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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-15
Would Stop BulI.Eiohtino.

From Barcelona the Spanish govern
ment has received petition praying
that bull-fghting may be excluded
from tie festivities in honor of the
coronation OF Alfonso XIII.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
FERTILIZING FOR COTTON.
suGgestions to Farmers who are
Preparing Their Land For the
Next Cotton Crop.

BY the time this appears in print
a good many farmers will be making
their arrangements to buy fertilizers
for another seasons cotton crop.
wonder how many of my readers
really know what they want in a
fertilizer for this crop, and how many
simply leave the question for the
dealer to decide? Naturally the
farmer who reads knows a great deal
more about this matter than the one
who does not. But still the amount
of ignorance displayed in regard to
fertilizers by farmers who should
know better is astonishing.
"Yes." said fertilizer dealer to
me last spring, "most of my custom
ers leave me to decide what fertiliz-
er they need for any given crop. They
ask me for good fertilizer for cot
ton, or melons, or potatoes, and do
the best ] can for them"
But how can a fertilizer dealer
know the conditions which surround
his customer, or tell what his soil
requires in fertilizer? 1t is ques-
tion which every farmer must decide
for himself. 1t is a very important
question and it's proper decision may
mean the saving of hundreds of dol
lars to the individual in question.
4 short time ago ! had convossa-
ton on this subject with Ar. W. o.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
GLIMpsES OF MANY LANDS.

Less than 900 white people reside in
English West African colonies.
The Tyrol, following the example
of Norway, is trying to encourage the
winter tourist business by offering be t.
ter facilities for winter sports.
Taking size into consideration, Switz
erland has the biggest foreign popu-
lation of any European country, 222,.
600 foreign residents living within her
limits.
Valletta, Malta, being midway in the
Mediterranean, between Gibraltar and
Port Said. imports more than half a
million tons of coal for the use of pass
ing ressels.
Greenland and Iceland have the bet
ter of us in the way of trade. Last
year we imported goods from those
two countries to the value of SS2, ,53a
and sold them only $500 worth in re.
furU
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

Hammack, who Is q member Of the
Georgia legislature and alarge cotton
planter. Mr.. Hammack SAID he had
tried great many different kinds of
fertilizers on cotton, but had finally
settled down to the following as best
for his land. / give it just as he told
it to me, as it makes the formula
very simple and easily understood. A
200-pound sack of bigh-grade acid
phosphate, a 1OO-pound sack of cot
tonseed meal. and a 10o-pound sack
of kainit emptied together and thor
oughly mixed, making 400 pounds of
fertilizer. This gives well-balanced
fertilizer for cotton on most soils.
The following is the analysis it gives
us and the way to find it:
We have 200 pounds of IA per cent.
acid phosphate; this gives us %
pounds of phosphoric acid and, as
there are 400 pounds of fertilizer in
all, we divide the 2s by 4,which shows
us that we have per cent. of phos-
phoric acid. There are pounds of
ammonia in the 100 pounds of cotton
seed-meal; we therefore divide the 8
by 4, and this gives us 2 per cent. of
ammonia. We also have 100 pounds
of kainit, which contains little over
IL pounds of potash, and Ey dividing
this by four we find that our fertil-
izer contains about 3 per cent. of pot
ash. Putting it all together the anal
ysis reads: Phisphoric acid, per
cent; ammonia, per cent; potash, 3
per cent.
Mr.. Hammack said furthermore
that he considered kainit the best
form of potash for cotton.
There is something" said he, '.in
this product which helps the cotton
independent of the potash it con-
tains. 1t is the best preventative of
rust / have ever seen. Where l used
it this year my cotton remained
green and thrifty all summer; while
where it was not used the rust in
iured the cotton badly. i generally
use about 800 or 400 pounds of this
fertilizer to the acre on my cotton
and it pays me well.'
We have, in the above, a standard
fertilizer which would cost us on the
market about $50 per ton. If we pur-
chased the materials for cash and
mixed them ourselves it would only
cost us about SIC.
The analysis of the fertilizer given
above is nearly perfect for cotton on
the ordinary clay loan soil. If your
land is very sandy, the fertilizer
should contain more potash, prefera.
bly, per cent. and per cent. of am
monia instead of per cent. On stiff
red clay soils not so much potash is
needed, and the phosphoric acid can
be increased.
In my own experience | have found
400 or 500 pounds of fertilizer good
amount to apply per acre for cotton.
The past season where we applied
different quantities of fertilizer, from
100 to 400 pounds in the fertilizer
gave us something over 100 pounds
increase i'm seed cotton. The land and
the cultivation were the same in all
cases. This shows that it will pay to
use fertilizer in liberal quantities on
cotton.-F. j. Merriam, in Southern
Cultivation
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
A REMARKABLE SHOT.
Made q Triple Play with His
Only Remaining Charge.

