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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A shaft 4,760 feet deep in search o
eopper has been sunk in Michigan.
The salt production in Michigan last
year filed 1920, s65 barrels, gain ovel
the preceding year of SAG barrels.
Tough wood, or wood that is hard ia
split, is SO because the fibers of which
1T is composed cross and interlace each
other. The wood of the elm is fla,
miliar example. The toughest wood
known is the Egnum vitae. 1t cannot
be worked by splitting
The time in the summer at which the
leaves begin to turn is tolerably sure
indication of the soundness of the tree.
Some trees will keep their foliage green
until September, while the leaves of un-
healthy trees will begin to show signs
OF turning brown or yellow in August.
Prof. C. H. Eigenmann has discovered
a new type of cave salamander, an ac-
tive creature about four inches long,
with protruding eyes and a tail longer
than its body, speckled brown and vel.
low, and the peculiar formation of it's
feet enables it to climb vertical walls of
glass and even move like a fly across the
ceiling.
M. Camille Flammarion, the French
astronomer, does not place the slight
est credence in the idea that the in
habitants of Mars are trying to signal
to our eatrh. The lights observed in
the 1carium Mare were, in his opinion.
simply the reflection of the rays of the
setting sun on the clouds over that
sea.
Koch's theory that mosquitoes should
be let alone, but that people should be
cinchonized, Maj. Ross considers as i'm
possible to put into execution in Brit
lsh colony, such as, for instance, Sierra
Leone. The best method, in his opin-
ion, is destruction or removal of the
mosquito by means of surface drainage
cutting down underground and the use
of various culicides.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30

Suggestions to Farmers who Inclus~
Poultry Among Their
Industries.

Every farmer keeping big flock OF
mongrels should pick out twelve OF
fifteen of his best laying hens, mate
them in secure yard to a well-bred
cockerel from practical breeder OF
such variety as the farmer may have
fully made up his mind suits him
best. Next year carefully select az
many pullets that have already gone
to laying to put with a yearling cock
OF some breed. BY such means in a
few seasons any farmer can have q
large uniform lot of hens as good in
production of egg and meat as most
pure stocks. The grade cockerels must
not be used. No males kept with the
hens running at large, and changing
ROSTERS from one breed to another
must not be allowed. Instead of a sem
sfble selection and saving of the best
from each years crop for next sea-
sons breeding the general farm poll
cy has been to sell off the earliest and
largest. The only wonder is that farm
poultry has not run down more rapid
~ in the south. Selection is one Of
the most powerful influences that
has ever or can be brought to bear on
development Of desirable qualities in
i've stock. 1t requires NO capital.
merely an exercise of thought, skin
and sttention. 1t would be possible to
bting about very high degrees of ex-
ceiience even from an ordinary barn
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30
NApoLE0N's EVIL EYE.
a Feature Of the Emperor That Re.
vealed His Intense Love
of Warfare.

Lord Russell, when the present
writer questioned him about Napoleon
salo, and emphatically repeated. that
there was something very evil in his
eye, says Goodwin Smith, in Atlantic.
he added that the eye flashed, at an
ailusion to the excitement of war a,
contrasted with the dullness Of Elho
A feature in the character which ner.
haps'- has hardly been enough noticed
was a sheer lust of war, and espec;.I'
y OF battles. the emotions of which
Napoleon seems to have owned. were
agreeable to him. 1t appears not inn
probable that this had a share. n.
gether with his Unsuitable ambition
and his political need of glory. n
launching him on his mad invasion ~
Russia, for which it is difficult n o.
sign any political purpose, as he re-.
fused to restore the kingdom Of Pc.
land.
announcer feature not much noticed in
Napoleon's character is his classic;.r
In his early days he had EMPLOYED his
garrison leisure partly in reading Re-.
man history; and instead of heinz -
peiied ne had been fascinated by the
presentation of the Roman empire IN
Tacitus. We see the result in his Ea.
giles, his Legion of Honor, his political
and the general cast ~
his political institutions. .Perhanst ~.
image o. the Roman empire as model
Tor reproduction fioated vaguely be-
tore his mind as it does before those Of
our imPeriaiists at the present dav.
A srosser anachronism. II IL needless
g say there could not be than an ~.
seMpt TO impose on the European IAN.
ny OF living nations anything Ike the
yoke imposed by Rome on set Of con.
quered provinces in which national
spirit was extinct
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30
COTTON CROP OF 1soo-1ooo.
In Some Respects II was One of the
Most Remarkable I'm the His
tory Of the Industry.

