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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16

There are some farmers who rever-
ence science as applied to medicine,
law, astronomy, geology, etc.. but de-
ny the applicability of scientific prin-
ciples to agriculture, or at least con-
slider time wasted that is devoted to
the study of scientific agriculture.
Such farmers are not familiar with
the facts that science has developed
the superior products of the field, or
chard, garden, and vineyard that
characterize the present age of excel
lence; and has protected the same
against myriads of pestiferous insects
and destructive diseases. Science has
made it possible to grow $500 pounds
of lint cotton, and more than 200
bushels of corn on an acre, and has
given us luscious fruits in all their
freshness every day in the year.
Every improvement in agriculture
oevr the practice of our grandfathers,
is the result of scientific investigation,
demonstrated by practice.--Fa and
Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16
HERE AND THERE.

-Labor-saving contrivances are .
great blessing to men. But, unless
they increase the amount and improve
the character of the work done, they
are q delusion.
1t is true saying that in this
country corn is king" 1t is also true
that the more intelligent the prepara-
ton, planting and cultivation of the
soil the better the results.
Science has recently told us how
to exterminate yellow fever and ma
laria. 1t is simply to be done by kill,
ing of the mosquitoes and stopping
the breed. More easily said than
done.
The cultivation of Indian corn is
spreading 10 every country where it
it not prohibited by climtic causes.
1t is now grown in every country in
Europe south of latitude As degrees
Prof. Mally lectured at Schulen-
berg, Texas, 10 $50 cotton farmers on
the cotton boil weevil. The result
was, as at other points where he has
lectured, an organization of farmers
and a unanimous resolution to fol-
low his instructions in lighting this
destructive pest.
Nothing has contributed so much
to reduce the cost of meat produce
ton as the development of early ma
turity in meat animals. The most
successful producers now rush their
hogs, and market at nine months, and
their beeves under two years, and
thus save cost of maintenance.
The successful. poultry plants, as
q rule, are those looked after and con-
Quoted by the proprietors. One man
with the help of an ordinary hand
can take care of 1900 hens when the
houses and yards are properly ar
ranged.
If one would improve his land, he
will first be compelled to improve his
mind. Mind rules matter. In oder to
do this, we must observe what we see
in passing along the highways, con-
verse with our neighbors, and heed
what they say that seems good, and
read the farm papers, which will af-
ford an abundance Of information
that viii be helpful.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16

The feeding of tallow finely chopped
was at first believed to increase the
fats in cows milk, and repeated
tests were made with various breeds
increasing the amout every time until
every COW consumed in her bran daily
two pounds of tallow, but it has
proved a delusion. The breed makes
the butter. Not necessarily the Jer.
sey of Guernsey breed, but the pecu-
liar type of cow that makes food into
fats in the milk.-Farmers' Home
Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

An Irish, politician says half the lies
told by him are not true.-Chicago
Daily News.
maud suffers SO much with her
eyes," 'WeH, she need not complain.
She would probably suffer great deal
more without m"-Baltimore jew
ish Comment.
ITO speak of the bonds of marriage
is hardly using the right term"
What's wrong about it?" Bonds, as
rule. are supposed to gain in interest
with time. "-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Don't you think that orator is
rather theatrical in his methodist" ~
don't know" said the man who always
answers cautiously. "He always seems
eager to avoid any hints that he is go
ing to give a farewell appearance.
Washington Star.
Henrietta. of Gainesville, says: my
papa objects to my admirers sitting on
the steps and talking with me until a
late hour at night. He claims that he
cannot sleep on account of our noise,
What would you adviser advise
papa to s.eep in the daytime. "-BaLi-
more American.
Il see that noted eastern scientist
has quit dreaming and gone to work
for the fire insurance companies of the
country" IAN odd sort of change, in
deed" "Yes. he predicts that the
earth will be drawn into the sun 3,OO0,-
600 years hence, and be consumed
Indianapolis News.
First Waiter-''That man over at the
corner table is an awful kicker" Sec
ond Waiter-"Yes; he complained the
other day because there were no pearls
in his oysters" First Waiter-"And
now he wants to know what we mean
by removing the diamonds from his
diamond-backed terrapin." - Pbila-
delphia Record.
Harry-"Unc!e George, at the end Of
this marriage notice of Cousin Tom s
1T says: No cards What does that
mean?" Uncle George-"It doesn't
mean anything, Harry. That is to say,
it is only blind. 1t is promise that
Tom will give up cards; but, bless you,
he won't be a month married before
he'll be back to the poker table again"
boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16
HAZING THE HAZERS

