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The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10
LOCAL COLOR TOO STRONG
Sunday School Girl Works Local He.
tel Into the Story Of
Bethlehem.

Seneca, Nemeh county, Kan, is q thriv.
ing town of almost 3,O00 Travellers
saereto, says the Philadelphia Press, put up
1t The Clifford house, which is real brick
hotel aud is regarded by the permanent
population as the latest thing in the hos
telry line in the northeastern part of the
state. To the children of the town it u
known as The Hotel"
So it was that when a faithful Sunday
school teacher endeavored to fix on the
minds of her small pupils the story Of
the birth of Christ she described how Mary
sn1 Joseph had come into Bethlehem on the
eve OF the first Christmas and found the
INN full of guests. To make it realistic she
ased the simile of the town of Seneca and
explained how it was just as though the
weary travellers had come in from the sur.
rounding country at evening.
Too well she drew the picture, for one
yeung miss was so impressed with the
local color that when the Christmas festi-
val came and the superintendent of the
school asked for the tale of Bethlehem this
young lady started out in this fashion:
Mary and Joseph came to Bethlehem,
but the Clifford house was full"
She got no farther, however, for the
walls of the church rang with the laugh
ter of the audience, which realized that
here was local color with vengeance.
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desirable than : brood sow restIve and /

desirable than brood SOW restive and
more or less cross, especially at the
time when she is nursing her progeny.
1t may be said that it is not possible
to be quite sure when choosing dams
which have not yet been bred as to
whether they will be cross or other
wise. There Is a measure Of truth IN
the statement, Nevertheless, If one is
working from day to day with a litter
of pigs, if possessed of that observa-
tion which the owner or feeder of
swine should have in order to make
marked success of the work, he will
notice difference in the tameness or
wildness Of the members of the same
litter. This of course is the outcome
Of disposition. When quiet DISPOSE
tion is manifested at so early an age,
that disposition is likely to remain.
On the other hand, should the young
sow show marked tendency to shy
ness and nervousness, these things are
also likely to characterize her as q
dam.
AS soon as the brood SOW with her
first litter shows any disposition to
crossness she should be discarded at
once at the earliest convenient time
In addition to the element of danger
that injury may come TO the attend
ant, such an animal is much more
likely to destroy her young by tramp
ling on them, or in some such way,
than SOW with the opposite DISPOSE
tion. 1t should be remembered that
this quality is hereditary. Quietness,
therefore, is much more likely to
characterize young sows bred from
quiet mothers than those bred from
mothers opposite in their disposition.
The Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10
BY PROXY
What the Baby Needed.

II suffered from nervousness anc
headache until one day about year
ago 1t suddenly occurred to me what
great coffee drinker / was and
thought may be this might have some
thing to do with my trouble, so ]
shifted to tea for awhile but was moi
better. II anything worse.
AT that time l had a baby four
months old that we had to feed on
the bottle. until an old lady friend told
me to try Postum Food Coffee. Three
months ago l commenced using Pos
tum, leaving of the tea and coffee
and not only have my headaches and
nervous troubles entirely disappeared
but since then l have been giving
plenty of nurse for my baby and have
large, healthy child now.
Il have no desire to drink anything
but Postum and know 1t has benefited
my children, and hope all who have
children will try Postum and find out
for themselves what really wonder
full food drink it is" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
Both tea and coffee contain quaint.
ties Of poisonous drug called CAFFEINE
that directly affects the heart. kidneys,
stomach and nerves. Postum is made
from cereals only, scientifically blend
ed 70 get the coffee flavor. Ten days
trial bf Postum In place of tea or coffee
wintshow health secret worth more
than gold mine. There's a reason
Get the book, "Ths Road to Well
villa" in each pkG
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10

