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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
Take Care Of the Tools.

Take care of the farm Implements
and machinery. 1t would seem that
no warning is necessary on this point,
but 1t would surprise the general rea.
der if he were travelling over the coun.
try TO note the evidences of careless
ness that are SO often seen. The prov
ident and painstaking farmer has a
place for his implements where he
sees to 1t that they arc housed and
properly cared for when they are no
longer required in the cultiva.
ton of crops. His improvident
neighbor sometimes leaves his inn
plements where they were used last
or about his premises, without shelter.
Even his harvester or moving ma
chine Is left in the field long after it
has been used, subjected to all kinds
OF weather and inevitable injury.
The cost of repairs is necessarily in.
creased under such inexcusable neg.
lect, and the period when a new MAJ
chine will be necessary is much short
ened. The care of tools is an import
ant factor in farm economy, and q
word In season, while not necessary
for the provident man, may be service
able to such as are too re miss in this
direction .-Progressive Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
BEAT THAT ALL HOLLOW.
He Could Lose Anything According to His
Story.


Story.
The man with the corduroy vest was
;elling the story. He said he was there
when it happened. He has the reputa-
ton among his friends of having been
at every important event since the land
ing of the ark. Anyhow, this is what he
said:
81 was over at the theater last night
and was standing in the lobby waiting
for some friends who were going with
me to see the show. Two men, both of
whom had been drinking, came in. One
of them, the more unsteady one, wob-
bled up to the box Office and bought two
seats. He lost the tickets between the
box office and the door.
when they got to the doorkeeper
and were asked for their tickets the
man who had bought them began hunt
ing through his pockets and looking
hopelessly into his hat. His friend en-
couraged him with maudlin advice and
finally the doorkeeper told them pretty
sharply to hurry up and let other people
in.
"'Can't do it, replied the man who
had lost the tickets.
"'Why not?' asked the doorkeeper.
Il Josh my tickets
why, you couldn't have lost them.
saw you buy them two minutes ago.
You couldn't have lost two little bits Of
pastboard like that so quick
"Thc ticket loser was very indignant.
He looked as sternly as he could at the
doorkeeper. Then he said:
"'Oh, couldn't Josh 'em, couldn't I?
couldn't Josh 'em. Thash all you know
bout it. 1 can't Josh anythin'. Josh
bass drum once buffalo Express.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
HERE AND THERE.

"A fair-sized, smooth, young mule,
In good condition, can nearly always
be converted into cash, and the prices
are now reaching point where it pays
to raise and sell them.
System on the farm is as important
to success as system in the factory.
There should be a good. reliable, loud
striking clock in the house, and every
laborer should carry q watch.
Milk, from healthy cows, handled
from the pail to the customer with the
care recommended by modern dairy
men and with modern appliances,
should keep sweet several days
Hay Is always a valuable food crop
on the farm, but is not the only one to
depend upon. Corn drilled in and cut
when just in proper condition Is rel
ished by stock as is also sorghum.
"A boy killed an owl on the inclosed
lands of Kentucky farmer recently,
and he was prosecuted under the state
trespass law and the fine and costs
amounted to s1& Then there was .
howl.
Fat not only covers many imper-
fections, but makes them look more
calmly, and many buyers think that .
fat mule enjoys good health. You can
not get them too fat, SO don't be afraid
to lay it on. 80 ~
The gardener is simply farmer
on small farm, who is compelled to
make several crops on limited area
instead at growing one crop on large
surface. Every farmer can add gar.
denin9 70 his operationa.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
A SO-Cent Calendar Free.

Perhaps the most beautiful Calendar Issued
for the year '97 Is TnB YOUTHS COMPANION
Art Calendar, which Is given to each sub
scriber to the paper for the year '97. It Is
made up OF four charming pictures, beautiful
ly reproduced In twelve harmonious colors.
1t is In form four-page folder which, when
extended, Is 10x24 inches In size. The sub
jects are delightfully."- attractive. The Calen-
dar makes desirable ornament for man
tel, comfortable or writing-dcsk 1t IL Of
fered for sale only by the publishers Of Tue
Y0UTH's COMPANION at 80 cents per copy.
Only because Of the enormous number pub
lished is 1t possible for the publishers Of
The COMPANION to send 1t free to all CON-
PANIoN subscribers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
AMONG THE DEAD OF THE YEAR.
These Prominent Men All Died Of that Great Modern Curse-Bs Disease
PROF. ABBOTT,

