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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-09

Talk about Philadelphia bsing .
slow placed" said the Chicago stove
drummer; 'it's all mistake. The only
time l was ever unable to hold my own
In q crowd was in the Quaker city.
was sitting in the rotunda of q hotel
there about nine o'clock in the evening
when q bell began to ring loudly some
where near, and / jumped up and went
put on the sidewalk to see if could dis
cover any signs of fire. When got out
side saw everybody rushing along like
mad, and about so men came tearing
into the hotel at such a rate that they
knocked me down on the sidewalk and
came near trampling the life out of
me.
81 managed 10 crawl to my feet and
hurried inside, wondering Il would
have time to get my trunk out. Every
thing seemed to be quiet when got in,
and l asked a man who was smoking Q
cigar if the fire was out.
"'What fireY said he.
"'Wasn't the bell ringing for fire?' I
asked.
"'Oh, no. said he. That was our cur.
few bell Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-09
re n.ttle Field aonte.

The Veterans of sixty-one and five and
their friends, who are going to attend the
33rd G. A. r. Annual Encampment at Phila-
delphia in September, could not select bet
ter nor more historic route than the Big
-Four, Chesapeake Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and st. Louis
on the Big Four, all connecting at Indian
apois or Cincinnati and thence over the
Picturesque Chesapeake & Ohio along the
Ohio river to Huntington, West Va, thence
through the foothills of the Alleghanies,
over the Mountains, through the famous
Springs Region of Virginia to Staunton,
Va, between which point and Washington
are many of the most prominent Battle
fields: Waynesboro, Gordonsville, Cedar
Mountain, Rappahannock, Kettle Run,
Manassas, Bull Run, Fairfax, and score Of
others nearly as prominent Washington is
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania Line
direct to Philadelphia. There will be three
rates in effect for this business: LIST. Contin-
nous passage, with no stop-over privilege;
End. Going and coming same route with one
stop-over in each direction; Sd. Circuitous
route, going one way and back another with
one stop-over in each direction. For full
information as to Routes, Rates, ETC.. adj.
dress j. c. Tucker, G. N. A.. 234 Clark St.,
Chicago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-09

A farmer tells that he experimental
en- his potatoes last year by planting
two rows and using 500 pounds of
plain acid phosphate to the acre, then
two rows of mixture of acid phos-
rhate and muriate of potash, having
about four per cent. actual potash,
and then two rows without any fer
tiliZer. The rows on the acid phos-
plate yielded at Their ate of 70 bushels
per acre, those on mixed fertilizer rs
bushels per acre, and those without
any fertilizer SO bushels per acre, u
gain of 2s bushels for the phosphate
and 2. bushels for the mixed fertilizer.
He has learned few things by this
experiment. 1t pays well to use fer
tllizer, as the quality was much SUI
perior as well as the crop larger. The
special need of his soil does not seem
to be potash, but prosphoric acid.
But he says the land was a clover
sod, and comparatively new land. The
clover probably furnished nitrogen
enough, while the potash has not been
taken out of his land, as it has out II
our old field in New England, some of
which has been in cultivation, or in
grass or pasture since the Pilgrims
landed here, or even before, when the
Indians grew their corn upon them.
manuring it with fish placed at the
side of each hill.
Here many experiments show that a
fertilizer containing ten per cent. pot
ash will do better than one with less
amount for the potato crop. We have
heard of Vermont farmer boast of
growing about 500 bushels of potatoes
to the acre, using no manure, and but
a tablespoonful of phosphate in the
hill to start the crop. The fertilizer
agent thought the story too large to
Use as a testimonial for his goods, and
when the farmer stated that he cut eff
a heavy growth of hard wood the year
before, on the field, and burned the
brush on the ground, he felt that pos
slbly more credit was due to the wood
ashes than to the phosphate used.--
Ohio Farmer.
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Mrs. Col. Richardson
SAVED BY MRS. PNKHAM.
[LErrxR TO MRS. PrNKHAx NO. 7a,so6l

