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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-26
Iceland Wants to Go 1t Alone.

Autonomy for Iceland is again be-
coming a prominent topic between
that island and Denmark. That the
Icelanders ardently long for the indie
pendent management of their own af.
fairs has long been known and the
recent visit paid by the members OF
their legislature to Copenhagen mas
pushed the question once more prom
inently to the front. Icelands claim
is for an organic instrument between
the two states, under which the com
mon sovereign would assume the
style of king of Denmark and Ice
land. The islands formula is as fol-
lows: Zone king, one fag-union
with Denmark, but with freedom to
manage our own aIYairs. London
Globe.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-26
LABOR.

The strike of the Kimball factory
piano makers was broken, men from
the east taking the place of the strik-
ers.
A former business agent of one of
the seeding Chicago woodworkers'
unions was arrested on the charge Of
embeZZling.
The police had to be called to pre-
vent serious trouble between mem.
bers of the old and new unions of
teamsters in Chicago.
The machinists boiler makers and
blacksmiths employed on the Wa
bash railroad went out on strike to
enforce their demand for an increase
in wages.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-26

We offsr One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Cstarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
We the undersigned have known F. j. Cheney
for the last is years. and believe him perfectly
honorable In all business transactions and imam
eially able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST & TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
WALDING, KINNAN B MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold BY al
Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-26
COLLEGE, Brand of English.

Eyes" said the college student
dad got the idea that was cutting
up too much and 70 he cut in and
threatened to cut my allowance unless
/ took brace: l felt all cut up al
first, but l didn't want my allowance
cut off or cut into just for a little
funny business and so cut it out"
And the listening foreigner remark
ed: What did the young man say?"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-26
who Mas nHendrlekn 4udsona

A new steam boat on the Hudson
river is named "Hendrick Hudson"
1t is a pity her owners should be so
illinformed as to perpetuate a hlunier
that had been widely shown up in
point Henry Hudson was an English
man, and it is about as sensible to
call him "Hendriclt" as to speak OF
Tomaso A. Edison y Johannes c. Ere
mont.-Waterb bury Republican.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-26
THE SEA.

A song from the sea,
The joyful sea,
Flashing and dashing in ceaseless
glee,
A dirge of the sea,
Terrible, moaning a threnody.
A psalm of the sea,
The life-giving sea,
Sending soft winds TO landward
free.
A prayer from the sea,
The worldwide sea,
Bearing the pilgrims on Blended
knee,
To Plymouth, to Justice, to Liberty.
e. A. R., in Every Other Sunday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-26

The cable connecting Cadiz with
Teneriffe has become useless, and
Spain is hesitating as to whether it
would be more advisable to lay new
one, or to rely on the wireless system
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-26

Ramsey win amply fill his Jeffersonian
seat and the socialists viii perhaps
again return with a slightly different
personnel Of their delegations.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-26

Former Governor A. T. Bliss of
Michigan died at Milwaukee.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-26
ON
QUARRIES
COMMISSION CONSIDERS MATER
IAL FOR CAPITOL.
MARBLE The FAVORITE

High Price of That Stone as Well as
Granite Is Great Drawback-Bed-
ford Stone Talked Of-Slght
Changes But no Material Modifca-
tions in Plans.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Fear and fret makes life's friction
Heaven helps those who help 9th.
eys.
Heaven despairs of the man who
despises men.
True religion nourishes the roots
Of right doing.
The church that courts the rich
loses its riches.
Sometimes hiding another's faults
heals our own.
The man who Is too previous IL
sure to get procrastinated.
The hardest work some folks do IL
telling how busy they are.
You cannot keep your eyes on your
watch and your heart on your work.
1t does not make a man brave to
lay his cowardice on his conscience.
No amount Of laundry in your reli-
gion can make up for . lack Of love.
There's no special merit In cast
ing bread on the water with . hook
in 1t.
Many q mans religion would be
worth more II It had more ONCE prac-
tice.
It's no use looking for q mans re-
ligion when It doesn't get into his
looks.
Two strings to your bow may be an
right II you can keep them clear Of
your Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15
coN41ss1oNs OF DoDD CASTOR,