The year Just closed has furnished an
alarming array Of prominent men who
have died of Bright's disease Of the kidneya
The number includes Professor Austin
Abbott, the great jurist and author of law
books; NJ. B. Brady, the famous photos-
rapher; Col. Thos. w. Knox, the author
Of the "Boy Travellers; Mark M.
Pomeroy, the well-known editor; Mr.. Ed
win Pardridge, the prominent Chicago
merchant; and Ex-Governor Greenhalge,
of Massachusetts.
If"death loves shining mark, !" It Is also
certain that Bright's disease finds its vic
tins among the prominent as well rs
among the millions Of people who are SUI
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
=. Il. PoURoY.
OoI. =. ", KNOX.

fering with it to-day, and yet do not realize
this serious fact
There are men and women In every por-
tion Of America who feel out Of sorts and
who do not realize what 1t is that Affects
them. They may have peculiar pains In
various parts Of the body, strange lassitude,
bad taste in the mouth, pains In the back
larity of the system.
These things mean Bright's Disease In
some one Of its various stages, and no
man or woman is safe who has them
This terrible disease was once considered
incurable. Eminent doctors so declared,
but constant scientific and chemical ex-
periments resulted in discovery, which Is
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
The Queens Preacher.

Etiquette is to be observed in preach
ing before the queen. No personal ref.
erence to her majesty is permissible, u
pure Gospel discourse being the rule,
delivered as though she was not pres
emit. Many have tried to evade these
rules. The queen likes and enjoys "a
plain, practical discourse. selected
from the lessons or Gospel of the day,
to occupy about 90 minutes in delivery.
Questions of the day, and, above all, pol
itics. must be entirely excluded.-Ci9,
ciu1ati Enquiries.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
HATE THE ENGLISH TONGUE.
Indians Grow Hostile Through Rigid
Rules at School

indiana Grow Hostile Through Rigid
Rules ut School
For years government instructors
among the Indians have been troubled
by the fact that the red men, after learn
ing English at the schools as children,
Invariably return to their own tongues
and seem positively to hate the white
mans language.
The superintendent of Indian schools,
w. N. Mailman, in report just made to
the commissioner of Indian affairs, says
that the Indians were actually taught
to hate the English tongue, because Of
the rigid rules against the Use of any
Indian conversation by pupils. Until
lately the great majority of Indian
teachers have labored under the delu.
sion that they can hasten the acquisi.
tion of the English language on the part
of the pupils by compulsory measures,
visiting more or less severe penalties
upon the unfortunate children who wers
caught in the use of the Indian speech.
The unreasonableness of such pro.
eeedings, which are always punished
with more or less serious failure, ap-
pears when it is considered that an
idiom that is forced upon a child by
means of penalties and other appeals
to fear is necessarily hateful to him.
Then, in his own heart, he turns away
from it and uses 1t only under more or
less pronounced protests. This be-
comes quite manifest as soon as the
children are removed from the restraint
OF. the school, when, for instance, they
return to their parents for a visit or
more or less permanently after gradua-
ton, and when, on meeting their
former teachers, they will either re-
fuse to speak English altogether or an.
swer with shame-faced reluctance.
Prof. Mailman says: There is no
doubt in my mind that the unreason-
ableness of the offensive warfare made
in the Indian schools against Indian
vernacular is largely to blame for the
apparent stubbornness with which
older Indians refuse to learn English
or to use the little knowledge thereof
which they may possess. If it is argued
that with liberty to use the Indian ver-
nacular the Indian children will engage
In conversation, possibly improper,
which the teacher can neither under
stand nor control, the fault lies not
with the child's knowledge and use of
his own idiom, but with the teachers
ignorance of the same, and the remedy
will be found not in the repressive
measures, which must, because of their
unreasonableness, fail of their purpose,
but in the determined effort on the
teachers part to acquire knowledge
/ of the child's idiom.
Probably the traditional hostile at
titude of certain schools to the Indian
vernacular is responsible for the fact
that in number of instances teachers
and other school employees continue at
the same school, working with the same
tribe of Indians, without acquiring any
appreciable knowledge of the language
spoken at the homes of their children.
This ignorance frequently extends to
the customs, habits of life, and the his
toricai development of the tribe In
question. They seem to treat the In
dams as outcasts, and the outcome Of
their work corresponds with this atti'
ude.'"-Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

WNKs-ssWhat sort of a man Is Blinks,
any wayW Jlnks-"Oh. he's one Of those
men who, If they should happen to read that
Charles Dickens was born on Friday, Feb
ruary 2, 1924, would take keen delight in
showing that February 2, 1924, fell on Tues
day, and that the biographer, in conse.
epence. was wrong, "-spWeryillp Jevy14
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
Continuing on my trip south I notics

