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The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

-Intelligenee is the key to success
full farming.
The best way TO lift . mortgage ID
to raise larger crops on fewer acres.
Eight pounds OF potash il an
equivalent Of about two bushels Of
hardwood ashes.
The greatest problem that now
confronts the agriculturist iss How
can the fertility Of our soils ne maip-
tanned.
The farmer who knows Why. a.
well as how, to make every lick count
is likely to be the most successful
one.
1T b discouraging fact hat tha
farmers are the hardest class of peo-
pie in the world to organise for their
own protection.
-In order to place farming on The
right basis the farmer should y able
to give the reason for the methods II
haa adopted.
-Do not attempt TO iced and rss(
tho horss ct noon With his harness
Ioa. Yon naigAf 5ps* . wsll expec(
to enjoy your dinner By sitting down
to eat Il With overeoat, hat and
Z20V0v VMs a. ~
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Clnrs-Weli.. aunt, nave your photo
graphs come from Mr.. Snappeschotte's?
Miss Maydeval (angrily)-Yes. and
they went back. too. with . note ex-
pressing my opinion Of his impudence.
''Gracious! What was it?''
"Why. ON the back Of every picture
were these words: The original of this
II carefully preserved boston Trav-
clef.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

ehorthand Writer to PFemlef.
Like many another successful man.
Sir John Gordon Sprigg went to the
Cape in his youth because he was too
delicate to live comfortably in England.
His occupation was at first that of .
shorthand writer, but he quickly found
his talent in the direction of politics
serviceable, and has been premier no
fewer than three times in the Cape par.
lament.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Un1veRslty oe Metre Danes Metre
Dame, Ind.
The attention Of readers Is called to the
advertisement Of Notre Dame University,
one Of the great educational Institutions Of
snn nm Il Nth sSis paper. paper hoe who & may have @ oc-
easion to look up : college for their sons
during the coming year would do well 70
correspond with the President, who win
send Them : catalogue free Of charge, ~
well q all particulars regarding terms,
courses of studies, etc.
E There i . thorough preperetory school
ia connection with the University. in
which students Of all grades viii have
every opportunity Of preparing themselves
for higher studies. The Commercial Course
intended for young men preparing for busi-
ness, may be finished in one or two years.
according to the ability of the student.
81. EpwARD's Hail. for boys under thir.
teen, il an unique department OF tho. in
stitution. The higher courses are thor.
ough in every respect, and students win
find every opportunity Of perfecting them
selves in any line Of work they may choose
to select. Thoroughn sss in classwork, ex-
actness in the care of students, and devo-
ton to the best interests Of all, are the
distinguishing charscteristics Of Notre
Dame University.
Fiffy-six years Of active work in the
cause Of education have made this institu-
ton famous Ill over the country.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Our success with turkeys hinges on
many things. In the outset the par
ent stock should be of matured age,
This counts considerable with chick
ems, but more with turkeys.
Old toms with young hens, or vice
versa, our success will be about the
same. 1t toms and hens are all past
one year old, best results can be OBJ
tanned.
Turkeys hens are the best moth
ers for rearing the young. for the
fact that when they become large
enough to roam over the fields the
turkey mother will 60 with them; the
chicken hen will always keep them
near the house.
A wet or dry season counts wonder
faI with our raising many turkeys.
Young turkeys can't stand the wei
weather, not even heavy dews. While
poults are very young. dry yards
should b provided for them and they
should be kept In while dew is on
When they reach the age that their
wings cross on their backs they have
passed the danger line and are NOD
apt to die unless killed. They can
then roam the fields, chase the grass.
hopper and require little feed or At
tention. A young turkey Is = delicate
feeder the hrst few days of It's life
We feed them about the same % We
do our broodcr chicks. Boiled eRRs
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

The list Of the ceutury's dres-
l7o7-1s07-mounts up to 1.11s. and the
deaths to at least 10000. A little over
two-fifths of these occurred In the
United States. These latter have not
however been prcportionately fatal,
for the deaths amount to less than =
twelfth. But in 2S fires occurring in
sother countries" there have been lost
more than 1000 lives.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

II any of our readers who have
gone into the sheep business, even in
. small way, do not yet realize the
Importance Of dipping the lambs. the
sconer they wake up on this subject
the better II will be for both them
and the lambs. The ticks go for the
sheafed and make life burden for
the little Fellows. seriously interfe--
ing with their thrift. These pests
can be held in check very easily by
dipping the lambs and the, sooner II
lis done the better.-Farmers Home
Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Female WORKER - 1un1cps
At Munich many of the clerks at the
banks and hotels are girls, and A. CASH
iers and bookkeepers at restaurants
and other houses of business they are
well in evidence. Many women are
also employed at railway stations -
booking Office clerks.-N. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Senior Partner-Mske each of our
employees hand in list of all his rela-
tives.
Junior Partner-Wbat on earth do
you want that for?
1.-THE baseball season opens soon. and
want to make sure that each relative
dies only once during the summer
N. Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Alnwick castle. according to the OBJ
servation of learned antiquary, owes
its origin to the Romans. 1t is one of
the largest Gothic buildings in Britain.
containing about five acres of ground
within its outer walls, hanked with 10
towers and turrets.-Cincinnati En-
uuirer.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24


