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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-30

of heavy sheet iron with angle iron
around the top and bottom edge inside.
The tank has an angle iron riveted to
the sides about six inches from the
bottom to carry it when in place on
the stove. The fuel door is made to
slide up, but it could be made with
hinges if preferred. The tank has
handles on the sides so that it can be
lifted off to rinse it out. The smoke
pipe may be any length. To keep it
from being blown over the pipe may
be wired to stake driven in the
ground near it. / used this stove last
spring in cooking over 1000 pounds of
sulphur The base is made without a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-30
Editor Wanted-Apply to Uncle Sam

at was real funny when got to the
postofice. l was escorted to one of
the rooms by three or four attend
ants. Half dozen more men spent
Is or 20 minutes slipping bars and
bolts and raising windows. Another
bunch rushed at me with stock Of
papers. Then the whole mob got to-
gether and decided 1t wouldn't pay to
hold the exam. for one candidate.r
What do you suppose kept the 9TH
or editors away?" he was asked.
Il can't figure that out" was the re-
ply. Its q fabulous amount of mon
ey for the modest requirements of
the Job, and think of the honor Of
singing ink for the government All
it requires is perfect knowledge of
entomology, economic zoology and vet
Urinary science, together with work
ing assortment of French. German.
Irish, Hindustani. African. English and
Italian.
"Of course, you are expected to
qualify on the reading. writing and
'rithmetic and letter writing. You've
got to be ready letter writer to work
for the government these days. AMI
NAL husbandry and dairy philosophy
are some Of the minor subjects in
cluded in the examination"
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Bill for Sugar Is 100000 q Day

1, 254 .000. 900 pounds. was brought from
our insular possessions and the re-
naming 81 per cent, or 1885,. 900, 900
pounds. came from foreign countries.
Forty-three million pounds was the
aggregate of the expectation of sugar
from this country.
The United States sugar record for
1907 was unique In that the quantity
of that product imported from foreign
countries was larger than ever be-
fore. the quantity brought from our is
land possessions was larger than in
any previous year, the quantity pro-
duced at home exceeded that of any
other year, the quantity exported was
larger than in any year of the past
decade. and the per capita consump.
ton was the largest ever recorded, ap
average Of S2.6 pounds for each man,
woman and child In the country.
An equally interesting feature Of
this record year of 1907 was the fact
that the production Of beet sugar for
the first time exceeded the produc.
ton Of cane sugar. the product Of the
year being, cane sugar, $4,000 900
pounds. while the production of beet
sugar amounted to s67 900 900 pounds,
The worlds production has prac.
tically doubled in the past 20 years,
having grown from 1900. oo0, 900
pounds in 1857 to $4,000. 900 900
] pounds n 1907.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-30

TT TAKES a million dollars day to
! satisfy Uncle Sans sweet tooth, be-
cause the average citizen in the Unit
ed States consumes half his own
weight in sugar every year.
These and other interesting facts
are given in a statement issued by the
bureau Of statistics, which reads more
like a fairy tale for children than a
government report.
The total consumption in the
United States In 1907, the latest year
for which the figures are obtainable.
was 1853, 667 ,975 pounds.
Calculating this enormous total at
the average retail price of 51s cents
per pound" the report states, I'VE get
. total of $372,000,00 AS its cost to
the consumer, or more than million
dollars for each of 365 days of the
year."
The statement shows that .21.3 per
cent, or 1911. 600. 900 pounds. OF the
sugar consumption of the country was
= hons production. III per cent. q
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-30

JINGLE SAM IL worried over the fail
u ure of the United States civil
service commission to get him an ed
itcr. The chair in the sanctum OF the
Experiment Station Record. red hot
monthly devoted to cattle society and
oleomargarine endurance contests, is
vacant. The job pays $500 a year.
An examination was held In the
Brooklyn postofice recently. but only
one applicant appeared. He promised
to raise the standard of the Record
and to swell the circulation by ma
king q cow-to-cow canvass for new
subscribers.
They looked me over" said this
editor, land decided to give the other
editors of the country second
chance to try for the job. They re-
fused to believe that there was only
one editor who wanted to work for
the government.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-30
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GRATING WAX.
How It Is Made from Resin, 6eeswax
and TaIIow.

