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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

TEE DUTY OF THE HOUR.
A General AwakenIng Nccessary IN
the Matter of Ordinary Honesty
Among Our People.

Very many results have come down
TO us from the late unpleasantness.
Among these, one of the most deplora-
BILE is the lowering of the public con-
science. Very many things that are
unquestionably worng are winked at,
some are openly practical. The craze
for money making seems to have
blinded the moral eyes. Exactly who
is to blame for this is hard to decide
What will be the most effective remedy
is about as difficult
One phase of this evil Is found in
the failure to appreciate the rights of
property. This is a growing evil. We
see evidences of it in every direction.
Stealing IS fearfully common. Embez-
Element, defautling and such polite
names do not alter the reality of the
crime.
But what has all this to do with
farming? Very much every way. This
looseness touches him in many places.
He loses eggs, chickens, pigs, melons,
roasting ears and fruit Of all kinds.
In many places his grass Is claimed as
public property, unless he goes to the
expense of fencing 1t.
His great crop of cotton is subjected
to systematic series of s.salages from
the gin to the loom, averaging about
three pounds per bale. Thirty millions
OF pounds per crop.
He and his are looked upon as kind
81 public property to be deprecated
upon at will.
Every man feels at liberty to turn
loose his dog or dogs u forage upon
him. and this forces him 10 give up q
very profitable business sheep raising
The dog is property, or he is not
property. II property, then the owner
should keep him upon mis- own prem
ises. If not, then every man should
shoot him as common enemy.
Every farmer has the right to raise
sheep, but the dog renders this right
imperative.
If all the eggs, chickens, pigs, mel
pns, fruit, cotton and other things an
nually taken from the farms could be
counted up, the amount would run into
many millions of dollars. If to this
could be added the amcant of these
that would be raised, if this pilfering
could be stopped, that it not now raised
because it is not stopped We would
have an amazing amour.
The farmer. above everybody. is in
terested in higher standard of con-
science on MINE AND THINE. This
lesson should be fundamental part
Of all education at home and in school.
Children properly taught would not
deface public property with pencil
marks and knife work as they do now.
This conscience should extend into
the right use of time as well as of 9TH
err more tangible things. You have no
right to take another's time. 1t is his
property. This is true At school and
all through life. II you h:se to another
your time belongs to him
This subject enters Ia thousand
ways into every channel CT life.
Let us have a general awakening
Southern Cultivator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Rich Fountain, Mo-, Aug l7th.-Rev.
Jos. Pope, of this place, is widely and
fayorably known as a clergyman who has
done and is doing much for his people.
He is very much beloved by everyone for
the faithfulness of his pastoral work.
Rev. Mr.. Pope has given fol. publication
. statement made to him by German
farmer, who is a member of his congrega-
ton. The mans name is George Hoel-
lerer, and he has given Rev. Mr.. Pope this
letter:
Last winter / suffered very much with
Rheumatism. / could neither walk nor
ride on horse back nor do any farm work.
Il took medicine from different doctors,
but they did not do me any good. Then
l tried 'Dodd's Kidney Pills procured for
me by good friend. After / had taken
the first box felt already heap better;
was relieved of the pain and could walk
and chop wood; and the contraction of
my fingers began to resolve.
snow since have taken six more boxes
of Dodd's Kidney Pills feel well again
and am able to do all the work on the
farm"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10
AMERICAN MANUFACTURES.
Have Attained, People Em-
plOyed, Etc.

