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The Forrest City times., 1906-05-11
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The Forrest City times., 1906-05-11
It Is Dangerous to Neglect Cole

How often do we hear il remarked: Its only cold. and a few days later learn that the man is on his back with pneumonia. This k of such common occurrence that d cold. however slight. should not be disre- garded. Chamberlain's Cough Rene dy counteracts any tendency of cold to result in pneumonia. and has gain. ed it's great popularity and extensive sale by it's prompt cures of this most common ailment IL always cures and is pleasant 10 take. For sale hy l. T. sanders.
The Forrest City times., 1906-05-11
nAs STOOD TIE TEST ,s YEARS

He old. oTl2InAI bEDA F > I4sIe lt-ss Chill Tonic You know what teu are taking. IL k iron and quinine iH tzsIeirsS form. No cure. No pAt.
The Forrest City times., 1906-05-11

Backgammon or checker boards big new stock just received al the Newsstand.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
FARMER AND PLANTER
KEEPING IRISH POTATOES.
A North Carolina Farmer Describes
His Successful Plan.

We rarely put Irish potatoes In eel.
lars IL this section, but bank out In
open ground. very much as we do
sweet potatoes, writes L. Lone, OF
Grover Courts. n. c., in Progressive
FARMER.
Our plan-and 1t hardly ever fails
lis to put In . long bank about five
or six feet wide at base. piling az
high as they can be made to say, the
sharper the better, as the mound
sheds water better when sharp.
Put six or eight inches thick of
pine straw under them. and when piled
up, cover with straw foot thick, press
down and cover about six inches thick
with dirt. covering up complete. Press
the dirt to keep it from being too porous
and II kept dry. there Is no danger
from rot. A few put cover Of boards
over to keep off water some nail two
ten or twelve inch boards together at
right angles, and put hollow down on
top of the straw which effectually
makes a water shed. Then cover as
before, plank and all.
We keep from ten to hundred
bushels in this way in one pile. max
ing it long according to the quantity to
be put In. Dirt should not be as thick
as for sweet potatoes, for the Irish
potatoes will stand much more cold
than the sweet potatoes will.
We usually take down our banks
last of February, but II not taken
down as soon as warm weather ap-
proaches, they will begin to sprout, and
If much moisture has gotten into them,
will sprout seriously. It is best to pull
the dirt off the straw as soon as II
gets warm.
have kept potatoes In banks as
above described for more than thirty
years and never lost any except few
cases where hogs rooted into bark and
caused heat or freeze.
AS pine straw Is plentiful with rs,
is it generally used. but hay or wheat
straw will keep them, though we have
not found hay quite as good as pine
straw and the dryer the better. Where
q shelter is convenient 1t IL perhaps
safer.
l have a neighbor who keeps his
generally in barrels In q warm house
where he can keep the temperature
from falling below 80 degrees, and
the Irish potato is safe in barrel In
a room where the temperature does
not get below 80 or above co degrees
omitted to state that unless the
ground is high, 1t Is not best to put
the potatoes below ground level IN
banking.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
Shredded Fodder.

Several years ago said that corn
stalk shredders we're a grand inven-
ton for farmers. and that their use
would increase until they were as
common as Observation-Disclosures. Also
that shredded fodder would, in time.
be more largely used on the farm than
hay. especially for feeding cattle and
sheep. l was laughed at and called a
crank. To-day the men who laughed
the loudest and poked the most fun at
me are shredding corn fodder, and
are as careful of 1t as of the best hay.
When the shredder first came men
stacked the shredded fodder like straw
from a threshing machine and let the
stock run to 1t like straw. OF course 1t
got wet, heated and spoiled. Shredding
was voted miserable failure. But
careful farmers shredded the fodder
when it was dry and ran 1t into their
haymows where 1t would keep dry and
they decided that shredded fodder was
as good as timothy hay for feed.-Fred
Grundy, in Farm and Preside
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
uneannx Chinese legend.

There are the two celebrated tow
ers of the imperial city. the Bel tow
or and the Drum tower. AS to the
casting of the bell in the former there
is this legend: There had been two
unsuccessful attempts and the life OF
the founder was threatened In case OF
. third failure. His daughter discov-
cred by occult means that nothing but
the blood of virgin mingled with
the molten metal would insure sue
cess. So at the next casting she sac
rificed her life by throwing herself
into the molten metal, leaving only
one shoe behind. The casting was
perfect But when the bell was first
struck "all were horror-stricken as,
after the heavy boom of the bell,
came . low wall, as Of girl in az.
ony. distinctly saying the word 'heish.
shoe. And to this day people when
they hear 1t. say. There's poor Ko-ai'a
voice calling out for her shoe
Shanghai Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

Northern men who locate In the
South are not inclined to favor cotton
culture, yet there Is no farm crop, &C
cording to results attained at the *
pertinent stations and by practical
farmers in every State, in which more
money can be made. No crop fits In
better, rotating with corn, winter oats,
wheat and cowpeas and forage crops
as soil imRrover. 1t is q well
established fact that cotton draws
lightly upon the fertility of the land.
as compared with tobacco, and far less
than corn and wheat in the North and
West. The old idea that cotton can
not be produced by white labor has
gone down before the march of ex-
perienc, as the fleecy product is now
being profitably grown by Northern as
well as Southern white men in every
Southern State.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
The Climate Of Cuba.

