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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05
bator managers at Hammonton ara
women.-Southern Cultivator.


Another big crop of cotton is made
and its harvest has begun. As re-
suit of two big crops the price is very
low, and bids fair to go lower. The
cotton farmer has the blues, and the
old-time worn question of how to in
duce other farmers to cut down their
acreage, or to regulate the selling of
cotton by some syndicate, is being agi-
tated as remedies to cure the evil. /
would suggest that one practical way
of partially attaining the much-de-
sired end of helping up the price of
cotton is to increase its consumption
in every possible way. One of these
ways is to use cotton sheets made of
cotton goods to gather the cotton crop
with. So far as my observation goes,
farmers almost invariably use burlap
sheets. 1t is much easier to go to a
store and buy a sheet made and ready
for use, than to buy the cloth and have
it made. The burlap sheet is made of
some foreign material, whose con-
sumption does US no good. On the
other hand, every sheet made of cot
ton goods consumes that much of our
own product. A burlap sheet costs
from 20 cents to rs cents and lasts,
generally, one season. A cotton sheet,
made of, say seven and half yards of
eight-ounce osnaburgs or duck, will
cost about 60 cents, will ''tie up" 800
pounds of seed cotton, and will, with
reasonable care, last five or six years,
thus being really cheaper in the end
than the burlap sheet.-Cor. Dixie
Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05
Moonshine Court Didn't Count.

A witness in North Carolina state
court was asked on cross-examination if
be did not testify in former trial di-
rectly contrary to what he had just
sworn to. He replied with evident I'M
concern, II did, SIR
Iawyer-You did. Wen, which was
the truth and which was the lie?
Witness-What l told the first time
was lie and what ! say now is the
truth.
Lawycr-And aren't you ashamed to
confess that you perjured yourself in
o court of justice
Witness-Why, no. sir, that first time
was in the federal court.-Case and
Comment.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

The polite agent for the new parlor
phonograph who knocked at the door
insisted that the old lady who opened
it place the tubes in her ears, and listen
to one song. She need not buy-a pleas
ure to exhibit it-"just try it once,
madam" etc.
This song you will hear. madam" he
said, as she held the tubes doubtfully
to her ears, "is My Darling. Pluck a
Daisy From My Grave as sung by
Leopoldo Moriarity, the famous New
York tenor"
The agent started the machine up,
but the old lady dropped the tubes and
said:
Jest hold on a minute till / come
back. That drafted cooks openin' an
other can of tomatoes in the kitchen
with table knife. Detroit Free
Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05
Pnul Revere,n Conner noIta.

At the annual dinner of the Paul Re-
we're association Mr.. Benjamin F.
Stevens gave an address, in which he
SPOKE of the connection of Paul Revere
with the building of the frigate Consti-
tuition. He spoke of the fine work done
by Revere, and the secret process that
he had for tempering copper, so that it
could be drawn into bolts, and by which
he secured the contract for supplying
the bolts and metal work for the vessel.
Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05
,BR0ILERS FOR MARKET.
a Few Hints to Those Who Contemplate
Catering to the Demand for
BroiIed Chicken.


