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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06
The Evil Of Easy Credit.

That people Of moderate resources
are much given to living beyond their
means in the effort to keep up with
their richer contemporaries is q fact
long established. The Massachusetts
bureau Of labor statistics arrives at
this old conclusion by q new route.
In 90 doing, it suggests that to the
extensive employment of credit and
the installment system noral as we'll
as economic unwisdom may attach.
The bureau has gathered figures to
show the uncollectible Indebtedness
Of the people of the state. They are
very large figures. A disregard is in
evidence, amazing in the aggregate
of its results, of the claims of butch
ers, grocers and other small trades
men. 1t is implied in the report that
to the spreading of the installment
business to an extreme much of this
evil Is traceable. Credit has become
30 easy that the responsibilities of
debt are more lightly regarded. AS
against traders, too, who merely keep
books an immense advantage for col
lections rests with dealers who hold
contracts with forfeiture of goods as
one of the penalties of missing regu-
lar payments. The argument is not
against the installment principle.
More often than not the system Of
part payments is a great help. It is
. special providence to many young
people starting at housekeeping. 1t
has assisted In the building of count.
less homes. These accomplishments
Justify its maintenance. But, re-
marks the New York Press, that the
system is abused there can be no dis
pute. Extravagance loses its warn
Ing face when it is represented by q
small sum per week or per month";. in.
stead of large sum cash down.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06


my first stomach trouble began
back in 1885," writes minister In
Nebr., resulting from hasty eating
and eating too much. found no re-
lief from medicine and grew SO bad
that all food gave me great distress.
1T was that sore, gnawing, hungry
feeling in my stomach that was so
distressing and became a sick man.
Grape-Nuts was recommended as 9
food that could be easily digested.
Leaving the old diet that had given
me SO much trouble. began to eat
Grape-Nuts with little cream ana
sugar. The change effected in "a hours
was truly remarkable, and in q few
weeks was back to health again.
my work a. minister calls me
away from home . great deal, and re.
Gently l drifted back to fat meat and
indigestible foods, which put me again
on the sick list.
$50 went back to Grape-Nuts and
cream and In four days was nut
right again. The old dun headaches
are gone, stomach comfortable. head.
clear, and It is q delight to pursue
my studies and work.
"Grape-Nuts food is worth more
than money to me. and hope this
may induce some sufferer to follow
she same course / have.'
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Greek. Mich
There's . reason
Read the little book. ssTho Roo1 -
Wellvills." n pkGx
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06
Falliere's Anecdote.

Among the numerous stories being
told of the new French president is
one relating to banquet at which he
presided. A piece of money dropped
from his pocket, and q neighbor said
he thought it was a two-franc piece.
Let it be-" M. Fallieres replied: at
will be good find for the waiter"
and he whispered to that Individual
to look out for the money. Later on
NJ. Fallieres was seen by his neighbor
to let a two-franc piece slide down
gently on to the floor. He explained
to his friend that he had found that
he kept only coppers in the pocket
from which the piece supposed to be
two-franc had dropped. and so, in or
der not to disappoint the waite, had
dropped on the floor what was really
two-franc piece. He thought lie had
not been observed.-London Tele.
graph.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06

The predictions on the wheat crop
Of 1906 range from 700,000,000 to 740.-
O00.0 90 bushels. These are based on
acreage and on condition at the pres
emit time, when a large part Of the
crop is harvested. In 1901 the crop
was las, 1000. 900 bushels. This is the
only time that wheat has passed the
700 900. 900 mark. The yield for 1906
IL certain to be next to the largest
ever gathered. AS corn gives prom
Use to break all records in magnitude
the American farmer continues to be
In clover.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06

With the promise this year of one
of the largest grain crops the country
has ever known there is room for in
terest in the reports from other To-
calities. A fair yield is predicted in
most of the wheat-growing regions of
Europe, but as the output is never
large enough for old-world consump-
ton it is clear that the prospect is
good for heavy importations as usu-
al, and the United States will be the
main source of supply. This is the
general situation, and 1t should help
to promote stability here, for big
grain crops and large exports OF
breadstuffs are among the influences
that guarantee prosperity.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06
HE ARRESTS ADEFAULTER.

