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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
TALK BY WRESTLING.

Conversational Feats of the Shep-
herd Boys of Tenerine.
Have you ever heard of the so-called
swhistling language" of Teneriffe? The
probabilities are that you never have.
Yet this curious method of speech-if
indeed one can SO describe it-dates
from prehistoric times.
The shepherd folk of Teneriffe and
Eomera use the "whistling language"
and the first recorded notice of it was
made by French traveller as far back
rs 1455. Since then stray wanderers
kave called the worlds attention, at
long intervals, to the Language" Some
ycars ago, while roaming, with staff and
scrip, through ravines and over the
wild mountain ranges of Teneriffe, it
fell to the writer's lot to hear the shep-
herds thus conversing. BY placing two
Or three fingers in the mouth it is pos
bible to make the whistle carry to dis
tance of three miles, or whereabouts.
The lonely hills seem silent and do
serted, when suddenly out of the far dis
lance came. long, drawn and very
shrill whistle-the summons to con-
versation. In reply, a similar call strikes
piercingly on the ear from the opposite
direction. The whistles are widely sep
Arated, but have no intention of being
lonely. Perhaps they are having some
difficulty with their fiocks. Perhaps
they are merely resting awhile after the
dinner of black bread and onions. At
any rate, if you listen, you will soon
hear them in the thick of an earnest
chat, a chat between friends three miles
or more separated.
Logeard, the well-known French
snvant, has conclusively proved that the
whistling is in Spanish. Easy words
are taken, and the sounds initiated by
the whistlers. Long practice and he
redity have given the shepherds ex-
traordinary skill in whistling and un-
deVnlanding the Spanish. Their voca-
bulary is quite long one, and, in addi-
ton, they have regular code OF grad
uated notes, which convey telegraph
: ically what they cannot satisfactorily
reproduce in the ordinary manner.
The writer heard three parties of
shepherds exchange their hopes and
fears regarding the weather by this
means. On another occasion he heard
m invitation to dance sent in the
"whistling language" across stretch
of country exceeding 5H kilometers.
The young boys, and even the girls. are
ndepts at the Language" and the very
sheep appear to understand whisticd
commands at considerable distancr.
It's no unusual thing to find two boys.
or pair of the sturdy little mountain
lasses of Teneriffe, standing by the
parental cottages, and thus conversing
ncross wide ravine and rugged height,
without even catching a glimpse of one
another all the time. In fact the whist
ling language, dating as it does from
Sefore 1450. makes one wonder whether
the telephone is such a modern marvel
after all.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
HERE AND THERE.

The man who would successfully
control farm animals must first learn
to control hims elf.
According TO experiments made, il
has been found that as between cotton
seed meal and linseed meal the former
is superior for feeding farm animals,
but the difference between these cat
tie foods is not of special Importance.
The practice of husling shock Of
corn and leaving the fodder in loose
pile, to be blown about by the wind
and bleached by the rain. is bad one;
it should be carefully tied in bundles
of convenient size and shocked as soon
as husked.
The rats delight is corncrib floor
six or eight inches from the ground,
where they can pile the earth clean up
to floor; but they seldom do much harm
in cribs elevated so that cats aud dogs
can pass under. Set the crib well up.
bugs and crickets have found their
way into many wells, where they are
decomposing and will be the cause oil
many cases OF sickness Farm wells
everywhere should be examined, and
if contaminated should be cleaned
without delay.
There numerous descriptions OF
food for hogs. green and dry, winch
farmers may study with profit, bat,
says q swine feeder: There is no arti-
Gle of food that contains the element
termed fat in so suitable condition
for food for hogs as our common corn,
The pig, if thoroughbred. i'd
vances, under proper care, to the hog
and to pork. with wonderful rapidity
Say from ten pounds to 200 pounds in
seven to ten months, an increase in
value at the rate of 100 per cent. OF
more q month. Such y the lesson oi
experience.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
FLOATING FIRE ENGINES

