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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16
FARMERS FOWLS.
They Are. as Rule, /. 0o-as-You-Plsase
Lot.

Lot.
A person residing in the east where
farms are necessarily small and fowls
yarded most of the time, can have very
little idea of the largeness Of q west
ern, or, more properly speaking, Mis-
sissippi valley farm. Forty acres here
is small farm. One hundred and six
ty acres and more is considered farm
ing. On these farms there is always
feed lots where cattle and hogs are fed
and fattened by the car loads for the
eastern markets; there are wind mills
and tanks for drawing and watering
the stock. All of these farms have
large hocks of poultry, mostly chick
ems exclusively, with turkeys. ducks Oh
geese as a supplementary issue some
times There are no chicken yards.
They have the freedom of the fields,
feed lots, stacks before threshing time
and the chaff pile at the straw stack
afterward. The hen houses are built
with only two compartments-one for
the fowls to roost in and another
for the nests. The broods are reared
in outside coops and fed in common
lathed-in pen. with the lath nailed
about two inches apart, large enough
Tor the chicks to go in and out, but
close enough to keep the hens out
The principal feed from shell to mar
ket OF table is coarsely ground corn,
wet with water. 1t is thrown in in
quantities. The earlies:: broods get
corn-bread before they are SO numer-
GUS and the women-folks are not so
busy with the garden, the milk. house,
cleaning. harvesting, the fruit-can-
ming, or many other things that start
with the spring and crowd close ON
is no pretensc at feeding the old fowls.
They wouldn't eat if you tried to feed
them They are like small ncighbor
boy of mine who was here one day this
summer. We had crushed strawber-
RIGS frozen in the ice cream and l tried
to get walter" to eat some of it.
There were several strangers to him
here, and thought the boy only BASH
full. At last he said: Its nice,
know it is, but how can / eat
it when Pm stuffed fulls" His
papa had been here in the morn.
ing and got gallon of berries and he
was stuffed full" of them and didn't
like ice cream, so his mamma told me
afterward. 1t is just SO with the west
ern farm hen. She is stuffed full all
the time without any special feeding,
for she runs with the fattening
cattle, helps herself in the orchards and
fields, gets water whenever she wants
it. and gravel from the creek bed. Most
farms have creeks running through
them somewhere near the feed-lots.
She is fenced out of the garden, the
truck patch and the front yard some
times, but otherwise she comes and
goes at will. The fiocks have two gem
eral cuttings twice year. Once in the
fall when the young roosters are ''big
enough to SELL" and again in the
spring when the eggs begin to drop in
prices and the setting season is we'll
advanced. The average farmers wife
may need a "whole lotv about raising
chickens, but from what have seen
of her and her focks the advice would
be better coming the other way.-Mrs.
May Taylor, in Epitomist.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

A furnace door has been patented in
which the smoke is disintegrated and
disseminated over the whole fire sur
face, and those portions which are of
value are consumed. 1t is said to save in
the cost of fuel. as smaller and cheap
er coal can be used. The doors can be
fitted to any kind of furnace, while the
boiler is stlil at work,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16
Mere bundles OF Nerves.

Some pcevish, querulous people seem
mere bundles of nerves. The least sound
agitatcs their scnsoriums and rufiles their
tempers. No doubt they are born SO. But
may not their nervousness he ameliorated,
If not entirely relieyeds Unquestionably.
and with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. BY
cultivating their digestion, and insuring
more complete assimilation Of the food with
this admirable corrective, they will expert
ence speedy and very perceptible gain in
nerve quietude. Dyspepsia, biliousness.
constipation and Rheumatism yield to the
Bitters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

A spark catcher, for use in stacks OF
locomotives, steamers and factories.
has been patented in Stettin, Germany.
The idea upon which it is based is very
simple. BY its use particles of glow
ing coal are collected in receptacle.
which must be cleaned out from time to
time. One great source of danger from
fire seems to hive been overcome.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

The idea that fat mems do not lay
has been assiduously taught-a lesson
il would be well to unlearn. All admit
that a hen may be made too fat to lay;
but the hen fattened to a good eating
conditic1 viii lay, while = Door one
viii lay OF.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16
CHEAP EXCURSION RATES wEsT'


