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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
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FOR THE RAINY DAY.
Try Making Dogs Out Of Bits Of String
or Paper.

Some very amusing dogs can be
made in the following way from pieces
of string or tissue paper. Take piece
of thin string, about nine inches in
length THAT which the grocer ties
round the packets Of tea, and such
like, is the best, and twist 1t up as
tight as possible by holding one end
between the teeth and the other end
with the fingers. Now double the
string, and it will be found that each
half win twist round the other. but
not SO tight as 1t should be, SO 1t
should be twisted again as much as
possible. The whole secret of the mak-
ing of string dog really lies in the
twisting Of the string before being
doubled, as explained above. II you
try and twist piece of string when
doubled without having previously
twisted 1t up tightly you will find that
it will come unwound again almost d.
rectly. When the string has been dou-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
The Working Diagram.

bled and twisted round In the proper
manner It appears as in Fig. 1. The
next thing to be done Is to pull the
string out as indicated in Fig. Q. (This
is best done by the aid of pin.) After
having pulled the string apart, as
shown In Fig. 2, the two pieces OF
string pulled out land marked and q
should themselves be twisted round
tightly. 1t will be found that they have
an inclination to twist round without
aid. The dogs head and ears have
now been made. Now commence to
pull out the string in a similar fash
ion as shown in Fig. 8, and twist
round again as before, and the fore
legs will be completed For making the
fore legs the string should be pulled
out where marked A In Fig. 2. The
hind legs and tail are now treated in
exactly the same manner as the fore
legs were made, only the string should
be pulled out where marked B in Fig.
2. When the hind legs are completed
the inch or so Of string over repre-
sents the tail, and the dog is now
completed, as shown In Fig. 4. II the
tail Is considered to be too long 1t
may be shortened with a pair of scis-
sors. Now, to make the dogs out of
paper, only thin, strong tissue should
be used. The paper required should be
about nine inches in length and half
an inch in width. Twist the paper fair
ly tightly, as shown in Fig. s, and
then twist 1t very tightly. as in Fig.
6. Now double 1t and twist again, and
deal with in the same manner as with
the string"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
JUST FOR FUN.
WittIcIsms for the Willing Away Of
the Dull Hour.

Sweetness long drawn out-The mu-
sic of an accordion.
The man who digs bitches gets
spade well for his work.
A key is like q sick animal, because.
It is little bear III.
A ship that has two mates and no
captain-Courtship.
The original fan style happened in
the Garden of Eden.
Jones calls his dog Hickory, be-
cause he has a rough bark.
Taking the cents of the meeting
passing around the hat.
All men are not homeless, but some,
are home less than others.
A swallow may not make q summer.
but frog makes spring.
The letter d Is truly an old salt
been following the c for years.
The most wonderful fight on record
was when the chimney fiue.
Billiards must be an easy game. for
it's mostly done on cushions.
Before states were used people null
tiplied on the face of the earth.
The best telephone bell-the hello
girl at the other end OF the line.
A goose is an inoffensive fowl, and
yet everybody gets down on her.
A milk shake-When COW Is tossefR
from the track by locomotive.
Spices are not as rule noisy, but
you have all heard the gingersnaps.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

Fowls are peculiar in their habits
OF eating, and when unaccustomed to
certain kinds of food have been known
to refuse them. Even oats or wheat
will be refused if they have never
been treated with food of that kind,
and one lot of fowls may be voracious
with certain kinds of food that others
In another yard may refuse. They can
all be educated. however, to eat food
to which they have not been accus-
toned, which is done by placing only
the one kind within their reach.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

Much of the so-called bowel trouble
In the fall cf the year is caused by
the lack of exercise. A large guam
tity Of strong feeds like corn Is given
with but little grit and the whole sys-
tenn, especially the bowels are en-.
feebled. The exercise is necessary to
keep the body in health and If It Ia
not givn the digestion becomes i'm.
paired and the bird suffers from some
form OF bowel trouble. Feeding plent,
Of grit and compelling the birds t.
take plenty of exercise will general
correct the trouble.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
A Funny Game.