Broilers have made money for some
men; they have lost it for others. The
difference in results was occasioned
by the difference in the men, their
ways of getting the birds from shell
q market, not in the brothers, Elk
q fence is the best teacher, but it is
q advisable to pay too much for the
t>acher. 1t would be folly form man
q :ause he had money, to pay pro-
sor of mathematics in some of our
colleges 5000 q year to teach his boy
the rudiments of mathematics when
he could get teacher well yersed in
primary arithmetic for few dollars
per month. So it is folly for man to
go into the broiler business; ON large
scale Tor the experience. Learn by be-
ginnin[ lin small way. Read the ex-
perience of others; If possible visit the
broiier establishments Of those who
have been successful in this line of
poultry farming. But after reading
and visiting do not think YOU know it
all, and invest several hundred or a
{qw, Thousand dollars and lose all in
I'm ing how TO- make Lroilers pay
"a make broilers side issue till
sh<IZild see that nh the cleaning up. car
yor have experience, or make it winter
b1(incss in connection with some work
6t ID NJ its height in the summer
lfuit growing, for instance.
A good plan for STRAIT is to have
10 small brooder house and two incu-
hptors with capacity of 200 eggs
e. 18th this little outfit you could
run ball broiler bushes in connec-
rfio1 Eth other work from which to
living. As one becomes posted
81 business il may be enlarged UNI
til j whole time is devoted to it. In
fh broiler center of this country,
Ia monton, n. j.. there are men who
fr0 October to July virtually abide
In r brooder houses.
ID oing into this business remem-
Der here are some things that have to
be lad whether it is run on a small
scale e a large one. We refer now to
briole1 nising as businessmen the
raisin 81 few chickens on the farm
to bo<oold as broilers. First, there
must Be incubators and a place for
therd$ second, a brooder house and
brooders; third, eggs, and fourth, fuel,
feed and other running expenses for
four or five months before there is q
cent incpme from all this outlay. If
only an incubator or so is used the
s'place" need not be a house built ex-
pressly for the purpose. The same is
true as regards the brooders, though
a brooder5 house is more necessary
than an Incubator house when the
business is run In a small way.
II q farmer wishes small broiler
plant in, connection with the other
farm operations, he might put it in
charge of his wife or daughter. but he
should see that all thecleauing MP, car
rying water and other such work is
done by the men folks that is not
womarfs part of the business. Some
Of the best and most successful iness'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05
FELL FROM A SCAFFOLD.
From the Herald. WATERFOWL. N. z.

From the Herald. WATERFOWL. N. Y.
John Young, of lie Roy, N. Y, is ~ years
old, and is we'll known in that and neighbor-
ing towns While putting some weather
boards on barn, standing on = scaffold
twenty-five feet from the ground, he felt
dizzy, lost his balance al fell to the ground.
The side of his face, arm and one entire side
of his body, on which be struck, were badly
bruised. Picked up and carried to the
house, he was under doctors care for sew
eral weeks. The doctor finally came to the
conclusion that lis patient had received a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

The circular skirt still retains it.
vogue, although many of the models
are greatly narrowed.
Cloth and corded silk and drape d'ete
or .doublc-faced cashmere and MORE
will be very fashionably combined mex
season.
The small pad hustle is now worr
with the latest day costumes and even.
ing toilets, and those of larger proper
tons are announced.-Chicago Record
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05
"There is some ANALOGY between b

There is some analogy between the Amer
lean campaign in Cuba and the Anglo
Egyptian campaign in Nubia, remarked the
snake editor to the horse editor How SO? ?"
You know that we had to issue rations to
the Cubans" "YesD ''Well, Gen. Kit
chener gave the deryishes a roast Pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

Papa's Idea.-Harry-"P what is the
still, small voice." Papa-"it's the voice in
which your mother makes suggestions to the
cook. Chicago News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

"Chollie says he is in favor of expansion"
"How on earth did he ever happen to have
an idea on the subject" 81 don't know,
but / think it struck him as something
swell. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

"When Europe finally decides to disarm, :"
he said, thoughtfuily. "Well2" they said,
inquiringly, as he paused. Spain will have
the satisfaction of knowing that, so far as
she is concerned, part of her work is al
ready one."-Chicago Evening Post
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05
Improved SIathematics.

"What are you working on now" was
asked of the man who is always inventing
but never invents.
Nothing very Zig just at present. I'm
compound interest with rubber stamp
Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

Wife--"John, is it true that you invited
our cook soldier lover to my birthday din
ner?" Husband-"C Certainly. / did not
want him to get the best morsels of every
dish. "-Fiegende Blaetter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

Mrs. Murray me tin cints wort az
ham," Grocer" Sugar-cured, MADAME
Mrs. Murray-sNoi ! want some thot has
nivir bin disazed. Judge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

Professor-"What happens,to gold when
Is exposed to the air?" Student latter lon,
Ieilectionl ITS stolen. Tit Bits
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

There goes another camp victim" "Why,
be isn't soldier" "No, but he camped
out this summer and got engaged to girl -
IN. o. Times Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

Dudekins-'Did you tell your sister I'm
here?" Frcddy-"Yep" Dudekins-"What
did she say?" Freddy-"She said:. The
'"-Truth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

Q I roke OF
paralysis
and was be-
yond medi-
cal aid. He
could not
use one arm,
or turn over
in bed.
One day,
while lying
on the bed,
he read of a
case some
thing like
bis havi ng
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure
for Consumption.-Mrs. Frank Mobbs, 2l5
w. 22d St., New York, Oct. 90, 1894.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05
should Have a Commission.

