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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08
| IB|BILIl00N S. GRASS

Agricultural Editors wrote about Il,
Ayr. College Professors lectured about it,
Ayr. Institute Orators talked about it,
while in the farm home by the quiet fire.
side, in the corner grocery, in the village
post-office, at the creamery, at the depot,
in fact wherever farmers gathered, Salzer's
Billion Dollar Grass, that marvellous grass,
good for to IA tons hay per acre and
lots of pasture besides, is always . theme
worthy of the farmers voice.
Then comes Bromus Inermis, than which
there is no better grass or better perma-
nent hay producer on earth. Grows wher-
ever soil is found. Then the farmer talks
about Salzer's Teosinte, which produces
100 stocks from .one kernel of seed, ii #.
high, in 100 days, rich in nutrition and
greedily eaten by cattle, hogs, etc., and is
good for 80 tons of green food per acre.
Victoria Rape, the luxuriant food for
hogs and sheep, which can be grown at
Csc a ton, and Speltz at zoe bu., both
great food for sheep, hogs and cattle, also
come in for their share in the discussion.
JUST sEND loo IN STAMPS
and this notice to John A.. SaIzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, for their big catalog
and many farm seed samples. TX. IL
A Chicago man calls his dog Weinez
because it is the worst dog in the block
Chicago Chronicle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

Gretchen lived In basement room.
With Kari and Wilhelm ana Franz.
Father mother and grandmother.
The baby and Uncle Hans.
But Gretchen played that the dingy home
Was palace, stately and tall.
In which she lived. kindly queen.
With her beautiful princess doll.
She doll was the round of broken chair,
In a single garment dressed;
III Gretchen's eyes II was fair to see,
And she Rugged 1t to her breast.
Her daily portion Of scanty food
To Gretchen was feast:
she played that the bread was turkey and
pie
And ten other things at least.
Dear grandmother was fairy witch.
magic wand her cane,
Which conjured forth the wonderful things
That q palace should contain.
Karl I'd Wilhelm and Franz were kings.
Will paper crowns on their hair
60 Gretchen played and Gretchen dreamed.
And TO her the world was fair.
Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08
It IS IN THE BLOOD
Neither Liniments nor 0intments
Will Reach Rheumatism How
Mr.. Stephenson Was Cured. f,

People with infiamod ana ocn1n8
joints, or painful muscles; people who
shuttle about with the aid Of cane or
crutch and cry, Oh at every slight jar,
are constantly asking, "What IL the best
thing for rheumatism? 2"
To attempt to cure rheumetism BY ex.
ternal applications is foolish waste OF
time. The seat Of the disease is in the
blood, and while the sufferer is rubbing
lotions and grease ON the skin the poison
in the circulation is increasing.
Delaysin adopting a sensible treatment
are dangerous because Rheumatism may
at any moment reach the heart and prove
fatal. The only safe course for rheumatic
sufferers is to get the best possible blood
femedy at once.
Mr.. Stephenson's experience with this
obstinate and distressing affection u
that of hundreds. He says:
about q year ago was attacked by
severe rheumatic pains in my left
shoulder. The pains were worse in wet
weather, and at these periods caused me
the greatest suffering. tried number
of treatments and ointments, but they
failed to alleviate the pains.
Then he realized that the cause must
be deeper and the pain only a surface in
dication. He adds:
AZ had heard DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People recommended as a cure
for rheumatism, and when found that
was getting no relief from applications,
I made up my mind that would try
them. Before the first box was gone
noticed that the pains were becoming
less frequent, and that they were not 20
severeas before. After the second box
had been used up was entirely free
| from discomfort, and have had no traces
of rheumatism SINCE"
The change in treatment proved by
almost immediate results that Mr.
Thomas Stephenson, who lives at No. liz
Greenwood street, Springfield, Mass,
had found the true means for the purin'
cation and enrichment of his blood.
| DR.. Williams Pink Pills are without
| doubt the best of all blood remedies.
They effect genuine and lasting cures in
rheumatism. They do not merely deaden
the ache, but they expel the poison nom
the blood. These pills are sold by all
druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

