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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07
FASHION FANClES.
New Things In Dress for the La.
dies.


dies.
Moonlight gray is beautiful opaline
tint of that very fashionable color.
Very fine silk hose are adorned with
Chantilly lace in applique sprays.
4 very large number of evening
dresses are made with transparent
sleeves reaching to the waist.
The newest skirts on evening toilets
nre very light and supple, being merely
siik-lined and not at all stiffened with
interliRing.
II you want TO indulge in the latest
frivoIity, have your handkerchiefs en-
broidered with flowers to match the
blossoms in your hat.
The newest stockings have clocks in
openwork lace, starting from pin
nacled point and widening to couple
Of inches at the bottom.
The very newest head covering is a
graceful replica of the old English
walking hat, with crowns, both round
and square, to suit various faces.
Pretty satin waists for evening wear
are covered with alternate ruches of
jet and mousseline bands, embroidered
in black silk and small jet beads.
Enameled buttons are next in favor
Hfter those that are jeweled. Cut steel
Is Used in ornamenting pearl buttons
and the result is especially handsome
The sleeves to ones ball gown must
either be so short as to be really moth
ing at all, or they must reach four OF
five inches below the decolletage and
taper into the arm.
Something very dainty in a summer
shirt waist is made of white organdie,
finely tucked and embroidered, and
worn over pale blue uhderslip of
China silk or batiste.
Jeweled buttons are seen on hand
some gowns of silk and velvet. Tur-
quoise, rubies, emeralds and topazes
IRE the jewels most in use. The but
tons are of medium size, and really
works of art.
Shirred silk has partially usurped the
place of accordion plated silk 1t comes
in a variety of pretty light shades, with
knife-plaited frills to match. and is en-
ployed for skirt panels, yokes, sleeves
and vests.
With ball gowns filmy tufts of tulle
or chiffon are worn to protect ones
shoulders. The very prettiest are built
on pure white ermine, the fur for lin
Ing, and the pelt covered with satin en-
suite with its transparent ruffiing.
The craze for jeweled effects is very
noticeubly expressed in the jeweled
belts and dog collars worn over fur
jackets, and to complete this outfit the
ninf must have large jeweled buckle
in the bow which decorates the top.
Among the prettiest summer goods
for next season will be seen lowered
nluslins on plain and brocaded grounds,
barege muslins, plumetis, grass lawns
and plain batistes. Bright colors will
be feature of next summers dress fab
RIGS.
Embroidered laces in colors. in gold.
in jet and in silver on net, laces without
embroidery, laces and net spangled and
any and everything that fancy dictates,
from plain to gorgeous orientalism, are
worked up into vests and yokes in
waists. Odds and ends can be used up
and worked over into apparent reckless
extravagance.-N. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

Nv at that rate for two weeks. He
~ was satisfied then, from her high
pulse and steadily wasting condition that
she was suffering from anaemia or a bloodless
condition of the body. She became ex-
tremely weak, and could not stand the least
noise or excitement In this condition of
affairs they were recommended by an old
friend to get some of that famous blood
medicine DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. They did SO, and almost from the
first dose Bertha began to improve. She
continued to take the pills and was by means
of those pills made entirely well, and more
grateful people than her parents cannot be
found in the whole State of Ohio.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills have proved a
boon to womankind. Acting directly on the
blood and nerves, they restore the requisite
vitality to all parts Of the body; creating
functional regularity and perfect harmony
throughout the nervous system. The pallor
of the cheeks is changed to the delicate
blush of health; the eyes brighten; the mus
Giles grow elastic, ambition is created and
good health returns.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet.
1t cures painful, swollen, nervous. smarting
feet and instantly takes the sting out of
corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery of the age. Allen Foot Ease makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t is certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, ach-
ing feet. Tn 1t today. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07
Reports of Delegates Who Have
Visited Western Canada.

by delegates to report on Western
Canada to their friends in Michigan,
and as result of which hundreds OF
people expect to Leave this spring for
the Free Grant Lands of Western Can
ada.
Winnipeg, Man., Sept 10, 1897.
Mr.. NJ v. McInnes, Chief Colonization
Agent, Detroit, Mich.
Dear Sir: We are pleased to state to you
that we have found the country IN the VI
cinity of Alameda fully up to what you
and Mr. Keller had represented it to be:
1t is in fact an ideal location for mixed
farming The soil is the best we ever saw,
and as the farmers were all busy at thresh-
ing, we had an excellent chance to see its
productive quality, which cannot be sur
passed anywhere. The cattle could not be
in better condition. We saw two-year-old
steers equal to three-year-olds raised in
about Alameda, were fed on native hay in
winter and herded in summer. As we had
previous to this visited the Northwestern
States in behalf of large number of farm
ers, to locate suitable land for mixed farm
ing, we are now in position to say that
the Alameda district of Western Canada
surpasses them all. The country is equal to
that about Thuringen in Germany. We
were rather skeptic before starting and our
intention was to settle in spring, if we were
suited, but we have now decided to move
at once-that is, as early this fall as we
possibly can. We left Mr.. Riedel at Ala
will take his family and effects with us when
(Signed) ALBERT MAI,
FRED GOTTOWSKI
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07
Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You
can drink Grafn-O when you please and sleep
like top. For Grain-0 does not stimulate;
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons, young people and children Grain-O
IL the perfect drink. Made from pure
grains. Get package from your grocer to-
day. Try it in place Of coffee. Is and 25c
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