Policeman Barney Flynn was on re-
serve duty when the captain sent for
him. The policeman sighed, knocked
the ashes from his pipe into a cuspi-
dor, put the pipe away and laboriously
rose from his chair.
Some FELIX'S been maxim throuble
fr himsilf," he said, AN FIR me. It's
a Shame that he sh'u'd be so lackin
in sinse as to shpoil a po-lisman's
r-rest be committin' crime"
He found well-dressed, prosperous
looking man closeted with the cap
tain, and the latter lost no time in ex-
planning the nature of the business In
hand
Flynn" he said, "this is Mr.. Bax-
ter, whose confidential clerk default
ed few weeks ago, and has been In
hiding ever since the shortage was
discovered. You remember the case,
of course. Well, Mr.. Baxter has just
received reliable information that the
man secretly returned to his home
last night, and is there now. Here's
q warrant for his arrest, and l don't
want you to come back without him.
Mr.. Baxter will 60 with you to identi.
fy him."
Policeman Flynn took the warrant
and turned to Mr.. Baxter.
"A despicable crime" commented
the latter, bitterly. He had been
with me for years. and I always had
been his friend. l trusted him i'm
plicitly."
"F'r sure" said Policeman Flynn.
but without any enthusiasm. Then,
as he picked up pair of handouts,
he added: "'Tis best to take tn
bracelets along, fr they ma-ay be
handy.
A carriage was waiting, and as
Flynn and Mr.. Baxter rolled along
the latter voiced his indignation.
You can't trust anybody these
days." he asserted. "The young men
are utterly unreliable. They all want
to live beyond their means, and in
order to do it they naturally have to
use another mans money. It's the
age of high living and consequent de-
falcations."
"Mebbe it's So" assented Policeman
Flynn, but there do be la-ads I've
thought was honest"
Honest when there's nothing they
can steal" grumbled Mr.. Baxter
"Why. taught this young fellow all
that he knows about business gave
him his training-and you'd think
that gratitude alone would make him
faithful to me-"
Sure ye w'u'd," admitted Police
man Flynn. "'Tis a fine thing, is
gratichude, whin ye don't ha-ave fr
to feed family on it."
Mr.. Bakers indignation did not
permit him to note the sentiment I'M
derlying this remark.
81 have advanced him steadily" he
went on, "and with increased RESPONSE
bilities have given him more money
until at the time he stole from me
he was receiving $500 a year, and
intended to make it $3.50 next year."
Eight hundred dollars year." re-
peated Policeman Flynn, redectively,
IAN iv coorse We thrusted him with
money"
Certainly. He's had as much as
$4,000 or $4,000 in cash in his keep
ing frequently, and practically all the
money that came In or was paid out
passed through his hands. Why, he
began with me as an office boy, and
had absolute confidence in him.
liked him, too. l gave him $25 for
a wedding present when he was mar
ried three years ago."
AN we give him $500 year." said
Policeman Flynn again, as he thought
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06

lessly tangled the handouts in his
pocket.
Don't do that" exclaimed Mr.. Bax-
ter, irritably. "It annoys me-"
'Ye're not tn only wan that's made
nervous be tn clink iv thin things"
retorted the policeman in a tone that
made Mr.. Baxter straighten up sud-
denly and inquire sharply what he
meant.
..'Niver a thing" answered Flynn,
conciliatorily. 81 wasn't thinkin' iv
what l was sayin'. Me mind was on
shtory | wanst hear-rd Nv a hungry
ma-an. Ohio! it's a shtrange story,
an most like tbs wan iv tn fa-able
kind that has no thruth in thin, but
1t kind Nv come to me now. I'll tell 1t
to We"
At first Mr.. Baxter was inclined to
protest, but he thought better of It,
There was still some distance to go,
and the story might prove amusing,
while his thoughts were not.
"Ye see," said Policeman Flynn,
''there was a hungry Lad come to tn
door iv house an asked FIR a bite
to eat.
care ye honest ma-an?' says tn
woman Nv tn house.
ct am says tn ma-an-
"'Thin,' says tn woman, III give
ye bowl Nv porridge-a fine la-arge
bowl-an' a shpoon, an whin we've
TUX three shpoonsful out Nv tn bowl
bring tn r-rest iv it back to me. fr
I'm thinkin' I'll ha-ave use fr it.
Twas a hazard Job. but tn ina-an
brought TIL r-rest Nv it back, an TIL
mkt da-ay he come to her wanst
more. She give him tn great bowl
an tn shpoon ag'in an toll bin e.
aa-arne AZ befoor' an be was ohttII
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06