"Hello, Ike!" said Perkins, as that
individual walked into the store,
how'd you make out gunnin' to-
day?"
'To4e'ble, jest tole'ble, that's all
l got four black ducks, six broad
tail and ten winters"
81 must say thet's pretty good
sbootin' fer one day." said Perkins,
relates Judge.
Twas putty fair, but l should
have got more yet if my shells hadn't
gin out"
Tibet so?" said the constable
"'Twas hard luck, and minds me o.
one day bout four years ago when
I went down tn the medders gunnin'
with thet old muzzle-loader er mine.
/ fooled round all day, till had only
one charge of powder left. Birds had
been comm long one in a flock, and
now and then tew lone ones, and all
of 'em out er range, and / didn't git
a bird. I was kinder discouraged; (;
hadn't had good shot all day. But
jest as / was gittin' out of the stand
I heard a goose hollerin', and l
crouched down quick. l can tell yer.
and purity soon he landed plump
down in the slough-hole in front of
me, where my decoys was. / was jest
in the south of the deacon's medder
you fellers remember how the
marsh there is very narrer and runs
right clus to the beach-and my stand
was jest abreast of thet low place on
the beach they call the blow-hole.
got bead on the old goose, when he
must have smelt me, for jest as j
was goin' tn let him hev it he be-
gun swimmin' away from me. didn't
want tu lose him, so begun to whis-
tie him back, and, if you'll believe me.
as i was a-sittin' there what should
l see comm up by the blow-hole but
a red fox. Boys, I'd hev given my
hull farm for another charge of pow
der and shot thet minute, l guess.
The goose by this time had circled
round and begun tn come toward
me agin, and the fox was a-standiu'
still. Gradually the old goose was
gittin' in line with thet fox. BY
thunder!' s 1, if / can git 'em in a
line there's chance of gittin' 'em
both In another minute they was
right in line and let 'em hev it. Jest
as / fred, bluefish jumped out Of
the water from a school on 'em that
was chasin' bait inshore. / shot the
goose plum through the head, lamed
the fox so he couldn't run, and killed
thet bluefish so he drifted ashore,
and / got the hull three"
Boys" said Perkins, solemnly, ''if
you'll step intu the back room I'll set
up the cider"
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
HERE AND THERE.

