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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
ALUMINuM's NEW STAGE.
u No Longer Merely the Theme Of
Speculative Writers But an
Assured Success.

aluminium has passed its pipe
dream period" said John 4. Bentley, of
Buffalo, N. Y, land has settled down
into a quiet respectable metal. The
person who first brought it into public
notice was novelist who has foreshad-
owed more great scientific develop
ments than any other one man who ever
lived. / refer to Jules Verne. In his
Journey to the Noon he described the
construction of gigantic projectile of
aluminium and inddlged in some re-
markable conjectures as to the prob
able part that the metal would play in
the Industrial world. At that time a
new German process of reduction had
reduced the price to something like
four dollars pound, which was
thought to be amazingly cheap, but
Verne foresaw still simpler methods,
and his prediction was fully verified by
the electrolysis system, which has
scaled it down to about 80 cents. That
was only few years ago, and the
pseudo-scientific scribblers Immediate
ly declared the new metal as they
called it, would usurp the place of
steel. They filed the papers with ex-
travagant stories of aluminium steam
ships, engines, carriages, derricks,
portable houses and even cannon, all
of which was pure wind. 1t was found
in actual practice that the pure metal
was unsuited to almost all the innumer-
able purposes that were suggested, but
it proved a most valuable and excellent
alloy. Nowadays it's practical utility is
pretty well understood, and the con-
sumption is steady and enormous. A
great deal of it is made into wire, some
thing to which it is peculiarly adapted
by it's tensile strength of 10000 pounds
to the square inch, hard drawn. There
r. q good deal of talk at present of its
being used as substitute for copper
in electric cables, owing to the recent
big advance in the price of the latter
metal, but I am skeptical of the prac-
ticability of the scheme. To begin with.
copper is stiA nearly IS cents a pound
the cheaper of the two. and aluminium
has only about three-fourths its cleo
trio conductivity. Moreover, the
chances are that the copper boom is due
to a speculative movement in stocks
rather than any serious shortage in the
supply, and il that is the case IL is
bound 20 soon take Q drop" = n. O.
Times-Demecrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
Your bicycle Tire.

Do not let the air out of bicycle tire
that is not in use to save it." Tires
are much better off when standing II
well inflated. Generally speaking, a
small tire requires more pressure than
a large one, if it is to carry the same
weight, and tire requires more pres
sure in proportion to the riders weight.
A tire should always contain enough
air to keep its rim from the ground. IL
in riding you feel the slightest jar of
the rim as your wheel runs over ordi-
nary obstacles it is because there is not
sufficient air pressure. There is no dan
ger of bursting tire, as many riders
seem to fear,when the small hand pump
is used, and even with the best foot
pump only the weakest tires could be
burst. An extensive observation has
found many tires which were too soft,
while one is rarely found too hard
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
Much Too Good-Natured.

my wife has the most exasperating
temper" said the wiry little man.
Il am surprised to hear it," said the
other man. II had an impression that
she was very good-natured."
That's just what's the matter with
her. She won't get mad when she
ought to. The other morning I went
to the hydrant to get drink and the
water was almost thick enough to
carve. And I began saying things.
Never mind, dearie,' said she. Just
think how nice it will be to scour the
tipware with "-Indianapoli Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
A Four-Yenr-uid Hotel Runner.

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he does not crack whip Loudly to
call the attention of the public to his
vehicle. He does not in stentorian tones
demand of the incoming passengers at
Equality, Saline county, ILL.,. that they
come to the hotel for which he is 'run-
ner-in." And yet, considering his years,
or his lack of them, he is one of the
most successful members of his pro-
fession. He Max Walters, aged four, the
adopted son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Wal
tiers, of Equality. Max's foster father is
an agent for machinery and also hotel
keeper. Max is equally at home in pro-
claiming the advantages of each bust
ness. He goes to the depot each day
to meet the trains and to accost every
stranger with recommendation of his
fathers hotel. He usually succeeds in
marshaling quite a crowd to the pa
ternal hostelry, which Is not far from
the depot. When he is not thus en-
gagged he strolls about dispensing valu-
able information concerning his IA
Tiers machinery to all such as are un-
informed on the subject. His youth
and his engaging manner make him an
admirable agent.-Chicago News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

They have quaint ideas of the de-
mands of loyalty in the far east. Some
years ago an English official in India
was robbed, and due complaint was
made. After some months the emir
of the district reported: "The matter
you mention has been thoroughly in.
yestigated, and not only have the rob
hers been put to death, but all their
children, as well as their fathers and
grandfathers. I hope this will give
satisfaction to her majesty the queer"
Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
Women a. Insurance Agents.

