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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-24

O.. r. BOGUE AND CO.
Real Estate Bargains
Elegant l0-room hcuse, Just baa
courthouse. only $3.50 cash.
ance In small monthly pays
20 suit purchaser.
Lot on Fifteenth and Yesier, q
only $1,000.
One lot In Capitol Hin add. Il
only $3.50. Il
Several small cottages from Il
1890; also cheap lots all par5
@. r. BOGUE AND 90. t
Pacific Block. Room q
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Two fine Offices. corner. on Pioneer
square.
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TRANSFER CoHPANihs.
THE Lloyd Transfer Compare
ephone. Main SO, Office, = ~
street. Moving heavy
safes, machinery and fuEhisul'
pianos, horses boarded. -
FYREs Transfer Co. Main 40 -
UMBRELLA REFAthifs.
UM8REl,LAs nanalseGured. rsss
ana general repairing. Wv essN
nue., Robeson Hros. -~-@
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-08
TIE AGE OF IMPROVEMENT.
Progress II the Watchward, and the
Methods of Our Grandfather
Are Becoming Obsolete.

This is an age of improvement In
almost everything man uses to pro-
mote his comfort or advance his ma
terial interests. The things our
grandfathers used are obsolete, ex-
cept as antique specimens in curious
collections. We live in improved
houses, and stable our animals in i'm
proved barns with all modern con-
veniences," even our hog pens have
galleries to prevent the pigs from be-
ing inconvenienced by awkward
mothers. All the hardest work of
''the good old days of yore" is now
done by machines, tireless and auto
matte. We cultivate our fields while
riding on a spring seat, with cushion
and umbrella, if we wish to be care
full of our compilations, or have a
for luxurious ease. The
products of our labor have been inn
proved, both in quantity and quality.
We no longer eat brown bread. ex-
cept as penancc for our sins or to
fatter q dyspeptic stomach; but
must have the snow-white loaf and
velvety texture of the patent process
product Learned men have spent
years of toll and study in perfecting
the fruits of the field until now, we
who are accustomed to tine change,
and boast how fully pc arc up with
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the times, are often surprised at the
beauty and quality of the unending
varieties of fruits and vegetables in
our market stalls and public exhibit
tions;at the marvellous beauty of the
florists productions, brought into ex-
istence by intelligent, careful breed
ing. In contemplating the wonder
full works of man as shown in inn
proved fruits, vegetables and flowers,
we are little surprised at the lack
of similar improvement in the staple
crops of the farm. Our fathers and
grandfathers grew as good corn, as
good wheat, rye and barley and cot
ton as are grown now. Why has not
as much improvement been made in
these as in the Others? Very slight
and very temporary improvements
have been made in cotton, and in
corn, but the best varieties thus
evolved have f1ourished for a season
and disappeared, or have been ANAL
gamated with the original varieties
from which they were evolved. How
much real improvement has been
made in thousand years in the great
bread staple wheat? Did not the
Egyptians during the reign of the
Ptolemies, the Roman farmers on
the lower Tiber, as well as those of
Babylonia and Carthage, many GEN.
turtles before Christ, produce as good
grain and more per acre than we do,
after ages of boosted progress? We
have both Biblical and historical
statements that in those days wheat
was made to purchase so, 60 and even
an hundred fold; that is so, 60 or 100
bushels for one bushel sown. One rea-
son why SO little progress has been
made in field crops is the fact that
all such crops must be grown from
seed, and varieties mix readily. This
could be overcome by care in hand
ling and growing, but the average
farmer does not invest this care in
his business. 1t is certain that all
improvements in seeds will be only
temporary in the hands of careless
farmers. But some farmers are care
full. OF course; and some farmers,
by being careful, progressive and en-
terprising outstrip their neighbors.
grow better crops and receive bet
ter prices. We need more men, of
the right sort, of course, to devote
their time to perfecting improved
varieties, and then we need more
pains-taking farmers to maintain
the standard unimpaired.-Texas
Farm and Ranch.
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THESE ARE PLAIN WORDS.