The best grating wax Is made from
four parts of resin, two parts beeswax,
and one part tallow, all by weight,
melted together over rather slow
fire in an iron vessel of some kind.
The resin is melted first, then the
beeswax is added, and subsequently
the tallow. The ingredients are gently
stirred with a small stick and thor
oughly incorporated. This will take
from twenty minutes to half an hour,
being careful in the meantime to
avoid burning the fluid. When prop
erly mixed, convenient portion-not
too much-is poured into bucket OF
cold water. In a minute or less It
will be cooled sufficiently to be lifted
out with the hand and pulled like
taffy. The hands rlust be kept mod
erately creased with taliow, to pre-
vent sticking When the wax is pulled
until it becomes pale yellow it has
been worked sufficiently and may be
made into rolls of convenient size
three or four inches long by about an
inch in diameter placed in an
other vessel of cold water to harden.
More of the melted material Is to be
poured into the cold water from time
to time, and treated as before, until
the whole is worked up. The rolls
| (when they become hard, as they soon
Will are to be put away until re-
quired in grating. This wax when
applied to the trees will not crack
in cold weather, nor melt and run
down in warm weather. If the graft
| ing is done in cool weather, the wax
may need to lie in warm water for a
time before applying to the gratis, In
order to have it of the proper con.
sistency to work well; IL used in warm
weather it may need to lie in cold
water. Care is needed in lifting II
out to free 1t from the water as much
as possible. In putting 1t on the
| gratis the hands must have little
very little-tallow, to prevent the wax
from sticking to them. This requires
| judgment, for il the hands are toe
greasy the wax will not adhere prop
erly to the cut surfaces of the gratis
1t should be pressed closely.-Ex
change.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-30
ORCHARD AND FARMER.

When a meadow becomes infested
with wireworms, 1t is time to turn un
der. the sod and put the field into
something else for year or two.
Many farmers consider their ct.
chards as strictly side iseue. II they
would give the trees proper attention
they would derive good profit.
: Solanum nigrum, plant or the
nightshade family. is used in parts OF
the northwest as food. 1t is variously
called garden huckleberry" AID pie
berry, Prof. Paddock CT Colorado
feared It was poisonous, nut found
that It 10 quite freely eaten in Dc
kOta
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Bitter Social Feud Recalled by Death

shattered. Mrs. Davis went to Kansas
to live and legal separation was Ior
lowed by a divorce. A year later. MIS-.
Evans became Mrs. Davis No. 2.
Mrs. william R. Merriam. wife OF
a rising politician, was the social lead
err in st. Paul at the time. she was .
devoted friend of the first Mrs. DAVIS
and her decree that Mrs. Anna Agnew
Davis must not be recognized sociaiiy
was obeyed implicitly.
IT was not long before William n
Merriam was elected governor OF Mil
nesota. and his wife assumed ner po-
sition as mistress of the executive
mansion. The inaugural ball is the
great social function Of st. Paul, ana
when Mrs. Merriam sent out her IN
vitations the former governor and MS
wife were excluded.
Gov. Davis was elected to the Unit
ed States senate in 1887. Soon after
the expiration Of Gov. Merriam's term
he was appointed director OF the CEN
sus. coming with his wife to this city,
and transferring the scene OF hosui-
tiles.
Senator Davis died on November ~
1900. from blood poisoning. While
campaigning In Maine he suffered .
slight abrasion of the foot. The dye
from his silk hose infected the wound
and septicemia resulted. Mrs. Davis
was married to Hunter Doll on July
90 1Q02
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-30
HINTS ON INSECT CONTROL.
Points Which Ought to Be Considered
at This Season of Year.

