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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02
Queen Victoria,s Way.

The queens interest in and over
sight of public affairs did not cease
with the princes death, although, in
the first years of overwhelming sor.
row, it must have been difficult to carry
out her conception of duty. All i'm.
portant resolutions were taken by her:
the personal notes in the Court Circu-
lar were written by her own hand.
and were seen by no one else. When
Sir Henry Ponsonby became the
queens private secretary, she said tc
him: Remember this; no advice! ]
am older than you are, and have had
more experience" In after years, his.
torians, will have much to say upon
the queens personal share in the gov.
eminent of her dominions. All her
papers have been most carefully pre-.
served and arranged. and some day
perhaps, will be accessible to the in.
quirer. On the other hand. there is
not single paper belonging to George
III. which is known to be in existence
Prof. Oscar Browning, in Century.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

Now Coming to he Well
UnderstO0d.

The value of clover in rotation is
now well understood. It supplies fer
tilizer nitrogen almost free of cost.
In, fact, but for this free nitrogen,
on many farms the usual wheat-clov-
er-timothy-corn rotation could not be
followed with profit. For example,
60-bushel corn crop uses 10 pounds
Of nitrogen, which as fertilizer, costs
about SIC, or over 26 cents per bush
ell Of corn. At this rate, it would take
dollar corn to make profit. Clover,
of course, follows wheat, though it
is very rare thing for fertilizers to
be applied to the wheat in sufficient
quantities for the wheat itself, and
the clover is expected to make the
most Of what it can scrape together.
A crop of wheat, say an extra good
one, uses about 81 pounds of nitro
gen, 30 pounds of potash and IS
pounds of phosphoric acid; the fer
tilizer used was most probably 900
pounds per acre of a fertilizer test
ing per cent. ammonia, s per cent.
phosphoric acid and per cent. pot
ash; that is, IL pounds of ammonia,
As pounds of phosphoric acid. and
pounds of potash. Hence the clover
starts off with soil stripped bare
of nitrogen and potash, but contain
ing little available phosphoric acid.
But the clover family is essentially
a potash fertilization group of plants,
and without this potash, can not
store up fertilizer nitrogen. The
wheat crop has drawn upon the nat
ural resources of the soil for "a
pounds of potash per acre, and a
good clover crop needs about 1853
pounds more. Where is it to come
from?
As q matter of fact, on most
farms, the clover does not get the
required potash, and the farmer does
not get the clover, nor does the soil
get the full measure of fertilizer no
trogen. The other name for this
sort of soil starvation is: Glover
Sickness" 1t is quite plainly shown
above why clover it apt to be short
of potash when it follows wheat, es-
pecially in soils manv years under
the plow. There is nothing intricate
in any farmers working out this
problem on his own account. The
plain fact is that commercial ferti-
lizers are designed for single crop
ping years, and quite properly so.
too. As for clover succeeding wheat,
there are NO soil-tillage operations.
Most farmers neglect fertilization on
that account alone. If soil is well
worn as soon as the wheat Is on, .
top dressing amounting to IT'S to 200
pounds Of actual potash should be
broadcasted per acre, that il, $50 to
600 pounds of muriate of potash, and
sven this lsaves nothing fos Tie tin
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02
Education for F.rmers.