lLETrER TO MRS. PINKHAk NO. 72,sooJ
sYou have saved my life, snatched
me from the brink of the grave almost,
and wish to thank you. About eigh-
teen months ago I was total wreck,
physically. had been troubled with
leacorrhea for some time, but had given
hardly any attention to the trouble.
"At last inflammation of the womb
and ovaries resulted and then l suf-
fered agonies, had to give up my pro-
fession musician and piano player),
was confined to my bed and life became
q terrible cross. My husband sum-
moned the best physicians, but their
benefit was but temporary at best. /
believe l should have contracted the
morphine habit under their care, if my
common sense had not interviewed.
Zone day my husband noticed the adj
vertisement- of your remedies and inn
mediately bought me full trial. Soon
the pain in my ovaries was gone. lam
now well, strong and robust, walk,
ride wheel, and feel like girl in her
teens. i would not be without Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; it
is like water of life to me. / am very
gratefully and sincerely your we'll
wisher, and heartily recommend your
remedies. hope some poor creature
may be helped to health by reading my
story. "-MRs. Col. e. P. RICHARDSON,
RHINELANDEB, Wis.
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HERE AND THERE.

More sheppard better sheep would
prove profitable for many farmers in
the south.
Save the coarse feed. There usu-
ally goes to waste enough every year
to add good profit TO the farmers in
come.
With the splendid crops of feed
stuffs grown this year, a poor animal
is sure in indicate disease or a shift
less owner.
-"Let your brains save your heels
applies to the man on the farm with
as much force as to the man engaged
in any other calling.
There is enough stray vegetation
in the form of weeds lining the road
sides of the country to feed an i'm
mense herd of cattle, or an army of
men.
-Gentleness is nowhere more impor-
tant in live stock than in hogs. Nerv-
Gus or irritable sows should never be
used to produce breeding stock.
-Angora goats are profitable for
their mohair, and will do well and
multiply anywhere, but best in billy or
broken country. The country imports
$16,000,OOO worth of goat skins an
nually.
1t requires less capital and time TO
get good start in goat, sheep and
hog raising than it does for cattle, and
if properly managed they will soon
furnish capital to add the cattle to the
farm.
Goats can be raised with less cost
than any other stock, their flesh is
preferred to mutton by most people
who have tested it, but they are some
times a nuisance on a farm from their
habit of climbing fences, sheds, etc.
Farmers make very little system
otto effort to improve their field and
garden seeds, thus neglecting an i'm
portant element of success. Selecting
seed from the bulk may prevent de-
terioration, but 1t win not secure inn
provement.
They are breeding hornless short
horn cattle in Iowa. This freak ORR
gineted from shorthorn COW with
very imperfect horns who brought
twin heifer calls both entirely horn
less. From these was obtained horn
less specimens of both sexes. Now The
calves are nine per cent hornless
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-09

swamps and river bottoms and old
mill pond sites and other places OF
similar formation are productive or
rich. Why are they so? Chiefly because
they were once held almost in solution
by the water and deposited where they
now are. But they are not rich sim
ply because they were transported and
deposited. Much of these soils come
from poor red hillsides.
But these soils are rich because they
are made of particles of earth SO small
as to be foated along in the water.
They are composed of an infinite num-
Der of very small particles. They have
no clods or Jumps in them. Being in
these exceedingly small particles they
readily give up the plant-food which
they contain.
1t is well-known property OF all
commercial fertilizers and see which
will have the most effect.
The largest crops ever grown have
been produced in the bed of the old
mill-ponds. Why? Did the water make
these beds so rich? Not at all, except
that the water transported this soil
from the neighboring hills. The bot
tom of the pond is just as rich as these
hills and no richer. But the soil in the
pond is pulverized. That on the hills
is in Jumps or hard-pan.
Pulverize the hillside as finely as the
mill-pond and it will be just as rich.
produce just as heavy crops. Dust il
manure.
Our lot manures are quickly availa-
BILE because they are made soluble in
passing through the digestive process.
Commercial fertilizers owe their value
entirely to their solubility. Dust is
soluble and hence it is rich. The nearer
dust you make your soil the larger
crops you will get.-Southern Guilt
vator. {.
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The secret Lies I'm the Fact That Il
IL Soluble and Gives Oct Plant
Food Readily.