The approach of the hundredth ami
rersary of George Washington's death
Is noticeable by the increased interest
of Englishmen in the memory of the
most distinguished American. Mr..
Gladstone was accustomed to speak of
George Washington as perhaps the
most perfect figure in history. The bet
ter that his name and fame, character
and career, are known and appreciated
in England the better will be the good
understanding between reasonable En-
glishmen and that portion of the Amer
lean people who still adhere to the main
lines Of Washington's Americanism.
Although George Washington never
saw England, he was essentially Eng
iish in character, and SO clearly en-
bodied the constitutional and liberal
opinion on this side that before long n
national memorial in or near West
minister abbey win probably be an ac-
complished fact.-Arnold White. in
Harper's Weekly.
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uarrOwest Street IN the WOrlA.
The seaport town of Great Yarmouth.
England, contains a street that well
may be considered the narrowest built
up street in the world. This thorough
fare is known as 'Kitty Witches" row,
and measurement gives its greatest
width as Sc inches; the entrance would
seriously Inconvenience stout person.
a. 20 inches are all that is spared from
wall to wall. The advantages of such
pathway are not numerous; the DOS
sfbility of exchanging handshakes from
the window with your opposite neigh
Dor hardly compens&tes for the incon.
venience of his glances should you and
he not be on the most friendly terms.
The town contains many such streets
as "Kitty Witches" they are all called
rows instead of streets, and there are
145 of them, varying in their narrow
width, and extending length of over
seven miles. No none seems to know
just why these streets exist in the form
they do; some claim the inhabitants so
arranged their dwellings as to enable
them to resist the attack of possible
enemy with comparative ease.-John
Russell Davidson, in Woman's Home
Companion.
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The UsefuI DnI,oon.

So far as speed is concerned the dog,
of course, has the advantage, but for
keenness of scent, for the instinct of
finding edible plants and hidden water,
and as a sentinel against every kind of
danger, the baboon is uncqualed. lie
Valiant. an African traveller, gives an
account of a tame baboon which ac-
companied him on some of his journeys.
by his cries." he says, "he always
warned US of the approach of an enemy
before my dogs discovered it. The
dogs were so accustomed to his voice
that they used to 60 to sleep, and l was
at first vexed with them for deserting
their duties. When he once had given
the alarm, they would stop to watch
for his signal, and on the least motion
of his eyes, or the shaking of his head.
have seen them all rush forward to the
quarter which his barks were directed" :"
IN. Y. Journal.
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stop Selling Cotton.

The extreme pressure to sell has pro-
duced its legitimate effect, lowered the
price of cotton. Why will farmers con-
tinue to work against their own in
terest and to the interest Of the specu-
iator? II the cotton had not opened so
early the farmers would not have sold
it so fast and everybody would have
gone on all the same and waited for it.
But just because the hot September
sun opened it, they have rushed it on
the market and caused the price to GO
down. Everyone at all well posted
knows this crop will be very little il
any larger than the last, and that will
make it worth IL to Is cents. Then
why sell SO fast? Let every farmer
hold up selling until the price rises
Dixie Farmer.
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A Suggestive Experiment.

Mr.. Fowler, of Anderson, S. c., has
500 acres in cotton from which he ex-
poets to get 500 bales. On this farm
there are 20 acres from which he ex-
poets at least 40 baales, with q possibil-
ity of 60, This 20 acres was plowed
very deep, and Mr.. Fowler says the cot
ton upon it never knew that there was
any dry spell last spring. ~s
Mr.. Fowler was asked the other day
how he made such crops.
Deep plowing is the main thing"
he said, "and heavy fertilizing comes
next. After you break your land deep
in the winter the rest comes easy.
Take this field here. / opened fur
rows Is inches deep in January, and
put stable manure in the burrows at
the rate of two tons to the acre, and
then covered the burrows. / then let
it alone until got ready to plant, and
in bedding l put in commercial ferti-
lizer at the rate of 1000 pounds to
the acre. Then there was little to
do but let the cotton grow. 1t re-
SSA'Su vOay AttiC PiOWlh6 ouu AOCluSs
We had but little rain, but the cotton
did not suffer day, as the deep plow-
ing had provided plenty of moisture"
The above quotation from Mr.. Fow-
Ter shows that it pays to plow deep in
preparing the land for any crop. It
shows that there is more in the man
than there is IN the land. If the rest
of his farm work had been treated in
the same manner it would have pro-
duced the same results.
The lesson we wish to draw from
the above is that any farmer can
bring his farm up to high state of
production, and that it will pay q
large percent. of profit on the cost of
doing SO. Break deep and harrow fine
in the fall of the year.-Southern Gull
tivator.
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GARNER ANDPLANTER.
THE MODEL DAIRY COW.
'Oints I'm Breeding, Care and Milk
Ing to Insure the Best
Results.