Powerful and Effective Equipment -
New York's Fire Boats.
Mr.. Charles T. Hill contributes to
st. Nicholas another paper in his series
New York's fire department.
mt article describes the ''Float-
i ID c1ltc Engines" In writing Of the
Ne sker, Mr.. Hill says of her equip
ment- pumps:
These pumps have a throwing ca.
pacity of fully 10000 gallons of water
every minute, and under the best condi-
tions they have been known to reach
$1,000 gallons minute-over 5000 gal.
Ions more than any other fireboat afioat.
The water is drawn in through the sides
of the boat, below the water line, into
what is known as the Suction bay"
making an inner reservoir from which
the pumps are fed.
There are about 10000 little holes,
three-eighths inch in diameter, bored in
the sides of the boat just outside these
suction bays, and through these holes
the water is drawn in, and filtered so
that no foreign substance may get into
the pumps. From the pumps it is forced
into an air chamber, thus equalizing
the pressure all around, and then into
a veritable water main IL inches in
diameter, which runs all around the
boat, between decks, and supplies the
various outlets. There are AZ of these
outlets Cincluding the four stand pipes
or monitor nozzles), and they vary in
size from six inches in diameter down
to 2H inches (the size of the regulation
fire hose). Two of the monitor nozzles
are mounted aft, on top of the cabin.
and big and small one on top OF thu
wheelhouse. The two stand pipes aft
have 2H-inch MOBILES, the big one on the
wheelhouse having 3H-inch opening.
From the latter a solid 3H Inch stream
can be thrown distance of $50 feet, and
If necessary this can be increased to .
5h-inch opening, and a mighty stream
of water, having that width. can be sent
laundering out into space over 200 feet.
II you could hear this immense stream
as it pours into the bay, like a miniature
cataract, you could better appreciate
the power of this remarkable boat.
No body of fire could very long with
stand deluge like this, and it requires
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

last Month Of the Tennessee Oel..
tennial and Industrial ExDOsition.
The month of October closes this greatest
Of all Expositions ever held in the South, and
next to the Columbian, the best ever held in
this country. For the closing month, spe-
cial attractions have been arranged, and
the rates from all parts of the country have
been made lower than ever before known.
The location NASHVILLE, Tenn) is on the
main line of the Louisville & Nashville
in either direction via that city can be
made a. cheaply, If not cheaper, than via
any other route Ask your ticket agent
for rates, or write to c. P. Atmore, General
Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, for rates
and information.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A LITTLE GIRLS DOLLS.

Ny dollies are many.
There's curly haired Jennie
And Topsy SO black,
And white-haired old Jack.
There's Robbie, the soldier,
Than whom none is holder:
There's the Stick-of-Wood Polly.
And the Japanese dolly;
: But the latest and best
III silken robes dressed,
With vest Of pearls bright,
AL set in rows white,
Is Dolly Sweet Corn,
Who this summer was born,
On q tasselled cornstalk
Near the old garden walk,
In field of bright green,
With changeable sheen.
l. /. Bartlett. In Youths Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
The 2oo-Ponnd Plr.

1t is o pretty good rule that the
sooner pig can be brought to 200
pounds and the sooner he can be got
ten TO market after reaching this
weight. the greater will be the per
cent of profit in feeding him. Aside
from the risk of cholera. ETC., it has
been shown that the gain above zoo
costs more, and that, even with pork
bringing good prices, there is often an
actual loss in feeding above $50
pounds. In this case the longer they
are kept the greater the loss.-Agricul
tural Epitomist
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

