. nine out of ten will tell you
to lay off the land about three feet,
wide with scooter plow, drop the pea,
cover with fork pillow. Ask him why
he plants this way, and he will tell
fou grandpappy did go. All these whe
plant this way well know that YOU
will have to chop them out or lose the
crop. NoA my way Of planting is I'd
take good onezliorse turn Flow q use
the Boss as / prefer it to. any have
ever used), throw out the dirt each
way to the middle, which will make a
high ridge this is like any bedding)
for, the middles heaping. up the dirt
and covering UP all weeds aiid grass
drop the pease in water furrow, cover
with double stock.
After peas are up run around win
sifiall scooter, after two or three weeks
break out middles with scraPe and
scooter, which brings the dirt to, a
level: This blowing viii lay by the
peas, which makes the crop with six to
seven THROWS. No ehopping required:
/ have been pursuing this mode OF
planting Iprefer it to all other ways
/ have ever. seen tried. Try one time
to be. eonyinced that it is the best, as
last year Iplanted Is acres after wheat
and oats. Made fine crop, and you
could not have gotten your hat full OF
crab grass in the whole field. w.
Moran. in Southern Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
HERE AND THERE.

Hens, one to three years cid arc the
best breeders. The eggs of pullets are
often infertile under the most favor
able conditions.
There is no better food for laying
hens or any fowls, after they are six
weeks old. than sorghum seed. Any
of the saccharine or non-saccharine
varieties are good, but as Milo maize
and the Kaffirs are most productive OF
grain. they are to be preferred for this
purpose.
Sheep ought not to be pastured
continually on the same ground, but
should be so changed about as to give
as much of the farm. as possible the
benefit of their presence, and give the
sheep the benefit of the cleaner pasture
and better variety of food.
Wheat straw or grass hay, run
through feed cutter, makes the very
best hers' nests. A barrel of it ought
to be kept on tap for renewing the
nests, and this renewing should be
done as often as filth or mites make it
necessary. The old nests should be
burned.
An occasional change of diet is as
beneficial to animals as man. The best
single ration that was ever invented
may be improved by the occasional
substitution of something not half SC
good. The animal system gets fatigued
with the dull routine of digesting the
same constituents day after day, nc
matter how perfect they may be proven
| to be by the chemist.
Hogs require a large amount OF
water, and must have it If they keel
healthy and fatten well. The water
should be as pure as possible. A hos
can not drink constantly o. disease
laden liquid masquerading as wate'
and maintain physical vigor- The
hog, in his great desire for water, vii
drink anything that is wet. Whole
some ioczi, wholesome drink ami whole
some surroundings are as necessary fo
hogs ~ cor men,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
SrATB or ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ..
ur-asc Cnrnrv -

EssSK J, CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner Of the firm of +. j. CHENEY
q Co, doing bcsiness m the City Of Toledoi
County and State aforesaid, md that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED Doll
LARS for each and every case Of Catarrh
shat cannot be cured by the use Of Halls
Cfff.Rrs Guns. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me ard subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day OF Dscsnber, "A. D. 1856.
A. w. GLEAs0T;
lsEA-I Notary Pnbltc.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. r. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 1jc.s
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
FASHIONABLE RlBBoNs.
The Correct Thing for Trimmings 81 the
Coming Season.


Coming Season.
The new ribbons are gay and fascin-
ating. with coloIs put on as deiicately
as il done .ltb the brush of an artist.
And rs they are five inches TO six inches
hhii y half ~iile. importers thereof take
great pleasiire In SIR etncing that next
summer will bring in a ''ribbon season..
This. interpreted. means that summer
hats will ic trimme, with ribbons III
great part rather than with bias velvet
CT ,acs;
Crisp tafTcta ri5bt.i Is the correct
thing. ard IS shcwn III q variety so great
thai it deiics description. Warp-pa'nt-
ing irving chine blurred effects IS
feature of iaffeta ribbons, as 1T Is OF
many of the fabrics of the near future,
and is very attractive in its soft, low
toneti blossoms on clear grounds of tins
glistenirg silk. S'inr, contrasts with
the grounds are liked The designs are
larger than those of last season--hain-
motif llo. az heads. large lowered
vines in stripes. inarikolds; poppies,
carnation, and roses: always roses, and
yet again roses. Plain c9ioTod tan '.s
with satin edge. or perhaps family
shot with white. will be used in great
widths on fancy strsi4y bats. Opbre
taffcta ribbons of very French colofihg
arc the novelty in shaded ribbons. as
they change across their width from
moss green 10 Parma violet, from ed
10 turquoise. from rose pink to yellow,
from blue Id morodcrc. and from blue
to green. a fayorite blending of which
tickle fashion does not tire Louis
Seize flower stripes are in many lovely
colors on white of delicate grounds,
sometime, accentuated by line stripes
of black y special novelty is the large
checks or plaids of gay colors on white
| grounds, which are also strcwn with
Towers -siarper's Bazaar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
Man Was Made 10 dfousr,

