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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-30
HERE AND THERE.

There is no time in the life of a
pork hog when he will not be benefited
by free range in good pasture. 1t is
the best food for cheap growth, and
the exercise is just what is needed to
make the food do the most good.
The prejudice against guineas as
table fowls is without foundation.
Not one in ten of those who object to
guineas ever ate a finer dish of fowl
than fat guinea under a year old,
we'll roasted. 81,
--Cotton-seed meal furnishes the
cheapest nitrogenous'food now known,
and it must be. fed only In small guam.
titles, properly combined with other
stuffs tending to balance the ratio.
Cotton-seed meal tends to harden but
ter.
1t will not pay to keep chickens all
winter for the eggs they will lay in
the spring. If the hens are not degen-
crates, and well fed and we'll housed,
their eggs will pay for their keep,
even in winter. Therefore, have eggs
In winter as well as summer.
1t is a mistake to suppose that ma
tnre capped the farmers spinal col
umn with head for no other purpose
than to support pair of ears with
which to hear the dinner-horn. In
actual labor the head is as useful as
the hands. If the fact were fully real
tied.
Institutes and conventions are now
in order in many states- Let us urge
you once again not to miss them. You
can't afford to lose the inspiration of
hearing successful farmers talk. The
inspiration is as valuable o. the valua-
BILE facts you pick up.
Argentina, which travellers in the
southern hemisphere have long pro-
nounced an ideal country for the
growth Of all crops of the temperate
zone, continues to increase her ex-
ports of just the things that The farm
ers of these United States desire most
70 sell
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-30
A Great redwood Slab.

In New Whatcom, a seaport town and
the county seat of Whatcom county,
the northwest county in Washington,
and in the United States, is erected on
the outer edge of a sidewalk on one of
the principal street corners an i'm
mense slab or section of one of Wash
ington's biggest red fir trees. The slab,
being cut directly across the diameter
Of the tree, like a butchers cutting
block, is set on edge, the greatest diam
eter extending upward, the bark being
on its entire circumference. A stranger
naturally feels inclined to walk up to
the slab and measure it by it's height,
and is surprised to find that it would
take another man standing on his head
to extend to the top of it. Then he
steps back q pace and reads the follow
ing inscription, neatly printed on a
board attached to the face of the slab:
''1'ree from Loops Ranch Forks, What
com county, Wash The tree was 465
feet high, 220 feet to the first limb, and
33 feet IL inches in circumference at the
base. II sawed into lumber it.would
make 96,345 feet. 1t would build eight
cottages two stories high, of seven
rooms each. The tree is about $50 years
old, according to the rings. If sawed
into inch-square strips it would fill ten
ordinary cars, and the strips would
reach from Whatcom to China" The
section shows the tree sound to the core.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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10 a considerable extent the yield
and quality OF the corn crop depends
upon the character of the seed from
which it is grown. The tnah who il
not particular about the return from
the labor and his land will be pretty
we'll satisfied with seed that will mere-
~ terminate and make fair growth.
But the man who realizes the possibil.
tiles OF the corn crop will not be
pleased with this result He wants not
only corn that will grow, but he also
wants good quality and large yield
OF grain, together with an abundant
Quantity ofgood forage. The man who
Is willing to grow small crops can OBJ
tain seed with very little trouble. All
that he has to do is to throw it out of
the crib when he gets out his grain for
feeding. His somewhat more progress
sive neigEbor who wants to obtain
larger yields and better grain and fod-
der, but who does not care enough
about 1t to follow the best possible
course, selects his seed corn at husk.
ing time. But the man who plans
wisely to secure the largest returns
Will pursue an altogether different
method. He will often, perhaps usu-
ally. save seed from his own fields, but
he will occasionally obtain it from
abroad, in order to secure better va
riety or more valuable strain of the
kind that he has under cultivation.
When he makes a change Of this kind
he will be careful to deal either with
some scotsman of frst-class reputation
or with some skillful grower When
he relies upon his own fields for sup.
ply he will select his seed corn before
the crop is harvested. He will make
his choice with reference to the quality
OF the Atalk as well rs to that of the
ear, and also with respect to the time
OF ripening and to the yield of the
plant In this way he will secure corn
that will DE vigorous and prolific and
that will become thoroughly matured
before FROST 1t is now time to COM
mence this work of selecting seed for
the corn crop of the next year.-Coru
and Hog Journal.
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FOUND DEAD.

