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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

able crops win be raised than in the
year preceding.
10 be profitable each year the in
crease in yield must be gradual. At
the end of the tenth year. not Only are
the net profits more than four times as
large as the first year tsupposing the
land to make half bale the first year),
but the land itself is more than four
times as valuable. 1t only requires
moments Thought to be convinced
that if an acre that will produce
half bale is worth $40, an
acre that will produce two bales is
intrinsically worth more than $40.
1t will declare a latter dividend on
$40 than the half-bale land will on $40.
David Dickson's statement was that
land paid best with fertilizer which
paid best without it, and he is the best
authority we know of.
Ii in the crops or the profits" then
the increase in fertility in the soil 10
the amount passed to the surplus.
account, and everyone knows that
bank stock is high or low in proper
ton to the amount of surplus the bank
has. l know some farmers who, when
they make little money on their
farms, thinking it the best way to in
vest it, have loaned it out at eight per
cent. interest. Others have bought
stocks and bonds with their saw
ings. Have they invested wisely?
Death, dover, dishonesty, disaster and
12-months' support to widow, intro
duce the element of considerable risk
in all loans, both rs to principal and
interest. 1t is common thing for
corporations to break. Some one or
more OF them fail every day. Differ
ent from every other business in the
world, the farmer has one source of in
vestment that for him is better than
all other investments. If he but uses,
his profits in increasing the fertility of
his land. he has deposited in the best
savings bank in this world. He runs
no more risk of losing his prin-
cipal with high interest added
than the man who lives in his own
home does in collecting the rent
of that home or the holder of a
United States bond, and the interest
will be more than ten per cent, and
that compounded. There is and can
be no better investment in this world
Tor any farmers money than his own
nelds, on which that money was
made. Investments in alliance ware
houses, building and loan associations
or bank stock, notes. mortgages or
bonds, are not one-fifth SO secure for
the principal, and will hardly pay one
half the dividend.
What other Investments on earth will
pay larger and larger dividends each
year, aud, at the same time, the prin-
clpal invested grow as regularly as
the old almanac is succ eeded by u
newer one?-Wm. I. S.. in Southern
Cultivator.
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ABOUT CALAMITY.
New Ways of Living Bring New Rides
I'm Manners.

New Ways of Living Bring New RSsIea
I'm Manners.
That element of gallantry which is
nothing more than hypocritical dis
play of insincere devotion has for many
years tended to disappear and in the
march of progress will continue to do
so, not more because of the widening
of woman's interests than because of
the broader view of life and ones duty
toward ones neighbor among botli men
and women. True gallantry, in its best
and sincerest form, will never be tout
of date" as long as men are men and
women are women. Men will always
respect women, and if gallantry be paid
to intellectually rather than to ig-
norance it is no less gallantry.
A man who gives up his seat in a
street car to pretty girl and then goes
home and "kicks" because dinner is
not ready is not gallant. With new
ways of living for both men and wom-
en-, gallantry must take new forms,
adapting itself to conditions, but it will
ever exist in the hearts and be shown
in the actions of generous men and
noble women.
A homely bit of gallantry was enacted
in Springfield few days ago by a
driver of an ordinary, everyday water
ing cart. A woman had fall from her
bicycle just in front of the street
sprinkler, and although not at all hurt
her hands were considerably the worse
for contact with the dirt of the road.
The driver watched her from his hifh
seat and then called out, cheeris5 /:
want to wash your hands, miss?''
She admitted that it would be de.
sirable thing, SO the man turned on a
small stream from his cart and held
his horses still while the woman washed
her dirt-covered hands. Then, acknowl-
edging her THANK you" with a smile
and bow, he drove on and the woman
resumed her ride. The drivers action
was as true gallantry as ever knight
performed in olden time-and such as
Parisians would never think off,
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

