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The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

We may take It as rule that the
lamb will pay for the food of its darn,
and leave the fleece for the profit. The
eve always stands for its own value.
One part of corn meal ground a.
finely as possible, one part of bran
ground with the corn, and one part
of cotton seed meal is an excellent
mixture for lambs.
Nature, has no more to do with the
shepherds business than it has with
the making of cloth from the sleeps
fieeces. At least it is SO if the wool
grower knows his business.
The Importance of good rams in
every flock is1paramount to the full
profit of a flock. A well cared for ram
may serve fifty ewes and remain in
useful service ten years if duly cared
for. And it may easily double the
value of the fleece of its progeny os
compared with that of the common
eve. Figure up the benefit in this
way to a flock, and then value your
good ram in due proportion.-Th
American Sheep Breeder.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24
SOME sHEEp SUGGESTIONS.
Few Hints that May be of Inter-
est to EIockmasters of
the south.

Feed the lambs. Feed them through
the ewes, and then feed them from a
well supplied feed trough.
The condition of flock is much
like that of garden. If the weeds
are left to grow it is all weeds.
1t is a waste of time and feed TO
breed poor ewes. and to Gull the flock
is indispensable for the profit of it.
The breeding time is near. Ana as
the sheep is at this time, so will be
the condition of the flock in the fu-
ture.
Selections of the best is the first
care of the intelligent breeder of n
flock. This is especially SO in regard
to the fleece.
Give the lambs very little wi,o Of
fine clover hay to bite at. They NAV
soon be educated in the way they
should go by very little training.
All signs point to big feed of sheen
and lambs this fall, especially in Ne
braska, where many of the cattle
feeders are going over to. sheep.
We can not think or act too seri-
ously on the subject of how impor-
tant it is that the shepherd should
study the nature of wool and know
its value-
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pany of the widest young men in the
county. None of them had means, and
none OF them seemed to work, and yet
after few months of midnight rides
into adjoining counties their corrals
were crowded with cattle and the
townsfolk of Comanche began to fear
and suspect Hardin and his gang. Not
satisfied with ranch solitude and led
by Wes Hardin the desperadoes soon
began to make midnight raids upon
the town. 1t became their practice TO
gallop into Main street every night at
eight o'clock, "shoot up" the stores.
carry of what they wanted in the
shape Of liquor and supplies and ter
rify into silence protesting storekeep-
ers.
Many farmers who had suffered
at the hands of the rustlers then
began to assemble in Comanche for
the purpose of Investigating" Har-
din's lay out. Whether this visitation
had anything to do with his departure.
or whether store looting and ranch
life became too dull is not known. but
in August, 1873, he left home and iden-
titled himself with the Comanche conn
~ gang of Taylors, then engaged in :
feud war of four years standing with
the sons and friends of man namad
Sutton, who was killed by one Of the
Taylor family in De Witt county 81
1865. Hardin had no personal interest
IN the feud, but he was chosen leader
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24
PLANT OF THE IMPLEMENTS.
Could Farm Implements Really Talk
What Stories of Neglect They
Could Tell.

In looking over the junk piles OF
the dealers in old iron you will find
the remains of many good machine.
1t will not take the eye of an expert
to see that there are but few cases
of natural death" among them. All.
the stories those mute skeletons
might tell! If you were to listen YOU
would no longer wonder why the
farm is mortgaged, or why many
hard-working fellow is only renter!
Il should not be here" says the
wreck OF binder. Il only came
from the factory four seasons ago.
The most skilled workmen put me to-
gether, and each part was made of
the best material. l would have done
good work for ten years, but abuse
has brought me here in three. At the
end of the first season / was still in
good shape, although / had been left
uncovered of nights and Sundays in
rain and sun. My first winter on the
farm was spent under leaky shed.
l tried to do good work next season.
but rust and rot had greatly weak
eDed my joints, several bolts were
missing and my owner had much
trouble to keep me going. 1 was
pulled up in the barnyard and left
there when the cutting was done. Ny
owner promised to run me under my
shed again, but he didn't do it. Il
stood there through the summers
heat and rains and through the win
ter's snow. When harvest time came
around once more was hauled to the
repair shop and patched and fixed to
run once more. What fool that man
was. Only a little attention and dry
place to stay was all that required,
but he ruined me by neglect"
"And l am with you," says dilapi.
dated moving machine.
me, too," chimes in sulky, cul.
tivator, two plows, windmill and
corn-sheller. ''And IT, said a gruff
voice, with a laugh that was not i
pleasant. 'But. my friends, have had
my revenge. No man can own an en-
gine as fine as / once was without |
paying price for it. The fellow who
bought me lost his little farm, and !
was the cause of it. He left me out in !
all kinds of weather. summer and |
winter, and turned him out of his |
home. l was all broke up when he
let me go. There wasn't any more
work in me-so here / am"
And so the confab would go on. 1t !
is a pity farm tools as well as. farm
animals can not talk. They would
tell things that might be of value to
their owners. The prime cause of
poverty and bankruptcy on the farm
is neglect and ignorance.-St. Louis
Journal of Agriculture.
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HERE AND THERE.