Fat girls who are inclined to drink
vinegar and eat pickles in the hope
of reducing flesh may take warning
from the fate of Annie Gross, a 25-
year-old st. Louis woman. She was
"stout" and had been dieting to re-
duce her flesh. She ate no meat or
heavy food and neighbors gave the
Information that she had made q
practice of eating from dozen to
two dozen sour pickles day and
drinking from half a pint to pint
of vinegar every "a hours. Sudden
death came to her Sunday evening
when she had left party of her
friends to get drink of water. At
the autopsy physicians found the in
ner walls of the stomach almost COM
pletely eaten away. The cause of
death was given as 'hemorrhage of
the stomach and acetic poisoning"
due to pickles and vinegar. 1t is
easy, says the Chicago Sun, to see
how such results would naturally
come more quickly to stomach that
was deprived Of other classes Of food.
A similar condition has often been
found In the stomach of men who
were small eaters and habitual drink
ers of large quantities of hard cider.
The stomach is not proper recepta-
Gle into which to pour quantities OF
strong acid.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06

PushIna cape 70 Cairo Linz.

In . report in the London Times e
q stated that the Cape to Cairo rail-
way In South Africa has been opened
20 as to rum over the Kafue river on
. bridge which stands on Is spans,
each 100 feet, with pillars resting on
. bed 16 feet under the water. Ka-
fue river is 266 miles north Of Victoria
falls, and the distance from Caps
Town il 1908 miles. The railroad,
however, is now at Broken hill, 345
miles beyond the falls, the line having
been pushed on while the bridge was
building over the Kafue river.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06
Miss RICKA LEOPOLD, 1877 Main
AVA street, Menasha, Wis, 6ecy Lied

MISS RICKA LEOPOLD, Isl Mar .s1.
erkranx, writes:
ssThree years ago my system was II
. terrible rundown condition and Wa
broken out all over my body. began
TO be worried about my condition and I
was glad to try anything which would
relieve me.
"Peruna was recommended to me g
. fine blood remedy and tonic, and ]
soon found that It wdS worthy OF praise.
"a few bottles changed my condition
materially and in short time I was
all over my trouble.
lowe to Peruna my restoration T.
health and strength. I am glad to en-
dorse it
Pe-eu-na Restores Streagth.
Mrs. Hettie Green, R. B. Q, Iulka, m
writes: ST had catarrh and feltmiserac
BILE. began the use of Peruna ana
began to improve in every way. NY
head does not hurt mo 20 much, my
appetite is good and am gaining IN
flesh and strength"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06

Many attempts have been made t.
ind an anfailing supply Of pearls. The
Chinese, 1t IL said. have solved IN
their own way the problem OF how to
make q mussel lay pearls. Five OF.
six small beads, made of mother-of-
pearl and strung together by . thread
are dropped at the proper season into
the open mouth of the she'll Two
years later the mussel. when recov-
eredfi is made to disgorge the beads
now covered with . pearly crust, In
distinguishabls' from the naturally
made pearl.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06

An eccentric member of the British
parliament who died recently endeavs
ored vainly during q quarter Of cen,
fury to get passed into law = bill for
preventing persons from standing ont
side windows while cleaning them.
During his last session the old fellow
complained to colleague that his OBJ
ject in introducing the bill had been
quite misund erstood by the house for
these Is years. II introduced the
BILL" said he, mot for the sake Of the
window cleaners. but for the sake Of
the people below. on whom they might
fall. The idea Of the bill was suggest.
ed to me by the fear that = window
cleaner might fall on myself"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06

Tusoo 0S0PS SottOt0 OTOUl0OJes
Capt. Shannon has been cultivating
pears, grapes. pecans and figs near
Ocean Springs. Miss. and they have
been profitable. He has cultivated the
Champion grape, which grows in large
lunches. fruit medium size, vines are
prolific. He has found a ready sale
for his grapes In New Orleans, FIRE?
quently selling eight-pound baskets at
IS cents. The Italians of New Orleans
buy the grapes and make them into
wine. Capt Shannon has realized IA
high rs 5000 per acre for his Champion
grapes. That is certainly high per
cent. on the investment. He also cul-
tivates the Herbemont for manufac-
turing wine. The Scuppernog grape il
another variety that IL noted in the
iG eg. Gimp ghfimnatacuruf5kL
south for its great abundance and free
dom from disease. The Scuppernong
II prolific, long-lived and very profit
able grape. and yet 1t is seldom found
In the country home.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06

over In Morocco the sultan's troops
save recently been parading with the
heads of the pretender's followers
.trck on their bayonets. 1t looks as
tnoneh the prstender would be like
= to advance his own interests by
ceasfng to pretend and going into
some other lire of business.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06