Marshfeld, No., Jan. 20th-Mr. j. F.
King Of this place makes the following
statements:
II have suffered untold agony for
twenty years with Lame Back and
Acute Kidney Disease, and in that
time have never been two days TO-
gether clear of misery, and for some
of the time could. not walk step or
even sit up.
Last spring, after trying many doc
tors and every remedy that could be
thought of, began a treatment of
Dodd's Kidney Pills. The good results
were almost immediate and for the last
seven months have seen more comfort
and pleasure than 1 have for twenty
years before.
"Any one with Kidney Disease or
Lame Back that will not try Dodd's
Kidney Pills deserves to suffer-"
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HERE AND THERE.

Corn harvesters and shredders in
future will be counted quite as neces-
sary in saving the, corn crop as
threshing machines are in saving the
wheat crop, and will be operated on
the same plan.
If cornharvesters and sbredders
had been properly used in saving and
preparing the crop of last year,
enough feed for home use would have
resulted. In future years, when there
is short corp of corn, etc., this ex-
perience should forcibly remind us OF
the necessity for properly caring for
what is raised.
AT the rice convention, recently
held at Crowley, La, a committee
was provided for whose duty is to go
before the pext state legislature and
and ask that rice experiment sta
ton and farm be established and
maintained at some point in the rico
belt of southwest Louisiana.
Young pigs should be fed plenti-
fully with foods rich in protein. Any
green pasturage is good, and so also
are wheat, wheat bran, ground oats.
These make bone and muscle. After
awhile fat may be put on with corn.
For fattening hogs corn in the
ear and clean water in the trough
form compound that is hard to
beat To this may be added little
green stuff of any sort to sharpen the
Cooking feed for fattening
hogs rarely pays a profit on the time
and labor.
-Good butter is a food for the
GODS and should be familiar to the
smell, touch. sight and taste Of the
farmers wife, as well as to workers
in larger dairies. Perhaps most per-
sons can testify from experience that
the reverse is true.
"A New York syndicate recently
imported zoe, 600 sacks Of Irish pota-
toes. chiefly from Denmark. The
sacks contained 165 pounds each, and
the cost of the lot landed in New
York was about 100000. This shows
what Inconvenience may follow . -
rious drought n this country.
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THE TAG ENDS OF THINGS.

The agricultural department now
requires larger appropriation for its
administration than any other depart
ment except the treasury.
Russian census returns reveal the
presence of $4,000 idolators in a pop
ulation of 125, 66s 900, araong which for
every 121 men there are 100 women.
Porto Rico, borrowing an idea from
Connecticut, has begun to raise to-
bacco under cheesccloth tents, which
keep off insects and temper the wind,
rain and sun.
Chinese quack doctors in the yicin-
ity of foreign hospitals in the far in
terror hang out foreign flags in
scribed: "Cure according to the for
eign devils plan."
Japan has only one orphanage, yet
in no other land are fatherless children
better cared for. Every family cares
for the sick, destitute or orphans near
est to it. There is superstition that .
child.ess house is accursed.
A new and effective treatment OF
tree scale is in use in California. The
tree is sprayed with oil, which smoth-
ers the scale insect, and the oil is then
converted into soap by spraying with a
caastic alkali solution.
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A most wonderful agricultural inn
provement likely to be accomplished
in the twentieth century will be the
invention of an efficient six-horse-
power farm motor.
There is no farm implement worked
by two or more horses that would not
do better work if driven by motor.
A farmer with suitable motor
could use a pillow that would enable
him to pillow within four inches of
fence posts, blowing away from them,
and would not need to turn at the
ends, but just reverse and pillow back.
He would not be stopped by stones
any more than when using spring
tooth cultivator; would be able, when
work was pressing, to work as many
hours as there are of daylight; would
at all times be sheltered from the
sun, wind, rain or cold, if he wished
to be; could use a mower or reaper
with the knife directly in front,
avoiding the necessity of moving
around the field by hand, or tramping
the hay or grain.
He could sit or stand as he chose,
whether blowing or sowing, reaping
or moving, spraying or wedding.
He might thus do his work faster
and better than with any machines
drawn by horses.
With a motor the farmer would not
need to feed a number of idle horses
during the slack season so as to have
enough to do his work in the busy
season, but could keep just that num-
Der that he could give profitable en-
ployment to at all times, and when
his motor was not at work it would
eat nothing.
He could change his motor from
one implement to the other as quick
ly.
He could, with his motor yoked to
a wide-tired wagon loaded with full
two-horse load, start from soft cul-
tivated field at about one mile an
hour rate, increase to two or three
mile rate on firm ground and then
to five, eight or ten miles an hour
rate on hard, level road.-Agricul-
tural Engineer.
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CURIOUS BANK NOTES.
Some Singular Specimens of Paper
Employed ms Emergency
Currency.