Patient-What, doctor. do you mean to
say you charge me two dollars visit?
Doctor-Certainly; just the same as /
charge anyone else.
for me. Why, introduced typhoid into the
neighborhoodi "-Illustrate American.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

Travelled Barber-"Took my holiday a
weeks ago, sir; three days on the Continong,
cir; Antwerp, etc" Customer-"Ahl Then
you saw the Hotel de Vile and all the
sights?" Travelled Barber Hotel de Villel
but aa and I'VE when 0u we called ds for d hGas
the old lady said We couldn't have any!'--
Fun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

Maud-"You don't seem to find time to
get married" Marie-'"No. / am kept en-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

To Cure n Cold I'm One Day
Take Laxative promo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money fit fails to cure. 25c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

Another pugilist gone wrong-he's dead
Buffalo Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-11-05

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken Internally. Price 75c.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28
SIisery In italy.

From q hygienic standpoint, Italy is
probably the worst OFF among all the
civilized nations. According to statis-
.ics collected and published by Professor
Bodil, who furnishes authentic figures
covering the entire Italian monarchy,
there are among the S,254 communities
Of Italy /, 454 which have water OF bad
quality or in insufficient quantity. Mo1o
than onc-half Of all the communities,
or 4,S77, have no drainage, and refuse
matter is simply thrown into the street.
The conditions Of homes are also very
bad i'll Italy, as i'll no other country CT
Europe are there So many people living
in cellars or easements. In 37,203 tene
mcnts situated below ground more than
100, 900 Italians live, cat and sleep.
In 1,70o villages Of Italy bread is not
used as food, mush Of corn called po-
lcnta taking its place. Corn being ire
pueptlv s, ,,a in deteriorated co.,dition
causes many cases of pellagra, Il sickness
peculiar to maize eating people, when
annually causes 1900 deaths i'll the
provinces Of Venetia and Lombardy. 1t
is estimated that more than 100, 0oo
cases of pellegra occur annually III these
provinces.
In 4. 9G5 communities Of Italy meat il
not eaten and can only be obtained from
nearby towns, since meat is 50 dear
that the poor people Of Italy cannot al
ford it. Three hundred and siXty-slx
communities have not even a cemetery.
their dead being buried in the churches.
for they are too poor to purchase ground
for burying imposes. Fourteen hundred
and thirty seven villages have no ply
stefan, q condition which is simply
dreadful, for one third of the entire area
of Italy is subject to malarial fevcrs dur
ing one. bali of the year.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28

y good story Of Major Macdonald il
told by tho London Chronicle The
plucky major commanded battalion Of
Sudanese at the battle CT Toski-brave
blacks who were devoted to him and
loved him like father. During that
battle they disobeyed him for the first
time. The willy dervishes had lain down
few hundred yards from the Egyptian
force and We're deliberately drawing the
fire of the latter by springing up,
waving their banners and falling prone
again in time to escape the shower OF
bullets that followed The cagerness Of
the Sudanese was such that they could
not be made to ethat the object of tho
dervishes was to cause them to exhaust
their ammunition. Major Macdonald
eXhorted, commanded, swore in his
fluent Arabic, and all to no purpose.
The blacks would "loose off" at their
enemies. So at last, the situation becom-
ing desperate, he ran forward. and
walking down the front Of the firing
line he shouted to his men, Now. if
you must fire, fire through meP'
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28
Nuin5eIin. Thread.