There are some men left who sneer
at the suggestion that a college edu-
cation helps farmer; but how do
they account for the fact that agri-
culture has kept step with education
al advancement, not only in this
country, but throughout tn civilized
world? BY college education" for
farmers we mean more particularly
agricultural college education, though
any kind of college education helps
one to farm, just as it helps in any
other business. Before American agri-
cultural colleges got in their work.
there had been some slow progress
made in agriculture from expert
ence," but any degree of progress
worthy of notice required fifty to one
hundred years, instead of from three
to five years, as at present Yet,
many years ago there were some not
ed farmers, and most of them were
college-bred men. Broadening of the
faculties and the acquaintance with
the operation of natures laws ac-
quired at college could but be helpful
to any farmer. Why should not edu-
cation, especially in the sciences, help
the farmer? He has to deal with sci
entific questions daily whether he has
any knowledge of the questions or
not. To work in harmony with ma
lures laws requires some knowledge
of such laws, and the why's and there
fores of the phenomena which he OBJ
serves. But special agricultural edu-
cation is what every farmer needs,
and if in addition to his classical and
scientific erudition so much the bet
ter. The agricultural colleges are do
ing great work for the American
farmers, and together with the ex-
pertinent stations are working won
derful revolution in farm life.--Farm
and Ranch.
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Delegate Rodey, of New Mexico.
whose fund of good stories is exhaust
less, related this incident in the cloak
room yesterday.
II was travelling through the west a
couple OF years ago." he said, "when
our train stopped at an eating place
for dinner. The woman who kept the
place was evidently an fastener. and
was quite anxious to spread around
her the cultured habits of her section.
"'Will you please give me a, knife
for my pie? said one of the men eat
ing dinner.
= We don't eat pie with knife here
replied the woman, quite severely.
Then. madam remarked the COW.
boy, quite unabashed, will you please
get me an ax?' "-Washington Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02
COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN UP.

Breed, Wis, June 16th.-Chsrles r.
Peterson. of this place, Justice of the
Peace for Oconto County, tells the fol-
lowing story:
"For years I had an aching pain in
my back which troubled me very much,
especially in the morning.
81 was almost unable to straighten
my back and the pain was unbearable.
81 did not know what it was, but
seeing an advertisementof Dodd's Kid
ney Pills concluded to try box.
~ can only say that that one box
alone has done me more good than
anything else ever did.
81 feel as well now as ever was.
II have recommended Dodd's Kidney
Pills to several others who are using
them with good results"
Mr.. Peterson is a highly respected
man and one who would not so posi-
lively make statement unless It was
absolutely true.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02
FlRE-pRooF RAILWAY CARS
Something That the Prussian Govern.
ment Omcials Are Seeking
to Accomplish.

The managers of American rail-
ways might, to their own great adj
vantage as well as to that of their
patrons, take leaf out of the book
of the government railway control
of Prussia. These officials have or
dered that experiments should be
made looking toward the substitution
upon the $4,000 miles of railroads
which they operate of noncombusti
BILE cars for the more or less infiam-
mable boxes in which the public are
now transported from place to place.
The steel trucks are, of course, al
ready comparatively safe from de-
struction by fire, but the construc
ton of the superstructure of these
coaches has always been of such 4
nature as to be something of men
ace to the travellers safety. The
walls and floors and general trim of
passenger cars have ordinarily been
constructed of woods that are pecu
liarly inflammable, and the use of oils
in their cleansing and decoration has
intensified the danger. The Prussian
experiments, in recognition of these
facts, are to be in the direction of
making floors and walls of materials
chemically treated so as to make
them noncombustible, and of the
construction of seats stuffed with
fire-proof cocoanut fiber and having
asbestos coverings.
1t is an important step and in the
right directions; and in country like
our own, where there is so much
more travel and a correspondingly
greater duty for conserving the Sc.
curity of the travelling public over
more than 10000 miles of roadbed.
it would seem as if it would be a
wise precedent for the railway au-
thorities to follow, says Harper's
Weekly. AS rule, our railways are
exceptionally well managed, and the
traveller in the United States gets a
vast amount of comfort and con-
venience at a very slight personal
risk, but the further step toward the
making of fire-proof coaches would
serve to greatly reduce that risk t.
a minimum which would amount al
most to its total extinction.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02
HERE AND THERE.

When our farmers generally be-
come a reading people, they will get
to thinking and then they will join
the procession that is marching for
ward.
If our farmers were well organ
lied in every community they could
SAGE hundred of thousands Of dollars
annually in the single article of COM
mercial fertilizers.
Don't encourage laziness on the
part of chickens by giving them all
the food they can eat. Make it nee
essary for them to forage and the
exercise will do them good.
If farmer would take one good
breed of fowls and carefully study
their characteristics they would
make double the profit than if they
keep trying to originate some new
breed.
We must dismiss the old folly Of
supposing that our education is com
plete when we leave the school-room.
1t is only fairly begun. True educa-
ton is the knowledge we obtain from
daily experience.
Where one has sufficient range
there is no feathered fowl more prof
liable than the Bronze turkey. They
are, however, great wanderers and
sometimes cause much annoyance by
straying off and not coming back.
Don't feed fattening foods to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02
TIE TAG END OF THINGS.

