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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
The Chronicle.
coLFAx LOUISIANA
Demoralizing Sport.

The game of football has become se.
riously Injurious to rational academic
life in American schools and colleges
says President Eliot, of Harvard, In Sue
cess Magazine. Some of the lesser OBJ
jections to the game are its extreme
publicity, the large proportion OF in
juries among the players, the absorb
tion of the undergraduate mind in tbs
subject for two months, and the dispro-
portionate exaltation Of the football
hero in the college world. The carry
ing into elaborate and highly artificial
practice the enfeebling theory that no
team can do it's best except in the pres
ence of hosts of applauding friends is
still another of the lesser evils of foot
ball. Worse preparation for the real
struggles and contests of life can hard
ly be imagined. The orator, advocate.
preacher, surgeon, engineer, banker,
tradesman, craftsman, admiral, general
or statesman who cannot do his best ex-
cept In the presence of a sympathetic
crowd is distinctly a second-class man.
None of these things, however, enters
into the main objection to the game, for
the main objection lies against its moral
quality. AS developed in this country
under fierce intercollegiate compeu-
tion, 1t has become a game In which
the actions of the individual players
can often be entirely concealed, not only
from the mass of spectators on the
benches, but from nearer observers on
the side lines, and even from the UNI
pire, who gets as near as possible to
the combatants. The game is played
under established and recognized rules.
but the uniform enforcement of these
rules is impossible, and violations of tho
rules are in many respects highly profit
able toward victory. These rules OF
action are all justifiable, and even nee
essary, in the consummate savagery
called war, in which the immediate OBJ
ject is to kill and disable as many OF
the enemy as possible. To surprise, am
buscade and deceive the enemy and in
varfably to overwheIm a smaller force
by a greater one are the expected meth
DDS of war. But there is no justifica-
ton for such methods in manly game
or sport between friends. They are es-
sentially ungenerous; and no sport is
wholesome in which ungenerous and
mean acts, which easily escape detec-
ton. contribute to victory, whether
such acts be occasional and incidental,
or habitual.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
STORING ROOT CROPS.


The practice of storing winter potar
toes In pits, or rather IN earth-covered
heaps, is quite prevalent. and the
method is as follows: A dry, sheltered
spot is selected, layer of straw put
upon the ground, and conicaI heap
Of potatoes laid upon the straw. Any
desired number of bushels may be
placed In the heap. but in case Of Z
large number. the heap should be
ridge-shaped instead of round. The
potatoes are covered with six or eight
inches of straw, on which is placed
layer of earth FIVE or six inches in
depth. A second layer OF straw is then
used, on which is placed second layer
of earth, which is made smooth and
firm. II large quantity are to be
stored IN this manner, it Is well to
allow some of the straw to project at
the top, whether the heap be round
or long, in order to afford ventilation.
In extremely cold weather the heap Is
covered with litter Of coarse stable ma
nure, as potatoes are likely to be in
jured by freezing and thawing. Some
times an excavation is made foot or
more in depth, SO the potatoes are in
part unoer ground. Unless care and
good judgment are exercised, there 10
likely to be damage resulting from ex-
cessive cold, on the one hand, or UNI
reasonably warm weather on the other.
Progressive Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
IMPROVING THE FIGURE.
Average Woman Has Formed Habits
That Tend to Such Defect as
One High Shoulder or Hip.