In times of emergency, when coil
was scarce, paper money of as low a
value as IS was issued by traders.
But there has been lower depth even
than this, cards and paper tickets hav-
ing been resorted to in some places for
as small sum as Is. Another inter-
esting special issue, shown by Mr.. Phil
lips, was that of the Birmingham work
house, says the London Chronicle.
overseers for various small amounts.
'for the convenience of paying the
poor" and the payment was made
when eight rs Cd or four IS notes
were brought together. In one corner
of one of these notes is picture OF
Charity nursing young children. As
showing the length of time during
which notes may remain in currency.
Mr.. Philips mentioned that he had
Scotch note for e12, dated 1871, and
the bank which issued it offered to
change it for him. Being a collector.
Mr.. Philips preferred to keep his an
cient bit of paper.
In the matter of diminutive bank
notes, correspondent sends an ac-
count of a curious note which he has in
his possession. 1t is card measuring
two by two and half inches, on one
side of which is twice printed the word
"twope nee" while on the other side the
sum is printed in words and figures
around the border. In the middle is the
following: II promise to pay the bear
er. on demand, twopence. By order OF
the Corporation of the City of New
York, Feb. 20, 1790.-D. Phoenix, City
Treasurer"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-08
GUN TESTS ARE COSTLY.
Many Millions of Dollars Expended
In Experiments with Modern
Fighting Machines.

AT Sandy Hook recently one or two
comfortable fortunes were expe nded
In the comparative tests of the Gath
mann gun and the 12-inch service rifle.
Costly projectiles were hurled against
expensive reproductions of the ar
mored sides of battleship, and il
was all done by way of experiment.
to prove and disprove theories, for in
naval warfare theories are not worth
much until they have been thorough
~ tested, and these tests cost for
tunes. Ships have been blown to
pieces to test the efficacy of some new
projectile, expensive gunsNhave been
burst deliberately by overcharges, and
at the Indian Head proving grounds,
near Annapolis, expensive steel plates
are being shattered constantly by
heavy ordnance, all in the way of ex-
pertinent and test, says the New York
Press.
{ 1t is said that unique and costly
experiment has been decided upon by
the British admiralty with view of
trying to find out what the matter is
with their new torpedo-boat destroy
ers. The destroyer Cobra recently
went to the bottom in a mysterious
manner, and her sister ships, the Vul-
ture and Crane, "buckled" when they
went TO sea. 1t is now proposed to
spend about $25O,0OO in building a
dummy destroyer which will be, in
all essential respects, duplicate of
the hull of the Cobra. The dummy
will have no engines or boilers or guns
or torpedo tubes.
When completed the dummy de-
stroyer will be anchored in some har-
Dor handy to the open sea and as
soon as big gale springs up with a
heavy sea the boat will be towed out
into the open and her behavior careful
~ noted. Should she buckle and break
in two, as it is thought she will, the
mystery of the loss of the Cobra will
have been cleared up.
Some of the curious and costly ex-
periments which have been made in
testing nen-of-war ard their guns are
Historical One broiling hot afternoon
In 1883 the inhabitants of Gibraltar,
attracted by the sound of heavy and
incessant firing, rushed from their
houses TO see the British gunboat
Wasp busily hurting projectiles at the
Notifications which fringe the top
most ridge of the "rock." The bonn
bardment was only an experiment to
show whether or not modern guns
could be elevated sufficiently to throw
modern projectiles to the top of the
famous mountain of rock which guards
the entrance to the Mediterranean. 1t
was proved conclusively that they
could. and the cost Of the experiment
was $4,000. Those guns were the last
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-08
Wonnan's Boon
in Golf
by BESSIE HNTHoNY,
Western woman Golf Cham ion.


