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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20

a great multitude of discourss..
women to health. The f o,iss, nopsl(
specimen recently received f rors 3
says; ILL., q
About twelve years ago va, 49,.
with female trouble fsysts,n,. ss at1ic0
l doctored with several sri,,,,. catarrl
clans, kept getting worse until phy1
bedfast. remained in this cona,,,. oscal
physicians. snce Of
l concluded / would writ. n.
Tor ADVICE. l owe my life to Dr. u n.y.
ana re.ru-na; My friends ana nsshs
never expected to see me well ssai rs1a
now able to assist with my hou naIu,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-05-27

A complete fertilizer in the literal
sense of the word is one which con-
tains every kind of food plant needs.
Ashes come nearer meeting the defni-
ton than any other substance used
as manure, except stable manure,
which meets the definition entirely, rs
it contains every element of plant
food. But as many of the elements Of
plant-food are present in sufficient
quantity in ordinarily good soils, it is
common to speak of any fertilizer
which contains the elements in which
soils are usually deficient as complete
fertilizers. The substances most gem
orally deficient in soils are phosphcric
acid, potash and nitrogen, and any fer
tilizer containing these in reasonable
quantity is usually spoken of as y
complete fertilizer. In that sense the
combination you mention is conn
plete fertilizer. If the acid phos-
phate contains IL per cent. of
available phosphoric acid, which is the
usual average, the mixture will ana
1t contains less phosphoric acid than
lie as follows: Phosphoric acid, six
per cent, and potash three per cent.
standard guanos, which by law in
some states are required to contain
eight per cent. of that substance
Dixie Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-05-27
DUCKS OR STOCKS3
An Investment That Pays Better
Than Dabbling in Stocks
on Tips.

A circular sent out by firm of tipsters
says: 1T is now over three years since we
first addressed you about our stock opera
tons. During that time had you invested
Sl00. at the beginning and compounded your
profits, your 500 would now be nearly
Si,575. Is there any business that will pay
you better than S4,775 profits on 500 CAPT
tai in three years.! A copy of the circular
fell into the hands OF man who made this
rejoinder:
''The answer is, yes--ducks, tame, pud.
die, muscovy, Pekin, or any other breed.
A little girl had 10 cents with which she
bought sitting of duck eggs. She Dor
rowed a brooding chicken hen from her
mother, and all the eggs were Matched out.
Her profits for the first six months were So,
and she kept three hens and a drake for
the next six months operations. 1t is fair
topresume that her profits will be at least So
for each six months; one year SIG; three
years, Si8. Divide S4S by her Is cents and
the quotient will be 320--that is, each of
her 10 cents viii produce 800 cents; on 81
or 100 cents the profit will be g, 900 cents,
or $500; on 500 capital the profit would be
$4,000, against the s4,775. Verify a good
investment is in duck eggs"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-05-27
WHY DO WE PLow THE soIL7
A Question, the Clear Understand
Ing of Which VIII be a Material
Held in Farm Work.

A clear understanding of this oues-
ton will help us in nearly all the
work upon the farm. We pillow because
we can not farm successfully without
blowing. The earth will produce
without blowing, but the growth will
be composed mainly of the harder
plants.
, Plant food exists in the earth as
abundantly before we pillow as after
ward. We do not create plant food
with the pillow. Before we pillow the
plant food is largely in an insoluble
condition. In this state plants can
not use it; hence we say it is unayail-
able. Much of our food is not digesti-
pie in its raw state. We cook it to
help digestion. We chew it to. help
digestion still more. Plants can not
digest solids of any kind; SO we must
dissolve the food we wish our crops
to feed upon.
Almost any substance will dissolve
in water more rapidly when crushed
than when in Jumps. The potash,
phosphoric acid, lime and other ele-
ments of plant growth are mixed in
all our soils. They exist in abundant
quantities. Any soil will produce if
these are made soluble in water and
plenty of water is present to dissolve
them.
The chief object of blowing is to Sc
cure and maintain these two condi-
tions.
The same result may be gained by
using the spade or any other tool
which will tear the soil to pieces; but
the universal verdict of mankind is
that the pillow will do this work at less
expense and more satisfactorily than
any other tool.
The soil must be broken in small
particles. If these particles are very
small. the soil will give up its food
readily and produce large crops. If
made as fine as the dust under our
carriage. wheels on the highways, we
would call it pulverized. Such soil
would produce very large crops. Bot
tom lands are made up of such par
ticles. which have been fioated down
from the hills and left on the low
lands. In this condition the plant food
is easily dissolved and readily taken
up by the plant roots.
Chemical analysis shows that the
hills contain as much plant food as
the bottoms. Why, then, do they not
produce as large crops? Because the
soil is compact and the plant food is
not soluble. BY intelligent use of the
pillow we can change this. We can in
crease the depth of the soil and make
it fine. SO that the food win dissolve.
At the same time we largely increase
the supply OF water ~ the soil,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-05-27
JOHNS GOOD IDEA.
He Thought Angel Food should
Have the Right Kind of
brand on 1t.

