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The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25
RECLAIM THE WASTE PLACES.
Words of wisdom Directed To Those
Looking Forward to Owning
Farms In the Southwest.

Land has been classed as good and
bad, fertile and infertile, productive
and unproductive. The bad land can
be made good, the infertile can be
made fertile, the unproductive can be
made productive. But why do the
work necessary to reform waste land
when there is enough good land for
every fsrmer farm? This question
was once pertinent; but how is It
now? Farm land is becoming every
year more scarce, and in a very few
years none but refuse lands will be
obtainable, except at prices beyond
the reach of men of ordinary means.
Population is rapidly increasing, inn
migrants are coming in by thousands.
and soon these waste places will be
taken in by intelligent. progressive
farmers and made to blossom like
gardens. There are thousands of
acres in the southwest that have
heretofore been passed by on the
other side," because some needed
draining, some needed irrigation,
some needed terracing, and some
needed fertilizing. but all capable of
being made fertile and productive
when taken in charge by the right
men. Such lands are comparatively
cheap and there are many young ten
ant farmers who would do better to
buy and redeem such lands than to
await the uncertain contingency of
accommodating enough capital by cul-
tivating the lands of other people to
buy far more costly farm. In the
days to come every acre of farm land
and every acre capable of being con-
verted into farming land, will be cul-
tivated. And in many cases these re-
deemed farms will be more profitable
than those that were originally fer
tile.-Texas Farm and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

A pretty ornament for q bay win
dow where plants are grown may be
made as follows: Make strong frame
work for a miniature summer-house.
and cover the roof with straw cut in
equal lengths and fastened on in small
punches. The lower part of the house
may be box. the upper side of which
can be used for a shelf for the pots of
growing plants. The rest of the box
should be covered with punches of the
straw to correspond with the roof
Put pots of vines at each corner, so
that they can climb up the corner posts
and cover the roof, allowing the bunch
60 of straw to. peep through. OF
course, the house must be tall enough
TO give plenty of room for the plants
growing within 1t. Hanging baskets
suspended from the under side of the
roof add TO its beauty.-Housekeeper
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25
FARMER AND PL LANTER.
WHAT CONSTITUTES SUCCESS.
The Successful Farmer IL the One
Who Gets the Most satisfactisn
Out of Farm Life.

The successful farmer is not always
the one who gets the most satisfac-
tion out of farm life. We know some
modest farmers, who have good
homes, containing many conven-
fences, who owe no man. who are as
able to educate their children and at
ford their families many of the home
ly luxuries appropriate to a farmers
home. We also know farmers who
own ten times as much land, and who
have bank accounts that would star
tie the modest farmer first named,
and yet these two farmers could not
exchange conditions without serious
loss to the one first mentioned. AS
society is organized, money is neces-
sity of life, and one must have some
of it or he is at serious disadvant-
age. But money does not constitute
all farmer wants. His fields and
fiocks, his trees and vines furnish him
an abundane of things that are better
than money, as is proven by the fact
that men having money are always
ready to exchange it for the better
things the farmer grows. There is
more rational enjoyment in crate
of Strawberries or peck of Elberta
peaches than in an equal measure OF
gold coin. Men want money because
others want it, and therefore 1t can
be exchanged for things which we
can enjoy. Farmers can get more
pleasure out of life with less money
than any other class of people, be-
cause they get so much of the beauti-
full and good direct from first hands
from natures own hand, and without
money, but with honest, health-giving
labor that makes them all the more
enjoyable. The man who "dwe1Ieth
under his own vine and fig tree" is
held up to our view by holy writ as
one who ought to be supremely hap
py, and conveys the idea of rural con-
tentment, as it existed two thousand
years ago, as it exists to-day, and as
it will exist as long as men must sub
sist upon the bounties of mother
earth. The truth of this doctrine is
not affected by the fact that there
are many farmers who get but little
out of farm life. They may get more
money than satisfaction out of it in
which case they are poor indeed. Or
they may get neither money nor sat
isfaction, because they are out of
place on farms, and should be else
where. 1t requires a well-developed
man. mentally, morally and physical
ly, 10 be a good farmer to find pleas
ure in farm life. 1t can't be done by
a disciple of mammon; it can't be
done by q servant of the wicked one;
1t can't be done by a fool.-Texas
Farm and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