The markets of the country have,
seemingly, got TO give more encour-
agement to the bacon hog before he
will pe in great favor in the states.
"A pound of copperas dissolved in
water and added to half bushel of
lime to make a wash is said to keep
rabbits from barking trees. Apply
from the ground up about two feet
with brush or swab.
The people of this country use
about 20 pounds of sugar per capita
per annum. OF this vast amount of
sweets, 4,67o,OOo,ooO pounds come
from foreign countries, and about
600, 900 pounds produced at home from
cane and beets.
The development of rice farming
in the Texas and Louisiana coast
country is one of the industrial won
ders of the age. Immense amounts of
capital have been, and are still be-
ing, invested in rice lands and rice
irrigation plants.
ITO keep our money at home and
in the pockets of our people until it
is needed, to learn to do business for
ourselves and to cooperate with each
other, and to avoid the specuiations
of corporated capital, are lessons
many q farmer has already learned
"A variety of wholesome food is
necessary to keep hens in laying con-
dition. When they have all out doors
for range. a little sound grain is all
they require out of hand. While con-
fined they must have green feed and
animal matter furnished to take the
place of open range pickings.
Prof. Mally is studying q new
grain pest that has made its appear
ance in north Texas. 1t is a species
Of titranichus. He will soon begin n
series of field tests of methods of
combating the pest as soon as cir
cumstances are favorable. 1t is in No
way related to the green bug.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
WALKING IN A WATCH.
One Of the Wonders which Will he
ON Exhibition mt the st. Louis
Worlds Fair.

A promenade inside watch hat is
all the while doing its ordinary duty
OF telling he time Is pleasure in store
for visitors to the forthcoming St.
Louis exposition. Ii is even stated tha
a small restaurant with walters. cooks
and the ordinary paraphernalia of such
an institution. is 10 be located inside
this monster timepiece. The watch is
already in course of construction. It's
dimensions. as quoted by the Chicago
News. are, for timepiece, enormous
the diameter being nearly rs feet and
the height more than 40 feet.
Tiny staircases win be scattered
throughout the watch, and there viii
be spacious galleries. where visitors
may pass and repass with ease. The
wheels will be so well protected that
no one can suffer injury either to per-
SON or clothing.
The wheel known as the balance
wheel will. in this monster watch.
weigh a ton. while the so-called "hair-
spring" will be considerably thicker
than a rolling pin. Approximately two
minutes viii be consumed by the
swings back and forth of the wheel
above mentioned. This wheel VIII be
pivoted on two huge agate blocks.
Needless to say, the handspring OF
this extraordinary watch will be enor.
mons. Three hundred feet will hardly
measure it's length. and it is to be'made
of ten spring steel bands, two inches
thick, bound together. as it wonld be
impossible to roll so large piece.
When finished, the watch will lie OF
its hack. 1t win possess polished
metal case similar to those used for
watches of ordinary dimensions.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
Muscle Versus skill.

The man of muscle may carry a
hod, dig a ditch, or even man plow,
and have a dollar day for his labor,
and he is worth every cent of it.. The
man of skill may not have half the
strength of the other, but he gets five
dollars day, and often more. One
works with his hands and legs and
the lumbar muscles; the other works
with his mind. The mind is the Off
Ger in command, the boss of the job;
the muscles are the privates, who
come and go as the mind directs.
Skill is entitled TO more pay than
physical power, because it is high
er and rarer function. Applied to
farmers, this principle holds good.
The plodder labors industriously, but
to bad advantage, gathers his corn
and cotton and renews the mortgage
of last year, for he must have bacon
and coffee and sugar and salt and
baking soda and sack or two of
-four, and his crop has barely paid
his last years bills. The farmer of
skill breeds and sells some fine stock,
or he grows marketable fruit and
vegetables that bring high prices in
their season; or he grows nursery
of trees and plants and makes his
acres yield him SIS to 500 each, and
at the end of the season he has
surplus which he may utilize in en-
larging his business, or lend some of
it to the plodder at good rate of in
terest, with good securitys The world
wants more men of skill on the farms
and everywhere else.-Texas Farm
and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
pUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. Murray-"What are their cir.
cumstances?" Mrs. Hil,-So-so. Their
furniture is worn enough to be sha bby,
but not old enough to be antique."--
Town Topics.
Immaterial.-The Missus-"No! / tell
you object TO giving money at the
doorl" The Tramp-Vell, marin, per-
haps you'll hand it out of the win.
dow-I'm not pertickler!" = Boston
Globe.
Mrs. Rangle-'1've advertised for a
servant for whole week with no re-
suits" Mrs. Cumso-"Well, l adver-
tised for a good-looking lady-help and
had "a 10 select from the first day.
Baltimore Sun.
Cured Him.-Father-"I thought I
heard our Johnnie say he was sick and
now see he's out coasting. Did you
do anything for him?" Mother-"Yes.
brought in all the evening coal."-Ohio
State Journal
Magistrate-"What is your voca tion
Il mean what do you do for living?'
An, yesslr, yesslr; L understands yer
now, sir. What l does for livin' is.
my wife takes in washin'."-Baltimore
Jewish Comment.
''What are yer sittin' on dis bench
fur?" Watchin' de dudes" ''Watchin'
de dudes? Why. Dusty, thought yo'
said dey made yer tired" Oats just
what want dem to do. have to have
some excuse fer bein' dat way, yer
know."-Chicago Daily News.
Hatton-"That bore of Badger was
and he was talking nearly all the time" "
Budge-"Yes, and to his own wife,
the nuisance. Really, it looks as
though there was malice in it, doesn't
n?'-Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
FARMER FINDS A FRIEND.

