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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-12-16
Look Out for Foot Rot:

Keep a keen lookout for sore feet
among the sheep at this time of the
year when fall rains and mud are liza
BILE to produce foot rot. Whenever
a sheep is seen to be lame, catch it and
examine the feet. With a sharp knife
remove all loose and underarun horn.
and if rot" is present, immense the
foot for moment in a saturated solu.
ton of sulphate of cooper, and sprin-
kle the floor of the sheep shed with
lime In the first stages of the trouble
it is not advisable, however, to apply
strong lotions. The cause, which is
often sand, dirt or other foreign bod
les lodged between the digits, should
~ reBoved. and the animal kept in u
shed upon dry, clean bedding until
Inflammation subsidies. A good appli-
cation for such cases is glycerine two
ounces, acetate of lead one ounce, wa
ter one quart, to be used twice daily.
Elk.
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How Mrs. Pinkham
HELPED MRS. GOODEN.


[LxrTER TO MRS PIHxHAx NO. Iz,7asl
81 am very grateful to you for your
kindness and the interest you have
taken in me, and truly believe your
medicines and advice are worth more
to woman than all the doctors in the
world. For years had female troubles
and did nothing for them. OF course
became no better and finally broke
down entirely. My troubles began
with inflammation and heniorrhages
from the kidneys, then Inflammation,
congestion and falling Of the womb
and Inflammation of oyaries.
~ underwent local treatment every
day for some time; then after nearly
two months the doctor gave me permits
sion to go back to work. Invent back,
but in less than q week was COM
PEELED to give up and go to bed. On
breaking down the second time, de-
cided to let doctors and their medicine
alone and try your remedies Before
the first bottle was gone ! felt the eff
fects of it. Three bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and q
package of her Sanative Wash did me
more good than all the doctors treat
ments and medicine.
"The first remark that greets me
now is How much better you loekv and
you may be sure never hesitate to tell
the cause of my health. "-ARs E. ].
GooDEN, AcKLEY, Ia.
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beans ON that land. Ny preferences
would be the velvet bean, as it Is
better nitrogen gatherer than the COW

