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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
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FOOT-POWER HAMMER.
Blow of the Hammer Is Accomplished
by the Presence of Lever.

Two Kansas inventors arriving at
the conclusion that there is more pow
er in the leg than in the arm, have
applied the principle to the hammer.
Instead of swinging the hammer over
the head, the blow is accomplished
by the pressure of foot lever. Per-
haps the most significant part OF the
invention Is the fact that only Or
binary pressure is required to re-
lease the hammer, strong springs reg
ulating the force of the blow. An adj
ditional advantage is that the ham,
mer can be swung laterally to strike
upon different portions of the face
of the anvil. By referring to the il
Iustration the operation will be OBJ
yious. The hammer is attached to a
specially formed handle, the latter
being pivotally mounted upon the
base, which stands directly in back
of the anvil. At the right side OF
the anvil Is the treadle, which ex.
tends backward to the base, to which
it is pivoted. An iron chain connects
with the shaft at the top Of the base
and the treadle, and when pressure
is applied to the treadle 1t Is trans
mitted to the shaft, and by a reverse
action of the mechanism the ham
mer descends. When the treadle is
released spring at the back pulls
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Splitting Granite with Air.

The expansive force of compressed
air is employed in a very interesting
way by the North Carolina Granite
company. On sloping hillside, COM
posed of granite which shows no bed
planes, but splits readily in any di-
rection when started, a three-inch
bore is sunk about eight feet deep,
and the bottom is enlarged by ex.
ploding a half-stick of dynamite. A
small charge of powder is fired in
this hole, which starts horizontal
crack or cleavage, says the Youths
Companion. Charges increasing in
size are exploded until the cleavage
has extended over radius of rs or
100 feet. Then a pipe is cemented
into the bore, and the air is forced
in, under pressure of from so to
100 pounds. The expansion of the
air extends the cleavage until il
comes out on the surface on the slope
of the hill. A horizontal sheet OF
granite several acres in extent may
thus be separated.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Indicates Poisonous Contents.

victim. In order to lessen the num-
Der of mistakes of this kind south
ern inventor has devised the poison
Indicator" shown in the accompany
ing illustration. Undoubtedly it
would prove effective wherever used.
1t is made entirely separate from the
cork, and can readily be transferred
from an unused bottle to another.
The skull and crossbones would be
sufficient Indication of the contents
in the daytime, while it's peculiar
shape would serve the same purpose
at night At the bottom of the indi-
Gator is pin by which it is held in
place in the cork.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
WEDDING OUT OLD BRlNDLE.
Does It Pay to Improve Our Cattle Ir
the South?

Some twenty years ago the writer
heard a gentleman who was engaged
extensively in buying and shipping
cattle to the markets, say: Our peo-
pie are losing thousands of dollars
annually by raising and caring for
scrub stock. Why" said he. lit takes
just as much care for scrub steer
as it does to care for good one, and
it takes as much per pound to get him
to market, and when you get him to
market he is still a scrub, and must
sell at scrub prices, and the difference
in the prices of choice and scrub cat
tie is so great that, il our people knew
it, they would surely eliminate the
scrub.
Our people have been slow, it seems,
to realize the truth of the statement
made by this gentleman, but they have
gradually awakened to it, and the good
work of displacing the scrub steer and
filling his place with something better
goes merrily on. The process of
wedding out the old brindle has been
slow, but the poor fellow, his days
are numbered, and it is only a ques-
ton of time when none will be left
to sing his praises. The song eman-
ating from the pocketbook is most
powerful in shaping the destinies of
any breed of livestock, and it takes
imitation to make the pocketbook sing.
The scrub bull. as all who know him
vi1 &c xxyfn but a{< hnr
he nor his progeny is possessed Of the
happy faculty of initiating the pocket.
book. Neither is he in the habit of
adding largely to his owners bank &C
count and this is. perhaps, having
something to do with his exit.
A great drawback to the improve
ment of live stock is carelessness and
| inattention. Laziness and stinginess
c,ma in for their share also. I have
known farmers to actually breed their
COWS to scrub bulls because they were
near by, when going mile or two
| further, and paying little more, they
could have bred them to bulls of the
| finest and best breeds. This course
has its rewards in a crop of scrub
! calves and a depleted pocketbook
Those who follow this course SOW tc
the wind and reap accordingly. Ste
cess very rarely comes unbidden, but
it will come and linger lovingly with
those who court 1t. AS a fit illustra
ton of his assertion, wish to sfeal
of an incident that came under my
own observation. ] know a man-s
neighbor-who was raised in the hard
est school of poverty. In early life he
displayed a love for fine stock, and
when he began doing for himself, the
distance was not too far for him tt
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
e Florida Letter,