1T is strange that people who
would not think of growing crop OF
corn or potatoes without cultivation
will let the orchard go without culti-
vation for years.
1t is not wise to permit a piece
of ground to lie idle because it is
rough. Stock it with sheep, and they
will at least pay the interest and
taxes.
The number of Belgian hare fam
ciers in Kentucky is already consid-
erable and rapidly increasing. 1t has
been suggested that a state Belgian
Hare club be organized.
The attempt to doctor sick young
chickens is effort wasted. If the birds
do not grow thriftily in the first three
or four months after Matching, they
will never pay for the raising for any
purpose.
Apples are bringing money in the
Tennessee market. What is more,
they bid fair to continue to do so.
just a medium apple costs $3.50 a
barrel, and had to be shipped from
New York at that.
-Gooseberries will not take root
from cuttings, but you may bend a
limb down and cover it with dirt, and
it will soon take root. After one sea-
son you can transplant it where you
wish it to stay.
The Danish governmental has passed
a law imposing heavy penalties for
the use of any preservative in butter
other than salt. Tresspassers against
the law are fined or imprisoned, and
all goods not in conformity to the law
are confiscated.
Fowls like to bask in the winter
sun and in the dust bin where they
can scratch and enjoy themselves
comfortably. 1t is like new life 20
them, confined as they are to four
blank walls for four or five months
of cold and dreary weather.
The English sparrow has de-
stroyed large part of the grape crop
in some parts of Oklahoma this year.
The crop is not bothered in any way
until the fruit begins to ripen. Tt.
sparrow then splits the berry on one
or two sides and eats part of the pulp.
After the berry is split. the bees,
wasps and other insects do the rest.
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! Life and Adventures Of !
! a Western bad Man" 1
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HISTORIANS have traced the origin
and genesis of the desperado of
the American border as type, novel
isiG and story writer's have exploited
him in fiction, newspaper writers have
chronicled with more or less accuracy
his bloody and extraordinary deeds,
exaggerating his achievements, glori-
flying his meanness and palliating his
crimes. And yet the truth about him,
framed as it is with the real growth
and civilization of the western and
southwestern states and territories, is
so much a part of the present-day af-
fairs, so near to the annals of every
state, county and town west of the
Mississippi river, that its telling needs
no false coloring, no deviation from the
truth, no straining after heroics, to
make il one of the most fascinating as
well as instructive chapters in the his
tory of the southwest and west.
The real "bad man" of the west has
no place in criminal annals. He and
the law seldom came together. He was
not train robber, highwayman nor
a professional thief. To his contempo-
raries he was best known as good
man-with gun. Always he was
gambler, sometimes drunkard, and in
every case he descended to the siren
uous outlawry of cattle rustling.
Fighting was both a pastime and a
passion with him, and he asks no bet
ter sport, no more welcome undertak-
ing, than the chance 10 get into gun
fight with some redoubtable frontiers
man of his own stripe whose reputa-
tion with pistol or rifle made him a
rival and worthy antagonist.
This being both the business and the
pleasure of his usually nomadic life, il
is not strange that he seldom failed
to find at last better man and paid
with his life the penalty of his deeds.
John Wesley Hardin, whose death at
the hands of Constable John Sellman,
of Ell Paso, is yet within memory of
newspaper readers, affords a striking
type of the border bad man both in the
story of his life and in the manner of
his death. He was the son of a Bap-
tist preacher, but in spite of his home
advantages he grew up to be an unruly,
shiftless and skuIking member of,the
community before he was Is years old.
He was born in 1851 near the town of
Comanche, Tex, and began his wild ca
reer before he was ~ years old by rid
ing to death the only two horses his
father had.
He refused to 60 to school, was
caught cheating at cards when he was
is years old and in the same year put
out the eye of neighbor's SON in a
quarrel over cock fight. Preacher
Hardin died soon afterward, and it is
a tradition in Comanche county that |
he died of a broken heart over the
wickedness of his favorite son. In
1872. being 21 years old, John Wesley,
or "Wes," Hardin established himself |
on part of his fathers farm and be-
gan to assemble about his cabin COM
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."Who Is that man over there with the
white, scared face?"
That's the fellow we met at the funeral
yesterday, who was telling. the wife Of the
better off"
what Is the matter with him now?"
The doctor told him he was going to
die. Sun.
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If not, drink GRAIN O-made from pure
grains. A lady writes: 'The frst time /
made Grain-O ! did not like it, but after US
ing i one week nothing would induce me to
90 back to coffee" Itnourishes and feeds the
system, Children can drink it freely with
stance OF pure grains Get package TO-DAY
from your grocer, follow directions IN max
ing, and youwill have delicious and healthful
table beveragefor old and young. 5cand 25c.
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What Shall We Have fer Desserts
This question arises every day. Let US an
swer i to-day. Try Jell-O, delicious and
healthful. Prepared in two minutes. No
boiling! no baking! add boiling water and
berry, Strawberry. At your erocers. l0c,
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