American -four is increasing in pop
ularity in Manchuria.
The mandarin duck is one of the
most beautiful of aquatic birds.
Japan has $50 varieties Of rice, many
Of which are adapted to American
soil.
The use of Spanish is decreasing, but
Il is still very important language in
commerce.
String beans may be obtained dur
ing the entire summer by planting once
. month for successive supplies.
The title of doctor" was invented
in the twentieth century and conferred
for the first time upon Inerius, of the
University of Bologna. Tie first "doc-
tor of medicine" was Gulielmo Cor
denio, who received the honor from the
College of Aosti, also in Italy, in 1920.
Metaphysical Magazine.
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othy for the second hay year.-Geo.
x. Wilson. in Farmers Home Journal.
THE ANGORA COAT.
Georgia Farmer who Sees wealth
Ahead I'm Raising Angora
Goats.

II say to the farmers, If you want
to get rich, raise goats. 1t is est.
mated the American manufacturers
pay out about s3o,OoO,0OO every year
for kid and goat skins. 1t is sup
posed also there are 265, 100000 acres
of unimproved land, excellent for
goat herding and almost worthless
for anything else. Over 100000
foreign goats and kids are slaugh-
tered annually to supply our de.
mands, and there is only about 500,-
600 raised in the United States. 1t is
estimated that there are about S.
100000 goats in the world. The skins
are not all that is profitable, but also
the fleece, flesh, tallow, etc. In Malta
the goats have been developed to sup
ply all the milk required for 10000
inhabitants. The United States agri-
cultural department claims that the
goat can be made the most profitable
of all domestic animals. He rejects
the best grass, clover, etc. He pre-
fers thistles, briers, thorns, cactus
and all the weed family. They vol
UNFAIRLY clean the fields of these
growths that require so much Dig
ging,> grubbing and sweat of the
farmer. While his doing all this
service saving us of so much toll he
is distributing the best fertilizer in
the world, and the beauty of it is he
manufacturers it himself. 1t won't
cost a cent TO make it and strew it
as he goes. / have plot of land, 20
acres, in Kentucky blue grass that
has been there 40 years or more. i
have run sheep and angoras on it for
Is years, and it has improved at least
so per cent. They lived on It all
last winter without print of
grain to the head and no hay or fod-
der, and it was the hardest
winter we have ever had in this Sec
ton of the country, so say the oldest
men in the country. / am asked how
much Mohair they give, how long it
is, etc. Conditions have a good deal
to do in this. If they are properly
fed and sheltered in bad weather
they will shear from five to ten
pounds of Mohair. 1t is from six to
eighteen inches long. The flesh is as
good or better than the Shropshire
lambs which are considered as among
the best kind of meats. b. Austin,
in Dixie Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