GOLF HAS ACTUALLY SAVED THE LIVES OF MANY
WOMEN
1t but short time that advised to take the
ancient game health Now that have succeeded
gaining championship feel that have all strength
that woman should have.
1t is perfectly natural that should seek outdoor sports
They denied of the joys and pains of football Baseball
cricket for them Tennis grand game but
in golf happy combination Of exercise recreation sport and
health giving walking is to be found
Often have heard the query: Can be portsmanke
can participate in big without displaying petty ea
What libel the feminine devoees of
5he have whose whole heart
winning championship close her shake her head
craftsmanship her assistance herself
claiming hole from opponent Who by violating the rules had
ed hole She needed that advantage feel about
ory every impulse refrain from taking hole she did
not win hong smaller number of than
,.ed Again the condition only ignored by
woman PLAYER Even with defeat imminendeat with its dap
ointmcns wounded ambionsshe her ideas of
Time again have such exhibitions
,bneeation They concuv that the golfers
capable hgas portmanshp the The of the
the greatly increased interest golf shown by The
story of century will be the marvellous growth the number
xonen who traverse Ens-THE STORY OF RUDDY AND
sIJNBuRNED FACES, MUSCULAR AND TANNED ARMS
AND A NOBLENESS OF NATURE THAT WILL MAKE
4WoMANA BETTER LOVER OF OUTDOOR SPORT.
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that the Wasp ever fired. She sailed
away from Gibraltar through the Suez
canal to the typhoon seas and never
was heard of after. Many experts
contended that the firing of her guns
at such an extreme elevation had weak
ened her plates and started her riv-
cts so that when she struck storm
she was in no condition to weather
it and so went down.
There are records of many of these
costly tests of guns and protective
armor. However. the most thorough,
conclusive and instructive tests of the
efficiency of modern high-power guns
ever made were made by certain Amer
leans at Santiago and Manila bay some
three years and half ago.
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WHAT SETTLERS IN SAS-
KATCHEwAN VALLEY
HAVE TO SAY.


Roshern, July sth. 1900.
Frank Pedley, Esq,
Superintendent of immigration.
Strive the undersigned settlers in
Saskatchewan, Township 43, Range 6,
beg to submit the following letter. We
came from Springfield, Bonhomme
County, S. Dakota, in the spring of 1899,
and settled where we now reside. We
had considerable crop last year we
put in on breaking, and it was very
good, and this year 1900 our crop 10
excellent. Our wheat win yield about
twenty bushels to the acre, the oats
and barley are also very good, and
our potatoes and root crop all that
could be desired. We consider this a
fine country, and are gladswe came, as
our prospects could not be better. A
poor man will get start in this coun-
try much quicker than in Dakota.
We are yours respectfully,
John H. Schultz, II. A. Goshen, s.
cors, B. H. Dirks, C. d. Unry, p. Unry,
4. Ratzlief.
All from South Dakota, U. S.A.
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sought Quick Con.oI.tiop.

A colored widower in Caroline coun.
ty, Va, buried his wife few days ago,
and was so grieved at her departure
that he sought consolation at once.
That same evening, four hours after
the funeral, he took unto his crushed
heart another wife.
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Do YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK?
Thousands of Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect it.
To what The Great Kidney Remedy YOU
every reader OF this may AVE a sample bottle
absolutely rec by mail.

