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Evening journal., 1903-01-27
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Lord curzon is the twenty-seventh
Governor of India.
Billiard experts in Congress Weld
the palm to Senator Mallory.of Florida.
whose work with the cut is of the high
est order. Only Congressman Cochran.
of Missouri. and Congressman Lanham.
of Texas, are supposed to be in his
class, and both concede the Florida
mans superior skill.
James" said mamma ,apprehensive-
ly, have you ever heard Hugh use any
bad words?"
"No'h," answered the little fellow.
Then, We'll yes, / did. too, mamma.
The other day he said git for got"
Tradition is badly shattered in OK
lahoma the other day, when Governor
r.. B. Ferguson appeared on the street
in Guthrie wearing tall black hat.
The head gear had been presented to
the Governor by members Of his STAFF.
and he, therefore, felt called upon to
wear it, but territorial pioneers shake
their heads when they think of the in
novation.
mo, I don't want no dessert today"
said the city councilman.
We've got something you like to-
day" said the waiter.
What's that?"
"A nice junket."
Senator Vest has begun to arrange
his affairs preliminary to retirement
from public life. The senator has de-
cided to make his residence in St
Louis after he leaves the Senate so that
he and Mrs. Vest may be with their son
and daughter. He tells his friends that
his health is fairly good and that his
eyesight has been improved by the
treatment he has received from the
specialists who took charge of his case
last fan.
Sunday school Teacher-Tommy, Tn
glad to hear that you don't read dime
novels. Why is it, though?
Tommy Cos l knows place
where 1 kin get 'em three fer a dime"
In the course of a lecture delivered
in Boston few evenings ago, Colonel
Thomas Wentworth Higginson sur
lprised his audience by saying that in
the early EOS Whittier. the poet
evinced "a strong liking for politics, anc
Evening journal., 1903-01-27

Germany having made her little
grand-stand play and indulged her pan-
sion for swagger. is preparing 20 recog-
nize the right of Yenezuelans to en-
cumher the earth.
Evening journal., 1903-01-27
Aa LoIty d IdeaI IS cIeopatra..

From the New York World.
The Oberlin student who forfeited a
SIS scholarship for two kisses from
a coed was as lofty Of ideal, con
sideling his circumstances, as Cleo
patra when she favored her toast to
Antony with a pearl
Evening journal., 1903-01-27

The Democrats are evidently bent on
showing that Che woods are full iof SEN
atorial timber.
Evening journal., 1903-01-27

Ldito- Bach will not be active in the
senatorial mix-up at Dover for a few
days. He is engaged at the DonnybroolS
fair at Third and King.
Evening journal., 1903-01-27
"Picklu' on the LiItlest Boy"

ANhAAA VII NlAN AlAAANNN DON
Allus lots NV fun:
Us to do IL when at school
Jes' to see him run;
US TO knock his hat off,
NJ kick him in the shins
n skeer him SOS he cu'ud'n't
Hardly stan up on his pins.
Now the Kaiser's at II,
Itohin' for a fight;
Doesn't keer a picayune
If he's wrong or right;
Battin' Nen'zuela round
Like a busted toy
Piekin', like great big kid,
on the littlest boyl
New York Evening Sun.
Evening journal., 1903-01-27
GOAL NEWS.

Tuesday Jan Y,
All 81 coal being delivered orders rapidly
Such old orders this will preference Of $3.50
Broken, Egg, sizes
for delivery day will be filled with Ind
Coal at $15O ton cash. Stove and Nut sizes
Pea COAL Bumnous ky Channel Chips at IS per o
Egg. Coke 50 per
Evening journal., 1903-01-27

In the course of a lecture delivered
in Boston few evenings ago, Colonel
Thomas Wentworth Higginson sur
prised his audience by saying that in
the early EOS Whittier. the poet,
evinced a strong liking for politics, and
Evening journal., 1903-01-27

Sunday school Teacher-Tommy, I'm
glad to hear that you don't read dime
novels Why is it, though?
Tommy Cos l knows a place
where 1 kin get 'em three fer dime"
Evening journal., 1903-01-27

NlIN IVI ~ 'NI''I7'77
SCOTT s. BOVINE, Chemists, 500 Pearl ST., NY
Evening journal., 1903-01-27

mo, I don't want no dessert today"
said the city councilman.
We've got something you like to-
day said the waiter
What's that?"
"A nice junket."
Evening journal., 1903-01-27