An insurance company of Warsaw
Russian Poland. has discharged ell the
male agents and solicitors, appointing
women in their stead, since it appeared
that women make much better agents
than men. The general public, rather
skeptical of the advantages held out by
insurance companies, permits itself "a
be persuaded much easier by intelli.
gent women than by men of the sam.
abilities and education. 1t is said that
since the change was made. the com.
pany has experienced considerable in
crease in the amount of new insurance
policies written.-N. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
END OF THE WORLD.
\ Scientist Figures Out That IL IL
Yet Three B4llions of
Years on.

Scientists do queer things sometimes.
One OF them has attempted to calculate
In cold mathematics how soon we may
expect the judgment day; and has pre-
pared q paper on the subject which
he expects to read before the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science when it meets next month in
Columbus. Starting with the total en-
ergy stored in the sun and the fact
that the orb of day is continually dis
tributing energy equivalent to the work
of seven men for each area of the
earth's surface of the size of the hui
man body, our statistician calculates
that it will require 1875, oo0, 900 years of
outpouring before sensible diminu-
ton of the quantity of energy given out
eau be detected. Up to this distant
period mountains will stand, rivers will
run, plants win grow and animal life
will exist much as it does to-day.
Hyourealize that solar energy as soon
as used reasserts itself in some other
form, either as sound, electricity or SIM
pie motion, it is easy to see that this
estimate is too small rather than too
great. At any rate the world is not
liable to stop going for few years yet,
according to his reasoning.
Some idea of the vastness of the force
that is melted out to us from the phys
ical source of earthly life may be
gained, he says, by considering that if
the energy that the sun gives to the
earth in q single day could be bottled
up and directed against Niagara falls
il would cause that great body of wa
ter to dash back again up hill for 1000
years. If turned into a single blast of
heatitwould cause every living creature
instantaneously to blight and wither;
the ice around the poles would be melt
ed in ~ MINUTES and in another II
seconds all the oceans would be turned
into steam.
II transmitted into electricity,
spark would flash from the earth as far
as the planet Jupiter. If collected into
. single sound the vibration thereof
would not only break every ear drum
in the world, but would uproot the
giant trees of the forest, and even level
mountains. If changed into mo-
mentary fash of light its burst would
be SO binding as to penetrate the walls
of the deepest dungeons and destroy
the sight of every living creature. In
brilliancy this flash would exceed the
brightness of the sun itself over mil
lion times.
For one man to expend an amount of
energy equivalent to that which the
earth receives from the sun in the tenth
part OF a second he would have to
work hard continuously for 100000
years.
This calculation is remarkable in that
its result differs by more than 3,374,-
100000 years from the period when
scientists generally believe that the
world will come to an end. Such ex-
perts as Darwin and Huxley believed
that it could not sustain life 100000
years hence.-N. Y. Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
HERE AND THERE.

Small, unstable, cooked potatoes
are good for the hogs; mix with skim
milk and little corn meal
After alfalfa gets start there is
no more trouble about weeds, because
the numerous cuttings which the al
falfa requires will kill out the weeds
in two years.
The hog market is becoming more
encouraging. There is good profit in
raising the feeding for market at the
present price of S4.1o for good corn
fed. But even at $4.1O one must known
how or he win end where he begun.
Like producers like. and this is no
truer of the good qualities of an ami
NAL than the bad ones. For this RED,
son especiai care is necessary TO AVOID
a cross where the same defects exist in
both sire and dam.
lin no way can the sheep on a
farm be improved at a less cost than
by using full-hlooded ram on the
best ewes, taking the best lambs for
breeding again. Change the ram ev-
cry two years, to avoid too close in
breeding.
The department of agriculture has
made the surprising statement that
the greatest loss from winter exposure
of cattle is in Louisiana. This teaches
that good care in a severe winter is
worth more than q mild winter with
poor care.
The farmer who waits on the
moon or the signs" for time to
plant. often loses the best opportuni-
ty, for it is often the case that three
or four days. delay will cut crop
short. Let the silver moon roll on,
and give more attention to the phases
of this earth, and the signs of the
weather thereon.
Dairy farming removes less fertil-
ify from the soil than any other
branch Of the business. The dairy
farm should and usually does increase
in fertility year after year. The milk
which is the only product sold con-
tains but little of the fertihzing ele'
ments of the soil. and the crops after
feeding the stock are converted into
the best fertilizers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
A PROLIFIC MEAT SUPPLY.
Prominence, and IL valu-
able Animal.

