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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-09
STEYN AND UTLNER.
CORREsp9NDENCE BETWEEN THE FREE
STATE PRESIDENT AND THE
BRITISH GOVERNOR

Hloemfontcin. Orange Free state. oct sThe
correspondence between President Steyn and
SIR Alfred Milucr British High Commissioner in
South Africa. and Governor of the Cape Colony
las been published In communication dated
September - President Steyn pointed out that
tno tome o. the British dispatches was altered.
ana THAT the imperial Government haa departed
from the original iasis of negotiations with ih"
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wan hi-i N''N ''N' i'' ''-N H'>'i j.
The FREQ STATE saws Mr. Stovn cannot con-
coivo 3, nossfblo that q difference regarding the
franchise or ,a,re.eu;a.fon can Justify the ex-
tons,,e and ever Increasing military prapara-
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-09

~ -, t.s rLDfIDES FREELY about the
oeen closed during surnmer.-Adyf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-09
AnnLlLLNrS III CONILNTIOA

I would use Bensolyptus Tooth Power a., '
them 1t IS periecies- a. - or s'S
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
A JOKE ON THE RHYMsTER.

A poet could not tread the path to
fame without his feet.-Philadelph
Bulletin.
This world will be perfect when all
poets follow the example of the st.
Louis physician who committed SUI
eide Immediately after writing poem.
st. Joseph Herald.
There's plenty of room at the top"
remarked the editor. The poet was
deeply disappointed, for he had COM
mented upon the fact that the waste
basket was already full.-Philadelphia
Record.
"This is my latest painting, The
Apotheosis of the Bard.'" "Eh? That
surely amt Pegasus!" mo. We've
done away with Pegasus. That's an
automobile. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Seems odd, nowadays, that such
poets as Moore and all of them were
always writing Lines to Fannie /"
Probably Pegasus is like other horses,
and they gave the lines to Fannie SO
as to have their hands free."-Harlem
Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
Globe sights.

It is easier to work than it is to be al
ways looking for a job.
If child has been trained to ways of
thrift it will ask every visitor who calls
if he would like to see it's bank.
A man hauled wagonload of fishing
poles up the street this morning and
people looked at them and began to feel
lazy.
The only way some parents can get
their girls 10 come home from a visit
is to give them permission to bring o
visitor with them.
AT any rate, girls past As must take
some consolation in the fact that they
are no longer exposed to the danger
GUS microbes found in kissing.
If you meet man whom you owe and
see that ne is preparing to flash his bill
at you get your work in first by paying
him a compliment. In nine cases in ten
he will put the bill back in his pocket
and look ashamed of himself for pre-
senting it.-Atchison Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Every cloud has . silver lining 20
lawyers say.
The ignorant are more skeptical than
the knswing ones.
Nothing so completely takes the cour-
age out of man as pity.
Man is compelled to work for what
some other animals get free.
Even the oldest inhabitant has to
bow to the will of the youngest.
There is no question about tears DO
Ing the crying need of humanity.
Remember Samson's fate and be very
careful how you use your jawbone.
Is'a only half as bad to make q
monocle of yourself as it is spectacle.
Good qualities are jewels that only
good breeding can set off to advantage
About all some weather prophets can
truthfully predict is storms of indig-
nation.
The fisherman sometimes makes the
mistake Of batting his breath instead of
his hook.
Marriage is responsible Tor the great.
est human happiness-also for the
greatest human misery.
With all the gold we are sending
abroad just now we are sending people
who know how to distribute it.
Some men can make a little money
go long way. A mechanic recently
drew copper cent out into $500 feet
Of wire.
A woman who weeps is not a pleasing
object, but it must be oonsoling to
some husbands TO know that women
who are addicted to the tear-shedding
habit never throw Chicago
Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
Beet Pulp for Cattle.

Some months ago there was much ol
fault finding with certain dairymen in
Minneapolis because they had fed pulp
from the sugar factory to their cows.
The claim was that while the beet pulp
increased the milk supply it hnpovrr-
ished it in number of respects. The
department of agriculture has looked
into the matter to considerable cx-
tent and it is of the opinion that beet
pulp, when properly fed, is one of TIL.
best foods for dairy cattle, and beef
cattle as well. The investigation made
indicates the Importance of the wide
extension of the beet sugar industry.
In its value to the farmer, it places the
sugar factory alongside the creamer'
ies.-Leitchfield Review.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

