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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03


that 1t paid. But leave one piece with
out any fertilizer and the rest with
complete fertilizer, and you will find
as / have found that the increased
crop will not pay for the fertilizer used.
How then, in the absence of sufficient
amount of stable and lot manure are
we to increase the corn crop? Just as
have said, by the use of short ro-
tation and plenty of peas or other le-
gume crops to furnish you. nitrogen. In
complete fertilizer the nitrogen,
pound for pound, is worth twice as
much as the phosphoric acid and four
times as much as the potash. That is
in low grade fertilizer containing 40
pounds Of nitrogen, 169 pounds Of
phosphoric acid and 40 pounds OF pot
ash, the nitrogen will cost half as
much as the 160 pounds of phosphoric
acid and four times as much as the 40
pounds of potash. In fact about half
the cost of the fertilizer is in the nitro
gen, and In a fertilizer with high
percentage of nitrogen, the difference
will be greater. Corn needs mainly nj
trogen and potash as food. Nitrogen
bought in fertilizer mixture costs
too much to make 1t pay on the corn
crop. Now as nitrogen is most need
ed for the corn crop, we must get it
more cheaply than in q complete fer
tilizer to make it pay. Through the
aid of the legume crops and the Iiber-
al use of the mineral fertilizers on the
legumes we can get all the nitrogen
the crop needs and can not only do
this but can make profit out of the
getting it. That is we can, by using
the phosphoric acid and potash liber-
ally in increasing the growth of le-
gume crop, get large amount of for
age for feeding stock and making the
manure the corn crop especially pre-
fers, and can at the same time leave
in the ground nitrogen enough for the
following corn crop. 1t is this feed
ing of the crop that feeds the stock
and the land at the same time that lies
at the very foundation Of all improve
ment, not only in the corn crop, but in
the productiyeness Of our soil for all
crops. If every hoed crop of corn or
cotton has legume crop preceding it,
and that legume crop is heavily fertil-
lied with phosphoric acid and potash.
it will do the rest Not only this, but
the legume crops increase the humas
in the soil by means Of their roots and
the manure made from feeding the
tops, and the soil is rendered more re-
tentive of moisture and better able to
stand a drought. Thus by a proper
breeding Of the seed, proper prepara-
ton of the soil and proper fertiliz-
ing of the plant we can increase the
corn crop of the south threefold or
more.-W. F. Massey, in Farmers
Home Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

Intensive farming is just the oppo-
site of the ordinary method. 1t is ac-
complished by the free use of stable
manure. supplemented by the use of
the right kind of commercial fertil-
izers, applied to a soil the PARTICLES of
which are made as fine as possible
before planting, SO that the fertilizing
materials win be readily assimilated
by the soil, and then by the plants.
BY intensive farming the yield can be
SO increased that enough will be re-
allied from each acre to make the
cost of the commercial fertilizers a
most satisfactory investment, 1t is
the kind of farming that yields the
most pleasure and the largest profits.
Farm and Preside.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03
selecting the Garden site.

In making selection of an appropri
ate situation for q garden, one should
be chosen which will receive throughout
the day, but more especially in the morn
ing, the full benefit OF the sun. A gen.
tie slope to the south and east is always
preferable The close proximity to
large trees should be avoided. as their
ever greedy roots would absorb the nu-
triment which the vegetables require,
and their shade deprive them OF light
and heat. Vegetables can never be
brought to maturity in aretired or shady
spot A garden should be as near the
dwelling as possible.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03
scoLDlNc SET TO MUSIC,
And It Took the Wagnerian Brand to
Do the Jawing Full
Justice.