"A Russian thistle nine feet in cir
conference was recently found grow.
ing by the wayside in the Santa Fe val.
ley, New Mexico.
According to Lord Tweedmouth, the
area of the herring nets used in Scot.
land one year was no less than 164, 000,.
600 square yards.
According to Nilsson, the zoologist
the weight of the Greenland whale is
100 tons, or 224,000 pounds, or equal tc
that of SO elephants or 440 BEARS
Next to our grape wine it is believed
that Japanese sake, or rice wine, is the
oldest alcoholic beverage known to man.
its use in japan dating back over 2,00C
years.
SO rapid has been the change in the
English language that the English Of
to-day bears no more resemblance to the
English of 1000 years ago than it does
to German.
The longest stretch of straight rail-
road line in America is on the Lake
Shore railway, beginning at point
three miles west of Toledo, o.. and run.
ming GO miles without curve.
by a recent order of the sanitary
police all BARRIERS in Paris must here
after wash their hands and boil theii
combs, razors and scissors ten minutes
before taking up new customer.
Attempts have recently been made
in several parts of France and Germany
10 introduce the American lobster, as II
has been found that it escapes diseases
that destroy the European varieties.
I'm 1870 the duke of Galliera began
tc spend thousands of dollars yeal
collecting rare stamps. To-day his col.
lection is believed to be the finest in
the world, and is valued at 81, 250.0O0.
The crown of England is kept in the
Tower of London and not in the queens
dressing-room. 1t is never brought out
excepting on grand state occasions; but
whenever ceremony, such as draw
ing-room or levee, takes place the queen
wears circlet of diamonds in the form
of crown on her head.
The pension Office building al
Washington is the largest brick build
ing in the world. 1t has been subjected
to much criticism, but it can stand it
for as the time passes along there are
many things seen about it that escaped
notice when it was newer. In all there
are over 100000 bricks in the build
ing.
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HERE AND THERE.

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willing to t,ITs a low nr;cs Gnu "'e
ra
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81, 80, ~ =. n nappens 'na. .
PIG saa oe 41u up loi . WIN yer
$50 ..an;s - 80 "a "a - " give 1'ofe
~,
cont ,.han - : dona g. ~ $500 ga
~ ;'nnrov;nr .hs shsaa - .,.. r.. poso
IN rsnaw the v;gor Of an a,taa,,,"S "a -
il 10 limit ~ the rs,novsl - an .v o
and crowded brsncbes ~
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1.,sa - -, esPa'e
can not crow =. v;n, cro,,. &c.
of clods in which = large share ~ ths
mani food is locked nm hevond -s..h ~
the nlants he il GROWING
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49, =. oht.;nad h. ns;nr - -.
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Certain Irish stories.

A Roman deacon was sent for to bap.
tie baby. In the cabin he could fine
no water, but there was pot of tea
Tea" he reasoned, contains water
the rest is but accident" and proceed
ed to pour out cup. But it was strong
even to blackness, and he went in search
OF water, and, having found some, wa.
tered the tea down to a more reason.
able color, christened the baby with ii
and reported the circumstance, as q
case of conscience, to his superior. II
had not occurred to him, having found
the water, to use it by itself.
A tutors letter of coincidence sent ia
bereaved parent. This was unkindly
attributed to Oxford. The tutor wrote:
u am sincerely grieyed to hear the
sad news of your sons death. But ]
must inform you he would have had r.
go down in any case, as he had failed
to satisfy the examiners in classica.
moderations."
One other story / may add here, a.
1t serves to illustrate a certain dis.
parity often noticeable between Saxon
and Celtic word values, and also thu
way in which Irish orators discount
their own rhetoric. A home ruler wal
haranguing on English terrorism, and
after drawing horrid picture of babies
speared on the points of bayonets. etc.
he concluded: IF that's your ciyiliza
ton you may keep it. call it most i'm
nroner r-Cornhil1 Macazine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Mr.. Fogg-'1 saw Glisten to-day. He
spoke about you He declared that you were
one of the handsomest women he ever saw"
Mrs. Fogg-"The old fool" Mr. Fogg-
Yes; that's what thought" Mrs. Fogg
That's right; insult me; it's just like YOU .
---Boston Trauscrint.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

