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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17
Democrat. Put Up a Fortune.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SCOTTSBURG. Ind, June 16.-The Demo-
cratic joint senatorial convention for Clark.
Scott and Jennings counties was held at
Lexington, this county, this afternoon. Jas.
mated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17

Recently the lower employees OF the Prus-
sian railroads. although state officials.
have shown inclination to affiliate with
the Socialist party, and have evinced in
every way dissatisfaction with their pres
ent salaries and conditions. The official
Berliner Correspondent to-day publishes
a formal warning, threatening the dis
obedients with summary discharge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17

THE Indianapolis Fire Insurance Com
Many Is a safe and sound home institution
R-hich n growing rapidly and ought TO have
YOUR business when It exrlres.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17

will reduce the Democratic majority in this
county to a point which the rest of the
district will overcome.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17

Gives special attention to graduating and
wedding groups New ideas 1T the same
old price. ~ Massachusetts, ayonuA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31
CUTTING TO THE LINE.
4 Teutonic Solomon Who Dispensed
Justice According to HIS own
Convictions.

The prisoner was held on a charge Of
possessing all to himself plurality Of sew
en- wives, but the German Judge was in
clined to let him 90.
Ass eet is, yed,"' he said, looking down
over his glasses, "der efflitesce is Ike dot
ne has der pleurisy of wives, aind't it, but
III led heem CO."
The amazement of the prosecution was
immense. He was thrown into consterna-
ton; Getting. upon his feet he blurted out,
in ill,concealed surprise: why, your honor,
on what grounds do you dismiss the case?,
WELL" said the judge, ION vat grounds?
Why, on der grounds outside der goort-
house, der grounds Everywhere"
But why dismiss it, your honor, when all
the evidence tends to show"
'Vhell, der reason ees dot hoff Won wife
of mine ownded, und he NIT muldiblica-
ton of dem-he has troubles off hees own
enuii, yet, alretty. You are dismissed,
No, it was not the same man who was
held by the judge to be guilty of trigonom-
etry Just because he sported the luxury of
three wives at one and the same time
Detroit Free Press.
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~ local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There e
only one way to cure deafness, and that q
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Z
caused by an inhamed condition OF the mu.
.cous Inning OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have rumbiinc
sound or imperfect hearing, and when II r.
entirely closed deafness is the result. and
unless the inflammation can be taken ont
and this tube restored to its normal con.
oiticn, hearing will be destroyed forever:
nlne cases Of of ten are caused by catarrh.
which is nothing but an infamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces.
we will give One Hundred Dollars for any
cannot b cured BY Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
81, F.J Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
halls Family Pills are the best.
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safety. Many of the fatal mistakes
which occur from giving the wrong
kind OF medicine are due to getting
hold of the wrong bottle. We have q
small medicine case containing some
OF the remedies most frequently need
ed In the family. And I will say that
this, supplemented by one or two good
doctor books, has been the means OF
saving Us great many bills. The
farmer who has the disposition can
find plenty to occupy all this spare
time on the wintry days when he can
not work out of doors.-E. L. Vincent
in Epitomist.
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HERE AND THERE.

lit y easier to wash and keep the
hcrse's legs clean, and keep his quar-
ters clean, than to sure bad case Of
scrstches.
The ranchmen who are selling and
mortgaging their wool on the sheep's
back five and six months in advance Of
the shearing, must have failed to note
the "signs of the times" in wool cir
clcs the world over.
The American farmer who sells l,;.
corn is not wise. 1t is selling the pro-
drctiveness of the farm by the bush.
Ell. Fed to stock he derives an extra
profit from his crop and retains the
fertility of the farm.
-Weedy seed is an abomination al
ways, and with the weed-seed sbould
the light clover-sceds go out. A good
clover-sod for the land and n vood
crop for nay are worth too many dol
lars an acre 10 let a difference of
cents in cost of seeding an
;icre be an important matter.
The development of the beet-supar
- 1852 ~ ehsS SOuutEy ~ USSUre0 De-
cause the growers here are the most
progressive in the world, and the
quickest to use improved methods and
There need be no fear
that the supremacy in sugar produc-
lion win soon, if ever. return to the
tropics.
Some farmers say that it is unrea-
'onable to grow clover as fertilizer
md then harvest the first crop for hay.
This is mistaken view. If the hay
'rop be taken off as early as it should
'e to secure the best quality the
''ants then put forth their best eff |!
orts to make crop of seed.
Why is it that more of our farmers |
o not make butter dairying q special
y? This is the most satisfactory form /
I dairying, when prepared properly |
Or the business, and is as profitable as
ny, Il proper arrangements are made
or utilizing skim milk, buttermiik.
nd the manure from the stable
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Owned II All.