Adrian, MIMI, June lst.-Philip Doyle,
Of this place, says he has found out a med
icine that will cure any case of Kidney
Trouble. As Mr.. Doyle was himself very
sick for long time with this painful dis
ease, and is now, apparently, as well as
ever, his statement carries the confirma-
tion of personal experience.
The remedy that cured Mr.. Doyle is called
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
In speaking of the pills, Mr.. Doyle says:
''In regard to Dodd's Kidney Pills, they
are certainly a wonderful medicine-the
best that / have ever taken.
Il was very bad for long time with
Kidney Trouble and could get nothing to
help me till tried Dodd's Kidney Pills.
81 used altogether about ten boxes, and
l can say emphatically that l am complete
y cured. l am entirely well, without a
symptom of Kidney Trouble left.
Il can heartily recommend Dodd's Kid
ney Pills to anyone who is suffering with
Kidney Trouble, for they made me all right
Il have advised several of my friends to
try, them. and not one has been disappoint-
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25
HERE AND THERE.

Tho latest in packing house
schemes is the establishment of an
Apgora goat packing house in Kan
sas City. The proposition has not yet
gone beyond the preliminaries.
"A farmer should now be careful
about breeding his saddle mares. lie
should select stallion which will not
be too near akin or too violent an
outcross, and be sure that he is reg
istered.
The condition in which farm prod
ucts are sent to market often deter
mines the question of profit or loss.
Although of inferior quality they may
be put up in such nice shape as to
make them acceptable to the dealer.
Try it.
All that an animal consumes be-
yond what is necessary to sustain life
goes to make increased weight or
product; when the quality of feed il
reduced below certain point, the ami
NAL is bound to consume its own It's
sues to make up the deficiency.
N SiCdt uduS SeSpS cdu tc sdNcu
in doing chores if one will only car
ry a little thought with his activeness.
Do all the work that lies in one di-
rection at one time, and that, too,
without retracing the steps. A step
saved means longer lease Of life.
According to the latest mail ad-
vices cotton planting in Egypt 10 gen.
orally completed. Upper Egypt w:H
probably show an increase in area OF
about twenty-five per cent. In the
Delta the area is undoubtedly in
creased, but only by small percent
age.
Tine time to begin feeding pig tc
get the most profit out of it is the
day of its birth. A little attention
to feeding the pig given come six
months ago or so previous would not
be missing 1t so far. If we sish to be
successful swine growers oar first aim
must be to keep the animals healthy.
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after suffering for five long years. am
feeling very good and strong. thank
you so much for Peruna. / shall rec
ommend it to all suffering with the
effects of catarrh, and consider It
household blessing. shall never be
without Pcruna."
For those phases of catarrh peculiar
to summer Paruna win be found efficar
cious.
Peruha cures catarrh in all phases
and stages.
If you do not derive promptand satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,O.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25
TREE PLANTING IN ALABAMA.
Eighteen Hundred Acres to be Plant-
ed to Lob1olly Pine Chest
nut and Oak.

A planting plan has recently been
prepared by the bureau of forestry
for 1,s00 acres of land in Cullman
county. Alabama, owned by Emil Ahl-
richs, and valued at from SIPS to 50
per acre. The planting will be done
in several different localities, but all
in Cullman county. Work will begin
as soon as growth ceases next fall
and will continue through the winter,
except in freezing weather. The first
seasons work will include the plant
ing of loblolly pine seedlings collected
in the forest on tract of $50 acres OF
open woods. Two hundred and eighty
acres will be planted with chestnut
and white and post oak. A seed bed
will be prepared for the raising of
lobloIIy pine for tract of $40 acres,
as it is considered not advisable to
use entirely stock collected from the
forest.
All this planting is based on the
fact that while immense quantities of
loblolly are. being cut in that locality,
there is little or no reproduction on
the land in question, due chiefly to
annual fires set to improve the pas
ture. Mr.. Ahlrichs will have a fire.
patrol system.
1t is purposed also to treat tract
of GAO acres to improve the natural
reproduction by the prevention OF
fires.
Labor may be obtained at SIS per
month, hence the work can be done
at very small cost. 1t is estimated
that the planting will cost only from
So to 50 per acre.
Loblolly pine is to be planted for
the production of lumber, chestnut
for posts and telegraph poles, and
oak for railroad ties.-Farmers' Home
Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25
T0RTURINc
DISFIGURINC
Skin, Scalp and Blood
humours
From PImp|es TO ScrufuIa
From Infancy to Age
Speedily Cured BY CudcuTa
When All Else Falls.

