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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-16
FOR SALE BY YOUR DEALER-LARaE SIZE BOTTLE si.OO.

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Price IS Cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-16

If viii not be unexpected If in the next
few years the custom of the decofdtl ton
of graves on Memorial day passes Iro,H
the hands of the Grand Army ofganl-
cations into those of the fra-ernal So
cieties This of course can not take
place until the gradually passing HE o.
the veterans of the civil war y so ~;
huf when the old soldier answers ms
last roll call the lodge organizations
will stand ready for the work
1t viii be a fitting and rather natural
thing to do. as in the membersnap OF
the older fraternal organizations the oiu
soldier occupies a prominent position.
and as he drops out his son and grant,
son are taking his place Ihat the
Younger generation should succeed TO
tha work Of keeping green and freSn
The graves of the men who fought for
the preservation of the commonwealth
is a duty which they stand wiling 10
perform OF course no greater duty
rests uDon the fraternal man than upon
the citizen at large, but the very fact
of organization and possibility OF united
effort makes the duty an easier one 10
discharge thoroughly
At the present time the established
fraternal orders observe a day for the
decoration of the graves of their de-
ceased comrades, and in many places
the lodge takes charge of the decoration
day exercises where the G. A. R. organ
ization is lacking In the larger cities
the lodge stands back to allow the vet
eran and his wife take care Of what has
appropriately been assumed as duty
The lodge is reticent about usurplng his
place, but is merely waiting until the
thinning ranks of army blue is ready TO
relinouish the work to younger hands
There is now some Droba bility that the
Grand Army will invite the local fra
ternal organizations to participate with
it in the observance of decoration day.
This is not because the Topeka posts
of the Grand Army are unable to take
care of it. because the local posts are
yet very active organizations, but
simply because the fraternities in many
cases would be pleased to accept.
June 9 is the day set apart for the Off
cial Odd Fellow decoration day in 4
proclamation sent out by the grand
lodge of Kansas. 1t follows:
Brothers-In accordance with the re-
quest of the worthy grand sire, who has
designated June 9. 1903. as Memorial
day of our great f~aternal order. I call
upon and request all lodges in this
jurisdiction OF Kansas to observe said
day as a memorial in memory of our
brethren who have fallen out of our
ra INKS and have passed into the grea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-16

WEDNESDAY EVENING. $50;
Grand ball at Knights Of Pytnlas ma nan
in honor of visiting Knights and ladies'.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28
COMMERCE AND cENr1IlrY.
sister Jane Nervous and stopped
Its Sale.

One Of the most interesting pieces Of char.
acter drawing in Hawthorne's work is the
proud old New England woman, Hepzi-
bah, in the House of Seven Gables"
Forced to keep shop, she used to wish that
customers would not come to witness the
fall of her pride and her fortunes. The
Washington Post tells 6 similar story, the
scene of which is laid in Pennsylvania vii.
lage.
Two old spinsters keep . little shop in
which they sell pins and calico and other
'smaIi wares" Last summer a Washington
woman saw a jar of homemade candy in
their window, and bought some Of it, II
was so good that she bought more Of it, and
told all the summer visitors about it. There
was run on homemade candy, and the
jar had to be refilled again and again.
One day the Washington woman called
for some more Of the candy, and was tuld
that the sisters were out of it. A day later
she called again, and the elder sister, with
some embarrassment, said that they were
still out, and recommended that she try
the city-made candy at the drug store. Thu
was not what the Washington woman want.
ed, so after two days she paid third visit
to the shop. Still the candy jar was empty.
Aren't you ever going to have any more
Of it ?" she asked.
The elder sister hesitated in obvious dis
tress.
81 don't think we are," she said, al
length. you see, so many people got to
running IN here asking for that candy, and il
made so much confusion, that Sister Jane
got nervous about it. So we decided not ia
sell any more candy. We aren't going to
keep it after this"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28
HERE AND THERE.