Few Americans have an adequate
conception of the greatness and i'm
portance of the manufacturing inter-
ests of the country. In fact, it is al.
most impossible 70 conceive it. even
when we read in the census reports
that there are more than half a million
establishments for the manufacture of
some article of commerce, says the
Chicago Chronicle. And these es-
Adjustments are using capital to the
amount of $685.. OS6, 800, and employ
ing 397,174 clerks and ofiieials and
wage earnerst to the number Of 5,316. 803.
But il the mind refuses this high
hurdle what is the mental condition Of
the fellow who tries to jump the fact
that S7.34S, 144.755 worth of raw ma
teria1 is consumed annually by this
array of factories, and makes out of
this material manufactured products
worth altogether $13,014, 287. 49S? That
sum is nearly ten times the authorized
capitalization of the greatest corpora
ton on earth. the United States Steel
corporation. 1t represents the actual
value of the states of New York and
Pennsylvania combined.
The product of 1890 was less by near
ly $4,000 900 900, while that of 1850 was
only a little more than 81 ,00O, 000, O0O
We rank first among the manufactur-
ing nations of the earth, for we pro-
duce, according to the most accurate
authorities, about half as much as all
of Europe combined, the United King
dom ranking next. Germany third,
France fourth and Austria-Hungary
fifth.
Further statistics show that 10000
GOO people more than ten years of age
are engaged in productive industry.
More than one-third are in agriculture,
a fifth in domestic and. personal SER
vice, fifth in trade and transportation
the professions hold meager twen-
tieth, while fourth are in manu-
features and the mechanical pursuits,
including mining.
An ingenious sratistician has figured
out the relative proportions of the
sexes engaged In these manufacturing
pursuits as follows. II a given estab-
lishment employing 100 persons de-
sired the typical division of men, wo-
men and children, it would be obliged
to employ n men more than Is years
of age, 20 women more than Is, and
three children or young persons moro
than is.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10
CHEAP LANDS.



The country along the Cotton Belt Route
IL Southeast Missouri, Arkansas, North
west Louisiana and Texas offers the great
est opportunities for Homeseekers. Mild
climate, good water, cheap building ma
terial, abundance of fuel, and soil that will
often in q single season yield enough opay
for the ground. Land can be bought as
cheap as $50 an acre, prairie land at a
and IS per acre up, bottom land at Is and
81 per acre up, improved or partly cleared
land at $40 and SIS per acre up. Some fine
propositions for colonies-tracts of 1000 to
5000 acres at "a to $40 per acre-big money
in this for a good organizer. Fruit and
truck lands in the famous peach and toma-
to belt of East Texas at soto $50 per acre
up. Write us for information about cheap
rates, excursion dates, also literature de-
Scriptive of this great country and let US
help you find a home that will cost you no
more than the rent you pay every year.
e. w. LABEAUME, G. p. & 7. A.,
Cotton Belt Route,
st. Louis, Mo
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Mrs. p. Conlin, 50 Green
field Avenue, Carbonate,
Pa, says: 81 suffered with
backache, and, despite the
use Of medicines, / could not
get rid Of it. IrGs compelled
to use q crsGtch for eight
months, and . part Of the
time was unable to walk at
all. / fairly screamed IL I
attempted to lift my feet
from the floor, and, finally,
I lost control of my limbs
through weakness, as l could
neither bend nor straighten
up to my full height, and IL
evera woman was in q serious
condition, ! was. Ny hus-
band went to Keny's drug
store and brought homo q
box Of Deans Pills. ! felt
easier in q few days. and,
continuing the treatment, ]
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10
Modern Conveniences.

The Abilene Democrat tells of man who
stopped over night in a small town near
there and registered at the hotel pointed out
to him by the conductor as the best in town.
In the morning he wanted to take bath and
consulted the proprietor about it. The pro-
prietor shouted back to the rear: Here,
Tom. this here gent wants to take a bath.
Bring the 6xin's." Tom soon appeared, car
rying cake of yellow soap, a towel and .
pick. Whats the pick for?" asked the
guest. why" said the proprietor; you'll
have to dam up the creek. "-kansas City
Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Needlework is one OF the chief hob
bies of Empress Frederick. One of the
kaiser's most treasured possessions is
a small piece of carpet worked by his
mother. On this carpet all her children
were confirmed; the late emperor's cof-
fin rested upon il, and the present
kaiser and Princcsses Charlotte, Sophia
and Victoria were married standing on
it.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Aching backs are eased.
Hip. back, and loin pains
overcome. swelling OF the
lin ps and dropsy signs
vanish.
They correct urine with
brick dust sedin]e INT, high
colored, pain In passing,
dribbling, frequency, bed
wetting. Doan's Kidney Pills
remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart paipitation,
sleeplessness headache,
nervousness, dizziness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10
Merit makes 1t the Worlds Leader.

