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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-03-25

Miss Matte Henry, Vice. President Of
Danville Art Club, 129 Green St., Dam
Vile, Va, writes:
Dear Mira Pinkham years suneIs
ing with female weakness, Inflammation ana
a broken down system mnde me more auxs
ious to ethan to live, but LydiaE finknamy
Vegetable Compound has restored my healtn
and I am so grateful for 1t that / want every
suffering woman to know what Lydia e Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound VIII DO ZOE ner."
When women are troubled with
irregular, suppressed or painfui men
situation, weakness, leucorrnoea, 81
placement or liberation OF the WOMB
that bearing-down feeling, tndammae
ton of the ovaries. backache: Dioatin8'
Tor flatulency), general debility mar
beset with such symptoms as dizxanes.s
fa;ntness. lassitude, excitability, trri.
liability. nervousness, sleeplessnesss
melancholy. s.all-gone" and "wantrto.
he-IeftraIonen feelings, blues. and hope
Iessness. thew should remember there
1 Is one tried and true remedy. Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ae
once removes such troubles. No other
medicine IL, the world has received such
unqualified endorsement. No other
, medicine has such record OF cures OF
female troubles. Refuse to buy any
other medicine. for you need the best
p Aliqht heart, cheerful countenance.
: and all the charms of grace and beauty
are dependent upon proper action OF the
I bodily organs. You cannot look well
> unless you feel WELL
; Mrs, Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. Her advice and
: medicine have restored thousands u
health. Address, Lynn. Mass.
upemd Succeeds where Others Fan
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WHERE CIGARS ARE MADE.
pennsvlvania Leads-Twice as Many
Rolled in New Jersey as
in Florida.

For many years the competition be-
tween imported Havana cigars and nano
made Key West cigars has been going
on actively, with general belief proba-
bly, that Key West was an important
source of supply of cigars, says the New
York Sun.
Uncle Sam, who is lynx-eyed collect
or of revenue from cigar factories. takes
account in a year of 70, 000 900, 900 cigars.
that being the number of domestic cigars
smoked in a year. The number import
ed from Cuba, the Philippines and other
places of supply is relatively insignifi-
cant.
OF this total the number of Key West
cigars-ins.=ding with Key West >he
whole state of Florida. OF which fey
West, through its proximity to Havana
and its largo number Of Cuban cigar
makers, is the chief producing poiLs--is
$50 900 ,000 In other words, one-twenty-
eighth of the total number OF cigars
made in the United States and smoked
here are Key West or Florida made ant
that number only.
The great cigar making state OF thu
country, Notwithstanding the ignobl'
repute in many quarters of Pittsburl
stogies, is Pennsylvania. which manu-
features in a year nearly 2,OOO.o0o,oO
| cigars. New York makes 1,5O0,OO0,0o
in a year, and Ohio, never very far be
hind in profitable and productive enter
prises, 750,000,000.
The other states of the country ar
practically trailers to these, with the e1
ception of Virginia, which manufacture
in a year 500 ,O00, 900 cigars and is, in fac
the only one of the big tobacco producin
states which makes cigars in large nun
bers. About one-half of the product
Virginia factories is in the form OF chi
roots.
Kentucky, which furnishes an emo
nous amount of tobacco. makes few c
CARS. and New Jersey, which hasno pa
ticular reputation in the cigar lin
makes in a year nearly twice as many
Florida
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-03-25
PROVING GROUND.
Preparations for New Branch Of Army
Service Located in the
Northwest.