sufficient. The subject of fertilizers Is
OF much Importance in practical farm-
ing, for it is at the basis Of every effort
of Improvement 1t is much better
understood than formerly. Still, there
are, however, some points too often
overlooked. The most important one
OF these Is that bulk counts for little
in fertilization compared with quality.
The concentrated fertilizer, such as
superphosphate, nitrates of potash or
soda, has done great deal in infiuenc-
ing the farmers in this respect Cereal
crops are greatly benefited by nitrogen
and heterogeneous manures.
Soil exhaustion may be prevented by
the simplest of all rotations, that of
wheat, followed by clover, and then
corn. Such a rotation may be begun
by sowing red clover in March upon
the fields seeded with wheat. Sow
one-half bushel Of red clover and about
one peck of timothy seed upon each
six acres. The clover should not be
pastured the first year except suffi-
Gent time after harvest, for the hogs
to get the scattered grains of wheat.
About the middle of June the second
year the clover can be pastured, but a
sufficient quantity of that in which the
most timothy grows should be reserved
to cut for hay. This system provides
for the accumulation of manure in q
level, so that the liquids will keep the
crop of straw and refused stalks in a
moist condition, and decomposition is
thereby hastened after the harvesting
season is over. Fifteen loads of stable
or barnyard manure are applied to the
acre over the clover field. this to be
plowed to a depth of abant ten inches
early the following spring. Where you
can plant corn each load is divided into
eight piles, placed five and one-half
yards apart. Before seeding to wheat
the corn is cut and shocked, and q
heavy, sharp-toothed harrow precedes
the drill. The high-cut stalks. when
narrowed down, act as mulch for the
wheat plants during the winter, and
measurably prevents washing, even
upon high ridges. A great advantage
in this method of rotation is that the
labor required to bring up the land in
April is not near as great as in mid
summer, and the corn, by being planted
fully week earlier than it can be on
similar soils where there is no sod.
yields abundantly and natures early,
SO that there is no delay in seeding
with wheat early in the fall.
AS may be inferred from what has
already been said, the prime factors for
cheaply enriching the soil and increas-
ing its fertility annually are the liberal
applications of properly-cared-for barn
yard manure and systematic rotation
of crops, of which red clover is the
basis. -E. j. Reyburn, Eva, Tenn, in
Agricultural Epitomist.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

The stomach that isn turned thus BY
shaking up on the "briny wave" must Be
well fortified one. The gastric apparatus can
be rendered proof against seasickness with
sea and land Hostetter's Stomach Bitter.
It defends the system against malaria and
rheumatism, and mbdues liver complaint.
constipation and dyspepsia.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
Look Out For the YOUNG Stock.

Do not leave the young stock to
CLEAN bare substance from bare
pastures, even though it be wise to let
them run at large to gain bone, muscle
and constitution. Unless well nour-
ished when young, you will never be
able to procure a good growth after
ward with any profit. Farmers Home
journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

The farmer who Things that he can
give up stock growing is sure to find
his mistake. The pastures must be
utilized and fertility of the farm main
taincd, and stock must be kept even il
he sees no direct profit in it. The
crops of grain, grass and forage should
all be fed on the farm where it is pos
sible.-Farmers' Home Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
weed Ont the ola stock.

Weed out the old stock and stun ted
stock and scrub stock of all kinds be-
fore going into winter quarters. 1t
does not pay to put up any for the win
ter which are not good enough to pay
for the feed and care you give them.
1t is idle to work for nothing when it
can be avoided.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

Watts-"There = one good feature about
the klondike that has not been sufficiently
exploited, in my opinion" Potts-"An
that is" Watts-"The superior facili-
dies ts: f until sod ,S sS Of , a9E Z: .ss
Indianapolis journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
a GRAND WORK.

Helping Tired Mothers end Giving Reey
chssks e Chi ,rep.
Thousands Of tired, nervous, worried
women have found Strength health "a
happiness \ Hoods 6arsaporilla- whkch
purines their blood, streuEthens their
nerves and gives them go>4 appetien.
Pale and puny children ars OWEN tosy
cheeks and vigorous appetites Uy1he ereoo
blood enriching qualities Of Hoods oxlor
parilla Il II indeed the mothers Ikiend
and Il may well have . place in tho9eands
Of families. Be sure to get Hoods.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

cell you what you ask for. Some few wiI)
ask you to take something which they claim
i 'sjust ~ good" A little more profit in
duces them to do this. DR.. Belle Pins-Tar-
After you try it once you viii like It too veil
to accept any substitute.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

Askins-That fellow, Dubby, isn't of much
Importance, is he?
Grimshaw-Much importance? Why, he
wouldn't even cut any ice in Klondike in the
winter time!-Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
A Woman OF Mark.

