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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-01

Sixty years ago, when the editor
of the Southern Agriculturist was .
boy, his father had In his orchard the
Indian peach. It was larger than any
peaches now grown, he says. and the
flesh was deep red and very sweet.
The trees lived double the ages OF
the present varieties. An effort u
being made to reintroduce the In
dian peach. e. w. Perkins, Of Min
nesota, Tex, says he has trees OF
the Indian strain of peaches, and the
Agriculturist hopes to procure at
least two of them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-01
Ideas for the Hostess.

9. A letter of the alphabet and q
utensil of tin.-Pecan.
10. The first syllable is q color OF
the human eye.-Hazelnut..
After this contest nut hunt was
INDUCED in; the hunter finding the
most nuts received a copy of open
ing of Chestnut Burr" and Twice
Told Tales" was the consolation prize
MADAME MERRI.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-01

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was NO escape eAcep' ~ eans
rope or . ladder. Meanwhile tn
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-01
Growing the Peatnut.

The peanut (Archis hypogea) wiD
grow on dry soil where corn win, but
loo pounds of air-slacked lime Per
acre will be of marked aid in filling
pods with sound nuts. Sandy loan
is best soil for peanuts. Mix 500
pounds of acid phosphate. 800 pounds
of kainit and 200 pounds of cotton
seed meal, applying about 300 pounds
per acre. The average yield of pea
nuts in tennessee is about 80 bush
els. and the price $3.50 Per bushel OF
3 cents per pound.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-01


fr tn wife iv that fine gintleman'
Barney Flynn Ohio! t "a a gr-reat
shov I'd ma-ake iv mesik dom tn
u'ciety act at ball."
"Well, II you don't want to 60, why
don't you say SOL" asked the captain
you can say No to her, can't your"
"F'r sure" answered Policeman
rlynn. "sTis no throuble at all to say
NO. but It's tn divil's own job to ma
AXE 1t shtick. Ye may be firm IN
ye-sr tone, but II ye think that inds tn
matther it's fr you to guess wanst
moro. I'm sorry about tn ball. Mag
de- says ye-er wife to ye-er gir-ri'
lukkin' har-rd at you; 'tw'u'd Do
gr.reat chanst fr ye. but ye-er fathers
that silfish he won't go. An tn nixt
da-ay she says: 'Ye might as well give
AWAY tn new dhress made ye. fr
ye-er father will give ye no oppor-
ehunity r.. to wear it.
/ "oh. well. I'll order you on night
autv for next Tuesday" said the cap
tain, with haste that showed he had
no disposition to discuss the subject OF
home rule.
Policeman Flynn went home jubilant-
He ought to have known better than to
think he had so easily outwitted his
wife. but he had the self-complacency
Of the average man in these affairs and
considered the matter settled.
"STis a matther iv great ray-grit
| To me-" he said to his wife, that tn
| captin has ordered me on night juty
mkt Chuesday. had me mind al
ma-ade up f'r to go to tn ball"
whether Mrs. Flynn, with feminine
intuition. had surmised what would
happen, and had planned sharp tricl
for her lord and master must ever re
main a matter of conjecture, but Ger
tain it is that she smiled grimly Al
she replied: Thin It's Albright, r
tn ball g been cha-anged to Win'sda!
night"
Policeman Flynn tried to look hap
, nv. but 1t was hard task.
"'Tis q fort'nit thing" he said, r
II raves me free to go with you an
Maggie" But the next night he cam
home with a long face and announce
!, that he had made mistake In tn
orders. 1t was Wednesday that b
was to go on night duty.
Mrs. Flynn smiled even more grim
" than before as she said: "Ol
. shtrange Is tn wa-ays iv tn wor-rl
. that both Nv us sh'u'd be Vr-rong.
made tn mista-ake " thiIkin' they
!. changed tn ball night"
J, Then Policeman Flynn surrendere
. Internationally He realized that
|. vas in a trap from which there VI
: no escape.
Z aI'll CO." was all he said.
!. M course It was necessary to 81
: him instruction as to his duties
= the premises. He was to be prese
az a sort Of political lieutenant
helm her In her campaign for ono
and It was important that he shou
:. 40 his work in the most effecti
!. manner.
u .Iv coorse, Barney" she explaint
~ "ve must give ye-er attintion to TIL
. that has votes. ara It's not tn m
m IN this ca-ase. Ye must da-ance-
10 "L,ave me out Nv that" he hast
!. ,rterrupted. Sure, It's you tn
=. knows I never c'u'd da-ance. Oho'
4. think I see mesilf whir-rlin' r-rou
=. like thin fellies Barnum used r.
4. hiring over from some haythin 1a-al
az tn only wa-ay yen get me to da-a'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-01
HANDY PLACE TO WRITE.
Desk Which Folds Into the Bureau
or chiffonier.