Merit, greatest medicine ever put into
convenient form for quick, easy, pleasant
nse-backed by the right kind of adver-
Using, has given Csscarets the great
est sale in the world among laxative med
icines. Over ten million boxes a year are
now being bought by the American people.
Great success always brings out imitators,
and readers are warned that when it
comes to buying medicine the best is none
too good, and whenever dealer offers to
down as worthless fake, put your money
in your pocket, and go to a store where
you will be treated fairly, and where,
when you ask for Cascarcts, You win
get what you ask for.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Foreigners seek in various WAYS to ex-
prc1a their sense of the strenuousness of
American life. An educated young Ital-
ian, who is purist in his own language,
tried to express the idea with precision
the other day. He said slowly and with
much care:
Americans do-everything -rushly.s-
N. Y. Times,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

"My pas house it'll tn incest house
ON tn street"
Huh. you jes' wait til our house
gifts fixed"
''What your pa goin' to do 18th your
house?"
Il dunno. but ! heard him tell ma
thith mornin' that he guessed he'd have
e tack another mortgage on it t. keep
up 'pearapces. guess it's suthin' like
a bay window. Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Jinks--I tell you what it is. there ID
nothing like having lots CT friends.
Winks-I presume not.
mo, Stree. Just as quick as lose
a job, my friends all rush around hunt
ing a new place for me. so as TO save
me the trouble of borrowing money
from them Y..Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Dr. Eerrier, noted medical man.
Who has attended many cases Of Al
pine accident, states that a man may
live for ~ hours after being buried In
snow to depth Of three yards.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10
Knew whereof He spoke.

Guy--Yes. she's beautiful; she has the
face of an angel-and the heart Of a
fiend.
Don-O,- come now, YOU can't mean
that She hasn't a fiend's heart. Why
do you say such thing?
why, | know the chap. It's Dick
Fuffer, the worst motor nend living
Stray Stories.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Cholly-My motto is always think
before you speak"
Dolly-Don't you find it hard sustain
ing conversation and living up to
your motto at the some me?-San
Francisco Examiner.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

A Lack of Coincidence. am
glad it is good form not to wear a watch
with q dress suit" Uppcr-"Why? %
Downer-1Be Because never have my watch
and my dress suit at the same time
Pick-Me-Up.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10
Promising Youth.

do you hear good reports Of your
boy in college,"
Excellent. He saved nearly dol
lar aud half out of lis last months
allowance.IN. Y. World.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Too many words be worse than mot
enough, for they'll often leave mans
meaning foggy.-Eden Philpotts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

was soon able TO walk. At
the end Of two weeks tho
pains in my loins left. When
/ had completed the treat
ment, l had not an acho nor
. pain, and / have been In
that condition ever since.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Johnny : Grandpa, have you any
teeth?" Grandpa-'.No, my child, they
have all gone" Johnny-'Then I think
III let you hold my nuts while / run an
errand. Glasgow Evening Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

The Deacon-Surely you would not
regard as profane man who uses the
expression Gee whiz?"
The Parson-No; il that is what he
means-puck
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

l am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Norwich, N. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