Vetch and alfalfa should not be sown
on the same land. Alfalfa should al
ways be sown alone. 1t will make an
the land can support.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06

ton a. on = late or 1eAg.jolnted cot
ton. Besides the factors Of short Joint
and low fruit limb. the fruit limbs
especially the first limbs, should be
long -continued in growth, for . max
imum yield in short period Sf time.
They should not stop after growing
two or three bolls, but should continue
to grow bolls. In buying seed the
farmer should demand Of the dealer or
seed breeder that the cotton be OF thia
character. and when seed are thus
bought the purchaser can know den
nitely that he is getting an early. rapid
fruiting and productive cotton.
In the average seed cotton only ten
per cent. of the seed are of the early
variety. The seed from the short.
jOinted limbs will produce . much
larger quantity of cotton per acre than
the long jointed. This fact should in
duce the planters to incur more ex.
pense to obtain the latest improved
seed. The fruit on the short jointed
cotton plants are sufficient to make
one and one-half bales per acre while
that on the 80 per cent. poor stalks
was only sufficient to make one-third
bale per acre at the time of counting,
which was 80 days from the date of
planting. II by proper seed selection
rs per cent. of the stalks could be
made as good as the ten per cent.
stalks in this case the grain would be
one and one-half bales.
These Investigations show another
fact that IL instructive, and that is,
that the large boil and thick hull cot
tons are storm proof, since the burrs
do not curl backward and leave the
locks unsupported. The thin hull cot
tons curl completely backward, open
ing, and the cotton falls out by its own
weight or from winds. An earlier va
riety Of cotton is about the only thing
that will head on the weevil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06
Concerning Education.

Young Graduate You SAINT teach al
old dog new tricks.
Paterfamilias-Nor new dos old
ones-N Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06
Feeding MoIasses to Horses.


There IL an immense waste Of sweets
IN the great sugar mills, and how to
use that waste has been ably discussed
by Prof. Dalrymple. of the Louisiana
state university, and the economy OF
his discoveries has been Endorsed and
applied to feeding Of the mules that
cultivate the sugar cane. One of the
sugar mills that had to feed several
hundred mules annually paid between
$4,000 and $4,000 for oats alone,
Since the test of feeding resulted ia
vorably no more oats are brought from
the north, but homegrown grains and
molasses have been substituted, and
the expense of feeding reduced so per
cent. This was q wonderful saving to
the sugar mills, and farmers who had
an opportunity to buy the blackstrap
molasses at very small cost.
Prof. Walton, chemist of Fiji sugar
estates. says: That for working horses
the sugar In cane molasses is q salts
factory substitute for starchy food, be.
Ing readily digested and Transformed
into work. That Is pounds of cane
molasses can be given daily to . 1870
pound working horse with advantage
to the health of the animal and to the
efficiency of his work. That it pro-
duces no undue fattening, and that the
high proportion of salts in it has NO in.
furious effect.
The Sofa Bean.
A correspondent in Tennessee
writes: In regrad to sowing sofa
beans. the best way is to let them get
almost ripe, for II you let them get too
ripe you viii lost most of them. They
will pop open. Then take your binder
and cut them like wheat and shock
them. Let them stay in the shock
until you think they are dry enough
to shred and run them through q
shredder. Then you have fine lot of
hay, and your beans are not knocked
to pieces like q thresher does them.
Be careful that your beans. do not
yet heated, as this may spoil them for
seed. The beans are good for all
kinds of stock. They are among the
best grain for laying hens and, will
fatten hogs very fast. A mule win do
good work on them. Some horses pre-
fer sofa beans to any other food. They
are hay and corn, both.
By the way, II wou want them for
hay, SOW the sofa beans broadcast,
putting about one bushel per acre.
Cut when in bloom. Be sure and put
your land In good TX. Cultivate 1t well
before you put your sofa beans in. Do
not cover too deep.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-09
TRUST GETS CARTER PLANTS
Lead Monopoly Absorbs Omaha, Chi
cREO and Milwaukee Concerns
for Five Million.