Omaha barracks, near Omaha, Neh.. 10
to be converted into the aercnautic Prov
ing ground of the army. modern war
balloon train will be installed there by
Gen. A. W. Greedy, chief signal omcer-
Experiments with air ships and dirigible |
balloons will be undertaken at the new
post. reports the Brooklyn Eagle
permanent plant fer making ana CON-
pressing hydrogen gas will be an inter
esting adjunct. During the last few
years the signal corps has been unaaie
to do any balloon work, partly because
of impossibility to obtain this gas IN
America. Repeated application to scores
of manufacturers who formerly 1pr-
nished it as a by-product have been fu-
tile. although compressed hydrogen gas
is absolutely necessary for rapid and
successful aeronautical work with WA
balloons.
An automobile will be part of the ne"
balloon train, if experiments now pro-
crossing under Gen. Greely's direction
are brought to a successful issue. Wniie
automobiles seem to be unsuited lor
general army transportation In the neid'
the recent tests by the signal corps nave
demonstrated the practicability and ad-
visibility of adopting self-propelied We
hicles for special military purposes-net
only in balloons. but telegraph trains.
Recent experiments in foreign armies
confirm the results.
All great nations have equipped tneir
armies with captive balloon trains. The
individual processes of manipulating
these are strictly guarded as military Sc
crets. OF course, ability to discover the
movements and position of the enemy
is an absolute necessity OF modern war.
This can be accurately accomplished by
an operator in a balloon $500 or 3,0OV
feet above the earth. He can scan the
country round with good telescope and
i telephone at once to his army whatever
he may see. The value of this observa
ton work has been proved already II
the Russo-Japanese war. Experiments
during that conflict in the use OF cameras
| in war balloons for the purpose OF fur
nishing views of the enemy's camps ant
Notifications have not been so success
+ full. At the height at which such pic
, lures have had to be made 1t has proves
, difficult to distinguish Russians iron
Japanese.
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CAUGHT IN THE CURRENT.

II is estimated that Denver will be
called upon to entertain between 10000
and 10000 people on the occasion of the
seventh international convention OF the
Epworth League, which is to be held
July SO, 1905.
The charge for wireless messages to
ships in the Atlantic from any postal
telegraph Office in the British isles Will
be six and one-half pence a word, and q
minimum charge Of six shillings and
six pence. kilograms can be addressed
like this: Zones, Lucania. Atlantic"
Jealous of what he thought undue
favor to another employee, Hugo Heck
elsmuller, an oiler In the works of the
United Railways Of San Francisco, be-
gan putting sand in the machinery Jour-
nal boxes Of the power house machin-
cry. He was caught when he had done
damage to the amount Of $4,000.
After emigrating to New York and
waiting in vain for her SOD Morris and
his friend Benjamin Harrison to for
ward $35 worth of her property, as ar
ranged, Mrs. Bessie Driver. Jewess,
returned to London to prosecute them
for theft. She succeeded in having her
son sent to prison for six months
The steel bridge over the Pecos river
Texas, is a marvel of mechanical skill
and extreme simplicity Of construction
1t Is considerably more than 300 feet IN
height and is 2,1S0 feet long, yet 1t Il
supported by stone pillars so small thai
It seems incredible to beholder tha
they can sustain the enormous weigh
of passing trains. which invariably stoI
on the bridge to allow passengers II
view the structure and the bleak, desc
late surroundings.
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
WINTERING FALL PIGS.
Teach Them to Eat, Give Them
Good, Clean Food, and Feeo
Regularly.