On hot day the animals in the
Union stock yards, of Chicago, have
been known to drink 1000, 900 gallons
of water.
A powerful fan, As inches in dame
ter, displacing 10000 cubic inches of
air minute, and electrically driven,
has been placed in the "tupenny tube"
tunnels in London to improve the venti-
lation.
OF the silks used in the United
States $26,OO0.00O worth are imported
and $107,000,00O worth homemade.
The domestic silk industry employees
$4,000 men, 5000 women and 5000
children in 4s3 mills, with $S1, 600, 900
capital.
The ear is found by NJ. Paul BONNER
to have a sense of altitude in addition
to that-of hearing. 1t depends on
change of barometric pressure due to
altitude, and he has proven its exist
ence by his sensations during bal
loon ascent. 1t is believed to be more
highly developed. and more useful in
such animals as birds than in man.
\ new French refrigerator consists
of closed metallic cylinders surrounded
by freezing mixture, being designed
for keeping fruit at fixed tempera-
ture with a restricted amount of air
and an absence of light. Thawing must
be gradual. After two months peaches
were in perfect condition, and the
method is adapted for transporting
soft fruits, including bananas.
An Austrian material for preventing
the rising of dust on sweeping proves
to be cottonseed oil. In a test at VII
emma it was found that floors oiled
twice year could be swept weekly
without any whirling of the dust, and
the material was recommended for
all rooms receiving many persons, as
well as for laboratories, libraries and
other places to be kept scrupulously
dust free.
Evidences of buried village have
recently been reported in Lassen couu-
ty. Cal. on the line of what was known
in 1s4s as "Lassen's Cutoff" The dis
covery was made by party of sur
veyors who camped one evening over
the spot, and were led by certain in
dications to make a search for buried
ruins. Digging down short distance,
they were rewarded by finding numer-
Gus skeletons and number of pscul
iarly shaped dishes, cooking utensils,
weapons, etc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02
LHALP IILLIOI ACRES OF RICH LANDS
10 BIZ THROWN OPEN.
FINEST GRAZING AND FARMING LANDS.
DIRECT RAILROAD NOW BUILDING.

The new extension now being built
by the Northwestern Line to Bone
steel, S. D., brings to mind the treaty
recently made with the chiefs of the
warlike Sioux by which part of the
famous Rosebud Reservation IL to be
turned over to the government and
one more of the few choice tracts Of
public lands now remaining, be thus
opened to settlement.
The land in question lies between the
Missouri and Niobrara rivers and is
well watered and fertile. Farm lands
near the Reservation are selling at
from $50 to $35 an acre, grazing lands
at from Sc to $15s
The country is level or slightly roll
ing, consisting of black loan with clay
subsoil, making the very best of farm
ing land. 1t seems to suffer exceptions
ally little from drought.
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How = Phrase orixfnatea.

A local historian down in Connecti.
cut thinks he has found the origin OF
the term "a lot of land" as applied to
house ''lot" or a parcel of land,
which he says is purely American
term or, in other words, colonial
term as found in the early records.
1t originated from the custom of d.
viding grants for townships. etc, into
parcels of land and then numbering
each parcel, putting the numbers into
hat, or whatever was used, and then
having them drawn ont by those who
were to occupy the land. Each man
took the parcel corresponding to his
number, so his land came by lot literal
~, and hence the use of the term.--Chi.
cago Chronicle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02
NEXT MORNING PHILOSOPHER

Hero worship; An excusable folly
in which intellectual people sometimes
indulge.
Adulation of wealth: An employ
ment which is fitted only to the selfish
ly weak and to slaves.
The public official: A man who at
tends to the business of the public and
seldom forgets his own.
Where ignorance is bliss: If you
knew just what your friends think of
you, you would probably have fewer
of them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

An aged Athenian professor, now liv-
ing in retirement on a pension, has
become convert from Christianity
TO the religion of his classic ancestors.
He transformed room into temple,
has set up two statues of Juno and
Mercury before which he sings and
prays and has erected an altar. on
which he now and then offers up sac.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

''Mr. Gripper says he believes in looking
at the bright side of things" That's cor.
rect, guess. / don't believe he takes the
slightest interest in anything without keep
ing his eyes open for a few shining silver
dollars. "-Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

Work Yields the weapons of power, win.
the palm of success, and wears the crown Of
victory.-A. L. Pierson.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

Dickens used to say that it is very easy for
young authors to come out" but it is diff
cult to prevent their going in again. Which
reminds us Of the famous saying of cabi-
net minister Of England, that he came in
with little opposition, but went out without
any
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

Sally Gay-Reggy boasts that he car
marry any girl he chooses to.
t. Dolly Swift-H'm! By-and-by Reegy
will be coming out with = book entitled,
''ouesss Have Missed. : Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