A very convenient article to have In
every household is writing desk OF
some description. A table is not al
ways a satisfactory place on which
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
WORRIES ABOUT MOTHER
BUT IGNORES PAIN
YOUTH ALMOST SEWERS HIS
LEFT HAND
When Plucky Patient Receivers Gen.
sciousness at Hospital He Remarks
to His Father, "Guess You Won't
Make Me Work for a SPELL"

Charles Whitley, a negro aged 12 cut
his left hand in a CHASTITY manner yes
terday afternoon while chopping ice at
his home, 536 Caroline street.
According to his father, the lad never
whimpered, but rail to him holding out
the hand which hung dangling from
the wrist. The boy was hurried to the
receiving hospital and Police Surgeon
Quint summoned.
After an operation the doctor said
that the boy would probably recover
the full use of his hand. The tendons
were sewed together while the boy was
under an anesthetic. When he re-
covered consciousness he looked up at
his father and said: "Golly, that was
pretty deep cut, wasn't it? Guess you
won't make me work for a SPELL"
81 always dislike to perform an
operation on a boy" remarked DR..
Quint, "but this little negro boy was
one of the bravest 1 have seen in a
long time. He did not care for the
pain, he told me- SO long as his mother
didn't scold him for his carelessness"
After resting Several hours at the
hospital the plucky lad was taken to
his home.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
Attention Ladies and Gentlemen

For medical and family purposes we
have the finest Kentucky whiskies
sold on the coast. Call or phone the
B. & L. Saloon, 429 s. Spring.
wM. RENNICK 4 CO.,
Phone 2502. Sunset 1921,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31

Everything you want you Will find In
The classified pCge---a mo dern Sncyole'
Dedia. One cent word
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01

domestic factors chief among which may be
mentioned the record breaking crops of 1905
The largest corn crop ever harvested was
ported, and, with the exception of cotton, all
yields of farm products were unusually heavy.
In cotton. however, the total crop was larger
than expected earlier in the season, while
the high price for it Offset any loss which might
have occurred through the falling off in the
harvest. Among the favorable factors which
helped the stock market were the large num-
Der of dividend increases and the advance to
a dividend basis of many stocks which either
never had paid dividends upon which diYi-
dends had been suspended. Lehigh Valley placed
its stock on 4 per cent basis, and Reading did
the same. Baltimore and Ohio increased it's
dividend on its common stock to per cent,
Union Pacific increased its dividend to the
same basis, Analganated and Anaconda in
creased their dividends, 4 per cent was declared
on Erie second preferred, D per cent was paid
on the three classes of Georgia Central income
bonds, Norfolk and Western common stock went
to the per cent dividend level. and an extra
dividend was declared by the Delaware, Lack
aWanna and Western and by the Illinois Gen.
trail. These were among the important diyf-
dend advances. while the only unfavOrable divf-
dend announcements were the one by the Rock
Island directors SuSpending the dividend on
the preferred stock. the reduction Peoples
Gas from 6 to 5 per cent and the passing of
the dividend on the Wabash debenture AS.
OF the favorable developments in the year
bearing upon the stock market the most i'm
portant not already mentioned were: The North
ern Securities decision favorng the Morgan
Hill interests; activity in pig iron heavy demand
for high grade bonds enormous earnings by the
coal roads and, in fact, by all railroads. decision
or the St Paul directors to extend the road
to the Pacific coast, the general lack of disturb
anCe in the country's business. the comparative
freedom of the cOuntry'S industries from labor
troubles, the escape of the market from a manic
as a result Of the Equitable Life troubles Cthe
elimination market factors of the disclosures
in connection with the upheaval in this insurance
company being due to the taking of the Hyde
holdings by Mr.. Ryan,. enormous bank cIearings
and the growth of more harmonious relations be-
tween the great railroad interests In this eoun-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
Year.