We have been accustomed to think
hat the fertility of the soil is ques-
ton of chemical composition; that
soils containing large quantities of
certain elements, such as potash, nj
trogen, phosphoric acid, we're rich. In
"a certain sense this is true, but as APP
piled to ordinary farming it is very
misleading. All soils contain these in
large quantities. Yet all soils are not
productive, or, as we usually say,
rich.
The truth is that richness or pro-
ductive power of any given soil does
not depend upon the quantity of
plant-food it contains, but upon the
mechanical condition of the soil it.
self.
We ell know that the low lands and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-09
Prehistoric Dogs.

A Swiss naturalist has recently pre-.
scented to the Helvetian Society of Nat
tural Science the results of study Of
the remains of dogs found among the
ancient lake dwellings Of Switzerland,
the earliest of which date from the age
of stone. He finds that three different
races of dogs existed there at that time,
one of which resembles the Siberian
sledge dog of to-day. Later, when the age
of bronze dawned upon the Alps, two new
species appeared, one being shepherd
dog and the other hunting dog. All
of these dogs were of northern origin,
the canine types of the Mediterranean
lands not having crossed the Alps
Youths Companion.
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KIT CARsON's RIFLE.
Property az q Santa Fe
LOdgeroOm.

Kit Carson's rife, which was carried
by him for more than 40 years, and
which never failed him, is now a pre-
cious relic in the possession of the
Montezuma lodge of masons at Santa
Fee, of which he was member.
AS an Indian fighter Carson was
matchless, and no one understood bet
ter than he the habits and the nature
of the savage. He told Col. Inman, of
Kansas, that he was never deceived but
once by Indian tactics. He said that
he was hunting with six others after
buffalo in the summer of 1885; that
they had been successful and came
into their little bivouac one night very
tired, intending to start for the rem
devious at Bent's fort the next morn
ing. They had a number of dogs,
among them some excellent animals.
These barked a good deal and seemed
restless and the men heard wolves.
II saw" said Kit, ''two big wolves
sneaking about, one of them quite
close to us. Gordon, one of my men,
wanted to fire his rifle at it, but did
not let him, for fear he would hit dog.
! admit that had a sort of idea that
those wolves might be Indians, but
when l noticed one of them turn short
around and heard the clashing of his
teeth as he rushed at one of the dogs,
felt easy then and was certain that
they were wolves sure enough. But the
red devil fooled me after all, for he had
two dried buffalo bones in his hands nn-
der the wolfskin, and he ratified them
together every time he turned to make
a dash at the dogs. Well, by and by
we all dozed off, and it wasn't long be-
fore was suddenly aroused by noise
and big blaze. rushed out the first
thing for our mules and held them. II
the savages had been at all smart they
could have killed us in trice, but they
ran as soon as they fired at us. They
killed one of my men, putting five bul'
let's in his body and eight in his buffalo
robe. The Indians were band OF
Sioux on the war trail after band of
Snakes, and found us by sheer accident.
They endeavored to ambush us the next
morning, but we got wind of their little
game and killed three of them, includ-
ing the chief"
Next to Kit Carson the most famous
scout in the southwest was Jim Baker,
a native of Illinois, who was employed
for many years by the American Fur
company, who married an Indian wife
from the Snake tribe in Idaho and en-
tered the service of the United States
with Gen. Fremont during his first ex-
ploring expedition. During his old age,
after one season of unusually success
full trapping, he realized the handsome
sum of $4,000 from the sale of his furs.
He then determined to spend the re-
mainder of his days in comfort. The
night before his departure from Fort
Bent he went around the camp to bid
the boys good-by. The farewells were
accompanied by good deal of drink
ing, and before the evening was over
Jim Baker had taken seat in faro
game, where he lost every cent OF his
money. He returned to the mountains
with his Indian wife, established lit
tie store and spent the rest of his life
trading with the Indians and the min
ers.-Chicago Record.
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Paris' Dead Cart.

