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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-09-17

There II Plenty to Do I'm Teaching
Birds and Animals and Look
ing After Wonders.

A fairy's life is by no means all play
nothing to do and plenty of time to
do it in;" not bit of it! Idleness is
misery, and "all play and no work" is,
II anything, worse than "all work and
no play" and happiness is found be-
tween the two. A vast deal lies in TAX
ing thorough interest in what one
has to do and doing it with ones
might; and of all work that of the
fairies is perhaps most interesting.
In many parts of Fairyland there
are hospitals where gnats, flies, bees
and other humble creatures are taken
in when injured and carefully tended.
There are schools for teaching spin
ming to spiders and caterpillars and
weaving to the weaver bird; schools
for the blind, where moles may learn
to burrow; swimming schools for
fishes; flying schools for birds and
such fishes as care to learn; perfume
factories, where the perfume is made
that scents the jasmine, sweet pea, the
lily and the rose. There are store
houses, too, of splendid dreams and
castles in the air. When you see a
baby's face rippled with smiles as he
sleeps you may be sure that the fairies
are whispering beautiful thoughts or
showing him lovely pictures.
But the part of Fairyland to which
Nicnack had come was devoted to
quite different occupations; it was the
store-place of wonders. Here the au-
rora-borealis was treasured; here, too,
might be seen an assortment of halos,
mock suns, mock moons and the va
rious forms of mirage. But, what was
OF far more concern to Nicnack, this
was the place where the rainbow was
kept. When it had done duty in the
sky and gladdened the eyes of men it
was taken down by the fairies, careful
~ busted and then folded and set aside
until wanted.
Nicnack had been full of curiosity
as to what the treasure at the end of
the rainbow could possibly be. He now
found that 1t is a magic crystal prison.
When the rainbow is first set up in the
sky it is perfectly invisible. The prism
being placed at one end of the arch,
the colors are flashed along, and all
appear In their proper order. The
crystals are kept carefully wrapped in
thistle-down, and fresh one is used
every time.-A. E. Bowser, in st. Mich.
olas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-09-17

London has about 17s rainy days in
. year.
Blind men outnumber blind women
by two to one.
In battle only one ball out of IS takes
effect.
Afghanistan has regular army Of
about 10000 men.
The machinery of first-class battle
ship weighs about. 300 tons.
Five hundred trading vessels leave
the Thames daily for all parts of the
world.
Forty tons of rust have been taken
out of the Menai iron tubular bridge
at one cleaning. 1
Matches to the value of 81, O00, 900
are annually consumed throughout
the world.
Playing cards were first printed
about 1880. 1t is estimated that the
present annual output exceeds 7,000,-
600 packs year.
1t seems that 25 per cent. of the
women of England earn their own iv-
ing, but one would scarcely believe
that there are something like 100 fe-
male blacksmiths in that country.
In Berlin the firemen wear water
jackets, with double skin, which they
are able to fill with water from the
hose. If the space between the two
layers becomes overfilled the water es-
capes through valve at the top of the
helmet.
Drums, which are now used through
out the British army, were first intro
duced into Europe by the Saracens.
The fife was introduced into the Eng
lish army by the duke of Cumberland
in 1745. The guards were the first
corps to adopt it.
The latest lifeboat, which is said to
have been approved by the admiralty,
carries three long cylinders into which
million cubic feet of air can be COM
pressed. This air will drive the boat
Is miles an hour for six hours.
The quantity Of food used in 20
days trip per an ocean greyhound.
Bombay to London, with about $50
passengers, consists of eggs, $4,000;
meat, $4,000 pounds; vegetables, 5000
pounds; potatoes, Q tons; ducks, 1900;
game and poultry, 1,4oO head; fish, H..
900 pounds; -four. A barrels.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-09-17
"IT's NOT MY Way"

