The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-09-04
CHANGES WROUGHT sY TlME'


See Each Other DAILY.
"There ought to be law that families
shall live in communities, and not 90 stfak
cling apart to the ends of the earth, salo
the woman who was reading is..sI h - s''e
car to her friend who accompanied ner;
ssWhat led to that remark asked ner
friend; anything in that letter!
sYes. It is from my sister Amy, wnom
have not seen since she went west. mat
was Is years ago. She writes me that nec
hair il perfectly white and she weighs ~
pounds more than she did wnen last "a say. "
NOT be immense now, but think OF the
change. A slight, fragile young woman q
q fairylike physique and the lovellest BLACK
hair-why, she is simply another person; -
'But she would have changed as much Z
she had stayed here, in all probability said
her friend, trying to comfort her.
ayes. but the change would have been 20
gradual that / would not have noticed II.
Now seem to have two sisters, one Win
coal black hair and one with snow white.
One "a 4 stout. healthy, middle-aged WON.
an, the other dreamy eyed romantic girl
whose waist could span with my TWO
hands. Probably her face Is lined with
care and her character changed as moen a.
aWhat Of YOURSELF" inquired the friend;
"has time stood still with your!
81? Myself? / never thought OF that.
Yes. I have changed, too, and no doubt Amy
will be as much disappointed In me as VIII
be with her. But that gives another argu-
ment in favor of families keeping in touch.
main separate or as strangers There Is
enough of the pathetic in life without these
shocks of reunion"
And she thoughtfully folded her letter
while her friend looked out of the car win.
dow and was silent-Ch Chicago Times Herald.
Something Cheap.
As she stood upon the top stoop and
kissed him good-by before he went out to
battle with the cold, cold world he thought
that she had never looked 30 winsome, even
in their old counting days.
"And now my bad boy must have as many
slaps as years he has lived, for to-day is his
birthday" she went on, beginning the
Christening salutations..
"Why, SO it ISL he said, with that mo-
mentary sensation of years passing helpless
ly away which middle-aged men experiences
upon these occasions.
"And what lovely thing shall his darling
wife get him for birthday present this
year," she went on. you already have
smoking cabinet and a card table, and my
dining lamp, you know, was one Of
my birthday presents to you. And then"
I'D 60 kind of light, my dear" he an
gwered, somewhat modify. Get me some
little cheap thing. haven't been able to
| pay for my last years birthday present
| yet. IN. Y. Journal.
south Dakota rays on Its Debts.
Sioux Falls, s. D., July l3-[Special.] +
THE people Of South Dakota have, in the
last four years, paid of 81, ZOO, 600 of theiI
| debts" said one of the best known loan
| agents OF the State, land they are now
| paying of alta very rapid rate. AS things are
| now goingthe people of the State, and espe-
| cialIy the. farmers, will soon be well out Of
| debt. The large crops of the last few years.
| coupled with the close times, have had the
| effect of giving the people an appetite for
getting out Of debt. and fortunately has also
given them the ability to do So"
Another AGENT who Representa- loan com
pany which has several million dohars
loaned on farm proptefI n South Dakota,
adds his testimony, but the qsent complain:
the amount he would Ike TO loan.
"Our company has 1900 loans in this State
on farm lands said the agent dbove re.
ferred to, ''and we have not had over fifty
| foreclosures in seven years. The company
does not own foot of land in the State and
never lost cent on loan. - Chicago Trib-
une, July IA, 1897.
That portion of South Dakota which il
traversed by the lines of the Chicago, Mil
waukee 4 st. Paul Railway IL the finest
! agricultural and stock growing section of the
western country. For Letters from Farm.
ers," printed in pamphlet form, finely illus.
trated, and descriptions of farm lands, ad.
dass Geo. Fl. Heaford, General Passenger
Agent, Old Colony Building, Chicago, III.
Now is the time to look for homes in South
Dakota, where land is cheap and good.