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Evening star., 1897-05-01
FUTURE DAYS.
WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO.. AUCTIoYEER

WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., AUCTIONEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
KtA1 KEAL iA, Estate. No. 113s NEW JERSEY AVE
and Joseph T. CollwelI dated January s, 1881.
ana and duly recorded January s. 1881, in Liber 96O,
District OF Columbia. and at the request of the
holder Of an unpaid note secured thereby, the
auction, In front Of the premises. THURSDAY,
THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF MAY, 1897, AT
described Land ard premises situate in the city
OF WashingtOn District OF Columbia and designated
Jein s a nart Of Of aha pene Or Parcel Of
square numbered five hundred and ffty-six (:l56l
beginning for the said part of lot the line of
so street at a point one hundred and thirty-seven
u3O feet south from the line Of New York avenue,
and running rum thence south OH the line Of Sd street
thence east with the line of said Brown to New
Jersey avenue; thence on the line Of said avenue
northwardiy about Twenty-Five CD feet to the
dividing wall of the brick building on said part of
lot and the center of the party wall standing he
and then with the center wall until it reaches the
rear Of the building. and thence to the place Of
beginning, together with the improvements there
ON, consisting of brick dwelling.
Terms Of sale: oDe-third of the purchase money
TO he paid in cash, and the balance in two equal
ilstallmcnts, payable in and years. with
interest at per cent per annum, payable semi
upon the property sold, or all cash, at the option
OF the purchaser. A deposit of siOO will. be re-
quired Of the purchaser at the time of the sale
All conveyancinS, recording and rotaria1 fees at
the purchasers cost. Terms of sale to he com
piled with within ten days from day of sale,
otherwise the trustee reserves the right to resell
the property at the risk and cost of any purchaser
In default.
FRANCIS II. SMITH,
nyl-d&ds Surviving Trustee.
CoNSTABLE'S SALE OF STORE FIXTURES
ON "WEDNESDAY, MAY FIFTH, AT TWELVE
O'CLOCK NJ, on the premises at the ne. cor of
and 18th SITS. NV, there will be sold at auc-
tion the following: One Soda Fountain one Soda
Counter, four Glass Door Cases, two Long Counters
one Prescription Counter, four Small Cases and
Shelving, one Iron Safe, one pair of Scales and
Weights, five Window Bottles, ETC., the fixtures of
d dFns store my1-3t
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RATCLWFE. SUTTON CO., AUCTIoNEERs.
Large and Attractive
Sale
OF the
Magnificent Furniture,
Carpets, Rugs,
&C., &c,
Contained i'm. Residence
No. 817 18th Street
NV.

On WEDNESDAY, TUE FIFTH DAY OF NAY.
AT TEN O'CLOCK AM, we will sell at the abovs
residence the magnificent collection OF furniture,
carpets, ETC., which only in part: Parlor
and maple; Enamel and Brass Bedstead, Library aul
Dining Room Furniture, Catpets Rugs, Coiches
met. PoFtieres and Lace Curtains, Paint
fhgs and Engravings. Draperies. Mahogany PefIes-
Pinno Lamps, C6idonieres. = Wardrobes, Kitchen
Utensils, etc., etc.. to which we invite general
House open for inspection -
Tuesday, May 9Th, from 9 am to.
S pm.
Terms cash.
sp2sdsdbs RATC11Tn. SUTTON CO.. Auess
Evening star., 1897-05-01

FUTURE DAYS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-25
HERE AND THERE.