The commercial cotton crop year,
which ended August 81, 1900, was, in
some respects, enc of the most re-
markable in the history of this indus
try. There never was time when so
many American spindles were in OPP
GRAFTON, and rarely, if ever, a time
when they were so severely taxed to
meet the demo nd for cotton goods.
Such was the activity that many mills
both North and South, were obliged
to run day and night and but for the
untimely complications in China the
latter part of the season, the whole of
the year would have been one of re-
markabIe prosperity to manufacture
ers of this staple.
In consequence of the great demand
for American cotton goods, the United
States consumed more raw cotton
than any other country, leading Great
Britain, which for century and more
has held supremacy in this industry,
by over half million bales.
But perhaps the most extraordinary
feature of the year was the wide
range of prices from the beginning to
the close of the season. Spot cotton
opened in New Orleans on September
1, 1899, at 15-16c, and in New York
at 6Ac pound for middling uplands,
and on the last day of the season,
August 81, sold in New Orleans at
9Hc, and in New York at 9%c per
pound, difference of 3 9-16c in, the
former and SIC in the latter market.
The difference, however, to the plant
er was not SO great as this, as the
average price of spot cotton in Sep
TENDER in New Orleans was about &c,
and in January, (when the season is
over with the planter),
TIC, difference of 1Hc, or about
$3.50 for bale of 500 pounds.
Another noteworthy feature of this
crop is its total value as compared
with that of 1sas-e9, the largest crop
ever made; for, although over 2,00O.-
BOO of bales less, it's value is over $780,
100000 greater.-Crop Reporter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30
AN ELECTRIC DIET.
Novel Process Invented nv which chi.
nea Pigs Will BE Fattened
ON Galvanism.

The notion of fattening pigs b,
electricity is at all events novel. and
II the inventor of the process be no
disappointed, the idea will yet be an
Piled to other animals, and even t.
human beings. To DIR. w. j. Herd
man, OF the medical faculty of tn,
University of Michigan, the world
owes this discovery, which is to the
effect that the galvanic current bro
notes the growth of tissue-that i.
to say, the increase of flesh. 1t had
previously been ascertained that
plants develop more rapidly under
the electric stimulus, and there was
no obvious reason why animals
should not be equally responsive to it.
says the Philadelphia Post.
Hence the idea of DR.. Herdman.
which promises well, though its ap-
plication cannot as yet be said to
have passed beyond the experimental
stage.
The doctor, for the sake of con-
venience, began his experiments with
guinea pigs, half dozen of which he
put in each of two cages, taking care
that they should all be of exactly the
same age, so as to make the condi-
tions of the trial as free from flaw as
possible. Around one of the cages
he strung several wires, through
which current of electricity was kept
passing night and day, while nothing
of the kind was done with the other
cage. Meanwhile, for a stated period
the animals in both cages were fed
with a precisely equal quantity of
provender of the same kind, so that
there should be no advantage in this
respect on either side. As result. II
was found that the guinea pigs that
lived in an electric environment
gained in weight. during measured
time ten per cent. more than those in
the non-electric cage.
DR.. Herdman is confident that or.
binary pigs, II subjected to similar
treatment, would exhibit like results.
He proposes to build suitably wired
pens, and to furnish the growing
swine with regular supplies of cleo
tricity. much in the same way as was
done with the guinea pigs.
Nobody can say what may be the
final influence of this new discovery
upon the packing trade, or whether
the electric bacon" of the future
may not command a special price in
The market. The Imagination extends
the application of DIR. Herdman's dis
,overy to almost any lengths. Why
may not the day come when every
low in her stall shall have her private
wire? And If electricity is good for
pigs, 1t may serve to fatten babies, or
wen grown persons who are DESTROYS
IT increasing their .avoirdupois. and |
'hus most interesting possibilities
or the improvement of the human
physique are opened up.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Wiggle-.1t must be an awful thine
- be deaf" JigSles--"Oh, 1 don't
know; does your wife ask as many foo
questions as my wife?"-Ohio Stats
Journal.
why should s. woman take mans
name when she marries him?" "Well
SO long as she takes everything else
she might as well take that, too
Brooklyn Eagle.
Old Gotrox-'Has my daughter given
you any encouragement, sir?" Cholly
Iwitters-"Well, er-er, she said you
were an awfully generous parsnt."-N,
0. Times-Democrat.
Blanche-''Oh, girls! 1 put piece OF
Mays wedding cake under my pillow
last night. and" The Girls (breath-
lessly)-"What happened?- Blanche
Il ate it all before went to sleep!"-
Brooklyn Life.
She-"Miss Smart has to wear glass.
es now because her eyes are suffering
from overwork." He-"Why. when
stepped on her dress awhile ago ]
thought they had quite snap."-ln-
dianapolis News.
Invaluable Assistant-"Did that
wealthy bridal couple have many
trunks?" Trunks? They keep a Ii.
brarian who doesn't do anything but
take care of the trunk catalogues
indianapolis Journal.
How much money has my husband
In bank?" demanded the woman. ~
cannot tell you. madam replied the
man behind the grating. "Why, they
told me you were the.teller," snapped
the woman.-Philadelphia Record.
Pompous Author Ito veteran edi.
tor)-"What would you advise man
to do whose ideas are in advance of the
times" Veteran Editor promptly
Il would advise him to sit quietly down
and wait for the times to catch up
Boston Home Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30