The questions, "Why is spool cotton
numbered as it is; and why are figures
not used in regular order?" are often
asked The explanation is this: The
numbers on the spool express the mum,
Der Of hanks which arc required to
wind Il pound. The very finest spinning
rarely exceeds 800 hanks to the pound,
while i'll the very coarscst there is about
u half pound i'll each hank. The more
common qualities, however, those from
which sewing thread is usually made.
run from 10 to 30 hanks to the pound
and the spools on which it is wound are
numbered 10 to Sc in accordance.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28
THE STATE FAIR.

Al the coming fair to he held in North
Yakima. September 26th to October lst
school will be conducted bv the heads
OF the different departments, where ex-
pe'tS IN their calling will deliver lectures
on dairyng, horticulture, agriculture and
bee culture.
In the poultry department the follow
ing subjects will he handled:
How to judge poultry; now to raise
chlcNens how to make hens lay in win
Ter; how to caponize fowls.
judge Of national reputation has been
secured to place the awards in this de
partment, and he will give Il lecture on
Judging fowls. All those who desire to
learn how to score fowls should be on
hand at the fair to take advantage of this
lecture, as well as OF all the others as it
VIII be free school OF instruction.
The poultry department is to be Il biz
feature OF the lair. Besides the cash
prizes offered by the Fair Commission,
The breeders Of poultry throughout the
state have offered over Il hundred dollars
IN cash and special prizes The commits
sioneis have decided not to publish the
fair premium list until May LIST in order
to allow everyone who desired it a chance
to oiter special premiums. | would be
pleased to hear from someone in every
comfy in tEa ST ta who vrnuI,t tol-,, - 49,,
himself to see that his, or her, county was
represented in the poultry department.
We want to demonstrate to the people Of
Washington what big industry poultry
is. As there will be great many visitors
to the fair, from an advertising stand
point it will be the biggest thing for
poultrymen ever before held.
The commissioners are doing every
thing in their power to make this fair
worthy OF the grand young state ii WASH
ington, and they are perfectly willing to
create any department that the people OF
the state may desire.
There is talk OF a dog show at the fair
Those who are interested in mans best
friend should write to the secretary, F.
B. Gum, North Yakima.
All communications hearing on the sub.
jet Of poultry should be addressed to the
undersigned. Yours Truly.
HARRY II. COLLIER,
Supt. Poultry Dept.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28
County News.


From Montcsano Nidettc.
Hon. J. A. Gilkey and Assessor Craw-
ford have offered their services to the
governor for war duties.
Mr.. }. A. Gilkey has Il number of maps
OF Alaska recently received from Senator
Turner, which he will give to parties in
terested, who apply either personally or
by letter.
Capt. Charles A. jacobson, who during
the last five years has been keeper at the
Point Adams life-savng station at the
mouth OF the Columbia. has received
notification of his transfer to like posi-
ton at the Peterson's point saving
station at Grays Harbor.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28
That Familiar CiOud.

''Dah is cloud on dis 'semblage, I'ze
sorry to say" said Dewbe11y Jones as
he held his razor between the pot and
his opponent at poker.
SIS dah?" asked the man who was
reaching for the money rather nervous
ly.
"Yassah. 1t am no biggah dan a mans
han, but when de size OBJ dat han hap
pins ter be five deuces yoh kin jes' bet
dat dc cloud am chock full oh trouble
YOh year me?'-Detroit Free Press
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28
Tacoma, Wash.

The pain that sometimes strikes a man
at the most inopportune moment is due
to indigestion. 1t may come in the midst
Of dinner and make the feast Il mockery.
1t is a reminder that he may not eat what
he chooses, nor when he chooses. He is
a slave to the weakness Of his stomach.
4 mans health and strength depend up
on what he gets out of his food. This de-
penls on bis digestion. Remove the
obstruction by taking DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets. They are Il positive cure for
consultation and its attendant ills-head-
aches sour stomach, natulence, dizziness,
biliousne.s and "heartburn. The 'Iel-
lets are very gentle in their action. They
simply assist nature. They give no vlo-
lent wrench to the system. They cause
no pain, nor gripping.
send u one.cent stamps to cover cost
Of mailbag ONLY, and receive free a copy
OF DR.. pierce's Medical Adviser. Adj
dress, Worlds Dispenaary Medical Asso-
citation, Buffalo, n. Y.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28

Disorder in drawing room is vulgar;
in an antiquary's study, not. The black
battle stain on a soldiers face is not
vulgar, but the dirty face Of house
maid is.-Ruskin
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28
Write as You Feel.