The agonizing itching and burning Of
the skin, as in Eczema; the frishtful
scaling, rs in psoriasis; the loss Of hair
and crusting Of the scalp. ~ in SCALED
head; the facial disngurements. as In
acne and ringworm; the awful suffer-
ing Of infants, and anxiety Of worm
out parents, as in milk crust, letter and
salt rheum,--all demand . remedy Of
almost superhuman virtues TO success
fully cope with them. That Cuticura
Soap, Ointment and Resolvent are such
stands proven beyond all doubt. No
statement Is made regarding them that
is not justified by the strongest evil
dence. The purity and sweetness, tho
power TO afford immediate relief, tho
certainty of speedy and permanent cure,
the absolute safety and great economy,
cures, blood purifiers and humour reno.
dies Of the civilized world.
Bathe the affected parts with hot
water and Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the
surface Of crusts and scales and soften
the thickened cutlcle. Dry, without
rubbing. and apply Cuticura Oint-
mcnt freely, to allay itching, irritation
and Inflammation. and soothe and heal,
and, lastly, take Cuticura Resolvcnt, to
cool and cleanse the blood. This COM
plete local and constitutional treatment
affords instant relief, permits rest and
sleep In the severest forms of eczema
and other itching, burning and scaly
humours OF the skin, scalp and blood,
and points to speedy, permanent and
economical cure when all else fails.
6cjd thrpughcut the vosid Cusurs Rescvent 80. IN
form Of Choeolafs Costed Pa sc- per yisi Of o Oins
msnt soe. soap. 9e. pspcs London, g chssssrhouss
eqs PAM, Rus de h Paxy Boston, ~ Columbus Ase.
foteer Dfsy Ch en-. Corp Sole fropr1s1or.
u3-Ssud fbe "How 70 Cure Every Hunoun~
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25
POINTS ABOUT P1MpLEs.
Sare OF the stomach and Proper
Treatment Of the skin VIII
Prevent Them.

Pimples cannot be cured by lotions
alone. Pimples indicate an excess Of
oil in the skin, which would be thrown
on il the skin performed its proper
functions, says American Queen.
The source of pimple is usually ia
the stomach. A disordered stomach
produces pimples in some and a sal
low skin in others.
Impure blood is due to an impure
stomach.
The greatest care should be given to
diet. and only nutritious food should
be eaten and not too much of that if
the digestion be weak.
Intelligence in eating would 60 q
long way toward helping the stomach
and the digestive organs in their work
Do not put. into your stomach at the
same time milk and lobster, ice cream
and lemonade and other i'll assorted
foods.
Hot water, soap and a thorough
scrubbing Of the skin daily are abso-
lutely essential TO clear skin. A hot
foot bath 10 also very beneficial.
Sulphur has become almost a spe-
cific for pimples. An excellent lotion is
made by mixing together one dram of
sulphur precipitate and one ounce of
best alcohol, Apply to the eruption
several times day. Shake well be-
fore using.
A lotion for oily skins is made of
-
tincture of benzoin. one ounce. Drop
in the benzoin very slowly, stirring
constantly to prevent curdling.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25
WHO BUYS THE FARM.
The Farm Lands of the Country are
Rapidly Passing Into the Hands
of Foreign ImmiGrants.

A glance over the list of recent
sales of country real estate shows
that more and more of the good old
ancestral farms are passing into the
hands of different class of owners.
The names include plenty of such
ending as ski, 'ello, berg. han, sen.
These people are supplanting the ma
tive-bred young men to such an ex-
tent as to completely change the
makeup Of some eastern communi-
ties.
Their purchase of PROPERTY is Of
course not due to any prejudice in
their favor on the part of former
owners, but TO the fact that Jean
Calette or Steve Kalousi is, perhaps,
the only buyer willing to pay any
thing like q fair price. These enter
prising persons have worked a few
years in city shop and laid up sew
eral hundred dollars. Taught by their
experience in overcrowded Europe to
prize the ownership of land, they are
ready to take u farm on easy terms
and work hard to pay for it in full.
They do not despise a location which
happens to be over five minutes walk
from trolley line or more than ten
miles from a city. They expect to
work and save, with great deal Of
help from vigorous, ambitious women
folks and their numerous and docile
children.
Meanwhile the young man, who
would have been natural heir to the
farm, has sold his birthright for q job
whore he can wear creased trousers
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wIDE-AwAKE SALESMAN.
ne Wa Good at Selling Goods, But He
Finally Overdid the
- Forcing Act.