"Our model dairy COW" must moi
,nly be well made, bred and fed, but
are about milking rs WELL Her cali
aould be taken away the second OF
bird day, and fed on whole milk un-
ii after two weeks old. She should
5e milked as early as possible in the
morning, and IL hours later In the
evening, to the minute each time II
possible. She then will always expect
and her making of butter fat be
Uninterrupted. Never speak to or
about her above the ordinary tone of
voice. Use her in a ladylike manner,
and you will be suitably rewarded.
Always strain your milk before sep
arating.
Separate as soon as possible. Qf no
separator. put it in the spring-house
or your best place for the cream to
rise.)
Feed the skim milk to the calves
and pigs as soon as separating is done.
Always have cream receptacles for
the cream.
Cool tn cream as soon as possible
py stirring with the can either in the
cold air or cool, fresh water.
Note-Never put two patches of
cream together until each has been
thoroughly cooled.
Weigh you cream on a good scale,
take a sample and aply the Babcock
test before shipping.
Weigh an test each cows milk ev-
cry week, and when falling below the
standard, part with the COW; and
would pack up my butter by putting
my brand and best package on it, and
standing by it with my name, and then
demanding the top of the market.
However this is another chapter. Be
careful of your young heifers. Give
them small dose of sulphate of mag
nesia morning and evening the week
before calving. If cows show any dan
ger of milk fever, put a drachm of
iodide of potash in her drinking water
pight and morning. and she will be
kept free of this dreaded trouble.
Now, our COW does not object to be-
ing brushed off daily, yet this is not
as absolutely necessary as some other
things. Yet, always keep her clean,
and her surroundings, or you will have
untold millions of bacteria floating
through the air ready to be absorbed
by any warm host, and milk and cream
are the very best absorbents known.
The faint we often detect in milk and
butter Is simply filth. The milking
place should always be clean, sweet
and airy, and free from flies. The
mixer should always keep an extra
auter wrap clean SO as never to touch
the pail or milk unless perfectly clean
himself, and with little whisk broom
TO brush away every particle of dirt,
and some clean water to wash the
udder when necessary. Always remem-
Der someone is liable to drink that
milk, and how would you like your
baby, or sweetheart (if you haven't the
first), to be imbibing filth you have by
your criminal negligence imposed upon
her? Remember, if you have neither,
else is not SO unfortunate
|. c. Wade, in Progressive Farmer.
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MAKING MONEY ON THE FARM.
and See That Nothing Goes
to Waste.

There are very many things that
contribute to this very desirable end.
but We especially desire in this article
TO show you how to increase your
profits by taking care of what you
make. in this southland it is COM
paratlvely easy to make large amounts
of produce, but owing to the errors of
our past education and the wasteful-
ness of our habits, we have not learned
to make the clear profits upon our
marming that we ought to make. We
annually grow in the south about
$100, 100000 worth of corn stalks. These
we have suffered to go to waste al
most entirely. Instead of raising cat
tie to eat the stover that these stalks
would make, we throw away or burn
up the stalks and buy the beef raised
on corn stalks where they do not
throw them away. If the southern
corn stalk crop was shredded and fed
to the southern-bred cattle of good
breeds, the difference in our annual
income would be almost equal to the
money received from the cotton crop.
Another similar waste is found in
the way we handle our cotton seed.
II every pound of cotton seed meal
was fed to cattle and then the manure
properly saved and used, the cotton
seed crop would be almost equal in
value to the lint. But at present we
sell the seed at low prices and buy the
meal made from them at high prices,
and put it into the ground as ferti-
lizer, thus losing about one-half it's
feeding value. Horses, cows and hogs
all do we'll when fed upon cotton seed
meal and corn stover, and by the prop
er use of these every farmer can large
ly increase the net income from his
farm.
Another source of great waste IL
found in the time. the energy, the
horsepower. the hired labor, and the
guano used upon washed and worn
fields with only two or three inches of
scratched soil. All over the south
there are millions of these acres which
do : not pay the expense of cultiva-
ton. Instead of adding to the in
come from the farm, they take away
from the net income. 1t Is worse than
to cultivate such land.
Either put 1t in grass. or let it lie and
grow its own grass. or break it IL or
Is inches deep so that it will pay for
cultivation. Every acre of it would
pay If it was broken Is inches deep
when dry in the fall Of the year, and
properly cultivated
To make money farming, we must
make each acre produce more than the
cost of cultivation. And we must make |
each crop produced upon the farm
bring in net income over the cost of |
producing it--Southern Cultivator.
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what >It Cost. Ch,easo to Keep Dor.