If your daughter trusts me, sir
can't you?'
She doesn't care how much
costs, and / do"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10
Notes About Crops That May Par
TALLY Replace Corn,

The corn crop of most parts Of
Alabama has failed. To take the place
of corn there is need for the planting
OF larger acreage of small grains
and other forage crops than ever be-
fore. These crops should be planted
earlier than usual and they should be
fortified with all the stable manure
and lot scrapings obtsinable.
Fall-sown oats at Auburn have
yielded about so per cent. more than
those sown after Christmas. and the
former can be fed several weeks be-
fore the latter are ready. 1t usually
pays to sow oats in the fall, and to
risk the danger of winter killing rath-
er than to postpone sowing red rust
proof until after Christmas. Tho
danger of winter killing can. be re.
duced by a. sowing in October; e,
selecting location protected on the
north by woodland, or on a southern
slope; (3) drilling the seed on well.
drained land in shovel burrows only
half filled in covering the oats; or
~ by leaving the ground rough OF
ridged.-Dixie Farmer.
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PERT AND personal.

George Il. Stuntz, who first discov.
cred iron in northern Minnesota, died
at Duluth in extreme poverty, al
though his discovery resulted in maxi
ing millionaires out of score of other
men.
Ex-senator Jewett, of st. Louis, is
"a years old. Some one asked him not
long ago how old he thought man
should be before retiring from bust
ness. The old gentleman gravely re-
sponded: don't really think man
should keep on after he has reached
the age of 90"
Some residents of Providence, r. l..
were discussing the weight of Gov.
Charles Dean Kimball the other day
and finally began betting about it.
The betting started in barber shop
and eventually pool of SO wagers was
arranged. Then the governor was APP
pealed to and he good-naturedly
stepped on the scales at the state
weigher's Office, tipping the beam at
167 pounds 1879 ounces.
, H1@iASA oOu L<tuCIu8Cs. WIN uiSu ~
Dresden, Tenn, was one of the last,
if not the last, of the wings who Sal
in congress. He was one of Tennes-
sees most powerful orators so years
ago. He fought "Old Hickory" long
and well and stumped the state for
Clay in 1874. He fought for Gen. Tay.
Tor in 1s4S and for Gen. Scott in 1882.
He was in the Thirty-third congress
as wing leader. When he died he was
a republican.
George w. PREMIER, Waterman liv
ing in Pittsburg, for over 20 years has
bad in his possession coin which is
said to be worth $1,000. 1t is Mac
cabean piece and was made 140 B. c.
The coin was given to him by French
man who had picked it up during his
wanderings over the world. A few
evenings ago footpads attempted tc
"hold up" Premier and he believes
they sought to>obtain possession of
the exceedingly rare coin. He has
now put it in a safe place. So far az
is known there is but one other like il
in existence.
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CLEANED ABROAD.

Seven children, 6S grandchildren.
s. great-grandchildren and three
MISREPRESENTATION survive Jo-
hanna Gundel, widow who has died
at Chemnitz, Saxony, aged 90.
Prime Minister Balfour must al
ready be placed among the record
breakers in British politics. In a re-
cent speech he mentioned fact that
came as surprise to nine-tenths of
the public. Hesaid he has now led the
house of commons for longer con-
tinuous period than any other par
liamentary leader of either party
since the day of the reform bill Of
1882.
When Mr.. Tseng, the new Chinese
consul, arrived at his post in New
York there was considerable surprise
that his wife, instead of being small.
footed little oriental lady, is a fair
haired, pink-cheeked, broad-shoul.
dered young Englishwoman. She and
her husband met when he was at
tached to the Chinese legation in Lon.
don. They were married three years
ago and have one child, boy of two
years. The Tsepgs seem to be a very
happy couple.
The famous French geographer,
Elisce Reclus, who is now in his ser-
enty-third year, lives at Brussels in
great seciusion, the only place where
a stranger can meet him being at a
vegetarian restaurant where he takes
his meals. He has been a vegetarian
all his life. and declares that the time
will come when Europeans will looL
on beef-eating with the same horror
that we do on cannibalism. One day
he came to friend pale and agitated
my wife is deceiving me-" he ex.
claimed; and when his friend looked
at him in establishment he added: 81
have surprised her when she was boil
ing my spinach in bouillon."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10
SOIL EXHAUSTION.
what Prof. whitney, Of the Depart.
nsent of Agrieulture, Has to
Say On the Subject.