After many years of pig raising ana
feeding / have become convinced tnat
it is a good plan to begin early 10 ieeo
and develop swine. AS soon as tne
pigs are old enough to stir around tns
pen. and begin to look for sometnins
to chew on, say about three weeks vi
age. shut the sow away from them d
little while each day. While the SOW
is out. take a small shallow trough
and put in reach of the pigs. rake a
small quantity of middlings and bran
IN a pail pour scalding water on II anu
stir. Cover for a little time, then sur
in some fresh milk, and sweeten win
a little molasses. Pour this mess IN
the shallow trough and stir the pigs SO
that they will run over the trough.
If they masticate and begin to eat,
Won have scored a point. II not, urn
the sow in and let her clean the trough
Next day try again, and the pigs VIII
| soon learn to eat by seeing the motner
seize the feed with avidity. The odor
of the molasses will serve to aUrace
them to the trough. After the pigs
have eaten all they will, let the SOW
clean up the leavings; feed the pigs
only in a clean trough. Feed the pigs
in the manner described, twice eacn
day. increasing the amount as their ca
pacity enlarges.
Put some shelled corn on the moor
and the pigs will soon learn to eat 1t
Use variety of feed, but increase only
as fast as they will eat it up clean
Feed the sloppy mess warm always
and by the time the pigs are eigh'
weeks old they can be weaned from TIM
SOW without experiencing any check II
growth. BY the time they are thre'
months of age l have very often hat
them weigh 100 pounds, and If crowde'
at six months of age will weigh 200 u
$50 pounds, being ready to market.
1t is always a good plan to Civ
your pigs a variety of feeds. changing
occasionally to improve the appetite
Feed only as much as will be eatel
readily before it freezes in the trough
leo cold feed is decidedly injurious
, Mix in clover and sweet cornstalks I
help enlarge the stomach. Bulk up tn
, mass of feed so that the juices OF tn
stomach can more readily permeate
and thus grow bone and muscle alon
all the days of the pigs life.
, Treat the pigs kindly at all time
and feed regularly. II you feed br
} twice per day, see that they get the
meals at the regular hours as nearly
possible. Give the pigs plenty OF exc
else in the open air, and warm, dI
place in which to sleep. Change IL
, bedding often. If they develop lie
r get rid of the pest at once by mixir
common machine oil and kerosen
equal parts, and applying with brus
II j. w. Clapp. in Orange Judd Farme
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On q burglar arrested in Paris the po-
lice found beautifully executed picture
lin water colors of the house ne had
robbed.
The Liverpool police have stopped
the practice-common thereof can
|vassing for the sale of collins at houses
where q death has taken place.
1t was mentioned in London police
court the other day that burglars In q
jewelry store tested watches, In order
to tell good from cheap ones, by throw
ing them on the floor.
A turner's workshop. with large mo-
tive wheel and dog trained to turn 1t, IL
advertised to be let In the city of Liege,
where one-dog and two-dog tilted carts
and wagons are common.
Married eight years. a German named
Drew has seven sons, all Of whom he
has pledged to the German army. Tho
kaiser has written him letter strong
ly commencing his patriotism.
A London court has decided that any
body may call himself retired gen.
tleman," without being accused of false
pretenses. The decision was in the case
of a vegetable dealer who had borrowed
80 cents as a retired gentleman"
The vicar Of Burgess Hill, England,
announces that when confetti is thrown
on the occasion of weddings at his
church an addition Of $1.25 will be made
TO the usual wedding fee. to pay fol
the trouble OF cleaning the paper away
Afiock of thousand wild geese alight
ed at Nagy-Becskerek, in Hungary. and
could fly no further. It is supposed thai
the birds suddenly passed from mois
into very cold layer Of atmosphere
and their feathers became coated will
Ice.
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SPEAKERS PReDlcAMENr.
Couldn't Shnko with His Right Hand
Because Il Was Performing
Important Service.

One Of the big New York magazines re-
Gently sent representative tc Washing
ton to induce Speaker Cannon to write
q series of articles on congressional at
fairs, says Washington letter to the
New York American. As the speaker left
his seat for his cloakroom, wsere the
magazine man was waiting, one OF the
ends of his suspenders broke IN twain.
He gave his left hand to his caller, while
holding up his trousers with the other,
and asked, dryly and seriously:
Say, you don't happen tn be toting an
extra pair of galluses around IN your
pockets, be you?" :,
The magazine man didn't, and he said
90. Then they both sat down and the
speaker was told what was wanted OF
him.
"No, sir" he said. IT haven't the time,
and if l did have it l am neither a litter
attatorium nor journalisticuih. Sorry
and the interview came to close. Then
the speaker borrowed a pin, and, resum
ing his chair, raped softly with his gave
and said: "The house viii please be il
ORDER"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-03-25
HERE AND THERE.

a reaction in the market condltions
which existed at the opening of the
new year.
Upwards Of $16,O00,OO0 worth OF
nil cake and oil cake meal were ex-
norted from the United States in the
first eleven months of the calendar
year 1904.
The southern cotton planters who
have wisely diversified their crops, and
have hog and hominy' on hand, are
in a position to hold their cotton Tor q
short time, at least, or until there ID
1T is said. sometimes, that'sheep
do not need water, that they can get
all they want in the dew on the grass.
Inst try it and see what mistake
this is. Sheep do need water. and lots
of it: they can not do well If they 90
not have 1t.
The south has a monopoly on cot
ton production, and il she acts with
Judgment will soon be the ricnes'
| section on earth. But IL there is no
| understanding, ard she continues to
raise more cotton than the world needs
it will be the poorest section on eartn
The man who can not get lot o.
comfort out of sheep and lambs surel,
has something wrong about him. Ie
watch them and see how much OF hu'
man nature there is about them Il
woth the study given them. A mar
may learn q good deal about himser
by studying sheep and lambs.
The main object in feeding Is, o
course. to increase as rapidly as pos
sible the size Of the growing chick
and to furnish nutriment and materia
for eggs for laying hens. Neitne
Young or old fowls will keep in
thrifty and growing condition unles
supplied with nutritious food in prope
variety.
Il A national cotton growers ass<
| citation has been formed for the expires
purpose of adopting correct systei
. for the Investigation and rotation
! crops that will prepare the soil fo
. the growing of a paying cotton crol
! II also proposes to adopt measurs
, hooking to the better protection OF II
sectivorous birds.
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ORCHARD GRASS SOWING.
Kentucky Farmer Gives . Little
of His Experience and
Observation.