ITS not my way"
How often Is this heard,
tits not my way. to speak the kindly word,
) feel enough, but tits not we'll to speak.
To tell my loving out 1t seems 90 weak"
"-t's not my way
How often hearts have broken
Because the loving word has been I'M
spoken;
Because the smile we looked for was q
The hand that should uplift. but held US
down.
TITS not my way.
To speak the word that craving love re-
quires.
To voice approval, foster vain desires"
Hearts often faint and fall out by the way
Because to speak Is not your way.
tits not my way"
All well, when Death shall come,
And touch the bestowed lips and make
them dumb.
Sad will II be for you, II grim regret
And stern remorse upon your heart strings
set
Their fingers firm;
Because 1t is their way. to torture and to
wiring.
Then you'll remember every little thing.
The smile you did not give. the WORD I'M
spoken,
Which might have gilded life and kept
heart unbroken.
Aye. then you will remember;
And In blood sweat and agony VIII sayi
would It had been my way
To love, approve, and tell 1t out. so meet
For 1t was you that made my life COM
plete."
Rose Seelye-Miller. In N. Y. Observer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-09-17

On July the earth is farther away
from the sun than at any other time.
Steel billiard balls and aluminium
wall paper are the latest evolutions
in trade.
Almonte, Ont, has wooden factory
which uses compressed air as motive
power.
From the cochineal insects are OBJ
tanned the gorgeous carmines, the
crimson, scarlet and purple lakes.
The Central Labor union of Spring
field, Mass, has decided to start re-
tail shoe store to handle only union
made shoes.
Alighthouse of bamboo has just been
built In Japan. 1t is said to have great
err power of resisting the waves than
any other kind of wood, AM does not
rot like ordinary wood.
Electro magnets capable of picking
up load not exceeding five tons are
used by an Illinois steel company to
transfer steel beams or plates from
one part of the shop to another.
The Goldfish industry of Newfound-
land is the largest of it's kind in the
world, and has been In existence nearly
ly four centuries. The annual export
amounts to an average of 1,350,000
hundredweight.
The high quality of Swedish steel
was strikingly illustrated at a recent
exhibition. A steel ribbon, cold rolled,
was twined like silken band about
one of the pavilions, the length of this
monster tape being 2,354 feet, its width
eight inches, and its weight 1,146
pounds.
It is stated that In the West Indies
the lizards, from the large iguana
downwards, run erect on their hind
legs when hurried. Pictures on rocks
at the watershed Of Guiana show liz
ards running erect. The Mexican
iguanoid lizard and the "frilled lizard"
of Australia also do 80.
A meteorite, described as half the
size of ST. Paul's cathedral in London,
is said to have fallen at Port Alfred in
South Africa. It made a hole in the
ground so feet deep, 120 feet long and
60 wide, which would make it the larg-
est known meteorite on record. Being
a single piece, apparently, it was prob
ably solid iron, like other meteorites
known, some of which have weighed a
number of tons, but none of this size
is recorded.
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RACES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
lays Are the Most In
Evidence.

OF the seven million inhabitants OF
the Philippines, very few of them are
Spaniards, less than one-fortieth of
them live in Manila and about one
seventh of the entire population are
believed to be unconquered natives.
Among the natives are found repre-
sentatives of seven distinct races. The
aborigines were probably the Negritos,
diminutive, dark-hued race, with fea-
lures resembling the American negro.
They are still found in limited num-
bers, harmless, nomadic people, very
fond of the dog and of cigar, which
they frequently smoke with the light
I'd end in the mouth.
The aboriginal people were grad
ually conquered and driven into the in
terror by invading Malays, whose de-
scendants now form large proper
ton of the population. The Tagals
and Igolotes are the most important
of the Malay tribes, the latter be-
ing law-abiding and devoted to agri-
cultural pursuits. The Tagals, with
more war-like propensities, occupy the
lowlands, living near the water in pic
turesque, elevated huts. They are in
full possession of the interior of Min.
danao, where under the sovereignty
of their own sultans they are free to
enjoy the cock-tight, dancing and mu-
sic, for which they seem to have great
aptitude. They Lave strongly stockad-
ed villages on the mountain sides, and
while they acknowledge the suzerainty
of Spain they do not pay taxes nor per-
NIT Spanish officials to reside among
them.
Besides these two races there are
in the Philippines Malay Indians and
native Caucasians, with large number
of Chinese and Mestizoes. The laziness
of the natives in times Of peace is pro-
verbal, but this is not to be wondered
at when we know that nature has fur
nished the islands with a wealth OF
vegetation which may be used for food.
Their Incidence is probably increased
by the climate, which Is hot and en-
ervating. The heat is, however,
greatly moderated by alternating land
and sea breezes. and more healthful
climate is unknown in tropical coun-
tries.-John A. Osborn, in Chautau.
guam.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-09-17