--By all means save all the partly-filleo
cabbage heads for the poultry during
the winter; they have need of such
bulky food, and cabbage leaves fill the
bill.
The fallow field has no longer .
place in modern agriculture. With a
proper use OF leguminous crops, in ro-
tation with grain and suppleme ted
with manure, the fallow is q pure
waste.
TO let the hogs follow the cattle il
q filthy way of saving feed. Better
grind the grain and feed judiciously;
then what will be digested will be bet
ter for the cattle, and far healthier,
cleaner and better for the hogs.
We see grain fields every day which
could be turned into meadows or pas.
lures with profit. Consider the cost
before again putting the pillow to GER
tain fields. and see If you can not do
better with them than you have been
doing.
1t is not often that pigs allowed to
make their beds in the straw pile do as
well as if given more ventilated shell
ter. The bed is SO warm that when
they do come out they get SO thor
oughly chilled that their food does
them very little good.
The farmer need supply nothing
but potash, phosphoric acid and time
to the fields devoted to clover. for nitro
gen, the most expensive OF the ele-
ments his lands demand, will be sup
piled by nature, being taken from the
atmosphere by the clover itself.
American farmers do not under
stand the management of small pieces
Of ground they might. as they are used
to cheap lands md large farms. We
might learn some very profitable les
sons from the immigrants who come to
US, for they grow rich where IN Amer
lean would slowly starve.
The small farmer should produce
the best horses, as he is well prepared
to carefully mature the two or three
colts constantly under his care. BY
handling them constantly they are
ready for work; but IS . rule the farm
err raises the scrubs, while the larger
dealers raise those IN which there i
the most money,
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b. q O. improvements Completed.

The improvements on the Main Line of
the Baltimore and Ohio, west of, and be-
tween Martinsburg, w. Va, and North
Mountain, have been completed Novem-
Der LIST. They cover distance of nearly
four miles, starting three miles west of Mar
tinsburg, and extending some distance
west of Myers Hole, which is near the North
Mountain station. At Myers Hole the line
was changed, taking out some very OBJ
jectionable curvature, and the roadte ed
raised nearly fifteen feet, eliminating two
grades of AZ feet per mile which came to-
gether at Myers Hole and substituting there
for an almost level track This point on the
road has always been dangerous'one, and
many freight wrecks have occurred there.
Apart from doing away with the dangerous
feature of two sharp down grades coming
together, as was the case in this instance,
the saving in operation of the road by the
change will be very large, as it enables the
tons per train to be greatly increased and
reduces the liability of accident to the min
imum. At Tablers the road-bed has been
lowered about 10 feet, and the same at
Tabs, besides taking out objectionable
AZURE and reducing the rate of grades at
these points from AZ feet per mile to 10 feet
per mile, thus increasing the cars that can
be hauled per train. Though these improve
ments have cost quite a sum of money, the
expenditure is fully justified by the great
saving in operation.
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A GREAT WASTE.
Tho Problem OF Utilizing Probably tn
Corn Fodder.