Insects live over In almost all
stages and the fall and winter furnish
a good season for reducing their raw
ages the following year. 1t will be
well to bear the following points In
mind to aid in this work:
Dispose of all rubbish. Many in
sects which hibernate in the adult
stage seek rubbish of all kinds. Here
they are protected from the severe
change in the weather which is so
detrimental to their constitution and
escape the prying eyes of their bird
enemies. All rubbish should be con-
signed to the compost heap or plowed
under to furnish humus for the soil.
Stuff that cannot be used in this way
should be burned. Clean out the ditch
banks and fence corners. Cut close
and rake up all these places.
Fall and winter cultivation of the
ground will help to dispose of grass
hopper eggs and cutworms. If the
ground is kept fallow during the fall,
cutworms will disappear before the
spring crops come up.
Disc the alfalfa. 1t will break up
or bury the pods of grasshopper eggs
and be help to the plants. 1t will
be well to disc all dry exposed places
where the grasshoppers have been
abundant during the fall
Make an examination of the spray
Ing apparatus, and II necessary give
the orchard a winter treatment Al
any rate. be ready for tie spring
work.
Examine the seed peas. II they are
weeviled, put them in a tight box and
fumigate with rbon-bisulphide at the
rate of four ounces to each bushel o.
peas. The fluid should be put in Z
shallow dish over the peas so that the
fumes will flow down over the mass
Clean out around the apple treei
and scrape OF the rough bark to ge
rid of the alternating insects.
Examine the chicken roosts ant
use some good disinfectant on then
| If the mites are troublesome. Thi
should be repeated at intervals ever,
few weeks until cold weather sets in
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- ? -
w held?
This is the question which is agitat-
ing the minds of the inaugural COM
mittee and society folks here. For
many years this has been the crown
ing feature Of the installation into
Office of a new president. but four
years ago congress reluctantly gave
its consent to the use of the pension
Office building and followed this action
up by adopting resolution that the
building should not again be put In
disorder for such purpose.
Properly to prepare the structure
for the ball means the removal from
the great court Of millions Of valuable
records besides the almost complete
cessation of the government business
for no less than 20 days by the army
Of clerks who daily pass upon pension
cases.
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held in check 1t can be destroyeJ
either by going over the ground with
spud and cutting the plant on below
the ground, or by cultivation in the
case Of fields that are badly infested.
The wild carrot is easily distin-
guished by the umbrella-like flower
head and the slender branching stalks
with fine and narrow leaves. The ac-
companying Illustration taken from
the Farmers Review will help our
readers identify this pestiferous plant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-30
The Apple.

The apple, is a deservedly popular
favorite among fruits. 1t has wide
range of usefulness. 1t can be eaten
raw, made into pies, apple dumplings
and sauce either green or ripe. 1t can
be baked, stewed, fried or roasted. 1t
can be made into cider; vinegar, apple
Jack, apple butter. pickle. jelly and
preserves. 1t can be stored for win
ter In cans, dried or fresh. Individu-
ais may have peculiar fruit tastes. but
all like apples. 1t is safe fruit 10
grow, for no family either In the city
or country feels completely fed with
out it in some fern daily In the houss
and on the tablas
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-30
rantalum Harder Than Diamond

rantalum is serious rival of the
diamond as regards hardness In an
attempt made recently to bore a hole
through a tantalum plate q diamond
drill was used. revolving 5000 times
minute. After continuous drilling
for 20 hours 1t was found that small
dent, about one-hundredth Of an inch
deep. had been made. 1t was doubt.
ful question which substance had SUE
fered the greater damage.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-30
Side View of Tank.

bottom, and the door is made large to
admit of using large pieces of wood.
The tank will take 30 pounds of lime
and 80 pounds of sulphur with the
necessary water without danger Of
boiling over.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-30
WILD CARROT.
A Plant Which Will Cause Trouble II
II Gets Start.

The wild carrot is a weed that will
cause considerable trouble unless 1t is
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-05
GREATER LOS ANGELES

TROM the directors room of the
II chamber of commerce, which will
4 be used for headquarters, the
campaign for the consolidation of Los
Angeles, Wilmington and San Pedro
in the maritime city OF Greater Los
Angeles will be conducted this week
and until the loyal work of the COM
mittee is rewarded by the success of
the Greater Los Angeles movement.
Chairman Fleming will temporarily
leave the harbor commission offices
and establish himself in consolidation
headquarters. A banner across Broad
way will call attention to the project
to make a great maritime city by the
consolidation of Los Angeles with the
harbor cities; and similar banners
will be displayed in the harbor cities
Not only will citizens thus be re-
minded Of the consolidation elections
on August Wilmington and August
10 (San Pedro, but the thousands OF
eastern visitors win be impressed by
the fact Los Angeles is the maritime
metropolis of the west.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-05
PARLOR HUNTING