Continuing on my trip south notes
bottom fields are smaller aud fewer,
while those green with grass and
spotted with hogs are larger and moro
numerous than ever before. At each
railroad station there are large, full
pens Of fat hogs to be shipped, and
each express Office ID full Of Grated
thoroughbred pigs to be sent of on
the next north-bound train. Having
finished my trip find myself again in
Hopkinsville reading an agricultural
paper, when I come across the follow.
ing paragraph, ''Eince swine breed.
ing has been fostered In the til there
have been each year In ten southern
states 10000 mortgages released from
FARMS" / write to some friends in
different states asking them IL many
thoroughbred swine are raised in the
south, and their answer is in the affirm
alive, and they add, 1--WE are pros.
porous and contented." How to pro-
mote such happiness I leave for others
to plan. but will mention one step
which. If taken, win, I think, be the
first toward meeting with success in
the swine-breeding industry. Make
each meeting of the association more
interesting, continually educating our.
selves in the business. which educa-
ton will enable us to make that BUSH
ness both pleasant and lucrative.
If the north has produced her
Wilkes, her U. SIS, her Free Trades
and her j. II. Saunders, what may we
not expect of the south with her SUI.
perior advantages in natural produc.
ton OF grasses and grains and the life
giving influences Of balmy and salu.
brious climate. Gentlemen. see only
a bright future for thoroughbred swine
in the south ~z-t----
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

an absolute cure for Brights disease, svsQ
In it, advanced stages. II u the one and
plant, it, name IL Warmers Safe Cure.
II h simply marvellous how many people
arc today kept in perfect health and
strength through its usA It has pleasing,
soothing and .Quieting effect upon ~
Kidneys and ali adjacent organs. h -.
Isyes promptly. puts the system in . CON
for misery. Testimonials Of its great poVsP
could be furnished by the thousands, bu>
all Intelligent mon and women, as we'll e
the medical profession, know its grae&
power and the grand work 1t IL doing b
the world
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
STATE OF Quo, CIrY OF TOLEDO, L.
I.rCAs COUNTY

LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner OF the firm of r. ]. CHENEY
q Co, doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use Of Halls
CATARRu CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A d. 1850.
A. w. GLEASON,
beEAtJ Notary PMbltc
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. f. j. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo q.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
Good Horses scarce.

There Is large decrease in the num-
Der of horses in this country. This is
due to the extremely low prices that
have prevailed for the last few years.
The consensus of opinion among horse.
men is that really good horses are very
scarce. We believe this is good time
to invest In good, young, sound mares
or colts, for the signs of the times in
dictate that horses can not always re-
main 80 low. There are very few
young horses coming on, and the old
horses are dying of.
Statistics gathered by the depart
ment of agriculture show that since
1893, the number of horses in the
country has decreased more than l..
100, OO0 head. The Western Horseman,
commenting upon the condition of af.
fairs, says: las the horses now in the
country become older, the death-rate
will become correspondingly larger,
and it is fact patent to everyone
that has any acquaintance with the
horse business that there are very few
two-year-olds, a less number of year.
lings, and one has but to take a 90
mile drive through the country in any
direction to be convinced that there
are practically no weanlings and q cor
respondingly small number of mares
in foal." This Journal predicts that
for the year 1896 the report of the de.
partment of agriculture will show a
decrease of at least one million horses,
and il is not within the mower Of man
to replenish this great decrease within
the next five or six years.
1t is nonsense to talk Of the bicycle
displacing the horse, for large per
cent. of those who use the bicycle
never did keep horses. The bikes
in the cities and towns are interfering
with theater managers more than they
are horse raisers. The horse Is de-
manded by civilization and business,
and the man who raises good ones in
the future will get good sale for
them.--Journal Of Agriculture.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
You want . Farm ,

We have, 80 miles west Of Houston, q
high prairie, and well drained, abundant
rainfall. good soil, low prices and coy
terms. Don't fail to post yourself Writ
and receive our book Fertile Farm Lands"
free and information as to cheap excursions
and fres fare. Address, Southern Texas
Colonization Co., JOHN LINDERHoLM, Mgr
ITO Rialto Bldg. Chicago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
In Olden Times

People overlooked the importance of per.
manent,y beneficial effects and were salts
fed with transient action; but now that 1t
Is generally known that Syrup of Figs will
permanently overcome habitual constipa-
ton, well-informed people will not buy
other laxatives, which act for time, but
finally injure the system.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

When man or a nation ignores the
great laws of conscience 1t will b
learned sooner or later that no Official
and no legislature can ever override
the operation of Gods greatlaws. Sow
the wind, reap the whirlwind, IL d.
vine law.-Rev. ]. L. Cheney, Baptist
Cleveland. o.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