inc Problem OF Utilizing Probably the
Corn Fodder.
At the Georgia experiment station it
was found that where corn yielded 81
bushels to the acre the stalks. leaves
ana shucks weighed when dried $500
pounds per acre, or about 90 pounds of
dry corn fodder to every bushel of corn.
In 1926 Mississippi produced about as
600, 600 bushels of corn and, therefore.
on the Georgia bases the amount of
stalks and shucks produced would
equal LEGO. 600 tons of dry corn fodder.
IL Is fact, however. that nearly
half OF this is made up of the
leaves and shucks which are pretty
generally utilized in this state.
but there is still left in the
heids the enormous total of $50, 900
tons OF stalks. If this is worth say 81
ton the annual loss from this one
single waste on Mississippi farms
amounts to 81, 500. 900. If these stalks
were shredded we do not think thew
would be worth anywhere near the
value put on them by the Georgia. sta
ton, $40 per ton, but right here is
where question of Importance enters.
All agree that no such waste should be
allowed in any business, nor is there
another business which we can call to
mind IN which so great waste is per-
mitted. Producers in almost everv
line to-day make every effort to utilize
all waste products and thereby
augment their profits. 1t is
agreed then that the farmers
OF Mississippi should utilize il
possible, the So. 900 tons of corn fodder
which annually go to waste, but the
question is how are they to do it? The
only means yet devised for rendering
these stalks tit for stock food is the
shredder, and it is matter of grave
doubt whether the use of this machine
can ut present be made profitable.
That is, the cost of shredding is so
great that many claim the shredded
fodder is rather expensive food in the
end. Experiments at the Mississippi
experiment station would seem to indi-
cate this; still some better use should
be found for the corn fodder than al
lowing it to waste as is now the Gus.
tom.-Southern Farm Gazette.
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The readers Of this paper win be pleassd
to learn that there u ct least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that il Catarrh. Hall'a
Catarrh Cure - the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being . constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have 90 much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure,
Send for list Of testimonials.
Address =. j. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The hide of the hippopotamus, In
some parts, is two inches thick.
When mosquito has gorged him.
self with human blood he dies within a
few hours.
"A single sunfower stalk at Burns,
Kan, carried the unprecedented num-
Der of 233 blooms at one time.
"A Pittsburgh company has secured
the contract for lighting London with
electricity. The plant will cost $780,
BOO.
The "cow tree" of Venezuela gives
fluid resembling, tasting like, and pos
sessing close chemical affinity to cows
milk.
The happiest negro in Bardstown,
KY, is Plus Payne, who has grown this
season six tomatoes which together
weigh IA pounds.
Lake City, Fla, has police force
which consists of one night Waterman.
His only income is fine of $3.50, which
Is paid by every person he arrests.
"A humble bee stung Ike Williams
of Catlettsburg, KY, on the hand. His
arm and body swelled to twice their
natural size, and he died in As hours.
Francis Warlop, the cook of the
Lakeside club, Grand Rapids, Mich,
thought he could prepare toadstools to
make them dainty eating. He ate
few of them and died.
"A landslide occurred a short time
~ Cox xo1 Cxrvs&. -
its garden and outbuildings slid down
the hillside distance of 35 feet, with
out being in the least injured. Two
stately Gins in the garden were also
moved without injury.
"A fall from a scaffold at Watretown.
Mass, caused the body of Joseph Nor
ris, bricklayer, to assume the rigidity
of death. 1t was conveyed to an under
takers room, and was being prepared
for burial when the supposed corpse
kicked the sides out of the coffin, arose,
and walked home.
Harvey Horner, of Sumner county
Kan, is an amateur snake charmer, and
sometimes carries reptile in his
pocket. While he was attending cir.
Gus at Wichita, pickpocket slyly ex-
plored one of his pockets, and screamed
like mailman when his hand came in
contact with live bull snake.
Charley Chick, of Dayton, o., has q
wooden leg. While he was riding on
train near Belfontaine, brakeman
fired pistol at a colored man whom he
was striving to force off the car. The
ball entered Chicks wooden leg and
passed upwards into his stomach, caus
ing wound deemed to be fatal.
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THE MISTAKE SHE MADE.
She Did Her Best to Entertain q Bored
Guest.

Sne O1o Her Best to Entertain . Bored
At party the hostess said to a guest:
i want you to entertain Mr.. Blank a lit
tie; he looks bored to death. / will intro
duce him, and you must try to amuse him.
You know his strong point is butter, on
which he has written book"
The lady-guest graciously undertook the
task of entertaining the man, inwardly won
dering that he should be so interested in
butter-of which she knew very little-when
his face indicated mind given to much pro-
found thinking.
However, with butter in view, she began
on the weather, gradually got to the coun-
try, then on to farm, from that to cows,
and at last to butter The man looked more
bored than ever, the magic word "butter''
producing not the slightest effect, and he
left her somewhat abruptly, and soon with
drew from the house.
II did my best" she explained to the
hostess; II went through agonies to prove
that | was deeply interested in butter, but
it was all in vain"
"Butter!" exclaimed the hostess. s'What
possessed you to talk to that man, of all
men, on butter? told you he had Just
written book on Buddha, and knew how
deeply you two were interested in the same
subject"
And they said in chorus: "Gracious!"-
Tit-Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-25
A VICTIM OF FATE.
The Pathetic story OF Mrs. Tartar.
Who Didn't Marry n Count.