The other day Ole Hanson had trouble
with . bellicose dog that belonged to
his neighbor, a Russian by the name of
Havvs Drenkovitskey. The Swede shot
the dog as soon as he discovered that
he was not friendly to him, and the
sequel found lodging in justice court.
When Ole was propounded inter-
rogatories by the attorney for the pros
ecution he evidenced sense of justice
IN framing replies that is rarely wit
Ressed.
"What sort of gun did you have,
Mr.. Hanson?" inquired the attorney.
as var two-hole shotgun"
"Double-barrel?"
"Yas, das ct"
"Well, don't you think you could have
scared him away?"
"Aye might eff aye had not ben scare
so lax dickens maesel."
"Why didn't you take the other end
of the gun and scare him away?"
oval, master lawyer, Wy dedn't de
dog come for mae oder end first ef haze
want to do Diet vay?"
The lawyer is still wondering if there
wasn't extenuating circumstances con-
nected with the shooting. = Denver
Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
Eggs and Meat.

Six large eggs will weigh one pound
AS flesh producer pound of eggs
will equal pound of beef, says an ex-'
change. 1t is true that the shells will;
weigh trifie, but not nearly SO much
as the bones in the beef, to say noth-
ing of the gristle, which usually ac-
companies the steak. About one-third
of the weight of the egg is solid nutri-
ment, which is more than can be said
of the meat. Practically, the egg is
animal food, and yet there is no labor
required like that of the butchers 10
obtain it. At the prices prevailing,
eggs are among the most economical
articles of food, and many are quite
fond of them served in one or more of
the various ways possible to good
cooks. 1t is well known that, like
milk, the egg is a complete food, con-
tanning everything that is necessary
for the development, of perfect ami
NAL. 1t is easily digested and equally
as easy to prepare for the table.
1t is quite true that eggs may take
the place of meat on many tables, and
it is also true that meat scraps, which
would otherwise go to waste because
they are wholly unfit for food, if fed
to hens will assist largely in the pro-
duction of eggs. Meat and meat
scraps need not be furnished laying
hens if il has to be furnished at an ex-
pense that will not justify its use.
Feed the waste meat scraps to the hens
and feed the eggs to yourself and
children, or sell them to feed other
peoples children; but whatever yon
do, do not forget the value of the egg
as a food product. There is no going
behind the real value of some things.
and all the fluctuations of the market
will not affect the food value of an
egg. They are just as valuable for
food at 5 cents as they are at 40 cents
per dozen.-Farm and Trade.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
Don't Let Cow. Gen Tired.


Remember that if COW is COM
PEELED to travel back and forth over a
30-acre field from morning till night
in order to hunt ration for herself
she will not give you big pay = the
pail. If she has to use the energy to
secure a living that she should have
expended in celebrating milk, she can
not be profitable. To do her best, the
cow should be enabled to fill up well
in few hours and rest the balance of
the time, as it is during the rest speels
that she is grinding out your profit.
There is some profit in summer dairy
ing, but we must give very careful at
tention to all the details, if we would
realize i'll. w. Lightly, in National
Stockman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
HERE AND THERE.

If your sheep does not shear eight
pounds of wool, he is not the sheep you
want.
Lambs sell for more per pound and
cost less to produce than mutton.
Raise more lambs
Hogs must have some sort of con-
diment. Where charcoal can not re
had, ordinary bituminous coal answers
very well and hogs eat-large quantities
of it.
Before turning the sheep into pas
ture, see that the ewes are tagged, and
the lambs are docked and castrated.
Also see that plenty of salt is near Mt
hand for them.
Spring calves do not receive much
benefit from the grass the first season,
because the Illuminating stomach is UNI
developed, and between the summer
heat and the pestiferous flies they have
sorry time of it.
--Droughts are very apt to come
some time during the year, and scant
pasture interferes sadly with the milk
yield and profit. A dairyman who does
not early in the season prepare for a
soiling crop is not wise man.
Pigs will eat more of soaked food
and make better gains from it than
from whole grain. This is true wheth-
or we are feeding them shelled corn,
corn meal, shorts or mixture of these
foods.
Nectar seems to be secreted by the
flowers to attract the bees, that they
may collect the pollen and carry it to
other plants, and thus fertilize or
cross fertilize them. Bees can not be
too numerous for the good of the
plants.
Many who feed and cultivate their
trees well are surprised that they do
not bear, and at loss to explain why.
The reason is simply that they gre
producing so much wood that they
can not produce anything else.
Successful farming includes for
iculture and horticulture. The man
who confines his work solely to the
production of the coarser products Of
the earth may succeed In making
money, but he will never get that come
9Ietc satisfaction which Il obtainablQ
from hia eesupatiou,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

Sea water is brackish, first, because
the sea contains mines of salt at the
bottom of its bed; second, the water is
impregnated with bituminous matter
which Is brackish, and, third, it con-
tains many putrid substances of q
brackish nature. The reason why rain
water is not salty, although most of it
is evaporated from the sea, is explained
by the fact that salt win not evaporate,
and therefore when sea water is turned
into vapor its salt is left behind.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
BUILDING A sILO IN THE BARN.
The Best and Easiest Method to
Build . silo for = Moderate
sised Farm.