I have noticed that about the only
place Silver threads among the gold"
are really popular u in song.
I feel reasonably sure Of one thing:
When die nobody 10 going to claim
that 1t was the result Of overwork.
do not much mind playing against
visiting man. but l do hate to b
booked in competition with q baby.
Nothing would 30 completely recon
Gle me to death as the appearance, at
my bedside. of some of my relatives.
l would really like to be fatter, but
realize that l cannot AFFORD It. Being
fatter would mean q new dress suit.
I ind that every young girl has q
wild desire to wear her hair up" and
every old girl has the same desire to
appear with down"
I have noticed that the only time the
banana does much business is at q
season Of the year when It has NO
competition.
ind that one Of the hardest duties
Of the dramatic critic is to reconcile
the average society play with the aver
age stage furniture.
About all the ambition I have left Is
to grow rich enough to have . hack
waiting for me while lounge around
inside smoking and ~gassing.
peka Capital.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15
Meat Production In the South.

The Washington Post remarks that
II at any time the people of the south
have suffered either in their stomachs
or in their pockets because of the
high price or the unwholesome char
acter of the Chicago neat products,
they have only themselves to blame,
as there has never been the smallest
reason why they should not feed
themselves from their own herds,
flocks, daries and barn-yards.
1t is gratifying to know, however,
that the southern states are greatly
increasing their live stock products.
1t is estimated that such products in
creased in value $li2, 00O. 900 from 1890
to 1900. Seven of the southern states
raised 100000 chickens, $500, 900
geese and 100000 .lucks annually.
They produce 20O,O00,0O0 pounds of
butter, and the total yalue of their
animal products is said to be $3.50, 000,.
900 a year.
AS for Virginia, fer hog meat is
famous the world over, and her beef
and mutton have no superior. Meats
with the Virginia label always pass
inspection. Richmond (va.) Times
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15
COMING CROP OF THE SOUTH
The Value Of the Cowpea as q Pay
ing Crop Is Not oener-
ally Realized.

The cowpea as paying crop has
never been fully realized by the great
mass Of the farmers as it should be
and as it will be in the future This
is plainly obvious to the intelligent
observer who travels among the pine
land farms of the south This is more
planting about all their valuable land
planting about al their valuable land
in cotton; the quickest and surest
route to financial ruin that could be
planned on the farm. and while this
class of farmers are running them
selves, they are running their soil and
contributing their part to injure all
the other cotton planters by over
production. The deterioration of the
soil is probably the worst feature
about it. Now to fully realize the
fact, take the average yield of cotton
or corn per acre in the south; about
one-third bale or eight or ten bushels
corn per acre. This in itself speaks
louder than words that the soil is
sadly neglected by the average farm
er. and the deterioration continues
worse each year. This will be a calam-
ity on the next generation if a rad
ical change is not made.
The great remedy for sure and
quick results for the better is the
cowpea; it has all good qualities and
no bad ones; 1t makes food for your
family. your horses, cattle, hogs,
chickens, and rest and food for your
cotton-sick soil that will enable it to
produce so per cent. more after each
crop grown. 1t will double your crop
after two crops of peas and enhance
the value of the soil 100 per cent.
Indeed it seems strange that so
good a thing has been So commonly
neglected to make 3ig crop o. cot
ton, or rather to increase the cotton
acreage.
Another convincing feature in favor
OF the pea crop is it can be planted as
a second crop after small grain and
IN corn, thus making two good crops.
brt there are thousands of acres that
should be devoted to pease exclusively
a year or two to enable it to make
paying crop.
If one-half the cotton land in the
south could have a good growth of
peas each year the other half would
produce in a year or two as much
cotton as all do now, to say nothing of
the flne stock that would consume the
crop. There is nothing that gives
greater returns for the labor and
money invesed than the pea crop
properly planted. To give my idea
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15
FOUR YEARS OF AGONY.
Whole Foot Nothing But Proud Elesh
Had to Use Crutches-"Cuti-
cura Remedies the Best ON
Earth"