Prof. Whitney, chief of division OF
soils, United States department. OF
agriculture, makes the following
statement: Il have never in my ex-
perience seen case in which one
could say with any decree of certain
ty, or even probability, that exhaus-
ton was due to the actual removal OF
plant food. 1t is perfectly safe TO
say that the condition of the so-caIled
worn-out soils in the south is due not
to an actual extraction of plant food,
but to the chemical. condition in
which it now is. in which it is una
valuable to plants. and that the re-
storation of the fertility of that land
must be not necessarily in the addi-
ton of plant food to the soil, but in
bringing about such changes in the
physical conditions or in the chemical
combinations as will encourage that
natural weathering of the soil which
brings the plant food into a condition
in which the plant can get its sup
pert"
The authority quoted is high one.
and his words have weight. He knows
Of no soil once fertile that has been
cropped down to such a point that
chemical analysis would not show the
presence of great quantities of plant
food. An unproductive condition of .
field once fertile does not signify that
plant food has been removed by crop
ping to the point of exhaustion, but
that the physical condition of that
field has been permitted to become
bad, or that the plant food in the soil
10 permitted to rest in such chemical
combinations that plants can not use
It. A clear conception Of this fact at
fects our farm methods-if fertility
were eens We shoald sdd Al yequirsd.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10

to produce crops, where as II It II
present we should seek to release IL.
There is no better way of keeping
land fertile than by feeding all crops
upon it, because manure is fertility
pretty quickly available, and we ara
less dependent upon the natural
strength of the soil. More than this,
the incorporation of manure with the
soil furnishes both physical and
chemical conditions, that enable tho
plant to use some of the original soil
elements. But we have a class of
writer's who assume that this is the
only rational way, regardless Of the
fact that the Creator must have In
tended that people eat something be-
sides meat and milk, and that grains,
vegetables and fruits must be taken
away from the farms producing them.
1t that be true it is a narrow view
that is taken by any one urging all to
feed their farm products for the sake
of the lands fertility. Other ways
OF maintaining it are open to us, and
Prof. .Whitney's statement indicates
leading one. Half of the fertility of
the crops now fed on the farm fails to
get back to the land through the ma
nure on account of careless methods.
This is woefulwaste, because the plant
food in it is so readily available, but
it is mentioned to show that many q
stoclman is far more dependent upon
the natural strength. of his land for
plant food than he realizes, and that
which he does in part, and often un-
knowingly, another may wholly do by
keeping his soil in good physical con-
dition through sods and fertilizing
crops without any feeding upon the
farm. The method is unsafe in care
less hands, and good supply of ma
nure is the best key for unlocking adj
ditional soil-fertility; but the chief
need of farmers to-day is to recognize
the importance of good physical
condition of the soil, and to regard it,
rather than the amount of plant food
they may be putting into the ground
or taking out of it.-Farm and Fire
side.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10
POULTRY POINTERS.

kerosene your roost, upper and
under side, once week.
"A hen is in her best condition
only when she is seen industriously
at work.
The scratching room is a necessi.
ty II the best results are to be had
in winter.
Excessive fatness leads to a sus.
pension of egg production, and pre-.
disposes to certain kinds of disease.
DO not allow your litter in coop
to become damp during the rainy
season. Fowls must have dry houses.
One of the greatest drawbacks
with new beginners is the attempt to
crowd so fowls where there is only
room for Is.
IA full egg basket, provided the
basket be large enough, means plenty
to eat and plenty to wear, along with
some luxuries.
Many person puts the moneyinta
fancy buildings and furnishings for
his hen house that ought to go into
fancy poultry.
The best way to manage poul.
try business is to begin with few
hens; keep strict account, and if they
are paying well increase by degrees.
"A good, healthy hen win not al.
low the lice to harbor on her body.
1t is only when they are out of con-
dition that the lice begin to multiply.
Beware of overfat, inactive hens;
they are most certain to be source
of trouble and at best are unprofita-
able stock to keep either for layers u
breeding stock.
1t is estimated that there will not
be one-third as many turkeys to mar
ket this fall as is usually the case.
This means good price for other
kinds of poultry.
ANY breed Of fowls that is care
fully and Systematically bred for egg
production can be made to produce
good layers. But the individual speci-
mems must be bred along the right
line. q.
Almost any kind of hens win lay
in spring and early summer, yet there
ID great difference in this respect.
The nearer we can approach to sum-
mer conditions the more eggs we win
get in winter ~
Remember that the waste from
dressing hen that weighs three
pounds is as great as that from q bet
ter fitted one that weighs i've or six
pounds. Buyers have learned this and
want well-ftted fowls-FArmesr
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This is favorite dessert among the
Welsh and English. Take basin,
preferably a plain one, spread with
cold butter and lire closely with the
crumb or soft part of bread, as if
with suet crust. Fill with any kind
of boiled fruit, raspberries, currants,
peaches, bilberries, etc. Sweeten to
taste, and cover over the top with
more bread. Then put a plate on il
and press down with heavy weight
like flatiron. Set where it will be-
come thoroughly cold; turn out, and
serve with whipped or plain cream
N. Y. Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10
THE TEST OF TIME.