George met a duke while be was
abroad"
A real duke?"
HE must have been, George loaned
aim seven dollars. P'aiI
Dealer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Crushing Her Mistress.-Mrs. Ginger
'How dare you talk to me in that way?
never saw such impudence. And you call
yourself lady's maid, do you?" The Maid
II was lady's maid before worked for
you, ma am. Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

/ can recommend Piso's Cure for Con
sumption to sufferers from Asthma.-E. D.
Townsend, Fl. Howard, Wis.,, May 4, '94.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Lots of men year their wife's pictur,
on lapel button, and let them carry il
the wood.-W ashington Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Cupid might do more business if he would
exchange his bow for a popgun.-C Chicago
News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use Of DIR. Kline
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle 4
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st., PhiIa., Pa.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Nature has given to men one tongue, but
two ears, that we may hear from others
twics as much as we speak.-Epictetus.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache.
Price Is and SOC.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

To Cure q Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine TsAlets. AL
druggists refund money If it fails to cure. 25c
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

It is not always wise to tell al on
knows, but it is well to know all one telle
Chicago News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

The pig would rather have swill thar
eoses.-Ram's Horn
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Use St. Jacobs Oil and say to
Rheumatism: "Will see you later"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Marrying for money is an expensive b.
vestment.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Wake up sore, stiff. Use st. Jacobs
Oil; you'll wake up cured.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Warning to Star-G azers-Mrs. Planet =
Before we were married my husband and
used to sit and watch the stars for hours. |"
Friend-"Yesy Mrs. Planet-"Now he
tells me that he cultivated taste for as
late taking observations with several
learned friends" Philadelphia North
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

for the liberty we now enjoy than Is
to-day the name of DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey to the many men and women this
remedy has liberated from the terrible
agonies of a serious lung trouble. If
taken in time it win stop the progress of
Consumption. 1t will stop the cough at
once, and give quiet rest and refreshing,
natural sleep. Coughs, Colds, Group,
Whooping Cough and Grip disappear
by its use as snow before the sunshine
of spring. 1t exhilarates the lungs, and
overcomes disease by feeding to the blood
fat-forming oxygen. Take no substitute.
At all good druggists, or sent upon receipt Of
price, rs cts, cts and s. per bottle. Address
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Wearing Of spectacIes is not necessarily
the sign Of much knowledge. Washington
Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Trouble Ahead for Pa.--"What in the
worlds the matter. MAJ" asked Arabella.
rs her mother turned from the telephone
and asked for her bonnet and wraps. "Tm
going right downtown" said Mrs. High
eyes as she spoke. II just tried to call your
father up, and / heard him tell the boy to
say he wasn't Cleveland Leader.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Not Wasting Room.--"What / want, "
said the man who was talking about taking
a fiat, "is some place where the rooms are
big enough for me to turn around in. Ger
tainly," replied the agent. THAT can be
easily arranged, as you are not an unusually
large man. Stand up, please, and let me
get your exact measurement" wv Washing
ton Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-18