would be the velvet bean, as 1t Is .
better nitrogen gatherer than the COW
pea; hut when it comes to blowing
under the crop, the cow pea is the
easiest managed. But if the velvet
bean is moved and allowed to lie on
the leand where cut, it win be easily
plowed under then. The land for
wheat should be put in the best posi-
BILE condition by repeated workings
of the cultivator and harrow until il
is as fine and friable as an ash heap.
A. the last working of the cultivator
the fertilizer should be applied broad
cast, and as evenly distributed over the
entire area as possible. This fertilizer
should be complete plant food for
wheat. 1t should analyze eight per
cent. phosphoric acid, eight per cent.
potash and three per cent. nitrogen.
About 600 pounds per acre on ordinary
sandy soil will be quite ample; but
should the soil be in good physical
condition, and well filed with humus,
a couple of hundred pounds more
would be a good investment. After
the fertilizer is applied the cultivator
should he run as evenly as possible
over the ground, so as to leave small
shallow burrows for the seed to fall
in. In the absence of wheat drill
one has to seed by hand, as evenly as
possible. A bushel and one-half to the
acre it good average seeding.
After sowing, run harrow the cross
way of the cultivator marks. This will
cover it even, and cause it to sprout
uniformly. A roller should be run
over the land Immediately after, or in
the absence of roller, a heavy drag
to prevent water standing in pools,
and eventually cause washing during
heavy rain. Some wheat growers
apply salt to the crop, claiming it will
produce a bright colored straw, where
such straw is wanted for any special
purpose. Salt may be an important
addition, but by using kainit as the
source of potash in the fertilizer, the
same end may be attained. Early ia
March a top dressing of nitrate of soda
is recommended, applied Immediately
DcIOTt VI uuTiilS a ldiu. -NC'Si Apply
nitrate of soda to a dry soil in dry
weather.
Spring wheat is not a success in the
south, as hot weather is on before it
is ready for ripening and spring
planting is always ripened premature
ly. The best time to sow wheat in
this latitude is between the 18th of
October and the 18th of November.
When sowed then, it is ready for hat
vesting from the middle to the end Of
Nay. The best variety for us here is
Red Turkish. 1t is a bearded wheat,
noe very heavy in straw, but has
plump, round grains, and fills up very
well, and can stand a reasonable
amount of dry weather, such as we
get in May and early June. l can see
no reason whatever why every farmer
in the south should not be as much
interested in wheat crop as in a corn
crop, for the one is certainly as profit
able as the other, and it will be so in
a few years that wheat on the south
ern farm will be deemed as important
as corn.-C. X. McQuarrie, in Farm
and Ranch.
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North Texas has the distinction OF
being the only section where wheat
and cotton grow side by side and in
their greatest perfection.
--Millet, hungarian, sorghum, broom
corn seed, wheat screenings and milk
can all be used to advantage in making
up variety for the fowls.
1t often is good plan to fill in
three or four inches of dirt in the
poultry house in order to make sure
that the quarters will be dry.
Barbed wire fences are really bar
barous wire fences and too costly for
any farmer to use. At first cost they
may be cheaper than woven wire, but
when the damage to stock is consid-
cred their cost is often ruinous.
The symptoms of cholera in Ioul-
try are, dropping of the wings, ruffiing
of the feathers, the comb and waffle
turn dark and somtimes black, with
copious discharges from the bowels,
the fowls refuse to eat and have an
intolerable thirst.
On October 1 the potato crop in
northern Wisconsin, was badly injured
by freezing. The thermometer regis
tered 20 degrees and the ground was
frozen to "a depth % more than enc
inch. That is what people get for liv-
ing in such a climate.
Cotton is bringing better prices
now than for three years past. The
seed has doubled in value within a
few months, and yet the farmer can
realize more than the current price by
using the seed as fertilizer or cattle
food, or both combined.
Galveston, Tex, is rapidly beconr
ing a grain market. The receipts
since June 1st are nearly o,0on,0O0
bushels, or 10000 carloads. This is
bur the beginning OF what is destined
to be a very great business. a few
years ago there was not bushel of
WHEAT received at Galveston except for
the local MILLS.
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winter in the south.

The season approaches when ones
thoughts turn toward place where the in
conveniences of Northern winter may be
escaped. No section Of this country offers
such ideal spots as the Gulf Coast on the
line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
between Mobile and New Orleans. 1t pos
sesses mild climate, pure air, even temper
allure and facilities for hunting and fishing
enjoyed by no other section. Accommoda-
tions for visitors are frst-class, and can be
secured at moderate prices. The l.. q n.
r. r. is the only line by which it can be
reached in through cars from Northern
cities. Through car schedules to all points
in Florida by this line are also perfect.
Write for folders, etc., to Geo. B. Horner,
d. P. A., St. Louis. Mo.
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A LOwly Life.

30 uncomplainingly she bore the moi
OF housewife care and unremitting toll.
And, be 1t said. throughout her length Of
days
Her womanly reward was stinted praise.
She lived life as lowly as the loan,
Yet Just her patient smile suggested home
And mother-love that watched Ger trundle-
bed,
Till cen the praiseless husband often said
She made his home-life happy.
So. when the friends had crossed upon her
breast
Her tired hands, that she might better rest.
And noted the angelic smile of peace
She wore at labor's end and tolls surcease,
An epitaph to mark her grave they framed.
And, while no deed Of martyrdom was
named,
The lines told all of wife and mother strife
They writ beneath her name: "A Farm
er's Wife
She made his home-life happy"
Roy Farrell Greene. in Good Housekeep-
ing.
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PEOPLE OF r1rLR.