Nadeau, Mich, Feb. 3rd.-Mr. Nelson
De Roster of this place, prosperous
farmer sixty-one years of age, has suf-
fered for years with Kidney Trouble.
He has tried many medicines, but
found nothing to relieve him until he
began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and
he has foundthis remedy to be friend
indeed. He says:
81 thank God that there is one medi.
cine in the world that does help weak
and sick humanity. / would earnestly
advise every one who has Kidney
Trouble to use Dodd's Kidney Pills
They have given great satisfaction in
our family"
Wherever Dodd's Kidney Pills have
been used according to directions. they
have not failed to cure all Kidney
Troubles, Bright's Disease, Dropsy
Rheumatism. Lumbago and Backache
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
SOME CHRISTMAS HUMOR.

She-"What do you expect to get
on Christmas?" He-"I expect ia
get the worst of it, as usual" ."-Cleve-
land Leader.
"Are you through your Christmas
shopping, Mrs. Tibbs?' "Yes, but ]
haven't begun changing things yet"
Chicago Evening Post
Edith-"But what kind of an auto
mobile will Santa Claus get to come
down the chimney" Papa-"Oh,
he'll find some style that will SCOT"
Town Topics.
"Whatever you do, don't you look
in my top drawer, Harry" Harriet,
a husband should know all; are you
hiding Christmas presents or bills?'
indianapolis Journal.
Ted-"I can't think of . present
for my girl. / want to give her some.
thing useful that she will be sure 10
keep" Ned-''In that case give her
anything but a diary."-Judge.
Ethel-'T-er-suppose you know
next week is Christmas; don't ou,
Charley?" Charles-"Why, of course
| do! Why do you ask?" Ethel
"Why, you look SO happy / didn't
know but you'd forgotten it!"-
Puck.
Mrs. Newlywed-"I don't suppose
man and wife should have any
secrets from each other" Mr.. New
lywed-"No. 1 want you to tell ME
how much your Christmas present
to me is going to cost, so that / can
calculate how much money / shall
have left to buy one for you."-Bos-
ton Globe.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

Weary Walker-''No, ma'am. / amt
dirty from choice. I'm bound by honor.
wrote testimonial fur soapmaker onct
an promised to use no udder. Mrs
Housekeep-"Well, why not use that.
Weary Walker-HB Because, ma am, tha,
firm failed jst after the civil war."-Catho.
lie Standard and Times.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

The centenarian was puzzled. Il don't
know what to do,' he unused. eff say
never drank whisky in all my life can get
half column of pure reading matter in the
village paper; on the other hand, if j say l
have always used it / can get two columns
and my picture through the whisky con-
cern."-Philadelphi Record
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

Teacher-"What zone is this in which we
livew Johnny-"Temp'rate." Teacher
Correct. Now, what is meant by TEN
perate zone?'" Johnny-It's a place
where it's freezin' cold in winter an red-hot
in ummer."-Philadelphi Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