Have a sheet or screen 30 placed
that shadows may be cast upon II.
Facing 1t have one of the players
sitting in such a position that he can
see only the screen-not anything that
is going on behind him. This player.
is called the Waterman" Now be-.
hind the Waterman. and at such a dis
lance that there Is space for a person
to walk between the Waterman and
the light, place a candle.
The object Of the game is for the
Waterman to guess from the shadows
cast who is passing behind him.
The players, going one by one, may
disguise themselves by limping, bow
ing the head or wearing a hat; but
generally the Waterman, II he is dis
corning, may detect the player by
some popularity. For every one no
guesses correctly forfeit must be-
paid by the one discov sred.- The
Watchman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
Heiry vetch for Winter Pasture.


Every farm should have some green
feed for stock during the cold months
The horse will often get out of fix
appetite be gone and decline in flesh
on dry feeds all the winter. If he il
furnished with some green feed his
digestion will be restored, his condf
ton improved and the feed will be
more effective in bringing about such
conditions than any medicine that can
be given him.
This paper believes that hairy
vetch mixed with winter oats will lead
to such good results. Sow 20 pounds
OF hairy yetch with one bushel of win
ter proof oats to an acre. This win
equal any Of the clovers and furnish
more nutriment than even the famous
blue grass of Kentucky. The vetch is
legume. therefore is soil improved,
while 1t grows at time when the
weather Is too cold for other plants.
The vetch and oats as q nutritive food
Is about equal to alfalfa, pound for
pound, and there Is no trouble In OBJ
tanning a stand.
Vetch will not be injured by cold
weather from Kentucky to the gulf.
II sown at once it will grow about ten
inches high before January and stand
at that height until the middle of
February. Then it gets hump" ON
it, and in two months win be s feet
long. 1t can be moved in May for
hay or be eaten by stock on the land.
wonderfully enriching the soil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
Anew pont's.

Don't forget to paint the walls OF
the poultry house with thick coat
Of whitewash this fall.
Don't fail to store up plenty of dust
for the winter dust bath.
Don't sell the best of the flock be.
cause you can catch them easier. Gull
with judgment.
Don't put fifty fowls in house built
for half that number.
Don't buy screenings for feed Buy
good wheat or corn.
Don't mix in few good birds with
the culls when marketing, thereby
expecting to get better price. 1t
works the other way every time.
Don't let another laying season 90
by without trying trap nests. They will
tell about improbable hens.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
When = Things Nice.

London's Lord Mayor declared tn,
other day, that he did not know mucl
about cooking: But, said he, 's
know when things nice" Cut cur
rant bread very thin, so that you sic.
through the fruit and bring out 1t
full flavor, butter it lightly. and aerv.
it neatly, and you may be sure thu
this most wholesome and sustainin
food will win for itself the praise de-
to the thing that's nice.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
Curing Alfalfa With Wheat straw

Curing Alfalfa With Wheat Straw.
Where large herds Of cattle are
raised on the farms in the west they
stack the alfalfa with the straw for
the following named purposes:
Some of us in the west mix straw
with alfalfa for cattle feeding. The
purpose of this method is to reduce
the alfalfa and enrich the straw. The
third or four crop or cutting is used
for this purpose, as it comes on about
threshing time. The method is to
stack the alfalfa green, mixing with
frequent layers of straw. The straw
absorbs the juices of the alfalfa and
prevents heating; also it attains a
rich flavor and is readily eaten by
stock during the winter, where it
would go untouched If fed in the dry
state.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
Disappointed.

Dorothy, aged three. was to be
taken on her first long trip, relates
the Boston Herald. She seemed most
interested when told that she was on
q ferryboat. After q few moments
her mother noticed look of disap-
pointment come over her little girls
race. Asking the reason. Dorothy
said:
Where are they, mother?"
Who" asked her mother.
why, mother, you told me this
was fairyboat, and I've looked and
looked and cant find single fairy"
sighed little Dorothy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
THE MAGIC JAvELIn.
Made from = Medlum-Sixed Sewing
Needle and Bit Of Thread.