No breed of rabbits is existence to-
day has attracted so much attention
or become so popular in SO short a
tine as the Belgian hare. Ten years
cyo,hey were scarcely known IN Amer
;ca. but to-day rabbit societies are
springing up all over the country, and
nie doing great WORK in ptscing this
animal before the people. as so i,c, OF
revenue. The Belgian hare is native
of Germahy, Belgian, France and
Switzerland, and is not tn be compared
with cur wild rabbits or to the mis-
rhevious rabbits of Auss,al;r.
Their color is of rich sandy brown,
except under the body which is white.
Tue fur is of three shades. the bottom
part slate color, and The tor Il Il *
Cit olate, which gives it 6. wavy ap.
rcarance called ticking. TIL. flesl, Of
the Belgian hare is sweet and juicy
and when cooked makes a dish for a
king, being utterly devoid of that
sti.rg flavor peculiar 70 or wild rat
liz. A great many hotels. restaurants
ard eating houses have already placed
II rpcn their bill of fare. When four
t. eight months old they fni a ready
sale in our large cities AT from 50eents
to 81 each for eating purposes.
They breed when. from seven to
eight months old, having from six to
eight filters year and three to IL at
litter, So animals as the product of
one doe in ~ months. They will weigh
when six to ~ months old about eight
pounds each, making a total of 2ss
pounds of the most delicious meat for
the table and all the proceeds of one
little animal. The young at the age
OF seven or eight months will begin
to breed and if properly managed will
produce at least one hundred before
the end of the year. They grow very
fast, in fact they are as large when
four months old as our common tame
rabbits are at six or seven. They are
extremely hardy, thriving best in close
quarters, and can be reared where it
is almost impossible to keep poultry.
A hutch for single doe or a pair
OF young should be five feet long. two
wide, and two and helf feet high at
the front and two at the back, with
cover SO that they can be easily
cleaned out. Cover the part of the
cage with wire netting of one inch
mesh for ventilation. a box IA inches
wide, IS inches long. and one foot high
should be placed in the cage . week
before the doe has young. Cover the
bottom of the cage with straw to keep
them dry. Feed twice day, morning
and evening. In winter feed oats,
corn, bran or shorts, clover hay, beets,
carrots. turnips, apples. potatoes,
bread and milk and scraps from the
table. In summer feed oats, clover
hay. boiled potatoes with grass, Glow
err, dandelion, and plantain leaves. A
variety of the various weeds will be
relished by them. Always give plenty
of dry feed to balance the ration of
green.-E. 4. Gibbs, in Forum, Fur
paos end Factory,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

Among the varied services performed
by the District Messenger company's
messengers in London are the follow
ing, taken from the company's circular:
Taking an Indian servant to the the
alter; taking bottle of medicine to AK
les-Bains; paying gentlemen's bills in
Paris; valeting two gentlemen on fish
ing tour in Scotland; taking young lady
to and from school,; acting as loader
at shooting parties; waiting at table;
sitting up with sick persons; minding
a lunatic; attendance at Buckingham
palace; fielding tennis balls for his
royal highness the duke of Saxe-Co-
burg; taking dogs out for walks; act
ing as groom; exercising hunter; as
sisting in pantry during country house
parties; leading blind people; acting
as guides to strangers; helping ladies
at bazars, and innumerahle other serv-
ices.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
JUDGING BY ONES FACE

Dark eyes indicate power, light eye.
desicacy.
With black eyes the intellect will be
powerful, the passions strong.
Hazel eyes show steadiness and pow
er OF affection; fascinating green eyes
belong to deceitful and coquettish per
sons.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
venom in Snakes.

BY remembering two simple facts
anyone can distinguish poisonous
serpent from harmless one. The
venomous reptile invariably possesses
triangularly shaped head ard blunt
nose. while his tail is correspondingly
blunt and stubby. Any snake that
tapers smoothly from the middle Of ita
body to the tip of its nose and to the tap
Of his tail as well, growing slender in
gradual and regular manner. is alb
solutely devoid If venom. :.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

There is a considerable difference be-
tween tho size of the hands and the
feet, and, curiously enough, on oppo-
site sides. Thus, while the right hand
is generally larger, it is the left foot
which is the bigger and stronger of the
two. This is probably due to the fact
that we stand habitually on the left
foot.-Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

The Teacher preparing switches)-
Now. Willie, this is going to hurt me
more than it will you.
Willie-Well, dere's muffin mean
bout me. I'll lend yer me udder book
to put in your pants.-N. Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
Persia's Ruler.