AFast Crowd. -"Of course you read about
that horse breaking the record. Goodness!
don't see how a horse could be so fast. |"
20, don't know. Look at the class of peo-
pie it has to associate with at the race
tracks. "-Philadelph Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

I'm so sorry was not at home when you
called yesterday" gushed Mrs. Hipperkrit,
who, to tell the truth, was at home. 81 was
30 afraid you would be, replied Mrs. Crush
er, who had seen Mrs. Hipperkrit through
the window.-Ohio State Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

'Sayi" she cried suddenly, as the bashful
young man backed into the nearest chair,
''you must think you're bird" Beg par
don," he stammered, 81 don't understand
what" You're on my hiatt" she shrieked.
-Philadelnhia Press
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

when you thinks about marryin' a man
to reform i'm, Miss Lady" remarked Uncle
Eben; remember dis; it's mon he'd ebber
do fob ou."-WashinRton Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

Miss Quizz-'sWhat makes you think he
loves your Miss Gotawad-''He has never
asked me how much / am worth. ohio
State Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

From the lowest depth there is a path
to the highest height.-Cariyle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-02

A healthy, definite purpose is a remed
for q thousand ills.-O. s. Marden.
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Perseverance is failing ID times and sue
ceeding the twentieth.-J. Anderson.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-27
NEW SELLING PLFN
OF BEEF TRUST
Packers to Organize a Company
to Sell the Products Of Ail
Others

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 27.-The latest
scheme of the packers combine is the
organization of gigantic distributing
or selling company. J. Ogden Armour
returned yesterday from Europe, and
Immediately Armour & Co. and the
Cudahy Packing company ordered their
western managers to Chicago. The
representatives of Armour & Co. met
at the Great Northern hotel recently
and discussed the scheme
The plan means the abolition Of
scores of branch houses of each firm,
and will result in a saving aggregating
hundreds of thousands. ..0f dollars an
nually. The selling firm, which will
market all the products of the merger,
will be corporation separate and dis
tinct from the packing companies, al
though the packers will be the stock
LC,6ers and control the new concern.
IT e scheme will take from the cunl-
ranies the business of marketing tEc:c
proGucts The packing industry hiss
grown to be so large, is composed of
such varied interests, and involves SO
great an expenditure, that this step,
first advocated by Armour & Co, is
welcomed by the big houses.
Following the plans already corsiG-
-eted. the firms will obolish all but one
wholesale market II Zach of the cities
throughout this country and Europe.
Handpeds of unnec .esary agents will
be dropped and a great saving effected.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-27
PROMINENT CITIZENS
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Four Men Arrested in Tennessee in
Connection With ASSASSINATION
OF Dr.. Williams.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 27-
of Sumner county and one of this
city have been placed Under arrest
for alleged completely in the assassi-
nation OF Doctor H. A Williams, who
was shot down almost at his own
threshold on the night of April 10,
1896. 1t is said that nine men al
together are charged with being i'm
plicated Those under arrest are:
Edgar Mann r. NJ. Pierce and Rufus
Bell. all of Hendersonville: Faiden
Dodd Of Nashville, and Harry Wherry
Postmaster of Hendersonville.
These men gave bond at Gallatin on
Monday in sums ranging from $4,000
to $4,000, but the affair was kept
a profound secret as the grand jury of
Sumner county returned indictments
against nine alleged conspirators, and
the officers of te law are said to be
hot after the others, some of whom are
claimed to be the men who did the
killing
No crime ever occurred in Middle
Tennessee more startling or shocking
than that which sent Doctor Williams
into eternity. On the night OF the trag-
edy he was led out of his home by a
ruse, and just as he was leaving his
own gate on horseback he was fired
upon and fell riddled with buckshot.
The crime set the community into
disorder and at a mass meeting the
next day reward og $4,000 was offered
for the arrests of the assassins. This
sum was promptly increased by the
State
Rufus Bell William Butler and Tom
Jones were arrested on suspicion, but
were released by a magistrate The
first named is among those just ar
rested and Jones now turns out to be
the main witness against all whom the
grand jury charges with being in
voIved. in the crime.