One fare plus s2.o9 for the round trip 10
Nebraska. Kansas. st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Black Hills, certain portions of Iowa, Col.
Der 5th and 18th. Ask your ticket agent for
additional information. L. w. WAKELEY,
General Passenger Agent, st. Louis, Mo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

Great minds may run in the same chan.
mel, but there is plenty of room for more
Washington Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

A Sundayschool Interruption. - Clergy
man-"St. Paul made one error, my dear
children" Juvenile Did it let in run p
Truth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

We never value money as much as we dc
right after having spent it foolishly. Wash
ington Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

Autobioeraphical.- The sclf-madc man
was speaking. He said--"My father was q
raiser of hogs. There was large family Of
US" land then his voice was drowned by the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

A Natural Inference Did you hear what
Whimpletons little boy said when they
showed him the twins" No; what was
gettin bargains again. -Tit-Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DIR. Hines
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle q
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

1 use Hiso's Cure for Consumption both in
my family and p practice: Pr ;o 8; w. Patter'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

Nothing makes q woman 50 mad AZ for an
other woman whom she does not like to
make dress like hers. Washington Dem
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

To Cure . Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-16

Nobody is too poor to have lace curtains
Washington Democrat.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

or day in your career to which you
can look back and say that was the
turning point OF my life?"
YES" he replied. 1T was my break
ing away from certain companions
when was Is years Of age. A COM
pany of us boys were in the habit of
frequenting a restaurant where we in
dulged in games of chance. One day
l left them forever. The sequel is sad.
Every one of the other boys, who were
Of good families, led a life OF wicked
ness"
What are the chief needs OF the min
'stry today"
lone of the greatest is that 1t shall
keep its skirts absolutely clear of any
entangling alliance with riches. The
increasing wealth OF the church is its
greatest peril. 1t has shown it's abili-
ty to thrive under persecution; to meet
heresy: it has never yet shown its abili-
ty to withstand riches. A scarcely less
important need is the continual hold
ing up Of the great fundamental doc
trines of our faith. Decay OF morals
n the sure result of neglect of doctrine
thus it ever has and will be-
"Ah! I should like to be a young min
.ster today" exclaimed DR.. Johnson
1.-The first half OF the twentieth cen
fury will witness a wonderful advance
of the kingdom In foreign lands. ant
especially, / believe. In China"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
A Unique Club.

Perhaps the unique club in the coun-
try is one called the Eleanor Riblet
Club. 1t has no settled location, the
members living in different portions
Of the United States. There is only
one necessary qualification for eligible
ity. but in spite of this the membership
Of the club will never reach unwieidly
proportions, 1t is safe to say. This
one requisite is that the man shall
have been the husband of the lady
whose maiden name gives the club its
title. She has been divorced five times
and all her ex-husbands are living.
Recently she was married again at
Providence, r. l., and the members OF
the unique organization acted as the
ushers at her wedding and thus be-
came acquainted with the man who
may some day join their ranks. The
club meets once a year at which time
the lady is always present, and as she
and her ex-husbands are all good
friends. these occasions are greatly en-.
1oyed by the participants.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

vas knocked out In the house. The
public is familiar with the outlines
of his Monte Cristo career and UNDER
stands the bitter feeling against the
system which keeps the Pacific coast
In the grip of his railroad. His per-
sonal characteristics are not 20 well
known. He 10 described as having
q calm. bewhiskered. ox-eyed and ncr-
vous face. His frame Is tall and elias
tic, revealing the strength and health
OF an iron constitution. There In o
tendency Of his head to bend forward
when he walks. and he carries gold
headed cane from habit rather than
necessity. He dresses In black, but IL
neither shabby nor fashionable. He
wears a tiny gold stud In his shirt
bosom and small ring on the little
finger of his left hand. He Ia not given
to ostentation. He Is fond Of reading
and enjoys game of whist In the even
ing. He does not like society. He rare
ly goes to balls or big dinners. He
gives no champagne suppers and keeps
no dog kennels or racing stables. HI
Ia averse to elaborate furniture ant
draperies. He Is opposed to Inverted
lackics. and disappointed his daugh
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
~.
I-EA