The farm reflects the characterof the
owner. This is seen in the location
of buildings and yards, orchards. pas
lures, drives, etc. All these are parts
of his life's machinery. The better
the arrangement, the less friction.
The farmer must take advantage Of
every short cut be can find. Superior
tactics on common farm may save
enough labor in year to amount to
the wages Of an extra man.-Rural
World. ~
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to restrain his joy enough to offer hil
arm with some degree of calmuess.
Il believe prefer the dark and the
fog to the cabin" she continued, u
am not in the mood for laughter. All
I this is too wonderful"
LET me stay with you, / want "a
much to know you," blurted out poor
Jack.
The girl look frightened. Then an
inspiration came to him. He would
appeal to her sympathy.
You see, have little charge some
place on board" and Jack, who had
promptly and completely forgotten his
protege until the present moment,
went on: She'll be an awful bore,
but Briefly, that's her brother, wrote
me to look after her, and I really
haven't an idea what to do, and-and
l thought perhaps you would help
me-for her sake, you know"
what did you say her name is?''
asked the girl. MAY l see the let
teri"
And they paused by the cabin door,
while she read the letter, smile light
ing up her piquant face.
$50 you are to keep her from flirt-
ing or falling overheard" she said.
Il think I may be able to help you.
Perhaps Miss Briefly need not bother
you at ALL"
"Oh, If you win help me, shall not
mind in the least" returned Jack,
eagerly. "And may l not know your
name?"
Certainly" she was giving him her
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30
HERE AND THERE.

| 1t is better to push the farm work
than to let the farm work push yor.
"A country that is always stoo hot
or too cold; too wet or too dry" to
work, exactly suits some people.
-Unaided industry may s.cut ice.-
but it will not knew what to do with
it after cutting ii.
BY selecting ewes that often pro-
duce twins the habit may be cultivate
ed so as to largely accelerate the i'm
crease of the flock.
Hogs need exercise, especially the
brood sows, which should have the
run of large, dry yard or lot.
1T requires good feed and good
care to make good mutton. Well, ev-
srybody knows that. But everybody
don't know that II takes the same
kind of food and care to make good
wool.
The government extended it's first
aid to agriculture in 1880 by appro-
rriating $1,000 for making various
statistics and distributing seeds and
cuttings.
Every farmer should have the
very best farm implements he can
afford to buy and pay for. Without
these aids competition is q heavy pull
up steep hill.
"A young man inst starting in life.
who rents farm land for any other
purpose than to help him to secure a
home and farm of his own, viii have a
hard tussle to escape vagabondage.
The advantage in feeding ground
feed to cows, or cattle of any sort. is
that they eat slower, and the food is
prepared for digestion by being
moistened with saliva instead of wa
ter, and that is better.
There is a wide difference be-
tween producing dual purpose coy.
and producing dual purpose breed
OF cattle. BY mating milk bull with
. beef COW Tor vice versa). a large
peefy cow may be produced which
vii perform well at the pail.
"A correspondent wants TO know
bow to cure dog Of tho bad habit
Of killing sheep. That's easy. A load
Of buckshot behind the shoulder. n
half grain of strychnine in q chunk
d liver, viii cure the dog every time
~ your money refunded"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30
A pRosLeM.
LOUISIANA