Ahere are some very enterprising
statesmen in this old town." remarked a
young department clerk to a reporter
Tor the Washington Star the other
nay. That new rain coat you have
on recalls to my mind one fellow in
particular who runs an establishment
mere and who takes all the cake and
wnat cold pie that isn't working when
st comes to getting rid of stock" con-
tinued the young man, who always fiaa S
money the 1st and 18th of each month
as result of his connection with the
work of Uncle Sam.
About two months ago / went into
this mans store and paid a little bill
owed him and then started for the
street door, when he stopped me with
pleasant remark. paused with the
intention of being polite and he asked
me III there wasn't something else
wanted. l tried TO assure him there
was nothing wished for, but he
wasn't satisfied. There was nice
looking raincoat hanging on a frame
and that furnished him clew for
fastening it upon me.
This is just what you want he be-
gan, convincingly taking up the skirt
OF the coat 10 show its good qualities.
oifered with him and declared
that had an old one and would have o
make II do for the season. but the fel-
low Kept right after me and finally
oeSan to weaken under his argument.
"A II Il al L
tcmer's last resort and declared that
mad no money.
lie looked at me with an expression
on his face denoting that had wound
eo him deeply in even suggesting that
the financial part of the matter was
any consideration 20 him, and then
said, affably:
That's all right; you're good as
money in the bank with me-
told him l didn't know when
could pay for it, but he declared hat il
made no difference to him if / never
paid for it. He was tired of seeing the
coat hanging around; it was in the way
and took up too much room. 1t might
better be doing some one some good
than hanging around in the store.
could pay him for it whenever / got
ready, and take plenty of time about
1t, too.
We'll, of course, i took the coat.
Wore it home and congratulated my
self on having such good friend in
business here who had so much con-
fidence in me.
Il wore the new coat down to the Of
nee next morning. When / reached nv
desk the messenger told me there was
man waiting 20 see me, so went out
in the corridor. The fellow handed
me slip of paper, and to my intense
surprise and other things, found it
was bill for $25 for that blankety
blank raincoat had walked away with
the night before.
Did l say anything? Well, didn't
say something! / sent word by the
collector that would call at the store
in the evening. When i got there the
proprietor was out, but told his work
ing force what l thought of him in
language both violent and expressive.
Then took off the raincoat and threw
1t on the counter and made the clerk
give me receipt for it. No more of
that mans goods for me-"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25
CHEAP TO COLORADO.

The BuriIngton's Cheap Rates for Sum-
NOR Outing.
Take your vacation in Colorado. Re-
markably cheap daily tourist rates after
June ist, and from July 1st to 10Th round
trip rates are less than half.
CHEAP TO MINNESOTA.
To this beautiful summer region daily
low tourist rates of approximately one fare,
plus 60 round trip.
CHEAP TO CALIFORNIA.
Special half ratesround trip to California,
July Ist to 10th. Low round trip rates
less than one fare from August 1st to l4th.
Write me describing proposed route. l..
W.WAKELEY, G. p. A, Burlington Route,
004 Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

on Consequences of HIS
Daugh ghter's scorn.

"Mr. Smiffkins, your daughter has scornsl
my love!" says the Houston Post.
'.Has, eh."
"She hast"
Funny girl, amt she!"
"Yes, She scorned me! scorned me! And,
Mr.. Smiffkins--"
'Welly"
about that $50. loaned you sometime
back, would like to have it Immediately
Huh, because she scorned you?"
Because she scorned mel"
"Well, lemme tell you, Pm hard up right
now, and"
"No excusesi The money, please!"
"If she hadn't scorned you, you wouldn't
want it, would you:"
"Why-er-no, / suppose not"
"Well, III tell you what I'll do. Ill talk
to her and get her to take back her scorn
till the first of the month"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

every day in the week and ksep his
finger nails white and smooth. With
an idle wife and pug dog he lives in
. little fiat. of which the monthly
rent is equal TO the price of an eacre
of good farm land. He grows hol-
loweyed and nervous. and wears out
young, but the people with the
strange names live and multiply in
the ancestral homes.-American Agri-
culturisf.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