NINEMATOGRAPH HUNTING, or
perhaps we should say hunting by
~ cinematograph, is the latest form
of sport. Walter Winans, a famous re-
volver shot and horse breeder, has pat
ented a device whereby the cinema
tograph brings big game into a parlor
or any room in which the cinema
tograph is turned on" The big-game
hunter can crouch behind an armchair,
and, resting the muzzle of his gun on
the chair, watch the screen and wait.
A scene hickers on the screen. The
room fades away The hunter is in
Uganda, on "safari," which we believe
is the sporting African for lion hunt
ing. The lion appears. The armchair
biggame hunter can choose his mo-
ment to shoot and the spot where his
shot will prove fatal. He fires. The
picture stops On the picture the bullet
has made its mark, and the hunter
knows where he has hit his quarry.
The joys of deer stalking, the thrills Of
elephant and rhinoceros shooting and
the delight OF bear hunting can be in
dulged in without going to the wilds
in search of big game. The ferocious
brutes, large as life and absolutely
natural, are brought into the parlor in
a strip of film!
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-05
KINDRED DISEASES

AT EVER has any shrewder, more
~ pertinent, more comprehensive
~ remark with regard to one of
the greatest questions of the age been
made than that of William c. Owen,
very highly esteemed contributor to
The Herald Letter Box:
1.-The bottom fact is that crime and
insanity are kindred diseases and
should be treated as such. And the
treatment of each presents one COM
mon feature-the helpless prisoner at
the absolute mercy of his keeper.
Everything depends on the keeper
1.-THE insane person in the hands of
a brute will be worse off than the con-
vict in the care of a kindly jailer, and
vice versa"
With a naivete that must be ap-
parent to any man of the sagacity of
our correspondent, society applies to
dementia and lawlessness-to mental
error and criminal error-the self
same remedy, restraint! There is not
a hair to choose between the methods
of treatment. For example, the in
sane man is sent to an asylum; the
criminal who has not been allowed
to kill anybody is sent to an insane
asylum; the insane man who has
killed a human being is sent to an
asylum for the criminally insane; the
"sane" criminal is sent to prison. The
fine difference between an asylum for
prisoners who are insane and an asy-
lum for freemen who are insane may
be apparent to the public, but surely
is not discernible by the incarcerated
person. Insane in one place as in an
other, it is all the same to him whether
he is branded dangerous lunatic,
guilty of crime" or "lunatic who
would be guilty of crime if he had
fair opportunity and a victim"
In this behold the absurdity of the
whole system. How much better 1t
would be for society if some common
sense and sanity were shown in the
treatment of it's plain insane, its Grim
inal insane, and it's criminals who
(probably sometimes very rashly) are
held repsonsible for their actions. The
study and application of criminology
and of its kindred science, mental pa
thoIogy. are in a crude, raw, barbaric
state. and there will not be any hope
of a reform until society is made to
realize the crudity and the barbarity
for which it is responsible.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-05
ROYAL PROGENY

T DWARD VII has many claims to
X notoriety, but the latest that has
H been made for him is not the
least remarkable. 1t is we'll known
that as a citizen df we may so speak,
Edwards range of ambition is easily
defined, and was illustrated when after
the Derby he led his winning horse to
the stable. He has followed the races
for almost half a century, and is prob
ably the best racing authority now on
the turf
Probably he knows and cares more
about the pedigree of his horses than
he does about the genealogies of his
courtiers. But in an out-of-the-way
nook of the British empire in Africa
his reputation is more remarkable than
it is in any other part of the British
dominions or the wide world. In a
letter from an African chief to a
British philanthropist there is the fol-
lowing passage:
by the inclosed list you will see the
names of different tribes, Barolins,
Baslapins, Baccas and Griquas, belong
ing to a union we formed in December.
[ showed them your little booklet with
the portrait of our dear king, the
father of all the colored people in
Africa"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-05
MOUNT MODJESKA