Many years ago Rev. Jedediah
Dewey, an ancestor of Admiral Dewey,
was holding rervices in honor of the
victory at Bennington, and, as he was
right and proper, was giving Provi.
dence all the credit for the triumph OF
the American arms. Ethan Allen, who
was present, chafed under this neglect
of his own part in the battle. and, ris-
ing in his pew in the very middle of the
'1ong prayer" as it is called, said:
"Parson Dewey, Parson Dewey, Par.
son Dewey" The clergyman stopped
and opened his eyes. The intrepid AL.
len went on: please mention to the
Lord about my being there" Not
daunted by this outrageous interrupt.
ton, the holy man thundered: asst
down. thou bold blasphemer, and lis.
ten to the Word of God."-Detroit
Free Press.
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But oftentimes stock seem to require
an alkali as we'll as salt, and that is
most conveniently supplied with wood
ashes, which horses, sheep and swine
will greedily devour when they have
an opportunity. These should be sup
piled where stock can have access to
them at will. II a constant supply of
salt and ashes is provided where all
kinds of stock can have access to them
very much less diseases would be
known among them.--The Cotton
Plant.
If the salt and ashes, with little
lime added, are mixed in a wet condi.
ton to about the consistency of more
tar, the mixture will soon harden suffl-
GENTLY to resist the washing effects of
ordinary rains.
If, however, it is desired to keep the
mixtur or salt alone, in pulverixed
state, boxes of any convenient size
say 12 by 10 inches and inches deep
may be provided, having sloping tops
to shed the rain and extending about
one inch over the front or face of the
box. The tops should be hinged with
leather, SO as to fall back into place
when not in actual use. A hole should
be cut midway in the upper face or
front of the box about five inches wide
and three deep, SO that the animal can
push its nose in and raise the top and
lick until satisfied. The boxes may be
nailed or fastened to sides of barn,
posts or trees.-Cotton Planters Jour.
nal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-09-17
HERE AND THERE.

In growing celery, remember that
q light frost will not hurt it, but q
heavy frost Injuries its keeping quail
ties.
The eve lambs will pay . farmer
the cost in one year of q good ram
which cost $40 or $50, and then the
male lambs which go to market will
pay him the second time.
If poultry ralsers and farmers
would endeavor to retail their poultry
and eggs near home they might add
quite q little to their profit. Fresh
eggs are always in demand.
Don't cut too many limbs out of
the top Of tree when grating 1t. It
is better to graft part of the limbs
one spring, and the balance of the
tree which you wish to graft the next
spring.
If we try to winter sheep on just
enough food to support life, we shall
not have much beyond q collection of
very poor pelts when spring comes,
and it does not pay to keep sheep for
that end.
If the farmer will learn to make
and use more clover hay, and feed it
in connection with fodder and little
grain, he will winter his growing
stock in better condition and have q
more substantial growth.
One of the reasons why butter
making on the farm is rapidly giving
way to the creamery system is because
it is almost impossible to secure as
good price for farm butter as for
creamery butter unless the farmer has
special customers.
Reports are current that the San
Jose scale Is getting very firm foot.
hold in the peach orchards of middle
Georgia, and doubtless the same is
true Of other localities. Exceeding
watchfulnesss should be exercised, and
the insect stamped out on first appear.
ance.
-Stock-raising is positively neces-
sary adjunct to general. agriculture
and farmers are coming to their senses
in regard TO the fact. There is no
doubt about it, that man who attempts
to carry on general grain farm. or
one devoted to cotton will, find himself
behind from year tn year If he
does not also keep stock
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-09-17
one of M. Other T,tl...