Take . mediNn-sized sewing needle
with very shsrp point (Which most.
needles have). Take up a position
about three feet away from q piece OF
soft wood hung on door, and. hold
ing the needle between your finger
and thumb, endeavor, strongly launch
Ing it. to throw 1t. point forward, into
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

Crossing different breeds makes
scrubs more often than anything else.
Each breed has been developed for
some particular end, and very few
should attempt to do better than to
introduce new blood into their flocks
BY getting birds of the same pure
breed they are raising.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
No Fun rbere

An American who travelled in Arabia
for year says that he did not see
one girl have doll of any sort. nor
did he see one playing at keeping
house" Not a boy played ball or
marbles or any other game. but
walked around and tried to Il ,k ike
man. When a sheik was spoken to
about It he replied:
You must be queer people in
America to let your children get their
hands dirty by playing"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
Model School BY
a Wo11an's
Club
By Mrs. Fenton Ottley

Prominent Southern Woman
Tells How Woman's Club Rem
dered Practical Assistance to a
Community-Deplorable Condi-
tons In Public Schools Where
Children Attend Only Three
Months a Year-Interest Stimu-
lated by Model County Schools
College Graduates Teach Chill
dren Domestic Sciences, Carpen-
try and Gardening.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

ing Il In front as
In Fig. i: put the
string in your
mouth at the point.
where 1t crosses:
itself, and holding
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

II your chickens are kept in runs.
he sure to plcw or spade them up
his fall and sow green feed. It vii.
'urify the soil and give healthful feel
At little cost.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

1t firmly between the teeth. an
nounce your intention Of removing It
from the neck by passing the rest Of
the string second time over the
head.
To do this. FIRST drop the cord from
both hands for q moment. and in TAX
ing hold of it again let your hands
exchange places, being careful to
have the string which is uppermost
where 1t crosses In your mouth re-
main uppermost. 20 that what appears
to be second crossing Of the string
will be really its increasing; now
throw the rest of the cord over your
head, and though you seem to be en-
circled by double col. draw both
sides backward, as In Fig. 2, releasing
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

string still tied together as In the be-
ginning, and ready for numberless more
wonders.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18
a GOOD TRICK.

II 10 Performed with Piece Of strino
--How Il 10 Done.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

Here Is a very simple trick: Pass;
your string around your neck, cross
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

the string from
your still closed
mouth In what
seems Quita \
marvellous way.
You will find
yourself disentan-
gled, and the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

The plan is that each school shall
become blooming garden, the gen
eral headquarters of the people Of
the neighborhood. where library and
reading rooms shall help to rem
der it attractive and necessary to
patrons, as well as to pupils.
1t is safe to say that these two
model schools in purpose. plan and
detail will be the model indeed fol-
thousands of others which the new
educational movement in the south
will produce. That they have been
successfully initiated, maintained and
administered by women furnishes q
fair answer to that already rapidly
vanishing question: What can
women's clubs dor
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-18
RULES OF The CONTEST.

Ten dollars in gold will be awarded
each week at o'clock Saturday
night and the large prizes will b.
awarded Saturday Dec. 5th.
The ballot cut from the paper
counts one vote. These ballots must
he cast at least once each week.
Besides the small ballots votes are
issued with subscriptions TO The Bul-
letin
For every dollar that Is paid on
new subscriptions $50 are issued and
for every dollar that is paid their
subscriptions by old subscribers 100
votes are issued.
No votes Will be issued when a
sum less than one dollar is paid on a
subscription.
The following table will aid YOU:
The Bulletin . months S120 gives
i20 votes.
The Bulletin 8 months $3.50 gives
SO votes.
The Bulletin c months $3.50 gives
SEQ votes
The Bulletin ole year $500 gives
go votes
II subscription is new 90 addi.
tional votes will be given for every
month paid
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-18