Kleptomaniac.-''W is your definition
Of kleptomaniac?" asked the examining
lawyer Of witness 'Well," was the reply
"if | were to hear of a man who in ho
weather had chance to steal lump O
ice, and carried off bod of coal instead,
should call him a kleptomaniac. Pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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bales with the same ratio of profit. If
this 10 not true. it is only because 30
times two is not 40.
Except in the larger expense of fer
tilizer, extra picking. ginning and haul
ing, it does not cost . dollar more to
raise two bales Of cotton on an acre
than half bale. The blowing and
hoeing and s.rent of land" are the same
in either case. At even six cent cot
tton it doesn't take the extra bale and
1 half to pay the increased ex-
pense. Ten dollars year per
acre invested IN cotton-seed meal,
acid phosphate and kainit, will, with a
good three-year rotation in which pea
vines to be turned under predominant,
In ten years build up any comparative
~ level land that has top-soil and a
good clay sub-soil to where it will
make one and half to two bales of
cotton, ~ bushels of corn or go bushels
of oats to the acre. II the experiments
at the experiment station. at Griffin.
Ga, haven't proven this. they have
proven nothing. Parish Furman
thought he could get larger crops than
these in five years time, but he used
fertilizer far more lavishly than any
other cotton farmer haa-ever done be-
fore or probably VIII ever do again,
though he was right in doing 20.
Not only can fair land by ten years
economical treatment be made to yield
two bales per acre, but during each
vses q ths ten, larger and more profit-
Evening star., 1897-01-09

derstood today rs before. Many persons
are not aware that any such nerves exist. They
1o not know that nothing goes in any part OF
The body that every other part does not instantly
krow Of" The closeHess of this sympathy IS
familiarly Illustrated by headaches, indigestion,
fheumaf fism, neuralgia, etc About every case Of
sleeIlessGess, nervousness and dyspepsia is a
sympathetic strike by brain, nerves stomach,
induced By the lowering of the general health.
People who think to get rid of these troubles by
some medicine that disregards the general health
of the body the wrong track. In getting
such diseases neuralgia and rheumatism out of
the system Paines celery compound proceeds at
once to restore normal appetite and regulate the
nerves. the foundation for building up the health
and vigor.
1t regulates the bowels without delay, and sees
to 1t that the poisonous humors that bursting
through the skin in what for purposes of class-
flying. called skin diseases. given a ready out
let On this tasis OF purified blood and regulated
nerves the permanent cure of every form of blood
diseases, such ama. salt rheum, bad complex
ion. Is ROW assured by this really wonderful remedy
If the reader of this is in perfect health let
him simply try first bottle Of Paine's celery COM
pound and carefully note the results.
Evening star., 1897-01-09
MIRACLES IN MEDICINE.
The Wonderful Progress Made Within
the Past Few Years,
Diseases That Our Mothers Thought |ncurabe
Now Cured by Paine's Celery Compound.

II Is difficult. almost impossible, to overesti-
mate tn. Importance of recent advances in medi-
clue and surgery.
In surgery there is the application of the X-ray
I'm dterIpinins complicated fractures.
In medicine there is the serum treatment for
e. diseases. and. more important still, the ex-
tenfitd of laines celery compound in the
treatment OF the mIny diseases that arise from
faulty impaired nervous system.
This class of ailments more suferna,
and earlier deaths than all others, and that Is
why mEch public prominence at once
given 4" I'aines celery compound when its dis
covCry was first anno1n. ed by Prof. Phelps Of
Darn College.
Til" rapid and sure way that Paiuc's celery
compound neuralgia, rheumatism and norv-
debility is marvellous. even in the of this
woEd"r- working quarter of tie century
Ancient miracles Were contrary to natural laws.
whereas thc remarkable power Of Paine's celety
compound make people well. comes from a het-
ter understanding of the natural causes of dis
cfse.
T:at wonderful set of nerves known tie sym
pataetic nervous system that knits every part
of The body together and harmOnzes all, is un-
Evening star., 1897-01-09

provision for the contract to print this
necessary volume. This work has been so
far advanced that very little remains to be
done at present besides receiving the bids
and awarding the contracts TO responsible
parties.
Similar progress has been made by the
committee on invitations and tickets, of
which Mr.. George Gibson is the chairman.
very serious problem, inasmueh as it was
its desire, like that Of all the other COM
mittees engaged in the inaugural work, to
surpass former efforts in the particular
direction under its control. The designs of
the tickets and Invitations and souvenirs
at former inaugural balls have been artistic
and beautiful in the extreme, but Mr.. Glib
son and his committee have proven, as the
Evening star., 1897-01-09