the Atchison Of sJ0,OOOOOO In its booass :.
and like amount in it's stock, the gtoek -
issued to provide for the convertible hons.. =
strike of the Interborough Company, yithar,-'
by the Secretary Of the Treasury OF \
amount Of government deposits from nas'It
banks. active demand for the japanese -
Pennsylvania's S1O0OO0.OOO bono issue a., -
tional issue OF $1OOOO0OOO in Union Pes g
preferred stock. the downfall Of President 80
low o. the First National Bank Of Mlganfs
the failure OF q number Of banks throagss
the country, including the three Chicago -
tutionS which recently went under az ~
of speculation by the head of the concerns -
by the Lake Shore and the Baltimore and 0BSs
a large profit Of a considerable amount OF ~.
holdings of Rea1ing, dropping Of the Trs
Pacific interests from the Northern PacIar 81
rectory, reports at the close Of the wear -
the Morgan-HiIl interests had secured Co.,
of the Union Pacific, highest price on rex
$4,000, ever paid for a seat on the New-Y,@
Stock Exchange; Mr.. LawSOn's alleged S10nst
QUO pool 10 bear stocks. which SO far aceeFs.t
to Mr.. LawSon's own statement has res1r1
IN tremendous loss: sale OF the Chicago ~
nton and Dayton Railroad to the Morgan irsf
ests; the transfer of the same property 90 i
Erie Railroad and the subsequent return ;
the property to DIR. Morgan The most inuo,S
ant Wall Street event at the close OF the 80
was the announcement that the Belmont ina
ests had secured control for tire account OF s
Interborough Company Of the Metropolitan "a
ton interests.
Wall Street made vigorous protest agar.
the enactment of the stock transfer tax but n
bin was passed notwithstanding the CIV :
alarm that went up from the speculative co
munity, and the collection of the tax on s.s
sales failed to check enthusiasm IN the m
ket Wall Street brokers, at least the cOmns
mission house men, do not pay the tax. as Ia
shift it's burden to their customers The pssss
OF this act furnished a subject for active T.
cussfon early In the year. but IN the seer
half of the year the measure practically n
forgotten. The year OF 1905 was a lively and ..
taresting one for Wall Street, and while fun
years may surpass it in the matter Of hszz
trading on the Stock Exchange it is hardly Ia
Iy that there ever will be another tweivemGz
period when there will take place so many u
such varied movements in stocks and mOney /
in the year which has just closed
Total dealings in stocks in the year. annOuzz
to 263, 400, 716 shares, the heaviest on record
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
MONEY MARKET FLUCTUATIONS.

In the preceding year there were few I'M
portant fluctuations in the money market rates
for loans ruling at almost abnormaIly low
level while in 1905 especially in the latter part
of the year, there were sharp changes in call
rates, low quotation of Ia per cent made early
in the year being followed by a gradual ad-
vance, with g high figure of 10 per
cent In December Time money also was
firm In the fall months but there was
no disturbance In the financial market
as a result OF the stiff price of money; indeed,
practically for the first time in the records of
the Street stocks advanced In the face of ex-
the low position of bank reserves, there was no
distress in commercial circles. Money was tight
the world over. There was an active demand
throughout the year for gold in the foreign cap
which developed a result of the Russo
Japanese War, and although the United States
had a large excess of merchandise exports over
imports 1t shipped more gold than it imported.
For the year there was trade balance in favor
of this country of upward of 800 100000 and
in this connection it is interesting to note that
imports for the year were heavier than ever re-
ported In any preceding year, amounting in
value to over 81, 10OO00000
The high rates for money in this country
which, most of the time, we'll above the
rate prevailing in Europe, attracted a large
amount of foreign capital to the United States
through the medium of the foreign exchange
market in the form of finance bills. Foreign
exchange rates naturally were influenced by the
high quotations for money, but ii is quite gener-
ally believed that In the near future exchange,
under the influence OF a decline in the money
market, will move to a level which will bring
about gold exports from New-York. As the
country is well supplied with gold. outward
movement of the precious metal will cause no
disturbance in the different markets. There is
more money in the United States than ever
before recorded. and the high rates for leans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01