Magistrate-The evidence shows that you
threw stone at the man.
Mrs. McDuff-An' it shows more thar
that, yer honor. 1t shows that ! hit him.
Boston Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
An Important Addition

to the list of the worlds most valuable
medicines is DR.. Bells Pine Honey.
Harmless il its nature, yet almost infallible
in its action, it is undoubtedly the most
efhcacious means known to-day of curing
coughs, colds, and kindred diseases.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

Judge-How do you know the prisoners
threw eggs at you?
Tragedian-I caught them in the act
Up-to-D Date.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

Boys carry their grips conspiculouslv. %
people. will ask them where they are going.
Washington Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
Hoods pills Il s n ss ss,y gs e az


:. ''Mstrimony,, = aid the sweet girl boardms
Is holy rite"
why, them" asked Asbury Peppsn,
With the air Of man sure of his ground.
why, then. i i that g many who marry
end they are wholly left !"-C Cincinnati Es
Quirer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

First Boarder-T wonder the landlady
let's him stay; everybody can see that he
drinks" Second Boarder-"Yes; but he
never has any appetite in the morning. =
Puck
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

of DR.. Bells PiLe-Tar-Honey, on retiring,
stops q cough, relieves Group, or cures 4
cold, and insures quiet rest and refreshing
mothers who have used it recommend It.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

Cook Ito policeman -''How neatly you
carve that goose!y with sudden out.
burst of jealousy "You have deceived me!
am not your first love. "-Fliegende Blaetter
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

A Stumbling Block.-s'What il the oh
lection of the politicians to thGseivil serv
ice reform SYSTEM" The examination ques
tinns..-Truth-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

why II Star Plug Tobacce the Bssts
Because it il made from selected stock q
the best grade Of leaf that grows. The ipgre-
dents used in its manufacture are absolute.
y pure-nothing injurious to the system a.
teri into Il.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

First Tramp-"Did yer give her dat gal
about bein' too feeble to work." Second
Tramp-"Yes She said dat wuz what WI,
der matter wild de gag-N. Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

We have noticed that the less man
knows the more he criticises the courts.
Washington Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

C1ergyman-'My boy, do you know IT,
wicked to fish on the SABBATH? Young.
ster-T isn't fishing; I'm teaching this 'ero
Wurm to swim. Tit Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
speaking from Experience.

Teachcr-What is that which pervades al
space, which no wall or other substance can
shut out?
Johnnie Sharpe "a fiat dweIler) The
smell of onions, miss.-Odds and Ends.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

A Dose in Time Saves Nine of Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar for Coughs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

Cover an ass with lions skin, and he
will soon manage to poke his ears out some
how.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

You can always tell man who il not ussd
70 tipping his hat by the awkward way h.
does it.-Washington Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
The Alternative.

Customer Chalk down that shave; I'm
broke.
Barber--We don't trust. If you can't
raise ten cents raise whiskers.-Judge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

a." said the pompous actor, twas cnce
where the shells fell so thick and fast that to
sssaps v then e te T;s se Az. Hc
were loaded with egg. Detroit Free Press
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

that DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey il the best
cough and lung remedy on earth unless You
vii! try it. 1t you do this and don't agree
with US, you get your 25c back quick, right
where you buy it,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

'What do you regard as the most impor
tant event of the century," asked the phil
osopher. 'Well," answered the wheelman
"the finish is about as satisfactory as any
part of the run Truth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

''Why, George. you haven't smoked any
of those cigars gave you for birthday pres
cnt" No, dear, / couldn't find it in my
heart to burn anything you gave me. -
Jugend.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

Because man is poor in flesh e nol
z sure sign that he doesn't eat much. Wash.
ington Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13
TALE OF A KITTEN.

dow y Lucky Little Black Cat Found
a Second Mother.
This is story of plucky little black
cat. Its mother was Eighty young
thing, with no domestic bump on her
head and no domestic line on her paw.
She was a new eat, and the cellar on the
corner of Twenty-eightb street and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-11-13

Many sore-eyed man sets up for an eye
doctor, and does a thriving business at it,
Rams Horn.
Evening journal., 1897-05-25
Agreement on sunary cIvn nnI.