"A growing chicken, like grow
ing animal, requires plenty of good,
wholesome food supplied literally and
often in order to enable them to grow
and mature rapidly and to develop
properly.
If the boil weevil pest il to be
gotten rid of farmers must organize
and go to work Systematically in every
neighborhood. This pest has come to
stay unless heroic measures are taken
to eradicate it.
The boil weevil problem is a seri-
Gus one and until it is settled farmers
should not stake too much on cotton.
The acreage in cotton should be re-
duced next year and the acreage in
other crops increased.
What in the name of humanity
has become of that wonderfully inter-
esting little chap, possessed of more
virtues to the square inch than al
the rest of the animal kingdom COM
bined, the Belgian hare?
Cellars for storing fruit, vegets
bles or other perishable products
should never be under the dwelling:
and especially not under any sleeping
room. There are plenty of good rea-
sons for this that wiz really suggest
themselvee
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28
GREAT SCARCITY OF HORSES.
America supply, Though Large, ID
Not Equal to the Country's
Growing Demand.

We are horse poor-not as some
people are land poor. because they
have too much--but horse poor be-
cause we haven't enough horses.
After the civil war we found our
selves short of horses of the bigger
types and began importing them for
breeding purposes. We imported
them to good purpose and in very
large numbers and greatly improved
the quality of our stock. When cleo
tricity began to haul street cars the
market for the commoner kinds of
horses fell off and farmers didn't
breed so many. When the automo-
biles began to appear and were her
aided as machines that must SUPER
sede the use of carriage horses the
breeders of the better class of horses
took fright.
For years after 1898, too, thousands
of people who wanted horses could
not afford them. But with the return
of prosperity the demand for good
horses began to grow again and
breeders bred more of them, reports
Harper's Weekly. But it takes about
five years to raise a horse that is
fit for the market and the breeders
got behind. The demand has outrun
the supply. The price of good horses
has increased very greatly and inn
ported stations are said to be worth
nearly ten times what they were ten
years ago. The South African war
took great number Of horses out
of the country, including many
worthless ones, but the business of
horse-breeding has revived so much
that we shall soon have again rea-
sonabIy fun supply.
Enterprising farmers nowadays
breed good horses. 1t pays, and
breeding poor horses doesn't pay.
We import horses from Europe for
breeding purposes and from Canada
for use, but of late we have exported
far more than we have imported and
are likely to keep on doing SO. The
annual horse show In New York.
which seems on its surface to be a
frivolous spectacle, really holds. q
highly important relation to one of
the great industries of the country.
1t is the parent of all the American
horse shows, and, with them, con-
stantly measures. stimulates and de
reefs the country's progress in the
breeding of fine horses There are
about 1a.5oO-o0o hors6s in our land,
of an estimated value Of s604 .00o. 900.
The improvement Of that much stock
II > pretty important matter, espe-
cially in these days when Europe is
horse poor, TOO, and ready to take
from ms any surplus ct good horses
lat ~ may cone to have.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28
The Poultry Yerds.

More attention given to the poultry
yard by farmers would add essential.
iy not only to the comfort of them.
selves and families, but also to be ae.
gregate OF their annuaI farm profits.
Without any particular effort or any
extra building or yards, from fifty to
one hundred fowls may be kept on
every farm of twenty acres, and the
contributions they will make in eggs
and chickens to the product sold win
amount in the end to = very hand.
some sum. 1t is true tina. to be made
a source CT profit they must receive
attention, the eggs must be gathered
daily. two or three hens must not las
is frequently the case) be allowed to
sit on one nest, coops must be pro
vided for the chickens as they are
Matched. and they, as well as any 9th.
er domestic animals, must be careful
~ looked after.-Farm and Fireside.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