A strange existence was brought ~
a close when the Countess Lara died
in Naples. Forty-six years old. sho
retained to the last her delicate com-
plexion and beautiful blonde hair.
Glaring lights and dark shadows check
cred her career. She was born ct Mar
seilles--her father being English an1
her mother Russian. When she was
rs. Evelina Cattermole-her maiden
name--married . son Of Sig. MGncinf,
the well known Italian Statesman. Her
husband had . hne diplomatic oosl-
ton. their station in society was good
and money plenty. but she had moi been
married year when she involved her-
self in q sordid intrigue with another
government ofiicial. Mancini killed HIN
rival in . duel and the maid who had
revealed her mistress secret killed her-
self in remorse. Evelina then called
herself Countess Lara and became mo-
torious for her love affairs. She als0
wrote. and novels and poems poured
from her pen in rapidity. She wans
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
One from Minnesota.

An interesting story comes from
Olivia, Mimi. which would indicate
that the geography OF that state Is
considerably different from what 1t was
800 years ago. A farmer near there.
while digging a well. struck some tim
bers. and excavating 30 as not to dis
turb them. uncovered ship in a good
state OF preservation. The boat was
evidently war vessel or pirate ship,
as 1t carried five cannon and a large
supply Of cannon balls. The condition
Of the find shows that the boat Is q
very old one, and 1t Is supposed that
It was sailed up the Mississippi by
the Spaniards about the beginning OF
the seventeenth century, and either
grounded or was sunk. A small creek
flows near the spot where 1t was found
and 1t is likely that the creek of the
present was once navigable river.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
POPULAR WOMAN in MEXICO.


The wife Of the President IL Beloved b.
Every One.
Nine. De Diaz, the wife of the presi'
dent of Mexico, is not only the first
lady Of the country but is the most
popular woman of the republic, says
the New York Times. Sonora Dona
Carmen Romero Rubio de Diaz Is
known among her people. from the
mansions of the rich In the brilliant
capital to the humblest hut on the
frontier as Carmelita, meaning "our
little Carmen" Her popularity ever
Increases. for each year sees larger
number Of good works dispensed by
this generous woman, who uses her
power to improve the lot Of long
oppressed and unhappy people. Nine.
Diaz Is often appealed to on behalf OF
some one or other sentenced to long
Imprisonment or death. Omcial par
don Is delicate power for any one
to hold and the presidents wife IL
naturally careful for the justice of her
case before she goes to her lord to
plead for executive clemency. But the
president himself Is Of q forgiving ma.
ture and not infreQuently the pardon
Ia granted. Neither the president nor
his wife attends the brilliant but brutal
bull fights and In every way they use
! their influence against the degrading
| spectacles. 1t Is certain that the presi'
dent will entirely prohibit them al
soon as public sentiment gives any
hope OF upholding his wishes. Gar
melita" Is the second wife Of Gen. Por'
fiero Diaz, and Is in her thirty-thirt
year. She stands as type OF advanced
Spanish American wOmanhood. ant
among other accomplishments speaks
English and French almost with equa
fuency. She is remarkably well In
formed on current events and her ad
vice is often sought by her husband
The president is 60 years old and !
very proud of his fair young wife
When their marriage took place, Il
1884, they took their wedding tou
through the United States. Her girls
grace and simplicity Of manner We
, match her beauty. Her ancestry date
far back into the nobility Of old Ca.
tile, and the evidences Of long cultul
are easily marked. 1t Is plainly appal
ent that considerable part Of the r.
public OF Mexico and the desire Of II
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
Friendship Of Youth.