Mrs. Clara j. Sherbourne, Profeo,
sional Nurse of 257 Cumberland St.,
Portland. Maine, says:-
II heartily wish those who suffer
from some disturbed action of tho
kidneys would try Doan's Kidney
Pills. They would, like me, be more
than surprised. My back annoyed
me for years. Physicians who dag
nosed my case said it arose from
my kidneys. When the grip was epi-
demic, was worn out with constant
nursing, and when / contracted IL
myself it left me in very serious
condition. / could not straighten
nor do the most trivial act without
being in torture. The kidneys were
too active or the secrctions were too
copious, and knew what was wrong.
but how to right it was mystery.
1t seems odd for q professional
nurse, who has had great deal of
experience with medicines, to read
advertisements about Doan's Kidney
Pills in the newspapers, and 1t may
appear more singular for me to go
to H. H. Hay & Sons drug store for
a box. But did, however; and had
anybody told me before that it was
possible to get relief as quickly az
i did would have been 10th to be-
lieve it. You can send anyone who
wishes more minute particulars
about my case to me, and will be
only too glad to tell them personal
ly. AS long as live will be Arm
advocate of Doan's Kidney Pills."
Cure Confirmed S Years Later.
"Lapse of time has strengthened
my good opinion of Doan's Kidney
Pills, first expressed in the spring
of 1896. I said then that had any
body told me that it was possible
to get relief as quickly as did I
would have been 10th to believe It.
Years have passed and my continued
freedom from kidney complaint has
strengthened my opinion of Doan's
Kidney Pills and given me q much
higher appreciation of their merits"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Sher-
bourne will be mailed on applicae
ton to any part of the United States.
Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price
so cents per box.
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Sow Grain.

Again we urge our readers to SOW
grain. You can not sow too much
grain. If you do not need it for
bread, you can use it for hay. Wheat
and oats make excellent hay. The
hay crop is short. Hay will be in de-
mand next spring and summer. II
you do not need it for feed on your
farm, you can sell for good price.
There is more money in hay than in
cotton. You can grow eight tons of
hay at less cost than you can grow
one ton of seed cotton. The hay win
be worth from $50 to S120; the cotton
not over $50. Then you get your hay
money in May and June, your cotton
money in October. Your land is made
richer by growing the hay and poor.
er by growing the cotton-Dixis
Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10
w.i.ut. and Cheese.

To make the latter, beat to a cream
one tablespoonful of butter, then add
three tablespoonfuls of cream cheese.
Blend thoroughly, adding little oil
If necessary to make it creamy. Have
ready a quarter pound of English
walnuts. blanched and ground or
chopped fine, and mix with the cheese
paste; season with salt, paprika and
little lemon juice and spread on thin
slices of brown or white bread-N.
Y. Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10

Hello" called Mrs. Cookem, over the
phone, lie this Mr.. Sellem's eroceryr'
Yes, ma'am."
well, you folks sent me cake Of
patent plum pudding and q cake Of imi-
tation coal this morning, for me to try
"Yes, ma'am. And did you wish to or
der some morew
II don't know. You'll have to send
some one down to explain matters. I've
put one cake on the fire and the other in
the oven and l can't tell whether the plum
pudding smell comes from the firebox or
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10