The Four-Track News, with q monthly
edition of $4,000 copies, has steadily in
creasing subscription list, while its system
Canada it is handled by thirty-four news
companies, while the international News
Co. distributes it throughout Europe. For
eign Offices for the reception of subscrip-
tions are maintained at London, South
ampton, Bremen, Paris, Havre, Antwerp,
Liverpool, Hamburg and Genoa, and files
are kept at the Office of every United States
consul and consular agent in the world.
Through the express companies and tourist
agents it is also on sale at upwards of 500
places, embracing 2l0 cities in forty-five for
eign countries.-From Printers Ink.
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All There IL to 1t.

TEL me-" pleaded the artless maid,
"wherein lies the secret of the art of cor
versation?"
The sage affected the attitude he was wont
to assume when in the act of imparting
wisdom, and said
MY child, listen
81 am listening breathlessly she an
Swered.
"Well, my child" he rejoined, "thst--is
the art of conversing agreeably. STRAY
Stories
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

No feminine visitors are allowed to
go through the Cramps yard in Phila-
delphia because every time woman
passes through the shops every one OF
The 1000 workmen raises his eyes from
his work, and in one minute one mans
work for fortnight is lost to his en-
ployers.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

Aching backs are eased- Hip. back. and
loin pains overcome. Swelling Of tho
limbs and dropsy signs vanish. 1
They correct urine with brick dust sedl:
ment, high colored, pain In passing, drib.
bling. frequency. bed wetting. Doan's
Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel
Relieve heart palpitstion, sleeplessnesa'
headache, nervousness, dizziness.
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Lively Occupation

To one unfamiliar with country nomencla-
ture the question asked by the young man
might not seem wholly unnatural
"And were you never in the country dur
ing the season of husking-bees, Mr. S-g"
asked the young lady.
mo. The ideal How do yon husk .
bee. anyway Philadelphia Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

BY means of new system of print
ing called "callitypy," the ordinary
typewriting-machine can be employed
for making the matrix from which
printing types are cast. By specia'
devices the difficulty of bringing the
ends of the lines into vertical adjust
ment and of making corrections has,
Il 10 asserted, been successfully over
come.-Industrial Journal.
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Amateur TheafricaIs.

Mabel (the heroine)-Oh, dear! The
curtain will rise in five minutes. Are
you sure you know your lines?
Jack (the hero)-All except the part
where l kiss you. / think we'd better
rehearse that once again.-N. Y. Jour
nal.
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A War Ont.

"Our rooms look perfectly disgrace
full, and here are visitors coming"
Lets throw things around little
more, and then we can tell them we are
cleaning house."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Few Executions.

Austria is the country most lenient
to murderers. In ten years over 500
persons were found guilty of murder.
of whom only % were put to DEATH
n. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25
Egg. for the suItnn.

During periods of nervousness the
Turkish sultan restricts himself to a
boiled egg diet, because this food can
not be easily poisoned.-N. Y. World.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

1t is no use blowing up folly unless you
build up wisdom.-Rsm's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25
Stops the Cough

Every man is a volume, if you know how
to read him.-Channing.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

"The Klean, Kool Kitchen Kind" ie the
trade mark on stoves which enable you to
cook in comfort in a cool kitchen.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

With q corresponding force of cav
airy and artillery an infantry forcs
5000 strong is being formed b. ~
omperor Of Korea
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One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
hot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25c. Ac.
cept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, NY.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

People who accomplish most make the
least noise.-Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

Some folks" said Uncle Eben, sis busy
because dey hab heap O. work to do an
some because dey wants to git away an go
6shin' '.v-Washington Star.
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There are only two things folks can say
about me which make me mad" said the
philosopher. "One is the truth, and the
other is q lie."-Town Topics.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli
bic medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W.
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yarious Motives.

Some men seek foreign shores for .
rest and some to avoid arrest.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-25

Forbearance is always more heroic than
6ghting.-Ram's Horn.
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Chicago, St. Paul Minneapolis, four daily
trains via the Chicago & Northwestern
Ry