Many with a moderate-sized stock
farm are deferred from building silo
because they think the expense SO
great. If l had only seven OF eight
head of cattle, and vas obliged to feed
mostly corn fodder i should certainly
build one, knowing how much better
they do on ensilage and what an i'm
provement is made in milk and butter
in winter dairying. A moderate
sized silo may be built with little ex-
pense and give perfect satisfaction.
One 12 by IA feet and IS feet high will
hold sufficient ensiIage to winter 16
cows.
The best and easiest way to build q
siIo is in one end of large bay, pro-
vided feeding can be done easily from
there. II saves much in timber, as
you have the barn sills and several
pieces to work on and need no extra
roof. Fill in the bottom with small
stones, well pounded down, then with
cement made thin enough to fill al.
creyices. Allow to harden and then
spread coat on top made thicker
with sand. Into this last cement set
slls fer the silo, and be sure to fill all
crevices around them with cement.
Some prefer to lay wall in mortar up
as far as the barn sills, but either way
is all right, if it is only air-tight.
There must be at least Eve timbers
on each side to nail the boards to, pro-
viding the silo is 20 feet high. but be-
ing in the bay, the big beam and other
timbers on the sides of the barn may
be utilized for some of them. Heavy
plank two or three inches thick could
be used in many places instead oil
square timber. For the door, set tim.
bers from the bottom to the top OF
silo, having them far enogh apart SO
that width of tar paper will GO
across and lap on each side ga or J
inches. Have the door open OF the
thresning floor.
Now the frame is done, put on one
thickness of boards, securely nail and
follow with tar paper, doubling this
if you wish. 1t viii work we'll if it i
only single and well Tapped. except II
the corners. where IL should be dou
W. Csil over the tar paper end y 4
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
Names In France.

A citizen of French village applied
not long ago to the mayor to register
the birth of son, and entered his given
name as ''Zola." The official refused to
receive it, in accordance with the pro-
visions of law of 1908 that forb;ds the
registering of names other than those
in use in the religious calendars or of
well-known personages of ancient hiss
tory. On the other hand, within the
last few years several persons in France
bearing the name of Dreyfus have taken
legal measures to have their names
changed.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
How to Reach Two Famous Resorts.
An Outing Hint from Outing"

an OutluB x1lub Aiom Oue4A6.
Fast, safe, superbly equipped and most
carefully governed, one need not wonder
at the great popularity of the New York
Central No other line affords such facili-
ties for through travel between the East and
the West as this wonderful four-track sys-
TEN. In the possession of the Grand Central
Station, located in the heart of New York
City, and within trifing distances of all
frstclass hotels, this railway offers greater
advantages than competing lines. Spring.
summer, autumn and winter, it has attrac-
tions irresistible. The great Northern Will
derness, the playground of the State, now
beckons its thousands. As autumn falls,
Americas scenic masterpiece, farfamed
Niagara, will claim its annual host OF pill
grims with its majestic power, the fierce
turmoil of the Whirlpool and all the pic.
turesque surroundings, the awesome Cave of
the Winds and several other minor attrac-
tons of the vicinity. And when winter
comes, then the entire scene transformed to
what seems fairyland of marvellous frost
dressings, of icy forts and snowy palaces;
of cleaning crystal prison barriers vainly
striving to bind the roaring, foaming plunge
of water-will present spectacle of weird,
mysterious beauty which is not duplicated
in the world.-Outing.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

ready for the corn. The door Il
crossed as the silo is filed. To do this,
fasten roll of tar paper, as long as
the door is high, to the bottom of the
silo, and as the corn is put in roll up
the tar paper and board across with
ten-inch boards. When the silo is
filed, cover the corn over with at least
a foot of straw, hay or any such sub
stance to exclude the air and keep it
until such time as feeding begins
Cor. American Agriculturist.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

"How do you sell eggs?" asked a
Champa street woman of her grocery
man.
Eighteen cents dozen-war prices.
you know"
But what difference does war make
with the hens?"
"Why, don't you see, all the Black
Spanish hens have been killed of, and
they were the greatest layers of any
breed we d."-Denver Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
RIsks the GirIs Rum.