The municipal council of Paris keeps
a cart for the purpose of hauling away
the numerous bombs and other internal
machines frequently dropped in that
city by vengeful anarchists and muir.
derous cranks. Recently the council
appropriated $500 francs to keep the
"voiture aux explosifs" supplied with
pneumatic tires in order to minimize
the possibilities of an explosion while
carting the missiles through the streets.
IN. Y. Sun.
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His Strike,

did you know that Jimcox had returned
from the Klondike?"
Eyes"
"He made big strike, ! guess"
"Why do you think SOP"
Il met him out at one Of the gardens. He
was blowing. the boys off to good time
and was telling them some great stories
about the country up there"
oh! Then you must have run across him
just after / had been fool enough to let
him have five dollars with which to get new
start in life. Chicago Times Herald.
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Women OF the Austrian Court.

The Austrian court is singularly free
from feminine intrigue. 1t is remark
able, too, as the women are more at
tractive, elegant and brilliant than the
ladies of Berlin. The moral tone of the
reigning house has not so high a stand
ard as that of Potsdam, yet feminine in
reference in politics is entirely un-
known, and, outside of the stories con-
nected with Crown Prince Rudolph's
death, there has been no scandal of the
kind calculated to impair the prestige
of the Viennese court. This is due al
most entirely to the example of EN-
press Elizabeth, who never NEEDLES in
affairs of state.-CincinnatiE ENQUIRER.
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Philanthropy.

Old Party-Why are you crying, my
little man?
The Little Man-Please, sir, Il-lost
Nine ball.
SWELL, well, don't cry. Here's six
pence to get another. Now tell me
where you lost it."
please. sir, troo de front window of
yer house, sir."-Pearson's Weekly.
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Mysterious Disappearance,

Guest-Waiter, ordered cheese.
Waiter-Yes, sab; brought it, sab.
Right there. sab.
Guest = Humphl One little piecd
Was that all you were given?
Waiter anxious for the credit of the
establishment = They gently gives
three or four pieces of cheese, sab. May
be some of 'em got away" - N. Y.
Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-09

Lacked Foresight-Mrs. Pepper-"You
don't act much like it now, but
when you proposed to me you told
me that you fell in love with me at first
sight" Mr.. Pepper-"AnG it was the truth.
l certainly didn't have the gift of second
sight, or never would have done it."-Phil.
adelphis North American.
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A small boy, whose new suit of
clothes was bought on Friday, added
this to his prayers:
"Please, God, make tomorrow Sun
day; don't mind Saturday this week."
IN. Y. World.
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THEY ARE "AMERINDS" NOW.
North American Natives Were I'm.
properly Named Indians by
Columbus.