Acre originally meant field Of any
size.
Meat originally meant any kind Of
food.
Town originally referred simply "a
. farmhouse.
Miscreant originally meant an infl-
del or renegade.
Libel originally meant small book
or pamphlet.
Some people, when they work, don't
do anything.--Atchison Globe.
yagabond originally meant q per
SON who travelled without . definite
object--a wanderer.
Blackguard originally meant the
kitchen boys and potwashers en-
ployed in gentleman's kitchen.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Take your plow. go into the bot.
toms where there is q known surplus
of rich soil, plow four or i've inches
deep, put your team to common
pond scraper and dump on the poor
points sufficiently close. When SCAT
tered the soil win be three or four
inches in depth. More good can be
accomplished IN one day in this way
with one hand and team than twenty
years clovering will do, for the rea-
son that clover nor anything else win
grow where there is no soil. Judg-
ment should be exercised TO move
only the soil where there il . known
surplus, for to impoverish one point
to enrich another would be bad poll
cy. By such treatment Of the eye
sores on your farms their value will
be increased from IS to SIS per scre.-
Farmers Home Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Stranger-Do the officers of the law
here attend strictly to their dutiess
Arizona Al-They haf to. Suspended
the sheriff for Iettin' a boss thief es-
cape.
"From office?"
"No-frum tree."-N. Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

+ No matter what ais you, headache to {
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature
cure you without gripe or pain, produces
easy, natural movements, cost yoq just Z
Cascarets Candy Cathsrtic, the genuine, put
mp in metal boxes, every tablet has c. G. G.
stamped ON it. Beware Of limitations.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-Eam
9 powder for thsfeet. It makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching,
Swollen, Hot. Ca1lous, Smarting, Sore and
dress, Allen s. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24
EAkMER AND PLANTER.
Ne Necessity fer DuiIafng HARD
HeaAa, ~ Great Expense, Ex-
eept In Limited Districts.

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The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

TO launder the exquisite creations Of mus
Inns and lace In which this season abounds
has become quite problem, yet the most
delicate materials win not b injured II
washed with Ivory Soap and then dried in
the shade. But little starch need be uaed
EIxzA r. PAnxxR
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Mrs. Gabb-Are you going to have
your darter take music lessons?
Mrs. Gadd-N-o, guess not. Sht
hain't no ear for music.
"Well, / wouldn't be discouraged a
that: mebby she might learn to play
classic, auyhow."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Hanily Coaeh Of the WasAingtons
Bxhunea fron Obseurfty ana
t. De Kept In State.

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oeoIee washington fanny co.ca
was iew Gays ago presented py Au-
gustus Frey, real estate agent. OF
No. ITO East One Hundred and Twen-
ty-fifth street, to the Ladies' Union
of America, says the New York Post.
Capt. Richardson. . well-known fig
IRE in Harlem. Maid ssof, for the veu-
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great or numoie' nnos memorials ox
oen' washington an eternal Drioe 10
CUT senumens loose ana ie. II run
AZ apPrecla',ve member Q! tne society
~n'cn now mas tne coacn said the
o.ner Jay WIN wnae oengnt "ouid
'ns encn take tnis graceiui reno
ana array !. ~ tne Musee oe Oiuny
Dss'oe tne vaPo,eon carriages guard
ca so reverentiys ana wouiont inc
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srmory AZ iurin. ~ woul1 LOOK lnter-
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LOUIS AsA. USED one mot unlike ~.
us oroad panels were cream wnite, us
frame oiack' ana around the eoge OF
.ne oody ran 2 pretty moioing OF goiu.
niack stripes were on the spokes ana
ienoes' ana the nuts OF the axies ana
tne nanoies OF the doors were sli-
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we're s'so oi'i,ah' ou.r'oer
somewhat aiter tnis iasnion ara
washington go 70 ms inauguration
down IN mah street. through iines OF
people. ms progress tnat Gay was
my my a.'.S a'o"s IAN u gun.
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new .s s"ecsss'ons - ou.n,ns Joy
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"ele u''a,eu VI. Pa'' 'o''sl' a". !.
race useu 20 inc iorlns Oh roya"y ieis
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the ancient Missing Dndge on .ne is-
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The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