Washington, May 25.-The conferees
on the sundry civil appropriation bill
have agreed. The most important
amendment to the bill was that revok-
ing the order of President Cleveland Of
Feb. % setting apart 21,O00,000 acres Of
land as forest reservations. The sem
ate amendment has been modified by
providing that the president may modi-
fy or revoke the proclamation, and it is
provided that the lands embraced in
the reservations not disposed Of before
March 1, 1898, shall be subject TO opera
tions Of the order of Feb. p. or as they
may be modified by the president. The
general provisions for the government
Of the forest reservations are retained
as provided in the senate amendments.
Evening journal., 1897-05-25
INTERESTING DECISION.
Removal From once Question Settled by
New Jersey Court OF Appeals.

Removal From once Question Settled by
New Jersey Court OF Appeals.
Trenton. May 25.-The court of errors
and appeals has just made public one
of the decisions which II has reached.
The effect OF this decision Is 10 hold as
constitutional the different acts which
grant special exemption from removal
from office of soldiers of the. late war.
The decision was in the case of Ebene-
zer Francis who was about two years
ago removed from the position OF clerk
in the auditors Office in the city of
Newark
The supreme court decided against
Francis on the ground that ne was not
an honorably discharged soldier The
court of errors reverses this finding and
also goes into the constitutiunality be-
cause of It's special application To hon
orably discharged soldiers OF the late
war There has always been oonsidera-
bic question as TO whether these sew
eral acts with reference 10 veterans
were constitutional and this is the first
time that the court of errors and APP
peals has passed upon the point.
Evening journal., 1897-05-25
ooNpeNsEp pIsPATcHEs.

New York clty's first school for tru-
ants was opened.
Hackensack N. j.. Is In arms against
the granting of a trolley franchise.
Dissolution Of the Spanish cabinet is
threatened and Campos has been called
to Madrid.
The presidents power to remove Office
holders was upheld by the United states
supreme court.
President Mckinley approved the res
oution of relief for starving Ameri-
cans in Cuba within ten minutes after
he had received It.
The birthday of Queen Victoria. who
was born in 1919. was observed through
out England with the usual artillery
salutes. the ringing Of church bells and
reviews at the different naval and mill
tary stations.
a boy named Dinehart, 10 years old
while playing with a number of com
rades, was killed by a live wire at syra.
cuse. one OF the youngsters threw q
coil of small wire over a trolley cable
the ends coming in contact with thi
track. Young Dlnehart grasped the wirl
and fell dead.
Evening journal., 1897-05-25
New York Markets.

FLOUR-State and western quiet.
but steady; city mills patents. si95G
$50: winter patents. tA6O0A9O; city
mills clears. S475Q49O; winter straights.
S4.25Q44O.
WHEAT-No. 2 red opened firm and
advanced on higher cables and rumor-
ed crop damage and later declined un-
der a decrease In the visible then ex-
peeted May. so lS-16QSlc. July. 77AQ
1Skc.
RYE-Qulet; No. ? western. 37c
CORN-No. 2 was steadier on better
cables and in sympathy with wheat;
July. Soc: September. 3i@SiMc
OATS-Nn. 2 were duh and nominal
track. white. state. 25QSlhc.; track
white western. 25G31hc
PORK-Steady; mess. Ss750g25 fam
lily. S9.50G1O.50
LARD-Easier; prime western steam
S402ls nominal.
BUTTER--Firm state dairy, i0d
14c. state creamery, llMl5c.
CHEESE-Quiet; state. large. 9h@
9ikc, small. 10c.
EGGS-Steady; state arG Pennsylva.
mia, l2hc.; western 12c.
SUGARS Steady; fair refining, 2Mc.
centrifugal, 96 test, Sac refined quiet
crushed, 5hc.; powdered, 4Ac.
TURPENTINE-Dull at 27h 627Ac.
RICE-Quiet; domestic, 4hQ6c.; ia.
pan, 4hG4Ae.
TALLOW-Quiet; city, 25sq3c.; coun
try 3Q3Bc.