The Lead trust has cousummated the
purchase Of the three plants Of the Carter
White Lead company was the unequivo-
cal announcement of a prominent Omaha
business man to The Bee yesterday. This
Is straight" he added. The three plants,
at Omaha. Chicago and Montreal are con-
sumed in the deal and I think the price
was s5OO0OO0 though Of the exact figures
won't be sure
Il cannot say whether the trust will con-
tinue to operate the Omaha plant. but my
Impression is II will, and II may turn out
to be good thing for Omaha.
"I happen to know the Independent COM
pany made the best fight It could against
being absorbed by the trust. but found it.
self unable longer to withstand the pres
sure. It was a case OF knuckles down and
the small ones couldn't hit from taw."
President +. j. Cornish is not In the city
just now, but when here last week denied
the deal had been made. A similar denial
was made about the same time In the New
York Commercial, but the Omaha business
man claims TO have undeniabe information
the transaction is now complete.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-09
MUTINY IN NEW YORK HARBoR
Fireman ON Board Steamer Massa-
chusetts Killed as Result of
Revolver battle.

NEW YORK March S.-A mutlny in
which one life was lost occurred today on
board the steamer Massac chusetts which
was lying at it's dock at Brooklyn.
James Slocum, fireman was killed
during a revolver battle on the steamers
decks. IN which the steamers hremen were
ranged on one side, and opposing them
were the ships officers and members of the
crew Sounds Of the lighting caused
reserve Of police DO be hurried to the
steamer, but the firemen who had started
the trouble had been driven into subsnis-
sion before the police arrived Six men,
bers OF the crew We're arrested, as were
also First Ohicer Albert j. Evans and
Fourth Oficer Elmer II. Kerwin. All
were held as witnesses. Kerwins home
is I'm Baltimore Md. The mutiny has been
brewing. according to the officers OF the
Massachusetts,, ever since the vessel left
Cardiff Wales. February 3. The hreraen
we're the chief disturbers II was alleged
making continual complaints about their
food.
The crew, however, sided with the ON
GERS During the voyage from Cardin
there were almost daily fist fights on the
pers of the two opposing factions The
wrangling continued until after the Massa-
chusetts arrived in Brooklyn several days
ago.
Several OF the firemen spent last night
in the city and the quarrel began i'm
mediately upon their return to the vessel
today The Massachusetts, was expected
70 sail today for San Francisco
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-09
JOHN P. HAINES RESIGNS
Head of American Society for Protec-
tiOn Of Animals Retirer After
Seventeen Years Service.

NEW YORK. March s.-John p. Haines,
who for seventeen years has been president
of the American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals with headquarters
I'm this city. resigned his position tonight.
Mr.. Haines presented a long letter to the
board of managers. In which he gives his
reasons for retiring as the head of the So
ciety. He says he has been assailed OF late
as though he had committed some act OF
wickedness by a small but persistent band
Of people with this one common character
istic. that none OF them has ever before
been known TO care for animal protection.
Mr.. Haines incorporated In his letter
statement from Arm of certified public
accountants attesting the financial condi-
ton Of the society and its accounts. This
report is introduced, Mr.. Haines says, in
order that there may be mo possibility of
question Of the absolute integrity which
rules and has ruled in every oart OF our
business"
The resignation was accepted to take ef-
feet May I.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-09
ARMOUR MADE COMPLAINTS
Told Agent Robertson Movements OF
Packers Were BeinE watched
by Government.

CHICAGO, March ESPECIAL Agent
Robertaon today resumed the stand in the
packers case and was again cross-sxam-
med.
Asked II ]. Ogden Armour had complained
10 the witness In 1894 that the packers
were being watched and their movements
dogged by the government secret men. the
witness said Mr. Armour made such a
statement TO him.
Mr.. Robertson continued on the stand un-
al The adjournment OF court and his cross-
examination was still unconcluded. Late
In the day, when MIR Hynes was conduct
ing the examination for Swift and Com
pany, he asked the witness where he pro-
cured 4 list OF twenty names which was
given 10 the Department Of Justice, Mr.
Robertson said he obtained many OF the
names from the men themselves, but the
sreater part OF them he received from T. @.
Lamont Of this city and NJ Flayto OF
Kansas City.
The defending lawyers announced that
they will seek for these men and II they
DO not substantiate the testimony OF Mr..
Robertson they will be placed on the stand
to rebut A.