Mrs. W.-"Jenkinsor, here's an item IN
the paper about some town adopting a cur
few ordinance. What does curfcw meanf'
w.t. means that there's got to be fewer
ours. It's a sort OF dog Chicago
Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

Those anxious to prolong this rapid transS,
span, should foster his digestion, negatively
by abstaining from indiscretions In diet and
.afflrmatively by the of tina. peerless stom-
achic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, when he
experiences symptoms Of indigestion. The
impairment Of tiedigestive function IL fatal
to vigor. Subdue with the Bitters, also, 70
YER and ague, biIiousness and constipation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

A REPORTER in describing the MURDER or q
man named Jorkin said ssThe murderer
was evidently In quest of money, but luck
lily MIR. Jorkin had deposited all his funds IN
the bank the day before, so that he LOST
nothing but his life. "-Tit-B Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

She HAD READ THE PAPKRs.-"Papa,r
said young Mrs. bunker, won't you please
give George and me el0,0007" NV hat do
to build q, 600 house. Harlem Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

man ba i Py hn ba. sf Sscdm tine gperssS
miser." ssImpossible.' sits true. The
last heard of him he didn't get any pleas.
ure out of anything except sitting down in
his cellar counting his hoard OF anthracite
coal over and over again. Washington
Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

LIKB OTHER MEDICINE. = Penelope-"I
Aear you are engaged to Miss Dingbatts at
last" Reginald-"Ycs; she refused me six
times, but persevered." Penelope-aThen
you were well shaken before taken. "-Har-
lem Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

you think my new hat is
poem, Ned7" Ned CRITICALLY -"From its
height, dear, should compare 1t instead to
short story p'-Spare Moments.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

PRooF.-sT know" said Mrs. Barlow
"that it isn't Billy that is quarrelsome
Why, ne will play here all day by himself
and never hear word, but Just as soon a.
some little boy comes there is fight going
wallpapers Bazaar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lift
AWAY.

II you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worlcr that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 100000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee q
cure. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

SATISFIED. Rankin "I hear that yor
called me liar" Danby-"Yes, did, and
I'll prove that you are one.n Ranlin-sOh
never mindi make it a rule never to pur
sue a disagreeable subject. n-C Cleveland
Leader.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

CRMsoyBEAK-''There man who was
congratulated by his employer for being
short in his accounts. Yeast = "That's
curiousi' "Not at all; he's newspaper
writer. "-Yonkers Statesman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

DRoPsr treated free by DIR. II. II. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver-
tsement in another column Of this paper.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

6ou young men would get along bettsg
II they had less point to their shoes and
moro TO their conversation. = Springfield
(Ill Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

We say that the good die young. As .
matter Of fact it is the young that die good.
Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

The real purpose Of arbitration Is to show
that the other fellow is wrong.-L. A. w.
Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

HARDLY anybody likes to have his family
physician criticised. (Ia.) DEM
ocrat
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

AFTER physicians had given me up, was
saved by Piso's Cure.-RALPu ERIEa, Viii
| liza nsport, Pa, Nov. %, 1893
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

NornINe gets man out Of humor quicker
than to have some one come in to visit, and
then pick up newspaper and go TO read
ing. Washington Ia.j Democrat
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle &
treatise. DIR. KLINE. 9S3 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

DAR's 30 many hills on de road ter Heaven
dat some folks misses de place entirely b.
buildin' q railroad round 'em.-AtlAnA
Conttitution.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

Some people are not as bad as they look,
while others are great deal worse.-Wash
ington Qa.) Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

A CRUEL pain-sciatica. It's cure is sure.
Use st. Jacobs Oil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

A WOMAN never thinks a bed is complete
without lot of fussy trimmings on the pill
lows.-Washington Ia-l Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

TIE HosrEss-"I suppose there is no use
In asking you to stay to dinnerl' The
Caller-'sNot in that way."-N. Y. Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

How TINE flies from Il % date on which a
man distinguishes himself. Washington
Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

COLD did It. Warmth cures It, Rheumar
tism is cured promptly by st. Jacobs Oil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

DOUBLED up and bent with pain-Lumba-
go. Use st. Jacobs Oil and straighten up.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

PERHAPS more good might be accom-
plished by ringing q curfew for grown
people.-N. Y. Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

You can mako lots of Roadway sometimes
by admitting you are wrong when you are
not.-Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar upon q cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

A POUND ov perswashun Is better than q
ton ov compulshun.-Truth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

A CoLD-sore and stiff. All right again
St. Jacobs Oil did it-cured.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-06

A cRuTcH is used for sprains. Use st.
Jacobs Oil instead it cures.