II We were half a. anxious a. " tn I
make people think We are we would accon
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24
one on the CLERK.

He thrust the sealed letter through the
window and put down two cents.
We'll, what do you want?" aeked the
stamp clerk gruf1y.
An automobile. please" he replied.
sweetly.-Philadelphia North American.
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you know.
He-Yes.
.houid retsi;ate s r e~mInd;snsnoI;s y aDI prsas ~
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

!rats Customer Ito barber)-You call thin
hair cut! Looks a. If you had chewed It
Barber-Wel, mister. this Il a free coun-
try, and If you don't like it that way, why
don't tyouchew it of yourself Boston Post.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

,.I,V., Pu1s.a ANA FapsS.ss sras, Dr.s produce u
dye stun. Sold by Al druggists.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

Had there never been 4 yowlins feline
we never should have known the priceless
worth Of catless night.-L. A. W. bulletin.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

Jell-O, The New Dessert,
pleases all the family. Four i1avors:-Lem.
on, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. AT
your grocers. 10 cts. Try it to-day.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

gorgeous costume flashed beneath the brilliant lights
Of ball ROOM The queen of society is radiant tonight
The nervous hands of weak woman have toed day
and night the weary form and aching head have known
rest, for the dress must be finished in time.
To that of society and her dressnaker we would
say word One through dollhouse culture luxury and
social and the other through the toll necessity
may some day ind their ailments common cause
Nervous prostraon, excitabiy faintng SPELLS dizzi-
ness seeplesness loss of appetite and strength indicate
serious trouble which has been promoted by overaxed
system. ae = -
For the society queen and the dressmaker alike there il
nothing 80 reliable as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound to restore strength, vigor and happiness
Mrs. Lizzie Anderson. - Union ST. Salem NJ j., writes:
"DEAR MRs write and tell You how
grateful am for what medicine
time suffered everything could
ovaes falling Of the womb
much that kept using it. have
able bad effects from
am thankful to the Giver OF all good for giving the of
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icne to troubled of
II III diseases"
II Mrs. Sarah swoder. 103 West ST,
II t. In Porte. Ind. writes:
II II "DEAB PuxkHAx:-It eivss ma great
- H2 pleasure to tell you how much good Lydia e.
NJ - {SY P1nthams Vegetable Compound
" NJ III Il had been sufferer for femal
- II trouble / could not but . e at 9
~ II Ny back and Kidneys me all the
III time advised by friend TO
t3ne. had faith decided to It.
IN%& After taking one bottle felt much better that
continued its and by the time
sW0DERI SIX bottles cured There
Tor me- recommend it to all fendR"
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: She ssys least vhs talks most Chicago
Daily NewA
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-31
NEW PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
They Meet and Discuss plans Of Ac-
tiOn ana Then Call Upon the
Secretary of War.