THE new "pleb" at the West Point
military academy was under
sizeL and unassuming looking. A
shock of brown hair protruded be-
meath his cadets cap. He had habit
of smiling when addressed, and show
ing his white teeth. This habit got
him into trouble with a first class
''man," a cadet officer, the day after
his arrival at the academy. He was
taking n walk around the parade
ground. He saluted the first class
''man" as the latter approached and
smiled cheerfully. The cadet officer
stopped and glowered at the "pleb."
Sir" he said, in a deep, chesty
tone, "what are you grinning at?'
.who, me?" said the 'pleb." "Oh,
any old thing. What do you want to
know for?"
Because, SIR Numbered the first
class 'man," throwing out his chest
like pouter pigeon, 'your grin is in
sulting. sir!'
1T is, hey?" replied the new "pleb."
continuing to smile. "Well, what are
you going to do about it? Is there
any rule around here that forbids a
fellow to smi.e?"
The first class "man" was almost
swept off his pins by the audacity of
the ''pleb's" reply and the unheard-of
''impertinence" of the 'pleb's" man.
ner.
''Sirrah," said the first class "man,
in tone that was meant to SINCE the
grass on the parade ground, "are you
aware whom you are. addressing
WELL replied the "pleb," scratch
ing his head with an easy gesture,
81 don't know your name, but you
seem to have enough gall to permit
of your staying part Of the distance,
anyhow"
The first class "man" was so amazed
ut the colossal ''impudence" of this
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16

fifty miles southwest from Raleigh, II
the light soil of the long-leaf pine
section.
The farm is in two sections-vegeta-
BILE and fruit-each of which is divid-
ed into uniform plots. These plots re-
ceive precisely the same fertilizer
each year, and each variety of fruit or
vegetable is subject to the full plan
of fertilizer experiments. These fer
tilizer tests show the results with
miinum, normal and maximum guam
titles of nitrogen. phosphoric acid and
potash; also, the results of legume
green-manuring and lime
The reports of the farms are fig
ured out to show at a glance the gain
of the variously treated fertilizer
plots as compared with the unfertil-
lied soil. The reports are sent to any
farmer free of cost, address, direc-
tor of Experiment Farm, Southern
Pines, n. CO. and should be in the
hands of every farmer having to deal
with the fertilizer problem. Most fer
tilizer work is entirely too technical
for the ordinary farmer, but these
reports will be found to answer ex-
actly the questions farmers SO fire.
quently find it necessary to ask.-Ben
Tyson, in Farmers Home Journal.
ROund Bale Hay.
Hay as wei as cotton is put up now
adays in cylindrical bales, standard
round bale being 10 inches in diameter
and 36 inches in length. Such bale
packed at the pressure under which
it would be put up for domestic use
would weigh about 200 pounds; as
packed for export such bail would
contain about 275 pounds. There is
put up for army use bale of the
same diemeter, but only 1S inches /
length, which contains approximately
140 pounds of hay.
In the cylindrical bale given guam
tity of hay is got into less than half
the space it would occupy in square
bale; and there are asserted for it
other advantages, iuncluding freedom
from mould, presentations of the
sweetness of the hay and greatly re-
duced combustibility.
Thousands of tons of hay in cylin-
drical bales have been shipped to the
American army in the Philippines, and
large quantities of it have been used
by the British army in South Africa.
New York Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16
FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS.
They Are Designed to show the
Most Profitable Proportions to
Use for y Given Crop.