You girls who are working to over.
come the unevenness of hips and
shoulders must investigate the indi-
vidual cause of the trouble. Nothing
ts . more common cause than the habit
OF incorrect standing, throwing the
weight of the body upon one foot and
leg. But many cases of crookedness
are brought about by some odd habit
all your own. For instance, one cor
respondent writes that she always
wears long skirts in the street and in
variably holds the skirt to raise it from
the ground with the right hand. This
habit may have done a great deal to
twist her. If you will not wear short
walking skirt, take pains to change
hands often when lifting your train.
Horseback riding, as It has beer
practiced-that. is, with side saddle
has done its share of damage. One
physician prescribed saddle made fol
the reverse position, bringing the stir.
rup on the opposite side from the usual
one.
Carrying school books or parcels al
ways in one arm, especially when they
are held against the hip. throws the
body into one-sided position.
In the introduction of vertical writ
ing into schools, much has been said
of the benefit gained from its forcing
the child to sit straight. facing the
desk directly. instead of sitting in the
diagonal fashion customary with slant
ing penmanship. This position has en-
couraged unevenness of shoulders and
hips.
So you must study your own case
to discover whether you are not in
some way twisting yourself Eout Of
shape; then, when you have discov-
cred the cause, do away with it prompt
ly. besides taking exercises to correct
your figure.
In simple, standing exercises, it 10
important that you have one hand on
the hip. the. other clasped about the
neck. The, hand on the hip belongs
to the high side; the other. lifted to
the neck. raises the entire side, hip.
shoulder and all, along with it. and
so corrects the fault. The high hip
is usually the right one. but your case
may differ.
Starting with this position. you may
use an infinite number of exercises
that vou have uractfcad hoforo. fhOso
which stretch and bend the spine are
the most profitable. Go through these
exercises. giving yourself short rests
between during these rests you may
let the arms fall at the sides while you
take deep breatds.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06

During the leisure days in the win
ter is the period when the farmer can
greatly improve his lands by burning
line rock to be applied to his fields.
Where the soils are of heavy clay
formation and are adhesive, an appli-
cation of 20 bushels Of unslacked lime
per acre will be very beneficial in the
way of loosening them. Even the
putty-lfke soils, such as are found in
the prairie parts Of Alabama, will be
greatly improved by the use of the
above quantity of lime. The lands
should be turned as deep as possible,
and the lime applied on top to dis
integrate during the winter. We
have known 20 bushels of lime to in
crease the yield Of oats ten bushels
per acre.
After one crop ON lined lands, peas.
sofa beans, velvet beans or alsike.
clover should be sown. These crops
will add to the vegetable substance
liz the soil, and the lime will hasten the
nutrification- changing the color Of the
soil and capacitating it for holding
water. The lime will in two years
sink into the subsoil, and there con-
tinue to sweeten the undecompose6
matter, and prepare for the rootlets OF
coming crops. Don't lay aside this
advice, and forget the value Of this
suggestion Agriculturist.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06

The price OF young mules in Tennes
see is way up. The cotton growers
of the south cam not farm without the
mule. Facts about prices prove that
mules are selling about ten dollars
each above horses The ability of the
mule to endure great heat has brought
it into most general use in the south
ern states; also, the farmers Of this
country find the mule stands the work
in the hot season in wheat fields much
better than the horse.
The mule natures more quickly
than the horse, and can be placed on
the market from one to two years
sooner than the average horse. This
means larger profit to the producer
and quicker returns for the invest
ment-Southern Agriculturist.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
Literally Taken.

DIR. Barnardo. the London philsn-
thropist. who died recently. used to
tell the following sorry: AT the door
e one of the boys homes was mat
with the words, Wipe your feet One
day as DR.. Bernardo was entering the
bouse he saw new boy removing his
shoes and stockings and wiping his
feet on the mat. He had taken the in
structions in a literal sense" A Lon
don paper comments gravely: The
anecdote reminds one of the. notices al:
american doors, Wipe your gums re-
ferring to the galoches universally
worn in winter"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06

The horn Of plenty is OVERLOOKING
an Uncle Sans country, and this
years phenomenal harvests, which will
yield much larger money return than
any other in his history. promise the
firm foundation for national pros
perity such as the world never has
seen. Railroad lines face a congestion
OF cars and clogging Of terminals, rail-
makers and car builders are crowded
with orders, ocean freights are in de-
mand, manufacturers are running
night and day, arabic lands have adj
vanced from rs to 100 per cent. In
value. more building is being done than
ever before. labor is fully employed
at high wages; to Japan and Korea
enlarged expectations will flow. These
nations contemplate spending some
thing like 100000 for railway ma
terials and equipment, Of which
large part will be allotted to the Unit
ed States. Japan has already pur-
chased In this country within the last
six months over 200 locomotives, 5000
railway cars. 400 iron and steel
bridges, and much electrical machin-
cry. It is said that the nation has
never held a more advantageous posi-
ton agriculturally, commercially,
financially and politically than in
1905.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06