The annual mean temperature of
Havana is n degrees Fahrenheit.
There is only slight range of ex-
tremes. Trade winds temper the heat.
and it is most uncomfortable early in
the morning before the winds develop.
The nights are cool.
May to October inclusive are rainy
months, while the remainder of the
rear is dry. Even In the rainy
months the nights are generally and
he days partly cles-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

Cotton is being gathered very rapid
~, but the producers are not showing
a great deal of anxiety about getting
It on the market. The sales up to
this time are very much less than up
to this time last year. Al poor as is
the. average condition of the cotton
crop in The lower part of the state, 1t
is not nearly so poor as in other To-
calities. People who have travelled
pretty generally over the state say
that in some sections the average
Yield of cotton will hardly be more
than one hslA to tan acres.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
INJURY ANr DEATH BY RAIL.
A New Book Tells the Cause ano
Cure Of Railway Accidents.

Railroad Accidents. Their Cause
and Prevention" Is the subject OF a
book recently issued under the order
of the Association of Railway Claim
Agents. R. C. Richards of Chicago Is
the author.
Mr.. Richards says in his book that
the first and highest duty of a rail-
road is to its passengers, to carry
them safely and speedily; next to
take care of the property intrusted to
it for transportation.
Accidents fall into one of four
classes. The accidents that are una
voidable, those caused by the act OF
God. the public enemy, or by some
persons who take up rail, misplace
a switch or put an obstruction on the
track; accidents to passengers. outsid.
ers trespassing or not trespassing,
caused by the carelessness or wanton
ness of the injured or some other per
son for whose act the railroad Is not
liable, or by the failure of necessary
laws; those caused by the want OF
care, foresight or supervision of the
company, and those caused by the
carelessness, thoughtlessness or neg
lect of employees.
Accident may be reduced or mini
mixed by number of things which
may be summarized as follows:
Employment Of careful, competent
sober men, together with the coopera'
ton Of labor organizations and the
employees to competency and care.
Next to good competent men what
is needed is good track and equip
ment and sufficient and intelligent in.
spection and repair.
Good rules and instruction carefully
and rigidly enforced.
Last and by no means least SUN.
cient and efficient supervision.
The report of the interstate com
merce commission shows that for the
year ending in June there were AL
passengers killed, 1852 employees
killed, S39 not trespassers killed, g..
Ill passengers injured. 67,067 EN-
ployes injured, 2,449 not trespassers
injured and 5,194 trespassers injured
making 10,017 killed and 1851 in
jured. az
Taking into consideration the safe
ty appliances installed by the rail.
roads since 1898, the improvement in
track and equipment, and the in.
crease in wages paid, with even the
same degree of care on the part OF
employees, the number of accidents
should have decreased, but on the
contrary they show an actual percent
age of increase higher than that OF
earnings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
SKIN eRuPrIoNs IS YEARS.


For over thirty-five years was q
severe sufferer from eczema. The
eruption was not confined to any one
place. It was all over my body. limbs.
and even on my head am sixty
years old and an old soldier, and have
been examined by the Government
Board over fifteen times, and they
said there was no cure for me. have
taken all kinds of medicine and have
spent large sums Of money for doc
tors, without avail. A short time ago
I decided to try the Cuticura Rene
dies, and after using two cakes OF
Cuticura Soap. two boxes of Cuticura
Ointment, and two bottles Of Cutt-
cura Resolvent. two treatments in all.
I am now well and completely cured.
A thousand thanks to Cuticura. l
cannot speak too highly Of the Cuti-
.cura Remedies. Jonn T. Roach, Rich
mondale. Ross Co.. Ohio. July II.
1905"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
sklNNEna
Don't Let . Few Ounces o. Buttos
Waste Every Time You churn.