I, Geronimo, the most notorious of In
dian chieftains, who. with his band ~
renegade Apaches, worried the army and
killed citizens in Arizona and New
Mexico for many years and defle0 the
United States and their authority for
more than adecade, will march up Penn.
syivania avenue March 4 In honor of the
inauguration of President Roosevelt.
With Geronimo will come Buckskin
Charley, the famous Ute; Hollow Horn
Bear, Of the Sioux; Quanah Parker. OF
the Comanches; Little Plum. of the
Blackfeet tribe. and five interpreters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08
BIZ HENRY N. HYDE.
tAuthor of buccaneers" Etc.)

tAutuOT Oh Bucca0eerSs EtC.y
Copyright, 1904 by Joseph B. Bowles)
"Will We lind me tn loan av quar-
ther?" asked old man Hogan. Thank
ye. Now. whin We git thired Az thry-
In to make me pay we back an ar-r-e
jest about ready to cross tn Quarther
off your books. I'll git We to inthro-
duce me to Casey as good rayliable
la-a-d that he kin lind half dollar to
at tin per clint. month wild perfect
safety. I'll git tn half, an out av 1t
I'll pay back your Quarther. Win
Casey gifts anxious for his money I'll
make him recommind me to some
other loan shark that's lookin' for
chance to lind whole dollar. II this
new la-a-d wants more than wan riff
erence I'll send him to see you.
"'Yis,' you'll say, I've lint Hogan
money an he's always paid me back
What ilse kin We say? So git tn
dollar an out av it pay Casey his
half. Workin' along tn same careful
an conservative lines / gradually git
me credit up to tn pint where it's no
thrick at all to borry tin thousand on
me note, backed be tn ricomminda-
lions av all tn feenanceers who have
hilped me on me upward progriss
BE this time they're beginnin' to
talk about saycurities, so l wrap up
bundle av Sunday supplements in
thick brown paper. tie it wild red tape
an seal it wild lot av wax, pastin' a
strip av paper, wild my name wrote on
it, across the knot in tn tape. l take
this down to tn vice presidunt av tn
'Steenth national bank. litthle, bald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08
OTHER FELLOWS GRASS.
It Always Looks sweeter Than That
Growing in the Home
Pasture.

Everywhere we ind people who ara
dissasitfied with their lot. who think
they would be happy if they could only
get somewhere else, into some other
occupation. writes o. s. Marden, in Sue
cess Magazine. They see only the thorns
in their own vacations. the roses1n those
of others. The shopgirl would be an
actress; the cook would change places
with her mistress; the butler with his
master. The lawyer would be a doctor;
the doctor, q lawyer. The farmer be-
means his hard lot, and longs to exc
change his life Of drudgery for the
career of the merchant or the manufac-
turer. The country boy leans on his
plow-handle and looks toward the city
with hungry eyes. II he could only be
free from the slavery Of the farm. he
thinks, wear good clothes, get hold of a
yardstick and stand behind counter!
Happiness, opportunity. fortune-every-
thing, lies yonder. Around him misery.
toll, poverty-nothing desirable. The
city youth, behind counter, or sitting
on a high Office stool, rails at fate for
combining him to the limits OF brick walls
and the dreary details of merchandise
buying and selling Of figuring up ac-
counts. Oh, if he could only go to sea
and travel to distant countries, become
a captain in the navy, or skipper OF
owner of merchant vessel! Life would
be worth something then. But now
How much energy has been lost: how
many lives have been spoiled by this
fruitless longing for other fields. other
opportunities out of reach. What is the
use of signing. OF dreaming of what you
would do. ii you were in somebody else's
place? What is the use of trying to reach
into your neighbor's pasture when you
do not know what bitterness may lie at
the root OF 1t. hidden from your sight;
when you have never tried to develop
or to call out the sweetness and juiciness
which thrive in your own?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

Maxim Gorky. whose arrest in Riga
was recently announced, may be de-
scribed as leader of the Russian reform
party. In his boyhood he was by turns
a shoemaser's apprentice, working in
humanely long hours; an engraver, q
painter of ikons, cooks helper He
was n boatman on the great river high
ways of Russian internal trade. He
worked In quarries. He became bak-
er's boy for S1.50 month. He worked
rs sawmill hand and longshoreman.
His writings are pitilessly realistic in
describing the trials and surroundings
OF the poorest poor, and though they
have hitherto been passed by the censor
as nonpolitical. 1t is not likely they will
be dealt with SO literally in future.
Pjeschkoff is the real name of the au-
thor, who is now Sc years old.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