Prof. w. r. Dodson, botanist of the
Louisiana experiment station, at Ba-
ton Rouge, in recent excellent, prac-
teal article on alfalfa culture in that
state, concludes the same as follows:
"Since the annexation of Cuba in the
near future seems to be almost GER
tainty, we have additional cause to be
casting about for supplementary re-
sources to help make cotton a surplus
crop, especially in the hill lands. 1t is
my firm conviction that nothing will
contribute SO much as alfalfa toward
making the southern farm self-sup-
piled with feed for work animals, for
the production of dairy products and
bome-raised meat. hope every OPP
portunity will be seized for extending
a knoweldgeo of themerits of this most
wonderful crop."-Farm and Fireside
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28
FARMER AND PLANTER.
The Importance of Thorough Educa-
tt0h in Modern Methods to
the Farmer.


This important subject is now agi.
tating the public as never before. The
reality of the farm as the foundation
of industry is now being appreciated
somewhat. The fact that no prosper
| ity can be permanent unless the
farmers are prosperous is now being
admitted.
But the latest and most hopeful de.
velopment is the waking up of the
business world and the educative pow.
| ers and the farmers themselves to the
fact that farming in now a profess
sion. Not only so, but that it is equal
in dignity to other professions. And
still further, that as a profession it is
based upon science and can be taught
and learned as other sciences.
Agricultural and mechanical col.
leges are a success when properly
managed. Scientific farming is a sue.
cess when properly done; and scien-
tific farmers are a possibility and
q necessity and blessing to the
country.
We now have only tens. The effort to
Subordinate the agricultural and me-
cbanical colleges to the literary and
classical colleges is now felt to be a
great mistake. They should stand
by themselves, alone and distinct
Equal in value, they should be equal
in rank with other colleges and uni
versities.
In those states where this is the
case great success is the result. In
those states where the two are try
ing to run together, signal failure
is the result. Georgia stands con-
spicuous in this line. Her agricultural
and mechanical college is complete
failure under the shadow of the uni
versity. This is now generally recog-
nized. But the plea is made that to
separate them will ruin the univer-
sity. We are sorry that our universe
ty should stand upon SO shaky foun-
dation.
Why should the university of a
great state like Georgia be dependent
upon the agricultural and mechanical
fund for it's very life? Georgia is
able to endow its university, and II
should do so at once.
The governor in his first message
recognizes these facts, and suggests
the establishment of an agricultural
high school in every congressional
district. This will not meet the cry
ing demand for an agricultural and
mechanical college de facto.
We need school TO educate farm
ers equal in dignity to schools to ed
ucate lawyers and doctors. We need
college to educate teachers for
these high schools. We need college
to keep Georgia up-to-date in farm
ing. The legislature should look into
this question and provide one. This
can be done easily, for the money for
this purpose has been given by the
United States government; but at
present it is used for running the
University of Georgia, and we are in
danger of losing it because of this
misuse.-Southern Cultivator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28
CD. CHANBERLIN. Md.
or WASHINGTON, DC.

myself well man after months Of
suffering. Fellow-sufferers, Peruna
will cure you."-Dr. Llewellyn Jordan.
Geo. C. Havener, NJ D., of Anacostis,
d. c., writes:
The Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus, o.
Gentlemen-"In my practice have
had occasion to frequently prescribe
your valuable medicine, and have found
its use beneficial, especially in cases of
catarrh. "-George C. Havener, n. d.
If you do not receive prompt and safe
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DIR. Hartman,
giving full statement of your case,
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

Indigestion, congested liver, impure blood,
constipation, these are what afflict thou
sands Of people who do not know what is the
matter with them. They drag along mis-.
sF n.. they apply t. the local
little temporary relief, but the old, tired,
WORKOUT, all-gone, distressed feeling always
comes back again worse than ever, until
in time they become tired of living, won.
der why they were ever born, and why they
are alive unless to endure constant suffer.
ing. To such sufferers there is haven Of
refuge in DR.. August Koenig's Hamburg
Drops, which is wonderful medicine. One
trial viii convince the most sceptical that
any or all of these difficulties may be re
moved and perfect s cure Effected effected, X tax
Get bottle at once, before it is too late.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