A correspondent at Pasco, Tex,
writes: The vegetable crops of win
ter and early spring proved highly
remunerative. Irish potatoes, cucum-
bers, squash. egg plant, beets, string
beans and cabbage. all paid well, also
tomatoes. The country is improving
and many new settlers from southern
states, Ohio. Indiana and Michigan.
The peach industry Is booming, and
there is some fine new settings being
propagated that will prove valuable.
Our Sumatra and Havana tobacco
grown under shade Is very fine, and
we are boxing the first be gathered
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10

take his COW, SOW or mare to be bred
to the finest In the country. AS a re-
suit, he always had something fine
to sell. and realized the best prices.
BY close attention to matters OF this
kind, and others as well, he prospered
most wonderfully. and now he is a
merchant. the owner of mill property,
and fine blue grass farm, and has
the esteem and confidence of his
neighbors. The man displayed the
grit and energy necessary to success
in any calling. and such as should
be displayed in the Improvement Of
live stock, and especially cattle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Selecting Seed Corn.

In the near future Georgia farm
ers should produce great portion of
the corn and other food stuffs which
are now brought into the state. One
way to do this is by making each acre
planted yield more bountifully. The
farmers of Illinois and Iowa have in
creased their yield per acre by taking
their best varieties and selecting only
the best from this for seed purposes.
The experiment station of North Caro-
lima increased it's yield of a certain
variety from 80 to 40 per cent In three
or four years simply by seed selec
ton. This increase at the North Caro-
lima station was brought about under
climatic and soil conditions similar tc
those prevailing throughout a greater
section of Georgia. This increase
had a cash value of not less than
seven dollars per acre for the land In
the improved crop.
Home or locally grown seed corr
will have better results. There 1!
room for a farmer in each locality tt
raise and dispose of good seed corr
to his neighbor at a nice profit
Somebody. will do this kind OF wOrl
and get good pay for it. Will 70,
be that person. or do you prefer t.
pay some of your neighbors fame!
price for furnishing you that which
you can grow at home and at low
COST. M. Johnson, University o
Georgia, Athens.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
FARMER AND PLANTER
Low-eRADE coTToNsEED MEAL.
A Correspondent Says II Is Almost
Impossible to Get a Good Quality.

w. r. Cary, Writing from Moore
county, N. c., states a complaint that
Is applicable to almost all sections of
the south:
Il want to say word in regard to
the low-grade adulterated cottonseed
meal that we farmers are having to
accept or do without meal.
1T it an established fact that cot
tonseed meal is most profitable when
fed to cattle and the manure applied
to our lands. But the meal we now
get is SO adulterated with hulls, dirt,
etc., that our cattle refuse to eat 1t,
and II we use 1t at all we must apply
direct to the land; and at the present
hight price. that practice does not
pay. What Is the matter? Only q few
years ago it was easy to get good
meal almost anywhere. Now 1t can
hardly be found.
II now have some meal for which
paid $40 per ton that is about half
bulls. dirt. etc. We prefer to buy our
meal and hulls separate and not pay
meal prices for hulls.
Now, we want to be reasonable
with all men, and want the blame to
rest where it belongs. II the greed
for gain is the reason the oil mills
make such low-grade adulterated stun
the blame is all theirs. If the demand
for cheap goods is increasing and Is
the cause, then the blame rests in
part with the farmers. But We hardly
believe the demand for cheap goods is
| increasing. for the farmer to-day is In
better shape than ever before but
will admit that a large per cent of oul
class think "cottonseed meal Is cot
tonseed meal" and don't realize that
there is as much difference in the
grade of actual value as there is be
tween the high and the low grade floul
suggest is to require the mills to make
81 per cent. the standard instead o
71s per cent. as 1t is now, and to al
low the mills to make as low grade al
71h per cent to meet the demand TO
low grade, If such demand exists.
I'VE want a good high-grade mea
and are willing to pay what 1t Il
worth; but we are not going to pa.
high prices for a mixture of mea
bulls and dirt.
Now, brother farmers, If you fee
like speaking out in meeting" in re
gard to this matter, let's hear from
you
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Boil weevII and Cotton Grounding