The shah of Persia is brusque of
speech; he is also magnificent shot,
and can shoot a hole through a cop
per coin tossed in the air. He goes
of on rough hunting trips, and bags
big game, and is the best gun shot in
Persia. He is neither a fool nor an inn
beetle, and is man of swift action
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

:"
-Four Ssnte.v
To the North, West, Northwest, South
west, South and Southeast. Selling dates:
August 18th, September 5th and 18th; and
on October Sd and 18th, 1899, at one fare,
plus $500 to authorized points in the fol-
lowing states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkan-
sas, British Columbia, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia Iowa Indian Territory ;d ikdshO,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Manitoba, New Mexico, Nebraska, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Okla
homa, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas,
Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
Washington. For full information and par
ticulars as to rates, routes, tickets, limits,
sstop-oyer privileges. etc., call on Agents
Big Four Route" or address the under
signed. w. P. Deppe, A. G. P. 4 T. Agt.,
Warren J. Lynch, Gen. Pass. 4 Tkt. Agt.,
Cincinnati, o.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
Her Opinion.

Mrs. Sapmind, when asked her opin-
ion of young spendthrift--a fellow
without the faintest idea of how to
save money-replied:
"Well, must say that I consider him
q most unsavory individual."-Rich-
mond Dispatch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

The Best Prescription for ChilIs
and Fever Is Q bottle OF GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine In
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, Soc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

Like Days of Yore.-Grandma- VIVA.
time did Mr.. Lippincott leave last night,
G1aciey" Gracie-"Why, grandma, be
started home at" Grandma (mildly)-
Never mind when he started; asked you
when he left. brooklyn Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
Hia Money,s Worth,

King of Timbuctoo-Where's my
standing army?
Prime Minister-Lying on its arms,
your majesty.
TEL it to stand up. What do Ipay Il
for Philadelphia North American.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

Visitor-s.Do they treat you well here: p
Prisoner-"Yes, indeed. The only thing
have to complain of is their lack of conf.
dence in me. They refuse to give me q
lstchkey. "-Sondags-N Mise.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

There's poetry in everything" observer
the poet. You're right" replied the ed
itor, "for instance, there's stove full of it
Atlanta Constitution.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-"H Mr.. Crimson
beak got home for dinner yet, Bridget %
Bsidget-"No, num-" Il thought heard
him downstairs" Sure that was the dog
you heard growlin', num-" = Yonkerl
Statesman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

Time and tide wait for no man, but the,
iust have to slow up little for the woman
who is trying to get her bat on straight
L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

Huntley-''Funny thing, that elopement
of Miss Longwaite and young Shipper" Au-
thor" Elopement? That was an abduc-
tion!"-Philadelphi North American.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

A Ready Retort.-The Vulture-"It'l
hardly polite to read your paper at table
Mr.. ballroom" The Victim-"I know,
Mrs. Skinnem, but it takes my mind o6
what I'm eating. "-What- to-Eat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

To Cure . Geld In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
drugrists refund money Iii fails to cure. CSC.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

can recommend Piso's Cure for Com
Townsend. Fl. Howard. Wis.,, May 4, "a.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

The car conductors motto is: LET us
put off till tomorrow the man who cannot
pay to-day A. w. Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

Tommy-"Who was that lady you spoke
to-" Willie-"That's the lady that lets my
ma 60 out any afternoon but Thursdays and
Sundays. Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

The people who can't see joke are not
but don't think much Of it.-Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

Men are never SO good or bad as thei
opinions.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

Mrs. Newed-"Oh, Jack! The cook was
in such an ugly mood to-day, thought it
best to call in policeman" Viewed las
tounded)-"Whatl To arrest herr" Mn.
Newed-"Oh, no-to pacify her."-Brook-
iyn Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
Care is mental rust Rams Horn.

Does light headed, lantern jawed cyclisl
need any other lamp?-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

Not Sure Of the Name.-'1 have an awful
pain in my back" said an old lady to her
doctor in Topeka. Probably you have rheu-
matism," responded the doctor. 'Mebby it
is, doctor, but Sister Mary thinks I've got
the limburger. Kansas City journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

There is always an ill-feeling between the
doctor and the patient. Golden Days.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14

Hall's Catarrh Cure
Il Constitutional Cure. Price. 75c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-10-14
Lsne,. Familx Neaicine.

Lanes 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.