My little home is neat and bright
My little wife Is charming,
And nothing in our quiet life
Would seem to be alarming:
But can no kind adviser give
The aid for which I'm lookingf
I'm sure l shall victim fall
TO Dolly's love of cooking!
She tries each new receipt she sees
(When will the list be endedD
And brings me something every day
Which she declares is splendid.
1 kiss the pretty little cook,
And try to look delighted;
'Twould almost break her tender heart
TO see her dishes sighted.
She'll say: Dear John! I'm sure you'll
find
The pudding just delicious.
Although must admit It looks
A little bit suspicious
Or; Try this lemon tart: it's fine
gule got from mother"
l smile but hope our dear mamma
VIII never give another.
The gingerbread that Dolly makes
Is Marion Harland's latest"
1t may be. but shouldn't like
TO think it was her greatest.
Inc Journal furnished charlotte russo;
Alas! good Mrs. Rorer
Would not have known her favorfte dish
Had 1t been set before her!
The Century Cook Book" gave croquettes:
They tasted very curious,
And Mrs. Lincoln's Boston beans
would make Bostonians furious
Molasses pie!" / wonder IL
The clever Mrs. Ewing
suspected when she wrote the rule
what trouble she was brewing!
In desperation, yesterday,
l limited very nicely:
Dear Dolly, are you always sure
To keep the rule precisely?
she shook her pretty head and laughed,
And made the frank confession;
Indeed. don't, sir; all good cooks
Just use their own discretion!
'Ol course, you can't expect, my dear,
Tnat luck will never vary;
Ihe best of cooks will sometimes fail,
And all things go contrary.
! always keep the main idea,
But where would be the pleasure
III one must be forever tied
To tiresome weight and measured"
And now the mystery Is solved
VIII some one please advise me
what can be done to remedy
The state of things that tries EN-?
For must eat what Dolly cooks,
Because just adore her
Although she won't abide BY rules
And weights and measures bore her!
ELLEN Manly In Good Housekeeping.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30

Pennies do not consist of copper
alone. there being in them two Der ce Mt.
Of tin and three per cent. of zine TO o.
per cent. Of copper. They cost the nov.
ernment about ~ cents pound exclu.
sive Of stamping and there are l4s In :
pound. 50 that the government makes
tair profit on every pound minted, siace.
while they are redeemable IN gold, but
few are ever Observation-Disclosures
etar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30

"But / am such an awful bore"
Are you never going to forgive mel
l carried out half of Toms instruc-
tons when I rescued you that night.
and-and," but she was off leaning
over the side of the boat, watching an
Indian canoe as it SKINNED the wa.
tiers.
1t was Jacks last day. He had been
merciless in his wooing. but he was
desperately in earnest, and fighting
against time.
To Jocelyn, who knew nothing be-
yond trip to Oakland or around the
bay. under the guidance of Sister Celes-
tine, the days had seemed like a fairy
tale. There had been the long, long
tramps while the fog hung over the
Pacific, and Later. the magical DAYS
when the ship fioated among the piney
islands of the Canadian coast. And
now there was queer little ache in
her heart which she could not UNDER
stand.
!, do you know. Jocelyn, it's our last
afternoon?" Toms voice had a hone.
less ring.
Jocelyn was quite absorbed in the
indian canoe, but she nodded in reply.
Il shall not have an opportunity to
write, butt shall think of you, very.
very often. May / keep a diary. pre.
tending l am talking with you? Per.
haps you will let me show it to YOU
some day."
Her face was turned away, but a
more emphatic nod told she heard.
1oceiyn, little girl, unless it NAV
mean coming to you, it will mean little
"nether l return or" At last she
ooked up at him, and his hand covered
he little one on the rail.
You darling" he whispered.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30