In one Of the big One Hundred and TWEEN.
ty-ffth street beer gardens brass band
was playing what purported % be q Wag
merriam selection with positively deafeninl
effect, relates the New York Times. The
good natured people around the taldes had
wisely abandoned all effort at conversation
Not SO with one woman, a shrewish-lookin(
person, who was leaning over table shak
ing her finger at her husband and doing
her best to make him hear the abuse thai
she was evidently hurting at him. Sudden
ly, with one grand blare, the music stopped
and the woman's voice, pitched in q veri
table scream, was heard:
sYou bald headed, sour-faced idiot, III
looked about her in CONSERVATION. Not q
the husband He was calloused to abuse
Picking up his stein he looked at bis wifi
and growled:
"S6ut.up till the band starts sgain."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03
THE WORRIES OF WAsH-DAy
Nay Be Done Away With II Heuses
wives VIII Adopt the Fol.
lowing Suggestions.

In . season remarkable for the
amount of trimming and handwork
on wash gowns, there are still some
women who will not immediate them
selves on the altar of fads and fash-
ions. These are they whose summer
will include relief from the strain Of
keeping up appearances, and instead
of supplying the family with dainty
frocks, berufied and inset with lace.
they are making the most of dainty
collars and the many materials which
do not require ironing, says the WASH
ington Star.
A mother who likes to see her two
little daughters dressed alike In white
and pale colors, has made some sim
pie but dainty frocks of cotton crepe
In white, pale blue and pale pink.
These must not be ironed, but shaken
several times during the drying proc
ess. II made with shirred, round
skirts, they keep their shape admir-
ably, and with pretty berthas or 1880
collars make dainty afternoon frocks.
II these gowns are trimmed with
lace it must be of heavy variety,
imitation torchon or Irish point,
which can be pulled in the process Of
dying. Inserting is better for this use
than edging.
A number of housewives discard t.
blecloths entirely in summer, using
plain, hemstitched plate doylies and Z
centerpiece to match. Tablecloths take
great strength and much heat In iron
ing, while the doylies are mere play
by comparison. Some women go 20
far as to employ paper doylies in sim
ulated Mexican drawnwork or lace.
A June bride included In her trous-
seau what she calls her lazy wom-
ans aprons" each evolved from three
bath towels which she picked up at ten
cents each at fire sale.
Two Of the towels are whipped to-
gether for the apron proper. The low
er fringe is left to form q finish, and
the upper fringe is cut on, so that the
plain mesh above the rough, fuzzy nm
ish can be gathered neatly into band.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03
HERE AND THERE.

But few farmers in the northern
states realize how much fertilizing the
sandy upland soil in Florida requires
to grow paying crops. Such soil, lack
ing humus, requires quick-acting COM
mercial fertilizers.
Dirt in milk makes more undesir-
able butter than all the wrong meth
DDS of working No perfection of
working out buttermilk and working
in salt can secure the proper flavor OF
butter from dirty milk.
Aim to keep hogs for profit; that
is what everybody keeps them for.
Some are doing it, and some are not.
The only way to successfully raise
hogs or to succeed in any other occu-
patton. Is to study and observe the
work.
One of the first requisites Of the
modern farmer is to maintain the fer
tility of his land. His land is like q
bank. The bank will not have any
thing in it unless 1t ic put there. The
soil will give what it has received, and
can give no more.
If you intend to keep sheep for
mutton, select such breeds as grow
rapidly and mature early. Keep your
lambs growing, vigorous and strong.
and don't let them lose day up to the
time they go to market
Comparative tests with potatoes
on light sandy soil Of nitrate of soda
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

inches Of water. Since it was possible
to irrigate my farm from this creek,
provided 1t was properly damned. ]
constructed plank dam similar to the
one shown in cut, stones being used on
either side in retaining banks for some
distance back from the dam.
The stills or bed pieces are six by
eight inches by is feet long, laid every
three feet to sustain uprights and in
clined timbers. The stones are laid for
several feet back of incline to prevent
washing of the sandy soil. Either
timbers or plank floors should be laid
in front to prevent the pitting out OF
the bed Of stream, that will eventually
undermine the framework. Such a
dam may be constructed from any
lumber that may be available.-T. A
Russell. in Farm and Home.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03
CONSTRUCTING PLANK DAM
Any Lumber That May Be Available
Around the Farm Can Be
Used for It.