Subscriptions may be paid al thu
office and votes will be issued but Il
you will call or phone to the office
We will furnish YOU with a small re
coipt book 50 that you mag get your
friends subscriptions before they
give their votes to some one else.
A subscription will not be counted
new Unless il adds a subscriber e
our list We will not count a sub
scription as new if the paper is jus,
ordered delivered to another name a.
the same address,
The primary purpose OF this con
test is to gain new subscribers for
The Bulletin, and for this reason
special mducement is offered for
new subscribers 20 come yoluntaril,
or for Old subscribers whose babies
are in the contest 70 exert them
selves IL they would have the full
benefit OF the proposition. Hence. n,
trick or scheme TO eyaie the rule,
81 the contest. or 10 defeat It's pri
mary purpose can BE- recognized. ana
every effort ail be made 10 guard
against this.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-18
ORDINANCE no. IT,

Al ordinance for fl, improvement.
fThirry Fourth street. from tho ue-
ne oi Commercial -Esua- fo tho ea-.
ne ol Washington Atf.1a. i1 OBJ.
i'v 80 Cairo. County NJ sIezanEe-
1I STATE of Illinois. ry tGa couHra-
-on ibenon OF a eitrfaI brick raF.
leni anil brick catcH-ha-lus ami
umhin-d concrete Curb anil g1r-a.
g both sides of fhe said street an
ir fhe iefE and collection GO a spec
D f1E assessment urou tla eoutgu
ms property to rar far -he said i1..
rovemrut
p b. ordained hF fha t-fy Counci
9 the Cirr Of Cairo. rliuris
Scctimn g. Thai Thirtg Fourth
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-18
Cuts Will Be Made of Baby That
Wins Cold Coin also of Baby
With Second Highest
Number ofNewSub-
scriptions Pathe
Tonight

strenuous as YOU might think as the
leaders are taking a rest as they
have spent their energy.
The parent of any baby can bring
their bubys name from away down
in the list 70 the top if they are will
ing TO do few hours hustling But
they must hustle as that is the only
way you can land that big prize, Yod
may have won one OF the specia'
prizes but that does not prove that
YOU are going to win the biz prize for
the other fellow may have been ger
ting old subscriptions for a year ami
every one counts 20 votes
Miss Miriam Ellis is being Loyalty
supported by her many admirers, her
coupon vote is one Of the largest in
the contest
Remember the picture of the BABY
that wins the prize Saturday nigh.
also that Of the baby that gets The
second highest number Of new sub.
scriptions Will be printed on the from.
page Of The Bulletin some day next
week.
All of Tie babies pictures Will b"
shown al the Pathe theater tonight.
rESTANTS.
stes entered in The Bulletins Baby
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-18

one BY one the ballots falling
One by one the votes pile up,
Some are winning, some are losing
win YOU win-There now the prIp
er.s devil has upset that galley ahd
the rest al this great epic is lost I
The tumble CT type How | Woui
have liked 10 have seen the next me
ana be convinced That | was going 20
be winner. This suspense is awful
Inst as sure as have a good day AMI
ret d number Of subscriptions aud
think have enough 10 win some 81
my friends tell me that some other
Iady has secured a larger number o.
subscriptions. But I am going TO be .
winner. thcy can't bluff me II they
have number cf subscriptions the
would not blow about It as they knoN
that some one would be sure 10 get q
fen more If they did That is the
only way TO feel about he contest
Decide that your baby is going to be
d winner and work with that deternl'
tnation from now fill the closing
hours OF the contest and You can wiz
IN a nice margin The race is not a.
THE CON
Following is list Of the candic
Contest. with the number Of votes ff
Leola May Fardree, Gl5 Washington
Elcise Lucille Sisney, 32l Ninth -,
Bertha Louise Boyd 1905 Elm .....,
p. 7. Langau. jr., 724 Twenty second
shiris Ammonia Helm, 3o05 Elm -.
Bertha Janice Ort, 400 Twenty-nintt
Miriam Ellis. 7i2 Thirty.fourth .....
Frederick Edgar Cox. 49, Twenty si'
Robt. Ford Barth 3)07 Sycamore
Anna MAY Thistlewood 25l5 Washtl
Thrlma Virginia Brewer lib Vast
Albert ". Bertram 1910 Locust -.
Lecn Lester Jones. AS Commercial
Nelson Jerome Gould, 4l6 Twentieth
Irene SCHNEIDER 81 Thru ........,
Marion "Bir' Greauey 2Gl3 Washing
Doris Z. Sells. 424 Thirty-third ....,
Catherin Ann Farrell, 81 Division.
Julius Schuh 1901 Sycamore .,....
Edna MAY Stubbins. the Halliday =.
Thomas Lloyd Hopper 29l0 SycamI
Roy Foster Cronan. sos Thirty-ifth.
Marion O'Rourke sol Walnut ......
Charles Swan. 2209 Sycamore ......
Florence Morris. 7l6 Thirty fourth.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-18