After trip to Texas and Louisiana,
R. l. Smith. state entomologist OF
Georgia, writes: MY Investigations
revealed the fact that no direct rem
edy has been discovered which will
entirely control the boil weevil. 1t
has been proved time and again.
however, that cotton must be grown
under a different method of cultiva-
ton where the boil weevil has begun
to get in its damaging work. The
improved system of cultivation COM
prises three essential points; namely,
planting an early variety of cotton;
planting the seed as early as the land
can be properly fitted; and by rapid
and frequent cultivation push the cot
ton to an early maturity"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10

Plantations in the Brazos river, In
Texas. ON which-without the boil
weevil-it was customary to make
from one-fourth bales per acre, are
now making from one-half tc two
thirds bale per acre on an average In
spite of the boil weevil. In these
lands the cotton planters are making
a poprfitable crop, and very few in
deed have been compelled to abandon
cotton growing. 1t was very evident,
however. that the cotton growers,
even on the plantations where they
can still makt two-thirds bale per acre,
have begun to diversity their crops to
a very marked extent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Any Lump in WOman's Breast
Is Cancer.

Troy H., Sept. 25, 1906.
Mrs n ". Gregory, a wealthy, proml-
rent Iady near here, who was thought 10
IA dving with cancer, has been cured OF a
yery large cancer of her breast, side and
armnit with only two weeks treatment,
With that most wonderful island plant
remedy used by DR.. and Mrs. Chamiee q
Co of 1871 and 1913 North Twelfth street.
CT louis. Mo. This same doctor cured a
Mrs Henderson and a Mrs. Smith OF TINS
place. Just thirty-four years ago, OF
breast cancer Also recently cured Sap..
g. W. Suesberry, Of such wonderiui r HIn,
sarah Mueller. Mrs John w. Miller ana
Mrs. 8. ID. Duell, all Of this section, SO no
ted for cancer. He Is the doctor VINO
cured our Capt. John Mason, the nrst
man to carry the news OF the assassln-
alton of Father Abraham Lincoln 10 our
Gen, Lew Wallace. His cancer was iron t
an injury received that memorable nlg Ia.
Ali the leading papers and scientinc
Journals have been full OF reports OF their
almost mira culous cures. Honesty Is their
policy-they treat without knife OF pam
charge nothing until cured, and offer w.
600 II they ever fail to cure any cancer
they treat before 1t has poisoned deep
Glands They have probably the best 49,
page book OF testimonials and symptoms
ever printed on cancers; sent free to those
who describe their case. contains
proof that ANY LUMP IN WOMAN .
BREAST Is CANCER; also that any tu-
NOR, lump or sore on the lip, race OF
anywhere six months is cancer. IL -.
Chamlee is declared by his patients to De
one OF the most honest and conscientious
doctors they ever knew. He Is the best
authority in America on the cure OF can
Gers. having cured more in thirty-four
years than any other doctor living.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
PIumaoe Of the BIuebird.