Prof. w. H. Dalrymple. of the a.
ricultural experiment station of Louis
lana State university, has. recently
written Bulletin No. "a. q general sum-
mary of our knowledge Of Texas fever
among cattle. He clearly establishes
The fact that the Boophilus annulates
is the only tick that can transmit the
fever from one animal to another. He
contends that incubation or vaccina-
ton in bringing on mild type Of fever
immunizes animals from the fever in
its violent form. He further says:
1.-THE engorged tick is q source OF
blood for inocculating purposes" Any
farmer desiring to have copy Of this
bulletin can secure 1t by writing to
Prof. w. H. Dalrymple, Baton Rouge.
La
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
BOYS, GET BUSY.
Gather Up the Fallen Leaves ana
store Them Away For Winter
Use In the Hen House.


The wind is blowing sharply to-day,
and the leaves after the recent sharp
frosts are falling and scurrying along
before the moderate gale. 1t will blow
longer and stronger soon, and the
leaves viii fall thicker and faster, and
will bunch and eddy about in the low
places and the little hollows-all so
dry and brown and crisp-verily, ma
lures own collection for the hens to
scratch and pry about in. But the
rain and the snow will soon come.
and the leaves will become wet and
limp, and soon rot IL left out in the
weather, sinking into the earth to aid
In enriehing the soil which, in such
localities, is Siready rich enough.
1t is up to the boys now to take
action. They should go with bag and
basket and gather the leaves while
they are dry and clean, and store them
where they wilI- keep dry all winter.
And then. as the cold weather comes
on, let them lie utilized In the hem
house. This can be done to advan-
tagc by cleaning out q well-drained and
rasn-proof spot and boarding it up q
foos or two. scatter leaves in there
six inches deep SO that grain when
scattered in there will sink out Of
sight. Then let the hens to it, and
renew the grain daily, and the leaves
weekly, and the hens will dream
dreams of fence corners and wooded
= - - -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
Public Health Science.

There are interesting and suggestive
symptoms of a wholesome reaction
against the evils of the sedentary life.
Parks and open spaces are being lib
orally provided; public and private
gymnasiums are rapidly coming into
being; public Fairgrounds are thrown
open in many of our cities, free OF
expense to the laboring, but, never
theless, often sedentary, population:
vacations are more than ever the FASH
Ion; sports and games are everywhere
receiving increasing attention; while
public baths and other devices for the
promotion of personal hygiene are
more coming into being. All this is
rs II should be, but all is as yet only
. beginning. Here the science OF edu-
cation is sadly at fault, and in The
direction OF educational reform as re-
CARDS personal hygiene lies immense
opportunity for contribution to pub
lie health science.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
CONVINCING EVIDENCE


- People can cuna theu1 of God
many common ailments at q very small
cost II they go about it the right way, .
said Mr.. Hoar, recently. "For instance,
have just cured myself Of . very pain.
full disease. / might have begun to treat
it sooner. that's all the mistake made
in the matter. But found the root OF
the difficulty and I picked out the right
|, remedy without the aid of q doctor.
1t was really all in my blood. first
felt a twinge in my left foot and ankle
in the middle Of last Januarv. following
exposure to cold. realized I had rhen-
matism and / knew that really comes
from bad blood. Gold simply develops
it. Then my hands and feet were cold
and clammy even in hot weather, and
numb q great part of the time. / con-
cluded that my blood was thin and poor
aud the circulation sluggish.
after Q time my feet and ankles
swelled so badly that I could only tie
my shoes half way mp. Mylegs swelled
terribly and could walk only short
distance before giving ont completely.
"When read Of the cures of all kinds
OF blood diseases, that had been effected
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills, Twas con-
WINGED that they were just the remedy
for my case, and 90 It proved. / could
zee that they were benefiting me before
I had quite used mp the first box. The
improvement was decidedly marked at
ter had taken two boxes. Three more
boxes restored my hands and feet and
legs TO natural size and feeling and
then I stopped taking medicine aud have
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06