The duke Of Westminster il said to
possess . clock, the pendulum alone Of
which is worth E $4,000, for it is set
with 4s fawless diamonds, each valued
at 6 1000.
Kaiser Wilhelm has changed Count
MINISTER'S new title to Furst Munster
Derneburg, so that the name under
which he attained distinction may be
retained.
Lord Rosebery is admittedly in the
foremost rank of speakers. He did not
achieve this position without sedulous-
ly studying in parliament and on many
a platform England's two most elo.
quent orators of the Victorian era
John Bright and William Ewart Glad
stone.
The queen has a great dislike to
typewriter communications, and does
not allow any documents that are sup
posed to emanate from the sovereign
to be sent out typewriter. The car
ina, on the other hand, has taken a
great fancy to the typewriter, and is
the owner of machine with type-bars
of gold and frame set with pearls.
Her majesty has three crowns, but
1t is very seldom indeed that she wears
one of them. During the long series of
functions that accompanied the cele-
bration of her last birthday, for in
stance, there was only one occasion
on which the royal head was graced
with a crown. This was the drawino
room which her majesty attended. The
tiara which the queen then wore was
made nearly 40 years ago, and weighs
about eight troy ounces. 1t is light
shell of gold, thickly incrusted with
diamonds, there being no fewer than
2.6T3 white diamonds and 523 Of the
rose brilliants.
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b. local applications, a. they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There ID
only one way to cure deafness, and that il
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inhamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inhamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
~. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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SOUTHERN WHEAT CULTURE.
II Properly Managed 1t Can be Made
One of the Most successful
Crops of the south.

It is generally supposed that wheat
growing in the extreme south is un-
profitable; but if properly managed
it can be made one of the most sue
cessful crops on the southern farm.
Oats, rye and barley are apt to get
very severely damaged-if not entirely
killed-if an extreme frost should &C.
cur, the same as we had last Febru-
AIRY. But wheat is frost proof, and
after the severe blizzard of the 18th
of February last my wheat crop was
the only green thing on the farm for
a few weeks. 1t came through that
severe weather in perfect conditioI,
Sand hencefore it shall have a place
among the winter crops of the farm
every year. Anyone who has once
grown it will continue doing so. Like
corn, it is one of those crops that no
farmer can afford to be without. On
the sandy soils of the south it is often
affirmed that wheat can not be grown
that will fill out plump and hard III
the grain like the northern grown ar
ticle; but if the proper grade of fer
tilizer is used, it can be quite as sue
cessfully grown on the sandy soil of
the south as anywhere else. But there
are certain varieties that suit our eli
mate best, and if these are adopted,
and the fertilization of the crops along
the proper lines, success Is sure "a
reward the efforts of anyone who will
give this crop fair trial. The farm
er that contempIates growing wheat
should plan well ahead, and when be-
is planting his spring crop arragne to
prepare for the fall planting of wheat
BY sowing either COW peas Of velvet
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Life,s Daily Tasks.

Thy daily tasks are hard for thee.
o toiler Of the earth!
Thou seest not the dignity
That gives them priceless worth.
So might a child, with careless thought.
Throw by the half-writ page.
Nor even know how far it taught
The lessons of his age.
Thou learnst DER and DER again
In painful ways and slow,
The wisdom God would share with men
The lore His angels know
IT'S He who sent necessity
To guide thy wayward tread,
And bids thee find in service free
Thy daily heavenly bread.
o love thy life and hold 1t dear
count II sweet and blest!
1t is thy friend, to show thee clear
Thy loving Lords behest.
Elizabeth French. In Springfield (Mass)
Republican. A
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-12-16
Expectations.

