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sheep ON Small Farms.

If farm is dry enough for sheep
and if it is not it can often be made
so by drainage-sheep will pay even on
small farms. There is prevalent dis
position in these days to believe that
there is no money in sheep unless
they are kept in large or compara-
lively large focks. The idea that
few sheep on a farm are valuable does
not seem to find Judgment in the aver
age mind. This no doubt is the result
of the common notion that wool is the
main thing in sheep husbandry. The
production of mutton alone will pay
for sheep breeding. There is grow
ing demand for mutton, and the bet
ter the mutton, the greater the de-
mand will be. There arc few farmers
who could not keep snail flock OF
sheep and sell the mutton they pro-
duce in the nearest town or among
their neiShboring farmers. A dozen
sheep will pay on any small farm
Farm and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01
rhe Blind Goddess.

Intensely m6dern is the new murder story
by Randall Irving Tyler, entitled "The
Blind Goddess" There is, it seems, evolu-
ton in murder stories as well as IN every
thing else.
Those who read Tyler's "Four Months
After Date" and said the book was clever
though perhaps weighted down with bust.
ness transactions, will find in '"The Blind
Goddess" just issued, a novel drawn in a
new vein, but full of dramatic clmaxes.
To bring home the thoughts it contains to
many who never read murder stories, in
cidents are used familiar to all who have
followed the recent poison cases.
The prosecuting officers theory OF the
crime, the appalling accusation of the in.
nocent daughter of one of the murdered
men, the web of circumstantial evidence
around and against a man of unblemished
character, who is also accused, the defense
less position both of these people occupy
before the coroner, the subsequent indict-
ment without hearing before magistrate
all these things make the reader think:
The underlying motive for the crime in
PRODUCES a diversion in the person of an ad-
ventures, for whose presence no apology is
offered, as it turns out that she is the real
culprit.
The occasional glimpses of an exclusive
social circle, the charming heroine Helen
Brownell, the strong willed but intensely
human Sanford Crane, offer opportunities
for Mr.. Tyler's ability in character sketch
| ing which he has not neglected; even the
adventures challenges admiration at times
by the boldness and GOODNESS of her method.
The title, as will be readily understood,
applies to the more serious side of the novel,
which has to do with prosecution for cap
| ital crime; but the well-handled romance
running through it all and the satisfactory
denouement make "The Blind Goddess" .
marvelously entertaining book, running ovel
with surprises in its movement and its lit
erary style. 1t is more than absorbing; it il
compelling. Stuyvesant Publishing Com
pany, New York; cloth, Sl.00; paper, 81
| cents
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01

tires leaves its tracks ON the highway,
and the depth of these tracks depends
upon the character of material OF
which the road is built, the width OF
the tires and the weight of the load.
Whenever a loaded wagon becomes
stuck it is due to the fact that the road
is too soft and the tires too narrow for
the load on the wheels. Water and mar
row tires are the two causes which
contribute to ruin the best roads. They
aid each other in the work of con-
aid each other in the work of destruc-
ton. The rut formed by passing
wagon forms trough for the rain,
which, instead of running off to the
side, as it would do on hard, smooth
surface, sinks into the ground. The
next wagon, finding the ground soft
ered, digs it's wheels deeper into the
surface. and so the decentralization and
destruction continues.
This suggests one of the strongest
arguments in favor of the use OF
wide tires. Wide tires are road max
ers; narrow tires are road destroyers,
Wide tires roll and harden the road
surface, and by their use every loaded
wagon can be turned into an effective
road roller. Every wagon which to-
day helps to cut up the roads could be
utilized for their Improvement, fol
nothing so much tends to the making
of good roads as continual rolling Of
| thes urface.-The Market Basket.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01
ohiect Lc..on. 70 Farmer..