It is said that Gladstone one day
aid 70 the witty Father Healey:
when 1 was in Italy the other day
eAw : notice in one of your churches
- the effect that plenary indulgence
could be had for sum of about 20
shillings. How do you explain that ~
'If." answered the father, my
church were prepared to give you .
plenary indulgence for all the sins you
have been guilty of for 30 shillings !
think you would be let o& uncommonly
aheap. .r-Argonsut
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24
a guro WAY,

A Sure Way.
Edwtn-Wili your mother consent, do
you th:nkf
Angelina-Yes; con flx that; IN
get papa to oppose it.-Truth.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

A Pretty Good Sign.-'What makes you
think she's in love with you, Tomw "Oh,
she called me You horrid. mean thing!'
last night. Philadelphia Evening Bulle-
<su
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

The British army rifle has 50 COM
ponentparts. in the production of which
052 machines are employed, as well az
various processes which do not require
machinery.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

Mrs. Gocdsoul-Now. Bobbie, II you
take any Of the jam in the pantry I'll
whip you!
Little Robbie (aggrievedly)- )-There
ycu go now. putting ideas in my head!
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

A great deal sf nerve = sometimes neces-
sary to keep from hsing eranky.-Atshison
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

do not believe Plso's Cure for Consump-
ton has An equal for coughs and colds.-
John =. Boyer, Trinity Spring. Ind.s Feb.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

nronchitis Can Ne Cured
With Hoxsie's Group Cure. speedily. 0cts.
The Colfax chronicle., 1901-08-24

0o606lD61v0 e UoloFod0'1 ooensSys HSozsn
y, xeeoFtns Eto.
Send to L. W. Waksley, 9. r. A., Bur
Iugton Route, 60& Pine Street. st. IsOuiA
No, for . handsome special folder on Col.
orado, descriptive Of her health resorts ana
magniacent scenery, coneaaning re lovsss
Summer, which have ever besn madA The
1oldsr win BE- found Of educational yalue
- students and others seeking 10 know
shout their 7wn country. Trse On request.
Mention this paper.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-10-31

Auction to he Held in Hcnverhend
County,


The board Of state land commissions
ers has followed up its policy of auc-
ton sales of state lands by ordering
the immediate reappraisement OF all
Unbiased land in Beavcrhead county.
When this has been done the land viii
be advertised and sold by Register II.
d. Long. There are $4,000 acres OF
state land In that county, mostly graz
ing land
A case of trespass on state land. re-
ported from Cascade county, brought
to light the fact that the county attor-
ney. A. c. Gormley. has gotten into a
predicament. Louis Wasman, to whom
the state leased tract of fchOOl land
about five miles south or Great Falls,
complained that Mike Kommers was
occupying it and refused to surrender
It. The case was referred to the attor-
ney general, who rendered an opinion
that the state was not bound to put q
lessee in possession against an adverse
claimant, though he also held that the
state could not collect rent unless 1t put
the lessee in possession. The board
then referred the case to the county at
tOrney, but he answered that he was
attorney for the other man. The
board, under the law, instructed him to
put Wasman in possession, holding
that. as a public officer, he could not
carry water on both shoulders.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-10-31
New, In Brief.

The Western Union Office at BOZe-
man has just received a new set of in
struments, which will probably be put
In position Immediately. 1t is rumored
that the country is going to put in an
extra line between st. Paul and the
coast, for the better accommodation of
patrons.
Word has just been received at Twin
Bridges OF two attempts to burn Jim
Corbet's place at Rochester, the last
being nearly successful. Shavings sat
urated with oil had been used, and the
attempt was the second within the last
week The motive is not known.
William Rea, of the firm Of Rea Bros.
OF st. Paul, shipped a train load OF
sheep out of Billings for st. Paul. The
firm has shipped about $50 car loads out
of this state within The past month.
Isaac Bonaparte, the Pend d'Oreille
Indian charged with stealing cattle
from the Catholic mission in the Flat
head reservation, entered a plea OF
guilty at Butte, and was sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary.
The Commercial hotel at Glendive
had a narrow escape from destruction
by fire recently. At 5 a. IN. blaze was
dscovere in room on the upper floor.
1t was extinguised with hand appara-
tus, after $50 damage had been done.
No one knows how it originated.
Joseph Gaffrey, who was arrested
several days ago at Butte for stab
bling Jane Thomas, a tenderloin wo-
man, was sentenced to sixty days in
Jail by Judge Boyle.
Harry DWyer and Jack Turner were
arrested at Butte on complaint of r. o.
Miles, who accused them of having
stolen a quantity of hay from his
ranch in the Deer Londge valley.
G. Fl. Green, who has been working
on the grade at Twin Bridges drew
huge razor and threatened to do an art
istic piece of work on another railroad
man. Deputy Surry arrested him and
took him before Judge Newell, who
sent him up for sixty days.
A case of scarlet fever has appeared
in the family of Chris Lowman a,
Sheridan. and the house has been quar-
antined by the board of health. At
first it was thought it would be neces-
sary to close the public schools, but no
action of this kind will be taken unless
another case develops.
Robert Easily, who was arrested in
Butte for jumping his board bill and
brought back to Miles City for trial.
pleaded guilty before Justice Kennie
and was sentenced to sixty days.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-10-31
GLOVER NOT GUILTY.