Washington, March 2s,-Thc new
Philippine commission held a prelim-
mary meeting at the Headquarters OF
the old commission on Vermont ave.
nue.
Judge Taft, the president, called
the body to order, and in discussion,
which lasted about three hours, the
plans for the movements Of the COM
mission were thoroughly convnssed
Soon after one o'clock recess was
taken for un hour
Upon reNssembling the commission
proceeded in body to the war de-
partmcnt TO pay their respects to Sec
retary Root. Unlike the first commis-
sion, which received instructions di-
rectly from the state department and
reported through that department,
this commission will deal solely with
the war department, The reason for
the change is that the second commits
sion has 10 deal with ne questions nf-
fectng foreign interests and relations
and Is created with the primary OBJ Ject
Of setting up !een, governments
throughout the archipelago, "A purely
internal function.
Secretary Root welcomed the cont
mission, and In answer TO their ques-
tlon us TO when they might expect to
receive their instructions, suggested
that they assemble again Thursday,
when he expected TO bg able to COM
mnnicnte With them further.
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-31
AMERICAN OR AFRICAN RULE 2
Cubans VIII Organize an Annexation
Party for Escape from Negro
Domination.

Santiago de Cuba, March 27.-h
meeting convened by the various poll
teal factions, Sunday evening, with =
view Of etYecting IN agreement on can.
didates for the approaching elections
broke up in u riot When the time
came for nominating candidates II be-
came apparent that the colored elc.
ment was largely predominant, and
would absolutely control the meeting
The whites then became personal, and
u fight was started which the police
had difficulty In suppressing. Ulti'
mately the meeting broke up in dis
order
Monday many white Cubans an
nounced their intention Of organizing
an annexation party. They say they
would prefer the Cuban flag, but they
are not willing TO submit to negro con-
troll.
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-31
ARKANSAS. STATE NEWS.
IRON Mountain Brakeman Killed
in Difficult in the TenderloIn
District at Newport.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY CHRoN|cLED'
Bishop Derrick Gives Good Adv'co u O''
ored students at Little Rock--ps"'h
Sentence Commuted to Life lmprisoh'
mept-ScOttish Rite Masons.
Good Advice.

Bishop Derrick of the A. NJ H.
church. in an address delivered las'
week at Little Rock, uttered the loi'
lowing advice to the colored youth
which. if needed, will greatly redounu
to the spiritual and worldly welfare Oh
his race. 1T is not your place 10 loai
around the streets, attend balls and 90
disrraceful acts, but you should look
m and trv to be something in life. You
have the benefit of the example OF inc
best white men and women, and you
should profit by it, You have here this
fine building and good teachers who
are prepared to instruct you. The
trouble is so many of you get in your
heads that you are just as good as
the boys and girls of the other race
and you do not prepare yourselves
Let that not be the case with the boys
and girls of this institution. Look up
and be men and women. 1t is fitness
and character that will win for you
place in life together with qualifica-
ton The negro boys and girls must
be fitted to go to the world with some
thing, and then they will be sought
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-31
OUT OF THEIR OWN MOUTHS.
Tbe Unjust Warfare on American
Meats In Germany In Con-
denincd.

Berlin, March 27.-The meat inspec-
ton bill agitation has been renewed.
The German National Society of Deaf
ers in American Meats publishes d
statement vigorously refuting the
agrarian argument. 1t says:
"The first attacks were directed
against canned meats, which, owing 10
the high temperature of boiling were
proved harmless. The next attacks
were upon American pork and sau-
sages, which, it was claimed were
trichinous, but a prize of 1000 marks
offered for proof of single American
case of trichinous pork is still un"
claimed. 1t has been officially demon
strated that since 1882 not single
case Of American trichinous pork h .s
appeared in Germany"
Herr Bielhaben, the anti-semte, and
other agrarian leaders, are arranging
a series of mass-meetings in support
of the bin in its present extreme form,
The meetings will be held in all the
leading cities, beginning next Thurs
day, at Hamburg.
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-31
A Hainous Crime.

viii Robinson, colored trusty |,
the Garland county Jail, has been IN
dicted for most heinous crime. Rob
inson is charged with criminally as
saulting two insane females, whit
woman and a colored woman, who
were detained in Jail for insanity. The
crimes were committed in plain view d
other prisoners confined in cell, VIII,
promptly informed Sheriff Williams o
the occurrence. The affair was ken,
uuiet until the grand jury could inyes
tigate and act, lest steps might b
taken to avenge the crime. Both Won
en- are hopelessly insane.
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-31
Bank Robbers Failed,