matter of records for heavy dealings there vas
no day in the year when the total OF trans
actions exceeded the high record of 1904, which
was made on December s, when total business
of nearly 100000 shares was reported The
largest days dealings In the history of the
Stock Exchange 100000 shares, recorded
on April 30, 1901, which compares with record
for 1905 of 1,995,539 shares Monday, Febru-
airy IT The nghtest trading IN the last year
was recorded on June 15, when only 129, 142
shares were dealt in The greatest improvement
in market values last year recorded in the
last four montha- At the beginning Of Septem-
Der the average price Of the leading railway
securities was about 1T. while at the end Of
the year the average price had advanced to
above 1885, the stocks making UP this coupila-
ton being Atchfson, Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific. Delaware and Hudson, North
west St Paul, Metropolitan, Erie, Louisville
and Nashville, Northern Pacific, Missouri Pa
cffic, New York Central Pennsylvania, Reading.
Southern Pacific Southern Railway, Union Pac-
life, Norfolk and Western Baltimore and Ohio
and Illinois Central In the industrial list, TAX
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
UNITED STATES FOREIGN CONNER

The total foreign commerce Of the Una1
States IN 1905 was heavier than in any pre-
ing year In the history OF the country, there D
ing an increase both in exports and imports
merchandise. Total figures for the year, Dees
Der partly estimated show volume Of fore
trade valued at $2-5O5. 7O4. 331. For the elsz
months ended November 80 the excess Of :
ports over imports amounted in value to ssA
742, 1873. The following table shows the o
imports and total exports of the United ST.
in the eleven months ended November 50 (
each year from 1898 to 1905.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
YEARS STRIKING MOVEMENTS.

Perhaps the most striking movements In the
year were made by the Industrial shares, no
habIy the copper issues and iron and steel stock
and American Smelling. It not very long
EGO when persons with good Information ad-
yised their friends to buy American Smelling,
and since that period there has been an appre-
citation in the market value Of the stock equfva-
lent to upward OF 100 per cent. The advance
in this issue In the copper shares, and IN fact
in all securities due primarily to an actuai
increase in the investment value OF the COM
pauies represented, few instances being recorded
in which the upward movement was not based
on legitimate conditions. The wonderful growth
of the iron and steel trade in the year.
as reflected in the great expansion In the earn
ings of the various steel and iron concerns, no
tabIy in the Of the United States Steel Cor
poration, naturally attracted an investment de-
mand for the iron and stee! Issues, while it
also induced enormous speculative operations
for the account of of vast financial re-
sources And the thing may be said re-
garding the copper shares. In the second half
active prices for the metal advanced to above
IS cents pound and both In this country and
Europe the demand for consumption reflected
g. most voracious appetite on the part of the
sumers. AS a result of the Improvement in the
copper trade heavy buying developed in Ana
conda and Aualganated the Stock Exchange,
In the Rio Tinto issues in London and in the va
rious shares which dealt in on the curb mar
ket- OF course, opportunity was thus afforded
for the display Of many worthless copper Sc
euritIes and the vigorous efforts of manipulators
in mining shares to exploit their dividend
paying companies furnished one of the few I'M
fortunate Developments of the year in the curb
market.
Many new high records were established on
The Stock Exchange IN the last year. but In the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
BANK CLEARINGs IN 1906.

sDecember estimated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
ATTENTION TO DETAIL WINS IN oHlES.

In the Philippines, China and Japan, the %
S De Ronde Co., OF this city has gained a.
preciabIe foothold. The goods which mas
have not only been OF the highest grade. oui (
firm has studied the tastes and desires o.
Oriental customers, giving special sttenslee.
packing and shipping. These seemingly unfihlNsss
details have been greatly neglected by tie IAs
OF American exporters and the De Ronde Cotass.
has been amply repaid for It's Efforts 70 y
Far Eastern merchants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
DEVELOPMENTS OF INTEREST.