BVOAvO OAS60e
Why did he do III He had everything
se nys Sat he sRS 1 s%s. r 81
heart Whyf
He couldn't have given good reasoa
himself But everything looked gloomy
to him He was in gloomy frame Of mind.
1t was the way he looked at life that day.
He had been living In too much Of hurry,
rushing and driving ct business, hustlin6
through his meals. cutting. short his sleeps
His nerves got on edge his stomach and
liver got out Of order; he grew dyspeptle
and melancholy.
When the digestion 10 out of order there
Is little use trying to look on the bright side
of things practically there isn't any bright
side. This Il . dangerous condition to get
into. Yet It h easy to get into and mighty
hard to get out of 1t, unless you 60 about !
In the right way.
There Is q remedy that has pulled thous
sands Of people right out of this depth Of
despair. It Is DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. 1t acts directly upon the stom-
ach and liver. It restores their natural
capacity to nourish and purify the system.
1t purges away bilious poisons, feeds the
nerve-centres with healthy, highly vitalized
blood, and drives out the blue devils " Of
melancholy and nervousness.
]. l. Warner. No. 1900 o Street, Sacramento
Cal, writes: During the last Eve years have
been doctoring with as many as six different doc
tors here and In San Francisco for diseased stom-
ach; but none of the doctors gave me even tenn
porary relief Two years ago completely col
iapsed, and had to give up ali work. / have felt
many times that would like to leave this world.
In looking over the ads In the San Francisco
Examiner ran across yours, and now owe my
life and present good health to DR.. Pierce's med
icines. ! have taken fourteen bottles Of the
Golden Medical Discovery and four little viaie
of Pleasant Pellets.' and ! am entirely wen Of
all stomach trouble. Can sleep nine hours every
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-30
ARROW POINTS.

If pigeon-toed people knew how fun.
ny they look they wouldn't walk that
way.
A woman's idea of being a dutiful
wife is to keep her husband supplied
with slippers.
A woman thinks that il man doesn't
know just how to fold his napkin, it Is
sign he lacks culture.
If anybody should try to make us do
the fool things we do of our own accord
how we would bewail our bard lot.
we wonder why the reading which
explain what is in the pictures in books
h ssnays SO far away from them?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-30

In every department of la Dor the es-
sential to success is systematic meth
cd. System is especially needed in
farm work, because thrift of SO many
living things Is in the power of the
farmer. There should be a regular
hour for feeding stock. Animals soon
learn the hour for their meals when
given regularly, and are impatient of
delay. Bawling, bleating or squealing
for an hour before each meal does not
hasten the development of fat in
calves, lambs or pigs. At other times
the food is given too soon, the animal
not being hungry. and not prepared to
make the best use of it. There should
be a certain time to begin feeding in
the morning, and time at which to
quit feeding at night, or rather even
ing, for we don't believe in feeding
after dark, except in the shortest De-
cember days. The farmer who feeds
his stock by lantern light during the
spring and fall months will be apt TO
get crops in late and pick cotton till
holidays. The family meals should
not vary ten minutes from the specified
time; neither should the men ever keep
meals waiting. Children should be off
to school on time, neither too late nor
too early. They will be more apt to
have their lessons on time if every
thing is regular at home. The work
is much easier to do when every one
knows his time and place; life is more
pleasant and happy times come oftener.
System preserves health, for we know
that worry kills more persons thar
disease.-Southern Farm.
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THE FARMER's HOME.
Plenty of Work In Winter for All of tho
( Family.