Every state and territory of the un-
ion has one or more agricultural ex-
pertinent stations, and the most OF
these stations make fertilizer expert
ments every year. 1t seems to be ad-
mitted that the results of any one
years experiments can not be taken
as conclusive; but, that the average
results of a number of years work
must be taken as guide of practical
value.
That an accurate comparison NAV
be made, these averaged results must
all be made under the same general
conditions so far as, possible, which
means the same fertilizer combina-
tions each year on the same soil.
Fertilizer experiments are designed
to show the most profitable proper
tions of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash, to he used as fertilizer for
any given crop. 10 determine this,
many combinations of the three in
gradients must be made. While sew.
eral of the official experiment sta
tions carry on series of such exper-
iments, it is generally done on such
soils, or with such manipulations.
that the unfertilized soil gives nearly
as good returns as that fortified.
At Rothamsted, England, and at
Southern Pines, n. C., series of ex-
periments are being carried on, which
include almost every possible condi.
tiou These experifueufs are conduct
ed on practical basis, and the re-
suits are designed to fit practical con-
ditions, that the working farmer may
be able to adjust his fertilizers Geo.
nomically.
The Rothamsted experiments are to
well known to require further notice
here. but the Southern Pines expert
ment farms are not so old. This farm
was established by the North Caro-
lima State Horticultural society, and
Is located in North Carolina, about
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16
THE DESPOT.

They knew not whence the tyrant came,
They did not even know his name;
Yet ne compelled them. one and all,
To bow in bondage to his thrall;
And from their lips allegiance wrung,
Although a stranger to their tongue.
Whilst he was wrapt In royal state.
Their hours of toll were long and late;
No moment could they call their own
Within the precincts of his throne;
And when they dreamed their work was
DER
He only made them slave the more.
Although the conquering king was he
OF people who had once been free,
No word of pr iise or promise fell
From him his subjects served so well;
Yet none of those who crowned him lord,
Received a shadow of reward.
Obedience to his behest
Destroyed their peace. disturbed theil
rest;
Yet when his drowsy eyes grew dim.
Nor mortal dared to waken him,
They stole about with stealthy tread
THE baby Is asleep they said.
John NJ. Stuart-Young, in Idler
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16

reply that words almost failed him.
A large, somewhat awkward looking
''pleb," who just then happened to be
passing by, helped the first class
"man" out of his predicament.
Come here, strait" the cadet officer
commanded the large, awkward look
ing "pleb," and the latter, cringing,
approached.
do you object. -sir, to the manner
this fellow has of wearing his cap?'
said the first class ''man," indicating
the understood 'pleb" to the other.
The latter. looking as if he stood in
mortal fear of his life, repued:
II do. sir"
'Very well, SIR" replied the first
GLASS man." in an indignation-choked
tone. You are to thrash the fellow
this evening after taps You,' indi-
eating the ''pleb" with the shock of
brown hair, ARE to report at the
corral after taps tonight for a lick
ing"
Good thing" replied the under
sized "pleb." 81 don't know about
the licking, but I'll be there, all
right"
The understood "pleb" was at the
corral directly after TAPS" He ar
rived alone, and he was chewing con-
tentedly on blade of grass when he
found the group awaiting him. 1t
consisted of eight cadets and cadet
officers. and the large "pleb" who had
been selected to thrash the understood
''pleb." The two "plebs" quietly
stripped to their trousers and under
shirts. The large ''pleb" looked as il
he would tip the beam at about ITO
and measure up to FIVE feet eleven
The understood ''pleb" with the shock
of brown hair looked to weigh about
125 pounds and to stand about Ave
feet four in his goloshes. However,
he looked rather unusually bunchy as
to chest and bicsps under his under
shirt.
They went at IL At the insulted hrst
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16

sNo," said the impecunious noble
nan to the astute interviewer, II am
not in America on a pleasure trip. I
am here on business"
Count de Smallchange," wrote the
astute interviewer. arrived yester-
day with the intention of capturing
IN heiress for his bride. "-Baltimore
American
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16

Mrs. Farmer--Git out o. here or Ph
put load O. bucksbot in We!
Chilly Nytes-Ah, mum. It's sech
. relief ter find lady w'ot kin talk
Euthin' besides dress, golf or automo.
hilinG!-JudGe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16

your wife's just met with a seri
Gus accident, Mr.. Wilkens," said the
excited messenger. "She ran over a
dog while riding her wheel and
they've taken her to the hospital"
Wilkens (excitedly)-Was it liver
and-white fox-terrier with dark spots
on his shoulders2-Puck.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-01
A Strange Instance of Heredity.