San Francisco, March 27.-An at.
tempt was made between Saturday and
Monday to rob the bank Of .Sutro Il
Co., the robbers entering the bank by
cutting through the walls of an ad.
joining vacant store and the wall Of
the bank. II IL thought they intended
cutting into the vault Of the bunk, but
their calculations went wrong, II Is
believed the robbers are OF the same
gang who attempted to rob the French
bank last week. In neither OF the
cases did the robbers secure any
money.
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-31
SUPREME COURT INVOKED.
Writs of Habeas Corpus and Certi-
0rari Petitioned For in
Puerto Rican's Case.
WAS WAS CONVICTED OF VOTING ILLEGALLY.
The Decision of the Court ON the re-
tiOn VIII Practically Decide 'he
Extent to which the Constitution
of the United states Covers the
Acquired Territory.

Washington, March 27.-Attorney
Frederick D. Kenny, filed petition
for writs of habeas corpus and GER
tiorari in the United States supreme
court in a case which is expected to
decide the constitutionality of the
provisional court established by the
military authorities of Puerto Rlco.
The case is that of Ramon Baez, OF the
island, who is serving term at hard
labor on the charge of voting illegally
at the municipal election held at ius-
wanna on the 31st of last October.
Baez's case is one of 80, but he is the
only person actually undergoing pun
ishment for the otfense charged, SEN
tence in the other cases having been
stayed by agreement pending the ap-
peal in the Baez case.
The Lawyers Contention.
In his petition Mr. Kenny takes the
position that the provisional court
was without jurisdiction to try and
convict the prisoner, saying:
"He was held to answer for an IN
famous crime, and was convicted, ana
Is now restrained of his liberty and
confined at hard labor without pre-
sentiment or indictment of grand
jury previously returned against nm
this not being case arising III tue
land or naval forces or in the militia
in actual service, either in time of war
or public danger. The ordinary civil
courts of the territory wherein he was
a resident were open and exercising
their ordinary jurisdiction, and there
in he should have been tried, if at all.
The Specifications.
"lIe was and is deprived of his lib
erty without due process of law.
"Ie did not enjoy the right to
trial by an impartial jury of the dis
trict where the crime was committed.
"He was tried and convicted of an
offense unknown to the law of the
land wherein he was resident"
All this is held TO be IN contraVeu-
ton of the constitution Of the United
States of which the brief says:
"The Constitution IL Supreme"
"The constitution of the United
States is the supreme law of the land
-oi that land which comprehends
territories as well as states-terri-
tories outlying and newly acquired,
as well as those of older acquisition
and more near approach. The sover-
eighty of the United States is cock
tensive with its territory. AS broad
and long as that territory may be or
may become the constitution with
capacious folds ever envelopes it and
whereso er it doth prevail the juris-
diction of this court extends to pre-
vent oppression and maintain the
guarantees of personal rights. hber-
ties and immunities against the cxer-
else of despotic power.
The court took the application un'
der advisement
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-31
state q. A. X. Encnmpment

The state G. A. r. encampmcnt at
Little Rock on March eth and 2sth
was attended by about sevcnty'hvc
delegates, representing thirty posts Of
the state A. l.. Thompson, of Spring.
dale, was elected department COM
mander; w. q. Akcrs, Of Little Rock,
senior vice department commander; j.
II. Denby, Crystal Springs, junior vice
department commander; DIR. p, II, Els
worth, Hot Springs, medical directors;
w. S. Bartholomew, Mansfield, depart
mcnt chaplain. The officers were in
stalled by Commandcr-in Chief Shaw.
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-31
Death of Judge SOrreils.

Judge Theodore Sorrells, aged 80,
died in Pine Bluff March cath, after a
long illness. Judge Sorrells was ma
tive of Bedford county, Tenn. and was
educated in Memphis He served with
distinction in the Mexican war in the
cele brated Jack Hays First Texas
Mounted Rangers, and participated in
the battle of Monterey. He came to
Arkansas in 1s47, and had much to do
with making the history Of the state.
He had served in the legislature and
on the bench as circuit Judge, but de-
clining health during the past decade
has kept him from active work.