A woman whose husband was physician
for. the California state prison recently had
IN her kitchen one of the convicts from the
prison, Chinaman, serving a short SEN
tence for theft, but whose subsequent good
behavior had made for him many friends
among the government officials John was
a good cook and more than clearly, so the
doctors wife hailed him with delight and
mourned greatly when the days were busy
and John was not allowed beyond the pris-
on walls. John, when in the world, had
heard a good deal about the "Slunday
school, life of his fellow celestials and
since his confinement had thought much on
the subject.
The doctor was very proud of Johns
cooking and one day invited few friends
in for dinner. John was in his element
and prepared an elaborate meal Among
the many delicacts for dessert ordered by
the doctors wife was an angel cake Johns
chief culinary success. Great was the con-
sternation and surprise Of the hostess and
the amusement of the guests when John
bobbed into the room carrying a huge,
snowy, uncut angel cake, bearing across
the top in huge red letters the word ''Heav.
en-"
Johns dinner was "howling' success.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-05-27

Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the
Richmond school, Chicago, ILL.,, writes
the following letter to DIR. Hartman re-
garding Pc-ru-na. She says: "Only
those who have suffered with sleepless-
ness from oyer-work in the school-room,
such as have, can know what a bless
ing it is to be able to find relief by
Spending couple of dollars for some
Ps-ru-na. This has been my expert
ence. A friend in need is a friend in
deed, and every bottle of Pe-ru-na 1
ever bought proved good friend to
me.'-Susan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1914 North
Superior St., Racine City, Wis, writes:
II feel so well and good and happy now
that pen cannot describe it. Pe-ru-na is
everything to me. feel healthy and
well, but if l should be sick will know
what to take. 1 have taken several
bottles of Pe-ru-na for female COM
plant. I am in the change of life and it
does me good.'
/ Send for free book written by Dr.
Hartman. entitled Health and Beauty
Address Or, Hartman, Columbus, O.
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Life Saved by Swamp-Root.
The Great Discovery That Cures Kid
ney and bladder Troubles.

Statistics prove that more people are
brought to the grave by diseases of the
Kidneys and bladder than by any other
disease.
For many years medical science has
been trying to discover some remedy
that would positively overcome these
dangerous troubles.
But not until recently was the discov-
cry made. Doctor Kilmer, the eminent
physician and scientist, after years of
study and research, and after test ON
test that never varied in the grand re-
suit announced the discovery of Swamp
Root, which has proven itself most
wonderful cure for all diseases of tho
kidneys and bladder.
While Swamp-Root has proven such
remarkable success in curing kidney and
bladder diseases, it has also proved
equally invaluable in the cure of blood
diseases, rheumatism. liver and stomach
troubles and in the regulation and cure
of all uric acid troubles.
Swamp-Root has been tested in so
many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to
purchase relief, and has proved SO sue
cessful in every case, that special ar
rangement has been made by which all
readers of this paper, who have not al
ready tried it, may have a sample bottle
sent absolutely free by mail. Also
book telling more about Swamp-Root
and containing some of the thousands
upon thousands Observation-Disclosures
ceived from men and women who owe
their good health, in TACT, their very
lives, to the wonderful curative prop
critics of Swamp-Root. Besure and mem
ton this paper when sending your adj
dress to DR.. Kilmer G. Co., Binghamton.
NJ
This great modern discovery is for
sale at most drug-stores in iifty-cent
and one-dollar sizes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-05-27
GARDEN AS PART OF A FARMa
en- Garden to supply the
Home Table.