William Monroe, of Kalamazoo. Mich,
having reached the age of IS few days
ago. decided that he had outliyed his
usefulness and therefore cut his throat,
partially severing the windpipe. but
missing the jugular vein. Just then his
wife came in and found him sitting
calmly In an easy chair, smoking his
pipe. while blood gushed from the
wound She hastily bound a cloth
around his neck and later surgeon
sewed up the wound. Mr.. Monroe has
now decided not to hurry matters in the
same way again.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06

2 There is the strictest enforcement Of
the midnight closing law in the Britt
ish metropolis, and it behooves the pa
irons of the public houses to dispose
of their repasts on or before the stroke
of IL. for the attendants will grant
yoc not q minute Of grace. It matters
not whether you are only half way
through your meal, out go the lights
and IT is useless to beg for more time.
Respect for the law is one of the char
acteristics of the Briton. and in the
worlds greatest city there is no laxity
In its observance,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06

eral health was affected when began
using them. My feet were swollen, my
eyes pulled, and dizzy spells were fire.
quent. Kidney action was irregular
and the secretions highly colored.
Today, however, am well woman,
and / am confident that Doan's Kidney
Pills have made me SO, and are keeping
me we'll"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Eoster~M iIburn Co. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06

! A White Star liner arrived in New
york few days ago from the Me.liter.
ranean, bringing 100 cabin passengers,
IS Of whom were women. They had the
run Of the ship. even invading the smok-
fng-room, the result being that for the
nrst time on record, it is believed a
transatlantic liner made a voyage
without q card game, not even hand
1t whist. The bar took in only ten dol.
lars during the trip. another unprece-
dented feature. Ship companies win
hardly encourage this sort of trafnc IN
The future.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
HERE AND THERE.

lin rearing calves we should begin
to train them from their infancy for the
important position they are to ali later
as money makers for as.
Aim to keep hogs for profit; that
is what everybody keeps them for.
Some are doing it, and some are not.
The only way to successfully raise
hogs, or to succeed in any other occu-
patton, is to study and observe the
work.
Ito get proper size and develop
ment, variety OF feed is necessary.
Colts will winter after fashion II
allowed to run to a straw stack and
given a little hay and oats occasional
ly, but this kind of wintering never
pays.
1T is a recent thing that the true
value Of Japan clover has become
known, therefore while the plants were
spreading all over the south, growing
by the roadside and in the old. aban-
doned fields, no one thought them
worthy Of saving the seed.
If properly kept and judiciously
applied to land, the manure produced
by flock Of fowls IL said to be worth
nearly one-half the value Of the food
consumed. and yet little account b
taken Of the droppings when an esti>
mate is made Of the profits from the
flock.
I'VE believe that there are few
farmers who really realize that an or
chard properly thinned win yield -
many bushels Of fruit ~ one left ur1-
thinned. Where fruit is tlinned, that
left TO mature is several times larger
than If all the fruit Is allowed to re-
main On the tree. Then there u the
Inference in price also.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06

boys wiil say, 20 Pshaw, or laugh Ct
this idea, and do nothing OF the kind.
All right, SON, you 5are not cut out
for chicken fancier, or market poul-
terer.f and had best get after some
thine else. But to those who take an
interes in the hens on the place and
want then to lay when eggs are the
most valuable, to all such we say, try
it, and see.-~H. B. Geer, in Southern
Agriculturist. -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
USEFUL CASE FOR LETTERS
This Receptacle Is Very Easily Con-
structed-May Prove Sugges-
tive for Little Gift.