As long as the world stands we will
have unsuccessful men in every line of
business. There will be farmers who
can't farm If agricultural schools
crown every hill and farmers insti-
tutes hold semi-weekly sessions in
every agricultural precinct in the
country. But it is a cheering fact that
Official Investigations made by the ma
tioral government show that farmers
living within given radius having an
agricultural and mechanical college
for a center, are universally far above
the averages of the states in which
they are situated. This investigation
has been carried still further, and
shows that farmers are still plying
their vacations within given distance
from a graduate of one of these col
leces who is engaged in farming, art
also successful far above the average
The agricultural and mechanical col
lege farms are object lessons to tn
farmers round about; and every grad
uate who farms becomes q secondar.
center of influence which Is doing
much to spread progressive farming
in every section. Thus tits the wisdom
of the national government in endow
ing these institutions made manifest
Farm and Ranch.
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HERE AND THERE.

More hogs have been handled at
Chicago during the past season than in
any previous season in the history OF
the stock yards.
There are millions of acres in the
south that only need the intelligent
man behind the pillow to make them
fruitful.
No man should engage in breeding
stock of any kind unless he is an en-
thusiast in the line he adopts. Stock
raising is (. business matter and any
body can succeed therein who has in
dustry and capacity.
1t is only in growing special high
priced crops that a farmer can afford
to purchase manure. In all other
cases it should be made at home-that
is to say, as one of the products OF
the farm.
There are some things that even a
hog will learn by experience. A brood
sow. for instance, is generally better
mother after the first litter, and still
better with each successive hitler un-
til she becomes superannuated.
The multiplication of .silos is one
of the evidences of agricultural prog
ress visible to the naked eye. 1t has
become evident to farmers that they
must consume more of their products
ON the farm than heretofore.
The only bonanza farms in the
country that have proven profitable
lave been managed, not by practical
farmers, but by competent business
men, aided by ample capital. Farm
ers too often lack the business train
ing that is absolutely necessary in thu
management of great enterprises.
The average condition of winter
wheat in the United States is lowel
than at the same date in any of the L
latest years with three exceptions. viz.
1855. 1898 and 1896. Indications arr
not favorable for heavy wheat crop
though it is too early for any SAT-
forecasts.
| Mutton is the cleanest and mos
bealthful Of ali meats. Sheep disease
are all apparent; their muscles contain
OF trichinae, and their glands no scroi
ulous bacilli. A sheep will actuaii,
starve rather than eat any sort o
| filthy food. Americans are rapidly DC
/ vslopjug taste tor mutton.
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O. the Road to Recovery.

"Good-day, Mrs. Clump. How is your
husband this morning?" asked one
countrywoman of another, whose hus-
band was i'll.
"Weil, I think he's a bit better" was
the reply. 'He sat up for an hour yes
terday, and had little appetite. He
ate couple of chops, a veal-and-'am-
pie, two helpings of apple pudding, and
a snack O. cheese. think by to-mor-
row he'll be able to swallow something
substantial" -Tit-Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01

1t is frequently claimed that roads
IN the United States, instead of getting
better, are constantly getting worse,
and when the reason Is asked the ex-
PLANTATION is made that the damage
done to existing highways by the use
of narrow tiea is far greater than the
Improvement made by the semi-annual
effort at fixing the roads.
without entering into discussion
al this. there Is no denying that q
heavily loaded Wagon With narrow
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01
Cheering Him Up.

"It very seldom happens" said Mr..
Stormington Barnes, "that we are per-
mitted to adopt the career for which
we are ambitious in youth. always
wanted to be comedian and make peo-
pie laugh"
"Dear me-" said the sympathetic
young girl; "you ought not TO be so
disappointed. I'm sure you make peo-
lelaugh very often as it Washing
ton Star.
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Her Logic.

Bickers-Women are such illogical
creatures!
Morgan-Granted; but what's the
trouble this time?
Bickers-My wife threatens to sue
young widow down our way for alienat-
ing my affections, and she has al
ways declared 1 never had an affection
for her.-Boston Transcript
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01
Mere limitations.