No farm is complete without a
kitchen garden. 1t is very late, but
not too late, to have good garden.
Let the ground get dry; then break
thoroughly. Use all the manure your
conscience will let you; spread II
broadcast; mix it thoroughly with the
soil. Throw up very light beds--just
enough to keep the rainwaier from
settling around the little plants. Plant
your seed, if convenient, just before
night; cover lightly with mandrake.
Small seed should be planted near the
surface. Then be sure to press the
soil tightly around the seed. You can
do this with plank. Lay the plank
along on the seed row and walk upon
it, or roll the beds with an empty bar
rel. This is easily done and does good
work.
If your soil bakes, loosen it up with
mandrake each side of seed row. No
work in the garden pays better than
this rolling and raking. The rolling
will nearly always secure a good
stand. All gardeners know how i'm
portant this is. The rakings kill weeds
o. grass in the sprout or soon as up,
and makes the soil warmer, which is
very important to the health of young
plants.
This is one spring when every one
should plant freely of Irish potatoes.
The early varieties, such as Rose,
Goodrich, Hebron and Triumph, will
very soon furnish palatable and whole
some dishes for the table.
We desire to say that we hope every
farmer will grow and save his own
Irish potato seed. Our second crop
are the very best of seed. Southern
seed are as good as eastern, if saved
with care.
Turnips, kale, cabbage, collards,
spinach and other salad crops should
be sown in abundance. They are good
for the table, the pantry, the pigs and
the cows.
Beets, beans, onions cucumbers, sal
sify, canteloupes, squashes, peas and
others, according to taste,ca soon fur
Fish variety and plenty.
Look after the garden. A good gar
den, a good cow, few pigs and hens
will almost support any ordinary FAM
iiy.-Southern Cultivator.
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HERE AND THERE.

1t is useless to confine hogs in a
close pen in which the sun rarely
shines and expect them to make rapid
growth and remain in good health.
Sunshine is life-giving and health-be.
slowing.
There is everywhere an increased
Gemandd for farm horses. Farmers
who were going out Of business year
or two ago, have concluded to stay on
the farm little longer. Better prices
for wheat has had much to do with
this change of front.
When we grind grain for the pigs
the most we get out of il is hard
work; when hog eats meal wet or
dry he does it hastily, and if wet the
moisture can not take the place OF
saliva. When the whole grain is fed it
is well moistened with saliva, SO that
there is no trouble with digestion.
Our country roads are best in the
autumn, but farmers are not always
Their ready to haul their produce 70
market. Speed the day when the
roads will be good all the year, that
the producer may be no longer handi-
capped as he has been.
Earth worries are very humble,
bu: earnest friends of the farmer; as
fertilizers of the soil they are invalua-
bic, continually turning over and loos-
cning the earth, improving its mechan-
ical condition and making it easy for
the seeds to take root, and for the rain
and moisture to penetrate.
There are products now consid-
cred as waste which future genera
ton will untilize and find most re-
runerative. The oil from the cotton
seed OF the United States, the oil cake,
the lint and the hulls are now worth
about s25,ooo,ooo; generation ago
these were all thrown away.
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
COTTON AT A PROFIT.
IL One Only Goes at 1t In the
Right Way.