This story is from the new biography
of the prince Of Wales: On one oc-
casion when his royal highness and an
equerry were going through the Louvre
galleries they were observed by party
of Americans, one of whom remarked
in loud whisper to one of his friends:
I'll bet you ten maps that's the prince
of Wales" "Done!" cried the other.
Accordingly few moments later the
American approached the princes
equerry and asked him, in a low tone,
the name of his companion. THE earl
of Chester" was the truthful answer.
"Sold!" said the Yankee, in q disap-
pointed tone.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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man. Funny thing, his refusing to
call with me: I even thought of Of


call with me; 1 even thought of Of
fering to let him come in my stead"
IF you had dared" she exclaimed.
Recollecting herself, she added, cold
ly, II don't know what you are talking
about"
"Well, I've been talking some nom
sense, but now I'll give you the truth"
1 slipped my tea and continued: ''The
fact is, have just left Jim Lawrence.
had an idea that he was on his way
to call here, but / think he understood
from my manner that he had better
not"
"You weren't rude, Tom ?"-anxious
ly.
Impossible. But knew you couldn't
be bothered with him; he has become
such an idiot of late"
"You shouldn't speak so of friend
of yours" said Connie, reproachfully.
ooh, he is thoroughly good sort,
but he has annoyed his friends dread
fully by throwing away his chances
with Violet Hastings. Why, what with
her money and her fathers influence,
Jim would have been made for life.
Besides, vi is such charming girl"
"Mr. Lawrence" remarked Connie,
timidly, fused sometimes to strike me
as a man who scarcely knew his own
mind"
fright, quite right! That's just
Jim. Take again the instance of Vio-
let. Jim has simply fallen in love with
some one else. 1t may last this time;
but hope not"
"But, surely, Tom, you don't be-
lieve in marrying for money!"
my dear Connie, do not let us get
romantic" She blushed slightly. ]
felt encouraged to go on. "Yes; I'm
doing my level best to convince him
of his folly and send him on the way
he should 60. He is coming to see
me tonight, when must speak to him
seriously"
do you think it is wise to inter-
fere?" put in my cousin, hurriedly.
swell, you see, I've got an mixing
that the girl he cares for won't look
at him, and 1t is exactly at such a time
that a mans heart may be turned back
to it's older fame"
"Still, Tom," with a shade of indig-
nation, tits none of your business"
"Oh, but 1t is, Connie. Jim and
are old pals, and I'm not going to have
him moping about as he is at present"
do you think he really carcs-cares
for the-the girl who won't look at
him?" What humble little voice for
Ccnniel
THE thing is obvious enough, I'm
sorry to say. Indeed, my dear old
Jim is an unmitigated ass"
Hes not!"
"Soi"
Directly upon this startling contra
diction my cousin began to pour tea
into a cup for nobody in particular.
A third of the beverage found its way
into the saucer. stirred my tea.
which had grown cold, and smiled sad
ly during the awkward pause. ~ once
knew a girl" resumed, "who fell in
love, and for q long time behaved
very foolishly." No remark from Con-
ME.
II once knew a GIRL" continued,
who got chance of putting matters
right between her lover and herself,
and"
did she take it?" inquired my
cousin, bending to pick microscopic
crumb from the floor.
II haven't heard" said, solemn
ly, looking out of the window.
Presently l rose and smoothed my
hat carefully. you're looking bit
M A. n.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-09-17

A Marguerite salad is the appropri-
ate title of preparation of eggs and
lettuce leaves, which is an ornamental
dish certainly, and one that is also APP
petizing. The inner leaves of the heads
of lettuce are arranged in the shape
of very small nests. Several eggs are
boiled hard and firm and the yolks re-
moved. The whites are cut in thin
circles and arranged in the lettuce
cups, the center being then filed in
with the yolk OF the egg mixed with
golden mayonnaise,-N y. Post.
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Misunderstooa.