! have creek of clear spring water
running through my place that tried
for number of years to dam success
fully. Land was SO sandy that it was
impossible to build an earth dam that
would stand the pressure of water.
The stream is swift, running at dryest
time Of summer from eight to II
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

Mr.. Nervey-I suppose you know the OBJ
ject OF my call, sir. To be brief, want TO
marry your daughter
Mr.. Roxley-Eh3 What! I'm surprised
that you should think Of such thing The
idea!
Nonsense! You're prejudiced against
the girl She's all right. Philadelphia
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

sNow, if / were only an ostrich" began
the mean man at the breakfast table, a.
he picked up one Of his wife's biscuits,
"then-"
patient better half Of the combine, sthen
I might get few feathers for that ~
hat I've worn for three or four sessoas. -
0ncinuati Ennuiv~r
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

When society women fail out common
people get some inside information
Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

Aliens FootEasc. Itcurcs painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Drnggists and Shoe Stores.
Don'taccept any substitute Sample FRKK
Address A. q. Olmsted, LIE Roy N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

one Of those 1oatine mines shouId sfrike
the sea serpent.-Washington Tmes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

Fits stepped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kine's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free q trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline. 93l Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

Hewson-That man Scalper has natural
bent toward speculation.
Hume-Yes, and the last time be bent too
far and went broke.-Town Topics.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

The individual sense Of honor which leads
10 duels is not particularly falser than the
national sense of honor which leads to wars.
Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli
Samuel. Ocean Grove. N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

A Chicago man wants divorce because
his vile has been in the habit of hitting him
with books. But if she chose new fiction
there couldn't have been anything heavy
enough to hurt Denver Republican.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

We have walloped England in war, ont
sailed her on the sea, beaten her at rifle
practice and wrested the golf championship
from her. Now, does England play marbles!
Newark News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

A dog IL years old, fat, intelligent and
affectionate, was seized fer the first time
with commissions, without loss Of conscious
ness, when sharply reprimanded BY his
master. After this the animal was taken
with similar attack whenever his master
entered the house, the convulsion taking
the place Of his customary manifestations
of joy.--Albany Argus.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-03

The story Of the sweet girl graduate who
became confused and informed the audience
that Beyond the lips hes Ataly," should
be accompanied with piece of blue rib
bon as an. evidence Of good faith.-kansal
City journal.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-13
passen gers Departed.

For Hilo and way ports, per stmr
Kinau, April 12-Miss Lottie Will
ANS, o Imls, Mrs j V Jakins, L de
l. Ward. Lieut. Geo b Scmidt, Rev
w Ault, M Ii Mack, Fl Kaohi, w w
Bent, Ira A Hatch, 40 Fong, W j
Sells, Leuis Farrell, Al Bell, b J
Neff, Frank Bellistou, Edward Louzi
Chas williams, A @ Lovekip, Mr.
Koki, wife aud 2 children, Mrs Ko-
bsyakaws, Miss N Richard, Mrs L
de l. Ward and maid, w A Ramsay,
r w Sharp, NJ Yamads, A Nawshi,
@ N Weaver, p Peck, Mrs S M
Spencer, 2 children and maid, w 9
Walker, Miss e Frenzy, Miss Sumner
Mrs g Kiedlip, T Mort, t Soms, E
W B,rnard, Alex Young, S Ksnda
and wife, FL Mist.
For Maui ports, per stmr Clau-
dine, april IL Geo Watt, wife and
3 children, Chss F Grapscheid, t
Waterhouse, Mr. Gage, g T Bliss, A
j Mcleod, A Hsneberg, Mrs E Nor
ton and child, FL Riedel, H German,
o II Bybie, Rev Wong Yuk Shing
Mrs NJ A PS, MIRA NJ Spencer and
child, A g Passos, p @ Bruzzle and
wife. P S Schneider, g r Field.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-13

The trade winds have come again
to the Islands, aud so has a fresh
supply OF the 6uest aud purest
liquors in Honolulu to the Sham
rock saloon on Nuuanu street be.
tween Hotel and King. Call there
P O'Sullivsn, proprietor.
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FOR SALE.