The Pathetic story OF Mrs. Tartar,
Who Didn't Marry a Count.
Poor Mrs. Tartar had always been pc
culiarly unfortunate. From her birth
a train of i'll luck had pursued her, al
though, not being on the Long Island
railroad, it never passed over her head.
At the time of her marriage her hus-
band was a French count, employed in
making himself otherwise generally
useful at summer hotel. Seven years
later, when she began to think of saw
ing up for the celebration of their tin
wedding, he confessed one day that he
was IN reality native of Hoboken.
A terrible scene ensued, in the course
CT which several pieces of the wretched
man were distributed about the apart
ment by means of pair of scissors.
The noble woman, however, promptly
forgave him, even going so far in her
magnanimity as to assist him in the
subsequent search for the missing por-
tions of his anatomy.
Nevertheless, the painful disclosure
made an indellible impression upon her
sensitive mind, and although she care
fully concealed the state of her feel
ings, never mentioning the matter more
than once or twice at meal times, there
can be little doubt that this secret sor-
row was largely responsible for her
premature decline at the age of IS.
She had been married barely 40 years
when fate struck her once more in the
solar plexus. At her urgent request her
husband had insured his life. Two
hours afterward, while he was asleep,
she happened to drop large eight-day
clock upon his head, whereupon he
died.
For Is minutes the widow was heart
broken. Then on hurrying around to
the life insurance company she found
that it had escaped to Canada.
She certainly was most unfortun.
ate woman.-N. Y. Journal.
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great many farmers who own small,
farm do not raise hogs, giving for their
reasons: I'VE do not raise enough corn
to feed them" 1t is to farmers situat-
ed in these circumstances that l wish
to direct few suggestions. There is
scarcely time in the year but pigs
that will weigh from 40 to 60 pounds
will sell ut a good price to men who
make business of buying pigs and
feeding them. This gives the small
farmer chance to raise the pigs and
sell them to the large farmer and
feeder. The first essential to sue
cess is to have good stock. and
the next is good care and feed
ing. Do not try to keep more
sows than can be properly cared
for, and aim TO let each sow raise two
litters year. one litter in March and
then one in August or the very first of
September. If it can be so arranged
let the sows have range of a clover
field. For feed there is nothing better
than corn and oats, equal parts, ground
and soaked from one feed to the next.
When the pigs are about eight weeks
old take the sow away from them, and
she will be ready to breed again in a
few days. The first 100 pounds of
hog costs the least money, therefore
unless we have plenty of feed without
buying there can be more clear money
made by raising a larger number of
pigs and selling them at an earlier age.
1t is an old saying that: "The proof of
the pudding is in the eating thereof"
Try it and report.-Nationa Stock
man.
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The HORSE QUESTION.
There IL Continued Demand for tho Well
Bred Roadster.

There IL y Continued Demand for tho Well
Bred Roadster.
The trend of the times is towards
better roads for the entire country and
grand speedways for all our cities.
What does this mean to the horse
breeder? Not that there is going to be
an increased demand for fashionably-
bred trotting stock; not that the de-
mand for draft stock will be in excess
Of the supply; and surely not that the
common grade horse will bring more
money than he now does. 1t simply
means that it has become the fashion
for wealthy men to own and drive for
themselves handsome, speedy horses
They are not satisfied with anything
but tie best, and when the desired
animal is found long price does
not stand in the way. They are not
only willing to pay fancy price
for him but seem actually to gloat
over it, and never let an op-
portunity pass of informing their
friends that he cost mint of money.
This being the case why not aim to
produce this luxury? Don't say that if
all breeders were to turn their atten-
tion to this line Of breeding the mar
ket would soon be as badly over
stocked in this class as in any other.
If all persons were just alike this
would he the case in any walk in life
In which we might travel. But there
will always be a premium ON brains
There will be enough failures
along this line Us well as ali
others to make the successes
stand brightly out. 1t is not q
business that the careless, slipshod
person will ever find remunerative,
and there will be perhaps more room
rs well as moro money ION top than
anywhere in the horse business.
''But" said one, 'don't you know
that the bicycle has made fearful in
roads into the driving horse business?"
No, / do not know it, nor does any
one. There are hundreds and thou.
sands Of ''wheels" on the road, but in
very few instances are they owned by
those who would have kept horse
instead. There are but few wealthy
people who ride . bicycle but
have their driving horse as well.
1t will be long time before the
stylishly-dressed city woman of any
Rge will care to ride wheel more
than few hours each week, and even
this brief period OF exceedingly hard
work will only cause her to appreciate
the ease, comfort and luxury of the
phaeton, carriage or victoria drawn
swiftly along by handsome span of
borses that are not Only delight TO
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-25
UNEXPECTED RICHES.
One Nan VINO Played a Joke to GOOD
Advantage.