! Prosperity among Wall street bro
kers has caused a general movement
Tor larger Offices. 1t is estimated that
the leases signed within the past
month by bankers and broAers intend
Ing to move into new Offices will aggre-.
gate an annual rental Of over 50 .000. 0O0
Not for long time. If ever before, has
there been such a general moving into
larger quarters, for, in the present mar
ket boom, financial firms can barely get
men enough to handle their business.
and in almost every active house the
clerks are kept until ten and eleven at
night in order to keep up with the
work
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

hided. dried-up la-a-d, who likes to
make two cints grow where they was
only wan bayfure.
Misther JONES' l say, I have been
very extravagant. Me illegitimate
great-grandfather. j. Vanderfelle-
Croesus, has often seeded me f-r
spendin' so much money. Now
says, 4 am goin' to rayform. Lave
did up all me stocks an bonds. to the
thrifiin' figure av twinty swim million
dollars. in this bundle, an l want you
to sind thin down to grandpa's agint
in New York. Here's q list av tn
stuff / says. Will you please sign
this rayceipt for thim?'
9TH mkt week tn la-a-d In New
York that you've fixed things wild,
sinds back to Misther Jones q rayceipt
for tn stuff, signed wild tn name av
Croesus Along wild it comes letther
sayin' that grandpa insists on sindin'
his notes for tn same amount. You
leave it all wild Misther Jones, whose
ears ar-r-e wigglin' at tn smell av so
much money. Tin da-a-ys lather ye
come back to see him.
".I'm ashamed to say 1t, Misther
Jones, you say, but I can't s.op me
extrayagant habits. I've got to have
fifty thousand dollars right away to
spind in gratifyin' me taste for dia-
mond rings. If you kin find me some
wan who has fifty to lind l will pay
you tin thousand dollars for doin' 1t. :
''Misther Jones thinks that he might
as will have that tin thousand as amy
wan ilse. But he's goin' to be careful
about it. Will We assign me wan av
thin notes yere grandpa stint back?' he
says.
"'Yis.' you say, I suppose must, IL
you insist. But l wouldn't leave grand
pa find out about 1t for anything.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08
Body TO Blame.

!. Judge Mack and the public school AL
tEcrities of Chicago are to experiment
on dozen boys and girls from the ju.
venile court, to determine whether de-
linquency proceeds from pure cussed
ness" or from some bodily defect which
can be remedied. 1t has been noted in
this court, says the Evening Post of that
city. that In nearly all cases delinquent
boys are not in normal condition. Rob-
bling orchards, under this theory, would
be considered an unconscious effort of
the boy to supplement that defective nu-'
triton which in some way has thrown
him on his balance. The physical rea-
sons tempting boy to play hockey"
for swimming purposes are obvious.
Theft of sugar should be considered an
imperative call Of the body for carbon.
DR.. McMillen. Of the child study depart
ment of the public schools, offers these
suggestions as part explanations. DR..
McMillen will make thorough examine
lions Of the youngsters whom Judge
Mack will segregate, and measurements
will he taken before the children are
sent to institutions. Defects will be
noted and treatment given which is best
adapted to cure them. This, it is hoped,
will result in mental cure also. Super
1ntendent Bodine. of the compulsory ed
ucation department of the school system,
says that lameness. defective hearing
and sight, and lack of proper food are
prolific causes of mental deficiency.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

to pay. tn kite comes down. hid-
first to tn ground an busts into
pieces; tn polls git afther you an
Jones an all tn rist av thin, an
ivrybody that reads about 1t in tn
pa-a-pers shakes his hid an says:
What q winderful felly that man Ho-.
gan isl
But they's nothin' wonderful about
It. All we've got to do is to find some
body who's greedy to git rich an make
him believe that you really haven't
got sinse enough to look out for your
own intherists.
"'Wull,' he says to himsilf, here's a
fat duck to pick. It's too bad. ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

F. Marion Crawford, famous author
and traveller. was at & dinner in New
York few evenings ago. and was pre-
sented by the host as Mr.. Crawford to
smartly dressed young woman, who
did not suspect his Identity. They chat
ted for half an hour. and later the host
asked The lady what she thought of his
friend Crawford. .'Oh, so. So" she re-
piled. He's handsome and lazy and
conceited. you know. and all that. but he
strikes me rs being quite shallow aud
sadly lacking in knowledge Of the
world
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