lne dlSIuuct between inv lhH'l lNNrH
il the curbs on the side OF the street
shall be thirty'siX feet east OF
Sycamore street aud forty (4ol feet
west of Sycamore street The tor
surface Of the set and finished curb
shah b. at all points and places oNa
M inch below the level or eleNa
ton of The top surface of the finished
brck pavement at the center line o;
the said street Al all street inter
sections, the cipder foundation au4
The combined curb aud gutter shaV
be extended around. with curves oil an
eight go foot radius, to the lot me
ON both sides Of the intersecuhS
streets, So that the distance o. lh'
face OF each curb, at the lot me shaN
he fifteen 90 feet from the center
lire OF The street On streets s.AN
ltul feet wide ana Twelve W. l''.
ON streets fifty t'ol feet VIDE. aU'
between ire ehds OF me GURUS ~
extended around TO the Ioi me on I'''
telseetlnS streets ana along tue e'I't'
line natural limestone marginal eA' ~.
.siN GO inches thiek ana Twelve W.
inches Wlde or deep ShaH De So %"
a natural earth louhIa'loh alo o'
we'll supported, on the outer SIDES
with natural earth We'll tampej' ana
said limestone curblng Shal pc :" SCI
and placed as 70 be HuSA VITA ANU
support the brlck paving when IL ''
street Intersection, is 10 eN'9nn
across the entire "dlh oi sa'a stree d
Section o. All cofo'ls Su'', p'
and finished complete oelof' ln' com.
pletlon OF grazing so 'aa' 'ue -.
curbihg may De bse' as Su'd' j."
completing the hnlsRea s"o'Ef"'T'
and to complete the S"lo sNo'E'a'S' .
template or oiIeF proper 'ue"ns NUS.
be used by the contractor, ana al
the gradlhs IS once eoll'pie'e' ann
finally and thoroughly Foiied '"Fo"S ~
out. the street shaiI pc Wen ana S.'
cnrely hloched on SO as 10 prevent
vehicles from entering thereon CIV.
cept those containing hlal'IlaIS go.
the work ana III lA"' case the a"''''' =
or snb-grade shah be securely pro.
Tected by pianhs.
Section q. Inc TOP OF the gutter
dag shall be continuation OF 'l'e
curve or are OF 'ae Top sui'aIe u ,i'e
hi'Isheo pavement ! ~ '"''''''''si"'.
cuib ana gutter ShaIi ne 'o'''' u'' ,'
win JOINTS tlsul 10 l'S' apart ~ ''
lolIo" ing descI'oea manner s"'' tu"
crete IS 10 be prepared from 'tu9''e',
stone, sand ana portland 'e'ueu' an'
shall consist OF TWO - courses ~
hrsl course shdi De me po''o,ii
course ana shail De llNe t'l ilcile9 III
depth, ana shah ne iala on e'sht lo'
inches oil eieah ciiideFs 'horousHlS
moistened and tamped 10 conform 70
the outline OF the torAl iaF tne com
oined curb and gutter Inc seeon"
course shaI De the Hhlahihs OF Ne~'
ing course OF surface ana lhe saii'e
ahalt be one IL men III aep'n'
The bottom course shali De com
posed or one ~ part OF FoFllana q.
ment, TWO % parts oil Clean SAND AMI
hYe tol parts OF broken limestone VI
sizes that VIII PASS through ring OF