TN the year 1899 the side of my
right foot was cut OF from the little
toe down to the hes. and the physi-
clan who had charge of me was try
ing to sew up the side of M foot, but
with no success. At last my whole
foot and way up above my caE was
nothing but proud flesh. I suffered un-
told agonies for four years, and tried
different physicians and all kinds Of
ointments. I could walk only with
crutches. In two weeks afterwards
saw q change In my limb. Then / be-
gan using Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment often during the day, and kept
1t up for seven months, when my
limb was healed up just the same as
II I never had trouble. 1t is eight
months now since / stopped using
Cuticura Remedies, the best on Gods
earth. / am working at the present
day after i've years Of suffering The
cost of Cuticura Ointment and Soap
was only IS, but the doctors bills
were more like 5000. John M. Lloyd,
71S 8. Arch Ave-. Alliance, Ohio. June
81. 1906"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15
FARMER. AND PLANTER
coTToNsEEo AND MEAL
Have You Studied Out the Best Die
position Of Your Cotton
seed?

The cotton seed problem will be
before the cotton growers again.
Shall they sell to the Oil mills for
cash, or exchange for meal, or Keep
on the farm? They will 10 one or
the other. What is beat? Consider
some of the facts connected with seed
and their products. The following fiSH
ures are approximately correct:
A ton of seed, 66 2-3 bushels, VIII
yield TAO pounds of meal, 300 pound
of oil, 900 pounds of hulls, 40 pounds
of linters, 20 pounds of waste.
The cash value of these products
at the mill, where the meal shows
seven per cent. of nitrogen, is about
$22. When the mill pays rs cents a
hundred pounds for seed, it mas $12
margin to work on.
Suppose the farmer should ex-
change his ton of seed for meal
How much should ne receive? The
usual price of meal at this season is
about $22 a. ton cash-equal to the
value of the products of one ton of
seed. Is that profitable trade or not?
The hauling both ways is worth 81.
A ton of cotton seed contains &c
pounds of ammonia, 25.4 pounds of
phosphoric aci1, 23.4 pounds of pot
ash.
The commercial value of that at
port is $13.25.
The experience Of good many
farmers Is that the seed used as a
fertilizer are more satisfactory than
the mean. or commercial fertilizer
The commercial value of the plant
food in one bushel of cotton seed Is
81 cents. Should the farmer sell at
that price he will lose his hauling and
trouble. He will lose If he sells his
seed for less than rs cents bushel
In exchanging for meel he should
get at least 1900 pounds for one ton
of seed. No farmer can afford to sell
his seed for cash with the expecta-
ton of buying commercial fertilizer
on time In the spring.
Chemists will tell you that the seei
are worth as much as food for cat
tie as the meal. The mistake that
most farmers make is that they give
too much seed. BY feeding the seed
to cattle and saving all the manure
the greatest benefit is derived. Let
farmers test the value of seed and
meal for wheat. Use 80 bushels OF
seed on one acre, and the same value
in meal or commercial fertilizer on
another acre, and see which Is bet
ter.-Charles Petty, Spartanburg. s.
c., in Progressive Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15
HERE AND THERE.

II scrub chicks are good, pure-breds
are much better, and the uniform
color and appearance is often quite
a factor In selling.
The successful swine breeder does
not forget that ashes are essential
In building bone in hogs. When wood
ashes cannot be obtained. corncobs
can be burned to charcoal or else to
fine ash and kept in some clean
place to which the hogs have access
at all times.
The department of commerce and
labor has published report stating
that the result OF an attempt to grow
cotton in West Africa mas been very
discouraging, owing to the absence Of
transportation facilities and lack OF
laborers
Every woman and every girl and
boy on our southern farms would be
happier If by the planning of their
own heads and the diligent labor OF
their own hands they could earn their
own spending money and maybe add
mite to the husbands and fathers
bank account.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15
; STOCK ON A COTTON FARM
With More Attention to Stock Farm.
ers Would Find Themselves
In Better Fix.