The way to make cotton and money
in one and the same crop, is very neat
ly laid down in the books and bulletins
but it's little harder to do it in the
soil. Good faithful working, utter
planting as well as before, is neces-
sary of course, but there are other
things to look after as well. The crop
must have good seed, clean bed, and
last but not least, good and sufficient
food.
This fertilizer matter seems hard to
agree upon; that is, just what is the
best fertilizer. We all know that fer
tilizers pay, but some pay better than
others, and we all want to know just
what kinds pays best. Cotton has
been planted straight ahead on most
cotton lands for years, and the natural
query is: "What has it taken away?"
When the credit at the store gives out,
we pretty well know what's wrong:
we've taken away more than we've put
back.
A crop of 200 pounds of lint takes
from the soil about 35 pounds of am
mcnia, 33 pounds of potash, and 10
pounds of phosphoric acid. Now, if
this has been going on for years with
very little return, the credit at the
store must soon give out; even if the
cotton seed meal is returned the ac-
count doesn't balance. Ammonia is an
important fertilizer Ingredient; for
every 100 pounds of ammonia carried
oil in the crop, "a pounds of potash
and pounds of phosphoric acid are
also carried away. Suppose the cotton
seed meal is returned as manure; for
every 100 pounds of ammonia re-
turned, there is also returned 2
pounds of potash and pounds of
phosphoric acid. Place the account
side by side for comparison.
Taken of Returned to
the soil. the soil
ammonia ............100 lbs. 100 lbs.
potash .:............. 81 lbs. lbs
Phosphoric acid 49,. lbs. 3 lbs.
Let the planter do little figuring
for himself ON this basis. How long
Will the account keep good at this
rate? Potash and phosphoric acid ac-
count at the store is apt to be very
low, while the ammonia is in better
shape when we consider that cow peas
viii supply ammonia very cheap.
We all know that fertilizers pay bet-
ter with heavy crops than with light
crops. 1t costs very little more to
make $50 pounds of lint per acre than
1T does to make 200 pounds. The cost
OF picking nearly covers the extra. If
fertilizer cost of about So per
acre will give that extra $50 pounds of
lint, the investment is paying one.
While double the amount of fertilizer
may not bring the lint up to 500
pounds per acre, it will so much re-
drce the other expenses in proportion
to the yield, as to be even more prof
liable than with the smaller applica-
ton. A little of what the Yankees cal
"gumption" helps out great deal in
making money and cotton in one and
the same crop.-R. Garwood.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-05-27

We pillow to break up the crust OF
the earth and turn it into soil. The
deeper we pillow, the more soil we have;
the oftener we pillow, the larger sup
ply of plant food we have ready to dis
solve. Hence to farm successfully we
must speed the pillow. The great phi
losopher's stanzu.
Plow deep while sluggards sleep,
keep.
is not mere poetic fancy; it is the
statement of a great scientific truth
Southern Cultivator.
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the avenue with its mysterious occu-
pants.
Next morning Mr.. Merritt was awak-
ened much earlier than usual by loud
knocking at his door. His nerves were
not in very steady condition after
the champagne of the previous night,
and he felt angry at the vehemence of
the girls knocking.
"What the devil do you mean by that
Internal hammering?" he shouted.
oh dear, master, the house has been
burgled. All the plate has gone"
In minute Mr.. Merritt was out of
bed and had dragged few garments on
him. He met Mrs. Merritt in tears on
the stairs.
"Oh. Bill, she sobbed, all my jewels
have been stolen. Whatever shall l
do?"
He dashed upstairs to the room where
his guest of the night before was sup
posed to be resting. He reeled back
thunderstruck when he saw that the
"haffable" young man had vanished.
Good heavens, Maria," he screamed,
the scoundrel has been a burglar.
Here's note on the table," He read it:
Dear Bill" it ran, I'm sorry-can't
stop-love to Mrs. Merritt. She has
beautiful jewels. Will join the board
after allotment. Ta-ta! Yours, with
love, Bill Wilkins-
But Mrs. Merritt had tainted before
he finished, and her husband made a
wild charge for the brandy bottle, only
to find that it was empty. Poor Bill
Merritt nearly had an apoplectic fit.
Needless to say, the affair got into the
papers, but the burglars were never
tracked down, and the fiotation of Mr..
ritt's never came eff Bill has gone
back to the bench, and hates the sight
OF prospectus.-The Cycle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-05-27

There are three Bonapartes left
Prince Roland, a widower, with one
daughter, and the Princes Victor and
louis ~
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A MAsouERADER.