Etenty OF WORK In Winter for All of the
Family.
Now that the rush of farm work is
over for time, is the chance for the
men and boys to get posts, poles and
branches ready to make trellises and
rustic work ready to be covered with
vines next year.
Many houses have no veranda that
Is large enough to allow of putting APP
q hammock, and If there is one, it is
apt to be too near the street to be
pleasant, while trees are probably any
place in the yard but the one which
would be pleasant for such purpose.
/ know had to take my choice be-
tween trees that were too near the
street or too far from the house, until
my husband made place for me Just
where it would be most pleasant and
convenient
The hammock house-as we call it.
is both rough and rustic. but when
the woodbine covers it no one can
gainsay it's suitability to the purpose
for which it was built 1t took some
time and trouble, and very few cents
to make it, and give you descrip-
tion of it. Two large posts set IA feet
apart and standing about seven feet
out of the ground. On top of these is
placed frame nine feet wide by four
teen long. A few fancy poles make
nice rafters for the roof, which is q
double slope and shingled SO that it
serverves as protection from rain as
n
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would be FAR nicer, according to my
taste.
i believe that many, q husband or
son will gladly do these things if they
are asked. The only thing is they do
not think of them when they have the
time to do them, SO / am reminding
them OF it right now while they have
the time.
Do these things now, and next sum-
iner after the women folks have planted
the vines and You are all enjoying tho
added comfort and beauty which they
have brought to his home, the women
viii rise up and call you-a good fell
low and you will feel inclined to pat
yourself on the back and say: I'm
blessed if I don't think they have got
1T right. Cor. Farm News.
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The Arrangement OF sunksn vessels.

A new invention for finding the loca-
: ton of s1Inken vessels is about to be
adopted by some of the steamship lines.
1t consists of buoy attached to long
rope, which is placed loosely in a suit
able receptacle on the vessels deck. If
the ship sinks, the buoy floats upon the
surface, and the rope gradually uncoils
as the cage containing it descends.
The theory is very good ore, but the
possibility of entangiing the rope in the
rigging of the vessel and dragging the
buoy down with it is suggested by the
fact that when ship goes down there
must be tremendous swirl and swash-
ing about of water, sufficient, at least
to make the usefulness of buoy and
any ordinary rope attached to it very
slim indeed.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-30

Mrs NoRTnsIDE was talking one day with
her newly acquired help, an Irish girl, who
had been In this country less than Q year
and who was always pining for the Erer.
aid Isle. "Wby," said Bridget, 'swhin fust
kim to this country Oh cuddent ate any
thing. The fud was so quare." 'sIt was
different from what you had been aecus-
toned to, was itf" "It was, num-" "What
did you have to cat in Ireland}' "Oh, we
had petati 8, an billed cabbage, an'-ani
30, inyuns an SIGH, mum" -Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-30

Mrs. LARRABEE-'sI thought your minis
ter was to have call to Minneapolis. -
Mrs. Fenwicix-s'There was talk of 1t, but
It's all off now He went out there to
took his text from st. Paul "-Indianapolis
Journal
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A USEFUL MEMBER.-Member from the
Fourth Ward-sSo you're one of Throclz-
morton's constituents. eh7 Well, he's q
very useful member In fact, we wouldn't
get q chance to do much business without
him." Citizon-"You don't tell mel Why,
never supposed he knew enough to sub
tract 8 from 17n Member from the Fourth
-"Oh, yesl He always moves that the
reading Of the minutes be dispensed with -
Cleveland Leader,
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We have, 90 miles west of Houston, at
Chesterville, the best tract In Texas. Land
high prairie, and well drained, abundant
rainfall, good soil, low prices and easy
terms. Don't fail to post yourself. Write
and receive our book Fertile Farm Lands''
free and information as to cheap excursions
and free fare. Address, Southern Texas
Colonization Co., JonN LiNDERHoLM, Mgr,
ITO Rialto Bldg, Chicago.
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mo, MT dear, it's no use talking. shan't
give up smoking until I'm dead" His
Wife bitterly -"What leads you to be-
lieve that you will giveitup thenl"-Brook.
lyn Life.
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ENGLISH BICYCLE ETIQUErrE-A book on
bicycle etiquette has just been published.
When q heavy carriers wagon runs into O
bicyclist and punctures his golf stockings,
the rider may speak to the driver without
the formality of an introduction.-T Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-30