lutely no good.
A physician
I O u n d her
pulse at l04-a
very high rate.
Thinking this
may have been
due to tempo
rary nervous
ness when he
examined her,
he watched her
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

You should know that for years the stand
ard of quality, style, color and finish in
black and white or mourning goods has
been Simpsons Prints, and that their
colored goods are all of the same high
standard Always ask for Simpsons and
you will get the right thing
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07
Quite Natural.

Mrs McFeegan-Shure, Moike, yez black
oye do be turnin Crane
Mr.. McFeegan-An' why wudn't it? Oh
got it from an. Oirishmon on Saint Pat
rick's day.-Judge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

The law Of God il not the arbitrary linn
itation Of human enjoyment by despot
who delights in blood, but is the benignant
ordination of q gracious sovereign who
gives always the largest liberty that il
possible for creatures constituted like our
selves.-Rev. T. .. Henson, Baptist, Chi
cago, Ill
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline'i
Great Nerve Restorer Free 81 trial bottle
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch ST., Phila., Pa
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

WEDNESDAYS from st. Louis, THURSDAYS
from Kansas City via Denver, scenic Col
orado, Salt Lake-a great feature-PERsoN-
ALLY CONDUCTED. The success of the season
for general northwest travel. Write L. w.
WAKELEY, g. p. A.. st. Louis, Mo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

A woman with wart or her neck looks
better with high-necked consolidating
ton Democrat
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

Talking of weather signs, it is fair to sup
pose that, when allspice is adulterated Will
cocoanut Shells. the season will be mild
Rural New Yorker
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

A postal card addressed to DIR. Hayes,
Buffalo, n. Y, bearing your name and ad-
dress, will bring you the latest informa-
ton as to the permanent cure of Asthma.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07
Modern Science.

"Steam has rendered man inestimable
service" remarked the observer of men and
things, "and woman also, since it has en-
abled her to open her husbands letters
without his ever knowing it. Detroit Jour
nal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

The further cdentry woman is com
PEELED to bring eggs the more she wants fol-
them when she arrives in town.-Atchisor
Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

An Atchison boy has such wonderful
memory in relating every old joke that he
ever heard that his family is thinking of
making public lecturer of him..-Atchison
Globe
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

-Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
sample bottle free. Large bottles % and so
cents. Go at once delays are dangerous.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

Dfstance Of . Horses Leap.
horse has been known to jump q
~ n steeplechase,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

A pen carrying small electric lamp
to prevent shadows when writing has
been patented in Germany.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

Lots of men have college diplomas hang
ing. IN their parlors and weeds growing in
their gardens.-W Washington Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07
WHEN THE
Liberty Bell.
Sounded the proclama-
tion of independence
throughout this land, it

tion of independence p
throughout this land, it OK :
was no more pleasing to
the ears of our fore
fathers who fought
for the liberty we now enjoy than IL
to-day the name of DIR. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey to the many men aud women this
remedy has liberated from the terrible
agonies of a serious lung trouble. If
taken in time it will stop the progress of
Consumption. 1t will stop the cough at
once, and give quiet rest and refreshing,
natural sleep. Coughs, Colds, Group,
Whooping Cough and Grip disappear
by its use as snow before the sunshine
of spring. 1t exhilarates the lungs, and
overcomes disease by feeding to the blood
fat-forning oxygen. Take no substitute.
At all good druggists. OF sent upon receipt Of
price, IS Cts 50 cts, and srco per bottle. Address
TIE Sutherland Izcdicine Company Paducah. ~.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

Better times come to all cured of aches
And pains by st. Jacobs Oil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07
A kkEp do aA5;
Alameda, N. w. T., Aug. 81, 1897.