Seeing an inquiry in your issue OF
January, from Mr.. j. w. Smith about
sowing orchard grass seed, / will at
tempt to give him little OF my ex-
perience and observation.
Il wrote an article several years ago
ON the subject, in this paper. What in
formation / may give Mr.. Smith, Will
be only in regard to Oldham county.
This county, l suppose, produces more
of this seed than any other one coun-
ty in the United States, unless 1t be
Clark county, Indiana. New Zealand
raises more seed than we do, but 1t
does not compare with our seed in point
of vitality or quality. Our seed meets
with a much more ready sale on the
European market than does the New
Zealand seed.
| We SOW our seed any time from jan
uary to April. There is difference Of
opinion as to which is the best time to
sow. but / think February is generally
adopted as the best month as there Is
usually more or less light freezing and
thawing. which works the seed into the
earth and gives it good root. 1t is our
custom to sow on ground that has been
sown in wheat the previous fall; but
in the last few years since wheat has
Ibeen so dull many farmers have aban-
doned wheat, and some are sowing
spripg oats, and then the orchard grass
seed with good results. Some disc OF
plow their corn ground in the fall, and
sow the seed without wheat or oats
Sometimes seed that is sown after
spring oats, is little late to get goot
stand. but a great deal depends upor
the season. My advice would be to Mr.
Smith TO give a shallow cultivation o
some kind before sowing his seed, q
corn ground is usually little rough.
About one bushel per acre is custom
airy in this section.
Some farmers have adopted the Gus
tom of scattering orchard grass on tn
: corn ground during the winter an
about the first of April sow about on
lbushel of spring oats with disc drill
{ and have met with success. l do nc
think il would be necessary for Nj
: Smith to break his corn ground be
fore seeding, but he could risk on
bushel of oats per acre.
We do not practice narrowing nc
4 rolling the ground after seeding.
Farmers in this section depend mol
on this crop than any other for the
maiu support; it is very light to ha
die and the expense Of sowing come
: only every four or FIVE years. l TO
got to mention 10 Mr.. Smith that
alws SOW clover with our orchal
3 grass seed. about one bushel to eigl
or ten acres
u Experience aas taught me that cl
yer gives the seed better weight al
: color and also feeds the soil as
x other fertilizer can do. There is al
q wide difference of opinion as to u
best time to sow the clover, as mu'
y dencnds on the season that follows.
q havs seen both orchard grass and cl
u yer sown in January, February. Mar
= and April with excellent results--N
L. Snyder, Baird, KY, IN Farmel
!, Home Journal
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Dover, KY, Feb. l3th.-(Speciall-Sc
long has Backache been the terror OF the
women of America that the numerous re-
ports of the complete and permanent cures
Of this ailment now being made by Dodd's
Kidney Pills are causing wide. satisfac,.
ton. and not the least remarkable OF
these cures IL that of Mrs. w. H. Am
brose of this place. Mrs. Ambrose says:
II had such pains in my back at times
/ could hardly move and other symptoms
showed that my kidneys were affected.
One box of Dodd's Kidney Pills drove
away all the pains and have never been
troubled since"
Backache is the kidneys first notice
II they eet that help in the form Of
Dodd's Kidney Pills all will be well. II
they are neglected the disease may de-
velop into Diabetes, Bright's Disease OF
Rheumatism
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VALUE OF EXPERIENCE.
One of the Best of Teachers In Com
nection with Advanced
Farm Methods.