He'd be awful mad at me- ye say, for
bein' so rickliss wild me money
20, thaell be all right, says Mis-
Their Jones. Ye kin trust me. am .
a very discreet gint'
Thin you sign a note for fifty thou
sand. an Misther Jones hands you tn
cash. You hand him back tin Thousand
to pay for his kindness and out We 60
wild forty thousand in bills. TIL rist av
it's easy. Wbin Misther Jones gifts
scared about his forty ye go an make
him endorse yere note for hundurd
thousand, promisin' to pay him back
out av tn proceeds. He'll do II rather
than lose what he's lint We alriddy. an
30 you go on, flyin' we're kite, unthil
wan day there's a stiff breeze blows
cut Az Ii north su' carries away tn
I'll Tbip there's ~ divvle ~ ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08
SALT RHEUM ON HANDS.
suffered Agony and Had to Wcas
Dandages All the Tine-An-
other Cure By Cuticura.

Another cure by Cuticura . told Of by
Mrs. Caroline Cable, Of Waupaca, Wis.,.
in the following grateful letter: My
husband suffered agony with salt rheun,
on his hands, and l had to keep them
bandaged all the time. I'VE tried every.
thing we could get, but nothing helped
Cuiicura Soap, Ointment. and Pills cured
hun entirely, and his hands have been IA
smooth a. possible ever since. l do hope
this letter will be the means Of helping
some other sufferer"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08
billion Dollar Grass.

When the John A. Salzer Seed Co., Of
La Crosse, Wis.,, introduced this remark
able grass three years ago, little did they
dream it would be the most talked of grass
in America, the biggest, quick, hay pro-
Queer ON earth, but this has come to pass.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

DEL" assented Dilatorio. Il would Go
much for lass fair as you are, and
your Dickon is a worthy lad. When
l am at court, / shall bear you both
In mind. What shall the verse tell
him."
why, truly, that" she stood with
pretty head bent ''That-Oh, Master
Dilatorio, what be all these gay birds
a-fying from your metz"
The poor poet gave leap and ran
without s.opping-all the way to his
gate But when be would have opened
the house door. the key WIS missing.
and all searching in pouch and peck.
cts was to no avail. Finally he found
it lying in the path outside the gate.
With all speed he threw open the door
and ran in, swinging the net from his
shoulder as he did so. Alack, it fell
to the floor, a mass of dull brown
cords, with but one bright spot within
the tangle!
Even as he stood painting, there was
a last "pf." and the one remaining
little mick" had flown out at the hole
in the mosquito netting.
But the hour-the hour is still
mine!". gasped the unhappy Dilatorio,
bending to pick up his godmother's
gift. 1t vanished from between his
hands, leaving him with naught but a
slip of paper that seemed to have been
inside. Turning It over he read:
This hours net, the size to hold
Just sixty hicks of time within 1t.
Used as they come, they turn TO gold;
Let slip, none can regain-a minute"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

1.-THE life of an insurance agent" sighed
PREMIUMS, lis full of wormwood and
gal" Il hadn't noticed the wormwood,"
growled the victim.-C Cleveland Leader.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

4 Winter Chautauqua in the Pines.
Commencing March End, 1905, the great
est Chautauqua ever held in the South
will assemble at Citronelie, Alabama. Low
railroad rates have been arranged. For
particulars and copy of programme and
other literature, apply to your home
.. r. R., st. Louis, Mo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

A sunny temper gilds the edges Of life's
blacklist cloud-Guthrie.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

The way of the transgressor is hard
on his friends Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or rotruding Piles.
Your druggist will refund money IL PAzo
OINTMENT fails to cure in 8 to IA days. 5Oc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08
OLD MAN HOGAN

ue Borrows q Quarter and Proceeds 60
Show How to Get Rich Quick
The Kite-Flying Of High Finance
The Thrifty Banker-Gold Brick
Artist to Be Preferred to Stock
Brokers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

NO." remarked the poet, at the
next market but one. ''I could easily
have written a better ode than that
which took the prize, but busy farm
ers, like ourselves, you understand,
have not the time to spare. IN. O.
Times-Democ-at.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-08

Lots of men are bulls in the stock mar.
ket and bears at home.-N. Y. Times.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-18
CONCEALED WEAPONS.