.
Dear Friends Of Saginaw: 4
Those desiring to secure a good and sure
home will do well to take our advice and
examine the land in the neighborhokd of
Alameda, as we know that everyondwh
sees this land will be agreeably SURPRISED
Before seeing this land we were partly in
doubt as to moving here, but after looking
it over we at once decided to make our
home here, and we beg those of our friends
who are DESTROYS of securing farms not to
let this chance slip by, as the soil is of the
best and the water cannot be excelled. The
finest wheat we ever saw is also raised here
We shall return home in haste, straighten
out our affairs and move here at once.
(Siened) WILLIAM GOTTOWSKI.
ALBERT MAI,
WILLIAM RIEDEL,
(of Saginaw.)
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

A good many members of the "rising gen.
Grafton" would serve their country well by
sitting down.-Rural New Yorker.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

A profitable religion never wanted prose
lytes.-Ital.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

Don't snap in two. Timber up. St. ia
cobs Oil will cure lumbago sure.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

Lanes Family Medicine.
Moves the bowels each day. In order to be
healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache.
Price % and SOC.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

Time counts, health gains. A quick, sure
Cure-St. Jacobs Oil for sprains.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

A mouthful of meat may be townful of
shame.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

The easiest kind of advice to follow is
the kind We had intended to follow anyway.
Washington Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

Gentle treatment St. Jacobs Oil soothes
Neuralgia and cures it. 1t fades away.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

A pebble and a diamond are alike toa blind
man.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07
THROUGH TOURIST sLEsPERs

To Portland, Ore. for Puget Sound Business
Via Burlington Route.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-05-07

closely, but her pulse continued
at that rate for two weeks. He
was satisfied then, from her high
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-21
Corn plent PERSONALITIES.

The POSSIBILITIES Of The corn plant as
a source Of food for man and beast,
aside from its other almost innumer-
able uses, are somewhat astounding
when the figures are looked into Mr..
Gibbs, Of Philadelphia, speaking on the
subject before the New York farmers,
among other things said that there is
no question that The American corn
stalk, the hard, woody, fbrous portion
of the stalk, will furnish all the rations
that are used for feeding horses by all
the continental armies Nothing else
Is required. They can be sent to the
held in bag or as pressed cake, ready
for use with all the heterogeneous sub
stance required. No hay or other feed
is necessary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-21
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Never hitch horse to tree if you
think anything of the tree.
Spray the cucumber vines with paris
green to get rid of the bugs.
Pour hot water into the nest of ants,
or use bisulphide of carbon.
Cultivate, cultivate, and then cult
vate, If you would discount drought.
Don't let your stock get into the pub
lie road. 1t is not neighborly.
1t is claimed that one good crop of
hemp viii destroy Canadian thistles.
Whatever the farmer has to sell now,
he can get good price for. The trouble
is that his wheat, etc, is out of his
hands, as a rule.
Buy a good harness. if you buy, but
that does not mean that You should pay
an exorbitant price for it. First class
harness can be bought cheap.
Every farm should have it's workshop
and the means to halfsole boots, and do
about everything that is needed in re-
pairing things 1t will save lots of
money.
If you try to force a calf to learn to
drink, yon viii have a circus. Gently
get the calf to the pail, gently induce it
TO touch the milk, put two fingers in it's
mouth, and after few times it will
drink-Western Plowman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-21
Polish for Old Leather.

Take two parts of good glue and soak
in tepid water until it is thoroughly
softened, then add five gills of water
and two gills of brandy or common spir-
its, rubbing il until it becomes smooth;
stir this into the mass, and afterward
stir in two parts of wheat -four mixed
in cold water. The mixture is then put
over a moderate fire and allowed to
steam off little, but not TO boil, stir
ring it well while over the fire. 1t can
be used Immediately, or made up into
small cakes which can be dissolved at
any time in little water or beer. It
can be put on with brush, thin coat
only being required, and afterward
rubbing it with linen or silk cloth
1t will restore old dash boards OF leath-
err, or leather tops, where the enamel
is not off.-Western Plowman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-21
GOOD THING TO HAVE.
Some Reasons Why a Reliable Scale
Should he Found on Every
Up-to-Date Farm.

Comparatively few farl 7veniences
equal those of a good farm. lie in on
Quoting farm operations on bus ness
basis It is very unfortunate for a man
to be placed in such a position II At he
is obliged to accept the weights and
measures of buyer in disposing Of his
produce, though we are glad TO say mis-
use of this advantage is comparatively
rare among buyers of farm produce. But
in addition to the economy of knowing
the weights Of produce to be sold, the
scale is of immense advantage in keep
ing track of the growth of live stock
during feeding operations and in testing
the feeding qualities of the animals pro-
duced on the farm, as may be done by
frequent weighing. The scale is also an
element of interest when boys arc
growing up on the farm. They have
natural instinct for keeping track of
those things that may be found out by
weighing and measuring, and the scale
thus becomes an educating influence
that has great value attached.-Prairie
Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-21