Women suffer untold misery because
the nature of their disease is not ale
ways correctly understood; in many
cases when doctoring. they are led to
believe that womb trouble or female
weakness of some sort is responsible
for their ills, when in fact disordered
kidneys are the chief cause of their
distressing troubles.
Nervousness, headache, puffy or
dark circles under the eyes, a dragging
pain or dull ache in the back, weak
ness or bearing down sensation, pro-
fuse or scanty supply of urine, fire.
quent desire to pass it night or day,
with scalding or burning sensation
these are all unmistakable signs of
kidney and bladder trouble.
DIR. kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney, liver and bladder remedy,
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
A trial will convince anyone.
If there is any doubt in your mind as
to your condition, take from your urine
on rising about four ounces, place il in
aglass or bottle and let it stand twenty
four hours. If on examination it is
milky or cloudy, if there is a brick
dust settling, or If small particles float
about in it, your kidneys are in need
of immediate attention.
When the heart is acting badly, have
you ever thought that it may be due to
kidney trouble, as il often the case7
Other symptoms showing that you
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-08

Hawkins-I tell you what, Sellers
reached the top in hurry.
Robbins-Yes, he must have made pretty
good time, for he has been blowing ever
since he got there.-Smart Set.
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Mrs. Latto-How did Mrs. Bilkins ever
get the reputation for icing such bore?
Mrs. Barkey-She triad the experiment of
making it point never to say anything but
good Of anyone behind their back.-Brook-
iyn Eagle.
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81 think it is 20 NICE" said the fair young
thing at the boarding house table during
q labor discussion, that the men can have
their strikes during the hot months, when
they would be wanting vacations, anyway"
Ralfimore American
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"Oh, you cruel boy, to take those eggs out
Of the nest! Think of the poor mother bird
when she comes" "The mother Bird
dead, miss" How do you know that?" Il
see it in your hati"-Punch.
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Manager-'T am getting up a show that
will make tremendous hit" Friend
Real rainstorm, real sawmill, ETC., sup
pose?" Manager-"No; real actors.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
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Women have priceless boon in golf
I trust tip day will soon come when m

than winning cups, trophies and
medals, high honors in champion
ship Journeys and receiving the
compliments Of club members, is
the satisfaction that comes from
knowing that the outdoor sport is
of infinite good in a physical way
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He-what kind of woman is that beau
tiful Mrs. Swift?
She-Well, with one exception, che
makes every man she meets sorry that he
isn't her husband.
"And the one exception!"
"Oh, he's sorry that he is. - Chicago
Daily News.
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He that thinks he can afford to be negli-
gent is not far from being poor.-John-
son.
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Blaming others is the way some people
have of praising themselves.-Ram's Horn.
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Il have made good resolution to-day"
said MIR. Sourdropp.
And what was thaty' asked Miss Old
girle.
''WelI, you know have been : bach:
elor for AZ years, and now l have resolved"
''Oh, this is SO sudden" murmured Miss
Oldgirle, getting ready to fall into hn
arms.
Il have resolved" he continued, with
some sternness, Ito be bachelor for =
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wherein lies the difference between PIE
tography and courtship?" he asked, softlys
Il don't know" she replied.
an photography" he explained, "tho
negative is developed in the dark room,
while in courtship that is where the ct.
6rmative is developed
She blushed, but made no answer.
sLet u.s." he suggested, proceed to de-
velop an affirmative"
There being no objections, it was 30 or
dered.-Chicago Post.
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everywhere.

EDITORIAL NOT1CE-SwampRoot. and
bottle
cured
d rrr
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Mono Of Them Suspected that the
ceuee Of NY Trouble Was
Kidney Disease

vIrrou, Iowa. JuLy I5th, 1eox.
In the summer OF 1893, was taken violently III.
Ny trouble began with pain In my stomach 20
severe that IL seemed as II knives were cutting
me- ! was treated by two Of the best physicians
n the county. and consulted another. None ar
them srspecfsd that the cdrse Of my frou6f6 r0s
kidney dfssGss. They all told me that had can
Ger OF the stomach, and would die. grew 20
child month old. and only weighed sixty pounds.
One day my brother saw in paper your advertise
ment OF Swsmp-Root. the great kidney remedy.
He bought me bottle AZ our drug store andi
for the better. 20 they obtained more and / con-
tinued the use OF Swamp-Root regularly. was
% weak and run down fhat II took considerable
time to build mo mp again. am now we'll
thanks 70 Swamp-Root, and weigh RS pounds.
and am keeping house for my husband ana
brother. on.a farm. Swamp-Root cured me afleg
NE doctors had failed TO do me . particle Of good.