"Oh, it's all very well for you girls
to talk!" said Archie. "We fellows are
the ones who will have to suffer in war.
You won't run any risks"
"Oh, won't we?' said Polly. How
about when we go in bathing next sum-
mer, with the harbors full of mines and
torpedoes and things? What do you
suppose would happen If we stepped on
one ?"-Harper's Bazaar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
Against slang.

''This slang is very annoying" said the
solemn gentleman. "You remember that
time my house was entered by a burglar?
Well, yelled robbers with all my might,
and the people thought was yelling rub
Indianapolis Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
Two views Of q sad Case.

Her Father am afraid, sir, that my
daughter can never be happy with q
man who can be engaged to her month
without giving her ring.
The Aspirant-Sir, / am afraid I can
never be happy with a girl whose en-
gagement to me will not induce jewelers.
TO trust me.-JeMeler's Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

She-'I wouldn't marry you if you wer
the last man on earth" He-''You wouldn,
get chance. I'd surely have my pick then.
philadelphia Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
OPINIONS OF A PESSIMIST.

The man who has never been vice
president at mass meeting is justi-
ded in concluding that his life has in
deed been failure.
Some women are good largely for the
purpose of spiting others who would
ike to talk about them.
There is a place in this world that
everyone is made to fit, but most of the
square pegs seem to be drawn toward
the end where the round holes are.
The man who has never made fool
pf himself over a woman still has .
painful experience before him.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
Largest Freight Steamer.

The Cymric, the largest freight
steamer afloat, can carry about 10000
tons of dead weight; this is about what
CPS freight cars can carry. The dis
placement of the Cymric is $4,000 tons.
She carries thus about twenty-twenty-
thirds of her weight.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

She-'T'm sure I've cast my bread on tn,
water many time, and don't see any re
Suits" He-"No; guess your bread woult
sink, dear"-Y onkers Statesmtn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
Appendicitis Dethroned.

"They tell me that young DIR. Pun-
phrey is making money hand over fist"
''How did he strike it?"
'Why, he's got the fashionable folks
to believe he is the only ptomaine ex-
pert in town."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

To Cure a Cold in Ono Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
drugRiets refund money If it fails to cure. Csc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

PisoA Cure cured me of Throat an
Lung trouble of three years standing.-t
Cady, Huntington, Ind, Nov. IL, 1894.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
Laue,s Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price Is and Soc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

II is surprising how many worthless men
get into good positions, but they rarely ever
hold them.-Washingto (Ia.) Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19
AustraIia,s Orphans.

Australia has no orphan asylums.
Every child who is not supported by
parents becomes warsi of the state,
and is paid pension for support and
placed in private family, where board
and clothes are provided.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

The only people who have any excuse for
having the big head are those who have
never had tn. Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

Yeast--Did you notice who umpired
the game to-day?
Crimsonbeak-No couidn'. sect
when l left the ground there were
about 90 men on top of him.--Yonkess
Statesman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

Most circus performers are well-posted.-
L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

A cynical bachelor says Adams wife was
called Eve because when she appeared his
day of happiness was at an end.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price, 75c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

An amateur editor has made fortune by
his pen. His father died of grief on read
ing one of his editorials and left him $780,
O00-Nauvoo Independent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

Gadzooks-"Does your minister believe in
the policy of expansion POUNDS = Il
should say he does! His text yesterday
consisted of two words, and he made SER
mon out of it that it took him On hour to
deliver."-N. Y. Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

If wives could get away from their hus
bands as easily as other women the mer
would cling to them so hard that all the di
vorce lawyers would die of starvation.-N
Y. Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

A business house of Aberdeen, Scotland,
recently engaged as Office boy a raw country
youth. It was part of his duties to attend
to the telephone in his masters absence
When FIRST called upon to answer the bell,
in reply to the usual query: Are you
there?' he nodded assent. Again the ques-
ton came, and still again, and each time the
boy gave an answering nod. When the
question came for the fourth time, however,
the boy, losing his temper. roared through
noddin' me held aft for T last hauf 'oor!"-
Mirth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

Managing Editor-"Don't you think we
had better have shorthand man at the
Ministers association meeting this after
noon?" City Editor-"Don't see how we
can work it. 1t will take every shorthand
man on the force to handle that woman's
convention. ".-Ohio State Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-19

"Rehfuse meh profered love, prou
gerrul," cried the heavy villain, "and b
meh l.alidome I'll dash yeh over yonde
beetling cliff" The girl gazed in the dire
ton designated by his ,grimy, forefingel
For she was up in topography as wen .
some other things.-Standard and Cathol
Times.