ceiling. They were hip-roofed. making
them as solid as light material could
make them; then to hold them in place,
four four by four inch posts were set
in the ground IA feet high, with four
plates at the top to hold the posts in
position and keep them plumb. The
roof was placed in position before the
posts were set up, having the corners at
the cave ends of the roof set so as to
permit the roof 70 slide up or down on
or between the posts. Holes were bored
in the posts to put in pins to hold the
roof up. When ii is time to begin
stacking, fasten the roof at the top of
the posts and begin the stack between
the posts. Build to a finish, or in case
there is not enough hay cut, put in
what there is, stopping work on the
stack for any length of time, take out
the pins and lower the roof down upon
the hay, leaving the hay level, or near
~ so. As the stack settles, the roof will
follow the hay down and protect it
from rain and wind.-W. II. Doane, in
Farm and Home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-21
FACTS ABOUT FLoURINE.
Ii Contains Very Little Protein and IN
Deficient I'm Bone-Forminx
Constituents.

Prof. Snyder, of the Minnesota ex-
pertinent station, has recently made a
chemical analysis of flourine, the by
product of the glucose mills that is now
being used as an adulterant of wheat
-four. His report, which appears in the
Northwestern Miller, is not in accord
with the claims which have been made
for this product, especially in the i'm
portant feature of nutritive value. An
alysis shows the f1ourine contains so lit
tie protein that a man would have to eat
$50 pounds of it in order to get enough
protein to enable him to do days work.
1t is deficient in boneforming constit0-
ents and fat as well, and in fact contains
little of food value except starch. But
still worse, it contains sulphate of soda
and sulphuric acid enough to make it
injurious to health. Is It anywonder that
European consumers of American flour
are regarding it with suspicion when
there is possibility of ii containing such
a worthless-and worse than worthless
substance? Is it strange that Eu-
ropean governments, which represent
people who dare not waste penny even
for bread, are on the alert to protect
their people against such n imposition
as flour adulterated with hourine?
Some means should be found of prevent
ing the expectation of adulterated -four
TO foreign markets, and also of prevent
ing its sale TO our own people as pure
wheat f1our.-National Stockman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-21
TIE FARM CORN CROP.
To Do Its Best IL Requires Rich soil,
Either Naturally or ArtificiaIix
Underdrained.

Having had years of experience I am
convinced there is no other grain crop
grown by the average farmer that will
produce so much good, nutritious food
from a given amount of seed and land
as corn. The yield per acre can be
greatly increased and more acres be
left in clover and grass. To Do IT'S best,
corn requires rich SOIL either natural
~ or artificially undeTdrained. The
ideal preparation is to pillow under
clover sod and treat thin spots TO a
coat of stable or barnyard manure. so
as 10 secure an even growth all over
the field. Next to a clover sod prefer
timothy sod. next wheat stubble, and
last of all, corn stubble. Ground we'll
plowed is half narrowed. Use a good
pillow, supplied with wheel and iointer.
The wheel makes the pillow run steadier
and regulates the depth. The jointer
throws all the rubbish and sod into the
bottom of the furrow, where it will not
bother in cultivation and more readily
decay. BY not making burrows too
wide and turning them at an angle of
30 or 40 degrees, we shall have an ideal
place for the seed. Pillow as soon as the
soil is dry enough to crumbe nicely
from the mold board
Before planting, the ground must be
worked down into a fine, mellow seed
bed. The spring tooth harrow is a
splendid implement to cut lhe ground
up with, and if it happens to ne cloddy
1 prefer a plank drag tc roller. just
before planting use a fine tooth smooth
ing harrow which Will leave the surface
fine and level. In planting / use the
wire check rover and plant in hills
three and one-half feet each way. 1t is
easier to cultivate, the ground can be
kept more level, it is much easier to har-
vest and | get just as large yields when
II is planted in hills as in drills. As
soon as corn is planted, begin cultivat-
ing by using a light, fne-toothed har-
row. and again in three or four DAYS use
the same implement and go crosswise
of The previous narrowing. AS soon as
we can see the corn along the row re-
plant missing hills and start the two
horse cultivator. l use cuitivator
with three small shovels on a side; the
first blowing l pillow very close to the
corn, and after this blowing if the
ground is inclined to be dry, use the
roller and follow this again with the
cultivator. After this cultivate each
week, each time crosswise of the pre-
ceding time, shallower and farther
from the corn. Continue this cuitivat-
ing until grain and hay harvest begins.
After this do nothing more to il, ex-
cept go through with hoe in July and
August and remove stray weeds-M
c. Thomas to Ohio Farmers Institute.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-21

Agate that easily swings on its hinges
is not much more expensive in first
cost than a set of bars. If all the time
required to let down the bars and put
them up again is reckoned, the bars
must be seen to be much the most ex-
pensive. When stock are driven
through bars let down on one side only,
stock driven through will often jump
over the part of the bar in the middle
and will thus learn the habit of jump
ing. When gate swings open it leaves
clear passage, and the contraction of
bad habits is impossible.