$500 HOUSE AND LOT ON
Liliha Street near King. Only small
cash payment received. Apply to /.
WILLIAM SAVlDGE IL co.
2D6 Merchant Stree,
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The Office Of HE INDEPENDENT is
in the brick building next to the
Hawaiian hotel grounds on Bere.
tania street, Waikiki OF Alskea.
First floor.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-13

Kentuesy's famous Jesse Moore
Whiskey, unequalled for its purity
and excellence. On sale at amy Of
she saloons and at Loveioy & Go
,IistEir ltIng aReNts for the Hsw rjj
IslCy da
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LOTS FOR SALE.

an LOTS ct Kalihi (5OxlOO ~,
90 beck rof Kamehameha School
and Kalihi Road.
For full particulars, inquire OF
ABRAHAM FERNANDEZ,
1t Hawaiian Hardware Jo's Store
Fort sc. 2R7R
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Call and inspect the beautiful and
useful display OF goods for pkss'
ents or for personal use aud ado&n
ment.
Z I~-a Building, $50 Fort Street,
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Tor Everybody

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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-07-09
AN Immense Circular Saw.

The largest circular saw In the world
has just been made in Philadelphia. tn
seven feet four inches In diameter, and
will be used to cut pine stumps into shin
gle bolts.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-07-09
INSECTS THAT MAKE sURs.
Something About the Cunningly Com
structed Home Of Fly, Known
a. Rhodites Eglantina.

or course you do not expect to see
chestnut burs ON wild rose bush. but
occasionally. II you are an observant
boy or girl. you will discover some big
round, green growth surrounding the
stalk OF the fragrant sweet briar. that
on account Of their dense covering OF
spiny "prickles" look very much like
burs. But inside you will find that the
resemblance ceases, for instead Of o
shining trio OF fat brown nuts, you will
find series OF compact little cells where
In are curled up. each mite In COM
partment Of Its own. number OF small
white larvae. They secure q SUFFICIENT
amount of nourishment from the walls
OF their tiny chambers. which are COM
posed of succulent matter.
Now when you have discovered that
this funny growth Is not the fruit OF the
sweet-smelling pink rose, you will be In
terested In It as cunningly constructed
home of small insect family. In the
beginning. the parent fly punctures the
sharp thorned stalk Of the plant. and
oviposits numerous wee eggs. Very
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-07-09
CORTELYOU AS CHAIRMAN.
He Is Sure to Handle the Campaign
from Purely Patriotic
Point Of View.

According to expectation, Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Cortelyou has
been selected as chairman of the repub-
lican national committee, and at once
resigned his portfolio. From now on
until the November election he will
give all his time to the management Of
the campaign.
Mr.. Cortelyou, says the Chicago Rec
ord Herald, is not the type of man to be
described as a professional politician"
in the slurring sense of that phrase.
Nevertheless, there is reason to believe
that he is an excellent politician. We
may expect that he will handle the cam
paign from a broader point of view than
is customary, and that he will forbid
any resort to the lower and more dis
reputable methods which political par
ties sometimes have adopted. II the re-
publican party is successful, President
Roosevelt will be in great measure free
from those entanglements which so often
have hampered past presidents as the
result of bargains which their party
chairmen have made regarding the spoils
of office.
In the selection OF Mr.. Cortelyou by
the republican national committee there
is challenge to the democratic party to-
place its campaign on an equally high
plane. 1t is to be hoped that the chal-
lenge will be accepted The result would
be distinct moral bracing of the po-
litical tone of the country.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-07-09