You cannot live by another's expert
ence.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Crimson Glover ON Tobacco Fields.
There is no money made in working
poor land. IT is often said some one
must work the poor larG, but this is
not true, for with the peas and crint
son clover no one need cultivate land
too poor to yield good crop of to-
bacc0.
l have adopted the two-lot system
sowing alternately crimson clover and
tobacco. l fallow the laid in July and
August; SOW one peck of seed to the
acre after a rain Will. the land is
damp; then turn under the clover the
following spring by the last of April
or the fist of May. / then run disk
harrow once or twice over The planted
land, and then SOW 800 or 400 pounds
an acre of the best fertilizer can get.
There is no excuse for scarcity Of
plants when. there is plenty OF cheap
cotton to cover the beds. In setting
out the plants the wedding should be
done as early as possible, SO as not
to injure the young plarts. The first
working with horse SHOULD be done
with a corn cuitivator The land
should be worked deep and soft, but
afterward should only be touched gent
ly about once a week. This should be
kept up until the plants Legin to bloom
American Agriculturist.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

To Care a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AN
druggists refund money il it fails to cure. &c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10
An Addition.

1t Is the grain OF ilath that gives force
70 the aie.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Old Sofas. Backs of Chairs, etc., can
dyed with Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10


"A.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10
A Little on.

A local artist of note tells an amusing
story of his visit to an insane asylum in
.his state. Spending as much time as he
could visiting an inmate, he started down
the stairs on his way to catch the train
back to the city,
At the foot of the stairs stood q large
clock. Taking out his own watch to COM
pare the time, he found there was a diff
ference of several minutes. Turning to the
doorkeeper, a young Irishman, he in
quired il the clock was right.
Right" said the doorkeeper do you
think it would be here if it was right!''-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Chicago, st. Paul Minneapolis, four daily
trains via the Chicago 4 Northwestern
BY.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

M ISIS NELLIE CURTAIN, 6a6 Pearl
IVA street, st. Paul. Mimi, head sales
woman in q department store writes:
"Thave charge Of department In
= dry goods store, and after standing
the larger part of fte day, would go
home with = dull ache, generally
through my entire body. I used Pc.
runa and feel 50 much better that
walk to and from the store now. !
know Peruna to be the best medicine
on the market for the diseases peculiar
to women. Miss Nellie Curtain.
Nothing is SO weakening TO the human
system as the constant loss of mucous.
Catarrhal Inflammation of the mucous
membrane produces an excessive forma-
ton of mucus. Whether the mucous
membrane be located in the head or
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

no. the Ducklcighs never have hay
fever"
But | thought they had everything that
was fashionable"
eyes, but they are a little sensitive
about hay fever. Their father used to
run feed store, you know. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Tommy-"Hew does Jimmy like his new
work." Johnny oh, he says there's
nothin' the matter with it, except the pay
an the hours an the ork.'-G Glasgow
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

To slur is human; to forgive takes tina.
Town Topics. =
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10
Modern Farming

The life of farm is type of the
life of a man,-the man, sometimes
for it either grows old gracefully or
it grows old disgracefully. "Times
are changing; things are not as they
were No, and we are glad of it.
There was much good in the past and
much that was bad. We must cling
to the good and leave the bad. Change
is not always improvement, far from
it, but when a change for the better
can be made let's always make il.
That is progress. In ornamental and
landscape gardening, as well as in
farming, we have not made so very
much advance on what past genera
tfons could show. 1t is in details and
varieties we have gone on, but we
use our materials little better than
of Yore. In a commercial sense, old
fashioned slip-shod farming must go.
1t is starved out. The margin of prof
it is too small to allow anything but
intelligent, high-grade, modernized
farming, with modern implements,
modern fertilizers, modern methods
If culture and modern business meth
DDS in disposing of products. To keep
pace with this progressive movement
requires not only closest attention to
the work, observation in the field,
but study of the methods successfully
employed and improvements made by
others. Neglect this and we shall be
left in the rear, excelled by our neigh
bors and with pockets empty. But be-
cause a man is poor, or has a small
farm, let him not be discouraged. The
ability to pay for labor does not al
ways produce satisfactory farming.
The soil. must be fitted TO derive the
largest possible product by the prop
err use of plant food, which permits of
the application of labor to the best
advantage. For instance, small areas
can be made largely to increase their
yields more easily and readily than
larger arcas.-Agricultural Epitcrnist
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