California produces % per cent. of the
country's barley, 40 per cent. of the coun-
try's gold, 20 per cent. of the country's beet
sugar, 80 per cent. of the country's rasins,
and from 80 per cent. to 80 per cent. of a
great many other important commodities
California is one OF the largest producers
of beans in the world and the only produc.
er Of Lima beans for commercial purposes
in the United States. California yields
more honey than all the rest of the Union
California supplies nearly all the vegetable
and flower seeds to the markets Of the
world. California sends outside her Dor.
ders 20, 900 900 bushels of wheat every year
San Francisco, the metropolis of California,
is now the sixth city in financial importance
in the United States.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

and 50 shoes are worn by thousandso Of men who
have been paying 81 and s5,not believing they
could get first-class shoe for $3.50 or $500.
He has convinced them that the style, fit,
and wear of his $3.50 and $500 shoes Is just
as good. Placed side by side it is impossible
TO see any difference. A trial will convince.
sn fsusineess tisos sales: 95,O34, 1900
gain OF Sc, SEQ, 450. 40 in -Four Years
w. L. DOUGLAS sa.oo GILT EDGE LINE,
The best imported Gns American feathers. Heurs
Patent Calf Enamel Boz Caif, Calf Wei Kid Corona
Cot, and fatIosn kangaroo. fast Color EgeIets
Caution T ns se anu Sr, ssys W. I
~ Shoes eg MAJ, 25c ertra Mss. Catalo0 free.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

The season for this will soon be
present on every farm, and then we
shall see repeated the usual cruel,
heartrending scenes of mans thought
less inhumanity. Three or four men
and boys, and perhaps yeIping dog,
will lay siege to the doomed animal,
and with much adoo will catch and
throw the beast, which meantime
rends the air with his squealing, as
though crying Justify for mercy; and
when at last the knife has been driven
and the arteries severed, all at once
the quietness of death prevails, the
hog arises, totters about a while,
CHASTITY blood pouring from the
wound. the animal gets weaker and
weaker, and finally tumbles over and
gives his last dying kick. r'he mans
wife and children and perhaps some
of the children of the neighborhood,
have been silent but Mortified wit
nesses of the direful scene. Now is
not this delightful picture to pre-
sent for the inspection of woman and
children? And is it not ennobling to
all who witness it? If there could be
agreaterexhibition of mans apparent
cruelty to animals, and one that is
more likely to create feeling in the
young of disregard for things that
are gentle and kindly, do not know
where to look for it. True; swine
must be slaughtered; but let it be
done in decency. When lad 1 wit
messed swine killing at an abattoir,
and regarded the method so wicked
that / never forgot it, but really it
was no worse than this. The animals
were in a close pen. Three men did
the work. One with hog hook would
catch the animals under the jaw, an
assistant would help him raise the
head up, and the third man would
do the sticking, when the hog was
dragged to a chute and tumbled down
it, kicking and bleeding. A mercifui
way to kill hog is to strike it in
the head with suitable implement,
producing stupor, then instantly use
the sticking knife. This causes in
slant death. An animal suffers more
from fear than il does from death it,
self. A neat, unobjectionable method
is TO drop the open side of a suitable.
long, narrow box down over the ami
NAL and then turn box and animal
upside down when the knife can do
its work and the box be righted
again that the hog can bleed out
properly. Humane men will be apt to
pursue one of these better methods;
indeed many of them do now; but if
they will not, they should be thought
full enough to have children absent
from hog killing, that no evil be done
by bad example.-Progressive Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

graduate of CO.
lumbia College
and who served
{ h e e years at
West Point, has
the following to
say of Peruna:
"Allow me to
express my graft
tude to you for
the benefit de-
rived from your
wonderful REM
edy. One short
m o n t h h a S
brought forth q
vast change and
I now slider
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