The most famous horse in Spanish
/. literature was Don Quixote's "Rosi-
naDt4" and the most famous donkey
Saneho Panza's "Dapple,"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-30

PRorEssoR-"Say, Anna, couldn't we Just
as well postpone our silver wedding and
celebrate it at the same time as the golden
weddiDgl l don't like to be interrupted in
s.y work go often. Fliegende Blaetter.
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DocroR-"The matter with you Is that
you want to be out more" Patient-sI'll
be out enough when get your bill, doctor"
-Yonkers Statesman.
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AsPfRIxa AUTHOR -"Do you run Poet
Corner in your paperi" Business Man
ager-"No. Our editor Is poet scorner."-
Bonneville Journal.
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he climbs highest who helps another up.
Chicago Standard.
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HE-"Miss Passe is bargain.n She
"How is thati" He -"1hirty eight marked
down to twenty-four. Tit Bits.
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SHE HAD READ TIE PApERs.-"Papa,"
said young Mrs. Hunker, "won't you please
give George and me S10.000l" 'What do
you want that much money fort" 1--WE
want to build 5000 house. Harlem
Life.
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PIso's CURE cured me Of Throat and
Lung trouble OF three years standing. E.
CADY, Huntington, Ind, Nov. IL, 1894.
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Be sure; neuralgia will cease. st. Jacobs
Oil the cure. Get ease.
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The picture and advertisement on thi
page Of Hapgood Plow Co., Alton, Ill, vii
interest you.
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JUN
DECEMBER

BACKAcHE, toothache, frost-bites, too, 81
Jacobs Oil will cure-that's true.
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BUSINESS lifts the strain. st. Jacobs on
Is master cure for pain.
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AN investment in knowledge always pays
the best interest. -Benjamin Franklin
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-30

ALI kinds, little or big. st. jacobs Oh
surely cures aches and pains.
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CHARITY is. an eternal debt, and without
limit -QuesB&k
The herald., 1897-08-25
REDONDO

REDONDO. Aug. 24.-(Regular Corre-
spondence,) The board of trustees met
last evening and passed resolutions re-
questing the arrangements of the social
hops held in Foresters hall to stop at Il
o'clock, also that the drivers of teams be
required to either hitch their teams or use
weight.
II. w. Richardson of Riverside is Wis
itor at the beach.
f. w. Thompson of the Los Angeles and
Redondo railway left here today via
steamer Santa Rosa for San Francisco on
a short visit.
]. p. Hayden of Los Angeles is registered
at the Redondo hotel.
c. b. Jacobs and family left for the north
today on the steamer Santa Rosa.
w. j. Lowry of Oakland is located here
for the season
Mrs. S. w. Pease of Los Angeles was
visitor here today.
Preparations are being made to bring a
band of Apache Indians here on next Sat
urday and Sunday.
G. II. Peck of San Pedro was in Redondo
today on a business trip.
w. C. Carpenter of Compton visited Re-
dondo yesterday.
The Independent Order of Foresters will
give an invitation party at Foresters' hall
next Friday evening.
w. b. Witmore of Phoenix Ariz, was
the guest of friends here yesterday.
The herald., 1897-08-25
SAN PEDRO