John l. Blair sin his earlier days owned 4
western railroad along the route of which he
established a series of lunchrooms at which
employees Of the road were to be charged so
cents and all passengers IS cents. Mr.. Blair
once once dinsd at one Of these places, and, con-
ssiGdlng h,s meal, laid down a half-dollar.
long to this road" 81 know that" REPLIED
Mr.. Blair, .the road belongs to me. "LChi.
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WORK TO DO IN WINTER.
Good Time to Get the Odd .yo,..
Done snd Prepare for the
season's Work.

1t is good time to do I'D some o
the odd jobs which have been Hanging
lire" SO long. But 1 can not remem
Der them all; there are 90 MANY O,
them." How would it do to keep =
memorandum of these things as they
occur to you from day TO day when
you are busy about other matters?
have found it good plan to have in
my pocket little book such as can be
had at any drug store for the asking
and a bit of pencil with which to lot
down points like these: File the cross
cut saw" ''mend Jacks harness. y
put up shelf for Jennie's plants in
the sitting roo,n;" figure up the but.
ter account for the past year," and so
ON. Then when storm comes on and
l have little leisure work off these
Jobs.
Taking time which could not be
used in other ways, have made me n
good land roller, the foundation being
-FOUR old moving machine wheels
which bught at a junk yard very
cheap, an old moving machine tongue
and some hard maple pIanks from my
own woods This roller would have
cost me three times as much as / ex-
pended upon it if had bought it of a
dealer in farm implements. Another
thing did when the weather was in
element was to put up some shelves in
my wagon house for books, papers and
old letters. You know how such
things will accumulate in the house
There must be some place for them
and ] found after my work was done
that had builded better than / knew
at the time. l was able to put away |
a lot of books and papers which had |
been i'll the way in the house. Then.
TOO, set table in the room and had
a grand good place to retreat when ] |
wanted to study up some particularly
difficult problem or do bit of writing.
On some such days as have been
describing.I nailed box up in the sta
BILE as receptacle for bottles and pack
ages OF medicine, which had up to thar
time been set on the girts Of the harm
or in some other out of the way place.
where they could not be found half of
the time when needed. This found to
be q very convenient cupboard for the
purpose. Now we need not chase ali
over the FARM to find the medicines we
want when horse is sick. So well !
were we pleased with this little cum ,
board that we put one up in an out of | I
he way place in the pantry for bottles /
ma remedies used for the folks In the !.
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Giimpses Across the So.

is the charming title of charming book
from the faciie pen of MIR. Sam T. Clover, the
well known author and newspaper editor.
The ilimpses" are particularly peril
sidering about going to the Paris Exposition.
and many people will be glad to know that
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
has purchased an edition of Mr.. Clovers
work for distribution.
In sending your address for COPY please
enclose SIX cents to pay postage. Geo. ii.
Heafford, General Passenger Agent. Old
Colony Building, Chicago. IN.
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FARMERANDPLANTER.
ROTATION AND PROFIT.
Success viii Come to the Farmer
VINO Follows Judicious Sys-
tenn Of Crop Rotation.