Line q buttered mold with boiled
rice; fill with cold, cooked chicken and
mushrooms fried in butter, adding
enough chicken gravy to moisten,
spread more rice on top and steam one
hour; unmold and garnish with but
ter roses and parsley. Serve immedi-
ately to prevent roses from melting.
.-0ood UteratpyA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10

I'm goin' to be married, father" said
. young woman the other day."
"Veil,. Rachel" responded the father.
so you're goin' to get married! Vot 4
he and who is her,
"Oh. father, he is fine young man, .
6ne young man."
But vat is be and who is hep persist
ed the practical father.
Father. he is fine young man; he il .
hero, reiterated Rachel.
~hero! questioned the old man.
~Vot for beesness is a hero! Maxim buf.
tonho'es is beesness, but vot for bees.
asss u hero!"-N. Y. Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10
frisco System New Observation
CQfe Caps

Ia addition to through chair car and
[uhman Sleeper service the Frisco Sys.
m operates on its trains out OF
handsome Observation Cafe Cars nm
ger management of Fred Harvey. These
sars are equipped with every convenience.
incinding large library observation room
ma platform; the former supplied With
Easy chairs, writing material, fastest news
Hapers ana periodicals. Electric lights and
sIectrIc fans add to the comfort of the pas.
tEsngers. These trains leave Saint Louis and
Kansas City daily via the Frisco System.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10
Old On~

Suads-Fnnnyman tried writing his
2oxes on the typewriter, but had 10 %
fnck to his fountain pen. ~ "
typewriter? ''" nv
American. oi'en' Anus
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The st. Paul CeIend.r ro, ,aoa.

su sheets l0xl5 inches, of beautiful re
productions, in colors, of pastel draw.
ngs by Bryson, is now ready for distribu-
ION and will be mailed on receipt of TWEEN.
'y-hve t25) cents-coin or stamps. Ad-
sdress +. A. Miller, General Passenger
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10
Lipton's Nerve.

a, She-I always heard tea was bad for
He'LOh, it can't be; / ste Tom Upton
says he's coming over again to lift that
cups--Yonkers statesman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10

No Trouble at All.-Mrs. Smith-"Iu
have glass OF orange phosphate, please"
Courteous SalesmanS"Yes, lady; will Won
have 1t sent?" Mrs Smith-"No, / won't
Trouble you. III take it with me. Boston
Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10
ART AND ARTISTS.

Ex-rresident F. L. Patton, of Prince.
ton university, is now sitting TOR his
portrait to John w. Alexander on ar
order from the alumni. The portrait
is to go to the university.
Miss Nellie Hale, daughter Of Ed
ward Everett Hale, is winning fame as
an artist, her work showing charac.
teristic seriousness of thought as well
~ the viRor and finesse of tie psintar
We csnno. control the evil tonsuee al
Others, but a good life enables US to de.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10

Tom-"Our engagement is off," Dick
"You don't say, how's that" Tom "She
got mad because / couldn't explain to her
satisfaction why l loved her more than
other girls. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10

f ev'y man." said Uncle Eben, was
wiilin' to work as hahd as he expects his
mule to work, dar wouldn't be nigh so
much complAipin' in dis worp. WASH.
! iDgton Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10
0pportunitie. ana Rr

opportunities and Business Chances
Never were greater or more attractive
Than now in the. Great Southwest-Mis-
souri, Kansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
II you're interested, write for particulars.
n n. 4 1. Ry, $40 Wainwright Bldg, st.
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81 don't understand" remarked Misa
prettygirl, "how You men can 70 around n
the woods and fields, shooting down Door.
innocent little birds and animsls. y
'Weally, wsally," replied Mr.. WilIieboy,
cam e,,r,nestly, Il don't ether but have 4
to do it this week, don't you howl
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10

Shea woman is a. young as she
looks" He-"Yes; but she amt always
Is young as she thinks she looks. "-Cincin-
natl Enauirer -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
Bile medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
Samuel. Ocean Grove. N. j., Feb. IL. 1900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10

Builds up the system; puts pure, rich
blood in the veins; makes men and wom-
en- strong and healthy. Burdock Blood
bitters. AT any drug store
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-10

Visitor tat lunatic asyluml-I see you
iits.
Superintendent--No, we don't. They
bring them with them.-Chicago Daily