SAN PEDRO, Aug. 24-(Regular Core
spondence.) The steam schooner Lakme,
Capt Andersen, arrived yesterday from
Tacoma with a cargo of poles consigned
to the Perry Lumber and Mill company.
When the Lakme has discharged her cargo
she returns north to sail for Alaska, hav-
ing been chartered some time since to
convey gold hunters to the Klondyke re-
gton.
The sloop Grace, owned by Peter Winther,
has been thoroughly overhaued and re-
painted, and will be leased to Los Angeles
parties for the remainder of the season.
c. N. Earl and wife Of East Los Angeles
old friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon of the
Hotel Clarence. enjoyed a visit to this
port last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Hollingsworth of
Artesia. Mr.. and Mrs. e. T. Pettigrew and
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Seeley of Los Angeles
have room sat the Clarence and are
thoroughly enjoying a two-weeks' vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strong arrived from Rands-
burg Saturday to make their home here
For the past eight months Mr.. Strong has
been engaged In the lumber business at the
mining town, but as the building boom be-
gan to decline he withdrew to accept a
position in the San Pedro planning mill.
Attorney w. H. Savage was among the
Hermosa's passengers to Catalina this af-
ternoon.
The San Pedro planning mill has more
orders ahead than it has had at any time
since it has been running.
George B. Mier, postmaster at Daggett.
is spending his vacation in this city, accom-
panied by his wife.
Rev. w. B. Jacob, rector of St. Peters
church, took wagonload of his Sunday
school pupils out for picnic today.
The herald., 1897-08-25
ORANGE

ORANGE, Aug. 24.-(Regular Core
spondence) During the season of 1868
the Santiago Orange Growers association
has shipped 1912 boxes of Washington
navels, 1885 boxes of Australian navels,
Michaels, 11,S56 boxes of Mediterranean
sweets and "a boxes of other kinds, which
gives total shipment of 2S.43S boxes, or
"a carloads and 23S boxes. The gross re-
ceipts have been $3252704, and the asso-
citation has disbursed to growers, 500 366. .03;
for packing, etc., SS9s4.37: for sundries
s2S29.S2. and now have balance of $685.
on hand.
The prices which growers have netted
from their fruit per box has been: Wash
ing navels, fancy, $1.59 and $100; choice,
81. 81 and S5 cents; standard. 9S and so cents.
Australian navels choice, 81 and 81 cents;
standard, SO and 36 cents. Seedlings, fancy.
70 and 40 cents; choice, AZ and 16 cents;
standard. IL cents. st. Michaels, fancy,
s1.42; choice, 50 cents; standard, 66 cents.
$101; choice, s1.02 and 70 cents; standard,
76 and Sc cents. Lemons, 81 cents per box.
r. w. Jones, foreman of the Hewes ranch,
is very much encouraged by the prospects
of the finest crop of olives ever raised in
this section.
What is even more encouraging than a
good crop, is the prospect of a good mar
ket. The crop upon this fifteen-acre or
chard should average over 81 per tree,
and as there are sixty-nine trees to the
acre the reveneue derived from this or
chard alone will be quite handsome sum.
The herald., 1897-08-25
SUM MER RESORTS

and a member of the G. A. R., which will
attend the service in body
The final circulation Of the petition for
reincorporation will be completed today,
and after publication will be presented to
the county commissioners. When Long
Beach Incorporates once more, lays more
sidewalks and sprinkles all its streets the
summer population will increase two-fold.
Gerald and Frank Wall, who have been
seriously i'll for some weeks, are now
slowly convalescing.
w. p. Haworth has returned from his
trip north.
Ed. Wright of Bakersfield is here visiting
his mother for few weeks.
Harry Allen of Pasadena is occupying
his new cottage at Alamtos.
Miss Winifred Webb of Alamitos is visit
ing In Santa Barbara.
The removal Of the benches in the park
is a serious privation to visitors who like
to spend the warm afternoons reading in
that lovely spot. In previous years seats
for the public were quite amply provided,
but this season for some unknown reason
they have disappeared Now those who de-
sire to spend an hour or two there are
obliged to sit on the ground, kept damp
from frequent sprinkling Let us have
the benches replaced.