"No man who has ever seen the light
ming flashing across the sky" observed
Uncle Allen Sparks, coming out Of his
reverie, will wonder at any crooked
ness in these electric lighting conf
panies."-Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01
Do Your Feet Ache and Burns

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-Ease,
powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, Callous, Sore, and Sweating
Feet. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell
it, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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A Point Scored.

"There ought to have been woman
jury in that canned beef inquiry"
''Why, Maud?"
because men are so used TO hnding
fault with beef that they couldn't view
the evidence without prejudice.---De-
troit Free Press.
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On Hope.

Men paint Hope as an angel in thin clothes
But tits not so;
Hope is the hay tied DER sonkey's nose'
To make him go.
Chicago Record.
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An Exception.

Remember" said the good man,
"that there are sermons in stones
Not in those that you run against
with your bike" retorted the cynic, and
the argument was necessarily at an end.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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His Usual Place.

Witness, did you ever see the prisoner
at the barr"
80, yes, that's where 1 got acquainted
with him. STRAY Stories.
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I,ffe'S Tragedy,

Far from the madding crowds ignoble
strife,
They walked at eve beside the moonlit
bay.
The tenor asked her would she be his wife.
And the soprano shilly answered "nay?'
Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01

A sparkling device seems to be necessary
part of the motor carriage. The old-fash
Toned horse that could be driven with one
hand, and covered buggy, were considered
a good sparkling device lin those days.
L. A. w. Bulletin.
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Horrible Death.-"Poor Siddons! His
dead body was found on ths banks of the
SchnyllzilI yesterday" Drown himself?'
"The supposition is that he drank sons
of t."-Philadelphia Call.
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Reverse Effect.-"So they finally froze
johnson out of the company, did they?'''
Eyes. And / never saw hotter man in all
my life. "-Indianapolis Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01

Japly-'1 wouldn't mind getting drunk
occasionally but for one thing" Yaply-
"What is that!" Japly--''lt always gives
me the courage to call on the very people
that l don't want 10 have see me in that
r, condition. Town Topics.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption is
the only, medicine for Coughs. Jennie
Pinckard, Springfield. H., Oct. l. 1894.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01

The menu of love consists chiefly of i'm
probable possibilities.-Chicago Daily News:
No Credit. -Bramble--"Y on complain of
being poor, but look at me. am 5000 in
debt" Thorne-"That's just what ! am
kicking about. can't get into debt."-N.
Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01

An Atchison girl clerk demanded raise
of wages this morning. She said that she
had been eating brain food cereals for a
month past, and felt that if they were as
beneficial as the testimonials on the wrap
pers declared, her ability was now such as to
demand due ecognition.-Atchison Globe.
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Lane. 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 % and SOC.
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Gust fancy girl of her social position
falling in love with contortionist!" u
think she saw in him man she could wind
round her little finger" STRAY Stories.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01

Everyone laughs at man who has full
confidence in his friends, but everyone en-
vies him.-Atchison Globe.
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Easily Distinguishable.-"W | ought
to know my cw1 mindr Certainty You
try hard TO have it different from anybody s
elsei"-Detroit Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01

Shea doctor in Berlin, after q greai
deal Of study, has discovered that married
men live longer than bachelors!" He Tim
ploringly)-"Save my life!" She (joyously
-"Oh, Clarence, how did you guess thai
loved YOU ?"-Ohio State Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-07-01