Two young men were walking down
Chestnut street, when one Of them
stumbled slightly. Instantly he cover
ed his eyes with both hands as though
some dreadful explosion were about to
happen. 1t was an odd anG needless
gesture, and in answer to q question
from his friend he said of it:
whenever | stumble | do that All
my life have been doing it. My foot
slips and at once it seems to me that q
great noise is to burst forth and a great
flame to shoot up into my eyes. could
no more break myself of this habit
than could stop breathing.
at is, my father says, a freak of
heredity. My father is blind. He
fought in the civil war, and in a GER
tain charge one day as he ran toward
the enemy his foot slipped in a furrow,
he stumbled, and a shell burst In his
face. binding him. He was a young
man then. and was not yet born. He
has always ever since put his hands to
his eyes IN stumbling. and develop
ed the habit at the age of 4.
''lt is strange. too. how in precisely
the same way my father and l make
our common gesture. We place the
back of our left hand over our eyes
horizontally and set the palm Of our
right hand upon this vertically, form
ing kind of cross. My father will
have the habit till he dies. and l sup
pose that l. too. will have it all my life,
thanks to ty."-Philadelphia Rec
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-01

The employees of the late P. D. Ar
mour always referred t6him as "the
old man." This was not so much the
result Of habit among workmen of
calling their employer ''the old man"
as an eccentricity of the "old man"
himself. When he wanted to give aid
anonymously, he said, That's from
the old man." Many gifts went out of
his pocket under the signature of 1.-The
Old Man."
A young girl went to the business Of
fee Of the great packing concern one
day to report the illness of a friend
who worked as stenographer in the Of
flee. Mr.. Armour happened to stand
near and overheard the girls request
for an advance In her friends salary
with which to pay the doctors bill
Thrusting his thumb into his vest pock.
et-that pocket which seemed mint OF
greenbacks-he handed the girl a roll
of bills.
''Take that to your friend" he said
then adding to relieve the girls aston
ishment, Tell her the old man sent 1t. >
Before the girl could thank him he
was gone, but just as she left the build
ing he again appeared and. finding hel
gone, hurried hatless into the street.
Here, here! l forgot something" ht
called.
The girl turned back, and without &
word Mr.. Armour pressed something
into her hand. She looked down. Il
was $50 bill.
Mr.. Armour had decided that his gift
was not sufficient and fastened to in
crease it.-New York Tribune.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-01

DR.. D. X. Pearsons, the Chicago phi
lanthropist, when celebrating his eight
ieth birthday gave these rules for long
life:
No pies or cakes; no pains or aches.
Most men dig their graves with their
teeth.
If you overwork your liver, it will
soon tell on your brain.
Live like a farmer, and you will live
like prince.
Men can live ten days without eat
ing. They can't do without pure air
for five minutes.
Don't get angry and don't get excit.
ed. Every time you fret you lose q
minute of life.
Let a man abuse his stomach, and
he'll get fidgety and cross to his fam
lily.
Doctors say don't sleep on a full
stomach. l take my after dinner nap
just the same, and I'm so years old
You can't believe all the doctors say.
If you catch a cold, lose your quinine
and eat an onion.
Give away your money. It's exhila
rating and tends TO longevity.
The idea of giving while one Is alive
will become epidemic as soon as mer
discover what fuI it Is.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-01
Contemplated By the Police Of
Now Jersey.
Wholesale Arrests to Be Made.
Heroic Measures to Stamp
Out Anarchism.