what 1t Costs Chicago to Keep DOGS.
Up to the present time $4,000 dog Ii
censes have been issued in 1899. Before
the season is over it is estimated that
1000 or 5000 more will be taken out,
1t is estimated by the kennel editor of
the American Field that about one out
of every five dogs in the city is provid-
ed with license. Figuring on this
basis the total canine population of the
city is about 100000. A fair estimate of
the cost of keeping dog is rs cents a
week. Taking into account only the
dogs for which licenses are taken out
this would give total of $4,000 q
week. 1t is also estimated that child
can be supported in comfort for as lit
tie as three dollars week. In other
words the money spent weekly in this
city for the maintenance of dogs would
keep nearly $500 children for the same
length of time.-Chicago Tribune.
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Cured Her Rheumatism.

Deep Valley, Pa, Oct. 81 (Special).-
There is deep interest in Green county
over the cure of the little daughter of l. N
. Whipkey of Rheumatism. She was great
sufferer for five or six years and moth.
ing seemed to do her any good till she tried
Dodd's Kidney Pills. She began to i'm.
prove almost at once and now she is cured
and can run and play as other children do
Mr.. Whipkey says:
81 am indeed thankful for what Dodd'a
Kidney Pills have done for my daughter;
they saved her from being a cripple per.
haps for life."
Dodd's Kidney Pills have proved that
Rheumatism is one of the results of dis.
eased Kidneys. Rheumatism is caused by
Uric Acid in the blood. If the Kidneys are
right there can be no Uric Acid in the blood,
and consequently no Rheumatism. Dodd's
Kidney Pills make the Kidneys right.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10
HERE AND THERE.

The southern manufacturers are
cutting their own throats when they
join in with foreign spectators to de-
press the price of cotton.
Too many potato bugs are not
good for young turkeys, or even the
old ones. They pack in the crops and
cause death from irritation.
Begin now and SOW large crops Of
grain and clover and grass. Get cattle
and grow beef and meat. Plant less
cotton and get more for what you
plant.
When sweet potatoes are ripe they
should be dug. Take one and cut or
break it. If the milk dries black they
are not fully matured, but if it dries
white they are ripe.
We call the attention of our read
ers to the fact that now is the time to
diversity crops. Raise more grain
and hay, and feed it to your live stock.
This is the way to make the south
prosperous.
An average cheesemaker can take
good milk and make good cheese, but
it needs no prophet, nor the son of a
prophet, to foresee that dirty, tainted
milk will make poor cheese in spite
Of the efforts of the most successful
An extensive southern cotton
planter says: when we know the me-
gro can make cotton as successfully as
the most intelligent white man, VIII
not put our talent to something better
and let our tenants make all the cot
tom
Much of the so-called cholera
among chickens is lice, roup or indi-
gestion. The chickens attacked with
any of the latter diseases may linger
for several days after they become
sick, but those attacked with cholera
will die within q few hours.
Dealers do not like to buy eggs
that are dirty, and a higher price can
often be obtained for clean onea, as
the buyer judges the freshness of the
egg by its appearance; SO If they look
old, no matter how fresh they may be,
they will only bring the price Of old
eggs.
1T is comparatively easy thing
10 show farmer that he has injured
his land by letting it wash into gull
lies. and farther that the gullies are
,aused by shallow blowing; but is
quite another thing to get that man to
luit shallow pIowing and to learn to
blow deep
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10

Electricity played an important part
In the Arctic voyage of the Fran, DR..
Nansen's stanch vessel. The electric
lights were daily used Oh board, &C.
cording to the Elektroteknisk 1idss-
krift of Christiann, until May, 1885,,
when the wearing out of the gearing
und the fact that portions of the ap-
paratus were needed for making snow
shoes made it necessary to dispense
.~ith the use of tle dynamo, which waa
worked by windmill. Though az
times the accumulators froze solidly,
yet the acidblended ice proved fine
electrolyte. Electricity. 600. fired the
mine shots which freed the Fran from
the Ice fioes.-N. Y. World.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10