When people are pleased, they say moth
ing; when they are displeased, they grum-
ble.-Atchison Globe.
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To Cure q Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money lift fails to cure. 25c.
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"Oh, Harry, listen to this: In Siberia
they chain convicts to their wheelbarrows. y
"Well, Harriet, you know very well you'd
chain me to the lawn mower if you werent
afraid the peighbors would blow about it.
Chicago Daily Record.
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snow, look here, my man, was pass
Ing this way yesterday, and saw you
with crutehes and a placard saying you
were lame"
sQuite true, sir, but business is busi-
ness, and you know the public must
have variety."-Judy.
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TTOME duties to many more important than
health.
through daily tasks and pile trouble.
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VOMAM,S
DEVOTION
10 HOME

dear Mrs. P1NKHAM-I feel it duty to write to you to
tell you have taken Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Com
pound and think there medicine in the world like it.
suffered for nine years. and sometimes for twelve weeks at
time could stand feet had female troubles OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-15

petition is keen. I am just returning from
the Pacific coast. and while out there re-
fused $500 order from jeweler because
of a difference of $50 in the price of the
whole order. That will give you an idea
of how closely we have to figure. I tele-
graphed my house what / had done and
IT. Endorsed me. l am anxious to go in bust
ness for myself, and if L were in any other
line than diamonds / would have struck
out for myself long ago. but l fear there
Is no chance for me. l couldn't pay the
high salary 1 would have to pay to the
travelling men 1 want. l couldn't employ
cheap men because a few mistakes would
wipe out my capital and bankrupt me.
Everybody asks me about the effect of
hard times on my business. In 1884 the
business of my firm fell of StaD,oU0. but it
Is great mistake to assume that the dia-
mond business stops in hard times. OF
course. everything is booming now and my
sales are good. but they go right along all
over the country, even in the hardest times.
Diamonds will be sold in hard times just
as long as men get married. Even when
men are crying poverty we still have
the married trade to fall back on Show
a diamond to man who is about to be
married and wants a ring for his fancee,
and don't care If the price is away above
what he intended to pay, he will never fall
ter Diamonds simply sell themselves to
men who are about to be married But
selling to man after he is married-thats
when the jeweler has to work"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-15
Parker dh1sE CO. Parker BRIDGET CO. Parker BRIDGET CO.
Holiday Neckwear

For Ladies.
Neckwear is beautiful, elegant
and useful; therefore pleasant
to give and most agreeable to
accept. There is exceptional fit
ness for Christmas gifts in Our
great and handsome line. Each
piece is unmatched in its sphere
of price
Surprisingly rich bits of Neck
wear at soc. and $I.oo. Two
yard-long Chiffon Ties with two
rows OF plating at ends at either
price, all shades, including white
and black,
At 81. Ladies' Stocks. of satin. with velvet
trimming. heaatiaed with large bow Of
At sl.25, ladies' SILK Tucked Stocks with
Liberty silk rcsette edged with lace and rib
At sl-5o. Ladies' Fine Quality Satin
Stocks; with turnover collar Of p,aiied chif
fcn; richly embellished with rf,sette of LIB
erty SIX, edged with plated chiffon.
A beautiful line of Ladies
Two-yard-long Corded Silk In
perials, richly hemstitched and
finished on edge with delicate
colors of Taffeta Silk; the price,
$3.50, worth $3.50.
Extra Fine Lace Stole Ties at 75c deli
cat Ky rich and inviting. Finer sorts at
S1.oo; these Of pure cotton net, with real
lace ends. Real value, sec.
Every latest Neckwear idea
will here be found
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AMERICAS cRooKEDEsT RIVER.
Notable Feature of the White River
of Arkansas and Missouri.