TINTED STATES GEOGRAPHICAL
1 BOARD has refused to change
~ the name of Santiago peak, in
the Santa Ana mountains to Mount
Modieska in honor of the great actress
whose home was at the foot of the
mountain. The excuse made for the
unexpected refusal was that the pres
ent name had been long established.
The refusal has caused grievous dis
appointment to the members of the
Ebell society and to many other citi-
zens. Sentiment which should count
for something, has already "estab-
Iished" the name Mount Modjeska, and
Santiago Peak" the title which
Washington holds is too we'll estab-
lshed to be disturbed, in reality is not
as we'll known as Mount Modjeska,
which undoubtedly will continue to be
the popular name.
In consequence of the refusal to give
the mountain its popular name the
tourist of the future who looks for
Santiago Peak" will have consider
able difficulty in finding it. In naming
places the people should be allowed to
have their own way. The "off1cial" til
tie of Los Angeles was Ciudad y pue-
bio de nuestra sonora Maria la reina
de los Angeles. But the popular name
has superseded the original name, as
the popular name will supersede the
official in the case of Mount Modjeska.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-05
LEST WE FORGET"

~ IGNERS of the Declaration of In
u dependence Qest we forgeO: Jo-
~ siah Bartlett, William Whipple,
Matthew Thornton, New Hampshire;
Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert
Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry Massa-
chusetts; Stephen Hopkins, William
Ellery, Rhode Island; Roger Sherman,
Samuel Huntington, William Williams,
oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; William
Floyd, Phil Livingston, Francis Lewis,
Lewis Morris, New York; Richard
Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis
Hopklnson John Clark, Abra. Clark.
New Jersey; Robert Morris, Benjamin
Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Nor
ton, George Clymer James Smith,
George Taylor, James Wilson, George
Ross, Pennsylvania; Caesar Rodney,
George Read, Thomas Mexican, Della
ware Samuel Chase, William Paca,
Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll OF Car
rollton, Md; George Wythe, Richard
Henry Lee, Thomas jefferson, Beuja-
min Harrison, Thomas Nelson, jr.,
Francis Lightfoot Lee. Garter Braxton
Virginia; William Hooper, Joseph
Hewes, John Penn, North Carolina;
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Hayward,
jr., Thomas Lynch, jr, Arthur Middle
ton, South Carolina; Burton Gwinnett,
Lyman Hail, George Walton, Georgia.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-05
VISIONARY WORK SHOULD
BEGIN WITH THE CHURCHES

WHITTIER, June 30-[Editor Her
add: A situation exists in our country
which to my mind is full of peril and
which l almost despair of being able
to describe. but will essay to do so,
trusting my hint may draw out clearer
thinkers and abler minds, for 1t needs
to be shown up. 1t is a condition of
society in which the good men are
divided into parties and churches, each
church and political party. While they
are thus striving to promote their par
tisan and sectarian ends men of no
character are robbing the cities, hold
ing the offices for this purpose and
using these same good men to assist
them In the accomplishment of their
nefarious purposes by an appeal to
their prejudices and interests. Not
that the honest citizen is aware he is
being used. but his mind is so intently
fixed on keeping his church in the fore
front or his party on top that he loses
sight of the designs and character of
those with whom he is cooperating.
A very small number of these charao.
ters in all small towns control the Of
fees. and it is coming to be true, it so
seems to me, that they are controlling
the churches and the synods and con-
ferences of these churches. An indi-
VlQudl VINO sees II1S udIeS NOT Idh6
steps to remedy it, or he is ostracised,
silenced and is fortunate If the perse-
cution does not extend to his loved
ones. The Church federation, designed
to advance the work of. the Lord by
shutting out all independent agitation
and taking the work out of the hands
of free men and putting it into the
hands of men who, conscious that their
salaries, positions and advancement de-
pend wholly on their reputation as pop
ular men-that is, men who keep step
with their age-defeat the very pur-
poses of reform.
Heney is abused by a subsidized
press and will be very fortunate If not
entirely silenced. Jesus should he ap-
pear in the streets of any city, If he
talked to the Pharisees now as he did
then, would be unable to speak in any
pulpit, and would be more quickly cru
Gifted than he was in the year l, A. d.
There is much to be praised In our age
but the very best missionary field the
sun in all his course looks down on is
not in Africa, but in America, and
the work should begin with the
churches, if not with the preachers.
Not that they are immoral, butt had
almost said "worse''-time-ser If
l am wrong show me so in love.
SAVONA ROTtA.