The lack of any thoroughly satisfac-
tory name for the aboriginal residents
of America was the subject of discus
sion a few weeks ago at meeting of the
Anthropological society of Washing
ton. Col. f. F. Hilder pointed out how
inappropriate was the word INDIAN"
which Columbus applied to the people
of America on the suposition that the
land he found was India. Maj. j. w.
Powell, formerly of the geological sur
vey and now director of the bureau OF
ethnology, said that after conference
with photographers he had been led
to recommend the use of "Amerind" as
the designation required. DIR. w. +.
MCGEE, president of the society, re-
marked that while the word Indian"
is firmly fixed in popular speech and
literature, scientific men were DESTROYS
of having a more accurate term. mas
much as the specialists in any depart
ment of knowledge form the court OF
last resort he had no doubt as to the
ultimate adoption of the new word il
the scientists themselves accepted it.
One advantage of "Amerind" is that
it carries with it no implication of the
origin of the people to whom 1t is APP
piled. Again, it is sufficiently euphon-
ious in foreign languages as well as
our own, and it lends itself readily to
the formation of adjectives and adj
verbs. The word is intended to indicate
all aboriginal tribes of the American
continent and adjacent islands. includ-
ing the Eskimo. The working ethnolo-
gists of the society have unanimously
agreed to adopt "Amerind" tentatively
and to recommend its adoption by their
fellow students.-a-ience.
"Rig ben" stopped for an American.
"Big Ben." the bell of the house OF
commons, which was stopped for ten
hours because it disturbed the rest OF
Mrs. William George Caverdish-ben-
timex. weighs 10 tons, and il one OF the
largest bells of the world. twas called
"Big Ben" after Sir Benjamin Han,
who was commissioner of works when
it was erected. In calm weather IT can
be heard over almost all Of London
". Y. Journal.
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A Reasonable Conjecture

A ReasOnable Conjecture.
Mrs. Shallow-What a queer name for
q fish-"smelt." wonder where they
come from?
Mr.. Shallow can't say fon GER
tainty, but 1 think they are of German
origin and come from the Oder.-Boston
Courier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-09

It is not only in recent times that
women have outnumbered the men in
Massachusetts,. This condition of at
fairs has obtained for 100 years. Ten
years ago the excess was so great that
there were 5000 more unmarried women
than men.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-09
Female Barristers I'm Canada.

Female BaFrfsters In Canada
Women in Canada win soon practice
law as barristers. The Ontario law
school has adopted the following regu-
Iations as to their dress: They must
be bareheaded, wear black gowns over
a black dress, and white collars and
cuffs.
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$50 you want to marry Fred. do your"
said the father.
"Yes, papa" replied the daughter.
with her arms about his neck.
sand go away and leave me all aIone?"
"Why, no, papa! / know Fred will
be willing to leave mamma with youl"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-09

Poor man." said the lady of the house ;
you look half-starved. If you'll cut some
wood I'll give you a good dinner" Mad.
am" replied the dignifed pilgrim. while
l am forced to admit that my appetite is
quite sharp, still it won't cut wood. Good
day. "zPhiladelphia Record.
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Strong self-Denial.

Bradley-So you hired a boy TO shovel
of your sidewalk? When a man no
longer finds shoveling snow pastime
it is sign he is getting old.
Mildmay-Oh, like it as much as
ever, but my self-denial is stronger than
il used to be.-Boston Transcript.
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Locating the Trouble.

Dear me, the circus isn't what it used
to be-"
"Now, John, stop; the circus is all right;
it is you that has changed. You know you
couldn't climb pole, turn a double somer-
sault or skin the cat to save your life. DE
troit Free Press.
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THAT was crazy thing for those three
wise men of Gotham to go to sea in bowl. !"
"Oh, don't know. They were wise enough
to want to get out of Gotham. boston
Transcript.
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Cast thy manuscript upon the literary wa
tiers and it shall return to you after many
days-if you have taken the precaution to
inclose a stamp.-St. Louis Republic.
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Everyone is at least this mean: If hs
pays tax on his dog, he wants other people
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Bill-"It's hard to understand some won
en-" Jill-"Whyw Bill-"The other day
a woman in Brooklyn court refused to kisi
the Bible, but caressed her pet dog doze1
times while on the witness stand." -Yonkerl
Statesman.
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"Some women who claim that they
wouldn't marry the best man on EARTH
says the Manayunk philosopher, ''find ont
after embarking in matrimony that they
have unwittingly kept their word. "-Phila-
delphia Record.
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Prof. Tyndal AYERS that blue-eyed wemen
should always marry black-eyed men. That
is all well enough as a theory, but when q
woman-struck young man gets fairly gone on
g. pretty girl he'll marry her, if he can, even
it her eyes are pea green.-Montgomery Ad-
vertiser.
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Fruit to be avoided by bathers-curants.
Punch.