This is a simple example of a very use-
full article to hold letters and cards that
might otherwise lie about in an untidy
way and be lost. The foundation con-
sists of two pieces Of cardboard each nine
inches long, one six inches deep. the
other four inches. These are covered
with silk, cloth or linen. as preferred,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
LETTER POCKET.

and edged with fancy galloon. gold lace,
or embroidery. Two pointed pieces four
inches long and two inches wide at the
top form ends. which must be neatly
sewn in. Ribbon with bows form loop
by which the pocket is suspended.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06

and other kidney ills,
will find comfort in
the words of Mrs.
Jane Farrell, of 600
Ocean Ave-. Jersey
City. N. J., who says:
II reiterate all !
have said before in
praise Of Deans Kid
ney Pills. / had been
having heavy back
anhno on1 49,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
A Dehnition.

Gladys-Mamma, what is q "cursory
glance?
Mamma-It is the kind Of look that your
father gives when he wants to swear but
doesn't dare.-Rosiyn News
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
Applied Art.

First Sweet Sixteen-Oh, my Fritz il
very musical. He composes heavenly
waltzes.
Second Ditto-So is my Hans. He
even kisses in waltz time.-Translated tor
Tales from Meggendorfer Blaetter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
A CLASS PRESIDENT
VARIOUS REASONS WHY PAR
TICULAR GIRL Is CHOSEN.

The Popular scho,l-0irl Does Not
Make Unluckv Speeches-sae L.
Quick to Understand People-The
Successful Leader Among Girls
Must Possess Charm and Initiative
She Must Be Able to Engineer
a Meeting with Ease and Grace
Extra Work Her Penalty for the
Honor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
Sure Enough.

I'm from Beantown.n
~Boston"
"That's the only beantown. isn't it!~
sWell, there's Lima, 0."-Chicago Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-06
TwICE-T0LD TESTIMONY.


The thousands of women who suffer
backache, languor, urinary disorders
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24

within the garden walls Of the palace
which were heavily guarded. Cossackt
patrolled the neighborhood day and
night and the royal children were also
watched over by an army Of guards,
police agents and spies
The irony of fate reaches its climax
in this photograph of Alexis Nicolaie
witch, the Gar of Russia's only son
and heir. All unconscious Of the ever
nearer rolling wave Of revolution
which threatens to outrun the horrors
of the French revolution, knowing
nothing of the ever increasing terrors
of massacre which daily strike horror
10 the hearts of the whole civilizee
world, the future Gar of all the Rus
sias plays In the grounds Of Peterhof
with his sisters, prisoner, close
guarded by the few loyal soldiers left
to his father. Little Alexis is chief of
all the Cossacks and of many regi-
ments, all OF whom are in a state Of
open or secret mutiny.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24

nary, began his first pastoral work at
Winnetka, Ill. In 1880 he went to Chi
cago as general secretary Of the West
ern Unitarian Conference, In which ca
pacity he served nine years. He also
organized and was first secretary Of
the Western Unitarian Sunday School
Society; established In 1878, with 9th
ers, Unity, a weekly paper, now thu
organ of the Congress Of Religions
and has been its edltor-in-chief since
1880. In this year the spirit within
him demanded fuller expression than
Western Conference, and he hired a
hall and hung out his single as a
preacher"
The gospel Of universal brotherhood
and freedom, fellowship and charac-
ter in religion" burned within him and
must find expression, SO he organized
All Souls Church, the services being
held In a hall. At this first service
there were about 20 people, but half o.
these never came again. Nevertheless
the seed sprouted and made steady
growth
In time a church building, with
many of the appurtenances of club
house, was erected. The method Of
work Is that followed by all liberal
! churches and known as Unity Club
work. This includes a systematic
course of study in literature and re-
ligion, science and other useful topics
with a special view to character build
ing, under the direction Of the pastor.
The pastor of All Souls was one of
the leaders in organizing the Worlds
Parliament of Religions in 1929. anf
became the general secretary Of the
Congress Of Religions-a natural Sc
quence to the parliament; was the
first president of the Illinois State
Conference of Charities is one Of the
lecturers in English la the University
of Chicago extension course; Is found
er and president of the Tower Hill
Summer School of Literature and Re
ligion, and Is the author Of sever
books besides the one In which he II
joint author with w. G. Gannett-Th,
Faith That Makes Faithful. AS
worker Mr. Jones has few equals, an(
. as an organizer he is unsurpassed.