OF the male bluebird Thoreau said:
HE carries the sky on his back" To
this John Burroughs added. "and the
earth on his breast" The birds back.
wings and tail. chin and throat are
vivid blue, while his breast and TANKS
are a chestnut brown and his abdomen
a dirty white. The female Is very
much duller in coloring, often having
Q reddish tone that extends from the
middle OF the back over the shoulder.
The Seminole Indians say that the
male bluebird once flew 80 high that
his back rubbed against the sky.
which impaired to him its own azure
tint. Returning to earth, his wife SO
admired his new coat that she deter.
mined to have like one for herself
and the next morning flew away to
get it; but the day proving somewhat
cloudy, the color given to her dress
was not SO brilliant as was that re-
ceived by her mate.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10

speaking and managing of the meet
ing, and the politician was not allowed
to open his mouth. only In ordinary
conversation. They say the farmer
will not stick; but If they stick to this
line Of policy, you will see some prac-
teal results very beneficial to our
agricultural class. II they are not
competent to control their own bust
ness, by such efforts as they are now
making, they will soon become so.-
Southern Cultivator, Atlanta, Ga.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
The Farmers Union.

We can say without prejudice they
are doing good work. and if they will
continue to carry out their present
line of policy will succeed beyond ex-
pectations. We have attended five
of their rallies" and we never saw
men more imbued with purpose and
more effective organization. We will
give one instance which alone speaks
volumes. We have been to rallies
where there were over thousand
people, and where such crowd was
congregated of course the politician
was present; but the farmers did the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
DOCTOR DESPAIRED
Arsenic Woman Cured by Or. VIII
Hams Pink Pills Recommends the
Pills to Al Others Who Suffer.

Pills to All Others Who Surfer.
An@mia is just the doctors name foi
bloodlessness. DIR. Williams Pink Pills
cure annmia as food cures hunger.
They cured Mrs. Thomas J. McGann, OF
II Lincoln Place, Plainfield, N. j., who
says.
"In the spring of 1908 did my
usual house cleaning and soon after.
ward began to have the most terrible
headaches. My heart would beat SO ir.
regularly that it was painful and there
came q morning when I could not get
up. My doctor said had anamia and
he was surprised that had continued
to live in the condition I was in.
was confined to my bed for nearly
two months, the doctor coming every
day for the first few weeks, but did not
improve to amount to anything. AL.
together I was sick for nearly two
years. / was as weak as a rag, had
headaches, irregular heart beats, loss Of
appetite, cramps in the limbs and was
unable to get good nights sleep. Ny
legs and feet were so swollen that ]
feared they would burst.
Before very long after I tried DR..
Williams Pink Pills felt change for
the better. I have taken about twelve
boxes and although was as near the
grave as could be, now feel as if ]
had a new lease of life. 1 have no more
headaches, the heart beats regularly, my
cheeks are pink and feel ten years
younger. feel that / have been cured
very cheaply and have recommended
the pills to lots of my friends"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
druggists, or will be sent by mail on re-
ceipt of price, 30 cents per box, six boxes
| g.. so, by the DIR. Williams Medicine Co.,
| Schenectady, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
A Barrow Load of Worms.

The presence of angle worms in the
ground soon becomes pest on golf
links or other stretch of well kept
grass, but a marvellous way of get
ting rid of them has been recently dis
covered and made use of in England.
The accompanying pictures were made
at a test which took place at the Mid
Surrey golf links at Richmond, Eng
land, says the Montreal Herald. The
exterminator was scattered over the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10

of erecting the tower, which in this
case was on top the fire-engine house.
The tire was hung by an iron ring
from cross piece, but some towns
erect a 20 or 30-foot tower on the
ground. The striker has an iron ball
at each end, with two wires passing
down to the ground floor, one of which
is grasped by each hand. BY this
means more rapid strokes can bf
sounded than on a bell.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
English Intensity.

The Englishman loves nothing 80
much as practical activity. 1t is this
trait which has Iaised him to such an
important position in politics and IN
dustry, and which has given birth to
English sport. Not this alone, how
ever, but the fact that the English
man does nothing half-heartedly or on
a small scale, but entirely, intensely,
with his whole Observation-Disclosures
Zeitung.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10

ground and the field then generously
watered and in less than three min
utes, the surface of the ground was
covered with thousands of the worms,
which had been driven from their
holes. One square yard of earth was
photographed and found to contain no
less than 900 worms. The barrow
load also shown in the accompanying
Illustration, was gathered up with q
rake.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
A LOCOMOTIVE TIRE.
Use Which Some Towns Make OF
Them When Worn Out.