guests
Mr.. Simon Wolf is the chairman of the
committee on badges, and the work of Sc
lecting an appropriate design for the pen
the various inaugural committees has been
adopted. and the contract has been awarded
to manufacturer for 800 of them. The
badges are expected to arrive in Washing
ton about February I, when Mr.. VOLTS
committee will distribute them, under the
direction of Chairman Bell, among those
who are entitled to them.
The important committee which will have
under its control the selection and arrange
ment of the decorations and ilumina ton
of the inauguration ball room has Mr. T. F..
Roessle for it's chairman, and it's members
are confident that the result in March will
be gratifying and satisfactory to every
Evening star., 1897-01-09
THE EMANCIPATION
Continued from Tenth Page)

The committee has wisely decided to con-
fine the fireworks to an aerial display,
which can be observed and enjoyed by q
crowd of any proportions. thus doing away
with the set pieces so frequently used. and
which are extremely expensive and can
only be enjoyed by those close up to them
when they are set off.
Another important committee Is that OF
transportation, of which Mr.. Chaplin Brown
il the chairman. The duties of this COM
mittee are to secure from the railroads
reasonable rates for passage from points
throughout the country to Washington for
those who wish to come to see the Inaugural
ton, and at this time the committee is en-
gagged in very praiseworthy effort to get
the railroads to agree to extend the limit
Evening star., 1897-01-09

public will know when they see the SOU
venirs indicated that there is always room
for betterment and improvement, no mat
ter now perfect the thing may appear to
be. The designs for the invitations, tickets
and souvenirs have been completed, and
will be copyrighted before being made pub
lie. The establishment of the cover of the
invitation will be done by Bailey, Banks &
Biddle of Philadelphia while the three
pages contained within 1t will be engraved
in the highest style of art by the bureau of
engraving and printing.
The printing committee. of which Mr.
n any responsibilities upon 1t. A high
order Of artistic taste and Judgment
has been exercised in the designing of
Evening star., 1897-01-09

of reduced tickets over a longer period, so
as to enable those using them to spend a
longer time in Washington and have an
opportunity to study and to understand
what the capital city of the nation really
Is.
The committee on parks and reservations,
headed by Mr.. Henry A. Willard, is small
ability for work This committee has un-
der its control all matters pertaining to
the erection Of stands ON the parks and
reservations along the line of parade, in
Guiding the designing of these stands, the
advertisement for bids for their erection
and the awarding of the contracts and the
preparation of the official program ard
Evening star., 1897-01-09

the distinguishing marks of the official sta
tionery OF the executive committee, and in
the publication of the printed matter neces-
sary to the proper execution of the in
augural work.
The press committee which is presided
over by Gen. H. V. Boynton, is composed
Of the representative newspaper men at
the national capital, and they are one and
all lending their best services to the dis
semination of information about the eere-
monies in March, thus arousing and keep
ing alive national interest in the event.
The committee on carriages has for its
Evening star., 1897-01-09

person who attends the great function, and
will exceed in point of beauty and harmony
anything of the sort heretofore attempted.
The best decorators in the country are sub
mitting their designs for the work, and the
committee is paying close attention to the
duty of examining them. Bids for the
work will be received in a few days, and
when the contracts are awarded the actual
preparation will begin, and many novel and
beautiful things will he manufactured espe-
cially for the adornnent of the immense
apartment. .,t:E
Evening star., 1897-01-09
The Civilian Inspectorship.,

About seventy-five applications have been
received at the Navy Department for the
new civilian inspectorships of steel for
ships under construction, and they will be
examined from day to day es they pre-
sent themselves, until about twenty have
been secured for the service desired. I'M
mediate employment will be given to that
number and the others who qualify will
be carried on reserve list for future en-
pioyment. These examinations are being
conducted by Naval Constructor Dashiell,
who admits : preference for the employ
ment of men who have had practical ex-
perience in steel works.