The farmers of the south have
raised cotton, to the exclusion of otn-
er crops. until their finances are in
a 1eplorable condition. BY raising
cotton exclusively, they have placed
themselves at the mercy of the
stock broker and the gambler in fu-
lures; because they must sell their
farm product, which is cotton, in or.
der to pay their outstanding debts,
contracted in order to raise the crop,
regardless of whether it will bring
profitable price or not. There has been
many associations formed in the
south to protect the cotton grower
from the detrimental effects produced
by the speculation in cotton, but they
have produced little or no good effect,
from the fact that under the present
mode of farming the people must
simply must-raise cotton. II the
southern farmers ever nope to break
the bans that make them slaves to
King Cotton" it must be done by in.
dividual effort. All kinds of stock does
well in the Land of Cotton" and if
the cotton growers would give more
attention to hogs, cows AMI horses,
and had the proper amount of feed
to carry them through the winter,
they would find themselves less de-
pendent on cotton. The winters of
tae south are mild, and the summer
range is good for at least six months
in the year, so the actual expense OF
raising a good beef is really much
less than 1t necessarily would be in
the more rigid climate of the north.
Mules should be raised on the planta-
ton where they are intended for use.
TIE work of the horse on the cotton
plantation Is light, and can easily
be done by mares that will raise a
good crop OF mules each year. know
a tenant farmer who raises plenty
of corn for home consumption, and
from six to ten bales of cotton each
year. besides pair of mules that he
sells for three hundred dollars when
three years old. He says that its costs
him about thirty-five dollars to raise
a mule ready for market, including
the service of the jack. He uses the
mares to do all his farm work.
Enos e. Plttman. Earl, Ark, in Epit.
omist.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15
HANDLING COTTON.
There Is Altogether Too Much laxity
in Caring for the Crop After
Securing 1t.

Seven bales of cotton received at
the cotton platform few days ago
were damaged to such an extent that
about sixty pounds of the lint had to
be picked from each of them. The
pickings were worth about half price.
making the loss. with cotton at IL
cents pound. of $3.50 bale. Cotton
Weigher ]. s. Withers and Inspector
Robert Simpson say that much of the
cotton received at the platform dur.
ing the rest of this season will be
in damaged condition on account OF
the carelessness of the farmers in
leaving 1t in the rain. A reporter
learned that the farmers even in
Mecklenburg county. lose probably
several thousand dollars every year
in damaged cotton, when, II they
would put it under shelter, the cotton
would remain in first-class condition.
One of the most experienced cotton
merchants in the city told an Observ.
er reporter that the farmers through.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15

Light rays half q mile long and
"a. times as powerful as the sort COM
monty in use are the new oxy-petrol
lime lights that have been invented
for the motorists. The lamp consists
OF an oxy-petrol blowpipe fame play
ing on a piece Of specially refractory
material. A reservoir Of material h
to be carried on the car and also .
cylinder Of compressed oxygen. Pre-
sumably . stream Of oxygen under
pressure Is saturated with petrol va
por and burnt In the blowpipe and
a small, extremely hot fame is pro-
duced, this being caused to impinge
on something more refractory than
lime.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15
DIDN'T BELIEVE
That Coffee Wa. the Real Trouble.

Some people founder around and
take everything that's recommended
but finally find that coffee is the real
cause Of their troubles. An Oregon
man says:
For rs years was troubled with
my stomach. / was steady coffee
drinker. but didn't suspect that as
the cause. / took almost anything
which someone else had been cured
with but to no good. / was very bad
last summer and could not work at
times.
ION Dec. 2, 1902, I was taken so
bad the doctor said I could not live
oyer "a hours at the most, and I
made all preparations to die. I could
hardly eat anything. everything dis
tressed me, and was weak and sick
all over. When in that condition cof-
fee was abandoned and / was put on
Postum, the change In my feelings
came quickly after the drink that was
poisoning me was removed.
THE pain and sickness fell away
from me and began to get well day
by day. SO I stuck to 1t until now I
am well and strong again, can eat
heartily, with no headache, heart
trouble or the awful sickness of the
old coffee days. drink all / wish Of
Postum without any harm and enjoy
1t immensely.
This seems like a strong story,
but I would refer you to the First
Natl Bank. the Trust Banking Com
pany. or any merchant of Grants
Pass, Ore, in regard to my standing.
and ! will send sworn statement
of this II you wish. You can also use
my name" Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Creek. Mich.
Still there are many who persist.
emily fool themselves by saying "Cof.
fee don't hurt me-" A ten days. trial
'of Postum In its place will tell the
truth and many times save life.
rsThere's.a reason"
Look for the little book, 'The Road
10 Wellyillo." In pkxz.
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in i,gures. beg to give my expense