From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
From its four heads in the Boston noun
tafns to Batesviiie, where it leaves the
Ozarks and enters the Arkansas lowlands.
White river is a succession of astonishing
curves. No other river on the continent so
nearly and SO frequently doubles upon
itself. From the source to the fat country
is a distance a straight line of perhaps
$50 miles. White river between these points
has course of over GOO miles some esti-
mates make it LOCO miles,
The beginning is near the Indian territory
border on the eastern part of Arkansas. The
water runs toward all points of the COM
pass in quick succession many times before
it adopts a comparatively direct course to
the Mississippi From the Boston noun
tains the general course with many a bend
and cure is northward and northeastward
into Missouri Probably the highest peint
in this direction is Forsyth, near the center
of fancy county. From this place the
White wriggles its way back into Arkansas
and down through Marion county. to where
the Buffalo joins it. But not until the Mis-
ouri-Arkansas border has been crossed
seven times does the uncertain stream
finally bear away to the southeastward to
stay.
Adding to the marvels of White rivers &C.
centric meanderings are the walls of rock
which tower from 200 to 800 feet often from
the waters edge. A bird's-eye view from
above would show the river deep set in a
canyon of continuous and often sharp cur
Natures. A mile of river in straight line
Is unusual. The canyon-like valley of the
White narrows in places almost to the
channels width. Over most of the course
1t Is wide enough for a strip of fertile bot
tom land along the river. The water wan
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70 Forsyth II II was her last trip. He mad,
Mebee and The other landings above BUR
laio CITY, and triumphantly awaise tbe
eSnoes OF the heights of Pine mountain as
ptlae went before the first fall thai co,,I5
nappeh " a steamhoatman. In irving In
urn the Mary c. TO head downstream the
c cS, laIled 10 gauge the width Of me
b t.ait ii he ran her nozzle ag'in inn
oan I on one side. The stern went a ro,,,,,,
W. mirH d sweep and lodged against a grayai
y oar fo on me other side. The Mary c. Law fol.
bIocki,t moments "a broadside in the channel
sSJTodiiln ne The hog chains parted T rl,a
iaI, -. =: $ back was broken" The wreciS
t LAY there until the elements wore III IN
Fo,ss,,,, mar was the end of Navigation 10
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THE DIAMOND DRUMMER.
He Doesn't Fear Thieves as Much as
Mistake in Prices.

He Doesn't Fear Thieves as Much as
n Mistake in Prices.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Il suppose my line of business is the most
interesting on the road" said one of the
party in the smoking room of the Pullman
car.
What is it?,' asked another travelling
man.
Diamonds" said the first one. II don't
know of another drummer who carries his
stock with him and delivers the goods as
soon as they are bought OF course. a man
can carry a fortune in diamonds and put
them all in very small package; there is
really no such thing as sample case with
diamond drummer. because diamonds
can't be sold by samples. carry $4,000
worth of diamonds inntwo pocket books
about the size Of those used by bill collec-
tors and about an inch thick. Carry them
in my grip? No, indeed! When am about
to leave a town l send smy stock ahead of
me to the next town byfexpress.
The diamonds are kept in what the trade
calls papers, That is, they are sorted ac-
cording to size and quality, and each lot is
jeweler he makes His selections, and / de-
liver the gems to him on the spot. so he
knows exactly what he is getting. Persons
sometimes ask me whether | am not AFRAID
diamonds in my Hands They say they
should expect me ito stay In my room at
the hotel and get 1.-The jeweler to so there
and look at my stock. When you get used
to 1t you think no more Of carrying around
$15OOOO worth of diamonds than you would
of carrying so mary cigars, but that is not
the main reason why L go to the jeweler.
If a jeweier should, come to my room at a
hotel he would be. confused by losing his
light. He gets accustomed to looking at
diamonds in the light of his own store, and
if he were to examine them in a strange
light he might make some serious mistakes
Hazardous business? Yes, l suppose it's
the most hazardous business you could find
though not for the reason people generally
suppose. Persons often say am in a risky
business because / am likely to be robbed
or to lose my diamonds in some other way.
have been with one house for twelve
years and have never lost single stone.
My stock OF diamonds Is insured for So. 600
the maximum amount which the mutual in
surance company run by the jewellers will
take. The cost of this insurance is only
one-haIf Of per cent and you might nat
urally conclude from this figure that the
company doesn't have to pay many losses,
which is & fact. But worse than train rob-
bers or other thieves in the diamond bus
mess Is the danger OF salesman making
q mistake in quoting prices or giving credit
| told you that Lam high-priced man,
but really in the diamond business a house
cannot AFFORD to employ any other kind
the margin is awfuify close and the COM