FARMER VINO follows 1udicloni
system OF rotation will ordinarily sue
ceed under all circumstances. He will
lose no money in impoverishing his
iand, and If he can maintain, and per.
maps increase the fertility of his soil
ne will not be running behind yerv
much, even if he makes nothing on 4
crops When every farmer realizes that
every crop he grows costs him money,
outside the labor involved in produc-
ing it, farming will be placed upon =
mere solid basis than it now is. A
mans farm is his capital, and the fer
uiity of his land is the much larger
part OF that capital. Every crop he
grows on that land absorbs something
OF that capital, and if he continues to
grow crops without careful protec-
'ion OF that part of his capital, he will
intimately practically exhaust it, and
IN farm viii become bankrupt. 1t was
estimate in 1895 that Illinois farmers
ioss $15,5o0,00o on their oat crop. 1t
Is to be presumed that the loss of fer
UNITY In growing the crop was aot
TAKEN into consideration, and yet every
Dushel drew upon the elements of fer
tilify and left the soil poorer. Oats are
selcom grown as a continuous crop.
Almost every other standard crop
frequently is, and most of the other
standard crops are much more ex-
haustive of fertility than oats are. if
crop like corn or wheat or potatoes
is grown continuously upon the same
land. we must either permit the land
10 be ruined or resort to fertiliziny
Crop can be grown successfully wear
after year on the same land if we make
generous application of manures.
DIT ordinarily they can not be grown
pre- fitably. Market gardeners do it, but |
tney obtain an unusual price for their |
products. Whether we fertilize or NOT.
therefore, the single crop system is an
expensive, ruinously expensive one. a
iaes that is abundantly attested by the
partially impoverished farms in the
corn and wheat belt of the west. Illi-
nols was once the champion wheat
growing state, though ii was hardly
recognized as such because it's i'm
nense corn crop. overshadowed the
Wheat crop. The state was followed
n this championship by newer states.
'ome OF which were compelled in time
o fall back and give the place to states
nat had virgin soil. 1t seems next TO
impossible to induce farmers to adopt
citation until they are compelled to.
: the result of the impoverishment of |
heir farms, through the one crop
ystem.
we are farming as ife's business.
nj business wisdom ought to dictate
policy that will keep that business $
q healthy condition for all the years.
is always folly to cripple business G
Or years for little or even a large I
gain. Because wheat or i
crll, or other crop, is easily grown. e
id perhaps more Immediately profita- O
lc than to permit the land to Law in Fl
ras: for one or two years, it does not Il
'tablish the fact that in the long run s
will be the most profitable. On the e
'ntrary, science and experience teach t.
lef 1t is not.-Cor. Epitomist. "
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Cleanliness counts in no place for more
than in the dairy. The milking should be
done in clean place; all vessels used should
be washed morning and night in hot water
with Ivory Soap, rinsed and well aired. Mix
should never be kept in a cellar with veg
eta6les, as an unpleasant taste will be i'm
parted. Attention to these details will in.
sure supply of wholesome milk and butter.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
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Called It Down.

You want decolete shave, presume. 1"
remarked the funny barber, as the dudelet
climbed into the chair.
'Aw-beg pardon" said the youth, s'but
weally, ! aw-fal to comprehend"
That's French for cutting down." an
swered the knight of the razor, with grin
on his mug.-Chicago Evening News.
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LIVE STOCK NOTES.
some Things 1t VIII Pay the Farmer
to DO, Ever ut Some Cost of
Inconvenience.