The man who signs his name and draws
His placid dollars from the bank
In boyhood dreamed Of loud applause
For an adventurous soldiers rank.
The man who fights from day to day
For fame or fortune-or for bread
Was won't to boast that he'd display
Such wealth that lords must bow the
head.
The man who tries to speak Jest
Speeds thoughtless darts which cause
tear:
And when he turns to wisdoms quest
A laughing world will mock and jeee.
Fate loves our prophecies to slight,
Lest pride should haunt her plumes toe
free:
The things we are are never quito
The things which We have meant to Be.
-Washington Star.
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1t seems almost to be taken for granted by
the majority of men that money is of more
value than anything else Character, repu-
tation, absolute fidelity to even the finest
shades of distinction between honor and dis.
honor--the almighty dollar seems sometimes
to weigh all these down and Git thrcned on
mans eternal soul.-Rev. Charles NJ. Shell
don.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-12-16

Stranger-Where does that new dentist
have his office?
Policeman-You mean the one who pulls
teeth without pain?
EYES,"
go right around the corner. You will
hear his patients yell half block away
Ohm State Journal
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"A Baptist minister was asked how it was
that he consented to the marriage of his
daughter to Presbyterian. "Well, my dear
friend" he replied, "as far as l have been
able to discover, Cupid never studied the
ology.".Ohio State Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-12-16

Many a woman who becomes indignant
when called tough, CLOVIS when called bo-
hemion.-Atchison Globe.
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"What did papa say" ''He showed me
the door," "And what did you sayy Il
said it was. certainly a very handsome door,
but not what | had come to talk about.
Lou were mine. Cincinnati Commercial
tribune.
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How They Hate-Mrs. Greene-"Ho
came you to recommend that girl you had
to Mrs. Gray? You know you said YOU
actually hated the girl" Mrs. Brown
Yes; but don't hate her as much as dc
Mrs. Gray."-Boston Transcript.
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Ma.cuIine Idea of q Tea.

Empty two quarts of dried peas into a
bass drum and trim up the outside with
pink baby ribbon and you have the average
mans idea of his wife's five o'clock teas
Atchison Globe.
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Johnny Was Anxious.-Mr. Squiggs Tread
ing)-"I see that Prof Wiseman, the proph-
ct, has decided that the world will come to
an end next Christmas" Johnny Squiggs-
Before or after dinner Baltimore
american.
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Tired Tootstrong-"M Madam, will you
please help poor, homeless man out of his
troubles" Madam (who was raised in the
packwoods) -"Certainly Would you rather
pc shot or hit on the head with an ax?'-
Norristown Herald.
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II was discharged simply to vindicate an
.ldadage," said Simpkins. "How was that"
The adage says: Where there's smoke,
there's fire. The boss had rule against
smoking smoked, and was fired. "-Phila-
delphia North-American.
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The nightingale's song can be heard
at Q distance of q mile.
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GaIlantry.

He was strong and she was fair,
They hurried through the street.
And sheets Of rain were falling there.
And water splashed their feet
She carried no umbrella: he
Held one above his head:
spray share fly shelter. miss. with ma"
He very gently said
A frail old woman. poorly clad.
Trudged on the way they went;
Her head was bare. her look was sad.
And she was pale and benz.
The girl looked up and then replied:
you're very. very kind!'-
They hurried onward side by side,
The woman trudged behind.
3. E. Kiser. In Chicago Times-Herald
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The Open Heart.

The Open Heart.
Would you understand
The language with no word.
The speech Of brook and bird.
OF waves along the sand?
Would you make your own
The meaning Of the leaves,
The song the silence weaves
Where little winds made moanf
Would you know how sweet
The falling OF the riil,
The calling on the HILL
All tunes the days repeat?
Neither aims nor art,
No toll. can help you hear:
The secret of the ear
Il In the open heart
John Vance Cheney. In Century.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-18
DEMOCRAT. TIMES.