Two kinds Of friends stand before
every young person. The one Ii not
good. and invites to whatsoever things
are unworthy. The other IL pure. In.
spring, uplifting. and invites to what.
soever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely. 1t IL possible for
everyone to have friendships which
will be enriching and full Of all beautl-
full Inspirations. They may not always
seem SO attractive as those which are
more worldly. Good friends do not
think of life as all ease and self-indul-
gence. 1t was Emerson who said: THE
chief want OF life is. somebody who
shall make us do the best we can"
That is the kind OF friend young peo.
pie need. But too often the opportuni-
ties for taking into life such friendships
are missed, rejected, while friendships
are accepted which bring no good.
which only entangle the life In meshea
of evil and which lead to loss. harm
and sorrow. There Ii time when
the gate OF holy and worthy friendship
stands open. Then there is day when
It il shut The friendships more large.
ly than we dream make the life and iti
destiny. There are many people far or
In their years, bound now inextricabl,
in the claims Of evil or unworthy com
Partnerships. who look back with bittel
regret to the day when they turnet
away from friends who would hav,
made their career one Of beauty an,
good, choosing those not worthy.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
An Eccentric Idea.

The late Charles Bramblett OF Gym
thiana, KY, whose eccentric idea Of
burial has been the food for a great
deal OF newspaper comment In Ken
lucky and the Ohio valley generally,
left an estate of 100000. Bramblet.
several years ago employed a skilled
artisan to construct a sarcophagus OF
Kentucky blue limestone. He bough,
a barrel of the finest old Bourbon
whisky to be obtained. and for years
has desired that at death he should be
placed In the sarcophakus and the
whisky poured upon him and the re.
ceptacle Theoretically sealed and placed
In a grove near his residence. He died
January 2. and his wishes were com
piled with to he letter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
Saw 1t In = Drea IN.

Mary Winters, late Of Orangeville,
O., is dead, as result Of her own fool
ishness, aided and abetted by her
friends and relatives. Mary had a
dream, she claimed, in which she saw
the Lord descend to the earth and
command her to die. The vision then
disappeared and she awoke. Instead
of ascribing the dream to an indulgence
in mince pie or something else equally
indigestible before retiring, she insist
ed in treating the occurrence as bona
fide command of divine origin, and set
out to starvc herself. Her friends and
relatives allowed her to carry out this
idea, with the result that she wasted
away to mere shadow and finally died
from lack of nourishment.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
HOLIDAYS THE WORLD OVER.
In Latin-American Countries the Eco.
Pic Work Only 200 naxs

In Latin-American Countries the eco.
pic Work Only 800 Days.
A computation made a short time
ago showed that among European
countries the two in which wages were
highest and the hours of labor least
were England and France, whereas the
two countries in which wages were
smallest and the hours OF labor long
est were Italy and Russia. In some
countries of the world an explanation
OF the apparent dearth OF progressive
industry among the inhabitants is to
be found, perhaps, in the recurrence
OF holidays of religious, patriotic
or purely social character and many
persons who are familiar with the in
dustrial usuages in some cities Of
South and Central America say that
there the number Of holidays seems to
exceed the number Of working days.
There are in such countries usually
not fewer than a dozen church festi-
walls; and there are besides patriotic
festivals. A similar state of affairs ex-
lists in all Latin countries, and is to
be found in the United States, too.
! when one turns to the legal festivals
Of Louisiana. There is the holiday Of
Jan. 8, cQmmemorating the battle OF
New Orleans: the Mardi Gras on
March ., in New Orleans; Confederate
Memorial Day in April. Good FRI
day. All Saints Day, Election Day,
Louisiana Labor Day on Nov. 25.
Thanksgiving and Christmas days.
Florida celebrates the birthday Of JET
ferson Davis; Texas, the anniversary
of the battle Of San Jacinto, and Ala
ing the Sundays and holidays, the
number Of working days in the United
States. exclusive of the Gulf States,
is 305. In Russia there are 267 work
ing days; Great Britain has 27S; Por-
tugal. 2S3; Spain, 200; Aus
tria. 292; Italy, 29S; Bavaria, Bel
GUM and Brazil, 800 each; Denmark
France. Norway, Saxony, Switzerland
and Wurtemburg. 302 each; Sweden
3O4; Prussia and Ireland. 3O5; the
Netherlands, 30S; Hungary. 312 II
has been found impossible to get any
accurate figures from the South Amer.
lean countries, but 200 is the maximum
estimate OF actual working days in
many of them. OF course, If the mum
Der Of Sundays is to be substractet
from the total number of days in yeal
there are left 313, and II one-third O
the other days available for work arr
set apart for holiday purposes it is per
fectly clear why there should not b,
more than 200 working days in year
In Anglo-Saxon countries and in tn
United States the special effort o
workingmen has been not to reduc
the days of labor, but the hours O
labor in each day, and thus there ha
been within the last twenty years
larger reduction, really, Of workin
time in the United States and in Grea
Britain than in the Latin or Latin
American countries.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