Myra, aged six, came home from her
Hrst day at Sunday school with a wise
air.
"Well, ! know one thing, mamma; ]
know what folks are called when they
do wicked"
"And what is that. Myra?"
"Cinders!" replied the little w,seaorA
promDtly.-Harper's Bazaar,
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One of the essays read before the ir-
dustrial convention in Nashville,
Tenn, few weeks ago, asserted that
the grasses of Tennessee produced the
finest haired, boned and form of mules
known.
The mule is an important factor in
agricultural development, and the
mule is necessity in growing the cot.
ton crop of the south. He is a willing
beast, cheaply maintained, not subject
to the ailments and disabilities which
unfit horses for hard service, and is
better able to stand the climatic con.
ditions.
The are four states in which mules
are very numerous, Missouri, Texas.
Georgia and Tennessee. There are
300. 900 mules, by the last official re.
port, in Texas. and the value of them
is in excess of $4,000, 900. Louisiana
has some fewer, and all the gulf states
are represented largely by this animal.
South Carolina has moro mules than
horses by nearly so per cent, and he
predominates in Georgia to almost the
same extent.
The average value of horse on q
farm in Georgia is As, and of mule
SOL.
Florida has few mules, while in Ala
bama the number of mules and horses
is almost equal, there Is only differ
ence of couple of hundred between
the two in the state, with 10000 of
each.
At the beginning of 1898 there were
only $50, 900 mules in the United States.
In 1880 there were !. 700. OO0 Since 1863
the number of horses has been steadily
declining.
1t is reported from the war depart
ment, Washington, that within the
last ten days the government has ex-
pended more than half a million dol.
lars for mules.
Prices for this hybrid were around
$40 when the outbreak of war and the
proposed invasion of Cuba necessitated
large purchases on government &C.
count, and the mules recently bought
have averaged around 500, with some
as high as $40.
During 1896 mules decreased in num-
bers about 10000. but present condi-
tions are such as to stimulate materials
ly breeding for this useful ANIMAL
Farm, Field and Fireside.
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'DoYoU THINK HE REALLY cAREsr:

pale, Connie" observed. Not feel
ing quite up to the mark?"
"Oh dear, no! I'm feeling splendid.
You know never had much color"
take care of yourself, then. Good
bye. Don't mind ringing; know the
way downstairs"
Goodbye, Tom" she said.
Her hand was quite cold, and her
mouth looked wistful. Goodbye /
said again, and turned to the door. I
was half way downstairs when she
called me back.
"By-the-by, Tom, if you see Mr.. Law
renee you might tell him / have book
OF his to return to him-the first time
he calls
She spoke SO coolly that quilted
her, feeling altogether puzzled. In the
hall discovered had left a glove
in the drawing-room. and, annoyed
with myself, / assembled the Stairs
once more. The door had been care
fully closed and it opened to me with
out sound. ! spied my glove lying on
the chair where 1 had been sitting.
but something prevented me making
across the room to possess myself Of
my property. Instead, / shut the door
very softly and hurried from the
house. still have a memory of .
girl lying on sofa with her face
buried in the cushions, with her shout
ders moved with = great emotion. a.
course, told Jim only enough to
make him a happy man.-Madame.
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you wish will write again some other
time.--Eldred S. Addison, in Southern
Cultivator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-09-17

In ORDER to Save HIS Life.
Mrs. Hoyle-There are few leaves
missing from my cook book.
Mrs. Doyle-Your husband probably.
took them.-N. Y. Journal.
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O04 ~ ~" - VnbS VAOA tnC kAOunu 10
not too wet. If grain is large enough,
judicious grazing with sheep is beue-
fetal to the grain and, of course, is
much relished by the sheep. l have
known pastures that had SO many wild
o&ons in them that the milk from
cGws was not fit to use, and q short
wnile after flock of sheep grazed
irE them you could scarcely see
aEy sign Of wild onions. Salt
SHOULD be kept where the sheep can
have access to it whenever they
wish, as they seem to want it often,
but not too much at a time, but salt
should never be put with their food. or
in the food of any animal, as they
would eat more salt than they would
otherwise, and too much salt is inju-
rious.
have given close attention to rails
ing and caring for sheep. have had
quite number of people tell me that
l had the best flock of sheep that they
ever saw, which is indeed encouraging
to me. have now some of the finest
lambs that ever saw. When want
fresh mutton to eat, find it hard
to decide which one to kill. am so
busy that have to write this letter
by piecemeal, which is q very unsatis-
factory way of writing, for when a
person has to stop writing to attend to
other things, or is interrupted, he is
almost sure to get his mind of the
subject, or lose some thoughts that he
wished to bring in, or write some
things first that ought to be last and
vice versa. There is much more that
could be written on the subject OF
sheep, but for fear of making this
letter too Iona will close now. and If