Jack, Old Fellow: Did you know that
! have a sister? had half forgotten the
TACT myself until there came a letter
cooiiy announcing that she was tired OF
boarding schools and was coming up
to keep house for me. She sails on the
queen Deming tells me you take the
same boat. Look after the kid a bit
won't you? Keep her from flirting or
falling overheard. Yours,
TOM BRIEFLY"
JACK HAMILTON swore softly
u to himself. The idea of being
"chaperone, and probably father
confessor to a bread-and-butter
schoolgirl. filed him with horror.
What on earth could he talk to her
about, he asked himself, and WHY
hadn't he. enough common sense to
open his letters before. coming ON
board? Then he could. have missed
the boat.
The truth of the matter was that
genial, whoie-souled Jack was N love
had been for three days-and, worst
of all, he did not know her name. He
only knew that ''her face, it was the
fairest that e'er the sun shone on
and that mornings she rode in
Golden Gate park.
He had haunted the park and exer-
cised all his ingenuity, but had not
managed an acquaintance. And now
he was OF for six months of bridge
building in the White pass. He real
lied he had not even fighting chance
with Fate, and felt correspondingly
aisagreeable, as he stood looking back
over the fast widening waters.
Already the distance was blottinp
out the Golden Gate; the Cliff house
was blur against Sutro Heights, and |
only the faint, green sweep of trees |
above the sand dunes marked the Gold
en- Gate park.
Jack drew himself up with a start.
his incoming would never do. He |
resolved to hunt up the little school,
girl and amuse her. He turned. onlv
to stand transfixed, for there, almost
It his elbow, was his Lady of the
Park" Her habit was replaced by the
Iauntiest of yachting costumes, and
her face was radiant with health and
happiness.
Jack felt the spirit of the Conqneror
Upon him. The Queen was a very
different matter from San Francisco.
As the day wore on, however. he felt
his courage wane. He bribed the mate
to introduce him, but she said gently
TO him that she did not care to make
any acquaintance. And, indeed, con-
versation would have seemed sacri-
'egious to her. There was the glorious
ocean and the wonderful wind out Of
NE west, and she had eyes and soul
Tor nothing else. She thought of life
n far-away lands, of the little brown
people in their island of flowers. al
he fighting line in the Philippines
Until, at last, the sea grew grim under
J leaden sky, and the fog came down
Ind shut out the world.
Everyone fed to stateroom or cabin
The great fog horns were shriekinc
he sea was running high, but its
'oices called her, and she struggled |
Jack to the railing, only to discover {
hat the boat was rocking 30 that I
he dared not leave. She laughed :
title to hegself, ana wondered n aha 1
nust stay there al night. No, come
ne was coming.
"wiil you help me, please2" she J
allied.
Would he help heri Jack managed !
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-30

Near the chuxch Of Plan Couthe,. n
the Canton Valais, Switzerland, there
has Just been unearthed an ancient
Roman villa in splendid preservation.
The professional details Of the build
ing excite enthusiastic admiration
among Swiss srchitects-N. Y. Herald.
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ABOARD THE QUEEN
By Margaret Van Norman.

Ss1sS:S:SsS:SsSsSssSsSs OSSOOOOOtOOO
Copyright, 1901. BY the Authors' syndicate.)
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hand at parting, and looked up with Q
queer little smile.
1T is Jocelyn Briefly" she said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-28
MAINE FARMING NOTES.

William ANA James bennett 81 west
Erownfield. have raised the past sea
son about 500 bushels OF seeG sweet
corn for Durham 4 Merrill,
Tn. farm or &. W Husscy in Mays
vile win 60 on record as on of IN"
hesr producers this season. Mr.. Illus
srv viii sell nearly $4,000 worth OF 20
tntoes 1000 bushels of oats and about
= tons OF hay. besides the minor pro
ducts of the farm.
". ". Woodbridge Of North New
castle. is one OF tho most extensive and
successful poultry raisers in that Sec
ton of TN" State. Mr.. Woodbridge j.
assisted in the business BY both his
wife and daughter and thc cnterpilS"
is carried on along lines which expert
cnc.. Of several years has taught them
to be the surest and best About tW"
hundred fowls are kept together in
..acn house tn past season over tWo
thousand chicks haV. been raised and
at the present time something over
Fifteen hundred hens mirEl" in onr
flock as they have the run Of III"
farm. They are fcd generously with
soft bread and wloie grain and a large
amount of fresh meui and vegetables
Mn Woodbridge has Gust had new
cookhousc and vegetable cellar added
to his already long string Of buildings