have been experimenting . IL
horse farm for Eve years, and by this
time my experience is worth good
deal to me, yet was born and raised
ON q farm, and expect to farm on my
own hook the coming year.
In the first place, believe in deep
blowing; a thorough preparation ana
shallow cultivation is my motto.
rotate every year by putting cot
ton after corn and small grain
break my land as early as l can In
the fall with a two-horse steel beam,
about eight to ten inches deep ana
follow with 4 subsoil, then ! cut 1t up
with a Clarke cO-inch disc rignt-iap
harrow, the best make that Is USED.
In early spring broadcast stable ma
nure with Success" manure spread
| er and then cut the land again WIN
the same right lap. then take one
four and a half 16-inch disc harrow
with two mules and run of my rows
four feet apart, and can run the rows
as straight and more on an average
than with a single pillow and you see,
save time and labor. l set my harrow
for throwing out which leaves a oalK
about four or Ave inches wide. l take
spring with little scooter On II
from an American cultivator and Doll
it on one end Of the tongue behind the
harrow. which splits out this balk and
makes a good place for the man &c
walk. then take a ten-inch shovel
and run in this furrow again WIFE
two mules: in this furrow / put six q
seven hundred pounds of fertilizer
meal. acid and kainit. with guane
distributor which covers 1t at I'M
same time.
Now. you see, am ready to plan
NV cotton and have only used SIN
gle horse to put out my fertilizer.
do think this is one great mistake
among us farmers-we do too mucl
} sincle-plow work. I then take a.
American cultivator with two twister
, which makes a nice small ridge, an
: behind the cuitivator tie with chail
. a Cox planter, so you see l plant an
l ridge all at the same time with wv
|. hands and two mules; one hand walk
!. and runs the planter and the othe
D rides and drives the cultivator. Thi'
e YOU see, saves one hand and one mule
Q and the outfit does perfect work.
!, When my cotton begins coming u
g I run about it with side-tooth hal
row which breaks the crust. | the
s chop out my cotton and leave OF
It stalk in a hill eight to ten incht
II apart, cultivate shallow. using cult
s vator most of the time and with &c
: dressing about June the LIST to the lot
y l make from 500 to $500 pounds
le seed cotton per acre.
e, prepare my corn land very mus
g the same way as l do for cotton, al
e, cultivate altogether with cultivate
b. and harrows. can take two nan
r. and four mules and cultivate 100 acr
in corn very casy.-Cor. Southern U
| tiyatOr.
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READS THE BOOK.
"rhe Road to MELVILLE" Pointed the
Way.

Down at Hot Springs, Ark. the WIS.,
itors have all sorts Of complaints, but
Il is a subject of remark that the great
majority of them have some trouble
with stomach and bowels. This may
be partly attributed to the heavy med
icines.
Naturally. under the conditions, the
question Of food is very prominent.
A young man states that he had SUI
fered for nine years from stomach and
powell trouble, had two operations
which did not cure. and was at last
threatened with appendicitis.
He went to Hot Springs for rheum-
atism, and his stomach trouble go'
worse. One day at breakfast the Walt
or. knowing his condition, suggested
he try Grape-Nuts and cream. which
he did. and found the food agreed WIFI
him perfectly.
After the second day he began te
s,eep peacefully at night, different thar
he had for years. The perfect diges'
t,on OF the food quieted his nervous
svster, and made sleep possible.
He saws: "The next morning l wa
sstonished to find my condition OF con
stipation had disappeared. could nc
believe it true after suffering for D
many years; then l took more inter
est in the food, read the little boo
sTbe Road to MELVILLE and starte
following the simple directions.
81 have met with such results tina
n the last I'VE weeks l have game
e,xht pounds In spite OF hot oatn
which take away the flesh nom any
one. 49,,
"A friend of mine has been enurei
.ured of a bad case of indigestion an
stomach trouble by using GRAPEFRUIT
Food and cresm alone for breakfast.
aThere IS one thing in particular
have noticed great change IN ~
mental condition. Formerly ! coul
hsrd,v remember anything. ana no
ere mind seems unusually acute an
~ssentiye. I can memorize pracdcai'
ANYTHING desire" Name given
postum Co, Battle Creek. Nigh