III the stable even now, if in the work
your fingers do become cold, Hold the
frosty bit in your hand moment be-
fore putting it into the horses mouth.
Iurn the horses out for exercise. Keen
the young things growing by keeping
them warm and feeding them nitro
genous foods. Uncleaned stables and
scratches are pretty apt to go togeth-
er. The horse stable as well as the
COW stable needs ventilation, though
less is said about it. Keep the feeding
floors for hogs clean; the hog likes
cIean food. Never give the horse dusty
clover hay, and it is good plan to
wet clover hay before putting it in the
manager. Keep the cow in the stable
In very cold weather. Do not feed corn
exclusively to any animal unless it is
under the fattening process, and even
then it is better TO give some nitro.
genous feed. Market the hogs as soon
as they are ready, unless there is a
good promise of better market. for
1t is throwing away grain to feed it to
fat hog. There is no excuse for send
ing unfinished cattle to market this
winter. Blanket the horse and save
grain. Use plenty of bedding for COM
Tort generally and warmth especially.
Keep the ordinary remedies for animal |
ailments ON hand, and where they can |
be found when wanted.
The csrrrycomb. judiciously applied.
is sometimes as good as meal, for it
draws the blood to the surface and Gre
ates warmth. Never permit dried mud
to remain On horses leg. Examine
the horses feet occasionally in order
10 ascertain that they are free from
fever. Have the horses shod by the
most intelligent sheer, even if Won
must drive few miles further to find
him. Never strain the horse by driv-
ing him over ice when smooth. Keen
all animals out of drafts which are
pretty sure to cause sickness. Do not
feed spoiled grain or fodder; better
use them as fertilizers. Sheep are
lainty, and must have clean food. Do
cot neglect to furnish water to sheen:
'heep that are compelled to slake
hirst by eating snow are in the care
II poor fockmaster. Be sure that
he market will pay you for produc-
ng bacon before going to the extra
xpense of producing it. An occasional
ilmeal ration is good for any animal. {
or it regulates the bowel action. Hogs
Ike clover hay, especially if It il
teamed. Feed some succulent food.
ven If it is nothing better than pota-
pes. Feeding the cheapest grain that =
re have, regardless of it's fitness for d
reducing the results we desire, is the
olicy of cheap boarding houses that
lrnish simply what will make filing. \
ccustoIn the young things to being
andled, whether it is a calf, colt or .
g. Talk seriously with the boy who /
asses animals and let one talk close
lat part Of the matter; supplant talk
it'll something else at the next inter- 2
ew. A vicious ram is nuisance and
danger, and he is often made vicious
rough teasing. War always stimu- =
les the mule breeding industry; the
ule is war animal. Pony breeding :.
profitable. Set the standard of breed = !.
9 high, and do the very best to reach "
improving the herd and flock every
m,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31
Many People Cannot n.,,,

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You
can ca drink Grain-O when you please and sleep
IKE top. For Grain-O does not stimulate:
1t nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons young people and children Grain-O
yet package from your grocer to-day. nv
IL In place of coffee. 10 and 25c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

H.or'oA' west Indies and Central America.
The facilities of the Louisville 4 Nash.
vile Railroad for handling tourists and
travellers destined for all points in Florida.
Cuba, Porto Rico, Central America, or for
Nassau. are unsurpassed. Double daily
matt, Louisville, Chicago and ST. Louis
through Jacksonville to interior Florida
points, and to Miami, Tampa and New
Orleans, the ports of emtarkation for the
countries mentioned. For folders, etc. write
Geo. b. Horner, d. p. A., St. Louis. Mo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31
Millions Of Women Use Cuticura soan

s puains and identifying
ana sore
700 ofv
ana especially
can
oICuRA
great sn cgIe with the ost
no ou cehcakd
q dom 80: ana nsaunfns The AKIN ss
s % @ and nursery Thus combines nicr
hahy -s'A ''-ps ~ A1Sr sa1s and ma
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

Il can't get away from good agent -
man writes to this Office 'What can do %
Don't argue with an agent. Let him talk.
Keep quiet. When he has run himself down.
say: i do not want it." Do not saw anv
thing else.-Atchison Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

Whenever you commend, add your pea
sons for doing sol it is this which distin
CUISINES the appreciation of man of sense
miration of fools.-SteeIe. ''e -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

The affection of old age is one of the great
est consoiations Of humanity. have often
thought what q melancholy world this would
world without the aged.-Coleridce.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

Too Much Time Wanted.-"If Won vii
get my new suit done by SATURDAY." sait
the customer to . tailor, "T'il be foreve,
indebted to you" IF that's your game ;
rephed the tailor, 1.-The clothes VIII not s,
done at all. Ohio State journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

The poetry. of childhood consists in sim.
ulating and forestalling the future, lust As
the poetry OF mature life consists often IN
gong back to some golden age Poetry Is
always in the distance.-Amiel. -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31
A strange Animal.