One Nan Who Played a Joke to Good
Advantage.
A certain speculator had need of q
large sum of money for his speculations
and found himself with very small
balance in the bank. He consulted a
friend as to how he could get over the
emergency. The friend suggested that
he should draw on somebody in another
city. The operator said that he knew
no one who owed him, and the friend in
simulated that that would make no diff
ference If the draft did not return too
soon.
The operator reflected for time and
then wrote out draft on the sultan of
Turkey for $4,000 and deposited it in
the bank. The draft came into the
hands of the Rothschilds, who forward.
ed it to Constantinople, and it was duly
presented to the sultan's chamberlain.
'Who is this man7'' asked the cham
berlain of the sultan's treasurer.
Don't know him." replied the treas.
urer.
DO we owe him anything?" asked
the chamberlain.
NO." replied the other.
"Then don't pay it." decided tn.
chamberlain.
.But if l might advise" said the
crafty treasurer, "this draft comes
through the Rothschilds, with whom
we are negotiating loan. Would it be
safe, under the circumstances, to dis.
honor it?"
PAY it," said the sultan's chamber.
lain, and SO the Spectator was e2,ooo
richer than he knew, to his own great
Observation-Disclosures Telegraph.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-25

They were happy, blessed as two people
trust each other from the Utmost depths Of
their souls. That their life was all smooth
! do not aver; but it was like what learned
men tell us of the great ocean. The storms
only troubled its surface, and came from ex-
traneous agencies, such as no life is free
from. In its deepest depths was perpetual
calm.-D. M. Craik.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-25

The mightiest host Of this sort is the army
of invalids whose bowels, livers and stomachs
have been regulated by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters:. A regular habit of body is brought
about through using the Bitters, not by vio-
i!ently agitating. and gripping the intestines,
but by reinforcing their energy and causing
Malaria, ls grippe, dyspepsia, and tendency
to inactivity Of the kidneys, are conquered
by the Bitteru.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-25

Nellie Chafie tried very hard to get some
conversation out of young Clamwhoopers
but he answered in monosyllables. At last,
hearing violin playing in the next room, abe
asked:
'Do you play the violin!"
mo; that's fellow in the next room"
he said, with sudden outburst of loquae,
ity.-N. Y. World.
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She did not proclaim her story to the
world. She was proud.
Fourth" she said to the elevator boy,
in loud voice.
That is to say, she proclaimed the third
story below hers, and then got out and
walked the rest of the way up.-Detroit
journal.
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her. but the admiration of all passers
by. There is no reason for the breeder
OF road horses to disparage the bicycle
any more than the farm wagon or bal
loon. Each has its place. and it is one
That the other can not fili.-W. W. Ste
vens, in National Stockman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-25

To Louisville and Eastern Cities. So miles
the shortest from St. Louis. makes ouickest
time, Pullman Sleepers, Parlor and Dining
Gers. All trains leave from st. Louis
Union Station. For complete information
address j. r. Tapp, Travelling Passenger
Agent, Kansas City, Mo. r. A. Campbell,
General Passenger Agent, st. Louis. Mo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-25

Ask your grocer to-day to show you q
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place Of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it ike it. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
distress. IA the price Of coffee. l5c and
Is cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-25

TIN afraid" said the candidate, gloom.
lily, "the other side has me beaten and they
know il"
why do you think so!" asked his friend.
well, there are very few campaign lies
being circulated about me."-Puck.