Perhaps, but rheumatism need not add tc
the calamities to which we are more or less
subject, when there is such an efficient
tsisans of counteracting the dire complaint
as Eostetterss Stomach Bitters. When the
liver, bowels or stomach are out Of order
or the kidneys or nerves troublesome, the
Bitters is also an efficient remedy. 1t pre-
vents and remedies all malarial disorders.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

4 Trip 20 the Garden Spots of the South.
On February III and March 10, tickets
will be sold from principal cities. towns
aud villages Of the north, to all points on
the Louisville q Nashville Railroad In
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida
anG 3 rortion Of Kentucky, at one single
fare for the round trip. Tickets viii be
good to return within thirty days, on pay
ment OF % to agent at destination, and
will allow stop-over at any points on the
south bound trip. Ask your ticket agent
about 1t, and If he can not sell you excur.
sion tickets write TO c. p. Atmore, General
Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, or
Geo. B. Homer ID. p. A, st. Louis, Mo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
THE PEANUT.
Some Facts In Relation to the Festive
Goober.

Some Facts In Relation to the Festive
Goober.
The peanut is not a nut at all. 1t is
= ground pea, and is called a nut be-
cause it has nut-like shell. The plant
blossoms in the air and sunlight, but
after the blossom has fallen off," the
stem upon which it was plows or
punches itself into the ground several
inches, where the seed portion of the
flower begins to enlarge and develop
into pale yellow, wrinkled, curved
..pod- with slight drawing together
in the middle. II the stem does not
find its way into the ground within q
day or two after the flower falls off
,aa stem dies. the surf:cs OF INC pcs
IL lcttcd.
The peanps has never been know
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
USES OF BoRAx.
Every Day 1t Grows More Indispensable
to Housewives.

TO HCuSeWtNess
Borax has become almost as indis-
pcnsalIlc an article in every household
as salt and pepper. Nothing will so sue
cessfulIy soften hard water as borax.
Use it in the proportion of large haha-
full to ten gallons of water. The texture
of the finest linen and cotton will not
lie injured by lis use. Stains upon
tablecloths and napkins can be readily
washed out il borax is put in the water.
A little borax water boiled in the coffee
not twice a week for Is minutes'sweet-
ems ara purifies it. To cleanse window
glass simply use warm water and boray.
TO soap. Wipe dry and polish with
crunlpied newspapers.
For the shampoo use one teaspoonfui
10 two quarts of warm water. 1t acts
directly on the scalp, keeping il IN a
healthy condition. AS Il dentrifice and
mouth wash borax is lnexcelled. 1t
cleanses the mouth, hardens the gums
and relieves cankers. On using it for
the teeth make a powder of one ounce
each OF powdered borax and pDlverIzesl
CASTLE soap and two ounces of precipl-
tated chalk. Gags made of cheese cloth.
about eight inches square, flied with
oatmeal. some powdered bofax. ard a
little powdered oT1ris root and used in
the bath are delightfully."- re1reshirg 2.
A box of powdered borax is indispcnsa-
| BE at the toilet table and as a ,lisin-
fectant. viii prove n valuable ait. in
procuring cleanliness az the kitchen
sink. md il il were more frequently
used great amount of waste might lie
prevented in the larder.-Chicago Inter
/ Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

SSoBBERLY-"What do you think found
last year when I was at Long BranchF
ickerbocker-sI've no idea. Was it a
bocketbooiSln Snobberly-"No, l found
that everything was very dear."-Texas
Siftings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

Assistant Here is a complaint by 4
lady against the conductor Of bus
Sg0.i6
Manager -Wisas ia the trouble:
''She says he expressed u dours
whether her six children were all under
Ave years of age:s--Lopdcn Tit-Bits,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
Fest of All

To cleanse the system in q gentle end truly
beneficial manner, when the Spring time
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for
ali tfe family and costs only 80 cents; the
large size 81. Buy the genuine. Manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Company
only, and for sale by all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

The child taught to believe any occur
renee a good or evil omen, or any day OF
the week lucky, hath wide inroad made
upon the soundness Of his understanding
Watts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
The Nashville, Chattanooga d st. Ioal'
Railway

Railway
VIII on March Bird sell one way homeseek-
ers' tickets to all points in the Southeast,
including Florida, at the lowest rate ever
known. On March 10th round trip tickets
20 many points in the South, including
Georgia. can be purchased at one fare plus
s2.o0; good for 81 days. For maps, folders
and all information write to or see Briard
4. tin, N. p. A, 32S Marquette Bldg, Chi
cago; r. G. Cowardin, W. p. A., 405 Ry
Exc Bldg, st. Louis, or w. l.. Danley, g.
p. Il I. A.. Nashville, Tenn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
%

LET dos5 delight to bark and bite;
To do so is their iates
They can't be turned; they 1s7et learned,
You see, to arbitrate.
Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

"MAID OF. Athens, ere we part.
Give me back my silver heart
II can't the clever damsel Cried
my new beau's picture is inside"
Chicago Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