That it doesn't pay to attempt to
swindls the federal government 10
saowp by the case OF James A. Jor-
Dan q Grand Rapids. He made false
returns in pension afiidavits. and prof
tied 1925 thereby before he was found
out. When arraigned after being ar
rested, he pleaded guilty. expecting a
lighter sentence for so doing. Instead
he got a $1,000 fine, besides which he
had to pay back the $125 he had made
by his operations. 1t took every cent
he had in the world to pay up. but he
did it. and started to walk out Of the
court room a free man again. but BE-
fore he got out he was arrested on an
othe: count of the charges. and VIII
have to 90 through the mill again.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

From the Philadelphia Record: For
some time boys ranging in age from
Il 10 16 years, living in the southern
section Of the city, have been engaged
IN emptying the gasoline street lamps
OF their contents, soaking their hand
kerchiefs with the fluid and then in
haling the fumes. So frequent have
been the complaints from parents
whose children were becoming addicted
10 the habit that the police determined
TO break it up. The first arrest was
made by Policeman Reilly of the
Twenty-fifth district last night He
caught George Goldthorpe, aged T.
Years, Of 925 Wolf street. The boy
was partly overcome by the fumes.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
Tho Cxar's Costly vlsits-

The expenses of his recent sever
eign'' visits to European courts are not
worrying the car Of Russia, for he has
the entire imperial treasury to draw
upon. Because of the costly presents
which must be made to an army OF per-
sons by a monarch SO travelling the ex-
penses Of calling upon fellow rulers are
enormous. The cars trips to Vienna.
Breslau and Paris were sovereign
visits, while his calls In Denmark aA4
Scotland were ofhcially regarded .
private.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
IS WOMAN a HUMAN sElNo1
THIS Qaestion Was Orsveiy Dtscssssd =.
= bishops Councll ~ Mscen.

This Question Was 0rsvely Dlscussed u
= bishops Council ~ Macon.
In these latter days Of the nineteenth
century, when woman II STRUGGLING To-
an equality with man In the arts ana
sciences and in politics. II may b ~
teresting to know that - early . IT,
sixth century the woman Qucstlon"
was a knotty problem confronting IT,
sages of that period. says the LondoA
Mail. It was more startling que
tion. however. than that Of these dayn
OF safety bicycles ind abbreviAte4
skirts. Are women human beings3
was the woman question ~ formulated
In the sixth century. This startling inA
quiry was proposed by bishop u ~
council Of Macon and the reveren4
fathers were 20 amiable esd -. isbsrAa
- to devote several sessions to the con-
sideration Of the subject. They did not
disdain the question q useless or 1rlv-
olous. but gravely undertook the task
Of assigning to woman her proper place
In creation. With all her faults they
loved her still, and. moved partly. M
doubt, by affection. they generously de-
cided that she did not belong to the
world OF "muttons, beeves or goats, :
but was In truth human being. u
must not be imagined, however, that
this advanced theory was forced upon
Christendom. Tho council Of MacoG
was not ecumenical and 70 churchmss
were not constrained to accept IL 10
| cislon.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
Always he Polite.

II doesn't pay to lose your temper,
even if you are in the right. Mrs.
Sarah Sapiro. Polish woman of New
York city. sells matches for living,
and when DR.. Samuel Rapp refused TO
pay her six cents he owned her for
matches purchased, she pulled his
doorbell SO hard that she broke it, and
also broke the shutter on the door,
keeping up q fortissimo accompani-
ment of profanity during the opera
lion. The doctor called a policeman
and had the woman arrested, and when
she refused to pay a 81 fine for dis
:ersng the peace she went to Jail.