If you would write to any purpose.
you must be perfectly free from within.
Give yourself the natural rein; think
Oh no pattern, no patron, no paper, 10
press, no public; think on nothing, but
follow your impulses. Give yourself as
you are-what you are and how you see
it, Every man sees with his own eyes or
does not see at all.-Emerson.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28

Settler water derives it's name from
the village of Lower Settlers, i'll Nassau,
where several springs, united in one
basin, yield 5. 900 cubic feet an hour OF
this sparkling mineral water.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28
Too Emotional.

Julia, never see you at funerals. "
'No; when go, always cry harder
than the widow, and that makes people
think l was in love with the man. -
Chicago Record
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28
-sIEW NOTIONS IN NEEOLEWORk.
Materials Cool and Light to Work Upon
For Summer DAYS,

The shops are full of an immense number
of articles made of linen and ready for the
embroiderers needle. She will be hard to
please indeed if she is unable to discover
something that will suit her among the in
finite variety of teacloths, brush and comb
sachets, doilies, sofa backs, sideboard slips,
toilet and tray cloths Among the more
novel articles made of linen are wrappers
for champagne bottles of two sizes, which
near the base are traced with a somewhat
indefinite pattern that somehow recalls the
constant movement that goes on inside the
bottles themselves. Then there are doilies
for hot baked potatoes, scenes and tea
cakes. These are square in shape The
corners being prettily embroidered, are
turned over toward the inside. Not being
wadded, these cozies may be considered as
more for show than for use.
The patterns as a whole are still COnven-
tional in style and are better suited to the
capabilities of the average worker than
those of a very naturalistic kind. The fan
cy for working these articles entirely with
white is somewhat declining, and now the
tendency is to follow the prevalent taste in
dress and to use brilliantly colored silks
and to shade the work rather deliberately.
For instance, in the corners of a white linen
teacloth, the edges of which are hem
stitched, is placed a large floral spray exc
cuted in shades of flame color and having
leaves and stems in tones of bronze green.
Filoselles are generally employed, and the
surface of the design is closely covered with
stitches, which in the pieces sold COM
menced are often as smooth us if Il piece of
satin had been appliqued to the linen. There
is a great fancy just now for work that re-
calls lace in one form or another The lace
braid embroidery still goes" well, and
some very dainty net doilies, cushion COW
ers and chair tides bid fair to become equal
ly ponula"
THE EvIDENCEinthec case proves Hood )
,-ar'aparilla cures rheumatism dyspepsia.
catairh, that tired feeling. scro iula, salt
rheum, bols, lumors and all blood
diseases.
liOoD'S Pills are prompt, efficient, al
ways reliable, easy TO take, easy To oper-
u
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28

baptist. Preaching every sunday at II ;oo
Ii a. m. and 500 p. III. Rev. r. Ross; pasaott.
Sunday school at 1900 a. m -. o.ia :; r Mrs
49, 500 H. m. Monthly covenant meetine,
d-st Thursdays prayer meeting before the hrS'
Sunday in each month
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28

C,WEDISH MISSION CHURCH;ICorner,o % % T., !
and Market streets, in odd Fellows puliu,
mo services every sunday at 1O:45 a. m hhu
7:45 p. M. Bible reading at 300 p m. TrG Gail
meeting Wednesday at 500 I. III. kew j. san
strOm, pastor
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28

L,T. ANDREWS CHURCH; Service, o SVe pS
> sunday at p. m. Holy Commni''oWv e ok
First sunday of each month at a., H. sunday
dav service Friday evening at p. M o"h""!
school 3p.m. Rev II. steele, i'll charge
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-04-28

METHODIST. Preaching every sunday at
oscar 4 smith Young Peoples meeting sun
day eve. at $50. sunday school at 1000 a. L., H.;
Prayer meeting Thursday evening at Ky f in
Tuesday $50 y. m. each month, W oman FOR
eirn Missionary society. Every Wednesday
afternoon, Ladies Aid society.