soon great green swelling appears. the
result of drop of tonic-like fluid de-
posted with the eggs, and aided In Its
action by the plants restorative vitality.
Behind these secure walls the minute
eggs hatch into small worm-like larvae.
but 1t is usually quite summer before the
perfect insect called Rhodites eglantina
comes out as winged fly.
This little cerature Is extremely hand
some in appearance. with cleaning me-
tallic green head. iridescent rose and pea
cock blue body and wee amber legs. Its
wings show many bright colors like the
surface of soap bubble. and the little
fellow looks like rich jewel as 1t tits
about on green leaf. This brood pro-
duces late gall in which the larvae hi
bernate through the winter. coming
forth in the spring perfected flies to con-
tinue their gentle, inoffensive life story.
II you gather few OF these gals and put
them in box. not quite air tight. you
will probably soon have little family
Of iridescent flies that will dart about In
search Of their favorite food plant. II
you are quite humane you will place q
drop of water where they can drink from
1t, then give them their liberty. for all
wild things love to ''go free" and these
little flies are without harm.-Albert
Field, in American Agriculturist.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-07-09
WISDOM FROM ROOSEVELT.
Sayings Of the President Which Will
Live Long After He Himself
Has Passed Away.

Every great nation owes to the men
whose lives have formed part of its
greatness not merely the laws they
placed upon the statute books, or the
victories they won over armed foes, but
also the immense, but indefinable moral
influence produced by their words and
deeds upon national character.
Practical politics must not be con-
strued to mean dirty politics. On the
contrary, in the long run the politics of
fraud apd treachery and foulness is
impractical politics and the most prac-
tical OF all politicians Is the politician
who Is clean and decent and upright.
Good can often be done by criticising
sharply and severely the wrong; but
excessive indulgence in criticism is
never anything but bad, and no amount
of criticism can in any way take the
place Of active and Jealous warfare for
the right.
Something can be done by good laws;
more can be done by honest admins
tration of the laws; but most of all can
be done by fiowning resolutely on the
preachers of vague discomfort.
In our political and social life alike,
in order permanently to succeed. we
must base our conduct on the deca-
logue and the golden rule.
Quack remedies OF the universal
cure-all type are generally as noxious
to the body polite as to the body cor
poral.
We must do our duty by the state.
We must frown down dishonesty and
corruption and war for honesty and
righteousness
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-07-09
BIG DOG ATTENDS SCHOOL.
Follows His Little Master Every Day
in Spite Of Objections Made
by His Teacher.

Whoever heard of a dog going to
school?
In Pawtucket. r. L.. there Is a dog
that has been attending school for a
couple OF years. His name Is Prince
Turner.
He goes to one of the grammar
schools.
He is Newfoundland dog-a big
heavy fellow-but his manners and his
disposition are perfectly gentle.
Does he break the rules? Not as
often as his boy companions do In
deed, his department grade is very
high.
Prince Turner belongs to little boy
whose name is Willie Turner, and
when he first began bringing Prince to
school the teacher objected.
But her objections did no good, for
Prince was determined to come with
his little master.
For little while he was as awk-
ward as bull in a china shop; the
aisles were so narrow that sometimes
he had tight squeeze to get through.
And then in his good humor he
would switch his tail back and forth,
which sometimes gave the children
smart slap in their faces.
After a bit, however, he learned how
to get along very nicely in the school.
room.
Princes regular place in the room is
an open space in front Of the teachers
desk.
Occasionally he rises and moves quiet
ly about the room, stopping now and
then to let some boy or girl give him a
pat and a hug.
At recess time In the morning and In
the afternoon he rises and marches out
with the children and takes his recrea-
ton with them, and then marches in.
One day, however, Prince had little
errand to attend to at recess time and
wandered farther away from the school
yard than he expected to. When the
bell rang at the close OF recess he did
not hear 1t. The teacher noticed that
prince was not in line 50 she opened the
| window and rang the bell second time.
| This time Prince heard 1t and trotted
straight back to the yard and found his
place in the line.
One time his master had misbehaved
and was sent to the principal to be pun
ished. Prince somehow seemed to real
ize that his master was In trouble. so
what did he do but march into the prin-
cipal's room-the door had been left
open-plant himself beside his master
and look dangerous.
The principal did not dare to punish
the boy until the dog had been removed.
Perhaps some of you boys wish you
had dog around to protect you when
you have misbehaved and are going to
be punished.
Prince would like to go to Sunday
school, but the superintendent has not
yet made up his mind that It would do
to let big dog in. So the poor fellow
has to wait at the door until Sunday
school is over and Willie comes out
Chicago Inter Ocean.