Some of the factors which interested Wall
Street were: The entrance of President Cassatt
of the Pennsylvania into the board of directors
OF the New-Haven road, the campaign by the
railroads against rate legislation the increase by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
'F1ve days. tDefcit.

ing twelve of the chief issues, it will be found
that there has been an advance from an aver
age price of 70 to over $685. In the first part of
the year large amounts of stock were absorbed
by rich investors and spectators, and as con-
ditions affecting the Industrial growth of the
country continued to grow stronger there grad
ua1ly developed market for stocks which be-
came in many respects the most notable in the
history of Wall Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
Heavy Trading and Big Price Gains in Sockst1ish Rates
for Money Fail TO Check Activify-Facfors Thai
Affected fhe Financial Markets.

do not reflect a scarcity of funds, but indicate
a poor distribution of money and the bad feat
ures of our currency system AS far as the
money market is concerned, one of the note
worthy Incidents of the year was the sugges-
ton by the Secretary of the Treasury in his
annual report, that legislation should be enacted
which would give more elasticity to our cur
rency. At the end of the year the actual amount
OF money in the country, exclusive Of govern
an increase of over 100000 In the twelve
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
MONEY RATES IN 1906.

The following table shows the range Of I
money rates at the New-YOrk Stock Exchus
Tn 1903:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01

Bank clearings at the principal centres Of 2
United States, by months, for the years Es
1904 and 1903 follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
FACTORS AFFECTING STOCKS.

Wall Street operations were not adversely
affected by the Russian defeats in the early
part of the year, while. matter of fact, the
adverse Developments OF 1905 practically were
without influence on the course of trading in
the Stock Exchange. The successful peace
negotiations tended TO increase bull enthusiasm,
but the chief cause of the great appre-
citation In values is to be found in purely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01

Totals s142 III. 6s5 77G $112 TAI Ts III s1O 2S7 -
sPartIv estimated
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-12

All of 1T certainly comes out OF the
pockets of Butler county citizens, and
any merchant knows that the man who
spends any great amount of money al
a saloon is poor customer to trust on
the books at the store.
Before the business men of Butler
county petition for saloons to help
draw trade, let them first ascertain
from whose pockets $4,000 is going
TO come each year. The total job
printing, subscription business and adj
vertising done by the eight newspapers
of Butler county in year will amount
to less than - per cent of $4,000. In
other words the saloons will do eight
times the business of all the newspa-
pers of Butler county. 1t would
require the rent Of two town
ships and one section over of Butler
county land at 81 per acre cash rent to
raise this $4,000 for seventeen sa-
looms. Yes, saloons pay, but they sell
dom pay the other fellow, and they do
draw trade. but they draw it all to
their own tills.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-12
As Viewed in Washington.

washington TimeS.l
With Cummins elected in Iowa, with
Guild a winner by a great vote in Mas
sachusetts. with Lacey and Babcock
beaten. with Wadsworth showed un-
der. with Dalzell barely escaped, with
Littlefield almost a victim in the early
polling with Hepburn's majority cut,
with McCleary defeated by big vote
In a. strongly republican district with
Governor Johnson reelected in Minne-
sofa. where revision sentiment has long
been rampant. and with all these things
painfully apparent, 1t is not difficult to
reach the conclusion that revision sen-
timent is still alive and getting more
and more expert with the scalpel.
Governor Cummins wins in Iowa by
about 20, 000 That means a great deal.
The railroads, the high tariffites, and
the sore republicans fought them to a
finish for the nomination, and he beat
them soundly. Then they bolted and
fought him all thru the campaign, and
at the polls, immense funds were pro-
vided and many of the newspapers ed
tied by postnrasters named by the
Iowa standpat congressional delegation,
bolted him; yet 'Cummins tops his vic
tory in the convention by another vic
tory at the polls He has twice over
whelmed his enemies and he comes out
of 1t the foremost representative of tar
iff reform opinion. To make his victory
more impressive, his arch-enemy, the
chief of standpatters, Major Lacey. is
defeated for the house. These things
will not fail to have their influence.
They will encourage friends of revision
or they will warn its opponents to be
less bigoted.