For CoUGHs, ASTHMA AND THROAT DIS
ORDERS ssBroua's Bronchial Troci,ss arc an
efYsctual remedy. Sold only in boxes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

A NORTHERN exchange asks: "Why do
most authors wear their hair longf" BE
cause BARRIERS Gus for cash. "-Atlanta Con-
stitutiop.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

BEEcnAM's PILLS for constipation l0c and
PIC. Get the book free, at your druggist
and 90 by it. Annual sales 6,0O0,OV0 boxes
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

EXPLOSIONS Of Coughing are stopped By
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Curein one minute.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

By natures laws, immutable and Just,
enjoyment stops when Incidence begins
Pollok.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

Or all vain things excuses are the vaincst
Buxton.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

I CA. recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption to sufferers from Asthma--E. ID.
townsend, TT. Howard, Wis.,, May 4, '94.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04

HEA7f1, tho treasury of everlasting Joy
shakespeare.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05
A Dog Purse snatcher.

Pointer dogs can always be trained to
steal. Many Of them are natural thieves
without training, and any Of the species
can be taught. There is dog Of this
kind in northwest Washington. He will
pick up anything he can find around
yard or outside of a store, but his spe-
cialty is ladies' pooketbooks and hand
bags. When he sees one of these, he
grabs it and runs, always succeeding In
getting out of sight before no can be
captured or followed. No owner has
ever been seen, hence no complaints
have been made at police headquarters,
but there is but little doubt, If 1t were
possible to follow the animal, that 1t
would be found that he has been care
fully trained as purse snatcher and
that he takes his booty home to his
master. He seems to be aware that he IL
doing wrong, jumping fences and dodg-
ing around houses when running away.
Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05
Great Men and the Presidency.

There is nothing more pathetic in our
history than the successive disappoint-
ments of great men in the matter of the
presidency. They have dedicated their
lives to the service Of the country with
the belief that their labors would surely
bring them what they earned, but after
all their endeavors, they have been dis
appointed and the prize has gone to
men of inferior merits, as il in contempt
Of the rules of justice and propriety.
There is no way to explain this curious
irony of destiny. We only know thot it
is part Of the established order of
things, and no man is great enough to
be exempt from it.
In sense, men of superior ability are
always at disadvantage, by reason Of
the envy that they provoke and the hos.
tility that they excite, but this should
not be sufficient to deprive them of what
rightfully belongs to them, as the presi-
dency certainly has rightfully belonged
to a number of men who have not been
able to obtain it.
The tendency Of such form of gov
ernment as ours should be to reward
public men according to their true de-
serts and to keep the highest Office fill
ed with the best examples of current
greatness, but the truth is that it does
not thus justify itself. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05
FRANKS OF SCOTTISH FAIRIES.
A Firm Belief In the "Fair Folk" Still
Lingers.

There still fingers widespread belief
in tho north of Scotland that the "fair
folk, or "gweed neebors, +" as the fairies
are called, still live in the hills, and
during the first days Of convalescence a
mother must be zealously guarded lest
one Of the "wee people" come and rob
the child of its nourishment. Some
times they succeed in carrying off the
mother. Here is one Of the superstitious
legends:
A north country fisher had a fine
child. One evening beggar woman
entered the hut and went up to the
cradle to gaze into the eyes of the babe.
From that time good health left it, and
a strange look came into its face, and
the mother was troubled. An old man
begging for food passed that way. When
he caught sight Of the child. he cried:
"That's nae BARN. It's an image,
and the gweed folk has stoun his
speerit.
Thereupon he set to work to recall
the fisher 8 BARN. A peat fire was heaped
high ON the hearth and black hen held
over it at such distance that it was
singed and not killed. After some strug-
Cling the hen escaped up the lum. A
few moments elapsed, and then the par
ents were gladdened by the sight Of q
happy expression once more ON the
child's face. 1t throve from that day
forward. Scottish Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05
How 20 Cure a Cold.

Simply take Otto's Cure. We know
of its astonishing cures and that it will
stop cough quicker than any known
remedy. II you have Asthma, Bron-
chitis, Consumption or any disease Of
the throat and lungs, Il few doses of
this great guaranteed remedy will sur
prise you. II you wish to try call at our
store, Main street, and we will be pleas
ed to furnish you bottle free of cost.
and that will prove our assertion.
w. b. ALEXANDER.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-05
A Hint to Smokers.

Many tobacco smokers consider that
little light specks on the wrapper Of q
cigar indicate good article. Very few
know how those specks get there.
If ON hot day, when the sun has
been beating down on the tobacco plants,
a sudden thunder shower should come
up and sprinkle the leaves with the inn
mense drops of rain SO common in Cuba,
and it should then suddenly clear mp,
the sun coming out brightly again, the
drops of water ON the leaves will act as
lenses and concentrate the suns rays,
which bum the little specks upon the
tobacco.
The tobacco must be ripe in order that
the sun may give this effect. On account
of the great selling capacity of this sort
of wrapper, these spots are made on the
cheaper brands by chemical MEANS
London Standard.