in ngures. / beg TO give ny expense
and profit on peas in one year.
Having failed to make a good crop
OF peast last year, due to insects,
bought and planted one-half bushel
peas on each acre, corn at last work
ing, at cost of 80 cents for seed and
cost of sowing; no extra labor after
wards. Results, benefit to land for
next crop per acre, at lowest estimate,
50; peas made per acre, 711bushels;
$3.50 clear of picking; total. $3.50.
Cost of seed and sowing, 81; net profit,
$11.50.
If / had not made pea it would
have paid well. Too much can not be
said in favor of the pea crop.-W. B.
F. Lewis, in Southern Cultivator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15

Sheer white goods, In fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much Of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in q
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory If proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has SUFFICIENT
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15

out North and South Carolina are out
of pocket thousands and thousands
of dollars every season because OF
their carelessness in leaving their cot
ton in the open. Tle cold rains OF
the winter do not injure ii, but the
first warm rains OF the spring and
summer rot it, as it does all other
vegetable matter. The building OF
warehouses in the cotton centers are
reducing the amount of damaged cot
ton every year, however, and the
farmers, too, are learning to take the
same care of their cotton as of other
crops.-Charlotte IN. CD Observer.
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The man who breaches the best ser
mon: the man who tells the funniest
stories; the man who keeps the best
store; or the man who makes the best
goods soon finds that people come to
him. Merit Is the best advertisement
In the world. People speak well Of
things they know are good. They pass
the good word along.
The best breakfast f,od is EGG-O.
SEE, for it contains all the life-givine
properties Of natures best food, which
Is wheat.
EGG-O-SEE is deeply in debt to the
thousands of wives and mothers who
use 1t in their homes, for these good
women tell their neighbors about this
great food
Children and aged persons alike are
friends of EGG-O-SEE.
Merit and common sense are the
things that advertise EGG-O-SEE
most. EGG-O-SEE is cheap. A 10
cent package contains ten liberal
breakfasts. EGG-O-SEE is sold every
where. Crocers must keep it If they
want to xeep their good customers,
for good customers insist on buying
EGG-O-SEE.
The fact THAT no preparation, no
cooking Is required, makes EGG-O-
SEE very popular. Open the package:
put as much a. you like in q dish;
pour on milk or cream and eat It
Is delicious. It Is wholesome. It
makes you strong.
A lot Of interesting facts about
EGG-O-SEE have been published in
book form entitled, Back to Nature"
This book also has . course Of phys
ical culture-fully illustrated. Any
one wishing this book will receive 1t
free by addressing EGG-O-SEE Com
pany, 10 First St, Quincy, Ill.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15
Hartman Resents overcharge.

e. H. Hartman sent his $4,000
automobile to repair shop In New
York city In January, and when he
got a bill for $1,797, refused to pay
1t. The owner Of the repair shop re-
fused to surrender the vehicle and
Mr.. Hartman proceeded to recover 1t
by writ Of replevin. The men who
are trying to collect this large sum
will now have to sue for their money.
Mr.. Hartman evidently believes that
the charge was made in accordance
with his supposed ability to pay.
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this trouble. It was just as if all the
strength had gone from my back.
After suffering for some time I began
using Doans Kidney Pills. The rem
edy acted at once upon the kidneys,
and when normal action was restored,
the trouble with my back disappeared.
I have not had any return of it."
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents .
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.