The chief obstacle in the way OF the pro.
posed Gentlemen's Home Journal is that
the gentlemen don't need it, and those who
only think they are gentlemen don't read
that sort of stuff
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

If finding fault were useful occupation
a great many people would have no diff
Guilty in deciding what they were created
for.-Puck.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

Philadelphia and New York are talk
ing about each others streets, and the
Chicago Tribune says that persons who
lire in either cannot afford to throw
mud ct the other,
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

The death rate of Madras is now
about 110 per thousand, or double the
mean of the last ten years.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

1t is wonderful what rapid progress tn,
world makes, considering that we are al
doing something or other to retard it,
Puck.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

When a bee loses its temper look out TO
q stinging retort.-Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

Many woman's popularity is due to what
she forgets to ssy.-Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

Life is not so short but that there is a
ways time for courtesy.-Emerson.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

His own character is the arbiter of every.
ones fortune.-fnb.ius Syrus.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
CONGRESSMAN CUMMINGS,
OF NEW YORK CITY,

Hon. Amos j. Cummings, OF
New York, says: "Peruna Is good
for cafarrh. I have tried IL and
know Ii. HreLlevedme immense
!y on my trip to Cuba, and I
always have a bottle In reserve.
Since my return I have not suf-
fered from catarrh, but If 4 do !
shall use Peruna again. Mean
time you might send me another
bottle"
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
MRS. BELVA A. LOCKWOOD.

MkS. BELVA A. LUCK WOOO.
Mrs. Befya A. Lockwood, Lafe
candidate for the Presidency,
writes: 81 have used your Pc
runa and / find 1t an invaluable
remedy for cold, cafarrh and kin
dred diseases; also a good tonic
for feeble and old people, or those
run down and with nerves un-
strung. I desire, also, to say thai
1t has no evil effects" Mrs.
Lockw00d's residence Is Wash.
ingf0n, d. C.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

Laughing cheerfulness throws sunlight OF
eli the paths of lifc.-Richter.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22

Highly favored sectiOns::
Ill = of 5 deaths from catarrA.
E=AI>ess favored sections
sAz19 OF 20 deaths from catarrh.
kS Catarrhal diseases prevail
E:NS i0 0f 10 deaths from catarrh.
@ Greatest fatality from catarrh.
10 oi ~ deaths from catarrb.
The Colfax chronicle., 1902-03-22
GENERAL JOB WHEELER.

GENERAL JOE WHEELER.
Major General Joseph Wheeler.
commanding the cavalry forcesin
front of Santiago, and the author
of " The Santiago Campaign, In
speaking of the great cafarrh rem
edy, Peruna, says: sI Join with
Senators Sullivan, R0sch and Nc
Emery In their good opinion of Pc.
runa. II Is recommended to me
by those who hsve used II as an
excellent tonic and particularly
effective as q cure for caksrrki. -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-08-30
REFUSED her

BANGOR, Me-. Aug 30. Carrie
Nation was foreibty elected from the
Hanger hotel last night Tor damaud.
Ina beer and raising IA disturbance
when the request waH refused.
shortly after registering at the
hotel Mira. Nation walked into the
bafroom aud ordered a.Riass Of beer
with an the sang froid OF "a hubituai
i.ppler. The bartender politely de-
cilned To serve her. although he WAS
then unaware who ihe customer was.
Mrs. Nation repeated her demand la
an emphatic tone, and when the bar
tender again declined. she pounded
on the bar With her pnrshoi aud
shouted:
Young man. I know you sell beer
here. aud I avn just AZ much entitled
10 u aa any body. set IL out or ] viii
smash thohe bottles. and you. too.
4 rrukvd WAS gathering ia the ruom
hy this time aud Mrr. Nation turned
and began 10 harangue them. The
clerk came Ia from the office aud
addressed bet a. Airs. Nation. which
raised the excitement 10 a much
higher pitch. Several employees then
crowded Mrs. Nation our OF the bar
room ihto the office, where she con
tiuu.d her rcmBrks Ia q loud tone.
and set some beer IN spite Of every
body Finally policeman Was
called. y 10 led her out ~ the hotel.
To him ans admitted that she asked
Tor the beer iu order In get evidence
against the house Tor legal crusade
which she intended 20 begin in the
city against saloons.
After eneartlng her some distance
the officer allowed Mrs, Nation 10
80. IL was not learned where she
more last nixht. The saloon men
are In "A tretnnF cot fear she viii
start on a hasehet expedition.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-08-30
IMPORTANT NEWS