The NJ. X. ct. Ry. has well established
Industrial Department, aiding in the selec-
tion Of sites and locations for industries Of
all kinds along its lines. Write il you are in
terested. We will send book, Business
Chances" and any other information want
Agent, NJ. K. & T. Ry, sol Wainwright
Bldg., st. Louis.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

ger can be averted:
CASE NO. 15,741.-Rev. Jacob d.
Van Doren, of 81 Sixth Street, Fond
du Lac, Wis.,, Presbyterian clergy
man, says: "a man or woman who
has never had kidney complaint or
any of the little ills consequent upon
irritated or inactive kidneys knows
very little about what prolonged suf-
fering is. j had attacks which kept
me in the house for days at time,
unable to do anything, and to ex-
press what / suffered can hardly be
adequately done in ordinary Anglo
Saxon. As time passed, complica-
tions set in, the particulars of which
1 will be pleased to give in a personal
interview to any one who requires
information. 1 used plenty of rem
edies, and, ever on the outlook for
something that might check or ben
efit my condition, 1 began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills. This / can con-
scientiously say, Doan's Kidney Pills
caused general Improvement in my
health. They brought great relief
by lessening the pain and correcting
the action of the kidney secretions."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured the Rev.
Jacob Van Doren will be mailed on
application to any part of the United
States. Address Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all drug
gists, price so cents per box.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

The Importance of water In fatten-
ing animals is not appreciated as it
should be. There are some farmers
who believe that hogs fed some Stops
do not need any other water, but this
is an error. No matter how much
slops may enter into the feed of hogs,
they will do better and fatten faster
II they have clean water to drink
whenever they want it. This also APP
plies to all live stock, and especially
to mich cows. Lean and hungry Cas-
sius drank very little water. Falstaf
was heavy drinker of both water
and sack" and other dry wines
Much water stimulates the pancreatic
glands, and these are the glands that
digest fats in men and animalA-
Farm and Ranch
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

Cost Quarter.-Ragged Robert with .
mysterious air)-"T saw your husband
downtown, mum, an ef you'll give me a
quarter I'll tell you what sort Of place
1 saw. him go into" Mrs. Greeneye-
me quick! What was the placer" Ragged
Robert-Ths post Office, mum" Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

An enthusiastic sightseer in London was
telling her friend that she had been for
tunate enough to get good view of Lord
Kitchener. "Ah!" said the friend, II sup
pose he's very bellicose MANI" "Oh, no"
was the reply, quite slim, assure YOU
v SIM
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

Newed-Say, how long does man have
to be married to a woman before she agreeo
with him in everythings
Oldwed-You'll have to ask some one
else, my boy. I've been married only 81
years-Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

proves their superiority
they are worn by more
peopto In all stations OF
life than any other make.
Because W. L. Douglas
tsthe Observation-Disclosures
he can buy cheaper and
produce his shoes at Q
lower cost than other con-
Germs, which enables him
TO sell shoes for $3.50 and
$500 equal in every
way to those sold else
where for "a and S.. 90.
w. l.. Douglas "a 20 re-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28
A LURKING DANGER.

There is a lurking
danger in the aching
back.
Tie aches and paina
of the back tell of
kidneys overworked.
Go to the kidneys
a s S ] S { a n &c when
backache pains warn
you
A kidney warning
should be promptly
needed for dangerous
diabetes - Bright's
disease-are only q
step away.
Read how the dan.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

Great and good are the actions done by
many whose worth is never known.-Hans
Andersen.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-02-28

In addition to through chair car and
Pullman Sleeper service the Frisco Sys-
TEN operates on its trains out Of
Saint Louis and kansas City very
der management of Fred Harvey. These
ears are equipped with every convenience.
including large library observation room
and platform; the former supplied With
easy chairs, writing material, fastest news
papers and periodicals. Electric lights and
electric fans add to the comfort Of the pas
sengers. These trains leave Saint Louis aud
Kansas City daily via the Frisco System.