Love that came in PHYS guise.
Could / say him nay?
Down he dropt his radiant eyes
Yelled his pinions gay
Meath a mantle gray.
Hid his bow and arrows. too.
What was a poor maid to do
Love that came In PHYS guise.
Could / say him nay?
Softly knocked he at the door.
So looked to see;
Love i knew had knocked before,
But this was not he
Pray. who might 1t be?
"Pity Is my name!" he cried:
30 the door / opened wide
Love that came in PHYS guise.
Could / say him nay?
In my empty heart he came.
Filled each corner. too.
Till one day. with look Of fame,
on his cloak he threw,
And Loves self knew.
With q laugh of cruel glee,
II am master here" quoth he
Love that came In PHYS guise,
Could l say him nay?
Love that comes In PHYS guise.
Who can say him nay?
4aidens, an We would be wise,
Turn the rogue away.
Lest We find, some day,
Cruel Love your tyrant grown,
And. like me, ye make your moan
Love that comes in PHYS guise.
Must as master. stay.
-Lippincott's.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-05-27

A man recently swallowed his false teeth
and it grove him mad. Stomachs will stand
great deal, but not everything. Ifyours is
weak try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It
cures indigestion, constipation, kidney and
liver troubles, as well as malaria and fever
and ague. ! 1t is particularly effective in all
nervous affections, and is strongly recon-
mended at this season of the year when the
system is rundown and most susceptible to
disease. All druggists keep it.
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the truth, he was inwardly delighted
with the prospect of floating his COM
pany, for things had latterly been
| slumping just little, and he found it
! harder to dispose of his machines than
it used to be. Besides, he had got
caught in the whirlpool of gambling
that had drawn SO many magnates of
thecycle trade into its vortex, and there
were one or two people in the city who
held paper from him.
The lunch was excellent, and the
champagne so good that further sup
ply was ordered. William Merritt was
undoubtedly enjoying himself. His
companion was talking about millions
in way that made poor Norritt's head
fairly reel, and was making lightning
calculations on the tablecloth. Then
the two adjourned to the smoking
room, where liquors and cigars were
ordered. So agreeable did Mr.. Merritt
find the conversation and manner Of
his host that he found ii difficult to
drag himself away even when the clock
struck five.
Look here" he said, as he stepped
into the hanson which his companion
had considerably hailed for him. "You
must come out and spend tomorrow
night at Merritt lodge with me and
the missus. Come in time for dinner
and we'll put you up for the night"
"Delighted!" said the other, and Mr..
Merritt drove away with the impress
sion that he had never met such jolly
good fellow i'm his life.
The next night arrived, and with it
Mr.. Tooley, who very speedily insinu-
ated himself into the good graces of
Mrs. Merritt.
"Such a haffable young man." she
said to Mr.. Merritt when their visitor
had departed for the night.
Merritt was delighted, and could
dream of nothing but millions all the
night. Visions of prospectuses, in
which was the name of w. Merritt, ESQ.,,
arose before him, and he could see him-
self with the magic letters j. p at
tached to his name. Why not even in
time M. p? And so Mr.. Merritt that
night slept the sleep of the business
man who has done a good stroke OF
business.
just as the hall clock of Merritt Lodge
was striking 8 o'clock cab came
around the corner of the avenue and
pulled up little way from Mr.. Norritt's
residence. A man jumped out and gave
some instructions to the driver, who
moved farther along the street. The
stranger who had. aligted came up to
the ratings of Merritt lodge and gave
peculiar whistle. A few minutes more
and the hall door was gently opened
and Mr.. Norritt's visitor appeared, his
feet being minus boots.
SWELL" said the new arrival in low
voice, got the swag?"
''Yes," replied the other softly, ''it's
all here, ready to go. BY Jove, it's
splendid haul. We ought to clear
couple of thousand out of it. Where's
Jorrocks2"
"Just bit along the avenue"
"Come along, then, give us hand
with this bag. Sling my boots over
your shoulder"
A large bag was lifted by the Two men
and carried along to the cab, where it
was speedily thrown in, the two men
jumping in after it."
go on, Jorrocks, drive like fury now.
And the cab went rafting away down
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ModJ SasJ4bl&
kk2za&sl EEl:lllz7D

Hoods Pills cure liver ills; the non-irrtatins snl
only catharsic to take with Hoods sarsaparills
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Miss Fox-Papa, why does young man
give his fiancee diamond ring?
Mr.. Fox-Oh, that's the forfeit he puts
mp to insure fght.-Jewelers' Weekly.