Have you had much experience?v asked
Mrs: Youngwife of the applicant for the
position of cook. Num- said the cook
lady. .portcntously. II could write .
book !"-Sommeryille Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-10-10

alike find pleasure in profitable invest
mcnts. We have number of interesting
publications that tell of sections on the
line of the NJ, X. 4 T., where the careful
investor has an opportunity for placing
capital probably. Send two-cent stamp
to prepay postage, to KATY" Suite B.,
st. Louis, Mo. .s
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-15
TO INCREASE SALARIES
Better Pay Proposed for CIatsOp
County Officials.

Representative Carnahan has pre-
sented a bill fixing the salaries of the
officials OF Clatsop county. The bill
increases the emoluments allowed un-
der the law passed at the last session
of the legislature, and also fixes the sal
aries Of the deputies in the various Of
fees, At the present time the salar-
les of the deputies are fixed by the
county court. Local democrats see no
objection in the new plan, appreciating
that, while the bill is designed to cur
tail the power Of the county court
(Which Is democratlcl the amounts
named for deputies are none too high
and ought to be allowed
The new bill fixes the salary of the
county judge At $1,000 year, Hereto
fore the salary of the judge has been
s'5 monthly, pr 5000 year.
The salary OF the sheriff, now $500, is
fixed at 1880, and he is allowed two
deputies, who shall be appointed by
him. The first deputy shall receive
salary of 1890 yearly, or S110 monthly,
and the second deputy's salary shall
be $1,000 year.
The salary of the county clerk Is
placed at $500 year. the present SAL
ary being $500. and he shall be allow
ed three deputies, to be appointed by
himself The first deputy shall receive
$500 yearly, as shall the recording dep
uty. The salary of the third deputy
is fixed at $1,000 yearly. Al present
the first deputy receives $1,000 yearly
and the other deputies $1OSO yearly.
The salary of the county assessor is
placed at $500 yearly and he is allow
ed one deputy, at an annual salary of
$1,000. At present the assessor receives
81 day for each day he works.
The bill provides that all salaries
shall be paid monthly, and that the
sheriff shall be allowed expenses In
CURED In all legal proceedings. Ad-
dtonal clerical aid is to be allowed at
the discretion OF the county court and
the compensation therefor fixed by that
body.
An emergency clause Is attached to
the measure, which is TO become effect
I've Immediately upon Its approval by
the governor.
So far as can be learned, there VIII be
no opposition TO the bill from members
OF the clatsop county delegation. and
It's passage viii probably ensue.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-15

The Post-Intelllgeneer Of Thursday
contains full account OF the purchase
by the Alaska Packers association Of
the Anacortes cannery OF the North
American Fisheries Co.. one OF the pro-
motions OF Il. onffroy. The consider
etton was 100000. The cannery has
n capacity Of 1000 cases a day and is
one of the largest concerns of the kind
on the coast. The Seattle paper quotes
a canneryman as follows with reference
to the purchase: THE purchase of the
Anacortes plant by the Alaska Packers
association Is n move on the part OF the
association TO get control OF the red sal
mon product. II Is mainly the traps OF
the company they are after. for at none
OF their canuerles In this districts have
they any traps. They have been fore
ed to buy all their fish from outside
parties. and were not In position to
get what they wanted at all times.
With the traps Of the Anacortes COM
pany In fun operation. they will be able
to get the capacity OF that plant, and
also furnish some OF their other plants
with FISH. The Alaska Packers asso-
citation is losing no opportunity TO get
control Of the market, and the present
fight against the independent plants of
southeastern Alaska is but one step in
this direction, The property they have
secured is a valuable one to them, and
will increase their pack very material
ly. II has always been one of the best
paying plants on the Pacific coast"