In many of the smaller cities where
an electric fire alarm has not yet been
installed, wornout or cracked tires
from the driving wheels of locomotives
are used in place Of fire bells. The
cost is less, the sound is very pene-
trating and is unlike bell. For many
years Marengo, ILL.,, used one of these
tires before alarm boxes were put in.
w. F. Mead, of that place, furnishes a
sketch which will indicate the manner
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Hioher Than Noun. Everest.

Mount Everest is 29,002 feet high;
but lately it is believed that two
peaks behind Everest are actually
higher than it. which hitherto has
heen considered the highest mountain
In the world.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
And His Hair Was Thin.

An English authority on athletics
gives 1t as his judgment that men
should not engage in the game OF
football after they have reached the
age of thirty years. When a man is
thirty years old he is supposed to
have arrived at the age of -pason.-
Los Angeles Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
POISON INDICATOR.
No Chance of Anyone MISLEADING Con
tents of the Bottle.

The old story of the unfortunate
who drank the contents of a bottle
containing deadly poison in mis-
take for another medicine is almost a
daily news item in the newspapers.
In fact, an economical editor once
suggested that the item be kept stand
ing in type, the only necessary change
from day to day being that of the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Picture Of a Burning Diamond.

A diamond burning in the electric
arc was lately exhibited on a screen
by Sir William Crookes. The stone
could be seen to sprout and swell and
blacken under the intense heat until
nothing remained but swollen lump
of graphite.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
by the Scholars.

1t is stated that nearly 5000 school
gardens exist in Austria, not includ-
ing the sister kingdom of Hungary.
They are connected with both private
and public schools, and are used for
purposes of practical instruction in
horticulture and tree-growing, and
often contain botanical museums and
bee hives.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Real old-Fashioned Umbrella.

There has been discovered at Green
ocx. England. an old-fashioned umbrel.
la with whalebone ribs, which must
be quite 100 years old. When opened
IL affords shelter for q whole family.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
The Perfect Ear.

The perfect ear should be about
twice as long as it is broad. 1t should
be delicate and pink, and should touch
the head with the back of the upper
point. Outstanding ears are hopeless
ly disnguring. A woman who Is al
flicted with this kind of beauty Ill
should dress her hair in way that
win partly hide her ears.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Pics, shoats and Hogs.

When does a pig become a hog?
Some authorities say when it Is big
enough to hold it's own with the hogs
at the trough. That sounds very well,
but it is not right. Prof. Jay d. Lentz.
of Concord, saya pig does not be-
come hog but shost, and the shoat
becomes a bog.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Foot Power Swings the Hammer.

the hammer up from the anvil, the
movement being limited by catch
at the side of the treadle, preventing
the latter from rising above certain
point. The treadle being attached
to the chain, and the latter to the
shaft operating the hammer, the up
ward movement of the hammer is
also limited.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Much Money sert to italy.

A single bans IN Naples receives
half a million dollars year sent out
of the United States by temporary
Italian residents. ~he same bank has
received from Italians in Argentina
and Brazil sS2S,0oc and $425,0oO. re-
spectively. in one !3r.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10

That things that are not 30 Ill with
you and me as they might have been
IL half owing to the number who lived
faithfully hidden life, and rest In un'
visited tombs.-George Eliot.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10

Cotton picking should commence as
early as the cotton commences open
ing. and the cotton should always be
summed when picked before the seed
natures or hardens.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
"presumption" of Death,

An English court has Just allowed
down with ship in storm in the
Indian ocean in 1857 to presume"
that he Is dead.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-10
Uncle Eben.

"A person dat has mo- money dan
he knows what to do with" said I'm
Gle Eben. "'pears to be good deal
like a man wifi de dyspepsia in q
house full o. pie"