New York, Sept 24.-(By Associated
Press. prosecutor Erwin, of Hudson
county, N. j., held a conference with
West Hobokon police officials and re-
ceived a report as to the recent doings
of the anarchists in that section. Mr..
Erwin told the officers to take any ac-
tion they might see fit, and it is ex-
pected a number of arrests will be
made.
The police claim to have discovered
that Mrs. Bresci, wife of King Hum
bert's slayer, concealed part of the
truth when she said the picnic which
the police prevented being held at Cliff
side park was for the purpose of rails
ing funds for herself and children.
The officials claim that part of the
proceeds was to go to a fund to aid
Quintavalli, Bresci's alleged accom-.
plice, now under arrest in Italy; anoth.
er part to aid Louer and jeff, two an.
archists, in custody in Switzerland, and
another portion to assist an anarchist
paper printed in Rome.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-01

sion of news, like rapid transit, are Of
recent origin and are only made pos
sible by the genius of the inventor and
the courage of the investor. 1t took a
special messenger of the government,
with every facility known at the time
for rapid travel, nineteen days to go
from the city of Washington to New
Orleans with message to General
Jackson that the war with England
had ceased and a treaty of peace had
been signed. How different now! We
reached General Miles in Porto Rico
by cable, and he was able through The
military telegraph to stop his army on
the firing line with the message that
the United States and Spain had sign
ed q protocol suspending hostilities.
We knew almost instantly of the
first shots fired at Santiago, and the
subsequent surrender of the Spanish
forces was known at Washington with
in less than an hour of its consumma-
tion. TIE first ship of Cervera's feet
had hardly emerged from that historic
harbor when the fact was flashed to
our capital, and the swift destruction
that followed was announced imme-
diately through the wonderful medium
of telegraphy. So accustomed are we
to safe and easy communication with
distant lands that its temporary inter
ruption even in ordinary times results
in loss and inconvenience. We shall
never forget the days of anxious wait
Ing and awful suspense when no infor.
nation was permitted to be sent from
Peking and the diplomatic representa-.
tives of the nations in China, cut of
from all communication inside and
outside of the walled capital, were sur.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-01
Cninvited Guests.

Persons who want to save hotel bills
are extremely likely to drop in at the
parsonage, preferably one where the
occupant has limited salary and an
unlimited family. The merest shadow
of an excuse suffices for an introduc-
ton, as in two cases which a clergy
man reports in the Chicago Times
Herald.
"Once." he said. ''the last of our COM
pany had gone, and no new arrival was
expected. felt that l could renew ac-
quaintance with my family and that
we might sit down to a meal without
strangers being present. Just then the
doorbell rang. / opened the door my
self, and young lady whom I had
never seen before stood on the doorstep
with satchel in her hand.
care you the Dew. DIR. Blank?' she
asked
81 told her that was. and she intro
duced herself as coming from Ak
ron, o.
81 heard you preach in Akron wher
1 was a little girl, and now L have
come to spend a few days with you
family and hear you preach again.
81 handed her over to my wife and
daughters. and she staid a week and
treated us with the assurance of an ole
friend"
Another guest he liked to tell about
was a fussy old woman from his ma
tive town who had been waited on by
every member of his family in turr
When she was leaving after months
visit, he went to the door to see her of
and politely ventured to hope that hel
stay with them had been pleasant.
81 don't know as l have anything tt
complain Of" was the depressing an
swer.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-01
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK i?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure to know of the wonderful
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-01

1t was the Democratic party in
power that repealed the reciprocity
provisions of the Mckinley bill, re.
pudiated the treaties made under
them, and broke down the American
shipping facilities provided by the Re
publican congress, to facilitate oul
trade with other countries. Let moi
the people trust that party with reci
procity.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-01

Reciprocity is part of protection, its
natural sequence, as McKinley's broad
vision sees and as the Republican
national platform declares. The
"Deutsches Tages Zeitung," of Ber-
lin, truly says of his Buffalo speech
that there is absolutely no occasion to
suppose that President Mckinley is
about to abandon the protective tariff
system.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-01

A Chinaman thus dened prosperity:
Under Mckinley, one shirtee one
week; under Cleveland, one shirtee
two weeks"