Stew one quart of gooseberries in half
a pint of thick sirup until they are quite
soft; press them through sieve, and
then put them into an agate stewpan,
and add soaked gelatine in proportion
to three-quarters of tablespoonful of
granulated gelatine to each pint of
pulp, and stir until dissolved. Remove
from the fire and turn out to cool; add
a few drops of green coloring and,
when cold, but not set, stir in half q
pint of stif1y whipped cream and pour
at once into mold.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10

IF you could have just one wish" !" he
said as they sat in the hammock and
wondered if the people on the porch
could see them, what would it be-"
"Only one?" she asked.
"Only one," he repeated. "Would you
wish for unlimited wealth or fame
or"
II would wish," she interrupted,
shat the moon would go behind .
cloud. Chicago Post.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10
GAINS TH|RTYPOUNDS
MRS. WEBER TELLS HOW SHE WAS
HELPED WHEN DOCTORS FAILED.
ehe Let Her Trouble Become Chronic He.
cause She Hesitated to Consult Her
Observation-Disclosures Of Re-
markable Case.

The natural reluctance which every
woman feels to consult a physician re-
garding troubles peculiar to her sex
caused Mrs. @. Weber, of No. 1885 South
Front street, Columbus, Ohio, to let her
illness run on until it became chronic.
and even the excellent doctor whom she
employed could give her no relief that
was permanent. She gives the follow
Ing details Of an interesting case:
felt the trouble n long time before
went to our doctor, perhaps year or
more. WhenI did consult him he told me
had female trouble. Ifelt sharp pains
through my stomach and could not walk
across the room without suffering ag-
onies which cannot describe. My head
sched SO that it fairly thumped and at
times it seemed that / would 90 crazy.
My stomach became so weak that it
would retain only the lightest food.
Week after week I took the doctors
medicine, but continued to feel worse
and worse. On several occasions I was
confined to my bed for week at time.
My weight decreased to 102 pounds and
seemed a confirmed invalid.
One day read of a case similar to
mine that had been cured by DIR. Will.
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People and.
although did not have much confidence.
] began taking the pills, having already
discontinued my doctors treatment.
While was teking the second box be-
gan to feel little better and the i'm
provement continued until was cured.
In few months had recovered nv
health and strength and weighed 132
pounds. / owe everything to DIR. Will.
bams' Pink Pills"
No discovery of modern times has
proved such blessing to women as DIR,
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
f.cting directly OH The blood and nerves.
invigorating tho body, regulating the
functions, they restore the strength and
health in the exhausted patient when
every effort Of the physician proves un.
sv:iling. These pills are sold in boxes at
tac nts box. or six boxes for s.. so, and
n,e- he had from all druggists, or direct
fn.m DIR. Williams Medicine Co., Sche-
noctady: N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10

Fancy two plants being SO unfriend-
ly that the mere neighborhood of one
is death to the other! Yet this is the
case with two well-known British
plants. These are the thistle and the
rape. If field is infested with this
ties, which come up year after year
and ruin the crops, all you have to do is
to SOW it with rape. The thistle will
be absolutely annihilsted.-N. Y. Her
aid.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10

Berlin has added sign painters to the
daily increasing list of women who
work at mems trades. These women
have served regular apprenticeship.
including gymnastic training, SO that
they will not lose their nerve while
working on scaffolds or ladders. They
wear the gray linen frock and cap that
is the house painters badge as well AZ
his shield from paint.-N. Y. World.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10

Jack-Miss Oldgirl visited every re-
sort on the Atlantic coast in search OF
wealthy husband.
Kitty-Yes; and then married that
poor dry goods clerk. Charley Hopper,
at Atlantic City.
"What else could she do? It was he,
last resort. rt."-Up-to-Date.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10

Brooklyn Belle (weeping) Charlie
has broken of our engagement. Shall
l return his ring by mail?
Hoboken Hoyden-Return nothingl
Do az always have done; exchange the
ring for spoons. and give them 10 your
mother.-N. Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-10

"You don't know much about the city,
dc you?" said the city cousin in his SUI
perior way as he was showing his
country relative around.
"No more'n you do about the farm
was the prompt reply.-Chicago Pest