Terrified City Milkman-Good srac;ouel
What's that? Mary, bring the gun, ouick.
There's a wild beast in the yard.
Mary twho was once in the country)-
Why, you old silly, that's a COW.
You don't say sow-Tit-Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

Martha-'Do you think it would be wron
f0r me to kiss Miss Paneface?" Harry
MOT IT your eyes were shut, perhaps. d
Boston Transcript. f"ps'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

Al goods are alike to PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES, as they color all fbers at on,
boiling. Sold by all druggists. Wv
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A Dennftion.

Little Mike (who has an inquiring mind)
-Foder, Phwot is "a autograph?
McLubberty promptly is
ut! Sure, thot's phwot they WROTE on yure
tombstone whin ,yez are run over by wan
AZ thlm dommed harseless car.iages!-Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption i
the only medicine for Coughs. = Jennie
Pinckard, Springfield, H., Oct. /. 1891
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merely . Suggestion.
Observation-Disclosures the matter with thu
biscuits this morning?
to make the rise. AsA
Chicago Evening News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

A man that will hold you up can be =,
pected to knock you down.-Chicago Dil
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As soon as man gets 80 old he has N
more trouble with heart affairs, his i've
oeglns 70 make hum grief.--Atchison Globe
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

Men, have even had hairbreadth escape
IRON from becoming baldheaded. Chicago His
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This world is full of fools, and he WIN
would not wish to see one must not only
sh',t himself up alone. but also break ~
cooking 9ass.-Eoileau. -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-31

When you married you thought your bus
band was a demigod? ..Yes and
1ow: Now he reminds me more Of
demijohn. IN. Y. Press. :
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Though q woman be homely or handsome
mIodesty Is her greatest charm.-Elhott
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The Best Prescription for Chflls
and Fever is bottle of GRovE's TAsrrIrss
CHILL TONIC. tits simply iron and quinine in
etasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price. SOC.
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To Cure /.

TO Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money il it fails to cure. 25c
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Penetrafion.

obstinate. N''
Carolyn,No, Edgar; you are Just nat
dral-born kicker.-1ndianapolis journal
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An All-Year Re.o-t

The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs. Ark.
opens March l, 1900. A most desirable a. a..
tractive and convenient resort for health
and pleasure seekers. Ideal Climate. nure
sparkling water, best accommodations.
through Sleepers via Frisco Line. Write
Tor particulars to Manager Hotel or to auy
representative of Frisco Line.
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Boston spinstes have organized to keen
ma marr1ed women from getting employment. 3
es; they are determined to make life ha I'd
Tor man to the bitter end. Maryland Jour.
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1t man admires his wife, i! is more i'm.
portant than if the neighbors say she d a
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Gtcura


and humiHating skin. saa
throughout The world. Pa
about ths ekin. Scalp, and
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-06-13

A.3J,4ciOS AMEI7lCA4os
ore 'cHh'cA LA SGHoRRrspoSDESc1A &
Emulsion dc Scot.
The New York and Porto-Ric,
Steamship Company.
RHdoras rosadas del Dr.. Williams
Inc New York Life Insurance
Company. ''
VINO cordial del Dr.. Ulrici
Maqulnas de escribir Remineton
La La Unlversidad de Notre Dame.
Vlno reconstituyente de Stearns
Maquinas de escribir de Hammond.
vmo de cereza del DR.. Aver.
Cereorlna compuesta, del DR., vi.
rici W
Compaf1ia de seguros de vida :.E]
Sol '
St Mary $ Academy, Notre Dame
vlgor del cabello, del Dr.. Aver.
Jab6n Forest City,
s. II. A. de Lima & Co. Comis
niStas.
Dooley Smith & Co. Comisionistas
laarzaparrilla del DR.. Aver.
Ailmento Mellin para ni1os.
Plidoras del DR.. Haydok.
F11doras para ell higado, del DE-.
Asrmotores de Perkins