would like to whisper In your ear.
It Is the cream you get that makes
you rich. So take your pail OF milk
into the house az soon as you can after
milking before the cream begins to
rise, and you leave q lot OF It on the
strainer.
You cant afford to let few ounces
1T butter run out of the churn with the
buttermilk every time you churn. Get
a little strainer to hang over the hole
Ia the churn when you draw off the
buttermilk You can get one cheap.
and it win soon pay for itself. and
more too.
Unless you are richer than most OF
US, you haven't any money to spend on
COWS that put In their whole time try
ing to smouge living out Of you. and
never half pay back what you give
them. What would you think of .
man that would do that? Wouldn't
you give him his walking papers Just
about as quick a. you could? O;
course you would. Why not do 30 with
the cows.
Seems. as II everybody must know
by this time that you have got to
wash things clean II you make good
butter. Still, hundreds do not do It.
They do things with lick and dab
and call them done. Nothing Is done
till it Ia done right. Think Of this
when you wash milk dishes. Take your
lime and do 1t right. 1t will pay.
You ought to have the very best
packages you can get to store your
butter In. The best butter In the
world will soon spoil II put into poor
packages. The handsomest woman
you ever saw would look ike sixty In
a ragged, dirty dress.-E. L. Vincent
NY
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
The Farmer and chickens.

The average farmer has not had the
same incentive, or even love for his
fowls, as the city lot Chicken crank
has. because the larger animals around
him seem to be of more importance.
claiming his whole attention. and it
seems easier to become fond of them
Neither will the farmer think OF fowls
as being factor for intellectual OBJ
servation. In fact, the farmer has 1t
first no use for a hen SO far as there
Is money to be made, yet ne Il not
slow to take advantage of improved
breeds aud methods.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

Il have one rule for my family
when they travel" said the conductor
of the suburban train. 'and that is
for them never to ride in the rear
coach or the first one, and, preferably.
not in the coach next to the last or
first. The reason for it is SO obvious
tina. l should think the foremost aad
last cars Of a train would have scant
patronage from anybody who reads
of railroad accidents II there IL q
smash up those are the coaches that
suffer.
ut seems strange that some kind OF
a buffer is not put behind the loco
motive tender and at the rear OF the
train. How many lives would be ssyed
by device OF the kind one has only
to study the statistics of railroad e
cidents to figure out for himself.r
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
SAND.

I watched locomotive strong climb mp
hill one day
1t was shrieking. charging. painting along
the rugged way:
1t was scheduled for the summi.-ma1estic
seemed and grand,
And vet il could not make its base with
out the use of sand.
1t seems that locomotives cannot always
get a grip
On the Furnished. polished runners
theii wheels are apt to slip;
And when they strike an upward grace
the freight they'd never land
Unless upon the track is split pox OF
two OF sand
It's about the same with travel on life's
uneven track
II your load is rather heavy you're always
slipping back:
But IL the moral of these lines you right
iy understand,
You'll fix yourself beforehand with 1ui'
supply of sand.
II the road Is steep and orn'ry ana you
strike heavy grade,
And you find that time and trouble your
path have slippery made.
You'll never reach the level Of the upper
table land
Unless you slubricate" the track with
more or less of sand.
Davis Evans, in Baltimore Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
And Lastly, Your Insect Enemies,

And Lastly, Your Insect Enemies.
Some one has wisely said that con.
slant dripping would wear away stone
and eternal warfare on the mites in
the hen house and on lice on chickens,
will effectually rid your enemy of the
pests. Give the house once a week q
good dose of kerosene oil with little
carbolic acid added. This must be
done every week as the red mites
hatch out or breed about every eight
days. The winter time is the best to
commence, and then keep 1t up fifty.
two weeks in the year. Saturday after.
noon Is . good time. Dust the hens
every ten days with some good insect
powder or on warmer days dip them
in same solution that you use on the
henhouse. Do 1t on the day when the
sun Is hot, so that the chicken will be
dry before roosting time.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
They CURE RHEUMATISM


OF the many forms which rheumaS1sn
takes, that which is popularity known -
sciatio rheumatism probably tortures il
victim more than any other. That IL.
williams Pink Pills have cured th1a
stubborn a. well - painful trouble Il .
fact proven by the following statement.
and no sufferer who reads this can ~.
ford to Let prejudice stand IN the way q
trying these blood-making pills.
Rheumatism II now generally -
coenizsd q . disease Of the blood. Ur.
Williams' Pink Pills mako actually
make-pure blood. When the blood 4
pure there can be no rheumatism. Nh
Thomas Bresnehan, Of 81 Mn stree&
Watertown. N. T., says:
my trouble began with . severe cold
which / took about . week before
Christmas in 1904. I began to havs
rheumatic pains in my back and limbs
and after . time I couldn't straighten
ND. ! suffered the most awful pain fos
months and much Of the time was nm.
able to leave the house and had to take
hold of . chair in order to walk and
sometimes / could not stand up at al.
1.-THE disease was pronounced sciatac
rheumatism aud, although had q good
physician and took his medicine faith
fully, did not get any better. After
some six weeks Of this terrible pain and
suffering tried DR.. Williams Pink
Pills and that il the medicine that cured
me. After . few boxes the pain waa
less intense and / could see decided inn
- n - -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
eeIns to Take . Day on.