The farewell reception rendered by
the members Of the Westminster
Presbyterian church TO their retir-
ing pastor. Rev. Hugh a. Giichriss.
at the home Of Frank u Rack. on
Beacon HILL Was largely attended,
II h estimated that fully go people
were present.
The grounds OF Mr.. Eiack's home
we're beautifully decorated and the
company was entertained with sing
ink and orchestral music.
The event Of the evening Was tho
presentation OF : handsome dress
suit case and q 500 cheek to Mr..
GllchFist BY the msnberDrpf his con-
Kregation. The address vas made
by John r. Hartman. who alluded
fsellnely 10 the happy relations
which have existed between the pas
DOR and his people,
The check. which was given last
night. will poon he followed by an
other one. as all the members Of the
church who Intend 10 do - have not
yet contributed TO the fund.
Mr.. Glichrist leaves on Tuesday
| for California. where he will take
charge of the Presbyterian seminary
AZ San Anscln1p. lie i To preach his
farewell sermon tomorrow.
At n meeting 90 the Pacific North
west Field Trials Cub. held last
evening. much Important business
Was transacted l. Il. Youngr. SD
pefintendsnt Of the city wafer de-
partmeut. G. n. Yandell and Frank
Pontlus we're elected 90 I'LL the
places on the governing board. left
vacant by the resfrnations OF y. A.
Peebiea and ,. W. Eonsidine and
Frank r. Atkins. sccrstary and
treasurer. The choice Of Frank Pom
titus TO fill SIR. Atkins place was
unanimous steps wers taken toward
securing grounds for the fan trials.
The bstfisship Wisconsin went 10
the navy yard yesterday where she
viii coal preparatory to sailing 70
Port Angeles for q marine driil and
target practice OF two weeks She
etii then proceed TO san Franrisco
and later Join the Asiatic squadron.
Mary Anderson told IN the dssoree
court this morning the old. old story
of life made unhearabIe by n
drunken huxhafd. She convinced
tho court that II would hc impossible
for her 10 ever live happily with
august Anderson again. one cold.
raiay night. ia drunken fury. She
says h. turned her out 81 the house
with her two little children. ON an
other occasion he fn alleged 10 have
piled all their furniture and clothes
into the backyard. fqd then set IRE
to them.
Mrs. Anderson was awarded $40 a
month aiifnouy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-08-30
SAYS he COMMITTED FIFTY
BURCLARIES IN SEATTLE

IL held on suspicion. Harris Gays
he merely left the Hiiverware With
the colored man for safe hvenink.
The hsg plant" the burglar says. u
In West Seattle and the officers have
been over there to-day gathering it
az.
There viii be Wholesale identius
cation At the police station when Hli
IL received and many Seattle citizens
may recover their ioat NaluAhles-
$50 o'clock The Officers have Just
returned from West Seattle. whore
they secured from a cache three
sacks full Of plumber, the uroescds
OF Harris operations.
A pawn shop ON Washington street
between Occidental aud Second ave-
nue.. was searched today b. city or.
ficeru and many valuable articles 81
1ewelry secured Whi.h Harris said nc
paWncd there. Sic hazel cohu aud A.
Cohen. alleged pruuricturs OF the
pawn shop. were arrested and are
being held ON the charge of feeeiy.
iur stolen property