Man Who Shot to Save His Own
Life Is Set Free by the Jury.
Gettysburg, S. D., Oct. 26.-The jury
In the Daily murder trial came into
court yesterday with verdict of not
guilty. The case has occupied four
days and has attracted considerable
notice because of the motive which
prompted the crime. Glover, who was
acquitted, killed Daily, man who had
threatened his life on several occasions
He boosted Of such intentions and or
dered Glover out of town. Being
bounded by the fear that Daily would
finally accomplish his intention and de-
prive his wife and baby of his support,
Glover became desperate and shot DAILY
from the second-story window Of his
home while DAILY was waiting outside
for chance to shoot Glover.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-10-31
BOY HAS NARROW ESCAPE.
Locked Up by Playmate and Is Ac-
cidentally Found.

Locked UP by Playmate and Is Ac-
cidentally Found.
WinOEa, Mimi, Oct. 26.-Little Ken.
meth Kerfoot, the four-year-old son Of
Rev. and Mrs. S. F. Kerfoot of this
city, was shut in locker on the Y. NJ.
G A. tennis court here Wednesday
evening and could not be found for
several hours. His. discovery was then
only accidental. If he had not been
found at that time it is probable that
he would have died there, for the ten
mis- house had been searched before. It
was locked up for the season and
would not have been opened again un-
III next spring. The playmate who
locked him in is so small that she could
not explain what she had done. Hun
dreds of neighbors had joined in the
search before the boy was found, and
the mother was almost distracted with
grief,
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-10-31
PROPERTY LOSS IS s5oo,oo(
NINETEEN KNOWN TO he DEAD
AND OTHERS MAY DE IN
THE RUNS.
MANY OF THEM ROASTED ALIVE
AWFUL SCENES WITNESSED ny
THE MISUNDERSTANDING
CROWD.

Philadelphia, Oct. 27-Nineteen known
dead and property loss amounting to
upwards of 100000 is the awful result
of fire which occurred yesterday in
the business section Of the city. The
number of injured is not known def
nitely, but fully score Of victims were
treated at various hospitals. Police
and firemen are delving into the ruins
In search Of bodies supposed to have
been buried beneath the debris, as it is
feared that others besides the known
dead may have lost their lives in the
flames. The buildings destroyed were
the eight-story structure, 1919 and 1921
Market street, occupied by Hunt, Will
kinson &, Co., upholsterers and furni-
ture dealers, and three one-story build
ings occupied by small merchant men.
Spread With Great Rnpidity.
Never in it's history has Philadelphia
experienced a fire which spread with
such rapidity. At 1920 o'clock yester-
day morning the blaze broke forth in
the building occupied by Hunt Will
kinson & Co., and one hour later the
terrible sacrifice Of life had been made
and the immense loss of property had
been accomplished. The origin Of the
death dealing confagration is UNI
known. 1t is said that an explosion of
naphtha or gasoline in the basement
was the cause but this is denied by
Mr.. Wilkinson, who says there never
was sufficient quantity Of either ex-
plosive about the building to be re-
sponsible for such a terrible disaster.
Rumor has it, also, that an elevator
constructor at work in the basement
permitted the flame of his lantern to
communicate with some Of the gaseous
liquid stored in the basement and that
this was the cause of the conf1agra-
ton.
Henrtrcndin. scenes.
Such disastrous fire attended with
so great a loss of life in such a brief
period was never before known in this
city. Men and women died lingering
aeonizing death in the presence Of
thousands of spectators who were I'M
able to lift a hand to their assistance.
The rear of Hunt, Wilkinson & Co.'S
building faces on Commerce street, a
small thorougfare. On the fire escapes
at this end of the building two men
and woman were slowly roasted to
death while the horror stricken throng
on the street below turned sick at the
sight. In the front, on Market street,
a woman, driven to desperation, leaped
from window on the top floor and
was dashed to death on the pavement.
These are but a few of the heartrend-
ing scenes attending the conf1agratiOn.
Firemen claim to have seen men and
women, unable to reach the windows
Or fire escapes burned to death in the
interior of the building. If this be so,
little or nothing remains Of these VIC
tins and it is doubtful if any portion Of
their bodies will be recovered.