A postmaster. not many miles from
Blllville, posted the following notice
ON his shutter recently:
IAN parties expectin' mail. are here
by notified to git all that's comm to
'em in advance-any time before next
Thursday, that bein' the day we have
-app'inted to 60 huntin'-not havin'
had holiday from the government
since July 4. and the said government
.seemin' to forget that bein' only hui
man. We need rest and recreation oc-
casional. There's some little mail
here for the Joneses and the Tompin-
ses-but It don't amount to much, as
it's all got one-ecnt stamps on it.
There amt nuthin' much in the bust
mess nohow!"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

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 .
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
iy satisfactory II 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 win be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

Cadrette, n Mechanic street, Leomin.
ster, Mass, says: my sight failed.
had sharp pain In my back and
bearing-down pains through the hips.
I was nervous, fretful and miserable.
The urine was greatly disordered and
I began to have the swellings OF
dropsy. / was running down fast.
when / started using Doan's Kidney
Pills. A wonderful change came and
after using them faithfully for short
time / was WELL"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Eoster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
sARNyARDs TOO LARGE.


From an economic standpoint,
most barnyards are too large, and no
where Is this more true than in the
south. The loss OF fertility II Tar
greater in a large tnan a small one.
This loss Is not 50 noticeable IN new
ly-settled fertile sections Of the coun-
try, as in the southern states east Of
the Mississippi river, where the once
fertile land has been robbed Of it,
organic matter. Thousands of farm
ers lose every year In keeping their
stock in large yards during the feed
ing season enough fertility to equal In
value q ton or more of the most ex-
pensive fertilizer. II the yard II large
with q nigh, dry place at one side, the
stock will congregate there and the
richest droppings are lost by being
trampled in and mixed with the soil,
unless the surface soil Is all hauled to
the field, which it would often pay to
do. Many yards extend to creek or
are located on hillside. from which
enc loss is very heavy, unless the
washings extend over a pasture OF
cultivated field. The better plan Is to
make the yard as small as possible.
consistent with convenience. and also
have it protected with q roof to q
great extent The saving of fertilizer
and promotion of the comfort of the
animals will pay q large annual in
terest on the investment.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

the track to take right-angled turn
to cross the summit of the hill?
= The larger diagram shows the prob
lem solved by constructing a loop"
An artificial hill is made. The line Is
taken under bridge that connects
the two hills; up long, but gradual,
slope that forms half of the loop, and
then, on the level, across the bridge
and over the hill. And the lengths OF
line before and after the loop are thus
at right angles to each other.
Such loops" remove many dinicul-
ties of railway engineering; and, in
addition to being useful, they are, as
"sights." a great attraction to travel
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

In northern Italy the cat is a
favorite article of food, even though
people are forbidden by law from
partaking of the animal. Indeed, cats
are fattened and grown for the mar
ket with great care, and the Italians
believe that they far surpass rab-
bits in every good quality. The
method of cooking the animal is to
roast it in an oven until brown, with
onions, garlic. parsley. bay leaf, red
wine, and some fragrant herbs other
than those mentioned.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

II your corn Is still stanfiag in the
field do not neglect to select corn for
seed at gathering time. A good plan is
to cut the stalk above and below the
select ears and throw these in pile
with the other corn. These selected
ears can then be told from the others
by their being attached to the stalk
and can be separated when the corn is
put into the crib or barn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

You will be compelled to pick much
damp cotton. Do your best by spread
ing out and summing to dry 1t before
ginning. 1t means one-half cent on
the pound to you. No gin can make
good sample from damp cotton
Cotton Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
Frosted Peaxines.

II the peas are nearly ripe, or nearly
ripe enough to cut for hay. the frost
will probably do them but little. If
any, harm. There is probably some
breaking down and loss of the food
elements, but the farther advanced to.
wards maturity the less will this be
the case. Peavines that are real green
when frozen will be almost worthless
as feed. 1t is almost, II not impossible,
to cure them, and decomposing green
vines are probably dangerous II fed In
that condition.
The whole question seems to hinge
on the one of the degree o. maturity.
II this is sufficiently advanced so that
the peas may be cut and cured into hay
there will probably be little loss In
feeding value except as there win be a
greater tendency to . losS Of the
leaves.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22
To Kin cabbaue Worms.

Common salt sprinkled on cabbage
leaves will kill of worms and destroy
their eggs as well. The salt applica-
ton will have to be renewed after
every rain. This is simple and ef-
fective remedy, and it does not injure
the plants either.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-22

Mrs. Russell Sage made her first
gift for benevolent purposes Of any
size when q few days ago she con-
tributed $1,000 from the $4,000, 900
beQueathed to her by her husband to
the Lawrence Methodist church. This
congregation had been struggling to
raise $4,000 to build new edifice on
the plot adjoining the present church
property. Mrs Sage's donation brings
the fund up to more than $1,000.