WITHIN THE PAST FEW
months there have occurred here in
Cairo something like a score of cutting
or hooting ARRAYS some of them ia.
tai all of them disgraceful and posi-
BILE of prevention. Perhaps il may be
thought that this KIND of information
ought not TO be given out; we think
that these kind of occurrences ought
to be stopped, and they can be IL the
proper remedy Is applied. The idea
that man should carry a gun. knife
or razor about with him in this part OF
the country, In these days. Is too all
surd for serious consideration. There
Is no remotest excuse for il. and this
Is especially true of the clss of per.
sons most commonly guilty of the q
Tense. men who are al best barely safe
20 run at large without weapons There
Is law gainst this practice-a very
plain One-and The police department
Of this city could do no wiser or better
thing for the community than to round
up good big bunch of these fellows
and then see that their cases received
very thorough application OF this
very excellent law against the carry.
ing Of concealed weapons. We pre-
dict that II would do more to cut down
the number Of such cases as occurred
last Sunday In a down town bunch
lunch room where a uptorions charac
ter pulled big revolver and attempt.
ed to Nil the proprietor's son simply
Tbecause he had been iold toi stop beat
rig a customer and get out Ct the
premises. AN ounce OF prevention IS
worth a pound Of cure.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-18
Catherine,s Generals.

The soldiers to whom Catherine was
Indebted for the glory of the Russian
arms included Rumiantsof. the CON
queror of Kagoul; the savage Kamien-
81, who would bite pieces Of flesh out Of
his men at the maneuvers and who
stripped his prisoners in 80 degrees of
cold and dashed cold water over them
until they were literally frozen; the
Prince OF Nassau-Siegen. who was
beaten by Gustavus of Sweden at Sven
skund: Joseph Ribas, upon whom was
written the unusual epitaph that by
his own wits he became a good general,
an excellent diplomat and even an
honest man." and. most famous Of all,
Suvorof, or Suwarrow This celebrat
ed general, who figures inaccurately In
ByrOns "Don Juan" was never defeat
ed in the field. He was short OF
stature, being only five feet four inches
in height. Suvorof was idolized by his
soldiers. He had implicit faith in his
star, his conceit was unbOunded, and
he behaved sometimes like raving
lunatic. He would come ont of his tent
stark naked and turn somersaults on
the grass. His other eccentricities
were equally amazing At times APP
parently humane and averse TO the
shedding Of blood, on other occasions
he sanctioned the most awful massa-
cres. 1t was his deliberate conviction
that there were only three great gen
erals in the history of modern war
fare-Turenne. Laudon and Suvorof.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-18

When the breeze Is just strong enough
to fill sail without fattenlNs and the
! sun discreet enough to brim the sum
mer girls cup of enjoyment 20 the
verge of color and tan there Is no place
! superior to the shore waters OF Nan
/ tucket. If Blanche Wilmot and Tom
| Howard did not think so in stereotyped
form as they tackled ont from the hotel
dock 1t was all in the vivacity Of their
eyes and voices and motions.
Now, you trim the sail, while l do
the rudder," cried Blanche. "and which
is port and starboard. so can call out,
and what IL down bridge? Susie Mills
Is forever telling me about their down
says it's such fun. And baiiing out
can't we bail out, Mr.. Howard9 We
only stay month at Nantucket, and |
want to learn ii all 81 | can talk too"
MIR Howard" scornfully. I'm Tom
and you're Blanche. Weren't we prop
c2ly introduced at the breakfast table.
not an hour ago, Ard Gidn't that Susie
Mills of yours ever mention that Nan
tucket has no frills? No one can like
down bridges and preserve dignity
NO" doubtfully. Susie didn't speak
of that-Tom, but what is it. and the
rest?"
"Oh, just ducking your head 10 keep
from being knocked overheard by the
boom when it swings around. Its any
thing but fun, can tell you, Blanche.
Some hoatmen are forever lacking
when they're in narrow channels and
that keeps the boom swinging like a
pendulum. And bailing that's when
a boat leaks. You can thank your stars
not to have any Of that
"Pshaw! You're no true sailor" dis
gustedly. ira just love for the boat to
leak. Couldn't we snag something or
or foul a rock or strain seam SO she
would spring leak? 1t would be so
salty. you know. But you didn't ex
plain port.
"Oh. that that's the side one turns
out when driving. think. or maybe |
it's the other side. I'm not quite sure
Just now. But anyway we won't need |
it, They say that and starboard in
battles, you know, when they're going |
on board with cutlasses. But look /
outv' sharply. tYou will spring leak |
sure IL you run into rocks that way"
We'll, how could l help il, Blanche +
retorted, with you chatteringi Il