Health is vesy GOOD, excent fet chiils.
Crops are,good as a generalthing
Tarnip planting is all the 10 now
We have rains every other day. and some
times every dat.
Miss Maggie Terry visited home folks in
Forrest City Saturday and Sunday. returning
to her post OF duty Monday.
M. Wallace. of sand Ridge, visited this
section Tuesday.
Politics is at a very low ebb in this section.
Gold Bill fnpst be very dead as he has not
been able TO co he, a second time. Poor fellow.
Our POSTMASTER visited Netieton few days
ago, and has been puny ever since his return,
He must have got an overdose of something.
Ifurrah for JeR Davis. He is the right man
in the right place. Let's keep right where he
Is.
YIN. Coleman. of the Otto settlement, visit
ed this section on business Monday.
~ X. Adlins. of jefferson. No.. farrnerl, of
this place. paid us short visit receintiv.
We had a very hard rain storm Wednesday
evening.
Sorghum Joe's yard gate has not b-eh heard
'of'yet. II,
Our school Is progressiing very nicely.
Sorghum Joe is going to Memphis soon. If
walking does not get too crowded.
SILVER BILL.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-18
City Couch.


Council met Tuesday night-full
board present.
The following bills were examined.
allowed and ordered paid
4. J, lizard. for insurance. - NJ 90
J.. Heck Co.. mdse .............. li6 ~
y. u. Upon. costs. -...................... 90
~. q. WON, costs. ............ -. ; %
sam ArMneld, cleaning sewer...... 9 90
Harrow : Co.. Board prisoners. 6s
ST. francis county,pt. small pox exp'e) 100 90
Total........, -.....................t.J $50 SO
On motion the recorder was in
structed to notify the st. Francis Elec.
trio Light Co., THAT the COUNCIL would
consider no more bills for lightr unless
the service is improved. /,
On motion the RECORDER was in
structed to notify the Tennessee Brew
ing Co., and Z. I. Gray to remove
their property from the grounds ada
cent to the Choctaw 4 Memphis cross
ing ut Rosser street, n,order that con.
tepplated public improvements at that
point may be made.
The reports of officers were submit.
ted AS follows: :,
:, The mayor reported iiues imposed
during July aggregating Slo5 less $40
RENTED to Ben Davis.
Marshal reported fines collected. and
cancelled by labor. ETC., including
above remittance-Sl50.5O He also re.
ported water tax collected for July $50.
The recorders report is as follows
Forrest City, Ark, Aug. 1. 1899.
To the Hon. Board of Mayor and
Aldermen Of the Town of Forrest City
Arkansas.
The undersigned as Recorder OF said
town submits the following report for
the month ending July 81, 1899.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-18
Death of Aggie Scott.

Aggie Louise Scott. the beautiful lit.
tie dve-year-old daughter of Mrs. w.
w. Scott, of Haynes, died Monday at.
ternOon at three clock, of congestion.
She had been sick only four days; hav-
ing been taken i'll Friday evening. The
precious remains were laid to rest 10
the Forrest City cemetery Tuesday
morning at 10 O'Clock, Rev. w. e. Dav.
idsOn, officiating, and large number
of friends and sympaihlzeis of the
family being present. The child WAS Il
lovely baby, and this sudden Separation
will bc the hardest trial of the little
darling's poor mothers life. The lit
tie one is at rest. Let it comfort tile
inotherto know that her darling is
safe from the bitter griefs of life and
enjoying the kingdom of God. The
family have our sincere and heartfelt
sympathy in their hour of gloom.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-18

Council met Tuesday night-full
board present.
The following bills we're examined.
AlinWed aud orIarntl mid
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-18
A Narrow Escape.

Thankfully written by Mrs. Ada f. Hart,
of 0roton, 5. ID. ''was taken with bad
cold which settled on my lungs cough set
in, finally terminated in consumption
-Four doctors gave ne up to my Savior; de-
termined ii could not stay with my
friends on earth. would meet my absent
ones above. Ny husband Was advised to
get DR.. Kings Flew discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds. ] gave it
a trial, took. in all, eight bottles. 1t has
cured me, and thauE God, | am saved and
now well and healthy woman. y Trial
bottles free J. IT, Duhavant & Co.
Regular price soc. ard 81. Guaranteed
o. price refunded.